June 16, 2016

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Caret gets $105k raise in closed meeting Citing personnel exemption, USM gives raise, bonus to chancellor behind closed doors

By Evan Berkowitz @thedbk For The Diamondback USM CHANCELLOR ROBERT CARET speaks at a March 9 University Senate meeting. The USM governing board gave Caret a combined $105,000 pay increase during a closed meeting Friday. file photo/the diamondback

Caret during a closed meeting last Friday, The Baltimore Sun reported Wednesday.

Caret will receive a $30,000 raise The University System of Maryland to his base salary for fiscal year 2017 approved a combined $105,000 of ad- as well as a $75,000 one-off bonus, ditional pay for Chancellor Robert the system’s spokesman Mike Lurie

said. The raise is a five percent merit increase, and the bonus amounts to nearly 12 percent of his new base salary (or exactly 12.5 percent of his salary before the raise, both of which are within the 15 percent allowed in Caret’s contract).

Concerns arose over the meeting’s closed nature, and The Sun reported that the system’s governing board held a “secret meeting” to vote on it.

Bear seen on North Campus

After the U.S.’s deadliest mass shooting, College Park comes together

Two bear sightings were reported on the University of Maryland campus near Elkton Hall on Monday, according to a police advisory sent out Tuesday evening.

University of Maryland Police said the bear — believed to be a bl a c k b e a r — wa s s p ot te d again Monday, this time near Hyattsville.

These were three of 11 total black bear sightings in Prince George’s, Montgomery and Howard counties this week, The Baltimore Sun reported Wednesday. Officials believe it is the same bear searching for a home, according to The Sun. Though bear sightings on and near the campus are extremely rare — the University Police representative said he had no knowledge of a previous encounter — students and employees are advised to take caution.

University Police also urged anyone who sees or has seen a bear to notify them immediately once in a safe location.

By Carly Kempler @CarlyKempler Senior staff writer Leaders and students within the College Park community are working together to honor the victims of Sunday’s mass shooting in Orlando, Florida, as well as the LGBTQ community as a whole.

The mass shooting at Pulse nightclub by 29-year-old Omar Mateen left 50 people dead — including the shooter — and more than 50 wounded, making it the deadliest attack by a gunman in U.S. history.

Local and state officials, including College Park Mayor Patrick Wojahn, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and University of Maryland President Wallace Loh, spoke about the shooting and are working together to honor and support the STUDENT VIGIL ORGANIZERS, including Sam Hajarian, left, recite the names of the 49 people killed by Omar Mateen at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, in the worst mass shooting in U.S. history. The students gathered Tuesday evening in solidarity with the Orlando LGBTQ community and victims. julia lerner/for the diamondback

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Virginia Tech prof to replace Cronrath

By Helen Lyons @thedbk For The Diamondback Sonia Hirt, who was named the new architecture school dean at the University of Maryland on June 2, is the fi rst woman to be appointed to the role since the school was founded in 1967, according to the school’s website.

“It adds for me an extra layer of honor and excitement,” Hirt said.

“The last couple years have been very good for female deans in architecture around the country. We’ve made a difference. There is a tide, and I am very proud to be part of that wave.”

Hirt, who will officially assume her role on Oct. 1, joins this university from Virginia Tech, where she was the College of Architecture and Urban Studies professor and associate dean for academic affairs. She replaces current dean David Cronrath.

“We certainly will miss [Cron-

SONIA HIRT will become the first female dean of the University of Maryland’s architecture school. Appointed June 2, she will officially asssume the new role on Oct. 1, coming from Virginia Tech. photo courtesy of alana carchedi rath],” said Ruth Davis-Rogers, Urban Studies and Planning administrative assistant. “But change is always good because different people will bring a different energy and different focus to the school.”

Fewer than one in five deans at U.S. architecture schools are women, according to a 2013 survey by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, despite the fact that male and female architecture students graduate at equal rates.

“It’s a very standard story,” Hirt said. “But I think there is a cause for optimism. With everything in life, you have to establish a point of reference. If you look at it what it was 50 years ago, we’ve definitely made a lot

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Lurie denied the meeting was secret, saying the board notified the public of its planned closed session by posting an agenda with a statement to close, its reasons for closing and discussion topics on its website a week earlier.

The system posted a news release on June 8 mentioning the meeting.

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of progress.”

Though Hirt has plans to increase both the quantity and quality of students at the school through fundraising efforts that would increase recruiting resources, she said she will have to familiarize herself with the school’s landscape before setting any specific, long-term goals.

This university is very fortunate to have Hirt, said Anne Khademian, director of Virginia Tech’s School of Public and International Affairs in the College of Architecture and Urban Studies.

“It’s a great milestone,” Khademian said. “She’s a very creative scholar,

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After less than a month of testing an expanded 104 Shuttle-UM bus route, the University of Maryland’s Department of Transportation Services decided to re-route the path in response to College Park residents’ concerns.

On Monday, the 104 bus to the College Park Metro station started r u n n i ng from Regents Drive Garage down Regents Drive, past the Main Administration Building, Memorial Chapel and Montgomery Hall before turning left onto Route 1 and right on Paint Branch Parkway.

The previous route crossed Route 1 on College Avenue and accessed the station from the opposite side of the tracks.

“When we talked with the city and realized that more conversation needed to be had before continuing running the route through those neighborhoods, that’s when we decided to make this change,” said Armand Scala, DOTS senior

associate director.

Longtime residents of Old Town and Calvert Hills raised concerns with the new route’s frequency of travel and the noise and size of the buses, among other things, Scala said.

John Rigg, Calvert Hills Citizen Association president, said the association did not request the termination of the pilot but rather requested to bring together the university and College Park City Council to discuss residents’ concerns.

“Unfortunately, there was no real outreach to the community before the 104 route started,” Rigg said. “The net effective was that people woke up one day and then every three to five minutes there was a very large bus running past their house.”

Last semester, the university’s Residence Hall Association and Student Government Association both advocated for the expansion of bus service to the Metro to accommodate students who live on South Campus, which ultimately led to the pilot route in May. However, SGA President Katherine Swanson and RHA Vice President Sasha Galbreath, who chaired the group’s Transportation Advisory See BUS, Page 3

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For The Diamondback A female student witUn iversity Pol ice re- n e s s e d a n a r g u m e n t sponded to reports of an between her roommates assau lt a nd a domestic — a male student and a dispute, among other in- fe m a l e s t u d e n t — a n d cidents this past week, ac- called University Police, cording to police reports. Hoaas said.

“There was no physical fighting between the two ASSAULT of them,” she added.

Officers gave those inUn iversit y of M a r yland Police responded to volved information on the police headquarters June Office of Civil Rights and 9 at about 8:40 p.m. after Sexual Misconduct. This a repor t of a n a ssau lt. case is active.

