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Title IX Director Catherine Carroll reaffirms trans rights, p. 4

SPORTS

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state ThE DIAMONDBACK’S SPORTS DESK presents its picks for the West region, where Maryland is a 6-seed, in the NCAA tournament.

Greenbelt potential facility, but choice delayed pending congressional funds The federal government Carrie Snurr h a s d e l a ye d @cnsurr18 releasing plans Staff writer for a new FBI headquarters — which could possibly be located near the University of Maryland — until Congress approves funding, the General Services Administration announced Friday.

Stopgap budget legislation expiring April 28 and a need for more money for the project has prompted officials to wait before making a final decision. The FBI is considering three sites — Landover, Greenbelt and Springfield, Virginia — for the new building.

Greenbelt is located about five miles from this university.

“GSA and FBI have worked diligently since the Fall issuance of the revised schedule,” an agency spokeswoman said in a statement. “We have met the milestones at this point. Appropriations are necessary in order for us to make an announcement and

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SGA backs 24/7 Plan B access bill Legislature votes to support state bill, on condition that costs are reasonable The SGAvoted unanimously We d n e s d a y to support a Maryland General Assembly bill that would make emergency contraception available on college campuses 24/7, on the condition that costs of the policy are reasonable.

The vote was 30-0, with one abstention. The Maryland bill would require colleges and universities to provide emergency contraceptives in student health centers and ensure access to over-the-counter emergency contraception — also known as the “morning after pill” — at all times.

The bill also requires student health centers to offer “contraceptive counseling or referrals to other qualified health care providers.”

The legislation, sponsored by Del. Maricé Morales (D-Montgomery), is not expected to greatly affect the state budget, as universities would use their own resources to meet state guidelines, said Mihir Khetarpal, the Student Government Association governmental affairs director. by

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views from the 6-seed Terps secure third straight NCAA tournament bid amid best start in program history and recent slump

maryland attorney general brian frosh, seen in January 2015 being sworn in, is joining a multistate lawsuit on Monday against President Trump’s new immigration ban. maryland govpics/via flickr

Md. joins 5 states in travel ban lawsuit Citing possible harm to state’s universities, attorney general joins multi-state suit

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Maryland’s lead over Northwestern rose to double-digits.

But the Wildcats’ 20-2 run over the next nine-plus minutes doomed the Terps in a 72-64 defeat in the Big Ten tournament quarterfinals, overshadowing the trio’s offensive prowess.

Trimble, Huerter and Cowan combined to score 52 of the team’s 64 points.

“They were terrific,” Dodd said. “[The Wildcats] were really standing in the paint, not trying to let us catch it or anything like that,

Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh i s expected to formally join a multi-state lawsuit against President Trump’s revised immigration ban on Monday, citing p o te n t i a l h a r m to t h i s s ta te ’s universities.

“President Trump’s second executive order is still a Muslim ban,” Frosh wrote in a news release. “…

It makes us less competitive and sends a message to the most talented academics, scientists and engineers around the world that they are not welcome. It will harm Maryland’s universities and our economy. It is unwise, illegal and un-American.”

M a ryl a n d jo i n s Wa s h i n g to n state, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oregon and New York in filing the complaint. Frosh’s ability to join the lawsuit comes on the heels of a recent General Assembly resolution that enables the attorney general to sue the federal government without permission from Gov. Larry Hogan or the assembly.

Hawaii filed the first challenge against the new order in a separate lawsuit Wednesday.

Trump on March 6 issued his new executive order, which bars citizens from six Muslim-majority countries — Somalia, Iran, Syria, Sudan, Libya and Yemen — and places Syrian refugees under the 120-day ban. The ban takes effect March 16.

Unlike the previous January order that was struck down in court in early February, the ban will not affect green card and visa holders, and also does not give priority to barred countries’ religious minorities, such as Christians. Iraq has also been removed from the list.

Although the new travel ban does not bar international students with current visas, it could pose complications for newly admitted students expected to start school at the University of Maryland in the fall. International students from the six banned countries will not

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aryland men’s basketball guard Melo Trimble pulled his black hood onto his head and placed his hands over it. Guards Kevin Huerter and Dion Wiley stood in the back of coach Mark Turgeon’s basement with their hands on their heads, too. Forward L.G. Gill put his arm around forward Ivan Bender, their eyes glued to Turgeon’s TV. After watching the NCAA tournament selection committee slot 66 other teams into the bracket during CBS’ selection show, the Terps knew there was just one matchup left.

So when Maryland’s name was announced as a No. 6-seed in the West Region, every Maryland

player, coach and manager jumped to their feet.

Trimble tackled Turgeon from behind.

“It was total chaos in my basement,” Turgeon said. “We had guys rolling around on furniture, rolling around on the floor. It was a lot of fun.”

After about a 40-minute wait, the Terps celebrated their third consecutive trip to the NCAA tournament, where they’ll play No. 11-seed Xavier on Thursday evening in Orlando, Florida.

The Terps have won at least one contest in 12 straight NCAA tournament appearances since 1998, the second-longest streak in the country.

“We were really fired up,” Huerter said. “It See ncaa , p. 11

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a big disappointment men’s basketball COACH MARK TURGEON crouches at the Verizon Center as the Terps fall further behind in the second half of their Big Ten quarterfinal loss to the Northwestern Wildcats, 64-72, on March 10 in Washington. christian jenkins/the diamondback

Despite impressive backcourt showing, Terps suffer earliest Big Ten tourney exit Maryland men’s basketball guard Kevin Kyle Stackpole Huerter began the second @kylefstackpole half Friday by darting Senior staff writer across the lane to put back forward Damonte Dodd’s missed free throw. A few possessions later, guard Anthony Cowan drilled a 3-pointer in front of the Terps’ bench. And just before the under-16 media timeout, guard Melo Trimble capped an 8-0 run with an and-one layup to ignite the Verizon Center crowd.

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CRIME BLOTTER

By Michael Brice-Saddler | @TheArtist_MBS | Senior staff writer Un iversity of M a r yl a nd Pol ice responded to reports of trespassing, fraud and hate bias, a mong other i ncidents this past week, according to police reports.

TRESPASSING University Police responded to the 3900 block of Ca mpus Drive on F r id ay for a rep or t of trespassi ng made at 2:50 a.m.

This case is closed.

FRAUD University Police responded to the 4000 block of Stadium Drive on Thursday for a Title IX-related fraud report.

The incident took place at 7 p.m. and was reported at 10:06 p.m.

This case is active.

University Police also responded to the 3800 block of Stadium Drive on Thursday for a Title IX-related fraud report made at 4:26 p.m.

T he incident took place at 1:30 a.m. on the same day.

This case is also active.

THEFT On Thursday, University Police responded to the Bioscience Research Building for a theft that took place at 8 a.m. that day.

The incident was reported at 11:05 a.m.

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This case is active.

University Police also responded to the Eppley Recreation Center for a theft that took place on March 1 at 8:33 p.m.

T he report was made Thursday at 11:06 a.m.

This case is active.

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SUSPICIOUS ACTIVIT Y University Police responded to the 3900 block of Campus Drive on Wednesday for a report of suspicious activity made at 7:23 p.m.

The incident took place at 7:18 p.m.

This case is open and active.

HATE BIAS On Tuesday, University Police responded to the 3800 block of Ca mpus Drive for a report of a hate bias incident.

The incident took place on March 1 at noon and was reported on March 7 at 10:17 a.m.

This case is closed.

THREAT ASSESSMENT University Police responded to the 7500 block of Route 1 on T hursday for a threat assessment.

The incident took place at noon that day and was reported at 1:25 p.m.

This case is open and active. newsumdbk@gmail.com

doctoral student Abubakr Mohamed Hamid unable to return from Sudan until Feb. 21. Security officials also detained another student, Iranian citizen and green card holder Maryam “Aida” Mohammadi, in Washington Dulles International Airport for five hours on Jan. 28 after her return from visiting relatives in Turkey.

be able to apply for a visa until June 14, which will likely delay their arrivals.

The first travel ban, which Trump implemented with no advance notice, affected about 350 students at this university — primarily graduate students, postdoctoral researchers and visiting scholars, according to university President Wallace Loh’s Jan. 31 campuswide email.

