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CONSTRUCTION takes place on the Route 1 lot that will become a new hotel. tom hausman/the diamondback
Businesses sign leases for spaces under hotel
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Bagel shop, pizza parlor, spa to join Franklins grill By Joe Atmonavage @Fus_DBK Staff writer For junior Joe Palazzo, bringing any restaurant with authentic New York pizza or bagels to fill a void in College Park is a plus. T he civ i l eng i neer i ng m ajor and New York native, along with all university students, will have access to these goods after The Hotel at the University of Maryland brings four new businesses with it when it opens in January 2017, city officials said. Franklins Oyster Bar and Grill, Potomac Pizza, Bagels ‘n Grinds a nd El izabeth A rden Red Door S pa a l l w i l l h ave lo c at ion s i n the building. Potomac Pizza and Bagels ‘n Grinds are both local brands managed by Restaurant Zone Inc. “M a r yl a nd bagels a re worse than the pizza,” Palazzo said. “The bagels in Maryland make me proud to be a New Yorker.” The opportunity to bring authentic New York pizza and bagels to Col lege Pa rk — speci f ica l ly
TIMOTHY CANTY, an atmospheric science professor, teaches a weather and climate class outdoors after power went out on the campus. josh loock/the diamondback
darkest hours Pepco substation failure leaves univ without power for several hours By Jeremy Snow @JeremyM_Snow Senior staff writer For about five hours, an equipment failure in Charles County left the campus without power while Facilities Management and Pepco officials worked to bring back electricity. The campuswide blackout began at about 12:45 p.m., said Bill Olen, planning and construction interim executive director. Pepco, a major electricity provider for the Washington Metropolitan area, experienced an equipment failure in a substation in Charles County, which caused the incident. University President Wallace Loh closed the school at 2 p.m. as Pepco and campus facility crews continued to work on the issue. Firefighters went from building to building to help those
stuck in elevators. Crews restored power to most of North Campus by 3:41 p.m. before reaching the whole campus by 4:50 p.m. It will take awhile for water heaters and generators to heat back up in dorms, University Communications Director Katie Lawson said. Stamp Student Union closed at 4 p.m. and canceled all events, but a few of the restaurants in the food court continued to serve food until then, Stamp Director Marsha Guenzler-Stevens said. The Eppley Recreation Center also closed early and canceled its evening classes and programs, while the University Health Center closed shortly after power went out. “After PEPCO was able to restore power to their substation we were able to restore power
The House of Delegates and state Senate both passed bills to strengthen students’ online privacy by prohibiting universities from intruding on private social media accounts. The chambers passed slightly different versions of the bill and are voting this week on a uniform final version to send to Gov. Larry Hogan. The bill would prohibit any university administrators, officials or coaches from requiring students to grant them access to accounts that are not public. This makes it illegal for a coach to force an athlete to friend them on Facebook to look at their pictures or for a professor to mandate students accept their follow requests on a private Twitter or Instagram account. “It’s the First Amendment,” said Sen. Ronald Young (D-Frederick), the bill’s sponsor. “They can’t come ask you, ‘Can I sit in your house and listen to your phone calls, or can I come read your mail?’ Reading your private correspondence is the same thing. If you’re having a private conversation with someone via social media, it’s no one’s business but the two of you.” To alleviate University System of Maryland concerns that the bill would inhibit teachers from using the Internet and social media as teaching tools, an amendment was added saying the only reason universities can get access to students accounts is for educational purposes. Even then, the students must have the option to create a new account solely for the course. “We support the bill and support the spirit of the bill, for sure, that
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Univ students start prison letter project
South Campus Commons, Courtyards applications up Following housing lottery changes, more upperclassmen seek spaces in apartments
Pen-pal program matches univ students with incarcerated kids
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By Rokia Hassanein @rokiahass Staff writer When sophomore Laura Miller heard about former inmates’ experiences in juvenile detention facilities, she wanted to find a way to give young people in the justice system a voice. After listening to advocates for the Just Kids Partnership — a nonprofit against charging incarcerated youths as adults — the management major knew she could lead a program on the campus to help reach this goal. “Once you kind of hear about it, how can you not get involved?” Miller said. “After seeing those who have had experiences with it and came out and advocated — it’s just
karla luetzow, a junior elementary education major (left), and Laura Miller, a sophomore management major (right), have started a pen pal program for kids in a local juvenile justice facility. james levin/the diamondback so powerful.” Miller is in charge of a pen-pal prog ra m that i nvolves send ing letters and poems back and forth w it h i nc a rcerate d yout h . T he p ro g r a m w a s c r e a t e d b y T h e Voice, a student group that aims to connect students with imprisoned youth and simultaneously advocate for juvenile-justice reform. The 50 university students participating along with Miller will w rite to about 30 i nca rcerated youth members ages 15 to 21 for four
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weeks through the English class poetry unit at the New Beginnings Detention Facility in Laurel. The students in The Voice received their first letters yesterday. The participants and those incarcerated will send original or famous poems to one another, said Danielle Van Horn, a program volunteer. The detention center will send the letters or poems on Tuesdays, and the university students will send See VOICE, Page 3
L ea si ng appl icat ion s for South Campus Commons and The Courtyards at University of Maryland spiked this spring, which likely was impacted by changes in university housing policies, Resident Life officials said. The Department of Resident L i fe i s g iv i n g f resh men a nd sophomores priority for onca mpus housi ng, prompt i ng upperclassmen to look into the campus-affiliated, public-private partnership student apartment communities. S t u d e n t s t u r n e d i n 2 ,7 16 leasing applications for Commons and Courtyards this
spring, the highest number since spring 2011, said Kelly Ridings, Resident L i fe’s Hou si ng Pa r tnerships manager. The Housing Partnership staff also saw 2,430 open-leasing appointments, the most since 2011. “[Leasing] went pretty much how we were ex pect i ng it to,” Ridings said. “Whenever people would ask for predictions, I said: ‘We really think we’re going to fill, and we think it’s going to be mostly rising juniors.’” Of the 1,523 students who signed n e w l e a s e s fo r Co m m o n s a n d Courtyards for the 2015-16 year, 1,382 are rising juniors, Ridings said. T here were also 97 rising on-campus seniors, 11 on-campus rising sophomores, 11 rising fifthyear seniors and 22 off-campus students, she said. “Last year, rising juniors made up about 73 percent of our new residents,” Ridings said. “Now, they make up about 90 percent.” K atie Fau l kner, a sophomore See COMMONS, Page 3
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White House, he said. The fire was “nothing catastrophic,” said Bill Smith, Charles County volunteer fire and EMS coordinator. Firefighters responded to the substation at 12:45 p.m., he said, and they put out the fire within an hour. With the grid damaged, nearby buildings lost power or switched to their backup electrical systems as safety precautions. Once Pepco restored power, customers could switch back to their main systems. Pepco crews and system engineers are further investigating the incident’s cause, Kelly said. On this campus, Baker said there are no additional problems related to the outage they are aware of.
