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M circle will be relocated release. The new M will be in place prior to the removal of the old one, according to the release. “We understand how important by [the] M Circle is to the Terp longer serve as a traffic circle, but The University community, and have ensured that will instead be a decorative mound o f M a r y l a n d Jillian Atelsek our campus will never be without near the Mitchell Building in the announced Friday @jillian_atelsek its treasured M, ” the release read. Engineering Fields, according to that its iconic Senior staff writer Construction on the Purple Line “M” circle will be a draft digital rendering provided — an above-ground light rail that rebuilt to accommodate for Purple by university officials. Construction on the new circle will extend from Bethesda to New Line construction. The M — which has been on is expected to begin in the fall, Carrollton — is slated to begin this this campus since 1976 — will no according to a university news summer and finish in two to three

Landmark will move this fall to make room for Purple Line

the new location of the M Circle will be by the Mitchell Building. It will no longer be a traffic circle. photo courtesy of division of administration & finance

years, with the line itself expected to open in 2022. The Purple Line will include five stops on or near this university’s campus. The new M circle will “still be in a place of prominence,” the press release read, and its location “will provide safer access for iconic photos, no longer requiring people to walk across a busy traffic circle to capture memories.” jatelsekdbk@gmail.com

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DOTS to slash shuttle bus routes Cuts include weekend service to Metro station The University of Maryland’s DOTS announced Matt Perez multiple bus route cuts @mxbperez and reductions Tuesday to Staff writer compensate for a budget deficit of at least $700,000, Executive Director David Allen said. Starting July 1, the #142 Columbia Park & Ride route will be completely eliminated, as will weekend service for the #104 College Park Metro Station route and the #133 Mall at Prince George’s route. The cuts will also limit weekend service for the #116 Purple, #117 Blue, #118 Gold and #122 Green routes to after 5:30 p.m., according to the Department of Transportation Services announcement. “There really are no good service reduction options because all of our routes … they really do serve part of the university community,” said DOTS spokesperson Cara Fleck. Additionally, some routes will see a decrease in bus frequency during weekdays, including #104 College Park Metro Station, #143 Greenbelt and #105 Campus Connector, the announcement said. The time between buses for the Metro station and the Campus Connector routes will increase by two to four minutes, while the Greenbelt route will increase by 50 minutes, according to the announcement. The budget shortfall was caused partly by a decrease in campus parking availability due to new construction such as the expansion of Cole Field House. This will create a decrease in visitor parking revenue for the department. The deficit is also due in part to the planned construction of an underground parking garage near Chapel Field, which is expected to begin early next year and take about two years, Allen said. This semester, the Committee for Review of Student Fees rejected a DOTS proposal for a $47 increase in commuter parking fees and a $97 increase in resident parking fees that by

See DOTS, p. 8

krithika mutuguppe, a cybersecurity masters student, lives in Graduate Hills and will be affected by the rent increase. She’s also helping to develop a petition. Elliot Scarangello / The Diamondback

housing headache With a $37 rent hike next year, graduate students fear steep prices will impact studies By Angela Roberts | @24_angier | Staff writer

n top of finals this semester, first-year University of Maryland graduate student Sarayu Raghunandan has to worry about an increase in rent for her two-bedroom apartment in Graduate Gardens. “Coming at this point in time, at the end of the semester when we ’re a l l h av i n g o u r exa m s, it’s kind of big news for us,” said Raghunandan, a project management master’s student

who shares her apartment with three roommates. From 2016 to 2017, rent at Graduate H ills and Graduate Gardens — the only designated graduate housing communities partnered with this university, according to the Department of Resident Life’s website — increased by $14 per month. This year, the rent will increase by $37 per month starting in July. Each year, before the rent

is finalized in May, Southern Management and university representatives hold a forum to address student concerns and answer questions. This is not to negotiate rent, but to hear feedback, said Dennis PassarellaGeorge, Resident Life associate director for South Campus. Jeff Reader, the apartments’ p ro p e r ty m a n a ge r, w ro te i n See rent, p. 3

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Amid diversity concerns, Loh affirms new policies Initial campuswide climate survey results suggest some minority groups feel unsafe on campus

Univ president approves diversity task force’s recommendations involving threatening acts

The University of Maryland Leah Brennan announced Thursday the @allhaelleah preliminary results of its Senior staff writer diversity campus climate survey, which indicated safety and inclusion concerns among some minority respondents. T h e a n a lys i s n o te d ra c i a l - e t h n i c differences among the students, faculty and staff surveyed, related to “belongingness, feeling welcomed, and satisfaction with the decision” to come here. Latinx and black participants reported they felt less attached to this university than white and Asian participants.

Un ive rs i ty o f M a r yl a n d Leah Brennan President Wallace Loh signed @allhaelleah r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s m a d e Senior staff writer b y t h e c a m p u s d i v e r s i t y ta s k fo rce , a cco rd i n g to a Thursday news release. The recommendations include a policy prohibiting “threatening or intimidating acts motivated in whole or in part because of an individual or group’s actual or perceived protected status,” as well as the adoption of university values statements affirming unity and the protection of free speech, while encouraging community members to “consider the harm that may result from the use of slurs

Respondents who identified as people of color, women and gender non-binary were concerned about their personal safety. To counteract this, the university p l a n s to i n c rea se se c u r i ty ca m e ra s and police patrols, as well as adding i n fo r m a t i o n a n a lys i s u n i t s ta f f i n g , according to the summary. Survey analysis also suggested further discourse, actions and resource investment will be necessary to foster a sense of community, the released summary read. In response, the Office of Diversity and

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or disparaging epithets.” The Joint President and University Senate Inclusion and Respect Task Force, which was formed following the fatal stabbing of 2nd Lt. Richard Collins on this university’s campus last May, released its recommendations on April 17. They were approved by the University Senate on April 24. Recommendations also included conducting campus climate surveys every two years. The first comprehensive version of such a survey was opened in late January, and a preliminary analysis of survey results was released See TASK FORCE, p. 3

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR CRIME BLOTTER By Brad Dress | @brad_dress | Staff writer

University of Maryland Police responded to reports of a harassment/stalking, a Title I X-related domestic dispute and multiple cases of trespassing over the last 14 days, accord i n g to p ol ice reports.

Harassment/ stalking O n M ay 1 a t 9:3 6 a.m., a female student met with a University Pol i c e of f i c e r fo r a report of harassment/ stalking, according to police reports. Police spokesperson Sg t. Rosa n ne Hoaas sa id the student wanted a male she knows, who is unaffiliated with this university, to stop contacting her. T he student was given a pamphlet from the Office of Civil Rights and Sexual Misconduct and was referred there for further guidance. This case is open.

Title IX-related domestic dispute Un iversit y Pol ic e responded to Annapolis Hall for a report of a domestic dispute on April 29 at 10:35 p.m., accord i n g to p ol ice reports. Officers met separately with a male a nd fema le student, b ot h of whom we re i nvolved, to get i nformation, Hoaas said.

Police gave the fema le student a n Office of Civil Rights and Sexual Misconduct pamphlet and referred t he m a le student to the Office of Student Conduct. This case is closed.

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Trespassing Police responded to Kirwan Hall on May 1 at 6:53 a.m. for a report of trespassing, according to police reports. A male unaffiliated with the university was sitting at a table eating food when an officer found him, Hoaas said. This male had been issued a partial denial to the campus in 2017, and the responding officer gave him a full denial this time, she added. Un iversit y Pol ic e a l so responded to a trespassing report on M a y 2 a t 9:03 a . m . near the 3900 block of Campus Drive, according to police reports. Later that same day at 5:52 p.m., pol ice responded to a nother trespassi ng repor t at the 4000 block of Stadium D r ive, accord i n g to pol ice reports. The first and third are closed by exception, while the second resulted in an arrest.

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newsumdbk@gmail.com dots executive director David Allen said a deficit of at least $700,000 resulted in July’s route cuts, along with $188,000 in internal cuts.

