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Sexual assault still confounds univ. officials

By Savannah Doane-Malotte Staff writer Despite public efforts to increase sexual assault awareness, university officials are still struggling to win justice for victims.

Sexual assault continues to be one of the most enigmatic crimes affecting students at this university, said Andrea Goodwin, Office of Student Conduct director. Officials know it happens, but so few victims come forward that it’s almost impossible to tell how widespread the issue really is. And though officials said they are working to make the incident reporting process easier, some students said there are still

Sam Allen competed in popular game show The Price is Right for an episode that aired yesterday. Though he did not win the entire episode, the senior family science major and Zumba instructor had the support of his a cappella group and took home several prizes after playing in the California guessing game. photos courtesy of sam allen, priceisright.com

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By Mary Clare Fischer Senior staff writer Sam Allen stood in line outside the CBS headquarters in Los Angeles on the Tuesday during spring break, eagerly anticipating his turn.

He knew nearly 350 people would talk to The Price is Right producer before he would. But he had also read the many blog posts with tips on how to get on the show, and he knew he had the qualities the staff looked for in contestants.

Allen, a senior family science major, is outgoing. He’s friendly. He’s genuine.

And he knows how to play to those

strengths. But would it be enough to gain a spot as one of nine competitors chosen from such a big audience?

His group of 16 friends stood opposite the producer’s stand, face to face with co-producer Stan Blits — a short man with graying hair who, that day, wore a brightly colored scarf.

“Oh, hey, Sam,” Blits said.

“Hey, Stan,” Allen said, as if catcalling.

“What’s your favorite game on The Price is Right?” Blits asked. “‘Step Up’ because I’m a Zumba instructor,” Allen replied.

“Oh, a Zumba instructor,” Blits said.

“That’s fabulous.” “ No, S ta n ,” A l l e n sa i d , “ I ’m fabulous.”

Soon afterward, Allen would “come on down” to be the next contestant on the longest-running game show ever.

He would win several prizes and spin the wheel for a chance to compete in the “Showcase Showdown.” The Price is Right would post pictures of him on its Facebook page, and the Baltimore Jewish Times would publish a story about him — all because he had a big smile and a free day in California.

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From curator to chairman Vincent Novara takes over Univ.

Senate position after three years in body

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SGA vote condemns ‘Why I Ride’ contest DOTS video contest offers winner $4,328

By Laura Blasey and Bradleigh Chance Senior staff writers The SGA has lofty goals for campus transportation for the upcoming year, and executives are criticizing DOTS for hindering their progress with what they say is frivolous spending.

The Student Government Association voted last night to condemn a DOTS promotional contest in a 20 to one vote. The resolution, sponsored by Behavioral and Social Sciences representative Amna Farooqi, argued the “Why I Ride” campaign — which offers the winner the equivalent of a semester of in-state tuition — is a poor use of funds, especially when so many of SGA’s own transportation initiatives are falling short when it comes to funding.

Between a weekend shuttle to the grocery store and bringing the Capital Bikeshare program to

DOTS is holding a contest for the second time with extra funding, eliciting SGA outrage. file photo/the diamondback campus, SGA officials know their transportation goals are ambitious, but they said it’s frustrating to see transportation funding go to marketing contests such as “Why I Ride.”

“The contest is a huge waste of money that goes against their mission as an organization,” said Josh Ratner, SGA’s College Park City Council liaison.

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By Alex Kirshner Staff writer When the University Senate concludes its annual transition meeting later today, it will have someone new leading the way.

Vincent Novara, a university curator chosen as chair-elect a year ago, will replace outgoing chairwoman Martha Nell Smith, an English professor.

Novara, 42, is a three-year senate member. The university alumnus served twice on the Senate Executive Committee, the body’s most powerful subcommittee, and has tackled issues such as sexual harassment and diversity.

As a member of the university’s library faculty and a certified archivist, Novara builds arts-related collections,

too many hurdles to cross.

One in five women will be victims of sexual assault during college, according to national statistics, and they are most likely to become victims during the first few weeks of their freshman and sophomore years of college. About 54 percent of sexual assaults are never reported to police, a study by the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network found.

And this university isn’t immune to the national trends. Students reported just 41 assaults to Goodwin’s office between 2002 and 2011 — a small fraction of how many incidents Goodwin believes actually took place.

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Vincent novara will take the helm of the University Senate at the transition meeting today. The university librarian and archivist with a music background succeeds Martha Nell Smith, an English professor. file photo/the diamondback including an exhibition last semester on composer John Cage.

Novara, who graduated with degrees in musical performance, specializing in percussion, said he was drawn to shared governance by the collaborative atmosphere among library faculty.

“In the libraries, we have a very strong service culture,” he said. “It’s pretty much a shared trade by most all of us on the library faculty. As long as I’ve been profes-

sionally active, it’s all I’ve ever known.”

He added he’s also very politically active in his personal life.

“It was just something I was naturally drawn to,” he said.

Stephen Henry, a music librarian in the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library, said Novara is conscientious and professional.

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It’s almost a ritual — at midnight, minutes before their assignments are due, University View residents make the trek to McKeldin Library to use the Internet.

Though the apartment complex’s website advertises having the “highest speed wi-fi of any student housing building off campus,” residents tell a different story: one of late nights, unbearably frustrating outages and Internet slowdowns that occur almost daily. In recent months, despite management adding new access points and free Ethernet cords for residents, several students

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said the situation hasn’t improved at all.

“A lot of my assignments are online this semester,” said junior art history and journalism major Joyce Koh. “I’m a student; I obviously do work at night, so I’ll be trying to get on for an econ homework or to research for a paper, and [the Internet] will be completely down, and we’ll be waiting for two hours.”

Beginning at about 4 p.m. and lasting through the evening, Internet access and speed is “abysmal,” said Alex Childs, a junior business and communication major. He said these are the “busy hours,” after students come back from class and begin their evening homework. On April 1, 2 and 3, for instance, the Internet was

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The modern-day Price is Right debuted on Sept. 4, 1972, under the name The New Price is Right (the original, more basic version of the show ran from 1956 to 1963).

The host was Bob Barker, a broadcaster with leathery skin and an undulating voice. Barker would become much more wellknown for his quirks on The Price is Right, from his absurdly skinny microphone to his sign-off phrase, “Help control the pet population.

Have your pets spayed or neutered.”

Although Barker retired in 2007, his personality helped to catapult the show to nearly 41 years of success during his 35 years as host.

The show’s simple premise — estimating the retail price of objects and winning prizes — also guaranteed a widespread following.

