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Big Ten selects Washington for 2017 tourney site Conference officials seek to embrace new East Coast members with televised basketball events

By Aaron Kasinitz @AaronKazreports Senior staff writer

Du ri ng a news con ference at Verizon Center in Washington, Delany announced the arena will host the 2017 Big Ten men’s basThis university won’t join the Big ketball tournament in a move that Ten until July 1, but yesterday after- continues his efforts to extend the noon Jim Delany, the conference’s Midwest-based conference’s prescommissioner, took a step toward ence to the East Coast.

And with Athletic Director Kevin fulfilling a promise to Terrapins men’s Anderson and Turgeon onstage to basketball coach Mark Turgeon.

his left, Delany sent a message that the Big Ten was embracing this university.

“When we first met with Jim he said, ‘We’re going to have a face on the East Coast,’” Turgeon said. “A lot of times, it’s lip service when you’re joining a league, but he came through.”

This university will be the only Big Ten school within 150 miles of the nation’s capital. Both Anderson See basketball, Page 3

Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany (left), university Athletic Director Kevin Anderson and Terrapins men’s basketball coach Mark Turgeon answer questions at Verizon Center yesterday. jenny hottle/for the diamondback

Admin: less parking not a concern Lot 1 loss to new dorms sparks student worry

By Morgan Eichensehr @MEichensehr Staff writer While the Department of Resident Life’s Housing Strategic Plan will add about 1,500 beds to buildings constructed in the Lot 1 area, it will also eliminate about 1,500 pa rki ng spaces, accord ing to a DOTS official.

Department of Transportation Services Director David Allen said it is unlikely the department will need to make up for the lost spaces by building another parking garage, however, as there are already several vacant spots that can be filled. If space does become too limited, the department might restrict on-campus parking registration to juniors and seniors, Allen said.

Freshman anthropology and English major Warren Griffiths parks on the campus and said he uses his car to get to his off-campus referee jobs, which he would be unable to do without a vehicle.

“I use my car quite a bit,” Griffiths said. “I don’t necessarily see why it’s something an upperclassman would need more than an underclassman.”

Sophomore journalism major Alicia McElhaney agreed it could be problematic if sophomores and freshmen were prohibited from parking on the campus.

a student weighs his options for lunch at the North Campus Dining Hall yesterday. Dining Services does not put calorie counts on its menus, but new FDA proposals could change that. stephanie natoli/the diamondback

CALORIE COUNTDOWN National regulations lead to debate over nutrition labels

By Grace Toohey @grace_2e Staff writer Diners looking to grab a quick meal at a fastfood restaurant might soon think twice before asking for extra fries with their cheeseburger.

The Food and Drug Administration is finalizing the regulations prompted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s requirement that all chain restaurants with 20 or more locations include calorie information on all menus.

The FDA recently sent its new rules to the White House, and they could go into effect as soon as six months after they’re all announced, according to an April 25 Washington Post article. But until displaying caloric information is required, this university’s Dining Services won’t be changing its procedures, officials said.

“When it becomes a rule, regulation or law, we will follow all the regulations,” said Bart Hipple, Dining Services spokesman. “Our concern with posting those is, if the information is posted without complete information, it can be perceived or misused. Food is much more than calories, so to focus on one number to the exclusion of other numbers is not healthy.”

The goal of the recommendations is to get people to stop and think about their health See calories, Page 2

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Adjuncts ask for workplace protections

BY THE NUMBERS

28 percent of university faculty work in part-time positions

54 percent

National trend takes root in state universities

of surveyed university instructors responded they are not well compensated for their work

$24,926

By Talia Richman @TaliRichman Senior staff writer The conversation began in 2011 when about eight adjunct faculty members met in an empty Maryland Institute College of Art classroom to talk about the problems that come with being part-time employees — things such as lack of job security and low salaries.

Last month, that informal meeting between colleagues translated into the first group of adjuncts at a private, fouryear college in this state to unionize as part of the SEIU Local 500, a union that represents the interests of education and public service employees.

national average annual salary for an adjunct professor And while faculty unions are prohibited at public universities in this state, discussion of MICA’s success has drifted to this university, where about 28 percent of faculty work part-time, according to a 2011 study by the U.S. Senate Committee Services Higher Education and Workforce Development Committee.

“Reading about what was going on at MICA, it accurately represented See adjunct, Page 3

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Council weighs votes for noncitizen residents

By Ellie Silverman @esilverman11 Senior staff writer It’s been just six months since the last College Park municipal elect ion, but t he City Cou nci l b ega n d i sc u ssi n g ch a n ge s for future municipal elections at last night’s work session.

This change includes the possibility of enfranchising noncitizen residents to vote in upcoming elections. The next election will be held on Nov. 3, 2015.

District 1 Councilman Patrick Wojahn said he brought this item up for discussion partially by request from a resident.

“I’ve met a number of residents over the years who are tax-paying residents ... are volunteers in the city, have multiple positions, but are unable to vote and see how the city is run because they are not citizens,” Wojahn said.

Although citizenship currently

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is required for residents to vote in the city’s municipal elections, the Maryland Constitution only requires citizenship for state elections.

Several Maryland municipalities — Barnesville, Garrett Park, Glen Echo, Martin’s Additions, Somerset and Takoma Park — have interpreted this law to allow residents, regardless of citizenship, to vote.

“In terms of playing a role in our community, I think allowing the opportunity to vote does give people a greater stake in the community,” Wojahn said. “It gives people a chance to see how the community is run.”

City clerk Janeen Miller said the city looked at a report from Takoma Park about the impact of enfranchising noncitizen residents, but city Mayor Andy Fellows requested to see results from other municipalities that implemented this before furthering discussions.

D i s t r i c t 2 C o u n c i l m a n P.J.

patrick wojahn, District 1 councilman, speaks at a Feb. 25 City Council meeting. file photo/the diamondback Brennan asked about the potential hardship on the administrative staff if the resolution were carried out.

The county has a list of registered voters, who are automatically registered to vote in their cities’ elections.

Enfranchising noncitizen residents would require the city to produce a separate list for those voters.

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Hanging abuse out to dry The Clothesline Project showcased T-shirts with messages from sexual assault survivors and supporters of the victims on Hornbake Plaza yesterday. Organized by the University Health Center’s CARE to Stop Violence office, the project has collected shirts for roughly two decades to raise awareness of those affected by domestic and sexual violence.

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Training session urges acceptance, opens dialogue

By Sarah Dean @sarahdeanjourn Staff writer The LGBT Equity Center he ld it s n ewe s t t ra i n i n g session, LGBT Inclusion at Work, yesterday afternoon in Marie Mount Hall.

T he session i ncluded a 13-minute video that feat u re d te s t i mon i a l s f rom LGBT students and faculty a nd a short d iscussion i n pa i rs. Nichol a s Sa k u ra i, the center’s associate director, shared some of the best practices based on the university’s policies, such as the university’s Policy on I nclu sive L a ng u age; the Code on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion; and the Sexual Misconduct Policy.

T h is was fol lowed by a Q-and-A session, which addressed inclusive language and the best ways to use preferred gender pronouns.

