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The governance board reinstated them after they were disqualified T h e Un ive rs i ty of Maryland SGA’s elections commission found the YOU T icket in violation of multiple election rules and chose to disqualify the party — but the governance board overturned that decision and reinstated it, according to a report obtained

by The Diamondback.

Last week, the commission announced the Student Government Association’s elections would be pushed back five days to “allow for current standing appeals and complaints to be thoroughly and fairly processed,” without providing any further information about those complaints.

After the elections commission found the YOU T icket had committed five infractions, it chose to disqualify the party. But the SGA’s governance board, which met Saturday at 7 p.m., deemed this “overly harsh” and said it would “do harm to the democratic system of the University of Maryland’s student body,” its report read.

Nancy Jin, the head of the elections commission, declined to comment.

“Nothing throughout this process was malicious intent or trying to put us at an advantage. They were honest mistakes,” Andrew String, YOU Ticket’s presidential candidate, told The Diamondback. “We wish we had better understanding of the rules from the elections commission.”

The commission found the YOU Ticket responsible for five violations — campaigning and advertising in a dorm, employing unauthorized advertising in the

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Taylor Green accuses SGA of racism Unite UMD presidential candidate wrote she’d witnessed ‘patterns of racist’ behaviors

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Leah Brennan @allhaeleah Senior staff writer

University of Maryland SGA presidential candidate Taylor Green alleged Thursday night that a pattern of racist and classist behavior prompted her February resignation from the body, just days before voting is scheduled to open Monday.

“Every step I took within this organization was an attempt to begin dialogue around diversity issues as it related not only to SGA itself, but to the campus as a whole,” wrote Green, who is running on the Unite UMD ticket and the Student Government Association’s former Diversity and Inclusion Committee director.

“Every step I made was undermined by [SGA president] Jonathan Allen and his executive board’s lack of understanding, empathy, and care for this work and for these students.”

In the letter, tweeted from the Unite UMD account and posted on the party’s Instagram page on Thursday, Green said the SGA had ignored the input of students from marginalized groups when planning events and had not taken direct action to assist these students in the wake of a series of hate bias incidents on the university’s campus.

“I continually felt the chill of an exclusive climate [in the SGA],” Green wrote. “I have witnessed patterns of racist, sexist, by

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Dorms, dining hall construction to begin in June Dining facilities and a new dorm will be built on the Varsity Practice Fields Construction for two Maria Trovato dorms and @mariatrov one dining Staff writer facility on the University of Maryland’s campus is scheduled to begin June 20, pending approval of building permits from the state.

The dining facilities and one of the new dorms will be on the Varsity Practice Fields, and the other dorm will be between that field and La Plata Beach, said Department of Resident Life spokesperson Tracy Kiras.

The dorms — which will be used as overflow spaces for students as other dorms are renovated — are expected to be ready by fall 2021, but could be by

delayed by weather or other conditions. First-year University Honors students will be housed in one of the new buildings, said Resident Life director Deborah Grandner.

The construction is part of the university’s updated 15-year Strategic Housing Plan, an outline of how the school plans to modernize campus buildings first published in 2014.

There will be 902 beds between the two dorms. The buildings will each have one multipurpose room, and there will be two study lounges and two general lounges on each floor, according to the department’s website. These are all features that students had said were “high-priority items,” said Kiras.

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“I think [these] will be very appealing to residents as we’re forming these interactive communities,” said Kiras.

The Residence Hall Association has regularly given Resident Life feedback on the plan since 2014. It will continue to meet with the department to discuss things including what they would like to see in the lounges and the layout of the rooms, said RHA vice president Ben Reichard. The next meeting is scheduled for April 25.

“The big-picture stuff they already have figured out, so if we give feedback, it’s mostly smallerdetail stuff,” said Reichard. “I think it’s great that we have the opportunity to give feedback like this.”

The budget estimate allocated $101 million for the construction of the two dorms.

“We’ve been saving in our savings

account for years,” said Residential Facilities director Andrea Crabb.

“We’ve been planning to do this.”

The new dining facility — which will replace the North Campus Dining Hall — is expected to have 1,055 seats, according to the webpage for the project. It will have a station for vegan food, comfort food, LatinAmerican food and Asian-style food, as well as a separate, allergen-free station, salad bar and bakery.

The new facility will also have gender-neutral bathrooms, according to the webpage.

“Our dining halls that we have currently are very, very old,” Dining Services director Bart Hipple said.

“We have repaired them, we have remodeled them, we have dated them, we have retrofitted them, and they’re worn out.”

The new dining hall was originally going to be built on Lot 1 — a plan

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that was scrapped due to the already limited parking on the campus. The renovation of Cole Field House freed up the Varsity Practice Fields for construction, Grandner said, by giving soccer players another place to practice.

“Since we weren’t going to be able to build on Lot 1, we thought this would be a good site,” Grandner said. “[The dorms will be] close to the other buildings on the North Campus, it’s close to where the other honors buildings are.”

As construction begins, Resident Life’s site will be used to alert students about noise disturbances and pedestrian walkway detours, Kiras said.

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By Jeff Barnes | @thejeffbarnes | Senior staff writer University of Maryland Police responded to reports of burglary, theft, fraud and a suspicious person last week, according to daily crime logs.

BURGLARY On April 7 at about 1:25 a.m., University Police responded to 251 North Dining Hall for a burglary.

Through security cameras, police saw two people enter the building through the roof latch, police spokesperson Sgt. Rosanne Hoaas wrote in an email.

Jared Wendell Haas, 19, of Bel Air, and Cole Thomas Shapiro, 19, of Germantown were arrested in the burglary. Both names appear in a university student directory search as residents of Easton Hall.

Police charged Haas with fourth-degree burglary and carrying a concealed deadly weapon and Shapiro with fourth-degree burglary, Hoaas wrote.

This case is closed.

FRAUD University Police responded to a report of a telephone scam on Monday at about 7:45 p.m.

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A fema le u n iversity student told police that she had an interaction with a male whom she did not know at about 4:40 p.m. near Clark Hall, Hoaas wrote.

The student was walking toward the Paint Branch trail when the male began to follow her. He asked her if she wanted to see a video on his phone, and she ignored him. The male continued to walk with her and then played the video. She was able to walk away from the male and contact police.

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Nearly all of senate’s student members will be new Senators-elect include 11 grad and 26 undergrad students A group of University Nora Eckert @NoraEckert of Maryland student senStaff writer ators-elect will soon have the chance to propose and contribute to legislation during a crucial period in the search for this university’s next president.

The new members will join the University Sena te ’s 2 2 4 - p e r s o n b o d y next month following last month’s elections. There w i l l b e m a ny n ew fa ce s this year, as all 11 graduate senators-elect — and 26 out of the 30 undergraduate senators-elect — have been elected for their first term, Senate Director Reka Montfort said.

