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Diversity recs OK’d by senate after 2nd Lt. Richard Collins, a black Bowie State University student, was fatally stabbed on this university’s campus in May. Two of the three co-chairs Sean Urbanski, a white former of the Joint President and student at this university, has University Senate Inclusion and been charged with murder and Respect Task Force presented a hate crime in Collins’ death. The group’s recommendations their recommendations to the senate, which then voted included instituting programs to 77-4, with four abstentions, teach faculty, staff and students how to prevent incidents to approve them. The task force was formed of hate or bias; educating
University Senate approves policy recommendations on hate bias The University of Maryland Senate approved Tuesday its inclusion and respect task force’s recommendations for preventing hate and promoting inclusion on the campus. by
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the campus community on diversity, inclusion and respect; improving hate and bias incident communications; and adopting a university values statement and a free speech values statement. The task force also recommended a policy prohibiting hateor bias-motivated conduct that is threatening or intimidating, but may not qualify as a crime. See diversity, p. 7
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Some student leaders don’t trust admin Systemwide survey finds tension in shared governance A University System of Maryland Student Council Christine Condon and s u r vey fo u n d t h e re i s Angela Roberts “much room for improve@thedbk ment” regarding shared Staff writers governance between student groups and university administration at the University of Maryland. The survey, which was conducted among undergraduate and graduate student leaders across 13 system institutions, evaluated the participation of student leaders in decisions made at the campus level. The survey found significant variance across system schools. Five student leaders of the 13 “agreed” or “strongly agreed” that shared governance was “alive and healthy” at their schools, while four either “disagreed” or “strongly disagreed.” At this university, the survey highlighted the implementation of an international student fee as an example of “failed” shared governance. The fee was implemented fall 2017, and it imposes a cost of $125 for full-time, newly enrolled international students and $62.50 for part-time students per semester. It is for academic support and transition assistance, according to the International Students and Scholars Services office’s website. The five-step approval process for mandatory fees includes recommendations from the Committee for the Review of Student Fees, which is composed of both university officials and students. The group was not consulted regarding the international student fee, thenGraduate Student Government President Stephanie Cork wrote in a message. That “ has caused significant distrust” between student leaders and this university’s administration, the shared governance report read. “Student leaders are then left with the perception that their input is tokenized or disregarded, yet shared governance is still used as by
SPARC, a student advocacy group, is pushing for a satellite counseling center on North Campus. They initally focused on advocating for a counselor in each campus dorm. anthony sartori/for the diamondback
a sparc of support A student advocacy group is hoping to lay the groundwork for a North Campus counseling center By Jillian Atelsek | @jillian_atelsek | Senior staff writer
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uring his sophomore year, University of Maryland student Anthony Sartori experienced a panic attack, but he had no idea. In the middle of a drive home from the grocery store with a friend, Sartori became convinced he was having an allergic reaction to the passion fruit juice he was drinking. “At that moment, I pull the car over and I slam on the breaks,” he remembered. “I get out of the car.
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… I literally crumple to the sidewalk, and I’m sitting there rocking back and forth.” He felt like he was separated from his body. He couldn’t breathe or move his arms. But after a visit to the hospital, tests conclusively proved he was not experiencing an allergic reaction. Sartori said he didn’t recognize at the time that what had happened was emblematic of mental health problems.
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Two Brad Dress female @brad_dress students walking Staff writer near South Campus Commons heard someone shout a racial slur, among other offensive language,onApril26,according to University of Maryland Police. This marked the third reported hate bias incident this semester at the university. The students were walking near Commons 3 and 4 when they heard someone shout the slur, police spokeswoman Sgt. Rosanne Hoaas said. The students reported they saw
a room at Commons 4 with an open window, Hoaas said. A third female student also heard the yelling and walked over to the other two students after the incident, she added. Officers responded to the scene at 2:50 p.m., Hoaas said. Police searched the room the students had seen with the open window to gather more information, and a University Police detective is investigating the incident. Officers also conducted a witness canvas, she added. In response to the incident, the Department of Resident Life sent a letter to South
Campus Commons 3 and 4 residents, urging anyone with information to reach out to police and emphasizing the need for all students to maintain an inclusive community. University spokeswoman Jessica Jennings wrote in an email that “this type of behavior is not acceptable in our community and does not align with our values.” The Office of Diversity and Inclusion reached out to the victim and offered support, she added. There were 27 reported hate bias incidents from the beginning of the fall semester to Dec. 8. University
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“I didn’t know what the hell a panic attack was,” the senior psychology major said, adding that it can be challenging to seek help “when you don’t know what you’re going through.” While he hasn’t officially been diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder, Sartori said he’s struggled with obsessive thought spirals that can cause extreme anxiety since he
administration verified 15 of those incidents. In the spring semester, there have been two reports — racial slurs were written on a Cumberland Hall dryerase board,and amale near the Leonardtown apartments reportedly shouted a racial slur at a black female student. “We are writing to notify you because acts such as this one are appalling and hurt and impact all of us,” the Resident Life letter read. “As a community, we must work together to combat hate, confront bias, and support each other.”
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University of Maryland Police responded to reports of telephone/ email misuse and thefts, a mong other incidents over the past two weeks, according to police reports.
TELEPHONE/EMAIL MISUSE Un ive rsit y Pol ic e responded to Cole Field House on April 19 at 11:28 a.m. for a reported telephone/ email misuse, according to police reports. A u n i v e rs i t y e mployee repor ted to pol ice that between March 9 and April 14, they were sent emails from someone unaffiliated with the university, police spokesperson Sgt. Rosanne Hoaas said. Police instructed the employee to email the individual and tell them to stop sending the messages. T he c a se i s op en , pending further investigation, Hoaas said.
THEFT University Police responded to the 3400 block of Tulane Drive on April 18 at 11:25 p.m. for a report of theft, according to police reports. A male student told police his bicycle’s front tire was stolen between April 17 at 10:30 p.m. and April 18 at 10:30 a.m., Hoaas said. Un ive rsit y Pol ic e also responded to the Atlantic Building on April 20 at 2:09 p.m. for a nother theft report, according to police reports. A female student reported that, between 12:52 a.m. and noon, a computer was stolen
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OTHER INCIDENT University Police responded to Cambridge Ha l l at 9:12 p.m. on April 18 for a report of an “other incident,” wh ich occu r red t he day before, according to police reports. A male student met w ith pol ice on Apri l 17 a nd told t hem he participated in a “ m u t u a l l y c o n s e nsual sexual video chat w it h a fem a le,” a nd l a te r fo u n d o u t t h e c h a t w a s re c o rd e d , Hoaas said. Hoaas said when the student contacted the female, an unknown m a l e a n s w e re d t h e phone and demanded m o n e y, o r e l s e t h e v ideo wou ld b e uploaded online. Police told the student to cease contact with the individual and gave him i n formation from the Office of Civil R ights and Sexual Misconduct. This case is active.
