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Former Raven named commencement speaker Former cornerback, Terps player Domonique Foxworth brings business, sports experiences

By Talia Richman @talirichman Senior staff writer Former Baltimore Ravens cornerback Domonique Foxworth wrote in a 2013 Huffington Post blog that while he hadn’t yet been invited to speak at a commencement, he had a message he wanted to share with the

graduating class that year.

“Sports fans and TV analysts put so much emphasis on what happens in the final seconds of the game, but players know that the choices made in the first quarter are just as important as the ones made when the clock is running out,” he wrote. “Our lives are no different. No single bad decision is damning, but a bad decision can leave

you behind in the fourth quarter.”

Now, two years later, Foxworth will have the chance to address graduates in person — this time as commencement speaker at the May 21 campuswide graduation ceremony.

“It’s a great honor having the opportunity to talk to so many young people and try to influence them in some way on the biggest day of so many of their lives,” Foxworth said.

The commencement speaker selection committee chose Foxworth, a 2004 alumnus and former Ter-

rapins football player, because of his connection to this state and his success across multiple fields, said Louis Schiavone, a member of the Senior Council and student chairman of the committee.

“We felt like Foxworth was such a good option because a lot of people know him from his professional athletic career, but he also brings a lot of other things people don’t know about,” the senior communication See foxworth, Page 8

domonique foxworth, former Ravens cornerback, will give this university’s spring commencement address in May. photo courtesy of domonique foxworth

Senate OKs new docs for transgender residents

By Jess Nocera @jessmnocera Staff writer

SAFA MOTESHARREI co-authored a new study about how forests impact air temperature, which affects food production. He uses NASA satellite images to assess deforestation.

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speaking for the trees University researchers examine potential link between deforestation, temperature changes

The General Assembly passed a bill this legislative session that would make it easier for transgender state residents to obtain new birth certificates that reflect their preferred gender and name.

This measure would allow transgender residents to receive new birth certificates with the name and gender they currently possess without any indication of a change on the document.

The House of Delegates passed the Senate Bill 743 on a 91-49 vote April 8. Cross-filed with House Bi l l 862 , the bi l l now heads to Gov. Larry Hogan’s office for final approval.

This bill could serve as an educational tool to change the minds of people who were opposed to such legislation in the past, said Sen. See bill, Page 3

By Aisha Sharipzhan @aishasharipz Staff writer New findings from university researchers show that deforestation might impact local temperatu re cha nges, wh ich

to conduct this kind of analysis using high-resolution NASA satellites to gather data on a global scale.

The research determined that albedo, the amount of solar radiation reflected off Earth’s surface, and evapotranspiration, the trans-

in turn could affect agricultural production.

A team from this university’s National Socio-Environmental Sy nt hesi s Center publ i shed a pap er on t h i s topic i n Nat u re Communications on Ma rch 31.

They were the first researchers

portation of water into the atmosphere from the planet’s surface, are the main players in shifting local temperatures.

“Lots of crops are very sensitive to changes in temperature, See study, Page 3

Univ officials announce idea for new child care facility Existing campus center doesn’t care for infants

By Carly Kempler @CarlyKempler Staff writer The administration and finance division announced Thursday that it plans to create a new child care facility for infants and toddlers.

A committee including administrative and finance, student affairs and academic affairs officials approved this proposal and is now seeking offers from child care providers for the new facility.

The facility will provide care for

providers can start making offers, said Carlo Colella, administration and finance vice president.

“It’s a challenge to be able to access quality child care that is convenient to studies or employment,” said Charles Caramello, the graduate school dean. “Having that kind of service through the university or convenient to the university is something we’re trying to do to create a great environment for our faculty, our staff and our students.” a testudo statue welcomes visitors to the Center for Young Children, which only offers care for kids ages 3 to 5.

The current Center for Young University officials are accepting bids to build and run another facility for other ages. tom hausman/the diamondback Children can provide care for up to While this university looks to find 110 children ages 3 to 5, but Colella infants and toddlers, which the university does not currently provide, a spot to house the facility, which is slated to open by fall 2016, child care as well as children 3 to 5 years old.

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RHA senators elect leaders, change bylaws

By Morgan Eichensehr @MEichensehr Staff writer The RHA passed a resolution last night to amend its bylaws concerning the exemption status for on-campus housing for senators-at-large.

T he resolution, authored by Constitutional Review Committee Chairman Tsvi Glazer, aimed to add a new clause to the bylaws. The clause states:“If a Senator-at-Large fails to meet his/her responsibilities and he/ she went through the housing exemption process, his/her housing may be revoked.”

At the Residence Hall Association meeting two weeks ago, two resolutions passed that set the stage for this See rha, Page 8

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sa id t he new c enter w i l l allow this university to accommodate more than 230 children, including infants, toddlers and children up to age 5. University students, staff, faculty and community members will be able to enroll their children.

Officials have been looking to provide this type of service for the un iversity community for at least five years after organizations such as the Graduate Student Govern ment a nd Graduate Assistant Advisory Committee voiced the need for it, Caramello said.

T here is a need for th is type of service, Caramello said, but it has taken a long time to process because of the size of this university.

Last year, this university surveyed the campus to explore the interest in available child care. A number of the 1,200 repondents indicated strong interest in highquality child care services placed conveniently near this campus, Caramello said.

GSG President Deborah Hemingway said the child care facility is important to the campus community but expressed concern about the center’s affordability for graduate students.

Center for Young Children tuition costs for the full-time preschool and kindergarten programs total $11,500, while the part-time preschool programs cost $7,500.

Colella said the tuition for the new facility is unknown because the committee has not chosen a child care provider yet.

“Hopefully [the center] will be cost-competitive,” C o l e l l a s a i d . “ G ra d u a t e students, I know, are very price-sensitive, a nd providing child care services

especially increased temperatu re,” sa id professor Safa Motesharrei, co-author of the paper. “These changes are nonlinear, meaning that you increase the temperature a couple of degrees, the yield suddenly drops down.

That could cause catastrophe for the agriculture, for the farmers and for the food.”

Motesharrei said forests have a low a lbedo due to their trees’ dark and rough surfaces, meaning they have a lesser ability to reflect sunlight and instead absorb it.

This phenomenon leads to higher temperatures.

E v ap o t ra n s p i rat io n i n forests, on the other hand, causes a cooling effect as precipitation evaporates from the trees.

When forests are cut down

the center for young children sits on North Campus. Officials are considering a new facility. tom hausman/the diamondback for infants and toddlers can be beyond the needs o f g ra d u a te s t u d e n t s .

Perhaps there w i l l be a way for those in financial need to apply for scholarships, but it’s really too ea rly to k now i f t h at’s going to be possible.”

The fees incurred from child care tuition will go toward whichever child care provider this university chooses, he said.

“The university will not [monetarily] profit in any way from the child care,” he said. “It’s pretty challenging for us to even break even, so the tuition will cover the cost of the service.”

This will be a great addition to the university community, Colella said, adding that this is one of the university’s efforts to improve this university for its students, staff and faculty. “ I ’m c a u t i o u s ly o pt i m i s t ic t h at t h i s w i l l bea r fr u it a nd add to the various things we’re doing to make this university and College Park even better as we go forward,” he said. “This is the sort of amenity or service that we hope will m a ke b ei n g i n Col lege Park even better.” ckemplerdbk@gmail.com

bill From PAGE 1 Su sa n L ee (D-Montgome r y), t h e b i l l’s s p o n s o r.

