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GSG seeks equitable off-campus housing

Police arrest man after chase County police officer: Man had open warrant

By Teddy Amenabar and Laura Blasey @TeddyAmen, @lblasey Senior staff writers A man was arrested last night after crashing his truck and leading Prince George’s County Police on a chase down Rossburg Drive.

According to witnesses, the man drove across a grassy area between

Guilford and Hartwick Roads at about 6 p.m. He then clipped the corner of Rossburg and Hartwick and spun out, witnesses said, striking several cars on Rossburg and folding the front left wheel of his white pickup truck.

A county police officer stationed near the intersection approached the suspect when the truck came to rest on the front yard of a Knox Box. An officer at the scene who declined to give his name said an open warrant was out for the man’s arrest, but he could not confirm any details regarding the warrant. The suspect

attempted to flee first in his vehicle, then on foot, before he was ultimately tased, tackled and arrested with the help of civilians, the officer said.

“The guy yelled, ‘I give up, I give up’ a couple of times, threw open the door and still managed to run away,” said Scott Arey, a junior criminology and criminal justice major and Knox Box resident.

Police found a knife on the suspect and multiple ferrets in and around the vehicle, none of which appeared See CHASE, Page 2

THE VEHICLE the arrested man drove and crashed on Rossburg Drive. jenny hottle/for the diamondback

“WAS IT UNIQUE? YES. IRONIC? YES.” POLICE OFFICER AT THE SCENE Prince George’s County Police

Terps avoid Duke letdown in comfortable win over Wake Forest

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There was no letdown for the Terps after Saturday’s heartbreaking loss at Duke. Guard Nick Faust scored 20 points to lead five in double figures as the Terps beat Wake Forest, 71-60, in a sparsely attended contest last night at Comcast Center. The win snapped a

International students say they feel uninformed

By Joelle Lang @thedbk Staff writer When graduate student Sun Hye Kim enrolled in this university and prepared to move from her home in Seoul, South Korea, she found it difficult to find information about housing online.

For some international graduate students, finding affordable, quality housing is nothing short of an odyssey. Between language barriers and having to sign leases from across the globe, these students are more susceptible to scams and ripoffs. As a result, the Graduate Student Government has made easing this burden a priority for this year.

“T he university doesn’t give enough information,” Kim said. “I had to rely on informal information, so it was not official information.”

She used the university’s off-campus housing websites to search for apartments near shuttle spots, but she had trouble discerning whether the vacant units she found were in good condition, reasonably priced or even habitable. So Kim looked to friends for advice and ultimately found an apartment in good condition in Silver Spring.

“We have a lot of grad students that come from China, India and other places,” GSG President David ColónCabrera said. “Most are unfamiliar with their rights and duties as tenants here in Maryland and sometimes have problems with landlords.”

Gaurav Khandelwal, GSG committee affairs vice president, recalls his own difficulties when he first arrived at this university. Khandelwal hails from Mumbai, India, and is familiar with some of the complaints graduate students have brought to the GSG. Some landlords, he said, will charge unreasonably high rent for international students or will present them with

two-game losing streak and bumped the Terps’ ACC record back to .500 at 7-7 with four conference games remaining. STORY P. 8

STEM grant to allow for dual teacher certification Terrapin Teachers set to combine programs

By Talia Richman @talirichman Staff writer W hen Mary Ann Rankin stepped down as the natural sciences college dean at the University of Texas at Austin, she said she was most upset about leaving the UTeach program she helped create there. Now the senior vice president and provost of this university, Rankin has the chance to replicate the program here thanks to a grant from the National Math and Science Initiative.

Through a $1.45 million grant from the NMSI aimed at developing a reliable source of qualified STEM teachers, this university is launch-

ing the Terrapin Teachers program, which will emulate the nationally recognized UTeach initiative.

Terrapin Teachers will allow students studying STEM subjects to graduate in four years with both a degree in their chosen field and a teaching certification.

“We’re going to have the best UTeach program in the country,” Rankin said. “Sorry, Texas.”

Terrapin Teachers is a collaboration between this university’s education college and the computer, mathematical and natural sciences college.

As one of five institutions to receive a grant this year, this university will join a community of 35 schools across the country with similar programs in place, such as the UTeach program operating at Towson University.

“We are proud of the work going on at Towson,”said Lillian Lowery, state superintendent of schools. “But it does make a huge statement to have the flagship campus in the university system also become a participant in doing this work.”

Usually, students have to wait until they’re upperclassmen to get handson experience in the classroom, said See TEACHERS, Page 2

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Campus-affiliated leasing up, still below highs Commons, Courtyards see 2,578 applications

By Morgan Eichensehr @MEichensehr Staff writer Though demand for on-campus apartment housing remains relatively substantial, Resident Life officials said off-campus competition has caused a recent drop in the number of leasing applications turned in over the past five years.

As of last week’s deadline, 2,578 students applied for leases in South Ca mpus Com mons a nd Cou rtyards for the 2014-15 leasing year, said Kelly Ridings, Resident Life’s housing partnerships coordinator.

That number is up from the 2013-14 and 2012-13 years, with 2,227 and 2,412 applications, respectively.

But leasing numbers saw a noticeable drop after the 2010-11 leasing year, Ridings said, when application numbers were more than 3,000.

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south campus commons and Courtyards received 2,578 student lease applications as of last week’s deadline — an increase from the past two years, but still below 2010-11’s high. kelsey hughes/the diamondback still high, is not as high as it was,” Ridings said. “Because there are now somewhat comparable, though more expensive, options off-campus that weren’t really around five years ago.”

Junior accounting and finance major Ryan Solomon, who lives

at the University View, said the lon ger wa l k to cl a sses c a n b e hard, but he likes the complex’s accommodations.

“I wanted to move in with my friends while ensuring I was no See HOUSING, Page 3

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THE DIAMONDBACK | NEWS | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Univ advocates laud Facebook genders

By Sarah Dean @thedbk Staff writer

damaged vehicles at the scene on Rossburg Drive.