Two males not affiliated with the university were THEFT playing soccer on the Engineering Fields when the Un iversity Pol ice a rsuspect “attempted to kick rested three males in conthe victim in the head,” nection w ith a theft on University Police spokes- Sunday at 3:52 a.m. near w o m a n S g t . R o s a n n e Mowatt Lane Garage, acHoaas said. T he victim cording to police reports. blocked the kick with his O f f ic e rs we re i n t he forearm, she added, but a rea for a prev ious ca ll the suspect punched him when they noticed four in the head. individuals near the “T he suspect did not parking garage who aplike how the victim was p e a r e d t o b e “ s a w i n g playing,” Hoaas said. somet h i n g by t he bi ke T h e v ic t i m s u f fe re d rack,” Hoaas said. Once non-life-threatening in- the group saw the officers juries, Hoaas wrote in an coming, they ran away, email. This case is active. b u t U n i v e r s i t y P o l i c e were able to stop th ree of them.

ACCIDENT One individual was an Un iversity Pol ice re- adult male, and the other sponded to an accident on two were juveniles. The Campus Drive on Friday juveniles — one of whom at 1 1:35 p.m . A fem a le had a bolt cutter with him student driving a van was — were taken to the Unitraveling south on Cham- versity Police station and pionship Drive when she released to their guardd ro v e t h ro u g h a g a te , ians, Hoaas wrote. They crossed Campus Drive and will be charged in the jucrashed into the Gateway venile court system with Market convenience store theft of less than $1,000 in the Domain apartments, and malicious destrucHoa a s w rote. She wa s tion of property.

The adult male, taken to a local hospital 1 8 - y e a r- o l d J u a n A . for evaluation.

T h e d r i v e r s u f fe re d Cueva from Hyattsville non-life-threatening inju- faced t he sa me ch a rge ries and it is unknown yet along with fourth-degree whether charges will be burglary, second-degree filed, according to NBC4. bu rgla ry, forced entry, Police are investigating unlawful entry and two counts of contribute to the accident. conditions of child.

University Police were DOMESTIC unable to confirm any of DISPUTE the individuals’ affiliaOn Saturday at about tion with the university.

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USM From PAGE 1 President Katherine Swanson still took issue with the meeting’s closed nature.

“I t h i n k t he ch a n ge i n his raise really does have an impact … on the public and on students, so I don’t understand why it wouldn’t b e a p u bl i c ly c on du c te d meeting,” she said.

Lurie said the performance rev iew a nd d iscussions leading to a state employee’s public record salary fall within the personnel matters exemption to Ma ryland’s open meetings law, which “generally requires meetings of public bodies to be conducted in public,” according to The Sun. Swanson said that wh i le she recog n ized the board’s legal right to closed session for person nel reasons, this case made her uncomfortable.

Jennifer Bevan-Dangel, executive director of watchdog group Common Cause Maryland, questioned whether the personnel exemption was a valid reasoning in this case.

“The reason for the personnel exemption is if you have something that’s of a sensitive nature,” she said, citing allegations or performance review. “But when it

comes to salary decisions or bonus decisions, those are budget decisions and they should be … solely discussed in a public way.”

Budget discussions are not exempt from open meeting laws, Bevan-Dangel said.

She suggested salary discussion should be open “even if, for example, the employee review happened previously in a closed session.”

Lurie said the board followed the Open Meetings Act’s procedu res, ca l l i ng th is sort of exemption “a standard practice that the law allows.”

“We are very careful to follow the law in terms of what’s permissible to be discussed under closed session,” Lurie said. “We notify the public in detail as to [the] list of items to be discussed in a closed session that are a l lowe d u n d e r t h e O p e n Meetings Act and that are in compliance with the law.”

Bevan-Dangel said that “the abuse of personnel decisions is a very com mon problem that we see, and that includes not having public sessions around salary decisions [and] bonuses.

“The fact that this exemption is abused often though does not make it … acceptable,” she said.

B eva n-Da ngel sa id t he system has “a pattern [of past open meetings violations]

Gov Hogan says he won’t vote Trump in presidential election Popular gov won’t back likely nominee

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The first-term Republican governor has repeatedly denounced supporting Trump — he once said Trump shouldn’t

By Brittany Cheng be the nominee — but this is the @thedbk first time Hogan has publicly For The Diamondback stated he won’t cast a ballot Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan for the businessman whose said Wednesday he’s not voting candidacy has been controfor the GOP’s presumptive versial since its inception. In presidential nominee Donald the latest Washington Post/ Trump. The Washington Post ABC News poll, 69 percent of registered voters view Trump reported it first.

“No, I don’t plan to,” Hogan unfavorably — surpassing the told The Post about voting for 67 percent mark set in March.

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ORLANDO From PAGE 1 victims.

About 60 people attended a vigil hosted by students Tuesday night on McKeldin Mall.

“Our community is torn apart,” said Sam Hajarian, a junior English major who helped organize Tuesday’s event. “We’ve had our equivalent in Orlando basically die.

People who could’ve been us in Orlando, people who we might know in Orlando, people who we love in Orlando. … And we’re getting together to mourn, and I think that’s a very common thing in a lot of cultures.”

The United Campus Ministry also held a service and vigil on McKeldin Mall earlier that day.

Many who attended were not students at this university.

On May 24, the City Council voted 5-0 with three abstentions to display a Pride Flag — a rainbow flag symbolizing the LGBTQ movement — at City Hall for one week starting June 6. But after Sunday’s attack, Wojahn asked the council to extend this display for an extra week to honor those affected, he said.

“Being a member of the LGBTQ community myself, I feel distressed at what happened,” Wojahn said. “We need to be strong as an LGTBQ community and strong as a country.”

Hanging the f lag shows support for the LGBTQ community, but it also displays overall inclusivity for all minorities in this city, said District

that is enough to cause concerns,” pointing specifically to the 2012 closed meeting in which the Board of Regents discussed leaving the Atlantic Coast Conference.

A USM news release from the time acknowledged regret over lack of public notice but maintained that sufficient exemptions existed to warrant the closed session.

Following a complaint, the Open Meetings Compliance Board in 2013 found the Board of Regents v iolated open meeti ngs law i n the ACC case. It also found regular violations using another exemption in a separate ruling, according to The Sun. “We are concerned that the University system seems to have fallen into that culture … of closing the door,” Bevan-Dangel said. “We hope that they w i l l ta ke a step back and really reevaluate how often they’re choosing to go into closed session and how necessary those decisions are.”

She a l so sa id Com mon Cause plans to advocate for changes to the existing law, which she said “is riddled with problems” including vague exemptions, lack of enforcement and lack of penalties. In addition to a public apology, violators must pay a “very trivial fee,” BevanDangel said.

In this case, Swanson said

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“The next steps are really just being consistent and persistent with our messages of inclusion and diversity for all of the communities that represent College Park,” Brennan said. “It’s the ongoing dialogue and the ongoing visibility of minority communities in our city that will strengthen our understanding and recognize the battles in the past and make sure we don’t repeat them again.”

Hogan issued a statement Sunday offering his condolences to the victims’ families and ordering flags to be flown at half-staff “in honor of the innocent lives lost in this tragedy.”

Loh tweeted Sunday: “My thoughts and prayers are with the victims and families of the horrific #Orlando shooting and the entire LGBT community,” and said all American and state flags on the campus will be lowered at half-staff until June 16 “as [a] sign of respect for the victims of #Orlando shooting.”

This is more than just an ISIS issue, said senior English and philosophy major Will Mont, emphasizing that “we need a political change.”

“We need to reflect on our culture of transphobia and homophobia,” Mont said. “It’s about how we talk about and consider LGBTQ rights in this community.”

