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Bridge collapse shuts down Greenbelt Metro Concrete falls onto tracks after crane strikes pedestrian bridge; Metro, MARC lines suspended By Jeremy Snow and Katishi Maake @JeremyM_Snow, @dbkcrime Senior staff writers Metro and MARC train services between the College Park and Greenbelt stations shut down yesterday after a pedestrian bridge collapsed onto the tracks, authorities said.
The bridge, which spans from the 5100 to the 5400 block of Berwyn Road, collapsed at about 2:30 p.m. after an unretracted construction crane near the tracks accidentally struck the bridge, said Mark Brady, chief spokesman for the Prince George’s County Fire Department. No injuries have been reported. Buses replaced the service between
College Park and Greenbelt, in addition to more Yellow Line trains running during rush hour, Metro representatives said. “All Yellow Line services are going to run to and from College Park to supplement Green Line service,” Metro spokeswoman Morgan Dye said after the collapse. Dye said the Green Line running from Branch Avenue to College Park was operating regularly. A pedestrian bridge near Berwyn Road collapsed yesterday after a construction accident, causing Metro See collapse, Page 2 and MARC train services between College Park and Greenbelt stations to shut down. josh loock/the diamondback
SGA passes support bill for conduct code shift Decision prompted by racist, sexist email that surfaced last month By Taylor Swaak @tswaak27 Staff writer
Students Dharani Krishnamoorthi and Nicole Lang collect tampons and funds in front of McKeldin Library to distribute to homeless women in Washington as part of the No Taboo. Period. campaign. rachel george / the diamondback
Going with the flow Five female students work to reverse feminine hygiene stigma and help homeless By Grace Toohey @grace_2e Senior staff writer For five undergraduate women, talking openly about pads and tampons is no cause for shame. The words merely represent items all women need. Period.
Working to reverse the stigma surrounding feminine hygiene products while also helping the local homeless community, the Do Good Challenge group No Taboo. Period. has collected more than 2,700 pads and tampons and about $300 for a women’s shelter in Washington.
“When you ask people, ‘What do you normally donate to the homeless?’ how many times have you heard them say pads and tampons?” said team member Urooj Fatima. “When you realize the severity of the situation, it’s actually so important.” The women collected products
and money outside McKeldin Library yesterday for the largest event of their campaign, which began in mid-March. They more than doubled the donations they had received from previous presentations and bins around the campus. See period, Page 2
The SGA unanimously passed a resolution last night supporting a proposal to revise the Code of Student Conduct following the surfacing of a racist, sexist email sent by a former Kappa Sigma fraternity member in January 2014 that went viral last month. The resolution passed 16-0, with no abstentions. The proposal — which highlights potential university policy changes, such as creating a campuswide protocol to address cases of hate speech and making changes to Greek life expectation requirements — is a See sga, Page 3
SLAP hosts walk-out for labor relations
Good Tidings chef to take cooking talent on the road
50 rally for wage raises, improved worker rights
Rogers to compete in nat’l college challenge
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By Jessica Campisi @jessiecampisi Staff writer Will Rogers began his college career at Pennsylvania State University studying computer science. But after a summer job working with a chef, he was encouraged to attend culinary school. “In college, I just really wanted to do something different,” said Rogers, who is now the Good Tidings Catering and Green Tidings food truck executive chef. “It was intriguing, and
Chef Will Rogers puts finishing touches on a dish in the Green Tidings food truck. the guy I worked with told me I should go to culinary school if I was interested in it. And that’s what I did.”
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Fifteen years later, Rogers has won an American Culinary Federation gold medal and took first
place at the National Association of College & University Food Services 2015 Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference at Gettysburg College in March. He will be competing in the national cooking competition as one of six regional winners in Indianapolis in July. “We are just so, so proud of him,” said Maureen Schrimpe, Dining Services quality coordinator and nutritionist. “For Maryland and for the department, it’s a big honor.” Dining Services spokesman Bart Hipple said Rogers’ skill and originality in the kitchen makes
Undergraduate and graduate students rallied yesterday to pressure the university administration to raise campus wages and expand contingent workers’ rights. About 50 people attended the Fight for Fifteen Walk-out, organized by this university’s Student Labor Action Project, an economic justice group. The advocates gathered outside McKeldin Library at about 11:45 a.m. to share their views. Chris Bangert-Drowns, SLAP
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style of food that they want and making the kind of dish that they were looking for,” Rogers said. “I really thought I’d win the first two times, but I gave them a lot on my plate to judge. I want to do as well as [Schraa] did, and I’d like to win if I can.” This year, the protein was buffalo flank steak, and Rogers made a chili-rubbed steak as his dish in the regional competition. Schrimpe said it’s not just about the food for the judges, who are certified by the American Culinary Federation. They also look at the cleanliness of the chef’s station and knife skills and award points in various categories. T he chef w ith the most points is declared the winner, wh i le mu lt iple chefs ca n be awarded gold, silver or bronze medals. Rogers plans to practice his dish a few times before July, but he feels confident in his ability to compete. “I’m pretty humble, so I’m not thinking I’m going to win off the bat, but if I get gold, I’ll be satisfied,” Rogers said. “I absorbed knowledge at the regional competition, and if I execute well, I think I have a chance [at winning].”
