April 9, 2014

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Analytics targeted in grant to USM Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grants univ system $200,616 to pursue data-based changes

By Talia Richman @talirichman Senior staff writer

ERNEST MARFO was arrested by University Police in connection with an April 2 university bathroom voyeur incident. photo courtesy of university police

gather and use learning analytics, laying the groundwork for further academic transformation.

T he $200,616 grant will help A grant from the Bill and Melinda university system officials develop Gates Foundation will allow the Uni- initiatives that will make college versity System of Maryland to better completion more attainable and

affordable, said M.J. Bishop, director of the university system’s Center for Innovation and Excellence in Learning and Teaching.

“With this grant, we’re beginning work towards enhancing our ability to use learning analytics across the system, in order to not just answer questions about what’s going on, but to be more proactive,” Bishop said.

“We can’t know whether something

Univ Police arrest man on peeping Tom charge

University ROTC cadets join forces with area programs for exercises

By Jim Bach @thedbk Senior staff writer

University Police officers arrested university student Ernest Attakora Marfo on Monday and charged him with attempting to photograph a female university employee inside a bathroom stall at the biology-psychology building with his cellphone.

W hen the v icti m saw the camera lens coming from under the adjacent stall at about 5 p.m. on April 2, Un iversity Police sp okeswom a n Sg t. Rosa n ne Hoaas said, the victim questioned the suspect before the suspect left the scene.

Marfo, 21 of Reisterstown, was charged with visual surveillance and “disturbing activities at a school or college; molesting or threatening students or school personnel prohibited,” according to a police news release.

Police detectives are investigating whether Marfo is connected to similar incidents in La Plata and Centreville halls.

EDGEWOOD — A platoon of Army ROTC cadets from this university and several other local schools talked tactics as they prepared for a raid operation 700 meters from their assembly area in the woods.

A high-value target was holed up in old World War II barracks, not far from the edge of the dense woods where the platoon began planning for the raid. The objective: Locate the high-value target, restrict his movement, then capture or kill him.

This platoon wasn’t carrying out an actual raid operation or moving on a high-value target in the same way the Army moved in to capture Saddam Hussein or similar operations — they were participating in a simulation.

They hoped to demonstrate their leadership skills and abilities, which were being evaluated by senior cadets, active-duty military personnel and contractors.

The raid was part of a large schedule of physically taxing exercises for area ROTC programs, including those at Johns Hopkins University, McDaniel College, University of Delaware,

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ROTC CADETS from local schools and this university practice a raid in Edgewood over the weekend. james levin/the diamondback

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Students launch Caoexist Superfood

By Ellie Silverman @esilverman11 Senior staff writer

By Holly Cuozzo @emperorcuozzco Staff writer Four university students brought together by their love of drinking — coffee and tea, that is — were inspired to start their own company and coffee blend.

Eric Golman, Ryan Schueler, Eric Green and Aaron Wallach launched Caoexist Superfood Company and began selling their coffee blend, Javazen, Friday at Bitcamp, a threeday hackathon. Schueler, a senior marketing major, estimated more tha n 400 hackers sa mpled the

eric golman (left) and Ryan Schueler present the Caoexist Superfood coffee in Stamp Student Union’s Co-op.

They launched the coffee company with two others on Friday at Bitcamp. holly cuozzo/for the diamondback beverage over the weekend and more than 200 students tasted it at the Maryland Food Co-op on Monday.

“After you drink it, it makes you feel happy — I’ve never had that with a drink before,” said Hannah Whittaker, a sophomore nutrition and food sciences major and a work-

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is working unless we have the data to demonstrate it. The more data we collect, the greater ability we’ll have to enhance learning.”

Of the 40 schools that applied for the State Systems Transformation Co-creation grant, 12 were selected.

Bishop said the university system stood out in the selection process

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er-owner at the Co-op. “They did a lot of research and they put a lot of work into it, and you can tell.”

The four students experimented with ingredients before they created Javazen, which contains raw cacao, See caoexist, Page 3

City officials requested few changes to the city manager’s draft budget for the 2014-15 fiscal year after a marathon meeting Saturday.

The overall amendments to the city manager’s proposed budget were “fairly conservative” because the city is in its second year of low property value assessments, District 1 Councilman Patrick Wojahn said, meaning homes and properties in the city have been assessed as worth less on the housing market than in previous years.

“It’s very difficult for us to take on any major initiatives right now

that require funding,” Wojahn said.

Among the more costly approved additions to the budget are $30,000 set aside for a city lobbyist, $25,000 for an animal shelter feasibility study and $20,000 for a security camera near the College Park Metro Station.

