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REGENTS CHAIRWOMAN LINDA GOODEN voiced her support for more transparency within the board. elliott scarangello/the diamondback

wallace loh said the school has adopted the majority of the investigations’ recommendations. elliott scarangello/the diamondback

Regents chair Panel to oversee supports reform athletics recs Linda Gooden backs bills that would expand the board’s membership, increase transparency During hearings in the Maryland Jeff Barnes General Assembly @thejeff barnes last week, the UniSenior staff writer versity System of Maryland’s Board of Regents backed legislation that would expand its membership and require it to be more transparent. Board chair Linda Gooden, along with University of Maryland Student Government Association President Jonathan Allen, traveled to Annapolis to voice their support for the bills as lawmakers reviewed their contents in state House and Senate hearings on Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively. The bills — which are currently moving through the House Appropriations Committee and the Senate’s Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee — would expand the Board of Regents from 17 to 21 members and require its open meetings to be publicly streamed. These reforms would improve the way the board operates and increase its transparency, Gooden told lawmakers in both hearings. “The perception that public business is being done in private raises suspicion and breeds mistrust that can be damby

aging,” Gooden said on Wednesday. “Components of this bill will help further strengthen the board, making it more representative, more transparent, and better focused on its core functions.” The four new spots on the board would be filled by the state commerce secretary, appointees from the leaders of the House and Senate and a non-voting student member in addition to the current voting student member. Additionally, the bill would require that at least one regent have a background in higher education administration, one have a background in finance and one have a background in diversity and workplace inclusion. It would also double student regents’ terms to two years, allowing the nonvoting student regent to gain experience on the board before becoming a voting member. Of the proposed reforms, this was the only one that Gooden raised concern over. “Not because we don’t think students are very valuable parts of the board, but because we realize how much work it is for our students,” she said. The bills have the backing of 38 state lawmakers in the House and Senate,

Loh told Regents that the university has put majority of reports’ recommendations into place BOWIE, MD. — The University of MaryJeff Barnes land has instituted @thejeff barnes the majority of the Senior staff writer recommendations from the two investigations that stemmed from the death of Jordan McNair and is creating a panel to monitor their progress, university President Wallace Loh told the Board of Regents on Friday. During a meeting in Bowie State University’s Student Center, Loh told the board that the university has fully implemented 18 of the 20 recommendations from the first report, which was released in late September and focused on the May 29 football team workout where McNair suffered fatal heatstroke. The report lists 27 recommendations, seven of which came from the “Head Football Athletic Trainer.” Loh also said the university has put into place “approximately” 16 of the 21 recommendations from a second investigation into the broader culture of the program. Loh did not specify which recommendations had been implemented and which hadn’t. The board took control of both investigations shortly after they were commissioned, a move many criticized as an overstep of its powers. by

See gooden, p. 8

While Loh provided the board with a “very casual” update regarding the university’s progress, he said he’s creating a panel to conduct a review and then report officially to the board, which sets policy for the University System of Maryland’s 12 member institutions. The panel, Loh said, is expected to hold its first meeting on this university’s campus in about two weeks. He named six people who he said would serve on the panel, including William “Brit” Kirwan, a former president of this university and former USM chancellor; Vernon Davis, a former Maryland football player and current NFL tight end; and David Williams II, former vice chancellor for athletics and university affairs and athletics director at Vanderbilt University. Williams, however, died Feb. 8, according to a Vanderbilt press release. The university was not available for comment Sunday regarding William’s status as a member of the monitoring group. “We’re going to be very transparent, we’re going to post that and we’re going to hear presentations from our athletic staff and others and then they will assess how well we are implementing this and report

See loh, p. 8

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Lineman barred from promoting fundraiser for McNair Foundation Ellis McKennie later tweeted an ‘NCAA approved’ flyer for the fundraiser Maryland Mary Dimitrov football offens ive l i n e m a n @thedbk Ellis McKennie Staff writer tweeted Friday that NCAA regulations prohibited him from promoting a fundraiser for the Jordan McNair Foundation. “ T h e NCA A i s a jo ke ,” h e wrote. “Our teammate Jordan McNair passes away during a NCAA sanctioned workout. But by

now, as a NCAA student athlete, I am not allowed to promote a fundraiser we are having for his parents Jordan McNair Foundation! I can’t even tweet the f lye r ! T h a t’s my Te d Ta l k .” Shortly after his first tweet, McKennie followed up with a picture of an unofficial flyer for the fundraiser. He wrote that this version of the flyer was “NCAA approved,” and thanked the school’s compliance office.

McNair, a rising sophomore offensive lineman, died last year after suffering heatstroke at a team workout. In the wake of his death, his parents started the Jordan McNair Foundation to give other young athletes tutoring and coaching and provide them with scholarships. On Sunday, the foundation held a fundraiser in conjunction with the Chipotle in the College Park Shopping Center. When customers presented a flyer for the promotion, or indicated

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On Monday at about 8:30p.m., University Police responded to Elkton Hall for a controlled dangerous substances violation. Police told a male student they were there because someone had smelled marijuana, and they found the resident had less than 10 grams of it, Hoaas wrote. He was issued a civil citation and police referred him to the Office of Student Conduct. Later that evening, at about 9 p.m., a resident assistant in Elkton Hall told an officer about a CDS violation. Police knocked on the door, and explained to the male student that someone had smelled marijuana. They determined he possessed less than 10 grams of marijuana, Hoaas wrote. Police issued the student a civil citation, and referred him to the Office of Student Conduct. On Tuesday at about 9 p.m., University Police also responded to another CDS violation in Ellicott Hall. An officer was walking through the building when he smelled marijuana coming from a room. He knocked on the door, and told a male resident why he was there. He found the resident had less than 10 grams of marijuana, Hoaas wrote. The male was issued a civil citation. All of these cases are closed.

On Monday at about 11:00 a.m., University Police responded to a trespassing incident at the Marriott Hotel. A male employee told police that a man was behaving in an inappropriate manner toward a female employee, police spokesperson Sgt. Rosanne Hoaas wrote in an email. Police identified the man, and determined he was denied access to campus. Police arrested the man, Oladimeji Oluwadare Abegunrin, 32, of Hyattsville, and charged him with trespassing on school grounds and trespassing at a public agency, Hoaas wrote. This case is closed.

THEFT On Tuesday at about 4:30 p.m., a female employee at this university told police that someone stole her tablet, Hoaas wrote. The theft happened between Jan. 15 and Feb. 2, and police do not know where the tablet was taken from. This case is active. O n T uesd ay n i g ht, University Police also responded to the Microbiology Building for a reported theft. A female student at this university said her bag, which had various items in it, was stolen from an unsecured locker between 7 and 9 p.m., Hoaas wrote.

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Suspect pulled knife near Commons 3 The man could face first-degree assault charges, among others University Leah Brennan of Maryland @allhaeleah P o l i c e r e Senior staff writer sponded to an incident involving a knife near Commons 3 early Sunday morning. Police responded to the domestic-related incident a ro u n d t h e Co m m o n s 3 courtyard at 12:43 a.m., said spokesperson Sgt. Rosanne by

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Hoaas. Two men and a female student — all of whom knew each other — were walking out of Commons 3 when one of the men started to become aggressive toward the other, and a fight broke out, Hoaas said. One of the men displayed a folding knife and threatened to use it, but he didn’t come

into contact with anyone, Hoaas said. The female student interrupted the scuffle, and police took the two men into custody. The man with the knife sustained a minor injury, and was sent to an area hospital before returning to the University Police station to be processed, Hoa a s sa i d . T h e fe m a l e student and the other man were unhurt. The man who had the

knife could face first-degree assault and other charges, Hoaas said. The other could be charged with trespassing, she added. Hoaas said police did not send a UMD alert about the incident because there wasn’t any imminent, lifethreatening danger, and said they did not send an email about it because there is no ongoing risk for the campus community. newsumdbk@gmail.com

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y the time TrainACE — Ralph Sita’s information technology and cybersecurity training school — was 14 years old, it had won numerous award and offered courses in IT, cybersecurity and programming. But Sita noticed a major problem with his Greenbeltbased business. “[Classroom training] just isn’t scalable,” Sita said. “It doesn’t move fast enough and people don’t have the budget to risk on a $3,000 or $5,000 class. So, we wanted to make it frictionless.” To do so, in 2015, he and cofounder Ryan Corey created Cybrary, a cybersecurity training company that offers hundreds of free online courses for consumers at all computer levels. Now, the three-year-old startup is coming to College Park. Next month, Cybrary will move from its current location in Greenbelt to a new 11,000-square-foot space in the College Park Discovery District, with plans to permanently relocate to a 25,000-squarefoot facility on River Road in the next 18 months. The new space — housed in the same building as a portion of the University of Maryland’s Division of Information Technology, at 5801 University Research Court — is expected to open within the next two weeks, Sita said. The space will come with a cafe, recording studio and outdoor patio, and will hold 100 employees, with 150 additional employees coming aboard when Cybrary moves to River Road.

