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MONDAY, MAY 11, 2015
U Police arrest man for fondling student Man, 21, allegedly entered dorm room By Katishi Maake @TheHavocRat, @dbkcrime Staff writer
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DE B OR A H H E M I NGWAY will return as president of the Graduate Student Government.
Incumbent GSG exec will return to office Hemingway aims for transparency By Carly Kempler @carlykempler Staff writer
Mall sleepout raises awareness about homelessness
Junior sociology major Rhys Hall easily fell asleep on McKeldin Mall on Friday night surrounded by about 50 other students sleeping out to raise awareness for homelessness. It wasn’t the first time Hall slept outside on this campus. “You can name it, I probably slept there,” Hall said. After about nine months of homelessness, Hall temporarily has a room in Montgomery Hall, but he’s not sure where he will live this summer or next semester.
U startup sells scarves Homeless women sell headscarves for commissions By Amit Roitman @thedbk For The Diamondback While balancing life and schoolwork as a junior at this university, Omar Goheer has taken on another role as the creator and CEO of a company that sells headscarves for women. Goheer, a chemistry and economics major, created K. Sultana, a company that manufactures and sells lightweight headscarves that ventilate well in hot temperatures to Muslim women. Inspired by his mother, Kishwer Sultana, a single parent who provided for Goheer’s family by starting a daycare business,
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Goheer wanted to create a company t hat cou ld promote women’s entrepreneurship. “The word Sultana means ‘queen’ in the Arabic language, and at K. Sultana, we believe every woman deserves the right to be treated as a queen,” Goheer said. “Every woman deserves the right to an education, equal rights in society and equal opportunities.” Goheer began research for the company during the spring semester of his freshman year through this university’s Entrepreneurship and Innovation living-learning program. The program helped him launch the company website on Oct. 30. In March, the company began selling the scarves in person and donating some of the profits. “In a nutshell, I would say these programs taught me the skills and
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PROFESSOR SUVI GEZARI, left, and graduate student Tingting Liu have studied a possible black hole merger.
U researchers find signs of binary black holes By Morgan Eichensehr @MEichensehr Staff writer
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Graduate Student Government President Deborah Hemingway will remain in her position for the 2015-16 academic year, according to Friday’s election results announcement. During her second term leading the GSG, Hemingway said, she wants the group to focus on enhancing student-adviser relationships and encouraging students seeking careers outside of academia. “I am really passionate about grad students,” she said. “We have an amazing university and I just see so many ways it could be better and I want to make it the best place it can be.” Unlike last year, each of the eight posit ions was contested, making the election more exciting, Hemingway said. Hemingway, a biophysics doctoral student, said she wants to promote a more bike-friendly campus by encouraging bike safety and accessibility for students. Additionally, she wants to work on transparency between graduate students and the administration — an issue that came up this year after midyear student surcharges were implemented. “The general student population doesn’t know what a provost is or does,” she said. “We want to help them understand what [the budgeting] is and make them a part of shared governance, because to them, it’s just like a confusing black box.” Hemingway also said she wants to encourage interdisciplinar y work by creating a link among science, engineering and business graduate students. “I would like to enable business students to readily talk to scientists and engineers,” she said. “We have some amazing stuff in the lab, but it doesn’t get out to the public, so if we get the entrepreneurially-minded
He said he was excited to see so many people come together for the homeless community for the Sleepout for the Homeless event hosted by MaryPIRG and Phi Beta Sigma fraternity. Hall’s family was upgrading to a larger apartment when his mother lost her job, leaving her unable to pay rent. His mother and sister moved in with his mother’s boyfriend in Washington, but Hall said he wasn’t welcome there. Instead, he’s been struggling to find a place to sleep for much of the fall and winter. Because he is a student at this university, he said,
University Police arrested a man Friday who allegedly entered students’ rooms in Anne Arundel Hall early that morning and inappropriately touched a sleeping resident. Colby Dean, 21, of Centreville, was arrested Friday at about 6:30 p.m. in connection with the incident, University Police spokeswoman Sgt. Rosanne Hoaas said. Residents of Anne Arundel Hall granted an intoxicated man access to the building. The man went to the fourth f loor and at about 1 a.m. entered three rooms whose doors were closed but unlocked, Hoaas said. At 1:52 a.m., a female student reported that she had been sleeping and woke up to someone inappropriately touching her over a blanket. She yelled and the suspect left the room. After an investigation in which detectives interviewed witnesses and victims, police were able to identify Dean, Hoaas said. Detectives applied for and were able to obtain an arrest warrant for the charges and served the warrant later the same day, which led to his arrest in the evening, according to a
Recent observations by university researchers provides evidence supporting a previously unverified phenomenon: two supermassive black holes orbiting so close to each other that they will eventually merge. The researchers, who documented their findings in a study published last month in The As-
trophysical Journal Letters, said the proximity of these two black holes might mean that, for the first time, scientists could witness black holes collide in the near future. “It’s a really exciting topic because we know that galaxies, throughout their lifetime, suffer various collisions with other galaxies and that they can end up merging. We think this should also result in black holes coming together and merging,” said See RESEARCH, page 3
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Power plant assesses efficiency By Katishi Maake @TheHavocRat Staff writer A ir conditioning is a commodity people appreciate during the hot summer months, but it also requires energy and resources, creating a huge drain on the electrical system. A nd although this university’s power plant uses a more sustainable method of producing energy for the campus, it is difficult to reconcile sustainability and economic goals, said Jack Baker, Facilities Management executive director of operations and maintenance. “You need air conditioning when it’s the hottest, and when it’s the hottest, you’re using the most electricity,” he said. “During the summer, when your peak load is … all that air conditioning is requiring a tremendous amount of electricity.” However, the university’s contract w ith GDF Suez, which helps operate the university’s power plant, expires i n 2019. GDF Suez pl a nt manager Gregg Garbesi said the university has started exploring new avenues of energy production and assessing the overall efficiency of the current system. The plant, which provides 50 to 90 percent of the campus’s energy depending on the time of year, currently uses a technique known as combined heat and power, or CHP, taking gas or fuel, b u r n i n g i t a n d c re a t i n g steam to produce electricity and chilled water to provide air conditioning. T he P rinceton Review n a m e d t h i s u n ive rs it y a top-20 g reen col lege last month for its commitment to the environment and use of sustainable practices.
