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Cops foil shooting threat Police: Student discussed getting guns, shooting cops A University of Maryland student was arrested on Feb. 25 after claiming he had access to firearms and threatened to assault officers, police said.

The Baltimore County Police Department took 21-year-old Ryan Matthew Sulkowski into custody in the early hours of Sunday morning, University Police Chief David Mitchell wrote Ryan M. Sulkowski in a campus safety message photo courtesy of umpd on Monday. Sulkowski, of Baltimore, was charged with one count of threat of mass violence and one count of disturbing school operation, Mitchell wrote.

Sulkowski’s lawyer, Gary Bernstein, said he was released at about 1:30 p.m. pending trial.

In an email update to the campus community on Feb. 26, Mitchell wrote that Sulkowski was released from the Department of Corrections on his own recognizance and will have an upcoming trial in Prince George’s County.

He will not be returning to this university, Bernstein said.

If convicted, Sulkowski could receive up to a combined sentence of more than 10 years in prison and more than $12,000 in fines, Mitchell wrote. He was confirmed to be a student at this university and has been issued a denial of access to the campus, university spokeswoman Jessica Jennings said.

On Feb. 23 at about 11:30 a.m., University Police received a complaint of concerning by

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A SIGN FOR #30daystoolate, a campaign to address wait times for counseling at this university, launched by Scholars Promoting and Revitalizing Care on Feb. 14.

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A University of Maryland student-led group sparked a campaign for increased accessibility to mental health resources on the campus.

Scholars Promoting and Revitalizing Care, a group formed by College Park Scholars members in 2015, launched a campaign on Feb. 14 called “30 Days Too Late,” which was named to reflect the amount of time it can take to receive an appointment in the counseling center. It seeks to draw For one campus group, mental attention to the lack of mental health and counseling resources at this university, said Alyssa Schledwitz, health is an urgent mission who serves as the group’s vice president.

Sharon Kirkland-Gordon, director of this university’s counseling center, said that while students can usually be seen for an initial consultation or intake appointment within two weeks, it is possible that some may have to wait up to a month for subsequent appointments.

“A lot can happen in 30 days,” said Schledwitz, a senior physiology and neuroSource: The (MSU) State News. Graphic by Evan Berkowitz/The Diamondback. To nearest student. biology major. “For someone who is close 1,733 indiana to crisis mode, 30 days can be too late to purdue 1,551 see someone.” maryland 1,343 The counseling center uses a model of michigan state 1,252 “short-term therapy,” to assist struggling iowa 1,162 ohio state 1,118 students, Kirkland-Gordon said, offering nebraska 1,042 eight sessions per 12 month period. Acrutgers 1,031 cording to the counseling center website, penn state 971 most students only need six sessions. northwestern 884 Kirkland-Gordon added that some stuwisconsin 881 dents have their issues resolved in the first minnesota 838 808 meeting and don’t come back. michigan illinois 648 As part of its campaign, SPARC wants to increase the number of offered counseling sessions to 16. It also hopes to increase funding for the counseling center and the University Health

Hogan proposal would limit in-state hikes to 2% a year In-state tuition across the University System of Maryland may increase up to 2 percent next fiscal year.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s budget proposal for fiscal 2019 would support a 2 percent limit on in-state tuition hikes, system Chancellor Robert Caret said during testimony to the General Assembly.

“We’re very appreciative that the proposal has enough funding in it so that when all is said and done, the likelihood is that there would be enough money for the tuition levels for next year, if there has to be a tuition increase, compared to national averages, it would be a relatively small one,” system spokesman Mike Lurie said.

The system’s Board of Regents will meet to decide on tuition later this year, likely in April or May, depending on when the General Assembly approves the budget, Lurie said.

Eric Shirk, spokesman for Maryland’s Budget and Management Department, said keeping tuition low within the system’s 12 institutions is of great importance to the state.

“Working to keep higher education affordable for Maryland students is one of Governor Hogan’s top priorities,” Shirk wrote in an email. “If not for the level of support in the administration’s budget, tuition would grow at a higher rate, making access to higher education much more difficult.”

Based on past budgets, it is likely the 2 percent

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coming up short Maryland women’s basketball suffered its first-ever Big Ten tournament loss on Sunday night, falling 79-69 to perennial foe Ohio State in Indianapolis.

Despite a strong start and late comeback, the Terps couldn’t keep up to win their fourth straight Big Ten tournament title.

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Leah Brennan sity of Mary@allhaeleah l a n d , jo i n i n g Senior staff writer several other institutions nationwide, announced last week that non-academic disciplinary action resulting from peaceful protests won’t imperil high school students’ admission to this university.

“We recognize that students benefit from civic discourse and dialogue,” the Maryland admissions account tweeted on Feb. 26. “Non-academic disciplinary action from high school will not affect a student’s admission to the University of Maryland if they are engaged in peaceful and respectful protest.”

The announcement comes

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after a spike in student gun control activism following a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on Feb. 14, in which 17 students and faculty members were killed.

Students across the nation have organized the “March for Our Lives” on March 24 in Washington, D.C., “to demand that their lives and safety become a priority and that we end gun violence and mass shootings in our schools today,” the march’s website reads.

Corresponding marches are expected in other major cities, The Washington Post reported.

CNN reported Wednesday that some school districts were cracking down on students who were involved in walkouts or other forms of political protests.

One district in Texas warned it See protest, p. 2

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CRIME BLOTTER

By Brad Dress | @thedbk | For The Diamondback University of Maryland Police responded to reports of Title IX-related telephone/email misuse, vandalism, trespassing and suspicious activity over the past two weeks, according to police reports.

TITLE IX-RELATED TELEPHONE/EMAIL MISUSE On Feb. 26 at 3:20 p.m., University Police responded to a report of a Title IXrelated telephone/email misuse incident that took place at Woods Hall at 5 a.m. that day, according to police reports.

This case is closed by exception.

OTHER TITLE IXRELATED INCIDENT University Police responded to a report of a Title IX-related “other incident” at the Memorial Chapel on Feb. 26 at 12:53 a.m., according to police reports.

VANDALISM O n Fe b. 2 2 a t 6:5 8 p.m., University Police responded to a report of vandalism at the “Graham Cracker,” an a re a i n C ol l e ge P a rk where some Greek Life housing is located, that took place on Feb. 21 at

1:16 a.m., according to police reports.

This case is active.

TRESPASSING University Police responded to a repor t of t re s pa ssi n g at t he Reckord Armory on Feb. 24 at 2:11 p.m., according to police reports.

This case resulted in an arrest.

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Hosted by the Center for the Advanced Study of Communities and Information. casci.umd.edu

PLAYWRIGHT WORKSHOP and PANEL: NEW PROJECTS Cafritz Foundation Theatre, The Clarice, 7 p.m.

Hosted by the theater, dance and performance studies school, moderated by professor Jennifer Barclay. tdps.umd.edu

RENEGADE SERIES: WILLIAM BRITTELLE ‘EXPLORING the INFINITE PALETTE: THE PHILOSOPHICAL, SOCIOLOGICAL and PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS of the POSTGENRE MUSICAL LANDSCAPE’ Gildenhorn Recital Hall, The Clarice, 12:30 p.m.

Hosted by the music school. theclarice.umd.edu

RECYCLING CRYSTAL BITS on EARTH and EUROPA UMD Observatory Lecture Hall, 7:55 to 9:10 p.m.

Hosted by the astronomy department. astro.umd.edu/openhouse

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TEA with the TITLE IX OFFICE Student Involvement Suite, Stamp Student Union, noon to 2 p.m.

Hosted by the Office of Civil Rights and Sexual Misconduct, featuring free refreshments. umd.edu/ocrsm

BASEBALL vs DELAWARE Bob “Turtle” Smith Stadium, 4 p.m. umterps.com

POTENTIAL for ART and DESIGN to CREATE POSITIVE SOCIAL CHANGE Sixth-floor special events room, McKeldin Library, 4 to 5:30 p.m.

Hosted by the Bahá’’i Chair for World Peace. bahaichair.umd.edu COLLEGE PARK CITY COUNCIL WORKSESSION City Hall, 4500 Knox Road, 7:30 p.m. collegeparkmd.gov SPRING BIG BAND SHOWCASE Kay Theatre, The Clarice, 7:30 p.m.

Hosted by the music school. theclarice.umd.edu MUSIC in MIND: SOUVENIRS Gildenhorn Recital Hall, The Clarice, 8 p.m.

Hosted by the music school, featuring Rita Sloan, Martha Aarons and Lev Polyakin. theclarice.umd.edu

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Hosted by the anthropology department, featuring Philip Scher. anth.umd.edu CREATIVE SPIRITS: PINTS and PRINTS MilkBoy ArtHouse, 7 p.m.

Tickets $25. theclarice.umd.edu SPRING BIG BAND SHOWCASE Kay Theatre, The Clarice, 7:30 p.m.

See Tuesday details.

SHOSTAKOVICH SYMPHONY No. 6 Dekelboum Concert Hall, The Clarice, 8 p.m.

Hosted by the music school, featuring the UMD Repertoire Orchestra. theclarice.umd.edu

SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY On Feb. 2 4 at 1 2:50 p.m., police responded to a suspicious activity report at the 3900 block of Campus Drive, according to police reports. Police also responded to a report of a suspicious person/ auto on Feb. 25 at 1:45 p.m. on the 7500 block of Mowatt Lane.

The fi rst case is active, while the second resulted in an arrest.

THEFT On Feb. 26 at 1:34 p.m., Un iversity Pol ice responded to a theft report at Kirwan Hall. At 8:37 p.m. that day, police responded to a report of theft at Eppley Recreation Center, according to police reports.

Both cases are active.