him stand out. “Chef Will is a very creative and active chef. He’s got a lot of energy and a lot of enthusiasm. He’s got tremendous knowledge and skill,” Hipple said. “If you eat his food and read his menu, it’s just amazing what he comes up with.” Schrimpe, a member of this year’s National Culinary Committee, said the Culinary Challenge Committee chooses a different protein every year to be featured in each chef’s dish. The protein is announced to the competitors ahead of time, and the chefs submit the recipes they plan to use in December before the regional competitions, Rogers said. At the event, contestants have an hour to make a meal with cooking utensils and a stove top. Rogers attended the NACUFS Mid-Atlantic Conference in 2012 and 2013, but was the runner-up for the region. Last year, Rogers’ sous chef, Tom Schraa, was the regional winner and the runnerup in the national competition in Baltimore, losing by a tenth of a point, Schrimpe said. “It’s about figuring out the jcampisidbk@gmail.com
A construction worker climbs to check for a point of failure at the site of the bridge collapse over Metro tracks near Berwyn Road. Metro and MARC train services between the College Park and Greenbelt stations shut down yesterday after a pedestrian bridge collapsed on the tracks around 2:30 p.m. josh loock/the diamondback
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bridge’s metal fencing hung crookedly. R i s s e B ro t h e rs S c h o ol From PAGE 1 U n i f o r m s e m p l o y e e A l i Metro workers crowded Jalloh was near the bridge at around the scene as the about 2:30 p.m. He said he c o n c r e t e f l o o r o f t h e heard a “very loud banging overpass lay on a con- noise,” looked outside and tainer that construction saw a crane hit the bridge and crews had set up. Above sparks go off. The existing construction t h e M e t ro t ra c k s, t h e
work halted as Metro officials and firefighters arrived at the scene. The accident forced an arriving Green Line train to sit in front of the debris for about five minutes before going backward, Jalloh said. Un ique Clea n i ng Solutions General Manager Angel Rivera works in a building next to the tracks.
“ T h e re i s a lw a y s h i g h traffic on the bridge because it connects to Lake Artemesia,” he said. “I was on it, like, yesterday.” As of last night, there was no estimate as to when the section of Metro track would reopen. jsnowdbk@gmail.com, kmaakedbk@gmail.com
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kidney infections, urinary tract infections, toxic shock syndrome, which can lead to death,” said Hadley, the No Taboo. Period. team leader. “I don’t think people are aware.” I n i t i a l l y, t h e t e a m o f women set out to collect 500 products, but they quickly reached that goal and extended to 1,000 — wh ich t h e i r e v e n t We d n e s d a y helped them surpass. W h i le t he women sa id they were met overwhelmi ng ly w ith positive reactions to their project, they did struggle to reach the male population, Fatima said. By collecting money, not just products, the team gave men a better chance to donate to the cause. “All the males we talked to, they definitely thought it was a problem that seemed important, but they just had never thought about it,” said Fatima, a sophomore community health major. Engaging students in conversation is the best way to take away the stigma surrounding the subject, said Nicole Lang, a member of No Taboo. Period. One product costs about 25 cents, Lang said. The group w i l l c ont i nu e col le c t i n g products and money through May, and at the end of the collection process, they will visit N Street Village to make their final donation. “It’s one th i ng to ra ise money,” said Lang, a senior c r i m i n o l o g y a n d c r i m inal justice and psychology major, “but it’s another to really interact with people and meet them on a personal level and see who you are truly impacting.”
On Monday, the No Taboo. Period. group made it to the sem i f i n a l s of t he fou r t h annual Do Good Challenge, an eight-week competition among 69 teams that’s aimed at encouraging students to participate in philanthropy. T hey w i l l present thei r latest successes and plans today, in the hopes of becoming one of the top three teams in the final competition April 28. The first-place winners will receive $5,000 for their chosen cause. Senior Megan Hadley said she came up with the idea to donate pads and tampons to a local shelter after reading about the issue and when she volunteered at Washington’s N Street Village. N Street Village is a community for homeless and lowincome women that provides a range of services including housing, hot meals, health ca re and necessa ry fem inine products, said Megan McKinley, the group’s donor relations manager. “When you’re a regular girl having your period, there are things you need,” McKinley said. “When you’re homeless, that doesn’t change. T he se pro du cts a re ver y important to help women with basic needs as well as self-respect.” Hadley, a physiology and neu robiolog y major, sa id pads and tampons are not only necessary, but they are vital to a woman’s health. Not having access to feminine products, or using one for too long, can be detrimental, she said. “ T h e h e a l t h r i s k s a r e gtooheydbk@gmail.com
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Holocaust survivor recounts story to 100 at Maryland Hillel Silver Spring resident Allan Firestone, 82, visits the campus for Holocaust Remembrance Day By Grace Toohey @grace_2e Senior staff writer A l m o s t 76 y e a rs a f te r his hometown of Kolomea, Pola nd — now western U k ra i n e — w a s i n v a d e d during World War II, 82-yearold A l l a n F i re s tone s t i l l vividly remembers the horrifying scenes and inhumane crimes of the Holocaust. “Somehow, by pure chance, pure luck, I survived,” the Silver Spring resident said. Firestone came to speak to more than 100 students at Maryland Hillel last night, the start of Yom HaShoah — the Jewish term for Holocaust Remembrance Day — which continues today. The date serves to honor the 6 million Jews killed by Nazi forces during World War II and to commemorate the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, during which Jewish young adults took up arms against the heavily armed German soldiers. Students joined i n on a special version of the Mourning Kaddish prayer, which included references to concentration camps, as well as lit memorial candles for the lives lost. “People should know what happened because a lot of people nowadays deny the Holocaust even happened,” Fi restone sa id. “So I feel as long as I’m still able to, I want to give testimony of what really happened.” Firestone’s parents and eldest sister were originally
arrested, leaving four children to fend for themselves. T hey sp ent t he ne x t few years trying to survive in a ghetto, during which time his two other sisters died — one who was arrested for bringing beets for their family to eat, and the other who tried to escape. “We never found out what happened to them,” Firestone said. F i restone su r v ived t he Holocaust because a friend’s maid hid him and his older sister in an apartment for the latter part of the German occupation, he said. Upon liberation, he was 11 years old. After the war, he said, he lost touch with the woman whose apartment he spent more than a year hiding in. “The anti-Semitism was so strong that the maid did not want anyone to know that she helped us or hid us,” Firestone said. F i restone sa id t he few Jewish survivors in their town congregated together to form a community of about 15 people, until he moved to America with his sister. They immigrated to the U.S. in 1947, three years after the Soviets liberated his town. Senior Jared Stein said he was honored to hear Firestone’s story and wisdom. “It’s rare that we’re able to hear from a survivor of the Holocaust, so I feel lucky I was able to go to an event like this,” the international business major said. “It’s important to understand some of our
