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Obama orders student debt initiatives Executive order signed Monday expands programs, introduces others to minimize loan debt impact

according to a White House fact sheet. This will allow all borrowers to limit their federal student loan payments to 10 percent of their monthly

By Valerie Young burden of student loans and offer income, a provision expected to take @thedbk borrowers additional repayment effect by December 2015.

In his remarks Monday, Obama For The Diamondback options and debt management tools.

A key aspect of the executive order outlined another initiative that will President Obama, surrounded by is the expansion of the 2010 Pay As target borrowers who have defaultpress and a group of students, signed You Earn Repayment Plan to include ed on loans. The program, set to be a memorandum Monday to ease the an additional 5 million borrowers, completed by the end of the year, will

push to advertise alternative repayment options, such as the Pay As You Earn Repayment Plan, available to student borrowers.

“We want more young people becoming teachers and nurses and social workers. We want young people to be in a position to pursue their dreams,” Obama said in the East

See Debt, Page 3

university workers cast their ballots yesterday in a vote on the new rights contract, which passed almost unanimously. holly cuozzo/for the diamondback

U, workers settle with contract

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Workers ratify treaty by 98.35 percent vote

By Holly Cuozzo @emperorcuozzco Staff writer When Jeff Fiory, an information technology coordinator for the university’s Department of Transportation Services, began working at this university nearly 10 years ago, he had a kind boss.

But that boss left in 2008, and four years later, Fiory was moved to join the America Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees union by the “highstrung” boss who replaced his former supervisor, he said.

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A man stands under a bridge on Paint Branch Parkway in College Park on Tuesday as he waits for a tow truck to remove his car. Heavy rains led to flash flooding and road closures in the city and surrounding neighborhoods, and more storms are expected throughout the day.

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CHANNELING THEIR ABILITIES Univ disability services lacking, students say

Alumni-owned Board and Brew opens

By Grace Toohey @ grace_2e Staff writer

By Jon Banister @J_Banister Staff writer Some come to enjoy the classic games; some want to try a new or obscure challenge; others just want a cup of coffee before class; but patrons on Tuesday night agreed on one thing: If you’re looking for a fun atmosphere to play a game while grabbing a bite, The Board and Brew is the place to be.

The new cafe opened under The Varsity on Monday and features a wall of about 600 board games for customers to enjoy while they try the wide variety of coffee, espresso, small plates and sandwiches the cafe offers.

“T he idea is just to create a really great hangout place, kind of a lounge-y local cafe-type feel — something that’s really chill,” owner Ben Epstein said.

Epstein and co-owner Brian McClimens, both university graduates, came up with the idea for The Board and Brew three years ago after noticing a void in the city’s entertainment scene.

“For people who don’t necessar-

a customer studies the menu at The Board and Brew, a new board game cafe and coffee shop. The shop is owned by two university alumni and offers about 600 board games. moriah fuller/for the diamondback ily want to get drunk, there’s not a lot of great entertainment around here, especially if you don’t drive,” Epstein said.

The Board and Brew is open until 11 p.m. on weeknights and 2 a.m. on weekends. Every table was full on opening night from 5 p.m. until close, Epstein said.

“It makes me super happy, and it makes me wish I was a freshman again,” said 2014 alumna Carly Davis, who expects the cafe to be successful with its college-aged audience. “It’s a nice gathering place.”

Epstein said he plans on getting a liquor license to serve craft beer and wine, but he doesn’t want The Board and Brew to become a bar.

People donated about 100 games

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to the cafe, and the owners bought the rest wholesale, Epstein said. The colorful wall of games is organized alphabetically and also features a recommended list of the most popular games, as well as a wish list of games that people want the cafe to buy.

For a $5 fee, patrons can play c h i l d h o o d f a v o r i te s s u c h a s Yahtzee, Uno, Monopoly and Clue, as well as newer adult games such as Cards Against Humanity and a variety of strategy and adventurethemed games.

Davis said the huge wall of games brings her back to her childhood.

“You know when you’re in kindergarten and you’re really small, See Board, Page 2

Editor’s note: this is part one of a three-part series on disability services at this university.

She dreams of being an on-air television reporter but thinks she might encounter a few extra hurdles as she works toward her goal.

Sophomore journalism major Helen, whose last name is being withheld to protect her privacy, has nonverbal learning disorder. People with this disorder have trouble understanding and interpreting nonverbal social cues, such as facial expressions or body language, according to the Learning Disabilities Association of America, but this doesn’t mean people with this disability don’t want to interact socially, Helen said.

Helen is one of about 1,700 university students registered with the school’s Disability Support Services office. Student conditions range from learning, attention and psychological disorders to physical disabilities.

DSS can provide accommoda-

tions registered students need to keep up academically. For Helen, it means receiving extended time on exams, access to separate testing facilities and someone to take notes for her during class. But many students with disabilities said such accom modations on ly add ress part of the issue, and it takes much more to feel included in the campus community.

“I don’t have any friends in this school; it’s hard to feel accepted,” Helen said. “I can’t go and tell them or some of the faculty members. It’s beyond my classes that I have a learning disability.”

Furthermore, Helen said, there a re few role model s for her i n jou rna l ism a nd the jou rna l ism school, compounding the stigma of disabilities.

Diana Huffman, a journalism professor speaking on her own behalf and not the college, said DSS’s location in the Counseling Center contributes to the stigma — it makes disabilities seem as though they are mental health issues, which is not usually the case.

But officials feel there is a benefit to providing support services in conjunction with the Counseling Center’s other components, which See Disability, Page 3

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THE DIAMONDBACK | news | THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 2014

State celebrates history Board with banner trail launch

By Carlos Rodriguez @thedbk For The Diamondback

bits of historical information as part of the Chesapeake Campaign. A fife and drum quartet, also in costume, played the a n t h e m a n d i n t ro d u c e d O’Malley and the officials with a small musical number.

There was a flag unfurling, in which a large replica of the original American flag was carefully unfolded. Vincent Vaise, Chief of Interpretation at Fort McHenry, gave a small history lesson on the flag and the Battle of Bladensburg, which happened during the War of 1812.

