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Univ, Big Ten: Only freshmen eligible By Len Frosh @bofadeez15 Senior staff writer

basketball players fail their classes freshman year because they’re too focused on athletics, they’ll have the next three years to improve The Big Ten is hoping for support their academic standing,” univerfrom its member institutions to sity President Wally Loh said. “And begin a “national discussion” about if you support it, you are basically ruling only freshmen eligible for saying very clearly the No. 1 priority football and men’s basketball, ac- is the athlete in student-athlete.” The University Athletic Council melo trimble might have played his final season as cording to a document obtained by met yesterday afternoon to discuss The Diamondbag. a Terp if the NCAA declares sophomores, juniors and seniors ineligible. security camera 4/for the diamondbag “This way, even if football and a Big Ten proposal to examine “the

health of the athletic experience” titled “A Year of Athleticism,” which equates to a freshmen-only NCAA. “I want to listen to the council,” said Nick Hadley, athletic council chairman and physics professor. “As a faculty member, it’s hard for me not to support something that would increase the freshman experience.” T he document, which shows football and men’s basketball as the only sports with freshmen par-

ticipation rates less than 75 percent across the NCA A, states that a push for sophomore, junior and senior ineligibility would benefit athletes academically. Te r ra p i n s m e n’s b a s k e tb a l l coach Mark Turgeon said he’d be fine with the proposal, especially after Diamond Stone, a 6-foot10, 250-pound five-star center recru it, verba l ly com m itted to this university.

Univ to turn Cole into water park By Ace Reportera @lamename Staff writer University officials are scrapping plans for a football practice facility and will instead turn Cole Field House into an athletes-only, multilevel water park. The Board of Regents approved the plan yesterday to build the estimated $155 million park, with construction set to begin July 1 and an opening scheduled for August 2016. “T he water pa rk faci l ity a nd water slide complex are critically needed to recruit and support the student-athletes, and to be competitive in the Big Ten Conference,” the proposal states. A private donation will fund most of the construction costs, said university spokesman Brian Ullmann. University officials noted all other Big Ten schools have theme park attractions, and this campus needs its own to keep a competitive edge for student recruitment. Penn State’s football program offers a bumper car to each new athlete and at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, athletes can ride the “Bad Badger” roller coaster to class. “This decision couldn’t have come at a better time for our athletes. Go Terps!” university President Wally Loh said.

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Team of university cats creates music suited for professors, academic professionals By Fritz Keys @thedbk For The Diamondbag

t’s common knowledge that professors are hard to please. Academic professionals often keep to themselves and are sometimes reluctant to show affection for or even approach other humans. While it may seem that there’s no way for university instructors to let loose and warm up to others, professors are reacting positively to recently released music — music that comes from an unexpected, fuzzy source.

A team of cats has written music exclusively for academic professionals, and professors at this university can’t get enough of it. “It’s amazing,” said Thomas Furrington, a professor of mechanical engineering at this university. “Normally, human music is just sort of scary to me and my colleagues, but this [music] appealed to me in a way nothing else has. This really has been the cat’s meow.” The process of composing the music entailed walking across pianos, scratching violins and hissing into microphones. The music was intended to approximate the types of sounds that would be comforting to academic profession-

NCAA grants C.J. Brown seventh year

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C.J. Brown, Terps quarterback, was granted a seventh year of eligibility. Brown, who missed two seasons because of a shoulder injury and torn ACL, plans to attend his final three eateries in the spring and summer before the start of the 2015 season. The super senior said he is most looking forward to The Jerk Pit, but the other two restaurants, Sakura Seafood Buffet and Ikea, are “nothing to shake a drumstick at.” “I would like to thank the NCAA for giving me this opportunity,” Brown said. “It was an unorthodox decision, but it’s important for college students to diversify their pallets — especially in a town like College Park, which provides a wide range of culinary cultures and styles.” Brown joins a short list of Division I

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als, such as the atonal noises of classrooms and the clamor of academic conferences. “We wanted to produce something that would be comforting to them, something that would make them feel happy and safe,” Fizzgig Flouncytail, the lead cat in this project, wrote in an email to The Diamondbag. “Now that it’s out of the bag, we hope to bring it to more academic professionals.” After finishing an album of original music for professors, the cats plan to bring their talents to another hard to please group of humans: officials at the Department of Transportation Services.

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Move will allow Brown more time to eat local

Terrapins football quarterback C.J. Brown has inexplicably been granted a seventh year of eligibility by the NCA A, the program announced Tuesday. Coach Randy Edsall applied for the waiver on the grounds that Brown, 24, has yet to eat at every restaurant in College Park. The NCAA granted the waiver unanimously, an unprecedented move considering no player has ever been awarded an extra or seventh year of eligibility for anything outside of medical reasons. “Again, we’re very excited to have C.J. back under center for us next season,” coach Randy Edsall said. “He’s a tremendous leader, a warrior on the field, and his fundamentals and technique are unparalleled in Division I football.”

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football players who have been granted a seventh year of eligibility by the NCAA. Utah running back Darryll Poston earned a seventh year after transferring and suffering season-ending injury at two different universities. South Florida offensive lineman Cliff McCray, meanwhile, was awarded a sixth and seventh year of eligibility because of a preexisting heart condition. “ We k now it wa sn’t a u s u a l procedure,” Edsall said. “But, for once, the NCAA is acting with the student-athlete’s best intentions in mind. Considering what he’s done for this university, C.J. deserves to eat where he wants.”

A m id shouts of “ We wa nt pizza!” Tuesday in front of the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, executive director Martin Wollesen announced The Clarice is revising plans for its anticipated art house in the spot of the former Barking Dog bar to resemble a 15story Papa John’s Pizza. “We just wanted to do what’s right for the students,” Wollesen said, his voice barely audible over the barrage of students who had congregated outside The Clarice to demand pizza. The new version of the project, dubbed Papa John’s Pizza Mall, will include a separate floor for each type of pizza, including pepperoni, pineapple and a vegetarian floor made out of real vegetables. Papa John’s has been brought on to replace Philadelphia venue Milk-

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Boy’s management role. “You should see the broccoli chairs we’re importing from Jason Mraz’s farm,” said John “Papa John” Schnatter, founder of Papa John’s and purveyor of Super Bowl commercials. Literally 1,000 students occupied The Clarice lawn in protest of the original art house design, which they said didn’t fit into the cheesy cultural landscape. “Art is, like, dumb,” said a student who asked not to be named because he has always wanted to be an anonymous source. “You can’t eat art.” The decision to go Papa John’s came after a university wide survey, conducted by Student Entertainment Events, found students were concerned about the lack of pizza available within walking distance of campus. Students and faculty named the franchise’s food No. 1 in all the land for its bland taste and rubbery consistency. University President Wally Loh supported the decision for the Pizza Mall, but suggested that the contractor add more floors. “Why stop at just a mall?” he asked. “I know we can be the leader in the burgeoning pizza skyscraper industry.”