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Lindsey Feingold of Maryland @lindseyf96 P re s i d e n t Wallace Loh Staff writer addressed t h e U n ive rs i ty Se n a te about budget concerns and the Trump administration during the group’s meeting Wednesday.

Two months ago, Gov. L a r ry Hoga n p ro p ose d cutting 41 currently filled positions and 60 vacant ones, but this university did not lay off faculty or staff and “took 40 vacant positions and gave it back to the state,” Loh added.

But state funding has been decreasing since 1990, and budget cuts are going to continue, Loh said.

“Long-term, it doesn’t look good,” Loh said. “The Trump administration has made it clear that they want to repeal Obamacare, and if that occurs, the state of Maryland will take a direct budget hit of $1 billion … they also proposed reducing size of federal work force, which will have an incredible impact in Maryland, D.C. and Virginia.”

State funding through the Affordable Care Act includes $1.2 billion from the federal government to cover Medicaid, as well as $200 million for additional services. But if the law is repealed, the state faces a lower budget and “people will get laid off, causing revenues for the state to go down,” he said.

In January, Hogan announced his budget proposal for fiscal 2018 and said he planned to cut spending and eliminate a $750 million deficit with “no serious cuts.”

Loh ended his statement by citing that the important issue is not money, but

difficult travel conditions and possibly causing power outages due to heavy snow on tree limbs and power lines, according to a statement from the National Weather Service. Wind gusts from the storm could also range from 10 to 20 mph, according to the statement.

The snow in the area this year has paled in comparison to recent years. The Baltimore area saw .7 inches of snow this winter, which ties a record for least amount of snow set nearly seven decades ago, according to The Baltimore Sun.

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If this university decides to close the campus, it would be the first snow day of the semester. Last year’s Winter Storm Jonas dropped about 19 inches of snow on College Park in late January, causing the spring 2016 semester’s classes to begin two days later than planned. The Department of Resident Life pushed move-in one day earlier to accommodate move-in before the storm hit.

Forecasted temperatures in the lower 30s during this week’s possible storm starkly contrast last week’s temperatures,

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which crept into the 70s and gave students a glimpse of an early spring. The sudden shift in temperatures could prevent the cherry blossoms from reaching full peak, according to The Washington Post, but the Cherry Blossom Festival is still expected to start on March 15. Up to 90 percent of the plants might not reach full bloom.

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“Committees can’t vote on anything until they reach their quorum,” Montfort said.

“Not reaching it doesn’t mean members can’t discuss issues during a meeting, but when they need to approve the minutes from the last meeting or vote on recommendations, they aren’t able to do that.”

When a committee can’t vote on proposals because they haven’t reached their quorum, the vote gets pushed to the next meeting or is done over email, Montfort said.

“Not having the quorum doesn’t inhibit our ability to vote since we can do it over email, but it inhibits the ability to have an engaged discussion of issues with multiple diverse voices,” Berger said.

The other three revisions we re a d d i n g a n o m b u d s officer — someone who investigates complaints that can’t be resolved through ordinary channels — to the Faculty Affairs Committee, changing the language of the specifications of the Faculty Affairs Committee and adding the Chief Diversity Officer and the Director of the Office of Civil Rights and Sexual Misconduct to the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee.

Storm may bring closures, threaten cherry blossoms The UniAlex Carolan v e r s i t y o f @alexhcarolan Maryland could be Staff writer getting a snow day a little later than usual this year, as the National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning that begins Monday at 7 p.m. and ends Tuesday at 2 p.m.

The storm could drop more than five inches of snow in less than 12 hours — including possible sleet or ice accumulation — causing

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services — as one of the characteristics this university can’t discriminate against.

The four senate bylaw revisions, which needed at least two-thirds of the senate’s approval in order to pass, were approved to “either address specific issues that were raised through a proposal or that were raised by [the senate office staff] that were a misunderstanding or clarification problem,” Senate Director Reka Montfort said, adding the revisions are “largely technical changes.”

One revision added a section to the bylaws establishing a role for the Student Affairs Committee to “support the work of other Senate committees by assessing and communicating the student perspective on a range of issues affecting students,” according to supporting documents. Another change adjusted the quorum — the number of present committee members needed in order to vote on issues during a meeting — from 11 members to 10.

As for making the quorum number, committee chair Adam Berger, who submitted this proposal to the senate last semester, noted attendance for Student Affairs Committee meetings has “historically been an issue.” At most meetings, attendance has been one person short of the quorum number, he added.

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UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT WALLACE LOH watches a discussion at the University Senate’s meeting last Wednesday. instead this university’s values.

“What is at stake here — forget the budget, that’s just dollars — for the university is dealing with the threat to the fundamental values of the higher education system,” he said. “It is an assault on the very notion of academic freedom, of evidence-based thinking.”

At the meeting, the senate also passed a revised policy on equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, along with four minor revisions to senate bylaws.

The Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Statement of Policy, which passed 106-3 with two abstentions, was formerly an interim policy this university adopted in spring 2016. The policy, which was first approved in 1991 and updated twice before last spring, says this university cannot discriminate against employees or applicants on the basis of characteristics including gender identity, sexual orientation and race, among others.

Once Loh approves of the bill, it becomes permanent.

Policy changes by the Senate Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee eliminate duplicative language, add “genetic information” — which includes family health history, genetic test results and other genetic

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‘the needs are large’ As Trump pledges support to HBCUs, system presidents hope for true commitment

the student center at Bowie State University, a historically black University System of Maryland institution. John Wolfe, the associate vice chancellor for diversity initiatives and academic leadership development at Bowie State, said ‘[HBCUs] need funds to help maintain and expand their program reach’ and hoped access to President Trump can help reach this goal. tom hausman/the diamondback

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By Michael Brice-Saddler | @TheArtist_MBS | Senior staff writer

efore signing an executive order supporting historically black colleges and universities on the last day of Black History Month, President Trump declared these schools would be “an absolute priority” for his administration.

Trump signed the Feb. 28 order — which moves White House HBCU initiatives from the U.S. Education Department and houses them in the Executive Office of the President — after meeting with dozens of HBCU presidents and leaders in the White House a day earlier. The event included photo-ops and a listening session with Vice President Pence and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. “This is a very important moment, and a moment that means a great deal to me,” Trump said.

But certain specifics on how the order will meet the needs of

HBCUs in Maryland and across the United States remain unclear, leaving some leaders unsatisfied.

Morgan State President David Wilson told The Baltimore Sun he was “cautiously optimistic” following the session. But John Wilson, president of Morehouse College — an all-male HBCU in Atlanta — described the meeting with Trump as a “troubling beginning.”

Aside from Morgan State, all the state’s HBCUs belong to the University System of Maryland.

The central issue for John Wilson and other HBCU presidents is a lack of information or allocation of federal funding for their schools, particularly for campus infrastructure, Pell Grants and financial aid.

“My main concern is for my students having appropriate funding to attend college and complete college,” Coppin State University President Maria Thompson said.

“So Pell Grants and any other assistance to my students would be paramount, and that executive order does not address that need.”

To help ensure Trump’s executive order meets these needs, HBCU presidents are asking Congress to provide $25 billion in the federal budget for “infrastructure, college readiness, financial aid and other priorities,” according to PBS. HBCUs received $4 billion over a seven-year period under former President Barack Obama.

In response to Trump’s gathering, University of Maryland Eastern Shore President Juliette Bell wrote “students need access to financial aid so they are not burdened by crushing debt after graduation.”

As of fall 2015, more than 100 HBCUs existed nationwide with about 293,000 students enrolled, according to the Pew Research Center. Coppin State and UMES are two of the four historically

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John Wolfe, the system’s associate vice chancellor for diversity initiatives and academic leadership development, agreed these colleges and universities need more federal funding. “[HBCUs] need programs. They need support services. They need funds to help maintain and expand their program reach to serve students from all aspects of American society,” Wolfe said. “The needs are large.”

Executive orders detailing White House initiatives on HBCUs have existed since former President Jimmy Carter’s administration, Thompson said. But Trump’s decision to move the initiative from the education department to the White House could be a clear-cut way for these institutions to get the funding they need, Wolfe said.