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“MY LIFE in PROGRESSIVE POLITICS: AGAINST the GRAIN” DISCUSSION and CELEBRATION Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center, 4 p.m. Hosted by the behavioral and social sciences college, featuring former Sen. Joseph D. Tydings. bsos.umd.edu TASTE of SRI LANKA: MOTION PROJECT FUNDRAISER Grand Ballroom Lounge, Stamp Student Union, 5 p.m. Hosted by The Motion Project. Tickets $5. facebook.com/srilankamotionproject
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iSCHOOL SYMPOSIUM Various locations, Stamp Student Union, 3 to 7 p.m. Hosted by the information studies college. ischool.umd.edu SAVE YOUR SEMESTER 2202 Shoemaker Hall, 4:15 p.m. Hosted by the Counseling Center. counseling.umd.edu/las
FARMERS MARKET Tawes Plaza, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. farmersmarket.umd.edu THE COLOR of LAW: A FORGOTTEN HISTORY of HOW OUR GOVERNMENT SEGREGATED AMERICA Auditorium, Architecture Building, 4:15 p.m. Hosted by the Maryland Equity Project, the education college and the Urban Studies and Planning Program, featuring Richard Rothstein. education.umd.edu
WHITING-TURNER LECTURE: DAN ENNIS, BLUEVOYANT Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building, 5 p.m. Hosted by the engineering school, featuring Dan Ennis. go.umd.edu/ennis-rsvp DO GOOD CHALLENGE FINALS Kay Theatre, The Clarice, 6 to 9 p.m. Hosted by the public policy school. theclarice.umd.edu
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ART ATTACK Xfinity Center, 8 p.m. Hosted by SEE, featuring Lil Yachty and Vince Staples. Doors open 6 p.m. see.umd.edu
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JIM HENSON: COMMERCIALS and EXPERIMENTS — REVISED and REMASTERED in 2017 Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library, The Clarice, 5 p.m. Hosted by the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library and the Jim Henson Legacy. theclarice.umd.edu OUTDOOR BIG BAND FINALE Theatre Courtyard, The Clarice, 5:30 p.m. Hosted by the music school, featuring the UMD jazz ensembles. theclarice.umd.edu CLOVE Kogod Theatre, The Clarice, 7:30 p.m. Hosted by the theatre, dance and performance studies school. Contains mature issues and language. Student/youth tickets $10; general admission $25. theclarice.umd.edu
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POPS CONCERT Dekelboum Concert Hall, The Clarice, 8 p.m. Hosted by the music school. Student/ youth tickets $10; general admission $25. theclarice.umd.edu
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continued deliberating until about 3 a.m. The annual omnibus meeting is the Student Government Association’s last opportunity to pass legislation before the session ends. During the meeting, the body also reviews the constitution, bylaws, standing rules of order and ethics and accountability handbook. The meeting ended at about 3 a.m., the time at which commuter students would receive parking tickets. The legislators were pressured not to leave early because they had fulfilled quorum. At about 2:30 a.m., Jonathan Allen, president-elect of
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the SGA’s executive branch, but his suggestions were not brought up for debate. The amendment would have established a general vice president and a treasurer, a change from the current system of three vice presidents — one for financial affairs, one for student affairs and one for academic affairs. This structure would mirror that of other SGAs in the Big Ten, Allen said. Allen did not pursue the changes because he said this was not the proper time to review them. “To ensure that all of our time and energy was focused on amendments that would immediately impact next year, I chose to not propose them,” Allen said. “That would have been an hourlong discussion and one of the most significant changes in our governing documents since I’ve been in the organization.” He said he’d have another chance to suggest the changes in November, when the SGA reviews its election structure for next spring. See sga , p. 7
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SPARC From p. 1 came to this university. Now, he is leading a campus advocacy group called Scholars Promoting and Revitalizing Care that’s pushing for more student mental health resources. The group’s immediate goal was to place a fulltime counselor in every campus dorm, but now it has adjusted its plans to advocating for a satellite counseling center on North Campus, Sartori said. This university’s mental health care providers — the Counseling Center, housed in the Shoemaker Building, and the Health Center, located across the street from Stamp Student Union — are both on South Campus. The new plan would be more practical in terms of funding and logistics, he said, and would avoid isolating counselors from their coworkers. Still, SPARC would like to see a counselor in every residence hall in the future once the resources become more established on North Campus, he added. Zoe Rader, a freshman government and politics and journalism major who lives in Cumberland Hall, said the distance between North Campus dorms and the Counseling and Health centers could “sway students away” from seeking help. “[North Campus residents] are predominantly freshmen — we need the most help,” she said, adding she would be more likely
ANTHONY SARTORI, a senior psychology major, is leading student group Scholars Promoting and Revitilizing Care. SPARC is advocating for a satellite counseling center on North Campus. There are currently no plans to build this satellite center, a university official said. julia lerner/the diamondback to consider seeking help if the resources were more accessible. SPARC is advocating for the additional counseling resources to go in an empty space above the new dining hall planned to be built on the Varsity Practice Fields across from the Ellicott Community. Student Affairs Vice President Linda Clement said the current plan is to give that space to living and learning programs, and no plans to establish a satellite counseling center on North Campus currently exist. The Counseling Center is focused on staffing its current l o c a t i o n i n s tea d , d i re c to r Sharon Kirkland-Gordon wrote in an email. “Our major priority is to work on hiring more psychologists and address our service demand issues. All of our efforts are dedicated to this need. Space is at a premium on campus and I am not aware of any plans for a satellite operation,” she wrote. Resident assistants and professional Resident Life staff at this university receive training
— some of which comes from the Counseling Center — on how to approach mental health issues among students, said Tracy K iras, a Resident Life spokesperson. Each resident director — fulltime professional staff members responsible for managing an entire residence hall or area — is also paired with a counselor in order to provide an open line of communication between students who may be struggling, dorm staff and professional resources, Kiras said, adding that she thinks the current system is more practical and beneficial than SPARC’s proposal. “If everything is at their fingertips … then it does become more challenging to navigate through and figure these things out after college,” Kiras said. K irkland-Gordon also said she was concerned t h a t p l a c i n g co u n se l o rs i n every residence hall would cause privacy concerns. “You can walk into Shoemaker Building right now, and there’s a classroom in there, and there’s
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other services — nobody knows what you’re walking in there to do,” she said. “But if you have a counselor stationed in a residence hall, it’s in a public space. And people are gonna be able to know who’s visiting for that purpose.” Placing counselors in every residence hall could also inhibit students from developing sufficient coping skills, KirklandGordon said. “I think that we underestimate the resilience of our students and their ability to solve problems,” she said. “They may not need a counselor on the spot. What we want them to do is develop their own capacity for addressing their issues, for solving problems.” Sartori said students often need that support, though. “It’s important to recognize that a lot of students haven’t developed the coping skills to really handle a lot of the issues on their own,” Sartori said. “And I was one of those students. I struggled and suffered in the dorms, and I made it through,
but there are those that haven’t.” Joseph Seidler, a freshman criminology and criminal justice major, agreed. While “it’s important to be independent,” he said, officials’ arguments against bringing mental health resources closer to students in the name of self-reliance are harmful. “I think that’s an argument that’s presented by older generations that think that you need to be more dependent on yourself,” he said. “I don’t think that’s a valid opinion.” In February, SPARC began a campaign advocating for more funding to mental health resources and increased awareness of the issue at this university. The campaign is titled “30 Days Too Late,” as a reference to the length of time it can take to receive an appointment at the Counseling Center, Sartori said. The group also holds workshops a i m e d a t h e l p i n g s t u d e n ts destress. For Sartori, the importance o f m e n ta l h ea l t h a dvo ca cy spans beyond people’s time in college. This university needs to prioritize mental health care to prepare students for a successful and healthy life, he said. “What we do in college, the patterns that we set for ourselves and how we take care of ourselves,” he said, “are most l i ke ly go i n g to b e wh a t we follow for many, many years after.” jatelsekdbk@gmail.com
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Pride Alliance shouldn’t pick a side on Israel boycotts MITCHELL ROCK @OpinionDBK Columnist
Every year,Israel Fest inevi- community spaces for all students on campus, tably becomes one of the most including queer Jewish students.” After nearly controversial and contentious 400 words denigrating the right of the Jewish days on the University of people to have a homeland in Israel, this statement Maryland’s campus. Organizations such as Maryland cannot erase the feeling it likely leaves for many Hillel and the Jewish Student Union host the festival, queer Jewish students at this university — that and protesters from groups such as Students for Justice they cannot use the Pride Alliance as a safe space because they are not welcome there. in Palestine gather to lead anti-Israel protests. This university is one of the top five colleges in terms The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is extraordinarily complex and multifaceted. There are valid of Jewish student population. There are nearly 6,000 arguments and grievances on both sides of this Jewish undergraduates at this university, making up seemingly endless conflict. So, while the Jewish approximately 20 percent of the undergraduate popustudents of this university should be able to have lation; given this, there are bound to be many queer an Israel Fest, students should of course be able Jewish students. They deserve to feel they can belong to hold a peaceful protest against that event. But in a space like the Pride Alliance just as much as any it’s wildly inappropriate for the Pride Alliance other queer students. Taking such a strong stance against Zionism runs the risk of alienating much of to have played such a large role in that protest. this population. Members of the Pride Alliance our view The Israeli-Palestinian conflict were among those who spoke is emotional for many students at at the protest. Furthermore, the “[Queer Jewish this university, and students from student organization made a Facestudents] deserve both sides should have the right to book post regarding Boycott Israel express their opinions. However, all Fest, which includes the following to feel they can students on this campus face statement: “We understand that belong in a space queer discrimination and hardships that Zionism is an oppressive political like the Pride heterosexual students do not. The ideology.” Zionism is the movement for a Jewish nation in the land that Alliance just as purpose of the Pride Alliance is to provide those students with a safe is now Israel. In this statement, the Pride Alliance has effectively taken much as any other community to express themselves, the stance that the movement for a queer students.” and it has now worked against its purpose. Jewish homeland in Israel is inherAs an organization dedicated to ently oppressive. This view, as expressed, suggests even the long social justice, the Pride Alliance should not be forced sought-after solution of creating two separate into silence. Instead, it should seek to support justice states on the land that is now Israel would still in a way that is inclusive — and not so aggressively be oppressive. Even if this was not the intention damning. The views the Pride Alliance has chosen of the Pride Alliance, it is the implication of their to express, and the methods in which it expressed published words. This organization should not be them, have only damaged its mission by undermintaking such a strong stance on this complex issue. ing its role as a safe space for queer Jewish students. The post concludes with the following sentence: “Pride Alliance is dedicated to creating mrock13@umd.edu
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Health Center combats Trump’s anti-LGBT agenda NATE ROGERS @NateRogersDev Columnist
The University o f M a r yl a n d ’s Hea l t h Ce n te r is attempting a heroic yet impossible task: providing truly equal health care to LGBTQ students. According to some metrics, they’ve come astonishingly close. The Human Rights Campaign Foundation recently named this university’s health center a leader in LGBTQ health care equality for the third year in a row. The university’s efforts are admirable and necessary. However, it alone cannot overpower the health care system’s capacity for cruelty. Conservatives have redoubled their attack on LGBTQ Americans’ health, perpetuating hostility. As a result, the health center’s achievements cannot exist in a vacuum. Prejudice against LGBTQ patients is nothing new. According to a 2010 survey by Lambda Legal, nearly 8 percent of lesbian, gay and bisexual respondents reported being denied health care. This rate was nearly 27 percent for all trans and nonbinary respondents. Respondents also frequently reported being subjected to harsh language. Some even claimed providers refused to touch them. Needless to say, President Trump isn’t looking to improve the situation. Instead, he and his allies are giving bigoted providers legal cover. The health center’s efforts are still admirable. It offers care tailored to LGBTQ students — such as hormone therapy — and creates an inclusive environment, including gender-neutral restrooms. Senior Louie Dukinfield praised the trans health care program, saying, “the health center was the best and was super helpful.” Savannah Speir, a senior cell biology and genetics major, also praised the health center’s environment: “As someone who has used their resources, I feel respected and felt safe going there.” However, the health center’s reputation isn’t enough to dispel some students’ fears of seeking care.
