February 19, 2018

STAFF EDITORIAL: No-excuse absentee voting is essential for the student voice in College Park to be heard, p. 4

BACK-TO-BACK LOSSES: Big Ten-leading Maryland women’s basketball loses to Purdue and Minnesota, p. 12

The University of Maryland’s Independent Student Newspaper

Follow us on Twitter @thedbk

ONLINE AT

dbknews.com

ISSUE NO.

Homecoming kings

21, OUR 108th

YEAR

Precedential likeness

Monday, February 19, 2018

As Layman and Trimble return, the team misses them more, Sports, p. 12

county

The new Obama painting has roots in presidential portrait history, Diversions, p. 8

graduate students

PG cops to get bias training March implicit bias training will use virtual reality to span beyond racial bias Prince George’s County Police Department officers Leah Brennan will head to the University @allhaeleah of Maryland in March for Senior staff writer new implicit bias training.

The training, which will run until November, aims to help the department’s 1,700 sworn members examine and confront their implicit biases, which people are “unable or unwilling to admit,” said Rashawn Ray, a sociology professor at this university and one of the head researchers behind the training, in a Feb. 2 press conference.

“We think it has the potential to serve as a national model,” PGPD spokeswoman Jennifer Donelan said. “We hope as we’re able to garner information and sort of gauge how the training is going, that others follow suit.”

Kris Marsh, a sociology professor and head researcher, said in the press conference that 50 different officers will come to this university every Tuesday for about 10 hours and experience the training in three major components — standard lectures, discussions and virtual reality scenarios. by

DOCTORAL STUDENT WINNIE OBIKE, right, shown with sons Raphael, left, and Michael, right, as well as husband Kingsley, says grad students need more childcare options. julia lerner/the diamondback

See police, p. 7

student government

RHA backs higher dorm, dining costs

‘Struggles are multiplied’ Grad students say they need better childcare options on campus — and more of them

Housing costs could jump 3%, but parking hike nixed The RHA Senate passed two resolutions Tuesday to increase dorm costs and meal plan prices proposed by the University of Maryland resident life and dining services departments, but voted not to pass a proposal to increase on-campus parking fees.

The Residence Hall Association voted to pass the dorm and dining proposals in a 24-7 and 33-3 vote, respectively, while the parking proposal by

Audrey Decker @audreydeck_r Staff writer

graduate student WINNiE OBIKE holds her 2-year-old son, Michael, in the State House Office Building in Annapolis. angela roberts/for the diamondback

On a bench along a nearly-vacant hallway in the Annapolis State House Office Building, Winnie Obike hastened to pull up a Barney YouTube video on her iPhone to calm her 2-year-old son’s cries. The University of Maryland doctoral candidate had driven about 35 minutes from Hyattsville that Tuesday morning to testify in favor of a bill that would give graduate student workers, such as herself, collective bargaining rights.

It had been more than an hour since they arrived, and her son, Michael, was getting fussy. He needed a nap.

Calmed by Barney and a pacifier, Michael’s wails quieted.

“This is my sanity,” Obike said, gesturing to the video.

Some 12 percent of about 2,000 graduate students that responded to the recent graduate student survey care for children under the age of 10 — a statistic that surprised Assistant Dean Jeffrey Franke.

“This was a larger number than we thought among our graduate student population,” Fra n ke s a i d . T h e s u r vey, wh i c h wa s conducted in May, was the first time the graduate school had asked its students whether they have children, he said.

This university and the city of College Park have formed a partnership to turn a former Calvert Road school site into a daycare facility, which is expected to open in the spring or summer of 2019, university spokeswoman Jessica Jennings said.

“Childcare is not just something graduate by

Angela Roberts @24_angier Staff writer

See grads, p. 3

See rha , p. 7

university response

After Parkland, a look at the U team that evaluates potential threats

By Matt Perez | @Mxbperez | Staff writer

I

n the wake of the deadly south Florida N high school shooting on Wednesday, the University of Maryland’s Behavior Evaluation and Threat Assessment Team has parkland, fla. continued to stress the importance of reporting concerning behavior on the campus.

Seventeen people were The team evaluates reports about stu- killed at Marjory Stoneman dents who are concerning, disruptive or DouglasHigh School in Parkland, Florida, threatening, and its seven members bring on Feb. 14. Former student expertise from various fields such as public Nikolas Cruz has been safety, mental health and student conduct, charged in the shooting, which injured according to its website. Some of the team’s at least 15 others. members include Mental Health Services Director Marta Hopkinson and Student

Conduct Director Andrea Goodwin.

On Wednesday, 17 students and faculty were killed in one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. The FBI acknowledged Friday that it failed to follow protocol after receiving concerns about the alleged shooter, 19-yearold Nikolas Cruz.

Freshman economics and government and politics major Amit Dadon, who attended the Parkland school, was studying in his dorm when

calendar 2 OPINION 4 FEATURES 5 city 6 diversions 8 SPORTS 12

See beta , p. 2

Campus Climate Survey

YOUR VOICE COUNTS

SeeClimate workers , p. 7by STUDENTS, FACULTY & STAFF: Complete the Campus Survey February 28 to share your experiences and perspectives. Together, we can shape a more inclusive, diverse and safe community. go.umd.edu/campusclimatesurvey18

Submit tips and corrections to The Diamondback at newsumdbk@gmail.com

The Diamondback is a publication of Maryland Media Inc.

monday, february 19, 2018

2 | news

CRIME BLOTTER

By Jessie Campisi | @jessiecampisi | Senior staff writer 4123B McKeldin Library, 1 to 3 p.m.

University of Maryland Police responded to reports of suspicious a c t iv it y, t re s p a s s i n g and animal complaint violations, among other incidents, over the past week, accord i ng to police reports.

SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY O n Fe b . 1 2 a t 8 : 1 1 p.m., University Police responded to the 7500 block of Hopkins Avenue for a report of suspicious activ ity, accord i ng to police reports.

This case is closed by exception.

responded to the Reckord Armory on Wednesday at 12:04 p.m. for a report of an “other incident,” according to police reports.

Police responded to another report of an “other incident” on the 3900 block of Campus Drive on Wednesday at 4:03 p.m., according to police reports.

Both cases are active.

Police responded to a third “other incident” report on the 7500 block of Route 1 at 10:43 a.m. on Tuesday, according to police reports.

This case is closed by exception.

ANIMAL COMPLAINT On T uesd ay at 8:23 a.m., University Police responded to the Leonardtown Office Building for an animal complaint, according to police reports.

This case is closed by exception.

OTHER INCIDENTS University Police

beta From p. 1 he heard about the shooting. His house is five minutes from the school, he said.

“One of my friends [at the high school], she texted that there’s an active shooter on campus, and that [they were] all hiding in the closet together,” Dadon said. “At first when I saw it I thought that it was a mistake, that it was just a false alarm, that it wasn’t actually our school. And then it finally hit that this is home.”

During the past few days,

Multipurpose Room, Nyumburu Cultural

Hosted by La Unidad Latina, Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity.

THEFT

TRESPASSING University Police res p on d e d to t h e 78 0 0 block of Regents Drive on Tuesday for a report of trespassing at about 2:30 a.m., according to police reports.

This case is closed by exception.

North Campus Diner, 5 to 7 p.m.

University Police res p ond ed to t he 7600 block of Library Lane on Wednesday at 2:05 p.m. for a report of theft that took place at 3 a.m. the day before, according to police reports.

This case is active.

featuring Jason Nichols and Cameron Van

CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCE VIOLATION On T uesday at 4:50 p.m., police responded to the 4200 block of Lehigh Road for a controlled dangerous substance incident, according to police reports.

This case is closed by exception. jcampisidbk@gmail.com

Da d o n h a s s e e n h i s h o m e community band together on live television in response to the shooting.

“There’s students from my school, people that I had seen in the halls every day, talking on CNN, talking on MSNBC, and it makes me so proud to be from the same school as these kids,” Dadon said. “They’re the future leaders, and they’re setting the tone, that this will never happen again, that we will never let it happen again.”

The Parkland shooting is the latest deadly massacre in a school, joining the 2007 Virginia

Tech shooting, where a gunman killed 32 people, and the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, where 20 children and six adults were murdered, as among the worst in U.S. history. Congressional inaction has prompted outrage, particularly from students who survived the south Florida shooting, and many are questioning when and where the next rampage will be.

The BETA Team formed in 2005 and reviews between 100 and 140 reports from students, staff and faculty each year, BETA Team case manager Maria Lonsbury said, adding that the vast majority of reports pertain to absenteeism from class, general behavior concerns and mental health issues. While some reports contain the perception of a threat, “it is rare that our students present actual threatening behavior,” Lonsbury said.

Some examples of alarming behavior, according to the BETA Team’s website, include “being disorderly, disruptive or verbally aggressive,” expressing

u n c o n t ro l l a b l e a n ge r a n d threatening physical harm.

A 2004 U.S. Secret Service and Education Department study analyzed 37 incidents of targeted school violence involving 41 attackers ranging between 1974 and 2000. In 81 percent of these incidents, at least one person had information on the planned attack beforehand, according to the study.

The BETA Team has monitored the events of the Florida shooting and other incidents in the hope that it can gain a better understanding of how to prevent such tragedies, and continues to use its standard evaluation process whenever reports are submitted, said John Zacker, BETA Team chair and assistant vice president for student affairs.

When the team receives a report, it performs a preliminary evaluation, analyzing the circumstance of the report and what resources it should consider. Afterward, the team usually reaches out to the party that filed the report in order to discuss

future steps, Zacker said.

“Many times, the school tragedies end up with an individual who might be alienated from their social setting, ostracized in some way, shape or form,” Zacker said. “When that happens, it can, unfortunately, turn bad.”

Cruz’s social media accounts were filled with pictures and comments showing he had an obsession with guns. He was expelled from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School for disciplinary reasons. And in September, a YouTube account with his name commented: “Im going to be a professional school shooter.”

Zacker and the BETA Team emphasize “early intervention” and ensuring troubled individuals quickly get adequate support resources, such as the Counseling Center’s clinical services.

“What we want to try to do is reach out and talk to those people who might be acting in a manner that’s out of the ordinary, we don’t want to shun them and push them aside, further alienating them,” Zacker said. “The sooner we can hear about a situation, the better. Don’t let things get out of hand by not saying anything.”

University Police are readily available and equipped with body armor, an armored rescue vehicle and a gunshot detection system in case of an active shooter incident, University Police Chief David Mitchell said. Mitchell described active

shooting incidents as “the number one threat that keeps [him] up at night.” With this in mind, Mitchell also stressed that it is necessary for students to report any concerning behavior.

“When you see and hear continued talk and red flags that continue to pop up on someone, clearly there’s something amiss here,” Mitchell said. “You don’t need to be a psychologist to know that someone is acting differently.”