Money from the city’s reserve funds will support these changes.

“This is a challenging fi scal year for us,” Wojahn said. “There are a lot of things that we would like to work on in the city right now, and I think we are managing to push some of those issues forward.”

Wojahn said many residents expressed concerns over the existing animal shelter’s high kill rate. The feasibility study is the first step to ensuring a no-kill policy in which only animals that are unlikely to survive would be put down.

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ROTC From PAGE 1 Loyola University Maryland, Morgan State University and this university. T he Joint Field Training Exercise is a three-day test of leadership for junior class cadets from universities across the state.

They arrived at Lauderick Creek Training Site near Aberdeen Proving Ground on Thursday, preparing for a rigorous early-morning physical training test of push-ups, sit-ups and a two-mile run on Friday. They then participated in tactics training until noon, and the afternoon was filled with a point-to-point land navigation exercise.

By the time the platoon members were planning for Saturday’s afternoon raid, they were working off little sleep and more than 12 straight hours of training the previous day. However, Capt. Peter Farese said the cadets didn’t seem worn out by the training.

“What we tried to do was push them to a limit where they were operating off of minimal sleep,” Farese said. “What we didn’t see from our cadets here at the university was them breaking stride at all.”

On Saturday, the platoon split into three squads. Each had a squad leader in charge of two teams, an Alpha and a Bravo team, each of which was under the command of a team leader. In a raid, each squad needs to have an assault element, which is responsible for initiating the raid and is the first to move on the enemy; a support element, which provides cover fire for the assault team; and a security element, which secures a n a rea a nd sea ls off a ny enemy movement.

Josef Danczuk, a junior gover n ment a nd pol it ics a nd h istor y m ajor, was a team leader for the assault element and was confident

ROTC CADETS (left) fire on enemy barracks in pursuit of a high-value target at Lauderick Creek Training Site during a joint training exercise. Other cadets (right) stand above a smoke canister. in his team’s ability an hour b efore t he pl ato on m ade its final movements on the objective.

“It’s very fast-paced. I think we’ve got a great squad here,” Danczuk said. “It’s tough because we’re basically running right at the enemy, and so there’s a good chance we’ll sustain casualties. We have to be able to be ready to get our aid and litter teams, basically our medics, up there to take care of them.”

T h e p l a to o n b e g a n i t s march toward a small building in a field just outside the woods. Squad and platoon leaders were u nder the watchful eyes of their evaluators who stood by with blue evaluation forms, ready to judge each cadet on character, presence, intellect and more.

The first test for the platoon came at a break in the woods, where it no longer had the cover of tall trees and was thoroughly exposed to anyone on the outside, in what is called a linear danger area.

The platoon moved across a small clearing, massing their leading cadets at the edge of the woods, while a small brigade in the back pushed through. The cadets

on the woodline secured the trail, then followed in the rear across the clearing.

These decisions — identifying a linear danger area and coordinating their movements — are factored into cadet leadership evaluations.

A s t h e p l a to o n m o v e d closer on the objective and approached the high-value target, cadets set up a 360degree security perimeter as other cadets planned reconnaissance. A reconnaissance team assembled and began to move a small team of cadets forward to ensure the objective was carried out as they planned.

Not long after the reconnaissance team moved on the target, the enemy — senior cadet volunteers — spotted the platoon and began firing from a small building nearby.

The quiet march turned into a volley of rifle blanks and fastpaced movements from the platoon and a barrage of smallarms fire from the enemy.

The two sides exchanged fire while the assault team moved in on the barracks h o u s i n g t h e h i g h-v a l u e target. The team pushed out of the woods and dropped into the tall grass just outside the

building as it sustained its fire on the enemy.

A n i nter r upt ion to t he chain of command forced sma l ler squads a nd thei r teams to fall back and wait for orders. Despite the slight alteration to plans, the platoon was able to move on the building, take out the enemy forces and complete the training’s mission of killing the highvalue target.

The unexpected interruption slowed down the objective. But evaluators weren’t interested in exactly how the raid was pulled off; they wanted to see how leaders

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“WE’RE BASICALLY RUNNING RIGHT AT THE ENEMY, AND SO THERE’S A GOOD CHANCE WE’LL SUSTAIN CASUALTIES. WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO BE READY TO GET OUR AID AND LITTER TEAMS, BASICALLY OUR MEDICS, UP THERE TO TAKE CARE OF THEM.” JOSEF DANCZUK

Junior government and politics and history major were able to adapt to the interruptions and the unexpected variables that cropped up during the field exercise.

