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Students react to U differential tuition proposal Increases would affect business, computer science, engineering fields

JAKE NELSON, left, a senior computer science, finance and mathematics major, at the town hall. Stephanie Natoli/The Diamondback

By Talia Richman and Taylor Swaak @talirichman, @tswaak27 Senior staff writers After reading in The Diamond-

back on Monday that this university is proposing gradual tuition increases for business, computer science and engineering majors, sophomore Robert Kornfeld immediately emailed the article to his dad.

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By Lexie Schapitl @lexieschapitl Staff writer Despite temperatures reaching into the mid-80s, more than 200 faculty, staff and students gathered at the McKeldin Mall sundial dressed mostly in black. T he g r oup ca me t o show solidarity with the nationwide #BlackLivesMatter movement, which formed after the 2012 death of Trayvon Martin and continues to protest racism. This university’s chapter, BlackLivesMatter UMD, formed last semester to address issues of police brutality and racial inequity following Michael Brown’s death and has participated in town halls, rallies and workshops KUMEA SHORTER-GOODEN, this university’s chief diversity officer, speaks at a BlackLivesMatter UMD this semester. event held yesterday at the McKeldin Mall sundial that drew more than 200. Tom Hausman/The Diamondback University Chief Diversity Officer Kumea Shorter-Gooden said recent events — such as the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray in Baltimore and the offensive email sent by a former Kappa Sigma fraternity member — highlight the marginalization and racism black people still face. “ W hen we started this in January,” Shorter-Gooden said, “it had come on the heels of Ferguson and the town halls in the fall that related to Ferguson and Staten Island. … But now, gosh, it’s right here at home in Maryland. It’s been a tough spring. It’s been a tough year.” The crowd heard from three speakers involved with BlackLivesMatter U MD and then surrounded the Omicron Delta By Grace Toohey Kappa fountain for a moment @grace_2e of silence. Senior staff writer Domonic Rollins, an education and training specialist in In 2011, university staff members sent university President Wallace Loh a 56-page report detailing (See MOVEMENT, page 3.) alleged sexual harassment, racial discrimination and verbal abuse they faced on the campus. Ju l ia na B a r net , a n author and former union organizer who ABOUT TODAY’S AUTHOR JULIANA BARNET speaks at a university Black became involved in the workers’ HISTORIC PAGE ONE Faculty and Staff Association general body meeting held yesterday rights movement, used the stories in the Nyumburu Cultural Center. Tom Hausman/The Diamondback she heard about workplace abuse For the next four issues, the last at university-sponsored forums four issues of daily print publication, monthly meeting. in 2010 to write a fictional book country,” Barnet said. The Diamondback is exploring its The novel is set at this univerBarnet read excerpts from her based on the issues encountered print heritage with front pages novel, Rainwood House Sings, on sity and its surrounding neighby workers on the campus. inspired by papers gone by. “ I’m hoping it can be an oc- Tuesday afternoon to a group of borhoods and includes illustraToday, we emulate The Triangle, casion for people to discuss and about 20 staff and faculty and one tions by Barnet and her daughter. newspaper of the Maryland Agrialso learn about this movement student from the Student Labor Interviews with employees at cultural College from 1910 to 1921. and movements in general about Action Project during the Black justice for workers across the Faculty and Staff Association’s (See WORKERS, page 3.) Designed by Evan Berkowitz

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Board of Regents to vote down the tuition increase, surpassed its initial goal of 500 signatures early yesterday afternoon and was on its way to 1,000 last night. Other change.org petitions were launched about the same time, each garnering a few hundred signatures.

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Craig Fleshman has been in the College Park area since the 1960s and has witnessed the city widen its redevelopment goals, but he is not sure how the plans will turn out. Fleshman said his biggest concern is the rapid construction of businesses and off-campus student housing. “ You got more businesses coming in and bigger buildings for the college students, but in my opinion, they are building them faster than they have college students coming in,” the 57-year-old Hyattsville resident said. One of the reasons Fleshman and others are seeing the city developing recently is because of the College Park Strategic Plan, the current iteration of which mapped out goals for 2010 through this year. Goal five of the plan is to “expand the local economy and tax base,” according to city documents. The tax base, which is the value of all taxable real estate in College Park, grew more than $150 million from 2010, said Bill Gardiner, assistant city manager. The rise in the tax base is due to both existing real estate increasing in value and commercial development, Gardiner said. Michael Stiefvater, city economic development coordinator, said he thinks the tax base will continue to grow with new developments such as Landmark, Terrapin Row and The Hotel at the University of Maryland. These new developments are why Fleshman said he thinks a problem could arise. “It’s like the 2008 housing crash in some ways, in the fact that there were more homes than people were buying them,” Fleshman said. “I think we are going to have another one, but this time it is going to be retail and apartments.” Stiefvater said he had concerns with some of the new housing farther from the campus, such as Monument Village, but the private developers and owners “feel confident in their projects.” He said the primary changes will be developments tailored toward professionals and visitors to improve options for living