Sakurai said he developed this program after he saw a need for change in the workplace. The center also offers Rainbow Terrapin Network Membership Training and Trans* Advocacy Training.

T he center k icked off L G B T I nc lu s ion at Work earlier this semester, and Sakurai said it has already reached more tha n 200 people across the campus.

The center has brought the program to the University Health Center, the Department of Resident Life, Stamp Student Union, the Counsel i ng Center, a g roup of resident assistants and the university police academy, he said.

Nicholas Sakurai, LGBT Equity Center associate director, runs a training session on LGBT inclusion in the workplace yesterday in Marie Mount Hall. He said he has received positive feedback from those who have attended the training. marquise mckine/the diamondback Amy Martin, North Campus’ Resident Life associate director, asked the center to present the training session at a staff meeting, i n wh ic h she sa id it wa s well-received.

“People found it engaging, interesting and that they learned something from it,” Martin said. “[The center] had put together some really prompting questions for us to discuss as a group. And I think some discussion occurred that day, but discussion has continued to occur afterwards as well.”

Yesterday’s open session s e r v e d a s a p r e v i e w fo r those interested in bringi n g t he t ra i n i n g to t hei r departments. Representatives from the Un iversity Libraries, the Division of

I n formation Tech nolog y, the Center for Leadership & Organizational Change and the Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Education.

Dott ie Ch icquelo, who attended representing the OMESE, said she found herself unfamiliar with some terms used to express gender identity. Chicquelo said the majority of her office has received some training, but future sessions would be beneficial to stay upto-date on proper practices.

“New things are coming out every day,” she said.

Ma rti n pla ns to del iver this training to the RAs and student staff this fall.

“It’s important overall to have the conversation,” she said. “I certainly know in the residence halls that we have had students who do

not feel welcome.”

Sakurai has seen results from the other training session s, he sa id, not i ng he recently received feedback from someone who took a course a decade ago and said it still impacts them today.

Sakurai said he has begun to see the impact of the first semester of the program’s implementation.

He re c e ive d a p o sit ive email, he said, from someone who used a lesson from the t ra i n i ng session s: I f you don’t know someone’s preferred gender pronoun, ask.

“Somebody went a nd t r ied it a nd sa id it rea l ly opened up a dialogue between them and the person,” Sakurai said. sdeandbk@gmail.com

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exercise is what’s going to keep the weight off and promote health.

Portion size and calories should correspond with what people actually eat.”

A displayed calorie count might change some people’s decisions, but senior nutrition and food sciences major Alexandra Raymond said people must look beyond the calories and see what is actually in their food.

“A lot of the times calorie content might be higher because it’s higher in healthy fats, like peanut butter,” she said. “But I think it’s important for it to be up so people are aware about what they are eating.”

Displaying calories higher up on the label could affect students dealing with eating disorders, said Raymond, who contributes to From College Girl to College Girl, a weekly blog that focuses on eating disorders, body image and nutrition.

Along with more prominently displaying calorie counts on nutrition labels, the FDA will require that labels include the amount of added sugar and update serving size amounts.

First announced in February, the mandate wouldn’t affect the campus dining halls, but it could be seen on items in the convenience stores.

“It can be really overwhelming to see a nutrition label,” said Raymond, who said she thinks education should accompany the rules. “[People] might not know what everything means or what they should look for.”

No matter the outcome of the changes, Rocourt said, health and nutrition are important for college students to keep in mind.

“We’re getting to the age where we are going to form habits for the rest of our lives,” Raymond said. “If they don’t make healthier choices, it could lead on to the chronic diseases that we all hear about.”

before they consume food.

More than 64 percent of American adults are overweight or obese, and obesity is one of the leading causes of preventable deaths.

Menu labeling became a requirement for restaurant chains with more than 20 locations in 2010 under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Some states, such as New York, implemented the changes on their own. But enactment of the federal requirements has been delayed, as groups within the food industry fought the FDA’s proposal.

The federal rules would affect not only restaurants but also supermarkets, convenience stores, movie theaters, airplanes and more.

Dining Services provides nutrition information for dining hall food online and through a mobile app. A slice of pepperoni pizza contains about 302 calories, according to the website. A buffalo chicken wrap: 917.

Putting information online instead of on menus, Hipple said, gives people more time and space to consider all of the information.

Some studies have shown that caloric information affects customer intention.

When comparing different menu items, people were less likely to purchase a hamburger after calorie information was displayed, according to an American Journal of Public Health study.

“Portion size is really what is an issue for a lot of people because you can eat too much healthy food and still gain weight,” said Caroline Rocourt, a nutrition and food science lecturer. “Total calorie control and balancing that with gtooheydbk@gmail.com

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“I have a lot of friends who need their cars to get to their internships,” McElhaney said.

McElhaney said she wishes she had a car this semester because her public transit commute to her internship at USA Today, which is located in McLean, Virginia, took more than two hours most days.

Ian Moritz, chairman of t he At h let ic Depa r t ment Student Advisory Council, noted implications for athletic events as well.

“Reduci ng t he pa rk i ng spaces in Lot 1 will impact game-day parking,” Moritz sa id. “However, becau se students do not drive to the games, the indirect impact will most likely be crowding tailgating spaces, which are an important asset to students.”

Lot 1 will give way to 1,500 beds by the time dorm construction is completed in fall 2019, according to the Housing Strategic Plan. Despite losing the lot’s 1,500 parking spots, DOTS Director David Allen said he is not worried about a lack of parking. lena salzbank/the diamondback Moritz also said the demand for parking is expected to increase after this university moves to the Big Ten in July.

“Athletics has been announcing the large amounts of traveling fans that have already purchased tickets,” Moritz said.

Sara Hartenbaum, a freshman enrolled in letters and

sciences, said she thinks the campus would be much more congested during games if people were no longer able to park in Lot 1.

F resh m a n gover n ment and politics and journalism major Alex Green said being able to have a car as a freshman simply makes commutes easier, especially when she wants to drive to the store or

go home for the weekend.

“I don’t ever have to find an upperclassman to take me somewhere,” Green said.

“I really like having my car on-campus.”

According to the Housing Strategic Plan, construction on Lot 1 is scheduled to be completed by fall 2019.

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City combats obesity and health care costs with health campaign

By Eleanor Mueller @thedbk Staff writer College Park joined the Healthy Eating Active Living Cities and Towns Campaign at last night’s City Council work session in an effort to combat a nationwide obesity epidemic’s local effects.

“It’s an overall fantastic program,” said Steve Beavers, the city’s community development coordinator. “We’re very privileged to be a part of it.”

The HEAL Campaign is an

initiative between the Institute for Public Health Innovation and the Maryland Municipal League. By participating, the city looks to establish municipal policies that would make it easier for residents and employees to eat more healthily and be more active.

“People want to be healthy, but unfortunately, lately we haven’t been doing such a good job of that,” said Marisa Jones, the campaign’s MidAtlantic director. “There are a lot of things that are concealed that prevent people

from being healthy and living in thriving communities.”

The city will not only increase its quality of life but a lso lower its hea lth ca re cos ts. More t h a n h a l f of this state’s adults are overweight or obese, costing the state$2.5 billion a year, according to the Society for Public Health Education.