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Federal Budget could threaten Pell Senate, House plans cut Pell Grant funds

ducing the federal deficit, but critics say the plans would harm students by slashing Pell Grant funding. The budgets each cut roughly $5 trillion in federal spending over the By Jon Banister next decade. The Senate and House @J_Banister are aiming to agree on the specifics of Senior staff writer the budget and submit it to President The U.S. Senate and House of Obama by April 15. Republicans, who control both Representatives passed similar budgets this past week aimed at re- chambers, believe reducing the size

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of the federal government will take the burden off taxpayers. “The cuts are necessary to prevent any more tax increases,” said Breyer Hillegas, president of this university’s College Republicans chapter. “The American taxpayers are already exploited enough by the overweight federal government. … This budget bill makes Washington live within its means.”

But the House budget would freeze the maximum Pell Grant award at $5,775 for the next 10 years, although state budget cuts and inflation continue to drive up tuition and other living costs. Since the inception of Pell Grants, the maximum award has gone up annually either through legislative See budget, Page 3

COOKING WITH GREENS

Late-night cookie shop to open up Insomnia Cookies will deliver baked goods to on-campus addresses By Joe Atmonavage @fus_DBK Staff writer Late-night delivery in College Park is about to get sweeter. The late-night bakery franchise Insomnia Cookies, which serves a variety of warm cookies in store or through delivery every day from noon to 3 a.m., is set to open a location sandwiched between Pizza Kingdom and Marathon Deli. Megan Bruton, the senior director of marketing for the company, said she is hopeful the College Park location will open before the end of the school year. “A good majority of the locations are around college campuses, mostly because that is how the company started and college students tend to love us,” Bruton said. Insomnia Cookies started as a business run out of a University of Pennsylvania dorm in 2003 and now has 65 locations nationwide. CEO Seth Berkowitz started the company to help fulfill college students’ late-night cravings for sweets, Bruton said. Insomnia Cookies continues to serve various college campuses, such as Temple University, Penn State

cooking class participants (left to right) physics professor Kara Hoffman, junior Carly Brody, and graduate students Stephanie Young and Alex Lopatka prepare vegetables for a carrot and ginger soup March 24. Will Rogers, the executive chef for Green Tidings, teaches a sold-out vegetarian cooking class in his kitchen in Stamp Student Union. stephanie natoli/the diamondback

Vegetarian cooking class outlet for students, chef By Jessica Campisi @jessiecampisi Staff writer They started out with a carrot and ginger soup. But by week four, they’ll have advanced to candied ginger ice cream with chocolate-

spiced bread. Twice a week, Will Rogers, the Green Tidings executive chef, leads 12 participants in a vegetarian cooking class held in the basement of Stamp Student Union. Rogers began working with Stamp’s Art and Learning Center in the fall to create the hands-on cooking class. The second session of the class, which is sold out, began Tuesday and will run until April 21. About one-third of the class is made up of undergraduates, while the rest are a mix of graduate students, local residents and alumni.

“I was happily surprised,” Rogers said. “It was nice to see a range in age. It’s very mixed.” Participants don’t just learn how to cook each meal — they also learn cooking techniques, such as different knife cuts and how to roll pasta dough. By the end of the session, each had prepared their own meal. “The food was delicious, and the class is very hands-on,” said Marissa Sileo, a senior mathematics major. “We actually get to do the cutting and the stirring … and we’re learning See CLASS, Page 3

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Police: Spring break calls increased over last year

Officials weigh in on future of Purple Line

Officers respond to burglaries, vandalism, suspicious persons reports during March

SGA committee event highlights controversy By Aisha Sharipzhan @aishasharipz Staff writer

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It took Ben Ross an hour and 19 minutes to commute from Bethesda to this university to speak on a panel about the Purple Line. Being able to avoid that long commute was his first point in support of the Maryland Transit Administration’s proposed Purple Line light-rail project. “The Metro in downtown D.C. and the neighborhoods immediately around doesn’t really make it very easy to live without a car,” said Ross, the former president of the Action Committee for Transit, which advocates for better transportation in Montgomery County and this

andy fellows, College Park mayor, (center) speaks in support of the Purple Line at a forum at Stamp Student Union yesterday. Ben Ross (left), is a supporter; and Ajay Bhatt (right), an opponent. josh loock/the diamondback state. “[The Purple Line will enable] having kind of a continuous, walkable, livable area … and will enable the benefits of not needing a car to get everywhere.” In a panel hosted yesterday by the Student Government Association’s student sustainability committee, experts and stakeholders gathered in front of more than 30 students and faculty in Stamp Student Union’s Prince George’s Room to debate the light rail’s construction. The Purple Line, which has been

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in discussions since 2002, would be an east-west public-transit link between the Bethesda and New Carrollton Metro stops and connect the Orange, Green and Red lines. It also will include stops on this campus. Construction is set to begin this summer and will be completed in 2020. During the gubernatorial election, Gov. Larry Hogan spoke out against the Purple Line due to its

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University Police responded to 32 incidents during spring break, a higher number than the 23 incidents logged last year. There was one burglary reported from spring break, and University Police spokeswoman Sgt. Rosanne Hoaas said this is an improvement compared to past years. “From what I can tell, when spring break did occur, it did not appear that [we had] … the numbers we’ve seen over the years across the board. There’s an improvement in that sense,” she said. Hoaas mentioned that incidents

University Police respond to do not account for the entirety of College Park, however. The Prince George’s County Police Department is still investigating two off-campus robberies that occurred on March 22 and Saturday. BURGLARY A University Police officer responded March 3 to a house at 10 Fraternity Row after a male suspect unaffiliated with this university was seen attempting to enter it. At about 10:34 p.m., the officer instructed the suspect — who appeared highly intoxicated — to sit down for his own safety, but he refused and began to leave. When officers attempted to handcuff the suspect, a vial of PCP fell out of his clothing as he continued to resist the officer’s demands. He eventually was See crime, Page 3

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said. “Rent downtown is not cheap, so sometimes we need the national people to come in and pay those rents.” Stiefvater said landlords are more likely to give out leases to national tenants b e c a u s e t h e y te n d to b e more reliable and are less risky for developers. Insomnia Cookies, based out of Ph i ladelph ia a nd New York, is expanding its nationa l bra nd, but thei r stores like to become part of the communities they’re in, Bruton said. When opening a new location, Insomnia Cookies looks for an active community where people will be out late. Besides college campuses, I nsom n ia Cook ies has locations in metropolitan areas such as Boston, M a n h atta n a nd Ch icago, she said. “We look for young professionals, families and college students,” Bruton said. “Obviously, the late night aspect is critical. Having people who are out and about late in the evening is key.” Bruton said the company l i kes to hold f u nd ra i sers to support local organizations in the areas they have locations in as well, such as giving a percentage cut to a group for all of their sales for the day. “We like to find a community that has a lot of that we can be a part of,” she said.