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environmentally and economically, and because CHP generates three products — steam, electricity and chilled water — it is far more efficient in terms of production. “You’re using one energy source to basically produce three products, three products that would all require their own independent use of energy if we’re combining them.” Baker said. “From an efficiency perspective, a sustainability perspective, it saves utilities. That’s the bottom line.” Garbesi said GDF Suez is also experimenting with different technologies so it can better meet the needs of its customers and comply with environmental regulations set forth by the university. “We want to be in the business of providing people with their energy needs,” he said. “There are a lot of creative ways the university can partner with companies to meet their goals.” Fratangelo said it is difficult to reconcile all these needs, especially with high demand for energy. “The less [energy] they use, the less we have to make,” he said. “We have to always keep those other things in mind as far as making decisions, how we reduce greenhouse gases and how we maintain our renewable commitments.”
John Fratangelo, Facilities Management facility performance assistant director, said that although CHP utilizes fossil fuels to generate the steam, it is much more efficient than solar and wind systems and much more sustainable than coal-fired systems. “From my experience, we are doing the best thing for the environment by having a combined heat and power plant,” Fratangelo said. “It’s a proven technology, and I think it’s attributed to the fact that you produce less emissions and get more efficiency.” Garbesi said he realizes this university has to balance the campus’s need for cost-efficient energy with meeting the standards outlined in the university’s climate action plan. “They are going to try to find a way to continue to meet the needs they have to provide … as well as try to meet these other goals that some people might see as they’re in contention with one another, but there are probably ways they can work together to get to that point,” he said. Baker said exploring alternative forms of energy like wind and solar is important, but those methods also have their flaws i n t e r m s o f p ra c t i c a l i t y and efficiency. He said producing electricity as opposed to purchasing it from the grid is far less costly, kmaakedbk@gmail.com
sleepout for the Homeless was an event hosted by MaryPIRG and Phi Beta Sigma fraternity on Friday. tom hausman/the diamondback
HOMELESS From PAGE 1 he could often spend the night in McKeldin Library or use facilities at the gym. “I’m privileged to be a college student who is homeless,” Hall said. Hall said he got pneumonia from sleeping outside earlier this year and had to worry about medical bills, which he couldn’t afford even with two jobs — at Ledo’s and with the university’s Division of Information Technology. Before sleepi ng on the mall, students spent the earlier hours of the evening participating in service events. Students made more than 300 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for the food pantry Martha’s Table; cut more than 400 washcloths out of towels donated by Campus Recreation Services; packed more than 100 toiletry bags for Thrive DC, a nonprofit that provides services to the homeless; made sleeping mats for a project run by the university’s Sigma Kappa sorority chapter; and donated about
STUDENTS sleep in tents on McKeldin Mall on Friday to raise awareness about homelessness after participating in community service earlier in the evening. tom hausman/the diamondback 50 cans of food and 10 garbage bags of clothes. Volunteers also collected clothing to donate to people in Baltimore. “It’s important for college students, especially because we’re at that age where we’re t ra n sit ion i ng to t he rea l world, but we’re in a bubble,” said junior nutrition and food science and pyschology major Erika Armetta, MaryPIRG’s hunger and homelessness campaign coordinator. “We will be able to start a conversation about poverty and homelessness.” Along with Hall, sociology graduate assistant David Strohecker spoke to the crowd — which peaked at almost 100 people — about homelessness.
“The homeless are literally ignored by people on the street, and that’s very dehumanizing,” Strohecker said. “Keep in mind that you want to be empathetic.” Junior Justin Ferguson, director of Phi Beta Sigma’s Bigger and Better Business initiative, said this is an event his fraternity participates in nationally, but by teaming up with MaryPIRG, the chapter was able to help create a larger event on the campus. “Our fraternity is known for service,” said Ferguson, a com mu n ic at ion m ajor. “We’re in the community, not above. We want to help those around us.” gtooheydbk@gmail.com
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Prof discusses inactivity, health Mayo Clinic expert speaks at public health school annual event; 70 attend By Kyle Morel @thedbk For The Diamondback A hu m a n p er for m a nc e expert came to this university Friday to talk about a growing health problem. Michael Joyner, an anesthesiology professor at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, spoke at the public health school’s a n nu a l Hu sm a n Lecture, titled “Physical Inactivity: What’s Next?” About 70 people listened as Joyner discussed a lack of exercise among the general publ ic a nd t he p otent i a l effects it could have on people’s health. “People are getting less active and fatter and older,” he said. The lecture was given in honor of Burris F. Husman, a former faculty member who worked for the university’s physical education department for more than 30 years. Joyner shared statistics
RESEARCH From PAGE 1 Suvi Gezari, a co-author of the study. “Even though we assume this process happens, we have never really seen evidence to confirm it.” Theorists had previously proposed that evidence of binary supermassive black holes — two black holes orbiting each other due to gravitational attraction — could be seen with telescopes, said Gezari, an assistant professor in the astronomy department. But black holes are always hard to see, and binary black holes are even harder, she said. “It’s hard to see black holes because they themselves don’t radiate light. We can only see them if they’re tugging on stars or gas nearby or heating up gas as it falls through,” Gezari said. “W hen black holes get close enough to be gravitationally attracted to each other, you can’t see them. It’ll look like one source, so we have to look for these binary black holes through a more indirect method.” As matter falls into a black hole, a lot of light is emitted, Gezari said. These objects, which make the black holes look luminous, are called quasars, and scientists can observe them through telescope data. Gezari said she realized the Panoramic Survey Telescope
