March 6, 2014

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Purple Line to transform Campus Drive traffic MTA will begin constructing light rail line in summer 2015 for 2020 opening

By Morgan Eichensehr and Jeremy Snow @meichensehr, @thedbk Staff writers After major construction and road renovations, Campus Drive will transform into a one-way road as the state’s transportation department begins constructing a new

Line Media Relations Director Paulette Austrich said.

The project has been in the works for more than a decade a nd w i l l soon be mov i ng light rail line next year.

Starting in the summer forward. By its scheduled of 2015, the state’s transit completion in 2020, the Purple administration will begin Line, estimated to cost $2.37 building train stations and billion according to a federal rails for the Purple Line, a report, will feature stops near light rail line that will stretch Stamp Student Union, the a c ro s s M o n t go m e r y a n d College Park Metro Station Prince George’s counties and and the planned East Campus connect to the Green, Orange development.

Campus Drive will remain and Red Metro lines, Purple

open to traffic during construction, Austrich said, but will transition to three lanes: one inside lane for cars and two outer lanes for buses and light rail trains going both directions. The middle lane will allow cars to drive uphill only, going from the ‘M’ traffic circle to Union Lane, left of Stamp. “[T he middle] lane will genera l ly be westbou nd, except during special events when the University Police may choose to reverse the

direction (for example after football games when people are leaving campus),” according to a 2013 Q-and-A document on the Purple Line’s official website.

To make room for the train, the Campus Drive bike lane will be removed and a separate bike facility will be built.

To ensure the road is pedestrian-friendly, the Maryland Transit Administration will CAMPUS DRIVE will change next year during See purple, Page 2 construction. Kelsey Hughes/the diamondback

Mental health issues worsen during exams

By Grace Toohey @grace_2e Staff writer For many students, exams are stressful. But the university’s mental health services also feel the crunch, as officials said mental health issues are more likely to arise during exams and winter months.

These seasonal psychological bouts have shown up in the form of an influx of students fi ling into the University Health Center seeking mental health services, and Help Center employees said they have prepared for a higher volume of calls.

At this point in the semester, students are in the midst of studying for and taking midterms, and like clockwork, this problem is coming to the fore again, officials said.

The university has seen positive developments for the community’s mental health efforts. Mental health services have undergone expansion, thanks to a 10-year, $5 million investment allotted last year to the health and counseling centers aimed at bringing more mental health

professionals on board to address a growing demand for services.

“We have more services on campus to refer students to,” said University Police Chief David Mitchell, who said he’s observed more reports of mental health issues near the holidays and during exam weeks.

Coupled with the university’s monetary commitment is an overall culture change: The stigma traditionally attached to students seeking mental health services is beginning to disappear, Mitchell said.

The health center offers walk-in counseling, individual therapy, group therapy, meditation sessions, psychotherapy, massages and acupuncture, all of which can help students deal with stress, said health center psychiatrist Binali Mehta, who was hired at the beginning of this semester using the newly allocated mental health funds.

But getting enough sleep, eating right and exercising are some of the most important things students can do to improve their mental health, Mehta said.

“It’s easy to forget about those things when you’re in finals, but it See health, Page 2

CREAM FOR A CAUSE ice cream from the university’s Dairy was brought to Annapolis by SGA members and Dining Services in a student lobbying effort. teddy amenabar/for the diamondback

By Teddy Amenabar @TeddyAmen Senior staff writer

ANNAPOLIS — Amid committee hearings in Annapolis, five SGA members provided state officials with an ice cream break yesterday.

About 500 people lined up outside a state capitol building conference room, discussing various state bills while waiting for ice cream from the university’s Dairy.

The annual event, hosted by the Student Government Association and Dining Services, is an oppor-

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State proposals would lower or end legal bars

By Erin Serpico @erin_serpico Staff writer

marijuana, long legislated as an illegal drug like any other in this state, is the target of several state bills that would lessen criminal penalties for small possession or even legalize it entirely. sung-min kim/the diamondback cans favor legalization — lawmakers in this state have proposed several bills this session to decriminalize, legalize, tax and regulate the drug.

One bill, sponsored by Del. Curt Anderson (D-Baltimore City) and Sen. Jamie Raskin (D-Montgomery), would legalize, tax and regulate the use and

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Between scoops of ice cream, Zwerling and SGA Vice President of Student Affairs Josh Ratner chatted with state legislators.

As the line began to die down, university President Wallace Loh stopped by for a scoop. Though he thought the table needed a sign to show the students’ affiliation with the university, Loh said the event was fantastic.

“Everybody looks forward to [the ice cream],” Loh said.

Zwerling said the top priority was See annapolis, Page 3

Resident Life, RHA hope to reduce building tailgating

Lawmakers propose bills to decriminalize marijuana use

Following in the footsteps of the nation’s capital, which decriminalized possession of small amounts of marijuana Tuesday, this state is forging ahead on measures that would ease the criminal consequences of using and possessing the drug.

At a time when support of recreational marijuana use is gaining momentum — a Gallup poll from October showed 58 percent of Ameri-

tunity for students and university officials to promote their goals while state delegates and senators debate bills affecting the University System of Maryland. Dining Services donated 24 gallons of ice cream for the event.