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to the campus,” Jack Baker, executive director of operations and maintenance, wrote in an email. “We are checking all the campus system to insure [sic] everything came back on line.” The busted transmission l i ne on Rycev i l le Road i n Charles County sent power outages rippl i ng th rough nearby areas, Pepco spokesman Sean Kelly said. A broken insulator caused the transmission line to fall and break, and when it fell, there was a flash of light, a small fire and a loud sound that might have been mistaken for an explosion, he said. This incident caused a “dip in voltage” to move through Staff writer Katishi Maake rachel george/the diamondback electrical systems in south- contributed to this report. students, faculty and staff wait outside McKeldin Library after evacuating during the ern parts of this state and campuswide power outage yesterday (top). Prince George’s County fire engines drive around the “M” Circle (middle). A firefighter enters McKeldin Library with tools (bottom). Washington, including the jsnowdbk@gmail.com
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some type of social media, we may look at it to assist with the investigation, but [we] do not go sea rch i ng for students [sic] information just because a student has been referred to OSC,” Brown wrote in an email. Bradley Shear, a Bethesd a-b a s e d a t t o r n e y w h o specializes in social media privacy, said these privacy intrusions most commonly arise on athletic teams. Shear said a student-athlete, whom he declined to identify by name or university, came to him this year and said his or her coach was requiring players to provide access to their social media accounts to be on the team. “It was not only a breach of that student’s personal privacy, but also their family’s privacy,” Shear said. “With this bill, schools can’t do that anymore.” Shear, who worked closely with legislators crafting this bill, said institutional privacy invasions can cause people to self-censor, hindering the free expression of ideas. “You don’t really understand what privacy is until you lose it,” Shear said. “The harm is you don’t feel like you can say what you feel about certain political things out there.”
students’ privacy needs to be protected in social media across the board,” said M.J. Bishop, director of the university system’s Center for Academic Innovation. “We were trying to just make sure we didn’t have faculty who were in violation of the law when they are trying to incorporate these things into classes.” Del. Karen Lewis Young (D-Frederick), the House bill’s sponsor, said even w it h t h i s a mend ment, students can be sure their privacy is protected against university intrusion. “ T h e r e ’s a b s o l u t e l y nothing in this bill that would allow a college or university to have access without the students’ permission to either an email account or social media account,” Young said. Cr ysta l Brow n, ch ief communications officer at this university, said school officia ls do not look at social media when making admissions decisions or when carrying out student conduct investigations. “If there is matter that i s u n d e r i nve s t i g at ion with our Office of Student Conduct that pertains to jbanisterdbk@gmail.com
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DeVos Institute, Bloomberg team up voice Bloomberg Philanthropies announces $30 million investment to improve arts organizations with DeVos Institute help By Talia Richman @talirichman Senior staff writer Bloomberg Philanthropies announced Thursday its plan to invest $30 million to boost cultural organizations across the country through a partnership with this university’s DeVos Institute of Arts Management. Through the investment, the philanthropic organization’s Arts Innovation and Management program will work to improve almost 300 arts and cultural groups — such as museums, symphonies and dance companies — across Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Los Angeles and San Francisco. T h e D eVo s I n s t i t u t e , which provides training and consultation for arts managers and their boards, will help develop the curricula and run training programs in the various cities. “ T h e m a jo r rol e w e’re going to be playing is that we will be managing, devising and coordinating all the program materials, as well as implementing the program itself,” said Tanya Surtees, who will be managing the program from the DeVos Institute. The DeVos Institute relocated from the Kennedy Center to this university in 2014. “O ne of t he t h i n gs t he DeVos Institute always looks
for in our programming is the chance to support sustainable, diverse cultural sectors i n the places it works,” said Joseph Heitz, the director of external relations for the DeVos Institute. “T hat’l l be a big focus i n this: helping organizations to rea l ly m a ke g reat a r t, connect with their donors and their communities.” T he two-year initiative will provide invited organizations unrestricted grants that can be used to address individual needs, according to information in a Bloomberg Philanthropies news release. “We’ll be focusing on subjects essential to the effective management of cultural orga n i zat ions, i nclud i ng art and strategic planning, development, ma rketi ng, fundraising and community engagement,” DeVos Institute President Brett Egan sa id. “Over the cou rse of the next two years, we hope to see organizations excel in those areas.” The project is an expansion of a previous program funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies and run by the DeVos Institute from 2011 to 2013 in New York. The 245 grantees that participated in that program saw advances in audience development, board engagement and fundraising, Surtees said. Of the participating or-
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Year the DeVos Institute moved to this university from the Kennedy Center gan izations in New York, 79 p e rc e n t re a c h e d n e w a u d i e n c e s t h r o u g h t a rgeted marketing and social media, and 95 percent saw enhanced board member engagement, according to the news release. Additionally, 88 percent u sed t he g ra nt money to secure new donations. “ We w o u l d a n t i c i p a t e si m i la r successes w it h i n the groups we’re working with,” Surtees said. “Ultimately, when the two years is up, we’d like to leave behind us some sort of legacy and model for other organizations to be able to look to and engage with so the teaching becomes peer-to-peer.” Egan said by the time the program ends, he hopes the organizations involved have diversified the donor base. “T he g reatest th reat facing cultural organizations i s t hei r dependence on a single donor or a small group of donors,” he said. “The key
