March 31, 2016

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Amended UMB bill moving forward

USDA awards health school $10M to study clean water CONSERVE features collaborators worldwide

Partnership legislation passes House this week

By Jordan Fox @jrfox12 Staff writer

By Darcy Costello @dctello Senior staff writer

P ra ch i K u l k a r n i , a d o c tora l student in the Institute for Applied Environmental Health, sees water shortages and problems caused by climate change spreading across the country — phenomena that she said make the need for action greater than ever.

“T here’s massive d rought i n [some areas] of the country, but the rest of the country also needs to be proactive about conserving water,” Kulkarni said. “The point of CONSERVE is to basically find alternative sources of water that we can better save so we can grow food that is safe to eat.”

Last week, the U.S. Agriculture Department’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture established the CONSERVE Center of Excellence with a $10 million grant over a four-year period to try to find solutions for cleaner, more abundant water, said Amy R. Sapkota, a professor in the public health school.

The Center of Excellence is an ef for t a mong 40 pr i m a r y collaborators in multiple disciplines, including experts from multiple schools within this university; universities from around the world, including the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies in Israel; and companies. The center plans to research, implement and educate people about i n novative clea n water initiatives, Sapkota said.

CONSERVE, based in the Institute for Applied Environmental

Un iversity of Ma ryland — will include a “premier restaurant with an indoor-outdoor stage,” a teaching kitchen, outdoor classrooms and stages for various types of performances, according to the release. An expansive courtyard, which is the first phase of the two-phase project, is scheduled to open fall 2016.

“It’s going to be alive with activity all times of the day,” said Ken Ulman, chief economic development strategist for the university’s College Park Foundation. “We really envision this as a place for students, residents of the community and faculty to all come together.”

This university is partnering with War Horse

T he state House of Delegates passed an amended version of the Strategic Partnership Act of 2016 yesterday, moving the bill forward in its process toward becoming law.

T h e H o u s e v o t e d 9 2-4 4 t o approve the third reading of the bill, which would formalize and expand on the existing partnership between this university and the University of Maryland, Baltimore campuses.

It will now return to the Senate for consideration of the House’s amendments before later being sent to Gov. Larry Hogan for final approval.

The proposed union between the campuses would tie this university to UMB’s professional schools, including medicine, law, pharmacy and dentistry — bringing this university in line with other Big Ten institutions, as noted in the bill’s preamble text.

Since the original iteration of t he bi l l wa s i nt roduced i n t he S e n ate, s e ve ra l c h a n ge s h ave been made in response to concerns about potential impacts on other schools in the University System of Maryland, Baltimore City and the autonomy of UMB. Law ma kers stripped a l l la nguage referring to the partnership as a “merger” from the bill’s text, added additional funding for other university system schools and removed the clause allowing

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The arts and entertainment hall will include an indoor-outdoor stage, a teaching kitchen and outdoor classrooms.

AN ARRESTING DEVELOPMENT Multimillion-dollar arts and entertainment hall to open spring 2017

By Carly Kempler @CarlyKempler Senior staff writer College Park Mayor Patrick Wojahn said he has seen College Park completely transform since he moved to the area in 2003.

Now, this university, in conjunction with the city, announced a new multimilliondollar arts and entertainment hall in the Innovation District, slated for completion in spring 2017, according to a March 30 university news release.

Some of the features of the 15,000-squarefoot site — located on 4425 Paint Branch Pa rk way. adja cent to T he Hotel at t he

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Regents push for closed meetings bill

Anti-Semitic fliers sent to univ printers campuswide Dozen-plus schools also receive messages

System cites competition as grounds for legislation

By Darcy Costello @dctello Senior staff writer

By Grace Toohey @grace_2e Senior staff writer The University System of Maryland Board of Regents is working to ga i n suppor t from the state legislature for a bill that would expand regents’ right to meet in closed sessions.

The bill would allow the board to meet behind closed doors when discussing honorary or philanthropic names for buildings and programs, and when considering new business endeavors that are competitively sensitive. This initiative comes months after a sensitive discussion of the renaming of the university’s football stadium, which redacted former university President Harry Clifton “Curley” Byrd’s name.

Patrick Hogan, system government relations vice chancellor, testified in favor of the bill before the House of Delegates’ Health and Government Operations Committee in Annapolis on March 22. Namings and business

THE BOARD OF REGENTS discusses renaming the university’s football stadium in a Dec. 11 meeting in Stamp Student Union. A state bill would reduce restrictions on closed meetings. file photo/the diamondback ventures often come before on the Board of Regents, system spokesman Mike Lurie wrote in an email.

The university system currently complies with the state’s Open Meetings Act, which provides for 14 “special and appropriate circumstances” under which a body can choose to meet privately. The law states that public business should be performed in an open manner because it is “essential to the maintenance of a democratic society.” This bill would extend the exceptions only for the board’s meetings.

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embarrassment should there be a negative decision,” Lurie wrote.

“The second exception regarding competitive economic development concerns the sharing of trade secrets that could be detrimental to a system institution or the state should the discussion occur in public session.”

In deciding whether to establish or invest in businesses, the university system can discuss confidential information, the board wrote in a written testimony given to the committee. And though current exceptions to the open meetings law allow for privacy in discussing procurements and land acquisitions,

Anti-Semitic, racist fliers appeared on printers March 25 at sites across the campus, making the University of Maryland one of more than a dozen colleges in the country to receive the message on their machines.

The fliers praise global white supremacy, feature swastikas and accuse “the Jews” of destroying the country through “mass immigration and degeneracy,” then direct readers to a website called The Daily Stormer.

The Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks hate groups, wrote in 2015 that the site is the “brainchild” of supremacist Andrew Anglin. The site receives more than 10,000 visitors daily, according to the center, sometimes topping the oldest and most popular hate site on the Web, Stormfront.

The message appeared on printers in the provost’s office and other locations on campus, not including the president’s office, said university spokesman Brian Ullmann.

University Police spokeswoman Sgt. Rosanne Hoaas confirmed the fliers’ appearance on the campus in a statement Tuesday.

“We condemn the content of the racist fliers, and the University of See FLIERS, Page 2

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KICK OFF YOUR DANCING SHOES Reviewing the Terrapins men’s basketball team’s season, which ended short of expectations P. 12

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CRIME BLOTTER

By Michael Brice-Saddler T h i s i ncident i s st i l l @TheArtist_MBS under investigation.

Staff writer A student repor ted a cable lock and a bicycle Un iversity Pol ice re- b e l o n g i n g t o a f a m i l y s p o n d e d to re p o r t s o f memb er were m i ssi ng, va nd a l ism, t hef t a nd a p r o m p t i n g p o l i c e t o hazardous material spill respond to the Regents a mong ot her i ncidents Drive parking garage at this past week, according 12:45 a.m. Sunday.

Hoaas said police to police reports. believe the theft took place between 5 p.m. Saturday VANDALISM and 12:30 a.m. Sunday.

The case remains open, Un iversity Pol ice responded to Regents Drive a nd p ol ic e w i l l rev iew and Route 1 at 2:07 a.m. area cameras, Hoaas said.

March 23 for a report of destruction of property.

BURGLARY A u n iversit y employee reported that a man broke Un iversity Pol ice rethe window of a Shuttle- sponded to Cole on March UM bus while attempting 23 at 10:45 a.m. for a burto force the door open as glary report. The athletic it was sitting at a traffic department notified them light. that pictures from inside The suspect fled toward Cole we re p o s te d on a Montgomery Hall, where website about Terrapins police were able to locate sports. Police are still inand arrest him, Univer- vestigating the incident. sity Police spokeswoman Sgt. Rosanne Hoaas said.

HAZARDOUS They charged 19-year-old CONDITION Francesco Antonio Parisi of Ijamsville with disorderly At 4:31 p.m. M a rch conduct and two counts of 24, University Police redestruction of property. sponded to the Computer This case is closed. and Space Sciences Building for a hazardous material spill. Someone affiliTHEFT ated with the university A t 10:10 a . m . M a rc h reported that battery acid 23, University Police re- had leaked onto the floor s p o n d e d to C ol e F i e l d while a computer battery House for an incident that was being replaced. The took place between March Department of Environ22 at 12:25 p.m. and March mental Safety, Sustain23 at 9:05 a.m. A univer- ability and R isk and the s it y e m p l o y e e n o t i c e d fire marshal also assisted a b a t h r o o m d o o r w a s in the cleanup, Hoaas said. damaged and the door’s No injuries were reported. locking mechanism was gone, Hoaas said. mbricesaddlerdbk@gmail.com

FLIERS From PAGE 1 Maryland Police Department and the Division of Inform at ion Tech nolog y h ave looked into the matter,” she wrote. “Security measures are being taken within our printer network to address this issue.”

Andrew Auernheimer, a hacker who goes by “Weev,” claimed responsibility for t he f l iers, accord i ng to a Ne w Yo rk T im e s rep or t Monday. Auernheimer said i n a n i nter v iew w it h T he

Times that he sent them to “every publicly accessible printer in North America” and did not target college campuses.

“My motivation is this: W h ite cu lt u res a nd on ly white cultures are subject to an invasion of foreigners,” he said to The Times.

In disseminating the fliers, Auernheimer said he did not hack into the printers but activated them using remote access, according to The Times’ report.

Other u n iversities that received the message i ncluded Princeton Universi-

ty; the University of Maine; the University of California, Berkley; Smith College; Brown University; the University of Massachusetts, A m herst; Northeastern Un iversit y; D ePau l Un iversity and Mount Holyoke Col lege, accord i ng to the media reports.

Un iversity President Wa l l ace L oh condem ned the message on the fliers in a statement.

“T here is no place on this campus, or any other campus, for racism of any kind,” he wrote in a statement. “I urge everyone to

“WE CONDEMN THE CONTENT OF THE RACIST FLIERS. ...

SECURITY MEASURES ARE BEING TAKEN.” Sgt. Rosanne Hoaas

University Police spokeswoman reject this hateful message and join us in our efforts to foster an inclusive, tolerant and respectful university community.”

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DONATION From PAGE 1 Health, is among the first centers of its kind to receive funding from the nation’s agriculture department, said Sapkota, the leader of the CONSERVE team.

“If we want to grow our food and protect public health by preventing foodborne illness, we have to have very clean water,” Sapkota said.