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As of Thursday, Facebook users have new gender options — in addition to “male” and “female,” users can now choose from a list of more than 50 different genders.

“When you come to Facebook to connect with the people, causes and organizations you care about, we want you to feel comfortable being your true, authentic self,” Facebook Diversity wrote on its page Thursday. “An important part of this is the expression of gender, especially when it extends beyond the definitions of just ‘male’ or ‘female.’

So today, we’re proud to offer a new custom gender option to help you better express your own identity on Facebook.”

After choosing “custom” as a gender option, Facebook users will see more than 50 gender options — which include bigender, gender fluid, gender

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finance and international business major and Knox Box apartment resident, said he came outside after hearing the commotion.

“It was like someone was doing donuts,” he said.

“Then an ambulance came, a nd he was just sitti ng on the ground for like 10 minutes.”

to be injured in the accident.

Police called animal control to remove the animals from the cab of the truck.

Officers at the scene said they could not confirm any details about the suspect.

“Was it unique? Yes. Ironic? tamenabardbk@gmail.com, Yes,” the officer said.

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TEACHERS From PAGE 1 Arthur Popper, one of the p rog ra m’s c o-d i re c tors.

T hrough Terrapin Teachers, first-semester freshmen involved in the program will work at elementary schools as soon as next fall. The immediacy of the experimental learning aspect is what makes the program unique, Popper said.

“I’m doi ng t h is for t he sake of my grandson, who will be in first grade next year,” said Popper, a biology professor. “Having a young

adult come into a classroom who is excited about science and has been taught how to convey that to my grandson — who I think is pretty smart — will make my grandson excited a nd the person teaching excited.”

Popper said this university likely stood out in the application process because of its capabilities as a research institution. However, University System of Maryland Chancellor Brit Kirwan had other reasons he thought this university was chosen.

“I had no doubt that we were going to win it because of the quality of the people

on th is ca mpus,” K i rwa n said. “But I have to tell you, in the recesses of my mind, I t houg ht, ‘ We’ve got a n ace in the hole — we have the woman who created the program; they can’t possibly say no to us.’ And sure enough, they didn’t.”

UTeach has already seen success at the other universities it where was implemented — 80 percent of the program’s 1,600 graduates continue to work as teachers five years after they graduate, Rankin said.

There are 6,000 students enrolled in UTeach programs nationwide, and by 2020,

nonconforming, intersex, pangender and many variations of transgender and cisgender — appear in a drop-down menu as they type in their preference.

Other new features added allow users to decide who can see their custom gender and which gender pronouns they prefer: male, female or neutral.

“I am so happy to see the implementation of new gender options on Facebook,” sophomore government and politics major Josh Deese said. “It shows how far the LGBTQ movement has come, in terms of making gender identity more understandable, and allowing LGBTQ folks to feel more accepted within their own community, the environment around them, as well as themselves.”

Deese, who identifies as a gay man, said the options are a step toward equality for all, especially because social media play a large role in people’s daily lives.

For senior German and journalism major Zachary Mellen, who

UTeach initiatives are estimated to produce more than 9,000 math and science teachers. That’s nearly 10 percent of the White House’s “100Kin10” goal of producing 100,000 STEM teachers by 2021.

Rankin estimates Terrapin Teachers will produce about 55 to 75 graduates a year.

“I rea l ly bel ieve th is program will change STEM education in this state and this country in very positive ways, in ways that really support the new math and science standards and build on some of the incredible programs we already have at the University of Maryland

identifies as transgender and queer, the addition of these more than 50 new gender options came as a surprise.

“I was not expecting that to happen,” he said. “It’s really cool that they’re making that effort. I was expecting maybe they would put a neutral option in at some point, since people had been asking for it for so long, but I was not expecting 50-plus different options.”

Users don’t have complete freedom, however, as they must choose one of the available gender identities; there is no write-in option.

Mellen said two possible reasons for the absence of a write-in option are advertising challenges and to avoid people writing in “all kinds of random stuff like people do with the political and religious boxes.”

“I do think it would be better to have people be able to write it in, just because there are a couple words that are left out,” Mellen said.

“I’m not sure why they’re still using the terms male and female, and they don’t have man or woman as an option

in experiential learning,” Rankin said.

Un iversity President Wallace Loh said this country’s biggest challenge going forward is maintaining competitiveness in STEM fields.

“That talent gap must be breached. It must be shortened,” Loh said. “The future of this country — our economic vitality, our health, our quality of life, our national security — depends on having very strong STEM education programs.”

And although this university produces 2,200 STEM graduates a year — the most of any institution in the state

at all. Like you can choose that you’re a cis man or a trans man or a trans woman, but there’s no just man or woman, which I think is kind of strange.”

Sociology professor Nancy Fo rsy t h e , wh o te a c h e s classes on gender sociology, said the new options are a step forward, but Facebook could take further action, such as allowing users to list multiple genders.

“They missed an opportunity to push the issue further,” Forsythe said. “What if they had simply eliminated the requirement to pick a box to fit yourself into altogether?

Would that have gotten the same amount of attention?”

Despite this, Forsythe sees the new gender options as a “conscience-raising moment.”

“It may send people to explore what all those terms mean,” she said. “I imagine it is eye-opening for many people who never thought of gender difference in any terms other than the femininity-masculinity binary categories.” sdeandbk@gmail.com

— there is still work to be done, Loh said.

“We have to replenish that pipeline. We have to educate the next generation of teachers who are going to produce these STEM graduates. That is why this is so terribly important,” he said. “I think that as a result of UTeach, we will continue to provide leadership in this state and we will continue to provide leadership in this country.

This country will once again out-educate, out-innovate and out-compete the rest of the world.” trichmandbk@gmail.com

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Students discuss body image issues at open mic Speakers share personal stories for ‘Love Your Body Month’

By Grace Toohey @grace_2e Staff writer Editor’s note: Two sources’ last names have been withheld to protect their privacy.