“It’s sort of fun for everyone,” Allen said. “A lot of shows that have a little bit more content and substance to them target a certain audience and then go out of style, but free prizes and guessing prices?

There’s always prices on things, and it’s cool to know how much things are and test that ability.”

In the first phase of the show, a contestant wins by guessing the closest number to the actual cost of a prize without overestimating. The winners move on to play one of 74 different games, some of which require them to choose the exact cost of the object to win.

Finally, six contestants spin a wheel for two spots in the “Showcase Showdown.” This wheel is covered with numbers in increments of five, which represent cents. You can spin the wheel up to two times and add your spins together, trying to reach as close to $1 as possible without going over. The person with the highest total in each of the two groups of three people competes in the Showcase Showdown, with one person guessing the cost of a grand package of prizes and the second guessing the cost of a different one.

Winning doesn’t require vast amounts of knowledge, like it does on Jeopardy! or other trivia shows.

Unless a contestant memorizes the costs of both average household objects and luxury items — the only strategy a player needs is instinct.

“Instead of a marketing contest that benefits one student, they should use that money to finance say, the grocery store bus we are paying for by ourselves or other routes. They could even use the money to reduce parking prices.”

The Department of Transportation Services has held the contest, in which students, faculty or staff can win the equivalent of a semester of in-state tuition by submitting a two- to threeminute video showing why they love public transportation, bicycling or carpooling, once before. DOTS officials will choose the best video and award its creator $4,328 this year — a misuse of transportation funds, SGA officials said.

“DOTS may have good intentions, but this is a huge amount of money, and students’ best interests aren’t being considered,” Farooqi said. “This contest should never have been started.”

DOTS officials noted the contest money isn’t coming out of student fees — it’s actually leftover money from a $10,000 deal with the Professional Golfers Association.

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Allen had traveled to California with his a cappella group, Rak Shalom, for a tour. The group kept busy, singing at several venues around Los Angeles and San Diego for the majority of the week.

But Allen and his friends had one day off. On that day, Rak Shalom member Abby Koplow had reserved tickets for The Price is Right based on her longtime love of game shows.

“I feel good about myself when I get the answer before someone else does,” said Koplow, a senior public health major. “It’s like a free quiz — like extra credit.”

As they waited in line, Koplow quizzed her friends on the price of washing machines, and the group serenaded the rest of the audience members with songs such as “21 Guns” by Green Day and “Haven’t Met You Yet” by Michael Bublé.

They passed through security and received yellow name tags.

Inside, they saw the set. With its flashes of orange, blue, green and purple light and sparkling objects, the stage was a “little bit too colorful,” Allen said. Everywhere, someone was yelling, whether it was a cameraman, a production assistant or the tightly-packed crowd.

Koplow said she always thought there were three or four different stages, but in reality, staff merely changes the sets every so often.

She was disillusioned and sad.

“It was like my balloon was popped or something,” she said.

But it was still The Price is Right, where everyone spurts happiness while wearing shirts covered with dollar signs and the face of current host Drew Carey. Rak Shalom watched as three people played games: Carol, a grandmotherlylooking woman; Lora, a redhead who won a trip to Greece; and Gerald, a middle-aged man with glasses. Then it was time for a new contestant.

When Allen was called, he said it was the “most surreal experience of his life.”

“I don’t remember walking out of my row,” he said. “I must have jumped or flew, apparated,

sam allen, a university student and ERC Zumba instructor, participated on the game show The Price is Right while touring Southern California with his a cappella group. photo courtesy of sam allen I don’t know.”

In reality, he did a little bit of walking, running and Zumba to show off the skills he had mentioned to producers.

“We were excited that he called on the University of Maryland and mentioned Zumba and represented CRS in a way while he was on television,” said Emily Schmitt, Campus Recreation Services coordinator of fitness programs.

“I feel great that it’s a significant enough part of his life to talk about it on national television.”

But his Zumba prowess wasn’t going to help Allen estimate pricing. He’d only watched The Price is Right when he was home sick as a child, and he wasn’t overly price-conscious. When the first item — an exercise bike — was shown, Allen just had to guess.

H is estimate was $650.

Another contestant, Paul, guessed $700. The actual retail price was $699. Allen won the bike, as well as a chance to play another game and win even more.

He half-ran, half-danced onstage.

“Drew, I’m from the University of Maryland, and I’m here with my a cappella group,” Allen yelled, gesturing out at his screaming friends.

“I’ll tell you what: You win your prize, I’ll get every one of them on stage to sing while you spin the wheel,” Carey said.

Allen’s potential prize was revealed: a hot tub and an outdoor high definition TV. His mouth dropped open, and he grabbed his head with both hands.

The game was Double Cross, which involves an interactive screen with numbers arranged in an X formation. One leg of the X contained the price of the hot tub, the other the cost of the TV. Allen had to touch the screen and move a strip of color to highlight the numbers he thought corresponded to the prices. He could win both prizes or nothing — besides the exercise bike, of course.

Allen moved the strip of green color forward, testing out different combinations. He looked at the audience, scrunching up his nose, shaking his head and wagging his finger back and forth.

Finally, he moved the green line back to its initial placement: $4795 and $5813.

The buzzer went off. Allen had won two more prizes.

The Price is Right is still going strong, but it’s evolving.

Koplow, who has watched the show for years, said the sets look much more modern than they used to, and the prize packages are no longer standard objects. There are far more vacations and cars than blenders and lawnmowers.

The cast has changed, too.

“There used to be these really beautiful women who looked like they were really nice,” Koplow said, referring to the group of models once referred to as “Barker’s Beauties.” “Now, there’s this girl who seems really bitchy and this male model who takes his shirt off and just seems really slimy. He stands there winking, and his teeth are sparkling.”

Carey emphasized the male model on Allen’s episode, singing a little ditty that went, “Rob, Rob, Rob, Rob, Rob, Rob, Rob, Rob, the wonderful Rob.” When a contestant won a prize, he remarked, “It feels good, doesn’t it? It’s kind of

like being Rob.” Barker has criticized Carey, telling TMZ in 2010 that he “tried to make the show really exciting, and [Carey] doesn’t do that. He just plays the games.”

But Barker himself has triggered plenty of disapproval and has had several lawsuits filed against him, including ones dealing with sexual harassment.

When he left The Price is Right, rumors swirled that a claim of potential racial discrimination was being held over his head.

