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After investigation, the body doesn’t plan to take action The University of Maryland’s MaryPIRG said Saturday it leaked more than 400 students’ phone numbers to two parties running in the SGA elections — but the body doesn’t intend to take any action as a result. MaryPIRG, a nonprofit student lobbying group that bills itself as nonpartisan, sent Empower Maryland and Unite UMD a spreadsheet of information it collected through its Survey Corps campaign. The initiative aims to compile students’ concerns and ideas about ways to improve the campus, said Tino Fragale, the group’s president. In addition to a litany of students’ names and concerns, the sheet listed 450 phone numbers — something Fragale said he didn’t realize before he sent it. “It was always a dream of mine for the SGA to craft their platform to understand what students wanted, based on their comments,” said Fragale, a senior independent studies major. “I did not intend for any campaign to have the phone data.” The Empower Maryland ticket — which won the presidency by a wide margin and secured all but three legislative seats in the Student Government Association elections Wednesday — texted 70 of the 450 numbers Monday and Tuesday asking for votes before the leak was realized. Ireland Lesley, the body’s president-elect who ran on the Empower ticket, was not available Sunday afternoon for comment. Fragale said he told Empower Maryland to stop using the numbers when he realized what was happening. Sabah Rana, a sophomore who ran unsuccessfully as an architecture school representative on the Unite ticket, received two text messages from an Empower Maryland ticket member. Rana reported the breach to the SGA’s election commission Tuesday night. “I feel like it’s really deceitful to be taking numbers from an organization that’s told everyone they’re gonna be nonpartisan,” the architecture and art history major said. “It’s such a violation of privacy.” But Nancy Jin, chairwoman of the SGA’s threeperson elections commission, said the commission chose not to take any action after investigating the claim. “There wasn’t a specific election rule that was violated, so it’s not really under our purview,” said Jin, a senior government and politics major. “These election rules are kind of vague, so maybe the people who are editing and revising the rules for next year may want to take it into consideration.” MaryPIRG, which did not endorse a party in the elections, is funded through the Student Activiby

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Adith Thummalapalli compiled a report to track inaccesibility for disabled students across the campus. It was recently endorsed by the SGA. julia nikhinson/the diamondback

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write down observations in an attempt to document inaccessible buildings and other obstacles across the campus. Slowly, his notes grew to a 43-page report. And on April 3, the Student Government Association passed a resolution to publish Thummalapalli’s report and use it as an effort to urge the administration to make the campus more accessible for students with disabilities. “We want to see these issues fixed,” said SGA By Victoria Ebner | @victoria_ebner | Senior staff writer Speaker of the Legislature Noah Eckman. “There’s no reason that so many things on campus should be One night last September, Adith going so long being inaccessible for some people.” The resolution passed 31-0 with one abstention. The report includes pictures, notes and testimoThummalapalli showed up to the nies from students with disabilities and regulations University of Maryland’s Kent of the Americans with Disabilities Act, proposing solutions for everything from missing curb cuts Hall, excitedly toting a birthday to inaccessible bathrooms in the South Campus Dining Hall. card and a king-sized Kit-Kat bar. Many of the problems Thummalapalli identified are already being tracked in the university’s 2016 He had helped to plan this day for two weeks — a sur- ADA Transition Plan, but he said the school hasn’t prise 20th birthday party for one of his best friends. made it a priority to resolve them. He hopes his Before he left, Thummalapalli, who has a physical report — and the SGA’s endorsement — will help disability and uses a wheelchair, checked online and spark change. “It just makes it easier for university officials and made sure that the dorm had a wheelchair symbol next to it — which indicates there are accessible staff and faculty to see the report, because SGA is such a large organization and they have more comrooms in the building. However, when he got to the dorm, he found that munication channels,” he said. “We can do our part he’d need to use the stairs to access the part of the and try to spread the word, but it’s just easier and building where his friend’s room was. Unable to do more impactful for a large organization to spread so, he waited outside until his friend came to see the word.” In a statement, a Facilities Management spokeshim. They talked for about five minutes, he gave her person wrote that the department “want[s] to hear the gift, and he went home alone. from members of the community who are experiThe party went on. “It was literally six stairs,” the junior mechanical encing accessibility issues on campus.” “If a student-created report is submitted to our engineering major said, “that prevented me from … office, we will review it to better understand current spending that night with my friends.” Four days later, still fueled by his anger and frus- accessibility needs and concerns,” the statement tration, Thummalapalli began to take pictures and read. See adith, p. 8

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Lesley to be next SGA president The Empower Maryland candidate received more than 2,000 votes The University of Maryland SGA announced Wednesday that Ireland Lesley will be its next president after one of the most highly contested elections in recent history. Lesley ran on the Empower Maryland ticket, centering her platform on transparency and student involvement in the Student Government Association. As part of her campaign, the junior government and politics major said she reached out to over 100 campus by

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clubs and organizations to see what kind of change they wanted to see on campus. “I’m elated,” Lesley said. “I’m glad that students really resonated with our mission and our goals.” Of the 4,051 votes cast for president, Lesley received 2,179, or 53.8 percent. YOU Ticket nominee Andrew String was second with 20.3 percent, Unite UMD nominee Taylor Green was third with 15.5 percent and Chicken Broth for Your Soul candidate Barath Srinivasan was fourth with 10.3 percent. “I just tried doing something, and I tried to get people to vote, and

it was a good experience to have,” said Srinivasan, a sophomore computer science major. “I sent Ireland an email…saying it was a good campaign and it was fun.” In addition to focusing on i n c rea s i n g c o m m u n i c a t i o n between the students, administration and the SGA, Lesley hopes to improve sexual assault prevention programs on campus and educate students prior to entering the university. Lesley’s victory follows a chaotic election cycle for the student governing body. The election was postponed five days — from April 10-12 to April 15-17 — to “allow for current standing appeals and complaints to be thoroughly and fairly processed.”

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CRIME BLOTTER By Jeff Barnes | @thejeffbarnes | Senior staff writer

On April 14 at about 4:40 p.m., University Police responded to Fraternity Row for a reported assault. A female said she had been assaulted by another female earlier that morning on the sidewalk between the Alpha Epsilon Phi and the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority houses at about 2 a.m., police spokesperson Sgt. Rosanne Hoaas wrote in an email. The two females know each other, and the victim did not sustain any injuries, Hoaas wrote. This case is active.

12:20 a.m., a University Police officer was walking in the Chapel Field area when he saw a male standing by himself in the pedestrian tunnel. The officer spoke to the male, a student at this university, who was holding “CDS paraphernalia” and admitted to smoking marijuana, Hoaas wrote. The student was issued a civil citation for possession of less than 10 grams of marijuana and was referred to the Office of Student Conduct. This case is closed. Police also made four CDS arrests last week, according to daily crime logs: one Tuesday near the Denton Community, two Wednesday — one at Greenbelt Road and one at Centreville Hall — and one Thursday at Easton Hall.

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On April 14 at about 12:30 a.m., University Police approached three people who appeared to be drinking from a bottle of alcohol near the intersection of Hotel Drive and Route 1, Hoaas wrote. T he of f icer rea l i zed the group was not drinking alcohol, but did smell marijuana. Two of the men, neither of which are affiliated with the university, were issued civil citations for possession of less than 10 grams of marijuana. Both cases are closed. On Tuesday at about

On April 14 at about 2 a.m., University Police responded to a vehicle parked by Cambridge Hall for a person inside the vehicle that needed assistance. The male passenger — who was under 21 — was taken to the hospital for alcohol-related issues for further evaluation, Hoaas wrote. T he d river, Ch i-Sen Wang, 22, of Hyattsville, was arrested for furnishing alcohol to an underage person, Hoaas wrote.

University of Maryland Police responded last week to reports of assault, CDS violations, an alcohol violation, among others, according to police logs.