about an exercise problem he observed in the United States, such as how the country’s 35 percent adult obesity rate is among the highest in the world. He also said 70 percent of 70-year-olds cannot get up from the floor if they fall. Joyner said people have a limited awareness about the kind of food they eat. Joyner re fe re n c e d a s t u d y t h a t showed the average child and adult guessed one McDonald’s meal contained 500 and 1,000 calories, respectively, when it actually amounted to about 2,000. In a society in which people are becoming heavier overall, it is important for them to understand what they are consuming and for companies to provide them this information explicitly, Joyner said. “How about just labeling and telling people what, in fact, they are putting in their mouths?” he said. “There’s a novel idea.” After the lecture, Joyner
answered several questions from audience members, including one who asked how long he thought it will take for negative health trends to reverse. Joyner said that is hard to predict. “There’s a lot of ways to look at that,” he said. “Some people say you can’t do anything about it. … These things could change.” Espen Spangenburg, a university kinesiology professor who organized the lecture, said Joyner has robust experience in physiology, making him a good candidate to talk about this topic. “He’s internationally recognized for his research on physical activity and exercise,” Spangenburg said. “As far as a recognized scholar, he’s as big as they come in this particular area.” Spa n genbu rg a l so sa id health problems — such as breast, prostate and colon cancer — are often directly associated with the amount of exercise a person gets. “Some of the biggest, most prominent diseases that we’re currently faced with, we can
and Rapid Response System, a telescope based in Hawaii that surveys different sections of the sky each night, could provide useful data in searching for these binary supermassive black holes. She and Tingting Liu, the lead author of the study and an astronomy graduate student at this university, began to look at data from the telescope to see if they could pinpoint any quasars that exhibited abnormal light variation, which could indicate the presence of binary black holes. Eventually, they found a potential candidate. After identifying the candidate quasar, Liu said, careful analysis was needed to confirm the light signatures from the quasar varied enough to indicate a binary black hole and not a normal quasar. After several simulations and calculations, they were confident their data indicated the black holes they were searching for, Gezari said. Using Pan-STARRS1 along with previous data on the quasar, they were also able to determine the orbital separation of the black holes, Gezari said. “The black holes were so close toget her t hey were already losing energy due to gravitational waves,” she said. “Basically we cou ld watch that merger happen in the next two decades.” Richard Mushotzky, an as-
tronomy professor at this university who was not involved with this research, said this discovery could be significant in the overall study of black holes. “One of the big things we’re trying to understand in all of astronomy is how things evolve,” he said. “People have been looking for an indication that some galaxies have two black holes at the center that, over time, may come together.” Mushotzky said this candidate could provide useful insight regarding theories of merg i ng black holes which have never before been verifiable. “When a merger occurs, all sorts of interesting new things are pred icted to occur but haven’t really been seen before,” he said. “Actually finding a merger that might happen and can be studied in our lifetime is a huge opportunity.” In the meantime, Liu said she will continue to comb through the Pan-STARRS1 data to search for other possible examples of this kind of merger as part of her graduate thesis. Gezari said they expect there are a lot more to be found. “Theory predicts quite a lot of these systems merge w ith each other a l l the time, but we don’t really see a lot of the remnants of galaxies mergers,” Liu
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over the weekends.” Ashlee Wilkins, the newly elected vice president of academic affairs, said she agreed that the GSG needs better advertising and promotion, which she said she will be able to enhance while planning next year’s Graduate Research Appreciation Day, previously known as Graduate Research Interaction Day. “I’m really excited to run this event, because I really do think it helps bring the graduate school together,” the fifth-year astronomy doctoral student said. “But I would like to see more participation. I want the community to recognize how important this event is to graduate students.” T he newly elected v ice president of public relations, Stephanie Madden, said she has many ideas on how to use public relations to improve communication among graduate students. “GSG can be even more effective by letting the graduate student community know all that the organization does for them and expand its role to address issues of concern to graduate students,” the second-year communication doctoral student said.
students to connect with scientists, we can bring their ideas to the market.” The GSG will also continue to work on financial literacy, Hemingway said. Mahesh Naidu, the newly elected vice president of community development, said he wants to improve graduate student attendance at GSG-sponsored events. “We could make these sessions more interactive and involving for the new people coming in,” he said. “We could spread the word way better, which I don’t think was done last year.” Naidu, a first-year graduate student studying telecom mu n icat ions eng ineering, said he will focus on planning events to bring members of the graduate community closer together outside of their studies. “We try to keep the grad school happening and not just studying,” he said. “That way, people get to have fun and go outside the campus. They get a break from their studies and a time to meet new people ckemplerdbk@gmail.com
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said. “Pan-STARRS is the best way to observe it that we’ve found, and when this thesis is completed, it will be the first time someone has looked for these bi na r y supermassive black holes with this method.”
national business major, said Goheer’s leadership skills have helped lead the company to success. “It’s a really important issue, especially in light of something that’s a new almost trend in media,” A li said. “So it’s really great to be doing something real and focused.”
