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UMB partnership bill to become law Despite Hogan’s qualms over budget, governor will not veto legislation, effective in October

universities, will pass into law without his signature and go into effect Oct. 1. The state General Assembly passed the bill March 31 after By Darcy Costello University of Maryland, Baltimore approval of both Senate and House of @dctello will become law, as Gov. Larry Hogan Delegates amendments to the text. The law will unite the state flagSenior staff writer announced he would not veto the bill ship university with the professionin a news conference Tuesday. The bill, which allows for an ex- al schools located at the Baltimore The Strategic Partnership Act of panded, codified version of exist- campus, including its programs for 2016 to strengthen the relationship GOV. LARRY HOGAN gives a speech in Annapolis on electionnightinNovember2014. filephoto/thediamondback between this university and the ing partnerships between the two medicine, nursing, dentistry, phar-

macy, law and social work. The campuses began to work together under the 2012 MPower partnership, which expanded both collaboration and federal funding. Hannah Marr, a Hogan spokeswoman, wrote in an email that “the administration was not comfortable with the manner by which SB 1052

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2 robbery suspects arrested Duo allegedly broke into dorm, threatened students with gun

University junior enlists friends, artists to place painted pianos around campus

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Police arrested two suspects in connection with a Feb. 21 armed robbery in Montgomery Hall, according to a University Police news release. T he suspects a re 2 2-yea rold Andrew Steven Martin and 20-year-old Daniel Alexander Paynter, both of Silver Spring. University Police took Martin into custody on March 16 after the Prince George’s County Police Department arrested him, University Police spokeswoman Sgt. Rosanne Hoaas said. Paynter was taken into custody by University Police on March 30 after the Prince George’s County Sheriff’s Office apprehended him. Detectives determined the incident was a targeted attack and the motive was drug-related, according to the release. See ROBBERY, Page 2

Nachmi Kott was in New York when he encountered a unique project — numerous pianos were placed all over Manhattan for people to play at their leisure, and he had the opportunity to play one of them. “It was awesome because you can see that people were stopping by and watching, people were playing with each other on the piano — making duets of the sort — and I thought it was really cool,” said Kott, a junior computer science major at this university. T h i s e x p e r i e n c e i n s p i re d Kott, president of student group Pianos for Play, and his friends to localize the project for the university community. Cristy Ho, a freshman enrolled in letters and sciences, plays a piano yesterday near the sundial on McKeldin Mall. Student group Pianos for Play placed five pianos in locations around the campus for members of the university community to play at their leisure this month. tom hausman/the diamondback

U institutional review urges return of milk study funding

Hillel could trade sites to move behind Landmark

Conflict-of-interest training recommended By Morgan Eichensehr @MEichensehr Senior staff writer

University would pay Hillel $500K for move

In the aftermath of a problematic study of the health benefits of a certain brand of chocolate milk, an institutional review committee in a report Friday urged mandating conflict-ofinterest training and fully returning the research’s funding. In January, several media articles raised questions about the validity and procedures of the study, a Maryland Industrial Partnerships Program-funded project led by kinesiology professor Jae

By Grace Toohey @grace_2e Senior staff writer Hillel is awaiting approval from the University System of Maryland Board of Regents to exchange property for a lot behind the Landmark apartments, which would allow it to build a larger center for Jewish life. The proposal would allow Hillel to trade the current site of the Ben and Esther Rosenbloom Hillel Center for Jewish Life at University of Maryland Inc. and its surrounding property at 7612 Mowatt Lane with the empty lot at 7505 and 7511 Yale Ave., which belongs to the university. The university would pay Hillel $500,000 for the exchange, as determined by independent appraisals. If the deal is made, Hillel would rent out its current building from the university for $12,697.50 a month until

HILLEL, the university’s Jewish life student center, is currently located across Mowatt Lane from Van Munching Hall but could move to a university-owned lot behind the Landmark apartments. enoch hsiao/the diamondback its new building is completed, then move to the new site. The university system’s finance committee sent this proposal with positive recommendations on March 31 to the full board, which will vote April 15. “We are maxing out on space,” said Hillel Executive Director Ari Israel.

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“Things are kind of tight. … We’ve been working with the university to identify a location.” Hillel, currently located across Mowatt Lane from Van Munching Hall, hosts more than 500 students every Friday for Shabbat dinner, See HILLEL, Page 3

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Kun Shim that suggested benefits including improved cognitive and motor function among high school athletes who drank Fifth Quarter Fresh, a high-protein chocolate milk produced by Maryland-based company Fluid Motion. The university put out news releases touting the results even though the study had not undergone peer review, and some news articles pointed to perceived conflicts of interest because, as is customary for projects in the program, part of the study was funded by Fluid Motion. Shim also “directly endorses Fifth Quarter Fresh” in the press releases, noted the committee report, which was officially released Friday along with a letter to the university community

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CRIME BLOTTER By Michael Brice-Saddler @TheArtist_MBS Staff writer Un iversity Pol ice responded to reports of a sex ua l assau lt, ha rassment/stalking and theft a mong ot her i ncidents this past week, according to police reports.

SEXUAL ASSAULT University Police are investigating a report of a sexual assault on March 28, 2014, at 11 p.m. in the Leonardtown Community, police spokeswoman Sgt. Rosanne Hoaas said. An officer met with the person who reported the incident Friday at 5 p.m. at the University Police station. Because of the sensitive nature of the incident and the fact that the investigation is just beginning, this is all the information police can disclose at this time, Hoaas said.

HARASSMENT/ STALKING (TITLE IX-RELATED) Un iversity Pol ice responded to Hornbake Plaza on Friday at 2:14 p.m. after a female student reported she was harassed by a male student between March 10 and March 31. The two students initially met on the campus on Ma rch 10 a nd bega n walking with each other to w a rd t h e i r d e s t i n ation, eventually exchanging contact information, Hoaas said. The two talked via text message until the woman told the man she

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no longer wished to continue doing so. The two encountered each other on the campus on March 24 and 31, and the man tried to initiate conversations that the woman did not want to have. T he woman did not want to press charges, but officers supplied her with information from the Office of Civil Rights & Sexual Misconduct, Hoaas said. This case is now closed.

THEFT On Saturday at 11:48 a.m., a license-plate reader detected stolen plates on a vehicle that entered the campus via Campus Drive near Route 1, Hoaas said. Officers were able to locate and stop the vehicle, confirming the tags were stolen. The man responsible for stealing the tags was identified as 35-year-old Ace Shane Adesene Morris of Hyattsville, Hoaas said. Morris was charged with theft of less than $100.

Pianos for Play is a student-run organization that is dedicated to enhancing community bonding among those on the campus, Kott said. The group is instituting a pilot project, featuring five student-painted pianos that will be placed across the campus. The project began Monday and will continue through April 24; the pianos will be available to play from 9 a.m. until sunset, when group members will lock and cover the instruments to prevent weather damage. “We’re infusing music and art together to create this type of community bonding on-campus,” he said. Kott said he collaborated with friends to collect pianos from all over the Washington region for free. These pianos have been placed in the Washington Quad, on McKeldin Mall, by the Physical Science Building, by the Computer Science Building and near the Hoff Theater entrance, Kott said. The McKeldin Mall piano will be transferred to Hornbake Plaza today.

“People as they pass by can stop, play for a little bit and head on their way,” Kott said. “The intent of the project is that students are able to play as they please.” The collection of pianos accumulated after Kott said he found a free piano on Craigslist. “We had the piano in my apartment, and I thought to myself, ‘How cool would it be if we picked up even more pianos?’” he said. “We kept collecting piano after piano and then we decided to pull off this project.” The group collected six pianos, five of which are for the project, Kott said. Max Milter, the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center’s piano technician, repaired and tuned the pianos for the project. Amalya Sherman, the project’s creative director and designer, was in charge of compiling a list of a few artists who might be interested in painting a piano for the project. “I jumped on the opportunity to work with [Kott] to bring this project to fruition,” said Sherman, a junior studio art major. “It’s been a long haul but a fun one.” Potential artists needed to complete an application process to paint the pianos,

Kott said, and they selected five students to paint the pianos. Those students have been working on the project for the past month in a studio in the Art-Sociology Building. “Each artist has their own intricate design and their own talents that they put on these pianos,” Kott said. Freshman Mollie Schwartz, one of the piano artists, said she was immediately interested in this project. She said this project was a way for her to artistically illustrate her family’s experience, choosing to paint a skithemed piano. “It’s been a huge part of our life,” said Schwartz, an art major and pre-med student. “Skiing represents fun, family and friends, but also hard work and goals. My brother was the best skier I know, and he was only getting better. I painted the piano in memory of him and with him in mind and used pictures of him as reference for both of the sides.” The large skier on the left side of her piano, she said, is her brother with his face mask, which is reminiscent of their skiing memories. “The two of us have these face masks that we’ve had since we were really young. That one is his,” Schwartz said. “The skier

jumping on the left side is based off a picture of him, and the skis with the red, white and blue are the skis he was currently using.” Senior Jasmine Alexander, who painted another one of the pianos, said she found out about the project through an email from the art department and was interested because she plays the piano. “I thought it would be so wonderful to be a part of something combining two of my favorite things,” the art major said. Alexander, who said she painted a whimsical nautical scene featuring a ship and waves, said she loved the experience of using expressive color and creating engaging scenes. “I tried to depict it in a playful way, so I used a lot of color and I tried to make it fun so that hopefully it would make people smile when they see it,” she said. Sherman said she is “psyched” to see how the student body receives this project. “As an art major, I believe that art and music have the power to uplift your spirits and bring a smile to your face,” she said. “We are a STEM-focused school, and our campus is in sore need of some art to brighten our stressful academic days.” rhassaneindbk@gmail.com

VANDALISM Police responded to Taliaferro Hall on Friday at 10:15 a.m. for a report of vandalism. An employee who works in the building reported that the glass window pane on a door had been cracked between 5 p.m. on March 31 and 9 a.m. on Friday. Police surveyed the scene, but there are no area cameras to review, Hoaas said. Because of the lack of evidence, this case has been suspended but may be reopened if police obtain more information. mbricesaddlerdbk@gmail.com

ROBBERY From PAGE 1 Six university students were i n a Montgomery Hall room on Feb. 21 at 8:15 p.m. when one responded to a knock at the door, and one of the suspects asked him if he knew another individual, according to a Feb. 23 u n iversit y sa fety notice. W hen the student replied that he did not know the person, bot h su spects fo rc e d t h e i r w a y i n to the room, bra nd ish i ng

a handgun and demanding property. Police charged Martin and Paynter with home invasion, three counts of first-degree assault, use of a firearm in the commission of a crime of violence and burglary in the first degree, according to the news release. Martin was also charged with three counts of armed robbery and threats of bodily harm to a student on the grounds of an institution of higher education. Police also charged Paynter with armed robbery, robbery, second-degree assault and reckless endangerment.