Cybrary, a startup that offers free online cybersecurity courses, will move to College Park By Samantha Subin | @samantha_subin | Staff writer

CYBRARY’S new location in the College Park Discovery District is expected to open within the next two weeks. In moving to College Park, Sita hopes to attract new talent to Cybrary from this university and surrounding areas — something he said can be hard to find. “We looked all over Maryland, we looked in Virginia and we just found that this area was the best centrally located place for access and talent,” Sita said. “We’re able pull people from Arlington and Baltimore and Washington.” The startup is a welcome addition to the area, as it comes during a “big push” by this university to encourage cybersecurity research, said Ryan Chelton, the city’s economic development coordinator.

This university offers a graduate program in cybersecurity, and the Maryland Cybersecurity Center was created in 2010 to educate students, conduct research and partner students with future cybersecurity careers. “I’m glad they’re getting the attention that the university students deserve,” Chelton said. Cybersecurity is a growing field. There were more than 300,000 unfilled cybersecurity jobs as of 2018, according to Cyberseek, a company that aggregates information on the field. And Cybersecurity Ventures, a cybersecurity research

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company, expects there to be 3.5 million vacant positions by 2021. Sita started Cybrary to prepare people to enter the cybersecurity workforce and give everyone an opportunity to “better themselves.” The company’s classes — which are available 24/7 around the world for free — were developed with the evolving needs and interests of users in mind. “Unfortunately, in cyber, a lot of the news is not about good news like puppies being saved,” Sita said. “It’s about ... 8 million identities getting published out in the dark web. That’s where our relevance

really comes in.” As Spotify allows listeners to do with music, Cybrary users can pick and choose courses for a curriculum that best serves their development. College courses on cybersecurity are also welcome to incorporate Cybrary classes into their curricula. Cybrary is the second cybersecurity center and one of multiple startups to join College Park at a time of increased economic development. Last year, BlueVoyant, a cybersecurity firm founded by an alumnus of this university, came to the Discovery District. Capital One also opened an innovation lab and WeWork debuted its first shared workspace near a college campus. Katie Wandtke, who works in human resources for Cybrary, said the company hopes to “become an anchor” for future startups in the area. “Working at a startup is kind of similar to dog years,” Wandtke said. “As far as the advancement opportunities you get, you learn a lot in a short amount of time. To have one startup existing here, it’s going to bring in more and more opportunities for other people to possible start startups.” For now, Sita and his team are working to make a mark on the community and create opportunities for interns and young professionals. “It’s not just a job,” Sita said. “It’s some place you know that whatever contribution you make is going to mean something to somebody else.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

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For students with disabilities, an elevator can be the difference between making it to class and missing it. For the first two weeks of this semester, junior mechanical engineering major Adith Thummalapalli was essentially unable to attend two of his courses because the elevator in J.M. Patterson was set for “maintenance modernization,” and he had no other way to access the third floor of the building. The University of Maryland’s campus can already be difficult to navigate for students with physical disabilities, given its size and hilly terrain. On top of that, students spent almost a year without wheelchair entrance markers when Facilities Management removed them, making it extremely difficult to find wheelchair-accessible entrances without prior knowledge. This issue points to a larger problem: a lack of communication and consideration for people with disabilities on the campus. Why didn’t anyone consider the impact an elevator outage would have on Thummalapalli and other students who use wheelchairs? It seems like a pretty logical conclusion to make, but because no one made

it, students with disabilities were treated as an afterthought. I appreciate Facilities Management’s attempts to accommodate Thummalapalli by telling him that if he needed the elevator, an employee would come and open it for him. However, even that back-up plan meant he could still be 10 to 15 minutes later to his class than his ablebodied classmates. A simpler solution to this issue is better communication between the parties and departments involved. When Facilities Management is aware of an outage or project that will prevent students from using an elevator, they alert a variety of campus entities. It was only Thummalapalli’s situation that pushed them to additionally alert the Accessibility and Disability Service — which is odd, because in theory, people with physical disabilities are the ones who need the elevator most. It shouldn’t take a student complaint to come up with a back up plan; this university should be proactive in accommodating students with disabilities. It’s also unclear whether a professor would even know of an elevator outage that could be preventing a student from coming to class. Clearly, Facilities Management should make them aware of any outages, and I’d even go so far as to say that

for the duration of an elevator outage, the class should be moved to a wheelchair-accessible floor or building. It’s not the fault of students with disabilities that the elevator is unusable, so why should they suffer for it? We all need to actively think about the needs of students with disabilities to avoid situations that unfairly disadvantage them. In an ideal world — even though it’s not feasible — every building would have two elevators, ensuring that the upper floors remain accessible even if one of them breaks down. This is where the dichotomy of visibility comes in. People with disabilities are extremely visible: They are noticed by their professors and classmates and maybe even registered with Paratransit and other services on campus. At the same time, that visibility isn’t always helpful — they are often forgotten when we plan projects that shut down elevators or remove wheelchair entrance markers. People with disabilities shouldn’t be an afterthought for university departments, professors or even other students. If you have a classmate in a wheelchair and you see that the elevator is closed, do you think about them? liyanga.a.ds@gmail.com

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American students must lead protests against climate change EMILY MAURER @emilyrosemaurer Columnist

Aside from the unseasonably warm winters and increasingly frequent extreme weather events, the worst impacts of climate change are not yet evident, especially in more privileged countries. In spite of this, tens of thousands of European students staged a walkout earlier this month to protest their governments’ inaction on climate change. As the next generation of leaders, these students know they will have to bear the brunt of climate change’s impacts, even though they have done the least to cause it. This latest wave in children’s climate protest is driven by Greta Thunberg, a 15-yearold Swedish student-activist. Following a summer of recordsmashing heat in Sweden, she decided to strike. She refused to attend classes and protested outside the Swedish Parliament from Aug. 20 until Sept. 9, the day of Sweden’s general election. Thunberg has a chilling understanding of the time-sensitive nature of climate change. In a recent speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, she implored her audience to act. “I don’t want you to be hopeful — I want you to panic,” she said, “I want you to feel the fear I feel every day, and then I want you to act.” Thunberg has said she was inspired by the March for Our Lives movement in the U.S.,

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wherein students demanded action on gun control through mass walkouts and marches following the fatal shootings of 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. March for Our Lives, however, is something of an anomaly in the U.S. Despite widespread support for the right to protest, the percentage of Americans who regularly engage in public protest remains a minority. According to a Gallup poll, 36 percent of Americans have “felt the urge to protest,” and an April 2018 Washington Post-Kaiser poll found that only 20 percent of Americans had participated in a public protest or political rally since 2016. While Americans may support the right to protest, that support quickly dwindles when protests become violent or create an inconvenience. The American public historically tends to support the institutional opposition when protesters use violent tactics. During the protests against police brutality in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014, 59 percent of Americans felt the protesters “went too far.” Comparatively, only 32 percent of Americans felt the police’s response was excessive. But unobtrusive protest doesn’t always do the trick. Beginning in November, the “yellow vest” protests against increased fuel taxes tore across France. They garnered worldwide attention for their use of violent and obstructionist tactics like barricading highways. While I don’t condone

the use of violence, the yellow vests were pretty effective — they caused major disruptions across France. President Macron reversed the fuel tax, and the yellow vests continue to fight for a wealth tax. There are pragmatic arguments to be made in favor of violent protest. On the riots in Ferguson, Matt Bruenig pointed out that the loss of material goods through rioting is insignificant compared to the potential value of justice for Mike Brown. Furthermore, riots tend to “get the goods”: They’ve historically been more successful than institutional means of obtaining justice. Bruenig argues that riots are actually economically optimal, given the high value of human lives threatened by racist policing and the high cost of mass incarceration. In short, riots cut to the chase. Protesters use violent tactics to fight back against institutional violence. They block highways to create inconvenience and draw attention to the injustices they’re fighting and the systemic threats they face. And climate change is a violent threat to humanity’s existence. By some estimates, in as few as 12 years it will change life as we know it. As Greta Thunberg has said, “Our house is on fire.” If our politicians aren’t going to use their power to address the existential threat of climate change, American youth need to rise up and fight to preserve the environment for future generations. emrosma@gmail.com

