April 23, 2018

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Allen to be SGA president Envision MD candidate takes 74%, MaryPIRG salary referendum passes Envision Maryland Savannah candidate Williams @SavannahUMD Jonathan Allen was elected the Staff writer University of Maryland’s SGA president for the 2018-19 academic year, carrying 74 percent of the by

JONATHAN ALLEN, an Envision Maryland candidate, was elected as this university’s SGA president with 74 percent of the student vote. photo courtesy of jonathan allen

student vote, according to SGA election results released Friday.

Allen defeated Recognize UMD’s presidential candidate, H u m z a Ya h y a , a j u n i o r accounting and information systems major, who serves as one of the Student Government Association’s off-campus

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Envision Maryland swept all contested seats in the SGA election, beating out Recognize UMD’s candidates for president, financial affairs vice president and student affairs vice president. “ To f i n a l ly a cco m p l i s h [being elected] was definitely a relief, but exciting, knowing that going forward I’m able to represent the student body,” Allen said. “In the meantime,

I’m going to meet with my newly elected executive board and cabinet and really look back at all of the platform ideas that we set out and that we campaigned on, and see how we can plan for the year.”

Recognize UMD, a party made up of Yahya, Kamyar D a s ta n i a n d K e i t h K a t z , served as Envision Maryland’s See sga , p. 3

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Grad assts to get 2 percent stipend raise Cost of living increase will take effect in January 2019 All University of Maryland graduate assistants will Angela Roberts receive a 2 percent increase @24_angier in their stipend beginning Staff writer in January, the graduate school’s interim dean announced Tuesday.

These increases are due to a raise in the cost of living, university spokesperson Jessica Jennings wrote in an email. Cost of living adjustments are set by Maryland state law and the University System of Maryland budget action and salary directives, according to this university’s human resources department’s website.

“After a careful assessment of the cost of attendance for graduate assistants, as well as productive discussions with graduate students across campus about their needs, we deemed that a significant increase in the minimum stipend was by

See grads, p. 9

LONGTIME DONORS Barry and Mary Gossett donated $21.25 million to assist student-athletes with career planning, scholarships and internship programs. courtesy of john t. consoli/university of maryland

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Annual Israel Fest prompts ‘open dialogue’ Pro-Palestine groups hold boycott and teach-in University of Maryland s t u d e n t s ga t h e re d o n McKeldin Mall starting at 10 a.m. on Thursday for the annual celebration of Israel Fest and Israeli Independence Day, featuring food, entertainment and camel rides.

But at the end of the mall, near McKeldin Library, the scene was entirely different.

With a Palestinian flag draped around his shoulders, and one hand supporting a brightly painted blockade labeled “Israeli Apartheid Wall” against the gusts of wind, senior anthropology major Nicholas Galloway said the festival was “a by

Jillian Atelsek and Grace Mottley @thedbk Staff writers

Gossett family donates $21.25 million aimed at career help for student-athletes

By Christine Condon | @CChristine19 | Senior staff writer

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he University of Maryland will receive a $21.25 million donation from longtime donors Barry and Mary Gossett aimed at career help for student-athletes.

The donation will establish the Barry and Mary Gossett Center for Academic and Personal Excellence, according to a news release. The center will include career-planning and mentorship resources, alongside scholarship and internship programs.

program builds upon the pre-existing “InTERPship Academy” program.

“Demanding athletic schedules pose unique challenges to studentathletes, causing barriers to internships and part-time jobs that help students develop important skills during their time in college,” said Barry Gossett, according to the release.

The gift will also create the See donation, p. 3

community

After students pointed out sexist language in Comp Sci’s TA guide, the department is revising it

See iSRAEL FEST, p. 7

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It will enhance resources already available through the Academic Support and Career Development Unit in the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, which will be renamed for the center. The programs’ implementation is set to begin this fall.

Part of the center is the Gossett Fellows program, which will allow rising junior student-athletes to have a paid summer internship and remain involved in their sport. This

By Jillian Atelsek and Grace Mottley | @thedbk | Staff writers The University of Maryland’s computer science department is changing its teaching assistant handbook after students pointed out that it contained misogynistic guidance about TA conduct.

The handbook, which was removed from the department’s website

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Mo n d ay eve n i n g , h a d se pa ra te sections addressed to male and female TAs. “Your students may experience some difficulty accepting you fully in a scientific field which they may, for whatever reasons, associate with male activity,” the handbook’s section

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for female TAs read. “Male students especially (but not exclusively) may try to challenge your authority, to trip you up, or (more subtly) to try to compromise your status by flippancy or suggestive remarks.”

See guide, p. 8

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CRIME BLOTTER

By Brad Dress | @brad_dress | Staff writer

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SOCIAL JUSTICE DAY, featuring REV. JESSE JACKSON and PETER NEUFELD Stamp Student Union and Memorial Chapel, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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AMERICAN JEWS and ISRAEL: MOVING in OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS? Prince George’s Room, Stamp Student Union, 8:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.

Hosted by the Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies and MOMENT, featuring Rabbi Rick Jacobs. RSVP online. israelstudies.umd.edu

University of Maryland Police responded to reports of a stolen motor vehicle, a sex offense, disorderly conduct and trespassing over the past 8 days, according to police reports.

This case is closed by exception, as the reporting person did not want to pursue the matter further, Hoaas confirmed.

ENGINEERING SUSTAINABILITY DAY Clark Hall, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Hosted by the Maryland Energy Innovation Institute. energy.umd.edu

DISORDERLY CONDUCT

RECOVERED STOLEN MOTOR VEHICLE

On April 13 at 3:13 p.m., police responded to Hornbake Library for a report of disorderly conduct, according to police reports.

An officer found a male with what appeared to be two sword handles sticking out of his backpack, Hoaas said.

Upon further investigation, the officer found two plastic swords inside the backpack.

The male had no affiliation with the university and was issued a denial of access to the library.

This case is closed by exception.

WHERE’S TESTUDO DAY Various locations, 2 to 4 p.m.

Post pictures with Testudo on Instagram. @umdsalc

GRAD BASH Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center, 5:30 p.m.

Hosted by the Alumni Association, for graduating seniors. alumni.umd.edu

‘THE RELUCTANT RADICAL’ SCREENING 1102 South Campus Commons 1, 7 p.m.

Hosted by Beyond the Classroom. beyondtheclassroom.umd.edu

‘THE ISLANDS and the WHALES’ SCREENING 1102 South Campus Commons 1, 7 p.m.

See ‘Reluctant Radical’ details.

On April 13 at 9:50 p.m., Un iversity Pol ice responded to the 4300 block of Knox Road to recover a stolen motor vehicle, according to police reports.

At about 9:50 p.m., a silver sedan passed by one of the automated license plate readers on campus, which indicated the car had been reported as stolen, police spokesperson Sgt. Rosanne Hoaas said. It was reported on April 7 by the Hagerstown Police Department.

An officer located the car at 10:28 p.m., Hoaas said.

She confirmed that three men were inside the vehicle and all three were arrested.

The men arrested were identified as Gabriel Agenne Asong, 19, from College Park; Jalen Eugene Oliver, 22, from Takoma Park; and Marquez Jamil Washington, 19, from an unknown state. Each was charged with motor vehicle theft, unlawful taking of automobiles and theft of $1,500 to $25,000. Washington was additionally charged with the possession of dangerous non-narcotics.

SEX OFFENSE On April 13 at 6:17 a.m., University Police responded to Leonardtown Hall for a sex offense, according to police reports. Hoaas said the offense occurred at 4:25 a.m., and both parties involved knew each other.

TRESPASSING On April 14 at 11:27 p.m., University Police responded to a report of trespassing at Maryland Stadium, according to police reports.

Police staff at the Security Operations Center reported people inside the stadium, Hoaas said. The officer on scene found three males, all of whom were referred to the Office of Student Conduct, Hoaas said.

O n A pr i l 15 at 1:3 4 a.m., police responded to another trespassing report at Maryland Stadium.

Police staff at the Security Operations Center reported more people in the stadium, Hoaas said. The officer found four males, and all of them were referred to the Office of Student Conduct.

Both cases are closed by exception. newsumdbk@gmail.com

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Hosted by university libraries, featuring Robert Chiles. lib.umd.edu/rc/speaking-of-books WOMEN’S LACROSSE vs. NORTHWESTERN Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex, 7 p.m. umterps.com I, TONYA SCREENING Hoff Theater, Stamp Student Union, 7 p.m.

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MASTERFUL STRINGS: MASTERCLASS with HAI-YE NI Leah M. Smith Hall, The Clarice, noon Hosted by the music school, featuring Hai-Ye Ni. theclarice.umd.edu

TAKE BACK the NIGHT: SEXUAL ASSAULT and SOCIAL MEDIA Charles Carroll Room, Stamp Student Union, 6 p.m.

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FROM CREATIVE COMMONS to LOCAL CONTEXTS: THE PASSAMAQUODDY CONNECTION 1102 Woods Hall, 3 p.m.

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MUSIC in MIND: HAI-YE NI, cello Gildenhorn Recital Hall, The Clarice, 8 p.m.

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BASEBALL vs. JAMES MADISON Bob “Turtle” Smith Stadium, 4 p.m. umterps.com

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UMD WIND ENSEMBLE: STAR WARS TRILOGY Dekelboum Concert Hall, The Clarice, 8 p.m.

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MARYLAND DAY Various locations, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. marylandday.umd.edu

UMD KOTO ENSEMBLE and TOHO KOTO SOCIETY Dekelboum Concert Hall, The Clarice, 2 p.m.

Hosted by the music school, featuring the UMD Koto Ensemble. theclarice.umd.edu

UMD GAMELAN SARASWATI Kay Theatre, The Clarice, 8 p.m.