Applause followed as the last fold on the flag revealed a new 30-by-40 copy of the original to cries of “Huzzah!”

“These bicentennials are cool because they wake us up from our historical amnesia,” Vaise said.

The trail has a waterborne component in the Anacostia Water T ra i l, a 9-m i le waterway from Bladensburg to Washington.

Foster said there is a commitment to restore the river to a condition that’s fit for fishing and swimming by 2025.

“Clean water is something that’s a civil right, a birthright, and it’s something we’re going to pass on as a legacy to our children,” he said.

This university also played a role in the commemoration: Dining Services representatives handed out free servings of a specially created flavor from the Dairy. The flavor, strawberry ice cream with chocolate malt “cannonballs” and patriotic sprinkles, was special to the event, Dining Services spokesman Bart Hipple said. The leftover ice cream will be sold at the Diary until it runs out.

T hey wore red , wh ite, gold and black, but the men in uniform were celebrating something much bigger than this state.

On June 5, they donned the garb to help commemorate the state’s role in the War of 1812.

Gov. Martin O’Malley cut the ribbon for the Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail and the Anacostia Water Trail to launch the 2014 Chesapeake Campaign among hundreds of attendees at the Bladensburg Waterfront Park.

U.S. Rep. Donna Edwards (DMd.), Anacostia Watershed Society President Jim Foster and Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker III, among others, also attended.

The Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail connects this state, Virginia and Washington with 560 miles of pathways, dotted with historic sites and points of interest such as Fort McHenry and Patterson Park, according to the trail’s website. Congress established the trail in 2008, and it is one of 19 national historic trails managed by the National Park Service, according to the trail’s comprehensive management plan.

“Sometimes, you know the expression, ‘You can’t see the forest through the trees?’” said Bill Pencek, the War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission executive director. “In and around the Beltway and the interstates and the shopping malls, we sometimes can’t see these stories that are literally in our own backyard.”

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and there’s a big shelf with all these toys and they’re all colorful and everything? That’s kind of how I feel here; it’s just a big shelf of stuff to play with,” she said.

For sophomore mechanical engineering major Raphael Elpas, The Board and Brew offers an opportunity to try new games.

“I want to come here to play specialty games because those you don’t find them anywhere,” he said.

The cafe also boasts a variety of unique artisan espresso drinks, such as a blueberry muffin latte and a creamsicle latte. Barista Jesse Folks said he believes this will draw in a big morning crowd once the fall semester rolls around.

“When the quality of our espresso gets out, that’s what everybody at UMD needs,” he said. “Normally you have to travel into D.C. and pay 6 a

A Board AND BREw customer plays a round of card game Killer Bunnies at the cafe. The establishment, which also serves coffee drinks, opened under The Varsity on June 9 after several weeks of delays and is owned by two university alumni. moriah fuller/for the diamondback cup for the stuff.”

The cafe hosts an open-mic night every Tuesday. The inaugural open-mic night featured professional musician Rob Hinkal, a member of the band ilyAIMY. “We just thought it would be a good fit because we’ve already got the comfortable seating, and I think we’ve got the right atmosphere for it,” Epstein said.

E p s te i n s a id t hey h a d pl a n n e d to op e n du r i n g

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their peers have been negotiating with the university since summer 2013, will go From PAGE 1 to the Board of Regents OrThis year, he was nomi- ganization and Compensanated by his peers to nego- tion Committee on June 12. tiate the newest contract With that committee’s apbetween the union and the proval, it will go to the full university, which workers board at its June 27 meeting, voted to ratify Wednesday. sa id Da le A nderson, th is “It’s a good opportunity university’s human resourcto ma ke i mprovements es director. If the contract and to make things better is ratified at these levels, it for everyone that’s here on will go into effect July 1 for the next three years. this campus,” he said.

“We worked together to H o u s e k e e p e rs, a dm i n ist rators a nd ot her come up with a reasonable workers voted to rati f y contract that benefits the int he cont ract by a 98.35 stitution and the bargaining percent vote yesterday, units,” said Anderson.

The biggest improvement AFSCME spokesman Jeff in the contract, according to Pittman said.

T he c ont ra c t, wh ic h Pittman, was the restructuring worke rs nom i n ate d b y of the parking permit system, which would change under the new contract from a two-tier

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telework policy, which allows them to arrange alternative working conditions on a caseby-case basis if they provide sufficient notice.

T he i mprove d pa rk i n g structure and the telework policy are the major victories of the contract, Fiory said.

In negotiations, he and other sa la ried employees also discussed compensating salaried workers for overtime hours with vacation time.

This did not make it into the contract, but he hopes to discuss it with the university for the next contract.

Regardless, Pittman and Anderson expressed satisfaction on both sides of the contract.

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Previously, employees who earned less than $50,000 annually paid $452 per year for parking and those who earned more paid $676. The new fivetier system will be cheaper for all employees except those who earn more than $80,000 per year, who will pay $12 more per year.

Additionally, the contract would extend parental leave to up to eight weeks for the birth or adoption of a child and lift the 15-day limit on earned sick leave, Pittman said.

For employees who earn hourly wages, the contract would raise their hourly rate $0.50 between 1 a.m. and 6 a.m. After 6 a.m., employees return to normal wages.

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“It kind of blends together two things that College Park is missing,” he said. “An independent coffee shop for people to hang out, study, read and relax.

It also has the entertainment factor with being able to play board games with their friends.

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While he was hoping to open when more students were in College Park, he said the summer opening offers the benefit of getting to settle in and make sure everything’s in order before the “craziness of the school year.”

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City council revisits rent stabilization as law’s expiration date looms

City rent control policy set to expire Sept. 1

By Brittany Cheng @thedbk For The Diamondback The College Park City Council is gearing up for another round of discussions about the controversial rent stabilization ordinance passed in 2005, officials said.

At a work session June 3, less than three months ahead of the law’s Sept.

1 sunset deadline, the council restarted reviewing whether the problems that led to the creation of the ordinance — which has since been suspended — still persist.