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TENNIS vs WEST VIRGINIA College Park Tennis Center, noon umterps.com

LINDA MAY HAN OH GROUP MilkBoy ArtHouse, 7 and 9 p.m.

Hosted by the artist partner program.

Student/youth tickets $10; general admission $25+; reserved tickets $30+. theclarice.umd.edu

BASEBALL vs BRYANT Bob “Turtle” Smith Stadium, 4 p.m. umterps.com

MEN’S LACROSSE vs ALBANY Maryland Stadium, noon umterps.com

SOFTBALL vs JACKSONVILLE Maryland Softball Stadium, 5:30 p.m. umterps.com

SOFTBALL vs UTAH Maryland Softball Stadium, 12:30 p.m. umterps.com

MFA DANCE THESIS CONCERT Dance Theatre, The Clarice, 7:30 p.m.

Student/youth tickets $10; general admission $25. theclarice.umd.edu

BASEBALL vs BRYANT Bob “Turtle” Smith Stadium, 2 p.m. umterps.com

GYMNASTICS vs SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE, WEST CHESTER, CORNELL and BRIDGEPORT Xfinity Center, noon umterps.com

SOFTBALL vs YALE Maryland Softball Stadium, 3 p.m. umterps.com

BASEBALL vs BRYANT Bob “Turtle” Smith Stadium, 1 p.m. umterps.com

MFA DANCE THESIS CONCERT Dance Theatre, The Clarice, 7:30 p.m.

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MFA DANCE THESIS CONCERT Dance Theatre, The Clarice, 7:30 p.m.

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UNIVERSITY SENATE MEETING Colony Ballroom, Stamp Student Union, 3:15 to 5 p.m. senate.umd.edu THE ALGERIAN NEW NOVEL: THE POETICS of a MODERN NATION, 1950-1979 Sixth-floor special events room, McKeldin Library, 3:30 to 5 p.m. lib.umd.edu

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inconceivable to me that any public institution would say, From p. 1 ‘Well, that’s going to count would suspend students in- against you in admissions,’” university President Wallace volved in either activity.

This university joins insti- Loh said. “I mean, if we did tutions such as Johns Hopkins that, we would go to jail.”

L o h n o te d h e i n i t i a l ly University and Penn State University, among several thought the announcement was unnecessary because he others, in this decision.

“If a student is exercising assumed it was “so obvious” his or her first amendment that this university would r i g h t t o p r o t e s t , i t i s n o t a l l ow a d m i ss i o n s to

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c h e c k , M i tc h e l l w ro te .

Sulkowski continued to say he had access to firearms and he was going to shoot University Police officers, newsumdbk@gmail.com Mitchell wrote.

Bernstein said Sulkowski n eve r a p p l i e d fo r a g u n individual said Sulkowski p e r m i t a n d t h a t h e h a s wa s m a k i n g s ta te m e n t s n o g u n s. H e a d d e d t h a t From p. 1 about applying for firearms Sulkowski was examined b e h av i o r. T h e re p o r t i n g and waiting for a background at Washington Adventist

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b e a f fe c te d by s t u d e n ts exercising their First Amendment right to protest.

“If people are concerned that they’re out there exercising their first amendment right to protest this or that, if they’re concerned that this may affect their admission, of course they should know that it does not affect their admission,” Loh said.

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MAHLER’S SYMPHONY No. 1 Dekelboum Concert Hall, The Clarice, 8 p.m.

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Hospital and “found not to be a threat to himself or others.”

University Police did not i m m e d i a te ly re s p o n d to requests for comment before the time of publication.

Almost two weeks after 17 students and faculty members died in a school shooting in Parkland, Florida, Bernstein said “in light of everything that’s happened recently,

you can understand … file the charges first and sort it out later.”

“We commend the reporting person in this case who came forward and reported to police,” Mitchell wrote. “If you notice an individual that is behaving in a manner that is unsettling, please call the University of Maryland Police Department (UMPD) right away

ARTS DROP-IN: WATERCOLOR PAINTING MilkBoy ArtHouse, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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so an investigation can begin.”

In an email statement on Feb. 26, university spokeswoman Katie Lawson wrote, “This is a story of ‘if you see something, say something,’ and we are grateful for any reported information that helps keep our UMPD police officers safe.” jcampisidbk@gmail.com

applauded the decision on Twitter. “ G l a d to s e e @ Uo fMaryland affirm its commitment to free speech through peaceful protest.

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tuition From p. 1 increase will take effect, Lurie said. The increase would happen at all system campuses, Lurie said, and it is in line with the U.S. inflation rate, which was 1.8 percent as of January, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Un ive rs i ty P re s i d e n t Wallace Loh said setting tuition rates can be a balancing act.

“When you have one of the wealthiest states in the country that has one of the lowest tuitions in the country … what’s basically happening is you’re subsidizing uppermiddle-class students,” Loh said. “But the problem is if the tuition is too low, there’s not enough money to provide support for working-class students.”

Currently, this university’s in-state tuition for fulltime undergraduate students is about $10,400. With a 2 percent bump, it would increase about $200.

Since a freeze on tuition hikes was lifted in 2010, sys te m t u i t i o n h a s b e e n steadily rising by a similar amount.

Andre Pimenta, a senior computer science and finance major at this university, said the tuition increase seems reasonable, given the inflation rate.

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Center, create an emergency action plan if wait times exceed seven business days and place a full-time counselor in every oncampus residence hall, according to its website.

SPARC has applied for the Do Good Mini-Grant, which provides funding for student-led proposals that aim to create social change, and created a survey to assess students’ opinions on, and experiences with, this university’s mental health services. Group leaders plan to propose the survey to College Park Scholars directors next week.

The group is working with university administration, the counseling center and the Student Government Association to meet their goals. On Wednesday, SPARC met with several administration and university officials — Kirkland-Gordon, Vice President for Student Affairs Linda Clement, Health Center Director David McBride, Health Center Mental Health Director Marta Hopkinson and Counseling Center Assistant Director Ted Pickett — to share its concerns.

The group chose to establish a SPARC liaison to the counseling and health centers, and the student group was invited to help interview new candidates to fill vacancies in the counseling center, Kirkland-Gordon said.

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“It’s kind of unfortunate because we did address [Loh] directly and he still hasn’t reached out to us about our concerns. … It’s really an issue that affects all of us.”

- SPARC CO-PRESIDENT ANTHONY SARTORI

Help Center, a peer counseling and crisis intervention hotline at this university, SPARC and the university administration plan to coordinate the hiring process for two new psychologists, Schledwitz said.

During the 2016-17 academic year, emergency room referrals for psychiatric crises at this university increased by 34, and

student reports of self-injury increased from 29 percent in 2015-16 to 36 percent in 201617, according to a health center report. According to a 2015-16 counseling center report, the center has been subject to budget cuts and an overall loss of fulltime employees. However, there has been a 24 percent increase in

student demand in the past three years, Kirkland-Gordon said.

On Feb. 14, the group also sent a formal letter to university President Wallace Loh requesting that he acknowledge the issue and begin looking into possible solutions.

L o h h a s n o t ye t d i re c t l y responded to the letter, although

sophomore computer science major, said she feels it is unwarranted.

“I personally am just not a fan of increased tuition in general,” she said. “I would like to know what the extra money is being used for.”

The governor’s budget proposal would also continue funding the MPowering the State initiative, the partnership between this university and the University of Maryland, Baltimore. The proposal allots $6 million of about $1.4 billion in system funding to MPower. This spending is legislatively mandated, Shirk said.

“I can’t imagine something of more transformative impact over the long haul than two universities coming together and working in complementary ways that they have not done so for the past 50 years,” Loh said.

At the Blended Reality Center, one of the partnership’s programs that focuses on virtual and augmented reality, researchers are investigating ways to utilize the technology to train medical professionals and police officers. Amitabh Varshney, who established the center

and directs its activities on this campus, said the state’s support provides a solid foundation for the initiative.

“We are looking at the funding from the state as the seed funding to help us build these bridges with the University of Maryland in Baltimore and to get started on these one of a kind projects,” said Varshney, who will become dean for the computer, mathematical and natural sciences college on Thursday. “The plan is to then take this and then pursue other funding sources which are longer lasting. So in some ways the funding that we are getting is really very critical.”

State funds have also supported efforts to establish a specialization in health informatics within this university’s Bachelor of Science i n I n fo r m a t i o n S c i e n c e program, Lindsay Sarin, the academic programs director at this university’s information studies college, wrote in an email. The goal is to unveil courses in the specialization for fall 2019, she wrote.

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The proposed budget would set aside $2 million to support the system’s workforce development initiative to increase the number of STEM and health care degrees awarded by system schools, Caret said in his testhe system, including the timony. It’s part of a multiBrendan Iribe Center for year $33 million state comComputer Science and In- mitment to the effort. novation, Caret said in his ccondondbk@gmail.com General Assembly testimony.

“I can’t imagine something of more transformative impact over the long haul than two universities coming together and working in complementary ways that they have not done so for the past 50 years.”

- UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT WALLACE LOH

a university email acknowledging the demands was sent from Clement to SPARC on behalf of Loh, said Anthony Sartori, copresident of SPARC. “ I t’s k i n d o f u n fo r t u n a te because we did address him directly and he still hasn’t reached out to us about our concerns,” said Sartori, a senior psychology major. “It’s really an issue that affects all of us.”

Freshman finance and marketing major Huile Zhou said she supports the campaign, recalling friends who were affected by the prolonged wait times of the counseling center.

“I know friends who have had mental illnesses and had been really troubled by it,” Zhou said. “They found out that the [counseling center] was really crammed at that time, so they were forced to seek outside help, which I know isn’t exactly ideal for someone living on campus without transportation.”