Un iversity a nd Del awa re Un iversit y, accord i n g to its website. Some university students expressed excitement about the location open ing in College Park. “I a m pretty pu mped about them coming,” said Sean Skahen, a sophomore enrolled in letters and sciences. “I heard about them a while ago, and I was always curious why they weren’t here in College Park. I’m definitely going to use it a lot.” After opening a store at Johns Hopkins University and seeing its success, Bruton said they pinpointed College Park as the next location. “ We w e r e l o o k i n g fo r another Maryland location and we knew we wanted to be in College Park,” Bruton said. “We knew when we found the location, it just kind of all fit.” Michael Stiefvater, city economic development coord i nator, sa id I nsomn ia Cookies adds a nother piece to the development of College Park. City officials announced last past month that a TargetExpress would be coming to the city. Bringing national brands is pivotal in filling out retail in College Park, Stiefvater said. “It is important to have a mix of national brands as well as local businesses,” he jatmonavagedbk@gmail.com

CRIME From PAGE 2 apprehended and suffered minor injuries but refused medical treatment on the scene. The suspect was charged with fourth-degree burglary and possession of a dangerous non-narcotic. Officers responded March 23 to a report of a burglary that occurred during spring break in Calvert Hall. Property was taken from a student’s room, which was left unsecured. The case is still under investigation. SUSPICIOUS PERSONS O f f i c e rs re s p o n d e d to St a mp S t ud ent Un ion at about 2:17 p.m. on March 24 to a report of a suspicious person. Police received a call that said there was someone in an unauthorized area, but when they a rrived on the scene, they were unable to locate the individual. O f f i c e r s re s p o n d e d to a re p o r t o f a s u s p i c i o u s person near Stamp on March 25 at about 9:06 a.m. Hoaas said the male suspect, who was not affiliated with the university, was spotted in an unauthorized area when police arrested him. After police took the in-

dividual into custody and c h a rge d h i m i n c o n n e ction with trespassing, they found he had already been denied access to the campus because of a prior incident. At about 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, police received a suspicious person report of an individual in the ArtSociology building. The individual approached a class and said he was there to model for it. The individual who reported the incident told the suspicious person the model had already showed up to their class, and the suspect allegedly fled the classroom. VANDALISM Police received a report of vandalism at about 8 a.m. March 19 at the Francis Scott Key Building. Five window screens appeared to be damaged, and one w i ndow was fou nd slightly open. P o l i c e b e l i e v e n o e ntrance was made through t he w i ndow a nd not h i ng was taken from the building. Hoaas said detectives are using security footage to investigate this case.

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tanding in line with tons of other crazy people under the blazing hot sun, my friend and I were not prepared for what lay ahead of us. This was my first time competing in a mud run, and we had decided to do the Warrior Dash. The course wound through the backwoods and up and down the mountainside. The gun sounded, and it was

time to run. We ran through the woods, over fences into mud and over even larger obstacles, but we weren’t halfway done yet. This was a 5K race with roughly 12 obstacles on rugged terrain. Runners have to climb wooden structures with a rope, run through four-foot-deep mud and jump over fire. For more of staff blogger Julia Bryant’s story, go to dbknews.com.

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30 percent of the average cost of a four-year public university. The 10-year freeze From PAGE 2 wou ld bri ng that level to action or by indexing the roughly 20 percent by 2025. I n 1980, Pel l Gra nts grants to inflation, said D a v i d R e i c h , a s e n i o r covered roughly 70 percent policy consultant at the of the cost of college. The budget also eliminates C e nte r on B u d ge t a n d Policy Priorities, a non- $90 bi l l ion i n ma ndatory spending on Pell Grants over partisan organization. “Say i ng no more i n- the next decade, which Reich creases is quite a step,” said is an even more drastic Reich said. “Even though measure than freezing the one would hope the cost maximum award. This measure would create of tuition will rise more s l o w l y, I d o n ’ t t h i n k an immediate funding shortanybody expects the cost fall for Pell Grants that would of tuition to stop rising at have to be made up in annual all. That just means this appropriations, Reich said, is going to cover a smaller likely forcing Congress to scale back the scope of the and smaller share.” Currently, the maximum grant program. “ Wo u l d t h e y re s u lt i n grant award covers about

reduced eligibility, fewer students receiving Pell Grants, or wou ld they come from reduced grant levels?” Reich said. “Probably both.” Rep. Debbie Wasserman S c h u lt z ( D-F l a .), c h a i rwoman of the Democratic National Committee, called the budget a “moral document” during a conference call with college newspapers this past week. “A budget is a document that really lays out where your priorities are,” Wasserma n Schu ltz sa id. “I n this case, it is abundantly clear where the GOP has laid theirs. In exchange for tax cuts for the wealthy and big corporations, they want to throw young people off their health insurance and gut Pell

Grants for low- and middleincome families.” H i l lega s sa id R ep ubl icans prioritized programs such as Social Security and n at ion a l d e fe n s e, wh i c h he said will have a greater impact on Americans. “The cuts had to be made somewhere, and I guess the lawmakers feel Pell Grants is one area where drastic cuts could be used to decrease government spending,” Hillegas said. “It’s a shame that we have to make cuts, but they have to be made somewhere, and we have to make them in places that we think will have the least amount of negat ive ef fect on t he entire country.” jbanisterdbk@gmail.com

will rogers, the Green Tidings executive chef, teaches a sold-out vegetarian cooking class March 24 in his kitchen at Stamp Student Union.

CLASS From PAGE 2 cool recip es a nd techn i q u e s a n d e ve n l it t l e tips, like how to have a good presentation.” The cooking class is part of a larger effort to show t h e b e n e f it s of e at i n g healthy and consuming fresh products, said Bart Hipple, Dining Services spokesman. Green Tidings utilizes local, sustainable ingredients from nearby resou rces such as Terp Fa r m a nd m a ny of t he

recipes taught in class come from the food truck’s rotating menu. “It’s all good food,” Hipple sa id. “T hat’s what we’re trying to encourage people to understand. Vegetarian isn’t just this weird little niche. It’s good food.” Sileo said the class showed her how easy it is to incorporate fresh ingredients into a healthy diet. “We’re learning to make soup, a sa lad, dessert. … It’s easy to bring vegetarian [ideas] into each different meal in different ways,” she said. Hipple said the cooking

class and Rogers’ outlook on food are good ways to educate students on how to cook healthy, practical recipes. “For a while, when I was a student, we would eat whatever was put in front of us,” Hipple said. “I think now students are really understanding how to feed themselves healthfully and paying more attention to that.” Gradu ate student A lex L opat k a sa id he saw t he benefit of looking for healthier options through Rogers’ class. “I’m going to try and find fresher ingredients, especially herbs,” Lopatka said.