The council can extend the deadline and continue to put the implementation on hold; extend the sunset and begin enforcing the ordinance; or allow Sept. 1 to pass and eliminate

Debt From PAGE 1 Room of the White House.

“And we want more young people who act responsibly to be able to manage their debt over time.”

During the ta x filing season, the treasury and education secretaries will work with Intuit Inc. and H&R Block to inform borrowers of the income-driven repayment options as the companies prepare borrowers’ taxes, according to the fact sheet. Intuit’s free personal financial management product, Mint.com, has been identified by the administration as a tool that could be used to tell borrowers about repayment options.

The last initiative will offer families loan counseling before they enter into a loan agreement with the federal

the law altogether, District 1 Councilman Patrick Wojahn said.

Rent stabilization, also known as rent control, was intended to reduce the incentive for landlords to turn homes into rental properties by capping their profit, said Mayor Andy Fellows. More single-family homes means fewer noise violations and over-occupancy issues, which improves the quality of life, Fellows said.

“If you have a nice mix, then you’ll have a lot of people in the community who are living there and who are invested in the community,” Fellows said.

But some disagree, and the ordinance has turned into a contentious issue, culminating in a $100 million lawsuit against the city from the Prince George’s Property Owners Association.

“If you are restricting a businessperson’s income, then they will look

government. The administration plans to “engage organizations, institutions of higher education and others to ensure that all borrowers have access to the resources and information they need to responsibly manage the repayment of their student loans,” according to the fact sheet.

“The repayment options are pretty flexible, but in general, school is too expensive for students coming in with no income and very little savings,” journalism graduate student Gillian Morley said.

Most students can take advantage of these repayment options, through which monthly payments will be set on a sliding scale based on income. Based on the current regulations, any remaining balance will be forgiven after 20 years of payments, or 10 years for those in public service jobs.

for ways to save money,” said Lisa Miller, Prince George’s Property Owners Association president. “The obvious place to cut is the maintenance on the house.”

The lawsuit was eventually rejected in the state Court of Appeals in August 2010 by one vote against the association. Council members have since extended the sunset deadline to try alternatives to improve quality of life.

The Neighborhood Stabilization Committee, created last year, began implementing several of its 63 strategies expected to increase housing diversity, encourage home occupancies and improve town-gown relations and overall quality of life, said Wojahn, the group’s co-chair.

So far the committee has seen success, Wojahn said. The jurisdiction of this university’s Code of Student Conduct now extends to off-campus incidents, and officials

“It encourages people to join public service, which is a good thing,” public policy professor Tony McCann said.

This executive order was a prelude to a proposed Senate bill, sponsored by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), which aims to refinance outstanding student loans, federal and private, at lower interest rates.

Senate Republicans defeated the bill yesterday, preventing it from reaching the Senate floor for debate.

The Obama administration has offered other assistance, such as the American Opportunity Tax Credit, which provides up to $2,500 to help pay for each year of college.

However, claiming this tax credit is difficult for many students, so the treasury department is planning to release a fact sheet, according to the White House. newsumdbk@gmail.com

have started to conduct knock-in talks, reminding students living off the campus about being courteous neighbors.

There was also a significant decrease in resident complaints on weekends during this past football season after the university held the first on-campus tailgate in October, Wojahn said.

Because of the Neighborhood Stabilization Committee’s efforts, Miller said it might be time to let the ordinance go.

“We have been making excellent progress with the real issue: the quality of life issues. … That’s really the crux of what’s needed, not the rent control,” she said.

J. Peter Byrne, a Georgetown law professor and property law expert, called rent control a “crude kind of regulatory device” because it’s hard to determine whether it improves quality of life. And it’s particularly

difficult with College Park, he said, because other factors can contribute, such as the significant retail investments on Route 1, and because — unlike nearby Takoma Park, which also has rent control laws — it’s a college town with a high resident turnover rate, he said.

“Rent control is a short-term solution but not a long-term one,” Byrne said.

Wojahn proposed extending the deadline another year and continuing to not enforce the ordinance.

“If you talk to the long-term residents who live in areas like Old Town, Calvert Hills, Crystal Springs, Berwyn — they still confront a lot of problems with student parties and vandalism,” he said. “Rent stabilization is a tool in our toolbox, and it’s too early to say that we’re ready to get rid of any of those tools.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

Disability From PAGE 1 include Learning Assistance Serv ices, cou nsel i ng a nd career services, DSS Director Jo Ann Hutchinson said. “[It] allows each of the units within the Counseling Center to provide services to students … to holistically work with students,” Hutchinson said.

Junior family science major Christopher Gaines, who has cerebral palsy and is a member of the DSS Student Advisory Board, said the location doesn’t bother him, but it can be limiting for the board.

“We’re sort of limited by the fact that DSS can’t present itself as a separate entity from t he Cou n sel i ng Center,” Gaines said. “We’re literally attached to them.”

Gaines has experienced difficulties, too. One professor was uncomfortable allowing Gaines to record lectures, one of his approved accommodations, for fear of violating the privacy of other students, Gaines said.

Education and awareness are goals of DSS, Hutchinson said. Officials are working on a tutorial video that would

shoemaker hall is home to Disability Support Services and other components of the Counseling Center, including Learning Assistance Services. file photo/the diamondback i n for m facu lty a nd sta f f about their role in the process of disability services. A DSS representative also speaks to faculty at orientations and when departments ask them to, Hutchinson said. “ It d o e s n’t h a p p e n a s much as I would like for it to happen,” she said.

In Huffman’s 15 years of teaching, she has never heard such a presentation from DSS. “We get emails all the time about ‘Here’s what to do if a student is threatening or who has some psychological problem,’” she said. “I’ve

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never gotten any message about ‘Here’s some advice’ or ‘Here’s how to deal with students with disabilities.’”

There is a “wide range” of faculty knowledge and interest in working with students with disabilities, said Dan Newsome, DSS adaptive technology lab coordinator. Some go above and beyond, and some fall short when it comes to accommodations, he said.