According to Speir, some students are afraid to take advantage of the university’s services because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. The health center’s sexual health program coordinator also indicated the center’s improvements are driven by a desire to address LGBTQ students’ wariness of accessing health care. Those fears are not unfounded. They are the result of relentless discrimination in health care against LGBTQ folks. The Trump administration said it plans to roll back an Obama-era rule meant to prevent doctors, hospitals and insurers from discriminating against transgender patients. Rescinding the rule could amplify the inequality transgender patients already face, and further cement the culture of hostility toward LGBTQ patients as a whole. With Trump’s attempts to ban transgender people from serving in the military struck down in court, this must seem like the next best way to harm and humiliate people who don’t agree with the conservative definition of gender. Conservatives trying to strip trans people of their health care argue they are simply protecting healthcare providers’ religious freedom. Obviously, there is no logical interpretation of religious freedom that values doctors’ comfort over patients’ care. Conservatives are transparently twisting their religion into an excuse for cruelty. This cruelty, not some twisted notion of religious freedom, is what the Trump administration endorses. That’s their vision for American health care. The health center is countering that vision. By definition, however, it cannot be enough. Equality in a bubble is not equality. LGBTQ students cannot, and should not, accept that their care is valued less than their cis, straight peers by the White House and in hospitals across the country. Anyone who believes that all people deserve their health and dignity should take up the fight for equal health care. nrogers2@terpmail.umd.edu
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The SGA can no longer afford to be a boys’ club NISHA DESAI
When I Former SGA comms director took on my position as Guest columnist communications director for the SGA at the start of my junior year, I wrote a column in this same newspaper calling for diversity in student groups, including the SGA. I still believe it’s important for students who identify as minorities to insert themselves into spaces that have not traditionally been for them. That’s how we change the culture. For all of my complaints, I hope others have benefited from my perspective as a woman of color being shared in these rooms. When I debated continuing my role in the organization this past year, the thought of not having a voice in conversations is what stopped me from leaving. Our SGA president next year will be a white man. Our RHA leadership next year will be two white men. The editor in chief of this very paper will be a white man. This isn’t to say these men aren’t qualified for their jobs — I can’t think of a more qualified SGA president or someone with more experience than Jonathan Allen. But all of these men were supported in their leadership journeys and were given a leg up by someone else. In organizing the One Party ticket, only two women played any significant role: me and our former chief of staff, who has since left her position. It isn’t that there is a lack of talent in the SGA — it’s that people are habitually discouraged from creating competition to make room for the status quo. In the case of the SGA, the last time we had a person of color in the
presidency was 2011. Why is it that women and people of color on our campus are not ascending to leadership roles? I work with talented, smart, brilliant women all the time on this campus and the SGA. I would be remiss not to mention that the bulk of the organizers on our campus are women of color. I understand the argument against diversity for diversity’s sake, but tokenism is not a solution to that problem. Our SGA has been guilty of selecting members of the executive or legislature to create a sense of diversity without actually making a culture change. Tokenism is a dehumanizing experience, and one that breeds hostility. A younger member of the organization — a fellow person of color — once asked me,“How do you not feel like a token?” That question broke my heart, because it meant they couldn’t see themselves beyond the box the rest of the organization had put them in. They couldn’t see themselves as full of potential, full of ideas, full of skill. They could see themselves only as the minority in the room. Is this something we should be satisfied with? Should we breathe a sigh of relief when we’re planning our campaign and we finally find someone black or Latinx or Asian to round out the ticket? Should we feel good about ourselves because on paper, our gender ratio is just about equal? As a senior, I’ve tried to be an open ear for anybody who needs to feel listened to. The most common complaint women have come to me with is feeling they’ve been mans-
plained to. More than one woman has come to me considering leaving because she felt undervalued. Some less common complaints, but ones that upset me: women in leadership roles who felt like mere secretaries; women who felt invisible or spoken over in meetings with male members; and the one that upsets me the most, women feeling there’s no future for them in the SGA. As I gear up to graduate, I regret not fighting more. I regret allowing myself to be the supporting character in someone else’s leadership, when I now realize I’m just as capable as — if not more than — the boy’s club that women in SGA talk about in private but never confront in public. There is this persistent sense that despite everything, there’s nothing I can do to make my male peers truly believe I am their intellectual equal. I don’t doubt good intentions. But good intentions aren’t enough — my good intentions were not enough to change the organization I love for the better. I needed to say something before it was too late. While there are plenty of SGA members who have absorbed the hierarchical boys’ club culture into their attitudes about leadership, I also believe many younger members of my organization are moving toward this change. I encourage them to keep on going, no matter how insurmountable it feels sometimes. I have no doubt about it — the SGA can make real, tangible change on this campus. But we have to start with ourselves. nishadesai96@gmail.com
Professors can be mean on Twitter CAITLIN MCCANN @OpinionDBK Columnist
As the deathof a public figure usually does, the passing of former First Lady Barbara Bush last week inspired commemorations across the internet. Among the scores of internet commentary were the tweets of Randa Jarrar, a tenured professor at California State University, Fresno. Jarrar’s tweets quickly incited outrage for her audacity and bluntness, with many calling for Fresno State to fire her. Jarrar’s tweets included comments like “Barbara Bush was a generous and smart and amazing racist who, along with her husband, raised a war criminal. F--- outta here with your nice words,” and “PSA: either you are against these pieces of shit and their genocidal ways or you’re part of the problem. that’s actually how simple this is. I’m happy the witch is dead. can’t wait for the rest of her family to fall to their demise the way 1.5 million iraqis have. byyyeeeeeeee.” These tweets are inflammatory and in extremely poor taste. But those calling for Fresno State to fire Jarrar need to consider the ramifications of limiting professors’ freedom of speech, especially in regards to contentious political commentary. Fresno State shouldn’t listen to those outraged at Jarrar’s comments — instead, the university needs to double down on the protections academics are granted. Firing Jarrar for tweeting her opinions about the former first lady and the Bush family has the potential to set a precedent of stifling professors’ freedom of speech, a slippery slope no one should be calling for. The moment a university caves to public pressure to satiate one side’s discontent over the personal opinions of a single professor is the moment the same university compromises the principles of higher education it should protect at all costs.