Mont said extending the hanging of the Pride banner was a “nice gesture,” but “there needs to be legitimacy behind [it].”

Hajarian added at the vigil

the dollar amount in question raises concern.

“While I understand that [the pay increase] is in his contract, it is a lot of money … goi ng to someone who already has a rather large salary,” Swanson said. While she said she had no opinion on the sum’s fairness because she “[doesn’t] know what it’s like to be a chancellor of a university system,” she questioned the combined $105,000 payout.

“It is a large amount of money for somebody who already has a huge salary, especially for somebody who is in education and especially when tuition is rather high and fees seem to be increasing all the time.”

B eva n-Da ngel sa id t he amount didn’t matter, simply the violation itself.

“We’re looking at what is ultimately taxpayer dollars or student dollars, and is about decisions to spend the public money … made behind closed doors,” Bevan-Dangel said. “It doesn’t really matter if it’s $5 or $500,000 — it’s about public accountability for how their money’s being spent. And that’s what’s so offensive.”

Se nio r staff w r ite r L e x ie Schapitl contributed to this report.

GOV. LARRY HOGAN, seen in this file photo, told reporters he would not be voting for presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump in the general election. file photo/the diamondback Chris Christie and helped him raise money in Maryland while he was still in the race.

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‘REST IN POWER’ reads this sign on the McKeldin Mall fountain, left as part of a student vigil held Tuesday night to mourn victims of the Orlando shooting. julia lerner/for the diamondback that claiming the shooting was exclusively an ISIS issue is a very “unknowledgeable way to look at things” and that homophobia is a pervasive domestic problem.

“We’re supposedly free [in the U.S.], but we’re not,” Hajarian said. “We’re being shot in our communities.”

Senior architecture major Ty Ginter said: “[My] heart just sunk” upon hearing the news. Ginter is a member of the LGBTQ community and identifies as non-binary, or not identifying as either male or female.

“It’s just so shattering and just wrong — you’re being attacked in your space,” Ginter said. “Pulse was our house and those people were like our family members, our friends.

“We were thinking that the world is getting better and maybe we don’t need to hide anymore,” Ginter said. “A lot of us are feeling very scared and very vulnerable right now.”

Julia Lerner, Mina Haq and Quanny Carr contributed to this report. ckemplerdbk@gmail.com

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USM creates predictive analytics system to chart dropout dangers Program uses data to predict future trends based on past performance

By Kerrigan Stern @thedbk For The Diamondback The University System of Maryland has implemented a system of predictive analytics to pinpoint students who are in danger of dropping out of school or losing their majors.

The system is “data being used to predict the future as opposed to simply describing the past,” said Ben Passmore, an assistant vice chancellor in the system. “What you have is a set of analytic tools that — instead of just telling you what has happened — it suggests from path patterns what will happen.”

The predictive analytic program analyzes past performance, the student’s course schedule and other factors when deciding on intervention. It also allows the students’ advisers to make a map of the graphical

representation of grades received in a class with a certain professor.

On the graph, students who are 80 percent or more likely to succeed are shown in green, Passmore said. Those who are 15 percent likely to succeed are yellow, and the students who are 5 percent likely to succeed are red, he added.

With this information, a professor can decide where to focus his or her time inside and outside the classroom through efforts such as more office hours or a different curriculum, which may be directed at students of all achievement levels.

At other schools, the system is able to take other things into consideration, including dining points, to see if the student is an active member of the campus.

“It would be a good kind of early warning sign,” said Passmore, who said it is unknown

whether the system truly uses dining points as a factor at this university. “Maybe they’re sick, maybe they’ve gone on vacation. Maybe a lot of things have happened, but the idea is … the entire experience of being present and around university campus, which is important for student success.”

But the program does have some drawbacks, including privacy and security of data, Passmore said.

“We know that some privacy experts have expressed concern in the U.S. that data could be used in a punitive way with students,” said Mike Lurie, the system’s media relations manager.

“To the contrary, the data are useful in raising the chance that a student who is struggling in a certain academic track can be encouraged to seek help.”

Passmore compared the privacy issue to social media, which tends to take and disseminate users’ information for profit.

“We give away more infor-

mation on Facebook, on Google, on Amazon, whose only purpose out there is to sell stuff,” he said.

“But we feel sensitive about giving information to people … who are helping you help the student succeed.”

Student Government Association President Katherine Swanson also expressed concerns that predictive analytics could sway students away from their preferred major.

“I worry that they could be used to discourage students from trying their hardest to excel in their originally chosen major,” she said.

At the end of the day, it is the student’s responsibility to be successful, Passmore said.

“What you have is kind of a combination of the analytic system,” he said. “It’s the data team who puts this system together, the student service system … and the student themselves who have a responsibility to figure out what they can do.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

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school it ca n be, sa id Ji m Cohen, Urban Studies and From PAGE 1 Planning program director.

“She had a rea l ly thora fabu lous teacher a nd ough understanding of the a great leader. She has a school and the programs,” real vision for what’s pos- he said. “And that was very sible in architecture and impressive.” design, and she’s going to Born in Bulgaria, where do an outstanding job.” she received her bachelor’s H i r t a l so prev iou sly in architecture, Hirt’s reserved as a visiting asso- s e a rc h fo c u s e s o n t h re e ciate professor at Harvard main themes: Central and Un iversit y’s G ra du ate Eastern European urbanism, School of contrasting Design, American [HIRT IS] A VERY CREan assis- ATIVE SCHOLAR, A FAB- a n d E u rotant propean apfessor at ULOUS TEACHER AND proaches the Uni- A GREAT LEADER. SHE to land-use versity planning HAS A REAL VISION of Toledo FOR WHAT IS POSSIBLE a n d r e g uand an l at io n a n d instruc- IN ARCHITECTURE AND urban plantor at the DESIGN. ning theory UniverANNE KHADEMIAN and history, sity of Virginia Polytechnic Institute of Technology according Michito V i rg i ngan, i a Tech’s w h e r e s h e e a r n e d h e r website. The American Assomaster’s and doctorate ciation of University Women, d eg re e s. She joi n s t he the Nationa l Endow ment architecture school just for the Humanities and the a year ahead of its 50th American Council of Learned anniversary.

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DeVos Institute to host free arts debate series

By Mark Boyle @thedbk For The Diamondback This fall, the University of Maryland’s DeVos Institute, which specializes in training arts managers and various organizations’ board members, will host “Generation Elsewhere: Art in the Age of Distraction.”

The four-part series, free and open to students and the public from October through December across the East Coast, will discuss technology’s impact on the arts industry and address how artists will react to the public’s decreasing attention span as technology’s influence on the human brain grows.

At tend a nce at va r iou s museums and arts performances has been dipping over the years, according to a National Endowment of the Arts survey that reported attendance for musicals and plays, for example, dipped 9 percent and 12 percent between 2008 and 2012, respectively.

Each part of the series will focus on a different subtopic of technology and arts, such as virtual reality, digital divides and audience expectations, and will be set in a different location: Washington, D.C.; Providence, Rhode Island; Cambridge, Massachusetts and a fourth that undetermined location. DeVos Insti-

tute President Brett Egan, in collaboration with technologist Sydney Skybetter and Tod Machover — composer, inventor, professor and head of the MIT Media Lab’s Opera of the Future group — will co-curate the debates, which will include leaders from the arts, neuroscience, policy and marketing.