After the department requested applications for “multidisciplinary teams to begin to try to develop solutions to this wicked problem,” Sapkota spent six months writing a 517-page long proposal with a team of experts for what is now CONSERVE. “Our center is really very solution-focused,” Sapkota said. “We are trying to develop solutions that can enable us to continue to sustainably and safely produce food. It’s a very complex problem, so you need a team of people who have come from a variety of different areas of expertise.”

The CONSERVE team not only includes experts in many different fields, from lawn policy and social behavior to hydrology and engineering, but also from

THE UNIVERSITY’s SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH will house the CONSERVE Center of Excellence, which the U.S. Agriculture Department’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture established with a $10 million grant last week, to find solutions for cleaner water. enoch hsiao/the diamondback different universities and groups across the world, Sapkota said.

“You need all of these people to attack this problem from all of these different angles to come up with a solution,” Sapkota said.

“We are basically bringing in collaborators who we have a relationship with already and are already working toward solutions to the issue at hand.”

Patrick O’Shea, the vice president and chief research officer of the university, said the future success of the Center of Excellence is ensured, given the emphasis on partnerships within the university, between outside universities and even internationally.

“Partnerships are critical to the success of this university,” O’Shea said. “Partner and

prosper is our new paradigm.”

Although the USDA grant is slated to last for four years, O’Shea said the center fulfills a “fundamental need” and predicts it won’t go away in that amount of time.

“As climate change continues to evolve there’s going to be continued need,” he said.

“The kinds of problems that we’re working on are becoming global in nature.”

Rita Colwell, distinguished professor in the Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, said she is excited for CosmosI D, a bioi n for m at ics company she founded, to be a part of CONSERVE. “We will get some really excellent results because the project has been carefully

planned and the objective well understood,” she said. “The project is focused on one main part of the larger issue [of maximizing water resources] and that is providing for agricultural use and reuse of water in a safe, sustainable way.”

Jane Clark, the dean of the public health school, expressed her belief that the goals and future of CONSERVE are attainable, thanks to the department grant, and her pride at the university’s inclusion in the initiative.

“The School of Public Health is honored and very excited to have this opportunity to bring these partners together to collaborate on this really important project,” Clark said. jfoxdbk@gmail.com

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Officials look to improve Route 1 appeal City will compete for grant funding from state to underground utility lines

By Jessie Campisi @jessiecampisi Staff writer To revitalize the area, the College Park City-University Partnership and the College Park City Council are focusing on making Route 1 more appealing to residents and visitors.

One possible solution is undergrounding utilities along Route 1, which has been a longterm goal and would "add to the streetscape," City Manager Scott Somers said.

After the partnership's most recent board meeting March 16, the council voted March 22 to spend no more than $6,000 of city funds and spend a maximum of 50 hours on preparing and submitting an application for a Transportation Investment

DEVELOPMENT From PAGE 1 LLC, a Baltimore development company formed by Scott Plank, brother of Kevin Plank and a 1988 alumnus with a degree in urban planning. Together they will create a “focal point” of the Innovation District and the entire campus, Ulman said.

War Horse plans to invest about $6 million to remodel the “dormant,” university-owned building, Ulman said. This building, along with new adjacent construction, will be transformed into the innovation hall.

Scott Plank, a former Under Armour executive, has worked on similar concepts in Baltimore’s Belvedere Square Market and in San Francisco, according to the release. However, this will be the first time the company will

Generating Economic Recovery grant through the State Highway Administration.

This grant could give the city $11 million to $14 million to help underground utilities along Route 1 between College Avenue and Greenbelt Road. The application deadline is April 29.

"I think it would be transformative, and it's not just about making Route 1 look nice," District 3 Councilwoman Stephanie Stullich said. "The value of undergrounding is not just aesthetics — it helps to support economic revitalization and commercial areas that have succeeded."

In 2015, the council proposed undergrounding utilities to the SHA, which said it would not fund the project. On Aug. 2, the SHA told the council it would move forward with the Route 1

institute its concepts in a collegiate community.

This new project adds to the growing list of developments geared toward the Greater College Park 2020 Vision. The initiative has a three-pronged approach focusing on campus developments, public-private research collaborations and downtown projects.

“This new food and entertainment hall is a great example of innovation and collaboration that represents the future of College Park,” Eric Olson, the executive director of the College Park CityUniversity Partnership, wrote in an email.

Wojahn said he is excited about this project and believes it will be a great feature for the university and city residents.

“Part of our vision is to encourage and foster innovation in the city,” Wojahn said.

redesign, but utility lines would remain suspended.

"We asked if we could do simultaneous undergrounding and aerial relocation, and they didn't agree," District 1 Councilman Fazlul Kabir said. "We sent a letter of disappointment … [and] I thought the undergrounding was kind of dead."

But even without the SHA taking the lead on the application, the council could complete it by the deadline with other outside help, said Eric Olson, the partnership's executive director.

Olson has spoken to various consultants who specialize in similar applications, he said. One consultant, Parsons Brinckerhoff, said the grant application would cost between $45,000 and $50,000, but another firm cited a lower cost, Olson said.

With this firm, the city agreed to pay up to $6,000 and the partnership agreed to fund

“Making sure the new businesses coming out of the university have an opportunity to develop and grow in College Park and make sure that … residents in College Park can see the benefit of it.”

This development will also be an opportunity to attract more visitors outside of the city into the area and “will add to the vibrancy of our university community,” Olson wrote.

“This really shows how far we’re coming along in College Park,” Wojahn said. “When I first moved to the city in 2003 there were hardly any places where people go to sit down to have a good meal. Now we’re going to be a center of innovation. … It just shows how much this city is changing.” ckemplerdbk@gmail.com

up to $25,000 for the application, Olson said. He added it is important to take advantage of the opportunity to apply for the grant this year, as it might not be an option in the future.

"This is an opportunity to at least compete — try to compete — for funding," Olson said. "This is not a sure thing, we recognize that, but I do believe that this is our … best chance to try to get funding. This is a once-in-alifetime opportunity."

The partnership's chairman, Sen. James Rosapepe (D-Prince George's), said the council's biggest concern is competition for getting the grant. The administration normally awards only one or two grants per grant round, according to the agenda item.

"I think we have a shot at it," Stullich said. "I recognize that there is uncertainty in this, as there always is in applying for grants. But somebody's got to win those grants. It may as well be us."

While the short time frame to complete the application caused some concern, Somers stressed its importance for the city.

"I think we know what we're getting ourselves into," Somers said. "It's an opportunity for investment. It's the last roll of the dice to see if this is a possibility, and once this ship sails, it sails." jcampisidbk@gmail.com

UMB From PAGE 1 for one president in the future to preside over both campuses.

The university system supports the bill with its recent amendments, as they “simultaneously maintain an enhanced partnership between UMCP and UMB and ensure that each institution has a single president who can respond to the needs of that institution and its surrounding region,” system spokesman Mike Lurie wrote in an email.

“The USM believes that the legislation can now build on the strong foundation of MPowering the State and support the mission of the remaining USM campuses that serve the majority of students in the system,” he wrote.

In the discussion in the House chamber yesterday, legislators confirmed that all of the university system institutions were now in favor of the bill.

Speaking to the House Appropriations Committee on March 22, Sen. Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City) said the current separation between campuses is a self-imposed limit on the state’s flagship university.

“For the last 50 years, we have had a separation between these two amazing institutions,” said Ferguson, a sponsor of the bill.

“In my opinion, it’s done a disservice to the potential of what we all know and what

Kevin PLANK will deliver his remarks at Xfinity Center on May 18. photo courtesy of under armour

U taps Kevin Plank to address graduates CEO and founder of Under Armour to speak at spring commencement

By Joe Zimmermann @joemaczim Senior staff writer University of Maryland alumnus and Under Armour founder and CEO Kevin Plank will deliver the spring commencement address, officials announced Monday.

Plank will speak to graduating students and guests in Xfinity Center on May 18.

"We are incredibly pleased to welcome Kevin Plank back

crease of about 60 percent, the bill’s text reports.

Sen ate P resident M i ke Miller, in the same committee hearing March 22, emphasized the benefits from this bill’s passage won’t just affect universities but also will spread throughout the state.

“This is about moving the state forward, creating jobs and moving all colleges up. ... It’s about a win-win for the entire higher education system,” he said. “If you’re concerned about moving the state forward, you’re going to vote for this bill.”

Ye s t e rd a y, l e g i s l a to r s noted that the fiscal note “THIS IS ABOUT ava i lable on l i ne does not MOVING THE include the changes made by STATE FORWARD, the House amendments, but said they plan to update the CREATING JOBS fiscal note for the bill when AND MOVING ALL it is enrolled.

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A s h e h a d i n p re v i o u s IT’S ABOUT A WINhearings, university PresiWIN FOR THE ENTIRE dent Wallace Loh explained HIGHER EDUCATION that the existing collaboSYSTEM.” ration between campuses MIKE MILLER came as a result of cooperaState Senate president tion between UMB President It also adds a clause that out- Jay Perman and himself. In lines the expectation that the order to preserve the relapresidents of both campuses tionsh ip, he sa id, it must seek collaboration “with other become law. institutions and entities, par“Pa r t ner a nd f lou r i sh; ticularly in the Baltimore Met- don’t partner and perish. It is ropolitan region ... to benefit about codifying the success,” the state.” he said to the appropriations Officials also hope the codi- committee. fied partnership and expanded “It is not about dividing collaboration might increase the pie; it’s about expanding funding. Over a three-year the pie. That is the power of period, the MPower initiative partnership.” increased joint research awards by nearly $79 million, an in- dcostellodbk@gmail.com

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we have invested in, [which] is driving economic development in the state.”

The amended version of the House bill explicitly defines the partnership as a “formal strategic alliance which leverages the resources of each campus within the University of Maryland to benefit the state and improve and enhance: academic programs and experiences for students; research, technology, technology transfer and commercialization for economic development; and public service and the commitment to community development.”

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to campus as our commencement speaker this spring," Mary Ann Rankin, senior vice president and provost, said in a news release. "Plank embodies the entrepreneurial spirit that we strive to instill in all UMD students, and will offer a great deal of inspiration to our graduates."

Working as a special teams captain for the Terrapins football team inspired Plank to develop better athletic apparel, and his company Under Armour — now in its 20th year of operation — employs 14,000 people around the world and has revenues of $ 4 b i l l i o n , a c c o rd i n g to the release.