Many student candidates ran on a platform of addressing specific policies, while others aimed to give their departments more of a voice. Nearly all of them said they were excited to learn how the senate operates from the inside.

Sophomore nutrition and food science major Olivia Brady said it was important for her to run, because she believes her major is sometimes overlooked.

“I feel like the resources for nutritional sciences majors, food sciences majors [and] dietetics majors are a little more limited than other majors on campus,” she said.

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high lab costs, which she thinks are a deterrent for students to pursue those majors.

“I’m most excited about learning how the process works and being able to represent not just nutritional science students but anyone in the agriculture school, as it is such a small college compared to the rest of the campus,” Brady said.

More than any other group represented in the b o d y, s t u d e n t s e n a to rs h ave s t r u g g l e d w i t h a t tending meetings O n ave ra ge , a b o u t 4 3 percent of undergraduate senators and 34 percent o f g ra d u a te s e n a to rs — compared to 52 percent of faculty and 68 percent of staff — were present at the eight meetings that had occurred through March 6.

Senate Chair-elect Pam Lanford advised senators to ta ke t h e t i m e to rea d legislation and discuss important senate issues prior to meetings.

“To me, the power of your individual presence in that body is acute,” she said.

“It’s so important that you come into it with the idea that you have influence in the institution. And this is our chance to participate and do it.”

Stephen Kenny, a sophomore government and politics major, served on the senate last semester, but

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His main technique was sending texts, emails and using social media and messaging apps to connect with his constituency more t h a n 4 ,0 0 0 m i l e s away.

When he’s on the campus, he prefers face-to-face conversation about the issues that matter to him — such as textbook affordability, funding for the Department of Transportation Services and high-quality health care

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Kenny considered dedicating his time to other governing bodies, but decided the senate was the best place to focus.

“I thought about running for the SGA, but their power is limited severely in all but club funding,” he wrote in a message. “The senate is lesser known but directly advises the president, which appeals to me.”

Some graduate student senators-elect said they viewed the opportunity as a way to inform their studies

wh i l e a l so re p re se n t i n g their departments.

Britt Starr is in the second year of her English doctorate program. As someone who studies government and language on a daily basis, she was interested in joining the senate to get a concrete look into many of the issues she’s examined in the abstract, while still making an impact.

“It’s applying my theoretical lenses to see how things actually unfold and what is going on in the room where decisions are made,”

she said. “I hope that I’ll be able to speak up for issues of social justice and hold power accountable to whatever extent possible.”

M o n t f o r t s a i d s h e ’s excited to meet the new senators-elect and “put a face to the name” when they are inaugurated at the May 7 meeting. “ No two yea rs o n t h e senate are ever alike,” she said. “It’s always interesting to see what the next year has in store.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

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helped push the university to hire more staffers for the Office of Civil Rights and Sexual Misconduct. At its worst, the SGA has tried to keep other students from fighting for change; last fall, it co-opted activists’ justified anger at the Justice for Jordan rally and turned it into an advertisement for the football team.

Green has been unafraid to call out the missteps of the student government, especially after Jordan McNair’s death. Her goals to diversify the legislature and reach out to marginalized groups can only do good.

And she’s certainly preferable to the alternatives — Ireland Lesley, who’s firmly entrenched in the SGA establishment; Andrew String, who hasn’t done much to set himself apart from other candidates (aside from violating SGA election rules); and Barath Srinivasan, who is running without ticket mates or coherent policies.

Still, the SGA’s power is strictly limited. When The Diamondback’s reporters cover the SGA, they’re careful to write that legislators “pass a resolution to support” a measure. Most legislation the body passes is just a suggestion for this university’s administration, which hasn’t exactly been receptive to the needs of students.

The money in the Student Facilities Fund is a drop in the

bucket. The SGA cannot use its finances to expand our university’s lacking mental health services or assuage the mold epidemic in our dorms. It cannot stymie the ever-rising costs of tuition, nor can it reverse the declining enrollment of students of color.

Of course, this is by design.

The power brokers that run our university’s administration — as in other universities across the country — would never concede such power to the popular will of the students.

The Diamondback will continue to report on the SGA, as the legislature does occasionally do things that matter. This editorial board knows the importance of the voice of students in their governance, and we hope that a new president will help improve the SGA. But student government will not cure the ills of this university, even with Green leading it.

There is no harm in voting Monday — in fact, you only stand to lose by not making your voice heard. But this editorial board encourages you to stay active outside that. Get involved in other governing bodies, such as the University Senate, which has far more legislative power. Hold officials’ feet to the fire when they prioritize their interests over your own.And recognize that student government isn’t the only way to fight for change.

Managing editor Arya Hodjat recused himself from the editorial board this week, as he helped report the story ‘Taylor Green accuses SGA of racism’ on page 1.

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Ariana Grande exploits minority identities LIYANGA DE SILVA @OpinionDBK Columnist

Ariana Grande, known for her catchy music and iconic high ponytail, has quickly become one of the most famous musical artists in the world today. Despite her enduring popularity, there are plenty of reasons to say “thank u, next” to the pop star.

Let’s start with Grande’s willingness to use queerbaiting — the teasing of a queer romance or identity without actually showing it to draw in LGBTQ audiences. This is perhaps most prominent in the music video for Grande’s song “break up with your girlfriend, i’m bored,” where she comes very close to kissing another woman.

There was plenty of backlash against this, most of which I agree with. This is queerbaiting in every sense of the word — instead of committing to any kind of queer identity, Grande capitalizes off the hypersexualization of queer women. She also recklessly draws on the stereotype of bisexual people being more likely to cheat in relationships.

My Diamondback colleague Allison O’Reilly has argued that Grande doesn’t owe anyone an explanation about her sexuality. I agree that we don’t need to be so concerned with other people’s

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We endorse Green, but she can’t fix it all The University of Maryland’s Student Government Association, it would have you believe, is the university’s pre-eminent deliberative body. Every candidate for every seat — and this year, there are plenty to pick from — will tell you how important the legislature is, how much of an impact it can make on the student body.

Of course, the legislature hasn’t done much in recent years to effect change, which is why so many candidates are running to shake things up. Of the four candidates for student body president on the slate, Taylor Green is clearly the best choice.

She knows students feel that the government does not represent them or their desires. But there is only so much any candidate can do in a toothless organization.

Among the SGA’s limited powers are those of the purse.

It helps determine the apportionment of funding through the Student Facilities Fund, bankrolling projects that students propose. Sometimes, the SGA uses this power for beneficial projects, such as CPR training for students. Other times, it’s burned money on napping pods and a bus that hardly anyone used.

Perhaps more important is the platform that the body has.

At its best, the SGA has spurred significant reform; in 2016, it

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sexualities, but at the same time, public figures who are as famous as Grande do owe us something. If Grande depicts herself as queer in her music while not owning up to that queerness off-stage, then she’s getting the privilege of being a straight woman while still exploiting queer identities.

