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AN ODE TO AN OAK: The recent windstorm brought down a woody denizen with deep roots. Now, we mourn, p. 9

FOURTH-QUARTER FLOP: After dominant first three, Maryland men’s lacrosse coughs up first loss to No. 1 Albany, p. 14

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Terps miss postseason play After 3 consecutive NCAA berths, Turgeon’s squad misses dance, NIT Even while the Kyle Melnick Maryland men’s @kyle_melnick basketball team Senior staff writer lost seven of its final 11 games and played its way out of its fourth consecutive NCAA tournament, analysts believed the Terps would at least qualify for the National by

CUMBERLAND HALL, on North Campus, where racial slurs were discovered on a dorm room whiteboard March 2. tom hausman/the diamondback

Invitational Tournament. On Sunday night, though, the Terps didn’t receive an NIT bid, leaving them out of the NCAA tournament and NIT for the first time since 2014. Only six Big Ten teams qualified for the NCAA tournament or NIT, four of which made the Big Dance.

Maryland’s best victory this season came against Butler in November. The Terps went 2-8 on the road and lost nine games by six or fewer points. Maryland’s season ended after a 59-54 loss to Wisconsin in the Big Ten tournament second round. Guards Anthony Cowan and Kevin Huerter averaged 15.8 and 14.8 points, respectively, but the Terps (19-13, 8-10 Big Ten) struggled to find other consistent

contributors. While forwards Bruno Fernando and Justin Jackson might leave for the NBA Draft, the majority of Maryland’s key contributors will likely return next season, including Cowan and Huerter. Turgeon has qualified for three NCAA tournaments over his seven years in College Park, all of which came with guard Melo Trimble. kmelnickdbk@gmail.com

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Racial slurs scrawled on dorm board Police: Text in Cumberland Hall targeted black people University of Maryland Police responded to a Title IX-related hate bias incident in Cumberland Hall on March 2, according to police reports. A student called the police and said someone had written racial slurs against black people on a dry erase board, police spokeswoman Sgt. Rosanne Hoaas said. Police responded to the dorm at 11:02 p.m. for the incident, which took place at 10:15 p.m. that same day, according to police reports. The case is active. There were 27 reported hate bias incidents across the campus between the first day of the fall semester and Dec. 8, university spokeswoman Katie Lawson said in December. University administrators later found 15 of these reports were verified. In October, a whiteboard in Anne Arundel Hall was plastered with a derogatory slur. After several LGBT-friendly messages were erased from the whiteboard, a student wrote the definition of homophobia on it. An individual later wrote “REEEEE” — a term meant to sound like a screaming frog to express outrage or represent so-called autistic screeching, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center — on top of the message. University Police later determined the October incident did not qualify as one of hate bias, as there wasn’t hate or bias behind the motivation to write the word, Hoaas said. by

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Yu-Wei Wang, right, the counseling center’s research director, and graduate research assitant Leah Bush, found one in five university students deal with food insecurity. matt perez/for the diamondback

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4 U students arrested after capital sit-in Students advocated gun control at McConnell’s office Eight people, four of w h o m s a i d t h e y we re University of Maryland students, were arrested Wednesday following a sit-in protest in Washington, D.C. U.S. Capitol Police arrested eight individuals who were demonstrating in the Russell Senate Office Building on Wednesday, police spokeswoman Eva Malecki wrote in an email. They were charged with crowding, obstructing or incommoding, she wrote. She didn’t specify whether the individuals arrested were students at this university. Police did not respond to requests for a list of the names of the arrested students. Alex Dubinsky, Ryan Ridgell, Matt Burnstein and Julia Cortina, all freshmen at this university, said they were arrested. Dubinsky organized and executed the protest outside Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) office in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to advocate for gun control. Students sat on the ground outside McConnell’s office in the Capitol

Roughly one in five University of Maryland students reported struggling with food insecurity, according to a Counseling Center study, the results of which were presented Wednesday. The ongoing study, conducted by Counseling Center Research Director Yu-Wei Wang and graduate research assistant Leah Bush, surveyed 4,901 undergraduate and graduate students at this university. Roughly 20 percent — about 980 students — said they were food insecure, which means they had a lack of access to sufficient and nutritious food. Students who reported food insecurity were also likely to report poor health such as lower self-esteem, One in five U students struggle increased stress and depression, the study said. These with food insecurity, study finds students were also likely to report negative impacts of food insecurity on their academic careers, including failing assignments and exams, withdrawing from classes and potentially planning to withdraw from this university. “We go throughout our days often satisfi ed,” said Counseling Center Director Source: University Counseling Center. Graphic by Evan Berkowitz/The Diamondback. Sharon Kirkland-Gordon. “[This study] has led us to believe that there are students, 60% when we walk by them, there’s somebody marginal 21% that’s hungry. One out of five.” The study found that racial or ethnic low 13% minority students, first-generation very low 7% college students, international students and students who live off the campus are among the groups more likely to report food insecurity. Students cited poverty and a lack of time as key factors that lead to food insecurity.

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Want to major in virtual reality? Immersive media design may soon be on offer. University of Maryland faculty members are working to create an undergraduate major in immersive media design that would combine art and computer science department resources to educate students on concepts such as virtual reality. The major would operate between the arts and humanities college and the computer, mathematical and natural

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said. “But I actually think that they’re far enough along in their sciences college, and would aim approval from the University thinking that we can probably to enhance students’ knowledge Senate, university President get it moving.” o f d e s i g n fo r v i r t u a l a n d Wallace Loh, the Board of The program will likely augmented reality platforms for Regents and the Maryland involve two tracks — one purposes ranging from mapping General Assembly, Associate focused on studio art and the Provost Betsy Beise said. to journalism to engineering. other on computer science — Beise called the fall 2019 said Audra Buck-Coleman, A group of 17 faculty members are planning the major and hope goal “realistic but a little bit a design professor and an it will be available for students aggressive.” “It’s a lengthy process,” she in fall 2019. It must first gain See vr, p. 8

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CRIME BLOTTER By Brad Dress | @thedbk | For The Diamondback University of Maryland Police responded to reports of harassment/stalking, trespassing and fraud over the past 10 days, among other incidents, according to police reports.

HARASSMENT/STALKING On March 7 at 12:33 p.m., University Police responded to a report of harassment/ stalking at Tawes Plaza, police spokeswoman Sgt. Rosanne Hoaas said. This case is active.

TRESPASSING On Ma rch 3 at 3:40 a.m., University Police responded to Courtyards for a report of trespassing, according to police reports. An officer stopped two intoxicated men with no ties to this university from knocking on an apartment door. The men claimed they were looking for a friend, but the officer led them off the campus, Hoaas said. At 8:06 p.m. on March 8, police also responded to a trespassing report at Van Munching Hall, according to police reports. These cases are closed by exception. University Police also responded to a report of trespassing at 9:05 a.m. on March 7 at Delta Sigma Phi fraternity chapter house, according to police reports. This case resulted in an arrest.

FRAUD On March 5 at 4:55 p.m.,

University Police responded to the 3400 block of Tulane Drive for a report of fraud, according to police reports. A female student reported to police that someone who claimed to be from the IRS called her at 8:30 a.m. and demanded she pay them or they would serve her a warrant. She paid, but later found out it had been a scam, Hoaas said. University Police also responded to a case of fraud at 1:49 p.m. on March 5 at the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity house, according to police reports. A female student said unauthorized purchases had been made on her bank account on March 1, Hoaas said. Both cases are active.

VANDALISM University Police responded to a report of vandalism at 251 North on March 7 at 2:30 a.m., according to police reports. This case is active.

THEFT University Police responded to Courtyards for a report of a theft on March 4 at 11:04 a.m., according to police reports. A male student said someone stole his bike between midnight and 9:30 a.m. and had left his bike lock nearby on the ground when they took it, Hoaas said. Police responded to two other theft reports. Both cases are active. newsumdbk@gmail.com

editor’s note The last paragraph of the Diversions story “The Pyeongchang Olympics were all about ice dancing and sexual tension” on page 9 of last week’s Diamondback was inadvertently cut off. It should have read: “Virtue and Moir have proven that a believable romantic connection can win ice dancing gold. Is this connection truth or just highly rehearsed fiction? That’s for them to know and for us to likely never find out.”