It started out quietly. The microphone waited.

And then, slowly, students came up one by one to offer advice, tell personal stories, ask questions and bring up topics pertaining to body image issues.

Body Image Open Mic night gave students the opportunity to talk about difficult topics from eating disorders to transgender confusion in a safe environment at the Grand Ballroom Lounge in Stamp Student Union last night. The event drew about 50 students and was part of “Love Your Body Month” which is through the Health Center and co-sponsored by MICA and the One Project.

GRADUATE From PAGE 1 leases that don’t hold the landlord responsible for basic amenities such as heat and water.

Other students have complained about landlords who will mislead students into signing leases before seeing the property, said BreAnna Davis, GSG student affairs vice president. Once the students are locked into the lease, they might discover the basement, a room or the entire unit is unfit for habitation.

“A large portion of our client intake deals with Landlord Tenant issues,” attorney Stensie Sanders, director of the Graduate Student Legal Aid Office, wrote in an email. “However, it seemed as though international students were being affected more than others.”

This issue came up in a casual meeting among ColónCabrera, Sanders and Sonja Dietrich, the coordinator of Graduate Student Life, as they discussed pressing issues facing graduate students. ”Seeing the problems that students were h av i ng i n terms of housing issues, we just decided to work on this,”

in order to put an end to this toxicity that we’re used to.”

The event was emceed by two HEALTH Works peer educators, Emily Tolino and Chris Noronha.

They encouraged students to come up and speak, even if they didn’t have anything prepared.

“I commend any of you who is constantly facing a struggle with eating disorders or how they perceive their bodies because it can really affect every facet of your life,” said Noronha, a sophomore community health major. “It really takes a toll, and that constant fight is really admirable.”

Sophomore journalism major Alicia said she had never really talked about her disorder in such an environment, but chose to tell her personal story anyway.

“Whenever I started the diet that took me down the road of an eating disorder, all of the women in my life were really proud,” she said.

Now, she said, she realizes how damaging that perspective can be and wishes she could have helped her little sister when she came to talk to her about weight.

Some students, such as senior nutrition and food sciences majors Shelby Santin and Alexandra Raymond, had come prepared to take the stage.

“We consider ourselves positive body image advocates oncampus. We constantly hear negative comments from our peers especially related to their appearance or other people’s appearances,” Santin said. “This is normalized in our society, but we both believe that this needs to stop. This body-bashing leads to toxic environments.

Our philosophy is that change begins in the individual.”

Santin and Raymond started a movement called “From College Girl to College Girl,” which includes a weekly blog, Facebook page and Twitter account that focus on eating disorders, body image and nutrition. One of their blog posts contrasted two perspectives on life, and they asked the audience to notice the negative versus positive self-talk.

“Negativity is contagious, but positivity is even more contagious,” Raymond said. “So let your positivity shine through

Colón-Cabrera said.

Students don’t know how to look for housing, and the university doesn’t give them the tools to do so, Khandelwal said. There are safer, university-approved housing options for these students, such as Graduate Hills and Graduate Gardens, but students are not informed they are allowed to live there until a week or two before the semester begins.

“The university doesn’t recommend anything [else] to graduate students,” Khandelwal said. “You have to secure other options.”

Information is key, and Khandelwal and Davis are seeking to fill the gap with a to-do list for international graduate students. The list, composed with the help of the Graduate Student Legal Aid Office, is still in its development phase, but GSG officials intend to eventually send it out with acceptance letters.

The document will include information on tenant rights, how to search for housing, what to look for in a lease, reviews of housing options from former graduate students and more. Davis said she hopes the document will be ready in time to send out with

“I didn’t say to her, ‘You are the perfect weight you are,’ because in my head I was so warped,” Alicia said. “I wish I had said to her, ‘You don’t need to be smaller; you need to be bigger; you need to have bigger dreams than losing weight.’ My thought and my hope for my sister is that she can decide she wants something bigger, to dream bigger.”

Lizz Bondarenko said she knew she would have regretted it if she didn’t get up to speak, so she talked about what makes her proud of her body.

“The past couple weeks I’ve been training for a marathon, and in all of my training I’m learning to love my body for what it can do rather than how it looks or how it comes across to other people,” the senior psychology major said.

Recently she’s been inspired by the quote, “You can’t save the world with skinny legs.”

Someone asked how they can help a friend who they think might be struggling with an eating disorder, and together the audience made a do’s and don’ts list. Another student

SHELBY SANTIN (left) and Alexandra Raymond (right) read monologues about positive and negative self-talk at the Body Image Open Mic event last night. kelsey hughes/the diamondback asked how she could help her mother be proud of her body.

Brenna, a sophomore enrolled in letters and sciences, decided to share a poem she wrote about her battle with her eating disorder, which she said she is now free from.

“Please tell me who taught women to measure themselves by the negative space around them. Who taught me the more I shrink, the lovelier I will be?” she said. “I now focus on those who fall in love with me, because I am in love with

myself. I am a warrior, and no one will stop me. Now I know that my worth can never be captured in a number, because I am priceless.”

Noronha even took a turn telling his story to the audience.

“Sometimes I look at myself and say I could be muscular, and as a guy I should be like those stereotypical males, but the fact that I’m alive, I appreciate tremendously,” he said.“We’re all human beings, not human bodies.” gtooheydbk@gmail.com

CVS, Marriott will replace dealership College Park Place development will add about 23,615 square feet of retail GRADUATE HILLS in Hyattsville is a university-approved housing option for graduate students looking to live in apartments near the campus. kelsey hughes/the diamondback the next batch of graduate program acceptance letters. “[International graduate] students were basically getting offers to come to Maryland but were not exactly savvy to what it meant to be a tenant,” Davis said. “We wanted to be able to help students who were coming here to be more informed.”

The Graduate Student Legal Aid Office issues a “Top Ten Mistakes Made By Renters” list with regards to housing, which includes pitfalls such as “failing to get the landlord’s promises in writing.” The new document, Davis said, will take an active stance on housing and include more information than the current list.