to sustainability is ensuring that you can sustain the loss of any given donor and continue working.” Surtees said Bloomberg Ph i la nth ropies’ donation “is one of the biggest philanthropic gestures that has been made to the arts and cu ltu re env i ron ment i n a while.” “Nonprofit arts groups do so much to help cities thrive, but they often face major funding challenges,” New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, founder of Bloomberg Ph i l a nt h ropies, w rote i n a statement. “Ef fect ive management and fundraising practices are absolutely critical for arts organizations, especially those with small budgets. These grants will help arts groups make the most of their resources, reach more people, and have a n even bigger i mpact on their communities.” trichmandbk@gmail.com
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on ly pa id for t he p o et r y notebooks to be sent to the detention facility, Luetzow s a i d . T h e p o e t r y s h a re d through this program will be posted on the group’s blog this month. “ We ’ v e b e e n t a l k i n g with advocates to see how it’s going to work best for the community and how to communicate with them,” Luetzow said. T he g roup d eter m i ne d the Laurel detention facility was the “most responsive” to their project’s mission, Luetzow said. Van Horn said she hopes this program raises awareness among college students in the same age group as the detained youth members. “They will eventually have to be rehabilitated back into society, and as a society, we need to be aware [of] that when they a re released,” Van Horn said, “we can’t just look at them as this bad person forever or we’re never going to be able to help them redeem themselves or allow them to socialize the way they want to.” Van Horn said it’s also important for this university’s students to reach out to and accept the younger population of people incarcerated, who could be forgotten about. The group plans to visit the detention facility for the first time on May 7, Luetzow said. “We will hear the youth read their poetry journals, which includes the poems that they sent us a nd the poems that we sent them,” she said.
letters or poems on Fridays. “ We i d e n t i f y t h e s e i nca rnated youths as members of society because they tend to get overlooked when they get out, and we want them to know that they are heard,” Miller said. Junior elementary e du c at ion m ajor K a rl a Luetzow, who also is in c h a rge o f t h e p e n-p a l program, said the group began planning the project i n t h e f a l l . T h e g ro u p became inspired to create the program after taking part in the Rawlings Undergraduate Leadership Fellows Program at this university, in which local leaders, faculty and alumni help prepare students interested in advocacy for leadership roles. Luetzow said the letters will be anonymous, but each pen pal will be writing to the same person by numbering pairs. Va n H o r n , a j u n i o r mathematics major and a s p i r i n g te a c h e r, s a i d she got i nvolved i n the prog ra m because she wants to be able to connect with any student, regardless of their experiences. “I thought it would be a good way to learn how to build relationships with different kinds of youth, since I’ll have a very diverse group of students,” she said. The project has not been costly because the group rhassaneindbk@gmail.com
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the hotel at the University of Maryland announced four new businesses that will be located underneath it upon completion. Franklins Oyster Bar and Grill, Potomac Pizza, Bagels ‘n Grinds and Elizabeth Arden Red Door Spa will all be located there. tom hausman/the diamondback
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30-plus years.” Potomac Pizza will have a dining room with about From PAGE 1 80 seats and a bar, and cusbeneath The Hotel — will be tomers will be able to dine a perfect fit for the city, said in, pick up or get their food Adam Greenberg, Restaurant delivered, he said. Greenberg said he is not Zone president and founder. worried about this adding to “This hotel and conference the plethora of pizza shops center is the best location in all of College Park,” Green- throughout College Park. “One thing I learned a long berg said. “With the amount of traffic that the hotel will time ago: You do your homeproduce, that will give us a work, you do your research good baseline. With all the and you do the best job you students, professors, resi- ca n,” he sa id. “You ca n’t dents and other businesses worry about anyone else.” Bagels ‘n Grinds, a fullaround, we think it is a home run location for all aspects of ser v ic e ba gel a nd cof fe e shop, will offer sandwiches, our business.” Potomac Pizza has been soups and salads. It will be a fixture in this state since like “a bagel place on ste1978. College Park will be roids,” Greenberg said. The the eatery’s fifth location College Park location will be in the state, supplementing the second in the state, with establ ish ments i n Chev y the original store located in Chase, Potomac, Rockville Hanover. The restaurant will feature and Gaithersburg. its own $50,000 water-treatGreenberg said having a ment center that will allow it reputation in surrounding areas will help the College to use its own water on the site and make every thing Park location succeed. “We are looking to have a fresh daily, he added. “We know there are a lot great presence in College Park,” he said. “It helps that people of future development plans in the Montgomery County for College Park, and this and Northwest D.C. area have is the first big commercial been going to Potomac Pizza for piece,” Greenberg said. “It
is going to be huge. It is going to help transform College Park into one of the top college towns in the country; that is what College Park needs.” T he ow ners of El izabeth A rden Red Door Spa could not be reached for comment. However, M i c h a e l S t i e f v a te r, College Park’s economic development coordinator, said the spa will fit nicely into the hotel. “The Elizabeth Arden Red Door Spa is a great compliment to The Hotel,” he sa id , add i ng t h at it opened its first location in 1910 and has 29 locations nationwide. “It fits with the luxurious appeal the hotel is going for.” Stiefvater said bringing in a mix of local and national brands like these is something the city strives for. “ I t ’s i m p o r t a n t f o r t h e c it y to h ave a m i x of nationally recognizable brands and unique local ventures,” he said. “ I t a l l o w s u s to c a t e r to the varying needs of customers.”