Even though the vote was not unanimous, and others who expressed opposition had previously formed opinions about the measure, Lee said they should eventually come together in support of the move.

“This was a vote for equality — to have an environment free of discrimination, no matter who you are,” Lee said.

The secretary of health and mental hygiene must render new birth certificates for people if the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene receives information from a licensed health care practitioner that proves the individual experienced a sex cha nge or was d iag nosed

in tropical regions, the atmosphere loses the cooling effect from the forests’ evapotranspiration, which could increase the local temperature by a few degrees.

The idea of using satellite information to collect this global data came to professor Yan Li, the lead author of the paper, after looking at previous studies that used satellite data for specific regions or in-situ measurements, which collect measurements from the ground.

“I was curious, what if we expand the study area from a region to all the world, as we know forests at different locations or latitude can have quite opposite influence on climate,” Li wrote in an email.

The problem with in-situ measurements is that they are limited to specific geographical regions, Motesharrei said.

And climate models, which

were also used in earlier research, produce uncertain results, as different models have different variations.

“It was an innovative use of satellite data,” said Ning Zeng, an atmospheric and oceanic science professor.

“T he land is very heterogeneous. You have building here; next door, we have Greenbelt Park. T hen you have the roads; you have crop land a little further away.”

The satellite data was able to distinguish between these different kinds of surfaces and provide more accurate data, said Zeng, who was not involved in the research.

The research involved observing temperature change p at te r n s d u r i n g va r io u s seasons and times of day.

The differences between the northern and southern hemispheres also were noted.

Motesharrei said the team plans to move the research

in different directions by comparing its results with t h o s e of c l i m ate mo d e l s a n d o b s e r v i n g t h e re l ationships that might exist between different patterns.

Another extension lies with using NASA satellite data to observe the changes in vegetation activity levels in certain areas and how they could be affected by temperatu re or precipitation changes.

“It gives us a way to quantitatively estimate either the benefit of forest on climate or the cost if we lose them,” Li wrote. “The fact is that we had lost a lot of forests in the past and we are still losing them at present. If no actions are taken and this trend continues, then we would have to pay much more in the future to compensate the mistakes we made today.”

with an intersex condition, or if there is a court order to prove it.

If an individual had a birth certificate amended for a sex change before Oct. 1, 2015, this bill would allow a new birth certificate to be issued as well.

Lee said this bill will send a strong message to residents that showcases what this state is about — the desire to have all of its residents living under the same rights.

“T his pushes Maryland along in the series of things t h at n e e d s to h ap p e n i n being supportive of LGB and particularly T people,” said Luke Jensen, this university’s LGBT Equity Center director.

Del. David Moon (D-Montgomery), House Bill 862’s sponsor, said he feels this bill allows this state to take a lead regarding LGBT issues and legislation, especially with

the passage of other LGBT rights bills in the past, such as the Civil Marriage Protection Act in 2012 and the Fairness for All Marylanders Act of 2014. These approved rights allow for LGBT people to be more included in society than before, he said.

As bills continue to pass, there has been less pushback toward them and more people vot i n g i n favor of t hem , Moon said.

“The LGBT community has stepped into the politically mainstream, and any taboo or stigma that may have previously existed on these issues is quickly melting away,” Moon said.

Making sure one’s personal identifying documents align with one’s gender is something most people take for granted, Jensen said. But for a transgender person or a person with an intersex

condition, it can be difficult for them to live the life they want with a misleading original birth certificate, he said.

T his bill will benefit tra nsgender residents because thei r docu ments will finally match who they are, Jensen said. Having a birth certificate that states a different gender than one identifies as cou ld create problems, such as difficulty obtaining a job.

T h is bi l l a lso w i l l help transgender people avoid possible employment discrimination, physical harm and overall dangers due to a lack of tolerance, Lee said.

“It’s really about letting people get on with their lives without having their privacy violated and without subjecting them to possible discrimination,” Moon said.

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Continuing collaboration

onday marked the end of the legislative session for the General Assembly, and the marathon session, known as Sine Die, proved eventful.

But every Sine Die is. What’s unique about this year is that it’s Gov. Larry Hogan’s first in office, and many of the provisions escaped partisan squabbling. At least when it came to this editorial board’s agenda, legislators made many of the right moves, and most importantly, they agreed on them.

The assembly passed a bill holding universities accountable for sexual assault by requiring climate surveys.The bill also prevents colleges from punishing victims or witnesses for alcohol or drug use when reporting incidents.

We should all be doing our part to prevent sexual assault and continually re-evaluating our campus climate to make sure all students feel safe.

And while this university already boasts a good Samaritan policy, we applaud legislators for making sure that’s the case everywhere.

The same goes for ride-sharing app safety — as college students, we’re prone to using Uber, and riders shouldn’t have to question their safety. The approved bill requires drivers to register with the state and provides a regulatory framework,

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while also ensuring that business innovation can take place in this state.

And when it came to the environment, lawmakers found a balance between financial responsibility and preserving the environment.

The House of Delegates approved a repeal of the “rain tax,” a fee levied on properties producing Chesapeake Bay-bound stormwater runoff, provided that counties find other means of paying for their cleanup programs.

OUR VIEW

Legislators have made several positive strides in the recent Sine Die, but we urge for further bipartisan collaboration.

Legislators compromised on a fracking moratorium, which would span two years instead of the proposed eight, and decriminalized possession of marijuana paraphernalia and smoking in public.

The true test of partisan cooperation will come when these bills reach Hogan’s desk for signing, and given how the budget battle went, we’re hoping relations don’t worsen.

Hogan is only this state’s second

Republican governor since the 1960s and according to a Feb. 4 Gallup poll, Hogan is leading the second-most Democratic state in the country. Partybased disagreement is to be expected.

The budget controversy dominated most of the session, despite Hogan’s April 6 executive order extending the session by no longer than 10 days so legislators could pass the budget. Hogan still criticized the final version as not making a big enough dent in the deficit and skimping on the pension funding.

The budget is arguably the hardest topic to agree on, but this editorial board laments the fact that little of the bipartisan compromise that supported other issues extended to budget discussions.

The budget is final with the General Assembly’s approval, but now Hogan has the opportunity to voice his opinions in either signing or vetoing the approved legislation, and he hasn’t historically agreed with every issue passed. When it comes to fracking, for example, Hogan has said that the practice could be “critical to our state economy.”

We urge Hogan to set a positive tone in his relationship with the General Assembly as he evaluates the new legislation. The only way our state government can make effective decisions is through collaboration, and Hogan is in position to guide that dialogue.

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GONZALO MOLINOLO JUNIOR

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hen a magazine retracts an article, you know something bad happened and that a big lawsuit is likely on the way. Such is the case with Rolling Stone magazine, known for printing “A Rape on Campus” late last year detailing the story of an alleged gang rape at a fraternity party at the University of Virginia. To summarize it all, it was found that Jackie’s story had some serious discrepancies; among them was the fact that there was no frat party on the date she claimed to have been raped.

Some have rightfully condemned this incident as an example of poor journalism, or in other words, the magazine did a poor job confirming the details of the story before publishing it.

This story goes beyond poor journalism: It is a symbol of the rape hysteria that American society currently finds itself in.