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wages From PAGE 1 Allan Firestone, 82, a Holocaust survivor, speaks to 100 at Maryland Hillel last night. sung min-kim/thediamondback history; it’s part of our story and parts of our family, so it’s important we hear from survivors and lessons.” Ju n ior a r t m ajor M ichelle Hahm came to the event to hear Firestone’s story, but also to portray it visually. She said she is working on a book of Holocaust testimonies, for which she will paint portraits and share stories to engage new audiences. “I hope it will further Holocaust education. I’m appealing to a non-Jewish audience, because I’m not Jewish,” Hahm said. A lly T urkheimer, the Taglit-Birthright Israel engagement coordinator at Hillel, was especially excited to host Firestone, a longtime family friend whom she re fe rs to a s “Grandpa F.” “It’s important to know the past to understand the future,” Turkheimer said. gtooheydbk@gmail.com
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co-president, said the event was an effort to show student solidarity with the campus workforce, which he labeled “the foundation of the university.” Fight for $15 is a national movement that began when a group of fast-food workers in November 2012 protested low pay and called for a $15 minimum wage. The movement has since gained momentum, and today workers and other demonstrators across the country are rallying for increased wages. “It’s not a far-fetched idea,” Bangert-Drowns said. “For decades now, wages have remained stagnant — especially the minimum wage — all at a time when corporate profitability and growth have reached n e w a n d u n p re c e d e nte d heights, and we don’t see the university as being an exception to this.” T h i s s t ate’s m i n i m u m wage is $8 an hour and is set to increase to $8.25 an hour July 1. The Prince George’s County minimum wage is $8.40 an hour. The living wage for a single person in Prince George’s County is about $13.20, according to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s living wage calculator. “That jumps to $25.02 for one person with one dependent,” he said. “Given the fact that a lot of workers on campus have families to support, in no way is the wage on campus that’s being paid to most workers a sustainable wage.”
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step toward helping the university community recover, said Student Government Association President Patrick Ronk. “This proposal is a way to show students that we need to move forward in a productive way, and we need to heal,” Ronk said. The policy changes are largely focused on the idea of education over punishment when dealing with students connected to hate speech, Ronk said. “We hear [student] concerns about how the student wasn’t punished,” Ronk said. “This proposal is about making the student body a better, more inclusive environment — more than just punishing people.” Proposed policies include hosting talks with the affected groups to show the student the harm he or she has caused, having the student write a public apology to the university community and making the student involved, as well as other affiliates, engage in sensitivity training and take additional classes relevant to the issue, according to the proposal. “Multiple students received this email and did not take the responsibility to report it,” the proposal states. “This implies a culture of reinforcement by those affiliated.” The proposal also included
The group marched down McKeldin Mall toward the Main Administration Building, chanting, “Loh, step off it, put workers over profit.” Five SLAP members then went inside and delivered a letter to the administration. Bangert-Drowns said administration agreed to meet with SLA P to discuss the group’s concerns. Communication doctoral candidate Yvonne Slosarski said she spoke on behalf of graduate assistants on the campus, who she said feel t h e y a re n o t a d e q u a te ly compensated. “T he u n iversity works because we do, and the university works because you all do,” Slosarski said. “Now it’s time for the university to do what it needs to do for workers. And importantly, that includes graduate assistants.” Homa Hajarian, a freshman English major and SLAP member, said the campus workforce is “overworked and underpaid.” “They don’t make a living wage,” Hajarian said. “This is an issue that needs to be addressed.” University Human Resources Assistant Vice President Jewel Washington said the entry-level wage for a full-time university employee is $10.98 an hour. Many contingent workers — who are considered part-time or temporary employees — including some Dining Services workers and housekeepers are paid this wage, and some have the ability to negotiate benefits, Washington said. Other seasonal or intermittent workers who do not work
full time do not receive the same benefits. Washington said these benefits include subsidized medical care, tuition remission and paid days off. “We’re actually ahead of the game when it comes to minimum wage, because if you look at all the benefits and everything … we’re actually above the $15 an hour,” Washington said, adding that the administration is open to meeting with SLAP. “I don’t think you can just take base pay; you have to look at everything.” D on M itc he l l , a u n ion member and electrician for Residential Facilities at this university, said campus wages are low considering the skill and responsibility required for positions. Greater worker involvement and solidarity among the campus community could help create progress, he said, adding that he hopes for a more civil work environment in the future. “Everybody wants money, but here you don’t even get respect [from your employer],” Mitchell said. “You just feel like you never win.” SLAP suggested this university could finance a wage increase by reappropriating wages from the top-income earners to the bottom-income earners, allocating funds from capital construction projects or lobbying Annapolis for funds earmarked for wage increases. “It’s really a matter of convincing administration that this is one, feasible, and two, ethically necessary, both of which I believe are pretty apparent,” Bangert-Drowns said.
a recommendation to the university to continue working with Greek life on openness and inclusion, as well as a suggestion to expand the existing Resident Life policy concerning racial slurs, sexist comments and generally derogatory language to all campus departments. Ronk said the SGA provided university President Wallace Loh and other administrative members with a draft of the proposal after a town hall meeting two weeks ago. Brian Ullmann, this university’s marketing and communications assistant vice president, confirmed in a statement that the administration has the proposal, and the Office of the General Counsel and Office of Student Conduct will review the suggested changes. “A University is an ideal place for new ideas and frank discussion and debate on issues important to us all,” Ullmann w ro te . “ We w i l l a l w a y s applaud and encourage students who speak up for what they believe in.” Because the Un iversity Senate has to vote in favor of policy changes before they can reach Loh’s desk, SGA shared governance director Ryan Belcher said the next step following the bill’s passage is creating a formal proposal to present to the senate. The senate proposal will
also be sent to Loh, Andrea Goodwin, student conduct director, and Linda Clement, student affairs vice president, Ronk said. Belcher said the senate, if it chooses, could task its Student Conduct Committee with looking into the policy changes and creating a report to present to the Senate Executive Committee. “We want the campus input, so in making sure the senate starts considering this relatively soon, essentially right at the start of next year’s academic cycle, we can start getting that process moving forward officially,” Belcher said, noting it could take up to a year for the senate to render a final decision. Both Ron k a nd Belcher said the biggest roadblock in trying to enact a university hate speech policy that narrowly defines hate speech and includes it as a Code of Student Conduct violation is the fact that hate speech is generally protected under the First Amendment. The SGA proposal said it sought to create a universitydefined concept similar to fighting words — defined as written or spoken word meant to incite hatred or violence — for hate speech, since fighting words are not protected under the Constitution.