The left needs to turn its principles into policies MAX FOLEY-KEENE @MaxFoleyKeene Columnist

For socialists, social democrats and other people to the left of the mainstream Democratic Party, Maryland’s current legislative session is the most exciting in recent memory. Two bills in particular, authored by freshman Democratic Socialists of America-affiliated lawmakers, give this session a rosy tint. One bill, introduced by Del. Vaughn Stewart (D-Montgomery), would pilot a social housing program in Maryland, creating affordable, government-owned housing that caters to residents of diverse socioeconomic backgrounds. Another, proposed by Del. Gabriel Acevero (D-Montgomery), aims to create a social wealth fund program that would increase the portion of Maryland’s wealth owned by the state and pay an annual dividend to every resident. Both of these bills are great. Lower rents and a yearly check from the government — what’s not to like? But what excites me most about this development is that it reveals an emerging left policy infrastructure. Stewart and Acevero were inspired by the People’s Policy Project, a nascent, crowdfunded socialist think tank. In 2018, PPP founder Matt Bruenig wrote a social wealth fund paper and a social housing paper (the latter with Ryan Cooper); in 2019, both ideas made it to the Maryland General Assembly. The policy development process requires turning moral notions (“people shouldn’t have to worry about paying rent”) into policy ideas (“let’s fund a social housing program”). For leftists, PPP provides policy plans that aim to satisfy our normative commitments. But there’s another step to the policy development process where the left infrastructure is even less developed: turning policy concepts into legislative language. An insurgent young lawmaker might arrive at their state house wanting to pursue a

groundbreaking left policy without knowing — quite literally — what words to put in the bill. It is with this gap in mind that I make a friendly suggestion to lefty folks who plan to go to law school: create an ALEC for the left. The American Legislative Exchange Council is a right-wing, corporate-funded organization that helps state legislators enact conservative policy. The basic concept is quite brilliant: Create model legislation on a vast array of conservative priorities, which can be easily applied to any state. ALEC’s library, which contains dozens and dozens of terrible bills, is publicly available on its website. Say a new conservative legislator cares a lot about making it hard to vote, but they don’t know how to turn that commitment into legislative language. With ALEC, that person could pull a model voter ID law from their internet browser, change some of the text to accommodate state law, and introduce a sweeping bill a day later. As one example, Governing magazine reports that several states have adopted voter-ID legislation based on ALEC language. A similar group, the State Innovation Exchange, provides the same service for state legislators in the Democratic mainstream. But the left needs alternative institutions. As the insurgent American left continues to elect legislators like Stewart and Acevero, smart and committed lawyers should lay the groundwork for the left’s state-level legislative agenda. I’m not going to law school. But many of my friends are, so I have some familiarity with the tension between pursuing a legal career and keeping one’s political values intact. Drafting publicly available model legislation in an ALEC mold would be a productive project for young lawyers with an egalitarian bent. maxfkcap2016@gmail.com

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Karl Lagerfeld deserves criticism JASMINE BATEN @OpinionDBK Columnist

Karl Lagerfeld, the creative director of Chanel, died on Tuesday. He was known for his introduction of the now-iconic “CC” logo, his severe black-and-white ensembles and his intensely misogynistic views on women and their bodies. After Lagerfeld’s death, there was an outpouring of love and celebrity responses commemorating his work and legacy. But as much as he contributed to fashion and the industry, we should not be celebrating a person who made fatphobic, Islamophobic, racist and sexist comments throughout his career. There seems to be a point at which a person can erase their contributions to oppressive structures because of their wealth and fame. When faced with the dissonance of respecting and celebrating people who made a habit of disrespecting others, society tries to restore balance by highlighting all of the good things that person has done. But it’s not a dichotomy. A person can be influential in their field and still engage in bigotry. Their death doesn’t erase the toxic and damaging messaging that they’ve spread to their field, either. Recently, there was a Twitter conversation between actresses Jameela Jamil and Cara Delevingne on the appropriateness of criticizing Lagerfeld after his death. Delevingne argued that even though Jamil had salient points about Lagerfeld’s shortcomings, there was no need to discuss them so soon after his death. Though taking part in such discussions may be difficult for people who were close to Lagerfeld or those who felt as though he changed their lives in a positive way, his death means his accomplishments will be

paraded through the news for the next week or so. Lagerfeld may have been important to many people, celebrities or others. But the fact remains that his work, no matter how iconic, is tinged with his legacy of bigotry. The immediate aftermath of a person’s death may not be the best time to debate their faults. But racism and sexism aren’t just character flaws — they are deeply rooted attitudes that undergird society as we know it. No one gets to engage in prejudice and then escape it simply by being famous and dying; the discriminatory work and ideology that they furthered continues to exist. In some cases, people promote harmful messages and then learn differently and apologize for their previously discriminatory actions or words. Lagerfeld expressed and stood by his bigotry as recently as last year. Yes, it absolutely would have been better to address Lagerfeld’s problematic nature while he was alive. But his comments were publicized when he was alive and there were few consequences. In light of an inadequate response to his prejudices, renewed attention is necessary after his death. Maybe the fashion industry can continue on the path it’s on, promoting designers and brands — such as Christian Siriano and Savage x FENTY — that cater to consumers of many sizes, races and ethnicities and refuse to take part in harmful messages directed at women. For consumers, perhaps this is a call to know what famous people have done before we celebrate them or support their products. A famous, bigoted person who has passed away should be remembered for who they are and what they stood for in their entirety, not just the parts that are sparkly and inspiring. jasminebaten137@gmail.com

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CP will rent space from UMD during construction $30 million project for a new City Hall is expected to begin in January City workers will move to a tem@carmenmolina_a porary location on Route Staff writer 1 later this year with construction slated to begin on College Park’s $30 million City Hall redevelopment in January. Most of the city’s municipal workers will move to the Artemesia Building — a university-owned space at 8400 Baltimore Ave.— for about two-and-a-half years while construction is completed on the new building, city staff said during a City Council work session Tuesday. Council meetings will be held in Davis Hall, located in the Public Works building off Rhode Island Avenue. The city will pay about $80,000 in rent annually to this university, said Scott Somers, the city manager. The university is shouldering about $80,000 to renovate the temporary space, which is next to the relocated Department of Public Services. by

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“We believe that it’ll be tight, but we believe that we can move that city hall staff into that space,” Somers said. “We would all be functioning right next to each other.” The Department of Public Services was relocated from its former home on Calvert Road to make room for a new child care center. Other locations like Davis Hall were considered for the temporary space, but the cost of renovating the buildings to make the space ADA-compliant would exceed the cost of the lease agreement with the university. While the redevelopment is being completed, the city plans to relocate its administration, finance, parking and human resources departments to the temporary space, which is about 4,200 square feet. The Planning Department would be accommodated in space within the current Department of Public Services’ offices. “The other piece is the customer service aspect — I think being closer to [the Depart-

ment of] Public Services would be a better service to the community,” Somers said. Somers estimated that the staff would move about four months before construction begins. The new City Hall will be part of a redevelopment of the entire block at the intersection of Knox Road and Route 1. The city purchased two properties located on the proposed redevelopment site, which is currently occupied by Shanghai Cafe and Subway, for $1.6 million nearly a year ago. The leases on the other sites, currently occupied by Smoothie King and Hair Cuttery, are due to expire at the end of this year. During the work session, the council also discussed how it would finance the estimated $12.5 million it will contribute toward the project, as well as several other city projects in the works, including the Duvall Field renovation, Hollywood Commercial Revitalization and Complete and Green Streets initiatives. Typically, most projects are funded in advance or during the year of the project, according to city documents. But in

the ARTEMESIA BUILDING will host College Park staff while construction is underway for the new City Hall. this case, it may not be feasible due to the high cost — especially because so many large expenditures are projected to start in the 2021 fiscal year. Somers said the city may use bonds to help consolidate the financing process for the large projects. “This is a good opportunity to consider pulling all of that together at the same time,” Somers said. “Since you’re doing bond financing most likely for one project, you don’t have to go out again — you don’t have to hire a finan-

cial advisor again, you don’t have to hire bond counsel again, you won’t have to pay additional fees again. It’s all done at one time.” In addition, the bond yield rate — essentially the amount of interest the city has to pay — has gone down in recent years. That, combined with the city’s fiscal standing, puts College Park in a good position to finance these initiatives, District 3 Councilman John Rigg said. “It’s a chance to accelerate a lot of projects that would