In her recent song, “Monopoly,” Grande and Victoria Monét sing the line, “I like women and men.” O’Reilly takes this to be a partial, unofficial coming out for Grande, but I disagree. In the aftermath of the song’s release, she tweeted — and then deleted — that she doesn’t feel a need to “label herself.” Monét, on the other hand, tweeted back in November that she is attracted to women.

An aversion to labels is not a coming out on its own, and it really doesn’t signal anything but a cop-out on Grande’s part. Monét was able to openly announce her queerness without subscribing to a label, yet Grande won’t even commit to not being straight.

Grande’s use of brownface and appropriation of black culture are two other reasons to take issue with her. It isn’t talked about nearly enough, but Grande is a white Italian woman. Since her role on Victorious, Grande has slowly become darker and darker.

Many have called her out on her use of fake tan to make her appear Latina or black and her use of African-American Vernacular English, which she actively incorporates into her speech.

There was also a lot of criticism about the song “7 rings” and its corresponding music video. In The Atlantic, Spencer Kornhaber described Grande as “wearing [black] culture as a costume — or even as a joke.” I could go on for at least 500 more words about how Grande capitalizes off the culture of oppressed and marginalized groups in the same way Miley Cyrus, Iggy Azalea and plenty of other white artists have.

It’s easy to forget that Ariana Grande is white, not Latina or black, and just enjoy her music. It’s easy to be excited that she depicts queer sexualities in her music without digging deeper into whether she’s doing it in a way that is helpful or harmful. But the more she profits off this exploitive behavior, the more she’ll keep doing it.

Listen to Grande’s music if you’d like. Just don’t ignore how she capitalizes on marginalized cultures without actually facing any of the oppression associated with those identities. liyanga.a.ds@gmail.com

Politics has become our entertainment MAX FOLEY-KEENE @MaxFoleyKeene Columnist

Have you heard about this one, folks? Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh’s administration is unraveling before our eyes over a children’s book scandal. While serving on the board of directors of the University of Maryland Medical System, Pugh arranged for UMMS to purchase 100,000 copies of her Healthy Holly books, which teach kids to eat healthy and exercise. After a series of Baltimore Sun reports on the $500,000 purchase, Pugh took a leave of absence to address an “illness.”

The Healthy Holly scandal is funny because — and I repeat — the mayor of Baltimore is being brought down over some kids’ books. But it’s also terribly sad: just another corruption scandal for a city that can’t seem to get away from them. In that way, it’s a perfect scandal for the times. You laugh at its absurdity, but your laughter subsides after remembering how selfdealing politicians like Pugh have, for years and years, failed the people of Baltimore.

We are living in a long tragicomedy of American elites. In this unfolding drama, politicians, administrators and business leaders reveal their incompetence and their malevolence.

They’re bumbling, but yet vicious; they’re immensely powerful, and manifestly unfit to wield their power.

Most political news stories these days seem darkly comic: comic because the people in charge seem so dumb, dark because these dolts have awesome power over our lives.

The elite tragicomedy exists on all levels of American life. Right at home, the University of Maryland pilots a safe space for white students called “White Awake.” Next door, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam ponders doing the moonwalk at a press conference addressing allegations that he donned blackface. At the highest levels of communal life, President Trump insists that adopting wind power would shut off our televisions whenever the wind calms down. You have to laugh.

Given that many elites are morally and intellectually deficient, how

might people react? I can think of three broad responses.

The first response is populist. The obvious ineptitude of the people in charge might be empowering. It could encourage activism and discourage mindless deference to elites. If these guys can run the most powerful country in the world, I could serve in local government.

At the same time, the tragic consequences of elite failure might be catalyzing, pushing folks to remedy the heartbreaking injustices they see on TV. The result of the populist response is shoving the ruling class out of the way and replacing them with an informed and empowered citizenry, which expands democracy and advances the public interest. Yay! The second response is to search for a better ruling class. It accepts that the current crop of leaders doesn’t adequately serve the common good but doesn’t abandon the notion of a political/economic/cultural elite altogether. The meritocracy is broken, but it’s entirely fixable. If today’s leaders are by and large stupid and cruel, let’s replace them with some that are smart and virtuous.

The third, most disturbing response is to sit back and enjoy the show. The tragicomedy of American elites is riveting entertainment, after all. You laugh, you cry, you just can’t look away. There’s a reason I spent the past several days reading about Pugh’s children’s books. Television networks have churned out staggering amounts of Trump-related content, and viewers are eating it up.

Passive consumption of news entertainment in the face of injustice is, of course, reprehensible — but one shouldn’t underrate its appeal. It’s often said that our entertainment is becoming increasingly politicized, and the reverse is true as well: Our politics are increasingly becoming our entertainment. Our leaders are villains and buffoons, and ratings are up. In the midst of our political drama, one must worry whether the fight for a better world just isn’t gripping enough to hold our collective attention. maxfkcap2016@gmail.com

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Student joins College Park Census committee The council also voted to add another member if needed in future The College Park Carmen Molina City Council voted Acosta @carmenmolina_a T u e s d a y to add a student Staff writer member to its 2020 census count committee, after a lower-than-average city return rate in 2010.

The amendment adds one student member — a n d a n o t h e r m e m b e r, i f needed — to the 10-member Complete Count Committee, which was created in Oc to b e r to i m p rove t h e city’s participation in next year’s census.

In 2010, the census territory that includes this university had the lowest return rate in the city — 49 percent.

Overall, College Park’s return rate of 72.5 percent in the 2010 census was 6.8 percentage points lower than the national rate, and 4 points lower than Prince G e o r g e ’s C o u n t y. T h e Census Bureau measures return rate as the percentage of occupied households that fill out the questionnaire. by

“It’s important for us to know who we’re serving — who lives in the community,” College Park Mayor Patrick Wo ja h n sa i d . “ H av i n g a student on the Complete Count Committee will help us make sure that we have a student perspective, so that we know how to best reach students and make sure students are counted.”

W h i l e t h e c o m m i t te e was originally designed to i n c l u d e two s t u d e n t members, it wasn’t able to find students willing to commit for a year — partially because they were looking for candidates over winter break, said Alex Tobin, the student liaison to the city council. Since then, a few students have expressed interest in the position, he said.

While only one of the new spots is reserved for a student representative, Tobin said he hopes that the second spot, if used, is filled by someone from the Student Government Association.

the College Park’s Complete Count Committee has added a student member to help reach more of the student population in the 2020 Census. carmen molina acosta/the diamondback “It also shows that students are active in local politics — that students care about the College Park community,” Tobin said.

“It’s a serious commitment.

It shows a serious commitment to public service. It also comes at a time where we are going to see new leaders in SGA, who are going to be governing when the meat of this Complete Count Committee will be

taking place.”

The need for a student voice became clearer at the committee’s first meeting March 28, where members voiced concerns about reaching the student population.