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WOMEN on WALL STREET: WORKING in a MALE-DOMINATED INDUSTRY 1528 Van Munching Hall, 2 p.m. Open to students only. go.umd.edu/fxx DESIGN, BUILD, TEST EXPERIMENTS of SYNTHETIC CHLOROPLAST GENOMES in TOBACCO and POTATO 1140 Plant Sciences Building, 4 p.m. Hosted by the plant science and landscape architecture department, featuring Neal Stewart. psla.umd.edu

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2018 PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY SPELLING BEE Dekelboum Concert Hall, The Clarice, 7 p.m. Hosted by The Washington Informer. theclarice.umd.edu CYRO BAPTISTA and BANQUET of the SPIRITS MilkBoy ArtHouse, 8 p.m. Hosted by the artist partner program. Student/youth tickets $10; general admission $25+; reserved $30+. theclarice.umd.edu

‘FALSE MONARCHY’ ARTIST and CURATOR TALK Stamp Gallery, Stamp Student Union, 6:30 p.m. Hosted by the Stamp Gallery, featuring Kyle Kogut and Raino Isto. thestamp.umd.edu/gallery

1110 Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building, 4:30 p.m. Hosted by the Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute, featuring Michael Simon. Free, registration required. go.umd.edu/simon-rsvp SEE presents: BATTLE of the BANDS Baltimore Room, Stamp Student Union, 6 p.m. See Monday details. (un)CHOIR: ‘HAPPY’ by PHARRELL WILLIAMS MilkBoy ArtHouse, 7 p.m. Hosted by the artist partner program and the College Park Arts Exchange. theclarice.umd.edu ENLIGHTEN: LIGHTING the PATH to SUICIDE AWARENESS and PREVENTION Colony Ballroom, Stamp Student Union, 7 p.m. Hosted by Kappa Lambda Xi Multicultural Sorority, Inc. facebook.com/KappaLambdaXiAlpha

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BLACK JOY in the ARTS and HUMANITIES PANEL David C. Driskell Center, noon Hosted by the African American History, Culture and Digital Humanities program, featuring Jovonne Bickerstaff and professors LaMarr Bruce and Curlee Raven Holton. aadhum.umd.edu HOW TO BE an ANTIRACIST 2204 Edward St. John Learning and Teaching Center, 12:30 p.m. Hosted by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, featuring Ibram X. Kendi. diversity.umd.edu WOMEN and SPORT: WHERE ARE WE NOW? Friedgen Family Student Lounge, public healh school, 1:30 p.m. Hosted by the kinesiology department, featuring Sue Sherburne and Missy Meharg.

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CYRO BAPTISTA: FAMILY ART DAY Langley Park Community Center, 1500 Merrimac Drive, Hyattsville, 10 a.m. Hosted by The Clarice Smith Center for the Performing Arts. Registration recommended. theclarice.umd.edu

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Ride-share driver assaulted

A group of individuals assaulted and robbed a driver from a ride-sharing company near the University of Maryland’s Xfinity Center on Thursday night, according to police reports. The seven individuals — whose affiliations are unknown — requested service from a ride-sharing company, and when the driver pulled up in front of Xfinity Center, they assaulted and robbed him, police spokeswoman Sgt. Rosanne Hoaas said. The driver was waiting in his SUV in Lot UU at about 10:45 p.m. for a woman who requested a pickup from his ride-sharing company, Hoaas said. The woman entered the front passenger side of the by

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xfinity center, near where a group of people assaulted a ride-share driver Thursday, according to University Police. file photo/the diamondback car, and the remaining six individuals filed into the back, Hoaas said. T h e d r i ve r p ro te s te d , saying there were too many people in the car and that he would not drive them all, Hoaas said. A man in the back

seat then punched the driver, who got out of the car and threatened to call the police, she said. The same man followed the driver out of the car and punched him again, Hoaas said. The group then fled east on Regents Drive toward the Biomolecular Sciences Building, she said. The man’s injuries are not severe, and he was not transported to a hospital, Hoaas

said. The individuals also stole an electronic device in the incident, she said. University Police responded to the report — initially filed as a robbery — at 10:59 p.m. and secured the area by 12:36 a.m. Friday, Hoaas said. Police are searching for the suspects and a motive in the incident, and a video review is underway, Hoaas said. newsumdbk@gmail.com

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protest From p. 1 Building, chanting “enough is enough” and “not one more,” Dubinsky, a freshman government and politics major, said. The students who participated in Wednesday’s protest had no specific list of demands, but they supported a broad range of reforms, such as limiting the sale of assaultstyle weapons, developing stronger systems for background checks and increasing waiting periods for weapons sales, Dubinsky said. “It was more successful than I ever could have thought it would have been,” Dubinsky said. “When we walked up the stairs and turned the corner to go toward McConnell’s office, and I saw the massive group of news cameras and reporters, that was pretty shocking and exciting.” In the wake of the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, where 17 people were killed, students of the school have gained national attention for their impassioned calls for gun control legislation. “It’s really easy to empathize

hunger From p. 1 “Early in my graduate school experience, I went through incredible financial difficulty, a brief period of homelessness escaping domestic violence and limited access to food,” one graduate student said in the survey. “I cried most nights because I didn’t have enough money to make ends meet. Many people thought I was anorexic because I didn’t eat much, but there wasn’t food at home or time to go grocery shopping, let alone prepare food.” Students reported using coping strategies such as eating

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“When we walked up the stairs and turned the corner to go toward McConnell’s office, and I saw the massive group of news cameras and reporters, that was pretty schocking and exciting.” - FRESHMAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS MAJOR ALEX DUBINSKY, PROTEST ORGANIZER

with these kids who see their friends, people they’ve grown up with, die in a place that’s supposed to be safe,” said Burnstein, a government and politics major. “I think it’s just a tragedy that there’s a lot of people out there that don’t feel safe in their own school.” Ridgell said he admired the student activists from Marjory

unhealthy food, skipping meals and avoiding eating out with friends. They also discussed a fear of discrimination due to a lack of sufficient access to food. “One of my friends was not able to afford food because she had to pay for next semester, but was afraid to spread her problems onto others because ‘You guys have more stuff to worry about than me,’” an undergraduate student reported. “Just letting students know that it’s OK and they’re not alone in the struggle would encourage more [students] to ask for help.” Last year, a public health school pilot study surveyed 237

Stoneman Douglas High School, and added that he thinks young people have an important role to play in the national discussion surrounding gun control. “They’re the ones being affected, and I think they have every right to try to change policy,” he said. On Friday, Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill that tightens

undergraduates at this university and found that 15 percent of respondents suffered from food insecurity. After completing the survey portion of the study last fall, Wang and her research team are conducting qualitative interviews this semester on individual student experiences with food insecurity, Wang said, adding that the study has received a “surprising” amount of student response so far. “In my 20 years of doing research, I’ve never seen something like this,” Wang said. “We have students who wrote paragraphs describing their experiences. … I do think that this is a

gun control in some aspects, such as raising the minimum age to purchase a firearm from 18 to 21. It also gives $67 million to a program that will allow some teachers in the state to be armed. Ridgell said that in the days following his arrest, he’s found himself scrolling through Facebook, reading articles written

concern, a problem, that a lot of students are facing.” Participants proposed increasing university access to healthy food on the campus, enhancing awareness of and education on food insecurity and providing financial support for those suffering from a lack of access to food. Dining Services, the University Health Center and the Maryland Parent and Family Association partnered with the Counseling Center to provide funding for the study, Wang said. Dining Services Assistant Director Allison Tjaden stressed

about the event and laughing at “ridiculous” comments alleging that “kids don’t know anything” and that he and his fellow protesters were too young to have an opinion on the issue. “We’re the future,” Dubinsky said. “We truly are a powerful force, and people will start to understand that.” On March 24, thousands are expected to participate in the “March for Our Lives,” organized and promoted by Stoneman Douglas students, in Washington, D.C. Dubinsky, Burnstein and Ridgell plan to attend. Ridgell, a public policy major, said while facing police was intimidating at first, he and the other students — from schools such as American,George Mason and George Washington universities — were laughing and chatting together by the time they were in the van on the way to the police station. Once they were released, they went to lunch together at Union Station,he said. “It was pretty cool,” Ridgell said. “I think I can speak for all of us in saying that we were all pretty proud of what we did and that we did not regret it.”

the importance of the Campus Pantry — which provides emergency food to university students, faculty and staff in need — in light of the new study’s conclusions. The pantry makes improvements each semester to further combat food insecurity, Tjaden said. This semester, students can schedule individual appointments to pick up food at the pantry. “I really view the results of this study as a call to action for us in the Campus Pantry, in Dining Services, and in Student Affairs, but

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also for the entire campus community,” Tjaden said. Sophomore dietetics major Daniel Kim, an intern at the Campus Pantry, believes spreading awareness of food insecurity is key to solving the issue. “The number one most important thing for us is getting the word spread,” Kim said. “It can be difficult just because of the stigma of getting donations, but that’s probably the most important thing that people can help with.” mperezdbk@gmail.com

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Second Lt. Richard Collins, a black Bowie State University student, was killed last May on the University of Maryland campus. Prosecutors indicted Sean Urbanski, a white former student at this university who belonged to a white supremacist internet group, on murder and hate crime charges. Following Collins’ death, this university’s admissions department received several letters from black applicants who had been accepted to this university but chose not to enroll because of safety concerns. The administration has failed to respond to Collins’ murder with appropriate force. Although a murder possibly based on race should be enough to reveal that our university community must become a more inclusive place, there have been other incidents that support the need for serious reforms. During the 2016-17 academic year, white nationalist posters were found on campus at least five times, and a noose was hung in a fraternity house. Last semester, there were at least 15 confirmed hate bias incidents, including the drawing of swastikas on campus buildings. Together, these incidents reveal a serious problem of hate on this campus, and the university must respond more strongly than it has thus far. In November 2016, 25 student organizations joined together under the name ProtectUMD and issued 64 demands to university administration. These demands aimed to make our community more inclusive to marginalized students. However, many of ProtectUMD’s demands have not been implemented, even following Collins’ murder. Some of these demands, and other similar policies, should be immediately enacted to make the university safer for marginalized students. ProtectUMD