Huffman sits down individually with each student who has been granted accommodations to decide what she believes is appropriate because “DSS sometimes doesn’t give them what they need,” she said. Huffman has never contacted DSS and said she speaks from experience — her daughter has learning disabilities.

Huffman said the support services need to be more structured, specific and larger. The office has 11 staff members, three of whom interview students about their disabilities.

Ga i nes hasn’t ever had trouble reaching a DSS staff member, but Helen said she wasn’t able to meet w ith someone from DSS until two weeks a fter the semester started when she transferred to this university.

Hutchinson said improving awareness and support for students is a priority for DSS. Officials are planning new outreach strategies and upgrades to the existing services and technology. Students are also acting as their own advocates through a new disability honors society, Gaines said, so those like himself and Helen can have an active support system.

“We’re human, too. We do the same things as you do; we do them differently,” Helen said. “Life didn’t come easy for all of us.”

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Combating student debt

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or some of us, affording a college education is something we don’t need to think twice about: Our tuition is covered, we might be able to splurge on ourselves every once in a while and we don’t have any loans looming over our financial futures. For others, it’s a vastly different story.

While students throughout the U.S. take out millions of dollars in loans per year, their future earnings do not look very promising in comparison to the amount of debt they take on. Since 1985, the average cost of a college education has skyrocketed by more than 500 percent, according to the Institute for Higher Education Policy.

What’s worse is that, concurrently, the average income of college graduates has decreased — Americans ages 25 to 34 have experienced a decrease of 8 percent since 2000, according to the U.S. Census.

With tuition increasing and incomes falling, President Obama’s recent executive order to expand caps on student loan payments to older borrowers couldn’t come soon enough. While monthly payments are currently capped at 10 percent of income for those who took out a loan starting Oct. 1, 2007 (as part of the Pay as You Earn Repayment Plan), graduates who took out loans

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before that date were not eligible for this cap. Prior to Monday’s decision, older graduates could have used the Income-Based Repayment plan, which caps payments at 15 percent of their monthly income.

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Expanding loan payment caps will help alleviate students’ financial woes and strengthen the economy .

Not only does the executive order decrease loan payment caps, but it also allows forgiveness of most debt remaining after 20 years.

Regardless of opinion, student loan debt seems to be a major culprit in hampering the economic success of many college students and graduates. How long-term are some of the effects of college debt?

According to a 2013 NerdWallet Investing study, recent graduates who took on a median $23,300 in student loans and had a $45,327 starting salary after graduation were expected to retire at age 73, with $115,096 of lost retirement savings directly attributable to student debt — a huge chunk of change.

Not only will Obama’s decision help lower- and middle-class undergraduate students who are struggling to pay off loans, but it will also ease financial burdens graduate students currently face.

The decrease in the monthly repayment cap can help graduate students who hold loans from their undergraduate careers pursue graduate studies without having to make large payments at the same time.

In addition, graduate students, who typically earn more after graduation than undergraduate students, might notice a huge change in monthly payments from 15 to 10 percent, which might be a marginal difference for undergraduate students who earn lower salaries.

In an economy in which 18- to 29-year-olds are suffering from a 10 percent unemployment rate, the student loan issue is too close to home to ignore. Though not everyone is created (financially) equal, we must realize a strong economy means having an economically successful workforce with money to spend and invest.

Loan debt is an issue that never will be permanently erased, but the Obama administration’s decision is a welcoming step forward in the long hike toward paying off student loans.

EDITORIAL CARTOON

Let someone else do the dishes

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y teeth glided through the lasagna at the North Campus Dining Hall before meeting a brick wall — there was a human fingernail in the sauce!

This foreign object was the defining moment of my student dining experience.

Dissatisfaction with Dining Services is almost universal on the campus, yet no substantial improvements are ever made.

It is time to do the unthinkable: outsource the dining halls to a service provider. That’s right, the dining halls should be run by a for-profit, money-making corporation such as big-name Aramark or Sodexo.

If I told you that you could run a business in which everyone was essentially required to buy your product, and you knew exactly how much of your product to make, then customer satisfaction would be easy to provide, right?

Not if there’s no profit motive.

A contractor would never settle for high prices, poor ingredients, long lines, poor service or any type of customer dissatisfaction because it would have a brand to uphold.

It is not any particular person’s fault when Dining Services is ineffective. Success is simply not an option under its current structure. A nonprivatized situation might be effective in more fulfilling philanthropic endeavors, but not with the routine service tasks of a cafeteria. A corporation would integrate nationwide supply chains and management practices to provide a reliable level of service.

The current system has a lack of incentive to improve things.

If you get paid the same whether you do a good job or a bad job, you’re not going to put forth much effort. If Chipotle could raise its prices and force a certain customer base to buy from it, its quality would decrease and

the burritos wouldn’t be made as quickly. After all, this is America, where earning profit has always been paramount for private business.

During my internship at a federal agency this summer, I have experienced an outsourced cafeteria, and its contrast with all of the government’s inefficiencies is stark. The most striking thing is how similar the equipment, layout and menu are to our dining halls. The same ovens are used, and it even offers the world-famous buffalo chicken wrap.

The only difference is in the prices, the quality of ingredients and the staff’s attitudes. Aramark operates the cafeteria and provides better quality at a lower price. It hires local workers who demonstrate better teamwork and are friendly.

The key difference is a commitment to customer satisfaction. This is a standard that Dining Services at this university should aim to achieve.

Recently, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore and the University of Kentucky have made the choice to privatize dining services.

While many have protested the decision, they will eventually find a better experience.

James Madison University has a contract with Aramark to provide dining services, and over the past several years, it has been consistently named as one of the best dining programs nationwide. A university on the verge of being world-class should not be outshone in this category by regional schools.

Keep the facilities and keep the staff, but bring in a track record of success. A culture dedicated to customer satisfaction will be the path to success. There might be some hiccups, but the number of fingernails will decrease and the buffalo chicken wrap just might get even better.

Daniel Galitsky is a junior economics and finance major. He can be reached at dgalitsky@fdic.gov.