enrolled in letters and sciences, said she applied for a lease in Commons or Courtyards after learning about the new housing policy. She said she had planned to move off campus as a junior, but the change in on-campus housing “was kind of a push.” “A little bit more warning would’ve been helpful, but [Resident Life] gave us enough time to figure out, ‘Oh, we need to find off-campus apartments,’ so it was all right,” said Faulkner, who will be living in Courtyards next year. R idings said for juniors who learned they might not be able to live in on-campus dorms next year, Commons and Courtyards are viable options, while still offering a connection to the campus. T he next few years probably will see similar results in terms of leasing numbers, she said, as Resident Life continues to give priority for oncampus dorm space to freshmen and sophomores. “Price-wise, Commons and Courtyards do tend to fall in the lower-cost realm and, in that regard, could be a better option for some of our students than some similar offcampus properties,” Ridings said. “People are looking for
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Department of Resident Life director their own bedroom and a good location. … Also, I think students and parents do like the idea of students still living in campus-affiliated properties.” Resident Life Assistant Director Scott Young said about 62 percent of all rising, oncampus juniors will be living in Commons and Courtyards apartments next year. “We are disappointed that we won’t be able to offer
housing at this time to more of our students,” Resident Life Director Deb Grandner said. “We are pleased that so many people, especially sophomores, want to return … and we are glad we are able to get many juniors into the public-private partnership apartments.” meichensehrdbk@gmail.com
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Due to a reporting error, Tuesday’s story “City forum investigates needs, desires of aging locals” incorrectly identified College Park District 2 Councilman P.J. Brennan as a District 1 councilman. Due to editing errors, the story also incorrectly stated the city’s Aging in Place Task Force organized the forum, but it was organized by the College Park Aging in Place Grass Roots Group. Also, Carol Nezzo is not a member of the task force. She was one of the main organizers of the event.
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onday marks the end of the legislative session and the deadline for legislators to approve the state budget. It’s unlikely that Gov. Larry Hogan will issue a supplementary budget that will increase the $1.2 billion in funding for the University System of Maryland, as members of the university community hope. As this editorial board wrote yesterday, we understand that sacrifices need to be made to get the state on sturdier financial footing. One thing we hope doesn’t change about the budget between now and Monday is the amount of money dedicated to city street repairs. The proposed budget for fiscal year 2016 includes an additional $3 million allocated for city highway projects, bringing the total amount available to $19 million. That’s the highest amount put toward municipal transportation since 2008. While it’s not yet clear how much of the money will go to College Park, that funding comes from taxpayers and covers the municipal road maintenance the state can’t conduct itself. Returning the power of the taxpayer dollar to the taxpayers’ own
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local business scene — requires that people have the ability to actually get here. We’re lacking in public transportation, and our roads are the most important means of travel. Those potential funds could come at a time when they’re sorely needed. This past winter was a harsh one for roads and highways. After the winter storm that struck the first week of OUR VIEW March, facilities workers reported that they had used 10 tons of road salt on this campus for that storm alone. The chemicals that make up road salt can lead to potholes and accelerate road erosion. Boosting Greenbelt’s eligibility as the future home of the FBI’s headquarters should also be an incentive The proposed increase is also an to invest in our roads. Moving the example of how cut funds will be re- headquarters would require improved stored if officials are given a few years. roads and new highways, and the The state has slashed the Highway state isn’t funding it all. As the general assembly evaluates User Revenue program by 96 percent since 2008, when the total amount Hogan’s budget, we urge legislators moving to cities was $45 million. The to approve the increase in highway amount allocated to College Park de- user revenue. It’s a smart investment creased from $650,000 in 2008 to in a sector that sacrificed quite a bit of funding over the last several years. $250,000 last year. And should that funding come City infrastructure is nothing to skimp on. The success of our com- though, we urge city officials to munity — from the university to the spend it wisely. communities is an important step toward efficiency and accountability. It gives cities a say in which repairs are made and when, and increasing the Highway User Revenue program, the money earmarked for such expenses, is in line with Hogan’s promises.
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and Mothers Against Drunk Driving probably thought their crusade would stop alcoholism. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report more than half of the alcohol consumed by adults in the U.S. is in the form of binge drinking, despite potential repercussions, and that binge drinking — a pattern of drinking that raises a person’s blood alcohol concentration to 0.08 percent or above — occurs frequently among college-aged adults. If the legislation in Washington were passed and brought up in other governments throughout the country, what’s to say that young adults won’t start smoking cigarette after cigarette in the confines of the backyard of a house party along with taking shot after shot of alcohol, destroying both their livers and lungs? While there seems to be an ongoing debate about the current drinking age, the notion to raise the smoking age to the same age is relatively new, and it looks like the idea will be up for discussion for a while throughout the country. Society has more or less accepted the age requirement for purchasing and consuming alcohol, but I’m inclined to believe that it would not be so willing to embrace the age increase for tobacco. McDuffie’s legislation also seems a little hypocritical coming from an area that has more progressive views on the legalization of marijuana. In an ideal world, if my fellow students younger than 21 can vote, enlist in the military, drop out of high school, raise a family and be viewed as adults by the eyes of the government, then they should be allowed to partake in tobacco. McDuffie’s crusade to help stop adolescent addiction to smoking is a noble effort. However, it undermines young adults’ limited independence and could potentially pose a threat to the validity of their status of adulthood.