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a nd a l so g ives to a g re at cause that I really believe in,” Luo said. Goheer said he plans to expand and develop his b u s i n e s s w h i l e w o rk i n g with the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship’s Fearless Founders program as well as Startup Shell. A isha A l i, K . Su lta na’s chief marketing officer and a junior finance and inter-
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University Police news release. Dea n has been cha rged w ith a fou rth-deg ree sex o f f e n s e , s e c o n d- d e g r e e assault, first-degree burglary and two counts of seconddegree burglary. An email sent to residents of Anne Arundel Hall about the incident also stressed the need to keep dorms safe and secure, which Hoaas said is an important reminder. “Essentially, your resident building itself is your house and you’re sharing that house with a number of other people,” Hoaas said. “Everyone needs to do their part to protect one another.” Hoaas said students shou ld lock thei r doors whenever they a re not i n the room and when sleeping at night, and should not let unfamiliar people without university IDs tailgate into buildings. “If you happen to come across a n i nd iv idua l who you think might need some assistance, you can always call police,” she said. “We can come out there and invest igate a nd see wh at’s going on.”
SCARVES prov ided me w ith the resources to turn something that was just an idea and make it a reality,” Goheer said. The scarves from the company can be purchased in person or online at ksultana.com. For every person-to-person sale, $7.50 of the commission is earned by saleswomen from Muslimat Al-Nisaa, a shelter for homeless Muslim women in Baltimore. The company also supports women’s entrepreneurship by donating 15 percent of the online profits to Helping Hand for Relief and Development, a nonprofit international relief organization, Goheer said. B eid i Luo, a ju n ior a r t history, information systems and supply chain management m ajor, pu rch ased a scarf from K. Sultana and said she was pleased with the product and company. “It is really rare that you have a product t h at does what it is says, looks good, is so simple and wearable
reduce our risk simply by increasing activity,” he said. Logan Aronhalt, a kinesiology graduate student and a former member of the Terps men’s basketball team, attended the lectu re to tr y to learn more about a topic outside of his field of study. “In grad school, you specialize in one small area,” he said, “so it’s good to get a broader perspective on public health and especially the current issues of physical inactivity.” Aronhalt said the lecture will not change his personal lifestyle. As a former student athlete, he said, he is used to working out and staying fit. But he said he felt Joyner’s talk could have an effect on how he can help other people attain an appropriate level of activity. “Maybe someone is struggling with their diet or wants to be physically active but doesn’t know how,” Aronhalt said. “I think [this talk] really motivates me to try to help others become more physically active and improve their health.”
Writers’ house hosts 13th annual Litfest By Hannah Lang @dbkdiversions For The Diamondback
at 8 p.m. The room quickly filled with chatter and laughter. Family and friends piled into the space to listen to the writers’ words. Blinkoff and sophomore journalism major Rosie Brown served as presenters for the evening and introduced the seven Literary Prize winners. “I literally can’t imagine my college experience without [the writers’ house],” Brown said. “Before, I kind of just wrote to write, which wasn’t bad, but now I see an actual future doing something I love.” Anna Bella Sicilia, a sophomore history and philosophy major, took first place i n the prose category for her story “On Fixing,” and junior education and English major Clayton Krollman was awarded first place in the poetry category for his poem “Nonskylessness (Ghazal).” Finalists were selected by two judges, award-winning author Pamela Painter and poet April Naoko Heck, and then narrowed down to four categories of winners. Each of the pieces presented emphasized a night dedicated to creativity and thoughtfulness, concepts reflected on on a daily basis in the writers’ house.
“ T he re w i l l b e more crying than usual,” said A lex Bl i n kof f, a ju n ior English and history major, at this year’s Litfest. “There’s a lot of crying at our events.” The 13th annual Litfest presented by the JiménezPorter Writers’ House took place in the basement of St. Mary’s Hall on Thursday evening, drawing a closeknit community together to celebrate the culmination of the year. The event consisted of readings from the Jiménez-Porter Literary Prize winners, a graduation ceremony for students finishing their second year of the Writers’ House program, and the reveal of the 2015 edition of Stylus, an undergraduate literary journal. The writers’ house is a campus literary center and living-learning community for the study of creative writing. Each spring, the 50 to 60 students involved in the program organize Litfest as a recognition of student writers’ accomplishments. This is what drew the community of writers to the St. Mary’s Hall basement diversionsdbk@gmail.com
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arly Friday morning, one person took advantage of the campus community to violate students’ privacy and safety. An intoxicated man, identified by University Police as Colby Dean, 21, allegedly tailgated into Anne Arundel Hall and up to the fourth floor, where he entered three unlocked rooms and touched a sleeping resident. The prospect of waking up to the touch of a strange man is terrifying, but many students neglect to take basic measures to prevent that from happening, such as locking the bedroom door at night or preventing someone from entering the dorm. The unfortunate reality is that to completely ensure their safety, students must trust locks and swipes, not their fellow residents. We wish students could leave their doors open without fear, but that’s not the case. This isn’t to blame students who are assaulted or robbed; victims should not be shamed for their misfortune. But students must sacrifice some degree of convenience and community for the sake of security. That being said, not all security measures are equally effective or reasonable. In this case, locking one’s own door is much easier and a more certain safeguard than shutting a door in a tailgater’s face. This editorial board feels that this university should focus on locking individual rooms, not the much-
maligned anti-tailgating “policy,” to keep students safe in the dorms. The Department of Resident Life’s security advice website prescribes the following procedure regarding tailgating: “Anyone you can’t identify as a resident of your building should be asked to use an outside telephone to call the resident he/ she is coming to visit.” Few students follow this rule, for many reasons. OUR VIEW
Keeping dorm rooms locked is a more realistic safety measure than turning down tailgaters. First of all, in a crowded dorm — particularly a North Campus highrise, which can house more than 500 students — it’s impossible for any student to memorize the face or name of every other resident and their friends. That leaves residents with few options: They could look at their would-be tailgaters and admit the ones who look like residents — a subjective assumption that leaves plenty of possibility for stereotypes and offense. They could ask to see a university ID — an inconvenient request if there are many people at the door, and one that wouldn’t prevent a student from another part of the campus from coming in and committing crimes. They could refuse entry to every-
one and enjoy a supremely awkward few minutes after someone else lets the tailgaters in five seconds later and they catch up to the would-be dorm defender at the elevator. With “safe” alternatives like these, it’s not surprising most students just shove the door wide open for the person behind them. And most of the time, there’s no problem; this editorial board hears much more often about robberies and assaults off the campus than on it. But the rarity of such crimes in dorms doesn’t make them any less serious. So students, please lock your doors, for your own sake and your roommates’. It’s a bit inconvenient, but it’s much easier than keeping tailgaters out, and it’s less naive than expecting your neighbors to keep strangers off your floor. And it’s good practice for life after graduation, when you might know even fewer members of your community. Meanwhile, the university should consider phasing in locks that don’t stay unlocked, like the ones on many South Campus Commons apartments and Prince Frederick Hall rooms. These buildings’ residents quickly learn to carry their keys with them, and they don’t have to manually lock their doors. Such an upgrade for all dorm rooms might be deemed unreasonably expensive in the current fiscal climate, but it would help students protect their homes from intruders.