To illustrate what I mean with the term “rape hysteria”, just think about the fact that the fraternity house was vandalized and the fraternity itself suspended as a result of the story. Social justice warriors proudly marched on the campus with their signs, thinking that they were fighting for a good cause, as they always do.

A writer by the name of Zerlina Maxwell had the nerve to claim that “incredulity hurts victims more than it hurts wrongly-accused perps” in an opinion column published in The Washington Post in December. Clearly, she either

was ignorant of the nightmare that the Duke University lacrosse team went through all because someone cried rape and lied about it, or the victims’ comment is gospel to her.

If any of you perceive my column as “misogynist” (yawn, I’ve seen this word too many times to take it seriously anymore), then good for you. The reputation of the frat, much like that of the Duke lacrosse team, has probably been permanently damaged.

Do not whine to me about an alleged “rape culture” because the only “rape culture” I see is one in which a man’s reputation can be ruined in less than a microsecond with due process being tossed aside by the mob. This whole incident, which began with a simple article, exposed the true face of social justice warriors: Their version of justice has nothing to do with reality but with a mob mentality where the accused are guilty until proven innocent.

It is my sincere hope that Rolling Stone will suffer heavily from the lawsuit and that they will hopefully not repeat this again.

If new evidence surfaces proving that a rape took place, then let the accused be brought to justice without a lynch mob present. Let the evidence be weighed and shown to a jury of the defendant’s peers.

If found guilty, then let the defendant be given the punishment he deserves. Justice will be achieved by prosecutors, defense attorneys, witnesses, judges and members of the jury in a court setting, not by conceited social justice warriors.

G o n za l o M o l i n o l o i s a j u n i o r history major. He can be reached at gmolinolodbk@gmail.com.

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EDITORIAL BOARD

Laura Blasey, editor in chief, is a senior journalism major.

She has worked as a staff writer, assistant news editor and news editor.

MATT SCHNABEL, managing editor, is a junior journalism major.

He has worked as a copy editor, deputy managing editor and diversions writer.

NATE RABnER, deputy managing editor, is a junior journalism major. He has worked as a copy editor.

CAROLINE CARLSON, opinion editor, is a senior government and politics and information systems major.

She has worked as an assistant opinion editor and columnist.

SAuraDEEP SINHA, opinion editor, is a sophomore chemical engineering major.

He has worked as a deputy opinion editor and columnist.

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Remembering vs honoring

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et me get to the point: university President Wallace Loh and The Diamondback have argued that Harry Clifton “Curley” Byrd’s racism and support for segregation are a part of our history and that we don’t want to forget it.

I am so glad we agree on this point, but here they are implying that the only way to remember the role of a historical figure whose actions we find reprehensible is to have a building named after him, which is a flawed implication because it’s false — the university’s archives, for example, would still have information about Byrd — and being the namesake of a building is an honor. That would be like naming Reckord Armory, home of the Office of Civil Rights & Sexual Misconduct, after A.J. Hurwitz so we don’t forget about his racist, sexist email condoning sexual misconduct.

There are better ways to make sure we don’t forget about that reprehensible email; likewise, there are better ways to make sure that we don’t forget about Byrd.

In short, there are better ways to remember dark parts of the university’s history than to name facilities after those who have sullied that history.

This argument is like saying the only way to for us to remember the bas-

ketball team’s heartbreaking losses to Duke University as a member of ACC is to have Xfinity Center named after Blue Devils coach Mike Krzyzewski. It’s like saying the only way to remember that 309,079 university Social Security numbers were compromised last year is to name the A.V. Williams Building, home to the computer science department, after whomever breached the university’s cyberinfrastructure.

The Diamondback has argued that naming facilities after figures known for pro-equality advancement would be highly beneficial.

I completely agree.

Furthermore, I have found that many students actually do not know about Curley Byrd’s stance on racism and segregation, so renaming the stadium after Darryl Hill, the university’s first black football player, would actually increase awareness about Byrd’s role in history as a football coach who did not want blacks on his team.

In light of the accomplishments black students at this university have had and continue to have in sports, this would make us face the irony that Byrd was not just a racist; he was a racist to the detriment of the athletic program he cared so deeply about.

Renaming the stadium after Thurgood Marshall, who convinced the Supreme Court that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional and who became the first black to serve on the Supreme Court, would cause us to face the irony that, in 1930, Byrd opposed Marshall’s admission to the law school on the basis of race.

Renaming the stadium after Parren Mitchell would cause us to face the irony that he became the first black to graduate directly from the graduate school after clashing with Byrd and winning a lawsuit, that he became the first black elected to Congress from this state and that he chaired the Congressional Black Caucus, while Byrd left the university to launch losing campaigns for governor, U.S. Senate, and U.S. House of Representatives on segregationist platforms.

Ha! These steps would make Byrd’s active racism unforgettable, and more importantly, they would avoid the grave mistake of honoring him.

Renaming the stadium would not erase history. To the contrary: it would make us face history.

Say bye-bye to Byrd, and do it in a hurry.

Colin Byrd is a senior sociology major. He can be reached at colinabyrd@gmail.com.

DANIELLE WILKIN SENIOR

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hending your formative childhood years in a way that even the lengthiest of autobiographies couldn’t convey. They can see your perspective because they lived it. It is this unrepeatable and irreplaceable relationship that creates a space in your sibling’s life that only you can fill.

While that might sound daunting, the truth is that you are completely equipped for the job. Years of shared experiences complaining about the same parents, arguments over how the chores were divided and seemingly endless road trips that violate every known principle of personal space have allowed you to observe your sibling in nearly every imaginable situation. And while familiarity might breed contempt, it also allows you to truly know someone.

Because no one can know my sister in the same way I can (except for maybe my other sister, that is), I have a special role to play in her life — one that no one else can.

I know how much harsh honesty and tough love she can take before she shuts down. I know whether she needs to rant or wants advice.

I can push her buttons and make her laugh when she’s angry. It’s my job to use that insight to motivate, encourage and support her in the way she needs.

Many of us are lucky enough to have siblings who are easy to love, but being a good sister or brother isn’t just about loving your siblings. It’s about acknowledging the crucial role you play in their lives and fulfilling that role to the best of your abilities. We must aspire to bring about good in their lives and allow them to do the same for us.

n Fr i d ay, we ce l e b ra te d National Siblings Day. If it wasn’t marked on your calendars, perhaps you noticed the sentimental posts on social m e d i a co m p l e te w i t h go o fy throwback pictures to people’s awkwardly adorable youth. As the middle child in a family with three daughters, those photos stirred up happy memories of growing up with my sisters and the nostalgic feelings that go along with them.

Of course, being a sister is not all about the good old days we spent swaddling our cat in blankets like a baby or running a fake gourmet restaurant out of the playroom. Getting caught up in the fun of having siblings makes it easy to forget that being a good sister or brother is something that requires a substantial amount of effort.

It’s not a job in the typical sense and you definitely shouldn’t try to put it on your resume, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t responsibilities associated with the position.

Sibling relationships are complicated. We are more than friends, but definitely not one another’s parents. We can somehow at once be each other’s biggest rivals and strongest supporters. Fights can be ferocious, yet there is the unwavering understanding that you will always be a constant in each other’s lives. It is a relationship of juxtapositions that can only be truly understood and appreciated Danielle Wilkin is a senior biology and by the people in it.

Your siblings are in the unique science education major. She can be position of thoroughly compre- reached at dwilkindbk@gmail.com.