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demanded that all SGA-recognized and Greek organizations conduct diversity training for their members. Not only should this demand be fully implemented, it should be expanded to include the entire student population. Currently, incoming freshmen are required to take online alcohol training, and all new students are required to take similar training to prevent sexual misconduct. A training on diversity and inclusion should be added to the list in order to help new students recognize the role they play in creating a safe and welcoming environment for everyone. Furthermore, ProtectUMD demanded that the Diversity and Cultural Competency component of the General Education requirement be revamped to ensure students understand privilege, oppression and marginalized groups. There are currently a wide variety of courses that can be used to meet this component, some of which do not address these issues. For example, students can take EDSP 376: Fundamentals of Sign Language, which should enable them to communicate with members of the deaf community; however, unless this course also serves to help students understand how disabled people are oppressed and marginalized, it should not be allowed to fulfill this requirement. These measures are merely a starting point. Many of the demands from ProtectUMD would go further to make the university a more inclusive place for all students. With black applicants afraid to enroll at this university because of recent hatebased incidents, the university administration has to start somewhere in making this campus more inclusive.

“The university must respond more strongly than it has thus far.”

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Jailing kids isn’t the answer to cyberbullying Nate Rogers @NateRogersDev Columnist

The Maryland Senate really wants you to think it heroically stands against cyberbullying. On March 1, senators voted unanimously in favor of a bill strengthening a 2013 anti-cyberbullying law. Lawmakers passed the original in response to the suicide of 15-year-old Grace McComas, who faced vicious cyberbullying before her death. The new provisions could impose a jail sentence of up to three years and a $10,000 fine on those found guilty of cyberbullying, and up to ten years in jail if the violator intends to push a minor to commit suicide. In addition, the bill requires prosecutors to prove only a “single significant act” of online bullying, and it gives school principals handling cases of cyberbullying the authority to go directly to law enforcement rather than going through a board of education first. But despite all the theatrics and good intentions, this bill is nothing less than an appalling use of excessive legal force. Children deserve protection from cyberbullying, but I can’t see how draconian punishments for routine offenses will accomplish that. The bill claims to offer protection, but instead it amounts to dressed-up cruelty. I understand the knee-jerk desire to do something — anything — to prevent tragedies like McComas’, but cruelly punishing hazily defined bad behavior is not an acceptable solution. Many cyberbullies are teenagers. Putting them in jail for three years or fining them thousands of dollars for saying stupid, hurtful things online is not a constructive form of punishment. I don’t intend to trivialize the suffering cyberbullying can cause or the tragedies it can lead to. The issue is not the sentiment but that this particular bill authorizes excessive legal action in response to single incidents of online bullying. Sen. Robert Zirkin (D-Baltimore County),

the bill’s sponsor, may have put it best, saying that “the damage is done with the push of a button.” Zirkin understands that it is incredibly easy to cause immense emotional harm online. His solution is to make it incredibly easy for prosecutors to retaliate in kind. Educators, parents and law enforcement have a responsibility to both prevent cyberbullying and make sure bullies don’t repeat their mistakes. Threatening to send teenagers to jail won’t make them more empathetic. It’s a senseless level of punishment that would never be tolerated for offenses that occur at school. The same consequences should apply to bullying in the classroom and online. Aside from threatening teens with excessive jail sentences, the bill has the potential to dangerously suppress speech. According to American Civil Liberties Union Senior Staff Attorney David Rocah, the bill’s broad definition of cyberbullying could be leveraged against rape victims calling out their attackers online or students exposing their peers for attending Nazi rallies. If legislators want to punish certain types of speech, that speech must be clearly and narrowly defined. As it stands, the bill could authorize attacks on well-meaning social media users simply trying to expose legitimately dangerous individuals. Social media poses a unique challenge to parents, educators and law enforcement, and policy will have to change to meet that challenge. But that doesn’t mean that all policy change is helpful. The proposed law is drastic and poorly conceived. Children deserve protection, not politically savvy cruelty. nrogers2@terpmail.umd.edu

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Facebook is spreading hatred and lies Jack Lewis @OpinionDBK Columnist

Facebook is a mess. A recent Wired cover showed Mark Zuckerberg covered in scrapes and bruises, a metaphor for the site’s last two years. In that time, Facebook has been repeatedly exposed for failing to notice, or ignoring, malicious actors. In 2016, ProPublica found that Facebook allowed housing advertisers to target white users and exclude others. Facebook’s community standards are supposed to prevent hate speech, but another ProPublica story from 2017 found they frequently make the wrong call. Facebook’s algorithms also allowed advertisers to reach “Jew haters” with a variety of anti-Semitic keywords. Most notably, the Wired story detailed how suspected Russian operatives made fake accounts to influence the 2016 election. Facebook has, for too long, used the phrase “open platform” to ignore its responsibly to monitor hate and lies. The scope of Facebook’s influence, coupled with its failure to act, demands smarter regulation. It was only after the 2016 election that Facebook seemed to notice the scope of its problem with fake accounts and internet bots. It discovered that a Russian group called the Internet Research Agency funded a number of accounts to sow discord in American political discourse. The accounts ranged in content, from a pro-Texan secession page called Heart of Texas to an anti-police brutality page called Blacktivist. But as the 2016 election neared, the accounts’ purposes became clear.

The Heart of Texas page began playing on racist fear while the Blacktivist page urged voters to support Jill Stein. Russian groups were taking different approaches to the same goal — electing Donald Trump. In total, posts from six of these groups were shared more than 340 million times. According to Facebook insider Roger McNamee, Russian use of Facebook during the 2016 election was nothing unusual, explaining, “They find 100 or 1,000 people who are angry and afraid and then use Facebook’s tools to advertise to get people into groups.” Ribbonfarm editor-at-large Renee DiResta compared the current problems at Facebook to those of the finance sector in the recent past. She believes that high-frequency trading used technology “to distort information flows and access in much the same way [Facebook] is now being used to distort and game the marketplace of ideas.” She explains that bots “create the illusion of a mass groundswell of grassroots activity.” Not to mention all the manufactured stories that these groups circulated to users who believed the fake headlines. Purveyors of fake news saw that the most clicks came on stories that were pro-Trump; one particularly egregious example was a viral story that claimed Pope Francis had endorsed Trump’s presidential bid. By the time of the election, many of Facebook’s top news stories, in terms of engagement, were fake. The combination of Russian-bought ads, Russian-run accounts and pro-Trump fake news had an untold influence on the election, but were

largely ignored by Facebook. Part of the problem is that public opinion has not caught up to the problem. Some argue that Facebook is still a tool of the people — young people, in fact. They’ll often point to the use of social media during the Arab Spring as proof that the internet serves a populist, even revolutionary, function. But in so many other cases, Facebook is bending to existing power structures. Manipulation of Facebook aided the election of Trump and continues to allow hate speech. Its insistence on prioritizing the notion of an “open platform” gave foreign governments and fake accounts greater influence. Today, Facebook does not belong to the people — it belongs to those who know how to best exploit its flaws. As DiResta put it, “The downstream cost of serving users disinformation, conspiracies, and radicalized propaganda became clear in the elections of 2016 and 2017. […] And in the meantime, the marketplace of ideas is growing increasingly inefficient as unchecked manipulation influences our most important conversations.” We cannot wait for Facebook and other social media companies to self-correct. It’s not just elections that matter: Facebook is failing to monitor hate speech and discriminatory advertising. It’s comforting to pretend that a free platform plus free speech will produce a good website, but it’s not true. From hate speech prevention to campaign spending rules, we need more regulation. jlewis20@umd.edu

Univ needs more accessible mental health resources Sona Chaudhary @OpinionDBK Opinion editor