“He’s the one paying my tuition; I thought he’d want to know,” said Kornfeld, a materials science and engineering major. His father told Kornfeld that if this proposal bothered him, he needed to do something about it. The change.org petition Kornfeld created in response, which asks the University System of Maryland

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TUITION From PAGE 1 “I just hope for the administrators to see the student body cares deeply about this issue and they should have consulted us before,” Kornfeld said. “It’s awful to go after these particular students because they’re following their passion.” T he boa rd w i l l vote on whether to approve this university’s proposal for differential tuition pricing, along with a system-wide 5 percent tuition increase, at a special meeting this afternoon. According to the proposal, the increases would be gradual, with current juniors seeing a $700 tuition increase senior year, current sophomores seeing a $700 tuition increase junior year and a $1,400 increase senior year and current freshmen seeing a $1,400 tuition increase junior year and a $2,800 increase senior year. For students who pursue these majors in the future, there will be a $2,800 differential cost for junior and senior year in addition to regular tuition and fees. “I hope [the regents] consider the needs of their students,” said Daniel Moscatiello, a sophomore finance major paying out-of-state tuition. “They’re the ones running the university system, but we’re the ones they have to a nswer to because we’re the ones paying the school to be able to take classes in these programs.” Beyond signing a petition, students were able to share

their opinions on the proposal compared with the 18:1 during a Student Government university average — but Association meeting in Stamp he said he doesn’t think the university should be Student Union last night. Fewer tha n 15 students making policy based on came into the SGA office, but other Big Ten schools. The key to student acstudents who did attend the town hall expressed concern ceptance is for the univerand annoyance regarding the sity to be fully transparent and provide updates proposal’s short notice. “The biggest problem with to students, junior methis proposal is the way it came c h a n i c a l e n g i n e e r i n g up so suddenly for students,” major Sarah Niezelski said. said senior economics and She added that the most finance major Raaheela Ahmed, important thing is fully the Board of Regents’ student explaining the potential regent. “I really wish students benefits to students. According to the proposand faculty and staff had more notice, because I think there’s al, 65 percent of the funds value in collective decision- gained will go toward hiring 23 new faculty members — making and collaboration.” M o s c a t i e l l o s a i d t h i s five in business, 12 in engi“added insult to injury,” as neering and six in computer this university also imple- science — and bettering the mented a 2 percent midyear student-to-faculty ratio. Ten percent of the money tuition increase last semester will go toward upping enwith little warning. Ahmed and other students rol l m e nt i n e n g i n e e rwrote down the main points ing and computer science discussed, and Ahmed said she and adding two business intends to use the feedback and minors, the proposal states. suggestions during the regents’ The final 25 percent of funds will go toward grants and meeting today. This university listed a host financial aid for students in of reasons for the differential the affected majors. “Professors are overprice structure, including the need to decrease class sizes, worked, and engineering improve facilities and hire new has desperately needed faculty, staff and advisers for more money for a long these majors. Additionally, time,” Niezelski said. “If all other Big Ten institutions we can show that students actually will be benefitfollow this model. Senior computer science, ing very feasibly … people finance and mathematics w i l l b e more b eh i nd it major Jake Nelson said the and more excited about proposal is an efficient way it. Right now, everyone’s to gain the funding the uni- just freaking out.” versity needs — the student to professor ratio for computer trichmandbk@gmail.com, science is 93:1, for example, tswaakdbk@gmail.com CORRECTION

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WORKERS From PAGE 1 this university helped her shape the story, Barnet said. One excerpt she read involved an employee getting hurt on the job and being refused access to the University Health Center or a break from his labor-intensive work. “The culture and the structure is racist and abusive and anti-immigrant, and there has been a lot of progress, but it is still a reality that can be explored in many ways,” she said. Though Solomon Comissiong, president of the BFSA, said much has changed since 2010 and 2011, there is still work to be done regarding workers’ rights on the campus. “A lot of workers continue to feel a bit voiceless, and if we are truly a campus community, then we need to take up for our brothers and sisters,” Comissiong said. “We need to do the labor-intensive works of sustaining a culture that does