Sophomore public policy major Gabriella Epstein expressed her sympathy to the victims of the south Florida shooting. She believes services like the BETA Team are important in establishing a proper support network on the campus that can prevent active shooter incidents.

“It’s just really important to be in tune with social dynamics, and to try to minimize bullying and mistreatment of students who really stand out,” Epstein said. “Besides that, I think it’s really important to have a good system in terms of counseling and having people available to talk to if [someone is] having issues.”

Concerning, disruptive or threatening behavior can be reported to the BETA Team through an online form, and in more immediate situations, individuals are advised to contact University Police at 301-405-3555.

mperezdbk@gmail.com

PROFESSIONAL RESUME WRITING SERVICES www.powereliteresume.com

WANT A MEANINGFUL

CAREER? Meet with Teach for America at the Career & Internship Fair!

Feb. 22–23 Stamp Student Union

SENIORS:

APPLY BY MARCH 2ND!

25% off any service until 3/23/18 with coupon code:

POWERELITE

Mon–Sat 10-9, Sunday 12-6 8700 Georgia Ave. • Downtown Silver Spring Located in the BASEMENT OF SUNTRUST BUILDING

VOTED COLLEGE PARK’S “BEST BAGELS”

BAGEL PLACE Catering available!

Sign Up for Our VIP Rewards Card!

• College/Grad School Resumes • Academic CVs • Corporate Resumes • Federal Govt Resumes

OPPORTUNITY BEGINS WITH EDUCATION

• Cover Letters

www.teachforamerica.org

• Updated LinkedIn Profile

301-779-3900 Route 1 • Across from South Campus

Visit us for lunch or dinner!

BAGEL PLACE BUY ONE BAGEL WITH CREAM CHEESE, GET ONE

FREE

BAGEL PLACE GET

$1.00 OFF

OF EQUAL OR LESSER VALUE.

ANY SPECIALTY SANDWICH

NOT VALID WITH OTHER OFFERS.

NOT VALID WITH OTHER OFFERS.

monday, february 19, 2018

news | 3

more online

RIGHT: Ralph steers clear of sea turtle nests in Florida. below: Ralph cheers on participants at the 2015 UCI World Road Cycling Championships in Richmond, Virginia.

Meet Ralph, the SGA’s oldest, quietest, plushest member

photo courtesy of chris keosian

By Savannah Williams | @SavannahUMD | Staff writer The SGA’s oldest member is less than one foot tall and has traveled around the world. He’s at every general body meeting, but never speaks.

Ralph, a stuffed animal version of Testudo, goes home with different members of this university’s Student Government Association each week — riding in their backpacks, sitting through lectures, meeting their friends and family, helping with homework and posing for pictures.

While the SGA is responsible for matters of concrete student governance, one of its most lighthearted traditions for years is to pass the toy among its members.

The SGA member who has Ralph for the week is charged with documenting their activities together and, after delivering a presentation at the end of the weekly SGA meeting, choosing who deserves to be his next guardian.

Jonathan Allen, SGA’s speaker of the legislature, said the tradition also helps to send members home on a good note after their Wednesday night sessions.

“It’s a nice way to end some of our really long, and sometimes contentious, meetings,” said Allen, a junior government and politics major.

above photo courtesy of jonathan allen left photo courtesy of rohini nambiar

LEFT: Ralph “painted” this canvas for SGA leglislator Doron Tadmor.

ABOVE: SGA health and wellness Director Rohini Nambiar holds Ralph during a beach day in Tel Aviv, Israel.

photo courtesy of doron tadmor

Read the full story online at dbknews.com

grads

“I don’t think childcare is overpriced. I think we’re underpaid.”

From p. 1

- COMMUNICATION DOCTORAL STUDENT JANNA SÖDER

s t u d e n t s n e e d ,” s a i d communication doctoral student Will Howell, who has a 10-month-old daughter.

“It’s something that faculty need, it’s something that staff need — it’s something that even undergraduates need. It is insane that our university has not thought until 2018 that they need to provide some kind of childcare for the campus community.”

T h e C e n te r fo r Yo u n g Children, a preschool and kindergarten laboratory school under the education college, is the closest thing to a childcare facility on the campus. Spots are in high demand — more than 100 applicants will be competing for 36 available spaces next August, said p ro g ra m a d m i n i s t ra t ive specialist Jennifer Haislip.

There are limited options for childcare available off of the campus, including the College Park Nursery School on College Avenue, which provides half-day classes with the option of after-school care for children between the ages of 2 and 5.

Tuition for full-day care at the center — five days a week from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. during the academic year — comes to $12,100 a year, according to the center’s website. This cost is about $4,000 less than the $16,144 minimum stipend afforded to graduate students for a nine-and-a-half month assistantship, according to the graduate school’s website.

Communication doctoral student Janna Söder said she and her wife work to arrange

their schedules in such a way that they do not have to pay the costs of childcare for their two children.

“The thing about this salary is if you have to choose between this [assistantship] and childcare, it doesn’t make sense to keep the job,” she said. “Childcare in this area is so expensive that it’s better to stay at home than it is to have this.”

Franke said he used the quality of life survey results in a recent conversation about graduate students’ need for affordable housing and childcare options with Ken Ulman, the chief strategy officer for economic development for this university’s College Park Foundation. Franke hopes the discussion will clear the way for future talks about these options, graduate school spokeswoman Mary CarrollMason wrote in an email.

But Söder doesn’t think it’s the cost of childcare that is the problem.

“I don’t think childcare is overpriced,” she said. “I think we’re underpaid.”

Söder is in favor of the collective bargaining bill, which if passed, would allow graduate student workers to negotiate their wages with the graduate school. This bill will receive a hearing in the state Senate on Feb. 20.

When communication d o c to ra l s t u d e n t G a re t h Williams came to this university, he left a consulting job and took a “massive, massive pay cut.” While he and

his wife have still been able to afford the mortgage for their house, pay the bills and put food on the table for them and their two daughters, “it’s been tight,” he said.

“There have been a couple of times where I have felt terribly guilty about the amount of income I’ve lost being here, and my wife, bless her, has been very supportive in those moments,” he said.

The salary Williams’ wife makes as a civil rights a t to r n ey fo r t h e fe d e ra l government supplements the stipend he earns through h i s a ss i s ta n ts h i p. S ö d e r calls her wife, a nurse, the “breadwinner” of the family, and said they would not be able to uphold their current standard of living off her own stipend alone.

“If two graduate students had a kid, I don’t even know how they did it,” she said.

While she studies communication at this university, Obike’s husband attends Catholic University to obtain a second bachelor’s degree in graphic design. She said her stipend, combined with what her husband makes working part-time as an administrative assistant for a defense contracting business, is equivalent to one full-time paycheck that is “somewhat livable” for themselves and their two young sons.

“Everyone, to some extent, who is still studying finds themselves in a place where t h ey h ave to b e f r u ga l ,” Obike said. “But when you’re studying at the highest level

and caring for two kids with a spouse who is also in school, the struggles are multiplied.”

Money grew especially tight last May when Obike missed the deadline to turn in the prospectus for her dissertation while she was pregnant with her youngest child and lost her assistantship with the graduate school. She was able to extend her employment b e n e f i ts to A u g u s t , a n d when she gave birth in July, healthcare insurance covered the costs.

About two weeks later, she

was interviewing for jobs.

The graduate school provides graduate assistants with six weeks of fully paid parental leave, according to its website.

“I realized that to keep my family financially stable and have health insurance and other benefits, I would need to jump right into the pool of graduate students looking for employment in other departments on campus,” she said.

Obike was hired by the bursar’s office and now works from home as a graduate

assistant, writing content that will appear on the office’s revamped website.

Journalism doctoral student April Newton said graduate school in America is not built for someone like her — a 45-year-old mother with two sons — but rather for someone “who is 24 and unencumbered by family.”

“The sort of tenor around grad school is that you get through it — that you sit your ass down and get through it and you just do it as fast as you can. And that kind of philosophy just doesn’t work well with having kids,” Söder arobertsdbk@gmail.com

SCHEDULE YOUR

SENIOR PORTRAIT TODAY!

Caj-sian Fusion CAJUN CUISINE × ASIAN TWIST

Buy one of our signature seafood pots by Feb 28 and receive a second pot for half price!

TERRAPINYEARBOOK.COM HYATTSVILLE • Only 10 minutes from campus!

6450 America Blvd #105 • Hyattsville, MD 20782 • (301) 403-9000

USE SCHOOL CODE: 12916518

monday, february 19, 2018

4 | OPINION

Opinion EDITORIAL BOARD

OPINION POLICY Signed letters, columns and cartoons represent the opinions of the authors.

The staff editorial represents the opinion of The Diamondback’s editorial board and is the responsibility of the editor in chief.

staff editorial

Mina Haq Jack Paciotti

Ryan Romano

Max Foley-Keene, Sona Chaudhary

EDITOR IN CHIEF

DEPUTY MANAGING EDITOR

OPINION EDITORS

MANAGING EDITOR

column

Univ students need access to absentee ballots College Park justifiably prides itself on being one of “provide people access to the ballot … to the greatest the most progressive cities in Maryland. It has upheld extent possible.” But the city council did not move sanctuary city policies to protect undocumented im- forward with a no-excuse absentee voting proposal at a migrants and supported Deferred Action for Child- recent meeting, despite the support of this university’s hood Arrivals. It has invested in renewable energy, Student Government Association.

In last year’s College Park elections, lines for voting reduced greenhouse emissions and pursued other sustainability initiatives. It has given money to local at City Hall grew as long as 14 minutes, according to schools and provided scholarships for residents to Board of Election Supervisors Chief Jack Robson.

That may not be a long wait for many permanent attend summer camps at this university.

But on voting policies, College Park is far behind city residents, but for students — many of whom must balance a full courseload with the curve. While many cities and part-time jobs — it’s a hassle at best municipalities in Maryland — and our view and an impassable obstacle at worst. the state itself — allow any voter to Students who don’t own cars have request an absentee ballot without to spend even more time taking a stating a reason, College Park will bus or walking to polling places, give absentee ballots for five reasons which are all off the campus, and only: being out of the city on Eleccommuter students must travel tion Day; being unable to vote due even further to cast their ballots. to illness, a disability or an accident; Turnout in College Park elecbeing stuck in an institution; having tions hasn’t been above 20 percent a death or illness in one’s immediate for more than 20 years, and making family; or being a full-time student with schedule conflicts at any college or university absentee voting easier would surely get more people involved. While absentee voting fraud is a bigger issue outside the city.

The narrowness of that last reason has been the than other forms of fraud, there are still ways to ensure source of some controversy, and understandably so. the integrity of mailed-in ballots.But rather than invest Students in the city who attend Towson University, in the resources to process more absentee ballots, the University of Baltimore or any university other College Park has essentially disenfranchised its many than this one can get absentee ballots, while students residents who can’t get to the polls on Election Day at the University of Maryland can’t. College Park, for and don’t have so-called legitimate excuses.