Institutions of higher education should be concerned with protecting ideas and opinions that are controversial, not firing those who voice them because some find them disagreeable. A lot of the resistance to Jarrar’s tweets wasn’t because of the opinions she expressed, but rather the manner she went about doing so. The main complaints lodged against Jarrar are her profanity, her eager anticipation of the “demise” of an entire family and her tweeting so callously right after Barbara Bush’s death. There’s also been a lot of debate over what is considered professionally appropriate for a professor to say or do, and on what media platforms. These are all valid points to consider, and they do raise serious questions about the extent to which an institution should protect a faculty member’s freedom of speech. But, they don’t actually change anything. Being insensitive and just plain mean doesn’t strip away one’s right to speak freely, and using inflammatory language doesn’t strip away one’s right to speak freely, either. Saying such things on Twitter still doesn’t invalidate one’s right to freedom of speech. Randa Jarrar may be in the wrong for what she tweeted, but she has every right to tweet it as angrily as she sees fit, and on whichever platform she chooses. Protecting Jarrar’s freedom of speech is key to maintaining the integrity of the university. If Fresno State chooses to fire Jarrar, what they’ll really be doing is participating in a form of censorship that institutions of higher education have always condemned. Unpopular and controversial opinions are what freedom of speech is meant to protect — and Jarrar’s controversial opinions should continue to be safeguarded. caitlinmccann32@gmail.com
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ome College Park residents are calling for more transparency from their elected officials after the city council conducted closed meetings about its charter. After a measure that would have allowed non-U.S. citizens to vote in city elections failed to pass in September, the council consulted outside legal counsel to assess the legality of its charter, which stipulated that a supermajority vote was required to make changes to it. On April 16, three city residents — former District 4 Councilwoman Mary Cook, West Civic Association President Suchitra Balachandran and District 4 Councilwoman Denise Mitchell — filed a complaint to the Maryland Open Meetings Compliance Board regarding the manner in which the council sought legal advice for changes to the city’s charter. According to the complaint, the council held multiple closed sessions from October through March, in which the council allegedly “re-worked the charter language under the guise of receiving ‘legal advice’ and in flagrant violation of the Open
college park residents filed a complaint to the Maryland Open Meetings Compliance Board after the council held closed meetings about charter changes. file photo/thediamondback Meetings Act.” “We have the right to look at everything that went into the process,” Balachandran said. “That is democracy, and that’s guaranteed by the Open Meetings Act in Maryland. And that’s where we’ve been shortchanged.” Mayor Patrick Wojahn asserted that the closed sessions were “appropriate and legal under Maryland state law.” “Typically, in order to receive candid legal advice from our attorney, as a city, we conduct those meetings where we receive that advice in closed session,” Wojahn said. “It allows us to receive candid advice from our attorney in a way that doesn’t put our city under any legal risk.” A number of city residents read parts of a leaked Oct. 3 memo, which outside
counsel Victoria Shearer authored to clarify details of the city charter, at a public hearing Tuesday in opposition to the latest charter amendment. The most recent charter change, passed Tuesday, modified the charter by defining the city’s “legislative body” as both the mayor a n d c o u n c i l , w h i c h wa s not previously explicitly stated in the document, as well as specifically providing for the mayor’s ability to cast tie-breaking votes on charter amendments. The residents argued the memo conflicted with information presented about the amendment. The memo states that “[t]he Mayor Is Not a Member of the ‘Legislative Body’ of the City and Cannot, in Casting a Tie Vote
of the Council, Create the ‘Majority’ Vote of the ‘Legislative Body’ That is Required to Amend The Charter.” District 1 resident Lourene Miovski sent public letters to the mayor and council regarding the amendment; she later found the memo anonymously left “in a plastic bag on [her] fence,” she wrote in an email. Shearer and city attorney Suellen Ferguson addressed the residents’ memo interpretation in an April 23 addendum to a charter amendm e n t fa c t s h e e t , w h i c h stated that the ‘interpretation’ “takes the memorandum wording out of context. T h e M a y o r, a l t h o u g h intended to be considered a member of the legislative body by being included in the listing of the elected
o f f i c i a l s a l l owe d to vo te (and considered to be such in the past), was not explicitly made so by the language of the Charter.” The city has claimed lawyer-client privilege and has not released the memo to the public. The council voted n o t to re l ea se t h e m e m o “due to potential legal risk,” Wojahn said. The new amendment was “designed to make the voting provisions clear and to maintain the past practice of allowing the Mayor to vote to break a tie for Charter amendments and other actions,” according to the fact sheet. “I’m afraid [the council is] being short-sighted in passing the charter amendment without considering all the possible ramifications,” Cook said. “This is one step that could change our form of government without input from the residents.” Wo ja h n sa i d S h ea re r ’s
memo does not conflict with the charter amendment, and that the memo simply explains that the nona m e n d e d c h a r te r l a c ks a c l ea r d e f i n i t i o n o f t h e mayor as a member of the legislative body. “[The charter amendment] is entirely consistent with Ms. Shearer’s memo, which states that there [was] nothing currently in the city charter that states that the mayor is a member of the legislative body,” Wojahn said. D i s t r i c t 3 Co u n c i l m a n John Rigg condemned the leaking of the memo, des c r i b i n g i t a s “ p a te n t ly inappropriate.” “That was protected communication between an attorney and their clients. We did not authorize the release of it,” Rigg said. “It makes me angry, and it did a disservice to the city.” District 1 Councilwoman K a te Ke n n e dy c r i t i c i ze d some of the residents who led the complaints. “It feels like they’re holding us hostage. I feel like I’m being held hostage by this small cabal of politically motivated people,” Kennedy said. “They’re just holding us hostage, even after we did, and I did, and we as a body did due diligence.” newsumdbk@gmail.com
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DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION The SGA voted to add a diversity and cultural competency training requirement for all members. This helps ensure SGA representatives understand the diverse issues facing their constituencies, said Ja’Nya Banks, the director of the diversity and inclusion committee. These trainings can be hosted by a variety of groups and organizations on campus, including the Office of Multicultural Involvement and Community Advocacy, and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion or an outside expert. “If we want to be representative of a diverse student body, we need to be aware of the ways policies will affect
DIVERSITY From p. 1 Last spring, a noose was found hanging in this university’s Phi Kappa Tau fraternity chapter house, prompting a disciplinary r e v i e w. T h e c a s e h a s since been closed, with a u n ive rs i ty s p o ke s p e rso n noting in an email that “placing a noose is not considered a crime in the State of Maryland.” The recommendations will be sent to university President Wallace Loh for approval, who has two weeks to make a decision unless he formally requests an extension.
DISTRUST From p. 1 a marketing tool,” it read. “When brought to the table, student concerns, especially graduate student concerns, are not taken seriously.” Un ive rs i ty P re s i d e n t Wallace Loh denied that the international student fee situation was indicative of issues with shared governance. “It’s a process of shared governance, it is not shared management. It is not joint decision-making,” Loh said. “The Board of Regents approved [the international student fee], they considered this idea of whether or not there was shared gover-
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By a vote of 1-30 with two abstentions, the association rejected a change that would have exempted academic and residential representatives — members of the legislative branch — from serving on the academic affairs and student affairs committees, which are led by executive branch members. L e g i s l a to rs a re vo t i n g representatives, while those o n t h e exe c u t ive b ra n c h
participate in committees. Often, legislators act in both capacities, but members of the executive board who are not legislators cannot vote on legislation. While those in favor said it was vital to represent constituents by having legislators serve on committees, those opposed said many of the representatives don’t care about the committee itself. “If you don’t care about the academic affairs committee,” said Veitch, the sole vote in favor of the change, “there’s no point in being on that committee.” Parliamentarian Reid Buskirk said forcing legislators to participate in the executive branch violates the SGA’s checks and balances system. “By having legislators required to serve on the exec branch, it creates one large blob with no separations
of power,” he said. “It’s not ethical, and it’s particularly not good practice.” The meeting also saw a vote to discard a minimum GPA requirements for SGA members. In the past, the GPA requirement has fluctuated, Allen said, and removing this requirement eliminates further debate and confusion. The new requirement mandates that SGA members simply have “good academic and judicial standing,” in adherence with university policy. The SGA kept the lower limit of eight members for its finance committee, but removed the cap of 15 members.
Warren Kelley, assistant student affairs vice president and co-chair of the task force, said the university’s values should be communicated clearly to incoming students during orientation and the admissions process. The values statement says the university aspires to be united, respectful, s e c u re , s a f e , i n c l u s i ve , accountable, empowered and open to growth. “ We c o m e f ro m m a n y different places, but we’re all Terps,” Kelley said. “We should work harder at creating more positive relationships between people.” The free speech values statement says the university
protects freedom of speech, b u t u rge s i n d iv i d u a l s to consider the consequences o f t h e i r wo rd s. I t a l so recognizes the campus community members’ right to debate with other community members and those visiting the campus. “The statement recognizes that offensive speech, while p ro te c te d , ca n s t i l l h u r t people, and we want people to be mindful that this free speech can do some harm,” journalism college dean and task force co-chair Lucy Dalglish said. “While we are not going to ban it, we need to recognize what it can do and we will be urging
m e m b e rs o f t h e c a m p u s community to consider the harm their speech can cause.” Senator Rachel Gammons — s p ea k i n g o n b e h a l f o f Lindsay Inge, a librarian with Teaching and Learning Se r v i c e s — p ro p o s e d a n amendment to clarify that the diversity training classes would be for undergraduate a n d g ra d u a te tea c h i n g a s s i s t a n t s a s we l l . T h e amendment passed 65-12 with six abstentions. “I proposed this because I thought it was important to highlight graduate and u n d e rg ra d u a te s t u d e n ts s e rv i n g i n i n s t r u c t i o n a l roles,” Inge said. “To my
mind, ‘teaching assistants’ don’t fall neatly into t h e ca te go r i e s o f s ta f f or student, and should therefore be explicitly listed among the groups who could benefit from training opportunities in the areas recommended in the task force’s report.” Pamela Lanford, a senator representing professional t ra c k f a c u l t y, s a i d t h e recommendations were a step in the right direction but added that more still needs to be done at this university to combat hate and bias. “ I t i s c l ea r to m e t h a t the real hard work is yet to come,” she said. “I hope
t h a t w e c a n e n c o u ra g e t h e i n s t i t u t i o n to ta ke direct action quickly and efficiently.” After an 80-2 vote with four abstentions in favor of a revision to this university’s l i b ra r i a n a p p o i n t m e n t , promotion and permanent status policy, the provost will review cases in which eligible faculty and the dean of libraries make negative recommendations. In addition, the senate passed two separate motions to rename a master’s and PhD program.
nance, [students] had their input, they expressed their unhappiness with this procedure, we listened to them, but the Board of Regents approved it.” Caden Fabbi, a public policy graduate student and president of the system student council, said the survey was the first of its kind and was borne out of “continuous and regular concerns related to shared governance” discussed among the group. This university’s process of shared governance includes collaboration between the GSG, Student Government Association, Residence Hall Association and University Senate, which includes faculty and staff members.