Hosted by the music school, featuring UMD Gamelan, the Balinese Gamelan of the Indonesian Embassy and Gamelan Gita Semara of Gettysburg College. theclarice.umd.edu

CATHOLIC STUDENT CENTER PIG ROAST Catholic Student Center, 4141 Guilford Drive, 6 p.m.

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CLOVE Kogod Theatre, The Clarice, 2 and 7:30 p.m.

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SPRING CHORAL SHOWCASE Dekelboum Concert Hall, The Clarice, 8 p.m.

Hosted by the music school, featuring the University Chorale, the UMD Treble Choir and UMD Men’s Chorus. theclarice.umd.edu

campus

Diversity task force shares recommendations Among the proposals is new policy on punishing threatening conduct The UniverJackie Chase sity of Maryland’s diver@thedbk sity task force Staff writer released a proposal Tuesday containing a list of recommendations for combating hate and bias on the campus, including a new policy on punishing threatening and intimidating conduct.

The task force is proposing a policy to prohibit “threatening or intimidating acts motivated in whole or in part because of an individual or group’s actual or perceived protected status,” including factors such as race, gender and nationality.

The policy indicates that remedial actions up to and including dismissal from the by

university could be imposed on violators based on the severity of the conduct.

This policy would allow this university to “address conduct that doesn’t necessarily rise to the level of a crime but it is threatening or intimidating and is motivated by hate and bias,” said Ishaan Parikh, a junior computer science major on the task force.

The Joint President/Senate Inclusion and Respect Task Force, which was formed in August following the killing of 2nd Lt. Richard Collins, a visiting black Bowie State University student on this campus, will formally present the nine recommendations at the next meeting of the University Senate on April 24.

If the proposal passes the Senate with a majority vote, it will be sent to university President Wallace Loh for final approval.

The task force will also recommend that this university adopt a values statement highlighting openness and inclusion on the campus.

“The intent was for [the value statement] to be something that we continuously remind each other of and it could become like a theme that’s used in major university events throughout the years,” University Senate Senior Coordinator Sarah Hughes said.

“So that at some point it’s so much of a part of our culture that people would understand that seeing those words and those themes … [are] what it means to be a Terp.”

Additionally, the report rec-

ommended “a blend of mandatory programs and voluntary learning opportunities” overseen by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion for students, faculty and staff throughout their time at this university. The programs will teach students about topics such as bystander intervention and implicit bias, as well as reflection and dialogue on the university’s values, according to a report released by the task force Tuesday.

Task force co-chair Warren Kelley said the university should work to teach incoming students the values of the school before incidents occur.

According to Kelley, the task force recommends that this university “try to educate incoming students so that they can be acclimated to the kind of See diversity, p.9

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Results for contested SGA election races and the MaryPIRG referenda Percentages calculated based on total undergraduate population of 29,868. Due to rounding, some total percents may not equal to 100. All other races were uncontested. Sources: SGA; Office of Institutional Research, Planning and Assessment. Graphic by Evan Berkowitz/The Diamondback

student body president

jonathan allen humza yahya abstained did not vote

5.8% 1.3% 0.6% 92.3%

sga From p. 1 o p p os i t i o n . T h e i r p l a t fo r m revolved around financial reform, with goals of allowing cultural groups to apply for funding for social events. Dastani ran for student affairs vice president; Katz, who ran for financial affairs vice president, attempted to withdraw from the race due to personal reasons on April 10, but the SGA’s election board ruled he had to stay on the ballot.

Allen, a junior government and politics major, focused his ticket’s platform on resource affordability, addressing issues such as high textbook prices, limited low-cost transportation options to grocery stores and rising student fees attached to tuition. Running mates Ro Nambiar, Rahila Olanrewaju and Andrew Stover will become next year’s student affairs vice president, academic affairs vice president and financial affairs vice president, respectively.

Nambiar garnered 76 percent

donation From p. 1 G o s s e t t Aw a r d t o h e l p fund eligible studentathletes’ post-graduation plans, whether they intend to go to graduate school, a t te n d s e r v i c e t r i p s o r begin their careers.

Additionally, the Gossetts’ donation will fund the TERPS Career Network, an

yes 6% no 1.3% abstained 0.3% did not vote 92.4%

marypirg campus organizer

of the vote and Stover garnered 75 percent of the vote. Olanrewaju, who ran uncontested, collected 82 percent of the vote.

Following a recent trend, more students voted this year than in the previous two election cycles — 2,309 students voted, about 8 percent of this university’s undergraduate student body, up from 2,235 students last year and 1,576 in 2016.

L a s t ye a r, S G A e l e c t i o n s were largely uncontested after the Unity Party dropped out of the race.

Allen was the SGA’s speaker of the legislature for the 2017-18 academic year, and he has said his experience has prepared him to take on the presidential role. “ T h e s p ea ke r i s t h e o n ly

online platform connecting athletic alumni to current student-athletes.

Barry Gossett is the former chair of the Board of Trustees for the University of Maryland College Park Foundation, and currently serves as vice chair of the University System of Maryland Board of Regents. In 2007, the Gossetts made a $10 million gift, which included funds to renovate the football

student affairs vice president

ro nambiar kamyar dastani abstained did not vote

team house that now bears their names.

“Through their contributions to the university’s Incentive Awards Program, our business and engineering schools, the Do Good initiative and more, the Gossetts have t i m e a f te r t i m e s h o w n their commitment to the a ca d e m i c s u cce ss o f a l l UMD students,” said Mary Ann Rankin, this university’s

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marypirg state organizer

person that … sits on the legislative leadership, sits on the president’s cabinet, sits on executive board meetings,” Allen has said. “So it really gave me an opportunity to see all aspects of the organizations.”

The speaker conducts the SGA’s weekly meetings, introducing bills, recognizing representatives, parceling out debate time and counting votes.

Allen joined the SGA in the spring semester of his freshman year and served on the student a f fa i rs c o m m i t te e . H e a l s o was an undergraduate studies representative and a Leonardtown representative prior to his tenure as speaker. Nambiar, a junior public health science major, said she’s ready to focus on mental

andrew stover keith katz abstained did not vote

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financial affairs vice president

yes no abstained did not vote

5.9% 1.3% 0.3% 92.4%

health issues and campus safety in her new position.

“Our campus is in a mental health crisis,” Nambiar said.

“It’s something that I have been working on all year, specifically this semester though, but I have a lot, a lot more ideas that I’m glad I have this position so I can really enact my ideas.”

Yahya, a junior accounting and information systems major, said he wanted the people who voted for him to give their full support to the new executive board.

“Everyone who won are all wonderful people,” Yahya said.

They’re people who really have the best of the university and the student body at heart.”

He said he was glad for the opportunity to participate in the

senior vice president and provost, according to the news release.

Interim athletic director Damon Evans said the gift w i l l h e l p n o t o n ly w i t h supporting student-athletes, but also with recruiting them.

“Through the programs provided by the Gossett Center, we will be positioned

5.9% 0.9% 1.0% 92.3%

elections, and would welcome the chance to be a part of the SGA again next year.

“I went into this really just wanting to provide the student body a little bit of choice, a little competition, and at the end of the day, I really just wanted to have fun,” Yahya said. “This is the last time I’d even be able to run, I might as well run for something that I care about, and really I just wanted to get my ideas out there, and I think I succeeded in that.”

MaryPIRG, a nonpartisan group aimed at mobilizing students for political action, fared well in the SGA elections, with about 80 percent of student participants voting in favor of allowing the organization to apply for funding for non-student staff salaries. With two positions in question, 79 percent of students voted the group should be allowed to apply to the SGA’s finance committee for a salary for its campus organizer, and 78 percent voted MaryPIRG should be allowed to apply for a state director salary. swilliamsdbk@gmail.com

better than ever to recruit a n d re ta i n wo r l d - c l a s s athletes by supporting their athletic and academic careers from the moment they step on campus to well after graduation,” Evans said in the release.

The gift is the largest since the $219.5 million donation from the A. James and Alice B. Clark Foundation, which

was announced in October.

“Barry and Mary Gossett have always been there for our students,” university P r e s i d e n t Wa l l a c e L o h said, according to the press release. “Their generosity and vision in funding this center will leave a lasting imprint on young lives.” ccondondbk@gmail.com

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Computer science’s sexism deeper than handbook It’s no secret that the University of Maryland’s normalizing such bigotry. And at the same time, it computer science department doesn’t have the gender cautions men to not let their guard down against the diversity it should. As of the 2016-17 academic year, apparently bewitching power of female students. Such less than one in five computer science majors were a mindset would lead male students to be distrustful women, while male faculty members outnumbered of their female colleagues and devalue their work — their female counterparts in the department nearly thus feeding into the very bigotry the handbook tells women they’ll have to deal with. eight-to-one.

In its strategic plan in 2015, the computer science The computer science department has done much to bring women into the fold, and the numbers are department acknowledged it could not “be a world starting to improve. But eliminating the gender gap class institution” without more diversity in the workisn’t enough; the department must also change its space, pledging to create an environment “respectful, culture and create an environment hospitable to sensitive, and inclusive of diverse members of society.”

Oculus VR co-founder and former university female students.