“HEAL policies can improve physical and fiscal health,” Jones said. “What we’re about is helping municipal leaders create healthy, prosperous communities.”

College Park plans to do that by accomplishing goals in three areas: physical activity, nutritious food and workplace wellness.

The city will work to make streets safe for citizens to walk and bike as well as increase access to healthy and sustainable food through farmers markets and community gardens. The city also plans to improve the health of its employees by establishing a workplace wellness committee, which will consider further policy actions,

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Past members, U officials advise new SGA leaders

By Jeremy Snow @JeremyM_Snow Staff writer

ATHLETIC DIRECTOR KEVIN ANDERSON, university President Wallace Loh, Michigan State men’s basketball coach Tom Izzo, Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany and Terrapins men’s basketball coach Mark Turgeon met at Verizon Center in Washington yesterday. jenny hottle/for the diamondback dreamed of,” Anderson said.

“To have the commissioner and my colleagues in the Big Ten acknowledge that we should be here, and to do this immediately tells us how welcome we are and how excited we are going into the Big Ten.” Each of the previous 17 Big Ten tournaments has been in Indianapolis or Chicago.

But Delany said the benefits of expanding the conference’s footprint outweigh the negatives of moving away from the traditional locations.

Delany pointed to previous decisions — from adding Penn State to the league in 1991 to establishing the Big Ten Network in 2006— as reasons why Big Ten fa ns shou ld welcome changes.

“It’s i mporta nt to look forward but also to look in the rearview mirror to see where you’ve been and where you

want to go,” Delany said.

In 2016, one season before the Big Ten will hold its conference tournament at Verizon Center, the ACC — the Terps’ current conference — will play its tournament at the venue.

Delany isn’t shying away from moving in on what used to be ACC territory, and the Big Ten has taken several strides recently to expand its reach to the East Coast. Earlier this week, the conference announced the development of the Gavitt Tipoff Games, a series that will pit the Big Ten against the Big East in men’s basketball and added Johns Hopkins as a lacrosse-only member last spring.

“There’s going to be competition between the Big Ten and the ACC in this region,” Delany said. “They are going to do the best they can to generate fan followship, and so will we.”

“HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO GET OUT HERE TO THE EAST COAST. AND HE DID AS QUICKLY AS HE COULD.”

citizen residents’ green cards or visas and whether this registration would be perFrom PAGE 1 manent, among others.

Proof of identity, age and M i l ler sa id it wou ld be residence status were the three “doable” to create this list but raised questions as to whether categories Miller said a nonthe city would check for non- citizen resident would need to

establish if the city adopted this resolution.

Brennan said any measure to increase voter turnout would benefit the city.

“I am generally supportive of any measure the city would take to increase voter participa-

tion and promote democracy,” Brennan said. “I would go so far to say we should promote as many opportunities as we can to entertain younger voters in city elections.”

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The university Task Force on Non-Tenure Track Faculty has surveyed non-tenure-track faculty to identify problems and broach recommendations for change in terms of promotion, compensation and governance. Mark Arnold, the task force’s ex-officio faculty affairs representative, said the group is working on a variety of projects to improve conditions for non-tenure-track faculty, but a unionization effort isn’t necessary at this university.

“I f we ca n cont i nue to make progress, great. I don’t know that we need to engage with a union if we’re able to make change,” Arnold said.

“If change stalls, then I don’t know — we’ll just have to see.”

While Baron commends Arnold’s work with the task force, she said there is still much to be done, and with the unionizing efforts picking up steam, perhaps lawmakers in Annapolis will take another look at the issue, she said.

Not only have MICA adjuncts unionized, but parttime faculty at nearby George Washington University, American University, Georgetown University and Howard University have too.

According to a 2014 report from the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Democratic Staff,

the average annual salary of 152 adjunct professors polled is $24,926.

The average high school graduate, by comparison, had a median earning of $29,950 in 2011, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.

“I h ave a f r iend i n t he English department on the non-tenure-track, and she talks about having to choose in the winter between food and heat,” Baron said. “Somebody with a Ph.D. teaching at the University of Maryland shouldn’t be facing those kinds of choices.”

In 2010, a Coalition on the Academic Workforce study found unionized adjuncts earned 25 percent more per course than nonunionized adjuncts.

At Montgomery College — a community college that is an exception to state law after the General Assembly voted in 2010 to allow collective bargaining there — Bill Primosch has seen significant gains in wages since unionizing.

Over a four-year period, Montgomer y Col lege adjuncts were able to negotiate between a 21 and 28 percent pay increase, said Primosch, adjunct political science professor and president of the part-time faculty union at Montgomery College.

“It’s substantial, but we’re

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From PAGE 1 what’s going on at the University of Maryland. All the same things are true in the terms of the sort of struggles people have,” said anthropology lecturer Matthew Palus. “I’m pleased to see this happening at other campuses. It makes me feel hopeful.”

M u c h o f t h e d e s i re to unionize stems from discontentment about disparities between how much adjuncts are paid and how much they work, said Sabrina Baron, a visiting assistant professor in the history department.

In the 2013 Task Force on Non-Tenure Track Faculty Final Report, 155 of 287 respondents who do instructional work at this university answered either “disagree” or “strongly disagree” in response to the statement, “I am well compensated for my contributions to the institution.”

Ba ron, who prev iou sly served as a university senator representing part-time nontenure-track employees and who will serve in that position again next year, said adjunct professors at this university are ready for a change.

“The university has two choices,” said Baron. “They

with free support for healthy eating and active living.”

Already well-established in states such as California and Oregon, the HEAL initiative has been adopted by other cities in the state, including Greenbelt, Bel Air, Salisbury, Somerset and others.

“With HEAL, communities can work together to accomplish goals like sustainability and going green,” District 4 Councilwoman Denise Mitchell said. “It’s terrific.” emuellerdbk@gmail.com

SGA swears in exec, legislative members

BASKETBALL and Turgeon said the conference’s decision to host the tournament at Verizon Center was a nod to the Terps and their fans.

Dela ny a lso sa id at the news con ference t h at he plans on returning the event to Verizon Center. He said he expects the conference to work out a rotation in which the event shuff les among Chicago, Indianapolis and Washington.

“I think these events will live in the East as well as in the Midwest,” Delany said.

Delany was eager to move the tournament into the Washington area. But when the Terps formally announced their move to the Big Ten in the fall of 2012, the conference had already signed on to hold its men’s basketball tournament in Chicago and Indianapolis in 2015 and 2016, respectively.

The 2017 tournament did not have a home, though, and five months ago, the conference began discussions with Verizon Center.

“We had been thinking about how best to enter into the East,” Delany said. “We know big events are an important part of it.”

So Dela ny agg ressively pursued the option of bringing the tournament to Washington in 2017, and yesterday’s announcement made it official.

“This is something that we

according to documents presented at the meeting.

The HEAL campaign plans to help the city along the way by providing technical assistance, including free workshops, marketing help and recognition for its accomplishments.