“The basic thing is [HBCUs] are seeking assistance and support from the federal government,” he said.

“The most explicit way to do that is having direct access to the president.”

While Trump hasn’t picked an executive director for this initiative or presented a budget, Wolfe said it is premature to speculate what the order could mean for HBCUs. He added that an appointment of an executive director for the project could be “revealing” for the future.

In the meantime, Thompson said she will remain committed to finding ways to meet Coppin State’s needs.

“As always, Coppin State University will work with the Congressional delegation in Washington … to make sure the needs of our students and our institutions, our voices are heard and our needs are addressed,” she said. mbricesaddlerdbk@gmail.com

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Search for teachable moments Many o f u s a re worried the courts may not see the thinly veiled discriminatory substance of President Trump’s “revised” travel ban.

Many of us are worried numerous culturally, commercially, educationally and emotionally enriching trips will no longer take place, that many bright students from those six countries who have been admitted to U.S. universities will not be able to come here to teach us and learn from us. And of course, none of us can be indifferent to the granny who might not be able to see her grandkids.

But I am an educator. All my career, I have told my students: Life does not give us all the tools we need in the order we need them. The happy and the successful among us are those who can convert what they have into tools.

In this sense, the discriminatory travel ban against citizens of six nations, who have not to this day carried out a single fatal terrorist attack on U.S. soil, is a powerful tool. It is a teachable moment.

In a teachable moment, you want to generate curiosity, hope and energy, not anger or fear. You want everyone, even those who

don’t know where these six countries are located on the map, to be curious about them. In a teachable moment, you want to answer questions. Why are some people afraid of people from these nations?

Knowledge is always partial and perspectival. You see things from where you stand. In this sense, those who disagree with you are not the enemy and shouldn’t be given epithets such as “bigot” or “racist.” They stand in a different spot than you do and see from a different angle. Maybe they haven’t had much of a chance to see at all.

You open a window, as wide as you can and let them learn some cool, shocking facts they did not know before.

I’ll start with Iran. More than 40 percent of the nationals traveling to the U.S. from Trump’s six named counties are Iranians. Plus, I am an Iranian American with much more knowledge of Iran than the other five countries.

So, what are some cool shocking facts about Iran? I learned one myself last week from an American colleague in the department of communication: Iranians are among the top bloggers in the world. Far from inward-looking, xenophobic individuals who care only about religion, Iranians surf

the web all the time and create their own blogs (mostly based on artistic, cultural and social debates) — so much so that Farsi is now one of the most dominant languages in the blogosphere. I tell you, this one threw me for a loop. But there is more, which I hope will throw you for a loop too.

More than half of Iran’s population is under 35. The rate of literacy among Iranians 15 to 25 years old is 97 percent. Iran is the largest publisher of books (on all subjects) in the Middle East. About 65 to 70 percent of university students in Iran in all subjects, including science and engineering, are women. The Tehran International Book Fair attracts millions of visitors. The largest medical complex for treating children with cancer in the region, Mahak, was established outside Tehran by Saideh Ghods, an Iranian woman. Spread over 18,000 square meters, the complex has treated more than 23,000 sick children. Iranians have won Oscars, Nobel Prizes, the Fields Medal, awards at the Cannes Film Festival and the Sundance Film Festival, Emmys and more. Let these be the cool surprising facts of today. fkk@umd.edu

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When politicians disagree, children shouldn’t pay the price Jack Siglin @_InTheBox Columnist

In 2011, a high school senior from West Chatham on Chicago’s south side was suspended from school for marijuana possession. With his time off, young Chancelor Bennett was particularly industrious and recorded a mixtape called 10 Day, in honor of his mandatory break from education. Today, he’s better known as Chance The Rapper, one of the biggest names in music.

Chance stands out from the pack for a variety of reasons. He’s an independent artist who’s been enormously successful without the backing of a major label. He releases most of his work for free.

The focal points of his music are positivity and self-efficacy. He’s gotten a hug from Beyoncé, wears overalls on the regular and has hung out with Barack Obama.

Last Friday, he sat down with Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner to discuss education funding for Chicago’s public schools. This comes in the wake of Rauner’s veto of a $215 million pension relief cash infusion into a school system counting on the money for its annual budget.

The backstory is that Rauner, a Republican, has been locked in a budgetary struggle with Illinois Senate President John Cullerton, a Democrat. Rauner intended to affix the $215 million to a series of pension reforms, and after the Senate’s pushback, he simply

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vetoed the funding. Mayor Rahm Emanuel called the veto “reckless and irresponsible,” and observed that “our children will pay the price” for Rauner’s political machinations.

Perhaps it’s unsurprising that Chance, whose father was an aide for former Chicago Mayor Harold Washington, would delve into politics. He and Rauner sat down and, by all accounts, had a wholly unproductive meeting Chance later described as a “lecture.”

In an address made at Wescott Elementary School, Chance gave a succinct summary: “Our kids should not be held hostage because of political positioning.”

Bruce Rauner’s use of funding as a political tool in a divided district is hardly a unique approach.

He’s also far from the only “bad guy” with a hand in a school system where just 57 percent of black males like Chance graduate from high school (which, it’s worth noting, is an improvement from recent years). The school system is facing a debt load of around $7 billion and is operating in what a financial firm director describes as “crisis mode.”

The implicit problem, of course, is that such stresses run downhill: The budget crisis manifests in less adept teachers, fewer classroom resources and an utter inability to provide accommodations for the students who need them. Even more acutely: This year, officials warn they might be

forced to cut the school year three weeks short.

The root of the budgetary crisis isn’t political skullduggery. Rather, it’s a system where school funding is derived from local property taxes.

That puts schools that serve lowincome districts at a huge disadvantage: high population density, low property taxes (due to subsidized housing), and ultimately, budget shortfalls.

The Chicago Public School System handles about 20 percent of the state’s students, but operates with only 15 percent of the state budget. About 85 percent of CPS students are African-American or Latino. In social science, that’s called “concentrated disadvantage” — when a povertydriven collapse of the tax base deprives the same populations in poverty of opportunities to break the cycle.

This week, Chance The Rapper, CPS graduate, made a $1 million donation to the school system. A drop in the bucket, perhaps, but this is truly a case in which the thought is what counts. The Illinois state legislature has sat and watched gross systemic inequities grow for the last 20 years. If it takes one of Chicago’s native sons to open the dialogue, so be it. As it happened, that administrator who suspended a high school senior for those ten days back in 2011 might have given CPS a chance. jack.siglin@gmail.com

The RHA’s mandatory metro fee is a bad idea Cole McCarren @thedbk Guest columnist

The RHA Senate passed a resolution on Feb. 28 to give on-campus residents an unlimited metro pass for an additional student fee. To be clear, I am a proponent for sustainable public transportation and firmly believe we must move toward a car-free society as fast as possible. However, the mandatory metro fee is a very bad proposal.

Public health, sustainability and stronger communities come alongside increased access to public transportation. A subsidy that would allow students access to more transportation is a great idea that would have my full support, but the resolution passed Feb. 28 is not a subsidy by any means. Matt O’Brien, the RHA Transportation Advisory Committee chair who presented Tuesday’s resolution said, “when you come to college, you pay into a socialistic society … you are helping someone else ride the Metro, and it’s not like you’re not getting anything out of it.”

In reality, a lot of people would get nothing out of it, and nothing about this is even socialism — it’s just a bad deal. By proposing a 129 percent increase in transportationrelated student fees, the RHA is forcing on-campus residents to pay for something they will likely not use. Yes, student fees do and should subsidize things at Maryland that one might not personally use so the whole campus can access them — this facilitates learning and personal growth outside of the classroom.

But when a 129 percent increase in transportation-related student fees goes straight to the DMV’s transportation system? That’s not the same as funding Shuttle-UM, or Student Entertainment Events or school athletics through student fees. That’s an entirely different conversation, and one we must examine very critically.

If this resolution comes to fruition and DOTS negotiates with WMATA an agreement similar to American University’s program, what will that mean for us?