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Bill aims to fix ‘archaic’ unionization system Reform could allow USM workers to negotiate directly with Regents Most University Angela Roberts @24_angier S y s t e m o f Senior staff writer Maryland workers can’t directly negotiate with the body that determines how much they can expect to get paid and writes the rules of their sick leave — but a recently introduced state bill could change that. Under current state law, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees — which represents workers on nine of the system’s 11 campuses — must work out 15 different contracts between each established group of bargainers and their respective university. A piece of legislation introduced to the Maryland by

General Assembly earlier this month would allow AFSCME to negotiate directly with the university system’s chancellor. The bill, which is being sponsored by Del. Ben Barnes (D-Prince George’s and Anne Arundel) in the House and Sen. Benjamin Kramer (DMontgomery) in the Senate, would significantly reduce the number of contracts needed to be worked out by remodeling the bargaining system now in place. If passed, the bill would install a system similar to the one in place for other state employees, who directly negotiate contracts every three years with the people who make policy decisions that affect them. This diverse group of workers — in agen-

cies ranging from the State Highway Administration to hospitals — also bargains for higher wages each year with the same stakeholders. Sam Luebke, deputy director for AFSCME Council 3, described the current bargaining system as a relic from before 2001, when no employees working in higher education had collective bargaining rights. He said this system has led to stagnant wages and resources wasted through needlessly complicated negotiations. “We just have a system that’s archaic and broken and awkward and weird,” he said. “The only people who are really invested in the system are the outside lawyers who are making tons and tons of money over and over again negotiating these union contracts.” While system spokesperson Mike Lurie wrote

in an email that wages are discussed in each contract negotiation, Luebke pointed out that AFSCME Council 3 doesn’t have a bargaining relationship with the Board of Regents, which sets pay ranges for exempt and nonexempt employees — employees that don’t make overtime and those that do, respectively. Luebke said that when union representatives tried to breach the subject of money with this university while negotiating a new contract last year, they were shot down and told the administration has no control over their members’ paychecks. A university spokesperson declined to comment on Luebke’s allegation. Under the current system, paychecks have languished fo r t h e p a s t fe w ye a rs , Luebke said. “There’s no pressure or

l eve ra ge to ge t a s m u c h money as possible for higher ed folks — they have fallen way behind,” he said. “If state employees have go t te n s c rewe d , h i g h e r ed employees have gotten doubly-screwed.” While this university’s e m p l oye e s re c e ive d a 2 percent cost-of-living adjustment in January, about h a l f o f t h e exe m p t e m ployees haven’t received merit increases since 2016, Luebke said. And paychecks are low across the board at this university for AFSCME members, he added. Mo re t h a n 70 p e rce n t o f A FSC M E Co u n c i l 3 ’s members earn below the living wage for one adult a n d o n e c h i l d i n P r i n ce George’s County, they said — $31.36 an hour, according to the MIT Living Wage Calculator. As a result, some members rely on food stamps

and other forms of public assistance, said Marc Seiden, an organizer for AFSCME Council 3. “They’re state employees, they’re being paid by tax dollars,” he said. “It’s like double-dipping to have to also collect from taxes for public assistance because they’re not paid a living wage.” The bill introduced to the state legislature would benefit the Board of Regents and AFSCME Council 3, Kramer said. “It seems to me that it would help streamline the process for them as well,” he said. The legislation received its first hearing in the House Appropriations Committee on Feb. 26 and in the Senate Fi n a n c e C o m m i t te e o n March 7. newsumdbk@gmail.com

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MD lawmakers want to raise the minimum tobacco age A proposed law would ban sales to anyone under 21 years old For 30 years, any MarylandBrad Dress @brad_dress er over the age of 18 has been Staff writer a b l e to b uy tobacco or tobacco products. State lawmakers want that to change this year. Six delegates and one senator introduced bills Feb. 8 to raise the minimum age to buy tobacco products — including e-cigarettes, such as JUULs — to 21. The bill would further restrict retailers, requiring that they post a sign in a visible location detailing no sales to anyone under the age of 21. In a Jan. 29 joint press conference, House of Delegates Speaker Michael Busch and Senate President Mike Miller said that new tobacco legislation would be a key priority for the 2019 legislative session. Busch said the legislation had been agreed upon by leadership on both sides of the Maryland General Assembly. “We will make sure that young individuals cannot buy cigarettes or tobacco products until they are 21,” he said. Similar bills have surfaced in the last few years but have failed due to inaction or disagreements on the legislative floor and were subsequently by

withdrawn. If passed, the legislation could be effective in reducing underage and youth smoking, particularly in high schools, said Pamela Clark, a research professor in the University of Maryland’s department of behavioral and community health. Clark said it’s easier for merchants — who don’t always ask for identification, to tell if someone is 21 because of their older appearance — which may further deter potential buyers younger than 18. Smokers under age 21 are more likely to become addicted, she said. “Ninety-eight percent of all adult smokers start before 21,” Clark said. “The younger you start, the more addicted you become. Nicotine changes their brain.” But Taelor Majette, 22, said raising the age won’t stop young people from smoking, and she thinks the current laws already work. “If you want to smoke, you’re going to find a way to do it, whether that’s taking from your parent’s stash or finding someone who will buy it for you,” the junior AfricanAmerican studies major said. “It’s already very expensive to

buy cigarettes, so that’s limiting how many people have access to it, and you already have to show ID.” T h i s u n i ve rs i t y we n t smoke-free in 2013. And Maryland would join six other states — California, Massachusetts, Oregon, Hawaii, Maine and New Jersey — in combating a large increase in youth smoking, which is partially due to the popularity of e-cigarettes. Middle and high school students using e-cigarettes rose from 2.1 million in 2017 to 3.6 million in 2018, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. One of the most popular e-cigarette brands, JUUL, is especially popular among younger people, Clark said. “ [ J U U L s ] h ave m ove d down to middle school,” she said, “mostly because they don’t feel harsh going down after a hit, are small and slim like a flash drive, and their flavors … can be addicting.” “You know those drawers your teachers kept confiscated items in?” she added. “ Now i t’s a d e s k f u l l o f JUULs.” While JUULs, like most e-cigarettes, were created in part to wean smokers off cigarettes and traditional tobacco products, the Food and Drug Administration has criticized

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“They’re becoming more and more available to high school students and younger teens,” she said. “The only way we can stop it is if we can crack down on people who are selling and marketing it to teens.” The bill covers all tobacco products, and the law would apply to vape stores and all e-cigarette manufacturers, which would have to apply

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New Iribe Center name to change Building name to change from ‘Innovation’ to ‘Engineering’ BOWIE, MD. —

The University Jeff Barnes of Maryland’s @thejeffbarnes Brendan Iribe Senior staff writer Center for Computer Science and Innovation hasn’t held its grand opening yet — but it already has a planned name change. The $152 million building — expected to fully open later this spring — will now be called The Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Engineering. The Board of Regents approved the change during its meeting at Bowie State University on Friday. “It has been determined that this change best represents the activities of the schools who will work side-byside in the new Iribe Center, which

LOH From p. 1 well we are implementing this and report to you,” Loh said. Loh also said he has convened a national panel of sports medicine experts that will report to the monitoring group but did not provide names. “Some of these things did not happen overnight,” Loh said. “I think we are well on

GOODEN From p. 1 lawmakers in the House and Senate, including Sen. Sarah Elfreth (D-Anne Arundel) and Sen. Jim Rosapepe (D-Anne Arundel and Prince George’s), both former regents. The House version of the bill is sponsored by Del. Ben Barnes, (D-Anne Arundel and Prince George’s). Barnes and Rosapepe’s district includes this university’s campus. “I think we can all agree that some decisions that were made last fall by the University System of Maryland Board of Regents seemed to break the public’s trust in how that board governs higher education in Maryland,” said

FUNDRAISER From p. 1 that they supported the effort, the foundation would receive 33 percent of the proceeds from their order. The unofficial flyer features a picture of McNair and some information about the fundraiser without the official Chipotle logo. McKennie also retweeted two others who had tweeted the unofficial flyer. Under NCAA bylaws 12.5.1.1 and 12.5.1.1.2, athletes are unable to promote the event because Chipo-

THE BRENDAN IRIBE FOR COMPUTER AND SCIENCE AND ENGINERING will fully open later this spring. Regents approved a name change Friday. evan kramer/the diamondback is opening this semester,” said Barry Gossett, the board’s vice chair. “The change is favored by the donor, as well

as Provost [Mary Ann] Rankin and the deans of the two schools involved.” While the building currently hosts

some computer science classes, it will feature labs, research centers, a rooftop garden, café, outdoor seating

and a 400-seat auditorium when fully open. Construction began on the project nearly three years ago, and has mostly stayed on schedule. In August 2017, a worker died after he fell down an elevator shaft, prompting state and university investigations. The project was financed in part by Brendan Iribe, a former student at this university and co-founder of the virtual reality company Oculus VR. Regent Louis Pope said that Iribe favored the name change during a recent meeting. “He was very encouraging on that point,” Pope said. Gossett said he doesn’t expect the name change to have a big impact on the campus. “I’m sure the center, no matter what the full name is, it will be just referred to as the Iribe Center,” he said. The building’s grand opening is set for April. newsumdbk@gmail.com

our way that hopefully by — I don’t know — by summer or so, we will have in place a program that will ensure the health and safety of students.” The university contracted Dr. Rod Walters in June to lead the first investigation, which found athletic trainers failed to recognize the severity of McNair’s condition and did not treat it properly. Cold water immersion, which is

used to treat heatstroke, has 100 percent success in preventing fatalities when performed quickly. The second investigation — which came in response to ESPN reports that described the football team’s culture as “toxic” — cost $1.57 million and found widespread abuse in the program but recommended then-head coach DJ Durkin and athletic director Damon Evans keep their jobs.