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Students show concern over route cuts Terps debate consequences of DOTS’ impending route cuts University of Maryland students voiced disappointment with newly announced cuts to campus bus services Wednesday. Weekend service on routes such as the #104 College Park Metro Station and the #133 Mall at Prince George’s were reduced, and the #142 Columbia Park and Ride was cut. The Department of Transportation Services also announced the #116 Purple, #117 Blue, #118 Gold and #122 Green routes would not run until 5:30 p.m. on weekends. Buses like the #105 Campus Connector, which goes to Courtyards, will see increased wait times, as bus circulation will decrease. The changes will take effect on by

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July 1 and are expected to last for at least the remainder of the fiscal year, which will end on June 30, 2019, said DOTS spokesperson Cara Fleck. Junior communication major Cherokee Boddy said she uses the Metro to visit home every weekend, and the elimination of the 104 weekend route will be “super, super inconvenient.” Boddy said she’ll likely use Uber to get to and from the College Park Metro Station instead. Reducing service of the #116, #117, #118 and #122 routes could make it difficult for students to travel across the campus on the weekends, she added. “It’s not like this campus isn’t the size of a whole city,” she said. The cuts will also reduce transportation options for students who don’t live on the campus. Doreen Addo, a junior

criminology and criminal justice major, lives in Courtyards and uses the #105 to get to class and the #116 after hours. “They don’t think about the people who don’t live on campus and can’t walk everywhere,” she said. “So I don’t know what people are gonna do — I guess take Lyft or something.” DOTS Executive Director David Allen said a budget deficit of at least $700,000 forced the department to make the route adjustments, in addition to $188,000 in internal cuts. “There’s no situation where someone would want to cut bus routes,” Allen said. “But when faced with this situation, you have to make the best decision you can make.” Allen added that the department consulted the Graduate Student Government, Student Government Association, Residence Hall Association and University Senate Campus Transportation Advisory Committee in

an effort to determine what cuts should be made. This semester, the Committee for the Review of Student Fees rejected a DOTS proposal for a $47 increase in commuter parking fees and a $97 increase in resident parking fees that intended to account for the shortfall. The SGA, RHA and GSG voted no on the proposal, Allen said. “No one wants to cut anything, but we heard them, and the decisions are as you’ve seen,” he said. Benwin Babu, a graduate student studying telecommunications engineering, said the cuts pose a significant inconvenience. As a Graduate Gardens resident, he said he frequently rides the #105. “I don’t just take [the #105] for going home, I take it for going to my classes, to work, from work to class, from class to the library,” Babu said. “It’s really a shame. … Connectivity all around campus, that is something that the university should provide.”

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Babu criticized both DOTS and the Committee for the Review of Student Fees, which rejected the parking fee increase. Shuttle bus fees for full-time undergraduate and graduate students have increased by about $7 per student since the 2014-15 academic year, according to the bursar’s office. For the current academic year, full-time graduates and undergraduates have each paid $101.50 per semester for the services. “It’s interesting that graduate students — well, students in general — are being asked to pay more money for parking and things like shuttles and our services are decreasing,” said GSG president Michael Goodman. “So, we’re not just paying more — we’re paying more and not getting services.” Newly elected SGA commuter student representative Gaurav Dahal said he was “extremely pissed off” about the cuts, which he described as “shocking.” “I’m gonna fight for this,” he said. “I’m gonna fight so that … people who depend on public transportation [or] on shuttle service to come to school don’t get the back hand of it.” But Meriam Mossad, off-campus outlying representative for the SGA, said that some members expressed during a previous discussion on the issue that they were in favor of cutting routes

such as the #104 in favor of buses that serve commuter students. “We prioritized the buses that bring commuters to campus,” the junior government and politics major said. “This is their only method of coming to campus and it’s more important than, for example, buses on the weekend or such.” Nia Wieneke, a freshman public health science major, said not being able to take the #104 to the College Park Metro Station on the weekends would limit options for students looking to travel into Washington, D.C., for academic or social reasons. “I know a lot of people have assignments for classes where they have to go to museums in D.C.,” she said. “There’s no way to get there on the weekends now.” In a guide posted on the DOTS website, they recommend alternative modes of transportation for the modified and reduced routes, including the Metrobus and Prince George’s County bus system, as well as bike-sharing program mBike and car-rental service Zipcar.

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graduate hills and Graduate Gardens, the only housing residences partnered with the university that are meant for graduate students, will increase monthly rent by $37. Last year, they increased rent by $14.

RENT From p. 1 an email that Southern Management notified tenants several times of the hearing before April 11. When the date arrived, only three residents attended, he wrote. While university President Wa l l a c e L o h s a i d t h e administration is “committed to keeping housing as affordable as possible,” he added that the campus is not exempt from typical market forces. “As long as you have a market economy, the only real way of bringing down those prices is

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by increasing the supply,” he said, adding that the university has discussed constructing a new housing development for graduate students. In the meantime, firstyear master’s student Aakash Aggarwal — who shares his t wo - b e d ro o m G ra d u a te Hills apartment with three roommates — said the increase in rent will force them to make cuts and modifications to an already-tight budget. “Even a minor increase in rent impacts us deeply,” said Aggarwal, a telecommunications master’s student. Aggarwal, an international

student from India, said he does not have a job or a graduate assistantship, so he relies on financial support from his parents to pay his rent. Though Raghunandan, also an Indian international student, had a teaching assistantship with the civil engineering department this semester, she needed help from her parents to pay rent as well. Raghunandan said one of her parents’ salaries goes toward her living expenses each month. She said this rent increase will also “cut corners back at home.” “As adults basically, we find it very difficult to ask our parents

investigating the incident. The task force held two open From p. 1 forums to assess the opinions of the campus community, at Thursday. The survey indicated which individuals shared conconcerns with the university’s cerns about the group’s ability response to hate bias incidents, to alter the campus climate. as well as lower feelings of The 18-member task force, safety and belonging among which included students, minority students. faculty and staff, was split “We can and will make our into five working groups. campus more inclusive and Each group handled a differrespectful of every person’s ent area of concern: climate, human dignity,” Loh said in free speech and hate speech, the release. “The job of implepolicies and procedures, hate menting the recommendations bias response and prevention of the Joint Task Force belongs and education. to all of us.” This university also noted Loh also approved developin a campuswide email that ing a prevention and education Chief Diversity Officer Roger initiative regarding diversity, Worthington has assembled inclusion and respect, as well university president an external team made up of as a timely and sensitive communication strategy. Both were places. So far this semester, diversity and inclusion auamong the list of task force there have been three reported thorities to recommend imincidents. Most recently, in provements. Its report will be recommendations. The president’s office has late April, students reported submitted this summer, the instructed campus leadership a racial slur shouted outside email read. “to begin working on the rec- of South Campus Commons. ommendations immediately,” University Police are currently lbrennanumdbk@gmail.com 5.1x5.Diamondback.2018.qxp_Layout 1 3/13/18 9:26 AM Page 1 according to the release. Last semester, there were 27 reported hate bias incidents at this university — 15 of which were verified by administration — including several instances of swastikas drawn in public

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that we need more money now because there’s been a rent hike,” she said. Management of the two buildings is outsourced to S o u t h e r n M a n a ge m e n t . Passarella-George said that Southern Management understands that many graduate students are financially strained and is “committed to keeping their increases as low as they possibly can.” “But in order to run their property … they’ve got to have some flexibility to set their rents in a way that meets costs and the demands of service and repairs they need,” he said.

Passarella-George said t h e c o m p a n y o p e ra te s under a ground lease with this university, which sets guidelines it must follow when setting rent. For one, he said the lease requires Southern Management to compare its rent each spring to the average rent at six comparable facilities in the surrounding area. Krithika Mutuguppe, a cybersecurity master’s student who lives in Graduate Hills, is working with Graduate Student Government Student Affairs Vice President Xu Han to develop a petition for Southern Management to reduce this

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year’s rent increase to a rate more similar to last year’s. R a g h u n a n d a n ’s n i n e month assistantship will be terminated at the end of this semester. If it’s not renewed next semester, she’ll have to find a part-time job and work about 15 hours a week to afford the cost of rent, even with her parent’s assistance, she said. “It’s going to affect my grades,” she said, noting that these hours will be subtracted from the time she can focus on her school work. “I am very much worried about that.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