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n May 15, Students for Justice in Palestine wrote a guest column in The Diamondback titled “Behind the wall of apartheid,” in which the group extensively criticized Israel Fest for disrespecting and ignoring the plight of Palestinians in the Middle East. I would like to use this space to clarify the intentions and planning behind Israel Fest.

The purpose of Israel Fest is to be a large-scale social and cultural event that educates the general student body about Israel’s culture in a fun, meaningful way. The event was organized by the Jewish Student Union and co-sponsored by 30 university organizations, student groups and outside organizations.

Israel Fest is open to the entire university community and in no way aims to discriminate or mock any group of people, including Palestinians, who face a difficult situation both historically and today.

The SJP column cites a number of issues in the Middle East that were not brought up at Israel Fest, such as settlement expansion and Israeli government policies. The reason these issues were not represented is because the nature of the event to be was social and cultural, not to analyze Israel’s policies.

Just as Israel Fest did not feature information about procedures, laws

or deaths that affect Palestinians, it also did not feature information about those that affect Israelis. Just as students “did not hear about the 5,000 Palestinian political prisoners,” they also did not hear about the number of Israeli soldiers killed or kidnapped this past year.

The larger issue with the column is that it was written with purposefully i n f l a m m a to ry a n d i n s t i ga t ive language that in no way fosters a space for dialogue and communication about issues in the Middle East.

“Apartheid,” “erasure,” “ethnic cleansing” and “appropriated” are excitatory words that aim to evoke a negative response out of pro-Israel students such as myself. The column does aim to solve the original issue it posed of the Palestinian voice being excluded from Israel Fest, and also inaccurately stated that Israel Fest featured a SodaStream machine.

Every year, the JSU aims to increase the educational aspects and diversity of Israel Fest. The Israel Fest planning committee, which I led, was intentional about being respectful of and including different viewpoints on the Middle East. This year, we welcomed the Armenian Student Union and Jewish Muslim Alliance to teach students about other cultures and coexistence in Israel, including in Jerusalem. We reached out to a number

of Muslim and Arab student groups and individuals to be present at Israel Fest and thought it was crucial to include their voices.

While I recognize it might not be in the interest of some students to be a part of the greater Israel Fest event for personal reasons, it would be wrong to suggest we do not want to work together or were looking to exclude their narratives.

We made a concerted effort to reach out to those groups so their stories could be shared at Israel Fest, and the JSU hopes to include them in future years.

It was never the JSU’s intention to disrespect the hardships experienced by Palestinians, as we are extremely conscious about diversity on the campus and are a proud founding member of the Multicultural Student Council. I hope our groups can create a dialogue that allows us to move forward and next year’s programming grows stronger and more inclusive.

Joshua Gilstein is a 2014 university alumnus and was a biology major and the former president of the Jewish Student Union. The views expressed in this column are his own and do not reflect the views of the entire Jewish Student Union organization. He can be reached at jrgilstein@gmail.com.

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to 5 p.m., totaling eight hours a day. If you were to do the math, a server in a restaurant who works a typical eighthour shift would be paid approximately $29 a day without tips. Multiplying that number by a standard five-day workweek and a standard four-week month and adding the minimum $30 in tips, the monthly salary of a server would be approximately $610. Then if you were to take that number and multiply it by 12 to represent a year, the yearly salary of a full-time server would be about $7,330.

While more than seven grand seems like a good chunk of change to spend at a local watering hole, Chipotle and other college necessities, $7,000 does little in the big picture.

Working full time as a server could not even pay for the $9,162 in tuition and fees it cost an in-state student to attend this university last year, much less support a person and his or her family. For example, as of 2011, the poverty threshold in this state for a family of four was roughly $23,000. With the numbers crunched above, a server would be considered impoverished.

The problem with the wages a restaurant server earns lies in society’s lax views toward tipping servers.

Without tips, servers can’t bring home the bacon, especially a server who is a full-time student during the academic year.

That being said, next time you and your friends go out to eat, remember this column when your server brings your check around. Remember her minimum wage of $3.63, and remember that giving her a fair 18 percent tip can make all the difference in her wages.

Everyone reading this column has most likely gone out to eat at a restaurant with a couple of friends and had a server with a saccharine disposition take your orders, bring you your drinks, clean up your table and even convince the chef at said restaurant to make your meal without gluten. Then the server returns to your table for a final time with your paid bill, hoping and pleading with her eyes that her performance merited her at least an 18 percent tip.

You and your friends shuffle around that standard-issue black checkbook, trying to collect your respective debit and credit cards and maybe manage to use that pen the server gave you to haphazardly write $5.00 on the tip section on a bill that was at least $30. You might think that your almost 15 percent tip is rather generous or better than nothing, but in reality, it is not.

According to the state Department of Labor, employees who earn at least $30 a month in tips are allowed to be paid no less than $3.63 an hour, whereas the minimum wage for non-tip earning jobs in this state is $7.25 an hour.

Minimum wage is a constantly debated economic issue. Recently, Seattle raised its minimum wage to $15 an hour, and this state aims to have its minimum wage reach $10.10 by the year 2018. While these efforts are great in the grand scheme of things, tipped employees, such as myself and many other college stu- Maggie Cassidy is a junior English dents, get the short end of the deal. m a j o r. S h e c a n b e re a c h e d a t A typical workday is from 9 a.m. mcassidydbk@gmail.com.

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he coming week will likely see many individuals making plans in preparation for something that they consider inevitable.

However, the week will surely belong to those who entertain options never before recognized as possible, but that can now be considered likely and beneficial as never before. Indeed, the new and the untried may prove quite rewarding to those who are willing to put their eggs into that basket.

Yes, there are surely risks involved, but no, nothing all that frightening or permanent -- and yes, the rewards can surely make it all worthwhile! This week, fearlessness will be rewarded, and those who hold themselves back will soon see the error of their ways.

Households may be divided about the idea of potential this week -- and about the course to be followed to maximize and fulfill it.

Those under one roof may actually find themselves embroiled in an ongoing conflict over broader political notions, but it will be acknowledged that everyone is after the same thing!

GEMINI (May 21-June 6) -- You may be surprised to discover that, as the week opens, more people are on your side than have been in the past.