For more than an hour, SGA President Samantha Zwerling and other student representatives stood behind a table passing out flavors such as vanilla, chocolate, mint and even “Fear the Turtle.”

“I’ll fear her because she’s the student body president,” one man getting ice cream said.

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possession of marijuana for people 21 years of age and older. Another bill, sponsored by Sen. Bobby Zirkin (DBaltimore County), would ease the legal burden for possession of the drug, making possession of less than See marijuana, Page 3

Cent rev i l le, C u mb erl a nd , Denton and Ellicott hall residents were theft victims in the past two months, and in most cases, the suspects were described as older nonstudent men in police reports.

While police did not confirm how the suspects got into the buildings, the incidents shed light on the consequences of tailgating for Resident Life and the Residence Hall Association. Officials hope to help students see those consequences through a social media and promotional campaign, RHA President Omer Kaufman said.

“We want to hit home that there are things we can do as residents,” he said. “We all have a responsibility to act.”

The dorms have a triple-barrier system in place that requires students to gain access through multiple doors. However, many students hold the door open for people entering behind them and run the risk of allowing nonstudents to enter the dorms. The official policy — don’t tailgate — has not changed, but the RHA is working on a new awareness campaign to advise students about how best to protect their belongings in the dorms.

The departments are working on short promotional anti-tailgating videos to share via social media, Kaufman said. They have also put up some posters in North Campus dorms that say, “Help Prevent Crime: No Tailgating.”

However, Kaufman said students often do not follow the official See tailgating, Page 3

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Students plan Salisbury revitalization Envision Salisbury course part of univ program to improve state cities

By Joelle Lang @thedbk Staff writer Architecture students from this university are taking their knowledge outside the classroom this semester to work on real-world problems in downtown Salisbury.

Eight graduate students and 44 undergraduates in ARCH 407: Graduate Architecture Design IV and ARCH 403: Architecture Studio IV, taught by Jana Vandergoot and Luis Quiros, respectively, have partnered with the Salisbury community to help revitalize the Eastern Shore city this spring.

Their project, Envision Salisbury, will serve as a pilot for a new program under this university’s National Center for Smart Growth.

The Program for Action Learning in Sustainability, modeled after similar programs at the universities of Oregon, Minnesota and Iowa, will place students in a different community each semester to improve the state’s cities. And the program is not just for architecture students — students from all departments and colleges can get involved with the initiative, said Maggie Haslam, an architecture school spokeswoman.

health From PAGE 1 is probably the time you need it the most,” Mehta said. “It’s easier said than done.”

But it is also important for students who need any level of help to take advantage of resources or at least try them out, said Robin Pollock, a social work intern.

“If you are feeling really anxious or depressed and you come in to talk to a therapist, you are likely to feel less so, and then you also get a chance to spend about 50 minutes with another person really trying to get to know yourself better,” she said. “Sometimes we spend too much time in our heads.

Talking to other people is really helpful to get support.”

But some students don’t feel comfortable seeking professional help, which is when Help Center administrator Sarah Gordon said she recommends the Help Center as a resource.

“Since we are students just like them, we are able to relate in a different way than a professional therapist,” Gordon said. “Also, we are free and confidential.”

Gordon and Pollock agree on the benefits of simply talking to someone, even if it is a friend rather than a professional.

“Without mental health, you can’t have any sort of health,” said Gordon, a senior biology major. “Everything starts with, ‘Are you feeling safe? Are you feeling comfortable? Are you feeling confi-

With Envision Salisbury, students look to rev ive the city’s downtown area through architectural design and to provide the community with information and ideas to carry on improvements after the courses end.

I n t he 1960s, t he Sa l i sbu r y Bypass was built, directing traffic away from downtown and causing an economic decline, Quiros said.

And the city’s economy is expected to continue declining, according to a U.S. Conference of Mayors forecast released in January.

“They are trying to find new ways not only to draw people in, but to reinvigorate the economy,” Vandergoot said. “And that, of course, is directly connected to the urban fabric and the design of the place.”

To begin their coursework and project, the students were bused to Salisbury last month to perform a mapping exercise of the downtown area.

“You don’t want the designer to be a foreigner,” Quiros said.

Students joi ned com mu n ity members on a walking tour, asking them about design issues at certain sites and taking pictures of the town for a digital map.

Students also used existing city

dent?’ So many things that people neglect, especially in college because we are so focused on careers and internships and grades, and there are really high levels of stress. The best way to have holistic health is to start with mental health.”

Joan Bellsey, a licensed clinical social worker and Faculty Staff Assistance Program assistant coordinator, said the volume of students using mental health resources slowly increases throughout each semester.

“Around any exam, there’s certainly stress, but near the end, that’s just a lot more stress,” she said.

But health center employees don’t prepare any differently as the semester wears on; they are always there, prepared to work and support students, Bellsey said. “ We ’ r e h e r e u s u a l l y from 8 to 5, but for students’ needs, we will stay later,” Johnson said. “So if a student walks in at 5 o’clock, we do not leave.”