SUSPECTS Andrew Steven Martin, 22 (left), and Daniel Alexander Paynter, 20, have been arrested in connection with a February robbery on the campus. photos courtesy of university police

Martin’s hearing is schedThis incident is still under investigation. Additional in- uled for April 12, and Paynter’s formation will be on the “UMD is slated for April 25 in the Prince Safety Notices” portion of George’s County District Court University Police’s website as in Upper Marlboro. it becomes available for release, according to police. mbricesaddlerdbk@gmail.com

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PARTNERSHIP From PAGE 1 was passed, nor with the mandated spending included in the bill.” Hogan declined to sign or veto several bills, including this one, which he favored conceptually but opposed for spending reasons. The Department of Legislative Services is still working on the final updated fiscal and policy note for the legislation, but an earlier version estimated the bill would cost $4.5 million in fiscal year 2017 and up to $36.9 million by 2021. Lawmakers significantly changed the text of the bill during the course of the legislative process in response to stakeholders concerned about the impact on the University System of Maryland and Baltimore City. Despite these changes, university President Wallace Loh expressed his satisfaction with the legislation’s text in its final form. “I believe that really big changes — involving big institutions, lots of stakeholders — happen slowly. They don’t happen overnight,” he said. “My view is, and I’ve said this before, a partnership means two parties come together and work together, like in a marriage.” As the bill creates one overarching University of Maryland with two campuses, according to the statute, this university will be renamed University of Maryland, College Park Campus, and UMB will be renamed University of Maryland, Baltimore Campus. The law also requires both presidents to study and recommend “mechanisms” to the university system chancellor that would allow for joint reporting in university rankings, which legislators and officials hope would improve the national rank of the newly unified University of Maryland.

Bob Caret, the University System of Maryland chancellor (second from left), and other officials testify on the Strategic Partnership Act of 2016 on March 1. file photo/the diamondback Under the original version of the bill, a single president, appointed by the Board of Regents, could one day preside over both campuses — a point of contention for UMB officials concerned about the campus’ potential loss of autonomy or identity. The approved bill keeps the two-president system in place. In letters sent out March 30 and March 31 to his univ e r s i t y ’s s t u d e n t b o d y, UMB President Jay Perman expressed his approval of the final version of the bill, which he called a “welcome step forward” in the partnership between the campuses. “This version effectively formalizes the strategic partnership that exists between UMB and the University of Maryland, College Park; enables each institution to continue executing its missions and serving its constituents; and clarifies the autonomy of both campuses and both presidents,” he wrote. Additional funding for other university system schools was added to the bill following concerns about the impact of the partnership on other state higher education institutions. Student Government Association President Patrick Ronk, who advocated the bill throughout its consideration

by the state legislature, said he was happy to “be here for a part of history.” “I’ve seen so ma ny schools across the country — Michigan, Berkeley, UNC — go into that upper echelon of great schools, even though they’re public, state-funded institutions. Under President Loh, there’s been such a drive to make Maryland a better school, to have a better education, focusing on research,” the senior government and politics major said. “This bill exemplified all the things we want to be.” Officials hope the partnersh ip w i l l b o os t t he profiles of both campuses, increase funding and create economic development and additional jobs in the state. “If the law says, ‘This will be your priority,’ then this work continues,” Loh said, speaking about continuing the work of the MPower partnership. “If you have something that you think is good for the institution, it’s moving along well, you want to institutionalize it — so that it outlives the occupants of the president’s office. That becomes your historical legacy.” dcostellodbk@gmail.com

picking up in the last two years. “It was a win-win for what Hillel wanted and what the From PAGE 1 u n iversity wa nted,” sa id provides space for more than Joseph Vivona, the system’s 30 student groups, has a staff chief operating officer and of 17 and supports students on vice chancellor for adminiskosher dining plans, more than tration and finance. He sa id he ex pects t he 300 people a day, Israel said. “T he bu i ld i ng we have proposal to pass the Board right now is pretty small,” of Regents. “A lot of times, when an said Tamar Brown, a junior fam ily science major and institution can consolidate member of Hillel’s Jewish a property with an adjacent Leadership Council. “We property, it opens up opreally cater to a much larger portunity for development,” population; this [new] build- Vivona said. Hillel’s new building plan ing will provide more space and support for people and is still in the initial phases, Israel said, but the organizafoster more connections.” The current Hillel building tion has hired an architect to is about 20,000 square feet, help design its new building. but Israel said the group hopes Hillel is still fundraising and to double the space in its new recently received a $3 million home, a project that has been gift, Israel said. The donor,

who will receive the naming rights to the building, has not yet been identified. Conti nued g row th w i l l support not only the Jewish community, Israel said, but also the entire university, as Hillel works to provide programs and opportunities for leadership, social justice, interfaith dialogue and education. Brown also said she hopes the new building will invite a more diverse group of students to Hillel. “Just having a nicer building with really quality facilities will draw people to the building a nd have people associating themselves with Hillel,” she said. “We want to attract more people.” gtooheydbk@gmail.com

CHOCOLATE MILK was the subject of a university study suggesting the drink had health benefits for athletes. An institutional committee reviewed the study after controversy arose over how it was promoted and perceived conflicts of interest. tom hausman/the diamondback

MILK From PAGE 1 from Patrick O’Shea, vice president of research. The university launched an institutional review in January, as a result of the media attention, to examine the circumstances of the study and its related news releases. The review committee, chaired by Ann Wylie, a former university senior vice president and provost, compiled a list of findings and recommendations regarding the study. “It’s clear that this [study] d id not meet t he nor m a l standards that we have for scientific research,” O’Shea said. “And that’s why we’re reviewing all the MIPS procedures, review procedures, operating procedures.” The report’s recommendations addressed the lack of clear policy for all universityindustry collaborations and the inappropriate dissemination of news releases. It also called for reviewing, and possibly adjusting, protocols and practices that led to the original approval of the project and for “mandatory, in-person training” on what constitutes a conflict of interest in research. The committee noted “a concerning lack of understanding of the basic principles of con-

flict of interest in research at all levels of the process” among those interviewed in its report. “We’re looking at our policies in regard to this because … we do not have a specific policy in regard to endorsing a product,” O’Shea said. “So that’s something we’re going to look at very carefully, and look at the distinction between what is basic foundational research and what is product evaluation.” He said the university plans to revisit conflict-of-interest training in hopes to prevent this kind of incident in the future and to make sure all personnel are cognizant of potential issues in dealing with corporate entities. In addition, the university is returning $228,910 in funding for the study, said university spokesman Brian U l l ma n n. T h is i ncludes $20,000 in funds provided by Fluid Motion, $8,910 worth of milk provided to the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics by Fluid Motion and more than $200,000 donated to Shim’s lab by Allied Milk Producers, a cooperative of milk producers in the MidAtlantic region, of which Fluid Motion is a member. The news releases concerning the Fifth Quarter Fresh study have been removed from university sites, and the report

made several recommendations concerning the proper handling of future releases. “The committee felt there was a significant error for those press releases to go out,” Wylie said. “Without a peer-reviewed study, they should never have been issued.” At this point, all 15 recommendations issued by the institutional review are on the table and being considered by the Office of the Provost and the Division of Research, Katie Lawson, university communications director, wrote in an email statement. “Details of the timeline are still being worked out, but the university has prioritized swift action on several of the recommendations including the removal of press releases, returning the funding, reviewing policies, and expanding conflict of interest training,” Lawson wrote. O’Shea said he was unable to comment on any potential disciplinary actions, as they would be confidential personnel matters. “We believe this is not a normal occurrence,” O’Shea said. “But I think it’s important to catch these things early so that everybody can learn from this so that our colleagues will not do this again.” meichensehrdbk@gmail.com

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The unusual homecoming of Jayson Blair “You wrapped a rope around your neck, tied it to all our feet and jumped off the side of the building.” That’s the late New York Times media critic David Carr on former The Times reporter Jayson Blair, a conversational point that came up often in their talks before Carr’s death in 2015 — according to Blair, at least. As with most of the erstwhile Diamondback editor in chief’s stories, there’s probably a nugget of truth in it somewhere, albeit exaggerated for maximum impact and obscured by invented details. Nonetheless, with Carr no longer around to corroborate the minutiae, it’s a fitting sound bite for the subject of an unprecedented 2003 front-page Times story that laid bare Blair’s repeated acts of plagiarism and fabrication. In April of that year, the San Antonio Express-News had reached out to The Times regarding unusual similarities between Blair’s story on a U.S. soldier missing in Iraq and an article by one of its own reporters published eight days prior. The ensuing scandal turned up a whopping 36 plagiarized or fabricated stories authored by Blair and led to the resignations of The Times’ top two editors five weeks later, tarnishing the careers of a score of other industry veterans in the process. It also cast a lasting pall over this newspaper and the university’s journalism school, which Blair attended but never graduated from and of which he is either the most famous or second-most

