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Go Party candidate Samantha Zwerling re-elected along with entire executive board for next year’s student government

Second annual SlutWalk sees smaller crowd but plenty of enthusiasm for sexual assault awareness

By Sandra Müller Staff writer The student body re-elected incumbent SGA President Samantha Zwerling yesterday, along with all of the Go Party executive candidates and a majority of its legislative candidates.

Of the 4,709 undergraduates who cast their ballots for a presidential candidate — about 20 percent more than last year — 2,862 voted for Zwerling, giving her nearly a two-thirds majority over Time Party challenger Noah Robinson, who received 1,663 votes.

“I am very excited,” Zwerling said. “It feels like I can move on with my life now.”

Robinson was absent when the election results were announced in the Nyumburu Amphitheater, because of a trip he had planned in advance, said Jonathan Lee, the

By Madeleine List Staff writer They marched around the campus in fishnets, tiny shorts and bras.

“Whatever we wear, wherever we go — yes means yes, no means no!”

It was the message a group of about 50 students hoped would resonate throughout the university and across the nation. They marched for women’s rights. They marched to do away with rape culture. And they marched to one day end victim blaming altogether.

It was all a part of the second annual SlutWalk, a one-day event. But for supporters of women’s rights, it’s been a year of contentious political debates both on Capitol Hill and on the campus.

In February, Congress renewed the Violence Against Women Act after it stalled in the House over conservative concerns about the bill’s inclusion of homosexual people, Native Americans and undocumented immigrants under its protections. Its passing was a small victory for feminists but nowhere near the end of the fight.

“I think the biggest thing is that there’s still so many things that happen every day in terms of rape culture. Every day, girls are victims of sexual assault,” said sophomore criminology and criminal justice and psychology major Jill Santos, vice president of UMD Feminists for Sexual Health.

“I think just the fact that that still continues today, in the year 2013, is big in itself.”

On the campus, many students are still anxiously waiting for university officials to vote on a proposal that would mandate sexual assault awareness education for all incoming freshmen — a course that some see as essential at any university, where rape and sexual assault is not uncommon.

“The fact that so many people have gone through something traumatic — it’s one in five for college women, one in ten for collegeaged men — and they never see justice,” Santos said. “Everyone’s like, ‘Oh, she dressed like a slut, she drank too much, it’s her fault.’

It takes the blame away from the person who should be suffering for it and puts it on the victim.”

Time Party’s candidate for student affairs vice president.

“I’m proud that [the] Time Party engaged thousands of students with innovative ideas to transform our campus,” Robinson wrote in an email. “Next year, I’ll continue my work helping people, both through my student organizations and in my research for my honors psychology thesis. … I’m happy that this campaign taught me so much about the intricacies of the political process.”

Of 34 legislative positions, students elected 25 Go Party candidates and nine from the Time Party.

“I am a little disappointed because we lost a couple of seats,” Zwerling said. “[They were] people who worked really hard, and now we have to work without them.”

Lee, who lost to Josh Ratner, said he’s excited for his party’s legislators who were elected.

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NRA plans to fight state on gun control Group wants bill deemed unconstitutional

By Jim Bach Senior staff writer The nation’s foremost gun lobbying group is taking the state’s new gun control measures to task by planning to challenge the constitutionality of the law in court.

Earlier this month, Gov. Martin O’Malley secured a victory after the General Assembly passed one of the country’s strictest gun control measures, which bans certain firearms designated as assault weapons, imposes more rigid background checks such as fingerprinting re-

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quirements and limits the number of rounds permitted in an ammunition clip from 20 to 10. But a lawsuit could follow after O’Malley signs the bill into law, as several news reports indicate the National Rifle Association will sue the state on charges that the bill violates Second Amendment rights.

Amid fierce debate in the General Assembly in March, many opponents of O’Malley’s catchall gun bill invoked the Second Amendment, arguing the bill’s provisions make it more difficult for law-abiding citizens to obtain guns, See Guns, Page 9

Author of viral email IFC, SGA seek campus tailgate would set resigns from sorority Proposal football season as

By Laura Blasey Senior staff writer The Delta Gamma sorority member whose expletive-laden email drew national attention last week has left the organization.

The Delta Gamma Fraternity, the sorority’s parent organization, “accepted the resignation” and denounced the junior student in a statement posted on its Facebook page Wednesday evening.

“The tone and content of the email was highly inappropriate and unacceptable by any standard,” the posting read. “As all reasonable people can agree, this is an email that should never have been sent by its author. Period.”

“For the young woman who wrote it, we can only express our regret and concerns for landing notoriety in this manner,” fraternity officials wrote.

Wednesday night’s statement marks the climax of a rough week of bad publicity for this university’s Delta Gamma chapter.

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Chapter President Rachel Norris declined to offer any additional comments to the organization’s official statement.

The email, leaked April 18 to news blog Gawker and other outlets, was an expletive-ridden tirade criticizing the organization’s members for a poor performance at Greek Week events.

The author called them “boring” and “awkward” and threatened violence.

It was originally sent out on the chapter listserv by the chapter’s Greek Week chair, but the anonymous source who leaked the email to the press was not a member of the sorority, according to Gawker.

Within hours of the Gawker posting, the email received more than 1 million page views. As of last night, the page had more than 3 million views and almost 300,000 Facebook likes.

Over the next few days, blogs and Internet commenters picked apart the email, posted screenshots of the See sorority, Page 10

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By Teddy Amenabar Staff writer

For some students, knocking back a few beers and grilling burgers with their friends is a pregame ritual during football season, whether they do it in a parking lot, their apartment or behind a fraternity house.

But a new proposal from the Interfraternity Council and Student Government Association representatives could change that. In an effort to ease neighborhood tensions, increase safety and boost student attendance at games as the university prepares to move to the Big Ten, the council is proposing the university allow students to organize tailgating on the campus during next fall’s football season.

Authored by students from both groups, the proposal aims to get students out of the neighborhoods

tailgating has resulted in noise violations and trash-filled streets for years, but a proposal would allow students to have pregame celebrations on the campus, potentially easing neighborhood tensions. file photo/the diamondback and onto the campus, where wild behavior and loud music could be more easily controlled.

“In our eyes, we see this as an incredibly valuable proposal for the athletic department to support,” said Michael Sikorski, IFC external relations vice president.

Athletic department officials declined to offer any official comment

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on the proposal, but spokesman Zack Bolno wrote in a statement that the department is always supportive of safe and fun student spirit.

The proposal is still in its early stages, but the groups still expect to present a final version to the athletic department before football season starts — an

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I’ve always found it fascinating that two of the most famous dystopian novels — George Orwell’s 1984 and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World — have very different views on sex.

In 1984, though porn is rampant, the popular Junior Anti-Sex League rejects sex, even in marriage, outside of procreation purposes. On the other hand, the society of Brave New World is dominated by casual, contraceptive-filled, no-strings-attached sex, and the few protagonists who do not participate — either because of dissatisfaction or a desire for something greater — are ostracized.

Both novels were prophetic: Orwell correctly predicted that porn, which now accounts for one-fourth of all Internet searches, would become the opiate of the masses, and Huxley foresaw nearly obligatory, recreational sex in an era before 70 percent of college students were hooking up.

The Junior Anti-Sex League is 1984’s failure — no movement can sustain itself by merely opposing something. A quick survey of “culture war” issue groups shows pro-choice, pro-life, pro-marriage equality, protraditional marriage, pro-gun, propeace and the like. There are few, if any, successful “anti” movements.

Brave New World also comes up short: Sex has become meaningless in the book, used purely for physical pleasure. Though hookup culture is heading toward this standard, it is impossible — sex will always have meaning, whether we realize it or not.

The young man, working on a paper late at night, who has already milked Facebook for all it is worth, does not turn to porn simply because he wants sensual pleasure — he is lonely, and porn offers the semblance of intimacy.