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Students shouldn’t suffer DOTS’ bus service cuts It was poor planning by the university adminOn Wednesday, the University of Maryland DOTS announced a deluge of service reductions istration that led to the community having to deal and cuts to bus routes to make up, at minimum, with these burdens. We may have elegant glass a $700,000 budget deficit. For a campus already buildings directing eyes to our athletics departstingy with parking spaces and fairly unkind to ment, but students now struggle with basic moits commuters, this decision hurts. Many people bility across College Park. Even as this university have already spoken up about what a blow these boasts proximity to Washington, D.C., it cuts losses of accessibility and campus connectivity weekend service for the #104 bus to the College Park Metro, leaving students to figure out how to are to the value of this university. Department of Transportation Services Executive get there themselves. We’re paying for services Director David Allen responded to community con- we’re not getting, then we’re expected to pay more cerns, saying, “There’s no situation where someone to access alternative transportation. This editorial board wants would want to cut bus routes … but our view to see this university do better. when faced with this situation, you Shortsighted planning cannot have to make the best decision you continue to create more barriers can make.” The fact DOTS believes for students. DOTS exists because this is the best decision to make transportation problems on this shows where its priorities are. campus are outside the domain The problem stems largely of the administration, so when from all the vanity construction the administration drains the deprojects tearing up this campus partment’s resources to benefit the past few years. Not only do other projects, it shows a lack of they block student access where commitment to maintaining an work is being done, they’ve also accessible campus. resulted in the loss of thousands of With these decisions, this uniparking spaces and will continue versity isn’t creating a campus to demolish more. to serve its students. That can’t The construction of Cole Field House alone will cut more than 250 spaces next continue. Students shouldn’t have to bear massive semester. As the university is set to invest $155 million inconvenience because we’ll have a world-class, in just the first stage of the project — more than it glass-dominated, STEM-serving campus in 10 spends on all scholarships and fellowships for its stu- or 20 years. This university needs more parking spaces, dents — it’s taken space from those students to give football players another practice field. This meant DOTS needs more funding and students need DOTS couldn’t sell as many parking permits, thus more support. These bus service cuts show that no widening its budget deficit to the point it couldn’t one in that hierarchy is getting what they need, and provide the services for which students pay increas- that won’t change until university administration recognizes its mistakes. ingly high fees.

This university needs more parking spaces, DOTS needs more funding and students need more support.

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Univ admissions should go test-optional CAITLIN MCCANN @OpinionDBK Columnist

The National Association for College Admission Counseling recently conducted a study of the effectiveness of test-optional college admittance policies. The study found that “if an institution is interested in increasing its diversity, a test-optional admission policy can provide a valuable tool.” The University of Maryland should consider adopting a similar policy if it truly wants to be an institution dedicated to providing accessible education to students from all walks of life. Test-optional admittance policies persuade financially disadvantaged students to apply for schools they might have been deterred from due to low standardized test scores. This may seem like a counterintuitive move — it would allow less qualified students to attend schools they otherwise wouldn’t be able to attend. But standardized test scores aren’t a perfect measure of qualification. Students who retake the ACT tend to see their scores increase, as they become more familiar with the niceties of the test. An admissions process that heavily weighs ACT scores thus incentivizes students to take the test multiple times until they’ve gotten a score that will pass muster. But with the price of a single ACT test with writing at $62.50, retaking it quickly adds up, along with all the other expenses of applying to colleges, such as transcript and school application fees. This financial burden disproportionately favors those who can easily afford to retake an already-expensive test. Plus, students in the position to retake the SAT or ACT may also have access to costly preparatory classes or instruction that would help raise their scores — resources that financially disadvantaged students would likely be unable to afford. Changing the testing policy for admission is about more than just financial fairness. A shift in policy would reflect the stated goals of this university when admitting students. According to the undergraduate admissions webpage, the sole purpose of this university’s admis-

sion process is “to identify applicants, who as individuals and as a group, will enrich and benefit from the campus learning environment and the entire student body.” This means prospective students aren’t admitted solely because of their test scores or GPA, but rather because of all the components of their application. Changing the application process to test-optional would reflect this holistic weighing of an applicant’s portfolio and make the playing field more level for all applicants — at least as much as possible. Of course, test-optional policies alone won’t solve our problems. The study points out that to truly create diversity, financial aid awarded per capita needs to be on the higher end. This makes sense — as noted, wealthy students can capitalize on the structure of standardized tests, which means a test-optional policy will advantage those who frequently have greater financial need. According to College Board, this university awards an average financial aid package of $11,813, better than only Penn State among Big Ten schools that have data listed. At the other end of the spectrum, Northwestern University awards an average $50,668, meeting 100 percent of demonstrated financial need, and the University of Michigan averages $27,050. It’s obvious this university needs to increase financial aid awards in conjunction with a test-optional policy, both to generate more diversity and to elevate our status within the conference. There will never be a way to entirely eliminate the advantages some applicants have over others, but switching to a test-optional policy would be a good start. This university shouldn’t be afraid of embracing new ways of evaluating prospective students — now is the time to try different things and strive for a more diverse student body. Extending opportunities to those who have been deprived of them in the past helps fulfill a cardinal goal of education: that it should be for all, not a select few. caitlinmccann32@gmail.com

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Diversity recommendations target wrong people SONA CHAUDHARY @OpinionDBK Opinion editor

It has been almost a year since 2nd Lt. Richard Collins was fatally stabbed at the University of Maryland, almost half a year since the university announced there had been 27 hate bias incidents reported between the beginning of the 2017 fall semester and Dec. 8, and three weeks since university officials announced they wouldn’t disclose the results of their investigation into a noose found in a fraternity house. Last week, the university announced President Wallace Loh signed into effect a set of proposals, crafted by the Joint President and University Senate Inclusion and Respect Task Force, to prevent hateful incidences like these from rooting in campus culture. It’s a nice gesture, but this policy development is blatantly delayed — the same way most responses to this university’s hate bias problems have been. Platitudes about commitments to inclusion and safety on this campus have little weight compared to the fear, tension and incremental desensitization that hits students as soon as hate bias incidents are reported. Those affirmations of diversity and community end up being undermined by how tone deaf they are when they finally arrive. This university consistently misses the opportunity to reassure students in the moments they need it. It’s hard to believe in administrative promises of action and change, because resolution comes

after months of hidden dialogue and obscure methods. Often, the resolution is a set of sloppy, quoted condolences. And not only does this university’s administration fail to deliver timely responses — it often fails to deliver them right the first time. Officials have told us this university is “not a home” in response to students asking for a campuswide ban of hate symbols. They have expounded on the importance of having dialogues with the community, yet failed to personally engage in them. They’ve been defensive of their commitment to diversity, without considering some of this university’s visible failings at that. It all creates an expected pattern that leads to a continuing culture of mistrust between students and administrators. It isn’t evident administrators have learned anything from past miscommunications, or that they know what to change going forward. The discussion around these new recommendations doesn’t give much hope for that changing. One of the proposals by the Inclusion and Respect Task Force — which includes administrators, faculty and some students, among others — was about creating a values statement to, in the words of co-chair Lucy Dalglish, “[urge] members of the campus community to consider the harm their speech can cause.” This sounds like a codification of what the university already does: throw out the same set of buzzwords concerning community, commitment to change and

inclusivity that we’ve become as desensitized to as the hate bias incidences themselves. The proposals focus a lot on efforts of community education and communication, but it feels a little disingenuous when it’s been entirely the university community who has responded to hate bias in any meaningful way. The gap of time without communication from the university is filled by the students’ solidarity. Student efforts have led to legislation mandating every public college in Maryland develop a hate bias prevention plan. A coalition of student groups made 64 recommendations to this university about how it could better serve its marginalized students. A student pushed to have the bus stop Collins was stabbed at converted to a memorial. All these actions show how consequential hate bias incidents are to the student body. Students have clearly been thinking about hate and intolerance a lot, and they’re doing their part to make changes. It’s the absence of an administrative response that gives this university a reputation. These recommendations are disappointing because they’re not changing any significant dynamics. The real hard work and culture shift will continue to come from the student body while administration sits on the issues and claims the students’ achievements as their own. sonachaud@gmail.com

Univ should promote Health Center’s LGBTQ resources lIYANGA DE SILVA @OpinionDBK Columnist

Last week, t h e Un ive rs i ty Hea l t h Ce n te r was recognized as a leader in LGBTQ healthcare equality by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It praised the Health Center for its non-discrimination policy, gender-neutral bathrooms and transgender health care program. Until now, I had no idea this university offered a transgender health care program. Over the last year, students have seen a variety of hateful incidents met with unsatisfactory responses from our administration. Many minority students do not feel safe on this campus, and it can often feel like this university is doing nothing extraordinary to help. Our LGBTQ-friendly health center is an example of an extraordinary effort to help minority students, so why don’t more students know about it? While it makes sense that a university wouldn’t go to great lengths to publicize a program that only impacts a small portion of students, I think they actually should. Publicizing things like the transgender health care program shows a culture of caring and inclusion. Students are tough on this university and have a right to ask for increased minority protections, but sometimes it is unclear what protections currently exist. As someone who has taken numerous LGBT Studies classes and who identifies as queer, I shouldn’t have been surprised to hear about the health center being recognized as a leader in LGBTQ care.