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REGENTS From PAGE 1 the proposed bill would expand that to include exceptions for prospective business activities as well.

An open meeting, they wrote, “makes it difficult for an open and candid discussion” of individuals and their financial circumstances, as well as new business ideas, partnerships or entities.

“To protect these interests, the USM seeks an exception to allow for discussion of prospective business activities in closed session,” the testimony read.

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multiple respects” by failing to notify the public of the special meetings, not documenting all those who participated and improperly closing the meetings.

The regents apologized in December, of course, in a cursory public statement that lacked much contrition and defended the private meetings as “proper subjects for closed-session discussions in accordance with the Open Meetings Act.” They weren’t.

OUR VIEW

University System of Maryland Board of Regents meetings should not be conducted in secret.

After the Open Meetings Compliance Board’s decision, which carried no punishment beyond the administrative scolding, the system wrote in a statement that it had “revised its procedures to ensure transparency and compliance with all aspects of the Open Meetings Act.” More than three years later, the Board of Regents now hopes to expand its right to meet in closed sessions with a state bill introduced last month.

The proposed legislation would permit the board to hold closed meetings to

discuss honorary and philanthropic naming, gifts and donations, establishing and operating businesses or business entities and — wait for it — “any research, analysis, proposal, or plan relating to the competitive position of USM or a part of USM, as specified, if the board of regents determines that discussing it in open session could adversely affect the competitive position with respect to other education service providers.”

It’s hard to fathom a situation in which that last bit wouldn’t apply. Nearly every decision made by the board aims to increase the system’s competitiveness among rival schools, meaning that the bill effectively suggests the body could and should hold any and all meetings in private.

Given its existing reputation as a notoriously tight-lipped public institution, the system’s push for this legislation further clouds its mission to serve the state. It puts accountability on the back burner in favor of convenience and circumvents the court of public opinion, the rightful arena in which most — if not all — board discussions should be tried; as such, this editorial board condemns the proposed open meetings bill, a seethrough attempt to limit transparency on behalf of a system that exists to serve the public.

Let’s just hope the state General Assembly sees through it as well.

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eorgetown. Tufts. Stanford.

What do these schools have in common? Each of these universities has divested from fossil fuels, which means they have committed to removing all investments from dirty energy.

Will this university join that list?

I’m determined that our students will make it happen.

On March 23, more than 100 students gathered in the Baltimore Room of Stamp Student Union for Divestapalooza, an environmental justice rally urging the University System of Maryland to divest from fossil fuels and to invest only in clean energy.

The event was hosted by the Student Sustainability Committee, of which I am the communication director. Our committee is one of the largest within the Student Government Association with more than 35 regular members. We work toward making the university and College Park as sustainable as possible, as well as raising awareness about environmental sustainability issues.

Attendees of our rally enjoyed food, T-shirts, live music and guest speakers as they were encouraged to sign a petition urging the university system to remove its money invested in the fossil fuel industry. The university system’s foundation has an estimated $70 million invested in the energy sector, primarily in oil and natural gas. This kind of money could be much better spent on renewable or clean forms of energy, or be used to support sustainability projects in which this university seems to pride itself on.

Bill McKibben, founder of anticarbon campaign group 350.org, prepared a special video for Divestapalooza in which he challenged students not to settle for the current state of the environment and to keep pushing for a more sustainable university and community.

“Now is the moment to push; now is the moment to help the university see where its future lies,” McKibben said.

Tyson Slocum, director of

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Defend free speech on the campus There is no doubt that Trump’s rhetoric is inflammatory and offensive to many. However, it is childish to run directly to an authority figure every time an opinion one disagrees with is visible. A university education is not preparing graduates for the real world when it indulges misled students with the same remedies that apply to kindergarten name-calling.

In the other case, anti-Semitism is certainly unacceptable, and as the Board of Regents contends, it is probably true that it is somet i m e s t h i n ly ve i l e d u n d e r t h e guise of “anti-Zionism.” Nonetheless, vague condemnations are unhelpful because they can only lead to debates over regulations rather than discussion of the actual issues.

It is all too easy to run to authorities after hearing unwanted or hurtful speech and all too convenient for risk-averse administrators to bend over backward to comply with complainants’ demands. So quickly ceding power over speech to authorities is inconsistent with American values.

When faced with upsetting words, the proper response is to exercise your own First Amendment rights rather than look to authorities to abridge someone else’s. The precedents set in these recent cases will only encourage more demands on speech limitations. Admin-

Public Citizen’s energy program and an Honors College lecturer, attended the rally as well, with a few of his colleagues, all donning “Fossil Free MD” stickers.

Slocum, who made a 2006 Colbert Report appearance in support of renewable energy, delivered an inspirational speech, imploring the attendees to keep up the good work and take action toward a greener future.

“Moving on from fossil fuels isn’t a choice; it’s a requirement,” he said.

In between the performances and speakers, Willem Klajbor, Big Ten Divestment Coalition captain, and Maya Spaur, director of the sustainability committee and Fossil Free MD, joined me in speaking to the audience about divestment.

“The goal of SSC’s divestment campaign is to make aware to UMD students, faculty, and community members that the university should take a stand against the fossil fuel industry,” Klajbor said. “Our university should be investing in its students, not betting against us.”

We began our divestment coalition last fall, with sign-ons from other university system schools, D.C.-area universities and Big Ten institutions. We’re planning on having a big showing on April 26, when we will once again meet with the university system’s foundation to discuss divestment.

“For the University of Maryland to live up to its goals of being a green model for the nation, we must divest from fossil fuels — and we must make this commitment today,” Spaur said.

“This is an issue of right and wrong; let’s be true leaders and act rightly.

Let’s commit to providing for future generations by divesting responsibly over five years.”

It looks like the energy revolution has already begun, and it’s now time for this university community to make a significant difference and persuade the university system to divest from fossil fuels.

Jay Deep Rao is the communication director for the SGA Student Sustainability Committee and a junior environmental engineering major. He can be reached at deepjayrao@gmail.com.

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n recent days, a couple of campus debates about freedom of speech made national news. In Atlanta, Emory University students protested the appearance of chalk writings around the campus that read “Trump 2016” and other proTrump messages. Emory President James Wagner rewarded these students with a four-step plan of action and promised that security footage would be reviewed to find those responsible.

Meanwhile, in California, the University of California Board of Regents engaged in tumultuous debate about the legitimacy of “anti-Zionism” on the campus.

After initially declaring that “antiZionism and other forms of discrimination have no place at the University of California,” the board settled on condemning “anti-Semitic forms of anti-Zionism.”

In today’s college environment, there is a fine line between building a dynamic educational environment with diverse viewpoints and over-policing free speech. As the most recent season of South Park explored with its character PC Principal, this is only the latest of these debates. What makes this month’s events interesting is that the speech monitors have come full circle. While Trump chalk is ostensibly a right-wing phenomenon, “anti-Zionism” tends to come from the left.

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ack in 2012, this university announced its impending flight to the Big Ten from the ACC and weathered the ensuing firestorm. Detractors seized upon the Terrapins’ storied history in the ACC, the Big Ten’s potential lack of marquee rivals, the distance between College Park and most schools in the Midwestern conference, the $31 million conference exit fee — anything and everything they could hold up as evidence that the decision had been bungled.

These are good points, but let the record show that the athletic department has remained on track to pay back its eight-figure debt to the university and the Terps have won a host of conference titles since joining the Big Ten. Unsurprisingly, the average fan has long since given up on griping about the switch and settled in to enjoy the action.

Exit fee aside, the whole episode wrapped up rather neatly — save for a procedural scandal that might’ve seemed mild by comparison.

In fall 2012, the University System of Maryland Board of Regents held teleconferences twice in secret to address the planned conference move, one of which was the very same day university President Wallace Loh announced the move.

Months later, the state Open Meetings Compliance Board ruled that the Board of Regents violated state law “in

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istrations should maintain open dialogues with protesters but not assume refereeing duties over what is allowed to be said.

We do not look back in shame at the era of McCarthyism because we endorse the views of pro-Soviet sympathizers. It was an embarrassing time because the effort to m a i n ta i n n a t i o n a l se c u r i ty was itself a departure from what America was supposed to stand for.

The principles of free speech are not easy to stand with, and it takes courage to uphold a marketplace of ideas.

In today’s polarized political climate, some young people are too eager to give away control of the limits of discourse without thinking about the big picture. In some cases, it seems as though certain people are asking to take steps in an Orwellian direction. Political winds will blow authorities in different directions and must not be relied upon to regulate public thought. No matter what kinds of unappealing speech might surface, it is imperative that those speakers do not cause us to abandon our core principles. If college administrators wish to create a learning environment, they should instead use future situations of this type to give students a civics lesson about the value of free speech.

Daniel Galitsky is a senior economics and finance major. He can be reached at dgalitskydbk@gmail.com.

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hen Gov. Larry Hogan was first elected in 2014, he was thrown into an obvious political situation: being a Republican governor in a state with a strongly Democratic state legislature. Hogan campaigned on the idea of building bipartisanship in Annapolis and working across the aisle, and not only has he continued to implement that narrative, but he has executed it tremendously as well. American politics are about as polarized as they’ve ever been, and the example that this state has set in the last year and a half should be recognized and appreciated.

One of the most recent and notable successes is the House of Delegates passing the governor’s budget, which passed by a 133-5 vote in favor, with no Democrats voting no. Passing a balanced budget is a constitutional obligation of the governor, and the task is certainly easier when the House and Senate have a governor who is politically aligned with them, as they’ve been used to for several years before Hogan was elected. The Senate now has to approve the budget as well, and its version of the budget has few discrepancies with the House’s, leaving a strong chance of the budget being fully passed.

Of course, pure cooperation and friendship has not been achieved.

Democrats responded rather pessimistically to the governor’s State of the State address, noting their concerns about large spending cuts and the lack of input they’ve been allowed to give the governor. Republicans, on the other hand, praised the idea of bipartisan success, especially given that they are the minority and thus face tough odds when it comes to getting their agenda passed. State Del. Kathy Szeliga (R-Baltimore and Harford counties), who is also running a longshot campaign to fill the upcoming vacant U.S. Senate seat, pleaded,

“Let’s not be Washington, D.C. Let’s not be gridlocked. Let’s not fight and argue all the time.” Clearly there are differences of opinion between Democrats and Republicans on both fundamental issues and the state’s current political climate, but that is to be expected from the legislature’s current circumstance.