The mental health crisis in this country continues to be expressed in violence, underscoring tragedy and loss. Centuries of stigma, cultural barriers and lack of access to resources make seeking counseling a daunting task for much of the population — a population in which, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, almost one-sixth of adults experience mental illness, and yet less than half of them received help in 2014. College students are especially vulnerable to mental illness while on campus, where stress from homework, tests, professional development and personal commitments can feel overwhelming. And in the same way we have no one to teach us what adulthood will be like, we’re also never taught how to use mental health resources. The University of Maryland Counseling Center offers free psychological services and is advertised as an open resource for the community, but there are so many barriers around getting help that it’s nowhere near as effective as it ought to be. Scholars Promoting and Revitalizing Care, a student-led group formed in 2015, recently highlighted the extensive wait times some students face when trying to schedule a counseling appointment, which can extend “30 days too late,” in the words of their latest campaign. The backlog at the Counseling Center is too high for staff to manage, and it creates a competition for resources among students who need aid. Instead of getting support in a timely manner, they may need to harbor stress and turmoil for weeks as the Counseling Center goes through their list, or they must determine to escalate the situation to an emergency. This puts further burden on students struggling with their mental health. They’re forced to evaluate the legitimacy of their problems, whether it’s worthwhile

for them to potentially wait a month to meet with someone and if they are truly in the midst of a mental health emergency — something that might have no outward expression. Moreover, students are limited to eight appointments over 12 months, so add the anxiety of trying to get your psyche sorted out with a time limit. Although counseling services are free, they create the perceived need to squeeze out all the value you can get from those limited sessions. Student demand for counseling services has increased, and the program itself has lost funding in recent years, so barriers to accessibility haven’t been diminishing. The Counseling Center has a reputation for being backed up and an unreliable source of help. It has become daunting to approach this university’s staff for help for an issue people already lack guidance on. And other colleges have expanded their mental health services to help students through a variety of settings and mediums in response to growing need. For example, the University of Minnesota allows students to informally meet with a mental health professional in a public space without going through the full process of their dedicated counseling center. It’s also increasing its staff of therapists and exploring different modes of consultation. Altogether, it’s clear this university isn’t meeting the mental health needs of its students. Putting the onus on them to self-advocate can easily lead to some of the most vulnerable people slipping through the cracks. It doesn’t bode well for this university, or for the future of this country. sonachaud@gmail.com

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ood Uncle, a delivery-only restaurant without fees or minimum delivery requirements, opened at the University of Maryland on Feb. 15. Customers pick up their orders at designated drop points rather than having food delivered straight to their doors. The company has seven drop points in College Park — five in Old Town, one at Terrapin Row and one at The View. More drop points will be added to this university after spring break on March 25, said Mike Vecchi, who handles business development and market activation for Good Uncle. “We kind of have to do a slow-ish rollout where right now we really only service Old Town because it’s really easy to service — it’s all in one area,” Vecchi said. After spring break, the number of drop points

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College Park will have its own smoothie bowl restaurant by next month. Frutta Bowls, a New Jersey-based smoothie bowl company established in 2016, is expecting to open a location in this city by the second week of April. It will be located underneath The Varsity, next to Bobby’s Burger Palace. “Everyone is health-conscious now,” said College Park location co-owner Robert Calavetta. “They’re looking for different variety and this is definitely trending.” Smoothie bowls are thicker than traditional smoothies, served in bowls and often topped with nuts, seeds and large pieces of fruit. They are more filling than smoothies and intended to be alternatives to meals, College Park location co-owner Kelsey Healy said. Frutta Bowls has acai, pitaya, kale and oatmeal bases. Their toppings include granola, peanut butter, honey, coconut and kiwi. None of the bowls have added sugar, Healy said. The smoothie bowls at Frutta Bowls will each cost about $11, Healy said. Traditional smoothies by

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eople in Maryland will soon be able to contact 911 via text message, a measure that is expected to benefit people with hearing or speech disabilities and anyone in a situation where speaking aloud could be dangerous. The state Board of Public Works voted Feb. 21 to approve a $2.4 million contract for the program, which is expected to begin development in March, said Gerard Shields, a spokesman for the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services. The contractor for the program is TeleCommunications Systems Inc. of Annapolis. The program is expected to be up and running throughout the entire state in about three months, Shields said. About one-third of counties nationwide currently have the technol-

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will be expanded so that most areas of campus have access, Vecchi said, calling it the grand opening for the campus. Wiley Cerilli, Good Uncle founder and co-CEO, said the company is creating a new type of restaurant that people interact with differently. Food is prepared at the company’s kitchen on Roanoke Place, but there is kitchen equipment inside the company’s vans so the food can be cooked on the way to customers. All of the cooking equipment is in the vans, while the preparation activities are done in the kitchen. The goal is for the food to be fresher and arrive faster as a result, he said. “When you see this truck coming, it’s almost more like an ice cream truck,” Cerilli said, “where

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ogy, according to the National Emergency Number Association. “I think it will absolutely save lives,” said David Mitchell, University of Maryland Police Chief. “What most of us carry either in our pockets or on our hips or somewhere within reach — that can be turned into a personal safety device.” He added that this university’s safety app, UMD Guardian, already offers the option for students to send texts to University Police. If someone were to text 911 from this campus, Mitchell said, the information would be sent to Prince George’s County Police rather than to University Police. Although he said response times for on-campus emergencies will be fastest if University Police are notified, Mitchell recommended that individuals using

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owners of any county in the state, at 35 percent, according to the governor’s office’s 2016 annual report. The system will not yet support messages that are longer than 160 characters or contain pictures or videos, Shields said, though he expects the technology for this will be developed within a few years. There was strong support from the deaf, partially deaf and speech-impaired communities for the idea, Shields said, adding that the technology is also expected to help people who find themselves in a situation where it is safer to stay quiet. He said this issue has been especially prominent in the wake of the recent mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, where

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both modes of contact in the event of an emergency. A pilot version of the textto-911 system has been in place in Frederick County since 2015, Shields said. So far, only about three dozen of the 8,000 contacts to emergency responders that the county receives every month have come in the form of texts, he added. The state chose Frederick County for the pilot program because of its high volume of deaf residents, and because the Maryland School for the Deaf is located there, Shields said. There are approximately 1.2 million Maryland residents over the age of 12 who are deaf or partially deaf in at least one ear, according to the Governor’s Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Frederick County has the largest percentage of deaf and partially deaf business

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Lot 1 to lose 279 spots University of Maryland DOTS announced March 5 that student parking near Cole Field House will be reduced by more than 250 spaces next semester. The announcement was made at the first public forum in a series called Department of Transportation Services Dialogues, which aims to inform students, faculty and staff of upcoming changes to campus transportation, DOTS spokeswoman Cara Fleck said. “We know, especially with students, that there’s always

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market From p. 6 trucks at the farmers market to attract a larger student population. The downtown farmers m a r k e t i s o p e n f ro m 1 0 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sundays between April and November. The Hollywood Farmers Market is open during the same months on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. City planning Director Terry Schum said University of Maryland students are gone for most of the summer, which hurts the downtown farmers market in particular. Making the farmers market more of a food truck hub would attract more than just students, District 2 Councilman Monroe Dennis said. He also said activities such as face-painting, as well as

delivery From p. 6 you can place your order and have it.” Customers can order Good Un c l e f ro m i ts a p p, a n d average delivery times are between 10 and 12 minutes, Vecchi said. In the past week, 40 percent of users got their food within five minutes, Cerilli said. Drop points are visited every 10 to 15 minutes, he added. Good Uncle offers menu items such as chicken fingers, chicken sandwiches, pastas and subs, all for about $10. There are also items like salads and cookies for varying

911 From p. 6 17 people were killed and many students were forced to hide. Some saw this as an example of a situation in which victims could benefit from being able to ask for help silently. “In one of those school kind of situations, someone could text to the emergency operation,” Shields said, adding that he believes the technology “is moving us into the 21st century.” Julianna Burns, a freshman biology major, said she thinks the development is “a big jump

I’m still not satisfied,” Bleach said. “We should have more garages rather than taking away the spots.” Kristina Zakova, a freshman public health science major, said she commutes to campus every day and parking can be extremely limited during peak hours. Zakova believes the public forums are a good way to inform students of changes and possible solutions. “Considering it’s already difficult to get a space, especially during the day, I think that it’s really important that people discuss alternate parking options that students could have,” Zakova said. The second DOTS forum is scheduled for March 29 at Stamp Student Union, and will likely address the student-related parking changes and solutions, Fleck said. newsumdbk@gmail.com

lots of questions about how DOTS operates,” Fleck said. “We want to answer those questions, and maybe help people understand [DOTS] a little bit more.” DOTS Dialogues was introduced in response to the university community’s concerns about the loss of parking spaces because of campus construction, according to a DOTS news release. DOTS Executive Director David Allen said March 5 that the expansion of Cole Field House and construction of the Purple Line, a light rail system, will affect parking for students,

employees and visitors at this university. The construction will shift Lot Z, an employee parking lot next to Cole Field House. While Lot Z will retain roughly the same number of parking spaces, the Lot Z shift and Purple Line construction will significantly reduce student parking in Lot 1, Allen said. Lot 1, which holds 2,073 parking spaces, will lose 279 spaces in fall 2018 and 95 spaces in spring 2019, Allen said. To accommodate for this, student parking in Lot 1 will be replaced with 307 parking spaces in Stadium Drive Garage and Terrapin Trail Garage, Allen said. Those spaces were originally allocated to campus visitors.

changing the start and end times to not coincide with church services, could help attract more people. Springer suggested hosting events such as a car show, where residents could bring their old cars to the farmers market, creating an atmosphere that’s more than just a place where residents can get produce. “We’re going to need to find some unique ways to work the market, to capture our resident population, to capture our population and to capture people who are just visiting College Park,” Springer said. Lifting the market’s restriction on vendors, which ke e ps t h e m f ro m se l l i n g produce they didn’t grow themselves, was also discussed. College Park Mayor Patrick Wojahn said he felt strongly about enforcing

this rule when the downtown market was first established in 2011, but seeing the market struggle has changed his mind. The Hollywood Farmers Market was established as a result of a grassroots community initiative, Schum said, while the city created the downtown farmers market to try and increase the availability of fresh produce in the city. The city funds both markets, but runs the downtown market. While access to fresh fruits and vegetables in the downtown area is limited, Springer said, students don’t have as high a demand for fresh produce as long-term residents in Hollywood do. “We have multiple economies that we can tap here if we just pay attention and bring them in,” Springer said.