For starters, twice a year for each 16-week semester, each resident will

pay $130 in exchange for unlimited WMATA services, namely, MetroBus and MetroRail. This does not include other local transit services such as Route 1 Ride provided by Prince George’s County, or other local bus services like TheBus or Ride On. The expected Purple Line that is planned to run straight through campus from New Carrollton to Bethesda will be operated by MTA — another transit agency that this “unlimited” service might not cover. Additionally, the program would only be in effect during the major school semesters, meaning students would still have to pay for metro service during the winters or summers.

When was the last time you spent $130 on metro fares in one semester?

Probably only when (or if) you had an internship, right? But how likely is it for you to have an internship that requires consistent Metro use every semester you live in a dorm?

A resident student must spend $130 every semester on WMATA-run transit services to just break even on this deal, a deal that does not make sense for Maryland students.

Let’s be clear — this is not a subsidy. If it were, it might matter how many people pay in to the program. Under the U-Pass Program that American University piloted with WMATA, there is no per capita price decrease contingent upon the number of SmarTrips paid for by the university. It’s $130 a semester, per person, flat.

So to all the students who lived in dorms for their freshman and sophomore years, let me ask you: Did you spend $520 during those four semesters on the Metro?

At the end of the day, WMATA is going to make millions of dollars a year off this deal at the expense of Maryland students, many who might have student debt. Sustainability and quality transportation access is crucial for the communities of tomorrow, and I believe the RHA can play a role here, but the current proposal as it stands is a waste of resources. WMATA needs more dedicated sources of funding, but not at the expense of Maryland students. colemccarren@gmail.com

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Two recent decisions — the Trump administration’s rescinding of the transgender rights “Dear Colleague” l e t te r i ss u e d i n M ay, a n d t h e recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on Monday, not to review a lawsuit filed by the ACLU on behalf of Gavin Grimm (a teenage transgender boy) against a school district in Virginia, alleging sex discrimination when the school denied him the right to use the boys’ bathroom — have left many people concerned and confused about the status of transgender rights across the country.

This editorial is intended to provide clarity and address concerns and any confusion on our campus about these two recent decisions. These decisions do not change our campus policies.

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Our policies specifically define gender identity or expression as “a person’s actual or perceived gender identity, self-image, appearance, behavior, or expression, regardless of whether that identity, self-image, appearance, behavior, or expression is different from that traditionally associated with the person’s gender at birth.” This means that even if someone does not fit a typical gender appearance, that person may not be singled out or discriminated against based on how others perceive the person’s gender or appearance.

I invite everyone to consider how these two recent decisions may cause members of our transgender communities to feel marginalized — and to be mindful about how we as individuals, and as a community, can continue to show our mutual respect and support for one another.

If you are confused about transgender issues or want more information, I encourage you to become familiar with the programming of our LGBT Equity Center (https:// lgbt.umd.edu).

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bout a year ago, a University of Maryland student joined a nationwide apparel company. To date, she’s sold more than $100,000 worth of custom clothing to student groups on the campus.

Sofie Levinson, a sophomore communication major, has been working as a campus manager at this university for Fresh Prints — a company that offers design ideas and printing for custom apparel — since spring 2016.

As a campus manager, Levinson finds potential clients, collaborates on print design options and sets prices.

During her first semester working, she sold $19,000 worth of apparel. In fall 2016, she more than doubled that figure, selling $40,000 of apparel.

She’s sold $35,000 of apparel so far this semester, and is on track to sell $130,000 of custom apparel in total by the end of the academic year.

Levinson currently ranks in the top 12 percent in terms of sales of all campus managers at more than 120 participating campuses across the country. She first joined her second semester freshman year after hearing about Fresh Prints through a friend who attends Washington University in St. Louis, where two of Fresh Prints’ founders went to school.

“I want to say that my presence is the strongest here, and that’s the goal when you’re hired for your school: to conquer your school,” said Levinson, who aims to make Fresh Prints the main apparel presence on the campus. Levinson is working as the only campus manager at this university this semester, but has worked alongside others in past semesters.

This university’s campus is the third-highest in terms of Fresh Prints sales, Levinson said. It trails behind

SOFIE LEVINSON, a sophomore communication major, sits in her room. Levinson is a campus manager for Fresh Prints, a design firm.

University of Michigan and Washington University in St. Louis.

While Fresh Prints comprises a large network of campus managers, Levinson is one of the most social campus managers, said Jolijt Tamanaha, chief marketing officer and head of growth at Fresh Prints.

Levinson recently visited a campus manager at University of Michigan, where the campus managers each sell about $250,000 of apparel every semester, Levinson said.

“She’s almost as much on top of our stuff as we are,” said Zach Stein, a sophomore psychology major and apparel chair of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity.

Stein lauded Levinson’s persistence, proactivity and ability to manage such a large-scale operation. Alpha Epsilon Pi works with Levinson, who called the fraternity one of her best clients, for larger orders such as philanthropy and intramural events, where Stein said

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Levinson said she has always been the type of person to want to go out and meet people, and Fresh Prints has given her the opportunity to do so with clients. She added that she loves seeing her clients happy with the custom apparel she helped them make — especially when her clients are Greek organizations. She works with about 25 fraternities and sororities on the campus, so she gets to see her work often.

And while this university’s campus is her main focus, she’ll even occasionally get “random Bar and Bat Mitzvah orders” from her hometown community, or orders from restaurants, she said.

When working with clients, Levinson finds out what type of design the clients want and communicates that to Fresh Prints’ artists, who then create the designs in Illustrator, she

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said. She added the turnaround time for the artists — how long it takes them to come up with a design once a client tells Levinson what they want — is about 24 hours.

“Our main goal is time, fast response, just getting back to our clients right away,” Levinson said.

This means getting messages at all hours, she noted, which can sometimes be difficult to keep up with.

“I’ll have clients texting me when I’m out … because I have created that environment where I say, ‘Text me any time, I am available 24/7,’” she said. “But it’s hard to be available 24/7.”

When looking for new campus managers, Fresh Prints wants “persistent, determined, and passionate people,” and the hiring process ensures that only those who fit the description join the company, Tamanaha said. Levinson said the application, while long, was filled with

“fun, quirky” questions that reflect the company’s carefree environment.

“The application process is so long [and] hard … but that’s because running a business is extremely long [and] hard,” she said.

The company hires less than 5 percent of those who apply and hires only freshman and sophomore students, Tamanaha said. By sticking with freshmen and sophomores, Fresh Prints hopes the campus managers will stay with the company as they age, she added.

Tamanaha said it’s the relationships between the campus managers and the Fresh Prints team — often recent college graduates serving in upper-level management positions — that enables the campus managers to achieve so much.

“We have a very real, fundamental belief that college students can build companies and can do incredible things,” Tamanaha said.

Once hired, campus managers receive two to three months of training where they learn the ins and outs of the business — from the screenprinting process to finding clients to setting prices.

“Once they’re done with two to three months of training, we give them autonomy that no other custom apparel company gives students they work with,” she said.

Levinson said working as a campus manager for Fresh Prints has helped her figure out what she likes to do, which will help her when she graduates and enters the job market. She added she’s come to see her bosses as friends.

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search facilities. public Hotel will provide the Carly Kempler apartment building and The county is currently necessary overflow accom@CarlyKempler nearly 20,000 negotiating the sale of the modations for those looking Senior staff writer square feet of retail space will transform the area surrounding the College Park Metro in the next several years, local officials said.

At the end of 2016, Prince George’s County officials chose a team of developers — Republic Properties, Pyramid Hotel Group and the Mark Vogel Companies — to develop about 2.6 acres of county land across from the Metro station, said Dave Iannucci, the county’s assistant deputy chief administrative officer for economic development.

The site is expected to include a hotel with about 150 rooms and an additional 7,360 square feet of retail space, Iannucci said.

“We expect they’re going to go after restaurants in particular … to meet some of the demand from the office park at M-Square,” Iannucci said. MSquare Research Park is a part of the University of Maryland’s Discovery District, a 150-acre

property to the Republic team, Iannucci said, as well as discussing the terms of a binding contract. Construction on the project will hopefully begin sometime in 2018, he added.

“We want quality in there,” Iannucci said. “We’re not looking for a low-end hotel; we’re looking for a very solid brand.”