(June 7-June 20) -- Changes in your immediate environment are likely to affect you in ways that you had no reason to expect.

CANCER (June 21-July 7) -- It’s reasonable for you to think that things will continue uninterrupted, but surprises come with the approach of the weekend. (July 8-July 22) -- You mustn’t sell yourself short. Focus on what you want to gain, and visualize success.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 7) -- Your work will surely be appreciated by those who haven’t the skill or the temperament to do what you do. You’ll be riding high!

(Aug. 8-Aug. 22) -- You may not be getting the kind of feedback you had anticipated. You can make any necessary adjustments.

ences in opinion can result in tremendous growth if you are able to avoid disruptions in interpersonal dynamics.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 3) -- You’re looking for a way out of a situation you have been in for quite some time. You have simply reached your limit. (Feb. 4-Feb. 18) -- What you like and what you dislike may become intermingled in a way that defies understanding.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 5) -- You have a more creative outlook than those around you, and some of your ideas will surely speak for themselves.

(March 6-March 20) -- Your ability to cut through the unnecessary will surely serve you well; there is much to be done.

ARIES (March 21-April 4) -- You’re not likely to do things in the usual ways. Others are sure to comment upon your new brand of originality.

(April 5-April 19) -- The time passes as it always has, but you perceive it in a way that may be entirely new to you.

TAURUS (April 20-May 5) -- You’ve earned more than what is coming to you, so why not speak up and demand your fair share? Don’t be too passive!

(May 6-May 20) -- A friend and an enemy are likely to join forces in support of one of your more unusual ideas. Get things started!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 7) -- You’re in the mood to work on your own projects entirely by yourself, but you may not be afforded the opportunity at all times. (Sept. 8-Sept. 22) -- Communication from afar has you thinking that things are not going the way you had hoped, but you’re misinterpreting.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 7) -- A close friend has your back, but that doesn’t mean that you should expose yourself to dangers that can and should be avoided. (Oct. 8-Oct. 22) -- You may feel as though you’ve been getting the short end of the stick; it’s time to demand what is rightfully yours.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 7) -- You’re likely to receive a message or two that warrant further investigation. There are hidden dangers that you must work to uncover. (Nov. 8-Nov. 21) -- The unexpected is likely to interrupt you on at least two occasions this week, but you can face it with skill and grace.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 7) -- You may want to keep to yourself throughout much of the week, but make sure that others don’t worry about you as a result. (Dec. 8-Dec. 21) -- You may be overcomplicating what is actually a very simple issue. Money is the core problem, but it can be solved.

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HOW TO SPEND YOUR SUMMER VACATION Staff writers preview the biggest tours coming to the area, binge on Orange is the New Black, and weep along to The Fault in Our Stars. Visit diamondbackonline.com for more.

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REVIEW | SUMMER VIDEO GAMES

Puzzles, Hackers and Space Nazis Whether you’re on the go or staying in, the balmy summer months are perfect for catching up on your gaming. Here’s what we’re playing.

By Warren Zhang @auberginecow Senior staff writer

TwoDots Available on iOS. Played on iPad Air. Almost all free-to-play games are fundamentally evil, slyly convincing players to hand over the bucks through endless microtransactions after luring them in with the free initial download.

On the other hand, TwoDots’ microtransactions might actually be an act of immense humanity.

This minimalistic puzzle game is crazy addictive — Cookie Clicker or 2048 levels of addictive. The paywall and recharge times for lives actually do a great service in rigidly enforcing playtime limits. You won’t blow away a whole day playing TwoDots the same way you could spend endless hours shifting tiles in 2048.

The goal is simple: You connect dots of the same color. The connected dots then disappear. You must get a certain number of dots in a certain number of moves to complete a level. Levels

ramp up in difficulty appropriately, with each successive stage becoming harder than the last, but never too much harder.

TwoDots makes for an excellent game to play during commutes or tiny bits of downtime. The microtransactions ensure it never becomes all-consuming, while the rest of the game proper offers a lot of well-designed fun.

Watch Dogs Available on PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One and Wii U. Played on PS4.

Watch Dogs hit store shelves as a bit of an underdog: Following a stunning debut trailer, every single piece of footage released thereafter was harshly scrutinized by the Internet and deemed lacking. The last-minute delay certainly didn’t help matters, nor did Grand Theft Auto V’s thunderous launch in September.

Unfortunately, the final game doesn’t do much to silence the naysayers. A glitch-ridden, inconsistently executed muddle, Watch Dogs is the textbook example of a day late and a dollar short.

The central premise is still pretty in-

teresting. Gamers play as elite hacker Aiden Pearce, running around Chicago controlling traffic lights and hacking into bank accounts with an overpowered smartphone.

The premise and the announcement trailer promised a huge, immersive sandbox set in a thoroughly simulated city where your highly advanced smartphone let you be cyberpunk Batman.You could cause car accidents on a whim; reveal the deepest, darkest secrets of the Chicagoans around you; or hack into the city’s police database and stop crime.

The actual game does contain a lot of the promised features, but without almost any vision, coherent design or confidence. As a result, Watch Dogs is only intermittently engaging. Some of the core hacking mechanics are compelling, but the game’s insecurity means all the neat hacking puzzles only serve as wallpaper for yet another openworld, third-person shooter starring yet another hypocritical, gravellyvoiced hero.

Watch Dogs does have some merits, especially the surprisingly fun multiplayer, but it’s certainly nothing close

to the definitive next-gen experience it was hyped to be.

Wolfenstein: The New Order Available on PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One and Wii U. Played on PS4.

For some baffling reason, the developers of Wolfenstein: The New Order must have watched the entire filmography of Terrence Malick before making their hyper-violent grindhouse game about Nazi space wizards.

How else would you explain returning protagonist B.J. Blazkowicz’s constant voice-over or the game’s clumsy stabs at profundity? To be fair, The New Order is a lot better at storytelling than any game starring a character named B.J. Blazkowicz has any right to be.