Likewise, the young woman who has sex with several boyfriends, who later break her heart, is looking for more than momentary pleasure. She wants to feel close to somebody but finds herself used and alone every time.

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Hookups theoretically have no strings attached and promise an intimacy fix without consequences, but the physiological reality of hormones makes this impossible.

We are starved for intimacy. We have many “followers” but few friends, many “likes” but little love, many contacts, but we can’t carry a deep conversation. In our loneliness, we seek relief in the most intimate of acts — sex — but it only leaves us lonelier than ever. The young man quickly shuts his laptop as his roommate enters; the young women is left desolate after a breakup, and a Saturday morning must include the lonely walk of shame.

We must turn away from our dystopian sex lives, but not without something else to turn toward — the Junior Anti-Sex League is just as dystopian as the hookup culture. Rather, we should turn to chastity, the virtue enabling us to see people as people.

When we realize every person has a life story just as intricate as our own and is infinitely valuable in his or her own right — not just in how he or she can be useful to us — we will gladly forgo porn and hookups.

We wo n ’t fo rgo t h e se t h i n gs because sex is bad, but because the dignity of every person is beautiful, and these perversions of sex are opposed to it.

Sex is beautiful, too. It is the most intimate act we are capable of, but before it is used to express intimacy on the exterior, that intimacy should exist in the interior. All too often we reduce love to romance and romance to sex.

This stifles intimacy, which takes seed in selfless, authentic friendships.

We do not need romantic relationships, but we do need real friendships requiring commitment, honesty, openness and sacrifice. The qualities of a good friendship are present in any good marriage in full measure, and it is there that sex is beautiful.

Elsewhere, it is simply a lie.

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An app to keep us safe and sound

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afety is always a hot topic in College Park. With the city’s reputation for high crime rates and frequent police alerts, many members of the university community often call for more measures to increase security and peace of mind.

Enter M-Urgency, a mobile app designed explicitly for students who want to alert the police if they find themselves in a dangerous situation. And while the initial version of the app was somewhat rudimentary, an updated version released this week added much more sophisticated features and increased safety precautions — exactly the kind of direct community engagement the university and police should be promoting to make us all safer.

Users now have the option to communicate with dispatchers through text messages, potentially helping them in situations when they are unable to make noise. The revised app will also have access to the front and back cameras of smartphones, enabling users to send video of a situation to University Police.

Additionally, students will be able to create profiles that specify certain needs, such as preferred language or allergies. This could be beneficial if the victim isn’t able to vocalize his or her needs during emergency situations.

The Student Government Association has been pushing to integrate a digital escort request service to go along with the University Police escort service into the phone app.

That would give users a more centralized interface with which to communicate in emergency situations.

With this technology, users could walk around with a thumb pressed on the screen, causing the app to start tracking the phone’s location.

If the user lets go of the screen, the app begins a countdown that, after seven seconds, sounds a loud noise, and after 13 more seconds, automatically calls for help. Users could turn off the alarm with a code at any time.

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The updates released this week for the M-Urgency mobile app are promising, and we hope officials continue to improve the technology to keep students as safe as possible.

This feature is a fascinating, incredibly useful new addition that needs to be included in the next update. It would not only make students feel safer walking home with a physical hold on their phone they know will help them if an emergency arises but also gives police more access to students’ needs and bolsters their ability to aid in a timely manner.

Additionally, this is an interdisciplinary effort validating the buzzwords of safety and security this university has continued to use for a while. It shows administrators actually care about safety, instead of simply discussing limited ideas that look good to prospective students and parents.

Creators said the countdown feature could be integrated into the app, but that until then, users will have the option of simply touching the screen to connect to an emergency dispatcher. The M-Escort system includes a feature that can stream video and audio to a monitoring station, which then allows officials to react accordingly to the situation.

These initial steps should generate more application usage, and they have a great chance of giving students that feeling of safety on and around the campus. If students know, when feeling imminent danger, that police can respond immediately, that sense of foreboding when considering the walk home in the dark might start to dissipate.

There is, of course, always a fear that the police or people monitoring the application won’t be able to react in time. But these updates are tangible steps toward making the community feel more secure. And while emergency personnel might still be too slow to respond, they almost certainly would be even slower if the user has to stop and call the police for assistance.

We hope these updates and changes can happen quickly. It is important for students to feel free from harm on the campus, and for prospective students to understand the university and University Police are doing everything in their power to increase security precautions.

So do your part, too: Download the app, encourage further updates and don’t be afraid to take control of your own safety.

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Matt Rice is a sophomore engineering and materials science major. He can be reached at matthew.rice.d@gmail.com.

UMD Alert: They dropped the ball WILL DYESS UMD Alerts, for those who are signed up, is a great way to stay informed about important occurrences on the campus. On late weekend nights, it serves as a beacon of warning for those traveling alone, letting us know where, if anywhere, crime is happening.

Working closely with Prince George’s County Police, University Police have done a fantastic job maintaining their track record of being one of the most reliable and quickest news sources with regard to pertinent university affairs.

After the April 15 attacks at the Boston Marathon, some may have noticed a few UMD Alerts that may have seemed slightly out of the ordinary. There were messages reporting K-9 training sessions in South Campus Commons and Bomb Squad training in Stamp Student Union. Although these measures were obviously preventative given the recent happenings, the alerts did well by ensuring students’ lives weren’t disturbed in any material fashion.

Those who tried to put in a few hours at McKeldin Library on Wednesday may have found a few hurdles in their way, which included a blaring fire alarm, fire trucks, a police blockade and at least one K-9 bomb detection team sweeping the building.

A suspicious comment made by an individual prompted library staff to contact authorities at about 3 p.m., which resulted in the library being shut down. The Diamondback did a fine job covering the story as quickly as possible online, but those who missed it were left very much confused. I found

myself in this cohort as rumors began to spread about what happened.

Initially, the group I was with concluded there must have been a fire, but not too long after, we heard rumors of a bomb threat. My friends then began to call other friends and found out most people had no idea what was happening.

During the five-hour affair, the university’s informational email and text system had not produced one bit of information. It was not until 9:30 p.m., an hour and a half after the library reopened, that the email from “UMD Info” reached my inbox.

At this point, almost everyone I was with had spoken to their parents about what we could gather about the event and the message was irrelevant. The message explained the situation and said no UMD Alert had been issued because there was “no credible threat to the safety of the community” and had one been verified, we would have been notified.

I found this to be at best a reasonable explanation, but it seems to me that the criteria for what qualifies for an alert ought to be re-evaluated or at least clarified internally. Recently, I received two emails from UMD Alerts about a traffic jam, which hardly seems to qualify as a “credible threat to the safety of the community,” but I was notified regardless.

The UMD Alert system did the campus community a great disservice by being so untimely. By notifying us so late, it created unnecessary angst through rumor-mongering. We often depend on in emergency situations and were let down.

Will Dyess is a junior economics major. He can be reached at dyess00@gmail.com.

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We can all relax: SGA elections are over JOSHUA DOWLING My fellow Terrapins, our long nightmare is over. The SGA elections are finally completed.

We managed to survive the eager freshmen and sophomores wielding clipboards. We have dodged the awkward phone calls, Facebook messages and texts imploring us to vote for one party or another — and if you were lucky, you managed to avoid having much to do with the Student Government Association elections at all. Tragically, and almost purely by accident, some of the final weeks of my senior year have been inundated with a barrage of SGA campaigning, and I find myself drawn to stupid, needless — yet ridiculously amusing — drama.

I suppose this is because I assume most people find the SGA elections to be a joke, much like myself. (I realize that sentence is unclear as to whether people think SGA elections are a joke as I do, or people think SGA elections are a joke as I am, but both are accurate!)

Tragically, there are more sinister forces at play beyond the brief “because” statements of the Go Party and the lofty dreams of the

Time Party. There are those who find it appropriate to harass supporters of opposing parties on all forms of social media, leveling personal attacks on people’s Facebook pages and hurling insults over Twitter. The collateral damage hasn’t stopped at just the political level either, as nonpartisan entities such as the Help Center and Diamondback staff members have been dragged into the quagmire.