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orn today, you can be rather shy and reserved when interacting with strangers, but once you come to know a person even a little, you are sure to warm up quickly and become much more expressive, even forceful at times. You don’t enjoy doing things because you are told to do them, yet you understand that there are times when this is precisely what is expected of you -- and what can bring you the greatest gains. So you patiently forge ahead, doing all you can to avoid breaking the mold prematurely. Small talk is not for you; you enjoy communicating on a very real level, sharing ideas and feelings and learning about what makes other people tick.

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What you want most is likely to prove elusive.

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This is a beginning, of sorts.

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You have a way of upping the ante.

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ALL THE GAME OF THRONES’ RECORD-SETTING PREMIERE CRAP YOU Nearly 8 million people watched the season premiere of Game of Thrones on Sunday. The audience CARE ABOUT grew 21 percent from last year’s opener. Read Zoë DiGiorgio’s recap of the episode on dbknews.com.

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LETTER | ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT SPECULATION

DEAR ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT...

Why the minds behind Arrested Development should stop reassuring fans about the new season over and over again

ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT’’s team keeps telling viewers that a new season is in the works, but they should talk a little less and work a little more to make this unfathomable dream a reality. photos courtesy of (left) youtube.com user tomorrowneverblows and (right) thebluthcompany.tumblr.com

By Dustin Levy @DustinBLevy Staff writer Dear Mitchell Hurwitz, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Netflix and everyone involved in making Arrested Development happen: I love your show. I own a “Bluth’s Original Frozen Banana” T-shirt.

I even consider the incredibly divisive fourth season an admirable addition to the series’ canon.

I became a fan of Arrested Development sometime between its cancellation and its Netflix resurrection. At first, I didn’t understand why the series attracted such a loyal cult following, but once I began to understand the show’s nuances — the running gags, the unyielding satire and the sheer absurdity — I was hooked.

So when Netflix announced that it would air another season seven years after the show’s cancellation, I was overjoyed. I binged all 15 episodes in the fourth season as soon as it became available in May 2013.

And yes, I enjoyed the creativity and ambition of the time-hopping labyrinth of the polarizing streaming season, in which the major flaw was its lack of conduciveness to the binge-in-one-sitting format.

Naturally, I’m overjoyed at the prospect of a new season of Arrested Development. But here’s my caveat: I don’t need to be reassured that it’s going to happen over and over and over again. I believe you! It seems as though every few months, a story about more Arrested Development episodes pops up and goes viral. Most recently, Brian Grazer announced

ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT:

BY THE NUMBERS

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“Hey, brother...” jokes by Buster throughout the series

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References to Tobias Fünke being a “never-nude”

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Times G.O.B. has said the phrase, “I’ve made a huge mistake” Information courtesy of NPR’s “Previously, on Arrested Development” infographic.

on Bill Simmons’ podcast “The B.S. Report” what we already knew.

“People are loyal to it, and we’re going to do another 17 episodes,” he told Simmons.

Per usual, Netflix had little comment on Grazer’s claim. At this point, I’m over these nothing pronouncements. They continue to be meaningless, without any information about real action taking place in bringing the Bluths and Fünkes to our screens again.

And 17 episodes? What is that?

It’s a number so inexplicable, it sounds as though Grazer is making it up — although it would fit with Arrested Development’s signature eccentricity and nuanced jokes through its four seasons.

Maybe this isn’t the fault of the people behind the show. Maybe I should be blaming the media cycle or the short attention span of social media users. But that doesn’t make it any less frustrating to see these empty promises arise so often.

There are few comedies that rival

Arrested Development when it comes to aspiration and creative vision. As a result, I have exceptionally low standards as a fan. I will take the show in any form I can get, whether that be a fifth season, a Bluth-Fünke Christmas special or even a simple selfie of Lucille and Buster, which would have me cackling at that twisted, Oedipal relationship.

Fans waited seven years for the return of Arrested Development.

Obviously, we can be patient. But I plead with you to talk a little less and take a little more action because if you keep beating that poor dead horse, I guarantee you’ll be saying, “I’ve made a huge mistake.”

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Ratsie’s was a Route 1 staple for years, frequented by College Park residents and students in search of a late-night slice of pizza or just a place to stop and rest on their way home from the bars. top: tom hausman/the diamondback, all others; file photo/the diamondback ESSAY | RATSIE’S

one last night at ratsie’s Ratsie’s closed April 4, sooner than expected, but its memory lives on in the hearts and minds of students and former employees

By Eleanor Mueller @eleanor_mueller Staff writer The few students who roam Route 1 at midnight and willing to brave unseasonably cold temperatures and a continual drizzle are rushing from one destination to the next, hiding hunchbacked under jackets from the rain.

But push past the double doors to Ratsie’s Pizza on this stormy Wednesday in March, and it’s like climbing through the back of a magic wardrobe — except instead of Narnia, there’s a jumbled world of brightness, shouting, smells of greasy food and laughter.

Sadly, the 30-year lifespan of this one-of-a-kind oasis has reached its end — and even sooner than expected.

After owning the restaurant for 15 years, Mike Falamoun announced in November that the College Park staple will be closing in September, telling The Diamondback he “needed a break.”

The campus community later re-

ceived a rude awakening when Falamoun posted a flier inside Ratsie’s Route 1-facing window two weeks ago, announcing its last night as April 4.

“Saturday Ratsie’s closes forever.

Thanks. Goodbye,” the sign read in multi-colored WordArt. “We decided to come to Ratsie’s because it’s our last chance,” Rachel Miller, a senior psychology major, said that rainy night. “It’s like the last remaining staple [of College Park], at least restaurant-wise; it’s been here for so long.”

Ratsie’s was more than a restaurant. People from all walks of life came together for a drunken blur of a night, where they ate mozzarella sticks, created fuzzy memories and formed connections with one another.

“I only come here because it’s exciting,” former Ratsie’s employee Niecy Hill admitted before Ratsie’s closed.

A part-time nurse, Hill said she doesn’t need the money; rather, working here was a labor of love.

“I even come here hours before I’m supposed to clock in,” Hill said.

Though the battered wood-paneled and banner-plastered restaurant stood empty for most hours of the day, it came alive at night, when bemused locals and blase employees mingled with drunken students.

“Sometimes, I come to the bars just to go to Ratsie’s at the end of the night,” Jacob Katinsky, a sophomore marketing and psychology major, said on his way home from Terrapin’s Turf. “That’s how much I like Ratsie’s.”

Jeff Rodante, a local who spends most evenings at Ratsie’s, is “on the streets” after losing his job.

But Ratsie’s employees and patrons alike helped make the nights a little brighter, he said.

“These guys have been really good to me,” Rodante said. “If you’re down and out and only have a dollar, they’ll give you some pizza.

I’m going to miss them.”

At about 12:30 a.m., a student who

had ordered a pizza for himself and his friend passed Rodante a slice without uttering a word.

Given the atmosphere, it’s no surprise some students came here for reasons other than the food.

“I come here a lot, but I’ve never gotten food,” said Dean Kaplan, a sophomore elementary education major.

Kaplan was on his way home from Cornerstone Grill & Loft, which he described as “pretty dead.”

Junior Kasey Miller was there because she caught sight of a friend inside through the restaurant’s window.

“I ran in here because I was on my way home and saw my friend in here,” the psychology major said through a mouthful of pizza. “I was at [Terrapin’s] Turf, but it wasn’t fun.”