The system student council opted to complete the survey in advance of the system’s annual review of university presidents, Fabbi said, so that the information would be available for those reviews. “On some campuses, shared governance, it works well. On other campuses, there are significant and serious issues that must be addressed — like College Park,” Fabbi said. AJ Pruitt, the outgoing SGA president and a member of the system student council, said he feels that his voice is heard by the administration, but he wants to ensure that remains true for others in the future.
“There are definitely people in this administration at Maryland that I am always comfortable to call and will usually get my call answered,” he said, adding that he would like to see more formalized mechanisms to “make sure that happens” in case future SGA administrations do not have the same “relationship and rapport with those people.” GSG President Michael Goodman said while this university “does a decent job” at providing opportunities for student governance, “the problem lies with when we bring up real, valid concerns … or real frustrations, and those are met with, ‘Oh, we’ll look into it.’”
Roozbeh Bakhshi, a mechanical engineering representative in GSG, said the group’s current relationship with the graduate school is the best it has been for four or five years, adding that administrators have “finally started to listen to us.” He cited the ongoing development of policy for graduate students to file complaints about disrespectful and abusive behavior by advisers as an example of the shared governance system working effectively. Bakhshi said after the graduate school drafted a proposal for the senate requiring each school and college to create an internal grievance policy, they were re-
sponsive to feedback from a GSG committee created to review the legislation. The Graduate Council will vote on the proposal in May. “I’d take it as a piece of shared governance,” Bakhshi said. “They respected our opinion and they listened to us.” Still, he said, there is a power imbalance between student groups and the administration. “We are not the powerful ones,” he said. “The powerful ones are the provost and the president. If they don’t show any interest or listen to us, then there’s nothing we can do about it. … They are still not mandated to listen to us.”
different types of constituents,” Banks said. “If you’re representing people who are outside of your cultural group, you need to be aware of things that might affect them specifically because you might not be privy to these experiences.” The SGA also voted 26-5 with one abstention to change language in its bylaws from “freshman” to “first-year” to be more gender-inclusive. “It’s more inclusive language,” saidspeakerprotemporeLeahBarteldes, who supported the change in the committee for constitution and bylaws prior to Wednesday’s meeting.“Personally, as a woman, I don’t find ‘freshman’ to be the most inclusive language.” The opposition said this change would be unnecessarily confusing because it wouldn’t align with the Freshmen Connection designation, which can’t be changed. The vote will not impact
the language officially used by this university, but Jacob Veitch, a senior government and politics and international business major, echoed colleague Humza Yahya when he said the SGA should change the language it could. “It’s really not our fault that the university has language that’s not inclusive,” Veitch said.
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‘infinity war’ and ‘legion’ ascend ‘Infinity War’ blends the best of Marvel into one excellent movie By Allison O’Reilly | @allisonsoreilly | Staff writer
Writer’s note: This review is mostly spoiler-free, but some minor plot points are unavoidable to discuss. If you haven’t seen the movie, read at your own risk. The Marvel Cinematic Universe has put out some particularly amazing and engaging films in the past year, such as SpiderMan: Homecoming and Black Panther, both of which appealed to more than just superhero nerds. The expectations were high for Avengers: Infinity War — but it was just as great. The complex storylines, character relationships and seemingly separate worlds of countless Marvel films all came together in Infinity War, without becoming confusing or too drawn out. In fact, it was unbelievably fast-paced and easy to follow. Of course, that’s kind of the point of the Avengers films. They bring together a group of heroes who worked separately — or semi-separately — in past films to fight one villain who seeks to wreak havoc on all of their turfs. But Infinity War felt special. This film followed the superheroes on their unique, but connected, quests to stop Thanos — a very large and evil Titan — from obtaining all of the infinity stones, which would give him the power to wipe out half of the universe’s population at the snap of a finger. Thanos is notorious for going to different planets and wiping out half of their populations to ‘solve’ issues of poverty and over-consumption — a concept better known as genocide. He’s notorious for genocide. Thanos is also the (step)father of Gamora, the badass green heroine of the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise. This connection brought the Guardians crew into the Avengers world, which led to amazing comic relief. The Marvel Cinematic Universe does a great job of integrating comedy with their otherwise action-packed, intense storylines through sarcastic dialogue, but the Guardians are famous for their humor and wit. Teenage Groot’s angry adolescent attitude, coupled with Starlord’s hilarious envy of Thor’s rugged good looks — and an ego larger than Tony Stark’s — made all of their scenes just a little brighter. Infinity War managed to simultaneously catch viewers up on the relationships between characters and further the movie’s individual storyline. There was heavy action from start to finish and serious plot points around every corner — it was impossible to look away because there was never a reason to.
The movie’s runtime is about 2 hours and 40 minutes, which seemed like a recipe for boredom or repetition, but Thanos’ search for all six infinity stones led him to different corners of the universe where he faced fights from various Avengers and friends. The setting was constantly changing and each new place was breathtaking — from the vibrant fields of Black Panther’s home, Wakanda, to the dark space hub where Thor’s hammer was forged, Nidavellir. Every space and every character looked realistic, despite some of the unimaginably alien appearances. The special effects and CGI teams definitely had their work cut out for them with this movie, and they executed it flawlessly. Because the movie featured so many characters, watching out for when and where different folks would meet was incredibly intriguing. This also led to interesting relationship dynamics, such as the power struggle between the ever-wise Doctor Strange and fast-thinking mogul Iron Man, or the casual but heartwarming moment where Thor and Captain America reunite, following Cap’s departure from The Avengers at the end of Captain America: Civil War. In typical Marvel fashion, of course, there was a big battle scene that came near the end. All the characters we recognize and love came together to fight their common enemy and hopefully save half the universe. Gamora was a crucial character for the bulk of the movie, but this scene was where other female heroes got a chance to shine. Black Widow, Scarlet Witch and Okoye showed immense strength and power, and proved they were a crucial force in the fight. The result of the fight was shocking, for a number of reasons viewers should discover on their own. It felt surreal and was a major deviation from typical Marvel story arcs. It was the perfect summation of what the movie did best: showing the “reality” to these unimaginable events. It didn’t paint picture-perfect superheroes who do everything right — instead, they faced “real” struggles and “real” consequences that will truly drive the second part of this epic thriller. Marvel masterfully left viewers with a sense of completion but a hunger for more. By the end, the storyline of Infinity War was resolved, but the storyline of the Marvel Cinematic Universe felt like it was just getting started. diversionsdbk@gmail.com
‘Legion’ is the best superhero show you’re not watching By Zach Phillips | @zachlikesmovies | Staff writer
Netflix changed superhero shows, with series like Daredevil and Jessica Jones that deal with darker, more adult subject matter than theatrically released comic-book movies. Now in its second season, FX’s Marvel show Legion has revolutionized how fans watch superheroes again. Legion’s first season aired last year with only eight episodes, starring Dan Stevens as David Haller — whose hero name is the same as the show’s title. The series begins with David in a mental institution. It’s slowly revealed that David is a mutant with extraordinary mental powers and little idea how to control them. A mysterious parasite known as the Shadow King feeds off David’s powers. After he escapes the institution, he joins a group of mutants. The first season comes to a head when the Shadow King escapes, taking a different mutant with him, and David is absorbed into a mysterious orb. The second season picks up a year later, with David claiming to have no memory of the time since he disappeared. The group of mutants has now joined forces with the government organization that hunted them, and is looking to destroy the Shadow King’s body before the villain can find it. Without giving away more about the series, I’ll simply say the show has enhanced its style in the second season. Where the Netflix series redefined the superhero story by taking a more intimate scope, Legion presents the story in an entirely new way. The show — like its hero, David — is cerebral,