“HEAL is about prosperity, about city beauty, about community cohesion and increasing choices,” Jones said. “For cities and towns, the future is good food and beautiful, walkable, bikeable communities. We’re about combining local leadership and vision

can either put us on a better footi ng i n terms of more secure contracts, adequate wages, adequate benefits and adequate academic support, or they should let a law pass that lets us organize so we can see what a union can do for us.”

Baron makes $32,672.82 p e r ye a r, a c c ord i n g T h e D i a m o n d b a c k’s a n n u a l salary guide. In comparison, full-time history professor Donald Sutherland makes $103,797.46. Both instructors will teach two threecredit courses of relatively equal size in fall 2014.

Recognizing the pay disparity for adjuncts, Del. Heather Mizeur (D-Montgomery) and Sen. Jamie Raskin (D-Montgomery) introduced the Higher Education Workforce Equity Act in both the House of Delegates and state Senate in 2012, which would have allowed adjunct professors — as well as graduate students and tenuretrack faculty — to unionize and collectively bargain.

The bill never made it to a Senate vote, however, and a compromise was reached in a meet-and-confer agreement.

Through that system, adjunct organizations can seek thirdparty representation to bring up concerns with university administrators, but they can’t collectively bargain as a union.

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Terrapins men’s basketball coach Delaney said hosting the men’s basketball tournament in Washington, should help the Big Ten compete for attention in this area. But Delany also said the move is important because it helps develop the league’s relationship with the Terps.

At the least, Delany followed through on his words to Turgeon.

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toward increased mental health funding and increased transparency regarding allocation of tuition and fees.

“I want everyone [in the SGA] to say, ‘I helped students’ lives,’” he said.

Before Ronk’s speech, Zwerling spoke about the importance of the SGA for students.

“The SGA amplifies students’ voices,” the senior environmental science and policy major said. “We deserve better. We’re already getting an amazing education here, but we can do even better.”

Zwerling said it will be difficult for her to leave behind the SGA and move on from a group so close to her. She encouraged future members to get involved and to use the organization as a foundation to follow their passions and serve the university community.

Afterward, Clement spoke briefly about Zwerling’s presidency, complimenting her focus on amplifying the student voice, before swearing in the new members.

At the end of the event, Speaker of the Legislature Adam Janus gave incoming representatives three pieces of advice: Don’t be afraid to ask questions; quickly take the initiative to try to accompl ish goa ls; a nd ta ke advantage of services and connections offered by the Big Ten conference.

“SGA is larger than you as an individual,” Janus said.

The SGA will hold its first leg islatu re body meeti ng with new members tonight at 6 p.m. in Stamp’s Benjamin Banneker Room.

Student Affairs Vice President Linda Clement swore in new SGA legislative and executive members, including President Patrick Ronk, in a small ceremony in Stamp Student Union yesterday.

“It feels real now,” said Ronk, a sophomore government and politics major. “I wasn’t sure if it would totally feel real, but it does.”

In his speech, Ronk thanked former Student Government Association President Samantha Zwerling for her accomplishments during her two-year tenure, including lobbying the General Assembly to keep tuition rates low.

Ronk also thanked Zwerling for her work on improving student outreach with programs such as WTF UMD, a Facebook page and Twitter account through which students can post complaints or suggestions for the SGA and university departments to see.

“Sam already laid the bases. I just need to copy her and do a little better,” said Ronk, who ran unopposed in the election.

Ronk said he wants to turn the SGA into a “well-oiled machine” and continue to improve the internal communication and cooperation of the student body. He also said he wants to work jsnowdbk@gmail.com

still way behind,” he said.

But unionizing is about more than just fair pay, Primosch said. Job security is another huge factor.

Many adjuncts are hired on a semester-to-semester contract, which Baron said often leaves them in an “extremely precarious position” of not knowing whether they’ll be asked back.

Arnold said it’s up to each department to issue contracts, but the provost office encourages departments only to use semester-to-semester contracts when absolutely necessary. An adjunct lecturer’s contract can be up to three years, Arnold said.

“It does happen that, midJuly, a grad student decides he’s not going to come back in the fall, or an adjunct professor gets a better offer and decides to leave in August,” Arnold said. “They have classes they need a teacher for, but they don’t need someone for the full year. The institution needs semester contracts; we can’t do away with them entirely.”

T he provost of f ice is working to pilot a campuswide contract management system, wh ich w i l l a l low them to monitor which departments are consistently overusing the semester-tosemester contracts.

Because adjuncts are not guaranteed to be asked back each semester, Baron said many are afraid to speak up in favor of changing unionization laws.

“People have been afraid to speak up and be activists on this issue because they’re scared of ruffling feathers,” she said. “It’s been extremely hard to get people involved because they’re afraid there will be repercussions if they speak up.”

With each additional school that unionizes in the area, Primosch said fear will lessen.

“What I think is going to happen, particularly in the Wash i ng ton a rea, is that part-time faculty members are going to get more confidence and know they don’t need to be afraid,” he said. “For universities, I think they’ll realize they need to address the issue.”

Joshua Smith, an adjunct at MICA and a leader of the unionization effort, said he hopes his and his colleagues’ actions spark conversation and ignite a change in attitude.

“People have to decide for themselves,” Smith said. “Are they willing to settle with the status quo or take the steps necessary to improve their lives and potentially the lives of other teachers at their institutions in their future?” trichmandbk@gmail.com

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Riding on an expensive path

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ervation inquiries and requests seem reasonable. Nonetheless, the dethat could total about $40,000 in partment’s motives for creating the bus are commendable. This editorial expected earnings. board long has protested student fee increases — such as a series of hikes OUR VIEW ranging from 3.9 percent to 4.2 percent to bring in an additional $300,738 for DOTS that Allen called for in January — and the department’s decision to allocate TERPRIDE’s revenue toward reducing parking fees comes as a nice turnaround for students.

Whether the initiative will prove But estimates don’t pay the bills, and the luxury bus’s six-figure cost successful is still up in the air, but if has some decrying it as just that — the $40,000 in anticipated rental fees a luxurious, baseless expenditure. materialize, they’ll provide an indicaDOTS’ financial resume admit- tor of TERPRIDE’s worth.

“I think it’s one of those things tedly includes its fair share of black marks and questionable expenses, where, ‘If they built it, it will come,’” and its use of student fees and the art department Chairman W.C. elimination of a second parking Richardson said in a Diamondback ticket appeals process have come interview earlier this week. “That is, under fire in recent months. The de- if they can hang on and not expect a partment cut the secondary appeals full-blown profit margin right from process, which cost DOTS $10,000 the start.”

It appears DOTS is expecting that annually, over the summer to help reduce an anticipated 7 percent windfall, however, and though the campus parking fee hike. Allen luxury bus serves as a university maralso received pay increases total- keting tool and its potential boon to ing $36,802 between 2011 and 2014, students parking on the campus is ceraccording to The Diamondback’s tainly attractive, sometimes idealism has to take a backseat to the bottom Salary Guides.

In light of some of DOTS’ con- line. Frankly, it remains to be seen troversial past decisions, misgivings whether DOTS’ latest initiative will about TERPRIDE’s chances of success be a boom or bust.

TERPRIDE appears promising, but its success depends on the revenue it generates.