What I like most about Szeliga’s comment is her reference to Washington and how she doesn’t want this state to resort to that level. Washington has been gridlocked heavily with such a Republican-dominated Congress working with a Democratic president, and it has not handled such gridlock well. The federal budget that President Obama proposed to Congress has been in heavy debate lately, and it has a lot of work to do before it can pass a budget that both parties will even be remotely satisfied with. The example set by this state, in contrast, is not just about passing a budget, but more so about overcoming differences and dealing with the hands they’ve been dealt. The partisan difference in this state is obviously ideal for neither Republicans nor Democrats, and although they’ve clashed heads a few times, both parties are doing a good job getting meaningful legislation passed in the short 90-day legislative session they have. Being in Congress is a full-time job and passing legislation takes time, which speaks volumes about the state legislature’s ability to get so much done in so little time.

As I am a citizen of this state and someone who follows politics, the example that my state’s government has set has restored my faith in the efficiency and effectiveness that politicians can actually produce. I commend both Republicans and Democrats for being able to put their differences aside and do what’s best for the people they represent.

Kyle Campbell is a sophomore government and politics major. He can be reached at kcampbelldbk@gmail.com.

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PROPOSED PARKING SPOTS AT POTENTIAL FBI HEADQUARTERS IN GREENBELT Graphic by Julia Lerner/The Diamondback

The university’s “M” circle has been covered in red mulch since fall semester after developing fungal pathogens and facing a steam line rupture that melted irrigation lines. A Facilities Management team will care for it this summer. josh loock/thediamondback

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Potential FBI headquarters in Greenbelt needs more parking

By Carly Kempler @CarlyKempler Senior staff writer Despite its proximity to public transit, the Greenbelt site for the potential FBI headquarters relocation would have to add more than 2,000 more parking spaces than the federal General Service Administration anticipated if the location is chosen, according to a new request for proposal issued by the federal GSA. Last year, the FBI announced it would be relocating its headquarters to one of three possible locations. Two of those locations are within Prince George's County — one in Greenbelt and the other in Landover — and the third is in Springfield, Virginia.

The GSA hopes to announce the location by late this year.

The Greenbelt location is the closest to various modes of public transportation, including the Greenbelt Metro Station, which is a quarter of a mile from the site; the MARC station; the public bus service; and access to Interstate 95 and Interstate 495.

However, the GSA issued a new request for proposal on March 3 requiring the Greenbelt location to have one parking space for every 1.8 employees.

This is a markup from its initial proposal requiring one parking space for every three employees, said Garth Beall, the manager of Renard Development Company, which will oversee the site's project if Greenbelt is chosen.

In the GSA's second proposal request, it stated “upon closer scrutiny” the original 1:3 parking space-employee ratios for the Greenbelt and Springfield locations “would not support the FBI's mission.” It went on to state the modifications for each location: Greenbelt (1:1.8) and Springfield (1:1.7). Lando-

ver would remain the same at one parking space for every 1.5 employees.

“It reduces the advantage to the site,” Beall said. “Greenbelt is still the most transit-oriented site, but none of them are really as transit-oriented as they should be. Before [the second proposal request], Greenbelt and Springfield were almost identical with parking, but now there's a 500-space difference.”

Although Greenbelt still requires fewer parking spaces per employee compared with the Landover and Springfield sites, the GSA should give Greenbelt site's accessibility to transportation and other amenities more credit, College Park Mayor Patrick Wojahn said.

“It's too bad that the GSA isn't recognizing the full benefit of being by a Metro station, but I think there’s still a bunch of things that make the Greenbelt site the most competitive,” Wojahn said. “Close proximity to the MARC line, the beltway, the University of Maryland, the other federal facilities around College Park. … There are many amenities that the employees of the FBI will be able to enjoy if [Greenbelt were] chosen.”

The National Capital Planning Commission has guidelines requiring federal sites to limit parking to one space per every three employees, but the GSA's second proposal request went “significantly” above these rules, Beall said.

“It's somewhat concerning. … It's fairly similar to what any commercial office development would do, and there are a number of executive orders that really push the federal government to get very aggressive to promote transit use,” Beall said. “What they're doing is inconsistent with that.”

On March 19, 2015, President Obama issued Executive Order 13693 — Planning for Federal Sustainability in the Next Decade — which requires these federal agencies to “consider the development of policies to promote sustainable commuting and work-related travel practices for Federal employees.”

“I understand that FBI headquarters is a little bit of a unique situation, and maybe there is a little bit of different consideration for employee parking, but I wouldn't expect it to be this different,” Beall said.

These modifications would require the Greenbelt location to provide 6,076 spaces for the estimated 11,000 FBI employees. This is a 69 percent increase from the original proposal request's estimate of 3,600 parking spaces.

“It's always just a matter of figuring out where parking spaces go,” said Jessica Bellah, Greenbelt's community planner.

“It's more difficult for Greenbelt because it doesn't have as much space as the others, so [the parking garage] would have to go taller.”

Consulting companies typically base their parking estimates on the number of workers, where they live, surveys of the FBI's workforce and current modes of transportation, Bellah said.

“A lot people are looking at the Greenbelt station and you don't just have the Metro, but you also have the MARC station and buses, so you have a lot of public transportation,” she said. “We have to trust the consultants have used the best available data. The city does want this to be as transit-oriented as possible and believes there is significant transportation opportunity.” ckemplerdbk@gmail.com

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By Lindsey Feingold @lindseyf96 Staff writer The “M” that sits on the traffic circle near the university’s main entrance has g reeted v isitors, faculty and students with bright state flag-colored f l o w e r s s i n c e i t s c reation in 1976. But at the moment, it’s undergoing some temporary issues.

I n s te a d of t h e u s u a l f lowers, the “M” has been covered in red mulch since last fall.

L a s t s u m m e r, r i g h t before students returned for the sta r t of the fa l l semester, t he “M” develop ed f u n ga l pat hoge n s, c au si n g hole s i n the planting that looked similar to Swiss cheese, sa id K a ren Petroff, assistant director of arboretum and horticultural services. Fungicides are being applied to get rid of the pathogens.

A nd earlier this year, the traditional planting schedule was disrupted b y a u t i l i t y m a l f u n ction that occu rred just after the home football game against Michigan, Petroff said. Steam lines ruptured, which melted the irrigation lines that supply water to the “M.” “Between the irrigation system being gone and the

mo d i f ie d t he “ M” c i rc le wh i l e o t h e rs e l i m i n ate d it or moved it completely, Petroff said.

“W hat beca me clea r to most people was that there was an understanding that no one wanted to mutilate the ‘M,’” Petroff said.

M a rsh a G u en z ler-S tevens, Stamp Student Union director and member of last year’s Purple Line task force cites the “M” circle as one of her favorite places on the campus.

“It is an icon of the ca mpus. At g raduation ever yone goes t here to get their pictures taken in their caps and gowns, but it is also an icon for when you are giving people directions on-campus because it is a significant marker,” Guenzler-Stevens said. “A ceremonial ‘M’ not in the t ra f f ic patter n a nd more open would be iconic.”

T he current plan would relocate it to a grassy space between Campus Drive and the Mitchell Building, less than 100 yards from where it is now a nd just east of where the Purple Line will r u n th roug h the ca mpus.

The design includes adding crosswalks to allow access to the “M” circle, as people are advised not to walk directly up to it.

Add ition a l ly, there a re talks about creating a plaza w it h b e n c h e s a n d l i g hting around the “M” circle, Petroff said.

fungal pathogens, we did the ‘M’ in red mulch, which still gave the icon ic red color, and we knew it would hold until the irrigation system was fixed and the pathogens were gone,” Petroff said.

Since this university joined the Big Ten, Petroff sa id she has received numerous calls asking why the “M” sometimes has yellow f lowers, render i ng it extremely similar to the University of Michigan’s logo.

According to the planting schedule, yellow pansies are typically planted in the fall, as they can withstand the cold weather and bloom again in the spring, Petroff said. Red begonias are then pla nted i n late spri ng, as they cannot survive the cold temperatures of the winter.

As summer approaches, a te a m of t h re e employees f rom Faci l it ies M a nagement’s Arboretum and La ndscape Serv ices, who primarily take care of the “M,” will be busy putting in new soil. Right before Maryland Day, new red begonias will also be planted to avoid frost.

In an additional threat to the recognizable symbol’s existence, the Purple Line a p p ro v e d b y G o v. L a r r y Hogan last year will be partially located in the current location of the “M” circle.

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University Police promotes Guardian app for student safety on U campus

By Michael Brice-Saddler @TheArtist_MBS Staff writer

COLLEEN WRIGHT-RIVA, director of Dining Services, speaks at a town hall held about the new dining plan in the North Campus Diner on Tuesday. ornelle chimi/the diamondback

Dining Services town hall draws few students vices email and was interested in learning more about the hand scanners that will be installed to grant entry to Dining Services held a town the dining halls.

“My friend and I are kind hall forum Tuesday night to address student questions on of getting paranoid about the anytime-dining program this, just because it seems that will launch in the fall, but kind of weird, to put it in few students actually turned the most succinct way,” the history and secondary eduup.

About 22 students attended cation major said.

Wright-Riva and Bart the meeting, but most were involved with the Residence Hipple, a spokesman for Hall Association, which held Dining Services, explained its own town hall forum March that the hand scanners will 8 to discuss new dining plans store only a hexadecimal a nd other cha nges to the number associated with the patterns of users’ hands, campus.

“It was a smaller crowd, and not information about their it was great to have the RHA actual hands.

“The beauty of the biohere, but I had hoped to have some students that might have metrics we have decided had some other concerns,” said to purchase is that it’s not Colleen Wright-Riva, director storing information in any way that can be retrievable of Dining Services.

Beginning in the fall, dining to cause you security conhalls will transition from a cerns,” Wright-Riva said.

She said the dining halls points-based system to an anytime-dining setup that will also introduce healthier will allow students to eat any options with less of a focus number of meals at a fixed rate on protein, although the but will eliminate carryout menus have not yet been finalized. options.