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he D.C. Council is contemplating a bill that would raise the age for individuals to purchase and possess tobacco products from 18 to 21, according to The Washington Post. Ward 5 Councilman Kenyan McDuffie, the member responsible for introducing the potential legislation, claims raising the age would help prevent youths’ exposure to smoking and nicotine’s highly addictive nature. This is not the first time legislation on raising the smoking age has been introduced in Washington. McDuffie also proposed the legislation back in 2013, but it failed. And there are already places in the country that have raised the age, such as Evanston, Illinois, and Columbia, Missouri. At first glance, passing legislation that makes it illegal for individuals 21 years and younger to possess or use tobacco products appears to be the ideal solution to deter young people from smoking and stop them from becoming addicted at a young age. And there’s evidence to help prove it. According to a study conducted by the independent Institute of Medicine, raising the age to purchase tobacco products could lead to a 12 percent decrease in the number of Americans who smoke, which would result in 249,000 fewer premature deaths related to cigarette smoking for people born between 2000 and 2019. Raising the age seems like the cure-all for finally stopping smoking and its viciously addictive repercussions. And even though a study done at Boston University revealed that the minimum drinking age of 21 has saved and will continue to save Maggie Cassidy is a junior English lives, proponents of the 1984 Na- m a j o r. S h e c a n b e re a c h e d a t tional Minimum Drinking Age Act mcassidydbk@gmail.com. GUEST COLUMN
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Making parenthood a choice CHARLIE BULMAN JUNIOR
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upporters of women’s access to abortion services have long argued that the ability to terminate a pregnancy is a fundamental right. Contraception isn’t foolproof: Data from the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals suggest that typical (imperfect) use of condoms has an 18 percent failure rate. Compounded over multiple years, this represents a significant probability of failure for the average couple using condoms. Even in the absence of birth control, the pro-choice camp holds that imposing parenthood on women for a momentary lapse of judgment is punitive and unjust. They’re not wrong — but it’s about time we extend the same logic to men. As it stands, pregnancies are one of the few arenas in which the legal scales tip heavily in women’s favor. Pregnant women ultimately decide whether to abort, keep the child or give it up for adoption. And whatever their determination, they aren’t required to notify the father. Alternatively, if a woman does decide to go through with the pregnancy, men are on the hook to provide child support until the kid reaches legal adulthood. In fact, some women have withheld knowledge of a pregnancy for years before seeking (and winning) support from a father.
In sum, sexually active men have no legal control of whether they become fathers — and sometimes they aren’t even aware of their paternity. It’s impossible to achieve complete equality in reproductive decision-making. Women bear the physical tolls and responsibilities of pregnancies, and so it’s only logical to grant them the final say when sexual partners disagree on a final decision. However, because women can escape the financial burden of parenthood, men should be extended that same liberty. A more equitable policy would allow men a brief window following the discovery of a pregnancy to opt out of parenthood by surrendering all parental rights in exchange for release from financial liability. Once the window passes, however, men could not reverse their decision, guaranteeing that women could make their own choice in light of the biological father’s financial commitment. Also, in the event that a father wishes to raise a child alone and a mother is willing to go through with the pregnancy, women would have the same option. The key is that choice, rather than biology, determines parenthood. This proposition isn’t new; since the publication of Cathy Young’s essay “A Man’s Right to Choose” was published in Salon in 2000, the prospect of men opting out
has divided feminists and generally provoked hostility from the public at large. The most common objection usually sounds something like this: If men don’t want be parents, they should keep it in their pants. Remarkably, this rhetoric — so reminiscent of the punitive stance of those who seek to curtail women’s access to abortion — often comes from self-described pro-choicers. Other critics argue that because men and women have equal responsibility for pregnancies, it follows that they should bear equal financial responsibility for the child. But as Young points out, responsibility for an embryo no longer amounts to responsibility for a child now “that the link between sex and procreation has ceased to be binding for women.” Mo re t h o u g h t f u l c r i t i c i s m s center on the limited availability of abortion in many places throughout the country. Indeed, a number of conservative legislatures have enacted measures meant to restrict abortion access, and many women simply lack the money to pay for the operation. But rather than rejecting an end to forced parenthood out of hand, we should endorse it as part of package that makes choice a reality for women and men. Charlie Bulman is a junior government and politics and history major. He can be reached at cbulmandbk@gmail.com.
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very one of us could be A.J. Hurwitz. A.J. is a student at this university. A.J. made jokes with friends, participated in organizations and held beliefs that he talked about. In early March, however, some of A.J.’s prejudiced beliefs were caught by the university community through the exposure of a racist and sexist email. Since then, many have vocalized that campus culture and the cultivation of prejudiced beliefs must be changed. I believe this change starts with ourselves; we all cultivate prejudiced beliefs, just as A.J. did. On the one hand, our beliefs might not have been exposed as A.J.’s were. Our prejudices might not be the same. We might even say:“That isn’t me, but I’ll call out anyone else who I catch acting in such a disgusting manner, even if they’re my friends or organization members.” On the other hand, no matter who we are, where we come from or where we stand now, all of us do hold some prejudices. We might give more credibility to authority figures of a certain gender. We might feel unsafe around someone primarily because of their affiliations or appearance. Most of these prejudices are unconscious. It’s little, everyday things that perpetuate discrimination, and we usually don’t even think about them. Think about how often you use the phrase “you guys” to refer to a group of people, even when that group includes women. Or maybe you feel the need to check your valuables when you see black men coming your way after dusk. Small things that we don’t usually give much attention to are what show us our own prejudices. It’s important to note that even “good people” can have prejudices. If we can identify with certain genders, ethnicities, political beliefs and other simultaneous identities, then all of us
can exhibit positive traits while also holding discriminatory beliefs. We can be active in racial issues and yet prone to sexist comments. We can be conscious of physical disabilities in certain situations and unconscious of mental disabilities in others. “Good people” can have prejudices, but we must confront these prejudices if we are to truly make a change. Even if our prejudices aren’t readily apparent, we can begin our change by acknowledging that we have at least a vague idea of what prejudices look like. When such blatant racial or sexist slurs are thrown about haphazardly, as in A.J.’s email, we can see that this is wrong. Next, we must examine the reasoning behind our actions. My intent here is not to advocate censorship. Rather, if we ask ourselves why we are particularly unforgiving toward someone, why we think racist jokes are funny or why certain people are your “[insert identity here] friend” instead of just your “friend,” we can start to talk about change that will have a real, lasting impact. We won’t catch every single discriminatory act. However, in recent forums about A.J. Hurwitz’s email, it was suggested that talking to and learning about people of different identities could help address the discrimination within Greek life. If, as individuals, we do the same and learn from people of different identities, asking them what discriminatory behaviors they see every day, then we’ll be able to confront more of our internal prejudices. If after reading all of this you still say, “I’ve looked, and I don’t discriminate,” I’d challenge you to look harder. It will take time, and these reflections won’t solve all of society’s troubles, but A.J. Hurwitz’s email shows us that this is a conversation we need on the campus. That conversation starts inside. Jonathan Lee is a senior communication and government and politics major. He can be reached at jona0623@terpmail.umd.edu.