Restricting absentee voting puts College Park in better or for worse, is a college town; that it would grant that right to students who attend other institu- the company of GOP-controlled legislatures across tions while denying it to students at this university the country, who are willing to suppress democracy to maintain their hold on power. It’s shameful that such is unconscionable.

Mayor Patrick Wojahn expressed his support for an otherwise progressive city would still have in place expanding absentee voting, lamenting that College such a regressive policy on absentee ballots. The SGA Park is “an anomaly” in the area for its absentee supports change; now it’s up to the city government ballot restrictions. He said he thinks the city should to enact that change.

College Park is “an anomaly” in the area for its absentee ballot restrictions.

editorial cartoon

PARCC testing doesn’t help Maryland students Sarah Riback @SarahRiback Columnist

The PARCC exam, which has an English and math component and is administered to Maryland students from third through 12th grade, aims to gauge which students are ready to advance to the next academic level.

Although Maryland’s participation in PARCC might sound innocuous and constructive, the realities of the test — and most large standardized tests — are different. The PARCC test is a result of a partnership between states and education giant Pearson, a force present at almost every level of schooling.

Pearson is a multinational corporation that influences education policy in numerous states across the country. Although it first began as a somewhat simple construction company, in the last decade it has worked with school districts to expand standardized testing in American classrooms.

The extent to which Pearson and other large education programs have infiltrated classrooms and shifted how they operate is worth investigating. Students are pulled out of class for up to 50 hours of testing a year, according to Betty Weller, president of the Maryland State Education Association.

As Baltimore County Public School teacher Jonathan Roland asks in The Baltimore Sun, “Does no one acknowledge [that] PARCC is the driver of our prestigious relationships with for-profit educational and technology companies? As the testing program grew, so did the power, importance, staffing and budgets of institutions, which don’t directly teach children.”

As Roland highlights, standardized tests such as PARCC don’t operate for the

betterment of students; rather, they carry a specific, deliberate agenda.

This agenda does not value traditional teacher-student relationships; it values a student’s ability to effectively complete a computer activity.

Since PARCC’s implementation in Maryland, the results have been somewhat mixed but largely negative; the majority of students failed to meet the state requirements. The lowest-performing district was Baltimore City, where 15 percent of students passed English and about 12 percent passed math.

Statistics like those — compounded with the amount of time testing removes students from classroom instruction — demonstrate the magnitude of the shortcomings surrounding the exam in Maryland. And if students fail to achieve particular scores, they could be barred from graduating.

Students in public schools should not be guinea pigs for the failed experiments of Pearson and PARCC. Given the nature of public schools, accountability and transparency are necessary. But that means that entities like PARCC and Pearson must also be held accountable.

Gov. Larry Hogan and leaders in many other states have made it evident that distancing public schools from corporations like Pearson in the name of bettering the state’s education system is not a priority. However, it’s imperative to explore and advocate for an education system less burdened by corporate influence. riback.sarah@gmail.com

column

Maryland’s justice system ruins juvenile offenders’ lives Jack Lewis @OpinionDBK Columnist

JOCIE BROTH/THE DIAMONDBACK

column

Univ Police must send alerts in Spanish Liyanga de Silva @OpinionDBK Columnist

Last week, a robbery was reported near a University of Maryland building. Several campus buildings, including Eppley Recreation Center, were put on lockdown, and students, staff and faculty were told to stay away from the wooded area near the Chesapeake Building.

University Police informed the campus community of the threat through its email and text system, but the system lacks one thing — the option to receive alerts in Spanish or other languages.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Hispanic individuals made up 17.6 percent of the U.S. population in 2015.

Additionally, 40 million U.S. residents reported speaking Spanish at home. This part of our population deserves attention. However, some fail to see the importance of being inclusive to those who are non-native English speakers.

At a press conference in 2015, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump argued that “while we’re in this nation, we should be speaking English.” It isn’t particularly surprising that Trump thinks English should be the only language spoken in this country — it is the opinion of someone in a position of privilege who doesn’t

understand how destructive it is that English has become the language of power. Unfortunately, this is not an uncommon opinion.

Being able to speak English, particularly the English spoken in academia or the government, often provides access to higher education, better jobs, socioeconomic mobility and, in this recent case, physical safety. The attitude of people like Trump purposely makes certain aspects of American life inaccessible to those who don’t speak English.

It also upholds the incorrect and dangerous mindset that English is a superior language, and those who don’t speak it are inferior.

Accommodating non-English speakers is a matter of safety.

In 2017, almost 10 percent of this university’s undergraduate population and 4 percent of its graduate population identified as Hispanic. In 2016, 6.6 percent of staff and 3.3 percent of faculty also were Hispanic. While many of these individuals likely are Spanish speakers, this does not account for other, non-Hispanic, people on campus who are native Spanish speakers.

When University Police send out alerts in English only, a portion of our campus population may not be able to understand them, and therefore are put in harm’s way. For example, anyone who could not understand the alerts on Thursday

would not know that they should not approach the area. While University Police are “researching options around this topic,” according to police spokeswoman Sgt. Rosanne Hoaas, it’s important that we prioritize this issue for the safety of those at this university.

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees is a union that represents employees at this university and the University of Maryland University College.

After the robbery on Thursday, AFSCME sent a tweet intended for the University of Maryland Police Department, saying, “We need alerts sent in Spanish for our members. We are currently bargaining in the Chesapeake building and have Spanish speakers present.” This shows how sending alerts in English only is detrimental to the safety and inclusion of a portion of this university’s population.

Sending alerts in Spanish is ultimately a small change the police department can make. It might not seem like a big deal, but it pushes inclusion over assimilation, indicating this university is a safe space for everyone and doesn’t place a higher value on the safety of English speakers than those who speak other languages. liyanga.a.ds@gmail.com

The United States is the only country in the world that sentences children to life in prison without parole. Recent Supreme Court cases give hope for change, but more than 2,000 Americans are currently serving life sentences for crimes committed as juveniles. The state of Maryland technically allows the release of juveniles serving life sentences, but we have not released one in 20 years. No juvenile offender should ever be given a life sentence, but for those already in prison, we must provide a real opportunity for parole.

Before we examine the parole requirements, it’s important to understand the context of this imprisoned population. The Sentencing Project conducted a survey of juveniles serving life sentences and found painful, but unsurprising, results. Seventynine percent witnessed violence in their homes regularly, and about half reported physical abuse (that number jumps to 80 percent for girls).

Additionally, according to a Sentencing Project report, “Research on adolescent brain development confirms the commonsense understanding that children are different from adults in ways that are critical to identifying age appropriate criminal sentences.” To put someone under the age of 18 in prison for life is a cruelty based in scientific ignorance.

Some also argue that a crime may be heinous enough to warrant treating a teenager as an adult. But horrible acts by teenagers never demonstrate maturity; if anything, they show a lack of development. Proponents of this idea would also have us believe that some juveniles are definitively beyond the possibility of rehabilitation and deserve a lifetime of punishment. But kids who commit crimes need our help, not a jail cell.

Turning to Maryland’s system, we see that juveniles sentenced to life in prison have almost no hope for release. Inmates serving life sentences must wait 15 years before applying for parole. At that point, parole commissioners review the record and notify victims before making a recommendation to the governor. Maryland is one of only three states that require the governor’s signature for parole. Under this policy, our state has not granted parole to a single person. Gov. Larry Hogan should undo this unjust rule that puts human lives at the mercy of politicians’ whims.

Unfortunately, on Feb. 9, Hogan signed an executive order to formalize his process

of parole review. This act did nothing to change the current parole system and reinforced his role in judging rehabilitation. American Civil Liberties Union attorney Sonia Kumar pointed out that Hogan’s order is full of “primarily hollow, self-serving language that doesn’t fix the long-standing constitutional deficiencies of Maryland’s parole scheme.”

There can be no acceptable standard for rehabilitation and release if the decision rests in the hands of Hogan.

Right now, there are four cases before the Maryland Court of Appeals that could change our parole system. As the judges wrestle with the role of the judiciary, it is up to our governor and legislators to take action. They must make it harder to sentence juveniles and easier to parole those already behind bars. But it also must be said that injustice goes much deeper than parole regulations.

Our nation’s criminal justice system is rotten to the core. The idea of locking people up to improve society is cruel and counterproductive. In practice, our system disproportionately affects people of color and perpetuates historic oppression. We need systemic change that puts restorative justice above our lust for revenge. As we pursue these changes, we must also work to free those already in the system.

Right here in Maryland, juvenile offenders are spending the entirety of their adult lives in prison. To fix this problem and dismantle the prisonindustrial complex, we need a shift in values. We need to see troubled youth as victims, not criminals. We need to see life in prison as cruel and unusual punishment. We need to make parole about the best interests of the imprisoned, not of the governor.

When a young person commits a terrible crime in our state, it might be tempting to distance ourselves from the pain. It is easy to frame a violent teenager as a random anomaly, a monster to be locked away. It is much harder to reckon with our society that shaped them, to consider what it will take to rehabilitate that person and heal their community, to help them imagine a better future. But until we do this work, we cannot call our juvenile system one of justice. jlewis20@umd.edu

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2018

FEATURES | 5

FEATURES CROSSWORD © KING FEATURES SYND., INC.

ACROSS 1 See 12-Across 5 Scoundrel 8 Mine entrance 12 With 1-Across, have trouble 13 Bullring cheer 14 Pianist Peter 15 Fermi’s bit 16 Time on Earth 18 Summerhouse 20 Deviating off course 21 Albacore, e.g.

23 -- Aviv 24 Help on “... Millionaire” 28 Pealed 31 Commotion 32 Nuptial announcement 34 Dead heat 35 Legal wrong 37 Shipwreck aid 39 Bill and -41 Sea eagle 42 Cover the cost up front 45 Adjective modifier 49 Organism

51 52 53 54 55 56 57

Concept Finished Regret Whirlpool Marries Conclude Back talk

DOWN 1 Carpet style 2 Silents actress Naldi 3 The gamut 4 Reproductive cell 5 House style 6 Boxer Muhammad 7 Challenge 8 Reply 9 Remove hair 10 Persia, now 11 Chinatown gang 17 Dine 19 Closed-up tulip 22 Sandy’s mistress 24 Long. crosser 25 “What can -- for you?”

26 Made to consume

27 Put in a border, as a photo 29 Zero 30 Obtain 33 Remit 36 Drunkards 38 Groups of quail 40 Lummox 42 Winter truck attachment 43 Split 44 Bygone times 46 Icelandic epic 47 Cincinnati team 48 Chesapeake et al.