Every 10 years, the census determines the redistricting of legislative boundaries and the distribution of congressional seats, community services and over $600 billion in federal funds.

The census is also used in the city’s redistricting efforts, said District 3 councilman Robert Day. “Students are residents — they are part of our everyday life,” said Day, who has previously chaired the City Redistricting Commission. “So they need to be included in the things we build, and they come with a very unique insight and view on how to solve problems,

and we want as many opportunities to get this right as possible.”

T h e C o m p l e te C o u n t Committee is part of a larger Ce n s u s B u rea u p rog ra m that targets undercounted populations. The Maryland Department of Planning recently awarded the city’s committee a grant of $34,385 for census outreach efforts. newsumdbk@gmail.com

“They need to be included in the things we build, and they come with a very unique insight and view on how to solve problems.”

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YOU From p. 1 library, violating university policy by using amplified sound without permission and advertising off-campus without partnering with a business.

Three YOU Ticket representatives — String, student affairs vice presidential candidate Julia Novick and

ticket manager Valerie Kologrivov — petitioned the decision.

The governance board reversed the elections commission’s verdict, arguing that the party truly committed just three of the five violations — using amplified sound and advertising in the library and off-campus.

Moreover, the board said the primary reason that

the elections commission removed the YOU T icket wasn’t these infractions, but the fact that the group had “greatly exceeded” its budget.

The commission found the YOU Ticket had paid more than the “fair market value” for flyers, a speaker, a megaphone and a couch. But the board wrote that while the party did exceed its budget,

it wasn’t enough to warrant disqualification.

“Using a couch, megaphone, and speakers for just a few hours and a few misplaced signs do not give the YOU Party a significant advantage over its competitors,” the report read. “In fact, the YOU Party’s inability to campaign for five days is likely a much greater advantage to the other parties

than YOU Party’s careless transgressions were to their own advantage.”

The governance board closed by offering several recommended reforms to help make future elections “clearer, fairer, and more judicable.” These include a fully staffed elections commission, clearer communication on election rules and a 24-hour period to report

campaign violations.

Though the YOU Ticket has to remove its signage in violation before polls open, the board allowed the party to rejoin the ballot.

Staff writer Nora Eckert contributed to this report. newsumdbk@gmail.com

“Nothing throughout this process was malicious intent or trying to put us at an advantage. They were honest mistakes.”

- YOU TICKET PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ANDREW STRING

GREEN From p. 1 ableist, and transphobic behaviors, mirroring institutional discrimination experienced by so many of those marginalized and silenced within our campus community.”

Allen called these allegations “concerning,” but disputed many of Green’s claims. He told The Diamondback that the letter came as a surprise, as the SGA hadn’t seen it before Thursday.

Allen said he was disappointed at the nature and timing of Green’s comments.

He said she never came to him with her concerns during her time with the SGA and did not go through the SGA’s formal complaint process.

“I didn’t see any progress on any of her initiatives, so I’m not sure what work she said I undermined,” said Allen, a senior government and politics major. “She’s expressing all these grievances two months after, but I find the best way to change is through her direct impact in leadership. She was in a perfect spot to do it.”

Green told The Diamondback she didn’t immediately publish her resignation letter because she wanted to see how the SGA would respond to her absence. She said rumors were spreading that she wasn’t handling her responsibilities as diversity and inclusion director, and that she was to blame for the legislature’s inaction on diversity issues.

“I wanted to wait and see.

Everyone was saying it was my fault,” Green said. “Now that I’m running, the question I keep getting is ‘Why did you resign?’ I felt that I should explain it fully — this is why I left.”

Green’s letter echoed many minority students’ concerns following a spike in hate bias incidents on this campus and the deaths of two black students.

I n M ay 2 0 17, 2 n d . L t .

Richard Collins, a black B ow i e S ta te Un ive rs i ty student, was stabbed to death on this university’s campus. Sean Urbanski, a white former student at this university, was charged with murder and a hate crime in the killing.

I n Ju n e 2 0 1 8, Jo rd a n McNair — a black offensive lineman on the Maryland football team — died from heatstroke he’d suffered at a team practice. After McNair’s death, the university launched two investigations, one concluding that the team’s medical staff didn’t treat McNair’s symptoms on time and the other finding a culture of abuse that existed within the program.

In response to the publication of the second report, the SGA — along with this university’s NAACP chapter and College Democrats and Republicans — organized a rally, called “Justice for Jordan,” to call for football coach DJ Durkin’s firing.

But Durkin was fired the day before, and the rally devolved into chaos as student groups — many of them ac-

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tivist groups such as Political Latinxs United for Movement and Action in Society and Students for Justice in Palestine — disputed the SGA’s call to support the football team.

Green wrote in the letter that the SGA’s actions following McNair’s death were “disingenuous” and “a disaster.” She named seven of the rally’s organizers — Allen, speaker Noah Eckman, policy advisor Ireland Lesley, academic affairs vice president Rahila Olanrewaju, financial affairs vice president Andrew Stover, student affairs vice president Ro Nambiar and chief of staff Doron Tadmor — wh o s h e sa i d d i d n o t consult her or the rest of the cabinet and legislature before going forward with their plans.

Maleeha Coleburn, a member of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee, also said the SGA’s executive board didn’t reach out to Green or her committee following the rally. “ We ta l ke d a b o u t t h e

rally at a later [committee meeting], and Allen listened and acknowledged he had never reached out her.

It’s interesting to see what they say, because it’s two very different stories,” Coleburn, a junior government and politics and public policy major, told The Diamondback.

Ajay Mahesh, public health representative for the SGA, disputed Green’s claims that she wasn’t consulted, saying she could have been more involved in the process leading up to the rally. While he acknowledges that the SGA had many missteps, he said the details are not only what Taylor accounted. Mahesh said Allen and the executive board contacted her twice about planning meetings for the rally, but she said she was too busy to attend.

“As the Diversity and Inclusion Director at the time, she has the responsibility and self-interest to be in those discussions in order to prevent the resulting rushed decisions/tone-deaf decisions,” Mahesh, a senior

construction

Once these dorms are completed, renovations From p. 1 to several other North p oss i b l e ,” sa i d C ra b b. Campus dorms, such as “That being said, it is con- H a ge rs tow n H a l l , c a n struction and there will be begin. These renovations will span from adding air noise.”

community health major, wrote in a message to The Diamondback.

Green said Mahesh was lying.

“No one on exec reached out at all,” she wrote in a message to The Diamondback. “They decided to talk to other student leaders, but not me.”

Lesley, who’s now the presidential candidate for Empower Maryland, also denied Green’s claims against the SGA’s lack of communication. She said there was at least some dialogue between Green and the executive board before the rally.

“Where that communication went, I do not know,” said Lesley, a junior government and politics major. “I don’t know where that lapse in communication was.”

Eckman declined to comment. Olanrewaju said she was unable to comment before the time of publication. Stover, Nambiar and Tadmor did not respond to requests for comment.