It’s almost as if a fluid of lies has started to cover this campus. This bitter and scornful implosion was almost fun to watch as candidates and their supporters grew debilitatingly desperate — it’s almost as though the spirit of the scribes of Delta Gamma has spread through the members of both parties.

And this is all probably too much for your local SGA elections. We might expect this kind of petty, basic behavior in a U.S. Senate election, but Samantha Zwerling is no Christine O’Donnell, and Noah Robinson is no Todd Akin, despite what their opponents might have you believe. Here in College Park, I thought we were just a little bit better than that — or at the very least, a little bit more clever.

Now, none of this should be read as a direct indictment against Zwerling or Robinson, both of whom have made mistakes in the past but by and large are fantastic individu-

als who care deeply about their peers and about improving their campus and community. The main problem they have both faced is an inability to control the pettiness of their campaign operatives.

Instead of talking to students about how their experiences might be bettered and how campus groups can work together to solve the issues we face, we’ve been made to bear witness to what was essentially a childish slap-fight between Sam and Noah’s surrogates. It’s disheartening to know that for some members of both parties, the legacies they leave at this university will not be those of hardworking, dedicated and selfless students, but of petty, mean and selfish individuals.

Even though Zwerling won, I am confident that either candidate would have done a superb job governing in the interests of the vast majority of students, but I don’t think that will be enough to remove the sour taste of this lie fluid from our collective mouths.

This is why people dislike the SGA. This is not why people don’t vote in the SGA elections; this is why people won’t vote in SGA elections.

Joshua Dowling is a senior government and politics and history major. He can be reached at dowlingj@terpmail.umd.edu.

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orn today, you insist on experiencing as much as possible first-hand. You have high ideals and tremendous standards, and you are not above being somewhat judgmental at times -- and you have very little patience with those who are willing to get by doing the very minimum required in any given situation. You can be frustrated by slowdowns and with the over-familiarity that comes with routine; you like to shake things up now and then, and you like to keep moving -- as quickly as possible.

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REVIEW | PAIN & GAIN

THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY Michael Bay. The Rock. Mark Wahlberg. Guns. Bodybuilding. American flags. What more do you need to know?

By Zachary Berman Senior staff writer At some point during his career — perhaps right at the beginning — director Michael Bay (Transformers: Dark of the Moon) stopped being a man and became a style unto himself.

Sure, his films generate big bucks for studios, but any specific item in his catalog generally isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when he’s mentioned. Instead, the Bay name dredges up hazy memories of orange camera fi lters, v iscera l battles, nearly nude supermodels and, of course, a neverending barrage of explosions.

Although it can be seen as a departure from his other works, Pain & Gain, Bay’s newest film, is basically yet another foray into the same grandiose cinematic world.

Don’t get me wrong — while the Bay style may be responsible for many of the film’s shortcomings, it also plays a role in making Pain & Gain an absolute blast.

The film is a retelling of the ridiculous true story of a trio of meathead bodybu i lders who decide the

best way to get rich is by kidnapping and extorting their wealthy clientele.

Things quickly get out of hand, and the trio’s members suddenly find their plans crumbling around them in a hail of violence. As events unfold, it becomes clear the protagonists are horrible people, and yet the film manages to turn the vast majority of their sickening actions into laughable, if disturbing, shenanigans.

Before seeing Pain & Gain, it was hard to imagine Bay successfully helming an R-rated pitch-black comedy of this sort. By turns brutal, laugh-out-loud funny and incredibly daft, there’s something all too fitting about Bay’s overblown storytelling and the utter improbability of events in the movie.

Still, Bay seems to have no control over the bombast he embodies. While much of the movie excels under Bay’s direction — try not to laugh excitedly and be disgusted at the same time d u r i n g a b o tc h e d b a n k robbery in act two — there are plenty of moments when he cra ms f lashy ca mera work, tricky editing and

o d d n a r ra t i v e c o n c e i t s down viewers’ throats at the expense of quality.

For instance, the poorly paced opening 20 minutes of the film are devoted to Daniel Lugo (Mark Wahlberg, Broken City), who acts as a narrator and central character. Yet as the film goes on, at least five characters are given persistent ,omnipresent vocal soliloquies, purely for a few jokes and storytelling maneuvers.

The choice is bewildering and, like many of Bay’s stylistic touches, confuse the proceedings without adding to the film.

Similarly, the musical score in Pain & Gain makes no sense, jumping between modern electronic music and almost universally out-ofplace, dramatic orchestral swells that drown many comedic scenes in uncomfortable melodrama.

For a movie set in the early 1990s and helmed by a director who still crafts all of his films like ostentatious music videos from the same era, why don’t we get a relevant batch of ’90s anthems?

Even so, it’s easy to look past these missteps and

realize that Pain & Gain is still a good movie despite its flaws.

It doesn’t hurt that Wahlberg and Tony Shalhoub (Cars 2) both deliver fantastic (and funny) performances as the dirty rotten scum of Miami, propelling Pain & Gain through some of Bay’s more distracting moments.

The standout, however shocking, is Dwayne Johnson (G.I. Joe: Retaliation), who proves once and for all he actually has range as an actor, jumping from lovable tough guy to devout Christian to angry cocaine addict.

Maybe his acting isn’t perfect, but the palpable idiocy he infuses in his character steals the show.

But every actor is fighting against Bay — and at the end of the day, Pain & Gain is all about that Bay style, for better and for worse.

Try as he might to take an already fantastic real-life story and dilute it with his often overbearing cinematic eye, in Pain & Gain still has enough substance to accompany its style.

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PREVIEW | IN TIME OF ROSES

EVERY ROSE HAS ITS THORNS New CSPAC production focuses on Shakespeare’s favorite recurring character: the calculating, ambitious Margaret from the Wars of the Roses

By Beena Raghavendran Senior staff writer Ashley Smith wore glasses and a pink short-sleeved button-down on a muggy April day as he sipped coffee in CSPAC’s courtyard.

After three years of thinking, organizing and writing, the theatre professor had finally done it: He pieced together a play about one of the most mentioned Shakespearean characters, Margaret.

His original work, In Time of Roses, which opens tonight at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, is billed as a “sexy, fast-paced political thriller” and discusses the consequences of political ambition.

“It’s going to be all those things,” Smith said of the play, which has a cast of 13 undergraduates and one doctoral student. “It’s going to be exciting; it’s going to be bloody.”

Margaret of Anjou was the wife of Henry VI and a key political orchestrator of the Wars of the Roses in 15thcentury England. She fought through

Smith has acted for more than a her insufferable marriage, produced an heir and defended her son’s right decade — first in New York for eight to rule through the wars. It’s said that years, then in Dallas, where he also taught at Southern Methodist she — a determined, no-nonUniversity. He moved sense leader with amto this area in 2011 bition and a temper and, in addition — was often the to te a c h i n g , kingdom’s real has worked as ruler because an actor and of her husvo i ce a n d b a n d ’s dialect conmental s u l ta n t a t instability.

Shakespeare William Theatre Shakespeare Company fea t u re d and The Studio M a rga re t i n Theatre in Washfour of his plays ington and at Center— the three parts of stage, this state’s theater, the Henry VI trilogy and photo courtesy of cspac in Baltimore.

Richard III — and she has the In Time of Roses, the second play most appearances of any single Shakespearean character, as he paints her bi- he’s written, follows a one-person ography from teen to queen to warrior. play he performed in 2005 at a Dallas The importance Shakespeare gave to fringe festival.

With complete material, Smith Margaret, coupled with her fascinating history, compelled Smith to feature her said an arrangement of Margaret’s life would total a 10- or 12-hour in his work.

play. He’s trimmed that down to a 90-minute capsule.

Smith calls her story an “epic journey.”

“There’s something about Margaret,” Smith said.