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GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION: A NATIONAL RESEARCH COLLABORATION SUMMIT School of Public Health Hosted by the School of Public Health. sph.umd.edu BIKE YO: BIKING AND YOGA AT LAKE ARTEMESIA RecWell Bike Shop , Cole 0249, 4 to 6 p.m. Hosted by DOTS. dots.umd.edu SEXUAL ASSAULT & VULNERABLE POPULATIONS: PROTECTIONS AND SERVICES FOR UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS Stamp Student Union, Grand Ballroom Lounge, 12 to 2 p.m. Hosted by the Office of Civil Rights and Sexual Misconduct. ocrsm.umd.edu

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INFORMATIONAL SESSION: PATHWAYS TO CITIZENSHIP Stamp Student Union, Juan Ramon Jimenez Room 2208, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Hosted by the Office of Multicultural Involvement & Community Advocacy. umd.edu WOMEN LEADING ARCHITECTURE II COLLOQUIUM Architecture Building, Great Space, 2 to 4:30 p.m. Hosted by the School of Architecture, Planning, & Preservation. arch.umd.edu MARYLAND READS DAY Stamp Student Union, All Day. Hosted by America Reads*America Counts . go.umd.edu

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“sit down on the curb” without identifying themselves as police. Prince George’s County Police received a call shortly before 11 p.m. that four males were skateboarding in front of cars near the entrance to the Landmark apartment complex and acting like they’d been hit, said spokesperson Jennifer Donelan. Donelan said the officers arrived on the scene to find Juan Cardenas, a 17-year-old from Silver Spring, in the street “doing skateboard tricks.” She said they tapped him on the shoulder to ask him to leave the

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As a freshMaria Trovato m a n a t t h e @mariatrov University of Maryland, Staff writer M ichael Jacobsen found himself living in Ellicott Hall — one of eight dorms on the campus without air conditioning. He remembers sleeping in his floor’s lounge last fall to escape the heat. “It was just super hot and humid,” the biology and economics major said. “I know a bunch of other people did that as well.” By the end of the projects outlined in the Department of Resident Life’s updated o n - ca m p u s s t ra te g i c housing plan, Ellicott Hall will have air conditioning — and a host of buildings across the campus will also see updates. The document, released April 15, lays out plans for delaying the demolition of Carroll, Caroline and Wicomico halls, moving up the demolition of Old Leonardtown, and renovating a handful of other dorms across the campus. The outline — which spans 15 years — was last updated in 2014. “With any 15-year longterm plan, it’s prudent that you pause to take a step to look and see if there are updates that are necessary, or if there are things that are done in the landscape that have maybe shifted priorities,” Resident Life spokesperson Tracy Kiras said. C a r ro l l , C a ro l i n e a n d Wi co m i co H a l l s a re expected to be closed in fall of 2021. If they were removed

in summer 2020 — as was originally planned — the university likely wouldn’t have enough space for students, Kiras said. The buildings will remain in use until two new dorms on the Varsity Practice Field are ready for use — ideally by fall 2021, Kiras said. Next year, doubles in Caroline, Wicomico and Carroll Halls will be turned into singles to phase out the buildings. “This past year, we saw an influx of freshman students accepting admission to the University of Maryland, which created a bit of an occupancy crunch for us this fall,” Kiras said. Resident Life’s updated housing plan pushed back the demolition of Wicomico (above), Carroll and Caroline Halls to the fall of 2021. evan kramer/the diamondback

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residential facilities director E l l i co t t , C u m b erl a nd , Cecil, Chestertown, Hagerstown and La Plata Halls will see major renovations, while Elkton, Easton, Centreville, Denton and Bel Air Halls will undergo moderate ones. K iras said the renovations are aimed at modernizing the buildings, including updating bathroom and lobby areas and providing more study spaces. Resi-

dential Facilities also plans to renovate the buildings to make them more energy efficient and accessible to disabled students, said director Andrea Crabb. Old Leonardtown is scheduled to be out of use by fall 2020. The building - built in 1972 - is being demolished largely because it is past its intended lifespan, Crabb said. She added that renovating it would be costly and unnecessary now that more occupancy is available. “[Old Leonardtown] was supposed to be tempora r y h o u s i n g ,” C ra b b said. “It’s time. We knew we were building the new hall, so we know we will have more modern, fresh housing available.” Mary Hood, a sophomore computer science major who lives in Old Leonardtown, said she

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Once Ellicott Hall reopens, renovations will start on Cumberland Hall — with students being relocated to either the new dorms or Ellicott. Crabb said Residential Facilities decided to move Cumberland Hall up in the renovation schedule because it’s the only building that still has its original windows, which they’d like to replace “sooner rather than later.” The updates were largely based on recommendations

f ro m B ra i l s fo rd & D u n l avey c o n s u l ta n ts, wh o conducted a review of the plan, Kiras said. They found that there was still a need for more occupancy to do renovations. “We’re excited to have a plan in place to renovate and modernize the existing residence hall facilities to meet the needs of students in today’s times,” she said.

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Inequality is often portrayed as a problem for the poor alone. Indeed, in a rich and unequal world, those left wanting are the primary victims. But a comprehensive critique of economic disparities must make clear that inequality also harms the rich, albeit in a different, less materially horrifying way. Being rich, the evidence suggests, turns people into monsters, and a compassionate society should not allow grotesque moral deficiencies to run rampant among the upper classes. Recent stories of terrible rich parents give us insight into the less-remarked-upon costs of inequality. There are the allegations of powerful parents going to extraordinary — and extremely illegal — lengths to secure spots for their kids at elite universities. More locally, some awful Montgomery County parents caused a stir by making racist comments at a town hall over school redistricting. One parent predicted that whites will be punished for “working hard and doing well,” and another said, incorrectly, “It’s not our fault those children don’t have opportunities.” In these two stories, money’s power to warp people is on perfect display: the desperate clinging to one’s spot atop a status hierarchy, the deep suspicion of outsiders, the callous disregard for communal needs outside one’s narrow self-interest. Wealth is terrible for you, morally, spiritually. It’s bad for

your kids, it’s bad for your soul. Piles of studies confirm this fairly elementary moral observation. Rich people, it seems, have trouble listening to others — and empathizing with them. They’re more likely to avoid paying taxes and they give comparatively less to charity. In one particularly clever study, participants were told that a jar of candy was meant for children in another lab, but offered the chance to take some anyway; richer people snatched twice as many pieces as poorer participants. Wealth facilitates all sorts of antisocial behaviors. For those of us who believe the state has some role in promoting virtue, this is reason enough to support economic redistribution. But I want to take the argument a step further: Being rich isn’t just bad because it encourages bad behavior — it’s a vice in itself. Even if the rich were on their best behavior, the mere possession of great wealth alongside staggering deprivation is wrong. Let’s start with a secular argument, which comes from writer A.Q. Smith. In a world where people have dire unmet needs, it’s wrong to hoard superfluous wealth. We can grant, for the sake of argument, that every billionaire came to their means justly — and still insist that retaining billions of dollars is impermissible, so long as material injustice persists. As a guide for achieving a just distribution, Smith advances the concept of an annual “maximum moral income.” A maximum moral income should provide for one’s basic needs, as well as reasonable luxuries. Smith

suggests roughly $100,000 per person and an extra $50,000 for dependents, with room for debate around the precise level. But income above that amount should be redirected — through taxation or some other mechanism — to satisfy the unmet basic needs of one’s conationals. That argument seems pretty reasonable to me, but it’s not why I think gratuitous wealth retention is immoral. For me, it’s the spiritual cost of wealth that’s important — being rich takes a tremendous toll on your soul. Most American Christians have probably heard the centrist spiel on wealth: It’s OK to have lots of money, as long as you don’t worship your money. This is a comforting story, but, as biblical scholar David Bentley Hart points out, it’s entirely inconsistent with the actual words of the New Testament. The scriptural support for this claim is too extensive for a (nominally secular) column, but here’s an example: Jesus unequivocally forbids the storing of earthly goods and tells his disciples that it’s easier for a camel to walk through a needle’s eye than a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God. But whether you think being rich in a time of profound inequality is intrinsically wrong or a mere moral hazard, and whether your justifications are religious, secular or both, the conclusion is the same: Taking money away from the rich is doing them a favor. They need to be expropriated, and quick, for the sake of their souls. maxfkcap2016@gmail.com

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School policy on medically excused absences hurts low-income students RAY NEWBY @OpinionDBK Columnist

Anyone who has taken a participation-based class at the University of Maryland likely knows the policy on medically excused absences. Students are allowed one self-signed excuse note per class each semester, and after that, professors may require medical documentation to excuse absences for illness. This procedure is likely meant to deter students from skipping class. But the existence of this policy could also harm the grades of students who can’t afford a doctor’s visit every time they’re ill. There’s no denying that participation in class greatly aids students’ comprehension of material and their grades as a result. The university is right to put structures in place to incentivize attendance, keep students honest and hopefully leave them with a high GPA for job applications or graduate school. However, the current policy only aids those who have the resources to comply with it. W h i l e u n d e rg ra d u a te students taking six or more credits are required to have h ea l t h i n s u ra n ce — a n d