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“Everyone can benefit from their own cooking — that way, you know what’s in the food that you’re making.” Though no plans have been finalized, Rogers said he is open to teaching more classes. “ I h ave n o pl a n s r i g h t now, but I’d like to grow the partnership between Green Tidings and ALC,” he said. “I’m open to changing up the formats. It could be cool to h ave students pay per class, or maybe next time we’ll do a class with meats or seafood.” jcampisidbk@gmail.com

FORUM From PAGE 2 price tag, and his administration is reviewing the project. “The choice that Maryland has right now before the governor,” Ross said, “is that he is going to decide whether we get $2.5 billion worth of transit … or take the money and build more highways and cut down more trees. The alternative is not some fictitious, better transit system.” The SGA has passed legislation formally supporting the Purple Line, said Annie Rice, city affairs director for the student sustainability committee. The Purple Line is estimated to take about 7,000 cars off the roads and create more jobs, sa id R ice, a sophomore environmental science and policy major. L essie Henderson, a Pri nce George’s Advocates for Community-Based Transit co-chair, stressed several times during the panel the importance of the Purple Line to those who rely on public transit to get to work or to school. “Where [this university’s students] don’t have public transportation,” Henderson said, “they are pretty much stuck on campus or depending on a ride, so what I would personally say to [opponents] is, ‘Hey, you’re

left to right: Purple Line opponents Ajay Bhatt, president of Friends of the Capital Crescent Trail, John Fitzgerald, environmental activist and Frank Lysy, economist, speak at a forum on the light rail at Stamp Student Union yesterday. josh loock/the diamondback outnumbered.’ You have so many people that depend on it, people in D.C. looking forward to it. You have people [hoping] to get from this campus to research centers.” College Park Mayor Andy Fellows, a proponent of the project, said it’s beneficial for the environment for people to use public transit more because it reduces fossil fuel emissions. “We have an auto-dependent culture that’s based on decades of planning,” Fellows said. “The only way you can get [around] was by driving [due to] defunding of mass transit and the funding of highways.” E conom i st F ra n k Ly s y argued the project’s cost is high, both monetarily and in

terms of the environment. “There are also environmental costs … 48 acres of forest will have to be bulldozed,” Lysy said. “There will be damage to a number of important habitats. So the question is: If we’re willing to spend that amount of cost on the Purple Line, are there other things that we can do?” Opponents at the panel argued that the project presents an environmental threat to the Capital Crescent Trail between Bethesda and Georgetown. “Would you want to see a train and no trees?” said Ajay Bhatt, president of Friends of the Capital Crescent Trail. “If the Purple Line were built, it wouldn’t be a trail anymore; it

“YOU HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT DEPEND ON IT, PEOPLE IN D.C. LOOKING FOWARD TO IT. YOU HAVE PEOPLE [HOPING] TO GET FROM THIS CAMPUS TO RESEARCH CENTERS.” LESSIE HENDERSON Prince George’s Advocates for Community-Based Transit co-chair would be a shameless pathway with overhead power lines next to 90-decibel trains, running every three to five minutes, from 4 a.m. to 2 a.m.” asharipzhandbk@gmail.com

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Seperating politics Progress through cooperation from ancestry STAFF EDITORIAL

n March, the state Senate unanimously voted to remove the stormwater remediation fee, also referred to as the “rain tax” by its opponents. The stormwater fee, passed in 2012, required the state’s largest jurisdictions to charge a fee to property owners, with the money collected used toward stormwater management. Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. and Gov. Larry Hogan affirm that legislation to repeal the mandate charging the stormwater fee has nothing to do with their commitment to the protection and health of the Chesapeake Bay. Hogan’s proposed bill died in both chambers. However, Miller’s bill passed in part due to the incorporation of a strong bipartisan compromise giving counties the option to opt out of the fee so long as they are able to document and fund their own stormwater programs. The legislation will now move to the House of Delegates and be voted on before the session ends April 13. This editorial board believes that the university community should pay close attention to the passage of this recent legislation. Firstly, this bill will directly impact regulatory actions concerning the well-being of the Chesa-

peake Bay. As the largest of 130 estuaries in the United States, the Chesapeake Bay serves as one of the most vibrant ecosystems, home to a diverse array of animals and plants. Its economic, recreational and educational value for this state is crucial, and in many ways, the bay defines this state’s identity. In particular for us in the D.C. area who live in its watershed, we are highly impacted by the bay and heavily rely on its resources. OUR VIEW

The university should take special notice of the unanimous passage of recent bill repealing “rain tax” in the state Senate. M iller’s bill has potential as long as the requirements are met to properly clean and preserve the Chesapeake Bay. The unanimous Senate vote certainly seems to reinforce this belief. The new legislation will essentially give county governments more flexibility in how they fund their restoration efforts. Rather than the state government issuing mandates, local governments will

be obligated to find solutions that work best for their communities and residents while meeting U.S. Environmental Protection Agency requirements of reducing the amount of pollutants entering the bay. The bill offers no indication of any changes or modifications to the environmental goals. In fact, by offering regulatory leeway to counties, improvement in the protection and health of the bay and its tributaries could be expected. That is why opponents to repealing the stormwater fee should not worry about the progress of restoration efforts being slowed down due to a lack of funding and projects. Rather, it should be seen as an enhancement to the original law. Another important point to note is the successful bipartisan efforts in attempts to provide tax relief for this state’s residents. This editorial board has pushed for bipartisanship in Annapolis, and we applaud how legislators have come together to tackle an issue central to this state’s identity. The unanimous passing of the bill shows that cooperation in this state is possible. Hopefully, this can set a precedent for future legislation and become the norm.

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relevant to one’s political attitudes, and the same applies to one’s ethnoreligious background. The essence of belonging to the Jewish community is unrelated to supporting one party over the other; it is not that difficult to understand, folks. I put the interests of my nation before those of another because I am an American citizen with an American passport and an American certificate of naturalization, get the picture? Some of us have grown tired of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s attitude, rhetoric and expansion of settlements, and have no intention of supporting this maniac. This country is under no moral obligation to donate billions of dollars’ worth of military equipment to Israel so as to feed its expansion into Palestinian land (whoops, I said the “P word”). Some Jews put sanity before aggressive jingoism, I guess some just can’t take it. Do you support the aggressive expansion of settlements and the donation of money to a rogue government? Good for you; just don’t tell me how to vote. This goes to all the know-nothings and politicians who think they know what being a Jew is and who conflate it with Netanyahu’s lebensraum policy.