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prices. Customers have to act quickly, Ryan said, since some items tend to sell out by later in the evening. Cerilli said Good Uncle’s model — no storefront and mobile autonomous kitchens — is the blueprint other restaurants will use in the future. Cerilli said he thinks the majority of restaurants will not have storefronts in the next 10 years. Good Uncle could be fueled by self-driving cars and robotic kitchens in the next few years, he added. “[My kids are] going to look back and say, ‘Dad, I can’t believe you had to wait, like, 45 minutes for restaurant food to get to your door,’” Cerilli said.

Good Uncle also partners with New York restaurant brands such as Rosco & Benedetto and Sticky’s Finger Joint to have the right to recreate their recipes, which it is doing at the College Park location. There is no minimum order on Good Uncle and no delivery fee, Vecchi said. Ryan Golub, a sophomore enrolled in letters and sciences, said he first heard of Good Uncle from his friends a few weeks ago and has used it three times since then. He said he wished the menu had a larger selection and the ability to order drinks other than water. “I’m lactose intolerant so a

cheeseburger would not do it,” Golub said. “You can’t change how you want it.” Cerilli said there will be changes to the menu in the future, including the addition of healthier options. Good Uncle is also located at Syracuse University and the University of Delaware, Vecchi said. It first launched at Syracuse in winter 2017 and at Delaware in fall 2017. Good Uncle is planning on expanding to 10 new markets i n t h e n ex t n i n e m o n t h s and between 15 and 20 new markets in the next year and a half, Cerilli said. “We don’t have to build anything out,” Cerilli said.

“We can just drive one of our kitchens into the market and open it up.” Cerilli said this university is the first location to launch with Good Uncle Instant — the ability to have food orders cooked on the way to drop points in less than 10 minutes. “Maryland is our most important market because when we go to fundraise our next round of funding, they’re going to look at Maryland,” Cerilli said. “Maryland is sort of like our flagship location.” Syracuse does not have access to Good Uncle Instant, and Delaware does now but d i d n o t s ta r t w i t h i t . At Syracuse, Vecchi said, the

from where we were,” adding that it could make a big difference in active shooter situations or to friends she has in the deaf community. “I know people who are deaf, and when they have emergencies, they’re out of luck,” she said. “They have to text someone to call for 911.” Burns added that the option is also helpful in situations where speaking is out of the question, for which being able to send a text to 911 is a convenient option. “It makes me feel a lot safer,” she said. “I know there’s certain times it’s either

quicker or easier to just send a text, so I think it helps out a lot.” Lexi Carroll, a sophomore English major, agreed. “It’s something that I was thinking about [and] surprised that we didn’t have already,” she said. “In the world that we live in, it’s way easier to just send a text … it’s really hard to make a call. So I think it’s a good use of resources.” Shields said for now, his recommendation to the public is to “call if you can, text if you must,” because people who send a text will have to manually inform responders of

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Allen also said the shift in parking spaces will result in less available spaces for visitors, who might have to walk further. “Folks who are employees and students, who are here every day, we will give them higher priority over visitors,” Allen said. Allen said both students and employees will be able to use the campus section of the Purple Line — running from University College to the Discovery District, the 150-acre area surrounding The Hotel — for free. Allen said he hopes this university can negotiate a deal in the future to allow students and employees to use the entire Purple Line for free instead, further alleviating the

parking space issue. DOTS is also considering reducing the widths of parking spaces in the garages by six inches in order to add an estimate of as many as 80 more parking spaces, Allen said. “It would be $2 million to build 80 spaces in a garage, this would be $10,000 or less,” Allen said. “Just by some paint, we can achieve that same number of space[s] for much less money.” Alexa Bleach, a staff member in the arts and humanities college, attended the DOTS Dialogue on Monday. While Bleach appreciated the discussion, she believes there are other ways to compensate for the loss of parking spaces that DOTS should consider. “It was helpful to hear more about the parking, and the priority of who gets to park and where they’ll park, but

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vr From p. 1 organizer for the major. Students i n b o t h t ra c k s wo u l d wo rk collaboratively on virtual reality- and augmented reality-themed projects, leading up to a capstone in their senior year, she said. “The whole idea behind the major is really to mimic or create classrooms that are like the workplaces that a lot of these creatives and programmers … are going to be working in,” BuckColeman said. The curriculum is still in the works, but the major may use resources from departments such as journalism, geography, art history and engineering, Buck-Coleman said. The courses will be “team taught,” she said, and could incorporate faculty from those subject areas. “This is really the future,” BuckColeman said. “Right now, you kind of get in your discipline and you have this wonderful, enriching experience, but then you don’t talk to other disciplines, and you don’t interact in ways that could enrich your own studies.” The project began as a suggestion from the Office of the Provost, which wants to draw students out of the crowded computer science major, Beise said. Computer science is the most popular major among undergraduates at this university, with nearly 3,000 students, according to the Office of Institutional Research,

smoothie From p. 6 are also offered there for about $7, she said. “Instead of going out to a burger place for lunch, you could have one of these bowls for a meal replacer,” Healy said. “It sounds a little pricey, but at the same time it’s like going out for a meal.” Kaity Krull, a junior

COMPUTER, MATHEMATICAL AND NATURAL SCIENCES DEAN AMITABH VARSHNEY, right, co-leads the Maryland Blended Reality Center with Dr. Sarah Murthi, left. The center’s researchers are working to develop new tools to improve medical training, and a VR major may come soon. photo courtesy of the maryland blended reality center

“Those who are more creative and artistically inclined will learn a high-level computer programming scripting language, and the folks who are more inclined toward programming ... will get a high-level overview of art, art history, art theory and the principles of digital design.” -COMPUTER, MATHEMATICAL AND NATURAL SCIENCES DEAN AMITABH VARSHNEY

Planning and Assessment. “What the provost is trying to do is identify opportunities for new majors that would be very appealing to students … and might relieve a little bit of the really heavy load,” she said. Last semester, computer science students wrote to the university administration complaining about shortages of open seats in upper-level courses required for graduation. In response, college administrators added about 750 seats to courses. In December 2016, officials surveyed students from related

government and politics major, said she’s “a smoothie person” and would likely check out Frutta Bowls when it opens. She wasn’t sure if the bowls could be a meal replacement, but said they seem aesthetically pleasing. “I see them on Instagram a lot,” she said. Sophomore government and politics major Alawi Masud said he doesn’t

majors and honors programs about the prospective major. Of the 1,134 responses, about half said they “agree” or “strongly agree” that they would want to pursue “an immersive media design major that incorporates virtual and augmented reality technology.” Amitabh Varshney, dean of the computer, mathematical and natural sciences college, said the major has been in development for about three years. “Those who are more creative and artistically inclined will learn high-level computer programming

understand the popularity of smoothie bowls. “You’re getting rid of the whole purpose of smoothies. … I’m not going to sit down and eat a smoothie, that’s just preposterous,” Masud said. “Eat a fruit salad at that point.” Sophomore environmental science and technology major Charles Blackwood said he thinks the food at

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campus dining halls is not always the healthiest, and smoothie bowls seem like a good alternative. “That’s about the same price as any meal around here anyway,” Blackwood said, “so I feel like that would probably be a good replacement for a lot of people who are trying to eat healthier.” The company’s social media presence and construction

an email via Monique Everette, a spokeswoman for the college. A $31 million donation from Oculus VR founder Brendan Iribe in 2014 and the opening of the Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Innovation will provide resources for the major, Varshney said. The Provost’s Office is working to raise more funds for the major, Beise said, adding that they are seeking industry partners and donors. The provost’s office is still working with faculty on the major’s name, Beise said. “Immersive media design is not something that the typical high school student is going to understand right away what it is, but virtual reality is probably one they would,” she said. This would be the second program based in more than one college at this university, Beise said. The other is environmental science and policy, which operates between the agriculture and natural resources college, behavioral and social sciences college, and the computer, mathematical and natural sciences college. Jared Klemm, a freshman studio art major, said he liked the idea behind the major. “It’s a cool concept,” he said. “Virtual reality is becoming a thing, and I think it’d be good to make the connection between comp sci and the art major.”