Simply living away from home can be stressful, Mitchell said, and school makes that more difficult. He said it is easy to help a person who has a physical injury, but it can be more challenging to diagnose and treat a mental health issue.

“T h i s much we k now: I n t e r v e n t i o n w o r k s ,” Mitchell said.

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maps to mark spots community members mentioned, such as areas with commuting problems or a disconnect from the rest of the city.

“The all-day workshop helped us understand the needs of the community through their eyes,” said Adam Chamy, an architectu re and com mu n ity plan n ing graduate student. “We then took their concerns and investigated design methods that guided other communities.”

In addition to marking pre-existing city maps, students drew their own maps based on information from the tours and community members.

The students created a blog for their project, which will show the information from the mapping workshop and open a line of communication with Salisbury residents.

On the website, the students encourage community members to upload their own pictures, sign up for tours and comment on research.

A few students have traveled to Salisbury on their own time to take more pictures of downtown and meet for further discussion with community members.

“Working with Salisbury community members has been the most fantastic part of this project,” Chamy

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ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS review a map of Salisbury with city residents in February, pointing out areas of concern brought up by community members after they took a tour. photo courtesy of the architecture school said. “As designers, it’s critical for us to receive the knowledge from the communities we are working to help.

Having met community members and visiting Salisbury, it makes the work feel more meaningful.”

Residents who met with students ranged from community leaders to retirees who care about the city, said Jake Day, Salisbury City Council president.

“We want to revitalize downtown Salisbury and do it in an organic way,” Day said, “one that engages citizens and is not just chosen by the leadership.”

Day publ icized the prog ra m through Salisbury’s TV networks, social media, emails and city press releases. A graduate of this university’s architecture school and a friend of Architecture Program Di-

officials who are helping plan the road closure declined to comment and said they would From PAGE 1 release more details next week.

Sophomore government and add three marked crosswalks across the rails. Parking Lot politics major Sam Wallace C1, near the Mitchell Build- said he expects resistance from students, at least for the fi rst ing, will also be removed.

University departments are few months of the closure.

“Over time, the changes to just starting to be informed about the renovations. De- campus will be old hat to all of partment of Transportation us. As new students come in year Services Director David Allen after year, they won’t have the said the department does not experience of what campus was have enough information to before,” Wallace said. “We’re know what changes it will all fairly used to construction have to make to its services. projects around campus, and “Certainly any bus that this won’t be any different.” goes down the hill towards Route 1 will have to be changed or rerouted,” Allen said.

“We’re in the process of determining all of that.”

Despite the road change, Allen said DOTS plans to keep the bus stop near Stamp open and work with University Police to direct buses in the evenings, especially around the south side of the campus.

Officials from the Unive rs it y H e a lt h C e n te r, which relies on easy access to Campus Drive to quickly bring injured and sick people to the building, said they did not know any details about the changes but were confident they could work around the closing.

“However, our understanding is that emergency vehicles will continue to have access to Campus Drive to reach the [Health Center],” Health Promotion Assistant Director Hope McPhatter wrote in an email.

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rector Brian Kelly, Day has pushed to engage university students in community design, Quiros said.

The next step of the Salisbury project includes meeting with residents this month to get their feedback on the mapping exercises.

“We are now actively trying to arrive at solutions to some of their problems through creation of a master plan,” Chamy said.

The studio has received funding for the project from the architecture program, PALS and the Fearless Ideas initiative.

“It’s a great real-world experience for them,” Vandergoot said. “And it’s getting them very much interested in community design. I think it’s been very inspiring.” jlangdbk@gmail.com

Sophomore economics and government and politics major Julio Cerón said the Campus Drive closure will affect him and his fellow commuters most directly.

“For the most part, I think it will be met with frustration, at least during the initial stage of the closure,” Cerón said.

“Many students will have to find another, possibly inconvenient, way to get to where they want.”

Residence Hall Association President Omer Kaufman said he th inks the P urple Line will ultimately have a positive effect on the campus

community. Greater access to public transportation could cut down on vehicle traffi c, which is in line w ith this university’s sustainability efforts, he said, and might improve conditions for pedestrians around the campus.

“The biggest challenge will be adapting,” Kaufman said.

“It might be difficult for people to envision campus without a Campus Drive that goes both ways, but hopefully people will get used to it.” meichensehrdbk@gmail.com, jsnowdbk@gmail.com

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to ensure legislators support the governor’s budget proposal for higher education next year, which calls for a 3 percent tuition increase, as opposed to the 5 percent increase recommended by the state’s legislative services department. But the state may have a slight decrease in revenue next year, Zwerling said, and that means more cuts to the budget.

“Higher education has a huge target on its back,” she said.

After students finished serving ice cream, they distributed pamphlets and books, educating legislators on reasons to maintain higher education funding.

The SGA has also advocated an intern workplace rights bill and the Fairness for All Marylanders Act of 2014, which makes it illegal to discriminate against transgender individuals.

Over the past two years, Zwerling said state legislators have made stronger connections with the SGA in support of higher education.

“Annapolis knows that the University of Maryland Student Government Association is active,” she said.

10 grams of marijuana a civil offense carrying a $100 fine, as opposed to a criminal offense carrying jail time, a fine or both.