One squad leader — Angelica Bonnett, a junior sociology major at Bowie State University and a cadet enrolled in this university’s ROTC

program — said the operation was ultimately successful because of good communication among the teams.

“There were clear channels of communication, so whenever there were changes See ROTC, Page 3

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Clark school introduces tech entrepreneurship master’s program Online degree program to be offered this fall for students around the world through MTECH

By Jon Banister @J_Banister Staff writer This fall, students from around the world will be able to take an online master’s program in technology entrepreneurship through this university’s engineering school.

The 30-credit program will take 15 months to complete and will fill a gap in the university’s entrepreneurship education, said Peter Sandborn, Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute director and engineering professor.

“The gap is really for the people who have a degree, whether it be in

Caoexist From PAGE 1 roasted coffee, matcha green tea, pi ne pol len a nd ci nnamon, according to their website, drinkjavazen.com.

All of the blend’s ingredients are organic and Fair Trade certified.

To create something new, Golman, a junior economics and environmental science a nd pol icy major, sa id he needed to “get innovative.”

He started adding raw cacao a nd not ic e d a smo ot her, more chocolaty flavor, but when he add e d spices to make Mexican hot chocolate, he bu rnt h is tong ue from the overly spicy flavor.

He called his roommates Schueler and Green and his friend Wallach and the four conducted some resea rch about cacao, including its history in South A merica and other ingredients that compliment the bean, before trying more combinations.

“We would just stay up all night just experimenting, planning new methods,“ said Green, a part-time student studying technology entrepreneurship. “Sometimes we would look it up and other times we would say ‘imagine this with cacao.’”

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business or engineering or something else, and want to come back and get specific education and training on various attributes of being an entrepreneur,” Sandborn said.

The program will be led by James Green, MTECH entrepreneurship education director, who said he has considered starting the program for five years. It’s aimed at graduate students who want to learn how to “commercialize technological innovation” and are looking to create startup ventures in technology, he said.

Students will take courses in idea development, business modeling, prototype design and testing, market development and commer-

ingredient of pure chocolate, contains an active stimulant called theobromine, which dilates the blood vessels and allows blood to pump faster.

It also contains phenylethylamine, which is the chemical released by the brain when a person is in love and is the reason for the association between chocolate and love.

T he coffee, roasted loca l ly i n Rockv i l le, provides additional caffeine to the mix. The combination of this roast with the other ingredients is said to provide a less jittery feel i ng tha n most p eople repor t a f ter drinking plain coffee, per drinkjavazen.com.

Matcha tea is a green tea u sed by B udd h i st mon k s before meditation because of t h e “c a l m-a l e r t n e s s” it prov ides, accord i ng to drinkjavazen.com.

These three ingredients provide the energy, while p i n e p o l l e n i s a n a t u ra l mood-enhancer and cinnamon adds the slightest bit of unique flavor, Golman said.

“It’s really delicious and there are so many different flavors, and it made my taste buds and my brain very happy,“ said Hally Sablosky, a junior Spanish major who sampled Javazen at the Co-op.

“It’s a pretty cool hybrid.”

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cialization. They’ll also learn about various financial and legal strategies needed to create a successful technology company.

“It gives them a very complete picture of many attributes that are important to entrepreneurship,” Sandborn said. “It gives them a lot of tools that they can take and apply to either an existing business or a new business that they’re going to form.”

Green said he decided to make the program exclusively online to cater to a wide global audience of entrepreneurs and allow greater flexibility so students don’t have to restrict themselves to the Washington area. Online classes could enable networking with international students, he said.

“A student may have an idea here that might be most successful by

marketing and launching in another country, or vice versa,” Green said.

Green said he already has received applications from Sudan and Romania.

He also said online education can be “dramatically more effective” because the discussion boards in online classes allow more people to participate than in a classroom setting.

“I think when you do it online it’s much easier to communicate,” Green said. “It’s much easier to have your voice heard. It’s much easier to participate in the discussion and not just come to class and kind of sit.”

Alan Murray, 39, is working on a mobile application venture and met with Green yesterday to see if the program was the right fit for him.

“A program like this has the potential to increase my ability to

succeed,” Murray said. “It seems like it’s going to provide a really strong network of people that are interesting in starting up ventures, and it seems like a great way to further my education and learn from people that have already been where I am now.”

Murray, who is from the Philadelphia area, said the ability to take all of the courses online was very important to him. “ T h a t ’s a b i g d r a w f o r m e because I’m not entirely certain where I’m going to be living at any point, and I like having the flexibility of being able to commit to a program but at the same time not having to lock myself down to one location,” he said. jbanisterdbk@gmail.com

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Ryan Schueler, a senior marketing major, pours spring water into a coffeemaker at the Maryland Food Co-op at a tasting event Monday. holly cuozzo/for the diamondback CEOs, an entrepreneurship l iv i ng-lea rn i ng prog ra m, G ol m a n, Wa l l ach, Green and Schueler were able to use funding and other res o u rc e s to h e l p s u p p o r t their project.