and often relies on media other than physical fights to show David’s battles with opponents. The premiere of the most recent season includes a spectacular sequence focusing on David battling the Shadow King, portrayed by a horrifying Aubrey Plaza. The group of mutants engages in a bizarre dance-off in a night club, in a strange yet easily understood and profound scene. Less than halfway into its second season, the show has continued to push the boundaries of the bizarre and surreal. Moments like David waking up from a deep mental state, only to ask the mutant who saved him, “Do you have any waffles?” make light of the show’s perverseness. The strongest addition to the second season are the voiceovers by Mad Men’s Jon Hamm. He narrates bizarre, grotesque theories that explore important themes in the show over white backdrops. It’s still unclear if Hamm plays a character, or if it’s just the show’s creative way of introducing themes and ideas that can be carried through the show. Legion’s uniqueness sets itself apart from other shows. Much like the 2017 film Logan, the show pushes the boundaries of the superhero show genre. The show has a message and style that can appeal to TV lovers, even those who aren’t superhero fans. With a good portion of the second season left, now is as good a time as any to try the best superhero show on the air. diversionsdbk@gmail.com
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left fielder marty costes has struggled to replicate his success from last year, just as the team has. But he hit a grand slam with two outs in the fifth inning Sunday, powering Maryland to its first series win in a month. file photo / the diamondback
Terps win series behind Costes’ slam Left fielder’s clutch 5th-inning blast pushes Terps past Spartans When Maryland baseball left fielder Marty Costes stepped into the box in the fifth inning of Sunday’s rubber match, the Terps still had plenty of time to stage a comeback. The Terps have three Big Ten series remaining after their three-game set with Michigan State, giving them ample time to make a push to qualify for the eight-team Big Ten tournament. Still, the Terps’ three-game series against the Spartans felt like a must-win for a team that entered the finale in 10th by
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place in the conference, and that fifth-inning opportunity felt like a must-score for a team that has struggled to produce in big-time moments. On a 1-0 pitch from Spartans starter Mike Mokma, Costes crushed a grand slam over the left-field scoreboard, powering the Terps to a 5-3 win Sunday and securing their first series victory in a month. “We feel like every game from here on out is a mustwin,” Costes said. “I feel like we play better when our backs are against the wall.” Coach Rob Vaughn subscribes to the belief that a team is defined by its response
to adversity. But at points this year, Vaughn’s squad has struggled to get back on track following rough moments. The Terps’ 4-2 loss to the Spartans (16-23, 7-7 Big Ten) on Friday was their seventh straight Big Ten defeat. Costes has had similar struggles. The junior opted to return to College Park instead of joining the Houston Astros o rga n i za t i o n a f te r b e i n g drafted in the 25th round of the 2017 MLB draft. But he’s hit significantly worse than he did last year, and was suspended for the Purdue series after violating team rules. Back in the lineup this weekend, Costes hit the ball hard this series — but had only a double to show for it entering Sunday.
“The couple of at-bats before, I hit some good balls,” Costes said. “I was waiting for [second baseman Nick Dunn] to get on and I knew it was a good opportunity for me.” After Dunn hammered two homers off Michigan State pitching on Saturday, clubbing the Terps (19-24, 5-9) to an 8-2 win, Mokma (1-3, 4.81 ERA) pitched around him in the fifth inning. The four-pitch free pass loaded the bases for Costes, whose grand slam put the Terps up, 4-1. “It released some pressure, made the rest of the game a lot easier,” catcher Justin Morris said. “He just had a good weekend and a really good day today.” Then, when starter Tyler Blohm loaded the bases in the
bottom of the fifth, Costes laid out in left-center field to rob a would-be RBI hit and end the threat. Blohm (5-2, 4.10 ERA) allowed a first-inning run following a leadoff triple, but minimized damage throughout his outing. He emerged unscathed from two walks in the sixth, his final inning, to supply Maryland with a third solid start this weekend. Blohm allowed three hits, walked five and had four strikeouts. “He doesn’t feel 150 percent, but what’s impressive about him is just how he’s gone out and competed for us,” Vaughn said. “He didn’t have his best command today and still turns in six innings.” Re g u l a r s ta r te r Tayl o r Bloom entered in the seventh
for his first appearance since suffering a concussion and threw a scoreless inning, but after Maryland added an insurance run with an RBI double from third baseman Taylor Wright, Bloom struggled in the bottom of the eighth, as the Spartans scored two runs to cut Maryland’s lead to 5-3. Closer John Murphy kept them at bay in the ninth inning, though, and with nine Big Ten games remaining, the Terps jockeyed themselves into a better position for a run toward qualification for the conference tournament. “All we can really do is try to win as many series as we can,” Morris said. “We don’t really have any other option.” akostkadbk@gmail.com
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Terps lose 5-2, suffer 4th straight weekend sweep Buckeyes use three RBI doubles to cap weekend with 5-2 win In the first two games of Ben Fischer @TheBiggestFisch its weekend series, Ohio Staff Writer State bashed the Maryland softball team with a deluge of extra-base hits, slugging to a pair of dominant victories. On Sunday, Terps starting pitcher Ryan Denhart prevented the Buckeyes from another such outburst, allowing just by
four hits and one double. Still, Ohio State capitalized on its opportunities, going 3-for-8 with runners in scoring position and scoring three runs in the fifth inning to sweep the series with a 5-2 win. “Ryan and [pitching coach Tori Tyson] made some adjustments, and her pitches were much sharper and through the zone,” coach Julie Wright said. “She also worked more
down in the zone than she did on Friday.” The teams entered the bottom of the fifth tied at two, but Denhart allowed the first two batters of the frame to reach, and Wright replaced her with right-hander Sydney Golden. Golden gave up RBI doubles to each of the two batters she faced. With her team suddenly trailing by three runs, Wright went back to Denhart, who got the final six outs without incident. “[Denhart] was able to adjust
physically from Friday to do what she needed to do with all of her pitches,” catcher Anna Kufta said. Denhart held the Buckeyes scoreless through three innings Sunday, but they broke through for two runs in the fourth on a double by catcher Becca Gavin. The Terps struck back in the fifth. With two outs and two on, third baseman Brigette Nordberg missed a home run by about a foot, tying the game with a two-run double off the wall in right-center field.
In the next half inning, though, the Buckeyes took the lead for good with the doubles off Golden. Despite being swept, the Terps had an offensive rebound against the Buckeyes. After scoring just nine runs in the last three weekend series combined, Maryland plated 12 runs against the Buckeyes. “We were attacking pitches on the plate and getting ahead in the count,” Kufta said. “We were getting our pitches and doing something with them.” The Terps have lost six con-
secutive games, with sweeps in each of their last four weekend series and at least one run-rule defeat each of those weekends. The last two games were their closest Big Ten losses. “We’re a young team, so when you suffer some losses, at time you can mentally break,” Wright said. “Now they’re seeing they are capable of winning any game at any time. They’re fighters, and I think they’re starting to really own that identity.” sportsdbk@gmail.com
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Panthers draft Moore with No. 24 pick, take Carter with 5th-round selection Duo join fellow alum Torrey Smith in Charlotte as Carolina becomes first team since 1991 to draft two Terps The Carolina James CrabtreePanthers Hannigan selected @JamesCrabtreeH two Senior staff writer former Maryland football players in the 2018 NFL draft, taking wide receiver DJ Moore with the No. 24 overall pick Thursday and linebacker Jermaine Carter in the fifth round Saturday. Moore was the first Terp and the first receiver selected in the draft. NFL Draft Analyst Mike Mayock had deemed him the top receiver in this year’s draft. An impressive NFL combine by
performance helped make Moore a can’t-miss prospect. Among wide receivers, he had the best broad jump (132 inches), secondbest vertical jump (39.5 inches) and fifth-best 40-yard dash (4.42), while ranking in the top three of the 20-yard and 60-yard shuttles. At Moore’s pro day earlier this month, the Panthers pulled him aside to run extra routes. During his time in College Park, Moore proved to be among the team’s most consistent receivers. Dating back to his freshman year, Moore posted 35 consecutive starts, recording a catch
in 33 consecutive contests. His 17 career touchdown receptions rank fourth in Terps history. The 2017 Big Ten Receiver of the Year, Moore started all 12 games last season, securing a program-record 80 catches for 1,033 yards and eight touchdowns. The Philadelphia native is the third receiver in program history to reach the 1,000-yard mark. Moore’s success in his final season came despite the team’s top two quarterbacks, Tyrrell Pigrome and Kasim Hill, suffering season-ending injuries. He’s the first wide receiver from
a Power 5 conference since 2008 to record at least 1,000 receiving yards while playing alongside a quarterback who didn’t throw for 1,500 yards. Carter started all 37 games for Maryland in the past three seasons and led the Terps in tackling in each of those years. The Fort Washington native spent five years at Maryland, redshirting in 2013 after graduating as a three-star recruit from Friendship Collegiate Academy. Moore was the first Maryland first-rounder since 2009, when the Oakland Raiders selected wide receiver Darrius HeywardBey with the seventh overall pick. Carter is the first Maryland linebacker drafted since Moise
linebacker jermaine carter (center) led Maryland in tackles each of the past three years. The Panthers picked the Fort Washington native in the fifth round Saturday. file photo / the diamondback Fokou was a seventh-round pick in 2009. After Maryland didn’t have any players selected in the 2017 draft, this is the second time in three years the team has had two players selected in the first five rounds, after safety Sean Davis and linebacker Yannick Ngakoue both came off the board before