Last week, the department came under fire student Brendan Iribe — the namesake of the comafter students found misogynistic language in its puter science building set to open on this campus next handbook for teaching assistants. The handbook year — has already pledged $500,000 to help underinformed female TAs that male students might chal- represented students gain more of a foothold in the department. Over the past several lenge their authority or make sugour view years, the department has made gestive remarks toward them, and some strides in the right direction. recommended female TAs remain Since fall 2006, the proportion of “[f]riendly but firm” in response. female undergraduate computer Meanwhile, it advised male TAs to science students has nearly doubled. watch for and resist advances from But even if women become equal female students, who would be after to men in number in the depart“the lure of [the] position or (even ment, they won’t have true equalmore callously) a grade.” ity until they’re treated the same as More insidious than the advice their male counterparts. This won’t the handbook provided is the jushappen if we continue to regard tification it offered. It told female harassment and discrimination TAs that the “[f]riendly but firm” in the fields as norms impervious mantra is “unfortunately the kind to change, and it certainly won’t of practice you’re going to need at some time in the future,” as “students may not be the happen when the boilerplate puts the onus on women only ones who will have difficulty accepting you as a to resist bigotry, rather than on men to not be bigots.

We urge the department to continue pushing professional.” By contrast, it warned male TAs that some female students “may attempt to capitalize on for more women faculty and undergraduates in the field. More female role models will encourthe male-female dynamic to their own advantage.”

Rather than simply teaching men to not be sexist, age more young women to go into computer the handbook assumes the all too common attitude science, and hopefully, once and for all clear of “boys will be boys.” It tells women to accept the the “boys’ club” atmosphere that shrouds fact they will face discrimination in the workplace, the subject.

The department must also change its culture and create an environment hospitable to female students.

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Univ must be more transparent with grad students SONA CHAUDHARY @OpinionDBK Opinion editor

In an early April interview with NPR, University of Maryland President Wallace Loh revealed his great boon to graduate students: a developing proposal to increase stipends for graduate student assistant. Uncomfortably, that radio announcement was the first time the Graduate Student Government had heard of it.

On Tuesday, the interim dean officially announced that graduate students would receive a 2 percent pay raise starting next year. While graduate student groups were notified in advance of the actual increase, they voiced frustration that they weren’t involved earlier in the process, with one graduate student calling it “yet another decision that’s handed down by the university to graduate students.”

This isn’t the first time graduate students have grappled with the administration’s lack of transparency when making decisions that affect them. In September, Loh dropped another surprise announcement congratulating the new graduate school dean in a single throwaway line in a mass email. In February, the graduate school failed to share the initial results of their quality of life survey with the Graduate Student Government, despite claiming it was “administered in conjunction” with them.

These incidents create a one-sided dynamic between administration and graduate students, and the lack of transparency hurts them both. Graduate students feel unsupported by this university and don’t have the channels to communicate and address their problems. As they grapple with financial insecurity, overwork, restrictive university policies and the confusions of bureaucracy, they can’t comfortably do what they came here to do. Their academic work suffers, their quality of life suffers and this

university’s reputation suffers.

Many graduate student concerns came to light with the 2017 survey, but even that wasn’t a fair way to marshal feedback. The survey was the first one conducted on the graduate student population since 2010, and the results weren’t compiled and released for seven months after the questioning period. There was no timely response to the pressing issues affecting this large demographic — issues that had been pressing for years — and for more than a year, there wasn’t even an indication that graduate concerns were heard.

With this recent stipend increase, it’s clear this university is trying to improve the experiences of its graduate student population. However, because of how poorly these new policies get communicated, they don’t have as positive an impact as they could. Graduate students clearly want to be part of the conversation when administration tries to change things for their benefit — otherwise, these changes aren’t responsive, just prescriptive.

Moreover, graduate students don’t get the same opportunities to organize and build community as undergraduates. Their time and status restrict them from getting more involved on the campus, and their specialization in their subjects keeps them from coming together in the way masses of undergraduates with the same majors do. They should have clear and open channels of communication with this university’s administration, because they often don’t have the time, resources or support to rally around specific issues.

This university should be actively reaching out to graduate students, not making them fight to be heard.

The first issue they need to tackle isn’t pay raises or policy changes — it’s changing the established culture of non-transparency. sonachaud@gmail.com

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Univ must change its handling of mental health FAYE BARRETT Junior sociology student Guest columnist

Last Thursday morning, I wa s te m porarily barred from entering my home in Commons 3 after getting help for my mental health. But this is only the most recent example of this university failing me for my mental health treatment. It’s time for change beyond the Department of Resident Life. It’s time for the University of Maryland to stop addressing mental health from a distance.

Going to the hospital for my panic attack was incredibly traumatic. At the time I called 911, I truly thought I was dying. In my frenzied thoughts, I thought my muscle relaxers were causing me to overdose. Once I calmed down hours later, it was apparent that this wasn’t the case.

When I was told I would be discharged from the hospital at 8 a.m., I desperately tried to contact friends to get back to campus. I was just looking forward to returning to my apartment and getting in my bed to rest. I was finally able to get in touch with a friend who could take me back home.

It was while I was waiting for a friend to pick me up that I read the letter from Resident Life. Already overwhelmed from the night and running on two hours of sleep, I uncontrollably sobbed in the corner of the emergency room. I wanted the stability and comfort of my own bed. I wanted to feel safe, and suddenly I was robbed of that.

This event lit a fire in me.

I knew I was wronged. For Resident Life to say they have “concerns about [my] ability to successfully manage living in a

residence hall” is not only offensive but demeaning.

I’ve struggled with bipolar I for six months now. I’ve been diagnosed with depression and anxiety since I was a freshman. My battle is about successfully living.

I’ve experienced firsthand how deadly mood disorders can be. My sister committed suicide at the age of 13 on the day of my senior prom. It is not the job of Resident Life to tell me they’re not sure if I can manage that.

Resident Life’s so-called concern for safety rings empty to me. After an event like hospitalization, there should be comfort and love, not a policy that could trigger a dangerous or unhealthy response. It takes strength and bravery to get help for a mood disorder, and instead I was punished.

Posting the letter and my story on Facebook and Twitter was a decision born of the anger I felt. I wanted people to know that I’d been wronged, but as my posts gathered more and more attention, it became clear that I was not the only one hurt by this protocol — dozens of students have shared similar stories with me.

On March 26, students received a letter about how this university is taking steps to better handle mental health. I have to question all those efforts now. I’ve seen none of it on a personal level. Getting more counselors or having workshop groups is not enough.

There is also the huge issue of accessibility for students disabled by their mental health. I receive accommodations from this university’s Accessibility and Disability Service, but

they are dated and from my original diagnosis of anxiety and depression.

On Nov. 2, I contacted my counselor about updating my accommodations. I was told there were no appointments for the remainder of the semester. Discouraged, I gave up.

It’s incredibly hard for me to function in school when I am depressed or manic. Mania is generally misunderstood. For me, it becomes impossible to focus on lectures and sit still for more than fifteen minutes.

I jump from task to task, leaving assignments partially complete. I get frustrated with the idea that I have to even be in school. Mania is almost always followed by depression; I can’t get out of bed or lack the energy to do much of anything.

My accommodations help very little with completing school while I’m experiencing an episode. Unfortunately, I am in the process of withdrawing this semester to seek further treatment. Both the stress of academics and the financial stress I experience in college — medical bills and a lack of affordable housing have put an immense financial strain on me — have made my treatment for bipolar mostly ineffective.

Princeton was sued in 2014 for forcing a student with depression to leave campus housing and withdraw. They had to completely change the way they treated mood disorders as a disability. It’s time for this university to change, too.

Mental health is an epidemic in colleges across the country. fbarrett@terpmail.umd.edu

ResLife can and will do better DEBORAH GRANDNER Director of Resident Life Guest columnist

To our campus community, Over the past several days, I have witnessed the frustration, pain and anger expressed by some of our students regarding the need for the Department of Resident Life to review and revise our procedures related to responding to situations where students are transported to the hospital for mental health-related emergencies.

I write today to acknowledge that I hear the concerns from the community and also to explain in more detail how and why our current protocols exist. We can and will do better.

To this end, I am forming a committee composed of students and staff to review our current protocol and make recommendations for changes. The committee will include a cross-functional team of campus colleagues, including mental health staff, student leaders and residence hall staff members.

I will ask the committee to convene immediately so recommendations can be vetted and implemented by the fall semester. My goal is to ensure we have a personalized approach in place that is flexible, adaptable and compassionate for the situations we manage, and for students facing difficulties to know that our staff cares about their well-being and wants to provide support to help them remain successful in our residence hall community, at the university, and beyond.

Students experience a wide range of challenges while in school, as college is a time of growth, learning and change.

Our staff is dedicated to serving students and helping students navigate all aspects of college life.

One of the most important aspects of

the Maryland residential experience is that we in Resident Life have compassionate and well-trained staff available 24/7 to help and provide support to students, especially when in crisis.

When our staff is called upon to respond to reports of emergency or crisis situations, our primary concern is students’ well-being and safety. The protocol we have applied when residents are transported to the hospital due to mentalhealth related crises has been effective in getting students to the most appropriate resources who can help during and after a crisis situation.

Our goal and practice are not to remove students from their homes on the campus. While we have required students to participate in an on-campus evaluation upon their discharge from the hospital, we also have staff on call 24 hours each day to ensure students have access to their belongings and have options for a safe place to stay until an evaluation by our UMD Mental Health staff can occur.

Whenever possible, we encourage students to stay at home with family members who can support them. In the vast majority of the situations throughout my career, students who have been transported to the hospital return to the residence halls.

This is the desired outcome in our current practices and our goal for the changes we will make — to have our students connected to appropriate resources and to help them to continue to fully engage in campus and community living.

Sincerely, Deborah Grandner Director of Resident Life dgrandne@umd.edu

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Committee formed to spur census participation Census to add first question on citizenship since 1950 Amid concerns about how a citizenship question could impact response rates, Greenbelt will establish a committee to encourage participation in the 2020 census.

The U.S. Commerce Department announced late last month that the census, which occurs once a decade, will contain a question on citizenship for the first time since 1950.