He said he’s fascinated with her role in the conflict and the idea that she was haunted for much of her life because, in many ways, she was responsible for war.

Synthesizing elements from across four plays into one 90-minute show has proved incredibly challenging, Smith said. Story lines and settings zigzag and characters bounce in and out.

That’s why he’s added a bit of his own text as a bridge between the scenes, as well as a character who serves as an observer of the story. He uses sonnets to tie together scenes and emphasize themes.

He said he doesn’t think Shakespeare intended to narrate the story of Margaret in so many of his works, but in telling the story of the Wars of the Roses, her character appeared in many of the plots.

In the second week of April, he said his script wasn’t yet finalized and would probably keep changing until the show closed. It helps that he can make the decisions of a playwright based on rehearsals and evolving directorial ideas.

Smith’s 2011 draft of the play featured Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 54” in the opening scene as a link to the title and the power of honesty — lines that made it into the play’s final version.

“The rose looks fair, but fairer we it deem / For that sweet odor, which doth in it live …

And so of you, beauteous and lovely youth,/ When that shall fade, my verse distills your truth.”

In Time of Roses, written and directed by Ashley Smith, opens tonight in CSPAC’s Kogod Theatre. It runs this weekend and next; check claricesmithcenter.umd.edu for show times and more information. Tickets are $10 for students and $25 for the public. diversionsdbk@gmail.com

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guns From PAGE 1 thus infringing upon their “right to keep and bear arms.”

“This bill is full of licensure requirements, registration requirements, fingerprinting and outright bans of whole classes of commonly held weapons,” said Del. Steven Schuh (R-Anne Arundel) on the floor of the House of Delegates less than an hour before the April 3 vote.

“Taken together, this bill is an astounding infringement of our

Second Amendment rights.”

Ho u se M i n o r i ty L ea d e r Anthony O’Donnell (R-Calvert and St. Mary’s) said the Second Amendment is less about owning firearms and more about allowing people to protect themselves from a government “so big, so strong and so out of control.”

“I think the Second Amendment protects us from the government taking that right away,” O’Donnell said during the debate. “It’s our obligation, for some of us, to fight for that Second Amendment right because we take seriously our

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oath to uphold it.”

Opponents such as Del. Patrick McDonough (R-Baltimore and Harford) initially discussed petitioning for a referendum and putting the bill to a popular vote in the 2014 election, in the same way the same-sex marriage bill and the DREAM Act were added to the ballot in 2012. However, Del. Neil Parrott (R-Washington), the primary force behind 2012’s petition drives, said he wouldn’t pursue the same route this time.

Parrott has garnered support from the state gun lobby not

to bring the bill to a vote and instead see how it plays out in the courts.

“We fully support Del. Parrott’s decision to not pursue a strategy of taking [the Firearms Safety Act of 2013] to a referendum,” said John Josselyn, Associated Gun Clubs of Baltimore legislative vice president, in a statement. “We agree that God-given rights enumerated in the United States Constitution should not be the subject of a referendum in Maryland or any other state.”

The organization also supports

the move “to pursue litigation to address the most onerous and unconstitutional provisions in the bill,” according to a news release.

The courts will likely side with the bill, said Vincent DeMarco, state gun control lobbyist and president of Marylanders to Prevent Gun Violence.

“I do think that they are mistaken in their belief that the law is unconstitutional — the law is clearly constitutional,” DeMarco said. “This law saves lives and does not infringe any lawful gun owners’ rights.”

The NRA and the gun lobby

“will lose in court, absolutely,” he added.

Though a referendum effort seems unlikely, given the opposition’s intent to pursue legal action, the bill could still be subject to a petition effort, DeMarco said. But if that were to happen, he added, state voters would side with the bill.

“If somebody does take it to referendum, we would win, the law would be upheld by a large margin,” DeMarco said. “If it goes to referendum, we win.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

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After the harsh winter and unpleasantly rough start to spring, it’s finally time to put away our galoshes and hang up our parkas. Every morning, the sun is shining and the birds are chirping to the beat of a freshman’s peppy flip-flops. However, with great weather comes great responsibility.

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Students and survivors of sexual assault stood on a chair outside Stamp Student Union and spoke about their experiences, frustrations and hopes for the future.

“Let’s stop blaming victims, let’s start blaming rapists!” said senior English and sociology major Rebecca Krevat, president of JFem, a campus feminist group catering to the Jewish community. “Enough sexual assault, enough blaming victims. We are over it; it is time to be done.”

Turnout was small compared to the first SlutWalk, with about 50 participants, compared to last year’s 300, but the energy was high and the mood was positive. The marchers provoked honks and cheers from bystanders as they walked past McKeldin Library, through the North Campus community and back to Stamp.

But the SlutWalk is meant to do more than just turn heads.

“If we got one person to actually think about the issue, then I’d say it’s a success,” said Richard Hall, a junior classical languages and literatures and theatre major.

Though there were many male participants at the walk, a b o u t o n e fo r eve r y fo u r women, Hall said there is still a lot of negative stigma toward male feminists, which makes it even more important for them to show their support.

Juan Pastor, a senior international business and marketing major, said the word “feminism” may have driven people, both women and men, away from the march.

There are still negative connotations around the word and misconceptions about the movement’s supporters that some people may not want to associate with, even if they

author’s Twitter account and photos of her and eventually revealed her identity, which The Diamondback withheld to protect her privacy.

The website for this university’s Delta Gamma chapter was hacked that afternoon and replaced by a GIF image of a chicken spinning in a disco, links to pages on topics such as Mike Tyson and Kim Jong-Un and the email’s full text.

Jon Stewart referenced one of the more colorful expletive threats included in the email on The Daily Show. People around the country — including actor Michael Shannon on FunnyorDie.com — began posting videos of themselves performing the email as a monologue.

Following the email’s release, the Delta Gamma fraternity assigned a team of members to assist with what they called a chapter issue, according to the organization’s Facebook page.

An investigation by the fraternity and this university’s Department of Fraternity and Sorority Life determined the email to be legitimate, though officials denounced it as the voice of one member and incongruent with the values of Greek life and Delta Gamma.

Delta Gamma does not release the details of its judicial processes, but governing documents for the organization and the DFSL indicate chapters are required to have a judicial system, including an honor board, which the email author was a part of at this university. Organization members are usually asked to refrain from speaking about the issues under review.

The chapter will not face punishment from the national organization, this university’s

slutwalk participants marched through the campus in support of women’s rights. The event sought to rally against victim-blaming and end rape culture. fatimah waseem/the diamondback support the cause, he said.

Part of the mission of the SlutWalk is to create a general c u l t u re o f re s p e c t a b o u t women’s issues, giving voice to victims and making sure that they are taken seriously.

“Unwanted touching we’ve experienced a lot, especially going out to parties,” said Nikki Varney, a communication and history major. “I know I don’t feel safe unless I’m with a group of guys because I know that there’s a lot of guys who just don’t respect my consent or care at all.”

During the 2011-12 academic year, the university’s Sexual Assault Response and Preven-

tion Program saw more than 40 new cases of sexual assault or rape, according to a 2013 article in The Diamondback.

Worldwide, one in three women will be raped or beaten in her lifetime, according to One Billion Rising, an international campaign to raise awareness about violence against women.

“Basically, SlutWalk says that if you are a survivor of sexual assault, it’s not your fault, you’re not alone and we believe you,” Santos said. “We believe that the shame belongs to the rapist and not the other way around.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

A delta gamma sorority member left the chapter after the expletive-ridden email she sent through a group listserv attracted national attention and backlash. file photo/the diamondback Panhellenic Association or the DFSL, officials from the organizations said.

Both the PHA and the Interfraternity Council offered their support in the aftermath.

Michael Sikorski, IFC external relations vice president, told The Diamondback last week that the IFC had reached out to member fraternities to remind them to be responsible.

The DFSL does deal with inappropriate emails from time to time, but usually not on this scale, said Matt Supple, DFSL director.