Coleburn echoed Green’s

conditioning to making buildings more sustainable, Crabb said.

“That’s why these halls are so important,” Crabb said. “The whole schedule … is all predicated on

concerns.

“The general feeling is that many people on the exec board do not care about the work of diversity and inclusion,” Coleburn said. “It seems like they don’t care about the work that we’re doing, because there’s been many criticisms from the legislators at us.”

Green also attach ed a series of Slack screenshots to the tweet, showing fellow SGA members — with names blurred out — disagreeing with her decision to share tweets criticizing the SGA and the Justice for Jordan rally within the messaging system.

Green told The Diamondback in February that she took issue with the SGA’s “culture” surrounding race, which was one of the factors behind her resignation.

“I honestly cannot tell a black student to join this organization because it would be good for you,” she said.

“So if I can’t tell people to See green, p. 8

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college park after hours One Diamondback reporter trades the newsroom for a cop car for the night

By Jeff Barnes | @thejeff barnes | Senior staff writer

CPL. VINCENT DEERE writes a police report outside of Wicomico Hall during his midnight shift early Saturday morning. During some of his patrols, it feels like “the city is on fire.” Other nights, like this one, are more tame. jeff barnes/the diamondback

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t’s early Saturday morning, just after midnight, and University of Maryland Police Department Cpl. Vincent Deere is “DUI hunting” in College Park.

“Sometimes, we get to work and it’s like the city is on fire,” he said.

Tonight is not one of those nights. With a light drizzle and no major sporting events underway, Deere isn’t expecting too much action during his midnight shift.

October will mark Deere’s eighth year with the department, making him one of its most experienced officers. He knows what to look for when tracking an intoxicated driver — aggressive driving, swerving, turn signals with no turns, windshield wipers with no rain.

“Your spidey sense will notice something,” he says.

Although he never knows what his 10:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. shift will bring, he says he tries to focus on DUI enforcement whenever he can.

“You feel like you’ve made a purpose that night,” he says. “You feel like you’ve done something.”

12:45 A.M.

the night.

He shines his spotlight on the vehicle’s driver, who had veered into the center lane several times.

He greets the female driver as he approaches, and as soon as he looks through the window, he knows exactly why she was swerving — a partially eaten Subway sandwich lays in her lap.

She gets off with a warning.

1:32 A.M. A call comes across the radio for a sick/injured person outside of Wicomico Hall on South Campus. Deere takes it.

As Deere arrives, the intoxicated man — an 18-year-old from New Jersey and not a university student — has his head in his lap.

A few minutes later, the fire department shows up. They ask the man if he wants to go to the hospital. He says yes, they place him on a stretcher, and Deere writes up the report in his vehicle.

Around this time of night, he says, calls like this become more frequent as people head home from a night of partying. He says he could spend most of the night writing up reports like these.

Deere lights up a Chevy Trax 2:03 A.M. traveling northbound on Route 1 between Delaware Street and A call comes across the radio Erie streets, his first action of for backup: another officer has

just pulled over a suspected drunk driver in a Scion tC in front of the Pocomoke Building — the police headquarters — on Route 1 next to Fraternity Row. Deere said they always try to have at least two officers for stops like these.

As the other officer is walking the suspect through the standard field sobriety test and Deere is keeping an eye on the Scion’s passenger, another intoxicated male stumbles from the bars south of the headquarters.

He catches Deere’s eye as he comes closer, and walks into the three-foot-high brick wall in front of the police station, flipping face-first into the grass.

Deere rushes over to the male.

Though he tells the officer he’s fine, a few moments later, he starts vomiting.

“Well, you look like you’re in rough shape,” Deere says. “I just want to make sure you’re OK.” The fire department is called to check on the male, and Deere confirms he is not a current student. The male says he is heading to the Beta Theta Pi fraternity house and repeatedly asks for his identification back.

He grows impatient as he waits.

“Dude, I literally don’t want to deal with this shit,” he says.

Deere reminds him that he needs to watch what he says, and points out that he just walked

into a brick wall.

As the driver of the Scion is taken into the police station — he failed the sobriety test — the fire department arrives and lets the intoxicated male continue on.

He offers to shake Deere’s hand, but Deere settles for a fist bump.

“Because of the vomit, you know,” he says. “Walk better.”

be transported to the hospital, but she is unresponsive and her phone is locked.

Eventually, her phone is unlocked and Deere is able to speak with the girl’s mother. She had no idea her daughter was in College Park, and thought she was at a friend’s house.

“What am I going to say to this parent to make them feel at ease?” Deere says. “It’s never 2:29 A.M. easy.”

Calls like these can pile up, Another call for a sick or injured person comes across Deere said, and keep him from the radio. This time it’s an un- doing other police work.

“It’s almost like you’re babyconscious female near Norwich sitting,” he said.

Road.

As Deere makes his way to the call through the “Graham 2:54 A.M. Cracker” — the department’s name for the area of Yale Avenue Deere takes another loop where sorority houses are — he around Route 1, but the streets sees four males walking deliber- are quieter. The bars have long ately in front of his car, carrying been empty, and there are fewer pizzas. cars on the road.

They turn around to acknowlDeere heads back to the headedge him and take their time in quarters. He may need to go to moving out of the way. As he Washington Adventist Hospital passes them, one of them gives to get the girl’s information to him an obscene gesture. complete his reports, since she “What the students really did not have her identification. think is we’re trying to ruin their Normally during shifts like fun time, and that’s not it,” Deere these, he said, there are more said. “They see it as we’re trying fights and more reports of disto ruin their college experience.” orderly conduct.

Deere arrives as the 17-year“This was a slow night,” he old female is being taken out of an says. apartment. He needs to contact the girl’s parents before she can newsumdbk@gmail.com

“What the students really think is we’re trying to ruin their fun time, and that’s not it.”

- UMPD CPL. VINCENT DEERE

community

GREEN From p. 7 join, why am I here?”

After the Justice for Jordan rally, the SGA voted unanimously to establish cultural liaisons to marginalized communities, which Allen said he would attempt regardless of the bill’s passage.

G re e n w ro te t h a t A l l e n said “it was not important because he was just going to do it anyways.”

Allen said at the time that he thought it was “a bit extra,” because it was “essentially a resolution urging me to do something that I’ve agreed to do.”

“I don’t think we need to pass bills for PR purposes,” he said. “You may do as you please, I will appoint them regardless of if this bill passes or not.”

Allen apologized for the comments, and later attempted to appoint Senam Okpattah — who co-spon-

sored the original bill — as the SGA’s liaison to the black community, bypassing the procedure outlined in the bill. The body voted down her nomination, 10-15-4.

Allen said the legislature never provided him a list of candidates for the liaison position — as the bill stipulated — and said the failure of Okpattah’s nomination indicated to him that the legislature had “made it clear” he would not be able to pass further nominees.