The department said the question will provide more accurate data on voting-aged citizens that is necessary to protect minorities through the Voting Rights Act, which prohibits racial discrimination in voting laws.

In response, the Greenbelt City Council unanimously decided to implement a multi-step plan for the city — the first phase of which included sending a letter to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross stating the council “strongly opposes and objects” to the question being added, said Greenbelt Mayor Pro Tem Judith Davis.

The city also established a committee to help inform city residents of when the census is approaching, how they can respond and why it’s important to participate, Davis said.

The city’s manager and its community relations advisory board will begin appointing committee members at the beginning of next year, she said, adding that Greenbelt had a similar committee ahead of the 2000 census.

Davis said the citizenship question could be a barrier for participation, especially among households containing undocumented immigrants or DREAMers, who may hesitate to divulge information about their citizenship for fear that it could be used against them.

“We do have immigrants that are legal and probably undocumented as well, and that puts a great deal of pressure on them if they are filling out this card,” Davis said. “Even though these are supposed to be secret and confidential, how many people today actually trust the government?”

As of 2015, Greenbelt is home to 23,827 people, 81.4 percent of whom are citizens, according to Data USA. Davis, who attended a work session on the census with the National League of Cities in March, raised the issue with the council during its March 26 meeting. She noted that an accurate count is imperative to ensure Greenbelt receives adequate funding for services such as its police department, roads and schools, as well as helping determine local and congressional districts.

“You need to have an accurate count,” Davis said.

“Otherwise, you’re gonna get shortchanged.”

Earlier this month, Maryland joined 16 other states and Washington, D.C., in suing the Trump administration to block the citizenship question from the 2020 census due to similar concerns.

The committee will also notify the community of opportunities to serve as paid census takers — data collectors — and set up public sites for people to fill out the census online.

Brian Egan, principal associate for finance, administration and intergovernmental relations at the National League of Cities, said the league opposes the citizenship question because it’s impossible to determine how it may affect final counts. He added that it’s widely questioned if the change will lower participation among hard-to-count communities, specifically immigrants.

The question will also affect census costs, Egan said, because more resources will be needed to follow up with non-response communities.

“There’s not much of a justifiable reason for why this question needs to be added in the first place,” Egan said.

A Commerce Department spokesperson wrote in an email that Secretary Ross carefully considered how the reinstatement of the citizenship question might depress response rates and lead to less accurate responses.

“Secretary Ross found that the need for accurate citizenship data and the limited burden that the reinstatement of the citizenship question would impose outweigh fears about a potentially lower response rate,” the spokesperson wrote.

The spokesperson added that the Census Bureau is designing a “robust” outreach effort to encourage the public to participate in the census. This includes engaging with local communities, offering materials in more than a dozen languages and spending more than $480 million in marketing and advertising, up from $376 million in 2010, he wrote.

Egan said about 100 local elected officials and city staff from around the country attended a March 13 conference on the census, and that their primary message was that they should prioritize accuracy.

“We have to live with these numbers for 10 years,” Egan said. “We only have one chance to get these numbers right, and that’s why we object to throwing a wrench into the system this late in the game.” by

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dunkin’ donuts opened a location beneath Terrapin Row on Thursday. The store was originally set to open last month. julia lerner/the diamondback

donut delight The nationwide chain is finally open under Terrapin Row

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line of University of Maryland students from all over the campus stretched out the door Thursday morning for the grand opening of Dunkin’ Donuts at Terrapin Row. The nationwide coffee and baked goods chain was originally set to open on the ground floor of the off-campus apartment complex last month, franchisee Usman Chaudhry said. Building the store — and securing the necessary permits — took longer than expected, he said.

“Students on campus have been waiting forever,” Chaudhry said, “but I’m happy that we’re here now.”

Even though Caroline Pickart won’t be a student at this university much longer, she said it’s still great that Dunkin’ is at Terrapin Row. The business sits on the corner of Building B near Knox Road.

“I’ll be graduating soon,” the senior architecture major said, “but whoever is living here next is going to have a great time with it.”

Freshman criminology and criminal justice major Madison Hine said she has been waiting for Dunkin’ to open for a long time. She said she can walk to the establishment from where she lives in Talbot Hall on South Campus, calling its opening a “godsend.”

Franchisee Ray Omar said he wants this location to be a place where students can

come to hang out, study and get the coffee and food they need. Chaudhry said he expects most of the customers to be students at this university.

The new location does not have a parking lot, drive-thru or Baskin-Robbins like some other Dunkin’ Donuts do, Chaudhry said.

This means there will be some specials this location is excluded from, he said, but the smaller footprint made Terrapin Row a perfect location for the single franchise.

For the rest of the week, Dunkin’ will sell any size of iced coffee for 99 cents, Omar said. Other specials include two egg and cheese wraps for $2, two egg and cheese sandwiches for $3 and two bacon, egg and cheese croissants for $5.

Sophomore criminology and criminal justice major Joshua Lang was impressed by the eatery’s service and quality, adding that it will be nice to be able to get coffee whenever he wants.

“I think it’s great,” Lang said. “The food’s already ready — I waited like a minute, so I am really happy right now.”

Sophomore kinesiology major Misha Bucknor said she was excited for the Dunkin’ to open even though she lives on North Campus. She said Dunkin’ is cheaper and better than Starbucks.

“I think I’ll come here often, just because of where my classes are placed,” Bucknor said.

Other businesses have also signed leases for Terrapin Row’s open ground floor space, including Wings Over, Cheers Cut, fast-casual Korean restaurant SeoulSpice, Hawaiianinspired Poki District and Taiwanese bubble tea eatery Gong Cha. Both Terrapin Row and Orlo Fund, the company that owns Terrapin Row’s retail space, declined to comment.

Jack Murphy, a junior environmental policy major, said he was excited for Wings Over to open, but didn’t know when it would.

“It’s kind of weird because I don’t really know when anything is opening,” Murphy said. “I don’t know whether or not to get excited because it could be like three months in the future.”

This Dunkin’ location is holding raffles and working with the Make-A-Wish Foundation to raise awareness for terminally ill kids, Omar said. Omar, a military veteran, said Dunkin’ will partner with ROTC as well.

Chaudhry said he wants to have a giveand-take relationship with the community and grow with this university. He said he will work to make sure all parties benefit from Dunkin’s opening.

“The crowd has been tremendous,” Omar said. “I think there’s been an outpouring of love for Dunkin’ — hopefully we can make UMD run on Dunkin’.” jroscoeumdbk@gmail.com

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ISRAEL FEST drew crowds of both pro-Palestine and pro-Israel students. Pictured on the left is Chewbacca, a camel from an animal park in Virginia, who attends Israel Fest every year.

Pictured below is the “Israel Apartheid Wall,” where pro-Palestinian student groups held a boycott and teach-in. (left) julia lerner/the diamondback (below) elliot scarangello/the diamondback

ISRAEL FEST From p. 1 normalization and erasure of the various human rights violations that are going on in the everyday lives of Palestinians.”

“It is inherently political to say that you’re celebrating Israel,” said Galloway, a member of Students for Justice in Palestine. The organization and other student groups used the blockade to obstruct Israel Fest from view and encouraged students to walk around the event rather than going through it.

Organizations such as Maryland Hillel and the Jewish Student Union hosted the event, which featured traditional Israeli foods such as falafel, tables promoting Jewish student groups and information on Israel’s history and culture.

At about 3 p.m., anti-Israel protesters gathered around the wall for a boycott and teach-in. Speakers from groups including Students for Justice in Palestine, the Pride Alliance and the International Socialist Organization spoke and led pro-Palestine chants.

Attendees shouted phrases such as, “Free, free Palestine” and “Hey you settlers, you can’t hide, we charge you with genocide,” occasionally garnering dissent

from Israel supporters in the crowd.

Several police officers were at the rally to “make sure that everything goes as sound and smooth as possible,” said Jewish Student Union president Joshua Goldstein.

At several points throughout the rally, officers quieted some confrontations while speakers were presenting.

At Israel Fest in 2016, demonstrators laid near the fountain on McKeldin Mall to protest the treatment of Palestinians in Israel. University Police responded to the scene and asked them to move, resulting in a clash between students and officers, but no one was arrested. “[The protestors] have every right to be there, and we’re going to focus on ourselves and make sure Israel Fest is as successful as possible,” said Goldstein, a junior communication major, adding that the event was “a little shy” of its usual turnout.

Freshman government and politics major Jesse Vaknin said Israel Fest was not a political event, but provided an opportunity for the roughly 6,500 Jewish students on the campus to celebrate the country and its culture.

“I love Israel, and I think that more than anything, every Jew should be here to show support for their home country and the

pride that they have for it,” he said.

Israel Fest coincides with the celebration of Israel’s independence day, a day Palestinians call the Nakba, or “Catastrophe,” as a result of the land they lost.

“We don’t want to deal with them,” Vaknin said of the protestors. “Not on this day.”

The regional conflict centers on ownership and control of the land on the Gaza Strip and West Bank. In December, President Trump declared his support for an Israeli capital in Jerusalem, which both Israelis and Palestinians claim as their political capital.

“As a Jewish person, I do feel strongly that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, the Jewish state,” freshman chemical engineering major Jeremy Rosenblatt said. “But I also understand how those who are Palestinians and sympathize with the Palestinians could see that as a slap in the face.”

For Galloway, Trump’s pro-Israel views and recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital are a “huge insult” to “Palestinians who have a just claim to that land.”

“I see it as my duty … as a fellow human being to advocate for human rights, advocate for people who are the victims of

a radical power imbalance,” Galloway said.

Freshman Shivam Shukla, an SJP member, said the boycott was intended to raise awareness for issues facing the Palestinian community at the hands of the Israeli government, but not to speak against the Jewish faith.