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A vigil for the fallen (tree) By Anna Muckerman | @annamuckerman | Senior staff writer I would give anything to have captured listen to [trees] a whole new world opens the scene on video: 50 people holding tea up,” the soil minor said. “Wow, that lights gathered around a large stump, sounded really hippy dippy.” To the casual observer, 50 people the notes of a flute playing Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme paying homage to a tree topped with what appeared to be Starbucks and blue From Titanic)” filling the air. But my phone died. Because it was alcohol was probably also really hippy dippy. f---ing cold. As Frye’s “soil friend Cathy” Wang A Facebook event titled “Candle Light Vigil to Honor the Fallen Tree” had over played the flute, the reflective moment a thousand people interested. Remark- was only ruined by the bright flash of a ably, several dozen actually came out to DSLR as all of campus media descended honor the remains of a willow oak blown on the event. My pen died. over during the wind storm that closed “Hey,” I said rather aggressively to the university March 2. When I arrived, before I could a freshman journalist taking notes on mention my elevated status as a re- a 5-subject notebook, “help a fellow porter, Dyani Frye thrust a candle into journalism major out and give me a pen.” I circled the periphery looking for my hand. Her friend swooped in to light it. I placed it by the stump. I could no quotes. I swept up behind two girls and longer be neutral, I had broken all jour- was greeted with a minor eye roll. “I never would have thought to go to a nalism ethics. Sun reported. Ervin said she supports free college for all,” the government vigil for a tree before, But make no mistake, the event was E r v i n a”l said s o esenior x p r eSarah ssed and politics major said. “You community college and would Gitterman, animal science major. “I not aexpanding joke. At leastdon’t not for for marijuana winjunior peopleplant over with half heransupport consider eventually don’t what I expected.” science major Frye. legalization. measures, you win people overknow it to four-year institutions. Me neither, Sarah. Yet there were. “When you actually stop, look and “What breaks mywe heart is with bold progressive policies. ” “I think we’re going to have to how many lives have been Ervin is the former execuexperiment to see what works and what doesn’t,” Ervin said. tive director of the Center for ruined and how many people “Nothing happens overnight, Working Families, an education have been incarcerated for but I think students are going to and issue advocacy organization doing nothing other than have to play a big role in advo- for low-income families. She getting high,” Ervin said, adding cating and speaking out on it.” always worked on the Working she supported record expungeJunior Cliff Green said he Families Party, a small progres- ment for those already convictwas happy with Ervin’s stance sive political party that advo- ed of a drug felony. “For those on free community college cates for raising the minimum who don’t know, once you’re but called for a “full measure” wage, paid sick leave and in- identified as a felon — you can’t creased access to jobs. proposal. The Working Families Mary“The current policy she has land chapter worked to help for free community college for the first two years, that’s a great pass the paid sick leave bill, starting point, but I think what which took effect in Maryland young people really want is starting Feb. 11, The Baltimore

“I’m devastated,” someone was telling newfound elegance. She was followed by a student who freshman reporter Paige. Frye took the stump to read prepared said he had given a fake name to reportremarks. Her ankle-length purple dress ers and warned that everything “was and silver hair moved in the leftovers of in a constant state of degradation.” He the same breeze which had killed the brought the blue substance to his lips. Back when I thought it was vodka, I tree three days prior. “This tree by merely existing changed wouldn’t have found it odd. Just before the tilt of no return, he the world,” she said before warning that hanging hammocks from campus trees brought the bottle down toward the was bad for them. “I don’t have beer but earth. The crowd nodded as he poured one I did bring liquid fertilizer.” out for the fallen. He got down and Oh. I thought it was WAVE. Student speakers followed Frye, laughed as he gave a reporter a quote giving heartfelt speeches to the dedi- attributed to Eazy-E. Frye hugged her friends and thanked cated crowd. “It’s good to see people taking plant them for coming. No matter what faulty lives into account,” said senior environ- science or sappy eulogy was given, she mental horticulture major Phil Evich. had succeeded in honoring a tree. “A willow oak can live for over 200 “Let’s keep this passion alive.” My new friend Sarah, who had given years,” she said. “I think that’s really romantic inuniversal a sad way.” “If you’re fighting to change me aan generic quoteyou a few minutes When asked about rent apartment, can’t get prior, couldn’t described a candleher voice stump.health care, She Ervin said thehave state afound job. There are aupon lot ofthe ‘can’ts’ the whole college tuition light vigil better. why not fight to change “Iyou think we do should to apply the already should havefor it. a tree anysystem, that can’t oncetry you’re consideration the are really suffering” the whole health care system, identifi ed.” we give to this tree to“People other things government in our life,” she withsaid. “We’reamuckermandbk@gmail.com putting peo- too?” Green said. “It shows that Freshman andsaidErvin politics major Jake Meisel ap- ple’s lives in jeopardy.” you are sticking to your word The promises of health care and showing your gut.” plauded Ervin’s support of reform struck a similar chord marijuana legalization. “I think it’s really great that with Green. bdubosedbk@gmail.com she supports [legalization],” Meisel said. “She’s taking it on as a social justice issue because she’s right: Tt has affected far too many people who have gone to jail for it.”

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Johnson may have bigger role in 2018 Running back returns for senior year with new offensive coordinator There were campaign and shot up draft

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Sports editor T y J o h n s o n could’ve left the Maryland football team to pursue his NFL dreams. The Terps went 4-8 last season and failed to make a bowl game for the second time in three years. Beloved offensive coordinator Walt Bell took a job at Florida State. Wide receiver DJ Moore bid farewell following a breakout

After Maryland lost to Penn State by 63 in November, Johnson spoke in a low voice as he pledged to talk with his family about his next step. But with the hope of improving upon a down junior year, as well as the chance to earn his degree in the fall, Johnson remained with the Terps. He reported to the first day of spring practice Monday.

running back ty johnson led the Terps with 6.4 yards per carry and five rushing touchdowns as a junior last year. marquise mckine/the diamondback Before Bell left for Florida State, his running backby- co m m i t te e a p p ro a c h threatened Johnson’s ability to b o u n ce b a c k i n 2 0 1 8. Johnson never carried the

ball more than 18 times in a contest under Bell, meaning h e wo u l d ’ve h a d l i m i te d opportunities to regain his sophomore form. Under the guidance of new offensive coordinator Matt Canada, however, the equation is different. Canada, who recently ran the offenses of LSU, Pittsburgh and North Carolina State, indicated a willingness to lean on his lead back rather than split the workload among three or four rushers. “The best player plays,” Canada said. While Canada is still getting to know his personnel and hasn’t crafted a

concrete offensive scheme, Johnson figures to remain a key fixture in the backfield. That might extend to the passing game, where the senior hopes to take advantage of more two and three running back formations to increase his production through the air. Johnson knows an explosive final season in College Park could propel him to a selection in the 2019 NFL Draft. “I just thought one more season of developing and getting school out of the way wouldn’t be such a bad idea,” Johnson said. “So here I am.” dbernsteindbk@gmail.com

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Terps bounce back from Utah loss by beating Yale Inconsistency plagues Maryland in its first home games of 2018 After said, “They got to the third scoring only time around against Sydney @thebiggestfisch once through [Golden] and figured out the first three what to do with her drop Staff writer games of the ball.” Maryland Invitational, Maryland trailed game two Maryland softball’s offense before recording an out. Two showed early signs of life walks, a double-steal and a in its first game Saturday wild pitch brought in a run b u t co u l d n ’t s u s ta i n t h e to give Yale the lead in the attack, losing 6-2 against first. Starter Lauren Graves Utah. The Terps’ bats sus- exited in the opening frame tained success later in the following her inability to afternoon, however, beating find the strike zone. It was Yale, 4-2. second time this year Graves T h e Te r p s s c o re d t wo has left a start without reruns on four hits in the first cording an out, as she did it three innings against Utah Feb. 24 against Florida. but mustered just one hit With the score tied at two the rest of the in the fourth game. inning, MaryUtah ace land appeared Katie Donovan to catch a dominatbreak on a ed Marybizarre play. A l a n d fo r t h e double-steal se co n d t i m e seemed to this week. end with both On Thursbaserunners day, Donovan being tagged allowed only o u t o n t h i rd one run and ba se to e n d struck out the inning. softball coach eight against I n s tea d , t h e the Terps in a Utes victory. r u n n e rs we re p l a c e d o n On Saturday, she punched second and third with one out 10 en route to her eighth o u t . T h e Te r p s c a p i ta l win of the season. ized when an infield single Maryland took the lead by outfielder JoJo McRae in the third. With the score brought both runners around tied at one, infielder Sky- to take the lead. lynne Ellazar led off the “Sometimes I’ll drop inning with a double and really quiet and send the was moved over by a sacri- runner hoping to catch the fice bunt. Infielder Brigette defense off-guard. [OutNordberg singled to center fielder] Kassidy [Cross] read to drive her in. me well and did a great job.” U ta h re s p o n d e d i n t h e Wright said. “Sometimes the fourth inning with a game- softball gods just bless you.” tying RBI single by infielder T h e Te r p s h a d t h e i r BreOnna Castaneda. The best offensive game of the Utes took the lead for good weekend against the Bullthe next inning on a two-out dogs, scoring four runs on R B I d o u b l e by i n f i e l d e r eight hits. More importantly, Heather Bowen. the Terps went 4-for-11 with Maryland starter Sydney runners on base and 3-for-7 G o l d e n c o u l d n o t s o l ve w i t h r u n n e rs i n s c o r i n g Utah’s five-six hitter combo position. of outfielder Hailey Hilburn “ We h i t e a r l y o n , b u t a n d C a s ta n e d a . T h e two we’ve got to finish,” Wright combined to outscore the said. “With the growth of Terps on their own, going the young hitters, we’ve got 5-for-6 with three RBIs. to learn how to keep pres“ T h e y ’ v e b e e n q u i e t sure on.” this year, but that’s a good offense,” coach Julie Wright sportsdbk@gmail.com by

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“There were a lot of things pulling me to leave,” Johnson said. “But I’m glad I decided to come here, and now it’s 100 percent all the way through.” At this point last season, Johnson was riding high from a 2016 campaign in which he ran for 1,004 yards and averaged 9.1 yards per carry. Instead of bringing that momentum into his junior year, though, he managed 875 rushing yards and 6.4 yards per carry last season. He caught five passes compared to 16 the year before, likely inflicting further damage on his draft stock.