“I think we’re coming to the point in society asking the question, ‘Why are we spending so much money on this drug that frankly isn’t as dangerous as many prescription drugs you can find on the market?’” said Del. Ben Barnes (D-Anne Arundel and Prince George’s), one of the House bill’s sponsors.

Legalization could boost the state’s economy, Barnes said, and the bill could bring in increased revenue from associated taxes and registration fees from marijuana establishments for the 2015 fiscal year, according to a state analysis.

A bill was introduced last year that would legalize, tax and regulate the drug. It was granted a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee but never made it to a committee vote that would bring it to a final vote on the floor.

Similarly, Zirkin introduced a bill last year aimed at easing

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TAILGATING From PAGE 1 tailgating policy, as it is both difficult to tell if someone is tailgating and awkward to call them out for it.

Despite a potentially uncomfortable situation, he said “it is better to be safe than sorry.”

Kaufman said it is difficult to define “suspicious” and the definition is ultimately up to individuals, but if students see anyone who looks suspicious or is older than a typical college student trying to enter a dorm, they should ask the tailgater

the penalties for possession that passed a vote on the Senate floor but never made it through the House.

Barnes said he doesn’t think people can argue the drug is bad or as dangerous as some other drugs such as opiates and cocaine, “and yet, we’re spending an exorbitant amount of money policing, jailing offenders.”

Peter Reuter, a publ ic policy professor, said he thinks marijuana usage has decreased over the years. If it is legalized for recreational use, state residents might expect to see an increase.

However, he said he doesn’t anticipate much change.

“It sounds perverse, but the fact of the matter is, even before decrim inalization, the risk of getting arrested is very low,” Reuter said. “You come to a college campus and ask, ‘What are the risks faced by kids who use it?’ I think the answer is, ‘There’s very little risk.’”

Mike Siegel, a sophomore journalism major, said he knows people who smoke on the campus and that they would continue regardless of whether the bill passes. If any legalization measures pass, he said, he would expect to

what he or she is doing. The tailgater might be offended for a moment, but Kaufman said it’s a small price to pay for safety.

If students do not feel comfortable questioning a suspicious stranger, they should notify a Resident Life official, desk worker or resident assistant about it, Kaufman said.

Donna Metz, the North Campus Resident Life assistant director, said student awareness has increased since the recent thefts, but she worries it will be short-lived. She said the departments have to constantly remind students of the potential dangers.

“People are vigilant for a while,”

see the university put some restrictions on marijuana because it wouldn’t want to “encourage people” to use the substance.

“If people smoke weed, they’re going to keep doing it no matter the legislation.

Just like the campus ban on smoking, people are still going to keep doing their thing,” Siegel said.

Mikayla Hellwich, a senior horticulture and crop production major, is the outreach coordinator for the on-campus chapter of Students for Sensible Drug Policy, an international organization that advocates ending the U.S.’s more than 40-year-old war on drugs.

Decriminalization and legalization are two different concepts, Hellwich said. Legalizing the substance would implement a regulated system for the purchase and sale of the products, much like alcohol or tobacco. Decriminalization would eliminate the legal repercussions, she said.

“One of the main reasons I do this is because I care about people,” Hellwich said.

“I think it’s horrible to just throw somebody in jail — and destroy many of their opportunities by throwing them in

she said, “and then they forget in a month or so.”

Tailgating continues to be a problem, she said, but she hopes keeping students informed, especially through recent signs and mass emails, will help resolve the issue.

Metz said she thinks the posters have been working because she recently has seen students asking potential tailgaters if they live in the building.

Though confronting a potential tailgater is awkward, “even for staff members,” Metz said, there are other options available, such as asking them less interrogative and more social

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marijuana legalization could help boost the state’s economy. sung-min kim/the diamondback jail — just because they were in possession of something that is less harmful than what we already regulate.”

Barnes said whether it is this year or next, the likelihood of decriminalizing the substance is high. Hellwich, on the other hand, said it might take more time to pass these bills, as Gov. Martin O’Malley has not shown full support for marijuana reform.

Some people misunderstand or don’t fully realize the implications of the substance, and as people become more aware of what it “does and doesn’t do,” they might be more accepting, Barnes said.

But some people think marijuana use could open the door to more dangerous substances, Reuter said.

questions. Asking “Who is your RA?” or “What program do you belong to?” in College Park Scholars dorms, where some of the thefts took place, can be effective, Metz said. Students can also offer to escort would-be-tailgaters to the front desk, where staff members can redirect them.

Elizabeth O’Keefe, a freshman environmental science and technology major, considers tailgating “rude,” but said it is nearly impossible to determine whether someone is a tailgater.

“It’s hard to tell because you only live on one floor, so you know the people on your floor, but when there are seven other floors you can’t know

It’s unclear whether marijuana would be a substitute for, go in conjunction with or have no correlation with alcohol consumption, Reuter said. If there is increased marijuana use and binge drinking decreases, it will be a net positive, he said.

The effects of this kind of law are not known for certain, but the state can analyze effects in other states that have already passed the legislation, such as Washington and Colorado, Barnes said.