“A lot of people on campus don’t know — they’ll just go to Israel Fest, ride the camel, things like that — but we wanted to say that there is another side to Israel,” Shukla, a computer science major, said.

“We are boycotting this event in solidarity with people in Palestine who have to go through these hardships by Israel’s hand every day.”

Rosenblatt said he attended the festival because he has “a strong passion for Israel.” Still, he added that he appreciated the opportunity for the opposing groups to express their views.

“It’s nice that at a university we can have such an open dialogue,” he said.

“They can state their opinion, we can state ours, and both of those opinions can occupy the same space.” newsumdbk@gmail.com Staff writers Christine Condon and Audrey Decker contributed to this story.

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Dining Services calls for more accessible restrooms for dining hall ADA-accessible restrooms on 3rd floor of South Campus Dining Hall The Student Facilities Fund is reviewing a @SavannahUMD proposal from Dining Services Staff writer administrators to provide money to renovate the South Campus Dining Hall bathrooms, which are not handicap-accessible or gender-inclusive.

Joe Mullineaux, senior associate director of Dining Services, said the department has been saving up money to complete the updates for five or six years.

“Right now, to get to an ADA-accessible restroom in South Campus, you have to leave the dining room, get on an elevator and go to the third floor,” Mullineaux said. “It meets code, but it’s not very by

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GUIDE From p. 1 Female TAs should assert themselves in such situations and remain “friendly but firm,” the handbook said.

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friendly.”

Mullineaux said the dining hall needs complete bathroom renovations and a wheelchair lift from the cafeteria area to the second floor, where the bathrooms are located. To make them gender-inclusive, they would convert what is now the men’s bathroom to a genderneutral bathroom, similar to the gender-neutral restroom outside the Maryland Co-op in Stamp Student Union.

Dining Services estimated renovations would cost about $200,000 and saved $250,000 in preparation for the project, but Facilities Management estimated the investment would require about $485,000, Mullineaux said. The dining hall is requesting the $235,000 difference from the Student

The handbook then addressed male TAs, warning them that some female students may attempt to “capitalize on the male-female dynamic to their own advantage.”

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Mullineaux said it would be at least another year before the dining hall could take action on renovations if Dining Services’ proposal is denied, because the university has to tend to facilities according to their urgency.

“There’s a whole lot of areas that they have to address that don’t meet code, before they would come to a place that we’re just trying to make more friendly,” Mullineaux said.

Andrew Stover, a sophomore public policy major who sits on the Student Facilities Fund subcommittee, sponsored a bill last Wednesday that sought the SGA’s support on behalf of the group.

The entire body voted 27-0, with 6 abstentions, to support the fund approving the money.

“This is a pot of money that the students pay into, and it is ultimately their money,” Stover said. “The university does have a responsibility to

maintain their buildings and make sure they are accessible to everyone, but at the same time, those bathrooms also need renovations, and it might be a very long time to get that done unless we take action right now.”

Noah Eckman, chair of the Student Facilities Fund subcommittee, said the price tag for this renovation would be less than 10 percent of the existing money. The fund, which is predicted to receive about $560,000 each year, is supported by the student fee for capital improvements according to its website, and currently has about $2.9 million the committee can use to support student initiatives.

Jonathan Allen, the SGA’s president-elect, was concerned about the precedent this would set, though he said he supported the bathroom renovations. He said he was

worried this would eliminate non-legally required repairs from the university’s to-do list.

“What ends up happening is that the students take the burden with the fees … and the money that we pay … is being used to do things that, in my eye, the university should really be taking care of,” Allen said.

Eckman said the fund is meant to go toward “studentsupported facilities projects and improvements that will

positively impact and enhance the student experience.”

The committee’s recommendations are due by the end of the month, with the final decision from the University Facilities Council coming in May. If the proposal is accepted in May, Mullineaux said the renovations could be done before the start of the fall 2018 semester.

TA for CMSC250: Discrete Structures, posted screenshots of the handbook on Twitter a n d w ro te , “ W hy d o we accept and normalize this discriminatory behavior?”

Computer science department chair Ming Lin wrote in a statement that the handbook had been removed because it “contained highly inappropriate, stereotypical characterizations of women,” adding that its origin is “not immediately known.” “[The handbook] does not reflect our department’s values or beliefs,” the statement read.

“We denounce all misogynistic attitudes toward women and will continue to work diligently to provide all students a warm and welcoming environment to learn and succeed.”

The department was unaware that the statements were on its website and is researching their origins, according to a statement by Lin and Amitabh Varshney — the computer, mathematical and natural sciences college dean — that was released Wednesday.

Un ive rs i ty P re s i d e n t Wallace Loh said he was not aware of the handbook,

noting he thinks its language is “totally inappropriate.”

“The reality is, when we have literally thousands and thousands of websites, and people sort of routinely just press a button and out it goes, we were in fact talking about it whether we need to have somebody go through and look at the content of every single website,” Loh said. “And maybe that needs to be done.”

As of Sunday night, Bao’s tweet had more than two thousand retweets, as well as more than 100 replies expressing frustration with the handbook’s contents.

“By telling the TA to cope as opposed to reprimanding the student/telling the student not to behave that way you’re furthering the behavior,” one reply read.

Bao labeled the language “ b a c k w a r d s ,” a n d s a i d ex p e c t i n g fe m a l e TA s to accept and prepare for future discrimination sends the wrong message.

“That’s really sad to put in a TA handbook, or anywhere,” the sophomore computer science major said. “This is what I have to look forward to,

over and over again — having to constantly prove that I deserve the job that I earned.”

S o p h o m o r e c o m p u te r science major Sasha Miller said the language perpetuates self-doubt among women in the department. During the 2016-17 academic year, l e s s t h a n 2 0 p e rc e n t o f computer science majors at this university were women, according to the institutional research, planning and assessment office.

“When you promote this viewpoint that females aren’t capable, even if you’re doing well in the major, you’re doubting yourself,” she said.

“It’s just shocking to be on such a liberal campus, and be the biggest major on campus, that such a horrible thought is still there.”

Jake Cassell, a freshman computer science major, said the language was “disappointing,” but it didn’t match his experiences. While women are a minority in the department, he said their male counterparts treat them as equals.

“I don’t think [the TA h a n d b o o k ] i s fa i r l y

representative of the student body — the culture of the students,” Cassell said.

Eliot Melder, a sophomore computer science major and a TA for CMSC250, said he’s seen male TAs question the competency of female TAs. Students in the class that’s h e l d i n t h e ro o m b e fo re his section will often hang around to ask him questions rather than approaching their female TA, he said.

While the handbook has been removed, Bao said the department should work to e d u c a te s t u d e n t s o n discrimination and gender dy n a m i c s i n co m p u te r science, adding that this kind of behavior only widens the gender gap in the field. “[This major] comes with the preconceived notion that most females will fail because of the stigma that boys are smarter,” Bao said. “I should be able to feel like I belong in my major.”

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ost of the time when graduate students come to his office, University of Maryland Ombudsman Mark Shayman can’t point them to a procedure that spells out how to resolve the issues they face.

While there are grievance procedures for graduate students who have complaints about test grades and for those who feel their assistantship was wrongfully terminated, there isn’t one in place for students who feel bullied, disrespected or abused by their advisers, he said.

“Sometimes faculty members do things and really there should be a response from the university, and there’s not really a place for students to go where they feel they can be heard officially,” Shayman said.

“There’s something missing.”

In spring 2017, the graduate school convened a committee of faculty, staff and graduate students to review the existing grievance policy and make recommendations for filling in its gaps. The committee summarized its findings in a report, which it submitted to the graduate school in November.

The report pulled examples of issues not covered by existing policy from the experiences of students on the committee and from a 2016 Graduate Assistant Advisory Committee survey. There were nearly 4,000 graduate research and teaching assistants at this university in fall 2016, according to the Office of Institutional Research, Planning and Assessment.

Of the more than 1,000 graduate assistants to complete the survey, more than half listed grievances in response to open-ended questions.

Such grievances included faculty

GRADS From p. 1 appropriate,” Interim Dean Steve Fetter wrote in a letter to graduate student leaders.

Faculty and staff will also receive a 2 percent increase in pay in January, Fetter wrote.

Since faculty and staff are also affected by this increase, Graduate Student Government Public Relations Vice President Katie Brown does not think it should be “framed as a raise given to [graduate assistants].”

“It’s great, don’t get me wrong, and we all need it, but it’s not the same thing as the grad school deciding ‘We’re not paying GAs enough,’” Brown said.

The graduate school’s goal is to ultimately increase stipend levels by 12 percent, but will not be able to implement the increase all at once due to budget constraints, Fetter wrote.

DIVERSITY From p. 2 environment we are, the kind of place we are, to understand the things we value and how to be successful as students in that environment when it comes to diversity and inclusion.”

The task force also recommended this university work to better provide members of the campus with information about hate bias incidents in a timely, transparent manner, Kelley said.

“I think they could … do more on this part,” said senior economics major Ying Han. “Students like me probably seldom hear about this kind of information.”

This university announced in November that the Office of Diversity and Inclusion would use its website to inform the campus community of hate bias incidents, but has yet to develop the system.

Senior information studies major David Wildes also said the university could work to make students more aware of incidents of hate and bias.

He added that education programs would be a good way to spread awareness on the issues, but that he wouldn’t

The graduate school lacks a policy to address abusive behavior

By Angela Roberts | @24_angier | Staff writer

members intimidating graduate students through hostile language, requiring students to perform labor without compensation and arbitrarily awarding funding and research opportunities, the report read.