Despite the recommendation of the board, though, Loh fired Durkin a day later. At Friday’s meeting, Loh referenced new football coach Mike Locksley’s introductory press conference on Dec. 6 as an example of how the “the climate is changing” in regard to the culture surrounding Maryland football. During that press conference, Locksley — whose son Meiko was killed in a shooting

in September 2017 — spoke to Martin McNair, the father of Jordan McNair. The new coach talked about the bond they both shared after the sudden loss of their sons. “I want to create the right culture and environment, and winning will follow,” Locksley said during that press conference. “Every decision I make moving forward as the leader of this family will put the health, welfare and safety of

the student-athletes first, like I would my own children.” Loh said Friday that this moment “began the change in culture. “We can talk all about changes in policies and practices and procedures, but it is people,” Loh said. “If that person has that kind of commitment, I believe we will effect change.”

Elfreth, who is sponsoring the bill in the Senate. The board, which sets policy for the system’s 12 member institutions, came under fire in the fall for its handling of two investigations surrounding the death of Maryland football offensive lineman Jordan McNair, who succumbed to heatstroke two weeks after first falling ill during a May team workout. One investigation found that trainers failed to recognize that McNair had heatstroke and did not treat him properly. Nonetheless, the regents recommended the university keep the trainers responsible on staff. In the other investigation, the board noted widespread

abuse in the football program, but disputed the notion that its environment was “toxic,” contrary to prior reports by ESPN. Then-regents chair James Brady recommended in an October press conference that football coach DJ Durkin and athletic director Damon Evans keep their jobs. Despite the board’s recommendation, university President Wallace Loh fired Durkin a day later. After facing criticism for the board’s recommendations, Brady stepped down on Nov. 1 and was replaced by Gooden, who apologized to McNair’s family. During the same October press conference, Loh announced he’d retire in June

2019. But last month the regents announced that Loh will remain in his role for an extra year. That same day, the university system also announced that it had commissioned an independent external review of the board’s structure and policies — its first in two decades. That review is expected to be completed next month and will be made available to the public, Gooden said Wednesday. At both hearings, Allen said the board’s actions in the aftermath of McNair’s death demonstrated a “complete disregard for transparency and shared governance in its handling of personnel decisions at the University of

Maryland.” “The recommendation to reinstate then-coach DJ Durkin and the three-month silence on the future leadership of the state’s flagship institution underscored the importance of communication with regards to major decisions that impact the campus community,” he said. On Tuesday, Del. Marc Korman (D-Montgomery County) also took issue with the board’s handling of discussions surrounding Loh’s retirement. He asked Gooden if these discussions had happened behind closed doors. She said they had, but that the announcement of his continued tenure had been open for public comment.

“I guess, then, we need Delegate Barnes’ legislation on transparency,” Korman said. T h e n , o n We d n e s d ay, Sen. Arthur Ellis (D-Charles County) stressed that the university system shouldn’t lose sight of its mission — something he said the leadership has done during recent events. “It’s not real estate, it’s not personalities of the leaders, it is the students,” said Ellis, a 1983 graduate of this university. “The students are the reason why the university — the system — exists, period. Without that, it would be a failure.”

tle is a co-sponsor. Bylaw 1 2 .5 . 1 . 1 . 2 d e f i n e s a c o sponsor as a “commercial establishment” that “either advertises the presence of the student-athlete at the commercial location or is involved directly or indire c t ly i n p ro m o t i n g t h e activity.” Athletes are allowed to promote fundraisers that direct 100 percent of their proceeds to charity. The university’s compliance office received a legislative relief waiver for the unofficial flyer, which focuses on the Jordan McNair Foundation itself

and not on Chipotle as the co-sponsor of the event. In a statement, athletic department spokesperson Jessica Jennings said the co m p l i a n ce d e pa r t m e n t “worked with the NCAA to ensure that our studentathletes could assist in promoting the event.” McKennie did not respond to requests for comment. McKennie’s original tweet h a s re ce ive d m o re t h a n 62,000 likes and 18,000 retweets. One of those was Student Government Association President Jonathan Allen, who responded to McKennie with a picture

of the official flyer. “I express similar frustration that the NCAA regulations wouldn’t allow something as basic as this,” Allen said. McKennie appeared in all 12 games — three of them starts — as a redshirt junior in 2018. He’s expected to compete for a larger role this season after the departure of starters Brendan Moore, Derwin Gray and Damian Prince. After McNair’s death, McKennie has become an outspoken activist. When university President Wallace Loh reinstated DJ Durkin as

football coach in October after an investigation found him partially responsible for abuse in the program, McKennie was one of several players to criticize the decision. He expressed his gratitude after Loh reversed course and fired Durkin a day later.

In addition, McKennie has shared posts on social media indicating his support for a recently introduced state bill that would give student athletes in the university system collective bargaining rights.

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18 to buy tobacco products. If passed, the bill would take effect Oct. 1. One opponent of the bill is concerned about the effects a sudden change in the law may have on current smokers. The current law has been in place since 1989 when the minimum age to buy tobacco was raised from 16 to 18. Unless the bill is grandfa-

thered in to allow those who are currently between the ages 18 of and 20 to continue smoking, which is not in the proposed drafts of the bill, it could cause withdrawal, said Sydney Heise, the president for Students for Sensible Drug Policy, an organization at this university. SSDP advocates for abolishing arrests and incarcerations for drug possession.

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cold weather got you down? Seasonal affective disorder impacts 5 percent of the U.S. population. Here are some tips to combat it. By Audrey Decker | @audreydeck_r | Staff writer

fter the holiday season comes the worst part of winter. It’s always cold, and snow is the only thing to look forward to. Valentine’s Day leaves some people feeling extra lonely. And while I wish we could cancel January through March, we can’t. So here are a few facts about the winter doldrums and how to fight them. Seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, is a mood disorder that occurs during the same time every year, mostly in the winter. According to American Family Physician, about 5 percent of the U.S. population experiences SAD each year. Essentially, mild SAD — a relatively common occurrence — is what many know as the “winter blues.” Reduced levels of sunlight in

the fall and winter months are a possible cause of SAD. According to the Mayo Clinic, the decrease in sunlight can disrupt your internal body clock, drop your levels of serotonin (which affects mood) and melatonin (which regulates the sleep cycle). If you’re feeling lethargic, hopeless or depressed, don’t worry — it’s fairly common during this time of year. Here are a few tips to help SAD, recommended by the professionals and me:

front of one of these boxes for about 30 minutes a day, usually after waking up. Most of these boxes emit 10,000 lux (a unit measuring light), much brighter than your average indoor light T h e p o p u l a r i ty o f l i g h t therapy has led to many different types of devices, from boxes to dawn simulators to light sun visors. While it may sound wacky to sit in front of a big box of light early in the morning, it’s proven to help those suffering from seasonal depression.

another way to combat seasonal depression. During the winter, many people are drawn to gray, black and neutral colors. Switch it up for a change and wear something bright. White, orange, yellow and pink are some colors that could have a positive impact on your mood — and your wardrobe.