“We anticipate there will be very significant differences of opinion where the field should go,” Egan said.

The way audiences engage with technology is changing the way they encounter the arts, Egan said. The concern is that this change alters the way the brain processes art, he added.

“When you take that 21st century brain and put it into the context of a performance setting that has not changed in many cases for centuries, some important questions arise,” Egan said, one being, “What impact will an infinite supply of low-cost, high-quality, ondemand digital surrogates — available without leaving home — have on today’s cultural institutions, which largely require audiences to gather at a specific time, in a specific place, behave in a specific way, and pay handsomely to do it?”

Since its founding in 2001 at the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., the DeVos Institute has served more than 1,000 organizations around

the world, ranging from traditional performing and presenting organizations to glass-making studios and botanical gardens.

Its t ra nsit ion to t h is university in 2014 — it is still located, however, in D.C. — has given students access to discussions led by professionals in the field.

Each year, Egan and his team, along with university leaders, pinpoint one serious trend or change in the environment that affects the arts. Last year was diversity, with discussions on how arts organizations of color in the U.S. are challenged today.

“We’re tinkering around the edges of this question and not taking significant steps toward answering the different questions which have evolved,” Egan said.

“Does our business remain relevant to 21st century audiences?”

Some may not have the resources to keep up with the changing times, Egan said, giving the example of the live opera versus highdefinition broadcast opera.

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A SHUTTLE-UM BUS at the Stamp Student Union bus stop. DOTS introduced changes to the 104 bus route, which carries riders from Regents Drive Parking Garage to the College Park Metro station. The new route will service South Campus, but not Old Town. file photo/the diamondback

BUS From PAGE 1 Committee last semester and originally proposed the route DOTS will now use, said they do not see an issue with the change because the route still stops on South Campus.

“It’s really fine with me; I have no problem with it at all,” Swanson said. “I prefer that the bus actually went up [Route 1] and onto Paint Branch [Parkway]. I’m happy that the residents and university came up with a plan that works for all of us.”

But not everyone is happy with the change.

W hen sen ior computer science major Steven Davis received a UMD alert of a robbery that took place near his home on Calvert Road on May 16, he realized that traveling at night might not be safe.

W hen a Shut t le-U M bus stop sprouted near his house, Davis used the 104 bus to commute to his job

on the campus. But now, he someti mes worries about traveling back late at night, he said.

“I always knew that bus wo u l d b e t h e re; I wo u l d usua l ly leave my house and be good to go,” Davis said. “Now you need to walk dow n t hese d a rk st reets, and you never know what is going to happen.”

Senior finance major Dan Moscatiello said he is excited about the pilot route. He’s living on Calvert Road near the Metro station in the fall and would otherwise have a long commute to class, had the 104 bus not changed to serve South Campus.

While he understands the concer n s ra ised by longtime residents, he said he w ishes DOTS had pi loted t he route du r i n g t he fa l l semester so more people, including students and administrators, had the opportunity to experience the route’s benefits.

“In the summer, there are only so many people in town,

so it doesn’t really give a good feedback to what it will actually be like,” he said. “If DOTS had waited until the fall, maybe they could have realistically seen what the demand would have been.”

Students are encouraged to come forward with their concerns so the SGA a nd RHA can bring them to the city and university, Swanson and Galbreath said.

DOTS plans on watching ridership and gauging public input during the summer, Scala said, to determine how the 104 bus route can best serve the university community.

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hile the names of its members do not resonate with University of Maryland students like the name of our esteemed President Wallace Loh, there is perhaps no entity that exerts more influence on the higher education institutions in Maryland than the University System of Maryland Board of Regents.

Decisions concerning matters such as academic programs, capital development and budget are all made by the 17-member board, which is why board decisions made behind closed doors can be upsetting to the public.

Last week, the Board of Regents voted in a closed meeting to give Chancellor Robert Caret a $75,000 bonus along with a $30,000 inc rea se to h i s ba se sa l a ry. T h e raise was a merit-based reward for Caret’s performance over the past year. While this editorial board does not question whether Caret deserves this raise, we do find the board’s tendency to make decisions affecting the public without the public to be extremely concerning.

The incident last week was not the first time a problem like this s pa rke d co n t rove rsy. I n 2 0 13 , the Board of Regents met twice

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privately to endorse what could be considered one of the biggest decisions made during Loh’s tenure as president: the move from the ACC to the Big Ten. Although there are circumstances that legally justify private Board of Regents sessions, the board has also pushed this year to pass a bill in the state legislature to create additional circumstances that would allow the board to meet privately.

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The USM Board of Regents needs to include the public in its decisions.

Again, the greatest problem is not about the decisions that the board makes in the closed meetings, as those are nearly always met with some sort of controversy and opposition. It is the fact that the Board of Regents believes it is acceptable to ignore the importance of remaining accountable and inclusive.

Last week’s vote to increase the

chancellor’s salary was only “disclosed in response to media inquiries,” according to The Baltimore Sun, meaning that the board didn’t voluntarily divulge the hard points of their meeting, which violates the open meeting law, and that our knowledge of this event only resulted from the media prying at the truth.

Even though there are certainly times when the greater good would best be served if sessions were held in secret – when discussing sensitive material such as trade secrets, for example, which is one of the 14 permissible circumstance that would allow the board to meet privately — the board needs to do a better job of including the public as often as possible in making decisions that affect them, especially when the matter is as important as the state’s spending on public higher education institutions.

After all, the Board of Regents has an utmost duty to serve the public, and that can only be accomplished by taking into account opinions and input from outside.

The current tendency of Board of Regents members to operate in a 1984-esque way is unacceptable and needs to change.

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Give women helmets in lacrosse too

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wo we e ks a go, my h ea r t broke... twice. In the short span of 48 hours, my favorite two teams’ dreams were dashed.

To first have to watch our Maryland women’s lacrosse team, and then watch our men’s team lose consecutively to the same University of North Carolina Tar Heels in the NCAA championship title match? That, my friend, is true torture; speaking of Tar Heels, “what are thoooose” anyway?

However, while watching the games, I couldn’t help but notice something rather odd. Relegated behind my shattered heart, I saw something that I didn’t really understand, and that was the gear that the lacrosse players donned. The men’s team had some sweet helmets and lacrosse pads, while the women’s teams only played with goggles and protective facial gear.

Surely, playing with helmets is much safer than playing with minimal gear, especially considering the health risks associated with head trauma and chronic traumatic encephalopathy from repeated concussions. But if so, why then is there a double standard for female and male lacrosse players and their safety?

First of all, there are inherent differences between men’s and women’s lacrosse with additional rules in women’s lacrosse preventing body checks and head collisions, by which sticks within seven inches of another player’s head constitutes a major punishable foul. Even so, concussions in women’s lacrosse remain quite common, and are second only to football as largest cause of concussions in sports with the majority of concussions originating from collisions, stick to head contact and falls.

So where are the helmets?

They’re still not in the women’s game because according to the

U.S. Lacrosse Sports and Safety Committee Chairwoman, Margot Putukian, “studies have shown that players who don’t wear helmets tend to keep their heads up and away from contact, while helmeted players […] are more likely to put themselves in harm’s way.”