Even if I don’t personally need the hormone therapy and transitioning programs offered, knowing about it makes me feel like the LGBTQ community is welcome and safe on this campus. T h e h ea l t h ce n te r i s j u s t o n e among many minority-focused safe spaces on campus that the administration should praise and publicize more often. No, this is not a solution to all tensions between minority students and the administration, but it is nonetheless important. The health center’s LGBTQ Health and Sexuality Resources web-page lists a plethora of campus resources that are tailored toward queer students, a number of which I had no idea existed. These resources prove how departments across our campus take LGBTQ students into consideration and should be promoted much more. More minority students need to be aware of the resources available to them. It can often feel like safe spaces are few and far between and that every hateful act on campus m ea n s t h i s u n ive rs i ty i s d o i n g nothing for students of color or the LGBTQ community. It can be overwhelming and difficult as a minority student at this university, but we must also recognize the efforts that are being made. T h e h ea l t h ce n te r i s j u s t o n e example of such efforts, and administrators should do more to advertise the great spaces minority students already have on campus while doing all they can to create more. liyanga.a.ds@gmail.com

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Naomi Grant P a r k C i t y He attached photos of city @NaomiGrant7464 Council dis- officials and SGA members Senior staff writer cussed a pro- smiling side by side at Sunposed city code amendment and listened to the introductions of the new SGA president and student liaison Tuesday night. M ayo r Pa t r i c k Wo ja h n and five of the eight council m e m b e rs a t te n d e d . D i s trict 1 Councilwoman Kate Kennedy, District 3 Councilman John Rigg, and District 4 Co u n c i lwo m a n De n i se M itchell were all absent. Kennedy and Rigg were out of town for work, Wojahn said. Mitchell could not be reached for comment before the time of publication. Here’s a roundup of their discussions.

day’s game. During council member comments at the end of the meeting, District 2 councilman P.J. Brennan said he’d been following Allen and Tobin’s work for the last two years and was impressed. “Mr. Tobin … ran for a council seat in District 2 and was a great representative of both students and residents living in the community,” Brennan said. “He also was an incredibly insightful member of the Neighb o rh o o d Q u a l i ty o f L i fe Committee, being able to marry the priorities of both student resident population and other residents.” Brennan called Allen an SGA AND STUDENT “incredibly talented parliaLIAISON INTRODUCTION mentarian,” and said he was About an hour after his in- a very organized person to auguration, Jonathan Allen, have been able to moderate the University of Maryland’s recent SGA debates with a n ew SGA p re s i d e n t , a d - large number of people. dressed the city council. He spoke of “the growing and NATURALIZED LANDSCAPES strong partnership” between the City of College Park and T h e c o u n c i l d i sc u sse d this university’s students. an amendment to the city “I wanted to make sure c o d e t h a t wo u l d p e r m i t that this is the first thing p ro p e r ty ow n e rs to h ave that I’m doing after being m a n a g e d l a n d s c a p e s , inaugurated … being here s u c h a s f l owe rs, s h r u b and introducing myself to bery and ornamental grass, all of you,” the junior gov- taller than the limit of 12 ernment and politics major inches. Weeds, briers and said, adding he hopes to grass, however, would need work toward the vision of to re m a i n a t o r b e l ow 1 2 “One College Park” over the inches. There were no proposed changes to the fine next year. In 2016, Wojahn spear- structure for violations. “Last time this came up headed the One College Park Coalition, a grassroots or- … there was some questions ganization, to promote the and concerns … and a per“inclusion of and connection ception that this proposed among” diverse communi- p o l i c y o r d i n a n c e c o u l d ties within the city, accord- maybe be more restrictive, and in fact, it’s just the oping to its website. Allen also commended posite,” City Manager Scott the council for beating the Somers said. “This ordiStudent Government Asso- nance change would be less ciation at the city council- restrictive on what residents could actually plant on their SGA soccer game Sunday. “Thank you for giving us properties to allow for more the opportunity to beat you,” natural, more vegetative landscaping.” Wojahn joked. Brennan mentioned conT h e i n co m i n g s t u d e n t versations he’s had with l i a i so n to t h e co u n c i l , Alex Tobin, addressed the some of his neighbors on council, thanking outgo- the topic. “There’s some concern ing student liaison Chris about the distinction Keosian for his tenure. “ S t u d e n t re l a t i o n s h i p between a managed landwith the city is of the utmost scape and just having 12i m p o r ta n ce ,” h e sa i d . “ I to 15-foot-tall grass in the think that Jonathan agrees front yard and there being with that, as he said, it’s a judgment call to be made,” such a priority in his ad- he said, particularly in the ministration, so I’m really ca se o f p o te n t i a l ro d e n t looking forward to working infestations. Director of Public Serwith him and working with vices Bob Ryan said preyou going forward.” Keosian tweeted Sunday ve n t i o n o f ro d e n t i n fe s that, when he took over the ta t i o n wo u l d s t i l l b e t h e student representative po- responsibility of property sition, “tension between owners, not the city. the council and students was so bad the two would ngrantumdbk@gmail.com

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ava, a fast-casual Mediterranean restaurant, will be opening a location in College Park this summer in the College Park Shopping Center, alongside Chipotle, Noodles & Company and Cold Stone Creamery. The restaurant specializes in customizable salads, grain bowls and pitas. It has locations across the U.S., originating in the D.C. metro area. There isn’t much variety among the current restaurant choices in College Park, and Cava could h e l p f i x t h a t , sa i d so p h o m o re Adam Hostetter, a finance and o p e ra t i o n s m a n a g e m e n t a n d business analytics major. “You have a lot of pizza places there and it’s pretty oversaturated. You have some fast-casual, such as Subway and Chipotle, but you really don’t have any more options other

it’s nicer than going out to eat at, like, Panda Express, but it’s not going to break the bank,” Tran said. Hostetter said that even though Cava is a little more expensive than some other fast-casual restaurants, at about $10 per meal, it is still worth the price. “[Cava] is pretty comparable to Chipotle, so you’ll probably pay just a tad more, but I think people are willing to pay that for the unique flavor combinations Cava has,” Hostetter said. District 3 Councilman John Rigg said he is pleased that Cava will be opening in his district. “It definitely underscores the extent to which the city of College Park is really on the map for highquality regional-level and nationallevel chains,” Rigg said. newsumdbk@gmail.com

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than that,” Hostetter said. Construction on the restaurant will be finished this summer before the start of next semester, said Jessica Marin, a manager at Cava’s Rockville Pike location. Cava will replace RadioShack in the shopping center, said Ben Famous, Cava’s head of strategic communications and brand marketing. “I’ve talked to my friends and said that the one thing College Park needs is to get a Cava,” said junior Alex Tran, a finance and information systems major. “I think we’ve been waiting for this for a long time.” Cava is also a relatively cheap option, and the portions sizes are big enough for two meals instead of one if students are trying to save money, Tran said. “This is a good changeup because

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k-9 unit dogs undergo weekly training at this university in order to keep their skills sharp, said Sgt. Matthew Suthard. richard moglen/the diamondback

a cop’s best friend This university is one of few in the country offering police dog practice drills By Brad Dress | @brad_dress | Staff writer

black Labrador hangs its head, wags its tail and circles around the bus stop outside Stamp Student Union on a sunny Wednesday afternoon, its owner loosely holding onto its leash. University of Maryland Police Cpl. Jason Ottey looks on at his fourlegged partner, Chief, who’s wearing an orange vest with the words “Do not pet” and a stapled-on police badge, as students mill by. Chief sniffs and turns, uninterested, before bucking at a man who’s brushed by on his blind side, then chasing after him in hot pursuit. Chief has just completed his weekly training with Ottey, participating in a police dog practice drill offered at only a few universities in the country, said Sgt. Matthew Suthard, the K-9 Unit supervisor. Suthard, who attended with his own police dog, Jimbo, said the training the dogs receive is “a newer, rarer type of capability.” “There’s only three to five [colleges] in the entire country with this capability,” he said The drill, known as Person-Borne Improvised Explosive Device training, is 10 to 15 years old, Suthard said, and the University of Maryland Police Department was the first university

department in the nation to add the than being a patrol officer — you are practice to its K-9 Unit in 2012, when responsible for a living, breathing animal,” Suthard said. “You learn it was created. The point of the drill, Suthard what makes them happy and learn how said, is for the dogs to sniff around a they work, and it kind of makes you populated area like Stamp, detect the happy when they do a good job, and you develop a bond.” smell of explosives and Ottey, who has been catch the target who with Chief for three has them. Police send I can’t imagine years, did not attend a decoy through the area — such as the man doing anything t h e o r i g i n a l t ra i n ing in North CaroChief pursued — with the smell of explosives else...It is literally lina. He said training and working with the on them. the best job dogs is “more enjoyThe officers learn in the world. able when you are a skills, too, he added. dog person.” When the K-9 Unit “ I c a n ’t i m a g i n e at this university was doing anything else,” created six years ago, said Ottey, a self-dethe department sent its officers to K2 So- university of maryland police officer scribed dog person. “It is literally the best job l u t i o n s, a t ra i n i n g branch and police canine supplier in the world.” Suthard said the weekly training is in North Carolina, where they completed a 14-week training course with a refresher for the dogs to stay on top of their game. It’s important the dogs their new canines. Suthard said officers learned to are prepared for big events the K-9 unit “read the dog,” as well as how to patrols, such as football games and provide medical care for the animals mid-size events on campus, he added. “ I t ’s m o re o f a p re ve n ta t i ve and teach basic obedience. “It’s almost a whole different job measure — obviously in today’s