Clement described SPARC as “terrific” and “constructive,” adding that university officials plan to meet with the group again in the future to analyze the results of their survey.

“Our goal here is to graduate people who are citizens and leaders in society,” she said. “And if there are challenges that we can remedy while people are enrolled at school here, that’s a wonderful thing.”

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Free menstrual products for inmates is long overdue Maryland lawmakers are set to pass a bill requiring correctional facilities to provide free menstrual sanitary products for inmates. Similar legislation has been passed in a number of other states, the most notable being Arizona, where protesters mailed legislators tampons and pads as a part of the #LetItFlow campaign. As the campaign emphasized, menstrual products are a necessity, not a luxury.

Dehumanizing practices regarding menstrual product access in prisons have been legal in most states until now, and legislation like this signifies an important step in the pursuit of female reproductive rights. In most correctional facilities, women are allowed a certain number of pads per month, and the limit is typically not enough for someone with a heavy flow or longer period. Women have to choose between spending their minuscule income on hygiene products or on phone calls to their loved ones.

This is dehumanizing.

Not only do women have to walk around wearing overused pads and tampons, or perhaps nothing at all, correctional officers often use these products as bargaining chips to motivate inmates to stay in line, which further dehumanizes them. This isn’t like using candy to motivate a child — menstrual products are a necessity, not something women should receive as a reward for good behavior. It is no different from keeping someone from having toilet paper or a shower; if we have the funds for these things, it is basic human decency to provide them.

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This bill normalizes menstruation in a way that feels new. Some people still find it embarrassing for a woman to openly purchase pads or to speak freely about their period, despite menstruation being a completely natural process.

The bill also recognizes that no one deserves to be treated this way. While the prison system dehumanizes inmates in a variety of other ways, this bill would at least eliminate one of them in Maryland facilities.

One public defender in New York testified about how a lack of menstrual products prevented her client from meeting with her legal team. Her client did not feel comfortable walking around the facility with period blood on her pants, and I doubt many people would.

Additionally, this bill is a matter of agency. A correctional officer should not have control over a woman’s reproductive health and menstrual hygiene — that control should be in the hands of individual women. This seems like a basic concept, but more often than not, women lack full agency over their own bodies.

It is shameful that providing access to menstrual products in correctional facilities has taken this long, but it doesn’t mean we should take this action lightly. The fact that lawmakers are finally taking menstruation and hygiene products seriously means something. This bill opens the door for more conversation and action regarding female reproductive rights and health.

“Menstrual products are a necessity, not a luxury.”

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Maryland is notorious for criminalizing mental illness Asha Kodan @OpinionDBK Columnist

The criminalization of mental illness plagues our justice system.

This truth is especially stark in the case of an Eastern Shore man who recently pleaded guilty to attempted suicide. The man, whose name The Baltimore Sun kept confidential, was arrested in 2016 when a relative reported that he had a gun and was threatening to kill himself.

A state trooper who arrived on the scene noted the man was deeply disturbed, and was pleading for the trooper to kill him.

In Maryland, it’s illegal to assist someone else in suicide, but the law has no provision that dictates punishment for people who have attempted suicide themselves. Nevertheless, the District Court Commissioner charged the Eastern Shore man with attempted suicide and reckless endangerment.

The idea of charging a person for attempting suicide comes from common law, in which a judge has complete discretion over what penalty is enforced.

Historically, common law crimes in the United States came from England; even after the United States declared independence, Maryland decided to recognize common law crimes and continues to do so today.

Joe Riley, the interim prosecutor, told The Sun that the courts were not “trying to put this guy in jail or anything” but instead “trying to get him into mental health treatment.”

But the lack of sufficient mental health treatment for prison inmates in the United States is appalling. Maryland in particular has a history of criminalizing mental illness and struggling to provide accommodations for the mentally ill. According to the Treatment Advocacy Center, a nonprofit organization that advocates for mental illness treatment, the odds of an individual in Maryland with a serious mental illness being incarcerated instead of hospitalized is 2.6 to 1.

The state was under pressure two years ago because it had a shortage of psychiatric beds; this crisis led to several mentally ill patients biding their time in jail until a spot opened up for them in the hospital.

The wait time to transfer into the hospital can range from seven days to an agonizing 30 days. Deborah Richardson, former director of the Baltimore County Department of Corrections, emphasized that jails cannot provide the full range of treatments that hospitals can.

Furthermore, corrections officers do not have the same training as health professionals, and they can find it difficult to deal with often aggressive, challenging prisoners with mental illnesses.

Earlier this year, the Maryland health department announced it would increase the number of psychiatric beds in Maryland and introduce a bill proposing a maximum of 21 days for hospitals to take in courtordered patients.

Yet 21 days is still far too long.

When someone has a mental illness, they often cannot afford to wait for treatment; in cases like that of the Eastern Shore man, a delay in treatment can become a matter of life or death. The prison environment is not conducive to healing someone who has a mental illnesses.

The greater lesson of this tragic mess is that our prison systems must be radically changed so they can provide the treatment so many inmates need. The man on the Eastern Shore has grabbed our attention because he was charged with the ridiculous crime of attempted suicide — but Maryland failing to treat its mentally ill convicts runs much deeper. ashakodan@ymail.com

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Neglecting older buildings is unsustainable Sona Chaudhary @OpinionDBK Opinion editor

The University of Maryland’s campus is a patchwork of buildings, with modern glass infrastructure frequently emerging out of construction rubble to make the surrounding decades-old brick boxes look exceptionally sad. As the school updates itself to become, in the words of university President Wallace Loh, “a Silicon Valley,” the ailing state of many of its buildings represents a barrier to modernity.

And it’s not just that those facilities are ignored with regard to PR — about a third of the buildings on the campus haven’t been renovated in more than 40 years.

It’s one of those problems that grows larger the longer it’s left alone.

As of 2015, the estimated cost of addressing every issue on Facilities Management’s maintenance backlog was about $907 million, and there is no sign this university will direct any money toward closing that deficit.

Facilities Management was recently able to secure $10 million paid out over 12 years for deferred maintenance requests, but even that small amount had to be won through an extensive campaign to show administrators the poor condition of some parts of the campus. It’s clear building renovations aren’t at all a priority to this university.

Building new infrastructure and leaving the old to crumble until

demolition is a dubious practice. It actively undermines this university’s goal to minimize its impact on the environment, and keeps us from pursuing more aggressive sustainability goals. Though this university is committed to green building design and operation, this environmentally conscious infrastructure is implemented only with the construction of new buildings or through major renovation of old ones.

When a third of our buildings are going completely unrenovated for decades, that diminishes the effectiveness of our Climate Action Plan. Instead of providing for less disruptive retrofits of parts of buildings, such as replacing pipes or adding better-fitted doors, this university will improve building suwstainability only if it requires major construction.

Construction itself is disruptive, not just to the people on the campus but also to local waterways and wildlife. It’s unfortunate that this university continues to take on new projects when it could be working on expanding and improving the foundational infrastructure already present.

Moreover, it leads to poor conditions for students, faculty and staff.

These facilities are still being used, continuing to wear down and fostering resentment in the community.

As STEM majors get more buildings, labs and MakerSpaces, students in the behavioral and social sciences

college have to deal with burst pipes and heating shutoffs.

And as this university seeks to retain its students in College Park and anchor a community of young urban professionals to the area, it should realize the inequity on the campus serving them. Students shouldn’t have to work in dilapidated buildings, and they shouldn’t have to live in dorms that suffer from the same problems. We end up paying exorbitant prices for subpar quality of life, so why wouldn’t we feel ready to move on from College Park as soon as we can?

While many dorms are slated for demolition and replacement, that doesn’t mean it’s okay to neglect their current residents. An increasing cost of living should be offset by increasing value to students, not mere vanity spending to improve the superficial image of the university.

It’s disappointing that the administration frequently responds to the concerns of the community with outright dismissal. It’s an indication that it’ll be a long time before building conditions on this campus meet the standards of comfort and sustainability we expect, and it’s up to us to be proactive and vocal about subpar living and working conditions. We won’t see large-scale change, but we can seek to resolve our individual problems with the spaces we’re given. sonachaud@gmail.com

Michela Dwyer @mgdwyer3 Columnist

T h e s u rv ivo r re s p o n se to t h e M a r jo ry S to n e man Douglas High School shooting has gotten far more media attention than it did for any other gun-related attack I can remember. This shooting was horrendous and the aftermath is just as depressing, much like the countless other mass shootings in this country.

But the aftereffects of this one are unique because the national public discourse has finally managed to move beyond just mourning the victims and focusing on the shooter. The Stoneman Douglas students have called for change in the energetic and determined way this country has long needed.

Having just recently graduated from high school, I ask myself how I would have reacted if I were a Stoneman Douglas student coping with this tragedy. We’d all like to say we would do the same thing — speak on television, devote our social media and our time to organizing rallies and marches, relentlessly raise awareness and demand change without taking no for an answer.

High school students across the country have been organizing and performing walkouts, standing in solidarity with Stoneman Douglas. Students from Montgomery County walked out of Richard Montgomery, Albert Einstein and Northwood high schools. Some of the survivors even visited Montgomery Blair High School on Monday.

The bottom line is that these remarkable students are doing what needed to be done years ago, before the concert in Las Vegas, before the nightclub in Orlando, before Sandy Hook, before Virginia Tech and even before Columbine.

But as incredible as the students are, they should not have to bear all this responsibility. It’s looking as though high

schoolers, most of whom cannot even vote, are going to be the ones to finally make progress in the gun control debate. These kids, whose friends and peers were shot to death a little over two weeks ago, are now directly calling out NRA-supported politicians, traveling the country to organize a nationally publicized march and appearing on television to raise awareness.