BY THE NUMBERS: TERPRIDE AND DOTS $120,000 TERPRIDE’s renovation costs

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DOTS Director David Allen has received $36,802.32 in raises over Cost to maintain the secondary appeals process the past three years.

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A personal commencement speech KEVIN HOGAN I am a graduating senior, and this is the last column I’m writing for The Diamondback. I’d like to write about what I might say if I were giving a commencement speech.

Here it goes: Today I’ve been given the opportunity to speak in front of thousands of my peers, with the expectation I’ll find a way to fill the dead air with something resounding and impactful. I have to apologize in advance for disappointing you: Despite my pending bachelor’s degree, I’m still about as clueless as I was when I began my education at this university.

Throughout these years, though, I have managed to pick up a few pieces of knowledge I consider to be important. I’ll share them with you in the hope they connect to the experiences you might have had.

My first bit of wisdom is nobody in the world really has any idea what they’re doing. That’s not to say some people don’t have a much better idea than other people. But

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ither a master stroke in university marketing and event planning or DOTS’ latest financial blunder, TERPRIDE — a reconditioned luxury bus that bears this state and this university’s signature black, white, red and gold color scheme — debuted April 22 and hit the streets at Maryland Day on April 26.

Hundreds climbed aboard the bus to give it a once-over during the weekend’s festivities, and hopefully hundreds more will take its seats in the coming months as the Department of Transportation Services and University Relations rent out the bus to alumni, staff, faculty and others in the university community for events.

The luxury bus came at a luxury price: $120,000, culled from student fees allocated to DOTS, parking ticket fines, parking meter fees and developer donations, according to DOTS Director David Allen.

Its features include wood paneling, couches, computers and satellite TV. Allen said the bus could pay for itself in two years through revenue from event rentals, adding estimates suggest rentals could generate $50,000 per year, which DOTS would use in turn to mitigate student and faculty parking fees. DOTS reportedly has already received res-

MATT SCHNABEL

beneath any shroud of confidence worn by a celebrity, world leader or even an intimidating college professor is a kid just trying to work things out as they go.

I know this because life is a giant improvisation. While you can prepare yourself for a fraction of life (such as a test or a presentation), you never get to prepare for the whole thing.

In that sense, each of your life’s choices boils down to an educated guess, and you’re not allowed to check the answer key and redo it.

The fact nobody is immune to this uncertainty is simultaneously comforting and terrifying.

Second, human beings are extremely powerful. This becomes most apparent to me when I’m driving on the highway. As I zoom over the asphalt at 70 mph, I think about how many lives would change if I suddenly jerked my steering wheel and caused an accident. I’m daunted by the knowledge that I’m capable of causing tragedy with a poorly timed flick of the wrist.

Fortunately, people are just as well-equipped to effect positive change. Choosing to smile and wave at a friend, for example, might make

that friend substantially happier for the rest of the day. While one person’s mood might seem inconsequential, it’s amazing how a simple greeting can directly influence somebody’s thoughts and feelings.

Last, in about 100 years, everybody in this room will have passed away. This statement is logically obvious, but only recently have I been able to understand its gravity.

Our days are spent walking adjacent to a cliff, not knowing when a bad step will send us over the edge.

This thought has pushed me to spend my time left wisely: I’ve been compelled to pursue my aspirations, to embrace new and unusual experiences and to remind my loved ones I care for them. Life might be too short, but the urgency provided by a short life is a gift.

Now is the time to go out into the world and start doing big things.

And take what I’ve discussed today with you.

You’ve got all the tools you need to make something special out of your life.

Kevin Hogan is a senior computer engineering major. He can be reached at khogandbk@gmail.com.

Making commodities cheap and accessible EZRA FISHMAN

With all the demand a massive population of students, former students, faculty and other residents brings, you would think someone would open a nearby grocery store.

Yet in all the development plans, not a single grocery store seems to be considered, beyond a Whole Foods to be located about 1.5 miles from the campus. Sure, we are getting a second CVS Pharmacy, a third 7-Eleven and probably a 25th Subway, but a grocery store? Absolutely not. The former Maryland Book Exchange site would be the perfect location for a new grocery store. Instead, all we’re getting is the Book Exchange (and more off-campus housing).

At this point, I’m surprised students haven’t taken it upon themselves to do something. Why hasn’t someone pitched a grocery store to the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship? Or talked about how much good a grocery store would do for university students at the Do Good Challenge? Why can’t one of the Hinman CEOs become the Hinman CEO of a local grocery store? Why can’t the Honors Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program honor us with the innovation of an accessible grocery store? Why not give university President Wallace Loh a chance to brag about his success in bringing affordable food shopping to a community in need? He doesn’t have to admit the community in need is his own hungry students — we won’t tell.

It’s enough, already. There are plenty of reasons to build a grocery store, a supermarket, a kiosk — anything! At this point, I’d even accept a terribly put-together excuse of a grocery store owned, operated and managed by Dining Services. Just give us something. Please.

College Park formerly was advertised as a “livable community.”

It isn’t anymore. Why? I guess someone figured out a community can’t be described as livable if residents can’t access a grocery store.

If Route 1 were to have a close grocery store, this is what I would say to it: “Oh, Route 1 grocery store. How thankful we are for your existence. Your shelves are stocked with everything we need, from toilet paper to tampons, from tortillas to tortellini. Your prices are fair, your service is efficient and you’re always open when we need you.”

For the four years I’ve been at this university, I’ve dreamed of one day uttering those sentences.

I’ve hoped and prayed someday I could purchase groceries somewhere within walking distance of the campus. That just once, I could get fresh produce at even remotely reasonable prices. That I could buy actual meat instead of frozen burgers or packaged deli cuts. That maybe I could remove myself from the unyielding, tight grip of the university’s convenience stores.

At this point, I’d take anything. I don’t need a Giant or a Shoppers. I would take a 7-Eleven with a fresh food section. (Maybe that third one opening by Plato’s will have one? I can only hope.) I would take an ice cream truck that, instead of ice cream, sold groceries. I would take a creaky old cart handled by a single suspect individual who not-so-subtly flirts with all of his or her customers. Anything.

But, of course, after four years of praying and hoping, I’ve gotten nothing. Sure, there’s now a bus to one of the grocery stores. On Sundays. During the afternoon.

That’s still in a trial period.

And yes, I can technically walk the 2.5 miles to Shoppers. Or I could always just swallow my pride and spend real money at the Commons Shop. But these are merely Band-Aids trying to patch the hole in my life — in all Ezra Fishman is a senior accounting our lives — where a convenient and finance major. He can be reached at efishmandbk@gmail.com. grocery store would be.

Coping with the loss of someone you love MARIA ROMAS

before. I couldn’t imagine to handling the regret of a friend potentially dying angry with me.

And in an effort to console anyone who has been in this situation, I’d like to share my musings on how to think about such a seemingly catastrophic event. Someone has to be the last person to say something bad. People fight and say things they don’t mean.

Just because someone died right after an argument or after hateful words were shared doesn’t mean your entire relationship with that person is canceled out and the only thought this person could have of you is cruel. More often than not, we say mean things to the people we love or those who we know will forgive us.