The Republic project follows a string of hotels popping up around the College Park area — including The Hotel, which is scheduled to open on Route 1 this summer, and the Cambria Hotel, which is located across from The View at the former Koons Ford showroom. The Cambria Hotel is scheduled to open about six months after The Hotel, or within the first three months of 2018, said Marian Hrab, The Hotel’s director of sales and marketing.

Despite these additions, P r i n c e G e o rge ’s C o u n ty Councilwoman Dannielle

to stay in College Park for conferences at The Hotel. It will also provide house retail for companies within the Discovery District.

“We are actually a pretty robust market for a lot of different hotel operators,” Glaros said. “We’ve been fairly underserved … We have a lot of office tenants that have people who would come and stay in the area for events coming on, and we also have a number of visitors who come to College Park and use it as their gateway into the nation’s capital.”

Gilbane Development Co. also announced in 2016 a project to transform a five-acre WMATA parking lot into more than 400 apartment units and an estimated 11,900 square feet of retail, the Washington Business Journal reported.

W h i l e M ayo r Pa t r i c k Wojahn said he is excited for both properties to capitalize on this area of College Park, he also voiced concerns about

A PARKING LOT NEAR COLLEGE PARK METRO STATION has been selected as the new site of the Republic Hotel. the quality of life in the existing neighborhoods.

“We don’t want a development that towers over the houses that we have in our neighborhoods currently,” Wojahn said.

These developers still need

to meet with various civic associations and residents of College Park to hear any concerns or potential feedback, Wojahn said.

“I do feel optimistic about these developments,” he said.

“I’m a firm believer that the

best approach to development is to put it in places where the infrastructure can best handle it, and around a Metro station is a very appropriate place for more dense development.” ckemplerdbk@gmail.com

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fbi From p. 1 move forward with the next critical steps under the process and ultimately make an award.”

GSA initially selected the finalist locations in 2014 and had planned to announce its choice for the relocation in late 2016, but citing strong responses from developers delayed that announcement until March 10, according to The Washington Post. It did not release a new deadline for choosing a site and its developer at that time, and the project will not move forward until Congress approves funding.

In the meantime, officials made a short list of developers they may pick to build the site.

If Greenbelt is chosen as the new home for the 2.1 millionsquare-foot headquarters, nearly 11,000 jobs could be brought to the nearby area, College Park Mayor Patrick Wojahn said. Having headquarters in Greenbelt could also improve innovation, boost this city’s effort to increase jobs in the area and bring collaboration and partnership opportunities to this university, he added.

“I’m disappointed in the delay,” Wojahn said. “I hope

that the federal government can figure out how to move forward and decide that Greenbelt is the best location.”

The facility would join the Maryland Academy for Innovation in National Security — a partnership between this university, the state and the FBI in research and educational opportunities — which this university announced in September.

The academy is scheduled to be built in Greenbelt and is geared toward developing new innovations in intelligence-led law enforcement, such as cyber security and intelligence analysis.

“Consider three things: location, location, location,” said university President Wallace Loh in September. “The FBI needs to be close in proximity to the large research university in the region.”

Four Maryland Democrats — U.S. Sens. Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen, along with Reps. Steny Hoyer and Anthony Brown — have also released a joint statement expressing discontent with the holdup.

“We recognize the urgent need to select a site, and are concerned that the continued delays will have a negative impact on the safety and security of our nation,” the statement

read. “Prince George’s County is the best choice for the FBI, and we call on Congress to fully fund the FBI relocation project.”

In December, the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee created new criteria to encourage the headquarters to be close to a Metro station. Of the three proposed sites, Greenbelt is nearest to a Metro stop and a MARC train, although access to public transportation will not be a deciding factor, The Post reported.

Construction of the new site is expected to cost the federal government more than $2 billion, and the chosen developer will also have the chance to redevelop the J. Edgar Hoover Building, which serves as the current FBI headquarters in Washington.

In June, Gov. Larry Hogan pledged $220 million in funds if a location in this state is chosen to house the new site, while Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, a Democrat, pledged $120 million for the proposed Springfield location. Landover and Greenbelt are both in Prince George’s County, which has pledged additional funding if either site is chosen. newsumdbk@gmail.com

By Carly Kempler | @CarlyKempler | Senior staff writer College Park Mayor Patrick Wojahn is speaking with members of the Trump administration and strategizing different ways to advocate for this city’s interests

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song remains the same Debra Monk shines in the world premiere of Mrs. Miller Does Her Thing

By Taylor Stokes | @taylormstokes | Staff writer

T h e yea r i s 1 9 6 6. T h e V i e t n a m Wa r i s i n f u l l swing, slashing a dividing line in American households.

Hippies and outsiders lead the counterculture movement, jumping on every opportunity to ground themselves in anti-establishment ideals. Civil rights protests span the country, eventually leading to the creation of the Black Panther Party. Unrest in the United States is undeniable; older generations cling to the status quo while younger members of society struggle to tear it down.

This is the America presented in Mrs. Miller Does H e r T h i n g a t S i g n a t u re Theatre. It’s an America that is uncertain, changing and full of tension. Yet in the

center of it all stands Elva Miller, a quirky California housewife with a passion for the art of song. Her covers of popular artists such as The Beatles and Petula Clark frequently grace the radio, while her live performances on The Ed Sullivan Show and The Jimmy Durante Show never fail to garner a smile.

She creates as much success as any other musician of her time. There’s only one problem — despite her personal opinion, Mrs. Miller is an atrocious singer.

Starring Emmy and Tony Award winner Debra Monk a n d To ny Awa rd w i n n e r Boyd Gaines as Mrs. and Mr. M iller, respectively, Mrs. Miller Does Her Thing was a triumph in its world

premiere. The “play with music” was written and directed by Pulitzer Prize winner James Lapine, and is based on the real-life story of Elva Miller and her unusual claim to fame.

The most enjoyable thing about the show was that it was equally entertaining and thought-provoking. The comedy felt natural and unforced, finding humor even in the smallest of Monk’s body language. Her whole performance felt completely genuine, paying tribute to Mrs. M iller’s story with comedy and light-heartedness without once ridiculing the not-so-adept singer.

Her vaulting, erratic singing was hysterical, wonderfully hiding the fact that

Monk herself is actually a good singer. In addition to her vocals, she perfectly captured the essence of an aging aunt or grandmother, fully fleshing out a character many audience members will recognize from their own families.

T h e s h ow wa s n ’t j u s t full of laughs. There were moments of uncomfortable tension, largely between Mrs. Miller and her conservative-turned-hippie niece, Joelle. The generation gap between them was all too visible, with Mrs. M iller diligently supporting the Vietnam War while Joelle was wholeheartedly fighting against it. The relationship fostered between Monk and Rebekah Brockman, who

played Joelle, was incredible.

It was clear each person had their own goals and values in mind, and was willing to stand up for those values while also recognizing the familial bond between them.

The display immediately reminded me of what I imagine to be numerous households in this moment in history, with family members on both sides of the political aisle staying true to what they believe in yet still trying to maintain healthy relationships with each other.

W h a t rea l ly m a d e t h e show a success was how i n c re d i b ly ve rsa t i l e i t was. Its comedy and storyline appeals to audience members of all different a ge s, d e s p i te p r i m a r i ly

focusing on the story of a 59-year-old woman. There were some jokes I didn’t understand that had older audience members cracking up, which was to be expected. Yet there were also instances where younger people seemed to be the target audience. The play’s u n d e n i a b ly w i d e a p p ea l c rea te d a s t ro n ge r co nnection between audience members and the show as a whole.

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Both Kong: Skull Island and Logan don’t spend much time giving background information about the characters or the situation they’re in and get right to the action that everyone wants. In movies revolving around spectacle, this can certainly work — but not all stories can do this.

Dealing with exposition is a key issue for any piece of writing that wants its plot to be taken seriously. We aren’t always expected to know the backstory like we were for Logan or expected to just enjoy the CGI beasts and explosions like we were for Kong: Skull Island.