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famous former student, depending on the status you ascribe to E! News anchor Giuliana Rancic. (That Blair is the most famous Diamondback alumnus is, unfortunately, not up for debate.) So when the diminutive scourge wheeled into a journalism classroom at this university yesterday for the first time since his world and those of others shattered 13 years ago, the students and faculty assembled for a discussion seemed a bit on edge. The tension was thick — were one to cut it, the instrument required would’ve been diamond-tipped. I sat there myself, a bit perplexed by the whole ordeal. I’ve always been skeptical of the popular media narrative on Blair, who’s presented as something of an antichrist to students preparing to enter an industry dramatically different from the one he briefly inhabited, and one much better equipped to root out similar lies. There’s a lot that dismays me,like many others here and elsewhere, about the news industry today: reverential masturbation to Hollywood portrayals of itself, a widespread lack of diversity at all levels, freefalling advertising revenue and more. The man I expected to encounter would’ve convinced me that these pervasive issues were more immediate concerns than the actions of someone who held my position nearly two decades ago and last wrote for a paper when I was 8. The Blair I met dispelled that notion. His unexpected good cheer and breezy

apologies disarmed me, though that much should have been unsurprising, given his current self-employed lifecoaching gig. (He alleged that he has no shortage of clients.) Blair downplayed the damage he had caused to everyone but himself, citing personal struggles that included a bipolar disorder diagnosis and the stress that accompanied working at a top-flight newspaper. But when the discussion turned toward his journalism-school mentors, some of whom sat in the audience, the impact of Blair’s transgressions hit home. The hurt in professors’ and administrators’ voices was palpable as they questioned the sincerity of Blair’s contrition and the impact of his lies. That hurt, as raw as it seemed more than a decade later, pales in comparison to Blair’s betrayal of his colleagues and readers. Seek the truth and report it. That’s the essence of the journalistic code Blair tore to shreds as a reporter at The Diamondback and The Times. Without that, this industry — and on a lesser scale, this publication — is nothing. As Blair left the classroom after the discussion, journalism professor Carl Stepp turned away from a group of students. “We’re talking about you!” he deadpanned. We have to. Matt Schnabel, editor in chief, is a senior journalism major. He can be reached at diamondbackeditor@gmail.com.

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Interns need to be paid

ast summer, I was fortunate enough to intern in the U.S. House of Representatives. As a government and politics major who aspires to work on Capitol Hill, this was a dream internship, with one exception: the pay (or lack thereof). This was an unpaid, 40-hour-per-week internship from the hectic month of June to the out-of-session weeks of August. Nearly every internship in Congress is unpaid, except for a few positions. However, I knew the experience is what mattered and would ultimately pay dividends in the future. Though I still believe this, I noticed one problem with unpaid internships while I held one. Very few have the resources and ability to work without getting paid. The congressman I worked for was from California, and as a result, nearly all of his interns were his constituents. This means that these college students took the expensive flight to Washington and had to find and pay for their own housing for an entire summer, which isn’t cheap. Every day, they had to buy their own lunch from the Longworth Cafeteria and pay to take the Metro to and from the Capitol. I’m fortunate enough to live right outside Washington, so I didn’t have to cover many of these expenses and I can’t even imagine the financial hit these other interns took from doing this. By the end of the summer, I had met dozens of other interns from across the country who had to do the same thing. But we all knew the sacrifices we would have to make to obtain these coveted internships, and I think we all valued the knowledge and

experience we gained. However, many college students don’t have the means to spend that much money over a summer without making anything in return. I am fortunate in the sense that my parents help me pay many of my college expenses, though I do bear some of the costs, especially my own spending money. But many students my age aren’t so lucky. They have to rely on student loans to finance their education, which they know means significant debt for years. Because of this, it is nearly impossible for many students to go an entire summer without any income. Though unpaid internships might help students get jobs after graduation, it is unlikely that these entry-level jobs will help them compensate for both their debt from college and from having an unpaid internship while still providing a relatively sufficient standard of living. There is a bill in the state legislature that would actually provide up to $1,000 in tax credits to alleviate some costs for businesses with interns. I believe this is a great start. It’s nearly impossible to make employers pay interns a certain rate, as this would severely limit the amount of internships they could offer to students, and it is undoubtable that today’s students need internships during college to gain preparation for the job market. Unpaid internships are really only affordable for a select few. Given the necessity and opportunity costs of positions, paid positions would significantly level the playing field and more students would be able to gain valuable experience if more internships were paid. Kyle Campbell is a sophomore government and politics major. He can be reached at kcampbelldbk@gmail.com.

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Benefits of MEAs and academic advising

raduate students have many roles on the campus. We are teachers, researchers, administrators and lecturers, but first and foremost, we are students. We, as students, are here to learn, grow, excel and launch our professional careers, but we also provide critical support to the functioning of this university through our numerous roles and responsibilities, as well as through our interactions and relationships with faculty, staff and students. The relationship we build within our university community can make or break not only our experience here but also our academic development and future careers. The Graduate Student Government, in partnership with the graduate school and in conjunction with the Graduate Council, is working on an initiative to strengthen relationships and foster communication between graduate students and their advisors, supervisors and mentors. To enhance these relationships, we are discussing the need of two facets: Mutual Expectation Agreements and academic advising. MEAs are designed to foster and enhance the relationships between faculty and students on assistantships through increasing communication. An MEA is a clear, concise and consistent document cooperatively produced by a graduate assistant and their supervisor that aims to outline mutually agreed upon expectations for roles and responsibilities pertaining to both parties. MEAs would be developed and implemented during each semester of a graduate assistantship. The second facet for strengthening relationships between students and faculty is the establishment of a semesterly academic advisory meeting with each graduate student’s faculty adviser. Such meetings would allow graduate students to collaborate with their advisers and gain useful information on a variety of resources to enhance their educational experience and obtain their degree.

Developing solid, strong relationships built on communication and trust is of utmost importance to graduate students. We desire to connect with, learn from and develop a strong lifelong professional network through our professors, advisers and mentors. The key to building these relationships is clear communication that yields mutual understanding and establishes expectations with those we hold in such high esteem. Across the campus, graduate students have wonderful, positive working relationships with their advisers who serve as outstanding mentors, research colleagues and powerful allies. They communicate regularly and have open dialogue and discussion, as in any positive professional work, research and academic environment. This is the ideal case, and MEAs and semesterly academic advisory meetings are designed to foster, encourage and support this relationship. These agreements and advising sessions will also serve a secondary role: a safety net to facilitate communication if that positive working relationships deteriorate as a result of communication breakdowns, misaligned expectations or difference of culture, personality, opinion or communication style, to name a few. While we recognize the benefits that such positive, strong relationships bring, we also acknowledge that a “one-sizefits-all” approach is not realistic. Each relationship has its own dynamic and preferred communication style. There remains a baseline amount of communication that can be met with the help of MEAs and advising sessions to contribute to a more standardized experience across the campus to foster these valued relationships. I would like to emphasize the positive aspects it brings to the studentfaculty relationship and highlight the importance of the partnership among the students, faculty and administration. I am grateful for the administrators and faculty who have supported this endeavor and who care deeply about the

graduate students across the campus. Specifically, as graduate student body president, I am an ex officio member of the Graduate Council, the advisory board to graduate school Dean Charles Caramello. In my role, I have been working closely with the Graduate Council and with Dean Caramello on this initiative with the shared goal of improving the graduate student education and experience at this university. I am very appreciative of the willingness of Dean Caramello to discuss graduate student concerns and that we have a shared goal of facilitating the best possible graduate student education and experience across the campus. I am also grateful for the work of the Graduate Council’s workgroup on this initiative, chaired by professor Charles Delwiche. This was formed to investigate the creation of a principal investigator and research assistant agreement as a first step formalizing this initiative. I would like to express my gratitude to both Dean Caramello and professor Delwiche for being instrumental partners in the PI/RA agreement conversation. This first step will undoubtedly facilitate more professional and engaged work for all graduate students and faculty on this campus. I eagerly anticipate the future consideration to be given to other assistantships and to advancing semesterly advising for all graduate students with their advisor to discuss academic issues, a critical component to the success of all students. As this initiative advances, I am delighted and inspired by the many faculty and administrative individuals who are standing in solidarity with the graduate student body in support of this initiative as we all have the shared goal of improving the graduate student experience at this university. Deborah Hemingway is a biophysics doctoral student. She can be reached at dheming@umd.edu.

he American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a highly influential pro-Israel political advocacy organization, invited presidential candidates to its annual conference in Washington. All of the presidential candidates came, except Bernie Sanders, due to an alleged “scheduling conflict.” As expected, the candidates that spoke at the conference delivered a staunch pro-Israel position thereby, pandering to the influential Israeli lobby. While Sanders did not attend, he delivered a foreignpolicy speech in Utah that discussed Israel. Although Sanders’ speech presented a more honest viewpoint on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, it tended to disproportionately blame Israel. The speeches on the subject of Israel revealed a central problem in the narrative on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which solely blames one side while exonerating the other. AIPAC’s staunch pro-Israel position fails to criticize Israeli policies that further exacerbate tensions between Israelis and Palestinians. They frequently advocate Israel’s right to defend itself, which is true for every nation and is perhaps more true for Israel, a nation that has consistently faced security threats since its independence. However, AIPAC’s narrative continuously disregards or fails to criticize specific Israeli policies that are contributing to tensions between Israelis and Palestinians — for instance, the continued expansion of settlements in the West Bank, in which Israelis move into homes previously occupied by Palestinians. The settlements “completely ignore the interests of the Palestinian inhabitants and the implications for their ability to sustain a future state, as well as Israel’s own long-term interests and its ability to maintain the stability of a future border,” columnist Shaul Arieli wrote in Haaretz. The pro-Palestinian position delivers a false and misleading narrative that tends to solely blame Israel for the conflict without acknowledging problems on the Palestinian side. This narrative fails to acknowledge the existence of Hamas, a terrorist organization whose actions threaten any possibility for peace between Israelis and Palestinians. For instance, Palestine supporters are quick to criticize Israeli military actions but are silent on Hamas firing rockets into Israel, which results in Israeli military responses. Furthermore, a main obstacle to peace is that Hamas and a