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ith just two Republican governors since the 1960s, this state has long counted itself among the most liberal in the nation. And while a predominantly blue Annapolis and electorate have worked the state into a financial corner at times — prompting the success of Republican Gov. Larry Hogan’s campaigning on fiscal restraint — they’ve also placed the state at the forefront of social progress, particularly when it comes to LGBT issues. In November 2012, voters legalized same-sex marriage by referendum, joining Maine as the first states to approve such measures by popular vote. (At the time, voters had passed bans on same-sex marriage in more than 30 states.) In May, former Gov. Martin O’Malley signed into law a bill protecting transgender people from discrimination in matters of employment, credit, housing and use of public restrooms, amid harsh criticism from Republicans. Both legislative efforts helped cement O’Malley’s legacy as a progressive arbiter of civil rights, a reputation state residents should keep in mind even as Annapolis’ attention has turned more toward fiscal matters. Now, less than three months into his administration, Hogan — forced to beat back attacks on his stances (or
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lack thereof) on social issues during his campaign — has a chance to make a similar impact. The General Assembly passed a bill earlier this month that would let transgender state residents obtain new birth certificates that reflect their preferred name and gender without indicating any change on the documents. OUR VIEW
As the transgender community continues to be marginalized, the new governor should support more than just economic reforms. The bill isn’t without its stipulations: The secretary of health and mental hygiene can only render new certificates for residents if the state’s health and mental hygiene department receives information from a licensed health-care practitioner stating they have had a sex change or a diagnosed intersex condition, or a court order proving gender misidentification. As a traditionally marginalized population, transgender residents might meet difficulty in proving their misgendering on official documents.
Nonetheless, this legislation offers a clear, commonsense step toward societal fairness for transgender residents. The bill allows residents’ state-issued documents to more closely reflect their identities, a boon to anyone, especially those for whom gender identity has been the subject of internal and often external conflict in the past. The bill promotes easier access to employment for transgender residents and further dissuades other forms of discrimination, according to its sponsors and proponents. While others might take proper gender identification for granted — indeed, for many, the only chance of being misgendered comes in the form of clerical errors — for transgender residents, an inaccurate birth certificate is just one more place to face gender identity obstacles. On a campus that consistently makes strides to cater to LGBT students, it’s important to stop and take stock of the state of LGBT relations elsewhere in the state and nation, which are often typically slower to progress on social issues than college campuses are. Should Hogan prove receptive to the sentiments of his legislature and constituents, this state can further close that gap and do right by its transgender residents.
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record or statistic for the publication to consider. With the dawn of the view count, all of these factors are redefined and so too is the pressure on The Diamondback. Timing is important, but if a publication is more than 24 hours late to a story, it might as well have missed it. Online has a competitive advantage over paper here — I wouldn’t wait until the next morning to pick up the paper and read about a fire, but I also wouldn’t wait more than an hour if student reporters had to study for finals instead of reporting. Significance has become totally irrelevant in favor of trending power. If a story can be spun as part of a greater trend, it doesn’t matter how many people were involved. I wouldn’t suppose even a tiny percentage of students here knew what #GamerGate was, but tapping into the massive, nationally dispersed movement brought a disproportionate number of readers to my column a few months ago. Our local understanding of prominence is completely obliterated online. You and I know who university President Wallace Loh is. But between an article about Loh and an article that attracts off-campus or national attention by being more trendy or timely, his name adds nothing. Proximity, one would hope, is still relevant. But the ease with which a writer can draw readers from all over the nation is enough to distract the purpose of a campus paper. Attracting nationwide interest is good for business, but The Diamondback’s audience can’t stop being in College Park just because it doesn’t have the same physical presence there. Every online publication is fighting the urge to become McNews. Personally, I’m not optimistic. When I graduate, I’ll keep The Diamondback in my feed. Maybe I’ll read it. I’ll tell you to do the same, and maybe on your way to class it will catch your attention more strongly than a BuzzFeed article or a tweet by Jaden Smith. Writing and reading locally focused news is a struggle of discipline — I hope we can win, but at the end of the day, the best way for The Diamondback to cover College Park is to be present in College Park, regardless of the cost.
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he first thing I remember doing with The Diamondback is drawing on it. I don’t remember what I saw when I read the paper cover to cover; I just remember that when I had run out of words to read as I pointedly ignored my UNIV 100 professor, I carefully used my pen to shade and outline the Testudo statue that used to be on the nameplate. The Diamondback has always been the ubiquitous, convenient, innocuous low-tech time-waster. When students walk into class and realize they won’t be able to get away with reading their phones, or sit down to lunch and realize they can’t type with their hands full of sandwich, The Diamondback is always there. At least for now because next semester, The Diamondback will switch to printing just once per week. With that change, The Diamondback will join the herd of media none of us delude ourselves into believing we can keep up with. I follow The Diamondback on Twitter. I also follow three other news publications, a handful of friends, some celebrities and a man who tweets every time he throws an egg onto the roof of his local Home Depot. Of these accounts, only The Diamondback was able to catch my attention in person. Online, it’s drowned out. The online change could also impact The Diamondback’s office the same furtive way it’s rattled the rest of the journalism industry. Now competing primarily with national news and everyone’s tailored entertainment feed, The Diamondback has to go big and begin to consider journalism’s true lord and master: The view count. Any journalism major could tell you the five factors that make a story newsworthy: timing, significance, prominence, proximity and human interest. S u p p o s e d ly, i f a n a r t i c l e matches these factors well, it could be popular. Not that a journalist before the 21st century E m m a A t l a s i s a s e n i o r could have known for sure — government and politics major. She can reading a piece of paper leaves no be reached at eatlasdbk@gmail.com.