Rachel Miller, on the other hand, was just looking to continue the festivities of her night.

“We were at [R.J.] Bentley’s and Turf and we were not having a good time, but we didn’t want to go home,” Miller said.

Employees were the draw for others.

“I like the people who work here — I don’t know if they like me, but I like them,” Katinsky said. “They always serve me food. Some people tell me I’m too drunk, but they always serve me food.

“Ratsie’s is a great place.”

After more than 30 years serving the students and College Park residents, Ratsie’s had firmly ingrained itself in the hearts and minds of regulars and newcomers alike, who seem unsure how they will fill the hole left by its closing.

“You cannot replace Ratsie’s,” said Matt Stargel, a senior criminology and criminal justice major.

Wearing an American-flag tank and jeans, Stargel was on his way home from a country music concert in Washington.

“It’s been your go-to, your bread and butter — your best friend, essentially.

You can’t replace your best friend.” emuellerdbk@gmail.com

ESSAY | MCDONALD’S BREAKFAST

MCBREAKFAST ALL DAY McDonald’s to begin testing all-day breakfast options at some California locations

By Maeve Dunigan @maevedunigan Staff writer They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day, so why not eat it at any time? McDonald’s is doing just that with its move to begin serving breakfast all day at some locations in California.

This is a big step for the fast-food megachain. For years, breakfast staples such as the Egg McMuffin, the Sausage Biscuit and the Bacon, Egg & Cheese Bagel have been available for purchase only until 10:30 a.m.

But what does this mean for McDonald’s itself? Is this its attempt to become more like a diner? Or maybe this is just admittance to the fact that

many McDonald’s “breakfast” foods are really just calorie-packed sandwiches that throw in an egg to justify eating absurd amounts of meat before noon? I’m looking at you, Steak, Egg & Cheese Bagel.

Regardless, the decision to try switching to breakfast all day hasn’t totally come out of the blue. McDonald’s has made many changes

to its menu in the past, including an attempt to simplify the menu to make it easier for the customer, as well as employees at the more than 36,000 McDonald’s restaurants worldwide.

McDonald’s also experimented with “Build-your-Own” sandwich options in 2014 — an attempt to rival competitors such as the ever-popular Chipotle, which offers better-quality

customizable food for higher prices.

Students at this university seemed to have mixed reactions to the news.

When asked whether she would be interested in McDonald’s breakfast being sold all day, Jeanine Thommen, a junior enrolled in letters and sciences, seemed enthusiastic.

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Williams is the Annie Clark Tanner Scholar in Environmental Humanities at the University of Utah and Provostial Scholar at Dartmouth College. She is also a founding member of Narrative 4, which fosters empathy through the exchange of stories across the world and will help lead a story exchange at UMD on April 15.

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rha

All 40 senators present at last night’s meeting voted in favor of the resolution.

From PAGE 1

resolution. One involved reinstating an ad hoc Constitutional Review Committee, which deals with RHA constitutional and bylaw questions, and the other encouraged the allowance of all executive board members, including senators-at-large, to be afforded housing exemptions and guaranteed on-campus housing for the coming year.

Senators-at-large are appointed during the spring semester and confirmed at the start of the fall semester. Glazer said this resolution would ensure that any senatorat-la rge g ua ra nteed on-ca mpus space remains committed to his or her position and doesn’t waste an ensured housing space on the campus.

ON-CAMPUS PARKING Steve Chen, the RHA Transportation Advisory Committee chairman, asked RHA senators to provide input on how to allot parking spaces next year.

There are going to be about 1,200 parking spaces available for on-campus student parking next year, Chen said, and the Department of Transportation Services is trying to figure out how to distribute them.

Chen presented the RHA with four methods to determine parking priority for students: parking based on seniority, academic need, a combination of academic need and seniority or other factors.

A majority of senators said parking spaces

A LOOK AT PAST COMMENCEMENT SPEAKERS From governors to sports legends, this university has hosted commencement speakers from a variety of fields. Here’s the breakdown based on the professions of speakers since 2000: Graphic by Evan Berkowitz

1 UNIV OFFICIALS 2 SCIENTISTS

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may 2013 CAL RIPKEN JR. Former Baltimore Oriole

may 2008 CARL BERNSTEIN Pulitzer prize-winning journalist

foxworth From PAGE 1 major said. “His diverse experience will be able to resonate with a lot of our graduates.”

Beyond his four seasons playing for this university and six seasons in the NFL, Foxworth is the chief operating officer of the National Basketball Players Association and previously served as president of the NFL Players Association. He is currently pu rsu i ng h i s M BA at t he Harvard Business School.

“This guy doesn’t need to get an extra degree; he can retire, financially speaking, but he wants to pursue his education,” university President Wallace Loh said.

“What you have is this relatively young man who takes leadership roles, important leadership roles, goes back to get a degree. … I believe he has an important message to give to the students.”

Fox wor t h a nd h i s w i fe

Ash ley donated $150,000 to the arts and humanities college in 2013 to launch the Foxworth Creative Enterprise Grants, which funds community-based arts and humanities classes.

“Arts and social sciences majors get a bum rap as far as I’m concerned, because those skills — independent thinking and ability to challenge constructs — are really what’s helped me professionally and personally,” said Foxworth, who graduated with an American studies degree.

O f t h e p a s t t h re e M ay c o m m e n c e m e n t s p e a kers, Foxworth is the second former athlete. Then-Gov. Martin O’Malley spoke last yea r, a nd for mer Or ioles player Cal Ripken Jr. delivered the address in 2013.

“It’s cool that the commencement speaker is someone people look up to,” said senior philosophy major Hannah Werblin. “He’s a UMD alum who has had success, which is cool, and he relates to us as a

may 2015 DOMONIQUE FOXWORTH Former Baltimore Raven

student body.”

But senior Aaron Fisher said he expected a more highprofile speaker to come to a large flagship university.

“It’s great he’s a former Ravens player,” the communication major said, “but I had hoped for someone bigger.”

Foxworth said he doesn’t know what his speech will focus on, but hopes to get feedback and suggestions from students — perhaps through a Twitter chat.

“Obviously, I don’t think my 15-minute speech is going to redirect all the students’ l ive s, b ut I l i ke to t h i n k that out of the thousands of young adults listening, I’ll be a teeny pebble of influence, which is an opportunity not many people get,” Foxworth said. “I hope to have a slight i mpact or sl ight push for people to move away from the status quo and instead find what really drives and fulfills them.” trichmandbk@gmail.com

should be given to those with demonstrated academic needs first and then to those with seniority. Some argued seniors should not get parking solely because they are seniors, especially if other students need cars on the campus to get to internships or jobs.

Chen said he will take the input he received from RHA members and present it to DOTS representatives as they continue to discuss parking options for the coming year.

ELECTIONS RHA senators elected a new president and vice president for the 2015-16 academic year last night.

Junior government and politics and history major Allison Peters will serve as president, and junior geography and government and politics major Ashley Feng will serve as vice president.

Peters said she has been involved in the RHA

for three years and is confident in the “solid foundation” of her experience.

“I am so passionate about RHA,” Peters said.

“It is vital to my campus identity. It has given me so much, and now I want to give back.”

Both Peters and Feng said they plan to work more closely with the Student Government Association and other on-campus government bodies to build strong leaders within the RHA. Current RHA President Sree Sinha said the wealth of knowledge and experience Feng and Peters will bring to their new roles in the RHA are crucial and that they will be strong leaders for the organization.