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The wealth gap degrades the rich and poor MAX FOLEY-KEENE @MaxFoleyKeene Columnist

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the university-sponsored Student Health Insurance Plan is available to anyone who doesn’t have their own — many students on other plans have deductibles before any coverage is provided. The current policy requires these students to pay for a doctor’s visit potentially out of pocket if their deductible has not been met. This forces students who may not feel the need to go to a doctor but are too ill to attend class to pay for unnecessary medical treatment to protect their grade. Other situations may lead to disproportionate absences for low-income students. A solid majority of college students work while still in school, and in 2015, about 25 percent of those students worked full-time and had full course loads. Even with a meticulously planned schedule, most students can’t afford to miss work and potentially face repercussions if a conflict arises. In addition, a 2018 study found that 36 percent of university students were housing insecure, and 9 percent were homeless. These students have enough to worry about outside class — they shouldn’t have to fumble for an inapplicable

doctor’s note when they get sick. Classism and disregard for extenuating circumstances should not have a place at this university. With aid for low-income students such as the Campus Pantry and academic achievement programs, the university does attempt to support those struggling financially, but this attendance policy is inconsistent with those initiatives. The policy on medically excused absences should be amended to include other options for verified excusal from class, such as extra make-up assignments, that don’t require the student to pay to avoid a lower grade. A policy centered on make-up assignments still deters students from skipping class unnecessarily, as it means they don’t get out of doing classwork, and it allows them to participate in more material when they miss class. Steps such as these could help close the gaps in education and graduation rates between low-income and wealthier students and eliminate the class bias still present at this university. raynewby00@gmail.com

Businesses shouldn’t ban cash EMILY MAURER @emilyrosemaurer Columnist

As commerce becomes increasingly digital, cash is used less frequently. Some consumers use cash so infrequently that a handful of brick-andmortar businesses are adopting cashless policies. Sweetgreen, the fast-casual salad chain founded in Washington, D.C., slowly phased in cashless policies across their locations, going fully cashless in 2017. However, the supposedly forward-looking policy leaves many low-income consumers behind. Going cashless makes sense for businesses. Sweetgreen management said there are three reasons behind its policy change. It increases efficiency because it removes the task of making change, improves hygiene because employees don’t need to handle money and food in the same transaction and reduces the likelihood of break-ins, as there’s no cash to steal. But these reasons aren’t good enough to preclude a group of consumers from patronizing their business. Low-income neighborhoods are severely underserved by financial institutions. Between 2008 and 2010, 396 bank branches closed in lowincome and moderate-income neighborhoods (with median incomes of $50,000 and below), while 82 branches opened in neighborhoods where the median income is above $100,000. Although technology such as mobile deposit apps can bridge some of the gap in financial services that branch closures leave behind, not all financial services can be done remotely. Payday lenders and check-cashing stores are left to fill the gap in low-income neighborhoods, and they often charge steeper interest rates, taking advantage of residents’ lack of options.

The financial barriers that push some to rely on cash include minimum balance requirements and prohibitive fees. Melany De La Cruz-Viesca, the assistant director of UCLA’s Asian American Studies Center, says many recent immigrants often do not open bank accounts due to a lack of funds or distrust of banks. An estimated 14.1 million adults and 6.4 million children are considered unbanked by the Federal Deposit Insurance Company, meaning they do not have a savings or checking account. People of color make up a disproportionate amount of the unbanked population, and it’s composed of a variety of Americans, all with different reasons for relying on cash. They shouldn’t be excluded from any portion of the economy, regardless of whether they choose to use cash or if it’s their only option. Massachusetts and New Jersey are currently the only states with laws against discriminating based on forms of currency, but as more businesses move to ban cash, more cities and states are looking to strike down cashless policies. Philadelphia recently passed legislation requiring shops to accept cash, and Chicago, Washington, D.C., and New York City have all proposed similar legislation. Going cashless is a seemingly progressive policy, but it’s clearly prohibitive and discriminatory when viewed outside the privileged white, male lens that makes up most business leadership teams. The increasing number of cash-free businesses not only exposes the need for greater diversity in business leadership but also sends a sign that some businesses are only open to certain populations. Going cashless is classist, and it should be illegal. emrosma@gmail.com

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UMD needs sustainability training LIYANGA DE SILVA @OpinionDBK Columnist

The University of Maryland has many great sustainability initiatives and organizations. But at the same time, there isn’t enough information telling students — especially incoming freshmen — what they can do individually to help sustainability on the campus. GreenEdu would be an effective way to educate students on how to reduce their carbon footprints. GreenEdu, which is modeled after the online education program AlcoholEdu, is an online training program that would teach incoming students about this university’s sustainability practices. According to Residence Hall Association vice president Ben Reichard, the program is currently being developed and could be released at some point in the coming semesters. I implore the RHA to get this program up and running as soon as possible. Even though we have plenty of places on the campus to recycle and compost, I still know many people who don’t want to spare the time. I’ve seen countless people toss all of their recycling and compost into the trash bins in the Stamp Student Union food court without bothering to sort their waste. To me, recycling and composting are the absolute bare minimum we can do. Taking further steps — such as using reusable cups when you buy coffee or actively reducing food waste — are even better. GreenEdu should do three main things to combat this mindset. First, it should make sure students know what items go in which bins; it might shock them to know how much is actually compostable and recyclable, especially on the campus. Second, it should make students aware of additional measures they can take to reduce their own carbon footprint. It should recommend using reusable water bottles and only taking as much food as

you can realistically eat in the dining hall, as well as things such as turning off lights in your room and being conservative with water when you shower or do laundry. The third thing GreenEdu should do is the most important: It needs to convince students that conserving energy and reducing waste is actually their responsibility. One student pointed out that making GreenEdu a mandatory program might make students “tune out.” But a program like this must be mandatory. It’s easy to see reducing, reusing and recycling as negligible actions that have no impact on climate change, but if we commit to these principles, they’re by no means insignificant. To convince students this is something they should pay attention to, GreenEdu should paint a larger picture. Climate change doesn’t just mean more extreme seasons here in Maryland — it means the destruction of island nations such as the Maldives, Kiribati and the Marshall Islands by the end of the century, or sooner. It means flooding, landslides and natural devastation to some of the most impoverished and vulnerable communities across the globe. The severity of climate change should not be downplayed in GreenEdu, and hopefully this will be enough to convince students to pay attention. I have no idea whether my grandchildren or great-grandchildren will even get to see my country, Sri Lanka, as it is today. I also have no idea whether corporations and governments will get their acts together and make the necessary changes to slow the pace of climate change. What I do know, however, is that I’m reducing my carbon footprint in every way I can, and I hope everyone on this campus understands they need to do the same. liyanga.a.ds@gmail.com

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City hall to cost $8 million more than expected The increase is partially due to labor and materials costs College Park’s new City Carmen Molina H a l l i s n ow Acosta projected to @carmenmolina_a cost the city Staff writer close to $20.5 million — $8 million more than the initial estimate. The total cost of the redevelopment, which will be split between the city and the University of Maryland, spiked from about $30 million to close to $50 million. The estimate increased with the most recent plan that Design Collective — the architecture firm working on the project — put together with construction management company James G. Davis Construction Corporation. The cost increase is due to higher-than-expected labor and material costs, as well as a slightly increased square footage and other design changes, said Katie Hearn, senior vice president at Redgate, a real estate investment and advisory firm working as a consultant on the project. by