majority of Palestinians reject Israel’s right to exist or any form of a Jewish state. The tactics utilized by supporters of the Palestinians further the divide, preventing any true meaningful debate on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Pro-Palestinian initiatives like the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement and associated academic organizations advocate academic boycotts of Israeli higher education institutions as a tactic to demand rights and self-autonomy for Palestinians. In early 2016, Historians Against the War proposed resolutions to the American Historical Association that demanded a boycott of Israeli higher education institutions in order to protect “the right to education in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.” These resolutions alleged that Israel stops students from pursuing education, restricts movement that impedes on access to education, bombs educational institutions and restricts people from giving lectures in the West Bank. Thus, the resolutions demanded that “the AHA commits itself to monitoring Israeli actions restricting the right to education in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.” The Alliance for Academic Freedom, an organization of academics that encourages an open intellectual discussion on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, opposed these resolutions, because as academics, members “strive to apply rigorous standards to research and analysis rather than to subsume academic discipline to political expediency.” Instead, the AAF “encourages the creation of opportunities for collaboration and exchange that would expose Palestinians and Israelis to each other’s historical narratives and use knowledge and mutual understanding to promote peace.” If organizations like the BDS Movement are interested in securing Palestinians civil liberties and self-autonomy, they need to change their tactics, because their current strategy is self-defeating. Engaging in boycotts has the potential to further alienate Israeli leadership, as well as organizations that support a two-state solution. Instead, they should collaborate with organizations such as J Street and lobby policymakers that support a twostate solution. While the BDS Movement is quick to criticize AIPAC, it should learn from AIPAC. AIPAC is highly influential in policy debates on the subject of Israel because it is highly organized and is tactful in achieving unwavering American support for Israel. Leslie McNamara is a public policy graduate student. She can be reached at lmcnamaradbk@gmail.com.

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New dining plan to combat rising student food insecurity Next year’s anytime-dining program grants unlimited access to dining halls By Hannah Lang @hannahdlang Staff writer

halls to students who purchase a meal plan. Jane Jakubczak, the coordinator of nutrition services at By the end of November, the University Health Center almost finished with her first and a registered dietitian, has semester of college, freshman been working at the university Listya Suryani realized she was for 15 years but said she has only going to run out of dining points seen food insecurity, which the U.S. Agriculture Department on her traditional meal plan. “I tried to eat healthy, getting defines as “limited or uncermore of the fruits and the veg- tain availability of nutritionetables and stuff like that, but ally adequate and safe foods,” because it’s counted by the become a problem within the ounce, I ran out of it pretty last five years. Now, she said, quickly, and I had to change this issue comes up multiple that,” the nutrition and food times a month. “[Five years ago] was the first science major said. time that I started seeing stuSuryani is one of nearly 1,200 dents who were really trying to students on a dining plan who ran out of dining points during eat as healthfully as possible but the fall semester — a number were really struggling because Dining Services hopes will no they didn’t have enough money longer exist after the university to purchase some of the healthy switches to an anytime-din- foods that I was suggesting,” ing program, which will grant she said. Of the students who visit her unlimited access to the dining

with difficulties affording food, Jakubczak estimates half have a university dining plan. “That’s a lot of stress for students to have to be paying attention to and have to be worrying about on top of everything else one has to worry about in college,” she said. Dining Services spokesman Bart Hipple said he hopes the new dining program will relieve students of this stress and food insecurity. “It’s become very much in the front of my mind that the big problem we’re solving by changing the dining plan is … the problem of resident student food insecurity,” Hipple said. Dining Services looked to other Big Ten schools with similar anytime-dining programs, Hipple said, and found satisfaction rates at these schools were higher. Steve Mangan, the director of University of Michigan Dining, said there was “certainly” no food insecurity among students

with a dining plan at his university, and Chris Elrod, University Dining Services marketing manager at the University of Minnesota, said the same was true there. Hipple said dining staff realized the extent of the problem when student responses to a Dining Services and National Association of College and University Food Services survey brought up the issue of food insecurity “over and over again.” Jakubczak also worked with Allison Lilly, Dining Services sustainability and wellness coordinator, in fall 2014 to open the Campus Pantry, which collects and distributes food to students and staff in need. Jakubczak said she wanted to work on the project after noticing an increase in the number of students who cannot afford to eat as healthily as they would like. During its first year, the pantry served 158 clients and saw 338 visits from October 2014 to May 2015. Of these 338

visits, 34 percent were students. Seventeen percent of these students were sophomores, while 7 percent were freshmen. “That’s a number that we really hate to see because those are potentially students that are on the meal plan,” Lilly said. During the fall semester, the pantry opened once a week instead of twice a month and saw 176 clients and 570 visits — 21 percent of the 570 visits were students. Visits to the pantry spiked at the end of the semesters — 52 percent of all visits in the 2014-15 academic year took place from April 1 to May 15, and in the fall, 47 percent of the visits took place from Nov. 5 to Dec. 18. “The crunch time when you might run out is at one of the most important times in the semester,” Lilly said. “That’s when you’re taking finals and finishing final projects. That is not a time where you need to be worrying about whether or

not you’re going to have enough food to eat.” Mangan said he found it was difficult for freshmen to learn how to budget an a la carte meal plan and that an anytime-dining system is more successful. “It levels the playing field for everybody so you don’t have the haves and the have-nots,” he said. “It just has so many advantages.” Although the current dining plans allow students to spend an average of 70 points per week, Hipple said many students had difficulty budgeting points for the entire semester. Next year, Lilly said, she hopes students with the anytime-dining program will not need to visit the Campus Pantry. “Anyone who is participating on a meal plan will never be in a circumstance where they don’t have enough to eat,” she said, “and that’s really an amazing thing.” hlangdbk@gmail.com

College Park Vision panel Have You Had discusses city’s future Talk centered around development projects, sustainability and education By Jordan Fox and Carly Kempler @jrfox12, @CarlyKempler Senior staff writers Prince George's County and this university are now working together with unprecedented collaboration, David Iannucci, the county's assistant deputy chief administrative officer for economic development, said during a panel discussion on the campus Tuesday. The discussion, hosted by The Diamondback, featured f ive pa nel i sts w it h roles within the university, city, county and business community and focused on the Greater College Park vision. Topics covered included creating a sustainable college town as well as the city's upcoming development projects. M o re t h a n 10 0 p e o p l e gathered in Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center for the event, sponsored by Dow ntow n College Park Management Authority, the university's Campus Pantry, Southern Management Corporation and The Hotel at the University of Maryland. In addition to Iannucci, the panelists included College Park Mayor Patrick Wojahn, Southern Management CEO David Hillman, university Administration and Finance Vice President Carlo Colella and College Park City-University Partnership Executive Director Eric Olson. Wojahn said this event was the “fi rst of its kind,” adding that he wants to focus on transforming this city into a real college town.

university faculty and staff members to Col lege Pa rk neighborhoods. Other panelists also pointed out that these communities, such as Cherry Hill, Hollywood and North College Park, will see trickle-down effects from the bigger projects in the downtown and university areas. In addition, Wojahn, as well as a few other panelists, called The Hotel, a multimillion-dollar investment on Route 1, the most exciting and influential development project in the Greater College Park vision. “It will be a place where people will want to gather for food and conversation," Hillman said. "It's going to become a center of the area's commerce.” The Purple Line and the potential FBI headquarters relocation to Greenbelt were other big-name projects discussed during the event. Iannucci said the Purple Line will transform the county and the region, boosting accessibility and reshaping the area's economy. Wojahn also mentioned students will have free access to area stops along the Purple Line, as it will pass through this university's campus. However, the Purple Line is not expected to open for service until 2022, making it a six-year construction process. Hillman said this revitalization “train” is not going to stop and that the city will continue to work with the county and this university to completely transform College Park into a vibrant top-20 college town.

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CITIZEN BLAIR Former journalism student speaks on his fall from grace JAYSON BLAIR, a former student at this university who was editor in chief of The Diamondback and later earned noteriety when his fabrications and plagiarism came to light, watches a clip from the documentary about his actions while working at The New York Times. Blair spoke to an ethics class yesterday, his first visit to the campus in seven years. josh loock/the diamondback By Taylor Swaak @tswaak27 Senior staff writer Jayson Blair looked anxious. As a video clip detailing his scandal played on Eaton Theater’s projector screen yesterday morning, he struggled to maintain eye contact, often looking down and fiddling aimlessly with his fingers. “I’ve never seen this [video],” Blair said. “I lived it. … I don’t need to see it again.” A former student who attended this university from 1995 to 1999, Blair made national headlines in May 2003 when news broke that he’d fabricated and plagiarized at least 36 articles during a six-month period for The New York Times, where he’d worked for nearly four years. Fabrications were also found in his earlier articles for the paper. About 45 students and faculty of this university’s journalism school sat in on yesterday’s one hour, 15 minute-long panel discussion on plagiarism and ethics between Blair and senior American studies and journalism major Shannon Gallagher, who invited him to come to this university — his first time speaking to journalism students at this university — for a JOUR300: Journalism Ethics project. Though Blair had not returned to the journalism school since the scandal broke and often rejects speaking appearances, this time was different, he said. “It’s nice to be back; I wanted to be back,” Blair said. “One of the things I try not to do is turn down opportunities to speak to

journalism classes. It sort of feels like a piece of my penance.” The majority of the panel discussion consisted of Gallagher, who works at The Diamondback, asking Blair questions on topics such as his days at the journalism school and The Diamondback — he was a news reporter early on and editor in chief from 19961997 — to his downfall at The Times, the aftermath and how his life has changed since then. Additional audience questions came at the end. “I was very pleased with our student body,” said Adrianne Flynn, the journalism school’s internships and career development director, who teaches the ethics course Blair visited. “I am pleased that they asked tough questions of someone who should be held accountable for what he did to my business and my school. [Blair] handled it with respect and discipline.” Blair, who now works as a life coach in Virginia with focuses on mental health and career coaching, maintained he was not aware of any plagiarization or fabrication prior to the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, when he pulled a man-on-thestreet interview verbatim from the Associated Press. “I would periodically go through these periods where I was like, ‘OK, this is the last one. … I can’t do this anymore,’” he told the audience. “I would opt out of working if I could, and then it would switch back. Once you slide down the slippery slope — once you cross that line — it just becomes very easy to do it over and over again.”