“I’m so excited to see such qualified and forward-thinking and experienced leaders who will be carrying RHA’s mission forward into the next year,” Sinha said. meichensehrdbk@gmail.com

Study finds vending machine snacks are mostly unhealthy

By Sharadha Kalyanam @thedbk For The Diamondback Campus vending machines might be quick and convenient, but researchers from the agriculture and natural resources college have found that nearly 93 percent of the food available in these machines is unhealthy.

Kavitha Sankavaram, a researcher in the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program, and her team studied the 20 highest revenue-generating machines on this campus in their study, “What’s in a Snack?”

“Most college-going students are obese or prone to obesity,” Sankavaram said.

“We wanted to see why there is an increase in college students growing overweight.

There is increasing concern on how vending machines are contributing to obesity.”

For the study, the researchers a na lyzed the snacks found in vending machines in highly trafficked parts of this campus, such as Stamp Student Union and McKeldin Library. They used two tools to determine healthiness.

One tool, Nutrition Environ ment Measu rements Survey-Vending, analyzed products based on total calories, calories from fat, saturated fats, trans fats, sugar and sodium. The other tool, the Health Density Vending Machine Audit Tool, con-

sidered fiber, calcium, iron, potassium and vitamins C, D and E as parameters.

Of 49 varieties of snacks s old , t h e N E M S-V to ol found that between 93 and 100 percent in each studied machine were considered unhealthy — including the top 12 most popular snacks, according to researchers. Top snacks included chips, chocolate bars and beverages.

About 77 percent of buildings on this campus are within a half-mile of a food source other than a vending machine but are not accessible after regular business hours, according to the researchers’ findings. But 89 percent of buildings do not have access to other food sources within a half-mile after 6 p.m.

Jared Ebrahimoff, a junior criminology and criminal justice major, said he usually looks for a vending machine when there is no food establishment nearby.

“I usually buy a bag of chips, pretzels or a bar of chocolate,” he said.

Vending machine snacks — typically chips, pretzels, chocolate, granola, trail mixes, sodas and juices — might fill one up, but Sankavaram said they’re not nutritionally beneficial. These snack packages also often contain more than one serving.

Mira Mehta, director of the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program and one of the study’s researchers,

said it’s inevitable that students will grab snacks from a vending machine when they’re rushing from one class to the next. The only way to mitigate this, Mehta said, is to provide healthier options in the machines.

“Most of these vending machine options were unhealthy,” Mehta said. “So people are relying on these not just as a small snack, b ut m a ny of t he p e ople buying food from vending machines are using the food as meal replacements.”

Mehta suggested people who frequently make use of vending machines instead bring easily packable snacks such as fruit or yogurt.

The study’s researchers recommended stakeholders be encouraged to adopt and enforce healthier vending policies.

The Food and Drug Administration ruled in November that vendors who own and operate more than 20 vending machines must ensure that accurate and clear caloric information be declared on the food packages so consumers can make informed dietary choices.

While there are stringent rules in middle schools and high schools regarding what kind of food can be sold in vend i ng mach i nes, u n iversities and other public places have no such laws, Sankavaram said. newsumdbk@gmail.com

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mCDONALD’S From PAGE 7 “I love breakfast,” she said. “And I love [McDonald’s] breakfast.”

O t hers si mply d i sregarded the news because they rarely frequent the restaurant anyway.

Fai Alqahtani, a computer science major and an

exchange student from Saudi Arabia, wasn’t too excited.

“I usually don’t eat from McDonald’s — it doesn’t really taste good,” Alqahtani said.

“In my country, it tastes much better than here.”

Many college students have eating schedules that have taken some strange turns. As late nights encourage sleeping in later and later on weekends, breakfast becomes brunch,

lunch occurs at about 4 or 5 p.m. and dinner is basically just an oversized midnight snack.

Suffice it to say, many simply aren’t functioning before 10:30 a.m. on the weekends.

All-day McDonald’s breakfast could be the solution to a breakfast-less life — because eating breakfast food at 2 p.m. still counts as breakfast, right? mdunigandbk@gmail.com

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SPORTS ROUNDUP

Drexel transfer considers Terps basketball among five Football to play Michigan under lights at Byrd; Draftsite.com projects Mincy to go in second round of WNBA draft fall. The Terps earned a 23-16 win at Michigan in November, but the Wolverines since have handed the program over to former San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh this offseason in a move that drew widespread praise and jolted one of the nation’s iconic fan bases.

By Aaron Kasinitz @AaronKazreports Senior staff writer Terrapins men’s basketball coach Mark Turgeon has developed a tendency of dipping into the transfer market during his four-year tenure in College Park, and he might be at it again this offseason.

Former Drexel guard Damion Lee, a graduate transfer who will have immediate eligibility next season, included this university on his list of five potential landing spots, which he announced through Twitter on Sunday afternoon. Lee also is considering Arizona, Gonzaga, Louisville and Marquette.

A Baltimore native, Lee has been linked to his home-state Terps since he made his intention to transfer public about a month ago. The 6-foot-6 sharpshooter averaged 21.4 points, 6.1 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game with the Dragons as a junior last season and led the team to a 9-9 record in Colonial Athletic Association contests.

Lee figures to fit well with a Terps team aiming to replace guards Richaud Pack and Dez Wells, who both started as seniors during a run to the NCAA tournament Round of 32 in March.

If the Terps don’t bring Lee into the fold, Turgeon likely will turn to rising sophomore guards Jared Nickens and Dion Wiley to play increased roles on the wing. If Lee chooses to return to his home state, though, his decision will add to a

MINCY’S DRAFT STATUS

Coach mark turgeon looks on during the Terps’ season-ending 69-59 loss to West Virginia on March 22 at Nationwide Arena in the Round of 32. christian jenkins/the diamondback long list of positive moments for the Terps this offseason.

The team generated buzz as a potential Final Four-caliber squad after five-star class of 2015 recruit center Diamond Stone verbally committed in late March. Plus, two of the Terps’ stars during the 2014-15 season, guard Melo Trimble and forward Jake Layman, recently announced they’d forgo the NBA draft and return to school.

All four of the Terps’ rotational seniors last season, including Wells and Pack, joined the team as transfers after stints elsewhere. And Turgeon

alluded to his intention of nabbing another transfer when he said he plans to “add some pieces” this spring after the Terps’ season-ending loss to West Virginia on March 22.

PRIME-TIME FOOTBALL Terps football will open its Big Ten home slate against one of the country’s premier programs for the second straight season. But unlike in last year’s afternoon blowout loss to eventual national champion Ohio State, Byrd Stadium’s lights will be on when the Terps kick off a contest

against Michigan on Oct. 3.

T h e co n fe re n ce a n n o u n ce d Monday the Terps-Michigan game will start in prime time and be broadcast on the Big Ten Network.

Though the specific start time hasn’t been unveiled, the bout will mark just the second nighttime contest in College Park since 2011.

Last year, the Terps fell, 35-17, to Michigan State on Nov. 15 while playing under the lights at Byrd in a game carried by Big Ten Network.

Coach Randy Edsall’s team will face a challenge in its attempt to start Big Ten play with a win this

Though guard Laurin Mincy’s time with the Terps women’s basketball team ended April 5 with a loss to Connecticut in the Final Four, she appears to be headed toward the next step in her career.