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world, terrorism is a big factor,” Suthard said. “Where you have a mass amount of people, whether it be a daily school day, a football game or basketball game, the threat [could be] there.” There has never been a case at this university where a dog has sniffed out a real threat involving explosives, and it’s nearly as rare throughout the nation, Suthard said, but he noted that the training is still important. The dogs continue to run through other weekly explosive detection drills, such as bus and vehicle training and luggage searches. Besides the weekly training, the four officers on the K-9 Unit are always with their dogs, even if they are substituting for normal patrols, or heading home for the night. “It’s a 24-hour, seven-day-aweek commitment,” said Cpl. Evan McCann, the unit’s training instructor, who has a chocolate Labrador named Bracken. “But it’s probably one of the best jobs. … That’s what most guys who have been in the canine unit would say.”

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TERP THON and Symbiont Health, student organizations at this university, were honored at the seventh annual Do Good Challenge Finals. jackie chase/for the diamwondback

terps do good Annual business competition encourages social entrepreneurship By Jackie Chase | @thedbk | Staff writer

n ive rs i ty o f M a ryl a n d student groups Terp Thon and Symbiont Health won $5,000 each at the seventh annual Do Good Challenge finals Tuesday night. The event, which saw more than 500 attendees, awarded a total of more than $20,000 to eight phila n t h ro p i c s t u d e n t p ro je c ts a n d organizations in two categories. Terp Thon, which raises money and awareness for Children’s National Health System, won the projects category. Symbiont Health, a service detecting falls for elderly people, won the ventures category. Terp Thon plans to use the money to network with leaders of other student groups at this university and further their campus reach, said Kate Burgess, the group’s Greek relations chair. “Through our efforts, we are not only making a difference at Children’s National, but making a difference here on campus,” said Terp Thon external director Amara Fox, a junior public health science major. “We are building a community of pas-

sionate student leaders who are able to further champion our cause and increase our impact.” Symbiont Health, which is run through this university’s public policy school, is working on an alert system that detects falls within a radius of approximately two rooms through motion sensors. It aims to help elderly people who may pass out or experience seizures or falls by sending an alert, similar to Life Alert. Erich Meissner, one of the group’s founders, said he was inspired to develop the device after his grandmother fell, breaking the crown of her hip and having to crawl to reach a phone. “I wanted to help her,” he said. “Now, we have learned that we can expand our impact to Terps everywhere and families around the world.” Symbiont Health plans to use the money to further their research and develop and expand their product. The Do Good Institute also awarded Scholars Promoting and Revitalizing Care — a student well-being advocacy group — $2,500 for placing second in

projects, and an additional $2,500 for winning an audience’s choice award. SPARC president Anthony Sartori said the group is planning to use the money to fund resiliency training to teach campus community members, including residence assistants, how to recognize and assist students who may need help. “In a little under two months, we fundamentally changed the culture regarding mental health on this campus, but so much more must be accomplished by us and the university before we can proudly say we make mental health a priority,” the senior psychology major said. A student organization that delivers healthy foods to pregnant women, called Nourish: Mommy and Me, placed third for projects and received $1,000. In the ventures category, Synapto — a biotech company working to develop portable machines that monitor brain activity to allow people to test for Alzheimer’s — placed second and won $2,500, while Recyclify, an app to encourage students to properly recycle,

placed third, winning $1,000. The event was held in the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Semifinalist groups set up tables before the event to share their ideas with attendees, each of whom received two tickets to give to the group of their choice. The two semifinalists with the most tickets gave a presentation the audience then voted on through text messaging. Semifinalist groups Flush X, which is working on an automatic flushing toilet that avoids unnecessarily flushing, and Preventing Sexual Assault were awarded $750 and $500, respectively. Of the nine semifinalist groups, they were the only two to receive a monetary award. “ I t ’s re a l l y c o o l to s e e w h a t they’ve been working on and this competition gives them the opportunity to present their ideas and find a way to fund their ideas,” said sophomore government and politics and international business major Nadine Eloseily. newsumdbk@gmail.com

“We are building a community of passionate student leaders who are able to further champion our cause and increase our impact.” - TERP THON EXTERNAL DIRECTOR AMARA FOX

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opment or public education,” Madaleno said in the statement. Alec Ross, a tech entrepreneur and former State Department official, said he is “100 percent” in favor of legalization in a statement. He and attorney Jim Shea echoed Baker’s call for the expungement of records of anyone with nonviolent

minor possession offenses. Shea believes legalization will “create a more just society” and help fund education, according to a statement from his spokesperson, Kathryn Gilley. Former NAACP President Ben Jealous has made legalization a cornerstone of his platform for criminal justice reform.

“No credible candidate for governor can claim they support criminal justice reform if they lack the courage to say what we all know, which is that marijuana should be legal for adult use,” Jealous said in a statement. Krish Vignarajah, former policy director for Michelle Obama, said in a statement

that marijuana legalization would lead to a reduction in opioid-related overdoses and open up additional revenue streams to fund education. Like Baker, she said people of color must be included in the economic opportunities that legalization would provide, according to the statement.

many as 33 percent of students and 30 percent of administrators saying the response hasn’t been effective. Respondents emphasized the importance of transparency, efficiency and better communication in response to hate bias incidents, according to the summary. Between the first day of

classes in fall 2017 and Dec. 8, a university spokesperson said there had been 27 reported hate bias incidents on the campus. The administration later verified 15 of these incidents. So far this semester, there have been three reported incidents. The most recent came in late April, when two

students reported they heard someone shouting a racial slur as they walked outside South Campus Commons Apartments. Last spring, a noose was found hanging in the Phi Kappa Tau chapter house’s kitchen. University Police investigated it as a hate bias incident, and in August, they

referred a person of interest to campus officials. In April, a university spokesperson wrote the case had b een closed. She did not specify when it closed, or whether the university punished the individual. The analysis summary also highlighted the importance of training to improve equity, di-

version and inclusion issues at this university. The summary noted that the Office of Diversity and Inclusion hired a diversity training and education director in April, and will continue throughout the summer to work on providing “professional development opportunities.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

1, 2018 to June 30, 2019, according to the department’s we bs i te . F l e c k sa i d t h a t the routes may be restored depending on the future budget. “We’re going to be regularly assessing the need for

route adjustments through a regular budget review,” Fleck said. “Ideally, we would like to reintroduce these routes, but it depends on the financial outlook as well.” The deficit has also resulted in internal cuts for DOTS,

preventing the department from hiring more employees in the future, Fleck said, emphasizing that no employees will be fired due to the deficit. The department recommended the Metrobus and

P r i n c e G e o rge ’s C o u n ty bus system, as well as bikesharing program mBike and car-rental service Zipcar, as alternative modes of transportation for the modified and reduced routes, in a DOTS transit navigation

guide. “We do believe that there are many transportation alternatives that can soften the impact of the modifications,” Fleck said.

ment to legalize marijuana pending a ballot initiative, From p. 6 but the bill failed to make “It’s been an interesting it out of committee in the evolution to watch,” said Kate Maryland General AssemBell, the legislative counsel at bly this session. Madaleno Marijuana Policy Project, of said in a statement he is in the gubernatorial candidates’ favor of taxing and regulating marijuana “like any other discussion on the issue. State Sen. Rich Madaleno product.” “We can use the money for (D-Montgomery) supportthings like workforce develed a constitutional amend-

SURVEY From p. 1 Inclusion will release a “series of new initiatives” by the end of this semester, according to the summary. Respondents also indicated concern about the university administration’s reaction to hate bias incidents, with as