“The producers and stage hands are just telling you to yell at the people,” Koplow said. “Sometimes I would just be like, ‘12, 7, 9, 5.’ You feel like everyone’s trying to help, but that’s not the case.”

Because Allen won his game, Rak Shalom was allowed to sing the words “Closed captioning provided by” in harmony. And when it was his turn to spin the wheel, the group sang, “Spin the wheel, Sam.” Another contestant, Debra, who competed after Allen in the initial rounds, had already spun the wheel and earned 65 cents.

Allen gave the heavy wheel a shove and landed, too, on 65.

He could enter into a sudden death spin-off with Debra or spin again and hope the number he landed on didn’t put him over $1. Allen didn’t hesitate; he spun again. His number: 75. Way over.

Debra went on to win a telescope and trips to Hawaii and Finland.

“In retrospect, I probably wouldn’t have [spun the wheel],” Allen said. “I was encouraged by people in the audience to do it.

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was supposed to serve as an extra parking site for a golf tournament, but tournament officials didn’t end up needing the space and DOTS got to keep the money. So far, it’s been used to fund the first “Why I Ride” contest, which took place last spring, as well as to pay for a year’s worth of books for Shuttle-UM’s three-millionth rider.

It’s misguided to condemn the contest, DOTS Director David Allen said. The contest is not only a way to market the school’s transportation system, it’s also a way for DOTS to give back to the community and encourage students to be more sustainable — one of the department’s biggest priorities.

Allen also noted the money has restrictions that wouldn’t suit it to SGA programming.

It’s a finite pool, he said, so it wouldn’t be able to fund any of SGA’s transportation initiatives for very long — the body would face the same financial woes they have now in a matter of months.

Farooqi pointed out, however, the money wasn’t earmarked, and that funding could have gone toward anything. The money may not be a longterm solution, but every little bit helps, said SGA Academic Affairs committee chair Ryan Heisinger. A $5,000 DOTS backing could help finance the grocery shuttle, which would cost the SGA about $8,000 a

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semester to run. It’s less of an issue about the money than it is a symbolic confirmation of student discontent with DOTS, he said.

“Spending thousands of dollars on something like this when the money could be used to benefit all students rather than just the winners shows us that DOTS’ priorities are way off,” Heisinger said.

Not everyone agrees with the SGA, though. The “Why I Ride” contest can actually help students more than the SGA might think, said senior journalism major Ben Oldach. Everyone can make a video, so the contest is a kind of easily accessible scholarship.

“Honestly, as much as I do not like DOTS, I think that anytime scholarship money is given out, it’s a good thing,” he said. “College is hard enough to pay for, and when there is an opportunity for someone to get some help, it’s a good thing.”

It doesn’t hurt that it encourages students to take pride in their school, either, said sophomore journalism major Nkongho Beteck.

“It’s a great contest that shows the school spirit we have and how much we want to keep going to UMD,” Beteck said. “Don’t get me wrong, I love how convenient the buses are, but I’m not really sure how they could get any ‘more’ convenient.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

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Novara said.

Next year, along with chairing monthly meetings of the executive committee, he’ll organize the agendas for each of the full senate’s 10 meetings.

He’ll also be confronted with a long list of leftover legislation from this year.

These items include implementation of a task force’s recommendations on the treatment of non-tenure-track faculty, evidentiary standards in the Code of Student Conduct and issues of appointment, promotion and rank.

“We only have 18 hours of [senate] meetings and 18 hours of SEC meetings, which is not a tremendous amount of time to get the work done that we need to accomplish,” he said.

As Novara takes on his new position, a key goal, he said, is to increase the body’s visibility and to make more people on the campus aware of its role and responsibilities.

“I think that’s something we could certainly improve upon,” he said. “Not only just our visibility, but increasing people’s faith in what the senate can do, the voice that the senate can have on campus. It would be nice to see people believe in the process, as well as be aware of it.”

“He’s a very collaborative colleague,” said Henry, who’s worked with Novara since 2007.

“He’s on the ball, organized, gets the job done. He’s very easy to work with.”

As both a former student and current faculty member, Novara has a unique range of experiences that will serve him particularly well as chairman, said Senate Director Reka Montfort.

“Vin has been at the university for quite some time,” Montfort said. “He has a pretty good perspective from both the student and faculty memberside of being on this campus, which I think gives him a different insight than most of our past senate chairs.”

Novara spent the past year preparing for his chair position, which he said gives him a strong background that will make him a better leader. It was “great training,” Montfort said.

Still, some aspects of Novara’s job will inevitably change as chairman, he said. For instance, he said he’ll take on more “oneon-one” advocacy duties and lose the ability to vote.

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MORE ONLINE PROFESSOR PROBLEMS This university may be able to boast about having some of the happiest students in the nation, but what about its professors?

Some students say the quality of teaching leaves something to be desired.

The university ranks No. 25 on a list of universities with the worst professors, according to the Center for College Affordability and Productivity, which compiled the list based on rankings on ratemyprofessor.com.

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view From PAGE 1 down for about two hours every day. The most recent outage was the night of April 24, when the Internet was down for more than five hours, Koh said.

The View’s Internet, run through Comcast Telecommunications, can be slower than dial-up speed, according to a screenshot of Speedtest.net results that Harrison Baum, a senior economics major, posted on the University View Facebook page. The screenshot, from 5:46 p.m. on April 10, shows the test gave the View’s Internet a grade of D-minus and reported it was slower than 79 percent of the Internet in the United States.

At about 10 p.m. last night, sophomore journalism major Kate Faiella registered a B-minus test, faster than 62 percent of the U.S. Though the Internet improved slightly toward the end of the fall semester, it worsened this semester, Koh said. But the issue may be even more longstanding, junior philosophy and psychology major Maren Rey said.

A friend of hers has lived in the View for more than two years and constantly complained about the Internet slowdowns, she said.

Because of the issues, students often miss deadlines for online quizzes or assignments or can’t study for tests and do research for papers, residents said. This semester, Koh lost points on two online homework assignments because of Internet problems.

And two weeks ago, Rey was just finishing a take-home final around 1:30 a.m. when her Internet went out. She spent an hour refreshing the page until eventually going up to the fourth floor to try using a public computer.

“There were all these people just walking out, and I was like, ‘Is your Internet down?’” Rey asked. “Everyone’s Internet was

assault From PAGE 1 “Sexual assault is way underreported to our office at the university,” Goodwin said.

There are so many barriers to investigating assault, it’s unsurprising women are hesitant to report them, said Stephanie Rivero, Sexual Assault Response and Prevention Program’s assistant director.