Instead, these studies reveal rather conflicting results. From 1986 to 1996, the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association “required that all women’s lacrosse players at public high schools wear ice hockey helmets,” which was eventually discarded because it led to a “more aggressive style of play” that resulted from the helmet requirement. On the other hand, over at the Bullis School in Potomac, Maryland, all varsity and junior varsity women’s lacrosse players wear rugby helmets, which ultimately reduced the number of concussions incurred by women’s lax from seven in 2011 to three in 2012.

Sure, helmets aren’t perfect.

T h ey m a i n ly se rve to p ro te c t against skull fractures and traumatic brain injury and can only blunt hard collisions, but surely something is better than nothing.

Yes, concussions may still occur when the brain rattles around the skull, but even so, how can we be sure that helmets will actually increase aggression and cause more concussions? While not a perfect analogy, think about your driving; does the existence of seat belts and other safety equipment cause you to drive more recklessly? I sure hope not, and it’s time we protect our athletes better. As long as parents, officials, coaches and policymakers continue to suppress aggressive plays in the sport, the addition of helmets should only serve to prevent unnecessary head injuries in women’s lacrosse.

Max An is a senior physiology and neurobiology major. He can be reached at kcampbelldbk@gmail.com.

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n the wake of the tragic mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, that killed 49 people and left at least 53 injured, Democrats in Washington D.C. and across the country have called on Republicans to actually push through gun control legislation.

Given that the Republican Party is traditionally staunch in their belief in second amendment rights, many Republicans in Congress have refused to enact legislation that would limit access to guns, even in the wake of mass shootings preceding the one in Orlando. But with Sunday’s tragedy resulting in the largest mass shooting in U.S. history, pressure is now on Republicans more than ever to do something to address the issue and the debate has reached a tipping point.

On Monday, Democrats disrupted the floor of the House of Representatives immediately following a moment of silence for the victims of the shooting. Many of them protested that they were sick of having moments of silence, noting that there have been too many in recent history as a result of gun-related violence. They called on House Speaker Paul Ryan and the Republican majority to do something that would stop the necessity of these

all too frequent moments of silence and actually push through meaningful gun control legislation. The White House and Democratic presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton shared similar sentiments.

As a Republican who believes strongly in the second amendment, I too believe that something has to be done. Though I don’t think that guns are always the problem, I do believe that cracking down on the types of individuals who possess guns is a necessary step in preventing further incidents. We already h ave l aws t h a t e nsu re ce rtain criminals cannot obtain these weapons, but we need improvements on the specifics and we need the enforcement of these laws. The recently-proposed laws that are being considered revolve around preventing those on an FBI watch list and people who have committed misdemeanor hate crimes from obtaining guns as well. Though I don’t believe these particular bills are perfect in every way, I do believe that with modifications, they could provide an important stepping stone in keeping guns out of the hands that may use them for the wrong reasons.

At the same time, we need to preserve a fundamental right granted

to all Americans: the right to bear arms. Republicans should continue doing this, and the best way to do this is to first address more fundamental issues that relate to guns.

It is not just guns that cause these incidents to occur. Republicans, and all lawmakers for that matter, need to fight radical Islamic terror, mental health illness, anti-gay or other anti-minority sentiments.

Lawmakers have the platform to make these much needed changes in our country, whether they do so through policy or through utilizing their position to influence the mindset of the American people. No matter what the party these lawmakers may belong to, or what ideologies they may hold, t h ey ca n m a ke t h e se c h a n ge s without compromising their fundamental beliefs.

The American people deserve their rights granted to them in the Constitution, but they also deserve to live in a free and safe country that protects its people. Those in power need to realize the importance of these issues and address them in a fair but practical way.

Kyle Campbell is a junior government and politics major. He can be reached at kcampbelldbk@gmail.com.

T h e n a t i o n i s re c ove r i n g from the senseless act by Omar Mateen. He walked into Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, and fired off his assault rifle and handgun that killed 49 and left 53 wounded. As predicted, presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump blamed Muslims for the attack and continued to advocate for banning Muslims from entering the United States. While this, by no means, excuses his divisive and hostile rhetoric, Trump is merely voicing opinions held by a s i g n i f i c a n t n u m b e r o f A m e r i ca n s. T h i s i s e n t i re ly un-American.

Although Mateen declared allegiance to ISIS before the a t ta c k , a u t h o r i t i e s b e l i eve there was no direct connection of the attack to ISIS, but that Mateen acted on his own accord.

However, what is clear is that extremist ideology influenced Mateen, an ideology propagated

by ISIS’s extremist interpretation of Islam.

ISIS’s distorted interpretation of Islam is not different from the beliefs held by some followers of Christianity, who view homosexuality as an abomination as it is expressed in some biblical scripture. Yet there will be those who will attempt to connect Mateen’s homophobia to Islam. In support of their argument, they will point to Muslim-majority countries, such as Yemen, Saudi Arabia and Iraq, where homosexuality is a capital crime. However, there are countries where the majority of the population is Christian, such as Barbados and Antigua and Barbuda, where it is illegal to be gay. Moreover, just because a country is

dominated by Muslims or Christians and forbids homosexuality, it does not mean that every follower of that faith is a homophobe.

As any student of the social sciences is taught, correlation is not causation.

The reality of the Orlando incident is that all of this could have been prevented if the United States had stricter gun regulations including background checks. It is unfathomable that Mateen, who had been twice investigated by the FBI, was still able to buy the assault rifle and handgun he used to commit the horrendous act.

Moving forward, the question remains whether Orlando will be the incident that propels Congress to enact gun control reform.

Gun control reform has never been a politically popular issue.

This is partly due to the National Rifle Association, but it is also because of Democrats and Republicans representing constituents that oppose many measures that regulate access to guns.

Another problem is the simplistic narrative of gun control, as voiced by the NRA, in which it is continually alleged that gun control reform is a violation of the Second Amendment.

The NRA has been widely successful at delivering this message, while gun control advocates have failed to defeat this inaccurate narrative. Perhaps the tide has turned in favor of gun control reform because a vast majority of Americans support reforms such as background checks. But with this Congress, stricter gun regulation is doubtful.

Leslie McNamara is a public policy graduate student specializing in health policy. She can be reached at lamcnamara@gmail.com.

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Leslie Odom Jr. successfully steps out of Aaron Burr’s shoes on self-titled album

By Cameron Neimand @kneemund Staff writer Leslie Odom Jr., the only man who could kill LinManuel Miranda and earn best performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical at the Tony Awards for it, is now one of 2016’s hottest commodities. Along with man buns, Kanye tweets, Ahi tuna poke and Birkenstock sandals, the Hamilton star became a part of the national conversation in the current calendar year. However, while buns will eventually be sliced and Birks will soon be buried alongside male UGGs, Von Dutch hats and other various fashion skeletons of any man’s closet, Odom Jr. possesses the talent and range to remain in ascent. Complete with a collection of a sizzling, revamped show-tunes and baby-bottom smooth jazz, Odom’s selftitled debut album is a must listen for both the musical theater aficionado and lover of peaceful jams.