50 Scoot LAST WEEK

D.P. Dough

SU|DO|KU

®

© KING FEATURES SYND., INC. • every row/column/3x3 grid must include digits 1–9.

Delivers Calzones

THE ORIGINAL CALZONE COMPANY

MON

2/19 BBQ CHICKEN ZONE

$7

TUES

2/20 COMBAT ZONE

WED

2/21 $3 OFF ANY 2 CALZONES

THURS

FRI

2/22 MAUI WOWI

2/23 SPEED ZONE

SAT

SUN

2/24 2/25 CHEESEBURG CHICK-NZONE BACON ZONE

ZONE OF THE DAY!

ORDER ONLINE @ WWW.DPDOUGH.COM

8145 J Baltimore Ave, College Park, MD • 301-614-9663

GO FIGURE

LAST WEEK

WORD SEARCH © KING FEATURES SYND., INC.

LAST WEEK

© KING FEATURES SYND., INC.

like us on facebook

follow the Diamondback on twitter

@thedbk Classified

RATES Sold in 1” increments • 1 column wide • $36/col. inch • Run online FREE OFFICE HOURS 9:30AM – 4:30PM Monday – Friday • 3136 South Campus Dining Hall DEADLINES The deadline for ads is 2PM • 2 business days in advance of publication ONLINE Classified Ads will run online at no additional charge.

TO PLACE AN AD: PHONE 301-314-8000 EMAIL DBKADVERTISING@GMAIL.COM FAX 301-314-8358

v m A

EMPLOYMENT

HIRING SERVERS at Gah Rham restaurant In Beltsville, FT and PT.

가람 식당에서 같이 일할 학생을 찾습니다 Part time & Full time 시간 조절도 가능합니다 301-395-4143 HaeJohnny@gmail.com

FEAR KNOT © KING FEATURES SYND., INC.

$40/HR CHESS

TEACHER NEEDED $40/hr Chess teacher needed for 10 yr old in Washington DC, on Red line.

Weekends.

Tel: 202-506-6121 Office: 301-405-5112

ALL ADS MUST BE PREPAID

EMPLOYMENT

HOUSING

HOUSING

FOR RENT HELP WANTED CLEAN & QUIET ROOMS WITH PRIVATE YARD AND DECK

$10.50/HR UM STUDENTS ONLY The University of Maryland’s Surplus Property Operation (Terrapin Trader) has openings for warehouse & delivery personnel.

Hours of operation are Mon–Fri 8am–4pm.

For more information call Mike Painter at 301-405-5008/5267 or stop by Terrapin Trader located in the Severn Building 5245 Greenbelt Rd • College Park Park, MD 20740

ROOMS FOR RENT. 1 Unfurnished and 1 furnished room, both $550 per month. All utilities included.

In Hyattsville, call 240-832-3995

HOUSES FOR RENT

WALKING DISTANCE FROM CAMPUS

GREAT CONDITION. GO TO WWW.CPHOUSE4RENT.COM

3 full BA, 5 BR, 2 dens, W/D, DW, lower kitchenette, $3200/month, signing bonus, Starting 6/1. One block from North Campus Dr.

HUGE SIGNING BONUS! Contact landlord: 301-814-1626 OR dr.tris@verizon.net

MISCELLANEOUS GOT EXTRA STUFF?

THE DIAMONDBACK CLASSIFIEDS ARE THE PERFECT PLACE TO SELL YOUR EXTRA STUFF. CALL 301-314-8000 MON.FRI., 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM, TO PLACE YOUR AD WITH YOUR CREDIT CARD.

BUY YOUR

TERRAPIN YEARBOOK TODAY!

TERRAPINYEARBOOK.COM USE SCHOOL CODE: 12916518

monday, february 19, 2018

6 | news

City and County college park

county

council

City backs plastic bag tax plan

City gets glimpse at future

County weighing 5¢ bag tax, mirroring MoCo, DC policies

New study analyzes future development for midtown area A study rel e a s e d Fe b . 5 could provide a glimpse into the future of development for midtown College Park.

The study concentrated on three sites the College Park City-University Partnership identified as having the most potential for redevelopment: The Campus Village Shoppes across from The Varsity, fast food restaurants along Route 1 and the office building next to University View, said Madlen Simon, an architecture, planning and preservation professor and associate dean at the University of Maryland.

“Now that downtown is really developing,” Simon said, “midtown is the next place.”

The study also suggested creating a pedestrian trail along Paint Branch Creek, constructing a new road connecting Regents Drive and Route 1 and changing the orientation of the buildings on Route 1 to give residents more access to Paint Branch.

College Park Liquors, D.P. Dough and other businesses are currently located at the Campus Village S h o p p e s s i te . S i m o n s a i d o n e story developments like the ones there now are not the best use for the location, which is a gateway into the city.

T h e s t u dy p ro p o s e d c rea t i n g m i xe d - u s e d eve l o p m e n ts t h e re instead, which could include both residential and retail space, alongside a public gathering area.

Residents felt the same way about the chain restaurants lining Route 1, District 2 councilman P.J. Brennan said.

“They’re also interested in seeing some of those dilapidated properties — like the old fast food restaurants that are there — turned into something more attractive,” Brennan said.

The study is just a suggestion, but it’s intended to inspire developers thinking about redeveloping in midtown, Brennan said.

“When the time comes for those developments, there will be some conceptual idea in place for people to build from,” Brennan said.

S i m o n , a l o n g w i t h rea l e s ta te development professor Margaret

Jackie Camer @thedbk For The Diamondback

by

Jack Roscoe @Jack_Micky Senior staff writer

See midtown, p. 7

The College Park City Council voted Tuesday to send a letter in support of Prince George’s County’s efforts to pass a tax on disposable bags.

The county hopes to pass a 5 cent tax on disposable plastic bags, hoping it will sway customers to bring reusable bags. This proposal is the county’s attempt in finding options to decrease the amount of disposable plastic bags, which often wind up in city streets and rivers.

For years the county has been trying to pass a tax on disposable bags, but has been unable to do so.

But in the last few years, neighboring jurisdictions including Montgomery County and Washington, D.C., passed similar plastic bag taxes. The efforts to implement this fee are different for Prince George’s County as this county requires approval from the Maryland General Assembly or voters before passing any new property tax laws.

M a y o r P a t r i c k Wo j a h n s a i d a n o t h e r rea so n fo r t h e d e l ay i s a m i s u n d e rs ta n d i n g b e h i n d t h e implementation of the law. “ T h e i n te n t i o n i s [ to] re d u ce p l a s t i c b a g u s e , n o t to c o l l e c t money,” Wojahn said.

Wojahn said he has high hopes for the county after seeing the law’s implementation in Montgomery County and Washington.

“We are looking forward to joining Montgomery County and Washington, D.C., in reducing our plastic bag usage,” he said.

Not everyone is behind the proposal. Freshman Jack Rickey, a physics major, said he believes this tax would hurt those already struggling to afford groceries and other items.

“It is theft to charge those people who don’t have money then additional money to pay for a plastic bag,” Rickey said.

District 3 Councilman John Rigg recognized this concern, but also noted the extra money wouldn’t be too much of a burden for many families. However, Rigg said he hoped the city would provide reusable bags for those unable to afford them.

“By providing a reusable bag,” Rigg said, “it would encourage those to be conscious about using a plastic bag.”

Other critics of the proposed tax say it wouldn’t be effective in eliminating littering. Freshman Dustin Cloutier, a finance major, said he understands the purpose of the law, but said it’s not realistic to charge consumers for plastic bags when there are so many of them.

“If they are really trying to get plastic bags out of our streets and rivers, the city should just ban them, because that would ultimately end the problem,” Cloutier said. by

county leaders, including, from left, management and budget office staff member Janice Marcellas-Ward, County Executive Rushern Baker and budget office Director Stanley Earley, listen to resident concerns at a Feb. 13 event. michael brice-saddler/for the diamondback

Residents pick apart fiscal 2019 budget proposal

By Michael Brice-Saddler | @TheArtist_MBS | Senior staff writer Prince George’s County officials gathered Tuesday to hear resident suggestions and criticisms of the county’s fiscal 2019 budget, such as the need for more affordable housing and support for small businesses.

Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker, as well as members of the county’s Office of Budget and Management, listened as residents gathered at Laurel High School to give testimony about the county’s allocations of funds.

Baker will submit his proposed fiscal 2019 spending plan to the county council on March 14, and the budget will take effect on July 1 of this year.

Testimony topics ranged from affordable housing to the need for increased funding for libraries in northern Prince George’s County. Many residents expressed appreciation toward Baker and the county for supporting various initiatives within the county, while others implored Baker to provide more funding and support for various county programs.

Alison Flores, the policy and community director for District 2 Councilwoman Deni Taveras, said in her testimony that some of the biggest complaints among District 2 residents include overcrowding, parking congestion, traffic and inadequate infrastructure.

She said investments in public amenities such as safe pedestrian pathways and urban parks would help make the county more family-friendly.

“We must be committed to ensuring that Prince George’s County is a welcoming place for all visitors and residents alike to play, pray and work,” Flores said.

Flores added that she would like to see the county make further investments in affordable housing, arts and education programs, pedestrian pathways and small business retention.

In 2016, the Prince George’s County Council developed a Comprehensive Housing Strategy, which aimed to manage the county’s housing investments and build “sustainable, diverse and inclusive communities connected

to economic opportunity,” according to the county website.

District 8 resident Mark Johnson, CEO of MOA Enterprises — which provides assistance for disadvantaged individuals and businesses — said that he is pleased overall with county programs designed to help minority businesses.

The county’s Economic Development Corporation offers support to local and minorityowned businesses through its Small Business Services division.

However, Johnson added that he’s noticed some small business owners in the county have difficulty locating and navigating these programs, which he says are not user-friendly.

“The result is that we can find ourselves spending months pursuing opportunities that may not exist, or that should be accessed in a manner different than we have been led to believe,” Johnson said.

“Even with all the initiatives available to residents and business owners, being successful remains challenging for the intended underrepresented populations,” he added.

Alice Bishop, former president of the Templeton Knolls Civic Association, said in her testimony that Templeton Elementary School is in “critical need” of a community resource advocate to assist students. She said the school, which is located in Riverdale, has a diverse array of students that represent more than 30 countries and speak 26 different languages.

Many of the students are refugees that have limited proficiency in the English language, she said.

“With such a diverse population, our students have some very unique academic, social and emotional needs,” Bishop said. “Having a community resource advocate to join the team will positively impact our efforts to make each Templeton Tiger great.”

Michael Chesnes, who said he volunteers with the Howard B. Owens Science Center in Lanham, urged the county to See county, p. 7

more online

Walk to Riverdale Park coming soon The path, which both pedestrians and bikers will be able to use, will connect Albion Road and Riverdale Park Station. photo courtesy of the college park city-university partnership

Read the full story at dbknews.com

newsumdbk@gmail.com

WE BUY FRESH & LOCAL

YOU EAT WELL!