“For a schematic design in a project like this, we’re always higher than the budget,” Hearn said. “That is very typical of this level of design.” Hearn predicted that about $5 million could potentially be shaved off the total project cost with specific changes and adjustments, such as changing the heights of floors. Adjustments like that would hopefully bring the city’s cost down from about $20.5 million to $18.5 million, city manager Scott Somers said. But District 2 councilman P.J. Brennan feared that some of those decisions might sacrifice design elements that are a good investment in the future. “It’s not just about building a box and putting people in it,” Brennan said. “It’s about durability of the building.” The council plans to discuss its thoughts on the new price and decide what direction to take with the project at its next meeting on April 23, Somers said. The city hall renovation has been in the works for more

the new city hall’s increased cost is a result of higher-than-expected labor and material costs, along with some design changes. carmen molina acosta/for the diamondback the end of this year. While the cost is higher than initially estimated, Somers said the project is still financially in reach. A combination of different revenue sources such as grants, previously saved funds and contributions from the university could make up the difference. “It’s not really a matter of the city not being able to pay for it,” he said. “We’re pretty confident we can get there.” While officials hope the total cost to the city will be about $18.5 million, Somers suggested if the council increased the allotted out-of-

than a decade, though the council first officially voted on its location in 2014. The building — which is expected to include municipal offices, university offices and retail space — is part of a larger redevelopment project of the entire block at the intersection of Knox Road and Route 1. For the redevelopment, the city paid $1.6 million for two properties that are currently occupied by Shanghai Cafe and Subway. The leases on the other sites of the redevelopment, currently occupied by Smoothie King and Hair Cuttery, are due to expire at

pocket cost from about $12.5 million to $14.5 million, the remaining $4 million could be met using these other revenue sources. Somers echoed Brennan’s sentiment, saying the council should balance its budget while still investing in a space prepared for the city’s growth. “We don’t really know what the future holds,” he said. “We’re trying to build a building for 40 or 50 years, so we’re trying to be conservative, on one hand, without needing to build the Taj Mahal.” During the estimated twoand-a-half year construction,

most of the city’s municipal workers will move to the rented Artemesia Building, a university-owned space at 8400 Baltimore Ave. City council meetings will be held in Davis Hall, which is in the Public Works building off Rhode Island Avenue. The final cost of the project is expected to be known closer to the end of this year, Hearn said. The updated pricing information pushed the schedule back slightly, but construction is still slated to begin in early 2020, Somers said. newsumdbk@gmail.com

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Little Paint Branch Trail set to be finished by early May Harsh weather and utility work delayed the project several months Work on an extension to Alexander Dacy the Little Paint @alexanderdacy Branch Trail Staff writer from Beltsville to North College Park is expected to wrap up within the next few weeks. The project began in February 2018 and was originally expected to end in late February 2019, but it faced some delays due to harsh weather and utility work, said Bob Patten, the trail program manager for the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission. “The contractors were taking care of a bunch of loose ends before the winter weather forced them to shut down, and they didn’t restart work until the beginning of April,” he said. “None of that is a problem or anybody doing anything wrong — it’s just a matter of taking the time to get all the details taken care of.” Workers recently finished paving the extension, Patten said. Before it formally opens, however, they must finish by

adding guardrails and markers to direct people along the trail. “The trail is nearly complete, and people can begin using it, but people should use it with caution because some of the signage, striping and safety elements are not all in place,” he said. The $5.7 million project will close a 2.1-mile gap between the Little Paint Branch Trail in Beltsville and the Paint Branch Trail in North College Park. This will create a continuous 75-mile path from Laurel down to Purcellville, Virginia. The current trail runs through the far eastern part of the University of Maryland campus, near the Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex and the Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Engineering. College Park Mayor Patrick Wojahn expressed his excitement that the path was nearly complete and said the new trail would be an important connection to surrounding communities. “The Beltway is a huge barrier to connectivity for bi-

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to convert former rail lines to trails. “It’s a key gap that we’ve been trying to get filled for a while, so we’re very excited that it’s near completion,” he said. Jim Sau e r, a longtime College Park resident who lives near the new path, said he has been eagerly awaiting the trail’s opening. Without the extension, Sauer and other

bikers had to ride along Cherry Hill Road, which doesn’t have any dedicated bike lanes. “I stopped riding along Cherry Hill Road seven or eight years ago because it was a death trap. It was so completely unsafe. But now, this trail makes it completely safe and wonderful,” Sauer said. “This may not be the most dramatic two-mile section of bike trail, but it’s still a great

way to get people out and traveling around and enjoying themselves.” A formal trail grand opening ce re m o ny i s te n ta t ive ly planned for June, Patten said. Construction on another trail in North College Park — the College Park Woods Connector — began last month, Patten said. That path is expected to open next year. newsumdbk@gmail.com

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Maryland community colleges prepare to award $15 million in scholarships Funds aimed at assisting students not eligible for federal Pell Grants by

Nearly a year after G o v. L a r r y Hogan signed the Maryland Community College Promise Scholarship bill into law, local schools are gearing up for the program’s first set of scholarship recipients. The application process for the scholarship — which pays for two years of community college for qualified Maryland residents — is now posted on the Maryland Higher Education Commission’s website. “We are really excited about the potential of the award, particularly being able to help some folks that haven’t received a lot of help before — you know, the middle-income families who, all they receive is an award letter filled with student loans,” said Melissa Gregory, the associate senior vice president for student affairs at Mont-

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gomery College. “Maybe now we can do something different.” To be eligible for the scholarship, students must have graduated from a Maryland high school within the past two years with a minimum GPA of 2.3 and live in a single-parent household with no higher than a $100,000 income, or a two-parent household of no more than $150,000 income. Recipients also must agree to work in the state for as many years as they receive the award over one year. Otherwise, the scholarship turns into a loan payable to the state. The program will assist middle-income families that aren’t eligible for Pell Grants, but also need financial assistance to avoid taking on an abundance of debt and student loans, Gregory said. The state is appropriating $15 million across 16 com-

munity colleges beginning in the 2019-2020 academic year. The scholarship is considered a “last dollar in” award, meaning aid such as Pell Grants would be awarded to a student first. Gregory said her school has been adjusting expectations for those who have expressed an interest in taking advantage of the program, which has been billed as offering free community college in many news articles. “We were hearing from a lot of people saying, ‘Community college is free now,’” Gregory said. “It’s not free, and of course, the funding for the Promise Scholarship is limited.” Students need to have filled out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid or the Maryland State Financial Aid Application by March 1 to qualify for the program. Gregory said the school looked into offering its own promise scholarship and found that, in theory, the school could have allocated all $15 million just for Mont-

students and parents stop near McKeldin Mall while on a tour of the University of Maryland campus chelsea director/the diamondback County College Promise Program, which provides scholarships for county residents with adjusted household incomes under $69,000. But Sandra Kurtinitis, Community College of Baltimore County president, said the school did not see a significant number of students who took advantage of the award. Of about 800 students who entered the web portal for the county promise scholarship, only about 140 scholarships were awarded, she said. “For an institution that has 62,000 students, that’s not a significant change,” she said. She said about 50 percent of its students need some k i n d o f f i n a n c i a l a i d to attend. The scholarship programs are still new, she added, and many people are unaware assistance is available. “We’re working hard to get anne arundel community college the message out, but I think assistant financial aid director lots of families don’t even In Baltimore County, a know about it yet,” she said. similar program was passed “It’s not bad if it goes slowly last year called the Baltimore at first, because you work the gomery College students and still needed more. The school received 25,000 requests for financial aid last year. It has about 8,500 Pell Grant recipients, she said. “There’s going to be a huge number of students that qualify,” she said. “There’s an old thinking about, yes, Montgomery County has pockets of wealth. There are pockets, but there are much larger pockets of families without that kind of wealth.”

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Doron Tadmor, From p. 1 SGA’s chief of staff, is the primary SGA member working on the report. He said he was initially inspired by a Feb. 13 article in The Diamondback describing Thummalapalli’s problems with getting to class because of a broken elevator. “When I met with him, I was just utterly taken aback by the number of issues that exist on campus,” the junior interna-

tional business and operations management and business analytics major said. “[We want] to give more of a voice for students like Adith to have a better college experience.” K r i s t i n Wo o, a n o t h e r student who uses a mobility device, helped Thummalapalli write the report. She’s encountered many of these issues in her daily life. “There needs to more awareness surrounding this to make sure that campus in general is a more accessible place,” the

senior marketing and supply chain management major said, “and that it’s a place that all students can thrive.” Woo contributed to the report by writing about curb cuts — which allow people with disabilities to access crosswalks — and the section of the lower level of the University Book Center where students get their textbooks. She said that area has a few steps leading down to the books that prevent her from accessing necessary learning materials.