The university’s process for dealing with assault reports puts victims face-to-face with

the university view has been experiencing Internet outages and slowdowns recently, according to students living in the apartment complex. Though management has added new access points, some students said the situation has not improved. file photo/the diamondback down, so they were all — at 1:30, almost 2 in the morning — going to the library because they didn’t have Internet. I was just furious that I would have to get out of bed at 2 and walk over to the library.”

Students aren’t sure why the Internet is so slow, although Rey mentioned she’d heard workers say it might relate to the shape of the View’s building or a lack of bandwidth for the number of residents. View management did not respond to inquiries about the reason for the outages or steps they’re taking to improve the situation, although general manager Sabrina Hunt wrote in an email that customer service is management’s “highest priority.”

On the University View’s Facebook page, management frequently responds to residents’ concerns telling them to call Korcett, Comcast’s subcontractor, to troubleshoot their problems.

But calling the company doesn’t work, several residents said. Rey said Korcett representatives usually tell her to talk to View management, who then tell her to talk to Korcett, leading to a frustrating game of “phone tag.”

“I‘ve called them 20 times; it’s 100 percent unsuccessful,” Koh said.

Following repeated requests for comment, Comcast issued a

statement to The Diamondback yesterday.

“Comcast works closely and continuously with our technology partners and property owners to address evolving bandwidth needs at the apartment buildings we serve, particularly as residents increasingly connect to their Internet service wirelessly and with multiple devices,” Alisha Martin, a company spokesperson, wrote in an email.

The problem isn’t that management isn’t taking any action, residents said, it’s that the actions Korcett and the View management are taking are ineffective.

In early December, the University View emailed residents that Korcett representatives would be checking and correcting all wireless access points to address concerns. In March, management wrote that over the past few months, they had installed additional access points. And in April, management wrote on Facebook that Korcett was working on Internet enhancements and a recent outage was due to those enhancements.

This semester, the View also provided residents with Ethernet cords, Rey said, but those — along with the other attempted improvements — don’t make a difference, she added.

“They’re pretty responsive; they have a Facebook page, and they say they’re working on it and testing downloads speed and Internet connectivity,” Childs said. “But we want to see results.

It’s one thing for them to respond to the concerns, but is it getting better at the end of the day?”

Several students said the View should spend more money working to fix the Internet for its residents, considering the high prices the students pay to live in the apartment complex.

“We pay so much to live here. I pay over $900 to live in the View,” Koh said. “I think that they talk a big talk, but when it comes to simple things like the Internet, it’s not functional, just completely not functional. They have a lot of [marketing efforts] and even have events that promote living here, but you should really focus on the residents who live here now, not just focus on getting more residents.”

Rey said though she renewed her lease for next year, she debated living somewhere else solely because of the buggy Internet.

“It’s so important,” she said.

“You’re offering student living; you should offer Internet responsibly. That’s, like, one of their biggest downfalls.”

the person they said assaulted them, Goodwin said.

“The legal procedure makes survivors feel a little stuck, when all they want to do is work through it and move on,” Rivero said. “It’s a big challenge to delve into that place of trauma multiple times, and it can inhibit healing.”

The Office of Student Conduct holds a court hearing for every case brought to them. Both the victim and the accused share their sides of the story with a group of three student members and two faculty, who then evaluate the evidence and make a

decision. Punishments range anywhere from an academic sanction to expulsion, but only if the board convicts the suspect or the victim decides to go through with the hearing. Of the 41 cases reported to the office, 14 resulted in a guilty verdict.

With such a low conviction rate, assaulted students have reason to doubt the conduct process will be successful in seeking retribution, said Keira Martone, resident student conduct manager.

Seventeen documented incidents between 2007 and 2012 occurred within dorms, Martone said. Many reports came from friends and roommates of the victims, who ultimately rejected to participate in the conduct process, Martone said.

“I know a lot of victims think that by reporting it, they’re making a big deal out of what happened to them and really dragging it out,” said Gina Han, a junior animal sciences and psychology major.

The scho o l h as tried to address the problem, Martone said. In 2012, the University Senate voted to lessen the standard of evidence for sexual assault convictions from “clear and convincing evidence” to “preponderance of evidence,” meaning that guilty verdicts could hinge on evidence the Office of Student Conduct believed was most likely true.

“I was hoping that with changing the standard of evidence, that it would have an influence on sexual assault reporting, but it hasn’t really,” Martone said. “We have done good work in trying to create a safe environment for students, but I think we still have some work to do.”

Partnering a mentor with each victim could help the conduct process, Han said.

“I’m sure that it’s scary to go through that process by yourself,” she said. “Victims need someone to help them through the court process and help them sort out their feelings as they go through it.”

It’s becoming clearer, Martone said, that the fight against sexual assault isn’t just institutional.

It’s one that requires social change and an environment that encourages victims to stand up instead of hide, she added.

“I wish more survivors would come forward,” she said. “We will not be able to make any changes unless students go through this process.”

Some students, such as freshman journalism major Demi Chang, said more resources should be offered to and made more accessible for victims of sexual assault cases. “[The university] should let students know that they are not alone in this,” Chang said.

“Sexual assault is not shameful, and it’s not the victim’s fault.”

SARPP officials said they’re focusing on educational programs to try to combat the stigma that keeps many victims from coming forward. SARPP staff now learn the tenets of Green Dot, which trains staff and students to stand up instead of act as bystanders to a situation.

“Green Dot encourages the idea that everyone can work together and get rid of sexual assault on campus,” Rivero said.

In January, UMD Feminists President and former Diamondback editor in chief Lauren Redding submitted a proposal to the University Senate that would mandate sexual assault prevention education for all students through the SARPP office. A petition posted on Change.org to pass the bill has since received nearly 1,500 supporters.

That initiative could encourage more students to report sexual assault and gain awareness of issues such as consent, the influence of alcohol on sexual assault and the effects of assault on survivors, said Morgan Powell, the incoming vice president of UMD Feminists.

“There is a large lack of awareness and education, and this program would reach out across campus to address this issue,” Powell said. “Sexual assault needs to be talked about, because it’s really everyone’s problem, not just a women’s problem.”

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he highly contentious death penalty repeal will hit Gov. Martin O’Malley’s desk tomorrow, and opponents aren’t ready to go down quietly.

Capital punishment supporters are using MDPetitions.com — a group built to push conservative initiatives — in an effort to send the decision on to a statewide referendum. The organization, chaired by Del. Neil C. Parrott (R-Washington), is the very same that pushed same-sex marriage and the state’s DREAM Act to 2012’s ballot.