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superheroes aren’t just men. Batgirl (left) and Ms. Marvel (right) are two examples of the rising popularity of superheroines in comics. photos courtesy of dccomics.com (left) and wikipedia.org (right) By Zoë DiGiorgio @zozoembie Staff writer Superhero comics have always been perceived as a medium for men. After all, it’s in the name of the first blockbuster superhero: Superman. It’s easy to see how, even in modern times, that still rings true. Looking at just the superheroes on the big screen, in the next few years, you can expect to see movies featuring Batman, SpiderMan and Aquaman. The release date for Avengers: Age of Ultron is less than a month away, and yet the franchise is still focusing its marketing around the guys in the predominantly male team: Iron Man, Captain America, Thor and the Hulk get the spotlight, while Black Widow is cast off as a sidekick. Though it might be hard to imagine the world of superheroes being anything other than a sausage fest, take a trip to a comic book store sometime and you’ll easily see that the superhero landscape is changing in favor of more women in comics, both on the covers and behind the scenes. The shift has been gradual, but it seems as though every few years for the past several years, a new major series has launched featuring a different heroine. Black Widow’s first big-screen appearance in Iron Man 2 in 2010 has been a boon for the character in other mediums. However, the popularity of heroines has been growing even without direct cinematic influence. In 2012, the longtime Marvel heroine Carol Danvers earned the role of formerly male hero Captain Marvel and a new series to go with her title. The series, written by industry veteran Kelly Sue DeConnick, reintroduced Danvers to the Avengers lineup and reawakened the character’s popularity. In fact, Danvers
will be the first Marvel heroine to head a film. Captain Marvel will be released on Nov. 2, 2018. Captain Marvel’s popularity has also paved the way for a new heroine to take up the moniker of Ms. Marvel: Muslim teenager Kamala Khan. Though G. Willow Wilson’s series is barely a year old, her heroine’s popularity has already eclipsed that of some more established male crime fighters. The new Ms. Marvel has also been selected to be part of the lineup of heroes in the AllNew, All-Different Avengers series, which will debut on Free Comic Book Day this year. The team will also feature the new female Thor, who debuted in October last year after the hero formerly known as Thor lost his ability to wield the mighty hammer Mjolnir. This year, Marvel launched two other female-lead superhero series, SpiderGwen and Silk, which are spinoffs of recent events in the Amazing SpiderMan series. Silk is a heroine who gained her powers after being bitten by the same radioactive spider as Peter Parker, while Spider-Gwen takes place in an alternate universe in which Parker’s love interest, Gwen Stacy, received the spider bite in lieu of Parker. Both series were highly anticipated and fan response has been favorable. Marvel isn’t alone in bringing new female characters and female voices into their comics. DC Comics has been known for years for bringing the world the first popular superheroine, Wonder Woman. Now DC is working to create diverse roles for its female characters. The company received a lot of attention last year for redesigning Batgirl, a character whose treatment in the past has been less than favorable. Though many fans were sad to see writer Gail Simone depart, the new Batgirl series has been in good hands
with creative team Cameron Stewart and artist Babs Tarr. Barbara Gordon is a sexy, smart detective living in a trendy Gotham neighborhood. Using both her street and tech smarts, she outshines other members of the Bat family. DC’s heroines aren’t the only ones to steal the spotlight, either; their lineup of villainesses has gotten a lot of attention. Fan favorite Harley Quinn has gone from being a punchline in Batman: The Animated Series to a full-blown villain of her very own. Artist and writer Amanda Conner has brought Harley Quinn into her own since November 2013 with a new ongoing series devoted exclusively to the character. Beyond the Big Two, changes are taking place throughout the industry, and it’s hard not to take notice. From supernatural summer camp series Lumberjanes by Boom! Studios to the Dungeons & Dragons-inspired Rat Queens by Image Comics, there is evidence of an industrywide shift toward women; comics are becoming more aware of their audience. As more women are purchasing and reading comics, companies are taking notice and creating series to suit their fans’ tastes. Fans have been voicing their opinions with their wallets and lashing out against blatant instances of sexism in the medium. This has resulted in more comic creators who are conscious of their many sins of comics in years past and actively seek to address it. Though comic book stores used to be bastions of hypermasculinity, thanks to the variety of heroes displayed on the shelves, there is now an openness that is comforting and welcoming to all audiences, regardless of gender. Comics are giving women power, both on the page and off. zdigiorgiodbk@gmail.com
Who is Saul Goodman? The question lingers with viewers of Better Call Saul because, apart from a brief initial stint at a Cinnabon in Omaha, Nebraska, the series never introduced the eponymous character. Instead, Breaking Bad’s comic relief is presented as his former self, Jimmy McGill — a struggling straitlaced lawyer who resembles Goodman only in his signature flair and ingenuity. For those hoping Better Call Saul’s Monday night finale would deliver Breaking Badesque thrills, disappointment likely set in when the credits began to roll. But the final show of the 10-episode first season run managed to paint a clearer picture of the series’ identity and signal to the audience that Saul’s rise would be a slow burn. Throughout Better Call Saul, it was difficult to tell what creators Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould had in store for their audience. The first season made a pit stop with Breaking Bad villain Tuco Salamanca, gave Mike Ehrmantraut a longawaited backstory and introduced seemingly inane plot lines involving an embezzling couple and a retirement community’s class-action lawsuit. As a result, the potential directions for the finale’s narrative were endless. The episode dipped into Jimmy’s past as a con man — McGill’s also known as Slippin’ Jimmy — as he coped with his brother Chuck’s betrayal through a weeklong relapse with his former partner in crime Marco. But after Marco suddenly died of a heart attack, and with the added motivation of cutting ties with his mentally ill brother, Jimmy vowed never to let ethics and “the right thing” stop him again. That sounds a lot closer to the opportunistic Saul viewers got to know on Breaking Bad. Jimmy’s evolution represents the most poignant arc