“I’ve worked here for 20 years, and I’ve never seen anything like this happen,” Supple said. “To be quite honest, I’m surprised by the amount of media attention — I’m not sure it warrants it.”

Many students are probably comfortable hearing or using such language with their friends, Supple said.

Supple said DFSL would not be punishing the author either, as it found no indication that “the student would really assault anyone.”

The role DFSL workers normally provide in similar situations is mostly advising support, Supple said, making sure all involved parties have access to the right resources and information to remedy the situation as smoothly as possible.

Despite the negative publicity, the chapter received an outpouring of support from the Greek life community. Some groups made supportive signs, and members of Sigma Nu, Delta Gamma’s partner fraternity for Greek Week, sent an email supporting the Delta Gamma women to the organization and The Diamondback. A post on the Maryland Compliments Facebook page also commended Delta Gamma on Wednesday night.

Outside the Greek community, the ordeal inspired a wide range of responses. Some students said they found the email funny, while others said it only confirmed their negative perceptions of fraternities and sororities.

Heather Leary, a sophomore physiology and neurobiology major, went through formal rush last year, but dropped out halfway through after deciding it wasn’t for her.

“The leaked email didn’t really change my opinion on sororities and why I dropped out of rush, since it was only one girl in one sorority,” Leary said. “But it definitely didn’t make me regret my decision.”

“I mean, why pay so much just for some girl to tell you who you can talk to and where you can go?” she added. newsumdbk@gmail.com

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Univ. science, tech again ranked second in national index Milken Institute’s ranking places school near top of charts across categories thanks to resources, opportunities

By Madeleine List Staff writer W h e n ex p e r ts re c e n t l y ranked the 50 states on science and technology, the choice for top spot came down to the two “Bay” states — Maryland and Massachusetts.

Ultimately, a large concentration of top-tier research schools such as MIT and Harvard edged this state into a second-place ranking in the Milken Institute’s State Technology and Science Index earlier this month.

The runner-up slot is nothing new for this university, which was near the top of the charts in almost all categories — including human capital investment and research and development inputs — and has never dropped below fourth place in the index since the nonprofit institute began conducting its biennial survey in 2002.

“Maryland is one of the

SGA From PAGE 1 “Now I will look towards joining a committee and expanding the outreach of RHA and through that way, work with SGA,” Lee said.

Ratner, who received 2,239 votes — just 34 votes more than Lee — said he was pleased with the voter turnout.

“The results show that students want us to finish our work next year,” Ratner said.

The seat for financial affairs vice president also ended in a close vote. The Go Party’s Andrew Aggabao received 52 percent of the votes, while

s ta te s t h a t’s a g rea t a l l arounder,” said Kevin Klowden, director and managing economist at the Institute, which has offices in Washington and Santa Monica, Calif. “Maryland’s been consistently high.

Its success goes back to foundations in the ’60s and ’70s.

It’s done a great job of staying at the top.”

The State Technology and Science Index also examines the strength of the workforce in science-related fields and the ability of companies to put their research to practical use.

Though the university plays a role in state science ratings, colleges have rankings of their own. This university comes in at No. 19 on the list of top public schools in the country, according to U.S. News and World Report — good, but not quite No. 2.

The university may still have room for improvement, but students benefit from the re-

sources it already makes available, Klowden said.

“It means the opportunities are better,” he said. “For undergraduates, you’re more likely to have a concentration of high-tech businesses to look to for jobs. People are going to look to Maryland when they want to look for talent. From a graduate student standpoint, there is postdoctoral work. In general, it means the opportunities are better close to home.

Even while in the university, students have the chance to work on impactful research.”

Eileen McMahon, a sophomore and Wisconsin native, said she appreciates the opportunities available in the area.

“There are definitely a lot of resources, a lot of companies, not in College Park per se, but in the greater Maryland area that have a lot of internships that I would never have heard about in Madison,” the mechanical engineering major said.

Several students in the sciences, both graduate and undergraduate, said their programs are rigorous, but the materials they work with do not always reflect that standard.

“The physics department here is really big, and they do a lot of good work,” said Brock Russell, a physics teaching assistant and doctoral candidate.

“It would be nice if there were more funding for the introductory teaching labs. Honestly, the equipment is not very good.”

Lack of funding is an issue for departments across the sciences, but some feel the strain more than others.

For example, biology is in need of more funding, said department undergraduate studies director Reid Compton, while the computer, mathematical and natural sciences college and engineering school receive substantial support.

Wi t h a s h r i n k i n g b u d ge t ,

Cameron Ross collected 48 percent.

Though Stephanie Graf of the Time Party lost to Meenu Singh for academic affairs vice president, she said she would still stay involved in campus issues.

“We gave 100 percent,” Graf said.

Both parties focused on social media to spread their messages to students, managing to more than double this year’s total turnout to 8,652 total votes, up from 3,913 in the 2012 election.

Facebook and Twitter also served as platforms for drama surrounding the elections.

Before campaigning officially started, a tweet by

Matt Arnstine — Time Party adviser and former SGA communications director under Zwerling — accused the Go Party of early campaigning, which resulted in a $500 fine for Robinson’s team.

Earlier this week, Robinson again took flak for allegedly misusing the Maryland Compliments Facebook page as a campaigning tool. But Jon Saltzman, head of the elections board, said he had discussed the matter with Robinson before campaigning began, and no fine was given.

The Go Party was criticized for sending emails to students who had not signed up to receive campaign materi-

als. Although election rules do not specifically ban the use of email lists for campaigning, some students said on Facebook and Twitter that Zwerling might have misused her position as SGA president to obtain email addresses from university contact lists.

“It was a rough week and a half,” Zwerling said. “Now I am going to focus on what I wanted to do.”

Her next steps will include starting interviews for the cabinet positions, she said.

And after that, “just keep doing what we have been doing throughout the year.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

the biology department has not been able to hire the new faculty it needs or employ enough graduate students to work in the labs, he said. This means the student-teacher ratio is not always ideal, leaving the workload in the labs concentrated on a few researchers.

Shirin Majidi, a senior physiology and neurobiology major, said she is satisfied with the biology department, though she wishes the quality of teaching was better in lower-level classes.

“It’s always important when you hire new teachers to train them on how to teach students.

In a lot of classes, especially lower-level ones, it wasn’t the teacher’s priority to be teaching; their priority was their research,” she said. “I think once you get into the upperlevel classes you have teachers that are really interested in what they’re teaching.”

No matter the conditions of the departments themselves,

high state rankings will continue to draw aspiring scientists to Maryland from across the country, Klowden said.

Prospective science and technology students will probably avoid states at the bottom of the list, such as Arkansas and Mississippi, because of their less-promising opportunities in related fields and minimal contributions to research and development, he said.

“It’s a draw for students because they know that their prospects in their chosen field are better if they attend the University of Maryland,” he said. “It also makes a difference for recruiters because they’re more willing to actually put the effort into going after people from the University of Maryland because they think there’s going to be better talent in these fields from the university.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

MORE ONLINE PET PEEVES: HOW TO AVOID BEING THAT GUY OR GIRL Pet peeves are like spontaneous itches on your back that you can’t seem to scratch. They are annoying, unexplainable and specific. Pet peeves are inevitable and fall in countless categories, from loud noises to lack of elevator etiquette. Here is a short list of general peevish habits; beware, do not be that guy or girl.

Chewing is an intrapersonal action. With that being said, your loud digestive process is absolutely unwelcomed. Despite the crunchiness of your tortilla chips, you should minimize your chomping when in public. Gum also presents an opportunity for annoying chewers to thrive. Obscure gum chewing is only acceptable when I do it and no one else … just kidding — but seriously.

Escalators are tools of convenience, tools that lazy people take for granted. Therefore, if I am about to step onto an escalator, there are no reasons whatsoever for you to cut me off. You’re stepping onto a flight of moving stairs. Let’s be real.