After the state’s board of elections approval the language of the group’s petition well in advance of yesterday’s initial deadline, it must now gather about 19,000 votes by May 31 and an additional 37,157 by the end of June in order to reach 2014’s ballot.

And unlike the group’s futile attempts in the past election, its most recent effort may prove politically smart. If the bill moves to referendum, capital punishment could see large support. A February Washington Post poll showed nearly two-thirds of respondents supported the state’s right to allow capital punishment.

Death penalty repeal could potentially be overturned in referendum, but this decision needs to remain in the hands of the General Assembly members. For if the general public votes based on misinformed perceptions rather than facts, the state’s laws will remain antiquated and unjust.

Contrary to the majority support for the law, the same Washington Post poll showed nearly two-thirds

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of those surveyed did not believe the presence of capital punishment decreases murder rates.

An April 2012 study from the National Research Council was inconclusive in showing the death penalty deters murders. And after the New York Supreme Court declared capital punishment unconstitutional in 2004,

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A referendum isn’t necessary after legislators made the right choice in repealing the death penalty. murder rates dropped by 11.5 percent from 2005 to 2011. At best, it is unclear whether the death penalty does anything to affect murder rates. And people’s lives shouldn’t hinge on unproven speculation.

This state has executed two people this millennium. The most recent, Baltimore’s Wesley Eugene Baker, was killed in December 2005 after 13 years of appeals and legal proceedings. Although one of the primary arguments for the death penalty is that life sentences aren’t cost-effective, this viewpoint is easily debunked. On average, the inefficiency of the death row appellate process costs this state three times more than a life prison sentence, according to a 2008 study from nonpartisan Washington think tank The Urban Institute.

Furthermore, many of the same

people who argue for the death penalty want limited government spending.

With the clear financial inefficiency of a legal system with capital punishment, policymakers looking to cut corners at any opportunity are not following their own advice.

On top of this, one-third of the state, including half of its black community, thinks the penalty is distributed unfairly, according to the Post poll. Four of the five individuals on death row in the state are black, while 10 of the 16 inmates placed on death row since capital punishment was nationally reinstated in 1978 are black. Eliminating the prevalent disparity between races through abolishing capital punishment would be a useful step toward eradicating the oft-cited racial discrimination in the legal system as a whole.

For these reasons and myriad others, the state needs to ensure this repeal passes safely. Lawmakers, including O’Malley, should discourage the burgeoning petition from reaching its goal, and students at this university and other state institutions should promote the facts about capital punishment’s ineffectiveness.

Voters made the right call in passing the DREAM Act and same-sex marriage in the last election. Yet when it comes to the death penalty, people seem unwilling to advocate for the same standards of civil liberties. The spirit of that advocacy should not dim, and lawmakers need to actively work toward helping the state progress.

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Changing the Scouts Boy Scouts’ exclusion of homosexual adult leaders lacks logical sense CHARLIE BULMAN Pascal Tessier was anxious. As an openly gay Boy Scout, his prospects for becoming an Eagle Scout — the Boy Scouts’ highest rank — were in jeopardy. In a recent article in The Washington Post, Tessier said he would be “devastated” if denied Eagle on the basis of his sexual orientation.

Following the April 19 decision on homosexual membership in Boy Scouts, he will face a new set of challenges.

The widely anticipated decision announced Boy Scouts of America’s intent to extend membership to gay youth. If approved at an upcoming meeting of the roughly 1,400 voting members of the Scouts’ National Council, the measure could swiftly go into effect. And given the surprising endorsement by the Mormon church — a major Boy Scout sponsor historically seen as an obstacle to liberal reforms — the proposal looks poised for success.

But for people like Tessier, the decision is bittersweet. With the proposal to roll back the ban on gay scouts, Boy Scouts reaffirmed its exclusion of homosexual adult leaders.

The proposal isn’t just insulting; it’s illogical. Under the new proposal, at the stroke of midnight on their 18th birthdays, gay Scouts like Tessier — long valued as leaders in their troops and communities — will suddenly become an intolerable threat. Reminiscent of the precarious position of same-sex couples married in their states but denied access to federal benefits, homosexual boys in Scouts will now occupy a new second-class status.

Notably, the announcement came after lobbying from members on both sides of the political spectrum. Made in the specter of harsh public scrutiny, Boy Scouts’ decision should be seen for what it is: a self-preserving ploy from an organization desperate to extract itself from a PR nightmare.

In the face of rapidly shifting public opinion and collapsing support for restrictive membership within their own ranks, leaders scrambled to find a politically

palatable compromise. Boy Scouts’ numbers have been declining for years, and donors have threatened to bolt if changes weren’t made. At the same time, Catholic and Mormon churches pushed back hard against those proposed changes, signaling a willingness to leave in the event of a full coup.

Boy Scouts has considered — and sadly rejected — the option of granting troops the autonomy to make their own membership decisions. In the executive board’s rationale, it cited general membership disapproval with “different standards from one organization to the next.” Predictably, scouts and leaders wanted a say about whom other troops could include.

Boy Scouts’ leaders’ acquiescence to a top-down approach on adult membership is a mistake. For such a polarizing issue, true compromise demands autonomy. And despite the absolutist demands of well-intentioned activists, a blanket reversal of membership restrictions — which would trigger the dissolution of scores of Mormon- and Catholic-affiliated troops — is not the answer. Regardless of intent, progressives must be careful not to write off the experiences of thousands of children who could miss out on Scouting at the behest of their adult leaders in the event of a unilateral policy shift.

Alternatively, forward-thinking troops such as Tessier’s should not be forced to cut him out, ever. While the acceptance of all youth is essential, and the Boy Scouts’ declared prohibition of all sexual activity in Scouting will provide the necessary political cover, autonomy on the issue of adult membership should be reformers’ next project.

As a progressive Eagle Scout, a former troop leader and a contracted employee of a Boy Scout summer camp, I’m passionate about inclusion in Scouting. Co-workers of mine are gay, and they’re some of the most professional, energetic and selfless people I’ve had the pleasure of knowing. While remaining cognizant of the tactical difficulties of ushering Scouting into the 21st century, we must remember these people. Scouting would be worse off without them.

Charlie Bulman is a freshman government and politics major. He can be reached at CBulman@terpmail.umd.edu.

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n response to Pascal Bloch’s Diamondback guest column, “The paradox in feminism,” I want to start out by saying I am not here to call the author out on every point the column makes. I will admit that several of his points about the improvement of women’s education over the years are valid. However, his suggestion that the feminist movement is paradoxical or irrelevant has left me quite frustrated.