“I wasn’t able to go into the area and actually find my textbook [as a freshman],” she said. “I had to find a worker to basically get it for me, and every time I went to the bookstore after that, I had to bring a friend.” On Monday, the SGA communication team finished redesigning the document and adding graphics. The body now plans to set up meetings with student affairs vice president Linda Clement, Dining Services director Colleen

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got mixed in with Empower Maryland’s other contact data, he said. “We made our platform pretty much last-minute, a day or two before [campa i g n i n g ] s ta r te d ,” sa i d Parashar, a freshman computer engineering major. “The fault lies with us … We never thought these numbers would be mistaken for our canvassing data.” Empower Maryland

focused their campaign on improving transparency and student involvement within the SGA. They were challenged by three parties — one of which was Unite, headed by former SGA diversity and inclusion director Taylor Green. The week before the elections, Green shared a letter on Twitter explaining her d e c i s i o n to re s i g n f ro m the legislature. She said

she witnessed a pattern of racist, sexist, ableist and transphobic behavior from the body that inhibited her ability to do her job. G re e n — wh o ca m e i n third in the race for presid e n t , b e h i n d E m p o we r Maryland’s Ireland Lesley and YOU Ticket’s Andrew S t r i n g — to l d T h e D i a mondback she would have liked the elections commission to do something as a

curb, none of this would skateboarders the have happened. All they had

After a few seconds of struggle, they get him on the ground. One officer straddles Vashawn’s back while the other handcuffs him. Vashawn is nonviolent but continues to vent at the officers. He tells them he has a broken hand and accuses them of “looking for a fucking quota” before they pick him up off the ground. “A re yo u se r i o u s, yo ? Because I’m fucking black?” he shouts at one point. “Are you fucking serious?” Vashawn was arrested, and was “very apologetic” afterward, Donelan said. Cardenas was released to a family member on the scene. Cardenas said they had chosen to skateboard in the street rather than the sidewalk because they d i d n ’t wa n t to r u n i n to pedestrians. “All this could’ve been avoided with some smart verbal advice in the beginning,” Cardenas said. “If I were to hear from across the street, ‘Yo, get off the street,’ I would’ve been like, ‘Oh shit,’ and hopped on the sidewalk and nothing would’ve happened. But [there was] no verbal warning.” Donelan said pedestrian safety is a “huge issue” for the department, which has increased enforcement in the area. She said the officers were trying to make s u re t h e s k a te b o a rd e rs stayed safe, and the way the police were treated was “over the top.” “These are difficult times to be a law enforcement officer,” she said. “Basically, the citizens can dial up and talk to officers and curse them out, and the minute an officer performs their job, they come under scrutiny.”

Fe e , a fund From p. 1 the SGA apportions. K i s l a y P a ra s h a r, a member of both Empower Maryland and the MaryPIRG Survey Corps, said the party reached out to Fragale about the spreadsheet in hopes it would help them design their platform. The phone numbers accidentally

From p. 2 to do was obey commands.”

street, and Cardenas began to “curse him out.” “They are in uniforms,” Do n e l a n sa i d . “ T h e re i s no doubt that they’re the police.” But Cardenas told The Diamondback that police didn’t clearly identify themselves or give him a warning. “[The police] grabbed [me] by my shoulder and tried to harass me around like I was their son,” he said. “And they yelled in my ear, ‘ G e t o n t h e g ro u n d , s i t on the sidewalk.’ So I got confused — I didn’t know what’s going on.” A shaky video of the confrontation taken by Nate and provided to The Diamondback begins with one of the officers standing with his hand on Cardenas’ shoulder. The officer then kicks at Cardenas’ ankle — what Donelan described as a “leg sweep takedown” — while shoving him to a seated position on the curb near the intersection of College and Yale avenues. Cardenas, who has skated in College Park on three previous occasions without incident, said the officers a t te m p te d to fo rc e h i m down to the curb when he didn’t immediately comply. “No verbal warning whatsoever, I got down, held down by my shoulder, started to get aggravated, got yelled at to get down on the floor and sit on the sidewalk,” he said. “I was like, ‘Yo, get your hands off me, I’m confused, I don’t know what’s going on.’ They tried to use brute force to put me on the ground.” Donelan said this is protocol for people who don’t comply with police commands. “He’s refusing the commands to sit down,” she said. “If he just sat down on

In the background of the video, Nate repeatedly says “Juan,” while Cardenas asks the officer, “What did I do?” “Do you understand the E n g l i s h l a n g u a ge ? ” t h e officer says forcefully, and Cardenas answers, emphatically, that he does. The officer then turns to Va s h aw n , a 2 1-yea rold Montgomery County resident who was skating with the group. Vashawn has been talking over the officer, who sharply tells him to sit down. “What the fuck did I do?” asks Vashawn. The officer responds that he was “blocking traffic.” All the while, his friends can be heard in the background, telling him to sit down. Cardenas reaches up from the curb to nudge Vashawn a few times, telling him to sit down and stop talking. “The fuck, am I supposed to be scared of you?” Vashawn asks. “Do you want to go to jail?” the officer responds sharply. “ Fo r wh a t ? ” Va s h aw n y e l l s a t t h e o f f i c e r, wh o re p l i e s “ d i so rd e rly conduct!” “Fuck your disorderly conduct! Get the fuck off me!” Vashawn shouts back, while his friends beg him to calm down. “His friends are trying to talk him down, and he is not complying to his friends’ urging and he is not listening to the officer,” Donelan said. “He has been warned n u m e ro u s t i m e s by t h e officer.” The video is jumbled away from the action for several seconds. When Vashawn comes back into view, two officers are wrestling him to the pavement, gripping his neck and trying to force his hands behind his back.

Wright-Riva and the department of Facilities Management — hopefully by the end of the semester. Then, they want to reach out to the President’s Commission on Disability Issues to collaborate on ideas for bettering disability access on campus in the future. And finally, in their most long-term action point, they plan to “explore advocating in Annapolis to change law allowing the University to legally not update buildings to ADA stan-

result of the breach. “I guess because elections were already happening and voting had already started, that the commission wasn’t able to investigate properly or look into it as thoroughly,” she said. “I think I was assuming maybe some form of action would be taken.” Though Unite also reached out to Fragale for a summary of Survey Corps’

findings, the party didn’t expect to receive phone n u m b e rs a n d d i d n ’t u se any of the ones it did, said Ayesha Amsa, the party’s campaign manager. “I didn’t think it was a huge deal,” Amsa, a sophomore public policy major, s a i d . “ I t’s j u s t a n o t h e r [SGA] scandal that happened this year.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

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no-chella Even if you can afford it, you shouldn’t go By Jason Fontelieu | @ JasonFontelieu | Staff writer

olks, we’ve made it to April. Bunnies are pooping out neon-colored eggs, the blazing hot days are fading into bitter cold nights, and the unnecessarily wealthy bloggers of the internet are flocking to Indio, California, to post pictures proving that yes, in fact, they did go to Coachella. Coachella is one of the most popular music festivals. It’s an oasis of coolness where the wealthiest young socialites drop their limited responsibilities to wear their cutest clothes and see whose pictures can get the most likes in the trendiest-looking spot there is to offer. Oh yeah, and there’s music, too. De s p i te i ts s t ro n g h o l d o n popular culture, Coachella is un-

deniably problematic in its contributions to several anti-LGBTQ+ funds. As recently as 2014, Coachella owner Philip Anschutz donated to homophobic organizations such as the Family Research Council, Promise Keepers and The Navigators, according to Spin magazine. But Anschutz’s support for anti-LGBTQ+ causes hasn’t prevented several artists who identify as LGBTQ+ or as allies of the community — such as Ariana Grande, Kacey Musgraves and Janelle Monáe — from continuing to perform at the festival. After posting on Instagram about her Coachella performance and having fans ask her why she performed at the controversial venue, rapper Lizzo responded that she’s using the platform to

spread her message of love, even though the venue is owned by a homophobic person, according to Billboard. Other artists have utilized their platform to promote a queer-friendly agenda — Grande displayed a pride flag onstage during her performance. Honestly, it can be hard to hate on Coachella. It’s a sign of an artist’s notability, so when up-and-coming artists such as Lizzo, Rico Nasty or King Princess make the lineup, you want to be happy for them. It’s exciting that they get the chance to perform for a larger crowd and potentially expand their audience. *Cue sequence of rhetorical questions* But — why does making the

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Coachella lineup mean so much? Why does a festival so far removed from what the average m u s i c l i s te n e r ex p e r i e n c e s serve as an indicator of musical success? This leaves me at a crossroads. Do I support the artists I love when they get the opportunity to perform on this massive platform? Or do I speak out against the festival and the causes it may or may not be funding? *End question sequence* At the end of the day, Coachella isn’t going anywhere. And based on my bank account, I’m not going anywhere either, let alone Coachella. As consumers, we should try to obtain the best of both worlds. We can be happy when our favorite artists make it to the big stage

don’t like predicting what the future of music holds, mostly because I’m really bad at it. But we’re past the point of speculating now — there’s a whole new wave of rap coming out of the DMV, and it’s not going anywhere, so you might as well start listening.