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ntil recently, I was not aware that you had to put your ancestry before politics, but a politician has apparently discovered the hidden truth. Sen. Steve King (R-Iowa) claimed in an interview that he does not “understand how Jews in America can be Democrats first and Jewish second and support Israel along the line of just following their president. They’re knee-jerk supporters of the president’s policy.” Well, I have shocking news for this amateur Talmudic scholar: American Jews are citizens of the United States, and they vote for what they believe to be what this country needs, not Israel. Not that the Democrats are much better than Republicans, but that’s for another column. His statement is typical of those who bizarrely think that ethnicity, race, religion or any similar category of humans somehow dictates the politics that people should follow. What would happen if someone expressed outrage that some African-Americans wish to vote Re- G o n z a l o M o l i n o l o i s a j u n i o r publican? They would be grilled history major. He can be reached at because one’s skin pigment is ir- gmolinolodbk@gmail.com.

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andatory community service is something many of us might feel slightly annoyed by. It brings up memories of high school service projects that robbed you of Saturdays and involved disingenuous pleading to your relatives for money going toward a cause that you cared or knew little about. In college, it takes the form of philanthropy events and club community service requirements or even (but hopefully not) repercussions for encounters with the law. In my younger years, I was adamantly opposed to such requirements, believing them to be lacking in authentic charity and resulting in halfhearted service projects that did little to enact any real change. I conceded the point that important and helpful work was being done for people who needed it, but the idea that my heart wasn’t in it cheapened what I was doing to the point that I felt like my mere presence at

a mandatory volunteering event was an insult to the cause. In typical teenage fashion, my thought process completely ignored the flip side: what my presence meant to the people whose hearts were in it. Whether volunteers show up because they were forced to by their parents, their schools or the judicial system of the state, they can still accomplish the meaningful tasks that help a service event succeed. Often, there are times when an organization may need manpower more than zeal or passion, and any volunteer, regardless of motive, can contribute. There is a reason that coordinators of charitable events get so excited when you come to help out. It is because you are playing a small but necessary role in a larger event. No, handing water to 5K runners isn’t going to end childhood obesity, but it will help create a positive atmosphere of giving that encourages people to get involved. Even if one of those people isn’t you. Besides the fact that mandatory service perpetuates good in the lives of others, it also provides the oppor-

tunity for children and young adults to experience charity in action. Not every person or child comes from a family that places value on service. School or club requirements might be someone’s first and only introduction to volunteering. We have a certain amount of civic duty to at least explore how we can help improve our community so we can contribute to society in a way that is meaningful to us. It doesn’t have to be planting pansies at your local school; maybe you are more inclined to write a check. That being said, I must warn you: Volunteerism is catching. One afternoon at a soup kitchen could be what inspires the next great leader in the war against hunger. Mandatory service requirements won’t likely disappear from your life anytime soon, and I don’t think they should. You might not like them, but you don’t have to, because it’s not really about you. And that’s the whole point. Danielle Wilkin is a senior biology and science education major. She can be reached at dwilkindbk@gmail.com.

he email by a former Kappa Sigma fraternity member enraged many and caused an uproar on social media, which was followed by organized events on the campus to protest racism and sexism. There have been wavering opinions, however: some believe the student should have been immediately expelled from this university, while some believe the fraternity should be punished. And some believe that the student did nothing wrong, as he was exercising his freedom of speech. Freedom of speech is indeed protected by the Constitution. The First Amendment guarantees the right to express one’s beliefs without government restriction. People have the right to wax poetic on their racist, sexist or homophobic ideologies without anyone stopping them. It should be obvious enough, though, to expect that the words you say will be critiqued, and if they’re racist and wrong, you’ll hear about it. The right to free speech applies not only to those speaking out, but also to their audiences, as they have the right to comment and critique. For some reason, whenever someone is called out on their blatant discrimination, there are herds of people there to support the right to free speech. They attack those that protest against the words that have been said, telling the protesters that all have a constitutional right to say what they want. More often than not, these people are missing the point. Protesters aren’t rallying against the private email sent from one student to others. They’re protesting what that email represents — a society that condones and allows racism and sexism to thrive — and what it means for marginalized communities on this campus. People use speech to express

their beliefs and ideas; the words we use are representative of our thoughts, unconscious or not. When we use these words to alienate and oppress others, those words become powerful. Fraternities are notorious for often being founded on racist and sexist ideologies, and recent news (the racist chant from University of Oklahoma’s chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, reports resurfacing about the death of a black Sigma Alpha Epsilon member in New York, multiple stories of sexual harassment) has shown that in many fraternities racism and sexual harassment are alive and well, as they are throughout the country. The email sent by the former Kappa Sigma member is proof of this, as his use of language was oppressive, violent, oppressive and threatening. If we are unwilling to address the racism that is perpetuated verbally and nonverbally, then we won’t make any progress. To say that using racial slurs and condoning sexual harassment in phrases such as “f--- consent” isn’t as volatile as committing racist and sexist acts is naive. To believe that our words aren’t a representation of ourselves is naive as well. And to say that the student that sent the viral email isn’t at fault for sending it is incorrect. Just as he had the right to send an email to other students, the public has the right to call him out on it and ask that something be done in response. Protecting the vocalization of offensive and prejudicial views only continues this tradition of antagonism, and this is not what we should be concerning ourselves with. We should be focusing more on how to stop hateful and discriminatory speech before it has a chance to be heard and supporting those who use their freedom of speech in a positive, empowering way. C h l o e I s a a c i s a s o p h o m o re communication and studio art m a j o r. S h e c a n b e re a c h e d a t cisaac@terpmail.umd.edu.

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Two artists in opposite genres might not be pleasing their intended audiences — one with its sound and the other in a video

Mumford & sons’ new song “Believe” abandons the band’s classic, banjo-driven sound for one that’s more generic. photo courtsey of cmj.com

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Meghan Trainor is ‘all about that’ gender stereotyping

By Leo Traub @leotraub Staff writer Up until a few weeks ago, most people probably thought they could easily recognize a Mumford & Sons song. It begins with the primarily strings-based music, punctuated by the relentless bass thump of a kick drum keeping time. Then, in comes the indie-folk lyrics, singing of simple, intimate things: love, dependence and little lion men. And of course, let’s not forget that all but trademarked banjo that has basically become synonymous with the Mumford & Sons name. That was the formula for identifying a Mumford & Sons song, and it worked pretty well. That is, until a few weeks ago, when the Mumford boys dropped the first single off their upcoming album, Wilder Mind, and threw a complete wrench in that clean formula. Anyone who knows anything about Mumford & So n s co u l d te l l yo u t h e band’s new song “Believe” is nothing like any of its past music. With entirely electronic instrumentation, a full drum set and arenastyle ambitions, the song leaves behind pretty much everything that defined the band until now. Let’s not forget that the Mumford boys are no small fries. With only two albums out, they’ve already got serious clout on the radio, filling a distinct niche of indie-folk-pop that attracted tons of fans and gave every-

one a dose of diversity. But “Believe” trades all of that in for a new, more generic sound, one that alienates anyone who thought he or she knew frontman Marcus Mumford. I’m no diehard Mumford & Sons fan, but even I can say their new sound is tragic. Experimentation is healthy and absolutely necessary for a band to develop and maintain relevance, but this — this is something different. “Believe” feels like a complete abandonment of the sound that perked our ears up.