From my perspective, he is looking at everything from the statistical side.

Bloch’s column discusses the ratio of women to men in education, whereas the feminist movement is also concerned with the equal treatment of women overall. While we are getting closer to this goal every day, I completely disagree with the idea that we have nothing to work toward.

As someone who has, on rare occasion, been sexually discriminated against in my field, the relevance of the feminist movement is all too clear to me. I cannot fully explain in words how detrimental it can be to your self-

esteem to be told you should let a “strong man” take over some piece of work you were perfectly capable of doing. It is this type of treatment, rather than a simple lack of interest, that can lead women to lose their passion for science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields.

Thankfully, this behavior has not been prevalent during my experience at this university, but that does not mean it does not exist.

I understand where the column is coming from, but I think the author is simply looking at this issue through the wrong lens. By narrowly representing the statistics of this issue, Bloch is taking away the behavioral and emotional aspects of the feminist movement.

In both of those respects, I highly disagree with the notion that the feminist movement is paradoxical.

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You should read your friend’s blogs ROBERT COBB We can’t see all the shows. We can’t read all the blogs. We only have so much time and energy, and we have homework and classes.

You say, “I’ll get to it some other time,” “I’ll skim it the next time they post.” When you miss it, you apologize, and you swear you’ll go next time.

But that sucks. Don’t do that anymore. Go to your friends’ events.

Read your friends’ work.

This is your duty. No one told you, and unlike feeding yourself or showering, it is not obvious. Still, it is a responsibility. What’s more, it’s the kind of obligation that makes you a better and happier person.

Let’s start with blogs. Your online habits probably already include plenty of low art that eats up your nights and separates you from your friends instead of bringing you closer.

Still, you probably have some friends who, between filling your news feed with inanities, share real articles and thought-provoking videos or even write substantive pieces of their own.

Engage them in a dialogue about these real things! While the Internet is full of ways to waste time, it can also be a powerful tool for informed dialogue.

Sometimes, the dialogue won’t be very good. Some of your friends have different perspectives from your own or are uninformed. Many students forget grammatical errors can hurt their argument. But with feedback and practice, rhetoric improves and arguments take on nuance. Engage your friends in conversations — onand offline, cite sources, be respectful and help each other learn.

All of these ideas apply equally to the work your friends and acquaintances share offline. Local art, music and performances see much smaller audiences than they ought to. You will feel better after going to your friends’ events. They will appreciate that you took the time to see the culmination of their hard work. They’ll come out to your next thing, and everyone will become closer friends. It’s like magic.

When you share in your friends’ work, you get better — better at editing, more knowledgeable about the state of the culture surrounding you, better at being a friend. You feel better; your life has more meaning.

It sounds overblown and exaggerated to think reading someone’s blog will change your life, but those changes are incremental, and the way to happiness and self-satisfaction is through many small steps.

Attending local performances instead of watching Hollywood

gossip and listening to the Top 40 also helps the economy: Supporting local artists makes for healthier communities than does shipping your money across the country to some big corporation.

There’s more. Whatever content you decide to consume, you will find favorites. Something will spark a fire within you, and you will fall in love.

Now, if you become obsessed with what everyone in the world also obsesses over — superstar actors, musicians, authors, politicians and bloggers — your chances to meet and interact with your heroes is minuscule. If, however, you are touched by the work your friends do, and become a true fan of their work, you get to hang out with your heroes all the time. You get to influence your favorite work. Admit it, you always dreamt of being a part of your favorite stories. If you are already friends with your favorite artists, you don’t have to go anywhere to be part of that story — you are already in it.

You know in the credits or before the preface, where artists give special thanks? That could be to you. So take the 10 minutes and read your friend’s stupid blog.

Robert Cobb is a junior computer engineering major. He can be reached at rwcobbjr@gmail.com.

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orn today, you don’t always do things in the accepted, expected or desired way. More often than not, you will steer clear of those things that require you to “toe the line” or otherwise conform to another’s idea of proper behavior. Still, you are able to get along with others without letting rebellion stand in your way. You are not an angry individual, but you enjoy pushing the edge of the envelope, testing the waters and redefining boundaries. You also have a vivid sense of humor, which can help you navigate the difficult episodes in life.

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Staff writer Kelsey Hughes’ playlist provides seven songs that promote social change better than Brad Paisley’s “Accidental Racist,” and, in an entirely different piece, she praises YouTube personality Grace Helbig for her innovative vlog. For more, visit diamondbackonline.com.

PREVIEW | THE READY SET

getting ready for his art attack set Although Jordan Mark Witzigreuter, the man behind the Ready Set name, generally sings pop music, his live shows lean more toward a rock ‘n’ roll vibe

By Dean Essner Senior staff writer For 23-year-old Jordan Mark Witzigreuter — better known by his synth-pop moniker, The Ready Set — playing in front of college students is a surreal experience. Everyone in the audience could have been his peer, had his music career not taken off at such a torrid pace.

The discrepancies between the life he has now and the life he was supposed to have takes shape under these circumstances.

“For a while, when you finish high school, you either do something or you go to college,” said Witzigreuter, who hails from Fort Wayne, Ind. “It’s interesting to see the difference between their lives compared to mine.”

The Ready Set will open for MGMT at Art Attack XXX on Friday night.

Witzigreuter signed to Decaydance Records — a label ow ned

by Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz — in 2009 and subsequently released h is stud io debut I’m Alive, I’m Dreaming next year.

His sound cleaves toward bubblegum pop, full of big, lovelorn choruses and sparse electro percussion.

the ready set will open Friday’s Art Attack show, headlined by MGMT. SEE Concerts Director Kiera Zitelman said The Ready Set was chosen thanks to a high score on SEE’s student survey. SEE also wanted to showcase a performer in the rock genre, and The Ready Set fits into that category, she added. photos courtesy of earshotmedia.com and last.fm

A Ready Set live show, though, is far more organic — Witzigreuter plays with a full band, lending a much more rock ‘n’ roll feel. This is the direction he’d like to take The Ready Set in the near future.

His new, currently untitled album, which he’s set to finish in June, isn’t a massive departure from I’m Alive, I’m Dreaming, he said, but he’s begun to move away from synthetic pop music toward more straightforward rock.

“I don’t know if it’s going to be a lot less pop-y, but it’s definitely not going to be as polished,” he said. “It will probably be more raw.”