Experiencing such profound trauma is something no one should have to go through in the first place; setting aside that trauma to convince lawmakers that civilians should not be able to own military-style weapons is downright inhumane.

It simply should not have gotten this far.

My disgust here lies not with the young people fighting valiantly for students’ lives, but with the people in power who have been failing for so long to protect them. There has been no shortage of worthy opportunities to take action; one would surely think that after 20 elementary school-aged children were massacred at Sandy Hook Elementary, there would be incentive for lawmakers to take action.

Shame on those who are often so incapable of leading this country virtuously that their constituents must once again lead the fight for justice themselves.

Regardless of our frustration with congressional inaction, we should all stand in solidarity with the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Their bravery and initiative should be respected and mirrored in fights for justice in the years to come. mgdwyer3@gmail.com

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City’s charter continues to be in violation of state law under revised measure In discussing an amendment to College Park’s charter, the city council voted 6-2 Tuesday to remove a section of the measure that would require a simple majority, rather than a supermajority, to alter the charter.

The city’s charter currently requires a supermajority to pass charter amendments, but this mandate was found to be in violation of state law.

The move, which was proposed by District 4 Councilwoman Dustyn Kujawa, elicited a heated debate among council members on whether they were rushing the issue.

The removed section of the charter amendment resolution also calls the council a “legislative body,” which has been contested by council members and residents, as some believe it should instead say “elected body.”

“A lot of residents — and even some of us on council, to be transparent — are still trying to understand the difference between legislative and by

Naomi Grant @NaomiGrant7464 Senior staff writer

testudo welcomes visitors to the Feb. 23 grand opening of Bowlero College Park, which upgraded AMF College Park Lanes after its parent company saw potential. elliott scarangello/the diamondback

lucky strike Super Bowl star Torrey Smith christens newly renovated ‘upscale’ bowling alley

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he newly renovated AMF College Park Lanes has reopened as Bowlero College Park, a more upscale bowling alley brand owned by the same parent company, Bowlero Corporation.

On Feb. 23 from 6 to 9 p.m., Bowlero College Park held a grand opening party that featured appearances from Testudo as well as University of Maryland alumnus and NFL player Torrey Smith.

Those who attended the event also received a free game of bowling and a five-dollar gift card to the arcade.

“We wanted to upgrade it and give people more of a reason to come out,” said Bowlero Corporation senior public relations specialist Jillian Laufer.

At the renovated bowling alley, there are 40 lanes of blacklight bowling, lounge seating, an expanded menu and an upgraded arcade, bar and kitchen. Each lane has a video wall at its end that

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Two streets to get parking restrictions Certain blocks of Potomac Ave, Tecumseh St affected by

Jack Roscoe @Jack_Micky Senior staff writer

The College Park City Council voted unanimously twice on Tuesday night to establish permit-restricted parking at two different lo-

cations in the city.

Areas between 8200 to 8309 on Potomac Avenue and the 4700 block of Tecumseh Street will now require parking permits. The council held two public hearings, during which District 2 expressed the need for restrictions.

“That neighborhood is continuously becoming more challenged with parking,” city manager Scott Somers said.

Because there were no prior restrictions on parking on Potomac Avenue, located near the southern end of the College Park Trolley Trail, University of Maryland students and commuters have parked there for free, resident Harry Pitt said. This problem is compounded because the end of the street is two feet narrower than normal, he added.

When seven-foot-wide cars park on both sides of the 24-foot-wide street, Pitt said, that leaves only 10 feet of space for cars and other vehicles to get by, making it difficult for residents to drive on the street and for service vehicles to get through.

“We have a major problem at the end of the street,” District 1 resident Eric Justh said.

Lori Simpson, a District 2 resident, said the problem is most pronounced when this university has classes. The problem has worsened since this university eliminated thousands of parking spaces in other neighborhoods, including Lakeland, implemented permit-restricted parking, Pitt said.

“For years and years I’ve had no problem, up until I’d say the last four or five,” Pitt said.

The city required signatures from 60 percent of homeowners on the street up to the nearest intersecting street to submit a petition, Pitt said. This See parking, p. 7

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Under the law, Maryland businesses with 15 or more employees are required to provide up to five days of paid sick leave per year, while businesses with fewer than 15 employees must give unpaid leave. One hour of leave is earned for every 30 hours worked, according to the law.

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plays movies, music videos and sports games.

Most of the prices are remaining consistent, Laufer said.

AMF College Park Lanes was upgraded into Bowlero College Park because of past success at the location, Laufer said. She said the proximity to the university and its large student population have made it popular, and the company wanted to continue the momentum it had.

“We want to make sure our fans of the previous center still love the new rebranded center,” Laufer said.

Erich Meissner, a senior electrical engineering major, said he and his friends bowled at the old location often and came for that reason, rather than to meet Smith.

“We’re just here for the free bowling and arcades,” Meissner said.

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“Earning paid sick days for all workers is what the labor movement is all about,” said Akilah Jackson, an executive board member of AFSCME 1072, the labor union that represents University of Maryland workers. “This is what excites me the most about being an activist in the labor union on campus — helping working people succeed and

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replacement to fill the hours, Hired said.

Asfaw, a U.S. Army reservist who also works at Dick’s Sporting Goods, said she does not currently receive paid sick leave. While she said “it’s not a requirement” for her, she added that “it would be nice.”

When asked how the law would affect university employees, spokesman Jessica Jennings wrote in an email that the university “has formed an implementation task force in response to this new mandate from the state. As the legislation was just recently passed, we are still studying its impact.”

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Meheret Asfaw, a junior public health science major, and Nimo Hired, a sophomore computer science major, applauded the law’s passage. It would help Maryland workers, especially single mothers and low-income workers, Asfaw said.

“It helps the relationship between a manager and the employees because it shows that the manager cares about you,” Hired said.

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CHARTER From p. 6 elected,” District 4 Councilwoman Denise Mitchell said.

D i s t r i c t 2 Co u n c i l m a n Monroe Dennis said he seconded the modification of the amendment for clarification purposes.

“Part of what I’m hoping is that we’ll have an opportunity with this amendment in the future to clarify amongst ourselves, and also to help the residents who are saying that the charter is not clear, n o t o rga n i ze d a n d o t h e r issues that we hopefully we could work out in the near term,” he said.

District 3 Councilman Robert Day cautioned against making changes to the charter that are too big too quickly.

“We need to take small s te ps, s m a l l c h u n ks a n d address the issues in multiple steps,” he said. “We may end up coming right back to where we are talking about now, but hopefully … [we can] clarify things, get opinions

and work to clear things up in a way that everybody will understand what we’re trying to do.”

M ayo r Pa t r i c k Wo ja h n expressed his concern and surprise regarding council members speaking up about a lack of understanding as they were supposed to vote on the amendment.

“If there was a misund e r s t a n d i n g , we t a l k e d about this at several closed sessions, I think at least [someone] from the council could have brought that up then,” he said.

This city’s charter was found to be noncompliant with state law in October.

City officials announced in September that a measure to allow non-U.S. citizens to vote in College Park — which appeared to pass with a 4-3 vote with one abstention — did not pass because the city charter required a supermajority as of June.

The council chose on Feb. 6 to introduce a measure calling for a simple majority threshold for charter

amendments and maintains the mayor’s current voting role, in which the mayor votes only in the case of a tie. This change is more consistent with state law for passing charter amendments, Wojahn said.

Multiple residents who testified Tuesday said the charter’s language is unclear.

“It’s not just me, but eve ryo n e I ’ve s p o ke n to i s completely befuddled,” West College Park Civic Association President Suchitra Balachandran said. “The charter, which is our charter, is something that we ought to be able to read and understand.”

Former District 4 Councilwoman Mary Cook attended the meeting and said the charter’s language is in contrast to the council’s goal of transparency.

“One of your priorities is to be transparent in your governing, and when this document — which is the foundation of the City of College Park — is unclear, then you’re not meeting the standards of transparency,” she said.

College park MAYOR PATRICK WOJAHN speaks at a City Council meeting on Feb. 13, 2018. The council voted Tuesday to remove a section of a measure that would require a simple majority to pass amendments to the city’s charter. elliot scarangello/the diamondback Much of the discussion between the council and city attorney Suellen Ferguson during the meeting revolved around the mayor’s role.

“In response to the legal review that was done, it is very clear what the words of the state law are in these two

instances,” Ferguson said. “A charter amendment must be adopted by the majority of a legislative body.”

While the majority of this legislative body would be five votes, Ferguson said, state law does not say how to reach that five or whether

the mayor can be included in this number.

The council will discuss the amendment at its work session Tuesday if council members vote to add it to the agenda, District 3 Councilman John Rigg said. ngrantdbk@gmail.com

“The charter, which is our charter, is something that we ought to be able to read and understand.”

- WEST COLLEGE PARK CIVIC ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT SUCHITRA BALACHANDRAN

PARKING From p. 6 petition works on a 100-block basis, extending restrictions for addresses between 8200 and 8309.

District 2 resident John Dollymore said students have been parking on the 4700 block of Tecumseh Street for free as well, adding that he would support 24/7 permit

parking on his street.

“While it is free parking, I can’t get in and out of my driveway,” said resident Christine Dollymore. “We need some help.”

The council unanimously vo te d to e n a c t p e r m i t restricted parking from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and from midnight to 6 a.m. Saturday through Sunday at both locations,

which District 2 Councilman P.J. Brennan called “ less draconian.” Restricted parking will take effect as soon as signs are put in place.

“I am not excited about permit parking,” Pitt said. “I don’t like the inconvenience of having to get guest passes and things like that, but it’s become the lesser of two evils.”

Somers said the city will likely see more permit

parking requests on roads close to Route 1 and Lakeland Road in the future.