While at The Times, Blair “fabricated comments … concocted scenes … lifted material from other newspapers and wire services,” according to The Times’ more than 7,000-word internal investigation published after Blair’s departure. Blair noted he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder some time after the scandal and had “poor health” that involved drug abuse while working at The Times. For Olive Reid, the college’s associate dean of student affairs who knew Blair personally, his health problems were apparent even as an undergraduate. “Jayson didn’t sleep a lot. I remember him calling me once at 2 in the morning saying, ‘Do you know the back door of the journalism building is unlocked?’ and I was like, ‘No … why do you know that?’” Reid said. “I guess there were signs, but we didn’t know. We just thought he was eccentric.” Former 1994-95 Diamondback sports editor Tom Madigan, who worked with Blair, said that even as a Diamondback reporter Blair “didn’t always have his details nailed down” and sometimes “information that he’d find for his stories couldn’t be verified.” “He’s still kind of a joke among people I went to school with,” said Madigan, now a member of the board of directors for Maryland Media Inc., The Diamondback’s parent company. “He’ll always be Jayson Blair to me. He is that guy.” Even when he knew what he was doing was wrong and felt out of control, Blair said he couldn’t

bring himself to quit The Times, because “when you find your way at a place like The New York Times and it’s where you sort of dreamed you wanted to be … you can’t imagine being anywhere else,” Blair said. For sophomore journalism major Toyin Akinwande, the panel discussion offered a different look at what she once thought was black and white. “Seeing his perspective on why he did it kind of opened my eyes to just how easy it is to cross the line,” she said. “Everything a journalist is, it’s a lot of pressure.” Other students weren’t as willing to give Blair the benefit of the doubt. Some audience questions to Blair included whether students could trust what he was saying, whether he’d made amends with former colleagues — he’s tried, with varied degrees of success — and whether his cheating was a matter of pure laziness. “I’m not trying to be cruel; I get a sense of laziness … just not wanting to get out there,” said sophomore journalism major Tristan Madden. Journalism professor Sharon O’Malley wanted to know one thing. “Jayson, are you sorry that you did this?” Blair said he is. “It kills me personally that it damaged the profession,” he said. “The part that really kills me is the people who I hurt … who had done absolutely nothing wrong.” tswaakdbk@gmail.com

Research studies red and hoary bat populations, migration habits By Morgan Eichensehr @MEichensehr Senior staff writer

bats seemed to spend summers in more local locations, he said. If hoary bats spend summers in the area, that’s part of their migration route, meaning turbines constructed in that area could have a greater impact on the population. These kinds of bats can be difficult to study because unlike some species, migratory bats don’t congregate in caves, said Matthew Fitzpatrick, a professor at the Appalachian Laboratory. The populations are huge and scattered across large regions, he said, meaning scientists don’t know much about their numbers or where they’re migrating to and from. This was “a group of organisms that were being impacted by the wind energy development in this region, along the Appalachian ridgeline. … Any sort of energy development has impacts, but I think this was a relatively unanticipated impact,” Fitzpatrick said. “I don’t think people thought developing wind energy would impact migratory bats.” This study is providing “a first look at the sustainability of the issue,” said Cortney Pylant, biological scientist from the University of Florida and lead author of the study. Bats provide important ecosystem services, such as controlling insect populations, so it is important to look at how wind energy production affects these species and whether that production presents a threat to the species, Nelson said. Studies like this have started to shed light on the scale of the impact wind energy development has on bats, Pylant said. Understanding whether these bats are being killed close to their breeding grounds or whether they traveled a long way before they were killed could help inform future development efforts, she said. “If turbines are constantly killing bats in a certain area every year, that could have a greater genetic impact,” Pylant said. “If we get a sense of where the bats are moving, we ideally can place these wind sites in areas that have less of an effect in terms of [bat] mortality.”

New research from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science’s Appalachian Laboratory examines the population size and migration patterns of the red and hoary bats species, which together account for 70 percent of the bats killed by wind turbines in the eastern United States. “We don’t know a lot about these bats except that they’re killed by wind turbines,” said David Nelson, a professor from the Appalachian Laboratory. “With this study, we can start to get a handle of how they’re moving around the landscape and how many are out there.” Researchers used DNA-sequencing techniques to estimate the effective population size of the two bat species, Nelson said. To find out where the bats had come from, analysis of stable hydrogen isotope signatures revealed where the bats spent their summers and told scientists whether each kind of bat had traveled long distances before dying along the Appalachian ridgeline. Ecological Applications published the results of this research in February. The study estimated the red bat population size was in the hundreds of thousands to one million range and the hoary bat population was in the in thousands or tens of thousands, Nelson said. “This tells us that, from a conservation perspective, we need to be more concerned about the fatalities of the hoary bat … because they [and the red bat] are killed at roughly the same rate,” Nelson said. The study found while roughly half of the red bats killed by turbines on the Appalachian ridgeline apparently spent summers farther away from the ridgeline and the wind turbines, the hoary meichensehrdbk@gmail.com

Analytics company FactGem joins city innovation district By Carly Kempler @CarlyKempler Senior staff writer Word is spreading about the emerging College Park innovation district as another technology company settles into the city. FactGem, a next-generation data analytics company, relocated its headquarters to College Park in January after moving out of its offices in Ohio. The company’s move adds to the “innovation ecosystem” this university and the city are working to create, further advancing the Greater College Park vision, said university President Wallace Loh. “Hopefully this will be one of many more to come — either to come here or to be created here. … It’s wonderful,” Loh said. “This did not happen when I first came here five years ago. ” In 2013, FactGem CEO Megan Kvamme and Clark Richey, the company’s chief technology officer, founded the company with the mission of making data analytics available for everyone, Richey said. “We’re really looking to make that super easy and break down those barriers so anybody can have access to analyze the data and search the data and graph and visualize the important information that’s been locked up,” Richey said.

Ken Ulman, the chief economic development strategist for the university’s College Park Foundation, said this company’s relocation also proves the importance of the area’s networking efforts combined with available real estate. “The more successful we are, the more ambassadors we have saying, ‘Come set up in College Park — there’s something really exciting going on here,’” Ulman said. “Just to get somebody excited is half the battle. … Then having the right place for them to locate is the other half.” The company “ties in really well with what we’re doing to encourage innovation in College Park,” said College Park Mayor Patrick Wojahn. “Part of our goal of what we want to do in College Park is to build a new innovation sector here,” Wojahn said. “It’s going to make College Park a more exciting place to work and to live.” Richey said FactGem became interested in the move to College Park after his close friend Matthew Carroll, CEO of the data managementfirmImmuta,mentioned College Park’s growing innovation district. Immuta also moved to the city in December. “There’s a lot of technology innovation happening in the D.C., Maryland, Virginia areas, both with companies creating

new software and companies looking to actually change up the way they do business,” Richey said, “and that’s really a great environment for us.” The company is also interested in partnering with the university to have access to its resources, Richey said. The company eventually plans to take student interns and hire graduates, he said. FactGem is sharing space with Immuta on the 8400 block of Route 1 but hopes to move into its own space quickly, Richey said. Ulman said it is necessary for economic development and real estate strategies to be linked so that the city and university can find suitable spaces for additional and larger startup companies to relocate to the area. Moving these companies to College Park would add more jobs and people to support the city’s residential and retail projects, he said. “The more companies that move into town and create this synergy is critical,” Ulman said. “The more smaller companies that move into town, there’s more chance that they continue to grow and add jobs.” ckemplerdbk@gmail.com

Senior staff writer Darcy Costello contributed to this report.

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How The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story functions as a critique of America past and present By Michael Errigo @M_Errigo Senior staff writer

On Tuesday night, as the clock approached 11 p.m. and the sensation surrounding The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story approached its expiration, things got real. Throughout the season’s 10 episodes, the FX show had relied upon the outstanding acting of a star-studded cast to bring the infamous 1995 trial back to life. The show’s creators made the decision not to include much, if any, original footage from the case. Shots of grainy courtroom drama intended to look like the original television coverage still featured the actress Sarah Paulson staring down Cuba Gooding Jr. instead of their actual counterparts, prosecutor Marcia Clark and O.J. Simpson, facing off. But in episode 10, as the

not guilty verdict was about to be read, fiction was interwoven with reality. The faces of the actors were joined by quick cuts to real footage of Americans waiting for the verdict in 1995. The people, they are gathered in Times Square, in their workplaces, in their local bar, each having already chosen a side, awaiting history. In this moment the mirror is turned on us, the American viewing audience, and something becomes very clear. The People v. O.J. Simpson, from its very first moment, has not been about a football star or his slain ex-wife. It’s been a show about America, then and now. This fact has been buried under the praise heaped upon actors and writers or the discussion about case specifics and courtroom drama. And I’ll take this opportunity to say the praise is very much deserved. I watched “Marcia,