With ten songs running the course of 34 minutes, Leslie Odom Jr. provides an elegant and brief tour of his versatility through modernized classics. The album’s first track, “Look For the Silver Lining,” beautifully contrasts from the Jerome Kern written original popularized by Marilyn Miller’s performance in the 1929 film, Sally . On “Joey, Joey, Joey”, from Frank Loesser’s The Most Happy Fella, Odom Jr. sounds more like a smooth jazz Frank Ocean than the 1956 debut, “Smelling like/ Oregon cherries, or maybe/ Texas avocados, something like/ Arizona sugar beets/ The wind blows in and she sings to me/ ’Cause I’m one of her ramblin’ kin.”

Odom’s soulful, melodic crooning is akin to a slowed down “Thinkin Bout You,” a more than helpful hold-over until whenever Mr. Ocean decides to step back into the public eye and supply music.

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finding dory introduces some new characters but mainly relies on the charm and humor of Ellen Degeneres as everybody’s favorite tang fish. photo via youtube ByAnna Muckerman @annamuckerman Senior staff writer It’s hard to believe the absentminded blue tang first warmed our hearts 13 years ago as the good-natured friend who’s always slightly misguided. But Disney’s decision to make Dory a star was anything but. For those worried about a Finding Nemo knockoff, Finding Dory will quickly quell your fears.

As a fishlet, Dory is nurtured by her loving parents who are careful not to make her ashamed of her everapparent memory loss. Dory’s giant magenta eyes and lispy baby talk crank up the emotion from the start. “We’ll always love you, kelpcake,” her father says. But despite their doting, Dory is swept away, unable to remember her home. The film catches up with her a year after Nemo’s rescue, living with the clownfish and going to school with Nemo, unaware that she’s too old for field trips and sing-a-longs.

Acknowledging the success of it’s predecessor, Finding Dory plays on the assumption that you’ve seen Finding Nemo by cracking jokes about the ledge and Dory’s love for boats and squishy things. It’s less of a children’s movie than Finding Nemo , with references that the kids of 2003 can relate to as 20-somethings. Though for fans of

the original, Nemo’s character is underdeveloped and a disappointment.

Marlin takes the lead, outshining his son, who remains childlike.

Dory’s memory proves cutely problematic as she journeys to find her parents at “the jewel of Morro Bay, California.” In one of the most sophisticated jokes, the recorded voice of actress Sigourney Weaver welcomes us to the Marine Life Institute, a fish sanctuary and amusement park where Dory was born.

This new aquarium setting, while mirroring the scariness of human interaction in Finding Nemo ’s dentist office tank, brings a fresh take to the fish-looks-for-family narrative. New characters jam pack the movie with bits of comedy. The tragically near-sighted Destiny speaks to Dory in whale despite being a whale shark while her neighbor, Bailey the beluga, must regain his echolocation to help Dory navigate the pipes. Adults will find his ability to zoom in on objects and see incoming movement on a radar-like screen hilarious, while children will be left completely misinformed about how echolocation works.

Disabilities also play an interesting role in the film. Dory’s memory loss is seen as an obstacle she can and must overcome with the help of her friends.

Meanwhile, Gerald the slightly-off sea lion, is kept from the sunny rock by

the other sea lions. His exclusion is a source of laughs. Becky, the speechless and disheveled bird, is also portrayed as incredibly stupid just for the humor of it. The behavior of these animals and their subsequent treatment is subtle, yet a slightly odd choice of message for a younger audience.

At times, Finding Dory carries the excitement of a full-blown adventure film with sharp twists and quick action. But by the end, the repeated mishaps become tiring. The 90-degree turns are predictable and come with such frequency that during the 10minute climax, Dory and her clownfish family all go missing numerous times.

The height the film’s absurd hilarity comes at the conclusion of these twists when a box truck driven by an octopus falls off a cliff to Louis Armstrong’s “What A Wonderful World.”

Disney magic is embodied in a grand fish reunion — one that’s probably more touching than a live action story about people. Throughout the film, Ellen DeGeneres’ innocent and determined Dory captures universal feelings of filial love and the need for family. Caught in the current of Dory’s lovable journey, however, it’s easy to forget cliché themes. Finding Dory sells seashells, happiness and warm feelings— and the bait is worth taking. amuckermandbk@gmail.com

Odom Jr.’s rendition of Ary Barroso’s internationally acclaimed “Aquarela do Brasil,” a sort of neo-samba so scintillating that it could play on a loop at any dinner gathering and not even garner a complaint from the grandparent who claims the level of volume in the room is at all times either too high or too low. “Cheer Up Charlie,” Odom Jr.’s try at the Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory classic, packs enough positive reinforcement to place a firm, unwavering smile on Tommy Lee Jones’ perennially stern face. Just replace “Charlie” with your own name and try and ultimately fail to remain negative as Odom Jr.’s soothing tone pours right into your heart singing “Cheer up Charlie/ Give me a smile/ What happened to the smile I used to know?/ Don’t you know your grin/ Has always been my sunshine?/ Let that sunshine show.” Let it show, like California summers — oh, let it show.

Odom Jr. deserves to be proud of his most recent work, a breezy and lovely listen for a musical theater novice like myself. At 34 years of age, it’s about damn time that the sunshine finally falls upon him. For anyone who has been blessed with the opportunity to see Hamilton live, or simply hear the soundtrack, it’s as equally refreshing as it is impressive to hear the lighter side of the man who brought such shear intensity and brilliance as the bitter rapper/singer known as Aaron Burr. A single sour moment or note is hard to come by throughout the 34minute listen of Leslie Odom Jr., amidst a perfectly pitched year for the man who grants his name to the title. If you’ve already played the Hamilton soundtrack enough times that you now dream in historical rhyme, take some time and listen to a work worthy of additional accolades for the show’s budding superstar. cneimanddbk@gmail.com

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WHAT’D I MISS Gucci Mane returns to a rap game bearing more and more of his influence

By Patrick Basler @pmbasler Staff writer “I’m starting off my day with a blunt of purp / No pancakes just a cup of syrup,” Gucci Mane said in the opening lines of the high-octane prison release anthem “First Day Out” in 2009.

His tight, nasally flow sounded both hungry and immediately familiar, right at home on the song’s bright-yet-aggressive Zaytoven beat. There’s a reason the track sounds like as much of a victory lap as a return — in the late 2000s, Gucci Mane was running Atlanta rap. And he sure wasn’t going to let a little thing like prison stand in his way.

But after several trips back to the clink — including an extended stay starting in 2013 — Gucci Mane is a free man again. Released from federal prison in late May, the Atlanta trapper fittingly dropped another “fresh out the joint” single: the similarly-titled “First Day Out Tha Feds.”

But despite complementary names, 2016’s “First Day Out Tha Feds” is an extremely different song. Mike Will Made-It’s beat is dark and driving, with fuzzy bass and horror movie melodies, a stark contrast from the church organ plink Zaytoven still routinely utilizes. Gucci’s voice sounds grittier and matches his writing, which spins a true-crime narrative with more intensity than Sarah Koenig will ever be able to muster.

“I’m hearing shooters load pistols while I’m

east atlanta santa has spent his first weeks as a free man making a case for his spot in rap’s hierarchy. brushing my teeth/ I get so many death threats it’s getting normal to me,” he deadpans with the voice of someone who’s seen too much while staying true to the morning routine motif of the last, more celebratory, “First Day Out.” But to the disappointment of the U.S. criminal justice system, Gucci’s musical transformation probably isn’t the result of prison rehabilitation.