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RHA votes to oppose Code of Student Conduct expansion RHA senators express concern about enforcement, double jeopardy in Univ. Senate’s expansion proposal

By Matt Bylis For The Diamondback Citing concerns of the university overstepping its bounds, RHA members said Tuesday they hope to see officials vote down a resolution that would expand the geographic reach of the Code of Student Conduct.

Residence Hall Association President Sasha Azar introduced the topic at the body’s meeting Tuesday, sparking intense debate among members about the details of a University Senate proposal that would allow officials to discipline students for a wide range of offcampus misconduct.

Members were primarily concerned the proposal may be too vague in outlining where the university’s jurisdiction would end.

For example, the university could reprimand a student for hazing on Knox Road, but it could also bring sanctions for misconduct committed on the West Coast.

“If they had specified that the

tailgating From PAGE 1 admittedly ambitious plan, Sikorski said — by working through the summer.

They’ve experienced a number of setbacks in the proposal’s development. Between meetings with University Police Chief David Mitchell and the Terrapin Club, the university athletics booster club, the group hoped to have a trial run of an on-campus tailgate this spring before a men’s lacrosse game against Johns Hopkins. The plans fell through, though, Sikorski said.

“On our end, [planning for the

jurisdiction extends to Frat Row and the Courtyards, then that would make sense, but they were saying that the crime could happen anywhere in the world,” said Easton Hall RHA senator Kelly Devine, who voted against supporting the senate’s proposal.

The resolution could also have a “double jeopardy” effect, members said, forcing students to defend themselves in court and to the university for the same incident.

“I think the majority of RHA senators did not vote in favor of the expansion simply because they felt that their constituents would not want this,” Azar wrote in a follow-up email.

The code is currently limited to violations that occur on university premises, at school-sponsored activities and off-campus incidents that result in felony convictions in criminal court.

By expanding the policy, Student Conduct Director Andrea Goodwin aims to hold students accountable for their actions off the campus and

give peers an alternative to reporting incidents such as hazing and violence directly to the police.

University Police are also moving forward with plans to take up wider shared jurisdiction in the city with Prince George’s County Police.This week, Rob Specter, the university’s administration and finance vice president, dedicated about $500,000 toward stationing University Police in Crystal Springs, Lakeland and several high-rise student apartment buildings.

There is not yet a timeline for police implementing the shared responsibilities of patrolling and responding to calls in these areas, University Police spokesman Sgt. Aaron Davis said, but it’s a “big undertaking.”

“Right now, we’re just trying to cover the areas students live,” he said. “We’re more than capable of taking it on. It’s going to be fluid and ever-changing, but our officers are more than capable.”

However, several RHA senators said they felt the Student Conduct

Johns Hopkins game] was overambitious,” Sikorski said. “[The athletic department] didn’t have enough time on their end to bring it up in any legitimate discussion.”

In the meantime,the group plans to draft a more extensive version of the proposed legislation, working off a similar model authored by the IFC at Clemson University. It’s not meant to be based on a culture of drinking and partying — rather, group members envision legislation that would promote sportsmanship, school spirit and game attendance, Sikorski said.

Many times, students in Greek life tailgating in the Old Town neighborhood won’t even make

it to the games, said Michael Gold, IFC internal affairs vice president.

While they aren’t solid yet, the provisions of the proposal aim to address this issue. Students who tailgate on the campus would probably be more likely to go games, and Josh Ratner, SGA city council liaison, said the proposal will mandate tailgates end 15 minutes before kickoff.

Despite good intentions, the plan might be too optimistic, Mitchell said. Even though many students regularly drink before games, he said, any on-campus tailgates would have to face heavy restrictions, especially when it comes to alcohol.

RHA Senators voted against supporting a University Senate proposal to expand the geographic boundaries of the Code of Student Conduct.

Senators were concerned about fairness and the logistics of enforcing a code with limitless geographic boundaries. file photo/the diamondback resolution was a step too far.

“The university shouldn’t follow you everywhere you go,” Devine said,“because we have a hard court system in place for a reason.”

Mike Lichtenberg, RHA finance officer, said the resolution is meant to keep students from hurting the university’s reputation, whether or not they face criminal charges.

“When you are accepted into the university, anything you do can be linked to you, and you should be accounted for,” Lichtenberg said. “You can be sanctioned for something on campus, but I don’t

see why doing it in another location would not reflect negatively upon the university.”

“When it comes to matters of sexual assault, hazing and violence, I believe most senators and the people they represent would agree that the expansion would be a good thing,” Azar wrote.

However, she added many students commit minor offenses off the campus, such as underage drinking and drug use.

“There are seemingly few benefits for on-campus students with this expansion,” Azar wrote.

The resolution has been in the

works for months, and the senate vote is scheduled for Thursday.

However, several RHA senators said this week’s meeting was the first they’d heard of it, and they did not have time to get their constituents’ opinions.

“I feel that some didn’t agree, and some were worried that they didn’t have enough time to vote,” Lichtenberg said. “If there was more time and information, I believe that the senators would have voted for this proposal, although I can’t say for sure.”

“The fact of the matter is there are probably underage members of the university — students — who have consumed at one of the tailgates,” Mitchell said.

While he does trust that a majority of students will follow the law and police will have enough discretion to separate minor and major tailgating issues, he worries allowing students to tailgate on the campus as they please would encourage dangerous binge drinking.

One particular restriction he had in mind was banning drinking games at tailgating events.

“Those are the type of games that,regardless of age,nothing good can come from it,” Mitchell said.

Mitchell said he plans to meet

with a representative from every Greek organization involved in oncampus tailgating before the events in order to explain the regulations and safety precautions.

“It just seems to me that this is a concept worthy of more discussion and a pilot,” Mitchell said, adding he hopes there will be a practice tailgate sometime this summer.

Though the Greek community seems excited by the possibility of tailgating on the campus, Gold said it will be important to get each organization onboard with all of the other interestgroups involved.Atthe end of the day, Gold said he believes having more restrictions on tailgates but holding them on the campus will be a worthwhile “trade-off.”

Freshman community health major Jacqueline Betro isn’t so optimistic about the trade-off, though.

“Some people might be deterred because of the special restrictions,” Betro said.

But the idea does have its merits, freshman business major Meredith Gentzel said. She has friends who tailgated off the campus and often didn’t make it to the games, while she attended a tailgate on the campus and was pleasantly surprised by how much fun it was.

“It was really controlled and fun,” she said. “It’s almost sad, because you want there to be some school spirit.”

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the Terps. Sean Bosdosh remembered playing the game as young as 3 or 4 years old, and started golfing competitively five years later.

When Sean was an underclassman at Covenant Life School in Gaithersburg, Steve Bosdosh told him to make a decision: Focus on golf or academics. The elder Bosdosh wanted his son to earn a scholarship to college, one way or the other. So Sean Bosdosh chose golf, eschewing baseball and basketball.

“At that point I was like, ‘OK, this is what I love,’” Bosdosh said.

The decision led to Bosdosh spending many hours alone on the course, honing his craft through repetition. Day after day, he worked to reach the level that would allow him to pursue golf at the collegiate level and beyond.

Bosdosh admits to feeling burned out because of the sport’s solo nature, but he had a built-in support system in his father and brother, along with his mother, Debbie, and sisters, Stacey and Stephanie.

The family often played together, and Bosdosh could relax and enjoy the game without the added pressure of competition or trying to improve his skill set.

But when he does need help improving something specific, Bosdosh still leans on his family.

He talks to his dad frequently about his rounds and asks what he can do to improve.

“My dad’s probably the biggest factor in me succeeding right now at this level,” Bosdosh said. “He’s helped me with every aspect. I can’t attribute all the success to him because my mom, my brother and my sister have all played a big role in me succeeding with golf.”

Steve Bosdosh helped expand his son’s support system beyond the family, too. He knew Fred Funk, a former Terps golfer and coach, from his time as a pro. He mentioned to Funk that his son

keep up on the field and in the standings.