Marcia, Marcia,” twice, just to confirm that Paulson turned in the best television performance of the year. As a piece of entertainment, The People v. O.J. Simpson is better than most everything on television right now. Discussion about the case and specifically the re-emergence of questioning whether or not O.J. did it is, well, very dumb. Twenty years later, nothing said now matters. And besides, O.J. Simpson is currently in prison for another crime. What’s lost is the idea of The People v. O.J. Simpson as something more than a period piece. No matter how much screen time was given to O.J. or Clark or Johnnie Cochran, the biggest character in this show is America in 1995. They are represented in sample size by the jury and in a much larger, much more abstract sense by the constant pressures put on those

directly involved. Spurred by constant media coverage, the American public was driven into a frenzy by the O.J. trial and the effects of this are many. The attention and criticism laid upon every person publicly spotlighted was strong enough that it still marks them today. Everyone involved in fighting for either side is still remembered for doing just that. In the trial there was constant consideration not only about what would be seen by the jury, but what would be seen by the television cameras because the public would blow up anything they could. Even within the 12-person jury, there were constant changes as the court struggled to find people who were not biased in some way. In each episode of The People v. O.J. Simpson, both the prosecution and the defense spoke about public opinion as if it was a tidal wave, gaining power and

almost out of control. The question was only which direction the tide was taking it. In 1995, America let this case tear them apart. I keep using “they” to describe my country in that time for reasons I don’t exactly know. The most obvious would be an almost unconscious desire to distance myself. But if Tuesday night’s inclusion of real footage of real Americans gathering in common places is indicative of anything, it’s that I should still be using the inclusive “we.” That’s us. That’s me. That’s our country and it still is. And look at us now. There still exists a great divide within the people of this nation. To deny that would be self-deception. Not only racially, but politically too we are being driven further and further apart by one event after another. Too many of us have chosen to stand

too firmly on one side of an issue. We view any attempts at reason or compromise as a shove in the direction of the abyss stretching between us and our purported enemies. We talk about this popular television show as though it’s a beautiful crystallization of how things used to be, but how different is it from how things are right now? More than a period piece, The People v. O.J. Simpson should be interpreted as a warning. The hope now has to be that in 2036, viewers won’t turn on their TV to a dramatic recreation of today and see it as a time when this country took itself to the ledge. I hope they don’t see actual footage of people in Times Square, in their workplaces, in their local bar, each with their sides already chosen and think as I did Tuesday night, how did this happen? merrigodbk@gmail.com

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ENGAGED BY ART Iraqi-born artist Wafaa Bilal to hold conversation at Stamp about his political work By Josh Magness @josh_mag Staff writer Iraqi-born Wafaa Bilal is no stranger to struggle. Bilal wanted to study art in college but was restricted from doing so because of a family member accused of disloyalty to his country. Still, Bilal, enrolled as a geography student, continued to create defiant art that criticized Saddam Hussein and his regime. Bilal continued doing so until the budding artist, fearing his vocal opposition to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait would prompt retribution, fled his home country to live in a Saudi Arabian refugee camp for two years. But strife followed him even

after he left that camp and arrived in the United States in 1992. A U.S. missile strike killed his brother in 2004, just one year after Bilal received a Master of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2003. Now, students at this university will get the chance to hear Bilal, currently an associate arts professor at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, speak about some of those life-altering experiences. Tonight at 6:30 p.m. in Stamp Student Union’s Juan Ramon Jiménez Room, Bilal will lead a talk about various pieces of his artwork and how they reflect what he encountered while living in the Middle East.

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Cecilia Wichmann — the special events chairwoman for the Graduate Art History Association, which is responsible for the bulk of planning the event alongside the Stamp Gallery — said Bilal was an obvious choice given today’s political climate. “We were thinking, partially because it is an election year … that activism and political engagement are really important to us right now,” said Wichmann, a doctoral student in the art history and archaeology department. “So we wanted a visit from a renowned international artist who engages in politics and art in ways that inspire and challenge our campus community.” This is something that Bilal certainly provides. In protest

of the Iraq War, Bilal embarked on a 30-day project in May 2007 named “Domestic Tension.” Throughout that 30-day period, Bilal lived in a cramped room, where anyone on the Internet could watch him through a webcam and shoot him with a remotecontrolled paintball gun at any time. The work symbolized how U.S. soldiers were firing missiles in Iraq while stationed thousands of miles away. Another work, “Dog or Iraqi,” allowed Internet users to vote whether Bilal or a dog should be waterboarded in an undisclosed location in New York. They voted in favor of Bilal, who underwent the interrogation technique in the name of art. Bilal’s ability to combine

multiple mediums, such as online gaming and surveillance technologies, while also addressing contemporary political and cultural issues, draws Wichmann to the daring craftsperson. But Wichmann’s favorite aspect of Bilal’s artistry is how it highlights the interconnectedness of all people, while displaying the potential art has as a platform to bridge divides. “Art does not have to be this thing that is disengaged — art can be a site where we have these debates and conversations,” she said. “It can be the place we confront difficult and challenging differences.” The event is an “easy sell” for Curtis Brooks, a Master of Fine Arts candidate within the art department. But no

matter a student’s interests, Brooks said, the event should prove to be a worthwhile discussion informed by diverse perspectives. “It’s a great story of how we can use our experiences to speak about the world we live in now,” Brooks said. “Bilal’s work is largely about dialogue, and this is a great opportunity to come out and engage in that dialogue with other students and the artist himself.” The event, which is also cosponsored by the art department and the art history and archaeology department, is free and open to the public. Following the talk, there will be a Q&A session to allow Bilal to field questions. jmagnessdbk@gmail.com

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But it’s also his leadership that doesn’t show up on the stat sheet that Tillman values. Davis-Allen has developed a relationship with freshman midfielder Wes Janeck. The duo watches film together, and Davis-Allen offers footwork pointers to Janeck just like Cooper did when he was a rookie. When Davis-Allen and Janeck share the field, Davis-Allen reminds Janeck he has confidence in him and trusts him to hustle to the possessions. Associate head coach Kevin Conry swears Davis-Allen never tires, working long after practice to tweak his shooting mechanics. Davis-Allen has watched how attackmen Matt Rambo and Colin Heacock keep their hands on the same level throughout the entire motion, not dropping their sticks when aiming for different parts of the cage. He wants to do the same. But sometimes, Conry asks the player he called “the definition of a mentor” to slow down. If someone is struggling with a scheme or drill in practice, Conry will pull that player to the side before passing him off to Davis-Allen for an explanation. “He’s a warrior,” Conry said. “He’s the best kid in the world, too.”

But as he discussed his goal yesterday afternoon, DavisAllen seemed most proud of the moments leading up to the score. Attackman Timmy Monahan helped regain possession when Michigan turned it over in the Terps’ attacking third, and attackman Louis Dubick assisted his go-ahead finish. Davis-Allen has watched the two rookies work to earn playing time early this season, so he was “just finishing all those hustle plays.” Those situations that don’t lead to gaudy statistics are when Davis-Allen has carved his niche in his three years in red and black, Tillman said. As the lone returner on the Terps’ faceoff unit this season — midfielder Charlie Raffa graduated and longpole Matt Neufeldt on the other wing tore his ACL in the offseason — Davis-Allen has fielded 19 grounds balls and caused seven turnovers so far after setting career highs with 33 ground balls and four caused turnovers in 2015. “Day in and day out around here, he’s the guy that is always trying to do what the team needs on all levels,” Tillman said, “whether it’s playing defense, picking up ground balls, playing wings [or] pushing the ball in transition.” ccaplandbk@gmail.com

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a 194.025, their secondlowest score of the season. Even at times even when the Terps weren’t falling during routines, their scores weren’t always stellar. After the Big Five Meet, where the Terps didn’t count a fall, Nelligan said the team had to keep moving forward. “This is step one; you have to hit your routines,” Nelligan said. “The next step is to increase all those little tenths.” But his team didn’t make the strides it needed to sneak into the postseason. So on Saturday in Athens, Georgia, Nelligan wasn’t telling a dozen of his gymnasts to ignore any outside distractions and stay within their own mind. He was telling two of them to soak in as much as they could, in hopes of passing some of the memories to their teammates for the future. “I missed my team a lot,” Epperson said. “Having this experience was a great day for us [three], but like I said, I just wish they were here.”

would have liked to qualify for regionals as a team, the senior saw plenty of positives in the 2016 campaign. “I told the girls after [the Big Ten Championship] that I was really proud of how they fought throughout the season,” Tang said. “This is a learning experience, and it’s only going to help us in the future.” Nelligan admitted that the youth and inexperience of the team meant he “wasn’t really sure” what to expect entering the season, but said not qualifying for regionals for the first time in his tenure was “heartbreaking.” Still, the Terps showed flashes of potential, managing to break 196.00 during a quad meet at George Washington and hitting 195.50 at two other competitions. E n t e r i n g t h e B i g Te n Championships, the Terps were on the bubble to finish in the top 36 nationally. They suffered two falls on beam, though, and earned jcrabtreehdbk@gmail.com

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Wright frustrated with performance Terps scored three runs in Game 2 of doubleheader against St. Francis (PA) By Dan Bernstein @danbernsteinUMD Staff writer

After the Terrapins softball team dropped the second game of a Tuesday doubleheader against Saint Francis (PA), coach Julie Wright was angry. Earlier in the day, the Terps had defeated the Red Flash, 6-3, and displayed an aggressive hitting approach that helped them jump ahead early against ace pitcher Ketarah DeVries, who is 8-2 with a 2.51 ERA. So Wright wasn’t happy when her team only managed three runs in their second game when facing pitcher Alexis coach JUlie Wright thought the team wasn’t focused enough at the plate against the Red Flash after Game 1 win. reid poluhovich/the diamondback Bower, who entered with the second-highest ERA on the the plate, blamed the team’s too many good pitches to hit,” Dillard, who transferred from Wright said. “They’re watching Louisville before the season, is Red Flash. The Terps left 10 offensive play on stagnancy. “Between the two games, too many strikes go by instead fourth in hitting at a .309 clip. runners on base. A win would have given we didn’t make adjustments,” of hacking.” Meanwhile, the team’s two Wright doesn’t know what seniors — infielders Corey the Terps their first back-to- Ellazar said. else she can do to instill an Schwartz and Lindsey Schmeiser back victories of the season. “I’M NOT HAPPY aggressive approach because — have struggled. Schwartz Instead, missed opportunities WITH HOW WE “they are not following what blasted 15 home runs last season at the plate contributed to a we’re telling them.” 7-3 loss. but only has one this year. And LOST THAT GAME. I The Terps have experienced Schmeiser, who missed time due “It’s unfortunate,” Wright THOUGHT IT WAS A a drop-off in offensive pro- to injury, is hitting .254. said. “I’m not happy with how LACK OF duction this season — after we lost that game. I thought it The Terps will look for those CONCENTRATION. IT averaging more than six runs two to improve in a three-game was a lack of concentration. It per game last year, they now series next weekend against was a lack of effort on the ofWAS A LACK OF average less than four. Plus, Michigan State, which has a fensive side of the ball, and it EFFORT ON THE the team batting average has 4.12 team ERA, ranking in the was just not good at all.” OFFENSIVE SIDE OF slipped from .309 to .282. The Terps stranded more bottom half of the Big Ten. While coaches and players have than one runner in three dif- THE BALL, AND IT WAS Jump-starting the offense, sometimes pointed to inexperi- though, could be a challenge if ferent innings of the second JUST NOT GOOD AT ence as a reason for the decline, the Terps continue their current contest. They left the bases ALL.” the crop of new starters have approach, Wright said. The firstloaded in the first, left two Julie Wright posted the team’s best statistics. year coach believes the Terps “hit on in the third and wasted a Terrapins softball coach Ellazar, a first-time regular better when it doesn’t matter.” situation in the seventh with To Wright, though, it was a starter, leads the Terps with a no outs and two runners in “That’s a mental thing,” she lack of aggression at the plate .400 average, while outfielder said. “I need them to get a little scoring position. Infielder Skylynne Ellazar, that led to the team’s night- Sarah Calta, who is also adjust- bit tougher, quite frankly.” ing to an expanded role, ranks who provided a bright spot for time downfall. “At this point, they’re taking second. Catcher Kristina dbernsteindbk@gmail.com the Terps with a 4-for-7 day at