DELIVERY

AVAILABLE

Terps run on Nitro!

See council 7 Come see, p.why @

7336 Baltimore Ave.

CARRY OUT AVAILABLE • SILVERDINER.COM

• Teriyaki • Sushi • Hibachi • Tempura

Order online @ UberEATS, Postmates, & Grubhub Monday–Thursday 11AM–10PM Friday 11AM–11PM Sat 12PM–11PM • Sun 12PM–10PM

Right outside campus!

ngrantdbk@gmail.com

FARMTOTABLE OPTIONS VEGAN • GLUTENFREE • FLEXITARIAN

#AlwaysonTap

FREE WIFI! OPEN LATE! M-F 5AM-10PM Sa/Su 6AM-10PM

8145-M Baltimore Ave (Campus Village Shopping Center) College Park, MD • 301-982-9899 • hanamijapanese.com

GREENBELT SILVER DINER • 301-220-0028 GREENBELT PLAZA SHOPPING CENTER • 6040 GREENBELT ROAD

monday, february 19, 2018

news | 7

science & technology

In a small lab at the bottom of the University of Maryland’s engineering building, three professors created a wood stronger and tougher than most metals.

The product, known as “super wood,” is more durable than many types of steel, and would have many practical applications, said Teng Li, a mechanical engineering professor. Li co-led this project with Liangbing Hu, who also serves as an engineering professor. The two said this invention could eventually replace structural materials used for cars, as well as other applications requiring strong metals.

After nearly six years of wood research, Hu and Li began this project in 2016.

The team modified the material and mechanical properties of natural wood to make it 10 times

stronger than steel Univ researchers develop ‘super wood,’ an organic material worth its mettle

By Brad Dress | @thedbk | For The Diamondback tougher and 11.5 times stronger, Li said. Toughness refers to the durability of the material, whereas its strength depends on how much stress it can take, he added.

“It’s comparable to almost all the metals and it’s lighter weight,” Li said. “All these structural materials could eventually be replaced by super wood. For applications where mass and weight are parameters, it will have a potential.”

The modified wood is not only stronger and tougher than most

county

From p. 1 The virtual reality technology enables researchers to collect physiological data, which allows them to tell officers when their heart rate might go up or when their pulse may be elevated, Marsh said in the conference.

Researchers then provide t h e i n fo r m a t i o n ba c k to t h e t ra i n i n g a ca d e my to build additional models and further train officers to further work through these points, she added.

Officers will also undergo a debriefing at the end of each session, and will be able to log into a website to see the data and videos the researchers collected, Marsh said.

midtown From p. 6 McFarland, was a lead faculty member for the project. Two professors, five graduate students and one lecturer met weekly last semester to complete the study, Simon said.

Residents of midtown, university officials and the partnership were all consulted to determine what each party wanted from redevelopment, Simon said.

Increasing connectivity between this university and the midtown community, promoting a healthier

rha From p. 1 failed in a 24-7 vote.

The Department of Resident Life proposal that passed will increase the cost of a traditional air-conditioned dorm for the 2018-19 academic year by about 3 percent. Dining Services proposed a roughly 2.5 percent increase to the cost of a standard meal plan beginning next academic year.

The Department of Transportation Services proposal that failed aimed to increase on-campus parking permit fees for both commuter students and on-campus residents by about 16 percent for the 2018-19 academic year. “[I’d] rather us grit our teeth and wait out these three years for the Purple … Line than have residents pay $100 more and get no increase in service,” said sophomore biology major Matthew O’Brien.

Phaneuf said. “It’s a wonderful example of a case where [Hu] has taken a material, and rather than be satisfied with its properties, he’s come up with a combination of chemical and mechanical processing to alter the structure.”

The end result of this project is completely transformative, said Hugh Bruck, the mechanical engineering department’s associate chair for academic affairs. After working with wood for 10 years, Bruck said he’s never seen anything like it.

newsumdbk@gmail.com

prevent evictions, help with expenses such as rent and provide supporting housing.

One resident, who identified himself as Ross Hughes, said he faced homelessness before LARS stepped in. He said his reason for testifying Tuesday

was to ensure LARS continues to be funded.

Baker said the county will continue to be “vigilant” in monitoring revenues and expenditures throughout this year to ensure the budget remains balanced. He said funding

for the county’s Transforming Neighborhoods Initiative, which aims to bolster communities in the county that face economic, educational and public safety challenges, would be a priority.

“This is my last budget

hearing as your county executive,” Baker said. “I want to publicly thank everyone in Prince George’s County for giving me the opportunity to serve as your county executive.”

“We’re not trying to pick on the one who isn’t doing well, but look at all the ones that are doing well and see how we can train better for the future for other officers to t h i n k a b o u t h ow t h ey have biases and to move past those biases so we can move towards a bias-free policing,” Marsh said at the conference.

Donelan emphasized in the press conference that the training is not just focused on racial implicit bias. Scenarios in the training include situations where people exhibit autistic behavior, or have hearing loss, Marsh said.

“We want the officer to be able to understand the difference between someone who is noncompliant and someone who has a hearing loss,” Marsh said. “We also … built a scenario for someone

who is acting out in autistic behavior and we want the officer to be able to understand and see and recognize the difference between someone who is autistic and someone who is noncompliant or nonresponsive.”

T h e re sea rc h tea m h a s d eve lop e d more than 90 scenarios, Ray said at the conference.

The new training, which has been in the works for more than two years, is in partnership with this university’s sociology department and behavioral and social sciences college, as well as this university’s Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, t h e M L AW p ro g ra m a n d the University of Maryland School of Medicine, according to a PGPD press release.

P r i n c e G e o rge ’s C o u n ty

Police Chief Henry Stawinski initiated the plan “to take standard police academy training on implicit bias to a new level,” the release read.

Abir Muhuri, a junior mechanical engineering major, said he worked as an undergraduate research assistant for a lab that used VR to monitor emergency dispatch workers. He said he thinks it would be “really interesting” to implement VR in the PGPD training.

“It provides a lot of data, and that’s really useful for

just tracking how the training goes and how improvements could be made, besides just qualitatively observing that,” Muhuri said. “Also, [the training is] for a great cause because I think bias affects a lot of people. I’ve heard a lot of personal stories about how bias can just affect someone on a daily basis.”

Sophomore information sciences major Avery Parker said he thinks the VR training is “very important” and that it will “really help out in the field.”

“One of the major shortcomings in training comes up in real life situations — you’ve got to think on the dime. You’ve got to make a n i m m e d i a te d e c i s i o n ,” Parker said. “And I think you don’t get that to the f u l l ex te n t i n p ra c t i c a l s a n d wh a t n o t , so I t h i n k having the virtual simulations and whatnot will help incoming cadets to actively assess situations without ever being inside them.”

community and establishing a greater sense of place in midtown were the areas of focus for the study, Simon said. “[The residents] wanted to be connected rather than cut off,” Simon said. “They wanted to have healthy recreation and they wanted to have local business.”

T h e se a re i n l i n e w i t h the partnership’s goals of housing and development, sustainability and transportation, said Eric Olson, its executive director.

While the proposed ideas in the study were interesting overall, Mayor Patrick

Wojahn said, some options need to be explored to determine their feasibility.

Traffic studies would have to be done to see what the impact of the proposed developments would be, Wojahn said. It’s uncertain if the market could sustain the level of retail some of the proposed developments suggested, and residents would also need to give more of their input on the projects, he said.

“There’s a lot that still needs to be assessed and thought through,” Wojahn said.

planetarium is already past its expected life,” he said.

From p. 6 Other testimony came from those who use Laurel Advocainvest $2 million to upgrade the planetarium, which he said is cy and Referral Services, also losing some functionality and known as LARS, which provides assistance and emergency lacking spare parts.

“As well-built as it is, our services to county residents to

police

types of steel, but it’s also six times lighter, Li said. The material also rivals titanium alloy, which is a high-performance and lightweight metal.

This material would be extremely useful when designing cars, Li said, as it would save gas and money using a lighter material.

Raymond Phaneuf, the materials science and engineering department’s inerim chair, said this project is “an excellent example of material science at its finest.”

“It’s a remarkable achievement,”

“ Yo u k n ow t h e s u p e rh e ro character Luke Cage?” Bruck said.

“How Cage has this super dense skin that is unbreakable because it is super dense? It’s the same thing.

He is able to get wood to now have strength and stiffnesses that are similar to those levels.”

Modifying the wood occurs in two stages, Li said, explaining a complicated process of removing certain properties of the wood and then compressing it. Despite these steps, Li said the process is “scalable,” as he compared the manufacturing process to that of newspaper assembly lines.

“Imagine you have a very long, roll of wood,” he said. “You do the chemical treatment, the pressing at another step, and you can do a continuous roll-to-roll.”

Un ive rs i ty P re s i d e n t Wallace Loh attended Tuesday’s RHA Senate meeting and presented updates and insights into this university, followed by answering questions from senators. Loh visits the RHA Senate once a year to take questions, RHA President Dana Rodriguez said.

Loh began by praising this university for its growth, diversity and “impressive” student body, followed by its recent strides in campus development, including the Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Innovation, a renovated Cole Field House and the new bioengineering building, Clark Hall.

New structures around the campus and in College Park strengthen this university and the surrounding area, he said.

“We are trying to become a Silicon Valley, a hub for economic development in the state of Maryland,” Loh said.

I n J a n u a r y, A m a z o n

mbricesaddlerdbk@gmail.com

lbrennandbk@gmail.com

jroscoedbk@gmail.com

announced that College Park is not a finalist for its second headquarters. Washington, D.C., which made the short list of the top 20 candidates, would be an ideal spot for this new headquarters, Loh said.

“For the past few months, I have been trying to get the governor[s] of Maryland, of Virginia and of Washington, D.C., to come up with a joint proposal for Amazon’s second headquarters,” Loh said.

Seve ra l R H A m e m b e rs asked questions about how the university is improving diversity.

Last year, this university worked with the Anti-Defamation League to help with diversity issues on the campus and train senior leadership how to deal with hate bias incidents, Loh said.

“The ADL training was an incredibly eye-opening experience,” Loh said. adeckerdbk@gmail.com

DISCOVER A GENEROUS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.

The U.S. Army’s Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP) offers qualified medical, dental and veterinary students full tuition for a graduatelevel degree at the school of your choice. You’ll receive a monthly stipend and payment for books, equipment and academic fees, as well as the potential to grow as a leader.

To learn more, visit healthcare.gooarmy.com/kd94

©2014. Paid for by the United States Army.

All rights reserved.

monday, february 19, 2018

8 | DIVERSIONS

Diversions fine art

Critics say Kehinde Wiley’s new Obama portrait is without precedent. They’re wrong.