Martin knows from experience how quickly a game can get out of hand when she doubts herself. She had that in mind after giving up the home run, and she recalled her meeting with sports psychologist Juliet Francis earlier that day.

“I’m going to give up hits; I know that I can’t strike everyone out, and I’m going to miss pitches,” Martin said. “I just have to work on the next batter. … Once someone’s on first or crossed home plate, I can’t do anything about it.”

Francis’ assistance has he lp e d Martin th ro ug hout the season, coach Laura Watten said, providing a much-needed boost for the Terps pitcher whenever she struggles mentally.

Martin’s current stretch

golfer sean bosdosh has finished in the top 20 of every tournament he’s competed in this season. He won the Maryland Open last summer. photo courtesy of greg fiume/maryland athletics had professional aspirations, and Funk was more than happy to offer his help.

“I have so much to learn, and he’s one of those guys that has already done it,” Sean Bosdosh said. “So you look to the people that have already done it and succeeded to talk to them about it.”

Bosdosh texts Funk after his rounds for pointers he can apply to his game. One of the biggest changes Bosdosh has made based on Funk’s advice is reacting immediately instead of overthinking things. He tried not to get bogged down by golf’s slow pace and simply focus on what he can control instead of the flaws in his game.

“Too many people just sit over a shot and think about all the bad possible solutions that could occur,” Bosdosh said.

“Instead, you should step up to it and go through your normal routine that you practice every single day.”

When Bosdosh sank the final putt at Old South Country Club

in Lothian, he realized his work had been paying off and he had the opportunity to compete against the top competition in the ACC. He had close finishes at the Open before, but he never came out on top. Last summer, he finally emerged victorious.

With the ACC championships this weekend, Rodenhaver expects Bosdosh to stay at the same level he displayed through the season. And beyond this weekend, Bosdosh has laid a foundation to build upon and be even more successful.

“I think he can do whatever he wants,” Rodenhaver said.

“I know he wants to play professional golf, but I got out of the prediction business a long time ago seeing guys I thought would make it who didn’t and guys who are out there I thought had no chance. Sean’s got a lot of confidence in himself. I think if he puts his mind to it, he can do anything he wants to do.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

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Coach John Szefc suspended Hockaday for the two midweek contests against Virginia Commonwealth and Mount St. Mary’s as well as the weekend series against Virginia Tech for “a violation of team rules” that remains undisclosed.

It didn’t stop there, though.

After the 2-1 series loss to the Hokies, Szefc said Hockaday would be “suspended indefinitely” due to further violations. The sophomore has now missed seven games due to suspension, and that number is only going to grow as the Terps prepare for their final three ACC series.

“He’s just not obeying team

symbolizes a mercurial year filled with highs and lows. She started regularly during the team’s fall slate, but has been sharing the role with Kaitlyn Schmeiser since the start of the regular season.

Her workload increased during her hot streak late in March, when she received ACC Pitcher of the Week honors.

But as her production worsened in April, she fell behind Schmeiser in the rotation. That lack of consistency impacted Martin’s mindset.

“She’s so unbelievably hard on herself, and she internalizes everything,” Watten said. “She puts a lot of pressure on herself.”

Watten had a feeling Martin would struggle at the beginning of her outing against Delaware State, but the eighthyear coach was set on keeping her in the game so she could regain control.

The Terps’ offense, which ranks second in the ACC in RBIs, ultimately provided the

support Martin needed. It tallied nine runs in the first two innings, giving her a cushion she maintained throughout the game. The team will need to supply the same production against the Tar Heels, who boast a gaudy .307 team batting average, if it wants to find success in their last home series of the year.

At this critical stage of the season, Martin said, trusting herself and her strengths will keep her in control against North Carolina and for the remainder of the season. Her meetings with Francis have helped her cope with her past setbacks, a development which showed on Wednesday night.

Martin will need to remain poised to continue that progress against the second-place Tar Heels.

“I’m just trying to work through that,” Martin said. “[Wednesday] was a big step in the right direction.”

policy,” Szefc said. “That’s all I can tell you.”

And with the decimating onslaught of injuries this season, Hockaday’s absence has been even more detrimental. Originally, Szefc turned to utility infielder Jose Cuas at third base, but a knee injury to starting second baseman Kyle Convissar in Game 2 of the Miami series has forced Cuas to fill that hole instead.

Szefc’s only option at the hot corner is catcher Kevin Martir, who last played third base in high school.

While Martir might be able to mirror Hockaday’s offensive production — the freshman is batting .299 with 16 RBIs and 41 hits — he has struggled on defense. In six starts at third base, Martir has four errors, not to mention several crucial misplays that put more pres-

sure on a young pitching staff.

“It’s not your ideal defensive lineup,” Szefc said. “But you do what you have to do.”

While Martir can’t totally replace Hockaday’s defense or complete offensive production, Szefc highlighted the freshman’s daily effort.

The infield depth might be thinning out, but there’s still talent for the Terps to turn to this weekend.

“Kevin plays as hard as anybody we have,” Szefc said. “So I have no problem with Kevin’s effort and what he does. I always know I’m going to get a lot of effort out of Kevin Martir, whether he’s catching, playing third, DH-ing or whatever. Those are the kind of guys [I want]. I can deal with a guy like that.”

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you’re going to put yourself behind the eight ball.”

The Terps (9-2) beat Virginia (6-7), 9-7, on March 30 in Charlottesville, Va., but their border-state rival’s offense has come together in recent weeks. They posted a season-high goal total in a 19-16 loss at Duke on April 12 and followed that up with a 12-7 victory over Bellarmine.

Virginia attackman Mark Cockerton, who notched 10 goals over the past two games and leads the ACC with 42 tallies on the season, presents a particularly tough challenge.

Chanenchuk, by comparison, leads the Terps with just 18 goals.

“Virginia is a good team; they’re finally finding their stride,” defender Michael Ehrhardt said. “Their offense is picking up some production.”

The Terps feel confident countering that attack with All-ACC goalkeeper Niko Amato and the nation’s third-ranked scoring defense. The offense, however, has struggled lately.

The squad enters ACC tournament play with just 23 goals in its past three games combined. The Cavaliers, meanwhile, scored 28 times in their past two contests alone.

The Terps likely need to produce more points this weekend than they have re-

stymied the Terps with physical play, presenting the nation’s top-ranked team with its most difficult challenge of the season.

Referees ejected Tar Heels All-ACC midfielder Kara Cannizzaro from the game after knocking over defender Megan Douty in the contest’s waning minutes, helping the Terps hang on for the 14-13 victory.

It seems likely the top two seeds will meet again in the tournament finals Sunday.

After all, both squads posted stellar conference records — the Terps went 5-0, and North Carolina went 4-1.

Before the Terps (17-0) can think about the Tar Heels, they’ll have to win in their semifinals matchup Friday against Virginia (9-8). The Cavaliers beat Duke, 10-7, in yesterday’s quarterfinal game to advance to play the Terps.

The Terps routed Virginia, 18-10, in their lone matchup this season March 1. The reeling Cavaliers struggled down the stretch, losing two of their final three contests.

The streaking Terps aren’t concerned with their opponents, though. Coach Cathy Reese has implored the Terps to focus merely on improving themselves all season.

“These guys have their heads in the right place,” Reese said.

“We’re focused on stepping on the field and playing the best we’ve played all season.”

midfielder john haus and the Terps will take on a Virginia team competing for an NCAA tournament berth tonight in the ACC semifinals in Chapel Hill, N.C. file photo/the diamondback cently to win their second ACC title in three years. So Tillman’s squad is simplifying its approach.

“We really emphasized stick work and shooting,” midfielder John Haus said. “We’ve emphasized a lot of the little things that will lead to the big things and the scoring.”

Still, the No. 2 Terps are facing an unranked team they’ve already bested this season. They’re hardly playing the underdog against a Virginia team that hasn’t earned a top-20 win all season.