And I know it’s easy for me to say that sitting here, in retrospect.

I probably wouldn’t blame anyone for scoffing at this column and telling me to shut up. That’s probably what I would do. But I wouldn’t feel right if I ended my time as an opinion columnist without sharing my thoughts on how it may be possible to get through such a difficult situation.

We all deal with grief in a different way. Rachel has inspired everything I’ve written during my time in college, including every one of these columns you have all read.

It has helped me get through my difficult struggle of handling my friend’s death, and I can only hope other people are also able to find ways to ease their suffering too.

Losing someone you love is never easy, and finding ways to cope is essential — but can be the hardest thing in the world.

Rachel Kim died when I was a freshman in college.

She was one of my best friends from high school, and I was crushed. She was a truly wonderful person, and all those who knew her were devastated by the loss. Hardly a day goes by that I don’t think of her or mistake some random person walking across the campus with her exact shade of bleached blonde hair for her.

I have come to terms with my loss, and I know a number of others who thankfully have been able to do the same. We will always miss you, Rachel, but we know you are here watching over us every day.

Yet there is someone I recall having more raw sadness after Rachel’s death than I did. A kid came to the memorial we had in remembrance of Rachel’s life and shared the last thing he said to Rachel was something spiteful and angry — even slightly hateful.

At the time, I was overcome w i t h sy m pa t hy, ye t h a d n o words to console him. I felt so bad, knowing he and Rachel had been good friends, only to hear her last memory of him was a negative one.

It has taken me four years to come up with an abstract idea of how I would deal with the grief of being in a similar situation. I thought about how bad Rachel’s death made me feel, even when our last interaction was a positive one: planning to get together Maria Romas is a senior English major during Thanksgiving break, only and former opinion editor. She can be to find out died just a few days reached at mromasdbk@gmail.com.

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By Danielle Ohl @dtohl Staff writer Godzilla, shown here battling King Kong in a 1962 film, has been both a metaphor for nuclear war and environmental catastrophe over the course of the creature’s long pop cultural lifespan. A new Godzilla film is set to hit theaters on May 16. photo courtesy of hollywoodreporter.com ESSAY | MONSTER MOVIES

Calling all Kaiju Godzilla, Gareth Edwards and the case for more monster mayhem in movies

By Warren Zhang @auberginecow Senior staff writer With Pacific Rim and the Godzilla reboot, the monster genre (or kaiju genre, as the cinema of giant things destroying cities is known in Japan) is getting a small jolt, but this largely ignored genre deserves much more. Monsters have such rich potential for cinematic material that it’s criminal so few monster movies get made, especially considering the number of big-budget spectacles constantly being green-lighted in Hollywood.

Modern superhero and blockbuster action movies have already blasted cinemas with city-wrecking galore, but they tackle the destruction with a disturbing remove from the human toll. The Avengers, The Amazing Spider-Man and The Green Lantern all amass colossal casualties during their runtimes without anyone ever batting an eye.

Others, such as Battleship, Transformers and Man of Steel, pay lip service to the human cost

only to use those moments to pump the main protagonists or demonize the enemy further.

Not all monster movies are weighed down by the moral gravity of the spectacles, but the genre inherently offers a much better opportunity to inject some humanity into the explosions.

Pacific Rim managed to capture the terror of being trapped in a bunker while mech-suits and interdimensional monstrosities duked it out above. Cloverfield turned New York into a convincing facsimile of a war zone.

Ditto Super 8 and its war-torn appropriation of a Spielbergian small-town milieu.

The beauty of the monster movie is how malleable the core concept is. The monster movie is so enduring because the central monsters can serve as a metaphor for almost anything: We’ve had monsters stand in for everything from concern over nuclear weapons (early Godzilla), terrorism (Cloverfield) and even global warming (the new Godzilla).

Monsters possess the rare and distinct ability to tap into something special, primal and terri-

fying in all of us. The greatest monster films use this power to examine culture or society.

It’s this critical perspective that’s so sorely missing from so many of the blockbuster movies and superhero flicks flooding the market.

There’s a lot of hope from independent cinema. Now that computer effects have become cheap enough, many indie films have picked up the slack.

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Few people recognize the name Reginald Kenneth Dwight. Conversely, it is a relatively safe bet to assume most people know the name Elton John.

The point? Dwight and John are the same person.

Names aren’t everything, but in 1967, John legally changed his to honor former Bluesology bandmates Elton Dean and singer Long John Baldry.

John was probably not the first or even the most prominent name-changer, but his onomastic metamorphosis represents a significant cultural trend. Generations of writers, musicians, artists and, for want of a better term, media personalities (what exactly do you do again, Perez Hilton?) shed their original moniker for something a little more glamorous.

Just a few months ago, the inimitable Justin Bieber decided that, for a few glorious moments, he would continue his (again, for want of a better term) illustrious career under the name “Bizzle.” His motive has yet to be determined. Unfortunately, British rapper Lethal Bizzle pressured the young star to revert to plain old Justin.

Though the switch didn’t stick, the Biebs’ attempted image revamp is eye-opening, raising the question: Why do so many celebrities feel the need to adopt nicknames?

Rap icons Kanye West and

ELTON JOHN, born Reginald Kenneth Dwight, is just one of many celebrities to have adopted a stage name before becoming rich and famous. photo courtesy of aceshowbiz.com Jay Z shed some light on the situation. Though Kanye West is his original name, the rapper has built a cultural empire — and a critically acclaimed album, 2013’s Yeezus — off his alternate stage name “Yeezy.”

By creating the pseudonym and referencing it in a number of his songs, he successfully established himself as a pop culture talking point. The name Yeezy is something to know; to speculate about; to drop when “Blood On the Leaves” comes on and you think you’re cool. There is even a line of shoes called Air Yeezy. In the rap game, shoes speak for themselves.

Similarly, Jay Z, formerly Shawn Carter, decided somewhere along the arc of his skyrocketing career to make a nickname for his nickname. He adopted the nickname HOVA, or Hov, to reinforce his mental position as the No. 1 artist in the rap game, linking himself

with God, or Jehovah. Undeniable egotism aside, this might have been a stroke of genius.

HOVA serves as a powerful psychological force. It is now colloquial and thus indoctrinated. Though opinions vary, statistics don’t: Jay Z boasts a net worth of $520 million.

Of course, talent and business savvy played a role in building this kind of commercial success, but the name swap is what, in the end, makes Superman out of Clark Kent. It helps mold a man into a legend.

Plus, it sounds pretty cool.

Some names are about honor. Some are about practicality. Whatever the motivation behind it, once established, a name paired with an idea can create a powerful model for success.

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MEN’S LACROSSE | NCAA TOURNAMENT NOTEBOOK

West set to face former team when Terps play Cornell Offense responds with balanced effort in win over Navy; Chanenchuk’s status uncertain for first-round game

By Daniel Popper @danielrpopper Senior staff writer As soon as the NCAA revealed the Terrapins men’s l a c rosse tea m wo u l d fa ce Cornell in the first round of the national tournament for the second straight season during its selection show on ESPNU on Sunday night, coach John Tillman pulled out his phone and contacted one of the newest members of his program: midfielder Henry West.