In fact, it’s most likely a reaction to the only thing that’s changed more in the last three years than Gucci himself: Atlanta’s rap scene.

When the ice cream cone-tatted rapper disappeared behind bars in 2013, Atlanta rap was changing and Gucci was a catalyst. Today, the same rappers Gucci supported from their first

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verses are amongst the most celebrated and accomplished in rap music. Young Thug, a frequent collaborator and one-time signee to Gucci’s 1017 Brick Squad Records, is now a critically-acclaimed and commercially-viable trap weirdo. And rap’s most prominent Auto-Tune user (now that T-Pain is too busy playing colleges), Future, spent many of his early days in the care of Gucci’s creative trap incubator. Not to mention the fact that the sound of trap music has invaded pop with the ferocity of the AK-47s so often rapped about by Gucci himself. Katy Perry has used trap beats. So have a number of more hip-hop friendly pop artists like Rihanna and Beyonce. And, uh, Miley Cyrus.

So when a sound grows so exponentially, what

happens when one of its biggest influences reappears after a number of years?

If Gucci’s collaborations in his first month of freedom — a track with Drake, “Back on Road” and his verse on the Kanye West posse cut “Champions” — are any indication, Gucci’s contributions to modern music have not gone unrecognized. So far, the East Atlanta Santa has worked with more members of hip-hop royalty than he has with the Atlanta rappers who littered his pre-prison releases. Maybe — in some sort of perverse fulfillment of jailhouse cliche, Gucci really is a new man.

Not in his personal life, but in his rightful position in hip-hop — an innovator with the newfound focus to rise to the top of the game he built.

It’s a theory backed by Gucci’s slight output since his release. His return mixtape — longexpected to be released at the same time he left prison — has yet to surface, and the quality of his rapping has stayed remarkably consistent on his few tracks so far. If it wasn’t for the flood of DatPiff results that follow any search of his name, you wouldn’t even know this was the same rapper who dropped a career’s worth of mixtapes from behind bars. While only time will tell if Gucci has what it takes to move beyond cult rap icon and the face on now-outdated “Free Gucci” T-shirts, he deserves a spot in rap royalty based on influence alone. ebrickerdbk@gmail.com

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draft From PAGE 8 before then, thoug h, a nd hoped he could better his draft stock if he showed improvement with the Terps.

As a freshman, Shawaryn became part of the team’s rotation, leading the team with 11 wins. One year after watching the Super Regionals on T V as a high school senior, he was pitching for the Terps at the same level as Maryland defeated South Carolina on the Gamecocks’ home field twice in the 2014 Columbia Regional. “ T he re a l it y of t h at i s no different than one day you’re playing little league,” Shawaryn said. “Then you get an opportunity to be a professional baseball player.

Shawaryn emerged as a top draft prospect his sophomore year. The ace held a 1.71 ERA, set program single-season records in strikeouts (138) a nd w i n s (13) a nd helped Ma r yla nd reach a second straight Super Regional.

Multiple experts projected Shawaryn as a first-round pick entering this season, but the 6-foot-3, 211-pound hurler’s draft stock fell as his ER A increased to 3.18.

Some scouts feared his arm slot dropped.

Still, Shawaryn holds the Terps’ all-time record for strikeouts, wins and innings pitc he d , a nd c oa c h Joh n Szefc sa id Shawa ry n w i l l go down as one of the best pitchers in program history.

“Mike will be able to pitch at any type of level,” Szefc said. “Our program has fol-

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Terps found her. Both parties impressed each other at the camp, and Peterman has From PAGE 8 never doubted her decision. weekends ago en route to a ninth-place finish in the “HER EXPERIENCE All-Around at the Canadian IS GOING TO BE Championships.

AN INCREDIBLE The performance helped ASSET TO HAVE make her case for a spot at Olympic Trials.

AS A FRESHMAN. A few years earlier, PeterSHE’S BEEN ON man’s focus was on getting the THE NATIONAL attention of college coaches.

College gymnastics does AND INTERNAnot exist in Canada, so PeTIONAL LEVELS terman said Canadian gymAND HANDLED nasts often have to take the initiative of reaching out to HERSELF SO various programs.

WELL.” They also must do so at BRETT NELLIGAN any early age because of Maryland gymnastics coach NCAA regulations, which prohibit coaches from iniShe hasn’t paid much attiating calls to high school tention to the colleges that gymnasts until Sept. 1 of have contacted her since. their junior year.

The incoming freshman’s early commitment to MaryNelligan was one of the only land has also given her ample coaches to reply to her emails, but he admits Peterman found time to get to know her future Maryland moreso than the teammates, some of whom

lowed Mike for a better part of three years. He can make adjustments that a lot of other guys can’t make.”

Sh awa r y n sa id som e of his favorite memories playing at Maryland were the big games he pitched in, such as at South Carolina in 2014 and against California State University, Fullerton, in 2015.

Now, he has a chance to cont i nu e pl ay i n g i n excit i ng env i ron ments as a professional, an opportunity Shawaryn has envisioned since he was a child.

“I wou ld n’t bet too much against Mike Shawaryn having success,” Szefc said. “He’s a pretty successful guy.” kmelnickdbk@gmail.com

watched a live stream of the Canadian Championships.

Peterman said it “feels like we’re a family already.”

Nelligan doesn’t want Peterman not to look too far ahead, especially ahead of the Olympic Trials.

“I just told her the other day what an honor it is to have that opportunity,” Nelligan said. “I told her to make sure to take a minute to enjoy it and take it all in.

I think some people don’t realize what an accomplishment it is.”

Peterman, though, doesn’t seem likely to overlook what’s in front of her.

“I’d trained with some Olympians but never really thought I could get there myself,” Peterman said. “ W h e n I wa s yo u n ge r, I never thought any of t h i s wa s p o s s i b l e . I t’s definitely a proud moment.” jcrabtreehdbk@gmail.com

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Tight end Andrew Park will present a large target for Terps quarterbacks throughout his career in College Park. photo courtesy of andrew park

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him inside to tight end.

But Park saw himself as a receiver, even going as far From PAGE 8 as to sneak away from some he believed offered the best of t h e m o re c h a l l e n g i n g combination of academics blocking drills. That stuband competitive football. b or n n e s s s u b s id e d a f te r This was before the Terps Poythress talked to Bill, who pl ayed t ig ht end at Nav y hired Durkin.

Park’s recruitment began from 1984-88.

“O ne c a l l to h i s fat her when g radu ate a ssi sta nt Cooper Bassett reached out “IT CHECKED OFF to the junior on Twitter. Wide receivers coach Chris Beatty ALL THE BOXES. IT also met Park a few times.

WAS A SCHOOL D u rk i n a n d h i s s t a f f ’s WITH GOOD energy and vision for this program captivated Park, ACADEMICS, AN wh i le the f utu re renovaUP-AND-COMING tions at Cole Field House FOOTBALL PROexcited the 18-year-old, too.