STAY ACTIVE

After the indulgences of the holiday season — and due in part to the fact that most people’s winter wardrobe consists LIGHT THERAPY ADD COLOR TO YOUR LIFE of sweats, leggings and sweatBecause seasonal depression A primary tenet of art therapy shirts — many people aren’t may be caused by a lack of light is that certain colors can impact motivated to work out and during the winter, using a “light your mood and emotions. As stay active during the colder box” can improve your mood. with light, surrounding yourself months. The weather is dark Light therapy entails sitting in with bright, “happy” colors is and cold, and it can be hard to

leave bed. Staying active and working out are important for physical and mental health, even more so in the winter. There’s a lot of science behind the fact that the endorphins released during physical activity help boost your mood. These endorphins are good for you any time of the year — but especially to help combat SAD. Of course, if you are feeling depressed, don’t hesitate to seek professional help. But for the sake of self-care, get moving, eat your veggies, surround yourself with bright colors and bright people. After March, spring is basically here, and warm weather and sunshine will come soon enough. diversionsdbk@gmail.com

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men’s basketball

Serrel shines vs. Buckeyes With Eric Ayala ill, Serrel Smith scores a career-high 14 points Throughout t h e s ea s o n , Andy Kostka Maryland @ afkostka Senior staff writer m e n ’s b a s ketball coach Mark Turgeon has expressed his desire to give guard Serrel Smith more playing time. Wi t h A n t h o ny Cowa n and Eric Ayala leading the Terps’ backcourt, and Aaron Wiggins featuring prominently off the bench, opportunities for Smith have been few and far between during his rookie campaign. But the door opened against Ohio State on Saturday, when Ayala checked out with 4:49 left in the first half due to an illness. With the team’s starting point guard out of the picture, Smith played an integral role off the bench, scoring a career-high 14 points as Maryland held off the Buckeyes’ comeback bid. “ Yo u t e l l g u y s t o b e ready when their number is Guard serrel smith played 19 minutes in Saturday’s 72-62 win over Ohio State, scoring a called,” Turgeon said. “He career-high 14 points to help quell a late second-half surge from the Buckeyes. With guard exemplified that today.” Eric Ayala out ill, Smith had to take on a larger role than usual. julia nikhinson/the diamondback Outside of a 21-minute, by

1 1- p o i n t o u t i n g a ga i n s t Rutgers, Smith hadn’t been a major factor in Maryland’s Big Ten slate. Heading into Saturday, he’d averaged 7.6 minutes in his previous five games. Smith surpassed that total in the first half alone against the Buckeyes. The S t . Pe te rs b u rg , F l o r i d a , native supplied the final six Maryland points before intermission as Ayala made his way down the tunnel to the locker room prematurely. “We have the next-manup mentality,” Cowan said. “Serrel has been doing great in practice, so he was ready for the moment.” After checking in with 2:41 left in the first, Smith found himself with ample ro o m i n t h e l e f t co r n e r against Ohio State’s zone defense. So, when the Buckeyes collapsed toward Bruno Fernando at the post, the forward dished out to Smith for the trey. The next time down the floor, miscommunication

between Smith and forward Ricky Lindo allowed guard Keyshawn Woods to hit a 3-pointer that left Turgeon bickering on the sideline. But Smith soon made up for the mishap with a free throw and a layup at the end of a dribble-drive from the right wing, pushing the Terps’ lead back to five at the half. When Turgeon told his squad at halftime that Ayala was ill and they’d need to soldier on without him, Smith answered the call. “Eric means a lot for our offense,” Smith said. “Lot of shots, he’s very aggressive. So I just tried to come in with that same mindset.” The Terps extended their lead to 16 midway through the second half, aided by a jumper and free throw from Smith. But the Buckeyes clawed their way back in, taking advantage of Maryland turnovers and hitting t h re e s t ra i g h t t h re e s to narrow the deficit to 57-55. On the possession after fo r wa rd Ju s t i n A h re n s ’ triple with 5:27 to play, S m i t h wa s f o u l e d o n a three-point attempt of his own. He nailed all three

tries from the line, giving the Terps back a five-point edge they’d only build on en route to a 72-62 win. Turgeon has been looking for opportunities for Smith. He wanted the freshman to get more time on the court in Tuesday’s 66-65 victory over No. 21 Iowa, but he featured for only six minutes. “ I d o n ’t re a l ly wo r r y about any of that,” Smith said. “I just wait until he calls my name, try to always stay ready.” Smith was ready on Saturday. Without a mainstay guard on the floor for 30 minutes, Maryland leaned on its depth at the position, helping to separate the sides in the first half and quell another comeback attempt in the second. “He really stepped up and you could see from the beginning that he was going to play well,” Turgeon said. “He’s one of the first guys in the gym and one of the last guys to leave, so for him to be rewarded in a big game like that and on a big stage is terrific.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

softball

Okada paces Terps in winning weekend Infielder notches three hits in 12-9 win over Portland State Fo r t h e second Hannah Fields @hannahfields__ game in a row, Taylor Staff writer Okada s ta r te d t h e M a ryl a n d softball team with a bang against Portland State on Sunday. Just as she did Saturday against UC Riverside, the freshman led off with a triple and scored later in the inning. Unlike against the Highlanders, though, the Terps kept their momentum from their early advantage. Maryland opened a 10-run lead over the first four innings and withstood a huge comeback attempt from the Vikings to secure a 12-9 win, avenge an earlier loss to Portland State and earn a winning weekend. “[Okada] is one of those kids you don’t come across very often because she’s just this quiet, confident hitter,” hitting coach Vicky Galasso said. “She knows exactly what she needs to do to get on base, mixes it up whenever she wants, and it’s really fun to watch her and her process.” On Saturday, Okada’s first-inning run was immediately answered with three runs from UC Riverside in the bottom of the inning, and Maryland went on to lose, 7-2. But in their rematch with the Vikings on Sunday, the Terps hitters could not be stopped. Okada continued her success at the plate against P o r t l a n d S t a te , g o i n g by

3-for-4 and scoring twice, and shortstop Bailey Boyd hit 3-for-3 and scored three runs. The Terps scored 11 runs in the first four innings, led by a four-run third. Maryland had dropped a 13-8 game to the Vikings on Friday, and after Portland State scored four runs apiece in the fifth and sixth innings Sunday, suddenly the Terps were in danger of another loss in a high-scoring affair. Instead, pitcher Sami Main put the Vikings down quickly in the seventh to slam the door.

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maryland softball pitcher Okada’s RBI single in the second inning pushed Maryland’s lead to 4-0, and in the third inning, a three-run homer from catcher Gracie Voulgaris and a single from infielder Regan Kerr made it 8-0. “When we get momentum with runners on base, we’re a very good highenergy team,” Galasso said. “We just get more excited, more confident, and we just get the ball rolling with those big innings.”

After the Vikings got on the board in the top of the fourth, Anna Kufta hit a two-run double and came around to score in the bottom of the inning to make it an 11-1 game. In her third start of the tournament, pitcher Sydney Golden had held the Vikings to one run through four innings. But their bats came alive for four runs in the fifth frame, cutting the lead to 11-6. “We tried to stay calm and collected and just play our game,” Stefan said. “We knew that we were able to hit off what they were giving us, so it was just trying to stay confident and get more runs to win the game.” Main entered in the sixth and allowed four more, and Maryland’s lead was down to two runs. A triple from Voulgaris in the bottom of the sixth scored Boyd and provided some insurance, and Main threw a 1-2-3 seventh inning to secure the win. Maryland moved to 9-6 on the season after a 3-2 weekend in California. The tournament put on display what can be a high-powered offense, often facilitated through Okada. But with an inexperienced roster, the two losses by a combined 10 runs show additional room for growth. “As a team, we learned that winning takes a lot more than what some of us thought,” Golden said. “As a young team, there’s a lot that we still need to improve on even though we did win a lot last weekend.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

navy From p. 12 Even when Maryland was attacking from behind the net, and Navy’s defense tried to congest the middle with their zone defense, Dubick carved out enough space to free himself. “Lou’s instincts as a cutter are great, he’s got awesome hands,” coach John Tillman said. “And I think the guys look for him and they know if they throw him the ball, there’s a good chance something good is going to happen.” Wisnauskas, who recorded a career-best five assists, tacked on another goal with a bouncing shot from the outside to finish a hat trick of his own. Bernhardt completed the

rider From p. 12 Bertoni’s win against Rider was as big as anybody’s on the afternoon, securing six crucial team points. “Going into the Big Ten tournament with a fall really helps my confidence level,” Bertoni said. “I think it really boosted the team’s energy level, too.” In the final dual match of his career, 149-pounder Alfred Bannister found himself locked in a tight battle with Rider’s Gary Dinmore. The two wrestlers needed double overtime to settle their bout, and it was the Terps senior who found the mark and secured the winning takedown. Following Bannister’s win, Adam Whitesell gave up a late takedown and suffered a 7-2 loss to Gino Fluri. 165-pounder Philip Spadafora had the tough assignment of taking Rider’s sole ranked wrestler, No. 15 Jesse Dellavecchia. An early takedown

third Maryland hat trick of the day with a diving effort in front of goal, taking advantage of a new rule allowing players to go airborne horizontally across the crease. Bernhardt has showcased the skill on wrap-around attempts. In all, the top-three attackers scored or assisted on 11 of the 14 goals against the Midshipmen. When on the attacking end, Maryland brings in its offensive-minded midfielders to serve as additional scoring threats in that half of the field. Bubba Fairman is the leading contributor on the first midfield line, chipped in a goal and two assists against the Midshipmen. Kyle Long, listed as an attackman, has seen time off the bench as a midfielder recently.