West played for the Big Red in 2013 but transferred to this university in the winter.

“When the bids came out, I just texted him to check in and make sure he was doing OK,” Tillman said. “Obviously an interesting dynamic for him.”

Tillman said he actively recruited West — who graduated from Darien High School in Darien, Connecticut, in 2012 — but the midfielder chose Ithaca, New York, over College Park.

He originally followed his older brother, Andrew, a goalkeeper for the Big Red from 2011 to 2012. But after playing in just nine games during his rookie campaign, West decided to give

the Terps dealt with at PPL Park.

“The conditions allowed ourselves to handle the ball a little bit better,” Tillman said.

Nine players scored goals for the Terps on Saturday, including two tallies from attackman Jay Carlson. The junior — who lost his starting job when Cannizzaro shifted to attack and has seen the majority of his playing time with the man-up unit during the second half of the season — entered the contest tied for third on the team in goals despite not finding the back of the net in the previous three games.

He e n d e d t h a t d ro u g h t against the Midshipmen, and Tillman said he hopes to use Carlson and Cannizzaro together more in the postseason.

“As long as we can get possessions, you’ll see Jay in there,” Tillman said. “He adds an interesting dimension to our team. He just seems to find a way to put the ball in the back of the net.”

the Terps a second chance.

Though he was unable to participate in fall practice and didn’t officially join the team until January, West has emerged as one of Tillman’s most consistent two-way midfielders. He ranks sixth on the team with 14 goals and has also taken five faceoffs for the Terps this season.

West started 2014 on the second-line midfield, but when Tillman moved freshman Connor Cannizzaro from midfield to attack for the Terps’ home contest against Virginia, the sophomore filled in with the starting midfield.

West went on to score his first career hat trick against the Cavaliers in his first start of the season and has played every game since with the primary midfield unit.

“I’m not sure where we’d be without him,” Tillman said. “So we’re really thankful that he’s here.”

OFFENSE REBOUNDS After the Terps offense scored a season-low five goals in a rainsoaked ACC tournament semifinal loss to Notre Dame on April 25 in Chester, Pennsylvania, the unit responded with a 12-goal

MISSING CAPTAIN midfielder Henry west missed all of fall practice and didn’t officially join the Terps until January but ranks sixth on the team with 14 goals in 2014. file photo/the diamondback outburst in a win over Navy at home Saturday.

The weather during the game

against the Midshipmen at Byrd Stadium was significantly drier and warmer than the downpour

In the week leading up to the Terps’ regular-season finale against Navy, Tillman said he expected attackman Mike Cha-

nenchuk — the team’s leading goal-scorer — to overcome an ankle injury he suffered against the Fighting Irish in the conference tournament and play Saturday.

The senior was announced in the starting lineup, but he wasn’t on the field at Byrd Stadium to begin the game. Chanenchuk played limited minutes in the 12-6 victory.

During his conference call yesterday, Tillman said he would take feedback from Chanenchuk as well as assistant athletic trainer Amelia Sesma over the course of the week before making a decision for the opening-round NCAA tournament game against Cornell that is “in the best interest of Michael, but also the team.”

Tillman said if the ankle injury remains significant before the weekend, and he felt Chanenchuk couldn’t help the team anymore, he would sit the attackman. But that’s a verdict that will come at the end of the week.

“We’ll see how it goes,” Tillman said. “We’ll take it day-by-day.” dpopperdbk@gmail.com

BASEBALL | TERPS 12, RAMS 1

Bats break out in thrashing of VCU Seven starters get hits as Terps tie largest margin of victory this season

By Phillip Suitts @PhillipSuitts Staff writer With runners on second and third in the third inning yesterday, Brandon Lowe stepped into the batter’s box. On the 1-2 pitch, the Terrapins baseball second baseman sent the ball bouncing through the middle of the infield to tally two of his five RBIs on the night and give the Terps an early 3-0 lead.

L o w e ’s p e r f o r m a n c e helped lead the Terps to a 12-1 win over Virginia Commonwealth at The Diamond, ty i n g l a rge s t m a rg i n o f victory this season. Every starter reached base at least once, and seven starters tallied hits. The Terps scored seve n r u n s i n t h e s i x t h inning to seal the victory.

“I thought our approach was pretty good,” coach John Szefc said. “Our guys are hopefully elevating their games offensively and defensively, and that’s what we need to have happen right now.”

The Terps scored more runs yesterday than they did in a three-game sweep of Notre Dame this past weekend.

Against the Fighting Irish, the Terps plated 11 runs and relied on pitching to win the low-scoring contests.

Lowe, who entered yesterday’s game third in the ACC with a .350 batting average and first in the conference with a .478 on-base percentage, sparked the offensive resurgence against the Rams. Along with his career-high five RBIs, the redshirt freshman went 2-for-3 with a walk and one run scored. “ B ra n d o n ’s j u s t b e e n seeing the ball really well,” Szefc said. “He’s had specifically good at-bats with two strikes. He’s really separating himself offensively from a lot of people — not just on our team but on other teams. He’s starting to emerge as being a pretty special guy offensively.”

The Terps opened the scoring yesterday with three runs in the third inning, and they knocked right-hander Seth Greene out of the game in the process. First baseman LaMonte Wade knocked in a run with a double to right field just before Lowe delivered his two-RBI single up the middle.

Terps left-hander Zach Morris, meanwhile, struggled early and gave up one run, two hits and three walks in 2.2 innings. VCU capitalized on his poor start to score a run in the third and cut the deficit to 3-1.

But that’s as close as the Rams would get. Four Terps relievers combined to allow one hit and five walks over the final 6.1 innings. Righthander Bobby Ruse, who has started three midweek games, pitched a game-high 3.1 innings and allowed one hit.

“Those guys all threw up zeros,” Szefc said. “Some innings weren’t super-duper pretty, but they all ended in zeros. So that’s really all that matters.”

While the Rams offense sputtered, the Terps continued to drive in runs at a high rate. They tacked on two scores in the fourth when Wade drew a bases-loaded walk, and Lowe drove in another run with a sacrifice fly to left field.

In the sixth inning, the Terps batted around and tallied five hits to break the game open.

Lowe opened the scoring with an RBI single to center.

After a walk and a sacrifice bunt put runners on second and third, four straight Terps drove in runs. In his second at-bat of the inning, Lowe drew a bases-loaded walk to drive in the last run of the inning.

The Terps offense has b e e n i n c o n s i s te n t t h i s season and had some of its best performances against

vets From PAGE 8

Midfielder beth glaros reached the NCAA semifinals in her first three seasons in College Park. The Terps have played in the semifinals for five straight years. chester lam/the diamondback

together,” Reese said. “It’s playing the best you can for the opportunity that you have on the field. And when the final whistle blows on the field, you see where you are.”

Reese leads a Terps team that starts just one senior, but the team doesn’t lack tournament experience. The Terps have reached the semifinals in each of the past five seasons, so every sophomore and upperclassman has been part of at least one deep tournament run.

Midfielder Beth Glaros, the Terps’ lone starting senior, has experience from two finals appearances.