By Evan Berkowitz | @TheEndOfMyWitz | For The Diamondback

A

society may well be remembered by how it paints, sculpts and photographs its leaders.

When the sands of time erase every last wit of civilization, the shattered visage of Ozymandias will still survey the rolling dunes.

Similarly, one supposes, when climate change brings the banks of the Potomac up Meridian Hill Park, Kehinde Wiley’s newly unveiled portrait of former President Barack Obama will be toted out of the floodplain.

Understandably, then, much has been written about Wiley’s work, as well as Amy Sherald’s portrait of former first lady Michelle Obama, since the National Portrait Gallery unveiled them Monday.

Holland Cotter, the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times art critic, wrote in an uninspired and predictable review that beside other recent entrants to “America’s Presidents,” this “present debut is strikingly different.”

He presents a passing nod to Obama’s seat in the Wiley work, comparing it to Gilbert Stuart’s portrait of George Washington. “But,” he writes, “art historical references stop there.”

Across the board, critics, commenters and tweeters for and against the portrait have pontificated on one aspect in particular: Obama-in-theGarden is a work singularly without precedent in presidential portraiture.

Indeed, a portrait without precedent parallels the presidency it portrays. Rightly so, the work is historic and unique as the first of a black president and first lady, painted for the first time by black artists to boot. And there is a whole lot of artistic innovation in the works.

But entirely without reference or precursor? Not quite.

Beyond the intrinsic role of history and art history on all new work, there is a key precedent in presidential portraiture to Obama-in-the-Garden, and it hangs just a few walls away in that cavernous gallery in Washington, D.C.

A

s 1962 waned and ’63 crept up gingerly behind it, painter Elaine de Kooning traveled to temperate Palm Beach, Florida, to paint President John F. Kennedy.

A prominent abstract expressionist and the wife

ALL IMAGES COURTESY OF THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY

of an equally prominent one, de Kooning won the Truman Library commission, so she wrote for ArtNews in 1964, in part because of her frenetic style that usually required just one sitting.

Kennedy threw a rod into her process, a man “always in action at rest,” she wrote. Instead, she worked from sketches, and the portrait consumed her for a year as she created 23 paintings of the first Catholic president until his 1963 assassination abruptly halted her output.

The result was something unlike any presidential portrait before.

“We’re talking here about two artists who do not approach portraiture in an academic, traditional way, but who are invested in approaching it with a fresh look,” Taína Caragol, the curator who worked with Obama and Wiley, said Tuesday.

Both artists were “pushing the boundaries of contemporary portraiture … in their particular time,” Chief Curator Brandon Brame Fortune agreed.

“De Kooning was doing portraits that were considered to be really out there: They were gestural, they were colorful, they were large. And, of course, Kehinde Wiley is also.”

(In fairness, Cotter does mention the famous de Kooning work in his review, as a welcomed respite from the dreariness he sees in the “America’s Presidents” exhibition. But he doesn’t compare Wiley’s work to de Kooning, going so far as to write that it lacks “tonal echoes of past portraits.”)

The similarities between the two works are striking but unobtrusive. Both presidents pose casually, leaning in, looking at us. Both feature presidents who broke molds, although subject comparison in portraiture is a long, fruitless exercise.

Both backgrounds are flat and abstracted through layers upon layers of interacting color, and, most obviously, both are green.

In de Kooning’s, broad brushstrokes of emerald cascade over patches of yellow as areas of forest green, sky blue, orange and mauve define Kennedy’s edges. Behind it all is the white of canvas.

Wiley’s is more polished but similarly abstracted.

His leaves, upon close looking, appear stenciled, not

rendered. They layer up from a background of pure black to brown, grey and olive roughage then sage, mint and teal leaves with lime-green and cream at the fore. Obama neither penetrates nor is covered by the greenery, instead interacting paradoxically behind and before the leafy wallpaper, a trope in Wiley’s other work.

“The setting in Kehinde Wiley’s painting, that beautiful foliage and symbolic flowers, is meant to reference what the artist does best but to give a very rich and contemporary look to the painting,” Fortune said. “And Elaine de Kooning is of course reflecting the green and the vibrancy that she found in Florida.”

T

he question then turns, as it so often does, to why. Why do curators, critics and Wiley alike insist the work exists in a vacuum, even with such a clear example that proves it doesn’t?

For one, the work is very new. It’s hard to effectively draw lines between works so quickly, and harder still to do so without minimizing the newer artist’s creativity, genius and merit — never the intention herein.

But there is something more pernicious at work.

The work is considered independent of canon for the same persistent reason that artists of color are too often excluded from the annals of American art and pigeonholed among themselves.

Sometimes, this lets us elevate the marginalized artist’s voice independent of a stifling white art history. But in scenarios where works interact cross-culturally, as they now do in “America’s Presidents” for the first time, this separation can be distractingly othering.

Luckily, the issue is forced. Obama was president, and his portrait will hang in D.C. ’til the end of our republic — even if critics are initially reluctant to view it how they should.

Thoughtful discussion of Wiley’s place in the pantheon of presidential portraitists will follow in time.

Obama-in-the-Garden becomes part of how we paint our leaders, a pursuit we still haven’t perfected as America enters its fourth ordinal century.

And it doesn’t get any more canonical than that. eberkowitzdbk@gmail.com

by column, left to right and top to bottom: column one: george washington/gilbert stuart; james madison/chester harding; john tyler/george peter alexander healy; james garfield/ole peter hansen balling; calvin coolidge/joseph e. burgess; warren g. harding/margaret lindsay williams; george h.w. bush (detail)/ronald n. sherr. column two: john quincy adams/george caleb bingham; john f. kennedy/elaine de kooning; dwight d. eisenhower/thomas edgar stephens; jimmy carter (detail)/robert clark templeton. column three: andrew johnson (detail)/washington bogart cooper; harry truman (detail)/jay wesley jacobs; franklin d. roosevelt (detail)/douglas granville chandor; bill clinton/chuck close. column four: john adams/john trumbull; andrew jackson (detail)/thomas sully; ronald reagan (detail)/everett raymond kinstler; woodrow wilson (detail)/john christen johansen; chester a. arthur (detail)/ole peter hansen balling; martin van buren (detail)/george peter alexander healy; james buchanan (detail)/george peter alexander healy; herbert hoover/douglas granville chandor. column five: william mckinley/august benziger; ulysses s. grant (detail)/ thomas le clear; barack obama/(c) 2018 kehinde wiley; theodore roosevelt (detail)/adrian lamb. column six: william howard taft/william valentine schevill; millard fillmore (detail)/james reid lambdin; benjamin harrison/theodore clement steele; abraham lincoln (detail)/george peter alexander healy. column seven: richard nixon/norman rockwell; rutherford b. hayes (detail)/eliphalet frazer andrews; gerald ford/everett raymond kinstler; george w. bush (detail)/robert a. anderson. column eight: james monroe (detail)/john vanderlyn; zachary taylor (detail)/attributed to james reid lambdin; franklin pierce (detail)/george peter alexander healy; grover cleveland (detail)/anders leonard zorn; william henry harrison (detail)/albert gallatin hoit; lyndon johnson/peter hurd; james polk (detail)/george peter alexander healy; thomas jefferson (detail)/mather brown.

monDAY, february 19, 2018

sports | 9

men’s basketball

Cowan disrupts Rutgers’ top scorer Terps hold Corey Sanders to six points in dominant 61-51 victory About a minute into the second half of Maryland men’s basketball’s 61-51 win over Rutgers on Saturday, Scarlet Knights guard Corey Sanders turned to teammate Mamadou Doucoure with an expression of disbelief and disgust on his face, and both hands held out in front of him, searching for an explanation.

Rather than make a fivefoot inbound pass to Sanders, Doucoure lobbed the ball 30 feet downcourt toward guard Geo Baker, who was at midcourt with his back turned.

The pass — which barely reached Baker — was the start of a sequence during which by

James CrabtreeHannigan @JamesCrabtreeH Senior staff writer

Sanders grew increasingly fed up with his teammates.

Sanders himself was having a nightmarish game, which likely increased his ire. Forward Bruno Fernando dunked on him, the Terps crowd taunted him and he scored just six points on 3-for14 shooting, far short of his team-high 14.2-point average.

Maryland hopes to continue its defensive success against perimeter players when it faces guards Bryant McIntosh and Scottie Lindsey at Northwestern on Monday night.

“I tried to really stay on him and force him to take tough shots,” guard Anthony Cowan said. “I’m just trying to beat him to his spot. Make him take shots over a hand.

He’s a really good player.”

Fe r n a n d o ’s f i r s t - h a l f dunk over Sanders made SportsCenter and started the frustration for Rutgers’ only starting upperclassmen. His buzzer-beating attempt entering halftime just missed, so Maryland’s lead remained 3 1- 1 9, a n d S a n d e rs wa s 2-for-7 with four points at intermission.

The Scarlet Knights never c a m e c l o s e r t h a n s e ve n points in the second half.

“Teams key in on Corey, but we have other players, too,” Rutgers coach Steve Pikiell said. “Those guys have to step up and do a good job.”

When Maryland led by seve n w i t h u n d e r fo u r minutes left, Cowan swatted Sanders’ baseline layup, one of Sanders’ four turnovers.

Shortly after, Maryland’s student section, which earlier feuded with Sanders, got the last word, slowly chanting “Corey” as the Terps put the

guard anthony cowan got the best of Scarlet Knights guard Corey Sanders as the Terps cruised at Xfinity Center. marquise mckine/the diamondback finishing touches on their 10-point win.

As Cowan dribbled the ga m e c l o c k o u t w i t h 1 0 seconds remaining, Sanders marched off the court and untucked his jersey after one of his worst performances of the season. “[Cowan] did a great job,” guard Darryl Morsell said.

“Any time he gets a chance to play against another good guard in conference, he’s

going to take that challenge.”

M a r y l a n d ’s d e f e n s i ve ga m e p l a n w i l l l i k e l y b e similar Monday against McIntosh and Lindsey, who have combined for 26.4 points per game this season. The Terps struggled with perimeter defense early in Big Ten play but have improved recently.

O n Fe b . 1 0 , t h e Te r p s held McIntosh — a senior — sco re l e ss fo r t h e f i rs t time in his career, partly by

double-teaming him whenever he came off ball screens.

Lindsey scored 20 points on 20 shots.