PLAN From PAGE 1 near the campus and in the city, not student-centered developments, like the ones Fleshman worries about. One objective of goal five of the strategic plan is to “support and attract diverse locallyowned high-quality retail and restaurant businesses with unique character and a commitment to local quality life,” according to city documents. In the time the strategic plan has been in place, the city has created various businessassistance and incentive pro-

not accept that. One woman sexually abused, one person mistreated on the job is one too many.” The main issue that Facilities Management Program Administrative Specialist Audrey Stewart said she sees on the campus is a lack of communication between the administration and its employees. T hou g h t he u n iversit y responded to dema nds i n 2011, Stewart said that kind of communication needs to be constant. “Nobody wants to listen to each other, nobody wants to understand each other,” Stewart said. “It’s two different worlds. … That culture still exists here, the problem still exists.” Un iversity Ch ief Communications Officer Crystal Brow n w rote i n a n ema i l that a safe, inclusive and respectful work environment remains a top priority for the administration. “We are committed to the success of every University

of Maryland employee and continuing efforts to improve the conditions for non-exempt staff,” Brown wrote. Viraj Patel, co-president of the Student Labor Action Project, said his organization is working to raise the minimum wage for university workers because many Facilities Management employees are still not paid enough. “It’s very important work,” he said. “It’s the work that makes this university run.” Residential Facilities electrician Don Mitchell said he can attest that injustices go on in the workplace and that there isn’t a positive culture. He said he wishes more of his fellow workers would show up to events like this discussion or other forums. “Believe me, around here, if you make a suggestion to your boss, it comes back as retaliation,” Mitchell said. “If you’re not a good little robot or burro, you’re being disrespectful.”

grams, Gardiner said. “The city developed several programs to centralize economic development and support locally owned businesses,” he said. “The Board and Brew and Fishnet are examples of the city helping locally owned businesses. They both received incentives from the city.” Stiefvater said the city has incorporated a mix of locally owned businesses, such as Fishnet, Ovo Simply Veggie and The Board and Brew and major chains such as TargetExpress, Bobby’s Burger Palace and Nando’s Peri-Peri. “I would say the city is

slowly, but in the upward trend, of becoming a better place,” said Mike Mando, a senior economics major. Stiefvater echoed Mando’s thoughts about the redevelopment’s gradual pace and said the length of Route 1 makes it an ongoing challenge and something he said is “not likely to be a finished product any time soon.” T he 2015-2020 s t rategic plan, which will provide another road map for the next five years, has been drafted but will not be finalized until June, Gardiner said.

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the Of f ice of Diversity & Inclusion, encouraged attendees to “take pause” to both celebrate the work the #BlackLivesMatter movement has done to improve race relations on the campus and to consider the work they must still do in the future. Rollins said the moment of silence was also an opportunity for people to look around and realize they are not alone. “ To p u t i t s i m p ly, i t’s b een ch a l len g i n g to b e a black person i n ou r communities, in our nation,” he said. “It’s been challenging to be a person of color. More importantly, it’s been challenging to be a person of any race or ethnic group who cares about and fights for justice.” Sophomore communication major Breion Goodson s a i d h e h e a rd a b o u t t h e event on Twitter and came to express his feeling that it often seems like black lives do not matter in America. “Bei ng a bl ack student and seeing firsthand how black people are treated in a way that is not equal to the majority of America, it’s troubling,” Goodson said.

STUDENTS GATHER around the fountain on McKeldin Mall for a BlackLivesMatter UMD event held yesterday afternoon. More than 200 people attended. tom hausman/the diamondback “I like to see what’s going on in the Baltimore uprising, bringing things to light. … This movement today on the ma ll is bringing light to what’s happening in our community.” Sophomore Kayla Tarrant said she hopes that, because the event was in such a public place, the greater campus community took note of the moment of solidarity. “Everyone can see with the T-shirts, with the black, w ith bei ng a rou nd the middle of McKeldin Mall, that black lives do matter at UMD,” the communication major said. A panel and group discussion in the Banneker Room of S t a mp S t u d ent Un ion

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his university’s sexual misconduct policy has seen significant revisions over the course of the year. Officials wrangled over the names and definitions of misconduct categories, debated procedural changes and generally stirred up discontent among swaths of students, feminists and legal hounds among them. On Friday, the University Senate Student Conduct Committee voted to recommend further changes to the university’s sexual misconduct review procedures, advocating two commonsense revisions alongside one alteration that left members of this editorial board scratching their heads. And for some, the latter recommendation is sure to elicit more visceral reactions than bemusement. The committee did vote to strike from the policy an age requirement — 18 or older — for support persons, who are nonparticipants in sexual misconduct cases who can assist either the accused party or the alleged victim. As one committee member noted, such an age restriction would prohibit the 17-year-old best friend of a student — perhaps a young university freshman — from serving as a much-needed source of comfort during sexual misconduct investigations. Assuming both the accused and the alleged victim will act in their own best interests, allowing them to choose support persons regardless of age would erase the possibility of losing the assistance