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wo weeks ago, members of this university’s Student Labor Action Project, Countable at UMD and the United States Student Association went to Capitol Hill to lobby three Maryland politicians: Sen. Ben Cardin and Reps. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger and Steny Hoyer. We sought these leaders’ opinions and made sure they knew how students felt about some crucial issues. The first topic on our agenda was the proposed Senate budget to cut $150 billion of student aid. The USSA has been working on a program that would increase the availability of Pell Grants. This reform would also include ways to fund the program. One way is by putting about $66 billion the government makes off student loans back into student aid programs. Lobbying turned out to be more emotional than we had anticipated. Because student poverty is taboo on the campus, we tend to shy away from thinking about malnutrition, dropping out and the anxiety that comes from crippling debt. Talking about these personal issues was difficult, but we felt it was necessary to convey to our representatives how much debt impacts our everyday lives. If enacted, these programs will be the first step in solving the student debt crisis.
We then discussed with the representatives another way of increasing funds: The financial transaction tax, aka the Robin Hood tax on Wall Street. Levying a 0.5 percent tax on the stock transactions of everyday traders would generate an estimated $300 billion per year. That’s $300 billion by taxing just 50 cents of every $100. This $300 billion of revenue could be used for many things, such as funding for higher education, working toward ending AIDS and helping people in poverty. All three staff members we spoke with did not give us a definitive position and weren’t as familiar with this financial transaction tax. Cardin voted against the Republicanproposed budget that passed in Congress, and a member of his staff assured us that if these Pell Grant reforms were brought to the Senate floor, he would co-sponsor this legislation. Ruppersberger’s staff was more reluctant to agree to these changes but assured us making education more affordable is something they want to do. Hoyer similarly thinks education is a top priority. Our meeting with Hoyer left us disappointed. As you might know, he is College Park’s representative and attended this university in the 1960s, and he has always shown strong support to
students. However, during our meeting we were told that because of his leadership position — house minority whip — he couldn’t do anything. His job is to sway party members’ votes when legislation is debated in the House, but he should be doing more than that. His leadership position does not impede him from advocating important issues. He has the power to be the one to take initiative and bring forth our concerns about the student debt crisis. Yet his aide seemed disinterested with our stories and our proposals. Despite our disappointment, we plan on following up with these representatives to continue promoting our ideas. These visits were just the first step in providing free higher education to all. If you are interested in joining the cause, consider joining Countable at UMD and SLAP. We won’t stop until everyone receives their right to education. Matthew Lowe is a freshman government and politics major and a Countable at UMD representative. He can be reached at matthew.lowe5526@gmail. com. Danny Alarcon is a junior English major and a Student Labor Action Project representative. He can be reached at dannyalarcon3@gmail.com.
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esterday, a campaign to “Fight for $15” was staged across the country. This movement supports efforts to pay all employees at least $15 per hour. Here at this university, we are proud that we have already eclipsed this benchmark for all full-time university employees when you factor in benefits. In addition to providing a living wage, the university also provides nonexempt employees: —Shift differential that provides extra pay to employees for certain shifts —Accelerated annual leave earnings schedule (an additional day a year for the first five years of service) —Three personal leave days each year — Fo u r te e n h o l i d ays ea c h year, and an additional holiday in general or congressional election years —One hundred percent tuition remission for employees and eligible family members (tuition remission at other University System of Maryland
institutions is 50 percent for eligible family members) —T h e u n i v e r s i t y p a y s 8 0 p e rce n t o f e m p l oye e s ’ h ea l t h insurance premiums —Full-time employees earn 15 workdays per year, accrued on a biweekly basis The university has long demonstrated its commitment to every employee. Last summer, we successfully concluded negotiations with our union for nonexempt employees that resulted in higher wages, lower parking costs and a number of other enhancements to the university’s work environment. Through our collective efforts, we have demonstrated a commitment to continual improvement for every employee. This university, the union and the students all share the same goal: to create a healthy and positive workplace environment for all employees. Jewel Washington is assistant vice president of University Human Resources. She can be reached at jmwashin@umd.edu.
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ESSAY | DAREDEVIL
IT’s Fun to fight fair Why Daredevil’s refusal to see eye to eye with the vigilante ways of his super-contemporaries makes all the difference By Danny Parisi @Danny_Parisi_ Staff writer Superheroes have always rubbed me the wrong way. There’s something disturbing about the flagrant disrespect for democracy, the blind trust placed in those with exceptional powers to ignore hundreds of years of arduous democratic bricklaying and take something as complex as justice into their own hands. How many of the criminals Spider-Man left webbed up in front of a police station actually saw justice? There is no evidence, no testimony, just an implicit trust that whomever these heroes point the finger at is guilty. Of course, not all comics are so myopic. Alan Moore’s Watchmen showed a side of superheroes that was decidedly less heroic, prone to corruption and mental illness. Even more grim depictions of superheroics came
in Moore’s run on Miracleman or Mark Waid’s Irredeemable, in which superpowers and mental breakdowns produce terrifying acts of catastrophic violence. But even with these deconstructions (and subsequent reconstructions, such as The Avengers), the notion of superheroes has never quite sat well with me. Why is it that the only two options are paragons of unquestioned justice or dangerous sociopaths an inch from destroying our cities? With the release of Daredevil, Marvel’s Netflix series, millions are being introduced to one of the darkest of horses in the Marvel superhero stable, and I couldn’t be happier about it. Daredevil is probably one of the most interesting characters to use as a study of morality and justice in a superhero setting. They say justice is blind. Though Stan Lee might not have intended Matt Murdock’s blindness as a metaphor when he
DAREDEVIL now fights crime on Netflix in Marvel’s new series. Photo courtesy of Youtube.com created the character in the ’60s, the trait has been mined for years as a reflection of Daredevil’s obsessive quest for justice while his character evolved from essentially blind Spider-Man to someone darker, more starkly focused on crime and punishment. Heroes like Batman or Iron Man come from staggering wealth and privilege, but Matt is from a broken home in the (at the time of the character’s creation)
poor, dangerous neighborhood of Hell’s Kitchen, New York. He’s observed firsthand how corruption, violence and crime can bring ruin to families more than any cosmic supervillain. His own father, a hero in young Matt’s eyes, turned to crime to provide for them. When he left that life behind so his son would be proud of him, his employers were not happy. Young Matt was left an orphan. And where