Thomas Pinello, who lives at Oasis Condominiums on Tecumseh Street, said he was highly opposed to establishing permit-restricted parking on his block.

“There is always parking s p a c e o n t h a t b l o c k ,” P i n e l l o sa i d . “ I ’ve n eve r had to go anywhere else.

… I t ’s 1 0 d o l l a r s t h a t I shouldn’t need to spend.”

Permit-restricted parking will not take long to take effect, Somers said. He said the city needs to advertise to residents that it now requires a permit to park at the locations.

Brennan said the narrow roads, one-way streets and commercial district of Berwyn make parking more difficult than elsewhere in the city.

“We certainly want to be a friendly place for people to park and patronize,” Brennan said.

District 3 Councilman John Rigg said the two public hearings indicate the city needs a better way to address parking issues.

“As we continue to experience population growth, this issue will continue to bubble up,” Rigg said. jroscoedbk@gmail.com

“We certainly want to be a friendly place for people to park and patronize.”

- DISTRICT 2 COUNCILMAN P.J. BRENNAN

BOWLERO From p. 6 Michael Du, a senior finance major, said he is n o t a b i g fa n o f b owl i n g but went with friends to the event anyway.

“I’m just a fan of the community,” Du said. “And I like free stuff too.”

B o w l e r o C o r p o ra t i o n — which owns Brunswick Zone and Bowlmor Lanes in addition to AMF Bowling Company and Bowlero — is the largest owner and operator of bowling entertainment

LEAVE From p. 6 Place owner Bobby Karanovich, who employs 29 workers — about half of whom are students at this university — said “we basically restructured our payroll” to give his workers the five days of sick leave in advance instead of letting the days accrue over time.

“It took me calling the governor’s office to ask for recommendations on what to do,” Karanovich said. He’s giving his employees paid sick leave in advance, while reducing their hourly wage by about 50 cents on average

venues in the world, according to its website.

Bowlero College Park is now the state’s second Bowlero location. The first opened in Timonium a few weeks ago, a press release from the company said. Bowlero locations are the mid-tier offering of its parent company, with Bowlmor Lanes being the highest level offering of the chain.

“We saw a lot of potential in the property,” Laufer said.

“We really saw a lot of growth and opportunity in the area.”

The bowling alley is located at 9021 Baltimore

Ave . , n ex t to t h e Sa k u ra Seafood Buffet and CDepot.

It opens at 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 3 p.m. on Friday and 11 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, the press release said, and closes between 11 p.m. and 1 a.m.

At the event, Smith said he was excited to be back in College Park and to see s o m a n y fa m i l i e s a t t h e bowling alley.

“Thank you, Bowlero, for bringing some life back in College Park,” Smith said.

to make up the difference.

Adam Greenberg, owner of Bagels ‘n Grinds and Potomac Pizza, was critical of the law, citing the increase in expenses it would cause to track workers’ leave. He added that he is used to legislation like this, because he has other businesses in Montgomery County, which enacted a sick leave law in 2016. “ We ’re O K n ow, b u t i f [legislation like this] cont i n u e s, i t w i l l b e c o m e a hardship,” Greenberg said, adding that “cashiers will disappear and be replaced with computer screens.”

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provides paid sick leave to the workers at his College Park businesses in accordance with the Montgomery County law, which mandates that employers provide up to 56 hours of sick leave, compared with up to 40 hours for the statewide law. About 10 percent of the employees at Bagels ‘n Grinds and Potomac Pizza are university students, Greenberg said.

“At the end of the day, we will stick with the more generous [Montgomery County] plans,” Greenberg said. “It’s easier this way.”

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‘not his fault’

As fans call for Mark Turgeon’s job, players come to his defense.

By James Crabtree-Hannigan | @JamesCrabtreeH | Senior staff writer

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hroughout Maryland men’s basketball’s worst season since 2013-14, a growing contingent of Terps fans criticized coach Mark Turgeon.

At halftime of Maryland’s home finale, the Xfinity Center crowd booed the team off the court. Fans heckled Turgeon’s squad throughout its second-round loss to Wisconsin in the Big Ten tournament.

Social media was ablaze with calls for Turgeon’s job.

But after the team’s 59-54 loss to the Badgers, clinched by poor rebounding and a miscommunication on a late inbound play, guards Kevin Huerter and Darryl Morsell — unprompted by any particular question by the media — defended their head coach.

“He’s taken a lot of heat for us, and it’s really not his fault,” Morsell said. “We didn’t get two box outs at the end. That’s not his fault. That’s us on the court.”

buckeyes From p. 12 The Buckeyes outscored the Terps, 27-9, in the second quarter.

Maryland trailed 44-31 at halftime and were being outrebounded, 30-19.

Momentum shifted back to Maryland in the third, as the

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Hometown hero Wiley has “loyalty” tattooed on the inside of his left bicep, and he displayed that faithfulness during his rise as a high school prospect.

After being academically ineligible as a freshman at Potomac, Wiley burst onto the scene as a sophomore and led the Wolverines to the 3A state championship game as a junior.

During those summers, Johnson would hear the names of various schools Wiley was supposedly enrolling in for the upcoming year.

Then, the first day of school would come, and Wiley would still be a Wolverine, representing his hometown public school in Oxon Hill.

“He’d walk right through the door and say, ‘Coach, you already know,’” Johnson said.

“I’d say, ‘I already know, but there’s about 10 other people who need to know!’”

Above all, Wiley’s devotion to his roots is why he remained at Potomac rather than take the evermore-popular private school route. He also continued playing AAU games with the Maryland Ruff Riders even after joining the more prestigious Team Takeover.

Coach mark turgeon has fielded criticism throughout the season for his team’s worst record since the 2013-14 campagn, when it was in the ACC. marquise mckine/the diamondback It’s an explanation unlikely to appease fans who say Turgeon fails to get the most out of the talent he recruits. The Big Ten tournament exit marked the team’s fourth consecutive postseason loss.

When discussing Wisconsin’s 12 offensive rebounds, Morsell and

forward Joshua Tomaic said the Badgers wanted it more. However, subpar play on the boards emerged in multiple must-win games down the stretch this season. “[A] similar thing happened that’s been happening all year,” Huerter said. “Everybody is going to point

to [Turgeon]; everyone’s going to look at him. … But Coach Turgeon doesn’t miss rebounds; Coach Turgeon doesn’t miss a free throw.”

All signs point to Maryland missing the NCAA tournament for the first time in four years. The Terps entered this season with

cautiously optimistic expectations, fueled by the return of three sophomores who starred in their rookie campaigns.

Huerter and guard Anthony Cowan both performed well, but forward Justin Jackson struggled early before electing to undergo surgery on his torn labrum, missing the rest of the season. The Terps couldn’t recover and struggled against a Big Ten schedule Turgeon often bemoaned.

Maryland’s marquee win was a 79-65 defeat of Butler on Nov. 15 at Xfinity Center. The Terps won just two road games all season.

“Coach Turgeon doesn’t execute plays when we’re supposed to execute plays that we practiced multiple times. That’s all on the players,” Huerter said. “So everybody can say what they want about him. But we didn’t make plays for him.” jcrabtreehdbk@gmail.com

Terps finished the frame on a 12-2 run, aided by eight points from Confroy, who finished with 17. That run helped the Terps, who trailed by as many as 18 in the period, remain within striking distance entering the fourth quarter.

“A lot of teams, after that second quarter, would have given

up,” Frese said. “You continued to see the character and culture in our locker room, that we’re never going to quit fighting for each other.”

A layup from Charles — who scored a team-high 22 points and grabbed 11 rebounds but went 9-for-24 from the field — brought Maryland within 61-59

with about six minutes remaining, forcing Ohio State to call timeout.

However, 20 seconds later, Mitchell, who scored a gamehigh 25 points, pulled up from long range and drained a triple, and Maryland never recovered.

The Buckeyes steadily pulled away in the final minutes,handing

the Terps their first-ever loss in the Big Ten tournament. Frese said she was still proud of her team because, after losing several key players from last season, nobody expected Maryland to have the success it did.

The Terps are currently ranked No. 17 in the nation and are a lock to make the NCAA tournament,

In his senior season in 2014, Wiley powered the Wolverines to their first state title since 2005.

“It was home to me,” Wiley said. “I just felt like that was where my heart was.”

Wiley — whom 247Sports ranked the No. 52 player in the nation and No. 2 player in Maryland in the 2014 class — continued his dedication to his home by committing to Maryland without visiting any other school from his extensive list of high-profile offers.

“Nothing meant more to Dion than playing in his neighborhood school,” said Ricky Goings, who works with D.C.-area basketball players and has become a mentor to Wiley, “and going to Maryland to play in front of those same people.”

In July, Wiley tweeted a video of himself holding the Maryland flag with the caption: “You know I’m reppin the home team.”

“He’s not a change-up guy,” Goings said. “He’s not a guy to act brand new.”

Goings said, “he wasn’t properly prepared for what high-major Division I basketball was going to be like.”

Wiley said he didn’t understand the work ethic required to be successful when he initially arrived at Maryland. He was a role player his freshman season and watched classmates Melo Trimble and Jared Nickens thrive.

Then, before the start of the 2015-16 season, Wiley tore his meniscus, forcing him to sit out the year as a medical redshirt.

The bigger disappointment came when Wiley returned the next season. Early in the year, Wiley doubted he’d ever be the same player.

“It affected my confidence a lot when I got back,” Wiley said.

“I was a little bit slow. I wasn’t as explosive as I was before I got hurt.”

Once Wiley neared full health, the lack of playing time frustrated him, said Steve Jiggetts, his former AAU coach.

“In his mind, he’s 100 percent,” Jiggetts said, “so he’s wondering, ‘Why am I not playing?’”