But Coleburn said that a lack of communication from the executive board prevented the committee from pursuing the project.

“If [Allen] wanted a list of nominees, he could’ve reached out. For people to criticize us and not reach out, that’s not right,” Coleburn said.

Green also accused Allen of not standing with fellow Latinx students. She highl i g h te d h i s Co l o m b i a n

heritage — comparing him to u n ive rs i ty P re s i d e n t Wallace Loh, who grew up in Peru — and wrote that he’s “shown a lack of regard and concern” for establishing a Latinx Cultural Center and convincing the university to divest from Immigrations and Customs Enforcement.

These comments drew the ire of Allen, who highlighted his work on these initiatives.

“I think it’s ironic that someone who claims to be a champion of diversity and inclusion efforts tries to discredit someone else’s identity like that,” Allen said.

Green closed her letter by calling for “sweeping changes” to the government, writing that the letter outlined her reasons for running.

“We need an SGA that will work with, not against, students who pour their time and energy [into] organizing for social justice,” she wrote. “We need an SGA that

taylor green a presidential candidate for SGA, accused the group of being racist, sexist and ableist.. champions empowerment and inclusion.”

This year’s SGA elections have already been marked by controversy. On Tuesday,

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By Ayana Archie | @ayanaarchie | Staff writer venus valhalla spilled the tea to Terps about how to get that stage-ready look. ayana archie/for the diamondback “Can everyone hear my very feminine voice?”

There were some murmurs.

“Rule number one of drag: When you see the queen, clap.”

There were some claps — but not enough. The audience had to clap two more times before Venus Valhalla was satisfied. Only then would she get started on her first test subject.

Valhalla taught “Drag 101: Intro to Drag,” on Wednesday afternoon — a drag makeup lesson hosted by Student Entertainment Events in Stamp Student Union — prior to their second annual Drag Show on Thursday night.

Once the audience perked up, Valhalla was ready to give her first lesson. She dragged sophomore James Hogan’s chair to the front of the room, the clacking sound of her thigh-high purple boots filling the air.

After some work with only an

Elmer’s purple glue stick and some foundation, Hogan’s eyebrows had disappeared.

“You look like a potato,” Valhalla remarked, after taking a step back to observe her work. Here, it’s meant as a compliment.

Participants were able to use makeup kits in front of them to learn the basics of a true drag look — an eyeshadow technique called a cut crease, winged eyeliner, lashes and lipstick.

Senior Oscar Pimienta isn’t very familiar with makeup but is an avid RuPaul’s Drag Race watcher and attended SEE’s drag show last year.

“I came mainly to have fun, but also to learn more about the makeup process and the attitude you carry yourself with,” he said. “I don’t even know what half this stuff is … but I’m open to a lot of experiences.”

Other crowd members were a little more timid. Some wandered in and

out of the room, curious to see what was happening.

Valhalla floated from table to table, person to person, guiding and encouraging everyone to be more daring. When someone’s cut crease didn’t extend far enough out, she told them, “More is more.” When teaching another person how to overline their lips? “More is more.”

“I definitely learned some new techniques that Venus showed us,” Hogan said.

“I feel like a rich aunt,” Pimienta said, while looking in his hand-held mirror.

Sophomore Divya Kapoor, the departing performing arts director at SEE, came up with the idea for the event, and freshmen Nabila Prasetiawan and Reines Maliksi — the organization’s incoming performing arts director and special events director, respectively — were in charge of executing it.

SEE was able to provide the makeup through a partnership with cosmetics company NYX. But more importantly, they had to find the talent.

“We really wanted a local queen, and also when talking to [Venus], we knew how passionate she was,” Prasetiawan said. “We wanted someone who shared the same want, the same need, and she was extremely easy to work with.”

“Her presence and just the way that she’s been instructing it has been very welcoming and it just shows that inclusion we’re striving for,” Maliksi said.

As a child, Valhalla loved to watch the History Channel. It helped her learn about other cultures, and she noted the tendency of some cultures to portray something else, such as the Maori people warriors of New Zealand and Japanese geishas.

“The idea that you can change your

face or your body in order to create some other sort of persona, or some sort of attitude, has been throughout history for a very, very, very long time,” she said.

Valhalla uses the name Venus as a symbol. The planet is one of the brightest objects in the sky, and its surface is covered with lava and volcanoes.

“I relate to being fiery on the inside but so beautiful on the outside,” she said.

Drag is a way to enhance one’s confidence, Valhalla said, in the same way a man might wear a suit to work or a woman may wear a nice dress on a date.

“All of that is drag,” she said. “And just because I put it all on at once doesn’t make it any different from someone who just puts it on pieces at a time.” diversionsdbk@gmail.com

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a r y l a n d m e n ’s basketball forward Jalen Smith will return to College Park for his sophomore year, the team announced April 8.

Smith, who came to College Park as a McDonald’s AllAmerican from Mount Saint Joseph in Baltimore, had an up-and-down freshman year. But he was pivotal in the Terps’ first-round NCAA tournament win over Belmont, scoring 19 points on 8-for-9 shooting and reeling in 12 rebounds.

He tallied 15 points — i n c l u d i n g a ga m e - ty i n g 3-pointer with 28 seconds left — in Maryland’s secondround matchup against LSU, before guard Tremont Waters’ knifing drive to the rim ended the Terps’ postseason.

“This past season was an amazing experience and I can’t wait to see what the future has in store for our team,” Smith said in a press release. “I’m appreciative of Coach [Mark] Turgeon, the staff, my teammates and

conversion From p. 12 “That one play just — it hurts,” Pigrome said. “Like, it still hurts.”

Canada met with Pigrome the week after the Buckeyes loss, stressing the need to leave that disappointment in the past with one more game remaining and bowl

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Terp Nation for all of their support.”

Maryland won 11 of the 12

By Andy Kostka | @afkostka | Senior staff writer contests when Smith scored at least 15 points, with the season-ending defeat as the lone exception. But before a standout performance in the tournament, Smith had a habit of disappearing in big game; he averaged 8.5 points in Maryland’s 10 losses prior to March Madness.

Smith finished with eight points and just one offensive board against Nebraska in the Big Ten tournament, one of many Terps to underwhelm in the early exit. And in the thick of conference play in February, Smith had a four-game stretch where he didn’t reach double-digit points.

Oftentimes, Smith’s lack of production seemed rooted in mismatches where he was outmuscled. After losing 69-55 to Michigan State on Jan. 21 — in which Smith scored six points on 3-for-8 shooting — the forward began extra strength work- forward jalen smith averaged 11.7 points and 6.8 rebounds as a freshman. He earned outs to improve his finishing 5 double-doubles, including two in his final four games. frances moyonero/the diamondback

down low against formidable matchups.

At times, it seemed to pay off. Against Wisconsin on Feb. 1, Smith scored five points and pulled down just four rebounds, rooted to the bench with foul trouble for large chunks of the loss. But he displayed his potential in the next two games, combining for 34 points in wins over Nebraska and Purdue.