the sixth round of the 2016 draft. The last time one team picked multiple Maryland players was the 1991 draft, when the New England Patriots selected quarterback Scott Zolak in the fourth round and offensive guard O’Neil Glenn in the ninth round. jcrabtreehdbk@gmail.com
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midfielder will snider scored twice against Johns Hopkins, including a triple-overtime game-winner to clinch the Big Ten regular-season title. The Seattle native hardly played in his first two years at Maryland and had just three goals entering the game. file photo / the diamondback
unlikely hero When the Blue Jays erased the Terps’ stars, Will Snider stepped up By Scott Gelman | @Gelman_Scott | Senior staff writer
BALTIMORE — Less than a minute into the third overtime period against No. 7 Johns Hopkins on Saturday, Maryland men’s lacrosse midfielder Will Snider saw attackman Jared Bernhardt make a cut and draw the attention of Blue Jays defenders. Johns Hopkins had contained Bernhardt and midfielder Connor Kelly from the outset of the game, holding Maryland’s top two offensive threats to a combined 0-for-24 shooting. However, the Blue Jays didn’t send a defender to the left side of the crease to account for Snider, who entered the contest with just three goals. Snider capitalized, firing a shot into the right corner of the net to give No. 3 Maryland an 8-7 win. Coach John Tillman and assistant coach J.L. Reppert embraced on the sideline as midfielder Tim Rotanz jumped on Snider’s shoulders to celebrate the biggest goal of the formerly seldom-
used Snider’s career. “As a West Coast kid, it’s kind of hard to come out to a hotbed area and play right away,” Snider said. “I kind of understood that going in. And then I just kind of worked my tail off, and I’m fortunate to be playing now.” After playing in six games and not recording a stat other than a turnover in his first two years at Maryland, Snider has 10 appearances and four starts as a junior. He took advantage of the increase in playing time by scoring twice against the Blue Jays. The Seattle native, whose brother Drew also played at Maryland, grew up thinking he had to score a goal every time he possessed the ball. But since arriving at College Park, he’s embraced his ability to dodge or find an open teammate. Still, that didn’t result in much playing time. It took Snider time to adjust to the East Coast terminology and style of play, and his first career score didn’t come until
this year. He secured a spot in Maryland’s rotation this year prior to the team’s April 8 meeting with Penn State, but it wasn’t until that matchup that Snider proved he was truly comfortable in the Terps attack, Rotanz said. Snider scored twice in the 13-12 win, logging the first multi-goal game of his career. Almost three weeks later in Baltimore, he replicated that performance. “Now that he’s kind of learned how to play with us, he’s kind of bringing a different element of his game to the lineup,” Rotanz said. “For him to break out in a game like this is huge. It’s really going to help his confidence entering the Big Ten tournament.” On an afternoon when Maryland’s attack appeared out of sync at times, Snider helped the Terps orchestrate a comeback. After attackman Logan Wisnauskas made it a one-goal game with 3:32 to play, Snider intended to set a pick for Kelly on
Maryland’s next possession. Instead, the defender responsible for guarding Snider double-teamed Kelly and left Snider open with 2:36 remaining in regulation. Snider found the net, tied the game and forced overtime. As the game progressed, Snider said he changed the way he attacked Johns Hopkins goalkeeper Brock Turnbaugh. The Terps had aimed for shots lower in the net with no success, so Snider aimed for the top half. So, while Snider has moved away from scoring goals over the past three years, he executed his opportunities Saturday, leading Maryland to a Big Ten regular season title and No. 1 seed in the conference tournament. “I couldn’t be more proud of Will,” Tillman said. “He had two years of development on the scout team. He’s helped us win a lot of games he has never played in.” sgelmandbk@gmail.com
breakout potential Meghan Siverson is hitting her stride just in time for the Terps’ title defenses By Lila Bromberg | @lilabbromberg | Staff writer
As a sophomore on the Louisville women’s lacrosse team, midfielder Meghan Siverson was a starter, ranked second on the team in scoring and first in draw controls. But since transferring to Maryland this year, Siverson has rarely been in the starting lineup or found the back of the net. That changed in the Terps’ Big Ten-clinching 20-16 win over Northwestern on Thursday. T h e M o r r i s tow n , N e w Jersey, native scored a hat trick against the Wildcats and had a team-high eight draw controls, positioning herself as a potential breakout candidate as the Terps enter postseason play. “She’s awesome, and we’ve
known she’s been awesome. I’ve been waiting for this kind of breakout game for her,” coach Cathy Reese said. “She’s great on the draw, she’s great on the offensive end, and she’s just continuing to become more confident as she goes through.” Siverson has started three of her 17 appearances this season, coming off the bench against Northwestern. Entering the contest, she had scored multiple goals in just three of her 16 appearances and hadn’t recorded more than three draw controls against a Big Ten opponent. Siverson’s performance in the circle helped the Terps to a 20-18 advantage in draw controls, a significant feat against
attacker Shelby Fredericks, who is fourth in the nation in draw controls per game.
“She’s seeing the net really well, catching those feeds.” megan whittle
women’s lacrosse midfielder “[She] adds us another dimension on the draw,” Reese said. “Both her and [midfielder Kali Hartshorn] combined for [13 draw controls]
tonight. That’s huge against a team that’s really strong on the draw.” Siverson said her teammates made joining the team easy, even if it hasn’t always translated to playing time or the stat sheet. “We all are here to win, so that’s the common goal with all of us,” Siverson said. “Every practice we have, we try to get a little better, and just when we go into games, we know playing the Maryland way is how we’re going to win.” The team has noticed Siverson’s work ethic as a newcomer to the team. “All of our freshmen [and] all of our transfers come in and they just want it,” attacker
Megan Whittle said. “Meg especially. She perfects her craft on the draw. Really excited for the way Meg’s playing, she’s seeing the net really well, catching those feeds, [and] we’re looking for her.” As Maryland enters postseason play to defend its Big Ten tournament and national championships, Siverson hopes to build off the most productive game of her Maryland career thus far. “To get our first big title that we’ve earned really feels great, and just gives us momentum moving forward,” Siverson said. “We can’t wait to see what we can bring to the table.” sportsdbk@gmail.com
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JACKSON From p. 12 early on. After being fooled by a running back pass play that sent a receiver 10 to 15 yards behind him, Jackson tracked back to knock the ball away with speed that astounded teammates and coaches. “I looked at my offensive coordinator and I was like, ‘Oh my god, I have never seen that before in my life,’” Dombroski said. “It was one of those things like, ‘That kid’s special.’ … He just looked like an NFL player.” As a senior, Jackson amassed more than 1,000 all-purpose yards, 15 offensive touchdowns, 53 tackles, two interceptions and a forced fumble. Immokalee won the district championship. Florida, Miami and Florida State offered scholarships, giving him his pick of powerhouse in-state schools. Under the guidance of his mother, Lisa Dasher, he chose the Gators. Area residents were excited for Jackson to represent Immokalee in the SEC. He never got that opportunity.
‘ABSOLUTELY SCARY’ Dasher believed Jackson’s on-field success would attract people with bad intentions, and she worried his trusting nature made him vulnerable. So she urged him to be selective with whom he let into his inner circle. But Jackson struggled to follow his mother’s advice. A season-ending shoulder injury during his first game at Florida prevented him from making an impact as a rookie — and left him with significant downtime. On Dec. 13, 2014, police found two small bags of marijuana in a car with Jackson and several Florida teammates, though no charges were filed. In April 2015, police arrested Jackson in connection with an armed robbery, charging him with three
cornerback j.c. jackson was arrested, shot at and counted out before landing at Maryland, his third school in as many years. After starting for the Terps the past two seasons, Jackson was not selected in last week’s NFL draft but signed with the Patriots as a free agent. file photo / the diamondback counts of home invasion robbery and one count of burglary. According to the police report, Jackson brought two people into an acquaintance’s apartment before exiting to take a phone call. Soon after, the report read, one of the two men Jackson arrived with pulled out a handgun, pointed it at the resident and stole marijuana, an Xbox and $382 in cash. Though Jackson was ultimately cleared of all charges, the incident took a toll. “He had to learn the hard way,” Dasher said. “It all felt absolutely scary.” Many saw the marijuana incident, Christmas Eve shooting and felony arrest and concluded Jackson was a lost cause. In the wake of the robbery case, Florida didn’t allow him back, which irked his parents, as did the university’s treatment of him after the fact. Jackson said Florida locked him out of his room so he couldn’t collect his belongings and made his family pay exorbitant fees to receive copies of his transcript and a laptop he had used while with the team. The university didn’t respond to multiple requests for comment. “I felt bad about how they did him because they didn’t trust the process,” said his father, Chris Jackson. “They just got rid of him.” Back in Immokalee, J.C. Jackson’s downfall felt like déjá vu.