T he students sa id they are passionate about business and superfoods and are excited to share Javazen with other students, who they

k now often forgo hea lthconsciousness for energy.

“We wa nted to create a better energy experience,” Golman said. “Like, right now ever yone’s d ri n k i ng pl a i n cof fe e a nd we ju s t think it would be awesome if we can enhance their experience a little more.” hcuozzodbk@gmail.com

Mayor Andy Fellows encouraged the council to consider budgeting for a city lobbyist, something he had hoped to accomplish in the 2013-14 fiscal year but was unable to.

City staffers have been assigned to follow certain legislation in the past, but Fellows said having a lobbyist specifically devoted to advocating for College Park would benefit the city.

D i s t r ict 1 Cou nc i l m a n Fazlul Kabir said this year’s budget was easier to form because the council did not have to raise taxes.

In 2013, the city raised the property tax rate and personal property tax rate by 4 percent, but after this year’s session, the property tax rate and the personal property tax rate will not change.

In place of increasing property tax revenue, the council is expecting additional revenue from the admissions and amusement tax as the university moves to the Big Ten, Kabir said. The proposed budget also indicates that officials want to increase income tax by 8.8 percent.

The city is also buying into the Maryland State Retirement and Pension System, which will provide a fixed-

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University army rotc students rest and regroup during the Joint Field Training Exercise, which took place this weekend in Edgewood.

ROTC From PAGE 2 throughout the operation, everybody was up to speed on the specific tasks that either needed to be done or were already tasked,” Bonnett said.

T he ra id operation was one of three simulated training exercises the platoon did Saturday. Over the course of these exercises, evaluators used 19 leadership metrics that include military and professional bearing, confidence, resilience and more. Leaders earned a final grade of “E” (Excellent), “S” (Satisfactory) or “N” (Needs Improvement).

“Cadets aren’t specifically

graded on their ability to conduct a raid,” said Andrew Frazier, a senior mechanical engineering major at Johns Hopkins and battalion commander for its ROTC program. “What the evaluators are looking for is how the cadets in charge conduct themselves.”

Farese was pleased with the outcome of the weekend exercises. About 41 percent of this university’s battalion of 31 cadets earned “E” scores. The average for a school, Farese said, is about 10 to 15 percent “E” ratings.

“I thought they did well,” Farese said. “I was very happy with their accomplishments this past weekend.”

The Joint Field Training Exercise is an opportunity to

assess junior class ROTC students and prepare them for a month-long leader development and assessment course in Fort Knox, Ky., that begins in the summer. After this weekend, Farese said he was confident the university’s cadets will be successful in the summer program, which will put the cadets through similar exercises.

T h e w e e k e n d e x e rc i s e also prepares junior cadets to be second lieutenants in the Army, said Lt. Col. Paul Carroll, a military science professor at Johns Hopkins.

“Being an officer in the Army is an outdoor full-contact sport,” Carroll said. “The five [other] universities here are all very strong programs. They do

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very well nationally.”

The weekend is also an effective team-building exercise, as platoons are made up cadets from different area schools, not just from one university. “ W h at t hey’re t ra i ned to do, what they’re taught, what they’re expected to do is to build a team within that squad across universities and build it quickly, and then perform the task they have to perform,” Carroll said. “They form friendships, they’ll stay in contact with social media when they leave here, and they see themselves as a member of that squad even by the end of three days.” jbachdbk@gmail.com

because it has been ahead for many years with the academic transformation programs already implemented.

“We’ve been a leader in that, and we are continuing to be recognized,” she said.

One program, the Effectiveness and Efficiency initiative, has reduced students’ average time to degree from five years to 4.3 years and saved the university system $462 million since its inception 10 years ago, according to university system spokesman Mike Lurie.

“We’re trying to do as good a job as we can for the students we have here,” Lurie said. “When you’ve made an investment in a student, you want to see that through.”

Another project, the Maryland Course Redesign Initiative, resulted in the reworking of 82 entry-level classes to make the classroom more interactive and online-focused — a move that positively affects tens of thousands of students, Bishop said.

The system is also working to increase the number of forcredit massive open online courses offered.