YungManny and XanMan At the forefront of the DMV rap scene are YungManny and XanMan. I’ll let the Maryland natives’ bars speak for themselves. “10 shawties with me, minus seven, that’s three/ Oooh, spray, fresh, Febreeze/ I shoot like a picture, cheese/ Shoutout my brother, hey Leek,” YungManny raps on his breakout song, “Moana.” You can choose any four of their bars and they’ll be just as ridiculously overthe-top and fun. On “Heard Cuz Was Hot,” XanMan spits, “Bag up the work, put it on the scale/ I’m a real demon, we gon’ go to hell/ I keep a hammer, and the bullets, the nails/ Gucci flips, but I rather Chanel.” The two have linked up together frequently, often appearing in music videos with each other, and they’ve also dropped a collab EP mixtape, Yung Xanny, where they get more melodic and less in-yourface while still using the DMV flow. Also listen to: “Bitcoin,” “Barman 2” and “Many Men.”

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We can’t go any further without mentioning Goonew, the originator of the DMV flow. Since 2017, Goonew has been whispering over Cheecho beats, delivering punchline-heavy, overlapping bars with barely any pauses in between on songs like “Down Bad.” Goonew’s tape with Lil Dude, Homicide Boyz, is what really made the DMV flow a staple of the area. Songs like “Slat” cemented the style as something more than just punched-in lines — something unique to the DMV. Also listen to: “Ray J,” “Thug Love” and “Hoodrich.”

MoneyMarr, Q Da Fool and WifiGawd It used to seem like every rapper was coming out of Atlanta and ran with the

without supporting the festival itself. The key factor in doing so is to stay aware of the implications that come with supporting Coachella. And we need to keep the conversation alive: Coachella is, in fact, problematic. You can livestream your favorite artist’s performance on YouTube without putting a penny into Coachella’s pockets. Urge people not to go to this festival and support it monetarily, and urge your artists to stand up for the issues that Coachella won’t stand up for. With that, I hope everyone reading this enjoys Beyonce’s 2018 Coachella performance, showcased in her new Netflix documentary, Homecoming. diversionsdbk@gmail.com

same sound. Now, more and more rappers from the DMV are making waves. MoneyMarr, Q Da Fool and WifiGawd are all among the best rappers experimenting with the DMV flow. Listen to: “AR,” “Dior Homme Selection,” “Everyday” and “Not Playin.”

YBN Cordae, Innanet James and Gabby! The DMV is more than just the DMV flow, though. Just like the hip-hop scene at large, the DMV has all kinds of rappers who don’t sound like what’s popular. Raised in Maryland, YBN Cordae didn’t find immediate success as Entendre. But the member of the collective YBN made headlines recently with his remix of Eminem’s “My Name Is” and his response to J. Cole’s “1985.” Cordae has proved his staying power beyond old-school nostalgia with tracks like “Have Mercy” and “Kung Fu.” Art Attack XXXIV got overshadowed by Ty Dolla $ign’s no-show, but Innanet James proved himself as a rising star of the DMV scene with his opening act for 2 Chainz. I first saw James open for Danny Brown in DC, and it was immediately clear when he performed “Summer” that the Maryland MC has star power. I can’t find any music from Gabby! that’s more than a year old, but she’s got potential. Gabby! is featured on “Mac and Cheese 6” by A$AP Ant, a Baltimore rapper, and sounds perfectly lovelorn on her song “Fuck It,” my favorite of her work. This article doesn’t go into the diverse DMV R&B scene spearheaded by the wonderful voices of Ari Lennox, Brent Faiyaz, Kali Uchis and April + Vista. Baltimore is nothing like the rest of the DMV, and its music scene reflects that, so I didn’t mention Bandhunta Izzy, Urban Shaman, Butch Dawson or even Lor Choc as rappers who have the potential to make it big. The already-established rappers from the area such as Wale, Logic, Rico Nasty, Goldlink, Shy Glizzy, JPEGMAFIA, Yung Gleesh and IDK have already made the DMV proud. To have room for so much talent with such varied styles — new and old — shows that the DMV is the future of rap. diversionsdbk@gmail.com

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JOSH From p. 12 Kelly has kept in contact with Josh ever since. To Josh’s father, that continued communication — along with Maltz’s initial support — is emblematic of the program that Tillman’s built. “Not just, ‘Hey, here’s an autographed ball. Have a great life.’ It doesn’t work like that,” Jon said. “It’s a testament to the people that Tillman recruits and coaches. And then after he coaches, they act a certain way. … The men that he produces are phenomenal.” It wasn’t just Maryland that supported Josh. Numerous lacrosse programs across the nation reached out and sent him apparel, too. A large faction of that support was the byproduct of connections with the Casey Powell World Lacrosse Foundation, which was started to “inspire, share and support severely injured and sick lacrosse players and their families,” according to its website. As a freshman, Josh Rubinstein set Trumbull

High School’s junior varsity record for assists in a season. The hardships from battling cancer have diminished the odds of Josh playing lacrosse at a high level again. “It’s like, cancer almost took my son from me, and it didn’t,” Jon said. “But cancer took … lacrosse from him.” But Josh cherishes the fact that he’s still surrounded by the sport he loves every day, no matter how difficult things get. “Meeting [Kelly] and the team was a huge sense of hope when I needed it most,” Josh said. Josh — whose older brother, Jake, is a junior at Maryland — had a chance to visit the team last year for its home game against Rutgers. He went to practice, met Tillman for the first time and was given the game ball from the 11-10 win. Despite a busy schedule, Tillman keeps up with Josh, texting him frequently, checking in on

how he’s doing with school and calling to wish him well. For Josh, Tillman’s impact has been profound. “Coach Tillman is probably the biggest role model I have ever met,” Josh said. “For a man so huge in the lacrosse community to do something so very little for no gain, just to simply help someone out, he really shaped me into who I am today.” The “RubiStrong” on Tillman’s hat — which he’s worn during a number of games each of the last two seasons — was another honor that Josh said has made him “feel like a real part of the team.” “He’s part of our team in an adopted way, even though he’s not with us every day,” midfielder Roman Puglise said. “He’s definitely a part of our family.” And against the Scarlet Knights again on Sunday, Josh’s pregame message and overall story stuck with the players as they pulled off

their comeback. “I love getting through life with a positive attitude. A positive attitude can do amazing things in life,” Josh said. “Maryland was down against a strong Rutgers team and they kept their positive attitude and pulled off a huge conference win.” On Monday, just four days after undergoing major surgery, Josh was at his high school’s lacrosse practice — most likely yelling instructions at his teammates, his father said. This summer, Jon said his son will help coach his travel team. “When you see a guy who’s really fallen in love with the game and can’t do that, it’s definitely something that impacts you,” Tillman said. “We’re optimistic that his future hopefully will include lacrosse. It may not be as a player, but there’s a lot of ways you can still be involved in the game.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

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Wisnauskas forces OT, then Bernhardt ends it by

In the brief intermission Wisnauskas answered the call, as they have so

to find the best method of attack, then discussed in their stick, they’re a little disinterested. They

don’t try as hard, they don’t play as hard. And the type of pick he wanted from Fairman. between the end of the fourth often before. Eric Myers “We had some things ready, and that was the then, everybody is penalized there.” “They’re two of the best in the business,” de@EricMyers531 quarter and the start of overtime, His unselfishness helped the Terps survive the Maryland men’s lacrosse offen- fender Matt Rahill said. “It definitely takes a lot first one,” Tillman said. “It worked out really well. Staff writer sive coordinator J.L. Reppert gathered the offensive players with one play in mind. The plan was to get the ball to attackman Jared Bernhardt, then have another player set a screen toward the top of the offensive set. After an Ohio State faceoff violation to begin overtime, it unfolded on the field. Midfielder Bubba Fairman set the pick to free Bernhardt, who charged to the cage. And when his diving shot ended in the back of the net, Bernhardt was swarmed by his teammates, elated by the No. 2 Terps’ 10-9 win over the No. 9 Buckeyes. Attackman Logan Wisnauskas was in the middle of the throng around Bernhardt. Wisnauskas had scored the game-tying goal with 23 seconds left in regulation, setting the stage for Bernhardt’s heroics. When the Terps needed it most, their one-two punch of Bernhardt and

of pressure off the defense knowing that we’ve got two guys that can put the ball in the back of the net consistently.” The score that forced extra time came off of a skip-pass delivery from midfielder Anthony DeMaio to Wisnauskas. Buckeyes defender Joey Salisbury hedged too far off the lefty shooter, and Wisnauskas buried his third goal of the afternoon to even the score. Wisnauskas has shown a knack for shining in clutch moments this season. In each of Maryland’s three overtime games this season — Penn, Notre Dame and Ohio State — the redshirt sophomore has scored or assisted on the goal that propelled the Terps into the additional period. Following Wisnauskas’ latest game-saving antics, Bernhardt helped concoct the plan before the opening faceoff of overtime. Coach John Tillman said the junior captain talked to Reppert