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All of those seminars, dinner parties, job fairs, networking events and field trips the business school provides students are such a treat. I’m not saying these students are spoiled — everyone deserves benefits for working hard — but sometimes you need to cough up a few bucks if you are given opportunities other students will never receive. This semester, my film professor tried to get my class tickets to see Interstellar in IMAX for ENGL428X: Seminar in Language and Literature; Fantastic Voyages: Modern Media of Exploration and Discovery. The department didn’t have enough funding for the 15 of us to go, yet freshmen in the Business, Society and the Economy College Park Scholars program are treated to a giant cookout and kickball tournament every year — how educational. At the Writing Center, the place where those oh-souseless English majors help STEM and business students improve their work, we have to host a potluck at the end of the year for which we all bring in some horribly crusty dessert we make in our dorm rooms because the English department can’t afford to fund a celebration for our hard work. And the job fairs? Networking events? There is only one big arts and humanities college networking event each semester. No one cares about our research on Dorothy Wordsworth or Gothic architecture or Greek mythology or whatever we invest hundreds of hours into. There’s no coffee shop in Tawes Hall to keep our brains running strong or plush lounges to make us feel at home. I have to trot to the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center if I want to feel cozy in an art space. But this is why STEM and business studies now run the world. Research on the evolution of prose poetry doesn’t serve any purpose nowadays. STEM and business fields find solutions for problems. They physically change the world. And they make money. They make lots and lots of money. So if all I had to do was pay an extra $700 to receive the lifelong perks that engineering, computer science and business students receive for their hard work, I would hand in my check in a heartbeat. So please, for the sake of all the students who get no recognition for what they do, stop complaining.
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Summer before grad school Don’t overwork, but don’t slack, either I consider myself an eager beaver, and before I asked for advice, I thought a prep course coupled with an internship would be my only option for the SENIOR summer. My logic was that if I learn how ’m going to law school in the fall, and law school works, what the field is like I know a lot of other Terps who are and how law school classes operate, I excited to move on to the next step would be more than prepared for my in their education: graduate school. first semester. I also thought I might be Whether you’re nervous, excited or a too bored the entire summer if I didn’t combination of every emotion on the have a job or internship. There are two things wrong with spectrum, you’ll be thinking about what you should do with yourself this this mindset: I’ll learn all of that in law summer. Some of you might already school anyway, and I might tire myself have a job, internship or summer class out. My pre-law adviser and several law lined up. Some of you might avoid work students have all said the same thing like the plague. My advice, which comes regarding graduate school summer prep from the mouths of many graduate stu- courses: They’re a waste of money. When I heard that, I thought, “Yeah, dents and undergraduate advisers, includes the perfect balance of work and I know, but I’ll benefit from knowing rest, optimized for a great start to your that information beforehand, and I’ll feel super confident when tests come new school year.
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decision, but you should consider how a stressed mind would negatively affect your first semester. On the other end of the spectrum, doing nothing might sound like the optimal choice, considering what I’ve said, but you don’t want to get out of the habit of learning. Going through a book list or taking some free online courses here and there will keep your mind engaged while making this summer a restful one. Keeping up with the news is also a good idea. Whichever combination of work and play you decide on this summer, just remember that this might be your last to relax like a college student!
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STAYING SHALLOW Shark Tank spinoff Beyond the Tank lacks new entrepreneurial entertainment By Maeve Dunigan @maevedunigan Staff writer On May 1, the first episode of a new spinoff series titled Beyond the Tank aired on ABC. The show follows entrepreneurs who appeared on Shark Tank, a program in which hopeful inventors present their business ideas to a panel of wealthy investors. The first episode of Beyond the Tank opens with a message. This message reminds viewers of the fact that “the following are actual negotiations between entrepreneurs and investor ‘Sharks.’” Thank goodness they put the word “shark” in quotations, as I’m sure many viewers would have been confused as to whether the panel of investors were humans or actual sharks. As the episode continues, the viewer is met with two men who have started a business called Tipsy Elves, which sells ugly Christmas sweaters and other kitschy clothing items for absurdly high prices (most sweaters are about $64). I have to hand it to Beyond the Tank; it does a great job of turning a fairly boring situation into the most dramatic minutes of your life. At one point, the businessmen are at a table discussing new clothing item ideas with their investor. The investor takes one look at a particular suggestion and declares, “I hate it; I absolutely hate it.” All of a sudden, things have taken a turn. In true realityTV form, the most unnerving music begins to play, the camera zooms in on the two business men’s nervous faces and an audible gulping noise is heard as one man stares worriedly ahead.