T h is bu rgeon i ng rock ‘n’ rol l aesthetic also aligns with Student Entertainment Events’ effort to reverse the trend of the last two h ip-hop A rt Attacks, featu ring Nelly in 2011 and B.o.B in 2012.

This year was all about bringing back the rock, said K iera Zitelman, SEE concerts director. And T he Ready Set fa l ls u nder that subhead while also contrasting with MGMT. “I think they complement MGM T wel l w it hout b ei ng repetitive,” Zitel m a n sa id. “T he Ready Set is much more pop than MGMT, but I think it’s something that people will enjoy.”

Zitelman also said The Ready Set scored high on student surveys distributed by SEE, which contributed

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bernhardts From PAGE 8 title games. Jake, a fifth-year senior who redshirted last season due to injury, has tallied 58 points during his career and is a three-year starter. Jesse was a 2012 ACC Defensive Player of the Year and is a Tewaaraton Award nominee, one of 25 players in the running for the title of nation’s best player.

And all that success began with one-on-one lacrosse in a small backyard.

“They would spend plenty of time back there, just them two,” Jim said. “They didn’t always have anyone else. But they kept at it, and they’ve turned it into something pretty special.”

ANGRY NEIGHBORS A lacrosse goal sat in a small yard next to an inground swimming pool in football-crazed Longwood, Fla. It was weathered and beaten — probably the only one in the entire town — but it got plenty of use.

Ne i t h e r Ja ke n o r Je s s e played much lacrosse before the family moved from upstate New York to the Sunshine State. They were just 8 and 7 years old, respectively, when their dad accepted a position as football coach at Bishop Moore High School in Orlando, Fla., in the mid-1990s, and they had been enrolled in youth football leagues.

Eventually, though, they became hooked on the other sport their dad played at Hofstra in the mid-1970s.

Then-Loyola coach Dave Cottle ran a yearly lacrosse camp in Orlando. Jim, who p l aye d a ga i n s t C o t t l e i n college, took Jake and Jesse to those camps a few years after the family moved, in hopes of simply providing his sons with a fun activity. The brothers became immersed in the sport, attending the camp each year and eventually starring in it.

“They were special kids, very athletic, really good kids, too,” Cottle said. “They would come up to the camps each year and really took to the sport.”

But there was a problem: The camp only lasted three days. They couldn’t find club teams or clinics in Florida, and lacrosse wasn’t even sanctioned by the state as an official high school sport.

When Cottle and his staff of various college coaches h ea d e d n o r t h , t h e B e r n hardts had nowhere to play organized lacrosse.

“That was basically our season,”

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Jake said. “Just those three days.”

So Jake and Jesse took to that lonely lacrosse net. They spent hours on end in their backyard, honing their skills and building a deep-seated bond.

Their younger brother Jared, seven years Jesse’s junior, wasn’t old enough to compete with his brothers. So Jake and Jesse would be alone, firing shots into the net or trying to dodge one another.

“We kind of just started doing it that way,” Jesse said.

That was fine when the brothers were middle schoolers, just beginning their lacrosse careers. But soon they outgrew that tattered net in the little yard.

The brothers’ missed shots, once harmless lobs, turned into dangerous projectiles as they entered high school. They hurled errant shots past the net and into the yard next door.

Once, a neighbor found about 20 lacrosse balls in his hedges while working in his yard.

“As they got a little older, a little stronger, our neighbors weren’t too thrilled,” Jim said, laughing. “At one point I said, ‘We may have to take this goal down. They’re going to have us arrested.’”

Jake and Jesse were typically respectful kids, their dad said.

But upset neighbors weren’t going to keep them from using that lacrosse net.

DUAL-TALENTS When Jake decided he wanted to continue to play both football and lacrosse at the next level, Lake Brantley High School in Altamonte Springs, Fla., became the obvious decision. Naturally, Jesse followed the next year.

Choosing which sport to play in college, though, wasn’t so easy. The Bernhardts established themselves as lacrosse standouts in College Park. But in Longwood, they built a reputation on the gridiron as well.

Jake was a running back and quarterback, while Jesse played linebacker.

“Our first love was football,” Jesse said. “That was the first thing that we ever started playing. I think it translated well to the lacrosse field.”

In Florida, playing football meant something. The way their father, who currently works as a special assistant to Bill O’Brien in the Penn State football program, puts it, they competed against plenty of players who football fans know about.

In the 2006 Florida 6A state championship game, the Bernhardt brothers competed

midfielder jake bernhardt (ABOVE) and his younger brother, Jesse Bernhardt (left), began their lacrosse careers in their Florida backyard by playing each other. file photos/the diamondback

against Miami Northwestern Senior High School, which included five future University of Miami players, including quarterback Jacory Harris.

Miami Northwestern beat Lake Brantley, 34-14, but nonetheless, the brothers had garnered plenty of recognition for their performance. They even fielded interest from several low-level Division I football programs.

Still, Jake and Jesse had even more success on the lacrosse field. They were both All-Americans in a sport they loved to play. Eventually, when Jake was a junior and Jesse was a sophomore, they both decided pursuing lacrosse would lead to a more fruitful college career.

“We thought, you know, lacrosse presented us a chance to win a championship,” Jake said. “And compete at the highest level.”

Their decision left Jim in a difficult position. He contemplated leaving his assistant coaching job at Central Florida and moving back to New York.

The lacrosse competition in Florida couldn’t compare to his old home, and he wanted his sons to prepare the best they could to play in college.

But then he realized something: Jake and Jesse hadn’t become top-flight recruits by competing against other high schools or club teams.

They got to where they were by playing each other. “[Jake,] you’re the best offensive player in the state. [Jesse,] you’re the best defensive player in the state,” Jim told his two older sons. “Keep practicing against each other.”

The brothers were top-tier prospects, but Cottle — then

coach at this university — and the Terps had an edge while recruiting the two brothers. The coach did, after all, help build the foundation of their lacrosse careers.

So Cottle aggressively pursued Jake. He wanted to have one of the top midfielders in the nation play in College Park. But he also understood the brothers’ close-knit relationship. He knew they were likely a package deal. If he could get Jake commit to the Terps, he figured Jesse, an All-American long pole, would follow suit.

He was right. “Knowing [Jake] was here obviously had something to do with my decision to come here,” Jesse said.

LAST CHANCE When Jesse arrived in College Park in fall 2009, he moved into a dorm with Jake. The next year, they moved into an apartment together and have roomed together ever since.

Just as Jake and Jesse had complemented each other during their time in the backyard on offense and defense, the duo worked out efficient living arrangements.