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gymnastics

‘ tough and

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freshman karrie thomas posted a career-high 9.9 on her floor presentation Sunday. The Coral Springs, Florida, native helped the Terps to an 18-7 regular season record after it finished .500 last year. marquise mckine/the diamondback

Terps record second-highest score of season in win at Maryland Five Meet By Rachel Bucchino | @DBKSports | Staff writer

fter the Maryland gymnastics team’s 48.925 on beam, the Terps were on track for a solid score at Sunday’s Maryland Five Meet. Instead, it hit its best event score of the season — a 49.4 on floor — in the final rotation to power a 196.325 overall score, breaking 196 for the second time this season and earning a win at the Five Meet. “I am thrilled for them. I try not to look at the scores, I look at the gymnastics,” said coach Brett Nelligan. “For them, it’s a validation of all of that hard

work. Everything we put into it at the gym every single day, it’s so great for them.” Before each routine, Nelligan gave words of advice to pump up the Terps and alleviate any stresses. These words seemed to work on bars, where the Terps scored their highest bar total of the season, a 49.325 and freshman Emilie LeBlanc tieing a career high of 9.9. “For bars, he really just calms us down, so we don’t get nervous. He just goes through our routine, and it helps us set our nerves right before going,” said LeBlanc. “What really helps me the most is that he reminds me to breathe,

because if you don’t breathe, you get even more nervous.” Maryland was followed by West Chester (193.325), Cornell (193.225), Southern Connecticut State (192) and Bridgeport (191.9). Scoring 196 or above has been the primary goal for the Terps this season, and they did so for the second time in their first 12 meets. Their only higher score was a 196.575 on Feb. 11, the fourthh i g h e s t s c o r e i n p r o g ra m history. The Terps won each event — sophomore Alecia Farina on vault (9.825) and floor (9.925),

LeBlanc on bars (9.9) and freshman Audrey Barber on beam (9.85). “What we did tonight as a team after two double weekends in a row, for them to come out and go 24-for-24, I am just blown away,” Nelligan said. “They are so tough and talented. They continue to impress me every week.” Barber has been working on her performance on beam, focusing on strengthening her confidence and final landings. Her 9.85 represented an improvement from Friday’s Temple Tri Meet, when she scored a 9.75 on beam.

Freshman Karrie Thomas, meanwhile, has tried to emphasize her overall presentation on floor. As she finished her routine, Nelligan pumped his fists wildly as she posted a career-high 9.9. Smiles extended across her face as the Coral Springs, Florida, n a t ive e n d e d w i t h a s h a r p landing, which helped the team to its 49.4 on floor. “If we can [196] on a double weekend, then we can definitely do it at [the Big Five meet] and Big Tens,” LeBlanc said. “We can do it.” rbucchinodbk@gmail.com

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terps top bryant By Andy Kostka | @afkostka | Staff writer

hen Maryland baseball coach Rob Vaughn walked to the mound in the ninth inning with Bryant’s go-ahead run at the plate, he asked starter Hunter Parsons if he wanted to finish the game or call for closer John Murphy. After Parsons chose to remain in the game, Vaughn asked Parsons his plan to get out of the latest threat. The junior right-hander elected to throw a fastball under shortstop Sam Owens’ hands, and the Bryant freshman could only manage weak contact to third base, securing Maryland’s 5-3 win and concluding Parsons’ first career complete game. “The way you respond to adversity is all that matters,” Vaughn said. “His first outing down at Tennessee he didn’t do a great job of that. Since then, he’s been very, very good. He’s making pitches.”

“The way you respond to adversity is all that matters.” - BASEBALL COACH ROB VAUGHN

On offense, left fielder Marty Costes led the Terps with two RBIs while second baseman Nick Dunn and center fielder Zach Jancarski each notched three hits. Maryland stranded 12 runners but managed four runs total in the seventh and eighth to win the series. After Parsons’ throwing error in the sixth gave the Bulldogs a 2-1 lead, assistant coach Corey Muscara yelled to the Fruitland native from the dugout to believe in himself and envision the desired result. Last month, after facing problems in his season debut against Tennessee, he imploded, allowing eight runs in one inning. But after steadying in his last three

appearances, the junior seemed to recapture the promise he displayed in his freshman season. Parsons’ conf id e nce f rom facing similar situations and Muscara’s advice helped him strand two runners on base with a shallow fly out and a double play. Parsons leapt and pumped his fist as he left the mound. “[Muscara’s] always telling us, ‘Seeing and believing it,’ but the thing is, he believes in us more than anyone else,” Parsons said. “I’ve never met a more passionate coach that just loves to be around the game and loves to see his guys doing well.” Parsons (2-1, 5.09 ERA) didn’t match last week’s strikeout numbers but worked efficiently

through the middle innings. He retired nine straight between the third inning and fifth after allowing a run to cross in the second. Parsons surrendered 10 hits, while striking out four. Vaughn figured after the Terps broke out for a season-high 16 hits in Saturday’s win that he shouldn’t mess with his lineup. Maryland (9-6) reached doubledigit hit totals for the second consecutive game, but the Terps didn’t maximize their opportunities. Following Jancarski’s infield single and Dunn’s double in the seventh inning, Costes plated Jancarski via an error at shortstop to tie the game. The Terps took the lead later in the inning before Bryant tied the

game in the top half of the eighth. With Jancarski and Dunn on base in the eighth after consecutive singles, Costes stepped into the box with a .077 average with runners in scoring position. The junior squeaked an RBI single through the right side and first baseman Kevin Biondic’s sacrifice fly gave Maryland a 5-3 lead. The advantage allowed Parsons back on the mound for the ninth, yet he allowed two singles to place runners on the corners with two outs. Parsons repaid Vaughn’s confidence in him with a groundout. “To see him go the full distance like that and help us get a series win here on Sunday, that’s awesome,” Jancarski said. “We need him to be that guy for us if we’re going to be good. He sure showed us what he’s capable of today.” akostkadbk@gmail.com

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Terps’ offense struggles to provide run support Home-opening series goes awry as lineup offers little resistance Maryland s o ftball has Ben Fischer established a @ the biggestfisch solid one-two Staff writer pitching combination with Ryan Denhart and Sydney Golden. Their efforts have helped the staff to a respectable 3.36 ERA. Still, the Terps are 7-17 and on pace for their third straight losing season. Maryland has scored 52 runs by

in 24 games this season, the second-worst per-game output in the Big Ten. Much of the problem stems from Maryland’s lack of offensive depth. Infielders Skylynne Ellazar and Brigette Nordberg are the only players batting over .250. The two are also the only players with more than 20 hits. Perhaps the Terps’ biggest issue, however, is their lack of timely hitting. The squad

h a s sc u f f l e d t h ro u g h o u t the season with runners in scoring position. “We’re trying to build little by little,” coach Julie Wright said. “We’re trying to get better every day and stop taking so many steps backwards.” Last weekend in Louisville, outfielder Amanda Brashear picked up eight hits in 16 atbats, showing flashes of her form from last season when she led the team with a .304 batting average. But in this weekend’s Maryland Invitational, she took a step back, going 2-for-13.