BLOODLINE is carried in part by two great performances from its male leads: Ben Mendelsohn as Danny Rayburn (left) and Kyle Chandler as John Rayburn. The deep-seated troubles of the Rayburn family make for a show that is at once slow and thrilling, a dark look at the bonds that bring people together and the subtle forces that tear them apart. photo courtesy of netflix
Feuding Family FUn Bloodline takes viewers deep into the Rayburns, whose hidden secrets tangle like mangrove roots By Jonathan Raeder @jonraeder Staff writer The Florida Keys — the southernmost point of the continental United States — are a beautiful landscape of blue water, sandy beaches and sprawling vegetation. It’s the definition of paradise for thousands of tourists who travel there every year to stay at beachside houses and spend their days in the sun. It’s hard to imagine this place as a harbor for darkness and violence, but it’s exactly that disparity that fuels so much of Bloodline, one of Netflix’s newest shows and easily one of its best. A s i ts t i t l e s u g ge s ts, B l o o d line ’s heart is in the idea of family: the strength of those ties and the unique ways in which families can hurt each other more deeply than anyone else. The Rayburn family has owned a resort down in the Keys for nearly 50 years, founded and run by Robert (Sam Shepard) and Sally (Sissy Spacek). They have four children: cop and family man John (Kyle Chandler), hot-headed marina worker Kevin (Norbert Leo Butz), lawyer and peacekeeper Meg (Linda Cardellini) and the black sheep of the family and eldest son Danny (Ben Mendelsohn). At the start of the series, Danny has been away for some time to parts and adventures unknown after a mysterious incident darkened his relationship with his family. The opening ceremony of a pier named after the locally famous Rayburns brings everyone together, including Danny, and sets into motion a plot that thrives on hidden family secrets long thought eradicated. The incident in question turns out to be the catalyst behind most of the show, and Bloodline excels at dropping subtle clues throughout its early episodes. When the truth is finally revealed, it’s less of a huge plot twist and more of a satisfying
conclusion to a long breadcrumb trail of clues. Danny is in many ways the show’s villain, and as is the case with many series, he’s also the best part of the show. He’s charming and unassuming most of the time, but he thrives on dropping sharp comments perfectly calibrated to cut deep. He’ll stab you in the back with a smile on his face, still talking about how he’s someone to trust, someone who would never do anything to hurt you. However, as the show goes on, it becomes increasingly apparent that most of Danny’s difficulties in life stem from his family’s rejection after the mysterious incident. It’s a testament to the show’s writing that Danny’s faults can be easily attributed to his unlucky lot in life, giving us a deep sympathy for him while also reminding us that, regardless of how he came to be this way, he’s still a vengeful and dangerous man. Danny’s far from the only compelling character, even if he’s the dirty, shadowy star of the series. John fits many of the tropes of modern prestige TV; he’s a cop, married with kids, who would do anything to protect his family, yet he has a harsh streak and a sadness he can’t quite place. But Chandler’s performance and John’s own struggles elevate him from the realm of cliche; the complicated Cain-and-Abel relationship he has with Danny is the theme that resonates the most throughout the show. Kevin is the working-class guy of the family, struggling with marital problems and spending most of his time in a sweaty T-shirt and shorts. Yet he can be surprisingly kind and sensitive, proving his worth as an important member of the family. Meg works tirelessly to keep the family from tearing itself apart, but she can be as spiteful and treacherous as the rest of them. The Rayburns are a disturbed bunch, but their problems never seem too farfetched. They’re decent, flawed human
beings who get caught up in a bad situation and get pulled into the whirlpool. It needs to be said — Bloodline is a slow burn. Despite flash-forwards to events so catastrophically more intense than what most of the show offers, Bloodline lets its story unfold at a languid pace. Those expecting action and explosions will only get a small taste. The camera lingers on silent characters, their emotional turmoil sketched in glances and pained expressions when no one else is looking. The ocean, sparkling and beautiful, figures prominently in both the story and its greater themes. The Keys are a wonderful place, but alligators and other dangers lurk in the mangroves and hidden coves. Bloodline has mysteries and twists, but the best part of this show by far is in its characterization. By the time the final episode ends, each of the main characters has been deeply portrayed and constructed. We know what these people want, what they fear, why they do the awful, stupid, wonderful, vicious things they do. The performances are excellent all around and go a long way to convince us of the humanity — both good and evil — inside every character. Bloodline has been renewed for a second season, but it’ll be hard to top this one. Certain plot elements make it unlikely that the new season will have the same tone and structure as the first, so it will only be able to succeed by being its own beast. But with people this talented involved, it’s hard not to be excited for what’s to come. Bloodline is a dark show that doesn’t necessarily lend itself to binge-watching. Its moments of levity are rare, but the novelistic structure, fantastic performances and presence of some of the best characters on TV make it a stunning achievement for Netflix.