cirovski From PAGE 14 included a mix of coaches, NCAA executives and media members. While topics varied from wage discrimination between U.S. national teams to the debate on playing high school versus club soccer, the sport’s scheduling conflict dominated the discussion. But will this proposal ever become a reality? “At some point, it will,” said Oliver Luck, NCAA executive vice president. “It might take time.” Cirovski said the soccer season, including playoffs, is “pigeonholed” into about three months. This limits the amount of time during the year to train, which North Carolina women’s soccer coach Anson Dorrance said is vital to player development. Dorrance said the format college soccer uses can be referred to as the “tournament culture,” a model adopted in 1959 when the NCAA first decided to hold a national championship. And it’s a setup that has led to complaints about the development of American players for the past 15 to 20 years, Dorrance said “Over the course of a 90minute soccer game, each player is touching the ball for an average

of three minutes,” said Dorrance, who has led the Tar Heels to 21 national titles. “There is no way in a tournament culture — where you’re not training but just playing games — where in those three minutes are you go going to develop into an elite soccer player.” Terps goalkeeper Dayne St. Clair, who attended the panel, also weighed in on the topic, saying his team’s focus is from game to game. “We don’t really get a chance to perform and basically push yourself in training,” said St. Clair, who hasn’t heard anyone oppose the idea of extending the season. “You don’t want to push yourself too hard that you can’t perform in the match.” Another problem involves academics. Cirovski said traveling, sometimes multiple times in one week, can cause players to lag behind in classes during the fall semester. Absences would still be an issue under the new schedule, St. Clair said, but they would balance out over the entire school year. Last season, St. Clair played for Vaughan Soccer Club in Ontario, Canada. His team mostly played in the spring and summer, as freezing temperatures prevented the squad from playing in the wintertime. But that hasn’t stopped the NCAA from scheduling

the soccer championship for early December. Sometimes, Cirovski said, it’s hard to convince his family to support him at these games because of the frigid temperatures.

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20 years, said college soccer gets lost in the media landscape because of the timing of its championship. Having the season stretched over two semesters would move the playoffs late in the spring. NSCAA Programs Director Rob Kehoe said 75 percent of men’s college soccer players and 90 percent of coaches are in favor of the change. Cirovski called the move “the biggest no-brainer of all time.” But for athletic directors, Luck said, there are questions that come along with this transformation. Will there be a field available? Is there a sports information director for the second half of the season? In fact, out of all of the athletic directors who work at programs that carry men’s soccer, Luck said less than 50 percent would be supportive of the modification. When the idea started, Cirovski understood making a decision would be a long process. He plans to keep pushing the initiative, though, for the benefit of his team and the sport as a whole. “It’s a beautiful game, and it needs a chance to blossom,” Cirovski said. “This is the right thing. The statistics show it, we know it, and I think it’s time to continue this dialogue.”

The final weekend of the sport must also compete with college football and the NFL in addition to the NBA and college basketball, which are both in full swing by the end of the college soccer calendar. “The media can’t even send a reporter to cover the championship game when it’s the highlight of a student a t h l e te ’s ca re e r b e ca u se 18 million other sports are going on in the middle of December,” Cirovski said. The Washington Post’s Steve Goff, who has covered soccer regularly for more than kstackpoledbk@gmail.com

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defensive ends coach and special teams coordinator from 2007 to 2009. Buh From PAGE 14 was the Cardinal linebackers “ T h e r e w a s o n l y o n e coach in 2007 before being person I spoke to about this promoted to co-defensive job, and that was it,” Durkin coordinator for his final two said. “I knew in my mind who seasons. we needed to go with, and “I KNEW IN MY Andy is a guy who is very MIND WHO WE familiar with what we do defensively.” NEEDED TO GO Buh served as Kentucky’s WITH, AND ANDY linebackers coach last season IS A GUY WHO before transitioning to special IS VERY FAMILIAR teams coordinator this spring. It marked the latest WITH WHAT WE DO stop in a lengthy coaching DEFENSIVELY.” career, one that included a DJ DURKIN three-year stint at Stanford Terrapins football coach under Jim Harbaugh. “Really excited about the It was there that Buh met opportunity to reunite with Durkin, who served as the

a friend, a longtime friend and coach,” Buh said. “That is very rare in this business.” On Jan. 12, the newly hired Shafer touted his plan for implementing a flexible yet disciplined defense that places an emphasis on getting the ball back to the offense. Durkin said Shafer’s absence wouldn’t change the Terps’ defensive identity, though. “My philosophy is in line with Coach Durkin. We are an attack-style of defense,” Buh said. “We want to maximize the talent here on this roster first, develop these guys into fierce competitors and then attack. We are an attacking-style of defense.

We want to dictate to the offense what we are going to do.” Monday night, Buh and his wife, Kelly, flew into this state and ate dinner. The next morning, Buh woke up, slipped on his red Terps polo and began the next phase of his life. “I knew the right guy was Andy and if he was willing and able to do it that’s what we were going to do,” Durkin said. “If not, we honestly probably wou ld ’v e waite d u ntil may be af te r the spring. I knew in my gut and my heart he was the right guy.” jneedelmandbk@gmail.com

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Terps overcome upset scare to top Johns Hopkins

With less than nine minutes remaining in the first half of the Terrapins women’s lacrosse team’s game against Johns Hopkins, the Blue Jays missed a shot, and the ball caromed off the fence toward the Terps’ bench. Defender Nadine Hadnagy and a pair of Blue Jays attackers chased after it. While they ran, it appeared Hadnagy would be closest to the ball as it went out of bounds to flip possession to the Terps. But a Johns Hopkins player beat her to it, allowing the Blue Jays a second chance on their offensive end. In the Terps’ 10-8 victory over the Blue Jays (8-6) at the Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex last night,

several of coach Cathy Reese’s players found themselves in similar situations as the team trailed for more than 21 consecutive minutes. “Hopkins was scoring when they had opportunities to, and we weren’t,” Reese said. “It’s huge for this group to be able to fight back.” Reese’s squad found itself down early and was unable to regroup before the intermission. For the first time this season, the Terps trailed at the end of the half after allowing six goals in the first 30 minutes. So in an effort to prevent their first home loss since March 2012, the Terps’ offense adjusted in the latter period. Midfielder Zoe Stukenberg scored consecutive goals with about 20 minutes remaining, and midfielder Jen Giles added one to tie the game at

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Despite trailing by 3 goals entering halftime, offense mounts comeback By Scott Gelman @Gelman_Scott Staff writer

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the terps trailed for most of the night but used a second-half rally to stay unbeaten. They’ve now won 11 straight games to start this season. daniel jenkins/the diamondback seven goals midway through the half. Then with about 11 minutes left in the second period, midfielder Taylor Hensh gave the Terps their first lead of the night, which they wouldn’t relinquish. “It’s easy, if you think about the final score, to get wrapped up in [trailing],” Stukenberg said. “It was really important for us to take a step back and realize we really can’t look past the little things.” As was the case against Cornell, the Terps failed to get on the board first. Attacker Megan Whittle’s pair of goals helped the Terps even the score twice in the first half, but the Blue Jays stormed back. They entered halftime on a 3-0 run. “In the first half, we struggled a little,” Hadnagy said. “In the second half, we said on defense we needed to make a stop.” With the offense rallying for the lead, the Terps’ backline capitalized on that mindset as the clock wound down, forcing turnovers on the Blue Jays’ final three possessions. Still, the Terps’ eighthranked defense struggled throughout the contest. The unit had trouble containing Blue Jays midfielder Dene’ DiMartino, who scored five times, the most production

the Terps have surrendered to a single player this season. And after the Terps turned the ball over a season-high 17 times in Saturday’s win over Cornell, they committed seven first-half turnovers last night and failed to connect on eight of their 11 firsthalf shots. “We were almost a little frantic,” Reese said. “We have a team that has had such a powerful offense that when things weren’t falling right away, this was something we needed to learn.” But then the group started to click, and midfielder Taylor Cummings scored for the first time with about three minutes left to add an insurance point. Despite trailing for most of the night, the Terps avoided their first loss since falling to Ohio State in the Big Ten Championship game last May. The adversity served as a learning experience for the squad. “We are young, and we wanted to see how we would react to that,” Hadnagy said. “Everybody stepped up, and we really stepped up the intensity in the second half.” sgelmandbk@gmail.com