“It’s definitely going to help having been there three years already,” Glaros said.

BY THE NUMBERS

5 runs

Second baseman Brandon Lowe drove in against Virginia Commonwealth

2 hits

Lowe had in three at-bats and four plate appearances against VCU

11 runs

The Terps’ margin of victory against VCU, tying their largest of the season nonconference opponents, which were prone to errors.

Still, Szefc believes yesterday’s win, along with the sweep of the Fighting Irish, indicates the Terps are improving as they prepare for their last ACC series this weekend at Pittsburgh. “ We h ave n ’t c h a n ge d much as far as how we’re preparing,” Szefc said. “It’s just a matter of guys being able to execute and follow our offensive plan, which they have done a pretty good job of doing the last four games.

We’ve been going from bad run to pretty good run, and hopefully we can maintain this a little bit.” psuittsdbk@gmail.com

“I know what to expect and have handled that kind of pressure.”

The Ellicott City native will look to build on the most productive season of her career.

After scoring a career-best 27 goals last season, Glaros ranks fourth on the team in goals this year with 41.

Glaros’ top two scoring games on the season came against Duke (6) and Virginia Tech (5). And with six of the top eight teams in the tournament hailing from the ACC, the experience of playing those conference opponents also will aid the Terps.

“This season we have played in a lot of tough competition,” Glaros said. “We had a tough ACC schedule, and I think that will help us going into the tournament.”

The freshman class gained valuable playing time against

Coach Mark Turgeon speaks to media members in Washington yesterday. “We’re going to start having a lot of luck here in the near future,” Turgeon said. jenny hottle/for the diamondback

transfers From PAGE 8 the Woodbridge, Virginia, native declared his intention to transfer.

“I believe [Allen] was just looking at a change,” Anderson said. “And I don’t think he’s worked out everything. I just told him he needs to do what’s right in his heart. And I think that’s what he’s trying to do now.”

Anderson said he and the boosters support Turgeon and are excited about the team’s future. As for Turgeon, the Terps coach admits he’s had a tough 12 months.

the formidable conferences foes as well. Midfielder Zoe Stukenberg and defender Nadine Hadnagy played in every ACC matchup and started all three games in the ACC tournament.

On top of that, the freshmen benefited from learning from upperclassmen such as attacker Brooke Griffin.

“We can tell the younger classmen how it is and what to focus on,” Griffin said.

The redshirt junior played a pivotal role on a Terps team that lost in the finals of the N C A A to u r n a m e n t l a s t season. Griffin recorded 14 points in four tournament games and led the Terps offense in the championship game with two goals and three assists.

Still, Griffin acknowledged the nerves she had in her first tournament game in 2012

The Terps missed the NCAA tournament this year for the fourth straight season and Turgeon has lost two of his assistant coaches since November. But in Washington on Tuesday, the coach decided to take a positive approach to his program’s situation.

“The great thing is I have a president and an athletic director that’s committed to me,” Turgeon said. “I’m just getting started. I haven’t had a lot of luck yet, but I’m the luckiest guy I know, so I think we’re going to start having a lot of luck here in the near future.” akasinitzdbk@gmail.com

against Massachusetts. She overcame them by recording three goals and three assists in a 15-12 win.

“Your first one you are so nervous because you don’t know what to expect,” Griffin said. “You just have these jitters and these butterflies.”

Wi t h t h a t b e h i n d h e r, Griffin can tell the freshmen what it was like to make her tournament debut and prove nervousness didn’t prevent her from posting solid numbers.

And Reese provides a similar leader for the Terps too. She played in the NCAA tournament, and now she is looking to build on her resume as a coach.

“The sport is in a different place, but the mentality going into an NCAA tournament is the same,” Reese said. rbaillargeondbk@gmail.com

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WOMEN’S LACROSSE | NCAA TOURNAMENT

Turgeon, Anderson talk about transfers Coach, athletic director stay positive after four players leave program in past month

By Aaron Kasinitz @AaronKazreports Senior staff writer Terrapins men’s basketball coach Mark Turgeon was at Verizon Center in Washington on yesterday afternoon for a news conference announcing the Big Ten’s plans to hold its league tournament at the arena in 2017. While at the event, Turgeon also addressed the four players who have been granted releases from his program in the past month.

“I’m a little bit of everything: surprised, angry, disappointed,” Turgeon said. “All those emotions come with it. But what am I going to do? Am I going to sit here and cry about it? No. I’m going recruit players … and coach the heck out of them, and hopefully we’ll be a tighter group because of it.”

Guards Seth Allen, Nick Faust and Roddy Peters as well as center Shaquille Cleare have all been granted releases to transfer this offseason. Still, Turgeon stressed his team isn’t in a dire situation, as some fans might believe.

Turgeon said the Terps have 11 players on scholarship — meaning they’ve kept forward Jon Graham on scholarship for this season — and he plans on recruiting transfers to add to the roster. The team also has a top-10 recruiting class coming in and returns four of its top six scorers from last year’s 17-15 squad.

“I’m going to miss those guys, but I have a great group that’s coming back. I have a tremendous recruiting class coming in,” Turgeon said. “And I think they’ll

“I’M A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING: SURPRISED, ANGRY, DISAPPOINTED. ALL THOSE EMOTIONS COME WITH IT. BUT WHAT AM I GOING TO DO? AM I GOING TO SIT HERE AND CRY ABOUT IT? NO. I’M GOING TO RECRUIT PLAYERS ... AND COACH THE HECK OUT OF THEM, AND HOPEFULLY WE’LL BE A TIGHTER GROUP BECAUSE OF IT.” MARK TURGEON

Terrapins men’s basketball coach be total buy-ins to what we’re trying to accomplish.”

Athletic Director Kevin Anderson also spoke on the team’s transfers this offseason, and he mentioned transferring is more common today than ever before.

“It’s just the trend that we’re seeing in college basketball, and I wish them the best,” Anderson said.

“They’re all good kids.”

Anderson said he was most surprised by Allen’s decision to leave the program. The point guard was second on the team in scoring last season and was the first player to commit to the Terps under Turgeon.

Allen’s parents spent time talking with Anderson on the phone before See transfers, Page 7

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midfielder beth glaros has reached the NCAA finals two times as a member of the Terps but hasn’t won a championship. christian jenkins/the diamondback

WILY VETS

Terps enter tournament with wealth of postseason experience

By Ryan Baillargeon @RyanBaillargeon Staff writer During Cathy Reese’s first seven years as the Terrapins women’s lacrosse coach, she achieved a high level of success in the NCAA tournament. She led the team to the quarterfinals in her first two seasons and at least as far as the semifinals in each of the past five seasons, including a national championship victory in 2010.

Reese’s tournament experience stems from more than just her time as a coach, though. As a player at

this university, Reese won the title in each of her four years and took home the tournament MVP award her senior year in 1998.

While the NCAA tournament had only six teams her freshman year compared to today’s 26-team field, Reese said the postseason experience is still valuable for the Terps. Now in her eighth season coaching of the Terps, Reese looks to use that experience to add her second championship as a coach and sixth overall.

“It’s everything you have worked for all year coming See vets, Page 7

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