The year is 1960. The aforementioned Nazi space wizards have won World War II and conquered the rest of the planet. Blazkowicz wakes up from a 14-year coma and immediately seeks out any survivors of the resistance. The protagonists, a ragtag assortment of

tired resistance fighters, are all wellrounded and conceived with surprising depth and nuance. Blazkowicz himself is a surprisingly compelling figure, convincingly vulnerable despite all the insane carnage he deals out over the course of the game.

A lot of effort has gone into fleshing out the world of The New Order. Newspaper clippings hinting at the alternate timeline litter the world, as do sharply designed German propaganda posters and funny alternate-timeline versions of 1960s music.

Wolfenstein: The New Order then wraps all of these charming elements around a thoughtfully designed shooter, mixing certain old-school elements (such as the ability to carry all of your weapons at once) with more modern sensibilities (your health recharges) into a solid game that only occasionally overreaches.

These trespasses are seriously jarring in the moment, but they’re easy to forgive when the rest of the game is so fun and engaging. wzhangdbk@gmail.com

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From PAGE 8 weekend and scored a season-high 19 goals three days after that in a convincing win over Robert Morris. But they regressed at Johns Hopkins on April 12, scoring just one first-half goal in an eventual 11-6 loss in Baltimore.

The Terps closed out the regular season with a 12-8 win at Notre Dame behind a fourth-quarter hat trick from Cannizzaro but lost a rematch to the Fighting Irish, 6-5, the next weekend in a rain-soaked ACC tournament semifinal matchup at PPL Park in Chester, Pennsylvania.

A six-goal win over Navy on May 3 at Byrd Stadium helped the Terps carry momentum into the NCAA tournament, and they squeaked past Cornell by one goal in the first round after attackman Mike Chanenchuk — who led the team in goals (36) and assists (23) — scored the gamewinner with two seconds remaining.

The Terps then appeared to put their offensive woes behind them after a 16-goal outburst against Bryant in the quarterfi-

REGIONALS From PAGE 8 stop Blake Schmit hit a two-RBI double in the eighth inning.

Even then, the Terps faced a fourrun deficit after Szefc started righthander Bobby Ruse, the Terps leader in relief appearances, instead of their No. 3 weekend starter, left-hander Jake Drossner.

In his fourth start and first since April 9, Ruse gave up six runs in 2.1 innings while Cavaliers right-hander Josh Sborz tossed seven scoreless innings in the Terps’ 11-2 defeat.

“Yesterday’s game — that might be one of best college teams I’ve coached against in 24 years,” Szefc said Tuesday.

“They’re very tough one through nine.

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Combined turnovers for Cannizzaro and Rambo in losses to Fighting Irish nals on May 17. But a week later at M&T Bank Stadium, the group lapsed again and scored six goals against a stout Fighting Irish defense in an 11-6 semifinal loss.

It was the third time in four seasons the Terps made it to championship weekend and emerged empty-handed.

“You risk getting your heart broken to go on a great journey with this team,” said Amato, who won the Ensign C. Markland Kelly, Jr. Award as the top goalie in Division I lacrosse. “And I wouldn’t have

… [Sborz] was as good an arm as we’ve seen all year.”

Szefc said many players were initially disappointed after Monday’s loss, but he wanted to focus on the positives. Before this season, the Terps hadn’t made a postseason appearance in nine years.

They broke that drought and won six postseason games, including four in the NCAA tournament. The Terps had one NCAA tournament victory in program history before this season’s largely unexpected run.

“As of yesterday, there were only 11 teams still playing, and we were one of the 11,” Szefc said. “They really accomplished an awful lot.”

The Terps’ postseason was even more impressive because they were a “melting pot of a team,” Szefc said. Many upperclassmen were recruited by former coach

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traded anything in the world for these past five years.”

Rambo (30 goals) and Cannizzaro (26 goals) finished second and tied for third, respectively, on the Terps in scoring this past season. At times, the duo carried the Terps offensively and displayed a wide array of stupefying finishing moves, such as when they scored five of the Terps’ eight goals against the Big Red. But in the two semifinal losses to Notre Dame, Rambo and Cannizzaro combined for three goals and 11 turnovers — numbers one might expect from young players taking on such responsibility.

“I feel like regardless of the people that you have, you can find a way,” Tillman said on May 24. “You just need to build them up, put them in good spots and really just stay with them. And this group has been fantastic. They’ve been so unselfish. … They’ve represented our school so well on and off the field. They’ve fought even to the end today, and I’m proud of them for that.” dpopperdbk@gmail.com

Erik Bakich and had to adjust to Szefc’s small-ball strategy and style of coaching, he said.

“The older guys, the senior guys, were outstanding with their leadership,” Szefc said. “If you’re going to be special, your older guys have to be special.”

The Terps, once an ACC bottom-feeder, defeated top teams throughout their postseason run and received national recognition for their accomplishments.

A group of players whose careers began in discouraging fashion ended their time in college by making program history.

“That’s what you want to have for your guys,” Szefc said. “You want to be able to start on the right note and finish on the right note. This team was definitely able to do that.” psuittsdbk@mail.com

VOLLEYBALL

Coaching change brings positivity Steve Aird leads Terps into Big Ten

By Jacob Walker @JacobW_DBK Staff writer The Terrapins volleyball team went 13-19 last year and will enter the traditionally dominant Big Ten for the 2014 season, but first-year coach Steve Aird has brought a positive mindset to the program.

Aird previously served as an assistant at soon-to-be conference rival Penn State, and he helped the Nittany Lions to their fifth national championship since 2007 this past season. Along with first-year assistants Kristin Kenney and Adam Hughes, Aird is tasked with ending the Terps’ perennial mediocrity and bringing them to prominence in the Big Ten. With four incoming freshmen and former Oregon State setter Carlotta Oggioni set to join the Terps this fall, the foundation for the staff’s time at the helm has already been laid.

“We’re trying to build a championship program here,” said Kenney, a former assistant at Connecticut. “The vision is there, I think it’s going to happen.”

That vision includes a specific mold of players they recruit. Size, blocking and the ability to play above the net are areas Kenney and Hughes cited as important for the team’s success.

Off the court, though, they want players with a work ethic they can build around.