“It’s for the person who wants to learn,” said Harish Vaidyanathan, a graduate student in human-computer interaction who took his first MOOC last summer. “What are the niches that I need to learn, something that can add to my coursework? These are the things that I look for when I sign up for a MOOC.” While these programs are good progress, Bishop said,

“IT’S VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO TAKE ON ANY MAJOR INITIATIVES RIGHT NOW THAT REQUIRE FUNDING.” PATRICK WOJAHN

District 1 city councilman benefit pension for city employees. This would cost the city about $575,000 for the next year, and Wojahn said that since the recession, other municipalities have been struggling to meet the obligations of their defined benefit plans.

“There was a concern that [city employees] weren’t saving enough for retirement,” Wojahn said. “[But] since the recession, a lot of local governments have moved away from defined benefit plans because a lot of municipalities have been struggling with meeting the obligations of their defined benefit plans.”

B e fore t he b u d get i s adopted on July 1, there will be a Budget Town Hall Meeting on April 23 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Davis Hall on 51st Avenue north of Route 193 for city residents to ask questions about the proposed budget and offer feedback. esilvermandbk@gmail.com

“WE’RE TRYING TO DO AS GOOD A JOB AS WE CAN FOR THE STUDENTS WE HAVE HERE. ... WHEN YOU’VE MADE AN INVESTMENT IN A STUDENT, YOU WANT TO SEE THAT THROUGH.” MIKE LURIE

USM spokesman concrete data are needed to determine how best to move forward with other initiatives.

The system will use the grant to expand existing programs and make them more sustainable instead of adding more programs.

“We might characterize this as a planning grant,” Bishop sa id. “It’s not a whole lot of money in the overall scheme of things, but it will allow us to really hone in on the questions we want to ask and go after more money in the future.”

O f f ici a ls f rom t he 1 2 system institutions, including this university, will help define what constitutes academic transformation and determine areas in which learning analytics would be beneficial.

“A lot is left to be discussed as we determine how to move forward with this,” Bishop said. “We’re looking forward to the interactions a nd the opportu n ity to begin these conversations.

UMCP will be a key player.” trichmandbk@gmail.com

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ne giant step for Maryland lawmakers, one relatively tiny leap for medicinal and recreational marijuana smokers statewide. After years of debate and stalled General Assembly legislation, a much-harried marijuana decriminalization bill passed the state Senate by a 34-8 vote, and Gov. Martin O’Malley announced he would sign the bill as soon as it lands on his desk.

The law will downgrade possession of small amounts of marijuana from a criminal offense to a civil one, imposing increased fines for each additional offense.

Under the law, offenders would pay a $100 fine for their first possession offenses and face $250 and $500 fines for their second and third offenses, respectively.

Third-time offenders also would undergo court-ordered drug assessments, and offenders younger than 21 would appear in court for any violations.

“As a young prosecutor, I once thought that decriminalizing the possession of marijuana might undermine the public will necessary to combat drug violence and improve public safety,” O’Malley said in a statement. “I now think that [it] is an acknowledgment of the low priority that our courts, our prosecutors, our police and the vast majority of citizens already attach to this transgression of public order and public health.”

This editorial board, Diamondback columnists and guest writers long have agreed with the governor’s stance and acknowledged decriminalization’s and legalization’s economic and social benefits.

It’s clear, however, that many state lawmakers — including House Judiciary Committee Chairman Joseph F. Vallario Jr. (D-Calvert and Prince George’s), who helped shoot down a decriminalization bill in committee before a task force formed to study the issue — aren’t on the same page as O’Malley and a majority of state residents.

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The decision to decriminalize marijuana possession comes with support from a majority of state residents and students.

Just 7 percent of state residents surveyed in a Goucher poll in March responded that marijuana possession should result in jail time, and about half said they would support full legalization measures.

It appears legalization will have to wait. Fifty-five state representatives voted against the decriminalization bill in the House of Delegates, demonstrating that lawmakers are lagging behind residents in their attitudes toward marijuana.

Legalization advocates have argued for years that marijuana has no place in the nationwide war on drugs, citing the drug’s potential health benefits and compelling evidence of racial bias in prosecuting offenders.

Across the country, black Americans face jail time for marijuana possession at absurdly high rates compared to white Americans, despite usage levels that are not

substantially different, according to National Household Survey on Drug Abuse and Health data. In this state, which had the third-highest marijuana possession arrest rate in 2010, black residents accounted for 30 percent of the total population but nearly 58 percent of marijuana possession arrests.

While there’s no evidence to suggest the racial disparity in enforcement will change under new decriminalization laws, lawmakers at least have decided to take an initial step toward doing right by traditionally marginalized citizens and address the fact that marijuana use simply doesn’t deserve the same judicial stigma as harder, more dangerous drugs.