“I don’t think he really put up that many of his shots,” Cowa n sa i d o f Mc I n tos h after Maryland’s 73-57 win over the Wildcats. “I tried to stay in front of him, just making sure he didn’t get into a rhythm.” jcrabtreehdbk@gmail.com

wrestling

Terps split doubleheader in final bouts Victory over Ohio salvages team’s up-and-down Sunday at Xfinity by

Maryland

That trio has been a con-

s i s te n t s o u rc e o f p o i n ts Lila Bromberg wrestling knew one win for Maryland over the last @lilabbromberg in its doublefew dual meets, but with Staff writer header against Rider and Ohio would give coach Kerry McCoy 100 wins at Maryland and match the most dual victories (5) for the team since joining the Big Ten. H a v i n g c o m p l e te d i t s tough conference slate, the team was confident it could earn a pair of wins in its final bouts of the season Sunday, but its opening meet against Rider didn’t go as planned.

The Terps lost the first two matches against the Broncs and only managed three wins overall, coming from 141pounder Ryan Diehl, 149pounder Alfred Bannister and heavyweight Youssif Hemida, as well as a forfeit win in the 197-pound class.

duo From p. 12 Saturday before fielding questions about their professional careers and the current team.

“I’ve wanted to get back here to catch a game for a long time now,” Layman said.

“It feels great to be back,” Trimble added. “I’m used to sitting courtside with the team and putting that uniform on. It’s very different.”

The two former Terps were named honorary captains during the under-16 timeout of the second half. The 15,587 fans at Xfinity Center — and the current team — gave them a standing ovation while a highlight video of their careers played on the Jumbotron. A pair of students waved Layman jerseys from Maryland and Portland.

The snow and Maryland’s middle-of-the-pack Big Ten record made for a smaller crowd than most conference games, and Turgeon wished it had been a sellout, but the Terps faithful made themselves heard.

While Layman is familiar with loud home crowds in the NBA, Saturday was a rare opportunity for Trimble to again be part of an energized arena. When he

only one ranked wrestler on Rider’s squad, the Terps missed an opportunity to pull away in the other weight c l a s s e s, a n d R i d e r wo n , 23-18. Maryland bounced back to beat Ohio, 33-14.

“After the first one I just s a i d , ‘ T h e y we re b e t te r than us today.’ We got beat in a couple positions with a couple opportunities we didn’t take advantage of,” McCoy said. “I told them that I liked the fight. I liked the energy [and] the effort and if we bring that to this next match, good things will happen.”

After a short ceremony to c e l e b ra te g ra d u a t i n g wrestlers Justin Alexander, Patrick Gerish, Matt Pente

last played at Xfinity Center on March 4, 2017, Trimble sent fans into a frenzy with his game-winning 3-pointer against Michigan State.

Trimble stays in touch with his former teammates, such as guard Jared Nickens, whom Trimble often motivates to work hard for his senior year. He also speaks with guard Anthony Cowan, who has taken over Trimble’s role as the team’s topscoring point guard. Trimble has encouraged his protégé to keep playing aggressively even as he’s missed numerous last-minute shots this year.

While guard Darryl Morsell never played with Trimble, the freshman envies his predecessor for changing the program. Freshman forward Bruno Fernando said he prayed Trimble would come back for his senior year so they could play together.

“He’d been through a lot here having to be that lead guard while everybody’s watching,” Cowan said. “It’s good to always have somebody to talk to who’s already experienced it. He did so much for Maryland basketball.”

Guard Kevin Huerter said Maryland has most missed

heavyweight youssif hemida has been the Terps’ most consistent wrestler this season. He earned wins in both Saturday meets, continuing his strong play. lila bromberg/the diamondback and Jhared Simmons, the second match started with 125-pounder Brandon Cray.

Cray came out firing in hopes of erasing his earlier loss and earned a second-period pin to give the Terps a 6-0 lead.

“I just try to start the team off right,” Cray said. “They just keep the momentum going from there.”

That victory set the tone for a string of impressive suddenvictory wins throughout the

meet.

Bannister earned a win by fall in the first period of his 149-pound matchup against Ohio’s Kade Kowalski, as did Alexander in his last performance as a Terp.

“I kept telling myself before going out there, ‘It’s my last match, it’s my last one,’” Alexander said. “I just went and put it all out there, and it felt good to take the pin.”

Gerish followed suit in the 174-

pound class with a victory by pin.

“We’ve been on the other e n d o f t h o s e m a tc h e s a couple times,” McCoy said of the wins by fall. “It was nice to be on this end and scoring bonus points and having guys win and … excited about competing.”

The Terps’ excitement was tempered by Diehl — one of the team’s best performers — taking a hard fall while w re s t l i n g M a r i o G u i l l e n

and entering the concussion protocol, unable to complete the match.

Maryland used wins from Brendan Burnham, DavidBrian Whisler and Hemida to win the meet 33-14. “ I t i s rea l ly s p e c i a l to finish the year with a win like that,” McCoy said. “I told all the guys I wouldn’t be able to do it without them.” lbrombergdbk@gmail.com

former terps melo trimble and jake layman each averaged more than 10 points per game in their Terps careers, earning fan adoration.

Trimble’s poise, as the Terps were 31-8 in games decided by six or fewer points during Trimble’s three-year career.

This season, Maryland has dropped eight games by six or fewer points and is 1-8 on the road, likely to miss the NCAA

tournament for the first time in four years.

But Trimble relived his Terps friendships and cheers Saturday, reminding Maryland of the success it enjoyed during his tenure.

T h e Te r p s h i g h - f i ve d

Trimble as they jogged off the court after their win. Cowan told Trimble he’s ugly, continuing the jokes they played on each other last season.

Trimble even attended Turgeon’s postgame press conference, asking his former

file photo/thediamondback

coach if he misses him.

“I miss you, Melo,” Turgeon told Trimble. “I miss you a lot.

You miss Maryland, right?”

“I miss Maryland,” Trimble responded, “and I miss you.” kmelnickdbk@gmail.com

monDay, february 19, 2018

10 | sports

baseball

Terps drop series finale to Tennessee Volunteers tag Parsons for eight runs in his disastrous season debut Maryland baseball coach R o b Va u g h n put his hands on his hips w h e n h e a r r i ve d a t t h e mound, shook his head and after speaking with righth a n d e r H u n te r P a rs o n s, reached his hand out for the ball.

In the first inning, Parsons was shelled, allowing five runs on six hits. In the second, Parsons spiraled out of control, hitting two batters, moving them over with a wild pitch and walking a third.

Right-hander Mark D i L u i a , m a k i n g h i s way from the bullpen for his first Maryland appearance, didn’t settle things down. Tennessee shortstop Andre Lipcius by

Andy Kostka @afkostka Staff writer

hit a grand slam over the left field fence, obliterating the 3-0 lead Maryland once held in the first frame.

Tennessee continued the offensive onslaught to win, 13-6, and salvage one game of its season-opening series against Maryland.

Lipcius led the Volunteers with six RBIs, while seven batters finished with multiple hits.

Maryland third baseman Taylor Wright had two hits, continuing a strong start to his Terps career.

A f t e r t h e Te r p s ( 2 - 1 ) p owe re d t h e i r way b a c k into the first game of Sunday’s doubleheader, using a six-run ninth inning to pull ahead for a 10-4 win, right fielder Marty Costes and second baseman Nick Dunn

hit first-inning home runs in the nightcap.

It continued a power surge for Dunn, who now has three homers on the season compared to five last spring.

Costes, in the leadoff role, didn’t see his RBI opportunities dip in Maryland’s opening series.

Maryland’s barrage late in its first game forced the Volunteers (1-2) to use six relievers, shortening their bullpen options. But right-hander Will Neely settled in following his shaky first inning in the second game to toss five frames and allow six hits, preventing a pitching emergency for the Volunteers.

Maryland’s three-run edge didn’t last long. Tennessee’s first five batters reached base against Parsons, who allowed eight runs in one-plus innings of work. He was bumped out of the contest for DiLuia, who allowed runs in

starter hunter parsons surrendered eight runs and recorded just three outs against Tennessee on Sunday. The Fruitland native had a 3.50 ERA in 36 innings as a freshman in 2016, but he put up a 12.05 ERA in 21.2 frames as a sophomore last season. file photo/the diamondback each of his first three innings.

It illustrated the drop off in class from Maryland starters Taylor Bloom and Tyler Blohm.

Bloom threw seven scoreless innings in Friday’s win while Blohm allowed two runs in 5.1

innings earlier on Sunday.

Still, DiLuia ate innings for Maryland, preserving a pitching staff light on options as it braces for its Wednesday matchup against William & Mary. The Terps will rely on

eight underclassmen out of the pen this year to replace a litany of relievers who departed via transfer, graduation or the draft. afkostkadbk@gmail.com

recruiting

Terps signee Jalen Smith scores 32 on Senior Night Forward received his McDonald’s All-American jersey earlier that day Maryland m e n ’s b a s ketball signee Jalen Smith wo ke u p o n Feb. 12 excited and ready to make history.

Smith, the first ever McDonald’s All-American from Mount Saint Joseph High School in by

Matt Jasper @MPJ520 Staff writer

School in front of a packed gym. The Gaels won, 78-71, behind Smith’s 32 points, 23 rebounds and seven blocks.

Baltimore, received his jersey Seven of those boards came off the offensive glass. for the game that afternoon.

“I was trying to grab every “It was a great day,” Smith said. “To start off with the rebound that came off the rim,” ceremony was nice. A lot of Smith said. “Going into college, people came and showed love I’m going in with the mentality that I’m going to get everything and support.”

Smith followed up that off the rim and try to put it back ceremony with his Senior up as quick as I can.”

While he didn’t pay attention Night against the John Carroll

to college basketball as a kid, the five-star recruit eventually developed a love for the sport and started following the team his father was a fan of: Maryland. Going into his sophomore year, Smith began to see Maryland as more than just his favorite team, as coach Mark Turgeon offered Smith his first scholarship.

“I’d probably say it started to be come a dream after

[Maryland] first offered me,” Smith said, “because it was like, ‘Wow, my hometown school offered me.’”

Smith, whom 247Sports ranks the No. 24 player in the country, was teammates with guard Darryl Morsell at Mount Saint Joseph from 2015 to 2017. In Morsell’s final season, the duo took home the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association A conference championship and

Baltimore Catholic League tournament title.

Smith hopes their success carries over in College Park.

“We’ll have pretty much the same chemistry that we h a d i n h i g h s c h o o l ,” Smith said. “I’m gonna be looking for him, he’s gonna be looking for me and we’re gonna be doing whatever we can to help our team prosper.” mjasperdbk@gmail.com

Board of Directors Maryland Media Inc.

For the academic year beginning September 2018

Maryland Media is the 501(c)3 non-profit that operates The Diamondback, The Terrapin Yearbook, and umdmitzpeh.com. Its operations are overseen by an eleven member board of directors that is majority student. The Board includes Maryland Media’s three student editors, three at-large students, and five alumni. For the 2017-2018 school year MMI seeks to fill the three at-large student positions. This is a great resume building opportunity as the role includes decision making for the entire business including:

Hiring • Awarding scholarships • Establishing budgets and compensation • Endowment investment decisions • Long-term planning Board meetings take place the first Thursday of the eight months school is in session and generally last for 60 to 90 minutes.