In addition to a vegan Wright-Riva said Dining station at each of the dining Services sent more than 8,500 emails outlining the new halls, students can expect to program and announcing the see more whole grains and town hall event to students with a smoothie station, which meal plans before spring break. will offer two different daily “Today was our effort from smoothies.

“Part of me thinks stua dining perspective to make sure that every student who is dents have gotten used to coming back to housing next the ideas and there’s a lot to year is properly informed on like, and I think that’s outthe changes we are making,” weighing some of the lesser things,” Wright-Riva said.

Wright-Riva said.

Freshman Shannon Mc- “Or maybe they’re busy with Donell, who attended the town their semester.” hall, said she learned about the event through the Dining Ser- hlangdbk@gmail.com

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To encourage more students to download the Rave Guardian app, University Police are increasing their promotional efforts this semester, officials said.

The free smartphone app, which allows anyone with a university email address to register through the umbrella application Rave Guardian, gives users access to an abundance of useful resources, said Mark Limansky, commander of University Police’s technology services bureau.

Since its Nov. 19 debut, the app has been downloaded 219 times, said Appar Singh, University Police’s information technology manager. Because of extensive testing, there have been no difficulties or glitches, Singh said.

Looking to the fall, University Police have strengthened efforts to raise awareness for the application, Limansky sa id. Promotional in itiatives include a video created

by University Police, which was uploaded to their official

YouTube channel on March 22 and shared on social media.

“We think this spring push will really get the word out,” Limansky said. “Our intent for the campaign and the app is to promote safety on and around campus for our students, faculty and staff.”

The app’s features include s a safety timer, which allows a user to have up to five previously selected “guardians” virtually monitor their progress as they travel across the campus.

“Someti mes people a re nervous but don’t want to wait for a physical escort,” Limansky said. “This gives them a nother way to feel safe and feel that someone is watching over them while they’re walking from point A to point B on-campus.”

The app also allows users to text anonymous tips to police, send d istress signals and contact other local agencies if they are not on the campus, Limansky said.

“This is a really simple and rock-solid application,” Singh said. “Rave, as a company, is fantastic. They’re a leader in the industry.”

A nother one of the application’s features is the safety profile, with which users can input whatever d e s c r ip t ive i n for m at ion they deem helpful for a responder coming to their aid, Singh said. Profile information could include photos, a physical description, medical conditions and emergency contacts — all of which can only be accessed by police in a user-initiated emergency.

“With the [safety profile], if we don’t know how to reach you, we’ll have other ways to check,” Singh said.

T h e a p p ’s m o s t-u s e d function so far has been the texting feature, Singh said, which allows users to send tips to police anonymously or in combination with their profile information.

On Feb. 14, a domestic dispute on Boteler Lane was successf u l ly rep or ted to police by a victim through this method, and police were able to locate the reporting person using safety profile information.

Un iversity Pol ice hope users will turn to the application to report incidents like

this one, Limansky said, in which a phone call could be risky or impossible.

“The intent of this application is to give people an alternative means to using traditional resources,” Limansky said.

Beginning this summer, the app will be introduced to incoming freshmen and new employees during their respective orientations, Limansky said. Police expect that these efforts will increase the number of app downloads dramatically, he said.

Police will promote the app during safety presentations within dorms, fraternities and sororities as well, Limansky said. The bottom of each UMD Safety Notice also includes a link for students, faculty and staff to download the app.

“This is a generally safe area,” Limansky said. “But it’s reassuring for family, friends and loved ones to k now that thei r ch i ld ren are being protected, and the Guardian app allows us to do that.” mbricesaddlerdbk@gmail.com

College Park City-University Partnership marks success of its internship program Program hires students from university for Web content and weekly e-newsletter

By Alex Carolan @alexhcarolan Staff writer The College Park City-University Partnership noted the success of the first official year of its university student internship program in its annual report released last week.

The internship continues to play an important role in getting the partnership’s initiatives out to the public, said Valerie Woodall, the partnership’s program associate. The report noted that the internship program allows the partnership to “grow and expand” its community profile.

The internship focuses on Web content, specifically a weekly e-newsletter that began last semester and reaches about 1,500 people, Woodall said.

“It doesn’t really matter if we do all of this work and nobody knows about it,” Woodall said.

“It’s a really great opportunity for students, and most of them are better at social media than us.”

The partnership is a nonprofit organization sponsored by this university and the City of College

Park. The organization promotes economic growth through development and housing initiatives that appeal to the interests of the city and this university.

Established in 1998, the partnership began expanding its social media outreach when its executive director, Eric Olson, took over in 2014, Woodall said.

Olson said the internship focuses on making the partnership’s Web presence more interactive.

The internship program officially began last semester. Ori Gutin, a university alumnus who graduated in December, interned with the partnership in the fall, focusing on sustainability and jump-starting the partnership’s social media outreach as well as starting the weekly e-newsletter.

Gutin said he managed the partnership’s Facebook page, and because of his strong connection to the student body, he introduced people whom the partnership hadn’t been able to reach before.

“I think mostly through my personal connections and being connected to a lot of groups on campus, we were able to expand the social media presence,” he

said. “I gained a really acute awareness of what was going on in College Park.”

Gutin said students at this university are a major base that the partnership should appeal to on social media.

The partnership also began a collaboration with an organization-focused communications class at this university last semester, COMM424: Communication in Complex Organizations. In the class, students apply what they learn in lectures and give suggestions regarding the partnership’s organizational structures, said Lindsey Anderson, the professor of the class.

Anderson said last semester students in her class created a potential layout for the partnership to use as its annual report.

Students suggested content for the report, such as using information about new construction and development projects in College Park.

“They’re getting a much richer learning experience in the sense that they can see these concepts that we talk about in class exemplified by the members of CPCUP,” Anderson said.

These concepts include organizational structures students learn in textbooks that are then applied to real-life situations

within the partnership, Anderson said.

Woodall said students come up with ideas that make the partnership’s website more interactive. She said students make “dynamic, interesting, content that can be pushed out through social media so that we can continue the university district vision.”

Last semester, students created sample recruitment fliers for the internship program, Anderson said, and reached out to the communications internship coordinator so the partnership internship could be advertised on the listserv.

The class provides the partnership with deliverables, such as infographics and fliers, as well as suggestions for its social media presence. Anderson said her students may provide a communication report that shows how communication flows within the partnership.

“Students have really enjoyed working with the group,” Anderson said. “They feel really invested in College Park. ... They like giving back to this organization that’s committed to building a partnership between the campus and the community.” acarolandbk@gmail.com

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University President Wallace Loh announced a new initiative yesterday morning to create a thriving work environment and a culture of engagement and inclusion among employees at this university.

The Thriving Workplace Initiative, sponsored by the Office of the President, will be a collaboration between this university and Gallup, a research-based consulting company, to anonymously survey all employees about their engagement and inclusion in the workplace. This university’s 11,000 faculty and staff will have the opportunity to take the survey from April 18 through May 6, and the results will then be analyzed and applied to action plans with the support of this University’s Center for Leadership and Organizational

Change. The university is paying for Gallup’s services.

One of the driving factors behind the employee engagement effort is to continue making this campus the best place to work, which builds on the goal to make this university “equal to the best” among public research institutions, Loh wrote in an email to faculty and staff. This is the first time this university has introduced such an initiative on this scale.

This university’s investment in student engagement has positively affected academic success, Loh said, and the hope is that increasing employee engagement will increase productivity, decrease turnover rates and bring a better morale to faculty and staff.

“I think if we have a workforce that feels a certain passion and purpose for its work, not because they’re getting paid but because they feel committed, that the University of Maryland will be

one of the best institutions in the country,” Loh said. “They’re going to work hard and work well. … I think it’s going to be worth the time and money that we invest.”

The follow-up work after the survey process will continue throughout the coming year, said Laura Scott, CLOC’s director and one of the initiative’s implementation team members.

The process will be repeated at least once more following the first action plans, Scott said.

“This is not a one-and-done; this is about an ongoing investment,” said Cynthia Edmunds, assistant to the president. “As an institution, we have so many aspirations and inspirations and expectations that make us successful. The one resource that could make or break what makes us the best really [is the] people.”

The initiative strives to be representative, reflective, educational and sustainable, Edmunds said. The team working on the initiative has incorporated these core elements in each of the steps,

from the survey to the action plan to the expected collaboration and the breadth of the goals, she said.

This university’s graduate school has been a part of a pilot program for a similar survey and employee engagement process since 2014, and Assistant Dean and Chief of Staff Jeffrey Franke said it has been noticeably successful in his department.

“Our staff is better because of what we’re doing,” Franke said.

“I think it helps us as managers to know we’re responding to what the staff needs. I would say that we have a very different, engaged staff now.”

Every department will have access to its survey results and consultation with CLOC, Edmunds said, which will work to implement changes in training, development and personal meetings.

“We’re one institution,” she said, “so no matter who you are or what you do, the work that you do matters.” gtooheydbk@gmail.com

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REVIEW | “THREE CENTURIES OF AMERICAN PRINTS” AT THE NGA

ART HATH NO FURY A massive print show at the National Gallery chronicles uniquely American rage

the national gallery showcases how print can be a “democratic artistic medium.” Selections include Andy Warhol’s 1967 work Marilyn and Kara Walker’s 2010 no world, the most recent artwork in the exhibition.

By Evan Berkowitz @TheEndOfMyWitz Staff writer “This print by patriot Paul Revere is nothing less than a call for moral outrage,” said Judith Brodie, National Gallery of Art curator of modern prints and drawings, gesturing to an engraving of the Boston Massacre that graces dozens of textbooks.

T h e wo rk , s h e sa i d a t a news preview Tuesday morning, is “a means of broadcasting and fueling a revolution.”

Drawing on more than 150 Gallery-held and promised works, “Three Centuries of American Prints,” which opens Sunday, attempts to chronicle the entire heritage of American printmaking using multiple stories that weave through nine galleries.

“There are many, many ways to fo l l ow a t h rea d through this exhibition,” Gallery Senior Curator of Prints and Drawings Andrew Robison said at the preview.

From all of them come a full and entirely satiating exhibition that does remarkably well with its goal to chronicle almost the entirety of American printmaking.

Not all visitors will be piqued by the full circle journey of form, subtle at best, between John James Audubon’s artfully doubledover flamingo (its magnificent gullet was too long straightened out for even the largest paper available those days) and a playfully constructivist bending form by Martin Puryear from 2001.