As the freshman becomes more comfortable, he’s emerged as a strong distributor. In the last two games, he’s recorded three assists, one of which went to midfielder Russell Masci first career goal on Saturday. After considerable offseason turnover in the attack, Saturday’s fourth-quarter performance was a promising sign for a team still integrating new contributors early in the year. “Connor Kelly isn’t walking through the door, Tim Rotanz isn’t walking through the door,” Wisnauskas said. “We all play together, we all share the wealth, we all share the ball. We’re unselfish guys and we kind of just keep the ball flowing and then the goals will come.”

was all Dellavecchia would need, as he handled Spadafora with ease and cruised to a 10-1 victory. After Rider cut the Maryland lead to 12-10, 174pounder Josh Ugalde was tasked with getting the Terps back on track against the Broncs’ Dean Sherry. Tied at two entering the third period, Ugalde scored a quick takedown in the third period and flipped Sherry to his back. Ugalde used those back points to secure a major decision victory and four key team points. With Maryland clinging to a 16-13 lead in the team score, 197-pounder Niko Cappello stepped in looking to seal the win for the Terps. H o w e v e r, C a p p e l l o couldn’t muster any offense and lost by decision, 5-1. With that loss, the Maryland lead was gone and just one match remained. After his win against Rutgers last Friday night, the No. 9 ranked Hemida said that all he wanted against Rider was a pinfall victory using a

cradle. After nearly locking in that cradle in the first, Hemida got it in the second period and there was nothing Riders’ James Brady could do. Hemida wanted that pin to not only help his team, but to boost his own confidence for the postseason. “There’s no better way to end my last dual match,” Hemida said. “Now I get to relax a little bit and focus on the Big Ten tournament.” With the dual season ending with an emphatic victory, Hemida and Maryland enter the postseason with the momentum that they will need as they will take on the country’s best. Hemida is happy with the direction his team is trending and believes that they can make noise in the postseason tournaments. “There’s a lot more fight in [my teammates],” Hemida said. “We had a grueling schedule against a lot of top guys but we’ve got a lot of confidence right now.”

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women’s basketball

fter exiting the locker room trailing Minnesota 45-36 on Thursday, Maryland women’s basketball guard Kaila Charles huddled up her squad, hoping to spark a second-half rally. “We’re going to do this,” Charles told her teammates. “Fight for each other, play for each other, and we will come out with a win.” The speech didn’t yield immediate results; the Terps trailed for all but six seconds of the second half. But Charles’ words weren’t lost on her teammates. With Maryland facing a seemingly insurmountable seven-point deficit with under a minute remaining, the Terps scored nine straight points to win, 71-69. Charles obeyed her own message, as a last-second lay-in by the junior gave the Terps their first and final lead of the game and upped her scoring total to a season-high 29 points — including 21 after halftime. Once again, with the Terps on the ropes, Charles delivered. “What separates her is she wants the responsibility,” coach Brenda Frese said. “She wants that ownership every single night, and that’s what the best of the best players that I’ve been able to coach are able to do.” From the onset, it was clear Charles wasn’t dwelling on her career-worst performance against No. 10 Iowa on Feb. 17. On Maryland’s second possession, Charles sunk a jumper from the right of the key, equalling the number of shots she converted during her two-point

guard kaila charles rebounded from a career-worst two-point performance against Iowa on Feb. 17, when she made just one of her 13 field goal attempts. marquise mckine/the diamondback

charles in charge Junior capped off a late 9-0 run to help Maryland shock Minnesota By Alex Rychwalski | @arychwal | Staff writer outing on 1-for-13 shooting in Iowa City. By halftime Thursday, the slashing guard was already up to eight points on 4-of-6 shooting. “I wasn’t really worrying about that game, it was in the past,” Charles said. “You’re going to have bad games here and there, you’ve just gotta be able to play through it. And my teammates and my coach really helped me through that tough

time.” While Charles’ first 20 minutes against the Golden Gophers had already surpassed her dismal performance against the Hawkeyes, she was getting eaten alive on the other end of the floor. Minnesota guard Destiny Pitts had 19 points on 5-for-9 shooting from behind the arc, and Charles’ usually solid on-ball defense was getting

exposed possession after possession. “I don’t really like to be scored on,” Charles said. “When she was hitting shots, I was kinda like, ‘Kaila lock in, you’ve gotta do better on defense.’” And the junior did lock in. Pitts had just five points on 1-for-4 shooting after leaving the locker room, and as Charles stepped up defensively — Minnesota scored only 24 points

on 36 percent shooting and coughed up 13 turnovers in the final 20 minutes — she kicked into another gear on offense. Charles garnered 21 points on 9-of-17 shooting in the second half, and in the fourth quarter alone, she scored 13 points to up her total to 29 — the most she’s scored since dropping 32 points in a 99-69 win against Ohio State last season. Even with Charles beginning

to take over, the supporting cast didn’t raise its game accordingly. At one point, following a pair of made shots by Charles that cut the Terps’ deficit to single digits to start the final quarter, she was outscoring her struggling teammates 12-4 after the break. Still, Maryland never lost hope despite its struggling offense. “The way Kaila was playing, she’s our leader, and the way she goes the team goes,” guard Taylor Mikesell said. “Coming in here as a freshman, just to play under and alongside Kaila’s leadership; I think it’s a blessing.” And with Charles scoring six points during the final 9-0 run to complete the comeback, Maryland got just enough offense to dispatch the Golden Gophers and remain in first place in the Big Ten, drawing a raucous eruption from the Xfinity Center crowd and proving her earlier prediction correct. In the Terps’ (24-3, 13-3 Big Ten) final road conference bout on Monday, however, they’ll likely need to start earlier to defeat NCAA Tournament hopeful Purdue (17-12, 8-8). And after responding well in her first game since the difficult Iowa matchup, Charles will get yet another opportunity to prove that letdown was a fluke. “To come off of a tough game at Iowa, to then flip it that quickly,” Frese said. “It’s why she’s a winner and a competitor, and why we trust her so much.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

gymnastics

Despite 4th-place finish, Terps stay consistent Maryland’s 195.5 at Big Five Meet maintains its upward trajectory After fini s hing its David Suggs beam routine, @David_Suggs3 Maryland Staff writer gymnastics — the first team at the Big Five Meet to complete its four events — anxiously waited to see where it would finish. The Terps had been tied for first entering beam, but with a 48.6 in the event, there was uncertainty about how the meet would end. The score wasn’t enough to keep them in contention for the lead, and Maryland dropped to fourth place with a 195.5. The Terps took on No. 15 Nebraska, No. 24 Penn State, Iowa and Michigan State in Toledo, Ohio. They claimed victory over only the Spartans. “Although we never really found our groove,” coach Brett Nelligan said, “they did a great job and put out a solid score.” by

unc From p. 12 “I didn’t like where we were going 15 minutes into the second half,” Reese said. “I loved how we rebounded.” A goal from midfielder Hannah Warther, coupled with a big interception finish in transition from Steele restored a four-goal advantage. North Carolina refused to go away, though. After being