BUT “BELIEVE” TRADES ALL OF THAT IN FOR A NEW, MORE GENERIC SOUND, ONE THAT ALIENATES ANYONE WHO THOUGHT HE OR SHE KNEW FRONTMAN MARCUS MUMFORD. D o n ’t ge t m e w ro n g , though. It’s definitely a good, catchy song. But it doesn’t sound like Mumford. It’s evidence of the Mumford gang slipping into a musical melting pot of sounds. I’m not going to call it “selling out,” because frankly, Marcus Mumford is much too talented an artist for that. And besides, this musical melting pot can draw from essentially any genre, finding influence in anything and everything, without needing to please the masses. This all sounds well and good, but the real issue is overdiversification. We listen to music to form a personal connection to it. But when

you don’t even know your own sound, how is anyone else supposed to know it? With a band like Mumford & Sons, which was already so distinct and successful, a song like “Believe” sounds like a complete restart that loses everyone who was securely riding on the Mumford train until now. The best comparison I can make is to Coldplay — a band that, over the course of six albums, completely changed its sound three or four times, leaving listeners in the dust. With elements of alternative guitar riffs, electronic sampling, piano-pop, sleepy bath rock and even some house music, Coldplay’s discography has more twists than the average M. Night Shyamalan movie. And in fact, with its heavy electronic guitar and keyboard and that celestial twinkling sound, “Believe” wouldn’t sound out of place on Coldplay’s 2005 release, X&Y. This raises the question: Are Mumford & Sons on the same restless path as Coldplay? The answer is to be determined. To be fair, even with its changing sound, Coldplay serves up good music every now and then. But identifying with the band has become impossible. As Mumford & Sons continues to release new music from Wilder Mind, we’ll keep doing damage assessment to see how much they’ve truly changed. Maybe we’ll love the new sound in a year from now, but it won’t fill the unique niche that the Mumford boys left behind. ltraubdbk@gmail.com

By Maeve Dunigan @maevedunigan Staff writer Sometimes a song is so catchy that you don’t even realize or stop to think about what the lyrics actually mean. This seems to be the case for many songs by the surprisingly controversial pop artist, Meghan Trainor. On March 16, Trainor released a video for her single “Dear Future Husband,” an upbeat tune in which Trainor lists the qualities that she would like in a future partner and discusses what she would give him in return. As the video opened, I was hopeful that it would be harmless, despite its problematic-sounding title. The first thing I noticed: Trainor still seemed to be sticking with her tried-and-true music video color scheme, w h i c h i n vo l ve s a b s u rd amounts of pastel. As the beginning wore on, I could tell Trainor was trying to spread some sort of positive message in the mess of patterns and trimmed foliage that was this video. As she dances around in ’50s style garb she sings, “You got that 9 to 5, but, baby, so do I, so don’t be thinking I’ll be home and baking apple pies.” She’s then seen messing up a kitchen and setting an entire pie on fire. The way Trainor judges her future husband and other men in the video perpetuates the idea that women are shallow and judgmental. At the beginning of the video, she sings about how she plans to have a job and her husband

shouldn’t expect her to keep up with stereotypical wifely duties — yet only a minute later, she’s subjecting her date to the gender norms she was theoretically trying to avoid. That might be the most problematic aspect of the video: the perpetuation of gender norms and the overarching idea that an unmarried woman must constantly be thinking about her future husband and planning what he will do for her.

WHY DOES SHE THINK IT’S HEALTHY FOR ANY WOMAN TO BASE THEIR IDEAS OF THEIR BODIES OFF THE APPROVAL OF A MAN? WHAT’S THE POINT OF SINGING A SONG ABOUT BODY POSITIVITY IF YOU STILL PREACH THAT IT’S ALL FOR THE PLEASURE OF MEN? This small segment seemed like a good basis for the rest of the video. I hoped the “Dear Future Husband” title would be a window into a poignant piece with Trainor using a 1950s backdrop to convey how she feels about society’s jump to categorize women as housewives and assign them roles based off of this categorization. Unfortunately, I could not have been more wrong — about the message and the 1950s, seeing as later in the video, one of the girls

is seen using a smartphone, so who knows what kind of strange alien time period this video is set in. As the video progresses, Trainor meets a variety of suitors and demands a lot of things from them. However, the way Trainor judges these men is where the problems lie. At one point, Trainor watches as one hopeful hunk attempts to win her affection by playing a strength game at a carnival. When this gentleman isn’t quite strong enough to win the game, Trainor simply shakes her head no and a giant red “Fail” sign is stamped onto his face. This isn’t the first time Trainor has attempted to send some sort of positive message and failed. Lest we forget her lyric in her “body-positive” anthem “All About That Bass” that went, “Yeah, my momma she told me don’t worry about your size, she says, boys, they like a little more booty to hold at night.” Why does she think it’s healthy for any woman to base their ideas of their bodies off the approval of a man? What’s the point of singing a song about body positivity if you still preach that it’s all for the pleasure of men? What’s the point of any of this, Meghan? Why do all of your videos look like Easter eggs? Maybe one day, Meghan Trainor will learn the error of her ways and release a song that actually succeeds in promoting a wholly positive message. In fact, maybe I’ll write a song about that and call it “Dear Future Meghan Trainor.” mdunigandbk@gmail.com

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dukes From PAGE 10 chance to ease the burden on the offense and bullpen and stabilize the starting rotation. “It’s clearly our weakness,” Szefc said after the loss to the Dukes. “We need to get better starts.” Left-hander Jake Drossner has been the Terps’ No. 1 midweek starter, but he hasn’t pitched past the fourth inning in any of his four starts this season. Right-hander Brian Shaffer has started a midweek game as well. He gave up five runs in 2.1 innings March 17

notebook From PAGE 10 The Terps offense strugg l e d a ga i n s t h i m , a s a number of their goals came on fast-break opportunities. Three of the Terps’ scores came directly off faceoffs, and attackman Matt Rambo’s first-quarter goal resulted off a feed from senior defender Casey Ikeda in transition. Midfielder Henry West missed all six of his shots, and midfielder Bryan Cole and attackman Dylan Maltz shot a combined 0-for-3. In total, the Terps went 13-for-41. A s t h e Te r p s m o v e through their conference slate, Tillman and assistant coach J.L. Reppert will continue to implore the Terps to look for higher-percentage shots. “We kind of played into [Logan’s] hands with some of the shots that we shot,” Tillman said. “Depending on how you shoot it, sometimes you can tip him off. And good goalies can read your release and sometimes get a little bit of a head start on where that ball is going.”