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of their biggest (if possibly underage) supporters. The committee also unanimously voted to support the interim procedure’s language concerning crossexamination, allowing each party to pose questions regarding the investigation or investigator to the student review committee chair. Both parties should have access to some forum in which they can learn more about the investigation and raise qualms; transparency is key in ensuring a fair, well-informed ruling in sexual misconduct cases. OUR VIEW

This university’s sexual misconduct policy revisions are admirable but require further improvements in certain areas. Though the committee chose not to vote on whether to permit each party to submit questions to be asked of the other party, its decision to leave a channel of access to the investigator should allow both the accused and the alleged victim a chance to address any misgivings about the investigation and inform the investigator of new developments in the case. Beyond those recommendations, though, the committee’s proposed

changes skew a bit more concerning. The committee voted down an appeal process added in an earlier draft of its recommendations, one that would have allowed appeals from those who believed their sanctions were the result of weak evidence or who felt their punishments were unduly harsh. Other university policies, such as those outlined in the Code of Academic Integrity, permit students to appeal “capricious,” “arbitrary” or “grossly disproportionate” sanctions. If students found guilty of such lesser offenses have these avenues for appeal available to them, surely those found guilty of sexual misconduct — a far more damning crime — should as well. Sexual misconduct investigations might be carried out more cautiously and with more expertise than academic integrity cases, as university Title IX Officer Catherine Carroll told The Diamondback. But that doesn’t mean sexual misconduct sanctions won’t ever result from insufficient evidence or a poor judgment call. This university owes the students it disciplines for sexual misconduct the same grounds for appeal as those it disciplines for any other major policy violation. While the University Senate’s commitment to re-examining and fine-tuning its policies is commendable, it would do well to further reconsider its stances on some areas of sexual misconduct procedure.

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Why we need differential pricing

he A. James Clark School of Engineering, the Robert H. Smith School of Business, and the College of Computer, Mathematical, & Natural Sciences represent the finest programs in their fields anywhere in the country. We attract the best students, employ superior faculty and provide exemplary programs both in and outside the classroom. Recent rankings by U.S. News & World Report and others reflect this university’s excellent reputation in engineering (11th in the nation), business (21st in the nation) and computer science (15th in the nation). And yet, our level of excellence is challenged by unprecedented growth and demand. Class size in our disciplines is higher than the university average; in computer science, the student-to-faculty ratio has ballooned to an unsustainable 93:1. Faculty growth has not kept pace with program demand. In engineering, we have added just 10 full-time tenure/tenure-track faculty positions, despite enrollment growth of nearly 1,500 students since 2008. In computer science, there has been no net increase in faculty, despite a 142 percent increase in the demand for degrees over the same time period. The business school is highly regarded in terms of its faculty and research production. However, Bloomberg Business ranked the undergraduate program just 39th in the country in 2014, in part based on educational quality metrics

such as faculty-student ratio and average class size. To continue to provide an exemplary academic experience to our students, to keep pace with our peer public institutions, to capitalize on the amazing facilities currently under construction (A. James Clark Hall and the Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Innovation), to recruit and retain the best faculty in the world and to recruit and graduate the best students, we must develop a new financial model for our programs. Differential pricing will enrich the educational experience, reduce class sizes, expand specialized career services, enhance the value of degrees, attract more top in-state students and strengthen the national standing of the state’s flagship university. The university’s proposal phases in the increase over four years (reducing the impact on current students), affects only junior- and senior-level courses and directs that funds will stay within our programs. And 25 percent of all new funds will be directed to financial aid. Pell Granteligible students will see no net increase in their tuition. We strongly support differential pricing so that we may remain competitive with our peer institutions and continue to graduate students who will impact our state, nation and world in a positive way. Darryll J. Pines is the engineering school dean. Alexander J. Triantis is the business school dean. Jayanth Banavar is the computer, mathematical and natural sciences dean.

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oday, the University System of Maryland Board of Regents will vote on whether the university will charge future students an additional $2,800 their junior and senior years to enroll in the business, computer science or engineering fields. The measure, ostensibly designed to fund majors fairly, would actually create an inequitable system of funding academic and extracurricular programs. The board’s justifications for selecting these three schools create an uneven cost-apportionment system. On its face, the proposal is a fair deal: Charge students in proportion to the cost of their education. Many schools around the country, including most other Big Ten schools, follow this model for all majors. Of course, because only 35 percent of this university’s unrestricted revenue comes from tuition, a direct pay-your-cost method leads to some problems. Should this university distribute money to each college on the basis of tuition paid? School enrollment? Earnings after graduation? If the board’s reasonable premise that students pay proportionally to funding is implemented, then it ought to be implemented universitywide. Each school likely would have preapportioned funding from this university’s various sources of revenue, supplemented by varying tuition rates for each school. Individual schools would be able to control their additional levels of funding. Why limit this principle to academic programs?