Despite the finish, it was another promising effort. T h e Te r p s p o s te d t h e i r second-highest score of the season and continued to build on consistent displays in the last few weeks, breaking 195 in their fourth consecutive meet. The Terps were bolstered by strong performances from the sophomore trio of Audrey Barber, Collea Burgess, and Emilie LeBlanc. LeBlanc and Burgess earned 9.8s in two events each, while Barber scored 9.8s in three. Their impressive performances helped the Terps overcome two falls as they matched their second-highest score of any Big Five Meet. “Even though it wasn’t the smoothest meet that we could’ve had,” junior Alecia Farina said, “we did the best that we could.” Maryland’s performance on Friday was categorically consistent, with the Terps

scoring at least a 48.925 in three events. However, Maryland eclipsed its season high on vault, with three gymnasts scoring 9.8s in the event for the third time this season. Burgess led the way with a 9.825, a new season high for her, while Barber added a 9.8. Meanwhile, Farina competed in her home state for the first time in her career, an exciting experience for the junior. “It was really exciting to have a lot of my friends and family being able to come,” Farina said. “Knowing that, it was … more exciting to go out there and … try to do my best for the team, myself, and everybody who came to support me.” Farina, buoyed by the support from her family and friends, scored a 9.8 on vault, matching her second best score on the apparatus this season. Maryland’s performance on Friday is the team’s third score of at least 195 away from Xfinity Center means

quiet for most of the first half, the Tar Heels’ top scorer Jamie Ortega scored twice in a two-minute span. Her two goals were complemented by a close-range finish from midfielder Gianna Bowe to tie the game with 15 minutes remaining. Just two minutes later, North Carolina scored off a draw control — one of 11 in the second half — for its first lead of he game. Maryland’s case wasn’t

helped by Steele’s departure. She leapt into the air in an attempt to cut off a pass from North Carolina goalkeeper Taylor Moreno and landed awkwardly before being helped off the field as the Terps were down one with under 10 minutes remaining in regulation. “My old body is just having a hard time these days,” Steele joked. “Everything will be fine.” But Maryland wasn’t de-

kirsten peterman notched at least a 9.8 on bars for the second consecutive meet, and senior Alex Robinson earned a career-high 9.825 on floor. Maryland gymnastics matched its second-highest score in a Big Five Meet with a 195.5 mark. marquise mckine/the diamondback the team’s first regional qualifying score of the season is a 194.98, ranking No. 32 in the nation. However, Maryland must maintain its focus to boost its scores and remain in the top-36 over the course of the season. “We’re going to get back in the gym and work on the

little things,” Barber said. “Get those tenths back that we’ve been giving up.” Despite a solid score, the Terps had a few wobbles during their meet. With the Terps still putting up a 195.5, the team is confident and excited by the team’s prospects midway through

the season. “For us to score a 195.5 on what I would consider an off day,” Nelligan said. “That means that when we’re smooth and we hit clean, we can really break over that 196 mark.”

terred. After the Terps missed two consecutive shots, Hartshorn tied the game at 12 with seven minutes remaining. With one minute left, Taylor provided the defining moment of the second half. Ferrucci cut towards the cage and fired a shot that seemed destined to find the net. Taylor had other ideas. She stretched out her stick and saved what surely would have been a game-winner. “I always say make all the

saves you need to and then one or two game-changing saves,” Taylor said. “Luckily, my game-changing saves came at the end.” With neither team able to find a game winner in the waning seconds of regulation, the contest was sent to overtime. The Terps were unable to capitalize on a three-man advantage in the first overtime period, but in the second, Maryland managed to win a

draw control — one of just seven compared to North Carolina’s 21 — and Steele reversed last year’s overtime loss against the Tar Heels with a game-winner of her own. “Even when things aren’t going our way, we’ve got to bring ourselves together. Keep your head up and let’s keep fighting,” Reese said. “We did that today.”

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monday, february 25, 2019

THIS WEEK’S GAMES

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women’s lacrosse

nerves of steele Steele’s overtime goal secures No. 3 Terps’ win over No. 2 UNC By Tom Hindle | @Thomas_Hindle_ | Staff writer

attacker caroline steele won the draw control in double overtime and scored 14 seconds later, helping the Terps avoid a disappointing defeat in a game they had led by five at halftime.

ith 10 minutes re m a i n i n g i n the second half Sunday, Maryland women’s lacrosse attacker Caroline Steele was helped off the field by trainers with a leg injury, one further gut-punch in a final period North Carolina had dominated. The Tar Heels had stormed back from five goals down to take a narrow lead, but attacker Kali Hartshorn forced the game into overtime for the second consecutive season between the two powerhouses. And with Steele back on the field with a heavily wrapped left knee, she scooped up a loose ball on a draw

control shortly into the second overtime period, raced forward and ripped a side-arm, left-handed shot into the bottom corner of the net, sending the Terps into raptures with a 13-12 goldengoal victory. “I shot it and just saw it go in,” Steele said. “It was awesome, and I couldn’t wait to celebrate with my teammates.” Jen Giles continued her hot start to the season, opening the scoring just under two minutes into the game with a solo effort. She faked to her right and accelerated left, leaving her defender in the dust and creating room for an accurate left-handed shot. Giles scored a similar goal 10 minutes later to restore a 4-3 advantage and completed her hat

trick with under three minutes remaining in the opening period. An eight-minute Tar Heel scoring drought combined with a run of rare draw controls for Maryland helped separate the sides, 9-4, at intermission. During the run, goalkeeper Megan Taylor contributed five saves while the Maryland defense provided four turnovers. Maryland also held North Carolina to just 25 percent shooting. Maryland seemed comfortable at the half and was in a strong position to comfortably dispatch a talented team. However, North Carolina stormed out of the gate after the break. The Tar Heels came out with more intensity, winning four of the first five draw con-

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trols and claiming four early ground balls. They took advantage of the extra possessions and outscored the Terps 8-3 in the last 30 minutes of regulation. “We got off to a really slow start in the second half,” coach Cathy Reese said. “Carolina gained a lot of momentum.” Just under a minute into the period, North Carolina midfielder Olivia Ferrucci found space just outside the crease and scored to pull the visitors within four. They added another two goals over the next four minutes, shrinking a strong five-goal lead to a less comfortable two-goal margin. See unc, p. 11

“It was awesome, and I couldn’t wait to celebrate with my teammates.” - ATTACKER CAROLINE STEELE

wrestling

men’s lacrosse

4th-quarter burst key to No. 3 Terps win over Navy

Hemida’s cradle pin breaks tie in Terps’ win over Rider

Maryland widened its lead with 4 goals to open the final period

Maryland closed dual schedule with two wins in three meets

Before Saturday’s Eri c Myers @EricMyers531 game against Navy, MaryStaff writer land men’s lacrosse’s attack encountered a troubling trend in the late stages of games. In the fourth quarter of its first four contests, the offense had scored four goals total. The late-game scoring droughts haven’t caught up to the Terps in their 4-0 start to the year, surviving scares against Richmond and Penn while jumping out to leads and sustaining them against Bucknell and Colgate. But holding a 10-8 lead entering the final period Saturday against in-state rival Navy, Maryland knew it would need a fourth-quarter by

burst to put the game away. During the final 15 minutes, the Terps leaned on their top-three attackmen — Jared Bernhardt, Louis Dubick and Logan Wisnauskas — who had been scoring at will all day. “They’re slick sticks and they’ve got some outside threats too,” Navy coach Rick Sowell said. “We played a lot of defense and sooner or later it’s going to catch up to you.” Bernhardt, Dubick and Wisnauskas combined to score 11 goals, including all four of Maryland’s tallies in the fourth quarter. Just over two minutes into the final quarter, Dubick found himself in a familiar place: open in front of the

With Maryland Matthew Gilpin @matthewwgilpin wrestling tied with Staff writer Rider entering the final match of the afternoon, there is no one the team would rather have on the mat than heavyweight Youssif Hemida. The Terps All-American showed why Sunday, completely controlling the match. He wasted no time in defeating the Broncs’ James Brady to give Maryland (2-12, 0-9 Big Ten) a 22-16 win over Rider (8-5) in the final dual of the year, ending a rough regular season on a high note. “It feels good to get the win,” head coach Kerry McCoy said. “I think our guys believed a little bit more and by

attackman jared bernhardt (right) scored two of the Terps’ four goals in the final 15 minutes, helping them turn a two-goal lead into a comfortable five-goal win. joe ryan/the diamondback net. On each score during his career-high five-goal performance, Dubick found a soft spot in the defense and was on the receiving end of passes from teammates before converting his chances. See navy, p. 10

fought a little harder.” For the third consecutive dual, 125-pounder Brandon Cray gave Maryland an early lead. Cray took a 5-1 lead into the second period and much like he did last Friday against Rutgers’ Shane Metzler, Cray rode out Rider’s Jonathan Tropea in the second period. Cray added to his score in the third period and fended off a late comeback attempt for an 11-9 win. Freshmen 133-pounder Orion Anderson took Rider’s Anthony Cefolo to overtime but was thrown to his back and lost, 10-4. The insertion of 141pounder Danny Bertoni into the lineup has been a big boost for the struggling Terps

recently. In the most dominant performance on the afternoon, Bertoni racked up a 6-0 lead before throwing Rider’s Travis Layton to his back. Bertoni improved his position with seconds remaining and was awarded the pin right as the first-period buzzer sounded. McCoy said Bertoni’s confidence level has been at an all-time high since the Jefferson native took over the 141-pound slot. “Once he got in and solidified himself as the guy,” McCoy said, “he really convinced himself that he can be successful.” A four-time state champion at Middletown High School, Bertoni was one of the most accomplished wrestlers in Maryland high school history. See rider, p. 10