of Better Call Saul’s freshman season. However, the 10 episodes still accomplished consistently strange, dark and darkly comic situations. Who can forget about Jimmy’s ventures with a seceding billionaire or a talking toilet? And Jimmy’s explanation of a “Chicago sunroof” in the finale will be blazoned in the minds of audiences for a long time. Additionally, the performances of Bob Odenkirk (Nebraska), who plays Saul, and Jonathan Banks (Horrible Bosses 2), Mike, stand out for their respective abilities to swiftly and smoothly go from delivering a hilarious quip to a dramatic monologue. Particularly, Mike’s stand-alone episode “Five-O” should earn Banks his first Emmy award. Of course, the Breaking Bad shadow looms large. It’s the same setting that features many of the same characters and a trove of Easter eggs you can check out online, if you’re so inclined. However, if Better Call Saul achieved anything in its first season, it was distancing itself from the series that brought it into existence. Better Call Saul is a slower-paced, more twisted and potentially funnier show than its predecessor. Much of Better Call Saul’s audience comes from the popularity and near-universal love of Breaking Bad. But the spinoff’s label fits only in name, as the new series successfully established an original and separate identity unlike anything else on television. Better Call Saul might lack the excitement of the series that made Walter White a household name, but the derived pleasures even out. In its first season, Better Call Saul established itself as an exercise in patience. We might know how the journey ends for these characters, but Gilligan and Gould are working to ensure every moment of the ride remains just as important. dlevydbk@gmail.com
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review From PAGE 8 championship without dropping a conference match. While this season ended with another lopsided Final Four defeat, this time at the hands of mighty Connecticut, the Terps became the thirdever Big Ten team to finish the regular-season conference slate undefeated. And the Terps’ 7-1 postseason record pushed their overall mark to 34-3, which matched their 2006 national championship season for the most wins in program history. “No one expected us to get this far,” guard Laurin Mincy said Sunday after the Terps’ season ended with an 81-58 loss to the Huskies. “No one expected us to go undefeated in the Big Ten. No one expected us to even be a factor this year. … Just the fight and the
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resilience we had to get back here is something that no one can ever question.” No longer did the Terps offense rely on Thomas’ 19 points per game from the season before. Instead, they leaned on a balanced attack that saw Mincy and the Terps’ three sophomores — guards Shatori Walker-Kimbrough and Lexie Brown and center Brionna Jones — each average at least 12 points. “I’m proud of how we came together,” Jones said, “how we stuck together to do great things going into a new conference this season.” Naysayers remained eight ga m e s i n to t h i s sea so n , though. After the Terps had rattled off six straight wins to start the year, they dropped the second game of the San Juan Shootout to Washington State, a squad that failed to make the NCAA tournament. And four days later, the
Terps suffered a 20-point loss to this season’s eventual national runner-up, Notre Dame. After the defeat to the Fighting Irish, however, the Terps didn’t lose for more than four months. They went 18-0 in regular-season Big Ten games, won the Big Ten tournament and set a program record with 28 straight victories to reach the program’s fifth Final Four. After the Terps beat Ohio State in the Big Ten title game March 8, Terps coach Brenda Frese said this year’s team will “always stack up” as one of her most memorable squads. Mincy, the Terps’ lone senior and a soft-spoken guard who had returned from two ACL tears in her career, emerged as the vocal leader. After settling into a bench role for the majority of last season after her return from her second ACL tear, Mincy regained her pre-injury form
to lead the way with 13.5 points per game. “She wasn’t just the leader on the floor,” Walker-Kimbrough said. “She was a leader off the floor. That’s what meant the most to us.” While the Terps will miss Mincy’s play and guidance next season, they’re slated to return 11 players in addition to a pair of incoming McDonald’s All-Americans, Brianna Fraser and Kiah Gillespie. Frese hopes that will be enough for the Terps not just to return to the Final Four, but also to reach the championship game for the first time since 2006. “It’s where obviously Notre Dame has gotten themselves to, and it’s the next step for us,” Frese said. “There’s that 1 more percent in terms of where we need to go. But I’m excited when you talk about our future and graduating one senior. To be able to have the
coach brenda frese claps her hands during the Terps’ loss to Connecticut on Sunday night in the Final Four at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida. alexander jonesi/the diamondback sophomore class come back — I’m really, really excited about this future.” Walker-Kimbrough seems to share Frese’s eagerness. On Sunday, she sat in the locker room at Amalie Arena after
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just keeps going from there.” In total, the Terps had seven hits in the fourth inning, including three straight doubles from Papio, Martir and third baseman Jose Cuas that drove in four runs. Catcher Justin Morris also brought home a run in the frame with a sacrifice fly. Martir, who took a day off from behind the plate and played first base, finished 3-for-4 with four RBIs and two runs scored in the lineup’s No. 3 spot. The Terps’ first five hitters combined for 12 of the team’s 14 hits and drove in nine runs. “We’ve got a lot of experienced guys, and they’ve got a lot of college at-bats under their belt,” coach John Szefc said. “The more we play, the sharper our hitters are going to get.” The offensive outburst overshadowed Tuesday’s pitching struggles. Right-hander Bobby Ruse, who entered the contest with a 5.19 ERA in eight appearances, made his fourth start. He exited in the third inning, however, with the Terps trailing 2-1 and with Mountaineers on first and third. Right-hander Ryan Selmer relieved Ruse and kept the Mountaineers from extending their lead. The Beltsville native pitched 1.2 scoreless innings and briefly stabilized the Terps on the mound to pick up his third win of the season. Later in the game, however,