So that was a great call by [Reppert] and great execution by Jared.” Despite entering Saturday’s game with a hat trick in each of his six previous games, Bernhardt didn’t get on the scoresheet until midway through the fourth quarter against Ohio State. With defender Matt Borges playing Bernhardt tightly, Fairman’s pick was a key part of the game-winning score, finally offering Bernhardt enough room to make a play. But even with Bernhardt not achieving his typical production, Tillman doesn’t see him pressing to do too much. Instead, Bernhardt created opportunities for others with his passing. He set picks and constantly commanded the attention of the Buckeyes’ top defender. “He’s obviously a terrific player, but he can find different ways to help the offense,” Tillman said. “I’ve coached guys where the ball, if it’s not

Buckeyes’ comeback, with six different Maryland players scoring before Bernhardt’s tally in the fourth. But with the game on the line, there was Wisnauskas, firing home with 23 seconds left to force overtime to set the stage for Bernhardt. And on the game-winning score, had the field not opened up for Bernhardt, he said he would have dished it off to the open man. The seem was there, though, and Bernhardt’s and Wisnauskas late goals helped clinch the Terps’ spot in the Big Ten tournament. “We have a lot of capable guys,” said Bernhardt, whose first college overtime goal also marked his 100th career score. “You just work within the offense, get the ball moving and good things will happen.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

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free position flurry Terps put away Georgetown with nine goals from the line in second half By Tom Hindle | @Thomas_Hindle | Staff writer

midfielder erica evans went 2-for-2 on free position opportunities en route to her second straight game with four goals. The graduate transfer helped ignite the Terps’ explosive 13-0 second-half run against Georgetown that turned a close game into a blowout. tyler ecker/the diamondback

railing 8-4 against Georgetown at halftime, Maryland women’s lacrosse was flustered. Coach Cathy Reese appeared animated in the huddle as she talked to the team. Midfielder Jen Giles cracked a smile to ease the tension, egging on her teammates as the Terps searched for a source of motivation. Despite the halftime motivation, Maryland would start the second half with an almost-immediate turnover — the same mistakes that plagued the squad to its largest halftime deficit of the season. But with 27:03 remaining, midfielder Meghan Siverson had a clear lane off a free position and fired a shot

into the bottom corner of the net. After the score, the Terps huddled quickly and sprinted back to their starting positions. The comeback was very much on. In a standout second-half performance, the crucial difference between the two sides was the Terps’ ability to finish on free position looks. Maryland converted 9-of-11 opportunities in the second half, accounting for the nine-goal difference in the 17-8 comeback win. At the onset, it was free position shots that might have hurt the Terps the most. Georgetown’s aggressive defense committed 13 firsthalf fouls to Maryland’s two, but the Terps didn’t take ad-

vantage of their free looks in the first half — four of their five free position attempts either sailed well off the mark or fell harmlessly into goalie Haelle Chomo’s stick. In the second half, the tides turned. Siverson’s clinical strike exorcised the Terps’ demons and triggered a 13-0 run that put the game to bed. Although Siverson started the onslaught, midfield tandem Erica Evans and Giles largely spearheaded it. Giles notched five goals and two assists for a season-high seven points. Evans scored four while shooting 2-for-2 from the line. “We saw a lot from our senior leadership today,” Reese said. “I think it’s awe so m e h ow Je n G i l e s

to play. It makes you want to be great.” Seeing the ring helped inspire Tanyi to use the offseason after his freshman year to the fullest. He worked to take advantage of his natural size, and Aldridge noticed his strength improving in the weight room and was impressed by his work ethic. The training paid dividends, and he made varsity as a sophomore. “I made that jump,” Tanyi said. “I was like, ‘This is what hard work can get you.’” As Tanyi became a force for George Bush, his other responsibilities kept him rooted. He made the All-District First Team as a senior and was named his team’s MVP. He received scholarship offers from Washington, Louisiana Tech, Houston and Air Force, in addition to Maryland. And when he wasn’t in school or on the field, he still took orders from customers. That added a perspective Tanyi has maintained in college. After Hurricane Harvey hit his hometown in 2017, Tanyi shipped Maryland football gear to Houston. And as an intern at the National Center for Children and Families in Washington, D.C., he organizes afterschool activities for the boys’ group home. “It just taught you to be humble,” Tanyi said. “Even

when I started getting offers and stuff, I was still at Burger King.” “Especially if you never had a lot, when you get some, you just want to make sure everybody around you who was there when it was all hard … get something, too,” he added.

came out in the second half, brought everybody together, and really stepped it up.” Giles scored or assisted on three of the first five goals of the half, highlighted by a well-timed feed inside to midfielder Grace Griffin, who finished to give the Terps their first lead, 9-8 — one they wouldn’t relinquish. “We had to remind ourselves that we are the best we can be out there,” Evans said. “And just play our game.” Maryland also benefited from a tactical switch. In response to Georgetown’s zone defense, Reese deployed an extra attacker closer to the goal. The shift gave Maryland more passing options down low, and forced the Hoyas to commit an unseemly 18

second-half fouls. And as the Terps started to convert their looks, the once-tense bout turned into a familiar blowout. “In the second half we had the confidence stepping on the line,” attacker Brindi Griffin said. “Everyone was putting them away, and that was awesome.” Maryland’s second-half draw control dominance forced the Hoyas to become more aggressive to regain possessions. Combined with 18 fouls, this led to a surplus of free position opportunities for the Terps. After holding a 9-4 advantage from the circle at the half — albeit with little to show for it — Maryland notched 12 to Georgetown’s two in the final

30 minutes, inciting an explosive 13-0 run to close the game. “In the second half, Kali and Lizzie [came] up with some huge draw controls to help get the energy and momentum on our side,” Griffin said. Although their slow start carried into the first few minutes of the second period, the Terps found success on free position opportunities when they needed it most. And the resulting solid shooting and draw circle domination brought them a 16th straight win. “This team is capable of amazing things,” Reese said. “We’ve seen this in every game this season.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

TANYI From p. 12 When his older sister and younger brother would fight, he’d tell his father, “Let me handle it.” When money was tight for the Tanyis, the line was: “I know what I’m going to do.” In addition to his part-time jobs, Tanyi sold snacks to his classmates at school for an extra source of income. When his younger brother needed new clothes for school one year, Tanyi offered to foot the bill. “That was always his statement: ‘I got this,’” Bernard said. “That told me he was aspiring to be great in whatever he does.” Tanyi took great interest in Air Jordans and other high-end sneakers — not for himself, but as another way to earn extra cash. He searched for deals on shoes, buying worn-down pairs for cheap before fixing them up and reselling them for as much as he could. By the end of his high school career, Tanyi had quelled Aldridge’s concerns. During his freshman season, Tanyi spotted Aldridge’s Super Bowl ring from his days as a starting middle linebacker for the Denver Broncos. Tanyi was still in diapers when Aldridge’s Broncos beat the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl XXXII. “That’s the epitome of, ‘You made it,’” Tanyi said. “When you see something like that, it excites you. It makes you want

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‘painkillers and prayers’ As Tanyi broke through the line of scrimmage late in the third quarter against Minnesota in 2016, running back Shannon Brooks cut away from him. Tanyi, then a sophomore, reached out his right arm into Brooks’ path. But with his left arm being tugged by center Tyler Moore, Tanyi’s arm bent back and his right shoulder was driven into the turf. “It popped all the way out,” Tanyi remembered. “I think I tore most of my labrum with it.” It was the second straight year Tanyi had suffered a torn labrum. And it would be the second straight year he played through it. During his freshman season, he tore his left labrum in practice prior to the team’s Sept. 26 matchup against West Virginia, but injuries elsewhere on the defensive line forced him to burn his redshirt. Tanyi didn’t want to spend any more time sidelined than he had to.