Davis said she and Khandelwal are also brainstorm-

ing with the Graduate Student Legal Aid Office on ways to help international students who are in bad housing situations, such as by holding informational seminar sessions and helping students find someone with whom they can discuss their living situation.

Sanders said she sees graduate students who have housing issues, but often it is too late because he or she has already signed the lease.

“We got involved because we started seeing a lot of problems with international students and rental housing,” Sanders said. “We want to help prior to them getting involved in a binding agreement.” jlangdbk@gmail.com

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need for alternative kinds of business.

“The [Courtyard by Marr iott] w i l l b e a h ig h-end hotel, better than the average chains along Route 1,” Kabir said. “It is better than seeing the lot empty, but a sit-in fa m i ly restau ra nt wou ld have been a good place, or a high-end grocery store like Trader Joe’s or something the community could benefit from. But we can’t push the business people to do certain things. We just look into the proposal and we approve it.”

But Shuckra said the development meets the area’s needs.

“Col le ge Pa rk Pl a c e i s going to bring a few things,” Shuckra said. “It’s going to bring new, high-quality hotel rooms within walking distance of campus, and there’s a shortage of that. At this point, convenience stores and other retail might be a little sparse for some residents. Our lease to CVS and other retailers is going to be great for students and residents who live across the street and in the neighborhood.”

Brett Sussman, a freshman accounting major, agrees.

“I think this project will help service the community,” Sussman said. “Adding business and hotels can help boost the local economy and provide jobs.”

A Courtyard by Marriott, CVS Pharmacy and add itional retail establishments are set to break ground this spring on a lot that was once home to t he Koon’s Ford dea lersh ip, accord i n g to College Park’s most recent development update.

T he development pla n, called College Park Place, i ncor porates a 156-room Courtyard by Marriott hotel, a 275-space parking garage a nd 23,615 squa re feet of retail at the corner of Route 1 a nd Berw y n House Road.

College Park’s second CVS location will be the anchor.

With College Park Place expected to open in late 2015, the developer, Keane Enterprises, is optimistic about the business that proximity to the campus will bring.

“To us, it seems like you’ve got this great demand gene rato r i n t h e Un ive rs it y of M a r yla nd,” sa id A ndy Shuckra, a vice president at Keane Enterprises. “To the naked eye, current real estate assets don’t serve appropriately the university. To put it politically correctly, the neighborhoods around the university could offer more.”

While District 1 Councilman Fazlul Kabir agrees, he also said there’s a greater emuellerdbk@gmail.com

HOUSING

lives in a suite in Oakland and applied for a Commons lease with three friends for the upFrom PAGE 1 coming academic year. longer in the dorms,” Solomon “I love Oakland, but it’s said. “I also wanted to either be really far from everything,” on-campus or within walking Potter said. “Commons is kind distance of campus.” of the next place to go. I won’t Oakland Hall and the up- have to worry about a roomcom i ng P ri nce Frederick mate, and we’ll have a kitchen, Hall offer suite-style spaces which is a big plus.” compa rable to some of fPotter sa id Com mons campus housing options. But offers students more room Commons and Courtyards and freedom. He said that he tend to be i n the h ig hest knows he will have to pay more demand among upperclass- money by not living in univermen who choose to live on the sity dorms but thinks it will be campus, Ridings said. worth it.

“Lots of students that live “It’s always a good thing in Oakland are still looking when we are able to offer better to move into Courtyards and options for students, and the Commons,” Ridings said. competition forces our deBrett Potter, a sophomore partment to keep service level aerospace engineering major , high,” Ridings said. said moving to an apartment is the “next step for juniors.” He meichensehrdbk@gmail.com

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olice and corrections officers might be the arbiters of public order, but when those charged with upholding the law are caught violating it, this state has faced obstacles in bringing them to justice.

A Fraternal Order of Police bill sponsored by state Sen. Brian E. Frosh (D-Montgomery) and Del. Kathleen M. Dumais (D-Montgomery) would expand the Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights, requiring investigators to dismiss serious abuses if they commit technical mistakes while examining alleged misconduct.

Such abuses, including police brutality, corruption and racial profiling, are gross misuses of power and should not be condoned under any circumstances. Though the importance of due process is unquestionable, the exclusionary rule provided under the bill would further complicate the already-lengthy disciplinary process.

An incident at this university highlights the drawn-out nature of police internal investigations. In 2011, Prince George’s County police officers Reginald Baker and James J. Harrison were charged with first-degree assault, second-degree assault and misconduct in office for their actions during the March 2010 riot after the Terrapins men’s basketball team’s 79-72 victory over Duke.

Video footage showed then-21year-old university student John McKenna being beaten by several police officers with batons, The Diamondback reported at the time. The case went on to receive national media attention and multiple investigations.

Baker was acquitted of all charges in October 2012, and Harrison was found guilty of second-degree assault

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more than a year after the two were indicted. Harrison retired from the department, and Baker returned to full duty earlier this month.

The disciplinary process took place over nearly four years, a testament to already-protracted internal investigation procedures.

And in 2013, scandal rocked Baltimore as former and current corrections officers at the Baltimore City Detention Center and the Baltimore Central Booking and Intake Center faced arrest for racketeering and money- and drug-laundering conspiracies in connection with the Black Guerrilla Family prison gang.

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Allowing lawmakers to expand the police Bill of Rights could increase unchecked abuse.

An unprecedented disgrace to the state’s penitentiary system, the scandal raised further legal concerns when investigators found jail administrators’ attempts to take punitive action against guards suspected of misconduct had met extreme difficulty.

The Correctional Officers’ Bill of Rights, a state law granting workplace safeguards, largely prevented jail management from disciplining corrupt corrections officers.

The scandal proved both ironic and highly worrisome — officers tasked with supervising and penalizing inmates conspired to create a network that essentially handed violent gang members control of the facility. An estimated 75 percent of

detention center guards participate in smuggling, according to a former corrections officer federal authorities interviewed in July.