Luckily, that minute of turmoil is quickly interrupted by a commercial break. The episode proceeds to tell the story of a 16-year-old entrepreneur who invented the Define Bottle, a water bottle with compartments called the This plucky young gent did not get any offers from investors but, in a positive turn of events, ended up doing quite well with his invention and has since made tons of money and paid off his parents’ mortgage. Last but certainly not least, the story of a retired NFL player turned boneless-rib entrepreneur was told. The man, who partnered with his daughter to pitch his idea on Shark Tank, told investors that he would have given up on his dream of mass-producing boneless slabs of meat had his daughter not given him the encouragement and reality check he needed. It was a moment that could only come off as touching on Beyond the Tank. Beyond the Tank tries so hard to stretch every bit of air time out of the entrepreneurial theme. However, a lot of scenes come off as staged or forced, which is commonplace in reality television but not necessarily a great attribute for a show. The spinoff is vaguely entertaining, but with episodes that run for an hour, the tired “common-person-turnedhardworking-business-executive” trope gets old fairly quickly. Beyond the Tank premiered to an audience of about 6 million and still has eight episodes left in its 10-episode series. The spinoff airs on ABC at 9 p.m. after Shark Tank. mdunigandbk@gmail.com
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Raffa elevates game in second half Faceoff specialist goes 6-for-10 over final 30 minutes to spur comeback By Joshua Needelman @JoshNeedelman Senior staff writer Charlie Raffa knelt down at the faceoff X, lined up his stick opposite Bulldogs midfielder Jonathan Reese’s and waited for the official’s whistle Saturday afternoon. Despite trailing by three goals early in the fourth quarter, the Terrapins men’s lacrosse team had just cut its deficit against Yale in the first round of the NCAA tournament to one with a goal from midfielder Joe LoCascio. Raffa went 2-for-7 at the X in the first half, but the faceoff specialist’s play improved in the second half. And with less than eight minutes remaining in the contest, the senior knew the Terps needed to complete the comeback to keep his career alive.
Buckeyes From PAGE 8 “That’s really, really important stuff moving ahead,” coach John Szefc said Friday. “We need the back end to help out our front-end guys, especially with the injuries we’ve had.” In Saturday’s contest, the Terps’ woes on the rubber overshadowed their potent offense. While Szefc’s squad scored 12 runs and pounded 17 hits, left-hander Robert Galligan allowed five runs over three innings. The struggles on the mound continued, and the Terps faced a 13-6 deficit after six innings. Then they started a rally. The Terps
The whistle blew. After a brief scrum, Raffa gained position and cleanly scooped up the ball before sprinting downfield and feeding LoCascio. The Terps worked the ball around the formation, and attackman Matt Rambo wheeled around a pick from midfielder Colin Heacock and tied the game. Raffa has endured punishment during his years with the Terps, and his injury problems this season have forced him to sit out significant portions of games. But that didn’t stop him from going 6-for-10 over the final 30 minutes and propelling the No. 6-seed Terps to the quarterfinals with an 8-7 win. “Even though it might not start off as great as he would’ve hoped, nobody ever lost faith in Charlie,” defender Matt Dunn said. “And we know Charlie never lost faith in himself.”
trimmed the Buckeyes’ lead to 13-12 and had two runners on in the ninth, but Wade flied out to center field and shortstop Kevin Smith fouled out to end the 13-12 loss. “We feel like we scored a lot of runs off their best guys,” Szefc said Sunday. “We were a freaking single away from sweeping this damn series. Yesterday, we had the goahead run on base in the ninth, so our offense was tremendous this weekend.” Entering the sixth inning of the series finale Sunday, the Terps had been shut out on one hit and were in danger of dropping their second straight game. But in the final four frames, the Terps exploded for 14 runs, including a seven-run
Fa ce o f f s p e c i a l i s t Jo n Garino Jr. and midfielder Andrew Walsh took practice reps with Raffa on the sideline throughout the game, but neither backup took a single draw. It marked the first time since the Terps’ 10-8 win over North Carolina on March 21 that Raffa took every faceoff in a game. Coach John Tillman said Raffa told him he felt the best he had in three weeks. The senior had taken 23 total draws over the Terps’ previous two contests. “If Charlie was half the guy he was today, we don’t win this game,” Tillman said. When the Terps took the field against Ohio State on April 30, Raffa took just three faceoffs, unable to win any of them. The Terps’ inability to secure possessions without him led to a 9-6 loss.
seventh inning. Cuas belted a three-run home run in the seventh to cap a five-run comeback and give the Terps a lead they wouldn’t relinquish. With the 14-10 victory, the Terps moved into a tie with the Buckeyes for third place in the Big Ten standings. And with the postseason less than two weeks away, Szefc hopes the Terps’ performance this weekend resonates with the selection committee as its members decide on the 64-team field for the NCAA tournament. “Hopefully, we established some kind of a tough, winning reputation last year,” Szefc said. “And hopefully, we backed that up this weekend.” kstackpoledbk@gmail.com
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“Obviously, we would have liked to have won that Ohio State game, but by Charlie [barely] playing that week, he got two weeks of rest,” Tillman said. “We kind of threw him in at the last minute. But I think if he plays in that game, I’m not sure we have him today.” The rest didn’t appear to benefit Raffa early, though, as he lost six of his first eight attempts. Still, the Terps went into halftime tied with the Bulldogs at three despite having surrendered five extra possessions at the X. As the game wore on, though, Yale took advantage of its dominance on faceoffs and held a 7-4 lead after attackman Conrad Oberbeck scored on a low left-handed shot in transition with 14:16 left. T h e Te r p s a n s w e r e d quickly, though, with the help of Raffa’s improved play. Long
umass From PAGE 8 Attacker Megan Whittle led the team in points with four goals and one assist in her first NCAA tournament game. Midfielders Taylor Cummings, Kelly McPartland and Zoe Stukenberg each added four points to pace a Terps attack that saw eight players score at least once. The Terps outshot the Minutewomen 37-11 and improved from their 34.5 percent shooting percentage against the Buckeyes. The Terps benefited from increased possessions stemming from their 22-7 advantage in the draw circle, led by five controls apiece from Cummings and defender Casey Pepperman. “We have so many talented athletes on our teams in so many different roles,” Reese said. “We just need to bring the best out of each other.” The game opened at a torrid pace, with the No. 1-seed Terps and M inutewomen combining for six goals, three apiece, in the game’s first four minutes, two seconds. Though they struck first, the Terps trailed 3-2 less than four minutes into the contest.
faceoff specialist charlie raffa runs downfield after securing possession during the Terps’ 8-7 win over Yale in the NCAA tournament Saturday. christian jenkins/the diamondback pole Matt Neufeldt scooped up the ground ball on the ensuing faceoff and passed to Raffa. Shortly after, midfielder Bryan Cole played off a pick-and-roll and buried a left-handed shot that started the Terps’ four-goal run to clinch the game. “[Raffa] just pulled through like great players do down the stretch,” Dunn said. Entering the contest, Raffa had taken 747 career faceoffs. This season, many of those were done while battling injuries, and
he had hardly been a factor in recent weeks. But with a potential firstround NCAA tournament exit looming, Raffa kept the Terps’ season and his career alive for another week. “He’s such a fierce competitor with so much confidence,” Dunn said. “You know down the stretch that he’s going to give it just as much as he gave the one before, no matter what happened before.”