The graduate school currently has no ability to sanction faculty m e m b e rs fo r a b u s ive b e h av i o r beyond discrimination or sexual harassment, graduate school spokesperson Mary Carroll-Mason wrote in an email. She noted that one of the motivations for forming the committee was that the ombudsman indicated “his hands are often tied by a lack of policies against abusive behavior that doesn’t fall under the university’s existing policies.”

The committee report states that of the 65 grievance complaints Shayman reported for the 2016-17 academic year, 23 percent of the cases were about a research adviser.

Shayman said in most of these cases, graduate students do not want him to contact their advisers because they fear retaliation.

“It’s not a symmetric relationship,” Shayman said. “One side has the power and the other doesn’t.”

Communication doctoral student Morgan Hess, the sole instructor for her COMM107 section, said she has little interaction with her supervisor, she said. That’s the same supervisor who, like most supervisors for teaching assistants,

w i l l s i t o n t h e co m m i t te e t h a t examines her dissertation and has the power to approve her teaching s c h e d u l e , w r i te h e r l e t te rs o f recommendation and nominate her for awards and fellowships.

“Every time you want to raise a justifiable complaint, you have to consider if that complaint is worth your academics or your schedule or your standing in the department,” she said. “It becomes easier to just put up with it because there’s no clear way to resolve it and you don’t want to worry about making things worse for yourself by raising concerns.”

Hess is a teaching assistant, so she is funded by her department. But when faculty members are awarded research grants from sources outside this university, the money supports the hiring of research assistants.

Shayman said these students are not only beholden to their adviser for academic support, but also for financial support.

Leila Duman, a graduate research assistant in the chemistry department, said she is fortunate enough to have a relationship with her adviser that is one of mutual respect.

“I don’t know of any graduate student who wants to make waves with their adviser,” she noted. “It’s not going to end well for the grad student if they do that.”

International students are in an even more precarious position

Fe t te r ca l l e d g ra d u a te student leaders to notify them of the stipend increase on Thursday morning. While Fearless Student Employee Coalition member Morgan Hess, who was included on this call, said this was “very nice,” she was frustrated that graduate students were not involved sooner.

“None of us were in the room discussing this,” she said. “Even though this is good news, it’s yet another decision that’s handed down by the university to graduate students.”

Hess agreed that the minimum stipend level is still set too low, adding that it “still doesn’t account for the egregious cost of living in the surrounding area.” Monthly rent at the only designated graduate housing units at this university — Graduate Hills and Graduate Gardens — starts at $1,247, according to the

because if they lose their assistantships, they not only lose their financial support but could also potentially lose their residency in the country, Shayman said.

To m a i n ta i n s t u d e n t s ta t u s, i n te r n a t i o n a l s t u d e n ts m u s t “pursue a full course of study and make normal progress towards the completion of the program o f s t u d y,” a c c o r d i n g t o t h e International Student and Scholar Services office’s website.

“For international students, you have to listen to the person who is abusing you with no complaining,” said graduate research assistant Shivang Patel, who is an international student from India, adding he feels secure in his relationship with his adviser.

In May, the Graduate Council will vote on a proposal to submit a request to the University Senate that would require each school and college to create an internal grievance policy. The proposal would also add a rights and responsibilities section to the Graduate Catalog that would explicitly state that graduate students have the right to work in an environment that must be “free of intimidation, fear, coercion, reprisal, harassment and bullying or other unacceptable behaviors.”

“If this thing passes, there would be a formal procedure to address these issues and there would be consequences for the abusers,” said Roozbeh Bakhshi, a graduate student who served on the grievance committee. “It’s a big change, it’s a big deal.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

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“We understand the budget constraints,” Hess said. “But having a graduate student labor force that is diverse, that is competitive and that can afford to teach undergrads and produce research without having to feel like they’re being crushed by their finances is good for the university.”

The announcement comes after a bill that would have given collective bargaining rights to graduate student employees at public four-year universities failed to make it on to the Maryland State House or Senate floor in time for a vote before the legislative session ended on April 9. The rights would have enabled graduate assistants to negotiate contracts with employers.

Under the current system of meet-and-confer, graduate students and the graduate school debate job-related

In addition to the January increase, graduate Step I assistantships — which are assistants who are first-year students that do not hold a master’s degree — will see their minimum increase by 6 percent above the fiscal 2018 level starting in July 2018, Fetter wrote.

Minimum stipend levels for full assistantships in fiscal 2019 will be $16,212 for nine months, $17,113 for 9 1/2 months and $21,616 for 12 months. Departments, schools and colleges have the option of paying their graduate assistants more than the minimum stipend required by the graduate school.

This increase will only affect colleges or departments in this university that pay their graduate assistants the minimum stipend level, Jennings said. The minimum stipend level for a nine-and-

a-half month assistantship is currently $16,144 per year, according to the graduate school’s website.

While Brown called this raise “long overdue, well-deserved and desperately needed,” for these workers, she said their biweekly paychecks will not increase much.

Fe t te r a d d e d t h a t t h e graduate school intends to increase the minimum stipend level for Step I graduate assistants by an additional 4 percent in fiscal 2020, depending on fund availability.

University President Wallace Loh first mentioned a plan to increase stipend levels when he appeared on NPR on April 5. This was the first time graduate student leaders and labor activists from the Graduate Assistant Advisory Committee and the Fearless Student Coalition heard that a plan was in the works.

utilize them.

“I personally wouldn’t go to them, but it’s great,” Wildes said of the proposed trainings.

“If students think [they would be useful], then more power to them.”

On April 10, this university announced that Neijma Celestine-Donnor would take on the role of hate bias response coordinator and will work to support individuals, groups and communities affected by hate and bias.

The task force also supported a biennial climate survey to help this university understand the experiences of faculty, staff and students.

The Office of Diversity and Inclusion conducted the first climate survey in January.

Freshman public health science major Sheanice Charles said the university should be more transparent on matters of hate and bias.

“I think a lot of the time things are hidden,” she said.

“We know that they are there but at the same time it’s kind of made taboo in a certain way, and as a result, when something happens, people are shocked that it happened when it’s been existing for a while,” she said. “I feel like if we get it out on the table we

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Fetter, who testified against the bill at its Senate hearing in February, said the graduate school “heard the concerns expressed by our graduate assistants, including the [GSG] and the [GAAC], and in testimony to the Maryland General Assembly, and took those into consideration while conducting our assessment of the appropriate increase to minimum stipends.”

Hess said she and other student activists will continue to push for collective bargaining rights and “real shared governance.”

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he story of Elvis Presley’s life has been told too many times by a lot of the same voices through documentaries and biographies and even a guided tour through the late singer’s home, Graceland. HBO enabled that same lazy narrative with Elvis Presley: The Searcher.

Elvis died in August 1977, a little over 40 years ago, and the details of everything that happened during his 42 years on earth are well-known and essentially public knowledge. The documentary didn’t make that information any more compelling, and it didn’t share anything new.

Nobody needed this movie and I don’t think anybody asked for it. It would’ve been a better use of HBO’s resources to question his legacy and the mark he really made on history.

Elvis is known as the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll, but that has been called into question given the sounds he stole and influence he drew from black soul and R&B musicians. The Searcher continually noted how he created his own image by taking pieces of other artists’ shows, without making it seem like he was stealing their work, but never once touched on the controversy around that.

The Searcher told Elvis’ story in a vacuum — it seemed to dance around how, in retrospect, his career was really problematic. It’s almost as if the filmmakers refused to include any criticism out of fear of offending somebody who has been dead for more than 40 years.

It’s no question Elvis is a music icon, so it’s time to talk about the implications of his time on earth.

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throne of lies HBO’s new Elvis documentary ignores the black artists the King built his career on

Priscilla Presley told the story of their meeting in Germany while Elvis was in the army. It was endearing to hear their love story firsthand. For some reason, there was no discussion of the fact that she was 14 and he was 24 when they first met.

The documentary wasn’t all bad, though. It discussed Elvis’ strong and loving relationship with his parents, his status as one of the first real sex symbols and how his music integrated black and white styles and culture. It utilized old interviews with the singer himself and was littered with intriguing photos and footage from his life.

The best aspect of The Searcher was the format. There were interviews from Priscilla, Tom Petty, Emmylou Harris and more, but their faces were never shown. Their firsthand accounts of Elvis or their takes on his prowess were simply a backdrop to the visual story being told.

There has yet to be a quality, intersectional analysis of Elvis’ legacy, and I hoped The Searcher would be that.

There was no talk of where we see his influence today or the impact of news media on his career. There were no Elvis fans recounting their days screaming at his concerts or backup singers telling us about his off-stage ego — and that hurt the film.

Elvis isn’t a god or a saint. He left a mark on pop culture that will long outlive him, but he was still a flawed man. There was no benefit in The Searcher ignoring the dark side of his legacy, it simply made for a stale, boring, three-hour watch.

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Huerter was All-Big Ten Honorable Mention as a sophomore last year, after averaging 14.8 points and 5.0 rebounds while shooting 41.7 percent from three-point range. The

Clifton Park, New York, native averaged 9.3 points in his freshman year.

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‘a good, gritty win’ Nittany Lions play stifling defense, force Terps to grind out a victory

By Lila Bromberg | @lilabbromberg | Staff writer

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idway through the first half of No. 3 Maryland women’s lacrosse’s 13-8 win over No. 15 Penn State on Thursday, Maryland defender Julia Braig carried the ball upfield, trying to complete a clear, but met two Nittany Lions as she crossed midfield.

The double-team forced her to angle toward the sideline. She eventually tried to escape, turning around and throwing a desperation pass across the field to no one in particular, but she had stepped out of bounds before getting rid of the ball, the second of Maryland’s three failed clear attempts in the first half.

Penn State used a combination of heavy pressure on the clear and double teams to stifle the 10th-best offense in the country before halftime, becoming just the second team this season to hold the Terps to fewer than six firsthalf goals.