The student activities fee is a perfect example of this university’s inconsistent application of the pay-your-cost method. It is a lot more beneficial to some, especially those in the Student Government Association, than to most students. In fact, just a few thousand students recently voted to raise the fee for everyone instead of asking the groups wanting additional funding to fund themselves. Athletic fees are no different; other Big Ten schools charge for tickets to more fairly distribute athletic costs. Why should many pay for the events and business of a few? Perhaps the most defining problems of the board’s plan are weak justification and an ignorance of the value added by these three programs. The board justified the selection of these three programs based on the financial success and employment opportunities of graduates. In effect, the board sought to punish students for choosing more employable fields and charge them more because, on average, they earn more money after graduation. If the board is so concerned with the financial success of students after graduation, it should implement policies designed to discourage students from majoring in economically weaker fields. Additionally, the board appears not to have considered the value added by these three programs. All students are charged equally for athletics and other nonacademic activities in part because all students receive some benefit from this university’s prestige that results from the activities (among other group benefits). Thus, schools from which graduates donated 44 percent of this

university’s most recent $1 billion capital campaign might bring more value to the school as a whole. Additionally, the three schools’ top-20 rankings among public research universities show their excellence. Did the board remember these facts when it assigned the Big Ten median tuition difference to these three schools? This issue is impossible to fully address in a column. It is far more complex beneath the surface. For one, I have hardly mentioned what an equitable distribution of funds would look like. By person? School? Other factors? All I know is that as an accounting and government and politics major, each school has provided me with an extraordinary educational experience, and each has provided value to me in its own way. I know our campus is full of diverse programs that enrich students’ lives as well as this university as a whole. I might derive little direct benefit from the activities fee, but the environment and reputation of this university are enhanced by it. I maintain that an equitable system would involve each school setting a certain portion of tuition or each remaining the same price. If schools have to restrict admission, I personally favor merit over money. But before we crucify business, engineering and computer science students for costing more per student, let’s remember how we apportion other costs at this university and what these graduates contribute in the aggregate. M a t t D ra g o n e t t e i s a j u n i o r accounting and government and politics major. He can be reached at mdragonettedbk@gmail.com.

James Clark graduated with an engineering degree from this university in 1950. He hitchhiked daily from his home in Bethesda to College Park to work toward his degree. Since then, he has donated millions to this school in the form of scholarship and building funding. Today, the Board of Regents will vote on a proposal to increase tuition for engineering, computer science and business majors. The board said these majors meet five restrictive criteria: “high cost of instruction,” “high demand by students,” “high national standing,” “high placement rate and salary upon graduation; and” “high economic impact on the State.” Many students are upset with the proposal and are urging the board to reject it for a number of reasons: 1. We need “increased enrollment in these areas.” Although we’ve seen a high increase in demand for these majors, we still have a massive shortage in the United States. It is not far off to assume that because of differential tuition, those who wish to call this university home might be deterred from choosing these majors — or from coming here altogether (which might be a reason this was announced publicly after the May 1 enrollment deadline for incoming freshmen). 2. We need to “expand access.” Although the board plans to use 25 percent of the funds for grants for low-income students to exempt them from the differential, we’re still forcing students to make a choice. It is unclear whether students who decide to pursue a new minor or double major would be affected by the differential, but monetary reasons likely would be a dissuasive factor. Instituting this tuition increase will restrict access

to these majors to only those who can afford it. 3. We need to differentiate between expected salaries and tuition. Although these fields are well-respected and graduates have high starting salaries, that should not equate to an increase in tuition. What about students who opt to attend graduate school or found their own startup — especially considering this university’s emphasis on entrepreneurship? These students will not have high salaries when they graduate, so why should they be expected to pay more for their education? 4. We need to remember students like Clark. If we increase tuition, we’re leaving out those who can’t afford that 15 percent tuition increase (for the class of 2019 onward). We’re leaving out those who don’t have a choice among colleges for financial reasons. We’re leaving out people like Clark. If we can talk proudly about how much he has given back and display his name on prominent buildings and his story on our websites, how can we leave out people like him? I understand we need more faculty, more lab space and better advisers. As students, we want these things. We want to see our university get better every year. But when we see our beloved school turn to its own students — without discussion, without any warning — for the means to run its own programs, we don’t feel pride. We feel ashamed. When we see our school secure millions of dollars for the A. James Clark Hall project to supply more lab space and facilities, then inform us two days before a vote that we might have to pay more for said facilities, we don’t see this university’s commitment to diversity, equality and transparency. Divya Jain is a junior bioengineering major. She can be reached at divyaj@terpmail.umd.edu.