DOTS From p. 1

intended to account for the shortfall. The route reductions are anticipated to last for the 2019 fiscal year — from July

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Diversions UPCOMING EVENTS

ONE-SENTENCE REVIEW “Untitled Avengers Movie” being the fifth-most popular movie on IMDB — reviewed by Diversions Editor Jack Roscoe

Anthem

Kygo

Make it stop. ★✩✩✩✩

May 7

7:30 p.m. $55

9:30 Club

May 8

Lincoln Theatre

May 11

Alvvays

7 p.m. Sold out

Jessie Ware

8 p.m. $35

review | kid gorgeous

RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL PRESENTS :

John Mulaney’s ‘Kid Gorgeous’

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In his new Netflix stand-up special, John Mulaney is as illuminant as his set design By Allison O’Reilly | @allisonoreilly | Staff writer

n his latest Netflix stand-up special, Kid Gorgeous at Radio City, John Mulaney capitalizes on notable anecdotes from his upbringing, college experience and star-studded career as a writer for Saturday Night Live to crack jokes at the expense of himself — and everyone watching. The grandiose music hall makes Mulaney look small and insignificant in the opening moments of his special. His lanky body explores the vast stage, decorated with elegant, colorful curtains, as he responds to cheers and screams from the audience. He immediately acknowledges the contrast between the formality of the venue and inherent silliness of his performance. “I love to play venues where if the guy who built the venue could see me on stage, he would be a little bit bummed about it,” Mulaney says, opening his incredible set with self-deprecating humor. “Look at this —” he gestures toward the opulent stage “— this is so much nicer than what I’m about to do, it’s really — it’s really tragic.” Of course, many of his quips — about his history with hard partying and the amount of money (roughly $120,000, which he acknowledges about a million times) he spent to obtain an English degree — aren’t as sophisticated as a classical symphony or the Rockettes. Yet he still fills Radio City with laughter

and a well-crafted show. The many voices of Mulaney are one of the best aspects of this special. His tone and delivery are incrementally different when quoting his mom, his dad, former friends, his wife — and even his past self. Mulaney caricatures Mick Jagger as he tells the tale of the joke-writing process for the rock singer’s SNL hosting gig — his exaggerated British accent and heavily pursed lips simply add to the hilarity of his experience. Mulaney uses more than just deliberate vocal changes to tell his stories: He is a master of facial expression and never tells a joke standing still. In Kid Gorgeous, he runs along the front of the stage, ensuring no section of the crowd goes without attention, as the camera follows from a front-row perspective. Not all of Kid Gorgeous is fresh and unfamiliar. Some of his bits were featured in his opening monologue from the April 14 episode of SNL, or his brief feature in Seth Rogen’s recent Netflix special, Hilarity for Charity. This felt a bit cheap, especially for the diehard Mulaney fans who have been looking forward to some fresh content. Granted, one person can only have so many bits committed to memory at once. While his typical style is situational comedy, Mulaney slightly deviates in Kid Gorgeous by including political

commentary, absent from his two previous Netflix specials. He seems hesitant entering the political bit, whipping his microphone chord in a distracted manner (which surprisingly draws some laughs) as he sets up his punchlines. He says he’s never cared much about politics, “but then last November, the strangest thing happened,” he adds knowingly, alluding to President Trump’s historic rise to the Oval Office. After this moment, his flamboyantly confident demeanor returns. Mulaney strategically avoids a direct mention of the president’s name. Instead, he compares Trump’s presidency to “a horse loose in the hospital” and simply refers to Trump as “the horse” for the remainder of the bit. His careful comedic ear, perfect timing and memorable inflection make Kid Gorgeous one of Mulaney’s best works yet. He proves he can navigate tough topics without forcefully inserting his own beliefs and agenda, and without being rude. Mulaney pulls humor from the situations we normally find too embarrassing to recount, and perfectly balances self-deprecation with hatred for common annoyances. He is the breath of fresh, positive air that comedy needs right now. diversionsdbk@gmail.com

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SOFTBALL

second baseman skylynne ellazar finished her Senior Day without an official at-bat, receiving four intentional walks and being hit by a pitch in her five trips to the plate during a 15-12 loss to Michigan State. file photo / the diamondback

Spartans outslug Terps, 15-12 The Maryland softball team had its best Ben Cooper @ben_coops offensive performance of the season against Staff writer Michigan State on Saturday, but its pitching couldn’t contain the Spartan hitters in a wild, back-andforth 15-12 loss that closed the Terps’ regular season with their fifth consecutive weekend sweep entering their first Big Ten tournament since 2015. Terps starter Ryan Denhart struggled with her control in the first inning, similar to her start in the first game of the series Friday. She walked the second batter of Saturday’s finale before allowing an RBI double to shortstop Caitie Ladd that gave the Spartans a 1-0 lead. It appeared the Terps equalized the score in the bottom half of the frame when center fielder Kassidy Cross reached first on a bunt and a throwing error, scoring Skylynne Ellazar from first base. However, Cross was called out for leaving the basepath, and Ellazar was by

sent back to first. “Let me just say, it was a beautiful bunt,” said Cross. “They said I ran out of the running lane. … I want to watch it on tape, that’s all I got to say.” The Spartans (24-25, 10-11 Big Ten) extended their lead on a solo homer in the second, but the Terps (18-36, 7-16) struck back with four runs in the bottom half off Spartans starter Bridgette Rainey. Right-hander Sydney Golden entered in relief of Denhart in the third and promptly allowed three runs, giving the Spartans a 5-4 lead. The Terps struck back again in the bottom of the third. Maryland took a 6-5 lead with a triple from right fielder Destiney Henderson, and after Ellazar was intentionally walked for the second time of the game, Cross blasted a three-run shot to center field — her second homer of the season — to give her team a 9-5 lead. The Spartans tagged Golden for four more runs in the fifth — two of which came on a throwing error by shortstop

Mikayla Werahiko — tying the game at nine, but Maryland again answered right back in the same inning. The Spartans intentionally walked Ellazar for a third time, and the Terps made them pay with two singles and a sacrifice fly to plate three runs. Third baseman Brigette Nordberg provided a two-run single in the frame, part of an impressive day that included multiple key defensive plays, two hits and three RBIs. “Brigette Nordberg is an outfielder … she’s learned third base this year, so I’ve been impressed with her work ethic,” coach Julie Wright said. “She’s had a few bumps, but she also comes up big.” Denhart re-entered in the sixth and immediately found herself in trouble, allowing three runs on three hits and an error to level the game again, 12-12. After a scoreless frame for the Terps offense in the sixth, the Spartans continued the comeback effort in the seventh, using two singles, an error and a walk to take a 15-12 lead.

Maryland couldn’t muster another rally in the bottom half and finished the regular season on a nine-game losing streak that didn’t prevent it from qualifying for the Big Ten tournament for the second time. Maryland had already clinched its spot in the tournament entering the Michigan State series. Purdue swept its series against Iowa to leapfrog into the No. 10-seed and push the Terps to the No. 11 spot. The Terps honored seniors Ellazar, Henderson and Jacqui Pascual, and junior Werahiko — a New Zealand native and Florida Southwestern State transfer in her last year of eligibility — before their final game in College Park. Ellazar finished the game with no official at-bats, being intentionally walked four times and hit by a pitch. “I hate it for her because it’s her Senio r Day. Leg it, she pro bab ly could’ve gone 4-for-4 with four jacks,” said Wright. “They were smart.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

BASEBALL

Blohm misses start with shoulder soreness Team hopeful sophomore can return for next weekend’s series against Rutgers Maryland baseball Andy Kostka starter Tyler Blohm missed his scheduled @afkostka Sunday start against Staff writer Nebraska due to shoulder soreness, a team spokesperson said. Instead, Taylor Bloom made his first start since suffering a concussion April 13 and allowed four runs over seven innings, taking the loss. Coach Rob Vaughn said he’s hopeful Blohm will be able to return next weekend. Blohm exited his April 15 start after by

one inning, citing shoulder tightness. He started each of the next two weekends following that injury, but after he walked five batters in his outing against Michigan State last weekend, Vaughn said the left-hander wasn’t “150 percent.” Vaughn said Blohm only experiences discomfort when he throws, making it difficult to gauge his recovery. “We basically gave him a week of doing nothing throwing-related to see how it feels. I asked him several times this weekend, [he] said he felt

fine,” Vaughn said. “The hard thing is that he doesn’t know until he gets out and starts playing catch.”