To be considered, you must be a full-time student at the University of Maryland, who is not a current employee of Maryland Media Inc. Your application should consist of your resume and a cover letter in which you discuss the following issues: What is your interest in becoming a member of the Board of Directors?

Describe any experience you may have with student or other publications.

Discuss your academic plans.

Discuss any views and assessments of performance that you may have of any of the Maryland Media publications.

Are there any professional or personal circumstances that might create a conflict of interest with your membership on the Board of Directors of Maryland Media (i.e., your membership in an organization or interest group that might be subject to coverage by a Maryland Media publication)?

What circumstances would warrant the Board of Directors preventing a publication from printing something?

As part of your application you will be expected to have an official transcript of your academic record sent to Maryland Media, Inc., 3132 South Campus Dining Hall, Campus. Transcripts may be obtained from the Registrar’s office.

If you are interested in becoming a member of the Board of Directors of Maryland Media, Inc., please submit your application to: Craig Mummey, Office Manager craig@mmi.umd.edu Craig may be reached at 301-314-8000, should you have any questions.

The deadline for submission of your application is Monday February 26, 2018.

Thank you for your interest in Maryland Media.

monDAY, february 19, 2018

sports | 11

men’s lacrosse

LOW POINT

Terps endure uncharacteristic defensive struggles in 16-14 win over High Point

By Scott Gelman | @Gelman_Scott | Senior staff writer

W

ith about 10 seconds left in the first half of the Maryland men’s lacrosse team’s 16-14 win against H i g h Po i n t o n Sa t u rd ay, Panthers defenseman Chris Price sprinted forward after gaining possession from a turnover.

With room to shoot past the No. 2 Terps’ defense, Price found the back of the net to cap a 4-0 High Point run. If Maryland’s defense had gotten its hands up, Price might not have had time to take the shot, coach John Tillman said afterward.

The Panthers’ first-half rally was one example of Maryland’s defensive struggles. After holding Navy and Marist to fewer than 10 goals, the unit — still without injured defenseman Bryce Young — had difficulty containing the Panthers attack.

The 14 goals are the most the Terps have allowed since May 30, 2016, when North Carolina scored 14 times in the

the terps hadn’t given up 14 goals since May 2016. Maryland lost key defensive players to graduation, and defenseman Bryce Young is still battling an injury. file photo/the diamondback

“You can’t replace what we replaced and then have a couple of injuries and expect it to be magic. ” - MEN’S LACROSSE COACH JOHN TILLMAN

national championship game.

“I knew going into this year there were going to be some moments where it’s not going to be pretty,” Tillman said. “You can’t replace what we replaced and then have a couple of injuries and expect it to be magic.”

Still, the group that graduated defensive midfielder

Isaiah Davis-Allen and top defenseman Tim Muller last spring allowed the Panthers to remain competitive after a low-scoring first quarter.

M a ryl a n d b oa s te d a 6 - 2 advantage after the first 15 minutes. The squad was similarly effective early in the second quarter, taking a commanding 10-3 lead. Then,

March 6 | Grand Ballroom, Stamp Student Union Founders Showcase: 5-6 p.m. | Competition: 6:00-7:45 p.m.

Come watch five of University of Maryland’s hottest student startups pitch their businesses shark-tank style to compete for the $15,000 Grand Prize.

Vote for your favorite startup and they could win $1,000!

DarkSonar

Come to the Founders Showcase at 5 p.m. to grab a snack and see some up-and-coming UMD startups!

Vote for your favorite to win $250!

Register today!

go.umd.edu/pdcfinals

DINGMAN CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP

High Point took control.

Panthers attackman Connor Robinson, who scored four times, recorded the second goal of the team’s end-ofhalf run. It was the first goal the Terps have allowed down a man this year. There was no panic on the sideline, Tillman said, but his young team wasn’t communicating

the same way it had in its first two wins. “ We h a d b e e n p l ay i n g s m a r t a n d d i s c i p l i n e d ,” Tillman said. “We kind of got away from that. If that’s something that we do, we’re going to struggle.”

It took nine seconds for Robinson to score again in th e th ird q uarter, wh ich

made it a two-point game.

Midfielder Mitchel Snyder scored H igh Point’s 10th goal.

The unit refocused, though, not allowing the Panthers to score in the final four minutes of the game.

Maryland’s attack did enough to secure the win.

Though the Terps don’t wa n t to p o s i t i o n t h e m selves to give up as many as 14 goals, they know with a new-look roster, they might be involved in a number of high-scoring games.

Now, the group has three d ays b e fo re i ts m i dwe e k matchup with Penn to begin a stretch in which eight out of 10 games are against currently ranked teams. Consistent, aggressive defense is a priority for the Terps.

“We knew this time o f ye a r we ’d h a ve to wo r k t h r o u g h s o m e t h i n g s ,” Tillman said. “No one hung their head. We have a next play mentality.” sgelmandbk@gmail.com

monDay, february 19, 2018

12 | sports

Sports THIS WEEK’S GAMES

TWEET OF THE WEEK u.s. medal count, as of 10:30 p.m. (est) sunday

5

G

pyeongchang

2 0 1 8

3

S

B

2

total leaders

gold leaders

nor 26 ger 18

ger 9 nor 9

Men's basketball

Feb. 17

Maryland Rutgers

61 51

Women’s basketball

Minnesota 10 Maryland

Feb. 18

93 74

Baseball

Feb. 18

Tennessee Maryland

men’s basketball

former terps jake layman and melo trimble were honored during the team’s Saturday matchup against Rutgers. The duo was instrumental in the program’s recent three-year run of NCAA tournament appearances. photo courtest of maryland athletics

hyped homecoming ‘Those two changed our program’: Trimble and Layman earn warm welcome back

By Kyle Melnick | @kyle_melnick | Senior staff writer

D

uring a timeout in the Maryland men’s basketball team’s 61-51 win over Rutgers on Saturday night, the Terps stopped their huddle to turn their attention toward Melo Trimble and Jake Layman.

T h e f o r m e r M a r y l a n d s t a rs , who were visiting a Terps game for the first time since departing the program, were being honored on the court. Mark Turgeon had never before halted a huddle during

timeout activities, but the seventhyear coach made sure he and his team had the chance to clap for them.

“Those two changed our program,” Turgeon said.

Trimble and Layman received a warm welcome during their visit Saturday, allowing players and fans to reflect on the memories and success they brought to Maryland.

“I was really happy for Jake and Melo,” Turgeon said. “It was great to have them back.”

Five Maryland players transferred after the Terps finished the 2013-14 season with a 17-15 record, but Trimble led Turgeon’s squad to its first NCAA tournament since 2010 the following year.

The Upper Marlboro native, who now plays with the G League’s Iowa Wolves, led Maryland in scoring and to three NCAA tournament appearances during his three seasons in College Park before forgoing his senior year to enter the NBA Draft last year.

Layman stuck with Maryland for four years while many of his teammates left the program, becoming a standout player his final two seasons. The current Portland Trail Blazers backup tied Maryland legend Juan Dixon for the most games played with the Terps (141) before graduating in 2016.

So Trimble and Layman donned large grins when they entered the media room prior to Maryland’s game See duo, p. 9

“I miss you Melo. I miss you a lot.”

- MEN’S BASKETBALL HEAD COACH MARK TURGEON

women’s basketball

Terps suffer 93-74 blowout loss to Gophers Squad mired in its first losing streak since 2014 with postseason approaching

By Sean Whooley | @swhooley27 | Staff writer 1

10 Maryland (22-5)

2

3

4

F

19 20 15 20 74

minnesota 24 29 26 14 93 (21-6) When a Maryland women’s basketball player makes a layup through a foul and gets a chance at a three-point play, the Terps usually exude excitement and celebrate. But when forward Brianna Fraser did so with under a minute remaining in Sunday’s blowout loss at Minnesota, she was met with light high-fives and few smiles.

Maryland trailed by more than 20 points and was on its way to its first back-to-back losses since 2014. The Golden Gophers dominated from start to finish, downing the Terps, 93-74.

“It’s really, really tough to be able to win on the road [with] kind of the mentality you have to go in with,” coach Brenda Frese said. “Minnesota was sensational in every effort tonight.”

The No. 10 Terps (22-5, 11-3 Big Ten) allowed the Gophers (21-6, 10-4 Big Ten) to bully them early

with their primary post players, forwards Stephanie Jones and Brianna Fraser, in foul trouble.

With reserve forward Aja Ellison away from the team on bereavement, the shorthanded Terps failed to defend the interior.

Frese acknowledged the foul trouble played a role in giving Minnesota the upper hand and said her squad had to use a lot of different looks because of it.

The Gophers outscored Maryland, 12-4, in the paint in the first quarter. As the Terps attempted to lock down the inside, the sharpshooting hosts — who rank third in the Big Ten in three-point field goal percentage — began to exploit openings outside.

Minnesota’s final five field goals of the first half were 3-pointers.

“We did have a game plan to try to run them off the 3-point line,” Frese said. “They were able to really get downhill on us, penetrate and kick, get a lot of great looks and put them in.”

Meanwhile, the Terps were h a m s t r u n g b y a n e f f e c t i ve

coach brenda frese has watched her squad lose its lead atop the Big Ten standings with back-to-back losses against Minnesota and Purdue. marquise mckine/the diamondback Minnesota defense. Guard Kaila Charles, the team’s leading scorer and go-to player in every facet of the game, didn’t score until n ea rly h a l fway t h ro u g h t h e second quarter. She finished the half with just three points and four turnovers.

Charles said Minnesota defended her by forcing her to her weaker left side. But she felt part of the ineffective start fell came from her getting in her own head.

“It was just me overthinking,” Charles said.

Minnesota went into the locker room with 53 points, the most a Maryland opponent has tallied at

halftime this season. Its 14-point deficit at the half was its thirdlargest during the current campaign. The hole only got deeper from there.

The Terps entered the contest allowing 62.5 points per game.

By the time three minutes had passed in the third quarter, the Gophers had scored 63.

By the end of the contest, the Gophers had made 14 of their 24 3-point attempts and had three players eclipse the 20-point mark.

Frese said “the basket was as big as an ocean” for Minnesota.

Only No. 1 Connecticut and t h e n - No. 4 So u t h C a ro l i n a

scored more points against the Terps in a game this year.

Charles posted a double-double with 16 points and 14 rebounds, while Jones scored 13 and guards Ieshia Small and Kristen Confroy each added 12 in the loss. Normally, the Terps thrive when sharing the wealth offensively, but Minnesota’s shooting prowess proved to be too much.

“It is frustrating that we’d score and they’d score a three,” Charles said. “It’s hard to come back, but we just have to learn from it and move on.” swhooleydbk@gmail.com

13 6