DUNN MISSES SECOND GAME Sophomore defender Mac Pons returned to the starting lineup Sunday after missing the Terps’ 13-4 victory at Robert Morris on Tuesday, but defender Matt Dunn remained sidelined for the second straight game. Tillman said that Dunn “had been a little bit nicked-up” but declined to comment on the specifics of the injury. Dunn started each of the Terps’ first seven games alongside Pons and Ikeda, providing solid man coverage as the team knocked off several high-ranked offenses in recent weeks. Tillman said he expects

in a 15-5 win over Elon and sports an 8.35 ERA. Mooney, who was sidelined for more than three weeks with a rhomboid muscle injury, has made five appearances. Since his return March 17, he has picked up two saves and hasn’t allowed a run in more than four innings. And on March 21, Mooney broke the school career saves record in a 12-9 win against Minnesota. “After his little injury, he came out strong,” Shawaryn said a day after Mooney set the school’s top mark for saves. “It’s great to see that he’s back on the mound and healthy.”

“WE’VE GOT A LOT OF GOOD YOUNG ARMS. NORMALLY WHAT YOU GET WITH YOUNG GUYS IS INCONSISTENCY, AND THAT’S KIND OF WHAT WE’RE GETTING RIGHT NOW. HOPEFULLY, WE CAN TURN THAT AROUND STARTING ON WEDNESDAY.” JOHN SZEFC Terrapins baseball coach Mooney is one of the cogs in a bullpen Szefc has called the strength of the team. When the starters struggle, relievers often excel. Sunday, lefthander Tayler Stiles threw seven innings of two-hit ball in relief of Rios. “A lot of the bullpen guys

From PAGE 10 held Northwestern to five goals, more than five points under the Wildcats’ season average. “ C a t hy i s a lways j u s t

the seventh pitcher to start this season, Szefc preaches patience with the rotation. After all, Rios and Shaffer are both freshmen. And the third-year coach hopes a veteran’s presence in the rotation will lead to a reversal in fortunes. “We’ve got a lot of good young arms,” Szefc said Sunday. “Normally what you get with young guys is inconsistency, and that’s kind of what we’re getting right now. Hopefully, we can turn that around starting on Wednesday.” psuittsdbk@gmail.com

Dunn, a junior, to be ready for the Penn State game. “I’m optimistic that as we go down the week here, he’s going to get into the flow and do the things that we need him to do to get ready for Saturday,” Tillman said. Tillman also mentioned that freshman midfielder Christian Zawadzki suffered what seems to be “a serious knee injury.” Zawadzki, a 2014 US Lacrosse High School All-American, has played in five games this year, scoring two goals and causing one turnover. If Zawadzki does miss the rest of the season, Tillman said, the freshman likely wouldn’t be able to redshirt because he’s passed the deadline. “My gut tells me it’s an ACL [tear],” Tillman said. “I’ll found out more. Everything that we saw, all the feedback the doctors had, made it seem that way.”

BIG TEN AWARDS With Dunn not playing, Ikeda continued to lead the close defensive unit and scooped four ground balls against the Wolverines. Monday, he earned Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honors for the third time this season. In addition, goalkeeper Kyle Bernlohr was named co-Specialist of the Week along with Johns Hopkins goalkeeper Eric Schneider, a senior who stopped 11 shots in the Blue Jays’ 9-7 win over Rutgers on Saturday. With Ikeda’s award, the Terps have now earned the Defensive Player of the Week accolade in six out of seven weeks this year. Aside from the team’s 10-8 win over North Carolina on March 21, the Terps d e fe n se h a s n ’t a l l owe d more than four goals since late February. jneedelmandbk@gmail.com

Coach Brenda Frese talks to her team before tipoff of Monday’s win in the Elite Eight. The Terps held Tennessee to four points in the final 8:42 of the game.

defense From PAGE 10 It wasn’t the type of game coach Brenda Frese’s squad was accustomed to playing this season. Before Monday, the Terps had failed to top 60 points once and their average margin of victory was nearly 20 points per game. But their second top-10 opponent of the season forced the Terps to win a tight contest with their defense. “They’re a team that averages 80-plus points,” Tennessee forward Cierra Burdick said. “That’s something they lay their hat on is pushing the tempo and running every

attacker megan whittle sprints away from two Syracuse defenders during the Terps’ victory March 7.

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have some experience,” Szefc said March 24. “It’s just been a pretty big discrepancy [between starters and relievers].” While Mooney, a junior, has been the Terps’ closer since his freshman year, he was a starter in high school. In his sole start last year, Mooney

gave up five runs (one earned) in two innings in a 9-4 loss to North Carolina. Ruse, another bullpen stalwart, also has struggled in his transition from reliever to starter. Mooney might have to adjust to an unfamiliar face behind home plate, too. Catcher Kevin Martir, whom Mooney typically throws to while closing out weekend contests, has started one of four midweek games this season. “No one’s better than him on the mound,” Martir said Feb. 18. “He’ll just do what I tell him.” Although Mooney will be

telling us, all of the coaching staff is just telling us we’re going to focus on our game, what we can control,” Whittle said. “We can control our attitude and the way we step out on the field, and that’s what we’re going to

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plan on doing for the rest of the season.” The Terps have also leaned on Cummings’ dominance in the draw circle. She’s controlled 75 draws so far after securing a personal-best 13 against the Wildcats.

single possession. So, I think we did a decent job on that end of the floor.” The Terps hit the big shots down the stretch, but their defense put them in a position to do so. They held Tennessee to 32.4 percent shooting and forced them to 2 of 17 shooting after Massengale’s layup at the 8:42 mark. “We wanted to ramp up our defense,” guard Shatori Walker-Kimbrough said. “At that moment, we were [trading] baskets, so we recognized we had to get stops so we could extend our lead.” Frese had the Terps start switching when the Lady Volunteers were setting

That nears Georgetown’s teamwide season total in the circle, with 16 Hoyas players contributing to controlling 82 draws. Cummings’ performance garnered her Big Ten CoOffensive Player of the Week honors for the third time, the conference announced Monday. Whittle earned her third straight and fourth overall Big Ten Freshman of the Week recognition, while goalie Alex Fitzpatrick took home the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honor to round out the Terps’ weekly conference awards sweep. Though the Hoyas aren’t ranked or members of the Big Ten, the Terps are determined to approach Thursday night’s contest with the same intensity and focus they’ve shown through their unblemished run early in the season. “It’s not really about Big Ten or not Big Ten,” Reese said. “It doesn’t matter who we play. Our focus is on Maryland and what we need to do to be the best that we can be.” ccaplandbk@gmail.com

on-ball screens in the final five minutes of the game after forward Bashaara Graves blew past the defense for an open left-handed layup. “We went to a really aggressive switch in terms of the onballs trying to keep them out of the paint,” Frese said. Graves’ basket with 5:19 left was the final time Tennessee would hold a lead. The Terps defense forced miss after miss down the stretch. C e n te r B r i o n n a Jo n e s didn’t even allow Tennessee to get a shot near the basket on a crucial possession in the second half. The 6-foot-3 sophomore came out to contest Massengale — the Lady Volunteers’ best