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orn today, you are not likely to learn the most important lessons from formal education; indeed, classrooms and textbooks are anathema to you. You’re likely to go elsewhere for the kind of experience and practical knowledge that can really help you forge a successful path in life. It is very likely that your path will be unconventional in some way, not the kind that requires you to sit in an office, work hours at a time in front of a computer, or otherwise remain stationary and focused on a narrow range of tasks. You’re far more likely to choose a life that gives you freedom to roam, freedom to express yourself, and freedom to change your mind when you find that your current situation doesn’t content you. You are the kind of person that other people often want to be, yet it’s not likely that many could actually fill your shoes. You are a unique individual, not easily pigeonholed, and you are always eager to move on to the next thing that strikes your fancy. You’re a traveler, not a settler. Also born on this date are: George Clooney, actor and filmmaker; Tom Bergeron, television host; Sigmund Freud, psychoanalyst; Willie Mays, baseball player; Bob Seger, singer; Tony Blair, British prime minister; Gabourey Sidibe, actress; Orson Welles, actor and filmmaker; Robert Peary, explorer; Rudolph Valentino, actor; Stewart Granger, actor. To see what is in store for you tomorrow, find your birthday and read the corresponding paragraph. Let your birthday star be your daily guide.

THURSDAY, MAY 7 TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- You and a loved one may be missing the boat when it comes to an issue that is central to your lives, but the answer is close at hand. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -You claim to have the answers, but you are likely to be challenged by someone whose questions are truly complex. CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Someone close to you may accuse you of neglecting that which is most important to you -- and indeed, you’ve been giving it short shrift. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- You may be trying to send messages in a cryptic style that no one is likely to decipher. Perhaps it’s time to be more straightforward. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Your creative approach to an oldfashioned problem is likely to open the door to a permanent solution. Others are soon to follow. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Do you even recognize who you are right now? The fact is that others are worried that you are drifting too far from your center.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -Someone’s been watching you, and what you’ve been doing has been getting a great deal of praise behind closed doors. What’s up? SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- You may be waiting for someone to offer you a new career opportunity, but you must stay the course until it is yours to accept or decline. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -You’re likely to uncover something that will soon have you venturing far from home seeking more of the same. Take a friend along! AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- You may be sending mixed messages to a loved one who doesn’t yet realize that you’re conflicted about a central issue. Let him off the hook! PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) -You have every reason to follow a certain lead wherever it may take you, but one very special thing is holding you back at this time. ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- You may not feel that you are up to the task that is assigned to you. Instead of pretending, be honest and share your misgivings. COPYRIGHT 2015 UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE, INC.

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ALL HANDS ON DECK Maryland Masti already has begun to prepare for its annual Garba/Raas Indian dance competition, set to take place in January By Anna Muckerman @DBKDiversions For The Diamondback Empty trays of brownies and Chipotle bags sit strewn on the tables of a business school classroom. Twenty students struggle to be heard over one another. One argues that “MMX marks the spot” is too vague. Others say “project X” only brings neon raves and binge drinking to mind. Beneath the endless stream of opinions, the Maryland Masti board carves out a theme for Masti X, this university’s 10th annual Garba/Raas Indian dance competition. Garba is a popular folk dance native to the state of Gujarat in Western India, according to the Masti site. Raas is a faster-paced dance that is often associated with Garba. Sophomores Radhika Patel and Chadni Patel are this year’s directors. They’ll be responsible for getting eight dance teams to this university, putting them up in hotels, and producing the twohour show that sells out the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center’s largest theater every year. It’s no wonder the Masti board first meets in April to begin planning for the

January event. “Right now, because it’s brandnew, [we’re] getting into the fit of things. It seems overwhelming … but I think we’ve been doing pretty well,” Radhika Patel said. But Patel, a public health science major, and Chadni Patel, an economics, physiology and neurobiology major, won’t have to work alone. There are three directors’ assistants to help them pick up loose ends. There is also the registration chair, who’s responsible for the applications of other university dance teams; a technical chair to create graphics, fliers and transition videos for the show; and a public-relations chair to promote Masti on social media. In addition, a hospitality chair organizes the transportation and lodging of all the teams and a mixer chair plans a welcome event for when they arrive. To pay for all this, a sponsorship and fundraising chair looks for sources of funding besides the money from the university. The board’s still trying to fill that position. “Because it’s the 10th year, everyone’s very pumped, and that helps,” Radhika Patel said. “Things have been falling into place, and