“We’re used to putting up

on playing our game, being patient, being confident in how we play, and that helped a lot,” Griffin said. “We just had to focus on us. That’s not like us to struggle sometimes clearing, and we just had to take a deep breath, have each other’s back, making sure that we’re switching the ball, having to trail and just playing together and not just relying on one person.”

Though the offensive struggles kept the game tighter than the team might have liked, Whittle believes it may be helpful for the team to learn attacker caroline steele scored one of the Terps’ five first-half goals Thursday, their second-fewest goals in an opening 30 minutes this season. file photo/the diamondback how to win games in a variety of ways as it prepares to defend its conference and national 20 goals a game,” attacker when the team played one of anything complicated at the be sharp at what we do.”

Players and coaches said championships next month.

Megan Whittle said. “In the its worst all-around halves of break, instead simply trying th e team moved th e ball first half there was a bit of a the year, struggling on both to get them to refocus.

“It was a good, gritty win “It’s not crazy lacrosse,” more quickly on offense by for us,” Whittle said. “It was lull on the offense. We were ends of the field and trailing Reese said. “It’s just doing executing on pass plays in the a good test and it’s the perfect getting really good looks, just 7-4 at intermission.

But against Penn State on the fundamentals right, and second half. not quite finishing, or we were part of the season where we’re Attacker Grace Griffin said starting to get into the mustforcing it in to the first look, home turf, the Terps’ defense I think we were a little bobbly was locked down in the first on our fundamentals. And we the team’s mindset was also win games, and it’s good not the best look.”

M a ryl a n d ’s o n ly o t h e r half. It was just the offense talked about it at halftime, of key in fixing the uncharac- having really, really great getting back to basics. We’re teristic offensive struggles. competition for that.” time scoring so few goals in that needed adjusting.

“We couldn’t let that get to Coach Cathy Reese said she not trying to reinvent the the opening 30 minutes was against Princeton on April 10 didn’t tell her team’s offense wheel here, we just need to our head, that we had to keep sportsdbk@gmail.com

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Bloom in concussion protocol MaryAndy Kostka land baseball starter Taylor @afkostka B l o o m s u fStaff writer fered a concussion prior to last Friday’s ga m e a ga i n s t M i c h i ga n , coach Rob Vaughn said after the Wolverines’ sweep.

Bloom was struck in the head with a ball while by

“We’ll obviously be cautious with that,” Vaughn said. “Any time somebody’s ge t t i n g h i t i n t h e h ea d , you’re obviously trying to make sure you don’t rush a ny t h i n g o r t h a t eve rything’s fine there. He’s doing better, though.”

Bloom (2-6, 5.20 ERA) had thrown the most innings of

warming up shortly before the series-opener April 13.

He was later ruled out for the contest and entered concussion protocol upon returning to College Park. After the series, Vaughn said he was progressing well.

After the freak accident, Vaughn said Bloom suffered from headaches and sensitivity to light.

any Big Ten pitcher entering last weekend.

Right-hander Mark DiLuia took Bloom’s spot in the rotation Friday against Purdue, making the first weekend appearance of his career.

He allowed four runs in six innings in a loss. akostkadbk@gmail.com coach brenda frese’s team will play Ohio State twice next year. file photo/the diamondback

“We’ll obviously be cautious with that.”

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The Terps finished last season as the second-best team in the conference, behind only Ohio State. They finished 12-4 in Big Ten play and lost to the Buckeyes in the Big Ten championship March 4.

Maryland will see the Buckeyes twice during the coming campaign. Their other home and away matchups are against

Northwestern and Wisconsin make up the rest of the home schedule. Out of the four, the Terps lost to two— Michigan and Minnesota— on the road last season.

The Terps will travel to Indiana and Iowa as well as Michigan State and Purdue, two teams that defeated Maryland on its home floor last year.

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Strong second half powers Terp win Terps held Nittany Lions scoreless for 17 minutes in second half While the

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D e s p i te a l l ow i n g fo u r Lila Bromberg Maryland women’s laconsecutive goals late in the @lilabbromberg c ro s s e te a m contest, Maryland (15-1, 5-0 Staff writer boasts a top-ten scoring offense, its defense took ownership of its Thursday matchup against Penn State.

After only allowing the No. 15 Nittany Lions three goals in the first half, the Terps didn’t allow a score for nearly 17

Big Ten) rode its otherwise strong defensive showing to a 13-8 victory.

“It’s our best game we’ve played defensively so far this season,” coach Cathy Reese said. “This is an area where we’ve really focused in on. … We’re getting better every

day, we’re playing where we want to be playing right now.”

Goalkeeper Megan Taylor backed the Terps with eight saves, stopping half of the shots she faced.

Six different Terps notched at least one caused turnover, with Meghan Doherty leading with two. Julia Braig led the squad with three ground balls.

T h o u g h M a r yl a n d h a s been disciplined all season, it seemed to lose composure at times in the defensive battle against Penn State (9-6, 3-2).

The Terps committed 14 fouls

in the first half alone and totalled 18.

Maryland sent Penn State to the eight meter for free position shots nine times, but Taylor’s play in goal allowed the Nittany Lions to convert only once.

“That’s incredible given that all those eight meters were from the center hash, that’s hard to do,” attacker Megan Whittle said on Taylor’s play. “It also attributes to our defense crashing in and being able to get a stick on that shot.”

P e n n S ta te ’s d e fe n s e , meanwhile, limited Maryland to five first-half goals.

The Terps’ only game with fewer scores at the half was its matchup with Princeton on April 10, when the Tigers led 7-4.

Both teams were quick to double-team when guarding their side of the field and had heavy pressure on the clear.

W h i l e Pe n n S ta te s t i l l s t r u g g l e d o f fe n s ive ly i n the second half, Maryland figured out the Nittany Lion defense and maintained more

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Whittle led the Terps with five goals. Griffin chipped in with two goals and three assists.

“Our defense feeds our o f fe n se ,” a t ta c ke r G ra ce Griffin said of the second half adjustment. “Coming up with ground balls, coming up with big stops and knowing that maybe our shots were off, maybe the goalie was making an amazing save, that we just had to keep going.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

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Terps learn opponents for first year of 20-game Big Ten slate The Big Ten James Crabtree- announced its men’s basketHannigan @JamesCrabtreeH ball matchups Sports editor and locations Thursday for the 2018-19 conference schedule, which will be the first year each team plays 20 games against Big Ten opponents.

Each team will play seven teams twice (home and away) and six teams once (three home and three away).

A year after coach Mark Turgeon bemoaned the Terps’ conference schedule as one of the hardest of any Big Ten team, the Terps appear to have drawn another tough slate for the 2018-19 year.

Maryland plays three (Michigan, Ohio State, Purdue) of the conference’s four 2018 NCAA tournament teams twice and its one matchup with Michigan State, the other tournament team, will be in East Lansing, Michigan. by

center jalen smith, ranked the No. 13 player in the country, is the jewel of Maryland’s class.

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2018 class ranked seventh-best Terps set to bring in one 5-star, two 4-stars and one 3-star Maryland has the seventh-best 2018 recruiting class in the nation and best in the Big Ten, according to 247Sports’ newest composite rankings.

That makes the Terps’ class better than the 2016 group that boasted the trio of Anthony Cowan, Kevin Huerter and Justin Jackson.

The star of the upcoming class is center Jalen Smith. In 247Sports’ final rankings of the season, he improved from the No. 24 ranking to the No. 13 spot, Maryland’s highestranked recruit since center Diamond Stone.

Smith was selected as a McDonald’s All-American and shined in the game in March. by

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names from the upcoming draft and return to college.

While forward Justin Jackson has already signed an agent, forward Bruno Fernando and guard Kevin Huerter’s futures are still up in the air.

Even if Fernando and Huerter return, there are valid questions about what coach Mark Turgeon can do with a huge concentration of talent. Maryland’s 2015-16 squad was widely regarded as a team that could make the Final Four, but they bowed out of the tournament in unceremonious fashion in the Sweet 16 against Kansas.

If Fernando and Huerter are back next season, the expectations for the Terps will be awfully high. They’ll have a chance to be really good, but they also may have a repeat of the disappointing 2015-16 campaign.

At a quick glance, his 12 points and four rebounds for Mount Saint Joseph in that game may seem pedestrian. But add two blocks and flashes of his leaping ability, and Smith showed enough to convince 247Sports he’s among the best players in the country.

The back-to-back Maryland Gatorade State Player of the Year is joined by Eric Ayala, a combo guard who rose 21 spots on the final big board to finish at No. 65, and Aaron Wiggins, a guard who slipped five spots from No. 38 to No. 43. Guard Serrel Smith, a late addition to the class, is the No. 151 player in the country.

The key date for Maryland fans is May 30. That is the last day NBA prospects without an agent can withdraw their

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just worn it out and put a whole lot of runs out there,” Vaughn From p. 14 said, “so stuff like that gets the ninth with a runner on amplified.”

As the Terps’ coaches met third, giving the Boilermakers near their dugout after the an 8-6 advantage.

“Unfortunately, we haven’t game, they loudly expressed

BUCKEYES From p. 14 The Buckeyes led the rest of the way, not letting Maryland within one goal in the final six minutes.

Maryland was forced to play from behind from the start, an unfamiliar position for a team that has scored at least 10 goals in every game. Led by attackman Colin Chell, the Buckeyes opened the game with three unanswered goals, creating the largest deficit the Terps have faced this season.

The Terps responded with their own three-goal spurt to tie the game in the first quarter and took their first lead about halfway through the second quarter, when midfielder Connor Kelly found the net to make it a 5-4 contest. Despite winning just three of 14 firsthalf faceoffs, Maryland entered the intermission tied with the Buckeyes at six.