“Decriminalizing or legalizing weed doesn’t actually make more people do it,” Hellwich said. “People who care about smoking weed already do.” eserpicodbk@gmail.com

everyone,” she said.

Demi Varis, a freshman biology major, said it’s difficult to distinguish a tailgater. She might let someone in during the day, but she said she has turned someone away at night because she wasn’t comfortable.

Other students, such as sophomore computer science major Joseph Brosnihan, said they don’t think many students are willing to stop tailgaters.

“It would be a little awkward,” he said. “I don’t want it to happen, but I don’t think most people would stop it.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

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The SAT gets a face-lift

More than words: Language classes and diversity

Test changes for the better, provides free online practice In an impressive display of honesty, College Board President David Coleman said yesterday what many of us already know: Standardized tests, such as the SAT and the ACT, “have become disconnected from the work of our high schools.”

The SAT has been a ubiquitous part of American education since its debut in 1926. It’s meant to measure the proficiency of high school students in reading, writing and mathematics, giving colleges an easy standard to assess each student’s academic skills.

But the test, and standardized testing in general, has been endlessly criticized as an unfair roadblock to college access and an inaccurate representation of students’ abilities.

Finally, the test is receiving a muchneeded makeover. With Coleman’s admission came an announcement of drastic changes to the SAT format and additional new programs that will hopefully work toward greater access to college for all Americans. Here are the biggest changes: • Obscure vocabulary words like “perfidious” will “be replaced by words that are common in college courses, such as ‘empirical’ and ‘synthesis,’” according to The New York Times.

• The required essay, added in 2005, will become optional again, and the re-

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quired sections’ combined point values will accordingly drop back down from 2400 to 1600.

• There will no longer be a penalty for getting a question wrong rather than leaving it blank.

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Finally, the College Board admitted the irrelevance and unfairness of the SAT in announcing wise changes.

These changes make sense. Many of the old SAT vocabulary words are incredibly outdated and irrelevant, and the essay requirement forced students to memorize a format and speed-write in a limited amount of time — not exactly a great way to measure good writing.

But before we give the College Board too much credit, we should recognize that these changes are undeniably a business decision. In 2012, the ACT (which doesn’t have an essay requirement, and is tied more specifically to high school curricula) surpassed the SAT as the most popular standardized test. The College Board recognized that it needed to change to stay relevant.

But beyond the basic test changes lies a bigger story. From now on, the College Board will provide free online practice to all interested students. Low-income students, who traditionally have had limited access to test preparation, will now have the opportunity to take these free tutorials online. That doesn’t quite balance the unfair advantage for higher-income students, who still have far greater access to expensive private classes, but it’s a start.

A separate initiative will provide certain low-income students with college application fee waivers, allowing them to apply to four schools for free.

“It is time for the College Board to say in a clearer voice that the culture and practice of costly test preparation that has arisen around admissions exams drives the perception of inequality and injustice in our country,” Coleman said. “It may not be our fault, but it is our problem.”

Indeed it is, and it’s nice to finally see the College Board own up to this reality. At this point, standardized tests are too ingrained in our educational process to throw them out completely, even if we’d like to do so. But we should strive to always make them more accessible, more affordable and more applicable to the actual high school and college experience.

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LAUREN NURSE We all remember our dreaded foreign language classes in high school. The disparity between t h e n u m b e r o f yea rs s p e n t studying a foreign language before college and language proficiency in college is pathetic.

Basically, we spent a few years as teenagers chugging through awkward conversations about pets and our favorite foods before leaving foreign language studies behind with a triumphant sigh.

At least this was my experience trying to learn French in high school. At the start of college, I was so thrilled to place out of a language requirement, yet two semesters in, I started all over again with Spanish. I remember registering with equal parts excitement, nervousness and the thought, “ W hy a m I p u t t i n g mys e l f through this again?”

Despite my initial fears, studying Spanish this past year has taught me more about understanding culture and diversity than anything else I’ve done in college (even with the awkward drills and forced conversations).

As such, I believe the university should award Understanding Plural Societies or Cultural Competency diversity credits toward all foreign language classes.

A common reason for skipping out on foreign language in college is the lack of schedule flexibility among major requirements, minors, electives and General Education courses. But if this university allowed students to earn required credits with foreign l a n g u a ge c l a sse s, s t u d e n ts outside the arts and humanities college would be able to broaden their cultural horizons.

My freshman year, I took a class solely because it fulfilled one humanities and two diversity requirements. But I didn’t

really learn anything about race, power or diversity by writing term papers about “the discourse surrounding the illusion of social agency as it relates to the hegemony of class and socioeconomic status,” or other lengthy combinations of academic terminology. The first time I truly understood the challenges language can pose in determining one’s place in society was during a simple numbers exercise in my beginner Spanish class. We were learning numbers and basic math symbols in Spanish using elementary-level flashcards.

I’d like to think I’ve made it this far in my academic career because I could list off grade-school math answers in my sleep, but answering them in Spanish was a totally new ballgame. I found myself struggling to listen, convert, find the answer, convert again and raise my hand to respond in a timely fashion. In my frustration, I realized it might appear to an outsider that I was essentially a giant idiot for not knowing first-grade arithmetic at 19 years old. That experience in my foreign language class really taught me about the origins of stereotypes and the challenges faced by different ethnic groups.