McPartland’s second free-position goal of the game, however, helped the Terps tie the game at three and spark a 6-0 run spanning about 18 minutes. “We just needed to keep our energy level up the whole first half,” Whittle said. “We have to convert our shots, and I think that they fell a lot better today than in the past.” Cummings’ first goal since the Terps’ last regular-season game capped the spurt, and they outscored Massachusetts 3-2 to close the half with an 11-5 lead. Terps goalkeeper Alex Fitzpatrick struggled to slow Massachusetts’ attack when the Minutewomen got shots off. The fifth-year transfer stopped three shots in her NCAA tournament debut while allowing eight goals. Massachusetts goalkeeper Rachel Vallarelli, who leads the nation with a .546 save percentage, stopped 11 shots, but that wasn’t enough to limit the Terps’ offense. “[Vallarelli] played incredible,” McPartland said. “We just need to fake before we shoot it, just be smart about where we’re placing it.” The Minutewomen opened the scoring out of intermission, but the Terps responded with a 5-0 run — a feat they
failed to complete against the Buckeyes — to secure a 10-goal lead midway through the period. The run started when Cummings finished a rebound shot in the top of the net. On the next possession, Stukenberg streaked across the circle to deposit her first goal of the day. Less than a minute later, the sophomore took the same path and redirected a feed from Whittle to boost the Terps’ lead to eight. “I don’t know what happened,” Whittle said of her fourth dish of the season. “It just happened. Zoe was looking at me.” In total, Stukenberg and Cummings teamed up for four goals in a 2:27 span, and another score from Whittle forced a running clock. The outburst gave the Terps a comfortable cushion as they closed out the game with three more scores. After matching their season low in goals in the Big Ten semifinal, the Terps avenged their only loss of the season with an offensive explosion to keep their season alive. “It was some good motivation for us moving forward,” Reese said. “We put the past behind us. It’s done.”
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Offensive surge sparks series win Terps record 39 runs, 50 hits over three-game span against Buckeyes By Kyle Stackpole @kylefstackpole Staff writer With the Terrapins baseball team leading Ohio State 12-9 in the ninth inning Sunday, center fielder Kengo Kawahara stepped into the batter’s box looking to extend his team’s lead. With two outs, Kawahara delivered a two-run double to left-center field to help the Terps polish off a 14-10 win. Kawahara’s hit capped a monstrous effort from the offense, which produced 39 runs and 50 hits in three games. Behind their explosive performance at the plate, the Terps took two of three games against the Buckeyes this weekend at Bill Davis Stadium to set a program record with their 35th regular-season win. “The Indiana series really woke us up, saying nothing’s really locked in, so it’s time to turn it up,” second baseman Brandon Lowe said. “It’s just don’t put too much pressure on yourself. I think a lot of people were stressing.” Against the Hoosiers last weekend, the Terps scored nine runs in three games and were swept in a weekend series at Bob “Turtle” Smith Stadium for the first time since their three-game set against Clemson in April 2012.
But the Terps (35-17, 13-8 Big Ten) broke out of the offensive slump by scoring nine runs in their win against Towson on Wednesday and notching 12 or more runs in each game at the Buckeyes (34-15, 13-8) this weekend. “Everyone is swinging the bat extremely well,” third baseman Jose Cuas said. “From top to bottom, from one to nine, everyone’s contributing, everyone’s doing their job, and as coach has been saying, just pass it on and keep the line going. That’s what we’ve been able to do this past weekend.” The Terps’ strong offensive showing began Friday night when the team tallied a season-high 19 hits in its 13-4 win. Every starter had at least one hit, and right-hander Mike Shawaryn matched his singleseason wins record from last year with his 11th victory. While the top of the lineup has carried the Big Ten’s top offense for much of the season, the lower portion caught fire Friday. Designated hitter Jamal Wade, left fielder Tim Lewis and Kawahara — the bottom third of the Terps’ lineup — combined to go 8-for-14 with six RBIs. See BUCKEYES, Page 7
Midfielders taylor cummings (21) and mattie meredith (2) embrace during their 19-8 win over Massachusetts in the NCAA tournament yesterday. alexander jonesi/the diamondback
ON TO THE NEXT ONE Terps notch season-high 19 goals in rout of Massachusetts to advance to quarterfinals
By Callie Caplan @CallieCaplan Staff writer In its Big Ten tournament semifinal contest May 1, the Terrapins women’s lacrosse team couldn’t overcome Ohio State’s scoring runs and suffered its first loss of the season. After eight days of preparation and
discussion of their shortcomings against the Buckeyes, the Terps entered the Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex yesterday looking for improved offensive production. And after a first-round bye, the Terps scored a season-high 19 goals to defeat Massachusetts, 19-8, in the second round of the NCAA tournament. The Terps will host No. 8-seed Northwestern in the quarterfinals Sunday.
“We had a lot of discussions as a team of areas that we need to improve. … We really shoot to be playing our best lacrosse that we can at this point in the year,” coach Cathy Reese said. “[Today] was really us coming together as a team and just really playing to each other’s strengths.” See UMASS, Page 7