A good story, whether in literature, film, television or otherwise, will weave context into the dialogue naturally. It is worth noting, however, that books as well

as some shows and films have narration that can solve the problem, but many great ones have no such luxury. A poorly written story with no narrator will have characters conveniently and awkwardly reminisce while saying each other’s names multiple times.

This is one of the most annoying parts of exposition that is impossible to stop noticing, but the contrary argument makes plenty of sense — how else would we know their names? Even the greatest shows and films of the past several decades can fall victim to awkward exposition (see: all the Game of Thrones scenes in Dorne, The Dark Knight Rises “clean slate” program, most of Interstellar’s dialogue set on Earth and Star Wars’ explanation of midi-chlorians).

There are certainly strategies to avoid such clunky explanations of past events.

Characters can be obsessed with nostalgic objects such as photos or trinkets, reveal their characteristics through their actions

in logan, Hugh Jackman’s character benefits from earlier movie installments. photo via youtube or have emotional outburst when certain topics come up.

These tactics allow viewers to draw conclusions on their own.

Leading questions, conveniently timed news broadcasts and characters who openly stating their feelings treat the viewer like a child. They’re lazy methods that don’t encourage critical thinking. But do we go to movies like Logan and Kong: Skull Island to think?

The answer seems to be no,

and many others like them including Mad Max: Fury Road, Avatar and The Bourne Ultimatum . While the lack of background given in these movies makes the viewer feel somewhat lost, the intensity of these films is not lessened by the lack of context. When a film doesn’t need to rely on its storytelling chops, it can focus more on its true purpose: raw entertainment. jpowersdbk@gmail.com

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big five From p. 12 competed with their teammates about 20 feet away in a corral. Postseason rules dictate the team’s separate cheering section, unlike regular-season competitions when the Terps can shout encouragement from closer to the apparatus.

Senior Leah Slobodin said no matter how loud she yelled, she felt the Terps were out of earshot when competing on beam.

“It’s just a little more intimidating,” Faller said, “and maybe it took its toll.”

As Faller sat in the locker room after that routine, pondering what had just happened, Slobodin, whom she called her closest friend on the team, approached her.

“I was just having a really hard time because I know I can hit

taylor From p. 12 out wanting to score, so I just go, ‘Meg. Save the ball.’ I just try to do that.”

S to p p i n g t h e O ra n ge ’s attack, though, came with a wrinkle.

Syracuse players use a different technique on their free position shots, holding their sticks below their waists.

Rather than take a running start like the Terps do, most of the Orange players wind up and shoot from the 8-meter arc.

Taylor and assistant coach Caitlyn Phipps worked on re p l i ca t i n g t h ose a n g l e s and attempts in practices leading up to the game to build the goalie’s familiarity. It worked.

“Our shots don’t normally come from that side,” Taylor said.

“It’s always fun to see something different, and I worked on it for a little bit. But, in the end, it’s just, ‘Save the ball if you can.’”

my beam routine spot on, every time,” Faller said. “Leah kind of noticed that and asked, ‘Hey, do you want to go talk about it?’”

Faller and Slobodin ventured to a quieter area outside the locker room. At first, Slobodin listened. Once Faller had recapped her beam routine, Slobodin told her not to worry and to enjoy the rest of the meet and senior year.

“She was still a little tearyeyed, and I wanted her to be in a good mood,” Slobodin said. “I could tell she was feeling down on herself, but I also knew we needed her to be present because we still had half the meet left.”

So, Slobodin began to crack jokes, trying to coax Faller into smiling. Faller said she felt more relaxed and “in the right mindset” after the talk.

Slobodin and Faller, who have lived together since sophomore

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senior sarah faller fell off beam in the Terps’ Big Five Meet. reid polhuovich/the diamondback year, plan to do so after they already out of reach, but graduate. They’ve grown close Faller felt it was important over the past three years. she finish on a positive note.

“We’re best friends,” Slobodin She hopes that translates said. “She’s who I go to first for to improvement in the Big everything.We’re inseparable.We Ten Championships, too. laugh together. We vent together.”

“We’re going to get back in When the Terps returned to the gym and attack it,” coach the competition, Faller didn’t Brett Nelligan said. “We got perform on floor, but in the that out of our system.” final rotation, she posted a 9.725 on vault. The meet was choytdbk@gmail.com

Taylor also praised the Maryland backline, acknowledging she couldn’t perform at that level without “the best defense in the nation” in front of her. She said the unit forced Syracuse players to shoot earlier than they wanted, leading to weaker shots and easier saves to help her find a groove.

Coach Cathy Reese also credited the defense.

H o we ve r, w h e n e ve r t h e Orange broke through the ba c k l i n e , t h e 1 0 t h -yea r leader knew “Megan was able to come up with those saves.”

“She’s awesome, and today just showed why she’s one of the best out there, for sure,” Reese said. “Against an offense like Syracuse, who has such powerful shooters and a really balanced attack, for Megan to come up with 18 saves — something insane — she’s just a stud. I don’t know how else to put it.” swhooleydbk@gmail.com

there, we feel like we have a pretty good chance to win.

From p. 12 He’s a good arm. He kind of to record the out. Pitch- just did his thing out there.” ing coach Ryan Fecteau A n d a f te r s u p p o r t i n g and the Terps’ infield- right-hander Taylor Bloom ers congregated around in game one, the offense prothe mound and watched vided Blohm with an early Blohm throw warmup lead. Gum tallied a sacrifice pitches before the game fly in the first, and shortstop continued.

Kevin Smith added a two-RBI Blohm remained in the double during a three-run contest and said he was fourth inning. “throwing Rightharder” hander Ryan a f te r t h e Hill and incident, left-handnoting his er Andrew curveball Miller held h a d m o re the Bulldogs movement scoreless starting in in the final the fourth. three innings He pitched to secure into the Blohm’s third seventh win of the inning for season. the first “[Blohm] time in his had his best Maryland offspeed career s t u f f to d ay but was f o r s u r e ,” lifted after S z e fc s a i d . hitting “He used his catcher maryland baseball left-hander changeup Mickey effectively G a s p e r t o o p e n t h e when he had to. Six efficient seventh frame. innings and it was a tough Over his six innings, situatio n b ecause o f th e Blohm allowed three weather … He’s a mentally hits while walking one tough kid. It doesn’t surprise and striking out six. me because he did so well in “ I t w a s f u n t o b e the summer and that was a behind him and see his prerequisite to this. This is success,” center fielder what he expects to happen.”

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Terps earn second-team All-America Maryland James Crabtree- women’s basketball seniors Hannigan @JamesCrabtreeH Brionna Jones a n d S h a to r i Staff writer Walker-Kimbrough made the ESPNW AllAmerica second team on Friday.

The Terps are two of the 10 players recognized by ESPNW. Jones, a center, averaged a double-double this season with 19.8 points and 10.8 rebounds. After leading the nation in shooting percentage as a junior, she is again atop the country this year, making 69.8 percent of her field goals. She totaled 73 points and 34 rebounds in Maryland’s three Big Ten by

to u r n a m e n t g a m e s l a s t weekend, earning Most Outstanding Player recognition.

Walker-Kimbrough, a guard, scored 18.6 points and dished 3.7 assists per game this season.

She shot 44.7 percent from three-point range, ranking eighth in the country, and is the most accurate three-point shooter in Maryland history for her career. Walker-Kimbrough was a third-team ESPNW AllAmerican last season.

Jones is one of 10 semifinalists for the Naismith Women’s College Player of the Year, and is alongside Walker-Kimbrough on the 15-player Wooden Award National Ballot, also awarded to

the best player in the country.

Three UConn players are on ESPNW’s First Team.

O h i o S ta te g u a rd Ke l sey Mitchell, a second-teamer, is the only other Big Ten player on the list.

Maryland went 30-2 this season, shared the Big Ten regular-season title with the Buckeyes and won the conference tournament last weekend.

The NCAA Tournament bracket will be released Monday night. ESPN Bracketologist Charlie Creme’s latest projection has the Terps as the No. 2 seed in the Lexington, Kentucky, region. jcrabtreehdbk@gmail.com

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Late Northwestern run stifles Terps in conference tourney When guard Melo Kyle Melnick Trimble @kyle_melnick Senior staff writer finished an and-one layup with about 16-and-a -half minutes remaining in the Maryland men’s basketball team’s game against Northwestern on Saturday night, the players on the Terps’ bench jumped to their feet as the Verizon Center crowd let out one of its loudest cheers of the night.