Wright feels that the Terps’ issues in the clutch — from Brashear and others — do not stem from a lack of talent or mechanical issue, but from inexperience. “The more reps we have in those moments, the better we are going to be,” Wright said. “The one thing about the process of a young team is you can’t cheat it. No matter how much you want to speed it up, it’s going to be their process.” The players have absorbed their coach’s message and

are working to create, sustain and finish rallies. “We’re working on passing the bat as a team and getting the runner on and being able to execute in the situation,” Nordberg said.“I have no doubt we’ll be able to pull that out soon because we’re almost there, we’re a hit away.” Maryland has also experienced some issues battling in at-bats and working pitchers. The Terps have just 56 walks on the season, and Ellazar is the only player with 10 or more. During the Florida Tournament

at the end of February, Maryland had its best offensive weekend of the year. The Terps scored 19 runs in five games in Gainesville. Since then, Maryland has scored 19 runs in 10 games. On a pitch-by-pitch basis, it’s been a struggle for a team with nine newcomers. Wright hopes that turns around soon. “Being younger and more inexperienced at this level,” Wright said, “we might give into a pitch that will lose us the at-bat.” bfischerdbk@gmail.com

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COACH JOHN TILLMAN entered Saturday’s game against No. 1 Albany on a 12-game win streak, dating back to April of last year. The Great Danes snapped that with a comeback victory in the first No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup in College Park since 1987. MARQUISE MCKINE/the diamondback

ALBANY

“I take full responsibility on the offensive end. I need to be more vocal.”

said. “To go 5-0 in the fourth quarter against what I think is the best team in country, you have to hand it to the boys in the locker room.” Maryland’s attack added to its lead in the third. Minutes into the second half, Wisnauskas and midfielder Bubba Fairman scored to give

Maryland an 8-3 lead. But the Great Danes responded with a 3-0 run, beginning the comeback that doomed the Terps. Maryland didn’t win any of the six faceoffs in the final quarter, and the Great Danes capitalized on their chances. Midfielder Connor Kelly, who

led the Terps with five points, said Maryland wasn’t organized offensively in the fourth. “It was a battle all day,” Kelly said. “I take full responsibility on the offensive end. I need to be more vocal.” M a ryl a n d ’s a t ta c k h a d little time to re sp ond to Fields’ game-winner, but the

doing so, they avenged their previous two losses, snapped Maryland’s nation-leading 12-game winning streak and previous 13:44 of the fourth solidified their spot as the quarter gave little indica- top team in the county. tion it would’ve been able “There were some [defento do so. sive] breakdowns,” goalie Dan Fields and Patterson fin- Morris said. “We didn’t do a ished with four goals apiece good enough job communias the Great Danes com- cating and we didn’t execute pleted the comeback in the to our standard.” first No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup in College Park since 1987. In sgelmandbk@gmail.com

specialist Justin Shockey lost all six matchups with TD From p. 14 Ierlan in the final quarter after The lack of energy extended winning seven of 11 in the first to Maryland’s attack. Faceoff half. Albany committed four

turnovers in the fourth, but the Terps couldn’t capitalize, missing on all four of their shots in the period. The shortcomings amounted

to a frustrating defeat against a program the Terps beat twice last year en route to a national championship. Tillman hopes his players can respond in a

positive manner. We had some young guys in “There are so many things tough spots. We were undisyou can learn,” Tillman said. ciplined with some follows.” “One’s just to manage the fourth quarter a little better. sgelmandbk@gmail.com

- MEN’S LACROSSE MIDFIELDER CONNOR KELLY

From p. 14 by midfielder Logan Wisnauskas and attackman Jared Bernhardt, the Terps scored three of the game’s first four goals, boasted a 6-3 lead at intermission, and had the shot and faceoff advantage in the first half. “We really struggled for a better part of the game, the first half especially,” Barr

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Sports THIS WEEK’S GAMES

TWEET OF THE WEEK Men's Lacrosse

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1 Albany

@stefondiggs, former Maryland wide receiver Stefon Diggs

2 Maryland

March 10

11 10

Softball

Maryland Yale

March 10

Women’s Lacrosse

5 Maryland

4 2

8 Syracuse

March 11

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beaten by the best

the terps entered Saturday’s contest against Albany having beaten the Great Danes twice last year en route to a national championship victory. But after establishing an 8-3 lead, they fell apart down the stretch to lose, 11-10. marquise mckine/the diamondback

Coach Tillman’s sideline energy not enough in lethargic loss to No. 1 Albany

Fields completes Terps’ collapse with late game-winning conversion

By Scott Gelman | @Gelman_Scott | Senior staff writer

n the third quarter of the Maryland men’s lacrosse team’s game against No. 1 Albany on Saturday, John Tillman repeatedly threw his arms into the air, urging the players on his bench and the fans at Maryland Stadium to get louder. It was an uncharacteristic gesture for the typically reserved coach, who felt the Terps were “super slow” and out of rhythm in their 11-10 loss to the Great Danes. Maryland scored twice to open the third quarter and boasted an 8-3 lead at the time of Tillman’s gesticulation. But the Terps collapsed after his attempt to provide a jolt of energy, appearing lethargic at both ends as they coughed up their commanding advantage. “We’ll look back and see if it was something we did during the week or early today,” Tillman said. “At our best, we have the ball zinging around. We struggled to get into a flow.” Albany entered the contest averaging close to 16 goals per game.

But early on, the Great Danes were frustrated by the slow pace of the game, struggling to manufacture their typical offensive production. Attackmen Connor Fields and Tehoka Nanticoke, the Great Danes’ leading scorers, combined to score once in the first half. “[The Terps] play a lot slower than we do, and sometimes we can get lulled into that mode,” Albany coach Scott Marr said. “We got lulled into not walking around fast. We said, ‘Pick up the pace.’” Albany responded to its coach’s push while Maryland withered down the stretch. Fields scored about a minute into the fourth quarter to start the comeback, and attackman Jakob Patterson found the net twice in a 37-second span. Maryland goalkeeper Dan Morris said the defense had a number of breakdowns and failed to communicate effectively late in the game. See tillman, p. 13

Albany men’s lacrosse midfielder Connor Fields threw his hands in the air with 76 seconds remaining in the Great Danes’ 11-10 win against No. 2 Maryland in College Park on Saturday. Defenseman Curtis Corley held Albany’s second-leading scorer to three goals entering the game’s final minute, but Fields didn’t hesitate late. Most of the 7,475 people at Maryland Stadium fell silent as he found the net for the eventual game-winner. Saturday’s meeting between the two programs ended differently than the previous two, as neither a Maryland blowout nor a close Maryland win. Instead, the Terps constructed a five-goal lead just to see their offense become dormant in the fourth quarter, as the Great Danes’ attack surged. Fields proved to be the difference, giving Albany its first lead of the afternoon late in the fourth. It was coach John Tillman’s first loss to a No. 1 team at Maryland in five matchups and represented the Terps’ biggest defensive meltdown this season. “I need to do a better job helping

our guys get prepared,” Tillman said. “Losses are always on the coaches. … It was a one-goal game and could have gone either way. It makes it a lot harder knowing we were up 8-3.” The defeat was Maryland’s first since April 22, 2017, when it fell to Ohio State. The Great Danes opened the fourth quarter on a 4-0 run to force the 10-10 deadlock, led by two scores from attackman Jakob Patterson, who matched Fields with four goals. Albany coach Scott Barr said the Great Danes changed their pace in the game’s final minutes. Maryland didn’t have a response, failing to score since midfielder Tim Rotanz found the net with seven seconds remaining in the third quarter. The scoring drought represented the Terps’ longest of the season, and caused them to trail for just the third time this season. Before Albany’s late offensive burst, the Terps controlled the tempo. Led See albany, p. 13

women’s lacrosse

Terps crush former ACC rival Syracuse Victory over No. 8 Orange builds momentum after loss to UNC With SyraLila Bromberg cuse and @lilabbromberg Maryland Staff writer women’s lacrosse as the top two scoring offenses in the nation, the Sunday matchup between the teams was expected to be a shootout. But that wasn’t the case to start. Neither team could find the net for the first seven minutes of the game. While the No. 8 Orange scored first, their edge lasted for less than a minute. Seconds after Terps attacker Taylor Hensh tied the game at one, midfielder Jen Giles scored to give No. 5 Maryland the lead, which it held for the rest of the game en route to an 18-11 victory on its former ACC rival’s turf. Syracuse entered Sunday by

ave ra g i n g 1 8. 4 goa l s p e r game, but the Terps (5-1) held the Orange (4-2) to just four points in the first half, while notching eight of their own. Maryland limited Syracuse’s offense, starting from the draw circle. The Terps led with 22 control wins, compared with the Orange’s eight. “To score goals, you have to have possessions, so that’s something we’ve been harping on lately and it showed today,” attacker Megan Whittle said. “We really tried to focus on the 10 seconds of focus that is the draw control.” While the game started slowly — and would stay that way for Syracuse — Maryland found its stride and didn’t let up. Attacker Caroline Steele led the Terps with a hat trick in the

attackers megan whittle and caroline steele combined to score eight goals against Syracuse in the Terps’ 18-11 victory on Sunday. marquise mckine/the diamondback first half, and finished with five goals and two assists. “She wasn’t afraid to go,” coa c h C a t hy Re e se sa i d . “This was a tough defense, and we were trying to find where we could attack, and she got hot today.” Hensh and fellow attacker Kali Hartshorn also put together career performances. Hartshorn

recorded her first hat trick of the season and seven draw control wins, while Hensh scored four goals. Whittle notched a hat trick, two assists and five draw control wins as well. Syracuse cut Maryland’s lead to five a few minutes into the second half, but the Orange wouldn’t come close to thwarting the Terps.

The win was Maryland’s first victory against a top-10 team by more than two points. The Terps defeated then-No. 3 Florida 16-14 in February before falling, 16-15, to then-No. 8 North Carolina the next week. “Syracuse is never going away, they’re always coming back and they have such a powerful offense … it’s something

you have to be on your toes all the time and ready to stop,” Reese said. “We had a timeout, and we just decided to reset and make sure defensively we were playing our game and sticking to what we’d been doing in our game plan all game long.” lbrombergdbk@gmail.com