It’s simply unfathomable that facility administrators were unable to handle the situation when they first learned of corrections officers’ misconduct, instead forcing a federal investigation.

That scandal exposed a fundamental policy shortcoming and provoked criticism of the state prison system’s oversight of inmates. The bill at hand might result in more procedural blunders with regard to the state’s police officers.

It’s important to note that though police unions have supported the bill, police chiefs and sheriffs statewide have expressed fears that the new exclusionary rule would further complicate weeding out corrupt officers and fostering public trust in their departments, according to The Washington Post.

At this university, students and city officials expressed concern last year over increased off-campus University Police jurisdiction in the months leading up to the Code of Student Conduct expansion in May. This editorial board supported the expansion, trusting the department would handle its new responsibilities justly.

The department has yet to give us any reason to retract that trust, but the same cannot be said for other state officers. The Baltimore jail scandal provides just one example of what can happen when power goes unchecked, and with the bill of rights expansion on the table, it would appear that lawmakers — and officers — are willing to let such abuses continue.

EDITORIAL CARTOON

Libertarian and advocate are just a few of the words that elicit negative reactions from all different types of people.

I’m simply trying to put together some semblance of understanding about the issues in this world, and having people look down on me for it is insulting.

Now, I clearly don’t care much about what people think of me. I think I have referred to myself as all of those words at one point or another, either in a column or conversation. If people are going to judge my character based on words they hear me say, so be it. I like to think that’s their problem, not mine. But the fact that people still give these words such agency really bothers me, especially when it means they judge my friends or family members for their labels, too.

One of my good friends and I were talking about how much our viewpoints on things have changed since we began college. Some people might chalk that up to being away from parents, mentors, families, etc., but I think it’s because we are surrounded by scholastic minds.

People I have met and gotten to know in college have no problem voicing their opinions and backing them up with well-researched evidence. These are the people I have learned from — something I value above all else. A lot of things I say now might contradict things I thought five years ago. And I am resigned to the fact that in another five years, I might be laughing at my current viewpoints and calling myself stupid.

But I embrace the self-hypocrisy if it means I get to make my own decisions on what I believe, based on what I read and learn from those around me.

Judging people by labels they are assigned breeds closed-mindedness.

Keep that in mind the next time you have a conversation with someone, and you just might learn something.

MARIA ROMAS

Last week, columnist Tiffany Burba wrote a column about her experience being “socially conservative on a liberal campus.” I found it interesting to read her perspective because I find myself on the opposite end of some of the points she brought up. However, I don’t consider myself “socially liberal,” or “socially conservative,” for that matter. That’s because people judge you for what they think you believe if you label yourself with any of these politically oriented names.

I don’t subscribe to every single conservative or liberal viewpoint, which is why I take such issue with being placed into either of those categories. It would be fine if people didn’t hear either of those words and automatically assign a certain level of intelligence or assume that because I identify with one of the polarizing labels, I must believe in every viewpoint and value typically associated with that category.

Like Tiffany said in her column, those who label themselves conservative are often associated with words like bigot, racist, homophobe, etc. — but those who label themselves liberal are often associated with words that are equally degrading, no matter what color state you live in. I choose to forge my own path in the political arena, and don’t want to limit myself to deciphering things through one radical lens.

I used to think people simply made judgment calls after hearing the words Republican or Democrat.

But now, I know other words I’m Maria Romas is a senior English supposed to avoid using too: Femi- m a j o r. S h e c a n b e re a c h e d a t nist, religious Christian, activist, mromasdbk@gmail.com.

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Pick the moral battles you care about KEVIN HOGAN I try my best to be a good person.

When I buy something with cash and get too much change, I always go back to the register to sort it out.

I sort my disposables into trash, recycling and compost bins, and I make sure to double-check where greasy pizza boxes and bottle caps should go. I turn off the lights before leaving a room, and I’ll choose to put on a sweatshirt rather than crank up the heat.

Sometimes, though, I feel like I’m a bad person. I use plastic bags at the grocery store instead of the reusable bags I have in my apartment.

When someone approaches me on the street to talk about his or her cause, I lie and say I’m in a hurry. I enjoy listening to rap and hip-hop, genres notorious for lyrics that objectify and belittle women. Many of the electronics I own are produced by foreign suppliers with questionable labor practices.

The university community is filled with students who fit the archetype of the idealistic activist trying to

make the world a better place. These students are rigorous in self-discipline and firm in their convictions.

While I don’t necessarily consider myself part of this group, I evaluate my decisions in the context of the collective moral compass that it provides.

When I examine the “bad” things I regularly choose to do, my first thought is to try rationalizing them.

This quickly falls apart because it’s impossible to capture the plethora of judgments I make in a self-consistent value system. How could it be that I take the time to recycle but don’t avoid using plastic bags?

In this light, many of my choices seem arbitrary and rooted in habit or laziness.

My next step is to resolve to make myself a better person. The only way to do this is to immediately correct all of the moral missteps I have been making. My thoughts come in rapidfire: Today I’ll bring reusable bags to the store. Yes, I’d love to stop and hear about the work Greenpeace is doing. Who needs Apple products anyway? Will my roommates mind if I keep the thermostat at 59? Maybe I’ll be a vegan.

My motivation lasts all of about a

day, and then I realize my plan is no less silly than the rationalization I tried beforehand. There are simply too many issues to be concerned about. Trying to address all of them through the decisions you make will drive you crazy, and you’ll miss out on a lot. As an example, I know somebody who boycotts Thanksgiving because of some detail about the original feast in 1621. This brings me back to square one.

For anybody else who has experienced a similar cycle of guilt, I’ll share a conclusion that has given me solace: In life, you have to pick your moral battles. You should accept the reality that moral perfection is impossible and focus on a handful of issues you really care about.

I try to achieve this through the time I put into a particular student nonprofit organization. You might do this through your political activism, choice of diet or religious affiliation.