“We keep it very composed in the huddles, especially during timeouts,” midfielder Adam DiMillo said. “We are prepared for any situation that is thrown at us. There’s no lapse in composure.”

But little changed for the

Terps after halftime. Ohio State started the second half the same way it opened the first — with a 3-0 run that quickly put the Terps in a hole. Maryland drew within a goal to end the third, but another 3-0 Buckeyes run in the fourth quarter put the game out of reach.

After feeling disrespected before the opening whistle, the Buckeyes avenged their nation-

frustration at the sloppy play.

The Terps couldn’t overcome their two-run deficit in the ninth, which doomed them to a sixth consecutive defeat.

Maryland’s home game against Illinois, the only meeting between those two teams on the schedule, will be played at Madison Square Garden in New York as part of a Big Ten “Super Saturday” basketball and hockey doubleheader.

The three teams Maryland will play only at home — Illinois, Indiana, Northwestern — went a combined 19-35 in conference play this year, with none finishing above .500.

The Terps will travel for their only matchups against Iowa and Rutgers.

Maryland will also play NIT champion Penn State, Minnesota, Nebraska and Wisconsin twice next season.

The dates, times and television information for each matchup will be announced at a later time, the conference said in a news release.

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Maryland’s top-two scorers — guards Anthony Cowan and Kevin Huerter — are expected to return for their junior seasons, and the Terps will add five-star center Jalen Smith, four-star guards Aaron Wiggins and Eric Ayala and Mississippi State transfer center Schnider Herard.

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THIS WEEK’S GAMES

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‘wasn’t our day’ attackman tim rotanz scored a first-quarter goal to tie the game at three, but Ohio State regained the lead shortly after. The Buckeyes used three 3-0 runs to pull a stunning upset. file photo/the diamondback

Unranked, unintimidated Buckeyes knock off No. 1 Terps in College Park

By Scott Gelman | @Gelman_Scott | Senior staff writer

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ith 33 seconds remaining in the No. 1 Maryland men’s lacrosse team’s game against Ohio State on Sunday, defenseman Bryce Young snapped his stick in half over his helmet in frustration. Seconds prior, he watched Buckeyes midfielder Jack Jasinski score into Maryland’s empty net, giving the Buckeyes a three-goal lead.

As time expired, the 6,395 fans at Maryland Stadium watched the Buckeyes rush the field and celebrate, the same way fans of coach John Tillman’s team did last Memorial Day. In a rematch of last season’s national championship game, the Terps displayed encouraging moments but were generally flat.

Maryland couldn’t find answers at

the faceoff and had difficulty figuring out the Buckeyes’ defense.

Meanwhile, Ohio State arrived in College Park at .500 and seeking a win to keep its postseason aspirations alive. Sunday’s 12-10 win against the Terps, which came exactly a year after the Buckeyes’ last victory over Maryland, did just that.

“We’re not scared of anybody,” Jasinski said. “We knew they were going to try to intimidate us. We stood our ground and told them, ‘Hey, you’re not going to come in here and bully us.’ That was what we did on the first play of the game.

We came down the field, one shot, one goal.”

The Buckeyes took offense to Maryland crossing the 50-yard

line during pregame warmups, they said, perhaps fueling their biggest win of the season and explaining why some Ohio State players played peacemaker to avoid a skirmish during the post-game celebration.

This year’s Ohio State team is far from the same squad Maryland played three times last season, when the Terps lost in the regular season before beating the Buckeyes in the Big Ten and NCAA tournament championship games. A win Sunday would have given the Terps (10-2, 3-1 Big Ten) a share of the Big Ten regular season title.

Instead, Ohio State (7-6, 2-2) dealt the Terps a stunning loss ahead of Maryland’s regular-

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season finale against No. 7 Johns Hopkins on Saturday.

“They’re not an overly complicated group,” Tillman said. “They didn’t give us anything different than we practiced. We had some communication breakdowns.”

Maryland won just nine of 26 faceoffs and couldn’t stop a Buckeyes attack that entered the matchup averaging about nine goals per game.

Trailing to open the fourth quarter for the first time this season, the Terps were unable to orchestrate a comeback. Buckeyes midfielder Jackson Reid gave Ohio State a lead with about 13 minutes remaining in the fourth quarter.

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Wolverines no-hit Terps in 8-0 blowout

Terps’ defense blows 4-run lead to Purdue

Michigan outscores Maryland, 26-1, in dominant 3-game sweep

Boilermakers’ sweep pushes Maryland to 11th place in Big Ten

In MichBen Fischer igan’s @TheBiggestFisch seriesStaff writer opening 6-0 win over Maryland softball Friday, Michigan ace Meghan Beaubien was dominant, holding the Terps to just two baserunners and one hit. She struck out seven and didn’t issue a walk.

On Sunday, she was even better.

Beaubien, a freshman, threw her third career nohitter in the 8-0, six-inning win. She fanned 11 Terps, allowed just one baserunner — via a sixth-inning walk — and needed only 69 pitches to finish the complete game. “ S h e t h rows t h e b a l l hard, and she has a really exceptional changeup,” coach Julie Wright said.

“So when you’re trying to gear up and be on time and she throws the changeup, she’s really tough to hit, especially for left-handed hitters.”

The game was Maryland’s third consecutive blowout by

loss to the Wolverines, and it unfolded similarly to the first two, with the Terps being outperformed in all facets.

Eve n wh e n M a ryl a n d ( 1 8 - 3 0 , 7 - 1 0 B i g Te n ) managed to put the ball in play against Beaubien, it was rarely hit hard. The Terps put the ball out of the infield only once Sunday, after managing two Friday.

“We were working a lot trying to see her pitches down in the zone, but she wo rks w i t h rea l ly go o d deception,” third baseman Brigette Nordberg said.

“She worked a lot of changeups in on us, so hats off to her because she was really good this weekend.”

Meanwhile, Michigan (38-7, 13-1) battered Maryland pitching with ex t ra - ba se h i ts fo r t h e third consecutive game.

The Wolverines hit two home runs and a double off starter Ryan Denhart, wa l k e d f i ve t i m e s a n d struck out just once.

“It’s just leaving the ball up,” Wright said. “You can’t leave the ball up to big-time

hitters. They’re going to hit it hard.”

M a ryl a n d ’s d e fe n se , which made a sudden turnaround to power the team to its best-ever Big Ten start a few weeks ago, continued its regression. The Terps made four errors Sunday, bringing their weekend total to 11. For the third game in a row, defensive miscues allowed at least two unearned runs to score for the Wolverines.

“We were trying to do too much,” Wright said. “We were trying to take advantage of outs that weren’t there.”

Michigan’s batters were relentless, going 7-for-13 with runners on base and 5-for-8 with runners in scoring position.

The Wolverines jumped in front right away. After Beaubien struck out the side in the top of the first, second baseman Faith Canfield led off the bottom of the inning with a home run. Michigan added two more runs in the second on another homer by designated player Lou Allan.

Two more runs in the third — both unearned — and two See wolverines, p. 11

All MaryAndy Kostka land @afkostka baseStaff writer ball left fielder Will Watson could do was watch with his hands on his head as the Terps’ four-run lead over Purdue dissolved in the seventh inning Sunday.

On a bloop single with the bases loaded, Watson’s throw home was way off-line, but third baseman Taylor Wright elected to let it bounce past him rather than cut it off. The ball went to the backstop, and all three runners crossed the plate, leveling the score at six.

The miscues mounted when left-hander Grant Burleson’s wild pitch plated center fielder Skyler Hunter from third, allowing Purdue to take a 7-6 lead.

The Terps’ shortcomings Sunday further squashed their hopes of achieving the top-eight finish required to make the conference tournament. The Boilermakers erased a four-run deficit to secure an 8-6 win and complete a crushing series sweep, pushing Maryland further from relevancy in by

the Big Ten standings. “[Coach Rob Vaughn] kind of said it best — he’s never really seen anything like that before, and to be honest, I haven’t in a while, either,” center fielder Zach Jancarski said. “Communication wasn’t there as far as to cut it off or not, and then it kind of had a negative domino effect from there.”

Having left his previous start with shoulder tightness after one inning, starter Tyler Blohm allowed hits in each frame but still compiled six solid innings Sunday.

He loaded the bases with nobody out in the seventh before Burleson entered in relief, got one out on a fielder’s choice that scored a run but then reloaded the bases with a walk. Then, Hunter’s single into left-center field set off the cascade of errors.

Once Watson’s throw passed Wright, catcher Justin Morris dove in a failed attempt to prevent it from reaching the backstop. Burleson eventually retrieved it with enough time to nab the tying run, but his throw was inaccurate and bounced away

from Wright, who was covering home. Wright’s lack of urgency picking it up meant Hunter reached third without a throw, setting up his score on Burleson’s wild pitch two pitches later.

“A flail to the outfield ended up being a three-run triple, essentially,” Vaughn said. “Not taking care of the baseball right there … came back to get us.”

Purdue (19-16, 7-4 Big Ten) had been trailing Maryland (16-23, 3-8) since the Terps’ four-run third inning, capped by a three-run home run from Jancarski.

Boilermakers left fielder Ben Nisle hit a solo homer in the fourth to grab one run back, and an error by Wright led to another run in the sixth, cutting Maryland’s lead to 4-2.

Dunn responded with a two-out, two-run double to re-establish a four-run lead entering the seventh.

“It was important at the time,” Jancarski said. “You’ve got to play every last out in this league because teams are … not going to quit.”

That added cushion wasn’t enough to withstand Purdue’s five-run seventh inning. Watson’s miscue was compounded by shortstop AJ Lee’s error in See boilermakers, p. 13