If we can add Blohm ... it’s obviously big Rob Vaughn

maryland head coach Bloom suffered a concussion April 13, when an errant ball struck him in the head during batting practice as he warmed up. Following Blohm’s April 29 start, Bloom featured out of the

WOMEN’S LACROSSE

bullpen as he worked to get his pitch count back up. Blohm is 5-2 this season with a 4.10 ERA in 11 starts. The sophomore has been a key part of the team’s weekend rotation since joining from Archbishop Spalding High School in 2017. Bloom was on pace to break the Terps’ career innings pitched record before he missed three straight starts. Bloom seemed to tire in the middle innings against the Cornhuskers, surrendering one run in the fourth and three in the fifth. It was his second appearance since the injury, having thrown two innings out of the bullpen last weekend against Michigan State.

Blohm’s absence continues the trend of a rotation in flux. Righthander Mark DiLuia has shifted to the Friday night role after starting midweek contests this year. Righthander Hunter Parsons began the season as the Sunday starter but has taken over the Saturday role in the wake of Bloom’s and Blohm’s injuries. “We’ll play it by ear. Again, I thought our guys, if we run out with those three we had this weekend, we’ll go do what we’ve gotta do with those guys,” Vaughn said, “[but] if we can add Blohm to the equation, it’s obviously big.” akostkadbk@gmail.com

MEN’S LACROSSE

Women are No. 1... ...and men are, too Despite regular-season loss, Terps are top seed After winning both t h e B i g Te n re g u l a r Lila Bromberg @lilabbromberg season and tournament championships for the Staff writer third consecutive year, Maryland women’s lacrosse earned its sixth straight No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament. With the top seed, Maryland will face the winner of Denver (12-6) and High Point (17-2) in the second round of the tournament in College Park on Sunday. Though the Terps didn’t finish the regular season undefeated like they did the past two years, they faced one of the hardest schedules in the country this season, facing three of the eight national seeds and 10 opponents that were ranked or received votes in the most recent Inside Lacrosse poll. The Terps’ only loss was a 16-15 overby

time defeat to No. 2-seed North Carolina on the road Feb. 24. Maryland (18-1, 7-0 Big Ten) was second in the latest RPI rankings, released on April 29, behind only the threeloss Tar Heels. The Terps entered the Big Ten tournament ranked No. 3 in the Inside Lacrosse poll. Stony Brook is the nation’s only undefeated team, but the Seawolves played a relatively weak schedule in the America East conference. The Terps look to reach their sixth consecutive national championship game and win their second straight national championship. Maryland has the most trips to the NCAA tournament (34), wins (69) and national championship appearances (13) of any team in the nation. The NCAA final four will be held at Stony Brook on Long Island, New York, beginning May 25. sportsdbk@gmail.com

Three-loss Terps are still No. 1 team in tournament The Maryland men’s lacrosse team earned Scott Gelman the No. 1 seed in the @Gelman_Scott NCAA tournament and Staff writer will play the winner of Canisius and Robert Morris in the first round Sunday in College Park. It marks the third straight year the Terps secured the top overall seed. “We have to stay true to what we’ve been doing all year,” coach John Tillman said of his advice to the players making their first appearance in the tournament. “We do have a philosophy and a process. There’s a way we like to do things.” No. 8-seed Syracuse, No. 5 Johns Hopkins, No. 4 Duke, Cornell, Georgetown and Villanova round out the Terps’ side of the bracket. Canisius (8-8) secured a spot in the tournament with a win against Detroit by

Mercy in the MAAC championship game. Robert Morris ended the year at 12-4, including a win over Penn State. They beat Canisius, 12-9, on April 10. Maryland will begin its quest for a second straight national championship after falling to Johns Hopkins in the Big Ten tournament title game Saturday in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Maryland ended the regular season at 12-3, including a 4-1 conference record. Its two regular season blemishes came against then-No. 1 Albany and Ohio State. Tillman’s team is coming off its first national championship in 42 seasons. Under his leadership, the Terps have six final four appearances. He is 18-6 in the tournament at Maryland. Last season, Maryland topped Bryant, Albany and Denver before defeating Ohio State in the national championship game in Foxborough, Massachusetts. sgelmandbk@gmail.com

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WOMEN’S LACROSSE

“yelling at the tv” Terps bond and banter over NHL playoffs, keeping practices light By Lila Bromberg | @lilabbromberg | Staff writer

goalkeeper megan taylor wore an Alexander Ovechkin Capitals jersey during one practice recently, fueling an ongoing rivalry between her and assistant coach Christian Hartford, a Pittsburgh Penguins fan. Before beginning practice Tuesday, Maryland women’s lacrosse goalkeeper Megan Taylor waved around a Washington Capitals jersey, bantering alongside her teammates with assistant strength a n d co n d i t i o n i n g coa c h Christian Hartford. Hartford is a Pittsburgh Penguins fan, and with the two tea m s p l ay i n g ea c h other in the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, he and Taylor have developed a friendly rivalry. With high pressure on the team as it entered the postseason to defend its conference and national championships,

hockey is a perfect escape, members of the team said. “It’s just a fun time to not think about lacrosse,” Taylor said. M e m b e rs o f t h e te a m w a t c h g a m e s t o g e t h e r, helping them grow closer and gain chemistry on the field. It’s a positive sign for coach Cathy Reese, who frequently preaches the importance of togetherness and playing for each other. So far, the levity seems to have worked. The Terps won their third consecutive Big Ten title Sunday. “This is one of the closest teams I’ve ever worked with

in my career, staff-wise, team-wise,” Hartford said. “It’s great when the coaches can banter with the players and it speaks to the friendly relationship and the positive environment that is the culture.” Attacker Megan Whittle notes that the team has the type of work ethic you’d e x p e c t f ro m a d y n a s t i c program like Maryland, but still leaves room for keeping things loose — as the hockey rivalries suggest. “We work very hard, but we have a lot of fun, have a lot of laughs and we’re here for a really good time,” Whittle

said. “Everything is light, but when that whistle blows … we’re going hard. So that’s just the way the team is.” Whittle recalled one practice when Taylor sported an Alexander Ovechkin Capitals jersey in goal, adding a twist to that day’s drills. “I hopped into goal, and everybody started laughing because it was number eight and it’s super big on me, so it fit over my pads just right,” Taylor said. “It just got everyone going for the series.” T h o u g h Ta y l o r w o r e a n Ove c h k i n je rsey, s h e said her favorite player is Nicklas Backstrom, whom

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she admires for his grit and considers an unsung hero. So it’s safe to say Taylor was pleased on May 1, when Backstrom dished a pass that led to Ovechkin’s game-winning goal in the final minutes of the Caps’ 4-3 win over the Penguins. And it’s safe to say her teammates were right there watching alongside her. “We are always watching the Caps games,” Whittle said. “Taylor is always the first one yelling at the TV. It’s a tough life being a Caps fan, but we all support Meg for it.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

baseball

Terps lineup quiet in 5-2 loss Spartans hold Maryland scoreless for 15 consecutive innings in series

In Maryland baseball’s best opportunity to cut into a four-run deficit in its rubber match with Nebraska on Sunday, Cornhuskers third baseman Luke Roskam snared Kevin Biondic’s line drive and dove to the bag, doubling off right fielder Randy Bednar. Roskam flipped the ball into the air, shortstop Angelo Altavilla whipped off his hat and shoved him in excitement and closer Jake Hohensee walked off the mound having escaped a bases-loaded jam in the eighth inning without any damage thanks to the Terps’ third line-drive double play of the game. The Terps slugged 23 runs in the first 11 innings of the weekend but couldn’t score in the next 15. It was an untimely return of the anemic offense that has put Maryland in danger of missing the postseason for the first time since joining the Big Ten. Currently sitting in 11th by

Andy Kostka @afkostka Staff writer

place, Maryland is in need of conference wins — and a lot of them — to reach the Big Ten tournament. S ta r te r Ta y l o r B l o o m struggled in his first start after his April 13 concussion. But the Terps’ lineup couldn’t support the senior in the series-deciding 5-2 loss. “I thought today we might have had the best approach of any game we’ve had all year,” coach Rob Vaughn said. “To me, it had very little to do with the swings. We just didn’t run the bases very well today. We got antsy in situations we couldn’t get antsy and got doubled up in some situations that end up hurting you.” Bloom retired the first 10 batters he faced. But when catcher Justin Morris called for an outside fastball to Cornhuskers first baseman Scott Schreiber, Bloom’s offering caught too much of the zone, and Schreiber lined a home run over the right-field fence.