Trimble had capped an 8-0 run to give the Terps a 44-34 advantage.

Nine minutes later, those cheers turn into boos for the referees, and the small contingent of Northwestern fans, whose applause was overshadowed by the Terps faithful who made the short trip to Washington, were audible.

Northwestern responded to Maryland’s second-half spurt with a 20-2 run. The Wildcats never surrendered that lead to defeat the Terps, 72-64, for their first quarterfinal exit since joining the conference in 2014.

“We had some breakdowns,” forward Damonte Dodd said. “They made some tough shots. It was their night.”

Guard Kevin Huerter, who scored 19 points on 8-for-15 shooting, said Maryland runs “similartype action” on most of its plays. Coach Mark Turgeon’s offense stems from the pick-and-roll with Trimble or guard Anthony Cowan handling the ball.

That strategy helped Trimble score a careerhigh 32 points in Maryland’s 74-64 win at Northwestern on Feb. 15, finding angles on screens to cut in front of the defense. It’s also helped open shots on the perimeter because opponents collapse on Trimble when he drives.

Huerter said the Wildcats kept players in the paint to stabilize the Terps star, but he found open shooters, such as Huerter, who made two 3-pointers in the first half, and Cowan, who finished 3-for-3 from beyond the arc. by

GUARD ANTHONY COWAN reacts to the large, last-minute deficit the Terps faced in their Big Ten tournament quarterfinal against Northwestern March 10. christian jenkins/the diamondback

northwestern From p. 1 so it opened it up for Melo and Kevin … on the perimeter. And they took full advantage of that and made shots.”

While Trimble led all scorers with 20 points, Huerter’s 19 points marked the secondhighest scoring total of his career. Turgeon has praised the freshman’s defending and passing throughout the season, but Huerter made eight of his team-high 15 shots and hit three 3-pointers. He also grabbed four rebounds and tallied four dimes in 35 minutes.

Cowan, meanwhile, has been Maryland’s starting point guard for all 32 games, allowing Trimble to play off the ball.

His driving ability has opened looks for teammates — he’s tied with Trimble for the team lead

in assists (3.7 per game) — and he often defends the opposing team’s best backcourt player.

The Bowie native also leads the Terps with 39 steals.

On Friday, Cowan dished two assists compared to five turnovers but gave his squad an offensive boost with 13 points on 4-of-9 shooting. While he’s shot 32.5 percent from behind the arc this season, he made each of his three triples against the Wildcats.

In the first half, Cowan, Huerter and Trimble helped Maryland overcome a 20-4 Northwestern run and enter the break with a two-point lead. With three Terps big men touting at least two personal fouls, the guard trio combined to score 28 of the team’s 36 opening-period points. Huerter paced the squad with 12 and drilled five of his eight shots.

Cowan and Huerter said the Terps focused on getting out in transition, a tactic that allowed Trimble to drive the lane before Northwestern set its defense and Huerter to spot up for open 3-pointers. And Trimble’s effective driving ability continued when Maryland ran its half-court set. In addition to dishing four assists, the first-team All-Big Ten performer went 6-for-8 from the line.

With about seven minutes to play and the shot clock winding down, Trimble drove right until three defenders collapsed on him. He kicked the ball out to a wide-open Cowan, who drilled his final long ball to bring Maryland within five.

“Melo did a good job of kicking out the ball,” Cowan said, “and we just had to be

ready to shoot and make the shot.”

Maryland couldn’t erase the deficit, cutting it to three but not any closer.

After securing a double bye, the Terps suffered their earliest conference tournament exit since joining the Big Ten in 2014.

Still, the starting backcourt turned in a promising performance entering the program’s third straight NCAA tournament appearance. Maryland earned a No. 6 seed in the West Region and will open up against 11thseeded Xavier on Thursday in Orlando, Florida.

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Northwestern, however, adjusted out of intermission.

The Wildcats anticipated ball screens, removing lanes for Trimble to get to the basket, while also keeping defenders on the perimeter to limit Maryland’s shooters.

The Terps shot 1-for-7 during Northwestern’s run.

They turned the ball over six times, three from Trimble and two on shot clock violations.

“They started going through my screens,” Trimble said.

“That’s just a bad read by me and bad communication with me and the bigs. Usually, I see that. We were moving too fast.

That’s a lot of my fault.”

Northwestern capitalized on Maryland’s miscues by shooting 9-for-14 during its spurt. Wildcats guard Scottie Lindsey, who didn’t play in the Terps’ previous matchup with Northwestern due to mononucleosis, scored 10 of his 17 points in the second frame.

Forward Justin Jackson said Maryland’s offense affected its defensive performance.

“They were just physical,” Turgeon said. “They were sitting on a lot of things we do. But we allowed them to do it. We were just kind of going through the motions.

They pushed us out a little bit further than what we’re accustomed to.”

The Terps tried to keep their energy up throughout the drought. The players on Maryland’s bench jumped after Trimble drew a charge.

After Lindsey sunk a floater to put his team up by nine, director of basketball performance Kyle Tarp screamed “Let’s go” three times.

Cowan yelled at midcourt after converting a 3-pointer to end Northwestern’s run with about seven minutes left, energizing the crowd after Maryland went more than six minutes without scoring. But on the ensuing possession, center Derek Pardon drained a jump shot, and the cheers quieted before fans began to leave with about two minutes remaining.

“Teams scout us,” Jackson said. “We have to do our best to deter things. The ball didn’t bounce in our court tonight.” kmelnickdbk@gmail.com

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Coach Mark Turgeon’s bunch is dancing for 21-13, 9-9 big east a third straight March. The Terps have integrated three freshmen into the starting lineup 25-8, 12-6 acc Xavier advanced to the Big East tournament to complement star guard Melo Trimble, semifinals to help seal an NCAA tournament who leads the team with 17 points per game. selection. The Cincinnati, Ohio, program While the Terps struggled at times on the Florida State finished the regular season No. 16 26-7, 12-2 atlantic sun has relied on guards Trevon Bluiett and J.P. Xfinity Center floor, they won eight of in the polls and is making its first NCAA run Macura, who average double-digit points, Florida Gulf Coast is making a second 10 road games. The next test comes since 2012. The Seminoles came in second in for offensive production, while the frontstraight NCAA tournament run. The versus Xavier in Orlando, Florida, the ACC behind North Carolina and reached court leads a powerful rebounding effort.

Eagles cruised through the Atlantic Sun when Maryland will look to extend the conference tournament semifinals, falling The Musketeers average 6.6 more boards before dominating the conference tourits NCAA first-round winning streak to Notre Dame. Sophomore guard Dwayne than they allow opponents, and coach Chris nament title game. Junior guard Brandon to 13 appearances.

Bacon averages a team-high 16.9 points per Mack’s squad will look to exploit that facet Goodwin leads in scoring, but four game, while freshman Jonathan Isaac provides in Thursday’s matchup against the Terps.

Eagles average double figures. They’ll an inside presence. Florida State is looking for hope to display that balance against No. its first NCAA tournament win in five years.

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MARYLAND VERSUS XAVIER: 6:50 p.m., Thursday, March 16, Orlando, Florida, TNT. FLORIDA GULF COAST VERSUS FLORIDA STATE: After conclusion of Maryland versus Xavier, Thursday, March 16, Orlando, Florida, TNT. MARYLAND/XAVIER VERSUS FLORIDA GULF COAST/FLORIDA STATE: Time TBD, Saturday, March 18, Orlando, Florida, television TBD.

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ncaa From p. 1 didn’t hit me until we were leaving Coach Turgeon’s house.

I was in the car going back. I was telling people I wanted to play the game tonight.”

The previous two seasons, Maryland was one of the first teams selected on the show. They didn’t react as enthusiastically those years because they seemed to be expecting higher seeds than

No. 4 in 2015 and No. 5 in 2016.

On Sunday, they instead watched Wisconsin, which beat Maryland this season and tied the Terps for second place in the Big Ten, claim a No. 8-seed early on in the show.