That exercise and many others have combined into a yearlong learning experience that I’ll continue by studying abroad in the fall. While I have been able to find the space in my schedule for foreign language study, not every student at this university has been so lucky. Studying another language allows incredible insight into the people, history, emotions, values and countless other factors that make up culture.

To accommodate the growing need for greater cultural unders ta n d i n g i n to d ay ’s wo rl d , a s well as the crammed academic schedules of students, it’s time this university allows fo reign language classes to count toward diversity requirements for General Education.

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of the book, and after a short period of contemplation, I would flip eagerly to the back to see how Encyclopedia cleverly had resolved the case.

Encyclopedia was the kind of brainy hero I loved, and I ravenously swept through the series. I was a quiet kid who preferred creative outlets to physical ones, so I identified with Encyclopedia instantly. I envied the junior sleuth’s heightened powers of observation and deduction and craved the ability to wield the trivia and logic needed to solve crimes as he did. Despite all odds, Encyclopedia Brown prevailed against criminals and bullies, outwitting them with little more than simple reasoning.

Admittedly, not every story’s solution was entirely fair and logical. Sometimes Encyclopedia solved the mysteries based on information that was either irrelevant to the puzzle at hand or missing from the original story. In one story, Bugs Meany, the creatively named neighborhood bully, steals a violin and is

ousted through a lie he told about witnessing a squirrel backing down a tree.

Though Bugs’ story was indeed a lie — as Encyclopedia concluded, squirrels don’t climb down trees backward — I felt a bit cheated by the cop-out that in no way proved the bully’s guilt.

However, the weaker solutions weren’t enough to faze me. I loved the thrill of reading every chapter as though I was right beside Encyclopedia, getting the chance to observe every mystery and trying to solve it myself. Though I needed the solutions to most chapters, the element of participatory reading had me hooked.

These were the books that inspired my love of thrillers and mystery novels.

For giving me my first taste of the excitement so appropriately dubbed “the thrill of the chase” by Sherlock Holmes, I am forever indebted to the Encyclopedia Brown books and the school library in which I found them.

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By Leo Traub @DBKDiversions For The Diamondback I was in fifth grade when I discovered my elementary school’s library.

I had always been a reader. From an early age, I was treated to a seemingly never-ending supply of books. I found plenty of earlyreader books and comic collections in my home — Calvin and Hobbes was my favorite — and my room boasted a huge selection of Goosebumps books.

But the mythical place that was my neighborhood library still eluded me.

Once a week, when my father would come home from work, he would bring me the books he had carefully selected. Thankfully, he had good taste, and I was treated to fantastic adventure stories about heroes in imaginary lands or comic thrillers with solvable graphic puzzles on every page.

But I had my first experience picking out my own books in fifth grade, when I found my elementary school’s library.

I don’t know what first drew me to the Encyclopedia Brown books. It certainly wasn’t practicality — the series was located on one of the top shelves of the bookcases in the back, and I had to drag a step stool down the

rows just to reach the books. It might have been the cover, with the book’s title character, Encyclopedia Brown himself, drawn like my beloved comics at home, that pulled me in. But once I opened my first Encyclopedia Brown book, I was quickly captivated.

As every book explained, Leroy Brown, or as everyone called him, Encyclopedia Brown, was a 10-year-old detective. He not only had his own kidfriendly detective agency, but he even tackled big-boy crimes with his father — the chief of police in the Browns’ hometown of Idaville — often solving them without leaving the dinner table.

As I soon discovered, every chapter featured a new mystery. Sometimes, Encyclopedia’s friends and family posed the puzzles and conundrums to him, while other times, the boy detective would stumble upon them himself. Either way, at the end of every chapter, I was left with a question of “Whodunit?” or “What happened?”

The solutions were hidden in the back

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GAME OF THRONES RAP MIXTAPE TO DEBUT FRIDAY Because nothing says “incestuous medieval power struggles” like Daddy Yankee, Catch the Throne, a GoT-themed mix featuring Big Boi, Common and Magazeen will debut Friday. HBO hopes the album will expand its “urban, multicultural audience,” which is corporate-speak for “people who aren’t white.”

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BROAD HUMOR The comedians behind Comedy Central’s Broad City discuss transitioning to television, working with Amy Poehler and struggling to survive after college

By Leo Traub @DBKDiversions For The Diamondback Just like many college students, Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer, creators and co-stars of Comedy Central’s Broad City, are still trying to figure themselves out.

For the past couple of years, Jacobson and Glazer have been performing stand-up and improv comedy in New York City. More recently, the duo has been at work transitioning Broad City, the web series the two started in 2009, into a TV sitcom. But despite their comedic experience, Jacobson and Glazer said they’re still finding themselves.

“We’re still fresh to having some identity that anybody knows,” Glazer said.

Describing their last year as “TV half-hour scripted college,” the women found success in bringing Broad City to a wider audience, with an upcoming national comedy tour and a second season just announced by Comedy Central. Originally, the series followed the less-than-five-minute misadventures of two best friends living in New York City, but the TV show fills a full half hour of expanded mishaps.