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three-point shooter — and swatted her jumper with 32 seconds left. “The [block] that Bri had over Massengale w a s h u g e ,” Fr e s e s a i d . “That play was one of the difference-makers.” E v e n w i t h t h e Te r p s scoring their lowest total of the season, the defensive pressure down the stretch ensured they would be one of four teams playing in Tampa this weekend. “We knew down the stretch that we had to execute on offense and defense,” Mincy said. “That’s what we were able to do.” rbaillargeondbk@gmail.com

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BASEBALL | JAMES MADISON PREVIEW

Pitchers aim to patch up issues Mooney set to start for struggling staff in contest against Dukes By Phillip Suitts @PhillipSuitts Staff writer As the Terrapins baseball team nears the season’s midway point with an 18-7 record, its pitching staff has tainted an otherwise stellar start to the campaign, coach John Szefc said. While right-hander Mike Shawaryn usually delivers a quality start right-hander bobby Ruse throws a pitch during the Terps’ win over Minnesota on March 22. Ruse is a every Friday, no other starter has member of a pitching staff that coach John Szefc called the team’s weakness. james levin/the diamondback nailed down a spot in the rotation.

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Szefc has sent out five different pitchers on Saturdays and Sundays plus midweek games. In the 18 contests that Shawaryn hasn’t taken the mound, the starter pitched five or more innings four times. The problem came to a head this past Saturday and Sunday when starters Bobby Ruse and Willie Rios allowed a combined 10 runs in four innings. In the series finale, Rios surrendered five runs and didn’t record an out.

A new starter will step onto the mound at Bob “Turtle” Smith Stadium this afternoon when the Terps face James Madison, a team spokesman said. In a rematch of an 8-6 Terps defeat on March 24, closer Kevin Mooney will make the fifth start of his career and his first in more than a year. With the Terps reeling — they’ve lost three of four — Mooney has a See dukes, Page 8

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UM goalie gives stiff challenge Dunn stays sidelined; Ikeda earns another weekly Big Ten award By Joshua Needelman @JoshNeedelman Senior staff writer Though John Tillman played a myriad of positions on the lacrosse field at Corning West High School, Colgate and Cornell, he got his start playing between the posts. So he knows how to evaluate a good goalkeeper. Before he took over as Terrapins men’s lacrosse coach in 2010, Tillman served as the head coach at Harvard. There, he recruited goalkeeper Gerald Logan. Logan ended up committing to Michigan, where he compiled the second-most saves in the country (211) as a freshman in 2013. So while Tillman admitted he would’ve liked to see more production out of his starting offensive players in the No. 3 Terps’ 13-4 win over the Wolverines on Sunday, he wasn’t surprised that Logan, who started in goal for Michigan, stopped 12 shots. “We wanted to take maybe a little higher-percentage shot[s],” Tillman said. “Get a little bit more to the middle of the field, have a little more net to shoot at. Because [Logan] is a big kid, and he’s pretty good at reading the way that you release it.” While the Wolverines trudged through a 1-13 campaign Logan’s freshman year, the goalie’s performance earned him a spot on the 2013 ECAC all-freshman team. He didn’t play because of injury in 2014, but this year, he ranks third in the nation with 13.11 saves per game. See notebook, Page 8

Bashaara Graves, forward for No. 2-seed Tennessee, kicks the ball out after a swarm of defenders converged on her Sunday during the No. 1-seed Terps’ 58-48 victory at Spokane Arena. alik mcintosh/the diamondback

CLAMPING DOWN Strong defense over final 8 minutes against Tennessee lifts Terps into Final Four

By Ryan Baillargeon @RyanBaillargeon Senior staff writer

SPOKANE, Wash. — Tennessee guard Ariel Massengale pulled down a defensive rebound and took the ball coast to coast for a layup Monday night to give the Lady Volunteers a 44-41 lead over the Terrapins women’s basketball team. Massengale’s basket gave Tennessee 23 second-half points with 8:42 remaining after it

had totaled 21 points in the first half against a stout Terps defense. The Lady Volunteers called a 30-second timeout, and the Terps used the break to regroup after Tennessee had hit four straight shots in less than two minutes. With a trip to the Final Four hanging in the balance, the Terps defense clamped down over the final eight and a half minutes to pull out a 58-48 victory that sends coach Brenda Frese’s squad to Tampa, Florida, for a Final Four matchup against No. 1-seed Connecticut.

“I told my teammates to look at the clock, and it was under 10,” guard Laurin Mincy said. “When you’re that close to a Final Four, you got to lock in. We answered that calling.” The No. 1-seed Terps entered the game averaging about 80 points per game, which ranked sixth in the country, but Monday’s contest transpired into a defensive struggle in which the first team to eclipse 50 was left cutting down the nets. See DEFENSE, Page 8

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Unbeaten Terps stay grounded entering game at Hoyas Reese hopes players display typical energy against unranked foe By Callie Caplan @CallieCaplan Staff writer After a 16-5 win over No. 4 Northwestern on Thursday night in Evanston, Illinois, coach Cathy Reese gave the Terrapins women’s lacrosse team a weekend of rest. Her players had opened their season with a 10-game winning streak, after all, and Reese felt they deserved some time off. When the top-ranked Terps returned to practice Monday to prepare for tonight’s game at Georgetown in Washington, they returned to their game-by-game approach as they look to continue their undefeated campaign. “For us, it’s focusing on our next midfielder taylor cummings defends Syracuse midfielder Kelly Cross during the Terps’ 10-7 victory over the Orange on March 7. The Terps have won 10 straight games to start the season. christian jenkins/the diamondback opponent and making sure that

we’re staying in a straight line, staying focused on what we need to accomplish,” Reese said. Coming off their first Big Ten win, Reese is confident her players won’t overlook the Hoyas (2-7), who beat Vanderbilt, 10-6, on Saturday. The Terps will be tasked with stopping Georgetown’s leading scorers, attacker Caroline Tarzian and midfielder Kristen Bandos, when the team arrives in the nation’s capital. The two Hoyas have both scored 12 goals through their first nine games this year. Comparatively, the Terps boast five players, attacker Megan Whittle (33), midfielder Taylor Cummings (30), midfielder Zoe Stukenberg (20), attacker Brooke Griffin (20) and midfielder Kelly McPartland (13) who have outscored the top Hoyas.

Throughout the season, the Terps’ ample scoring threats have posed issues for defenses and have provided a cushion for the team to experiment with different plays and looks on offense. “We’ll probably work on more of our plays and just the basic stuff like that, like we do every day,” McPartland said. “We’re just going to take it day by day, game by game.” And while the Terps have maneuvered the offensive side of the ball with relative ease this season, their defense has experienced similar success when opponents enter their zone. Led by defenders Alice Mercer and Megan Douty, the Terps’ backline See HOYAs, Page 8