Whatever your cause is, I believe you can do more good by taking ownership of a few key issues than by halfheartedly addressing many.

Kevin Hogan is a senior computer engineering major. He can be reached at khogandbk@gmail.com.

irginia-based Dominion Resources has proposed expanding its current liquefied natural gas facility at Cove Point in Calvert County to allow for exports as well.

This new $3.8 billion facility would trigger more greenhouse gas emissions than any other source of climate pollution in this state, according to the Chesapeake Climate Action Network.

Approving such an expansion would only worsen our dependence on unsustainable, nonrenewable resources. The building of a new export facility puts the Chesapeake economy and ecosystem further at risk — exporting gas at Cove Point would increase the traffic of massive tankers by 549 percent. It would also put thousands throughout the region at risk, requiring expansions to existing pipeline infrastructure that already is prone to leaks and ruptures that can cause fires and explosions.

In November, the Student Government Association signaled its opposition to Cove Point by passing a resolution to officially “sign on as a member of the coalition against the expansion of the Dominion Resources’ Cove Point facility.” Just this past week, SGA, along with over 20 other environmental, health, community and faith groups, signed a letter addressed to Thomas Farrell, Dominion Resources CEO, asking him to explain the measures that would be taken to ensure the safety of Cove Point residents.

The campaign is not just a concern to the citizens; government officials also are beginning to oppose and question the expansion. Gubernatorial candidate Del. Heather Mizeur (D-Montgomery), has declared “there are better alternatives that would create more jobs while supporting our growing clean energy industry.” The Cove Point export facility, she maintains, would contradict the state’s plan for a 25 percent reduction of greenhouse gases by 2020. She instead called on Dominion Resources to invest the estimated $3.8 billion cost in

renewable energy, which could increase the East Coast’s installed wind capacity by 50 percent and create more than 7,500 jobs. Attorney General Doug Gansler also expressed his concerns for the “potential significant adverse environmental impacts” the proposed expansion could have. He has called on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to complete a comprehensive Environmental Impact Statement for the facility, a move adamantly opposed

by Dominion Resources.

The decision regarding Cove Point is one of the defining moments for our state’s future. The state is at a crossroads. Will we continue to exploit the environment and live off the unsustainable practices that we refuse to let go?

Or will we move forward to a healthy and sustainable future in which we depend less on nonrenewable fossil fuels and live with the environment, not against it? Now is the time to decide.

Our voices as students — as the future of this state and this country — must be heard. And tomorrow, we’ll have the chance to stand up and speak out.

Tomorrow, the Maryland Public Service Commission will hear the verbal arguments from Dominion Resources as to why they should receive critical permits that they need to begin construction on the $3.8 billion export facility. Residents from all across this state are taking advantage of the opportunity to speak out against this facility by rallying outside the building and marching in the streets of Baltimore.

The goal is to make this the biggest rally in the history of Baltimore by getting 1,000 people to attend and shutting down the city in the name of a clean energy future, for nearly two hours.

We hope to see you there.

A bus of students from College Park will be leaving to attend the rally. If you’re interested in attending, please email SGA Sustainability Director Ori Gutin at omgutin@gmail.com.

Steve Chen is the SGA Sustainability Committee communications director and can be reached at stchen17@gmail.com.

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THE MITT BEHIND THE MASK Netflix’s original documentary about Mitt Romney’s campaigns for president reveals the politician’s frustration but never digs quite deep enough

By MJ Lawrence @DBKDiversions For The Diamondback While the recently released second season of Netflix’s original series House of Cards seeks to further vilify our nation’s politicians, the goal of Mitt, the website’s original documentary about Mitt Romney, seems to be a retroactive attempt to refute the image of the former presidential candidate — and, by extension, the Republican party — as out of touch.

The plot summary claims it will reveal “a side of the candidate the public never saw.”

But the cover of the documentary — or, perhaps more appropriately, the thumbnail on Netflix’s browsing window — shows a cleanly lettered “MITT” above the contrived, tousled hair of the candidate.

The image clearly seeks to represent a more laid-back side of Romney, but in doing so finds it necessary to cut out the bottom half of his head, including his usual smug grin.

The movie claims to cover both the 2008 and 2012 elections, but where it actually chooses to focus is revealing.

During the first half hour of the film, which focuses on Romney’s ill-fated pursuit of the 2008 Republican nomination — the film glazes over the 2012 primary — a sense of pessimism underlies the Romney camp’s approach.

In a scene from 2006, for example, as the family discusses the pros and cons of running at all, some of the cons thrown out for consid-

eration include the negative opinions the country might have of him, and their “hypothetical” examples of negative opinions are almost too accurate — and mean, too. It almost seems as if, unconsciously, they sense these things in Romney and maybe even feel that way themselves.

This kind of cynical selfc o n s c i o u s n e s s p e r va d e s the film. The behind-thescenes glimpses of the campaign we get aren’t inspiring. They’re draining. We don’t see Romney reaching for the stars; we see him and his camp dwell on statistics and self-deprecation. The movie doesn’t end with an inspiring speech about the future of his personal life or the Republican Party, but with Romney and his wife, Ann, sighing in defeat. Any compelling humanity or likability Romney’s image might gain from this documentary isn’t the product of his true character being revealed but of skilled documentarians crafting their product.

From a mostly mechanical standpoint, the film is so tastefully crafted it’s frustrating. The soundtrack to some of the film’s extended montages is always contemplative, never cheesy, and the visual filter for the entire movie strikes a delicate balance between highdefinition lighting and lowbudget handheld recording.

The interests of the Romney family, as depicted in the film, are just as tasteful.

One scene shows Romney and Ann discussing why the

Coens Brothers’ O Brother, Where Art Thou? is one of their favorite movies, while another shows Romney and his sons laughing heartily to some David Sedaris comedy over dinner.