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in Landover. Under interim head coach Matt Canada — Tanyi’s fourth leader in four seasons — the onfield results weren’t always there in 2018. But as the program appeared to be caving in amid external investigations and mounting pressure following McNair’s death, Tanyi carried on. “He doesn’t get down, he just goes to work,” Aldridge said. “That’s just the kind of kid he is.”

a longshot Shortly after Tanyi completed drills at Maryland’s Pro Day on March 27, a Houston Texans team official approached him. It was a brief talk — Tanyi didn’t even catch his name — but the official said he’d contact his agent with details for a workout with his hometown team. Tanyi ran a 4.93 40-yard dash inside Cole Field House, which would have tied for the eighth-fastest time for a defensive lineman at the NFL Combine. He compiled 30 bench press reps at 225 pounds, which would have tied for the fifth-most at the position. Like most of the Terps’ senior class, Tanyi didn’t get an invitation to the league-wide scouting event. For a relatively unheralded recruit who never put up eye-popping numbers

in college, being overlooked wasn’t particularly surprising. Still, his performance at the Pro Day earned him a further look from the Texans, and gave him hope he might be able to work his way into an NFL franchise’s plans. “He has to grind every day to make it happen,” Aldridge said. It’s an experience Tanyi is familiar with, since he worked side jobs throughout high school and recovered from two torn labrums to become a starter on Maryland’s defensive line. NFL teams may look to shift Tanyi, a 6-foot-2, 283-pound defensive tackle for the Terps, to the outside, allowing him to use his athleticism as an edge rusher rather than requiring him to bulk up further. Regardless of what happens in the coming months, Tanyi will look back on the fifth-grade version of himself, the one who perplexed his father by joining a neighborhood team and began a journey that he hopes hasn’t reached an end. “I always reminisce about the days when I was dreaming about these moments,” Tanyi said. “It’s like, ‘Wow, it’s here.’ I prepared for this moment, so it’s not like a shock. But while I’m in the moment, I’m going to take advantage of it.”

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Both years, he waited until the offseason to have surgery. Each time he played, though, he could feel his shoulder tearing more. The pain made him essentially a one-armed pass rusher, a large part of why he totaled just 13 tackles between his first two seasons. “Painkillers and prayers,” Tanyi said. “Ibuprofen probably helped me a lot.” So, when he was back healthy his junior year, “it was like being reborn as a football player.” The first game of that season was against Texas at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, offering Tanyi’s family the chance to see their son play college football in person for the first time. The Terps upset the thenNo. 23 Longhorns, 51-41, and Bernard — once concerned with his son’s choice in sports — moved to a seat behind the bench to cheer especially loud. Tanyi could hear his encouragement the rest of the game. “It meant the world,” Tanyi said. “Support goes a long way.” Finally healthy, Tanyi made more of an impact on Maryland’s defense. He posted 20 tackles and a sack in nine starts as a junior and started all 12 games with 36 tackles as a senior, beginning with four tackles and a sack in another win over Texas at FedEx Field

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‘Part of Our Team’ Cancer prevented Josh Rubinstein from playing lacrosse, but the Terps keep him close to it. By Eric Myers | @ EricMyers531 | Staff writer Josh Rubinstein was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in 2017 and has had the support of the Maryland men’s lacrosse team ever since. He has developed strong bonds with former Terps players Dylan Maltz and Connor Kelly. photo courtesy of jon rubinstein

wo days after undergoing intensive surgery to treat a secondary disease from cancer, 17-year-old Josh Rubinstein received a FaceTime call from coach John Tillman and the Maryland men’s lacrosse team. As the Terps prepared to face Rutgers on April 14, they wanted to wish Josh well in his recovery. Josh sent Tillman a message in return, and the ninth-year Maryland coach read it to his players before they took the field. “Let the boys know I’m rooting for them,” the text read, “and for them to understand that if you’re doing anything in life you give it 100% otherwise what’s the point.” In that come-from-behind 16-13 win, the hat Tillman wore on the sideline had three short lines written in silver marker. The hat referenced three people close to Tillman, all of whom are enduring trying situations. The third line read “RubiStrong,” a motto for Josh’s battle against cancer. This didn’t come as a surprise to

Josh and his family. Jon Rubinstein, Josh’s father, describes Tillman as “the real deal.” To him, the coach’s gesture was just another part of M a r yl a n d l a c ro s s e ’s s u p p o r t during his son’s fight. That support was invaluable for Josh, who played lacrosse since he was 5 years old. Josh played his ninth-grade season in 2017 at Trumbull High School in Connecticut and set the school’s junior varsity record for assists in a season, even while feeling the effects of a cancer he didn’t yet know he had. He was being recruited by private high schools, and was looking to play at the collegiate level. In the summer of 2017, Josh’s mother, Diane Rubinstein, noticed he was sluggish, and not quite right. She became concerned, and pushed for a check-up. Soon after, the diagnosis came in. Josh had an aggressive form of acute myeloid leukemia — affecting red blood cells, plateletforming cells and other types of

white blood cells. Almost immediately after his diagnosis, Josh felt the Terps’ support, forging a special bond with the team and Tillman. “He spent 180 days in the hospital, went through five chemotherapy sessions,” Jon said. “He’s had diseases that would kill most people. And at all times in his room when he was there, he had his Maryland helmet, he had Maryland shoes, he had Maryland jerseys.” The Terps’ connection with Josh blossomed after they won the national championship in May 2017. The Rubinsteins knew the family of Dylan Maltz, an attackman who had just finished his senior season at Maryland. Jon told the Maltz family about his son’s diagnosis. Within days, he received a helmet from Maltz to give to Josh, who was staying in Yale New Haven Hospital in New Haven, Connecticut. The Terps furthered that bond throughout the offseason, sending more apparel, offering support and consistently checking in.

Maryland has been a constant presence in Josh’s arduous journey, getting frequent updates from his family. The team heard when Josh was in remission in November 2017. Later that month, they got the news that he’d undergone a bone marrow transplant after receiving an anonymous donation. Josh has struggled with the residual effects of his initial diagnosis. In the last two years, though, Jon said he can count the number of bad days Josh has had on one hand. His son opts to stay positive despite the cards he’s been dealt. In December 2018, the first day former Maryland midfielder Connor Kelly went back home to Connecticut for winter break, he visited Josh in the hospital about 30 miles away. “You could tell he was going through a lot,” Kelly said. “Just from me being there, giving him some stuff, I hoped I could brighten his day up a little bit.” See Josh, p. 10

football

With NFL dream in sight, one last push for Mbi Tanyi Tanyi overcame two torn labrums to become starter on Terps D-line When Bernard Tanyi arrived AndyKostka at his son @afkostka Senior staff writer M b i ’s f i rs t football practice, he didn’t realize what the fifth-grader was getting himself into. Bernard, who emigrated from Cameroon to Texas in 1985, expected to see shin guards, a round ball and goals. Instead, there were pads, helmets, uprights and a whole lot of hitting. “Oh no, Daddy,” Mbi said, “this is American football.” Mbi got his dad up to speed, and Bernard let him keep playing. But when Mbi began coming home sore and sporting bruises, his parents again grew uneasy. “Wow, all this contact,” by

Mbi Tanyi compiled 36 tackles his senior season with Maryland football and now is attempting to work his way into an NFL team’s plans. photo courtesy alexander jonesi

lineman, Tanyi overcame two torn labrums in his first two seasons, played under four different head coaches and came together with his teammates after the death of offensive lineman Jordan McNair. Now, Tanyi is preparing for the NFL Draft. He remains a longshot to be selected, but he will draw on a lifetime of hard work as he attempts to tackle one more challenge: making a professional roster. “It’s going to be a grind,” Tanyi said. “[But] if you’re used to persevering, working through things and working hard, it doesn’t matter what setting you’re in. You’re always going to prevail.”

Mbi remembers them saying. “This the type of person you want to be?” After a conversation with one of Mbi’s youth team coaches, Bernard understood there was more to the game than reckless hitting. He saw that his son would be able to use not only his size, but also his motor, to stand out from the other kids on the field. Tanyi’s drive has been a constant throughout his career, both on and off the field. In addition to being a three-year starter in high school, he worked a series of odd jobs to supplement his family’s income and help fund his silver Chrysler 300. ‘still at burger king’ After earning a scholarship to play for Maryland Each day before his pracfo o t b a l l a s a d e fe n s ive tices at George Bush High

School just outside Houston, Tanyi would crank out his homework, knowing his time after school would be filled with other responsibilities. On top of football, basketball and track and field, Tanyi worked part-time throughout high school. Sometimes, it was at Burger King; other times, it was H-E-B, a Texas-based grocery store chain. As George Bush football coach Allen Aldridge would watch Tanyi put on his work uniform after practice, the same question frequently came to his mind. “Can you handle this?” Aldridge would ask Tanyi. “ Yea h , Coa c h ,” Ta ny i would reply. “No problem.” It was the type of reassurance Tanyi was accustomed to giving. See Tanyi, p. 11

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