In the third inning of the Terrapins baseball team’s game against James Madison ye sterday, rig ht-hander Hunter Parsons threw three consecutive strikes against Dukes designated hitter Tyler Carroll. Parsons, who hadn’t expressed emotion all game, then pounded his chest with his palm while flashing a smile as locked eyes with catcher Justin Morris. It was that kind of day for Parsons. The freshman allowed one run off two hits in seven innings, leading the Terps to a 5-2 win over James Madison in his second career start at Bob “Turtle” Smith Stadium. “Everything is dictated off your starting pitching,” coach John Szefc said. “If you get a good start, you have a really good chance to win. He gave us a really good start when we needed it.” In their past two contests, the Terps (15-15) combined for 10 hits — including four in a 5-4 loss at Liberty on Tuesday. Though Szefc said the offense didn’t have a great outing yesterday, it improved to record eight hits. The Dukes (13-16) got on the board first, though. Catcher Zach Tondi took Parsons deep in the second, the first home run the rookie has surrendered in his Terps career. But the 6-foot-3, 200pound hurler wouldn’t allow another run, and the offense supported its starter. The Terps took their first lead in the fourth when shortstop Kevin Smith, who had a two-RBI double to tie the game at four in the eighth Tuesday, belted a two-run home run. In the sixth, after righthander Mark Gunst balked, designated hitter Nick Cieri singled to score second

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baseman Nick Dunn. And in the following inning, center fielder Madison Nickens smacked an RBI double to tack on two more runs. “It was definitely more comforting,” Parsons said of pitching with the lead. “It also put a little pressure on me. I had to go out and throw up more zeros because the team just gave me the lead. It was my job to go out there and get right back in, which I did.” After Parsons exited in the eighth, the Terps bullpen, which gave up a walk-off double a day earlier, allowed just one more score. Szefc said one of the most crucial moments of the contest occurred in the eig hth after left-hander Zach Guth issued two walks without an out. Left-hander Robert Galligan replaced the freshman and limited James Madison to one run. But it was Parsons who helped make the Dukes’ late run irrelevant. Last week in his first career start against VCU, Parsons gave up one run in 4.2 innings to lead the Terps to a victory. In his second start, the newcomer displayed improvement. “It’s the best I’ve seen [of] him in college so far,” righthander Mike Rescigno said. “That was huge. We needed him to have a good start. Hopefully he can just keep rolling with it.” Parsons said he struggled to command the strike zone and his fastball in his first start. So leading up to yesterday, he focused on his fastball command and changeup in practice. It paid off. Parsons said he kept hitters off-balance from the beginning of the contest yesterday, and Szefc said the Fruitland native executed his changeup, slider and fastball against the Dukes. And after blowing the team’s lead Tuesday, the bullpen finished off Parsons’ stellar start to help him earn his first college win and snap the Terps’ two-game skid. “When you get beat on a walk-off and you travel three and a half hours on a bus, you worry your guys are kind of beat up from that,” Szefc said. “If you’re going to have a good answer, it has to start with your pitching and defense. It’s important that [Parsons] is here in the program.” kmelnickdbk@gmail.com

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THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2016 | SPORTS | The Diamondback

13 MEN’S BASKETBALL | NBA DRAFT

to declare or not to declare By Jason Dobkin/The Diamondback

Melo Trimble

Diamond Stone

Robert Carter Jr.

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Projected No. 34 by draftexpress.com

Projected No. 23 by draftexpress.com

Projected No. 51 by draftexpress.com

Trimble had a somewhat disappointing sophomore season. He settled for outside shots far too often and didn’t make nearly enough of them to justify it. His three-point shooting percentage dropped almost 10 percentage points. He’s quick, he’s a great ball handler and he has decent strength for a point guard, but his lack of size and length put him at an immediate disadvantage against NBA competition. If he gets drafted in the second round, he’s not guaranteed any money. The best option for him is to come back for another year, fine-tune what he’s already great at and try to find his shooting stroke again.

NBA teams draft players based largely on potential, and Stone is a gold mine. Put quite simply, he knows how to put the ball in the basket. He’s more coordinated than most guys his size, he’s got great footwork, and he can step out and knock down midrange shots. He will likely get drafted in the first round, and that comes with a guaranteed fouryear contract. He shouldn’t pass that up. Stone has a ton of room for improvement when it comes to passing, post moves and decision-making, and his body isn’t NBA-ready, but NBA trainers can expedite his development.

Carter is crafty with his back to the basket and definitely has an NBA-worthy hook shot, but he’s a subpar defender and only an OK outside shooter. The three-point shot is the key to his NBA success. He shot 33.3 percent from beyond the arc this past season, up from 26.4 percent his sophomore season at Georgia Tech. If he can continue that improvement and get up closer to 40 percent, he will be a much more valuable prospect.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2016 MEN’S SOCCER

Cirovski brings in panelists to discuss two-semester season Coach wants to extend season for increased development, rest By Kyle Stackpole @kylefstackpole Senior staff writer When Terrapins men’s soccer coach Sasho Cirovski turned down a contract to play professional soccer in Scotland at age 17, he did so because he “fell in love with” the opportunity to play at a high level while furthering his education. So he chose to attend the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and play four years there before testing his skills in the professional ranks.

He admires the college game, using words such as “pulse,” “glue” and “heartbreak” when describing what it means to soccer in this country. But in his mind, college soccer hasn’t reached its potential — in large part because of its schedule. The regular season is packed into two and a half months, concluding with a championship game in frigid December. So inside Eaton Theater at this university’s journalism school Tuesday night, Cirovski rounded up several esteemed individuals in the field to

discuss the possibility of splitting the soccer season into two semesters. The move, Cirovski said, will help eliminate some of the problems he and countless other college men’s soccer coaches have dealt with over the years. “We’re slowly starting to understand that we have to do this game justice,” Cirovski said. “This is an incredible sport, this is a global sport, but it’s stuck in neutral.” The panel, titled “The Future of Soccer: The College Game,” See Cirovski, Page 9

coach sasho Cirovski pushes to reform the structure of college soccer schedules. file photo/the diamondback FOOTBALL

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Durkin adds Buh to replace Shafer Coach’s only call to fill coordinator opening was Buh By Joshua Needelman @JoshNeedelman Senior staff writer

he finds an open look. That’s what happened Saturday with the Terps locked in a tie game at Michigan midway through the fourth quarter. After the Wolverines turned the ball over in the Terps’ offensive third, Davis-Allen took a feed, hopped once on his right foot to generate momentum and hurled his attempt into the net. The rocket left Michigan goalkeeper Gerald Logan looking over his shoulder, planted in a split. The connection was his third of the season. Coupled with one assist, the Alexandria, Virginia, native has matched his offensive output from a season ago in 10 fewer outings.

Andy Buh had established a fine life for himself. He had been an assistant coach at Kentucky for a year, and his family had grown comfortable living in Lexington. There was no reason to move. That was before DJ Durkin, the Terrapins football team’s firstyear coach, called Buh over the weekend. The longtime friends, who coached together at Stanford from 2007 to 2009, talk often. But Buh was dumbstruck when Durkin got to the point of the conversation: He needed a new defensive coordinator. “My immediate thought process was, ‘Yes, I want to come,’” Buh said. He took some time to mull over Durkin’s offer, which came after former defensive coordinator Scott Shafer stepped down April 1 due to undisclosed personal reasons. Monday morning, Buh faced the Wildcats and broke the news. He was headed to College Park, with a sparkly new title and more responsibility, tasked with joining a coaching staff working to lift the Terps program from the basement of the Big Ten.

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midfielder isaiah davis-allen has helped teach this year’s freshman class in his junior season. He’s tallied three goals and one assist to match his offensive production from last year. christian jenkins/the diamondback

wisdom on the wing Isaiah Davis-Allen mentors younger teammates during junior campaign

By Callie Caplan @CallieCaplan Senior staff writer Before the 2014 season, former Terrapins men’s lacrosse defender Brian Cooper took Isaiah DavisAllen under his wing. With Davis-Allen poised to be a contributor on defense as a short-stick midfielder in his first year with the Terps, the senior taught the rookie the importance of footwork. They watched hours of film together. And Davis-Allen developed study habits that prepared him to play in all but one contest since he arrived in College Park. Two years later, Davis-Allen is still a fixture

in the film room and on the practice field after the team sessions end. But now, it’s the junior’s turn to dole out the advice. In a season in which he’s already matched last year’s offensive production while establishing himself as a stalwart on the wing and in defensive sets, Davis-Allen has developed into a mentor for the incoming Terps. “It got passed down to me, and now I’m passing it on,” Davis-Allen said. “When you come in as a freshman, you don’t understand certain stuff like you’re supposed to do. So I just try to coach them, like, into the right direction.” Davis-Allen doesn’t shoot often — he has five attempts through nine games this year — but coach John Tillman said he has “the green light” to fire if

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After missing NCAAs as team, Terps look to build with youth

Epperson, Roberts bring experience to group losing one competitor By James Crabtree-Hannigan @JamesCrabtreeH Staff writer

Freshman Macey roberts competed as one of the Terps’ three individuals at the NCAA Athens Regional. She will provide valuable experience to a young returning squad in 2017. christian jenkins/the diamondback

Before the NCAA Athens Regional this past weekend, Terrapins gymnastics coach Brett Nelligan strayed from his usual philosophy. Instead of urging sophomore Abbie Epperson and freshman Macey Roberts to look inward and concentrate on what they can control, he asked them to take in their surroundings. “I want you to sit and look around,” Nelligan told them. “I want you to bring some of this home for us.” The rest of the team — aside from senior Kathy Tang, who was also

competing — was home. For the first time since 2008, the Terps didn’t qualify as a team for the regional. Still, there were some highlights from the season to look back on. “There were points throughout this season that they blew our expectations away,” Nelligan said. “We’re going to be sad to see Kathy go, but looking forward, we’re only losing one senior.” That’s a stark contrast from a year ago, when the Terps lost six seniors from a 2015 team that tied for the program’s second-best finish at a regional. As a result, the Terps were young this year. Tang was one of just three seniors on the team, and both of her

classmates medically retired before competing in a meet. Tang, though, performed well. Even when her younger teammates struggled, the Agawam, Massachusetts, native was a bright spot for the Terps in her final season. On vault, bars and floor — events she competed on in nearly every meet — Tang scored lower than a 9.7 just twice. “I feel like I did my part with this program,” Tang said.“I’m really happy with what I’ve done the past four years, but it’s definitely bittersweet.” Tang stepped into more of a leadership role in her final year. While she

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