“He cooks; I clean,” Jesse said, smiling at his brother.

The brothers have always fit together perfectly. So when Jake injured his shoulder last season — originally slated to be his senior year — and was sidelined through the regular season, he knew he should redshirt and play another year with his brother.

He could have come back and played in the NCAA tournament. But then he would have left the program a year earlier than Jesse. He wanted to spend one last season as a Terp and end his nonprofessional career

the way he started it: with Jesse.

“It all comes back to the fact that we’ve always been together,” Jake said. “We’ve always had the same friends. It was a pretty easy decision.”

Not to mention, the decision gave Jake another shot at a championship under coach John Tillman, after playing in the 2011 loss to Virginia and watching from the sideline in last season’s loss to Loyola on Memorial Day. But for a few moments Saturday, before the Terps battle Colgate in their final contest before the NCAA tournament, the focus won’t be on the Terps’ title hopes. It’ll be on honoring the team’s nine seniors and the time they have devoted to the program.

For Jesse and Jake, the day will carry a bit more weight.

They’ll be celebrating a lifelong journey and a uniquely significant relationship.

“For them to be there together, it’ll be special,” said Jim, who will be in Byrd Stadium with his sons Saturday. “It’s going to be hard not to cry.”

When the Senior Day festivities end and the Terps championship bid concludes — successful or not — the brothers will slowly descend from the spotlight. They won’t separate from each other, however.

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flames From PAGE 8 sixth win in seven games.

“We pitched about as good as you’re going to pitch,” coach John Szefc said. “We had four freshmen [pitching]. Drossner, that was probably his best start of the year on the road against a good team. Our bullpen was tremendous. All three of those guys pitched very well in their respective roles.”

For the first time since a nine-game winning streak in February through the beginning of March, the Terps have strung together a series of consistent

play Major League Lacrosse, which will separate them during the summer. Jesse will stay in this state and suit up with the Chesapeake Bayhawks, while Jake will play for the Hamilton Nationals in Ontario, Canada.

Their day jobs, though, will keep them together. Both brothers accepted positions as co-head lacrosse coaches at Windermere Preperatory High School in Windermere, Fla. They’ll return south to continue to grow the sport they love in their home state and continue to push each other.

“We look forward to it,” Jesse said. “We get to work to together again, live together again, share a room together again.”

First, though, they have a job to do. Jake and Jesse didn’t spend all those hours in the backyard during their childhoods envisioning losing backto-back national championships. They want to win one.

And the Terps are relying on the brothers’ relationship — and the energy and passion it exudes — to lead them there.

“If you have a older or younger brother, you always have someone to compete against, and that’s why [Jake and Jesse] are so competitive,” Tillman said. “Those two guys bring out the best in each other.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

performances, and the results are showing in the win column.

But all the ups and downs of this season took a backseat in the moments following yesterday’s win. Instead of dissecting the box score or discussing upcoming games, the Terps huddled around home plate beside the Flames with their arms around each other.

“Those guys go out and lose a tough game at home and they invite us at the end of the day to join them,” Szefc said. “It’s just really classy, man. They are very humble guys and we’re trying to develop humble guys, too.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

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Drossner sharp at Liberty

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Freshman allows 1 ER in 4-2 win

By Daniel Popper Staff writer After every game, the Liberty baseball team huddles around home plate to pray, each player from the Christian school giving thanks for the opportunity to play baseball.

And yesterday, after a 4-2 win over the Flames in Lynchburg, Va., the Terps joined their opponents in the postgame tradition for a brief moment of self-reflection.

“It makes you appreciate the little things in life,” right fielder Jordan Hagel said. “Baseball is just a fun game, and they described that in the prayer, thanking God for letting us play the game we love above everything else.”

That message resonated among all of the Terps after a tough-fought victory yesterday afternoon. Left-hander Jake Drossner made his fifth start of the season, allowing only two runs (one earned) on eight hits in six innings.

“I just wanted to go out there again and compete,” said Drossner, who threw 93 pitches (61 strikes). “The biggest thing I wanted to do was get my fastball command and just throw strikes.”

The Terps were faced with an early two-run deficit after Liberty tallied RBI singles in the first and third innings. They responded, though, notching two runs in the fifth on an RBI single from first baseman LaMonte Wade. Hagel was able to score from second base after Liberty left fielder Nick Lacik mishandled the ball.

Left fielder Anthony Papio walked and third baseman K.J. Hockaday singled to lead off the top of the sixth. The runners advanced to second and third on a sacrifice bunt from designated hitter Andrew Amaro before Papio scored the go-ahead run on a ground ball from shortstop Blake Schmit.

The Terps added an insurance run in the ninth on an RBI double from catcher Kevin Martir before right-hander Kevin Mooney earned his eighth save in the bottom half of the inning. The bullpen went the final two innings without giving up a hit to secure the Terps’ See flames, Page 7

long pole jesse bernhardt (left) and midfielder Jake Bernhardt (right) — brothers less than one year apart — will play their final regular season home games for the Terps against Colgate on Saturday. file photos/the diamondback

Inseparable Jake, Jesse Bernhardt celebrate time with Terps on Saturday, years after starting careers against each other

By Aaron Kasinitz Staff writer Jake Bernhardt jogged toward the center of Byrd Stadium on April 20 for a captains’ meeting before the Terrapins men’s lacrosse team took on Yale.

Jesse Bernhardt followed two steps behind with an almost identical gait.

Since Jesse was born — 355 days after Jake — the brothers have rarely been farther apart than that.

In fact, the only time they haven’t shared a room was the year Jake played for the Terps before Jesse arrived in College Park.

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They both had the same group of friends growing up, both played football and lacrosse in high school and will co-head coach lacrosse at a private school in Florida next year.

And Saturday, they’ll both be standing on Byrd Stadium’s turf together one last time as players, celebrating their Senior Day against Colgate.

“It’s nice going out and that he’s here,” Jesse said.

“It probably makes my mom the happiest to know we’re going out together.”

Jake and Jesse aren’t the type of brothers who openly discuss their emotions to each other. Their father, Jim, jokes that they rarely talk, despite spend-

ing their entire lives together.

But both brothers admit they are extremely close, hardly spending any time apart. And there’s little doubt that they’ve been instrumental in each other’s lacrosse careers.

Growing up in Florida, where lacrosse players were few and far between, the brothers didn’t always have teams to play on or coaches to play for. They had each other.

Now they’re senior leaders on the No. 7 team in the nation and have reached back-to-back national See bernhardts, Page 7