It’s unlikely — though increasingly possible — that ea c h v i s i to r w i l l fo l l ow the exhibition’s full circle narrative. The first works in the show depict Native American leaders brought to Britain and garbed as royalty to act as pawns in wh a t wo u l d b e co m e t h e French and Indian War. The most recent work, a J.M.W. Turner-reminiscent print

by Kara Walker, works on tropes of what could be a much more sinister transatlantic trade.

But when the aspects coalesce, the prints become more than works on paper, the nine galleries more than a set of walls. In short, one realizes just how well-organized this massive undertaking is. A story emerges, with multiple threads, each integral and incidental to telling

the story of America and its printmaking heritage.

And through all of them come one additional story that any visitor would be remiss to overlook: the distinctly American annals of public rage.

“Prints, produced in multiple and relatively inexpensive to purchase, are often described as a democratic artistic medium,” Brodie said. The exhibition “features works whose primary purpose is to evoke action.”

Beginning with the Revere, it follows through a rather disappointing rendition of the Founding Fathers declaring independence, then up through a terrifying Harper’s Weekly portrait of Confederate President Jefferson Davis haunted by specters of Civil War ghosts and liberty herself while he wastes away in a jail cell in which the lights were never turned off.

A decades-later conflict brought a new, more terrifying anger, one seen firsthand in the home-front factories and frontline battalions of World War II. “Increasingly aware of the atrocities taking place in Europe,” Brodie said, “many

artists embraced the illogical; the irrational — adopting a vocabulary of twisted anatomical fragments of bizarre, hagridden organisms.”

In Carl Hoeckner’s Cold S t e e l , m u s c u l a r, i n d i s tinguishable men fire the furnaces of industry while younger automatons below t h e m f i re l o n g g u n s. I n B e n to n M u rd o c h S p r u ance’s remarkably titled Riders of the Apocalypse, fighter planes negotiate harsh light and shadow in a stunningly active work that unsettles viewers with an air of conflict.

“In the 1960s, as a youthful counterculture rejected the conservative values of an older generation, younger artists likewise renounced … their abstract expressionist predecessors,” Brodie said.

With this generation, the rage of American nationalism was usurped with a new rage — or, more appropriately, passion — that was entirely less altruistic and decidedly more Freudian. After the doldrums of depression, the horrors of war and the uptight conservatism of the pastel ’50s, America roared again as the nation’s youth collectively remembered

they had sex organs.

M a r i ly n Mo n ro e , i n a famed Andy Warhol print, personifies the beginning of this awakening in splashes of vibrant color. Mel Ramos, in Lola Cola, blends the allAmerican idea of advertising (of the ’50s mainstay glass Coke bottle, no less) with the even more American ideal of a voluptuous naked woman — buxom and tanned with big ’70s hair, her nipple interplaying euphemistically with the bottle cap.

Luckily, when the rage returns again, in a wonderful work near the show’s end, it is no longer based on carnal cravings of a once-repressed populace, but upon the political goals of people who have been there, done that and want equality along with liberation.

“The country is reckoning with pluralism,” Brodie said.

“Many artists addressed these issues in their work, exposing biases and raising awareness.”

In the form of an advertisement, the anonymous Guerrilla Girls collective asks whether a woman must be nude to enter the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Citing disgusting sta-

images courtesy of the national gallery of art

tistics on how few female artists are on view there and how many nude artworks are literal statuary objectifications of women’s bodies, the group posits nudity and sexualization must be a the price of admission.

“The Guerrilla Girls, the self-proclaimed conscience of the art world, to this day employ institutional critique,” Brodie said. “Like Revere’s bloody massacre print from 1770, this one by the Guerrilla Girls is likewise a call for moral outrage.”

And why shouldn’t they?

It’s painfully unclear — especially yards down from literal intentional objectification of Lola Cola — whether we’ve actually fulfilled the Girls’ 1980s request.

As long as there is moral outrage, there will be prints provoking thought of it.

Perhaps, one thinks, women must still be nude for admittance to the Metropolitan Museum of Art — but maybe not, one hopes, to The Met Breuer.

“Three Centuries of American Prints” runs from April 3 through July 24 at the National Gallery of Art. eberkowitzdbk@gmail.com

FEATURE | MCKELDIN GRAFFITI

writings on the wall The poetry of McKeldin Library’s many restroom works of graffiti

By Patrick Basler @pmbasler Staff writer If McKeldin Library is your favorite place to study on the campus, it’s probably your favorite place to take a s--- too.

We all know the routine: Hit the books, hit the coffee shop, hit the bathroom. Luckily for their innumerable patrons, the bathrooms in McKeldin (all seven floors of them) are toptier toilets. Sure, they’re not as comfortable as your bathroom at home or as familiar as the dorm stalls that fall victim to late-night excursions, but they do have a distinct advantage: hella reading material.

But it’s not the thousands (millions?) of books lining the library’s shelves that students can read while on the porcelain throne.

It’s something far more interesting and, at times, well-written: bathroom graffiti.

Of course, those scrawled messages, written by the witty constipated for the witty constipated, have a bad reputation — largely because they’re rarely actually witty. But while the grocery stores and gas stations of the world might be home to some extremely questionable bathroom art, surely McKeldin Library, home to the university’s most scholarly students, is different?

Right?

Well, uh, yes and no. The graffiti in the library’s

mckeldin library can be a stressful place for many students. The study spot’s bathroom stall walls have become a place for guests to let out a little creativity. The messages found there can range from silly to soulful, erotic to eloquent. patrick basler/for the diamondback many restrooms is as diverse as the students who use them. The notes, scratched and drawn onto the dark-blue stalls, can be as vulgar and rude as one would expect a college student with a Sharpie and an ego to be, but they can also be remarkably poignant and downright poetic.

“We could be HEROES,” a large bright-red quote in the first-floor men’s room reminds any toilet-strapped student who glances to their right.

But a quick look up reveals a slightly less inspiring message.

“I’ve got the weiner [sic] rot,” the ghost of a former occupant confesses.

These two types of graffiti appear again and again in McKeldin’s multitude of bathrooms. On the fifth floor, messages include humblebrags such as “I smoked weed everyday since the 8th grade and I’m an engineer” (to which someone responded “you’re cool”)

as well as serious musings on the importance of learning.

“DON’T LET SCHOOL GET IN THE WAY OF YOUR EDUCATION,” a warning scratched into stall plastic reads.

Some toilets are covered in interesting tidbits, and some contain no graffiti at all (or, worse yet, just scummy reminders that “16’s legal in M.D.”). But when you do find a piece that’s exciting, profound or just awesomely vulgar, it can be a transcendental experience.

You’re no longer just escaping studying for a few minutes or relieving yourself of that dining hall food from earlier; you’re part of something bigger. You become part of history — a history of the people whose bare asses sat on that very same seat. And when the last sexual proposition has been rubbed off the stalls, you can be sure that someone else will one day be offering “BJs for ‘str8’ guys.”

Whether it’s classic restroom questions like “Can I f--- your girlfriend?” or misguided advice like “Save the Planet… Don’t Flush” (attributed to “Bernie 2016,” of course), the bathroom graffiti of McKeldin does, at the very least, give you something to read. There’s no need to bring an iPad or check Twitter for the millionth time while you do your business — just take a look around.

You might find something pretty amazing. pbaslerdbk@gmail.com

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GYMNASTICS

Tang prepares to compete at NCAA Athens Regional

By James Crabtree-Hannigan @JamesCrabtreeH Staff writer The summer before Kathy Tang’s senior year, the Terrapins gymnastics coaches sat her down and asked how she wanted to be remembered in the program.

Tang took the question to heart.

“I went into the gym with a positive attitude, and it really motivated me to do my best,” Tang said.

It’s a mentality Tang has applied throughout her college career, which will come to an end in the coming weeks. After her sophomore year, the Terps switched from the East Atlantic Gymnastics League to the Big Ten. Plus, the 2015-16 campaign has been the least successful of coach Brett Nelligan’s tenure.

But through it all, she’s maintained a sunny disposition, which she hopes will benefit her when she competes on vault and floor at the NCAA Athens Regional on Saturday.

“She’s seen it all,” Nelligan said.

“She’s really seen a program go through so much change.”

Perhaps the biggest change of Tang’s career came in November 2012, when Nelligan gathered his

SENIOR KATHY TANG will perform on vault and floor as an individual specialist in the NCAA Tournament. It could be her final college appearance. reid poluhovich/the diamondback team before practice and told them they’d be leaving the EAGL. “I didn’t really know what that meant, but when he explained it I [was] really excited for it,” Tang said.

“I remember thinking, ‘I get to be part of the team that changes to the Big Ten.’” Nelligan was thrilled his team was moving to one of the strongest conferences in the country, but

he knew that it would come with some challenges.

“It’s going be tough,” Nelligan recalls saying. “There’s going to be some growing pains, but in the long run, it’s where we belong.”

Last year, the Terps made the transition look smooth. They finished seventh at the conference championships before coming in third at the NCAA Auburn

Regional, their highest postseason mark since 2001.

Six seniors were on that team, though, and this year’s team struggled to replace their contributions this campaign. The Terps finished last in the Big Ten and will miss out on the postseason for the first time in Nelligan’s tenure.

Still, Nelligan and Tang believe she’ll leave the team in a better

place than when she first arrived on campus.

“I think she’s looking forward to being able to come back and see the team doing well,” Nelligan said.

Tang isn’t done yet, though. In addition to qualifying as an individual specialist for the Athens Regional on vault and floor, she is an alternate on bars. Freshman Macey Roberts and sophomore Abbie Epperson also earned scores high enough to compete in Athens, Georgia.

But for Tang, the meet represents perhaps her final college appearance.

She plans to approach this weekend just as she has the rest of her career: with a determined mindset.

“You could have your parents push you, you could have your coaches push you, but it’s all about how you want to push yourself,” Tang said.

When she explains her psyche, Tang’s success under so many different circumstances makes sense.

By focusing on herself, she was able to stay consistent, even when things around her weren’t.

“Having that inner drive is what gets you to being the best you could be,” Tang said. “So I just try to do my thing every day.” jcrabtreehdbk@gmail.com

MEN’S LACROSSE

Terps overcome facing former defender Ikeda against Penn

By Callie Caplan @CallieCaplan Senior staff writer philadelphia — The logistics entering of the Terrapins men’s lacrosse team’s game Tuesday made coach John Tillman nervous.