our board is very supportive and excited to start.” On the weekend of the event, teams from around the country make their way to College Park. Friday kicks off with a mixer held in Stamp Student Union at which teams get to know one another, play games and relax before the big night Saturday. “The entire weekend’s a blur,” Radhika Patel said. Chadni Patel agreed. “It’s exhilarating … all this planning and then you’re finally there. It’s stressful, of course. There’s so many people to keep track of, and you want to make sure every little thing is perfect,” she added. But the pair understands that not everything can go as planned. “There’s slip-ups that you can’t control and things happen. … It’s something that you have to work on,” Chadni Patel said. That’s why they give prospective board members some scenarios to think through. They laughed about the banana question: What would you do if you have 400 bananas that all went brown right before the competition? But Darpan Kayastha, last season’s director, said the weekend

itself, while stressful, isn’t the most challenging aspect. “There’s a lot of dependence on other people for getting paperwork in on time, getting things approved on time and hearing back from places that you’ve made inquiries at,” the senior physiology and neurobiology and psychology major said. “Planning far enough in advance so that everything falls into place was the hardest part.”

“PEOPLE...DON’T ALWAYS REALIZE JUST THE COUNTLESS NUMBER OF HOURS THAT GO INTO PERFECTING SOMETHING LIKE THAT.” DARPAN KAYASTHA Last year’s director

This January marked his third year with Masti. Before joining, he had never encountered the style of dance, but he was asked to help because of his experience with graphic art. “It was a really great creative outlet. As a STEM major, I never really had a chance to explore arts

and humanities. Joining Masti was something out of left field,” he said. On show night, Kay Theatre is full of 250 dancers, volunteers and board members frantically juggling every last detail. That’s not to mention the audience. “People come and enjoy the show, but maybe they don’t always realize just the countless number of hours that go into perfecting something like that,” Kayastha said. When everything is finished, Masti takes all the money it’s made, minus a little for next year’s show, and donates it to a charity. This year, they’ll be supporting the victims of this past month’s earthquake in Nepal. Masti (pronounced “musty”) means “fun” in Hindi, and the Maryland Masti team says despite the sleepless nights and stressful slip-ups, it’s worth the year of preparation. “It can be kind of overwhelming at times, but when you see it up there on the big screen, everyone does swell with pride a little bit,” Kayastha said. “There’s exhaustion and amazing relief afterwards, and then we celebrate like no tomorrow.” diversionsdbk@gmail.com

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But in the past two contests, the Terps have ended their games on the losing side. They’ve struggled in the faceoff X without faceoff specialist Charlie Raffa — he’s played sparingly since leaving with an undisclosed injury in the fourth quarter against Johns Hopkins on April 25 — and have lost the ground-ball battle in each of their past two contests. “The effort has been there,” defender Casey Ikeda said. “We’re getting more reps in practice. We’re constantly focusing on how important each ground ball is.” During his weekly conference call Tuesday morning, T illman was once again noncommittal about Raffa’s status against Yale, which ranks second-to-last in the Ivy League with an average of 28.21 ground balls per game. “We’re seeing in film what happens when you don’t pick up the tough o n e s,” I ke d a sa i d . “ I t’s something that we keep drilling in practice.”

While the Terps (32-16, 11-7 Big Ten) are tied for fourth in the Big Ten standings, they have taken a few surprising losses. Szefc’s squad suffered a two-run defeat to James Madison (16-28) on March 24 and d ro p p e d ba c k- to - ba c k midweek games against VCU, which sits just four games over .500, on April 21–22. In conference play, the Terps’ woes against mediocre competition continued, as the team dropped two out of three games in its series with M ichigan on March 28–29. And last weekend, the Hoosiers, who entered the three-game set with six conference wins in 16 games, swept the Terps and held a 25-9 scoring advantage. “We can’t let it affect us down the road,” right fielder Anthony Papio said. “We’re just going to have to flip it and start playing hard. … That’s what we did last year.” Last year, the Terps also dropped a late-season series to an inferior team when

midfielder henry west scoops a ground ball during the Terps’ 15-12 loss to Johns Hopkins on April 25. The Terps are looking to improve in the category. karen tang/the diamondback Thursday’s loss marked the third consecutive year the Terps have fallen in the conference tournament semifinals. But in the past two seasons, the Terps scheduled another game after their tournament defeat, earning wins against weaker nonconference opponents before the start of the national tournament. The Terps won’t have that luxury this year, however, and

will have to upend a formidable opponent to keep their season alive. “With the two losses, what the coaches have really stressed is getting back to the basics,” Cole said. “Just going back to the hard work, the nitty-gritty stuff Maryland has been known for, which is working hard off the ground [and] working hard in the middle of the field.” jneedelmandbk@gmail.com