“We’re kind of looking for some kids right now that got kind of a chip on their shoulder,” said Hughes, who followed Aird to the Terps from Penn State. “They’re maybe a little bit different; they’re trying to build something rather than following somebody else’s tradition. …

Moving to the Big Ten, everyone kind of sees it as a new era, kind of a new chapter.”

One of the first recruits the Terps targeted this offseason was Sam Higginbothem. A libero from Middletown, Higginbothem said she was interested in joining the Terps because she wanted to be part of the program’s growth in a new era.

In April, she committed to

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Terrapins volleyball assistant

the team.

“She might play harder than anybody we have right now,” Hughes said. “She’s a little kid, flies around and makes plays.”

Higginbothem is the daughter of military parents and credits her work ethic and perseverance during games to her upbringing.

“I have a lot of heart when I play, a lot of energy,” Higginbothem said. “I’m a little person, but I’m definitely a leader, or would like to be.”

The Terps will look to players like Higginbothem to spark a turnaround after a 14th-place finish in the ACC last season, a mark that included a 1-11 record on the road. The coaching staff has identified serving and blocking as facets the team can improve moving forward.

And as the Terps continue to hit the recruiting trail and add depth to their roster, the coaches hope the program’s transformation will begin.

“Whether you’re a scholarship kid or you’re a walk-on, Day One you get a fair shot,” Hughes said. “Everyone’s getting a crack at it, and I don’t really care who plays.

It’s something you have to have as a team...I’m not picking favorites, and I want everyone to compete, and I think everyone can.” jwalkerdbk@gmail.com

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THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 2014

BASEBALL | SEASON IN REVIEW

MEN’S LACROSSE | SEASON IN REVIEW

Terps surprise but show inconsistency Experienced defense can’t overcome youth on offense in second half, postseason

By Daniel Popper @danielrpopper Senior staff writer

CENTER FIELDER CHARLIE WHITE finishes his swing after making contact in Monday’s 11-2 loss at Virginia. He had two hits in the game. photo courtesy of maryland athletics

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Two straight losses at Virginia end season one win shy of trip to College World Series

By Phillip Suitts @PhillipSuitts Staff writer Long after the final strike, after Virginia rushed the field to form a dogpile and after the Terrapins baseball team’s historic postseason run ended with an 11-2 loss, the Terps seniors and some redshirt juniors gathered in their Courtyard by Marriott North hotel room.

Second-year coach John Szefc and his assistants joined the players, who wanted to reminisce about the Terps’ accomplishments this past season. They earned a school-record 40 wins, made the ACC tournament final for the first time since 1976, qualified for the NCAA tournament for the first time in 43 years and captured the program’s first NCAA regional title.

Many of those players slogged through a disastrous 2011 season in which the Terps went 21-35 and 5-25 in the ACC. And while their 2014 campaign ended Monday at Davenport Field in Charlottesville, Virginia, in Game 3 of the Super Regionals, one win short of a trip to the College World Series, these Terps took solace

in their recent success and the program’s turnaround.

“It was probably the best postseason meeting I’ve ever been a part of,” Szefc said Tuesday. “It was about as good a way to end the season after a loss that I’ve ever been associated with.”

The Terps started the program’s first Super Regionals with their fourth straight victory, a 5-4 win over the No. 3 Cavaliers on Saturday. Right-hander Jake Stinnett, whom the Chicago Cubs selected in the second round June 5, surrendered two runs in six innings, and the Cavaliers left 14 runners on base.

But the Terps couldn’t contain the Cavaliers’ offense in the last two games of the best-of-three series. While Virginia left 13 runners on base Sunday, they broke the game open with a three-run seventh inning and forced a decisive game with the 7-3 victory.

As the Cavaliers offense steadily improved throughout the series, the Terps went in the other direction.

A 14-game streak of scoring four or more runs ended Sunday. And Monday, they were shut out until shortSee REGIONALS, Page 7

The Terrapins men’s lacrosse team lost four of its top five scorers and more than half of its offensive production from 2013. Entering this season, coach John Tillman attempted to fill that hole with the No. 1 recruiting class in the nation, according to Inside Lacrosse, including the top four attackman recruits: Matt Rambo, Tim Rotanz, Connor Cannizzaro and Colin Heacock.

A weathered defense led by redshirt senior goalkeeper Niko Amato juxtaposed the Terps’ youth and inexperience on offense while faceoff specialist Charlie Raffa provided a dominant presence at the X despite battling a knee injury for the entire season. So Tillman molded his scheme around those two crucial facets of the game — defense and faceoffs — and plugged a plethora of pieces in at the offensive end, hoping his youngsters could grow up in a hurry.

But the Terps’ lack of consistent goal scoring became their downfall.

In all four of their losses, including an 11-6 thrashing at the hands of Notre Dame in the NCAA semifinals at M&T Bank Stadium, the team failed to break eight goals, as freshmen played like freshmen, unable to avoid inconsistency. And for the 39th straight year, the Terps failed to secure a national championship.

“When you lose, you’ve got to

look at the top and the leadership and figure out, ‘Where did we go wrong?’” Tillman said on May 24 after the season-ending loss to the Fighting Irish. “There were a lot of moving parts that we had all year, yet we weren’t going to use that as an excuse. We were going to find a way to make it work.”

Inside Lacrosse picked the Terps to finish last in the highly touted ACC, which featured six teams and an automatic qualifying bid to the NCAA tournament for the first time in its history. Tillman and his squad used that as motivation from fall practices until the regular-season finale, and in the end, the Terps only lost one regular-season conference game and won the regular-season ACC title.

The Terps silenced many doubters in the first half of their 2014 campaign and won seven consecutive games to begin the year, including two against teams ranked No. 1 at the time: Duke, which went on to win the national championship, and Syracuse.

But on March 22, the Terps lost their first game of the season at North Carolina. It was also the first game Tillman’s squad didn’t break double digits in goals, a sample of the offensive struggles that would plague the Terps down the stretch and into the postseason.

The Terps responded with a grind-it-out, three-goal home victory over Virginia the next

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