Despite this artifice, the documentarians provide some genuine insight. Some viewers might be attracted to the film simply to see how Romney finally accepted he would have to deliver a concession speech and how he viewed his own debate performances — particularly his first against President Obama, in which he almost i n d i s p u ta b ly p e r fo r m e d better than the president. In these situations, he’s surprisingly hard on himself.

Near the beginning of the film, Romney says he’s seen what happens to the nominee who loses for their party: He becomes a loser for life.

The documentary could be his camp’s subtle attempt to address this concern.

So what will Romney’s legacy be, and what role does this documentary play in that legacy? Mitt, and David Remnick’s lengthy profile of Obama published in the January issue of The New Yorker, seem obsessed ( a l b e i t i n ve ry d i f fe re n t ways) with legacy. Should we instead be questioning the consequences of legacy?

In an image-obsessed campaign, and an image-obsessed aftermath, House of Cards isn’t the only cynical chronicling of D.C. politics. diversionsdbk@gmail.com

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shooting From PAGE 8 period, and the Terps’ 10 offensive rebounds limited the Blue Devils’ offensive possessions and led to 10 secondchance points. They couldn’t contain Duke’s offense in the second half, though, and as their shots still weren’t falling, the deficit grew.

The Terps missed four field goal attempts during an 11-0 Blue Devils run that made it 64-48 with 8:17 remaining.

The deficit forced the Terps to switch to a full-court press, resulting in five steals in the final 7:30. But they failed to capitalize on a chance to build momentum from Duke’s unusually sloppy play.

“Typically, they haven’t shown that they turn the ball over like they did tonight, so that was kind of a surprise,” Frese said. “You’re always going to second-guess that when you see the success that we had.”

The Terps struggled to find their rhythm from three-point range, going 5-for-21 in the matchup. Guard Lexie Brown was their leading scorer entering halftime with 11 points.

The sharpshooter had a smaller offensive role after the break, though, going 0-of-5 in the final 20 minutes. In addition, the team’s bench, usually a reliable scoring unit, had only 11 points on 4-of-17 shooting.

“I was just trying to get more people involved in the offense, which I probably shouldn’t have done considering how we were shooting,” Brown said.

The Terps’ low bench scoring was costly against an experienced Duke starting unit that accounted for 73 points in the game. Along with guard Alexis Jones’ 22 points, senior guard Richa Jackson and junior center Elizabeth Williams scored 19 and 17 points, respectively.

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FORWARD ALYSSA THOMAS and the Terps endured a subpar shooting effort, leading to Monday’s 84-63 loss to Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium. christian jenkins/the diamondback

“WE’VE HAD A LOT OF BATTLES WITH THEM, HOME AND AWAY. IT’S ALWAYS FUN TO PLAY AGAINST THEM BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT’S GOING TO BE A GREAT GAME. DEFINITELY GOING TO MISS SEEING MARYLAND AND DUKE PLAY, BUT I’M SURE THEY’LL MEET UP AGAIN.” ALYSSA THOMAS

Terrapins women’s basketball forward tonight,” Frese said. “They played with a lot of energy, a lot of poise. I thought they showed their experience, and they were really consistent through the night.”

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The Terps’ tough night offensively ruined a chance to win in an environment where they’ve struggled in the past six years. With postseason

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“We’ve had a lot of battles with them, home and away.

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FORWARD CHARLES MITCHELL scored 12 points and grabbed seven rebounds in last night’s Terps victory.

deacons From PAGE 8 after what coach Mark Turgeon called an “unbelievable game” at Duke.

“Nick was feeling it tonight,” Mitchell said. “My hook shots were dropping, and I think I played well, but Nick was really feeling it from beyond the three-point line.”

Faust shot 4-of-7 from deep and added five rebounds and four assists. By the end of the night, the Terps had five players in double figures, though the team’s leading scorer, guard Dez Wells, had just six points.

Still, it took the Terps a while to recapture their positive play from Saturday night while more than 40 percent of Comcast Center’s red seats remained vacant.

“We had to generate our own energy,” Faust said. “When the fans aren’t there, we usually have to get ourselves going.”

In their first game since the agonizing loss to the Blue Devils, the Terps failed to generate an early spark, and with his team holding a three-point lead less than five minutes into the game, Turgeon subbed out four starters.

The mass substitution back-

TERRIERS From PAGE 8 offensive execution.

The Terps have scored 29 goals on eight assists through the first two games this season after they assisted on nearly half of their goals last year.

In the two blowout wins to start the season, the Terps’ execution on offensive set pieces has not been as precise as Reese wants it to be. She wants to see the team performing the plays exactly how they are drawn up.

“We are confident in anyone on our team who can score,” attacker Brooke Griffin said.

“I think everyone on our team is dangerous, and that is what makes our team so dangerous.”

While she wants to see the team run the offense better, Reese also said the defense needs to play tougher. The defense allowed one goal on six shots in the first half against

fired as the Demon Deacons scored 11 straight points to pull ahead, 15-7. When Mitchell ended Wake Forest’s run with a reverse lay-in with 9:14 to play in the first half, it marked the Terps’ first points in more than six-and-a-half minutes.

“We didn’t have it early. It was pretty obvious,” Turgeon said. “We just kept fighting, competing.”

Mitchell was the Terps’ only source of offense in the opening few minutes, using his post moves to score six of the team’s first nine points. But after the sophomore snapped the Terps’ long scoring drought, Faust provided some help.

The Terps’ longest-tenured rotation player hit three 3-pointers in the first half, including one with less than five seconds to play, capping a late run that gave the Terps a 30-25 lead at halftime.

“Coaches even tell me, ‘Nick, it’s time to go; you got to bring firepower off the bench,’” Faust said. “Today was an instance where I did.”

Behind Faust and Mitchell, the Terps pushed their lead to 52-38 and eventually held off the Demon Deacons.

The Terps weren’t entirely dominant, though. Wake

Forest used an up-tempo offense to score 20 fast-break points on the night and shoot 47.1 percent from the field.