Batman and Iron Man use their wealth to finance bigger and better toys to play with, Matt fights crime on two fronts: at night as Daredevil and by day as an attorney. It’s his civilian life, and how it informs his heroic life, that fascinates me. While the fantasy of the vigilante bringing justice to criminals in the nighttime is exciting, the ethics of it bother me too much. I’ve seen how easily vigilante justice can turn into senseless violence and witch-hunting. Members of the Ku Klux Klan were vigilantes. There’s a reason it’s illegal. As broken as the justice system might be, at least it’s organized — it can be reformed. What happens if Batman’s definition of justice doesn’t match the public’s? There’s no system in place to change that. Unlike other heroes, Daredevil works to make his city a better place through the systems already in place. It’s only when
those systems are broken, when the guilty manipulate the system to escape justice, that Matt goes outside of the law. All his frustration at the legal system he so fervently believes in is unleashed when the sun goes down. In that way, his vigilantism is almost a character flaw rather than the main appeal, as it is with someone like Batman. Daredevil is the only hero I don’t want to see fighting bad guys. With every Daredevil story, I can’t help but hope against hope that this time the guilty will face justice and the innocent will be protected the way they’re supposed to be, that tonight Matt won’t have to put on the horned mask and deal out the just desserts that were unjustly withheld. When his blind eyes turn toward his city, overrun with corruption and violence, I can’t help but imagine he’s thinking the same thing. dparisidbk@gmail.com
ESSAY | IN PRAISE OF “TRAP QUEEN”
Fit for the throne How Fetty Wap’s dope anthem “Trap Queen” is climbing the charts with unprecedented aggression By Matt Schnabel @Matt_Schnabel For The Diamondback I’ve never sold dope. The only things I’ve introduced to my stove are Tyson buffalo-style chicken strips. I drive a 2003 Ford Windstar in basic blue — with all the back seats removed. The swagger wagon (which sadly retains little in the way of mid-aughts swagger) reliably tops out at close to 65 mph before emitting an unsettlingly powerful rattle. I’ve never rolled a sack. I’ve never even rolled Backwoods, though the one time I took a hit off a roommate’s gravity bong, it elicited a coughing fit so violent I vomited and was left yearning for the sweet release of death. That said, the first time I heard “Trap Queen,” that effervescent paean to love in the bando, I was a Gucci Mane guest verse away from hopping in the kitchen and trying my hand at whipping up a few bricks myself. At this moment, Fetty Wap, the one-eyed wunderkind behind the boy-meets-dope-meets-girl anthem, is sitting pretty at No. 6 on the Billboard Top 100. “Trap Queen” held that spot last week,
too, so this likely heralds the end of its improbable but meteoric rise. (Don’t cry because it’s over; smile because it happened.) No. 6, though certifiably hot and respectable for any single built around Pusha T-grade drug felonies, isn’t quite “Uptown Funk” territory. Last week, the Mark Ronson-assisted Bruno Mars joint broke the record for most consecutive weeks at No. 1. In layman’s terms, your mom might’ve heard “Trap Queen,” but Wap isn’t performing it on The Ellen DeGeneres Show any time soon. All the same, the number of rap and R&B songs that have reached the top spot in the U.S. since the turn of the decade is fewer than 15, give or take a few Juicy J-assisted Katy Perry singles. Macklemore features prominently (twice), as does “Like a G6.” At this point, “Trap Queen” — a trap-leaning single backed by reasonable street credibility — is venturing into mostly uncharted waters. Since 2010, Eminem (“The Monster,” “Not Afraid,” “Love the Way You Lie”), Jay Z (“Empire State of Mind”), Macklemore (“Thrift Shop,” “Can’t Hold Us”), Far East Movement (“Like a G6”), Pitbull (“Timber”), Wiz Khalifa (“Black and Yellow”) and Iggy Azalea (“Fancy”) have been the only artists to top both the Billboard Hot Rap
Songs and Hot 100 charts. Of those 10, only Jay Z touches upon drug dealing, while Far East Movement, Khalifa and Eminem flirt with drug use. Wap, arguably the world’s most ebullient dope boy, has succeeded on mainstream charts perhaps in spite of his subject matter. It’s a testament to the song’s largely unprecedented crossover appeal, skewing toward and surpassing that of O.T. Genasis’ similarly cokedout “CoCo,” and Bobby Shmurda’s “Hot N----,” last year’s dark-horse candidate for song of the summer. (Curiously enough, “Hot N----” also peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard charts.) Unlike the latter two, however, Wap has produced a stupid-catchy megahit largely without the help of Vine-fueled gimmicks, one that makes writing him off as an unlikely one-hit wonder a bit more difficult. Since dropping a rough version of “Trap Queen” independently in March 2014, Wap — born Willie Maxwell in hardscrabble Paterson, New Jersey — has signed with Lyor Cohen’s 300 Entertainment, which boasts the likes of Young Thug and Migos, and performed with Kanye West. He’s also released two mixtapes, Up Next and
Zoo Style, which comprise 31 tracks ranging from functional to excellent. Notable guest features in the wake of his chart takeoff include “Promises,” a collaboration with “Harlem Shake” producer Baauer, and a song-swiping turn on LoVel’s “The Move.” Wap’s considerable gift for crafting screwball trap-influenced sing-alongs suggests he could easily fall into the same role as Future, who’s serviced a good number of the hottest hooks of the past two years with an assist from Auto-Tune. It’s not inconceivable that Wap, more melodic and easier to digest for those with pop-heavy musical palates, could have a few more bangers on the order of “Trap Queen,” especially if he sticks to the same formula and leans on his singing. I want a world in which Fetty Wap boasts as many No. 1 singles as Katy Perry. I want Fetty Wap to win trap its first Grammy. I want Fetty Wap hosting Saturday Night Live. All good things; all things that seem just within the realm of possibility in the wake of his impossibly hot debut single. But mostly, I just want “Trap Queen” to stay in our hearts forever. diversionsdbk@gmail.com
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cole From PAGE 8 John Tillman urged him to start using his right hand to become a more well-rounded player. Cole’s done just that, and he’s overcame several other obstacles to establish himself as a solid contributing player in a new country. “The biggest transition for me was really working on my right hand,” Cole said. “Really trying to get that [right hand] stronger to build up to expectations of what the coaches expect of us.” Before joining the Terps, Cole built up quite the reputation in Canadian lacrosse, earning team offensive MVP honors in 2011 at Hill Academy. The squad also featured eventual Georgetown attackman Reilly O’Connor, who is second on the Hoyas with 19 goals. But Tillman emphasized that Cole needed to learn how to shoot and pass with both hands in order to become a more productive player. So during his first few years in College Park, Cole stayed after practice and worked on shooting and passing with his right. He also sought out LoCascio, who Cole said is
midfielder bryan cole makes a move toward the goal during the Terps’ win over Loyola on April 8. The Canadian has developed a strong right hand with the Terps. alexander jonesi/the diamondback “pretty strong with both hands,” for help. That wasn’t the only adjustment Cole had to make, though. Canadian lacrosse is faster-paced and much more physical, Cole said. “[American lacrosse] is a lot more cerebral,” Cole said. “You need to really value the ball because you’re not going to get it back every 30 seconds.”