The WNBA will hold its draft tomorrow night in Uncasville, Connecticut, and Draftsite.com’s mock draft predicts the Washington Mystics will select Mincy in the second round with the 15th overall pick.

Mincy is not one of the 12 college players the WNBA invited to attend the draft, but she’s likely to become the third Terp selected in the past three years. In 2013, the Seattle Storm drafted forward Tianna Hawkins with the sixth overall pick, and All-American forward Alyssa Thomas was the fourth overall pick in 2014.

Mincy, who has torn her ACL twice during her career, finished her fifthyear senior season averaging a teamhigh 13.5 points per game and helped the Terps win the Big Ten title. She also tallied 3.38 assists and four rebounds per game. akasinitzdbk@gmail.com

SOFTBALL | NOTEBOOK

Coach considers new pitching plan after struggles Offense produces lowest output in Big Ten play against Illinois; defense commits seven errors over weekend

By Alex Flum @alex_flum Staff writer The Illinois softball team swept the Terrapins in a three-game series this past weekend — the first time for the Terps in almost a year — and pitching struggles were at the heart of it.

Three Terps pitchers took the circle in as many losses against the Fighting Illini. Kaitlyn Schmeiser and Hannah Dewey appeared in all three games.

Schmeiser allowed nine earned runs on 16 hits and struck out 11 batters in 12.1 innings, while Dewey

allowed eight earned runs on 18 hits over 8.2 innings.

Brenna Nation, meanwhile, faced four batters and allowed four runs to start Sunday’s game without recording an out.

Coach Courtney Scott Deifel switched Schmeiser, a right-hander, and Dewey, a left-hander, back and forth between pitcher and first base during Saturday’s 14-8 loss, but the tactic didn’t slow Illinois.

“Stats-wise, Hannah is more effective with lefties and [Schmeiser] is more effective with righties,” Scott Deifel said.

“It was working, but [Schmeiser] had one off inning, and they had a little bit too much momentum.”

Scott Deifel said she could see the team trying the strategy again in the future.

Infielder Juli Strange was the only Terp with more than four hits in the series.

BATS FALTER

DEFENSE ISSUES CONTINUE

The Terps posted their lowest scoring output in a Big Ten game t h i s sea so n Fr i d ay a s I l l i n o i s pitcher Jade Vecvanags blanked them in a complete game, striking out eight batters.

Schmeiser and infielder Mandy Gardner both failed to record a hit against the Fighting Illini, and catcher Shannon Bustillos and infielder Corey Schwartz had only two each during the series.

The Terps committed seven errors over the weekend to bring their total to 74, the second most in the Big Ten. Four errors hurt the Terps on Friday in their 7-3 loss, while three sunk the team in Saturday’s 14-8 defeat. The Terps’ loss came after leading 8-7 in the fifth inning.

“It’s just a consistency there,” Lindsey Schmeiser said. “Obviously, you put up eight runs, usually that’s enough to win a game.”

Back issues have forced Schmeiser to play in the outfield for the past month, but she returned to shortstop in the first inning Sunday and finished the game there without any miscues.

But it is not certain whether she’ll be able to return to her primary position and whether there’s a light at the end of the tunnel for the team’s fielding troubles this season. “[Lindsey Schmeiser] plays a great short and unfortunately we’re not in a place where we can put her there a lot,” Scott Deifel said. “We just need other players to step up.” aflumdbk@gmail.com

lacrosse top-ranked scoring defense for several weeks.

Attackman Colin Heacock can relate to Muller’s situation. Though he’s started in two games, the Catonsville native primarily has served as a reserve during his two-year career. “[Muller’s performance] shows that anybody on the bench can be ready to go in at any time,” Heacock said. “Just got to get your mind right.”

administration saw it. I will stand by James Burke without going against the Big Ten,” Penn State coach Jeff Tambroni told The Baltimore Sun. Burke sat out the Nittany Lions’ 11-10 double overtime loss at Johns Hopkins on Saturday, while Maltz scored one goal in his return Sunday.

Maltz declined to comment on Burke’s suspension but said he has recovered fully from the incident. “[Maltz] gives us another guy that’s played a lot this year,” Tillman said.

MALTZ RETURNS

CROWD CONTROL

With six seconds remaining in the first half of the Terps’ 12-5 win over Penn State on April 4, Maltz jumped between two defenders and corralled a pass from midfielder Joe LoCascio.

Dodging right, Maltz whipped an unsuccessful shot at goal.

But as Maltz released the ball, Penn State midfielder James Burke slammed into the attackman, sending him to the turf. Burke appeared to kick Maltz while walking away from the play.

The resulting injury kept Maltz out of the rest of the game, and he missed the Terps’ 11-10 win over Loyola four days later. Burke, meanwhile, was issued a one-game suspension for violating the Big Ten’s sportsmanship policy.

“I honestly don’t believe that it was intentional. But it’s not the way the Big Ten or even our

Ohio State has averaged 1,054 fans at Ohio Stadium this season, but next Saturday, Tillman expects a much larger crowd. The Terps will challenge Ohio State at 11 a.m. with the Buckeyes’ spring football game slated to start afterward.

Last season, the Buckeyes defeated Michigan, 15-6, before an announced 17,641 in a game played just before the football exhibition.

So as the Terps prepare for the conference road game, Tillman is making sure his players are mindful of the potential challenges that could come with the raucous atmosphere.

“We just got to make sure that we remember, once we’re on the field, it’s fundamentals,” Tillman said. “It’s playing Maryland lacrosse.”

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MEN’S LACROSSE | NOTEBOOK

Muller secures final loose ball in nail-biter at Rutgers Maltz scores in return after sitting out from crushing hit; Tillman’s squad prepares for big crowd at Ohio State

By Joshua Needelman @JoshNeedelman Senior staff writer

attackman dylan maltz makes a move during the Terps’ 12-5 win over Penn State on April 4 at Byrd Stadium. marquise mckine/the diamondback

jays From PAGE 12 Like many teams have done against the Terps (14-0) this season, coach Cathy Reese expects the Blue Jays (11-2) to try to control the tempo of the game with long possessions. Syracuse, Georgetown and Princeton unsuccessfully attempted to employ similar tactics. The Terps’ diverse and fast-paced offense foiled the opponents’ patient game plan in each contest.

And that’s why Reese believes her players will be prepared to face the Blue Jays’ approach, despite an absence of prior experience against the program.

“It’s nice to have a local rivalry brew up again,” Reese said. “[Johns Hopkins is] a team that will most likely look to possess the ball, and we just need to make sure that we’re capitalizing on the chances that we get.”

Many of the Terps will use tonight’s game as a tune-up for the upcoming postseason tournaments they’ll play away from the Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex. In six away games this season, the Terps have combined to outscore their opponents 87 to 29.

Posting some of their largest margins of victory on the road, including a season-best 15point win over Towson and an 11-point win over No. 4 Northwestern, has given the Terps confidence when they travel to opposing stadiums.

“We try to focus on ourselves here at Maryland,” attacker Megan Whittle said.

LOWE From PAGE 12 Furthermore, Lowe’s 15 strikeouts are the second fewest on the team among the seven Terps with enough at-bats to qualify. And he has 11 more walks than strikeouts and has the best walks-tostrikeouts ratio on the team.

“I’m not going to strike out a lot,” Lowe said Sunday. “I’m not going to chase your pitches.