The Terps were coming off the high of downing former ACC rival North Carolina three days earlier.

Then they took a break to celebrate Easter on Sunday. And their clash at Franklin Field came at 4 p.m., an earlier start time for a midweek game than the team is accustomed to.

But perhaps most troubling for the sixth-year coach was trying to game-plan against Penn’s director of operations, Casey Ikeda. The former defender who joined the Quakers program in July was a captain for the Terps during their run to the national title game in 2015, ending his career with 50 consecutive starts.

Tillman could smile after the game, though, pleased to have reunited with his former star, because the Terps managed to overcome Ikeda’s inside knowledge of their scheme and personnel to earn a 13-8 victory in Philadelphia.

“He’s a guy that just did great, great things on and off the field,” Tillman said. “It made the matchup that much harder.”

A season ago, Ikeda completed a redshirt senior year that ended

with Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year and first-team All-America recognitions.

His daily routine required showing up at the Varsity Team House each day “to strap on the helmet and get after it,” Ikeda said, reminiscing on his days in red and black while standing outside the Quakers locker room.

Ikeda is still a regular on the practice field, but now he’s setting up equipment and assisting coach Mike Murphy’s staff with whatever they ask. Off the turf, Ikeda is in charge of organizing Penn’s travel, hotels and meals, all in an effort to gain experience and insight as he aims to become a Division I head coach in the future.

“It’s definitely a massive change of pace,” Ikeda said. “It’s more thinking about what needs to be done and what can help the team win instead of just going out there and playing and doing what I’m told by one of the Maryland coaches.”

Entering the bout against his former squad, the Berwyn, Pennsylvania, native took a more active approach in film sessions. He helped the coaches put together a game plan against the players he teamed up with to form the nation’s top scoring defense in 2015.

Ikeda told the Penn players to not run straight at defender Matt Dunn or head-on against goalkeeper Kyle Bernlohr. Instead, three of the Quakers’ first four scores came with

MIDFIELDER CAROLINE STEELE (11) comes from a long line of family members who played at this university. Her mother, Gretchen, reached the NCAA Tournament in 1983 and 1984 with the Terps. reid poluhovich/the diamondback

steele From PAGE 12 playing lacrosse. She estimates she began when she was about three.

“When I was born, I was basically born with a lacrosse stick,” Steele said.

“That’s all I ever wanted to do. I just love the game.”

Lacrosse wasn’t the only sport Steele grew accustomed to playing.

She also dedicated time to swimming, soccer and basketball. But lacrosse took precedent.

It was her first love.

While many young children spend their free time playing video games or watching TV, Steele was

different. She was outside, practicing her shot.

“She would always go outside with her brothers,” Gretchen said. “And to this day, whoever is here, they go outside and just push each other.”

A WINNING CULTURE Steele was a starter on the Severn lacrosse team since her freshman year.

By the time her high school lacrosse career ended, Steele had set new marks with 94 single-season goals and 246 career goals.

She scored 11 times against Queen Anne’s on Senior Day, a single-game school record, and was a two-time All-Metro midfielder.

a player running around the left side of the cage and shooting across Bernlohr’s body.

The third of those connections — about four minutes into the second quarter to cut to Terps’ lead to two goals — left Bernlohr with his hands on his hips. He shrugged a few times while talking to teammates before turning around in hopes of watching a replay on the video board.

“I kind of was able to know what they like to go against, so we [tried] to do things that they don’t like to see,” Ikeda said. “It’s kind of picking our spots and making sure the coaches knew how good these guys actually are.”

The Terps, though, didn’t let Penn’s inside knowledge spoil their pursuit of a fifth straight win in their final outing before Big Ten play starts this weekend.

After the game, Ikeda went through the postgame handshake line, hugging each of his former teammates and coaches. A few of the Terps found time to chat with their former captain, too, mingling on the field before parting for the visiting locker room.

“Casey’s one of my best friends, so just seeing him on the other sideline is pretty funny,” Bernlohr said.

“He’ll always be a Terp through and through.” ccaplandbk@gmail.com

Renie Sotiropoulos, who coached Steele at Severn, said Steele is one of the most athletic players she has ever worked with.

“Steele was very likely the best athlete to come through Severn, male or female, since I’ve been here, and that’s 20 years,” Sotiropoulos said.“Her innate athletic abilities are astounding.”

Lacrosse seemed to run in the family; each of Steele’s brothers excelled in the sport.

Her eldest brother, Scotty, played lacrosse at Belmont Abbey College in North Carolina and was named the school’s Male Athlete of the Year during his final season, and Brendan is a starter on the lacrosse team at St. Mary’s.

Gretchen, though, said she wouldn’t have minded if Steele didn’t follow in her family’s footsteps.

“I said I wasn’t stepping in, and I wasn’t going to give her an ounce of my advice,” Gretchen said. “I wanted her to make the choice and be happy with it.”

But Steele knew she wanted to play for the Terps one day after attending games as a kid.

Her mother and Kristen thought Steele would end up at Loyola, as many of her Severn teammates had committed to the school.

During a bus ride home from a soccer match on Halloween her sophomore year, however, Steele called her

defensive lineman quinton jefferson was one of two Terps to leave this university early to declare for the NFL draft. He competed alongside 10 other players at Maryland Stadium at pro day. christian jenkins/the diamondback

combine From PAGE 12 currently has the 6-foot-2, 255 pound Ngakoue pegged as a sixth-round pick.

Experts at the website have Davis as a fourth- or fifth-rounder. It was a light day for the Washington native, who did not go through any fitness tests after competing at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis in February. He said he was satisfied with his results, which included top performances among cornerbacks in the bench press, three-cone drill and the 20-yard shuttle.

“It’s like a dream come true, m a n ,” Dav i s sa id . “ I’ve b e e n dreaming about this. I’m finally in the midst of it, and now it’s finally hitting me that in less than a month I’m about to be a professional football player.”

mom and said she wanted to commit to the Terps.

Upon arriving home, Steele called Reese. While she was on the phone, Gretchen received an email from Loyola.

“In that time, somebody got to Loyola and they were already trying to get ahold of [Steele] to stop her from committing to Maryland,” Gretchen said. “It was out of nowhere — something to giggle at.”

Steele held true to her commitment to the Terps. Soon, she felt a sense of urgency.

“I told myself I had to work my butt off now,” Steele said. “Kristen’s there already, my mom in the past, my uncle, I just wanted to make my family proud. My goal was to be as good as I needed to be to come here.”

John said it was a “dream come true” when Kristen opted to join the Terps. Gretchen had a similar reaction when learning of Steele’s decision.

“I told her she didn’t have to make her decision based on me or [Kristen],” Gretchen said. “It’s really a dream.”

NOT WASTING TIME Every time Steele’s name is announced over the speakers at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex, she pinches herself.

As a starter in each of the Terps’ eight games this season, Steele has

Zeller’s and Ross’ futures are less clear. Neither player was invited to the NFL Scouting Combine, so both viewed Wednesday as their main chance to impress scouts.

Both players were content with their performances. While Ross wanted to do better in the broad jump, he said scouts praised his ball-catching skills and his 40-yard dash. Miller, who started the past two seasons for the Terps at right guard, said he thought scouts were surprised at the numbers he put up.

Miller has also participated in a regional workout, and he has a session with the Baltimore Ravens scheduled for Friday morning. He’s one of many former Terps who just want a chance to compete at the next level.

“It’s really just important to show your skill set,” Ross said. “Somebody’s going to fall in love with you.” kstackpoledbk@gmail.com

heard her name called often. But she still isn’t used to it.

“I’m just so honored and humbled to even have the opportunity to play here and start here,” Steele said.

After the Terps’ 19-7 seasonopening victory over William & Mary, Steele said she was thankful simply to have a spot on the roster, let alone a starting job.

A member of the Terps’ freshman class, ranked No. 2 by Inside Lacrosse, Steele has thrived through the first eight games of the season.

The first score of her young Terps career was a behind-the-back goal against the Tribe. She has scored 11 times since.

“It’s pretty special to be able to go somewhere and wear a Maryland uniform knowing the history of your family members and their experience behind it,” Reese said. “She’s got a lot of energy down there, a little spunk on the offensive end. I like it.”

Steele said she is determined to follow in her family’s footsteps and put together a succesful Terps career.

It’s something she’s wanted to do since third grade.

“Having the opportunity to play here is just a dream come true,” Steele said. “I hope in four years I make my family and teammates proud.” sgelmandbk@gmail.com

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THURSDAY, March 31, 2016 | SPORTS | The Diamondback

NEEDELMAN From PAGE 12 at the KFC Yum! Center in the Sweet Sixteen against Kansas on March 24. Coach Mark Turgeon’s team slogged off the court with a 16-point loss hanging over their heads, a final painful memory in a once-charmed season.

T h e Te r p s a s s e m b l e d with their coaching staff for t he p o s tga m e h a ndshake. Forward Damonte Dodd, though, needed some space to himself. He walked toward the edge of the court, grabbing his shorts as his teammates worked through the line.

“I just couldn’t believe we lost. It doesn’t really hit you until it hits 0.0,” Dodd said. “You always think — I mean, even with 10 seconds left — you think, ‘Man we could come back. We could win this.’ Three seconds, you

think you could come back and win. One second. When it really hits 0.0, you realize this is it. I just needed time to walk.”

Back in the locker room, a s t h e a s s e m bl e d m e d i a pelted the Terps with questions about fumbled expectations and future plans, Turgeon pulled up a chair in a corner office and sat in a circle with his confidants — assistant coaches Bino Ranson, Cliff Warren and video coordinator Mark Bi a l kosk i. None of t hem uttered a word.

Passing judgment on this Terps team is complicated.

On one hand, the program advanced past the Round of 32 for the first time since 2003.

The Terps packed Xfinity Center through the winter, created a buzz around the area and could send all five starters to the pros.

Besides, the NCAA Tourn a ment is a crapshoot,

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r i g h t? N o o n e e x p e c te d No. 10-seed Sy racuse to advance to the Final Four, but that’s what happened.

Sure. Go ahead, patronize the Terps, whose locker room resembled a memorial gathering after their season ended late Thursday night.