Working with a cable TV network has been a new experience, they said, with restrictions that weren’t a concern when Broad City was only a web series.

The women described one instance in

which they had to work with Comedy Central’s legal department while trying to come up with creative names for parts of the female anatomy.

However, even with the additional constraints of television, Jacobson and Glazer still write for themselves, an accommodation Glazer described as “an honor and a privilege.”

“Comedy Central’s been really awesome throughout this whole process,” Jacobson said. “[The writers] are really collaborative, and we actually look forward to hearing what they think about the stories. It’s been a really positive experience.”

Throughout the process of transitioning to TV, Jacobson said, the two have gotten the opportunity to meet and learn from some of their idols, including TV veteran Amy Poehler, the show’s executive producer “Amy has been involved all the way,” Glazer said. “I feel like the thing that she does best is her big-picture, eagleeye view of the show, of the product, of the brand. She’s so experienced in television and so brilliant and funny.

Who wouldn’t want her opinion?”

Episodes usually feature references to college party culture — sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll are recurring themes. The show’s pilot found Jacobson and Glazer trying to make $200 to buy tickets to a Lil Wayne concert by stealing office supplies and cleaning a creepy Fred Armisen’s house in

nothing but underwear. At the end of the episode, after failing to come up with the money, the girls resort to drinking their troubles away instead.

“We like to keep it grounded with the characters’ relationship and friendship,” Jacobson said. “Then we heighten it to a silly level of exaggerated realism.”

Counterbalancing some of the more out-there elements, the co-writers base Broad City on their own experiences, focusing on what Glazer called “post-college life, which feels a lot like college.”

“We try and base the seeds of every episode on something that’s either happened to us, or friends of ours, or the writers that write the show with us or their friends,” Jacobson said.

The women take care to sprinkle honor and respect into even the cruder jokes. They take care not to take jokes too far, avoiding put-downs and sticking to more endearing material, Glazer said.

“We’re definitely sincere, versus snappy or sarcastic, which has been the thing for a while,” Glazer said.

The co-stars’ national comedy tour, Broad City Live, was originally scheduled to begin this week, but with production for the second season already underway, it was postponed until November. There will be a stop in Washington on Nov. 6 at the 9:30 Club, and tickets are $25. diversionsdbk@gmail.com

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seven when the Tribe beat goalkeeper Abbey Clipp with just less than four minutes left in the half.

The Terps added two goals in the final 17 seconds of the half to take an 11-3 lead into the break.

“We talked about coming out of the locker room and playing hard in that first minute,” Reese said. “Duke scored two goals on us in the first minute of the second half in our last game.

We didn’t have that today, and that is what we wanted.”

After controlling the opening draw, Majorana found the back of the net 18 seconds into the second half. Then, Mendez scored with 27:25 remaining, initiating a running clock for the remainder of the game.

Reese emptied her bench, and

emotional leader, made the game’s definitive play with his steal in the opening moments of the second half. And from there, the Terps were locked in defensively.

Even without leading rebounder Charles Mitchell, who did not play in the second half after an apparent incident with assistant coach Scott Spinelli, the Terps held Virginia Tech to 22.7 percent shooting from the field in the second half and 30.6 percent shooting for the game.

The Terps also scored 18 points off the Hokies’ 17 turnovers, while Virginia Tech didn’t score a single point off the Terps’ season-low five turnovers.

The Hokies endured a scoring drought for nearly six minutes that began with 8:19 remaining. The Terps took advantage, mounting a 12-0 run that ballooned their lead

DEFENDER/MIDFIELDER JEN MENDEZ made her first start of the season in the Terps’ 19-3 victory over William & Mary yesterday as some prominent Terps rested. chester lam/the diamondback the Terps scored six more goals to make it 10 unanswered to finish the game. Attackers Theo Kwas and Bairre Reilly both scored their first career goals for the Terps.

Without two key offensive players, the Terps managed to rack up 19 goals, tying their season high set last game at No. 6 Duke. After stretches of offensive ineffectiveness

against the Blue Devils, the Terps showed they could work to minimize that time without Griffin and Glaros.

With upcoming games at No. 3 Syracuse and at home against No. 10 Notre Dame, the Terps could have to turn to some of the players who excelled last night.

“The people that came off the bench today did an amazing job,” Cummings said. rbaillargeondbk@gmail.com

to 20 points with 3:03 to play and put the game out of reach.

“Whether they missed shots or not, our team defense, being in the right spot, was terrific in the second half,” Turgeon said.

Beyond his game-changing play early in the period, Wells was at the forefront of the Terps’ defensive improvement. He recorded two blocks, two steals and defended several different Hokies, including leading scorer Jarell Eddie.

Behind Wells’ effort, the Terps held the Hokies to just 18 second-half points.

“I feel good regardless of whether I had blocks or steals,” Wells said. “I just got to come out and play hard and defend well. That’s something that I feel like I haven’t done well with in the past couple games, is defending. So that’s something I really wanted to hone in on today.”

The Terps have maintained a potent defense lately, and

he’s lauded his team’s improvement during the past several weeks. In a pair of disappointing nonconference losses, the Terps gave up 90 points to Oregon State in November and 83 points to Boston in December.