Adding to the nightmare season was a lingering back injury that held Wiley to 20 games in his redshirt sophomore year.

Wiley never found a rhythm during that campaign. Two years

and one knee surgery removed from his disappointing debut season, Wiley’s starts (zero), minutes (10.3) and points (3.1) dipped.

Jiggetts said that when Wiley was on the court that year, he often looked over his shoulder for when he would be substituted out, leading to tentative play.

After the season, Jiggetts, as he does every year with former players, asked Wiley whether he wanted to stay at Maryland, and Wiley — like he has every year — said yes.

“I was always just told to fight through adversity,” Wiley said, “wherever I was.”

“Turgeon explained to me that the only way I would play,” Wiley said, “is if I was going to defend.”

Plus, Goings said Wiley discovered playing defense could guarantee him minutes and ease the pressure he felt as a sophomore.

After Wiley endured earlyseason inconsistencies and missed some time due to illness and injuries, Turgeon has commended Wiley’s defense during conference play, and the seventh-year coach said Wiley contributes more than fans realize.

Wiley sealed Maryland’s win over Wisconsin on Feb. 4 with a block in the final seconds.

After Turgeon chastised Wiley for a lifeless performance against Penn State on Feb. 7, Wiley responded with what Turgeon described as his most complete outing of the year.

Maryland beat Northwestern, 73-57, and held star Wildcats guards Bryant McIntosh and Scottie Lindsey to a combined 8-for-25 from the field.

“When he’s knocking down shots, locked in defensively,” guard Darryl Morsell said, “that’s when we have our best Dion.”

Plans derailed Wiley’s decision to play with his local teams growing up meant he didn’t always face the highest level of competition.

So, despite his recruiting pedigree, playing with Maryland was a wake-up call.

“Mentally and physically,”

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Fresh start(s) Entering last fall, Wiley had lost the shine he held as a recruit and, along with it, some of his supporters from Oxon Hill.

But he boasted the best work ethic of his Maryland career and a clean bill of health.

“These last two years haven’t been any fun,” Terps coach Mark Turgeon told him before the season. “But you’re going to remember these last two years more than any of them, so let’s make the most of them.”

Wiley seemed to take the message to heart, especially on the defensive end. Wiley admits he didn’t take defense seriously before arriving in College Park.

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“Every game, we grew up,” Confroy said. “A poor second quarter came back to bite us and so [we need to] find that consistency throughout the game.

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and giving him playing time, Turgeon has helped the redshirt junior reach new heights.

Wiley has started 16 of his 28 appearances, averaging a careerhigh 21.7 minutes and 5.8 points per game.

“At times [last year] when I stepped on the floor, I wasn’t really confident,” Wiley said.

“If I would try to attack the rim or take a shot, I would feel out of place. Now, my teammates and my coaches encourage me to do stuff like that.”

So, as Turgeon hoped before the season, Wiley has enjoyed his fourth year at Maryland more than any of the ones that preceded it.

Johnson said on a scale of 1-10, Wiley’s confidence is at a 7 or 8 this season, after being as low as 1 last year. Jiggetts said his weekly check-ins have had a more positive tone.

Wiley has served as Maryland’s X-factor, since the team’s results often depend on his output.

But despite his improvement, Wiley and his coaches agree he has yet to play to his potential.

This season, though, for the first time since he won a state title for Potomac on the Comcast Center floor, Wiley offered hope he can reach the goal he’s been chasing for four years: shine for Promise restored his local college the same way Wiley’s health has allowed he did for his hometown high him to experience a resur- school. gent season, but his improved “The ending of his story at mentality as the season has Maryland,” Goings said, “is progressed has been nearly going to surprise some people.” as important. Johnson said by showing belief in Wiley jcrabtreehdbk@gmail.com

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bubble trouble The effervescent beverages you love are bad, and bad for you

*Sipping Pamplemousse La Croix* No they aren’t.

By Balbina Yang | @byang98 | Staff writer

By Patrick Basler | @pmbasler | Senior staff writer

Sparkling water is disgusting.

I won’t even apologize, because why the hell would you drink that stuff?

I’m not just talking about the taste — I’ve tasted worse drinks before. But contrary to popular belief, that La Croix you’re sipping right now is bad for you.

According to The Atlantic, fizzy water’s acidity can lead to tooth decay — and flavored sparkling water is even worse for tooth enamel.

Thus if you were to drink sparkling water, you should drink in five- to 10-minute bursts so the tooth enamel can recover, according to the New York Post.

Research shows sparkling water in excess can also lead to weight gain. According to a 2017 study in the journal Obesity Research and Clinical Practice, rats that drank sparkling water gained weight quicker than rats that drank regular water. The carbonated beverages caused their bodies to release the hormone ghrelin, which made them hungrier faster.

This study also looked at young men, and it turned out they had higher levels of ghrelin in their bodies as well.

Seltzer is literally not for everyone.

According to an April 2015 Healthline article, sparkling water can lead to bloating and extra gas, and it’s not suited for those sensitive to carbonated drinks, especially those with stomach issues, digestion problems or irritable bowel syndrome.

In a society as beauty-obsessed as ours, it’s contradictory to encourage people to spend money on everything from whitening strips to plastic surgeries while also pushing the idea that sparkling water is good for you.

News flash: it’s not.

Gah. Health risks aside, I don’t understand why you can’t just drink water. It’s not that hard. It’s cheaper, it’s cleaner, and it’s better for you.

Nowadays, a gallon of water is basically free, and a pack of bottled water costs less than five dollars, whereas one La Croix is at least $3. Do we really have nothing more to buy than a crappy can of bubbles?

I can get three gallons of water for one La Croix that tastes nothing more than a Sprite with zero personality.

We’re a developed country, which means most of us have access to clean and fresh water almost every day. Some countries are struggling to even get water at all, and you’re sitting on your balcony sipping your grapefruit La Croix, pointing your finger and guffawing at the thousands who don’t.

Basically, sparkling water is for people who don’t want to be basic yet desperately want to fit in with the crowd.

But, who am I to judge, right? Sparkling water enthusiasts may argue that I just don’t have the palate for the sophistication of this drink. But let’s be honest: Do I even need a palate to know that sparkling water sucks?

People who complain about sparkling water are a little bit like plain old tap water — boring, lukewarm and in endless supply.

For as popular as sparkling water has become recently — sales have gone up 42 percent over the past five years, according to NPR — the bubbly beverage has also garnered its fair share of haters, people who will stop at nothing to tell you that you’re a pretentious piece of shit and also your teeth are gonna fall out and also you’ll probably die of a bubble overdose.

But here’s the deal — I don’t really care.

I don’t drink sparkling water because I’m an obnoxious post-millennial who owns a fidget spinner (ugh, true) and listens to SoundCloud rap (smh) — I drink it because I enjoy it.

It’s light, refreshing, tingly, bubbly, energizing, tasty, sharp — all things you can call me too, for what it’s worth.

Tap water is like someone who comes up to you at the bar and starts a conversation with absolutely nothing interesting to say. On the other hand, sparkling water is the thoughtful, interesting charmer who comes up, starts a light, friendly conversation about a suddenly discovered mutual interest and leaves 5 minutes later with no pressure or expectations. And if you see them at the bar two weeks later, you pick up right where you left off.

Even though sparkling water is far superior to its flat, faucet-born compatriot, tap water isn’t even its main competitor.

I regularly drink Polar and LaCroix, but I still drink normal water every single day. Sparkling water is NOT an alternative to normal hydration, and I don’t have a sink that adds bubbles — that’s just not how it works.

However, sparkling water is a excellent alternative to soda and other canned beverages chock-full of sugar or artificial sweeteners. It’s not as sweet or flavorful as those drinks, but it doesn’t have to be. It’s a nice middle ground between the hellish boringness of Deer Park and the sugarrush heaven of Coke.

I know people who drink one, two, three Cokes a day.

Maybe they should just try a less flavorful, sure, but far healthier alternative to seltzer’s carbonated cousin.

And as for the “health risks” associated with seltzer — sorry, but nope. Unless you live in a self-contained, sterile bubble, you probably drink, eat and do things that are far worse for you on a daily basis. The most dangerous thing about seltzer is the can it’s served in — sometimes the hole can be rather sharp after you pop open the can.

Drink carefully.

I don’t even feel the need to defend all forms of sparkling water — as much as I love the colorful, Lil Pump hair-look of LaCroix cans, no one is dying to drink orange or passionfruit or, God forbid, coconut. But every brand has delicious flavors; they might not hit you in the face with a hammer fashioned from fruits, but they might just teach you that subtlety is something to appreciated, not scoffed at. *cracks LaCroix* Cheers <3

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essay | winter olympics

You certainly won’t find any sort of sexual tension in the biathlon or short track speedskating events, but there is one Olympic sport that almost requires a romantic narrative: ice dancing.

Ice dancing is a type of figure skating that focuses on form and entertainment compared to typical skating routines, which is more about the tricks themselves. Ice dancing has the intense emotional beauty and intricacies of ballroom dancing combined with the sharp blades and icy thrill of competitive figure skating. It’s basically figure skating’s highly passionate cousin who went to acting school.

The sentimental sport is possibly the only Olympic event where participants not only have to be highly trained athletes, but convincing

The Pyeongchang Olympics were all about ice dancing and sexual tension

By Maeve Dunigan | @maevedunigan | Senior staff writer actors as well. Ice dancing isn’t just showcasing athletic talent, it’s also telling a story. This story is almost always a heteronormative one — a man and a woman with an intense connection.

Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir have been skating partners for the past 20 years. This Winter Olympics, the Canadian pair took the gold in ice dancing after performing an extremely steamy routine set to a Moulin Rouge compilation. Virtue and Moir are entrenched in dating rumors that span most of their career

together. They are either master actors who have honed their craft beautifully, or they have actually been banging this whole time. Either or both could be true (though they insist they’re just friends).