He backed it up with an impressive performance in the NCAA tournament, especially against LSU’s frontcourt — likely the toughest matchup fo r h i m a n d so p h o m o re forward Bruno Fernando this season.

“Jalen did so many great things for our program this season and his potential was on full display in the NCAA Tournament,” Turgeon said in a release. “He has the opportunity to take his game to another level as he works with our strength and coaching staff this offseason. Jalen is a special individual from a great family and we are excited

to have him return to College Park.”

Smith has often been reminded of his frontcourt partner’s decision last year.

Fernando decided to return to Maryland for a second season and saw his NBA stock soar, although Fernando’s decision regarding the NBA Draft remains to be announced.

“A lot of people tell me to look at Bruno, him coming back,” Smith said March 22.

“I know he took that path, and maybe my path will be the same, maybe it won’t be the same. But I’ll just do what’s best for me and best for my team.”

Smith’s return ensures the Terps’ impressive freshman class stays together. The group accounted for 50 percent of Maryland’s minutes and scored 47 percent of its points this season. Smith averaged 11.7 points and 6.8 rebounds per game, earning him a spot on the Big Ten All-Freshman team.

what happened on that play, although they don’t reach many conclusions — Could Pigrome have tucked it and ru n? Shou ld Jone s have continued his route? Did Pigrome need more touch on the pass?

“I don’t know,” Pigrome said. “That’s the biggest thing we’ve been trying to figure out.”

Pigrome remembers his eyes going wide when he looked back and saw Jones open. His pass was off target, though, so the upset bid collapsed, and the season was effectively over.

The near-miss has Jones and Pigrome looking forward to traveling to Columbus, Ohio, on Nov. 9 with a chance to avenge the play that’s stuck with them for the five months

since Jones fell to the ground in dismay, two points short of a season-defining win.

“Rewatching that play over and over just kind of bummed me out a little, cause I feel like, we were there,” Pigrome said.

“That play’s still going to be in the back of my head until we play them again.”

eligibility on the line. But Maryland never had a chance on the road against No. 15 Penn State, ending the season with a whimper and leaving Pigrome and Jones to contemplate the near-miss all offseason.

Three weeks into spring practice, under new head coach Mike Locksley, the pair said they’ve attempted to turn that letdown into motivation.

“I remember everything about that play,” Jones said. “I try not to watch it that much, unless I need a little push to get me an edge on a workout, on a practice day.”

Pigrome said he’s talked to his teammates about the need to finish the job next time, completing an upset rather than flirting with one.

And he and Jones often discuss

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women’s lacrosse

wild win over wildcats No. 2 Terps take down Northwestern following weather delay, venue change

By Matthew Gilpin | @matthewwgilpin | Staff writer

attacker kali hartshorn had two goals and an assist against Northwestern, helping the Terps overcome an early deficit and topple the Wildcats in a three-hour marathon that had six ties, seven lead changes, one lightning delay and two venues. marquise mckine/the diamondback

T

he Maryland women’s lacrosse team found itself battling not only No. 6 Northwestern on Thursday, but also the weather.

After a 45-minute lightning delay with the game knotted at 12, the game was forced inside to the Wildcats’ practice facility.

When the game was outside, attacker Jen Giles struggled to create against the Northwestern defense. Being face guarded all night, Giles was forced to adapt.

After the restart, Giles led the Terps to a dominant final stretch in which they outscored the Wildcats 5-1 en route to a 17-13 win. The victory clinches at least a share of the Big Ten regular season title.

Thanks to three goals in 50 seconds, the Wildcats were able to keep the Terps on their heels for much of the first half.

A balanced attack led by attacker Selena Lasota and a stout defensive effort led by goalkeeper Mallory Weisse proved to be a formidable match

throughout for Maryland (15-0, 5-0 Big Ten).

But facing their biggest deficit of the season, the Terps found an answer.

Attackers Kali Hartshorn and Brindi Griffin used highlightreel goals to trim the deficit to one, but Weisse continued to stand tall and not give up the lead.

Midfielder Erica Evans sparked the comeback with a well-placed shot to cut the lead to 7-5 with five minutes before halftime. That was soon

followed by midfielder Grace Griffin, who used a well-timed fake to create enough space to cut the lead to one.

Evans capped off the run and tied the game with a pointblank shot after a perfect pass from Hartshorn.

The second half started similarly to the first, with Northwestern scoring the opening goal. But Maryland didn’t let the Wildcats (9-4, 3-1) momentum last.

Giles finally found the back of the net and just 54 seconds

later, attacker Caroline Steele gave the Terps their first lead with one of her four secondhalf strikes.

Much like Maryland, Northwestern refused to acquiesce, and the two blue bloods continued to trade goals as the rain and wind picked up. Evans and Steele buoyed the Terps in the second half but they were matched by the tandem of Lasota and midfielder Izzy Scane.

After the weather delay with the score tied at 12, Maryland

finally took control.

G i l e s g a ve t h e Te r p s another lead, 13-12, with 10:54 remaining in the game, and Steele’s fifth goal of the game opened up the contest, as early parts of a 6-1 run.

M i n u te s l a te r, B r i n d i Griffin added another and Northwestern couldn’t recover.

A Lasota goal brought the Wildcats back within one, but goals by Evans and Hartshorn sealed the win for Maryland. sportsdbk@gmail.com

gymnastics

Up-and-down year had promise, disappointment Ugly postseason scores blemished campaign that had plenty of highs With one rotation David Suggs @David_Suggs3 remaining during Staff writer a March 4 meet against George Washington, the Maryland gymnastics team had a chance to accomplish what it couldn’t three days earlier.

Facing the Colonials and BYU on March 1, the Terps finished by putting up their worst score on vault in more than a month, leading to a disappointing 194.825 and two losses.

But with a rematch looming against George Washington later that week, Maryland was confident it could overcome the pitfalls that undid the team in the first meeting. Sure enough, with just one rotation left — this time, floor — the Terps returned to form. by

Sophomores Collea Burgess and Audrey Barber powered the Terps to victory, earning a 9.925 and 9.875, respectively, to push the squad to a narrow victory over their former East Atlantic Gymnastics League rivals.

Maryland’s performance in its rematch with the Colonials was a defining moment in a season of growth. While the youthful squad struggled with consistency at times and couldn’t make the leap from good to great, the Terps rode numerous impressive performances to a second consecutive appearance in the NCAA Regionals and now appear well-positioned for the future.

“It’s been a great year,” coach Brett Nelligan said.“This is going to rank right up there with one of our best years in program history.”

An up-and-down start to the

season saw the Terps lose two of their first three meets, culminating in a season-worst display against Michigan on Jan. 26 — where, unexpectedly, the Terps dipped below 194. But Maryland hit its stride in February, breaking 195 in each of its four meets that month.