If you don’t throw a strike, I’m not going to swing at it.”

Before this university’s move from the ACC to the Big Ten in July, Lowe finished second in the ACC last year as a redshirt freshman with a .348 batting average and a .464 on-base percentage, hitting one home run. But with the flat-seamed baseballs replacing the raiseds e a m e d o n e s t h i s ye a r, Lowe’s power has increased as a sophomore.

The Suffolk, Virginia, native leads the Big Ten with nine home runs, and his slugging percentage has increased by .228 points since last season.

“He’s the best hitter in the country,” left-hander Rob Galligan said Sunday. “He

“We try to focus on Maryland lacrosse and being the best team we can be, and that’s working really hard in practice and being able to focus at a point in the season where we have played 14 games now.”

Reese hopes that assurance carries into the contest against Johns Hopkins, a team that has won nine straight games after starting the season 2-2. The Blue Jays have won six consecutive home matches since dropping their opener against Boston College on Feb. 14.

And the Blue Jays will attempt to knock off a Terps squad that has won 24 straight games in a streak that dates back to April 9, 2014, and spans the team’s national title in May. Still, Reese said, “win streaks don’t matter.”

“What we’re all about is focusing on our next opportunity to compete and looking at what we need to do to be a better team than we were today,” Reese said.

“That’s all where our focus is, and that’s where all our energy will be, and that’s what we’ll look forward to doing Wednesday night.”

With the pressure mounting on the undefeated Terps as the season draws to a close, the team will face a stiff test from the surging Blue Jays up the highway.

Even so, Reese and her squad remain focused on themselves, just as they have all year.

“Cathy just tells us to go out and play lacrosse the way we can,” Whittle said. “Everything will fall into place if we can be the best version of ourselves.” ccaplandbk@gmail.com

doesn’t swing at balls. He’s one of the most disciplined hitters I’ve ever seen.”

While Lowe was a force in the Terps lineup Sunday — he had two of the team’s six hits — the batters around him didn’t fare as well. In the first inning, Lowe advanced to third with no outs, but he ended the frame as one of the 11 Terps left on base in the game.

“We had a bunch of tough at-bats,” Lowe said. “We got in those situations, we hit the ball hard, [but] it just didn’t fall our way.”

After a hot start to the season, the Terps offense has endured a series of dry spells. In their series loss to Michigan on March 28-29, the team failed to score more than three runs in each of the three games.

The Terps responded with a three-game sweep of then-No. 17 Nebraska a weekend later, but their offensive struggles have resurfaced. Szefc isn’t concerned with the Lowe’s consistency, though.

“You want to get him to the plate as soon you can,” Szefc said. “We have other issues, but he’s not one of them.” psuittsdbk@gmail.com

Tim Muller didn’t start for the Terrapins men’s lacrosse team for the first time in five games Sunday. But with 13 seconds remaining at Rutgers, he had an opportunity to seal the Terps’ 10th consecutive win.

With the Terps clinging to a 9-8 lead, Muller watched from the wing as the referee dropped a ball between Jon Garino Jr. and Joe Nardella.

The whistle blew and the faceoff specialists battled for possession. Rutgers midfielder Zack Sikora appeared to scoop the ball, but he popped it skyward instead. Muller

snagged the ball out of midair, and the game clock ran out. “[Muller] is a little bit of an unsung hero,” coach John Tillman said Sunday. “We moved him around a little bit, and that was a big help for us.”

While defender Matt Dunn’s return from injury pushed Muller out of the lineup, Muller recorded a career-high four ground balls en route to earning Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honors.

“He’s just a big, big boy,” attackman Dylan Maltz said of the 6-foot-1, 190-pound Muller.

“He can really bully some people around. Also with that, if you’re usually big, you’re not usually fast, but Tim’s one of the faster guys. He can move.”

Maltz said Muller does extra conditioning to maintain his endurance and speed, which was on display Sunday.

In addition to his victoryclinching ground ball recovery, the sophomore hustled to scoop loose balls in several key situations.

A f te r a t ta c k m a n M a t t Rambo scored with 11:04 left to put the Terps up 8-6, Muller recovered a ground ball on the ensuing faceoff, and the Terps maintained possession for nearly 90 seconds.

With Dunn healthy, Tillman said Muller will provide depth off the bench for a Terps team that’s maintained the nation’s See lacrosse, Page 9

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WOMEN’S LACROSSE | JOHNS HOPKINS PREVIEW

Terps travel to Baltimore

Reese’s squad to meet Blue Jays for first time since 2009

By Callie Caplan @CallieCaplan Staff writer The teams’ campuses are less than an hour’s drive away from each other, and both coaching staffs scour similar local tournaments and high schools for recruits.

But the Terrapins women’s lacrosse team hasn’t faced No. 18 Johns Hopkins in the spring season since 2009.

Still, when the No. 1 Terps trek to Baltimore tonight with their undefeated season

intact, they’re prepared to face the Blue Jays’ best efforts at an upset. It will be the Terps’ last road contest before the postseason, which begins after a two-game homestand next week.

“Every game that we play, the teams are always coming out firing because we do have that target on our back,” midfielder Erin Collins said. “It is our 14th game in the winning streak, so by now we’re pretty used to it, and I think we’ll be ready.”

See jays, Page 10 THE TERPS huddle together during their 18-10 win over Princeton at home April 8. They have won 14 straight games. karen tang/the diamondback

BASEBALL

second baseman brandon lowe (left) greets shortstop Kevin Smith at the plate April 1 after a solo home run in the Terps’ 3-0 win over James Madison. reid poluhovich/the diamondback

Second baseman shows discipline Power-hitting Lowe has totaled 11 more walks than strikeouts on year

By Phillip Suitts @PhillipSuitts Staff writer With the Terrapins baseball team trailing No. 20 Iowa by one on Sunday afternoon, second baseman Brandon Lowe launched a solo home run in the fifth inning to tie the game.

The Terps lost, 2-1, in their rubber match with the Hawkeyes, but Lowe shined at the plate. He reached base four times while no other Terp got on more than twice.

With the Terps offense sputtering — they’ve scored one run in three of their past four games — Lowe’s performance has remained steady.

And after yesterday’s game was rescheduled due to rain, Lowe will get his next chance to continue his success today at Liberty.

“He’s clearly our most valuable offensive player, by far,” coach John Szefc said Sunday. “He’s able to operate against really good arms, and he just shows you that day after day. He’s just a consistent offensive player.”

Lowe leads the Big Ten in slugging (.692) and on-base percentage (.497) and is tied for first in the conference with a .377 batting average.

On Sunday, Lowe went

BY THE NUMBERS

6 walks

Lowe drew during the Terps’ three-game series against Iowa this weekend.

2 hits

Lowe recorded Sunday to make him the only Terp with multiple hits in the game.

9 homers Lowe has hit this season to lead the Big Ten.

2-for-3 — he was the only Terp to have a multi-hit game — and drew two walks.

In his second at-bat of the afternoon, Lowe stepped to the plate with runners on second and third and two outs in the second inning.

The Hawkeyes gave Lowe a free pass, his second intentional walk of the weekend, and dealt with shortstop Kevin Smith. The move paid off as Smith grounded into a fielder’s choice to end the frame.

Lowe also demonstrated his patience at the plate Friday night by drawing four walks in five at-bats, including one with the bases loaded.

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