On the financial front, eliminating jail time for violators will help save state money formerly poured into housing offenders, an economic boon that likely would be only enhanced through legalization.

Though setting up state dispensaries admittedly could prove pricey — and states that have legalized recreational marijuana use haven’t seen the kind of tax-induced windfall they originally expected — a viable regulated market undoubtedly would aid the state financially and eliminate a relatively harmless and mild hallucinogen from the larger, often violent drug trade.

While well-defined social and e c o n o m i c ga i n s h ave n ’t b e e n enough to prompt a substantial culture shift in Annapolis thus far, this editorial board believes more significant changes in marijuana policy will come and hopes state legislators will bring them about sooner rather than later.

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injured from being struck by a car.

Sure, the driver will probably go to jail and might compensate the victim and family for medical expenses and emotional distress, but that won’t fix a serious permanent injury or death.

Is it really going to compromise any moral principles to wait for a car to pass before crossing the street? And for any ardent pedestrian’s rights activists, do you really need to be a martyr for safer driving when you could advocate far more by avoiding serious injury or worse?

Even with traffic laws in place, responsibility falls on the pedestrian to take safety precautions.

As the highway administration states: “Crosswalks and traffic lights don’t stop cars! The WALK signal does not mean it is safe to cross. It only means it is your turn to cross.

Check to make sure all traffic has come to a stop before crossing.” The administration also found that pedestrians constituted 20 percent of all fatalities in this state in 2008 and that in 70 percent of those fatalities, pedestrians were at fault.

This attitude seems to be a reflection of our generation’s sense of entitlement — if we feel we are acting in accordance with strong moral principles, we think we are guaranteed rewards. In this case, if we are in a crosswalk and abiding by traffic laws, we assume drivers will accommodate us. This translates into other aspects of student life — some assume that if you study for a test, you’re entitled to a high grade. We don’t understand that even when we think we “deserve” some sort of treatment or award, we still aren’t entitled to it because no one “owes” us anything in life, including drivers. So would you rather be “in the right” and hit by a midsized sedan, or simply “let it go” and be merrily on your way?

TIFFANY BURBA

Many students on this campus are courageous when crossing the street, whether they’re actually using a crosswalk or not. On several occasions, I have observed friends and strangers charging straight across a crosswalk without looking both ways first.

This behavior, while seemingly innocuous, might reflect a broader generational trend.

Students often point to this state’s traffic laws to justify this approach — according to the Maryland State Highway Administration, drivers must stop for pedestrians on crosswalks and intersections without signals when “the pedestrian is on the half of the roadway on which the vehicle is traveling” and when “the pedestrian is approaching within one lane of the half of the roadway in which the vehicle is traveling.” This is particularly applicable on the campus, where most of the crosswalks and intersections don’t have traffic lights or signals to guide the flow of traffic. By the letter of the law, it seems perfectly reasonable to assume all cars will stop for all pedestrians on the campus.

B u t t h i s d o e s n ’t h a p p e n .

D r ive rs a re d i s t ra c te d , t h e weather has been rainy and pedestrians sometimes leap out into crosswalks before a car has time to stop. Many students seem to think the crosswalk constitutes some sort of vehicle-stopping force field. Others who accept the possibility of being struck by an oncoming vehicle simply state they will sue the driver if they suffer injuries.

While this line of reasoning is Tiffany Burba is a senior government correct and legally supported, it’s and politics major. She can be reached of little comfort when severely at tburbadbk@gmail.com.

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GUEST COLUMN

Confession: I steal soup crackers from the dining hall BEN STRYKER I believe I am a good person. I hold the door open for others, I get up for pregnant women on the Metro, I don’t cheat on exams and I always use my blinkers. But even with all that good, I’m still damned to the fires of hell. Why, you might ask?

Because I steal saltine crackers from the South Campus Dining Hall.

Before you run to your pitchforks and torches, let me state my case. I firmly believe crackers fall under the category of “condiment” and, as we

all know, condiments are free. It’s my right as a flag-waving American to eat as much ketchup, relish and mustard as I please. In fact, I’m 95 percent certain that free access to condiments is in the Bill of Rights.

While I criticize the South Campus Dining Hall for its policy on crackers, I applaud it for its assortment of condiments. It doesn’t just have barbecue sauce — it’s got Buffalo, Tabasco and an array of vinegars.

And they’re all free. Fill a 32-ounce paper cup with Worcestershire sauce and chances are you’ll be paying only for the cup. (After all, we do have the environment to consider.)