While it took some time for him to adjust to the style of play, Cole said he fit in with his teammates immediately. Former Terps Jesse and Jake Bernhardt were two of the first he met, and they helped him feel relaxed in his new surroundings. Cole was feeling comfortable with his new team and continuing to adjust to
the American game early in his freshman year. But after seeing time in two of the team’s first five games, he suffered a season-ending wrist injury. “I just missed it so much,” Cole said. “It’s always hard for any competitor to watch their brothers and teammates practice every day. You really want to be a part of that.”
Cole had surgery, but he played with Canada’s U-19 team that summer. Yet his wrist flared up again, and he had a second surgery going into the 2013 season. He didn’t suit up for his redshirt freshman year until the fifth game of the season and went scoreless in six appearances. The following campaign, Cole played in all 17 games and
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From PAGE 8 Terps as a 2016 Final Four contender in recent weeks. Stone’s in position to be a significant contributor upon his arrival. “Diamond is the best postplayer in the country,” Scout. com recruiting analyst Evan Daniels said through a university news release. “He has great touch, can score on the block, is a good shot blocker and is one of the elite big men in the country. Diamond will make an immediate impact and is a big signing for Mark Turgeon and the University of Maryland.” Junior college point guard Jaylen Brantley joins Stone in the Terps’ recruiting class, and forward Robert Carter Jr., a transfer from Georgia Tech who led the Yellow Jackets in rebounding as a freshman and a sophomore, will gain eligibility this fall. So Turgeon expects the Terps to adopt a different style of play during their second season in the Big Ten. After spreading the floor with four perimeter players and using 6-foot5 wing Dez Wells as his primary post threat last season, Turgeon will look to run the offense through
Terps fans cheer on the team during a 59-53 upset win over then-No. 5 Wisconsin on Feb. 24 at Xfinity Center. Stone and Carter on the inside in 2015-16. “We can be more of a conventional team where we can post Diamond, we can post Robert,” Turgeon said. “Diamond gives you a big body, he’s a winner — he’s won everywhere he’s been. He can score, he can score right- or left-handed around the rim, he’s a good passer … and then he’s just a big physical presence.” Turgeon said Stone and Carter will give the Terps more “thickness” in the frontcourt and help the team improve its rebounding. “He will go and fit right into
the scheme of the game and accomplish really great things at Maryland,” Bob Stone, Diamond’s father, said in the university news release. But the rebounding and low-post scoring aren’t the only reasons Turgeon’s giddy about signing Stone. During the coach’s first few years in College Park, the Terps struggled to produce positive results on the court and also had a few near-misses on the recruiting trail. Class of 2012 five-star prospect Mitch McGary considered playing for Turgeon before spurning the Terps for Michi-
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gan, and Aaron and Andrew Harrison, twin guards ranked as top-10 players in the 2013 class, chose Kentucky over the Terps after a heated recruiting bout. Lately, though, Turgeon’s fo r t u n e h a s t u r n e d . He nabbed Trimble as the jewel of last season’s freshman class, and now he’s signed Stone, an accomplishment four years in the making. “We’ve finished second many times with these kids,” Turgeon said. “It was nice to win a battle.” akasinitzdbk@gmail.com
in a row when you have no room for error,” coach John Szefc said. “You have no net to work with.” Kawahara replaced left fielder Tim Lewis in the starting lineup after he hadn’t rested for a game all season. Entering Wednesday’s game, Kawahara had started 18 games in place of injured center fielder LaMonte Wade, who returned to the starting lineup Saturday. The freshman, making his first start in left field, probably saved a run in the fifth with an inning-ending diving catch. He also drew four walks and drove in another run with a sacrifice bunt. “He gives us a spark,” Szefc said. “We’re a pretty good team when he plays.” While the Terps’ late fireworks salvaged a victory, a midweek starter put the team in an early hole again. Right-hander Bobby Ruse surrendered four runs in 2.2 innings in his fifth start of the season. The senior surrendered eight hits and two walks before right-hander Ryan Selmer replaced him. Selmer was one of five Terp relievers who combined to shut out the Flames over the final 6.1 innings. Right-hander Kevin Mooney
was a crucial part of the secondline midfield, as he scored five goals and added seven assists. Tillman rewarded the junior with a starting spot this season. “He does a good job making sure everyone is on the same page,” Tillman said. “[Cole] really does a solid job of finding guys and making the extra pass.” Now, Cole feels acclimated to the American game. He can shoot and pass with his right hand, and he doesn’t rush to get rid of the ball the way he did while playing in Canada. In fact, he’s developed into one of the Terps’ more reliable passers. His 11 assists rank second on the team to attackman Matt Rambo, who regularly attracts double-teams but is able to find open teammates. That’s why Cole plays top-center for the Terps’ man-up unit, which has compiled a .360 percentage (second in the Big Ten). It’s just another sign that h e ’s g row n co m fo r ta b l e playing more than 400 miles from home. “Just knowing that Cole is on the field, everyone needs to have their heads up,” attackman Dylan Maltz said. “He’s always looking for people.” jneedelmandbk@gmail.com
“IT’S HARD TO HAVE THAT MANY TOUGH AT-BATS IN A ROW WHEN YOU HAVE NO ROOM FOR ERROR. YOU HAVE NO NET TO WORK WITH.” JOHN SZEFC