Demon Deacons forward Devin Thomas, younger brother of Terps women’s basketball All-American forward Alyssa Thomas, caused trouble for the Terps with 11 points and 15 rebounds.

But with across-the-board contributions — including key plays from freshmen Roddy Peters and Damonte Dodd — the Terps didn’t allow Wake Forest to trim the lead to fewer than six points in the game’s final 13:58.

The Terps didn’t provide the sparse crowd with much to cheer for early, but with Faust and Mitchell leading the way, Turgeon’s team ultimately earned an important win — even if it wasn’t in a game quite as intense as the bout at Cameron Indoor Stadium three days earlier.

“It shows you we’re getting somewhere because we didn’t play particularly well throughout the game, but we still were in control in the second half,” Turgeon said. “You become a good team when you don’t play particularly well and you’re still in control.”

Richmond and four goals on 10 shots in the second.

“I think defensively, we just need to talk more,” midfielder Taylor Cummings said.

“Really work together as a cohesive unit.”

Reese is starting to see the defense’s new experience from the season’s first two games on the field, but she wants the Terps to take more chances on interceptions. The Terps have caused 23 turnovers so far.

The Terps finished even with Richmond in draw controls and ground balls Sunday, two categories they usually have the advantage in.

“I think draws are going to be a main focus and ground balls,” Cummings said. “Those are just the hustle stats that we need to work hard at.”

Today’s matchup with the Terriers not only provides the Terps a chance to improve their offensive precision and defensive toughness, but also gives contributing

freshmen another opportunity to continue acclimating before ACC play begins March 1.

Midfielder Zoe Stukenberg and defender Nadine Hadnagy started in their first two career games. Goalkeeper Emily Kift is still competing for the starting position in net.

Cummings, who won ACC Freshman of the Year last season, said getting minutes early in the season are important moving forward. And the sophomore class especially, she said, has helped the freshmen because they just experienced the transition, something vital to the team’s development, especially in early-season matchups like today’s against Boston. “ We j u s t n e e d to ke e p working together as a team and getting used to the chemistry out there,” Griffin said. “Adjusting to the rule changes and seeing where it takes us.”

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DEMON DEACONS

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Faust’s career high 20 points pace Terps past Wake Forest to snap two-game losing streak

Search for solid play continues Reese wants better offense, defense in today’s BU matchup

By Aaron Kasinitz @AaronKazreports Senior staff writer

By Ryan Baillargeon @RyanBaillargeon Staff writer

Three days after a narrow loss at No. 8 Duke in tiny yet packed Cameron Indoor Stadium, the Terrapins men’s basketball team hosted Wake Forest in an entirely different atmosphere.

There were about 7,000 empty seats at Comcast Center last night, close to the number of people who can fit in the Blue Devils’ historic gym. The Terps battled a Demon Deacons team riding a five-game losing streak instead of a top-10 opponent. And the Terps sported their traditional home jerseys, opting for a less flashy look after unveiling new Heritage Uniforms in Durham, N.C. With the change in environment came an extended lull in the first half and some stretches of listless play. But the Terps patched up their issues and avoided a letdown with a 71-60 victory over Wake Forest, ending a two-game losing streak before an announced 10,665.

Guard Nick Faust led the Terps (15-12, 7-7 ACC) with a career-high 20 points off the bench on 7-of-11 shooting as the team extended its winning streak over the Demon Deacons (14-12, 4-9) to eight games. Forward Charles Mitchell, meanwhile, continued his solid interior play, posting 12 points and seven rebounds in his fifth straight start.

Faust’s shooting and Mitchell’s presence inside sparked the Terps, who at times struggled to find an offensive rhythm three days

With a little more than 20 minutes to play Sunday, midfielder Kelly McPartland scored on a free position shot to give the Terrapins women’s lacrosse team a 12-1 edge over Richmond. And with the commanding lead, coach Cathy Reese emptied her bench.

The benefits were twofold. The freshman class gained experience in its continuing transition from high school to college. And the starters were also allowed to rest at the end of the game.

Today’s contest against Boston marks the Terps’ third game in six days. While Reese doesn’t expect fatigue to be an issue, the Terps had only one practice to prepare for the matchup.

“Coming off a game, you have quite a bit of things you want to work on,” Reese said. “But at the same time we only [had] a short bit of time to prepare for BU.” Reese said the Terps will have to wait until practices after today to start working on areas they need to improve on going forward, and she wants to see improvement in

See deacons, Page 7 GUARD NICK FAUST made seven of his 11 shots for his 20 points last night in the Terps’ 71-60 victory over Wake Forest. alik mcintosh/the diamondback

See Terriers, Page 7

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Poor shooting dooms Terps down stretch at Duke Terps shoot 5-of-21 on 3-pointers, normally potent bench scores just 11 points on 4-of-17 shooting in loss

By Paul Pierre-Louis @PaulPierreLouis Staff writer

DURHAM, N.C. — As Tricia Liston received the ball with 6:02 remaining in the Terrapins women’s basketball team’s 84-63 loss at Duke on

Monday night, Katie Rutan and Alicia DeVaughn rushed toward the Blue Devils forward and tipped her pass.

Forward Alyssa Thomas recovered the loose ball for the Terps and quickly fired a jumper that clanged off the rim.

After an offensive rebound, however, the national player of the year candi-

date had another chance to cut into the worrying 67-54 deficit. But her runner fell short of the basket and dribbled out of bounds.

Though they created opportunities to claw back in their final scheduled game against Duke, the Terps’ poor shooting resulted in another defeat

at Cameron Indoor Stadium, where they haven’t won since 2008.

“Obviously, when you score 63 points on the road, you’re not going to win a lot of games,” coach Brenda Frese said.

The No. 8 Terps shot a dismal 32.4 percent from the field, well below their 48.2-percent average

this season, and went 3-of-15 in the contest’s final six minutes.

Despite their struggles to make baskets, the Terps kept the game close in the first half. Duke had only one free-throw attempt in the opening See shooting, Page 7

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