After that, Huerter thought the Terps (24-8, 12-6 Big Ten) could’ve dropped as low as a No. 10-seed. They watched as six other Big Ten teams were called. Michigan State, which Maryland defeated in its regular-

season finale, got a No. 9-seed, and Minnesota, which the Terps bested in Minneapolis, claimed a No. 5-seed.

Turgeon was mentally preparing a speech if the Terps didn’t make the tournament after the first three regions were finalized, but he was confident Maryland would get in. While the Terps — who finished the season ranked No. 25 — failed to claim a marquee victory, they held an 11-3 record away from Xfinity

Center with three freshman starters.

“A lot of those wins were games we came back and won,” Huerter said. “Every single year they dictate it differently on what your seedings are. This year, it must’ve been the road wins.”

Maryland’s seed came in a positive light after the team lost to Northwestern in the Big Ten tournament quarterfinals Friday at Verizon Center. The team said it hit the reset button this week,

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viewing the NCAA tournament as a new season, which started Sunday with what Turgeon called an “unbelievable practice.”

Trimble is the lone returning starter from last year, when the squad made Maryland’s first Sweet 16 since 2003. But Turgeon wasn’t worried about his team’s inexperience or the Terps’ opponent during the selection show Sunday.

In fact, his basement was so loud and he was so excited

he didn’t know Maryland was playing Xavier until about a minute after the announcement.

Then he had to clean the room before driving to College Park for his press conference.

But Trimble is confident the Terps will be prepared for their biggest test yet.

“This is where it counts,” Trimble said. “You win or you go home.”

and Terps Indivisible will testify at a Maryland House of Delegates Health and Government Operations committee hearing Tuesday.

Riback, a government and politics major, said she fears emergency contraception and the places that provide it are going to be under attack over the next few years.

“It is important to establish this school as an entity that supports it and supports students,” Riback said. “It should not be something that students have to worry about.”

Throughout his presidential campaign, President Trump spoke about his pro-life values and opposition to abortion rights.

Trump’s election and Republican control of Congress raised concerns about the future of reproductive health coverage.

A House Republican proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act strips federal funding from Planned Parenthood. Trump on Monday said he would maintain federal funding for Planned Parenthood if the group stops providing abortions.

“This issue is at the forefront now when somebody is talking about attacking women’s reproductive rights,” said Destiny Brown, a freshman government and politics major.

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If the university cannot afford to staff the health center 24/7, contraceptives can be made available in vending machines or campus convenience shops, said Julianne Heberlein, SGA journalism representative. Heberlein, a freshman journalism and government and politics major, introduced the SGA resolution in

support of the Maryland bill.

The bill is particularly important for sexual assault victims, said Erica Fuentes, a senior government and politics major.

“The last thing a sexual assault victim should be worrying about is the possibility of pregnancy,” Fuentes said.

Students from low-income backgrounds would especially benefit from this legislation, as this campus provides a generic version of Plan B for $15, while the drug costs as much as $50 at other pharmacies, Fuentes said.

“A lot of students depend on the health center for contraception, so if they are not able to get it at night or over the weekend, it

puts a heavy economic burden on them,” said Fuentes.

The Maryland Contraceptive Equity Act will require health insurers in the state to cover emergency contraceptives at no cost, and goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2018.

Shayna Shor, a freshman community health major, said it is important for the health center to provide 24-hour access to emergency contraceptives, as they must be taken as soon as possible.

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“They’re called emergency contraceptives for a reason,” Shor said.

The American Association of University Women and Terps Indivisible, two new campus student groups, are working together to campaign in support of the emergency contraception bill.

Members of both groups are gathering testimonies from students who have used emergency contraception or think it should be more accessible on the campus, said freshman Sarah Riback, president of AAUW. Representatives from AAUW

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Blohm powers Szefc’s team to series sweep vs. Bryant Freshman left-hander tosses six scoreless innings for squad’s eighth straight victory As Maryland baseball coach Scott Gelman John Szefc fin@Gelman_Scott ished preparing Staff writer his lineup card for the second game of Sunday’s doubleheader against Bryant and headed toward the locker room to change his uniform, left-hander Tyler Blohm was already dressed and on the field.

Blohm had stayed inside and listened to the broadcast during Maryland’s 9-2 win over the Bulldogs in the by

left-hander Tyler Blohm allowed three hits and struck out six batters in the win. matt regan/the diamondback

first game of the doubleheader before preparing to throw. He remained loose and didn’t exit until moments before the Terps were set to stretch. Then, he immediately went to Maryland’s bullpen to ensure the cold weather wouldn’t affect him.

The sequence was a continuation of Blohm’s preparation during the week, which featured an outlook that “was smarter on the lifting and arm work.” It resulted in what Szefc deemed Blohm’s best performance

of the season in Maryland’s eighth consecutive win, a 4-0 rolling of the Bulldogs at Bob “Turtle” Smith Stadium.

“I had a really good week working toward it,” Blohm said. “[Yesterday], I felt really good in the bullpen and in the first inning, and I just kept that confidence.”

Blohm retired the first 11 Bryant hitters he faced, including third baseman Jacob Marotta, who hit a line drive toward Blohm that bounced off his hand before he fielded it and threw to first baseman Brandon Gum See blohm, p. 9

women’s lacrosse

goalkeeper megan taylor made a career-high 18 saves in the No. 1 Terps’ 17-7 win vs. No. 4 Syracuse on Saturday afternoon. Last season’s Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Year, she has earned multiple conference honors for her early-season performance. reid poluhovich/the diamondback

sophomore savior Taylor notches a career-high 18 stops for another top-5 victory

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By Sean Whooley | @swhooley27 | Staff writer

idway through the first half of Saturday’s game against Syracuse, Maryland women’s lacrosse goalkeeper Megan Taylor quickly kicked away a free position shot from Syracuse attacker Emily Hawryschuk.

The No. 4 Orange regrouped and recovered possession, and midfielder Mary Rahal fired another look, but Taylor thrust her stick

out for another stop.

The pair of saves led to a goal from midfielder Kali Hartshorn to give the No. 1 Terps a 7-2 lead.

It wasn’t the lone time Taylor anchored a defensive stand in the 17-7 win at the Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex.

The sophomore made a careerhigh 18 saves, stifling a powerful Syracuse offense and showing why her teammates call her the “backbone” of the squad.

“She just keeps getting better, man,” attacker Megan Whittle said. “She’s unbelievable. It’s so encouraging as an attacker, having her back there.”

Taylor was last season’s Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Year and has already earned three of the conference’s Defensive Player of the Week honors this season. All her performances this season have garnered praise from coaches and teammates, but the Syracuse outing was perhaps her best yet.

The Glenelg native stopped

almost 75 percent of the Orange’s shots on goal, holding an offense averaging nearly 14 goals a game to half that. Syracuse converted only one of its 13 free-position shots, with Taylor saving eight.

“I have a pretty simple position,” Taylor said. “Every team I go out against, I just try and save the ball. Every team, in my opinion, is a top-5 team, and they all come See Taylor, p. 9

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Nelligan’s group vows to overcome fifth-place finish at Big Five Meet and missing qualifying to the late session of the Big Ten Championships. But Faller vowed she and her teammates would remember the 8.975 — after falling. Because frustration and anger they felt in junior Dominiquea Trotter scored Champaign, Illinois, in the conferan 8.80, the Terps had to count ence meet next weekend.

“We’re going to come back and Faller’s score in their event total.

That wasn’t how Faller anticipated really kill it,” Faller said. “We have her final postseason run at Mary- to keep pushing and being relentless and fighting for every tenth land would begin.

The Terps didn’t recover from [of a point].”

Throughout the meet, the Terps their beam miscues, finishing fifth with a 193.375 for their lowest score since mid-January See big five , p. 9 senior sarah faller aims to recover from her lowest score on beam this season. reid poluhovich/the diamondback

Conversation with Slobodin helped Faller move past falling in balance beam routine Senior Sarah Faller walked off the floor a n d i n to t h e locker room in disappointment during the Maryland gymnastics team’s third-rotation bye in Saturday’s Big Five Meet at Illinois.

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