Terrapins baseball coach came on after the Terps’ comeback to notch his fourth save of the season. Mooney began the year as the Terps closer, but later transitioned into a starting role. In his third start Sunday, Mooney gave up an unearned run in 1.1 innings while struggling with his control. “We’re going to try to take it one game at a time,” Szefc said of Mooney’s appearance. “We wanted to get him back on the mound.” After trailing 4-0 through three innings, the Terps clawed their way back into the game. Starting in the fourth, the Terps scored a run in three straight innings. But it took the ninth-inning rally with two outs for the Terps to capture another comeback victory. “That’s a really good win for our team,” Szefc said. “Not too many negative things you have tonight.” psuittsdbk@gmail.com
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COLE WORLD Canadian midfielder continues adapting to U.S. game while serving as key contributor By Joshua Needelman @JoshNeedelman Senior staff writer With three-and-a-half minutes remaining in the second quarter of the Terrapins men’s lacrosse team’s 9-8 win at Rutgers on Sunday, Bryan Cole directed a pass to midfielder Joe LoCascio and took a few steps backward. As LoCascio dodged left, Cole’s defender slid to LoCascio, who passed back to Cole. The midfielder lined up his feet, whipped his stick behind his head and fired a left-handed bullet into the top right corner of the net. Shots like that helped Cole shine while playing a different style of lacrosse at The Hill Academy in Ontario, Canada. But when Cole joined the Terps in 2012, coach See COLE, Page 7
midfielder Bryan Cole sprints down field during the Terps’ 13-4 win over Michigan at Byrd Stadium. The junior ranks second on the team with 11 assists this season. reid poluhovich/the diamondback
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Turgeon reacts to five-star recruit joining program By Aaron Kasinitz @AaronKazreports Senior staff writer It wasn’t long after Mark Turgeon accepted the head coaching job with the Terrapins men’s basketball team that assistant coach Bino Ranson came to him and said, “We got to go to Milwaukee.” A physical and talented center was about to start high school in Wisconsin’s biggest city, Ranson explained. Even then, back in 2011, Ranson believed Diamond Stone would develop into one of the country’s best prep players, and he asked Turgeon to give his recruitment the green light. “And I said, ‘Really? We got enough problems here to not be thinking about a freshman,’” recalled Turgeon, who was tasked with rebuilding a program sapped of talent at the time. “But we went out anyway.”
Three ninth-inning runs cap comeback road victory By Phillip Suitts @PhillipSuitts Staff writer
Coach mark turgeon yells out to his team during the Terps’ 69-65 win over Nebraska on Feb. 19. They lost in the Round of 32 of the NCAA tournament. alexander jonesi/the diamondback Four years later, the memory of that scene was on the forefront of Turgeon’s mind when Stone, who became a McDonald’s All-American and a top-10 player in this year’s class, signed financial aid documents yesterday morning that made his commitment to the Terps official. Stone’s the highest-rated recruit to join the team in Turgeon’s tenure, and his signing marks the latest milestone for a program on a steady upswing. “Because Diamond is ranked so high, it energized your fan base and it energizes the team,” Turgeon said. “Our team was really excited about Diamond, and our team worked really hard to recruit Diamond during his visit and throughout the year. Whenever you’re able to get someone as talented as he is and as highly thought
of as he is, it energizes a lot of people.” Stone, whom ESPN ranks as the seventh-best recruit in his class, joins a Terps team coming off its first NCAA tournament appearance since 2010. The squad spent the last four months of the 2014-15 season ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 and earned a No. 4 seed in the Midwest region of the NCAA tournament before falling to West Virginia in the Round of 32. A few days after Stone tweeted his decision to verbally commit to the Terps on March 27, all-Big Ten point guard Melo Trimble announced he would forgo the NBA draft and return for his sophomore season. Forward Jake Layman followed suit, and pundits have labeled the
The Terrapins baseball team was down to its last strike yesterday when right fielder Anthony Papio stepped into the batter’s box. With a runner on third and the Terps trailing by one, Papio focused on putting the ball in play. His plan worked. Papio drove the ball out of the reach of the diving third baseman for an RBI single. Outfielder Kengo Kawahara walked in the go-ahead run after Papio’s hit to help the No. 24 Terps cap a four-run comeback and earn a 6-4 win at Liberty in Lynchburg, Virginia. The Terps entered the ninth inning down 4-3 but scored three runs in the final frame, all of which came with two outs. They took advantage of Liberty’s miscues — one error, one hit batter and two walks — and tallied two
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hits in the final frame to overcome another poor midweek start. “We all believe in one another and what we can do,” Kawahara said. “Even when it came down to the last strike or the last out, we all knew these guys can get it done.” Catcher Kevin Martir started the ninth-inning rally with a two-out double. Third baseman Jose Cuas, who was also down to his last strike, followed with a sharply hit ball to the left side, which third baseman Jake Kimble mishandled. Then, Papio delivered the game-tying single. “The rest of my teammates did a really good job,” Papio said. “Jose and Kevin set that inning up and gave me a chance to do that.” Two bases-loaded walks pushed the Terps in front and added an insurance run. “It’s hard to have that many tough at-bats
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