Maryland (20-27, 6-11 Big Ten) entered the contest a game-and-a-half behind eighth-place Michigan State, needing to make up ground to reach the Big Ten tournament and have a chance at earning a spot in an NCAA Regional. With the Terps’ loss, Nebraska (22-23, 6-10) passed Maryland in the conference standings, putting another team between the Terps and the postseason. Bloom, who featured out of the bullpen last weekend against Michigan State to help ease him back into action, seemed to tire in the middle innings, allowing three runs on four consecutive hits in the fifth. But he powered through, giving a much-needed breather for a bullpen taxed after Saturday’s 17-8 loss. “Those two innings there in the middle, just kind of got in a funk a little bit,” Bloom said. “It’s tough to stay consistent like that, to go seven and have your mechanics and your body feeling like it has before the injury.” Ne b ra s ka t u r n e d fo u r double plays to keep the Terps off the board through the first

designated hitter will watson went 3-for-4 Saturday, when Maryland scored eight runs, but was hitless Sunday. file photo / the diamondback eight innings. Morris struck out with two runners on in the seventh to end a Terps threat after they had finally bounced Nebraska starter Matt Warren, who efficiently carved through Maryland’s lineup. “Today we just had some unfortunate things happen,” Morris said. “Sometimes, you can take good swings and not be rewarded.” The Terps scored twice

in the ninth inning off Hohensee but couldn’t mount a comeback to overcome the five-run gap. It was a return of the futile displays that have put the Terps in a dire situation after being having been expected before the season to be a regional team. Instead, they’re fighting to remain relevant in the Big Ten tournament hunt. With Sunday’s loss to drop the series, the team’s chances

of playing deep into May seem slight. “Shoot, it’s right where we want to be, baby,” Vaughn joked. “The reality of it is we really control our own destiny. … That’s all we can control. We start worrying with ourselves about how we’re going to finish in eighth place in the Big Ten, we might as well shut it down today.” akostkadbk@gmail.com

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THIS WEEK’S GAMES

TWEET OF THE WEEK “Life Is Like A Bowl Of Lemons With Honey Inside Of It, Some Days Be Sweet & Some Days Be Bitter Just Gotta Keep Pushing Through” - Momma Bias #SavageLife

Men's Lacrosse

May 5

2 Johns Hopkins 1 Maryland

13 10

May 6

Women’s Lacrosse

1 Maryland

21 12

3 Penn State

Baseball

May 6

Nebraska Maryland

5 2

@_piggyt, Maryland quarterback Tyrrell Pigrome

women’s lacrosse

tournament 3-peat Terps crush Nittany Lions for third straight Big Ten title By Lila Bromberg | @lilabbromberg | Staff writer

the maryland women’s lacrosse team consolidated its regular-season conference title by capturing a pair of comfortable victories in the Big Ten tournament in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The last time the Maryland women’s lacrosse team played Penn State, the game got off to a slow start, with both teams only scoring a combined eight goals at the half. In their matchup in the Big Ten tournament championship Sunday, the two teams once again took a while to find a rhythm. But with the game tied at 3-3 midway through the first half, attacker Megan Whittle scored consecutive goals, the start of a five-goal run for the Terps and the second and third of Whittle’s career-high eight goals. Whittle’s dominant performance allowed the Terps to hold an 11-4 lead at halftime, rather

than the slim 5-3 advantage they took into the locker room in the team’s first matchup. Maryland cruised to a 21-12 victory over the Nittany Lions, securing its third consecutive Big Ten tournament championship. “Megan obviously always plays a very vital role in the offensive game,” defender Lizzie Colson said. “She was really on her game today and she just pushed everyone to work harder and take smart shots. Her drive and her want to win just kind of rubs off on everyone and she works so hard.” Maryland earned the No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament bracket released later Sunday. P e n n S ta te o p e n e d t h e

second half on a 3-1 run that cut Maryland’s lead to 12-7, but Whittle and the Terps quickly regained their footing. The senior scored Maryland’s first four goals of the second half, including a personal 3-0 run to give the Terps an eight-goal advantage. Whittle is now one score away from tying Gail Cummings’ 289 career goals for second place in NCAA history. The 21 goals matches Maryland’s season high. The team scored 21 of its 33 shots on goal and forced Penn State to switch goalies twice throughout the game. Six Terps had multiple goals in the championship game, with attacker

Kali Hartshorn notching a hat trick and a career-best 16 draw controls. Hartshorn, along with attacker Caroline Steele and defenders Julia Braig and Lizzie Colson, made the All-Big Ten tournament team, while Whittle was named tournament MVP. “Individual awards and all that are great, but I think the special thing is the fact that we’ve won the regular-season championship and the conference championship,” coach Cathy Reese said. “You could have chosen anyone from our team to be on the All-tournament team coming out after our fully complete game today and

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I think any of our players there would say that.” Despite entering the weekend ranked No. 3 in the most recent poll and No. 2 in the latest RPI, the NCAA selection committee considered Maryland’s résumé the best in the country. “At the end of the day the committee has a tough job,” Reese said before the bracket was released. “We’ve put ourselves in a really good position ... [but] it doesn’t matter who you play, it matters how we play and what we do when we show up.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

men’s lacrosse

Blue Jays lock down Terps attack in rematch 2nd-half defense earns Hopkins Big Ten tournament championship by

Maryland men’s lacrosse midf i e l d e r W i l l Snider fired a strike from the right side of the crease in the third quarter of Saturday’s Big Ten tournament matchup with Johns Hopkins. It found the net, giving the No. 1-seed Terps a two-goal lead after playing from behind for much of the first half. For the second time in a s m a n y we e ke n d s, t h e junior found open shooting lanes facing the Blue Jays’ defense. Snider scored the game-tying and game-winning shots in Maryland’s 8-7

Scott Gelman @Gelman_Scott Senior staff writer

win against Johns Hopkins last week. However, in their 13-10 loss to the No. 2-seed Blue Jays, the Terps were unable to maintain the advantage Snider provided. Snider’s two scores were Maryland’s only goals of the third quarter. While the Blue Jays’ attack was dominant, the Terps’ offense didn’t have a response, costing Maryland a Big Ten tournament title and resulting in its first loss to Johns Hopkins under coach John Tillman. “I’m disappointed with tonight,” Tillman said. “We didn’t play well enough to win. We’ve got a good team. We’ll stay confident and

keep our focus and get back Big Ten championship on the line. to work on it.” Kelly capitalized on the Despite the loss, Maryland earned the No. 1-seed in the Blue Jays’ defensive miscues NCAA tournament bracket in the first half, scoring released later Sunday night. twice in the second quarter to g ive The first time Maryland the rivals met its first lead. in Baltimore However, he on April 28, was unable t h e B l u e Jays to continue contained atthat success tackman Jared after inBernhardt and termismidfielder sion. Johns Connor Kelly. Hopkins Maryland’s held Kelly to p o f fe n s ive to 2-for-10 threats shot shooting a combined maryland head coach and kept 0-for-24, but Snider and midfielder Logan Bernhardt off the board on Wisnauskas provided the two shots. Despite winning seven offense with a spark. That wa s n ’t t h e c a s e i n A n n of 15 faceoffs in the second Arbor, Michigan, with the half, Maryland’s offense

I’m disappointed with tonight. ... We didn’t play well enough to win. john tillman

co u l d n ’t re s p o n d to t h e Blue Jays’ runs. After Snider scored for the second time with about nine minutes remaining in the third, the Terps’ attack went silent, failing to execute on its seven shots in the period. Meanwhile, Johns Hopkins s t r u n g toge t h e r a 5 - 0 run, capped by midfielder Thomas Guida’s score with 12 seconds remaining in the quarter. “We’re up two in the third and starting to get the momentum, but they had the ball for the next five or six minutes,” Tillman said. “We played a lot of defense.” L i t t l e c h a n ge d i n t h e fourth. Faceoff specialist Justin Shockey drove to the net and scored after winning the first faceoff of the quarter to make it a two-

goal game. That was as close as the Terps would get. Blue Jays attackman Cole Williams scored three unanswered to secure the win. Maryland attackman Louis Dubick scored twice before the end of the game, but the length of the possessions left the Terps with little time to even the score. So, the team lost its final game before the NCAA tournament, which Maryland will begin May 13 in College Park against the winner of Canisius and Robert Morris. “Looking at the big p i c t u re , w i t h a l l o f t h e new parts, to be where we are right now is a credit to the hard work of the kids,” Tillman said. “For us, we’ve got to keep learning.” sgelmandbk@gmail.com

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