But the team hasn’t allowed more than 80 points in any of its past 10 games, and it stymied Virginia Tech for the final 20 minutes Tuesday night. That defensive play helped the Terps make up for a sluggish first half and a mediocre shooting night while delivering a victory that dulled the pain of the team’s recent demoralizing defeats.

And with the regular-season finale against No. 5 Virginia looming Sunday afternoon, the Terps defense provides a source of optimism.

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Reese rests stars in dominant blowout Terps tie season-high with 11 first-half goals

By Ryan Baillargeon @RyanBaillargeon Staff writer While midfielder Beth Glaros and attacker Brooke Griffin — two of the Terrapins women’s lacrosse team’s top four goal scorers — rested last night, the Terps had to find productivity elsewhere.

That wasn’t a problem, as the No. 2 Terps scored a season high-tying 11 first-half goals on their way to a 19-3 victory over William & Mary at the Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex.

“Tonight was a good opportunity for us to get a lot of playing time for a lot of our players,” coach Cathy Reese said. “With 13 players on our roster scoring, that was really good for us.”

After the Terps (7-0, 1-0 ACC) controlled the opening draw, midfielder Erin Collins scored 31 seconds into the game. The Terps followed by passing the ball around the top of the arc before midfielder Kelly McPartland drew a foul. She capitalized on the free position shot to give the Terps an early 2-0 lead.

The Tribe (1-3) responded, however, scoring on its first two shots of the game to tie it at two. Midfielder Taylor Cummings picked up a yellow card with 24:21 remaining, forcing her to sit out two minutes. The sophomore beat Tribe goalkeeper Colleen Nofi 23 seconds after returning from her penalty to regain the lead for the Terps.

The Terps struggled to find a rhythm in the next seven minutes, with no shots on goal. The Terps defense played well, though, not allowing any shots during that time.

“Our defense has been on point in practice,” McPartland said. “They have been stopping us in every single drill that we have been doing. So I think that definitely played a role tonight in how we played defensively.”

Attacker Kristen Lamon ended the

DEFENDER CASEY PEPPERMAN made her first start of the season in yesterday’s win. chester lam/the diamondback scoring drought with 14:43 remaining on a pass from attacker Halle Majorana. Four minutes later, defender Casey Pepperman, who got her first start of the season against the Tribe, picked up a ground ball and initiated a fast break. She traveled the length of the field before finding midfielder Zoe Stukenberg for the Terps’ fifth goal.

Midfielder/defender Jen Mendez, who also got her first start of the season, scored with 9:56 remaining to give the Terps a 6-2 lead. McPartland went coast to coast two minutes later for her second goal of the game.

“If I have the open field, then I’m going to run as fast as I can and try to see what’s in front of me,” McPartland said.

McPartland added another goal 29 seconds later on a wraparound for a first-half hat trick. The junior led the Terps with four goals on the night and added one assist.

With 5:36 remaining, the Terps displayed precise passing on an eventual Cummings goal. The Tribe ended the Terps’ unanswered goal streak at

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forward jake layman guards Virginia Tech forward Trevor Thompson on Tuesday. The Hokies shot 22.7 percent in the second half. alik mcintosh/the diamondback

SUDDENLY STIFLING Steals by Wells, Faust jump-start dominant second-half performance on defense

By Aaron Kasinitz @AaronKazreports Senior staff writer After trudging through 19 minutes of a mostly listless first half Tuesday night, the Terrapins men’s basketball team trailed lastplace Virginia Tech, 29-26, as the Hokies controlled possession with an opportunity to hold for the last shot of the period.

But when Virginia Tech forward Trevor Thompson drove to the hoop with less than 10 seconds on the clock, guard Nick Faust poked the ball away. The Terps corralled the loose ball, and Faust ended the half with a breakaway dunk.

The Hokies had possession again to start the second half, but guard Devin Wilson threw a soft pass and

Dez Wells darted to intercept it. The guard raced down the court to finish a layup while absorbing contact, and he converted the three-point play at the free-throw line to give the Terps a 31-29 lead they wouldn’t relinquish.

Those two plays altered the course of a game in which the Terps would earn a comfortable 64-47 victory to snap a two-game losing streak. Faust and Wells’ swipes helped jolt the Terps after a discouraging first half and displayed the aggressive defense that defined a convincing win.

“They were both big,” said coach Mark Turgeon. “Nick’s was big because obviously the energy in the building wasn’t great, and we weren’t great about our energy either. But I thought Dez’s play really kind of set the tone.”

In the opening 20 minutes, the Terps struggled to get much going on offense. The Hokies effectively slowed down the game with their 2-3 zone, and the announced 10,517 at Comcast Center — the seasonlow attendance for a Terps’ ACC home game — didn’t help motivate the Terps, either.

Despite Faust’s steal and score to end the half, the Hokies entered the locker room with a 29-28 lead and appeared to have a shot at their third conference victory of the season.

“In the first half, we were more lackadaisical and not trying hard,” forward Jake Layman said. “[Turgeon] kind of got on us a little bit at halftime.”

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