Whether you use a dictionary

or Wikipedia, soup crackers definitely fall under the definition of condiments. And since we’re still in college, I will include the Wikipedia definition: an edible substance, such as a sauce, that is added to some foods to impart a particular flavor. I’m not using these crackers on a cheese platter to entertain guests — I’m dunking these bad boys in chicken noodle soup! A soup without crackers is basically a burger without ketchup. Perhaps the dining hall should introduce a policy in which it charges for more than two or three packets.

The biggest travesty is I’m not even paying for the best saltine crackers

on the market. If you are expecting Premium Originals, you will be sorely disappointed when you see a big basket of red Zestas. Zestas are to Premium Originals as Pepsi is to Coke, so at least this university is consistently disappointing. On the bright side, 300 packs (that’s 600 crackers!) are available on Amazon for the equivalent of two weeks of cartoonist and columnist pay at The Diamondback. If I write enough columns complaining about the dining hall, I could fund my cracker habit for the rest of my life.

Let me wrap this rant up on a positive note. Just as I am a good person at heart, I believe the ladies

and gents at Dining Services are good, upstanding people as well. In fact, they have an opportunity here to make up for every time a Buffalo chicken wrap has fallen apart on a student or whenever they don’t have cookies ‘n’ cream in stock. A few months from now, if you see tuition rise by $4 or $5 per semester, then you will know university President Wallace Loh read this column and incorporated free saltine crackers into our student fees.

Ben Stryker is a Diamondback cartoonist and a junior marketing and supply chain management major. He can be reached at bstryker@terpmail.umd.edu.

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art is long and life is short Wu-Tang Clan announced it will produce only one copy of its next album and plans to ship it around the world for ‘listening events.’

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belief that music is art — and a work of art deserves to be elevated.

“This is like somebody having the scepter of an Egyptian king,” said member Robert “RZA” Digg in an interview with Forbes.

Not everyone will appreciate Wu-Tang Clan’s music enough to elevate it to the status of a museum exhibit. Yet there are other pieces of pop culture memorabilia that should also be treated as treasures. Here’s a few collectibles fans would clamor to get a glimpse of:

For many of us, hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan is a bit before our time.

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A few weeks ago, the group announced it will release only one copy of its next album, titled The Wu — Once Upon A Time In Shaolin and encased in a box made of silver and nickel (pictured below).

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alternative rock. Somewhere in this period, articulation fell to the wayside.

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A reunion lasting more than two minutes? That would be real art.

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GALLEN From PAGE 8 weather these transfers.

Cleare, Faust and Peters were all prone to inconsistent play, and all three had their minutes fluctuate through the season.

On a team that failed to find consistency on offense, the three couldn’t establish themselves, even though they had

their moments, such as Faust’s 20-point outburst against Wake Forest on Feb. 18.

But it was clear the incoming freshman class would make it difficult for everyone to find time on the court. Peters never established himself as a viable option in the backcourt and struggled with shooting from the outside. While he was adept at slashing to the basket, he was susceptible to

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giving the ball away and had almost as many turnovers (56) as assists (67).

Peters gave the team good minutes in games down the stretch but struggled defensively, so Turgeon often sat him when opposing teams went to a zone defense. It was a disappointing season for a four-star prospect ESPN ranked No. 1 in the state and No. 12 among point guards.

A n d w i t h g u a rd M e l o Trimble — a McDonald’s AllAmerican and the No. 30 player in the class of 2014 — joining the Terps this fall, Peters was likely going to be in a tough competition for minutes in the backcourt, next to guard Seth Allen.

Faust, who was originally recruited by former coach Gary Williams, was erratic at times but also provided an occasional scoring punch.

He shot 38.4 percent from the field and 30.1 percent from three-point range. In the Terps’ first 12 games, he had taken more shots (112) than he had points (108).

But he became more efficient, and while moving into a bench role for most of the middle of the season, he emerged as a spark plug known for his highlight-reel dunks and lockdown defense thanks to his length and quickness. Still, the incoming class was also set to challenge

the No. 37 player in the class of 2011 for minutes.

Cleare was the centerpiece of the class of 2012, Turgeon’s first full recruiting class and one ranked No. 18 by ESPN. The 6-foot-9 big man was ranked No. 30 nationally, No. 6 in Texas and No. 8 among centers. Through Cleare’s two seasons in College Park, Turgeon kept saying things were going to click and Cleare was going to emerge, but the center will leave College Park with career highs of 12 points and eight rebounds, both set during his freshman year.

Cleare was one of the most charismatic Terps, and he always took responsibility for his play. After the Terps’ last-second loss to Florida State in the ACC tournament, Cleare gave a lengthy, honest interview in which he said, “Maryland basketball is much bigger than us. We felt that we didn’t take care of business this season, and we disappointed a

lot of people. It hurts.”