This gray area may be what makes the pair not only athletes to be reckoned with, but also a will-theywon’t-they couple with a rabid fan base, reminiscent of reality television stars. In fact, according to Vulture, Virtue and Moir had a reality TV show called “Tessa and Scott” that aired for one season on a Canadian

network.

Alex and Maia Shibutani from the United States took bronze. No, they’re not married. They’re siblings, adorably nicknamed the “Shib sibs.”

Stars in a sport that values believable sexual tension and romantic connection, the Shib sibs are up against a lot when it comes to creating an engaging story on the ice that doesn’t deal with any romantic themes (they settled on a tame but beautiful routine set to “Paradise”

by Coldplay song).

Slate’s Rose Eveleth wanted to

know if ice dancing duos got better scores if they’re sex partners. When comparing average free dance scores between romantic and platonic couples, she didn’t find much of a difference. However, when taking away the more unclear pairs, the numbers told a different story.

“I left out those couples who were in a nebulous in-between state— anybody who dated before or after they competed but were not a couple during their competition,” she wrote.

“The average free dance score for those odd ducks is higher than that for any other group: 98.86. Perhaps lost love, or latent desire, does actually come across on the ice in these specific scenarios.”

Virtue and Moir have proven that a believable romantic connection can win ice dancing gold. Is this connec-

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Parsons helps Terps pick up 13-1 victory Right-hander bounces back from early-season turmoil with 7 Ks Before Andy Kostka Maryland baseball faced @afkostka Ball State on Staff writer Sunday, assistant coach Corey Muscara approached right-hander Hunter Parsons as the junior warmed up, commending Parsons for how crisp he looked.

Muscara told him to take every pitch as it came and not to get ahead of himself or dwell on his recent struggles. The advice from the Terps’ new pitching coach helped Parsons en route to his career-high seven-strikeout performance against Ball State.

When Parsons struck out Cardinals center fielder Colin Brockhouse in the sixth with a runner on second, the Fruitland native clenched his fist and smacked the inside of his glove, hyped up after recovering from a disastrous season debut by

against Tennessee. He supplied Maryland with seven scoreless innings Sunday in a 13-1 win.

“That’s the guy that we see day in and day out, so it’s not even shocking when he goes out and does that,” coach Rob Vaughn said. “I’ve seen him carve our guys up like he did today quite a bit, you know?

He’s got really good stuff and all in all, he just did a really good job today attacking the zone, pitching with great tempo, mixing speeds and really attacking people.”

The performance continued a trend of strong starting pitching during the Terps’ five-game winning streak.

The Maryland (7-4) lineup offered more than enough run support for Parsons, keeping up its hot hitting on the weekend. First baseman Kevin Biondic contributed seven RBIs — a double short of the cycle —

and each Terp starter reached base at least once.

“It kind of takes the pressure off our pitching a little bit, where they’ve been dominant lately,” Biondic said. “It takes a little pressure off us, as a lineup. We can just pass it on to the next guy.”

After a calamitous first outing, allowing eight runs in one inning against Tennessee, Parsons has used clean early innings to rebuild confidence over his past three outings.

He entered the contest with a 14.14 ERA, but halved it during his seven frames Sunday.

Parsons (1-1, 7.07 ERA) matched the longest outing o f h i s ca re e r w i t h seve n shutout frames, surrendering four hits. The movement on his fastball early kept Cardinal batters off balance, and his breaking pitches kept them that way.

It drew flashbacks to the promise Parsons exhibited in his freshman year, when he pitched to a 3.50 ERA in

pitcher hunter parsons lasted seven innings against Ball State after not making it out of the second frame vs. Tennessee. file photo/the diamondback 15 appearances before regressing to a 12.05 ERA in 12 contests last season.

“I always knew I had it in me,” Parsons said. “Last year was a struggle. Learned a lot from it, so to be able to come out here and show how much I’ve learned through that process of struggling was really awesome for me.”

B i o n d i c ’s f i rs t - i n n i n g three-run home run got the Terps rolling. They didn’t score again until they broke

the game open with 10 runs through the fifth, sixth and seventh innings, including four more RBIs from Biondic, as well as an RBI double from left fielder Will Watson, who replaced the struggling Marty Costes in the lineup Sunday.

Ball State (4-6) scored one run in the ninth inning to avoid a shutout, but that wasn’t nearly enough to spoil another stellar starting pitching performance, and the Terps swept the weekend tournament behind

their rotation’s dominance.

“The pitchers carried us for a little while [as] our offense was scuffling a little b i t ,” Va u g h n sa i d . “ T h i s weekend was a pretty complete weekend. We pitched the ball well, we played really good defense and we swung the bats well. So, all in all, you’ve got to be able to win games different ways and we showed we can do that.” akostkadbk@gmail.com

men’s lacrosse

Terps forge connections with alumni via mentorship program Players use network to help prepare for post-graduate careers After Curtis Scott Gelman Corley broke @Gelman_Scott his collarbone Senior staff writer his freshman season, the Maryland men’s lacrosse defender learned the recovery process could involve a highrisk procedure.

The bone needed to be reconstructed, and the orthopedic surgeon took several minutes to review treatment plans. Because the break was so bad, the surgeon recommended inserting a plate that would allow the bone to heal, then removing it afterward.

Doctors were unsure how long they would need to leave the plate on the bone; the procedure might delay Corley’s return to the field.

Corley ultimately elected to undergo the procedure and the months of physical therapy that followed. He observed how detail-oriented the doctor was, and he admired the doctor’s point that he would likely be stronger after surgery.

The process made Corley realize he might enjoy the challenge of fixing things. So, by

after overcoming the injury, Corley aspired to become an orthopedic surgeon.

The Medford Lakes, New Jersey, native took a step toward obtaining his dream job in August. As part of the Terps’ mentorship program, which links lacrosse alumni with current players to provide shadowing and internship opportunities, Corley spent three days in Seattle shadowing Dr. Gregory Komenda. A connection through alumnus Bob Holland enabled Corley to learn the fundamentals of the job.

Corley’s experience is an example of how Terps alumni have helped current men’s lacrosse players prepare for post-graduate careers.

“On the day kids get here, we want them to realize four years flies by and you’ve really got to think about your future early,” coach John Tillman said. “You can’t just snap your fingers as a senior and expect a job to be there.”

Corley spent a week in Seattle with Holland, working with the high school team that Holland

coaches and local players during clinics. He was assigned Holland as a mentor based on his career interests and was linked with Komenda, whose son plays lacrosse at Denver.

Six months before his trip, Corley received vaccines and filled out paperwork that enabled him to shadow surgeons in the operating room.

He spent three days working with Komenda and his colleagues, observing a different situation on each occasion.

Corley watched Komenda, who works at Proliance Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, on his first day and viewed several outpatient procedures on the second. Multiple cases intrigued Corley, because his teammates have suffered comparable injuries. He also witnessed more extensive surgeries and learned how a sports medicine clinic operates.

Holland arranged dinner with Komenda, so Corley could further develop his relationship with the surgeon. “[Holland] talked to me and said, ‘This is an experience you’re lucky to get. It’s either going to be eye-opening that you want to do it or eyeopening that you don’t. It will make you push harder if you

Coach john tillman has emphasized the importance of the program’s past since taking over the Terps in 2011. file photo/the diamondback want to do it,’” Corley said.

Faceoff specialist Austin Henningsen had the latter experience.

Henningsen said he wanted to learn more about commercial real estate, so Holland connected him with executives at the firm Kidder Matthews.

Through shadowing opportunities, Henningsen learned about the real estate group’s operational procedure and the brokerage aspect. Both experiences were different from what he thought they would be, and he left thinking about alternative careers.

“A lot of student-athletes graduate from college not knowing what they’re going to do next,” Holland said. “My

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attitude is, there has to be an alum who has come through the lacrosse program working in an industry at a high level who can connect with a player in virtually anything.”

Holland was among the first to get involved with the mentorship program about nine years ago, when he worked at General Electric Healthcare. He spoke to the team and identified students who might be interested in an internship while also discussing how to prepare for interviews.

However, because of the internship requirements, only about 10 percent of the team was eligible, Holland said.

When Tillman took over the program in 2011, he wanted to engage the program’s alumni.

The mentorship program was one of his ideas.

Now, with alumnus Chris Passavia at the helm, the program has a clear structure. The alumni work with Tillman and the coaching staff to learn more about each player’s interest. The former players created a list of graduates working in different fields,

organized by industry and location, to simplify the matching process.

Passavia also helped execute a speaker series, where alumni such as Holland discuss their career paths, often during the offseason.

Speakers visit campus or Skype into meetings, establishing networking opportunities for current players.

The strategy has produced successes beyond Corley and Henningsen. Former Maryland defender Matt Dunn earned an internship at J.P. Morgan through lacrosse contacts, and former Terps attackman Dave Goodwin received a local opportunity at what Passavia called a “major” construction firm. Senior faceoff specialist Will Bonaparte secured a position on Capitol Hill last summer. Attackman Louis Dubick will be working at Goldman Sachs this summer.

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arly in her Maryland women’s basketball career, guard Kaila Charles would regularly beat senior All-American guard Shatori Walker-Kimbrough in sprints. Coach Brenda Frese said the tight-knit roommates maintained a competitive relationship, constantly pushing each other in practice.

One day, Charles relaxed slightly, and Walker-Kimbrough blew by her, beating the then-freshman by a large margin. Charles was stunned.

“Ever since then, I was always looking to my left and right, making sure she wasn’t beating me,” Charles said. “I realized, ‘She’s not going to let me ever take a break,’ so I always had that mentality.”