tigers From PAGE 8 Taylor Cummings said. “It’s always fun to play a ranked opponent — it’s always fun to play anyone — but [defender Alice Mercer] and I have some friends on Princeton, so it’ll be nice to see them too.” One of Mercer’s friends, Erin Slifer, ranks second on Princeton with 21 goals this year and leads the Tigers (8-2) with 12 assists and 17 ground-ball pickups. Slifer teams up with midfielder Olivia Hompe, who has netted 27 goals for the Tigers this season, to create a stout offensive attack. Mercer said she and the Terps (12-0) are looking forward to facing an explosive offense tonight. “We can be tighter on cutters and just play good one-on-one D,” Mercer said, “and just all the little things that we work on every day in practice — the ground balls and clearing the ball out and taking care of it. All of that coming together in one is what’s going to help us.” Since 2007, the Terps have won nine straight games against the Tigers. En route to last season’s national title, the Terps escaped one of their toughest regular-season matchups with a 8-7 win over Princeton in April. Cummings, midfielder Kelly McPartland and attacker Brooke Griffin led the Terps in
the Terps’ season-ending loss with her eyes fixed on the wall across from her and made a prediction: “We are going to make it back next year.” rbaillargeondbk@gmail.com
the Mountaineers, who entered the game ranked third in the Big 12 with 180 runs scored, chipped away at the Terps’ lead. Trailing 8-3 in the sixth inning, the Mountaineers manufactured a run using a sacrifice fly. They gave that run back in the bottom of the frame when Martir blasted his fifth homer of the year. But in the seventh, the Mountaineers crept closer. After the Terps forced a double play with the bases loaded to allow one run to cross home plate, West Virginia catcher Cam O’Brien roped a two-run homer and cut the Terps’ lead to 9-7. “Our staff, as much as they weren’t at their best today, they did a pretty good job minimizing the damage early,” Szefc said. “And again, they gave our hitters a chance to kind of get in there and do what they’ve been doing.” Despite allowing the Mountaineers to stage a comeback, the Terps scored three insurance runs in the bottom of the eighth, including a two-run blast from second baseman Brandon Lowe to put the game out of reach. But it was their offensive production in the fourth inning that helped the Terps build a comfortable lead they’d never relinquish. “Sometimes it just takes one guy to jump-start the offense,” Papio said. “Once we get rolling, we’re a pretty dangerous team.” kstackpoledbk@gmail.com
scoring with two goals apiece to help them erase a two-goal halftime deficit. McPartland scored the game’s deciding goal on a freeposition shot with less than two minutes remaining. Reese expects tonight’s match to be similar to the one a year ago because she said the Tigers, who have played in the NCAA tournament seven out of the past nine seasons, have been a tough opponent for the Terps each year. “They’re always a good game,” said Reese, who played for the Terps in the 1990s. “[The] Maryland-Princeton game, back to even my time as a player, was such a huge rivalry for us, and they always have a good team every year that’s really strong and disciplined and executes well.” And though the Terps have toppled six top-15 teams so far, tonight’s contest against Princeton will be a change of pace from the ones this past week. “We’re focusing on Maryland when we go out,” Mercer said, “and we’re focusing on our offense and how we’re going to execute our plays and how we’re going to talk on defense and have each other’s backs. “We’re not really worried about what the other team is doing, and I think that that’s what helps us come up, and we’re ready to play for every game.” ccaplandbk@gmail.com
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Terps roll rival with big inning Seven-run 4th leads to 12-7 victory over pesky West Virginia By Kyle Stackpole @kylefstackpole Staff writer
clouded with uncertainty walked off the court after another Final Four appearance Sunday having answered all those questions. The Terps returned to the national semifinals in consecutive years for the first time ever, and they won the Big Ten regular-season title and tournament
With runners on first and second and the Terrapins baseball team in a two-run hole in the fourth inning against West Virginia, outfielder Jamal Wade drilled a single through the left side. Mountaineers left fielder Brad Johnson failed to corral the bouncing ball as it rolled toward him, which allowed Terps outfielder Tim Lewis to score from first and tie the game. Johnson’s miscue gave the No. 19 Terps momentum in what proved to be the game-altering inning. The Terps tacked on five more runs before the end of the frame and rolled to a 12-7 victory over West Virginia at Bob “Smith” Turtle Stadium on Tuesday afternoon. The victory extends the Terps’ winning streak to five games and improves their record in home contests to 12-0. “Hits come in bunches, and that’s just how baseball works,” first baseman Kevin Martir said. “Especially with this offense we have. Once someone starts it up, then it just sparks, and it
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GUARD SHATORI WALKER-KIMBROUGH dribbles up the court during a victory over Rutgers in Feburary, which was part of the team’s undefeated conference run to the Big Ten regular-season title. alik mcintosh/the diamondback
OUTRUNNING Expectations Season that began clouded by questions ends with second straight Final Four appearance
By Ryan Baillargeon @RyanBaillargeon Senior staff writer The Terrapins women’s basketball team made its first trip to the Final Four since 2006 last season, but after it lost on the sport’s final weekend, questions arose about the 2014-15
season that loomed ahead. Could the Terps replace the production of five seniors, including the program’s all-time leading scorer, Alyssa Thomas? Would their freshman trio be able to carry the team as sophomores? How would the Terps handle the university’s move from the ACC to the Big Ten? A year later, a team that entered a campaign
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Tigers make for tough challenge Country’s No. 15 team prepares to take shot at top-ranked Terps By Callie Caplan @CallieCaplan Staff writer In its past two games, the Terrapins women’s lacrosse team has faced Georgetown and Rutgers, teams that held a combined 3-20 record after the Terps’ two victories. The No. 1 Terps cruised to a 12-3
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