“WE CAN’T LET IT AFFECT US DOWN THE ROAD. WE’RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO FLIP IT AND START PLAYING HARD. … THAT’S WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR.” ANTHONY PAPIO

Terrapins baseball right fielder they were swept by Boston College at the end of April. B u t t h ey c l ose d o u t t h e regular season on a ninegame winning streak and made the ACC tournament final after consecutive wins against Virginia and Florida State, two of the top three teams in the conference. Though they lost in the final against Georgia Tech, the Terps made the NCAA tournament, where they ended top-seeded South Carolina’s 28-game tournament home winning streak and advanced to the Super Regionals. “We were struggling really bad at one point last year,” Papio said. “Then at the end of the year, we decided to turn it on.” While Papio and Szefc were

part of the team’s turnaround last season, freshman shortstop Kevin Smith can’t fall back on that experience. Still, he has confidence that his team can bounce back from adverse situations. After dropping both games of a doubleheader at UNC Wilmington on March 7, the Terps reeled off 10 straight victories. “We’re going to flush this and try to get back to when we were feeling confident,” Smith said. “That’s the big key: feeling confident, going out there and trying to get your swing off, [and] doing all the little things right.” After their game with the Tigers (15-31-2), the Terps have two more conference series and a midweek contest against Liberty before the Big Ten tournament starts May 20 in Minneapolis. That gives the Terps two weeks to solve their late-season woes and improve their resume before the postseason. “That’s something they’ve got to fix,” Szefc said. “After 48 games, the players have got to fix it.” psuittsdbk@gmail.com

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Terps look to end skid against Yale Tillman’s squad enters tournament as only team coming off two losses By Joshua Needelman @JoshNeedelman Senior staff writer O n S u n d ay n i g h t , t h e NCAA announced the 18-team field for the national tournament, and the Terrapins men’s lacrosse team received the No. 6 seed. The Terps earned a formidable seed line, but coach John Tillman’s team is the only one that will begin play off two consecutive losses. After an 11-game winning streak spanning nearly two months, the Terps dropped their regular-season finale to Johns Hopkins and lost to Ohio State in the Big Ten tournament semifinals Thursday. M idfielder Bryan Cole said the Terps might have “ lost [their] focus” after their winning streak. But as the team prepares for Saturday’s first-round contest against Yale at Byrd Stadium, the players are staying levelheaded and remembering their past successes despite their recent results. “It’s important for us, obviously, to see what we did wrong [and] see what we didn’t do so well on film, which the coaches pointed out,” Cole said. “Get back to fundamental defense, and

“WE’RE SEEING IN FILM WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DON’T PICK UP THE TOUGH ONES. IT’S SOMETHING THAT WE KEEP DRILLING IN PRACTICE.” CASEY IKEDA

Terrapins men’s lacrosse defender offensively, just taking care of the ball.” The Terps suffered their first loss of the season against Yale on Feb. 21, marking their first February loss in six years. Motivated by the 10-6 defeat, the Terps improved their performance en route to their lengthy win streak. “We’ve come a long way since that snowy day in New Haven,” Tillman said April 25. For the bulk of the regular season, the Terps appeared to be the top of the Big Ten. They won eight of their nine nonconference games, including a 10-8 win against then-No. 2 North Carolina on March 21, and the team opened conference play with victories against Michigan and Penn State by a combined score of 25-9. See skid, Page 7

Center fielder lamonte wade gets stuck in a rundown after a hit during the Terps’ 5-3 win over Delaware on April 28 at Bob “Turtle” Smith Stadium. christian jenkins/the diamondback

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Terps head to Aberdeen to take on Tigers after being swept by Indiana By Phillip Suitts @PhillipSuitts Staff writer With nine games remaining in the regular season last year, the Terrapins baseball team was reeling. After losing four straight contests, the Terps were six games above .500 and held a half-game lead for the last spot in the ACC tournament. But the Terps responded with 11 straight victories and advanced to the conference tournament final. An NCAA tournament bid followed — the team’s first appearance in 43 years — and the Terps advanced to the Super Regionals for the first time in school history.

As the Terps enter today’s matchup with Towson at Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen, they face a similar situation. The team will look to rebound after being swept for the first time this season by Indiana last weekend and avoid a loss that would further damage the Terps’ resume. “They’ve turned some bad things around before,” coach John Szefc said. “Hopefully we can turn this around. We’ll see.” National college baseball writer Kendall Rogers has the Terps in the NCAA tournament field. But a few more disappointing losses, Rogers wrote in a weekly chat Monday, would put the Terps on the bubble. See TIGERS, Page 7

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