After the announcement o f 7 - fo o t ce n te r M i c h a l Cekovsky’s commitment to the Terps on Monday, it became clear that something had to give and that someone wo u l d n o t b e re t u r n i n g .

Cekovsky, paired with center Trayvon Reed, gives Turgeon two long 7-footers in his class to work into a frontcourt that also returns forwards Charles Mitchell, Damonte Dodd, Evan Smotrycz and Jake Layman.

Once again, the minutes weren’t going to be there.

I t’s m o re d i s a p p o i n t ment after the Terps missed the NCAA tournament for the fourth straight season, combined with some of the team’s top recruits leaving the program.

But once again, there’s reason for optimism with more young talent coming to College Park.

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the 12th-best point guard.

Peters averaged 4.1 points and 2.1 assists in 15.1 minutes per game this season and made 10 starts before guard Seth Allen returned from injury in December.

Cleare, a sophomore, started 20 games for the Terps this season and averaged three points and 2.5 rebounds per game. The center from the Bahamas, ESPN’s 30th-ranked prospect in the class of 2012, was the highlight of Turgeon’s first full recruiting class but never scored more than 12 points or grabbed more than eight rebounds in a game during his two seasons in College Park.

Before the trio decided to transfer, the Terps had 14 players projected to be on scholarship for the 2014-15 season, one more than the NCAA limit.

The Terps, who haven’t qualified for the NCAA tournament since 2010, are now commit-

ted to six scholarship players returning from last season and five incoming scholarship freshmen. Forward Jonathan Graham, who transferred from Penn State before last season, has one year of eligibility remaining and his scholarship might be renewed for his senior season.

The Terps’ top-15 recruiting class includes guard Melo Trimble, a McDonald’s AllAmerican who is expected to play point guard in College Park, and a pair of 7-foot centers in Trayvon Reed and Michal Cekovsky who might fill the void left by Cleare. The Terps also return their top four scorers from last season.

Faust, Cleare and Peters were the top-rated recruits in each of the three freshman classes Turgeon has coached in College Park.

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in his freshman season.

Faust settled into a bench role for a large stretch the past season. He started 13 games and then returned to the starting lineup in the last month of the season.

Faust, who originally was recruited by former coach Gary Williams, has not graduated and will need to sit out a season before he is eligible to play at another school. He finished his Terps career averaging 9.3 points and 3.8 rebounds per game in 102 career contests.

Peters struggled to find a rhythm during his freshman season after graduating from Suitland High School as a highly touted recruit. ESPN rated Peters as the 52nd-best prospect in the 2013 class and

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Faust, Cleare, Peters granted transfer release

guard nick faust, center Shaquille Cleare and guard Roddy Peters (from left) all contributed to the Terps during their time in College Park, but they also all had their fair share of struggles and inconsistencies during the past three seasons.

Releases end up-and-down careers in College Park for three former top recruits after disappointing season

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them permission to leave the program.

“I really enjoyed coaching Nick, Shaq and Roddy,” Turgeon said in a statement. “It is unfortunate that they will no longer be a part of Terrapins men’s basketball guards Nick the program. I wish them the very best in their Faust and Roddy Peters and center Sha- future endeavors.”

Faust, a junior, was the only rotational player quille Cleare were granted their releases to transfer this offseason, the team announced remaining from Turgeon’s first season in College Park in 2011-12 and averaged 9.4 points per game yesterday.

All three of the Terps moving elsewhere last season. The Baltimore native was a top-50 started at least 10 games last season during recruit and played significant minutes in his the team’s disappointing 17-15 campaign. Each player met with coach Mark Turgeon, who gave See TRANSFERS, Page 7

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ANALYSIS: Transfers inevitable after inconsistent season, heralded incoming recruiting class arriving DANIEL GALLEN For the third straight spring, the Terrapins men’s basketball team has experienced significant attrition.

In 2012, guards Terrell Stoglin and Mychal Parker left after university suspensions, and forward Ashton Pankey transferred to Manhattan. Last spring, center Alex Len declared for the NBA draft and guard Pe’Shon Howard

transferred to Southern California.

And last night, guards Nick Faust and Roddy Peters and center Shaquille Cleare were the latest round of transfers to be granted their releases For a team that appears to be constantly searching for stability, it’s a blow. There’s no denying that, especially when the players transferring were the top prospects in coach Mark Turgeon’s first three recruiting classes with the Terps. But for the first time in Turgeon’s three seasons, the Terps are the most prepared to See GALLEN, Page 7