While those intense training sessions helped Charles quickly establish herself as a freshman starter, she’s had to carry a greater load this year after Walker-Kimbrough, center Brionna Jones and guard Destiny Slocum left the program.

Rather than shrinking from that responsibility, Charles used the competitiveness she flashed as a rookie to become the player Frese says makes Maryland go.

Behind her 18.1 points and 8.3 rebounds per regular-season game, as well as her stellar defense, the No. 17 Terps have remained a national force.

“It started from the minute she stepped on campus,” Frese said. “I’ve never seen a freshman come in and take a senior, beating her in sprints and oneon-one matchups. … A lot of times, freshmen are going to come in and shy away from your senior All-American, but

storm breaker Sophomore guard Kaila Charles blossomed into a star after the Terps lost their three leading scorers

By Sean Whooley | @swhooley27 | Staff writer she’s just ultra competitive.”

“THE BIGGER THE STAGE, THE BIGGER SHE PLAYS” With the departures of Walker-Kimbrough, Jones and Slocum — two All-Americans and the National Freshman of the Year — Maryland lost its three leading scorers from last season.

Charles made an impact as a rookie, averaging 9.7 points and 5.6 rebounds per game, but she was often overshadowed by her more productive teammates.

This year, though, the biggest moments have fallen on her shoulders.

She’s responded with an All-Big Ten campaign that’s placed her as one of just three sophomores contending for the Citizen Naismith Women’s College Player of the Year Trophy.

Her leadership has taken a similar step forward.

“She’s a big part of our voice of our team and extremely competitive, like all our great players have been in this program,” Frese said.

“Just seeing that leadership part — we’re asking her to do things as a sophomore, and she just wants to shoulder that responsibility.”

Charles showed her ability to take control of the team in the second game of the season.

The Terps trailed then-No. 4 South Carolina by 15 at halftime. Charles entered the locker

room with just four points. But after the break, she scored 27 points, nearly orchestrating a comeback as the Terps got to within three points of the Gamecocks before ultimately losing, 94-86.

South Carolina’s threetime SEC Player of the Year and two-time first-team AllAmerican forward A’Ja Wilson said Charles was difficult to stop. Frese saw flashes of legendary former Terps forward Alyssa Thomas in the breakout performance.

Thomas, who was the fourth overall pick in the 2014 WNBA draft, is Maryland’s all-time leading scorer.

“I definitely think [Charles can play at that level], just with the way she plays each day,” forward Stephanie Jones said. “I was fortunate enough to be able to come here and watch Alyssa play here her senior year a lot, so I do think that she’s on her way to being that type of player.”

Charles called the comparison to Thomas, whom she dubs “one of the best players to ever put a Maryland uniform on,” a great compliment that boosted her early-season confidence.

Since that South Carolina game, she has continued to flourish, particularly when matched up with Maryland’s toughest opponents. Charles averaged 29 points and 10 rebounds against the four teams

that were ranked when Maryland played them.

“The bigger the stage, the bigger she plays,” Frese said.

LOCKDOWN DEFENDER That production isn’t limited to her scoring.

Charles uses her durability and tenacious defense to aid Maryland even when she’s not knocking down shots.

She played all 40 minutes against No. 1 Connecticut, 34 minutes against then-No. 18 Iowa and 33 minutes in a victory over then-No. 12 Ohio State. Given the Terps’ lack of depth, her ability to remain on the floor without wearing down has been crucial.

“If they need me to play 40 minutes, I’m going to be there to play 40 minutes,” Charles said. “But, best believe in the timeouts, I’m drinking all the water and getting all the rest I can.”

As she racks up floor time, Charles has often guarded the opposition’s biggest offensive threats.

Ohio State guard Kelsey Mitchell averages 24.4 points per game, but Charles held her to 15. Michigan guard Katelynn Flaherty normally shoots about 46 percent percent from the field but shot just 28.5 percent from the floor with Charles guarding her on Feb. 22.

Charles often credits team defense when she keeps those types of players quiet. But after playing the Buckeyes, guard Kristen Confroy called her out on being too humble. Confroy said Charles wasn’t giving herself a fair shake, calling her an incredible defender who was going to give the rest of the conference fits on the defensive end.

Charles embraces the oneon-one battles that have garnered that level of praise.

“I love challenges, so I love to guard the best player on any team,” Charles said. “It’s going to make me better overall as a person and make me learn how to play defense. … When coach is like, ‘Yeah, you have No. 3,’ I’m just like, ‘OK.’ I’m ready for that challenge every day.”

Charles’ fearlessness when facing top-tier players has earned respect from veteran teammates. It’s also elevated the Terps’ play at both ends, contributing to the team’s 14th straight 20-win season.

“She’s just great, with her energy, her effort, everything about her,” redshirt senior guard Ieshia Small said. “She has a motor about her that just lifts everybody else up to keep playing and she has been stepping up drastically during games, doing things a lot of players can’t do just being a sophomore.”

“She just does a great job helping me out, and I’m the senior,” Small added.

MAKING HER MARK Charles took on a host of responsibilities after graduations and transfers gutted Maryland’s squad. Fans who watched her in a complementary role last year might not have expected her to succeed as a go-to player.

But Charles didn’t back down, transforming from Maryland’s fourth option on offense to its leading scorer and rebounder. She also became a primary voice in the locker room.

The Terps rallied behind the underclassman’s energy to earn the No. 2-seed in the Big Ten tournament.

“I don’t let being a sophomore be an excuse,” Charles said. “I’m up to challenges. Last year, this year, any year.”

When Charles was a freshman, she would turn her head back and forth during sprints, looking for a glimpse of WalkerKimbrough darting beside her.

It was yet another one-on-one battle she refused to concede.

There’s no one for Charles to monitor as she flies down the floor this year. Walker-Kimbrough now plays in the WNBA for the Washington Mystics.

But the pace hasn’t diminished, as Charles drives her teammates to keep up.

“I’ve never played around a player that pushes you to your max,” Small said. “She makes you want to get up there and run with her.” swhooleydbk@gmail.com

“I don’t let being a sophomore be an excuse. … I’m up to challenges. Last year, this year, any year.”

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TWEET OF THE WEEK I’ve been waiting on this for some time, Now that it’s here, I’m going to be fine... @Djmoore1_, former Maryland wide receiver DJ Moore

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‘Our best Dion’

By James Crabtree-Hannigan | @JamesCrabtreeH Senior staff writer

By the end of the 2014-15 season, Potomac High School basketball coach Renard Johnson was used to the phone calls. ¶ Colleges were asking if there was any truth to the whispers that Johnson’s former star, Dion Wiley, was transferring from Maryland men’s basketball after his freshman year, when he started just two games and averaged 13.5 minutes per contest. ¶ No matter who was asking, Johnson had the same answer. ¶ “Until you hear from Dion, or he shows up in front of you,” Johnson would say, “he’s not leaving.” ¶ Johnson was right, but Wiley’s middling rookie campaign turned out to be more successful than his next two seasons. The once-heralded recruit’s first three years at Maryland offered him challenges he hadn’t faced before and tanked his confidence. ¶ Still, the 6-foot-4 guard remained in College Park, battling through campaigns mired or erased by injuries. ¶ This season, Wiley has earned starting minutes as a redshirt junior, reaping the benefits of staying the course. With improved health, he’s shown flashes of the star potential those around him believe he still has despite the struggles he’s endured in his first four college years.

See wiley, p. 8 photo: marquise mckine/the diamondback

women’s basketball

BUCKED DYNASTY Terps can’t make it four straight as they drop to perennial foe Ohio State INDIANAPOLIS — Maryland women’s basketball guard Kristen Confroy left the Bankers Life Fieldhouse court to a large ovation with 39 seconds left in the final conference tournament game of her career.

But the cheers did little to soften the blow of her first conference tournament loss, and the senior cried as she hugged coach Brenda Frese on the sideline.

Each of Maryland’s first three seasons in the Big Ten ended with the Terps cutting down nets, crowned the conference’s best. On Sunday night, Ohio State denied Maryland’s attempt to make it four.

The Terps’ monopoly on the Big Ten tournament ended at the hands of the Buckeyes, by way of a 79-69 loss.

“We’ve had a lot of success,” Frese said.

“Sometimes, you know, it’s just not your night.”

Soon after the Terps pulled within two points with 5:59 remaining, a step-back 3-pointer from Buckeyes star guard Kelsey Mitchell stretched the deficit to eight points with three minutes to go, effectively ending all chances of Maryland completing the comeback.

Unlike the first time the two squared off on

By Sean Whooley | @swhooley27 | Staff writer

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GUARDS Kristen Confroy, left, and Kaila Charles, center, defend Ohio State guard Sierra Calhoun during the Terps’ 79-69 Big Ten championship game loss Sunday. photo courtesy of maryland athletics 1

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Jan. 22, when the Terps ran the Buckeyes out of Xfinity Center with a 99-69 drubbing, this iteration of the Big Ten premier women’s basketball rivalry of recent years started evenly.

Both No. 2-seed Maryland (25-7) and No. 1-seed Ohio State (27-6) prefer playing uptempo, and that was on display early in the contest. Each squad collected rebounds and quickly went in transition, with the outcomes varying for both sides.

However, two 3-pointers from Confroy, including one eight seconds shy of the firstquarter buzzer, gave Maryland some momentum and a five-point cushion.

Then, it all unraveled for Maryland.

After a made jumper by guard Ieshia Small about two minutes into the second period, Ohio State embarked on a 12-0 run. During the stretch, Maryland went scoreless for nearly three-and-a-half minutes, missing seven straight field goal attempts.

Guard Kaila Charles said the spell consisted of both Ohio State getting hot and Maryland lagging a bit on defense.

See buckeyes, p. 8