“I remember the eerie feeling when the news broke,” said Immokalee High School graduate and filmmaker Carlos Cornelio. “What people don’t know, unless they grew up in Immokalee … is that before J.C., there were many just like him that for whatever reason didn’t make it out. You could walk into any local gas station and are liable to bump into someone who was supposed to be great.” Jackson admits he wasn’t a model citizen at Florida. He hung out with the wrong groups and sometimes made poor decisions. His tumultuous year with the Gators could have swallowed him whole. But Jackson had always viewed the NFL as one of few paths to a better life, so he didn’t let that happen. “The tenacity to go, ‘OK, Florida wasn’t meant to be, it wasn’t in my cards, I still have an opportunity, let me make the most of it,’” Dombroski said. “I’m most proud of him for that.”
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In recent months, Jackson has opened up to those close to him, sharing how he felt during the most difficult moments of his career. Jackson’s mother cried when she learned of his struggles shortly before the NFL Combine. She and other family members hadn’t realized the inner turmoil Jackson experienced in California, or that he considered quitting football altogether. She blamed herself for convincing Jackson to play in Gainesville, where his life unraveled. But it didn’t take long for Dasher to feel better. Only a couple of years ago, she worried Jackson might end up dead or in jail. Now, he’s a proud father likely heading to training camp with the Patriots, having succeeded where so many other Immokalee natives fell short. “It’s just a breath of fresh air,” Dasher said. “That’s all behind us. That part of our life is gone now.”
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Florida’s defensive coordinator, convinced Jackson to transfer to the Terps ahead of the 2016 season. Coming to College Park put Jackson back on the map for NFL scouts. It also helped him mature. “Coach Durkin just changed my whole mindset,” Jackson said. “Just being in that environment, not being in Florida, being away from home, I was just focused.” Across two seasons at Maryland, Jackson’s coverage skills led to 13 pass deflections and four interceptions. In 2017, his first-quarter interception against then-No. 23 Texas set the tone in a 51-41 upset win, and his fourthquarter pick at Minnesota sealed a tight conference victory. Jackson also formed valuable relationships within the program. He grew particularly close with defensive backs coach Aazaar Abdul-Rahim, who learned quickly that Jackson didn’t match the negative reports that followed him from Florida. “It’s a crazy world,” Abdul-Rahim said. “People can think whatever, they can read literally one article and make an assumption about a human being based on an article they read on the internet.” In December, following a 4-8 season from the Terps, Jackson declared for the 2018 NFL Draft as a redshirt junior. He made the decision in part because he knew he
would become a father in February and wanted to be able to support his family. Jackson didn’t hear his name called in the draft last week, but teams have complimented his mix of strength and speed, and some view him as a highceiling prospect. “He’s a press corner with a lot of athletic ability,” Abdul-Rahim said. “He’s going to be a dynamic player in the NFL. I think he’s underrated.” Jackson says his shoulder, which bothered him for years, is fully healthy. And despite going undrafted in a class loaded with talented cornerbacks and safeties, Jackson believes he is the most valuable of the group. “I’m just a different breed,” Jackson said. “I feel like I’m the best. It’s all about that mentality, no matter how big or fast you are.”
OUTDOOR BIG BAND FINALE WED, MAY 2
Bring a picnic to The Clarice and celebrate Spring with the UMD jazz ensembles.
UMOVES: UNDERGRADUATE DANCE CONCERT MAY 4-6
TDPS undergraduate dance students set new, original works of art into motion.
OtHeR MICHELLE SMITH PERFORMING ARTS LIBRARY
SHOWING OF JIM HENSON: COMMERCIALS + EXPERIMENTS WED, MAY 2
A mind-blowing collection of shorts, crazy commercials and other rarities from the Henson vault.
ARTIST PARTNER PROGRAM
NEXTLOOK: ALIGHT DANCE THEATRE FRI, MAY 11
A fantastical and mythical dance work exploring the under-considered culture and belief in fairy lore.
SCHOOL OF MUSIC
BACH CANTATA THU, MAY 3
Matthew Halls conducts secular cantata BWV 204, written for solo soprano and chamber ensemble.
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THE SOUNDS OF SILENCE UMD Wind Orchestra FRI, MAY 4
Explores the many layers of human reflection in this program featuring works by Poulenc and Zhou Long.
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OPERA SCENE STUDY
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First year students of the Maryland Opera Studio perform opera scenes ranging from love to deception.
SUN, MAY 6
MAY 3 + 4
STRAUSS’ FOUR LAST SONGS UMD Symphony Orchestra Featuring internationally-reknowned artist-in-residence and soprano soloist, Tamara Wilson.
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‘a different breed’ By Daniel Bernstein | @dan_bernstein_ |Senior staff writer
A series of life-threatening events didn’t stop J.C. Jackson
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hile driving around their hometown of Immokalee,
Florida, on Christmas Eve 2014, J.C. Jackson and his longtime friends, Jacky and Jackinson Marcellus, had a bad feeling about the red car that was following them. What happened next was one of several incidents that put Jackson’s football career — and his life — in jeopardy, sending the promising prospect on a rocky path between Florida, Riverside City College and Maryland. FILE PHOTO / THE DIAMONDBACK
When Jacky Marcellus pulled over to let the suspicious car pass, someone opened fire on their vehicle, nicking his back, hitting his brother’s face and grazing Jackson’s eyelid. They crashed into a fire hydrant as the assailants sped away. Though all three recovered fully from their injuries, they acknowledge it could have been deadly. “It scared all of us,” Marcellus said. “But it taught us that we can’t just move along like we’re invincible.” At the time, Jackson was a wellregarded freshman cornerback for the Gators. He dreamed of making it to the NFL. But his first year in Gainesville postponed that ambition. In April 2015, Jackson was arrested and later charged with four felony counts related to an armed robbery, carrying a potential life sentence. A jury acquitted him of each of those counts, but Florida didn’t let him remain with the program. After landing at Riverside City College in California, he battled re-
current shoulder issues and dwindling self-confidence. But at Maryland, Jackson resurrected his career as a lockdown corner. He absorbed guidance from coaches and veteran players, gaining the maturity necessary to make it to the next level. While Jackson wasn’t selected in the 2018 NFL Draft, he signed as a free agent with the New England Patriots and has a solid chance of an NFL career — something that seemed unlikely until recently. That’s cause for celebration among those who have been around since his days in Immokalee. “A lot of people counted J.C. out. A lot of people said he’d be locked up right now,” Marcellus said. “But look at him now.”
‘A VERY ROUGH TOWN’ Former Indianapolis Colts running back Edgerrin James — Immokalee’s most notable football product — spoke
openly during his career about the difficulties of growing up in the agricultural South Florida town. In 2000, James told ESPN one of his sources of entertainment as a kid was watching people smoke crack. One uncle went to jail, and James came home one day to discover the body of another who had committed suicide in his backyard. Immokalee has a reputation for preventing even its most talented residents — often black athletes — from escaping its grasp. “A very rough town,” Marcellus said. “The biggest problem is that there’s nothing to do. It’s so easy to get in trouble and there’s … so much stuff trying to pull you in to do stuff bad.” According to U.S. Census data, about 45 percent of Immokalee residents live in poverty. The annual per capita income between 2012 and 2016 was $9,966, one of the lowest figures in the nation. On Friday nights, Immokalee High School football is a beacon. Flood-
lights illuminate the field bright green but leave the barren surroundings in the dark. After games, town members congregate at the nearby McDonald’s or convenience stores to discuss the action. “These kids know this is an opportunity to get out with a possibility of maybe one day taking care of their family, and I’ll tell you what, that’s a ton of pressure for a 15-, 16-, 17-yearold kid,” said Rich Dombroski, who began coaching Immokalee when Jackson was a senior. “Some kids can get out of it, some kids can’t. But it’s the heartbeat of the town.” Hoards of college scouts visited Jackson in high school. While racking up highlight plays as both a wide receiver and cornerback, he became a four-star recruit and 247Sports’ No. 136 overall prospect in the class of 2014. Jackson caught Dombroski’s attention in a Monday afternoon practice See jackson, p. 11
“A lot of people counted J.C. out. A lot of people said he’d be locked up right now. But look at him now.” - JACKY MARCELLUS, J.C. JACKSON’S LONGTIME FRIEND
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