Pl ayers spoke i n hu shed tones, sometimes pausing to hold back tears.

Draftexpress.com’s latest mock draft has four Terps projected to get selected this year: center Diamond Stone (No. 23 overall), guard Melo Trimble (No. 35), forward Jake Layman (No. 45) and forward Robert Carter Jr. (No. 51). That’s more than a l l t he F i n a l Fou r tea m s combined.

The sentiment for much of the season was that when — not if — the Terps started clicking, they’d be unstoppable. They stormed to a 15-1 start even while working through some kinks.

Yet in an odd twist, the Terps didn’t get better over t i me, l i ke t h at b ott le of Chardonnay residing untouched in you r pa rents’ cellar for years has.

T hey slowly fell apa rt, each loss sapping more and more of the fan base’s confidence. There always seemed to be something going awry, a new question that needed an answer.

What happened to Trimble’s jumper? Why wasn’t L ay m a n a bigger pa r t of the offense? Why did Stone smash Wisconsin forward Vitto Brow n’s head i nto the f loor? A nd for crying out loud, how did the Terps bungle the Minnesota game?

In the end, the Terps never found the answers.

I’m not saying the season should be remembered as an embarrassment. But it could’ve been so much more. jneedelmandbk@gmail.com

guard rasheed sulaimon and coach mark turgeon talk near the sideline during the Terps’ season-ending loss to Kansas in the Sweet Sixteen. christian jenkins/the diamondback

REVIEW From PAGE 12 loss in the Sweet Sixteen. The Terps chose to focus on the positives after the defeat — they reached the Sweet Sixteen for the first time since 2003 — but questions about unfulfilled potential lingered.

Four Terps are projected to be drafted, according to draftexpress.com, more than any other team in the country.

The program’s first national championship since 2002 will have to wait, though.

“It’s been the toughest 27-win season I think you ca n go th rough because I just never felt like the ball bounced our way,” Turgeon said after the 79-63 loss to Kansas in the Sweet Sixteen.

“It’s just been hard on these guys. It wasn’t for lack of effort and wanting to get better. It was frustrating.”

T he Ter ps entered th is season with high expectations. Many analysts tabbed them national title contenders. T hey had the Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year in sophomore g uard Melo Trimble, a five-star recruit in Stone and three experienced upperclassman: forwards Robert Carter Jr. and Ja ke Lay m a n, plus g u a rd Rasheed Sulaimon.

With only three returning starters, the Terps’ chemistry was a work in progress early on, Turgeon said. And their depth took a hit when guard Dion Wiley suffered a season-ending knee injury in the preseason. Without Wiley, only two reserves ended up averaging more than 10 minutes per game.

The Terps won 15 of their first 16 games, but slipups came. In January, the Terps lost two road games in less than two weeks, and questions about the team’s bench started to emerge.

“We have depth,” Stone said after a 70-67 loss to Michigan

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on Jan. 12. “No matter who’s in the game, we’re the No. 1 team in the country.”

Even after a 74-65 loss at then-No. 10 Michigan State on Jan. 23, the Terps continued to notch w ins and Trimble dazzled.

T h e n T r i m b l e ’s s h o t s stopped falling — starting in a Feb. 13 loss to Wisconsin — and the Terps stopped winning.

They finished the regular season 2-4 as Trimble went 25-for-78 during that stretch (32.1 percent).

The Terps improved in the postseason. A loss to Michigan State in the Big Ten semifinals was followed by wins over a No. 12 seed and a No. 13 seed in the NCAA Tournament, setting up a matchup with Turgeon’s alma mater, Kansas.

The Jayhawks, the No. 1 overall seed, pulled away in the second half and never looked back. A team with national championship aspirations had to settle for their season ending with a Sweet Sixteen appearance.

“We have nothing to hold our heads down for,” Sulaimon said after the game. “We did something that the school hasn’t done in 13 years.”

While all five starters averaged more than 11 points per game, Trimble’s threepoint shooting percentage dropped to 31.5 on the season, down from 41.2 percent in 2014-15. The conference Preseason Player of the Year had to settle for the All-Big Ten second team.

Nex t season, the Terps might lose all five starters.

Layman, a senior, and Sulaimon, a graduate transfer, will be gone, while Stone, Trimble and Carter could all turn pro.

L ay m a n wa sn’t t h i n ki ng about nex t yea r a f ter the loss to Kansas. With his college career over, he took a moment to reflect on how far the Terps had come. Two seasons ago, five contributors transferred away after a 17-win season.

So as long as Turgeon is at the helm, Layman isn’t worried about the Terps’ future.

“They wanted him fired two years ago and look where he is now — at a Sweet Sixteen,” Layman said. “It’s all about hard work and dedication.

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THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2016 FOOTBALL | PRO DAY

Ngakoue, Davis headline Pro Day Duo join 9 former players who competed in front of NFL scouts at Maryland Stadium

By Kyle Stackpole @kylefstackpole Senior staff writer

defensive end yannick ngakoue runs through a drill during the Terps’ Pro Day yesterday at Maryland Stadium.

CBSSports.com projects him to go in the sixth round of the upcoming NFL draft. christian jenkins/the diamondback

with the Terps, donned the number 21 in homage to the late Sean Taylor, who played safety for the Washington Redskins.

Davis likely will have a chance It was Yannick Ngakoue’s turn to perform, so the former Terrapins to play professionally like his idol. defensive end ripped off his gray Nga koue, accord i ng to severa l Under Armour long-sleeved shirt pundits, has a solid chance of being in preparation for the drills ahead. drafted, too.

Yesterday afternoon, the duo highAs NFL scouts, family and friends looked on, Ngakoue, along with two lighted a group of 11 former Terps other former defensive linemen, took who participated in the program’s to the Maryland Stadium field for a Pro Day, one of the fi nal chances for variety of position-specific workouts prospects to showcase their skills before the NFL draft in late April. and fitness tests.

Nine of the participants were Earlier in the afternoon, former cornerback Sean Davis, another members of last year’s squad.

“It’s been pretty good because draft hopeful, trained in front of many of the same personnel plus those are guys I came in with,” former wide receiver Stefon Diggs. Ngakoue said. “Some of those guys Davis, just as he did during his time are definitely older than me, and

they just took me under their wing when I first got here. So it’s just a blessing to grind with them and just compete with them one last time in [Maryland] Stadium.”

O f l a s t s e a s o n’s s t a r te rs, Ngakoue and defensive lineman Quinton Jefferson were the only ones to leave school early. Former kicker and 2014 Lou Groza award w i n ner Brad Craddock, of fensive lineman Andrew Zeller and running back Brandon Ross worked out, too.

Ngakoue said the draft process has been as he expected — “very busy” — but the intensity of the drills he went through yesterday caught the program’s single-season sack leader by surprise.

Nevertheless, he relished the opportunity to show scouts his toughness and his heart. CBSSports.com See combine, Page 9

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Sweet 16 loss leaves Terps with questions

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Late losses mar strong start to hyped year

By Phillip Suitts @PhillipSuitts Senior staff writer

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Terrapins men’s basketball center Diamond Stone let his frustration get the best of him with the Terps’ 27-game home winning streak in jeopardy Feb. 13.

After falling to the hardwood late in the first half, Stone rose up and pushed Wisconsin forward Vitto Brown’s head into the floor. Stone remained in the game, but the Terps fell, 70-57. Two days later, coach Mark Turgeon handed Stone a onegame suspension.

Without their freshman phenom the next game, the Terps couldn’t ha nd le a M i n nesota tea m that entered 0-13 in Big Ten play, losing on the road, 68-63. Suddenly, a team that was 22-3 entering the Wisconsin game was reeling. The Terps never fully recovered, going 5-6 in their fi nal 11 games, starting with those two consecutive losses.

A season that began with the Terps ranked No. 3 in the national polls ended March 24 with a 16-point

As the outside criticism grew louder with each late-season loss, the Terrapins men’s basketball team refrained from panicking, even amid the fans’ desperate calls to turn talent into wins.

They filed away the critiques, perhaps noting them but not wallowing in them. A comical loss at lowly Minnesota on Feb. 18? Discouraging, but nothing the Terps couldn’t come back from.

Same with a defeat at Purdue. And at Indiana. And against Michigan State in the Big Ten Tournament.

The difference between the Terps and many college basketball teams is they knew they had the talent to win a title. Every loss and turnover and surrendered offensive rebound and missed 3-pointer were just supposed to be missteps on the way to something greater.

Then it all ended in anticlimactic fashion in front of the few fans left See Needelman, Page 11 guards rasheed sulaimon (left) and melo trimble walk off the court after the Terps’ season-ending 79-63 loss to Kansas.

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By Scott Gelman @Gelman_Scott Staff writer When she was in third grade, Caroline Steele filled out a form titled “All About Me.” She was asked to write down how many people were in her family and her favorite television show. Students were also instructed to write what they wanted to be when they grew up.

Some students wrote they aspired to become doctors. A few of Steele’s other peers wrote they wanted to become lawyers.

Steele didn’t write a traditional occupation. Instead, she wrote that she wanted to follow in her family’s footsteps.

She wanted to play lacrosse for the Terps.

“It’s always been a dream of mine,” said Steele, now a stand-

out Terrapins women’s lacrosse freshman midfielder. “Obviously, through the recruiting process you look at other schools, but I had my heart set.”

Steele’s uncle, John Lamon, started the tradition.

Lamon, a three-time AllAnne Arundel County selection at Wroxeter High School, was friendly with the late Bud Beardmore, longtime coach of this university’s men’s lacrosse team. When he looked at colleges, it didn’t take long for John to make a decision: He wanted to play for the Terps.

His brother, Chris Lamon, also opted for the Terps, playing under coach Dick Edell.

The Lamon brothers were hardly the only members of Steele’s family to play lacrosse at this university. Gretchen Steele, her mother, was a midfielder

for the 1983 Terps team that reached the NCAA quarterfinals and on the squad that reached the 1984 championship game.

“The legacy John started is one that we’ve seen grow with this family,” Gretchen said.

It continued with John’s daughter, Kristen Lamon, an All-American and four-year starter at St. Mary’s High. She decided to join coach Cathy Reese and the Terps in 2011.

Kristen appeared in all 22 games as a senior last season and was a member of two championship teams.

“That red, white, gold and black fire started burning early,” John said. “Now we’re just a total Maryland family.”

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