The Terps’ stingy defense, which allows just 7.27 goals per game, figures to give the Cavaliers trouble and could be the game’s deciding factor.

But the Terps are still cautious. The memory of the humbling loss to then-No. 15 Johns Hopkins still lingers.

“There are a lot of teachable moments. … I think we experienced that two weeks ago,” Tillman said. “[Johns Hopkins] had excellent urgency and provided great effort.”

While Tillman’s talented bunch may not be concerned about NCAA tournament seeding, Haus said the prospect of winning a conference title alone serves as plenty of motivation.

But will it be enough to match Virginia’s drive?

“They’re going to do anything; they’re going to fight and claw,” Haus said. “They’re going to try and pull out a win because they need it.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

midfielder taylor cummings and the Terps beat Virginia, 18-10, in their first meeting March 1. The two teams will play again today in the ACC tournament. file photo/the diamondback The Terps have maintained that sentiment throughout the year. They boast a conferenceleading 15.82 goals per game and allowed just 8.29 goals per game, good for second in the ACC. Their stellar play has earned them the top seed in the tournament, but Reese said the ranking doesn’t mean much.

Last season, the Terps won the tournament as the No. 3 seed.

“All that means is we don’t play on Thursday, and we get to wear white,” Reese said.

“That’s it. … You don’t know anything. For us it’s about how you step on the field and choose to play.”

Re e se ’s ve te ra n sq u a d managed to go the entire regular season without a loss. Regard-

less, one setback in Chapel Hill will send them back to College Park without an ACC title for the first time in five seasons.

The Terps have historically given the Tar Heels trouble in the tournament, and delivered them another heartbreaking loss in early April. Now, with homefield advantage and revenge on their minds, the Tar Heels will be eager to reach the championship game to return the favor.

“Everything matters now,” midfielder Taylor Cummings said. “If we lose, we’re out. I think the little things we’ve been focusing on the last part of the year are going to kick in.

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Two Terps lacrosse teams will fight to win ACC titles in Chapel Hill, N.C., this weekend WOMEN’S LACROSSE

MIDFIELDER KATIE SCHWARZMANn has won three ACC Championships in her career with the Terps.

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No. 1 Terps begin quest for fifth consecutive tournament championship today against No. 5-seed Virginia

By Joshua Needelman Staff writer On April 23, 2000, the No. 2-seed Terrapins women’s lacrosse team stepped onto Ludwig Field to attempt to win its second straight ACC Championship. No. 1-seed North Carolina manned the visitor’s bench.

The Terps dominated the Tar Heels, 17-6, that day, securing their third conference title in the four years of the tournament’s existence. The matchup also marked the first of five ACC finals featuring both teams — the Terps hold a 4-1 edge in those games.

About a decade later, the No. 1 Terps have once again established their dominance over the conference, winning the past four ACC

tournaments. The past three years, they’ve beaten North Carolina in the finals.

The Terps — who face No. 5-seed Virginia today in the semifinals — will have a chance to make it five titles in a row this weekend when they travel to Chapel Hill, N.C., for the ACC tournament. But North Carolina hopes to reach the title game and break the streak.

“If we play them again, we know it’ll be a tough battle,” midfielder Katie Schwarzmann said. “It always is. But we’ve got to take it one game at a time.”

The Tar Heels seem tired of finishing just behind the Terps.

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Desperate No. 4-seed Cavaliers present another tough challenge for top-seeded Terps in tonight’s semifinal

By Aaron Kasinitz Staff writer Moments after the Terrapins men’s lacrosse team’s 7-4 loss to Johns Hopkins on April 13, midfielder Mike Chanenchuk sat at a makeshift news conference in the corner of Byrd Stadium and glanced down at a stat sheet in front of him with a puzzled look.

Coach John Tillman’s squad prides itself on playing with overwhelming energy and motivation. But the rival Blue Jays — a team determined to improve its middling NCAA tournament resume — outhustled the Terps that day.

The No. 1-seed Terps will face a similar challenge in the ACC tournament opener tonight against No. 4-seed Virginia in

Chapel Hill, N.C. The Cavaliers will likely need to win the conference championship to qualify for the NCAA tournament, while the Terps already have a firm grasp on one of the top seeds.

The Terps aren’t shrugging off Virginia’s added incentive. They’ve learned from experience not to overlook a desperate team.

“It’s a concern, knowing what’s at stake [for Virginia],” said Tillman, whose team will play the winner of Duke and North Carolina in the conference title game Sunday if they win tonight. “If your opponent’s going to come in and have the sense of urgency and you don’t match that,

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Martin on track for UNC series No. 2 pitcher performs well in recent outing

Bosdosh looks to prove himself among ACC’s best golfers

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By Daniel Gallen Senior staff writer

Maddie Martin could only watch as the ball sailed over the center field fence Wednesday night. Delaware State infielder Ashley Bennett had crushed her 1-0 pitch for a three-run homer.

From there, everything could’ve unraveled for the Terrapins softball pitcher. In Martin’s last start, she conceded six runs to Boston College and left before recording an out. But this time, she responded differently to adversity.

“The past is the past,” Martin said. “I can’t control what happens after I release the ball, so I have to move on from what I did, even if it’s my mistake.”

The right-hander erased the early blemish from her memory and shut out her opponents over the next three innings, helping the Terps (27-23, 9-6 ACC) win, 12-3, in Game 2 of their Wednesday doubleheader. Martin will look to maintain that mental composure in the team’s pivotal three-game set against North Carolina (37-13, 12-6) this weekend.

The Tar Heels are three games ahead of the Terps for second place in the ACC. The Terps’ pitching staff must play an important role if they are to

anchor in the middle of the lineup for the Terps — who start a three-game series at Duke today in Durham, N.C. — he was supposed to be a force.

But this season, he has struggled to log consistent playing time.

Hockaday — who is batting .293 with 14 RBIs — suffered a shoulder injury during the series opener against North Carolina on April 5, and he was left out of the starting lineup for six games. He returned to third base in the Terps’ 7-2 win over Miami on April 14, but that was

Sean Bosdosh stood on the final green of the Maryland Open in July.

He was facing an 18-foot birdie putt for the win. If he missed, Denny McCarthy had an easy 3-foot putt to tie and send the competition to a playoff.

He gripped his putter, looked down and tapped the ball toward the hole.

It fell into the cup, and Bosdosh was champion of the 91st Maryland Open.

Since then, the Terrapins men’s golf junior has been on a tear. Entering this weekend’s ACC championships in New London, N.C., Bosdosh has finished in the top 20 in all nine tournaments in which he’s competed in 2013. He’s notched two wins and asserted himself as a threat in one of the country’s toughest conferences.

“Most guys that have good summers have good years,” coach Jason Rodenhaver said. “Guys that have poor summers have poor years. It goes hand in hand. Golf’s more mental than anything. Once you believe you can do it and you’ve got some confidence in himself, he carried it over to the fall and hopefully keeps it going for us.”

Golf played a huge part in Bosdosh’s childhood. His father, Steve, is a professional golf instructor. His older brother, Stephen, also golfs for

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Suspended Hockaday leaves void Terps turn to catcher Martir to fill in at third base against Duke

By Daniel Popper Staff writer K.J. Hockaday had an opportunity to be a star for the Terrapins baseball team this season.

After a dominant summer — a .346 batting average, 11 doubles, a triple, a home run and 36 RBIs — Baseball America ranked the 6-foot-3, 222pound third baseman as the No. 1 overall prospect coming out of the Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League.

That wasn’t the first time Hockaday received national recognition, either. The Baltimore Orioles drafted

the Joppa native in the 14th round of the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft after a historic high school career at The John Carroll School. He batted .642 his senior year for the Patriots and broke New York Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira’s Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association career home run record with 30 home runs.

All signs pointed to a breakout 2013 campaign for the sophomore slugger, especially after a freshman season in which Hockaday batted .305 with 27 RBIs and started all 56 games under former coach Erik Bakich. An