“We decided to ignore everything that’s negative around us,” sophomore Emilie LeBlanc said March 4. “I think it helped us tremendously.”

After a few hiccups in the beginning of March, the Terps improved even further, topping 196 in each of their last two regular-season meets — including earning the fifth-highest score in program history on Senior Night.

This effort gave Nelligan’s squad seemingly endless confidence heading into the postseason.

“I’m really impressed with how this team has really come together,” Nelligan said in March.

“They’re really themselves and they’re believing in each other

sophomore emilie leblanc was one of the Terps’ most consistent performers on beam, but she fell at NCAA Regionals. Coach Brett Nelligan’s team counted a fall on beam in each of its final two meets, suppressing its postseason scores. tyler ecker/the diamondback and it’s all happening at exactly the right time.”

But the mid-year hiccups returned.

Maryland finished eighth in the Big Ten championships, and despite clinching automatic qualification into the NCAA Re-

gionals, the Terps were unable to hit the heights their promising performances to end the regular season may have foreshadowed, finishing in fourth place in the Athens Regional.

“It’s certainly not the way we wanted to finish,” Nelligan

said after the regional meet. “I know they’re a little upset right now. But in the days and weeks to come, they’ll reflect on the amazing things we’ve done this season.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

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men’s lacrosse

new bosses in town midfielder logan wisnauskas (left) and attackman jared bernhardt have taken the reins of the men’s lacrosse offense, greatly increasing their assist numbers following the graduation of stars Connor Kelly and Tim Rotanz. alex chen/the diamondback

Bernhardt and Wisnauskas stepping up as engine of Terps’ attack

By Eric Myers | @ EricMyers531 | Staff writer

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n the fourth quarter of Maryland men’s lacrosse’s 16-12 win over Michigan on April 6, attackman Jared Bernhardt lurked behind the net while his teammates passed the ball around and looked for an opening.

As Bernhardt crept forward and cut around the net, midfielder Logan Wisnauskas whipped him a no-look pass from 12 yards out.

Within seconds of maneuvering to the goalkeeper’s right, Bernhardt caught it and flicked in the shot.

After the Terps lost much of the production from last year’s offense, the Bernhardt and Wisnauskas duo has shouldered the responsibility of playmaking for an attack that averages over 13 goals per game, with each of them benefiting from the other’s skill set. “ T h ey b o t h a re ve r y s m a r t players. They have a high IQ, they have great anticipation and instincts,” coach John Tillman said.

“So a lot of times, those two guys are almost a step ahead of the play.”

Last season, then-senior mid-

fielder Connor Kelly was the undisputed catalyst of Maryland’s attack, posting 36 assists to go with his 46 goals. Fellow senior Tim Rotanz had the second-highest assist total with 21.

With those departures, Bernhardt and Wisnauskas have become more inclined to distribute the ball on the attack after mainly being scorers last year. “ Coa c h says i t a l l t h e t i m e — ‘Connor Kelly’s not walking through the door, neither is Tim Rotanz,’” Wisnauskas said. “Those guys were our leaders last year.”

Bernhardt and Wisnauskas have accounted for 50 of Maryland’s 103 assists through 12 games.

Bernhardt has 23 assists, constantly forcing defenders to decide between defending his ability to get to the net or take away the passing lanes he can exploit.

Wisnauskas, meanwhile, possesses a lethal shot, but has shown an increased ability this season to f i n d o p e n tea m m a te s w i t h skip passes and extra passes this season, leading to 27 assists — after

he totaled 15 all of last year.

“You look at those two guys, and I’d argue they’re top-two as far as lacrosse IQ on our team,” midfielder Will Snider said. “Where to be with the ball, without the ball, I think that is something that kind of sets them apart from everyone else.”

Tillman said both players have dedicated themselves to staying after practice to work on all areas of their games, and watching film to study further progressions they need to make. That extra work is a part of both players’ “desire to be great, not just good,” Tillman said, and their increased passing skills are a part of that quest.

That drive has also enabled them to develop a chemistry that has been on display during games this season. Against Michigan, Bernhardt and Wisnauskas each assisted two of each other’s goals.

B e r n h a rd t a n d W i s n a u s ka s combining on scores was rare last season, with Kelly and Rotanz usually doling out the assists.

The duo only combined for four

scores in 18 games as a tandem last year. But through 12 games this season, Wisnauskas has nine scores off Bernhardt assists, and Bernhardt has seven goals off Wisnauskas’.

When Maryland faced Rutgers on Sunday night, Bernhardt and Wisnauskas faced goalkeeper Max Edelmann, who entered leading the nation with 15.9 saves per game. But the pair — and the team — found openings in a second-half blitz. Wisnauskas ended with two goals and three assists and Bernhardt scored three with one assist.

Snider, a senior who’s played alongside great Maryland two-man combos like Matt Rambo and Colin Heacock or Kelly and Rotanz, marvels at the Terps’ attacking duo that’s emerged this season.

“They’re special,” Snider said.

“It’s really fun watching them play. And it’s cool being a part of what they’re doing, and I’m really blessed to be a player in the system with them.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

football

Terps still rue missed 2-pt conversion Bid for upset and bowl eligibility came inches short vs. No. 9 Ohio St. As the ball whizzed past wide receiver Jeshaun Jones’ outstretched left hand in the east end zone at Maryland Stadium, Maryland football’s postseason hopes fell by the wayside, too.

In overtime against No. 9 Ohio State, interim head quarterback tyrrell pigrome completed six of 13 passes for 181 yards and a TD against coa c h M a t t C a n a d a h a d Ohio State, but his failed 2-point conversion effort still haunts him. julia nikhinson/the diamondback elected to go for a gameby

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winning two-point conversion rather than force a second overtime with an extra point. But when quarterback Tyrrell P igrome rolled right and was pressured with a defender in his face, Jones stopped in a soft spot in the coverage rather than tracking the gunslinger out wide. Pigrome’s pass led him too far to the right, and the Terps fell, 52-51.

J o n e s d ro p p e d to t h e turf, face down, hands on

his helmet. Pigrome kept running toward the sideline.

Five months later, that play — so close to a stunning upset that would’ve clinched bowl eligibility — continues to resonate deeply for quarterback and receiver.

“I’m still not over it,” Pigrome said. “That was the game that could’ve taken us to a bowl game, you know what I’m saying?”

Early in the game, so much had gone right for the Terps.

Running back Anthony McFarland broke off an 81-yard score, then followed with a 75-yard gallop that helped

build a commanding 17-3 lead by the end of the first quarter, putting Maryland in position for the best win of a season filled with offfield turmoil and on-field inconsistency.

Pigrome, filling in for the injured Kasim Hill under center, supplemented the Terps’ running attack by completing six of 13 passes for 181 yards and a touchd ow n . H i s 13 t h a t te m p t going awry, though, wiped away all the good that came before it.

See conversion, p. 10