All of these characteristics GRAM AND CLOSE resulted in Park’s commitBY TO HOME. IT ment less than two weeks COULDN’T HAVE after his first visit. “ It che c ke d of f a l l t he WORKED OUT boxes,” Park’s father, Bill, BETTER.” said. “It was a school with BILL PARK good academics, an up-andAndrew Park’s father coming football program, great athletics and close by c l e a r e d t h a t a l l u p , ” to home. It cou ldn’t have Poythress said. “No more problems after that.” worked out any better.”

B i l l e x p l a i n e d to P a rk P a r k w a s a n i n t r i g ui ng option for the Ter ps, that second chances don’t to o. A s a 6-fo ot-5 pa ss- come along very often, so his catching tight end, he will son should focus solely on be a large target for Terps putting his head down and quarterbacks. Park’s inside getti ng better. It was h is b l o c k i n g m u s t i m p ro v e , acceptance of a challengLa ke Braddock coach Ji m ing situation that propelled Poythress said, but he still Park to become a three-star predicts Park will be an of- recr u it a nd the 31st-best recruit in Virginia for 2017, fensive weapon.

When Park arrived at Lake according to 247Sports.com.

Park won’t officially join Braddock nearly four years ago, Poythress immediately the Terps for more than a recognized the sophomore’s year, but he’s still tried to c om bi n at ion of s i z e a nd immerse himself in Durkin’s agility and opted to move program. Over h is spring

break, Park had his father drop him off in College Park before going to work in the morning. Park visited the campus three or four times, watching practice, working out and socializing with a team he’ll eventually be a part of.

“He is so very excited, and so are we,” Bill said of him a nd h is w i fe. “T he whole DMV thing, people can come see him compete and we can swing by. We can’t wait.”

Pa rk h a s a l so b u i lt relationship with his fellow members of the class of 2017.

The bunch uses a group chat to communicate, and Park sa id it’s a lways bu zz i ng.

When a new recruit verbally commits, such as MJ Jarrell did on June 2, they add him to t he g roup, welcom i ng h i m to thei r i n ner ci rcle.

Assistant defensive backs coach Aazaar Abdul-Rahim said that’s the type of warm community the Terps want to build.

A s t he recr u it i ng cl a ss c o nt i n u e s to g ro w, Pa rk will always be known as the Terps’ first 2017 commit.

W hile he won’t be able to contribute until the fall of 2017 — nearly a year and a half after he first committed — Park wants to make a n i mpact w ith the Terps right away.

“I’m going in ready, I just h ave to get ready to pl ay t hose g reat tea ms,” Pa rk said. “I’m in it to make an impact from the beginning.

Let’s see what I got.”

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worked on those facets and continued to stay in shape throughout the off-season, playing in a South African national tournament when she went home about a month ago.

Soon after she returned to College Park, she learned the NCAA had granted her a waiver.

L u u s ’ p a re n ts we re i n disbelief, going on to say, “we’ll believe it when we see it” when she told them the news, but they can expect to see their daughter back on the field for the Terps field hockey program this fall.

“I’ve told them for two years now that this is going to be my last year,” Luus said.

“They’re just kind of joking, saying that they don’t know if I’m ever going to be done.”

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“I like to see the NCAA make the right decision.”

Meharg attributed Luus’ surge From PAGE 8 as a redshirt senior to “recogniztime in a Terps uniform was ing her value to the team.” After ove r, Me h a rg h e l p e d h e r she did not start a game in her apply for an “extension of first two seasons and combined clock” waiver in the hopes of to score nine goals, she opened returning for another season. 14 of the 22 games on the pitch.

Meharg said the permission Luus ended up more than doucategory is granted on an in- bling her scoring total while dividual basis when student serving as a mentor to the Terps’ athletes present reasons they young forwards.

“When she realized how couldn’t use their four years of eligibility in a five-year much the team was relying on window. The two worked her, she just flew,” Meharg said. with the compliance office “She just came into her own.”

While Luus’ tennis skills to submit documentation citing the tennis coaching helped translate into redirectsituation and her shoulder ing goals on the post, Meharg surgery were reasons to give admitted her forward could improve on her man-to-man to extend Luus’ eligibility.

“The neatest thing about approach, her counter-dethe whole story is it’s the fense and her distribution right decision,” Meharg said. out of the midfield. Luus has

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THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 2016 BASEBALL

Red Sox draft Shawaryn in fifth Galligan, Rescigno round out Terps players selected in 2016 MLB draft A f te r s e r v i n g a s o n e o f t h e Terps’ top pitchers the past three years, Shawaryn has an opportu n ity to play at the level he’s As a child growing up in Carneys dreamed of since he was a kid.

“It’s a dream come true,” ShaPoint, New Jersey, Maryland baseball right-hander Mike Shawaryn waryn said. “It was pretty special dreamed of playing Major League to sh a re t he moment w it h my Baseba l l, whether it was wh i le parents and sister, who probably playing little league baseball or supported me the most my basewatching his favorite team, the ball career. It’s always an exciting time to hear your name called.”

Philadelphia Phillies.

Shawaryn used to toss a Wiffle On Friday, at the sa me home Shawaryn dreamed of playing in ball in his backyard every day after the big leagues, he received a call elementary school, using a lawn from the Boston Red Sox inform- chair to frame his strike zone. But ing him the team drafted him in he didn’t know he wanted to be a the fifth round of the MLB Draft. pitcher yet. He played third base

By Kyle Melnick @kyle_melnick Staff writer

right-hander mike shawaryn dreamed of playing professional baseball as a child. daniel jenkins/the diamondback

up until high school, so he didn’t look up to a particular professional player.

“I appreciated the g uys who played the game hard, and I tried to model my ga me a f ter t hose guys,” Shawaryn said. “I soaked it all in, whether I was playing it or watching the game.”

Sh awa r y n’s d re a m of b e i n g d ra f t e d c a m e a l i v e w h e n t h e K a nsas City Roya ls selected h i m i n t h e 3 2 n d ro u n d of t h e 2013 MLB Draft out of Glouceste r Ca t h ol i c H i g h S c h o ol . H e had decided to attend Maryland See draft, Page 7 GYMNASTICS

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Peterman sets sights on summer Olympics

By James Crabtree-Hannigan @JamesCrabtreeH Staff writer

came up short of a title, falling i n the reg iona l sem i fi na ls to eventual champion Westfield, but Park was a first-team AllState selection in his division a nd m ade USA To d ay’s A l lVirginia second team. He also garnered interest from several Division I programs.

At first, Park leaned toward Duke, Tennessee and Fordham because those were the schools

In summer 2012, Kirsten Peterman and her family were driving back to their home in Cambridge, Ontario, after vacationing in a few states on the East Coast. They only got about halfway there.

“My parents said, ‘Why don’t you just go?’” Peterman remembers.

Peterman had stopped by College Park earlier in the trip, and Maryland gymnastics coach Brett Nelligan took her on a campus tour. Nelligan also told Peterman, who had just finished eighth grade, about a camp the gymnastics team was holding later in the week and said she was welcome to attend.

After initially declining, the family turned around and dropped Peterman off. Peterman committed to Maryland shortly after, and she’ll be joining the Terps in the fall.

But for now, Peterman has her sights set on going to Rio de Janeiro in August. She received an invitation Tuesday to Canada’s Olympic Trials at the end of June, the last event before her home country chooses its squad to compete in the 2016 Summer Olympics.

“It’s just huge to be able to say that I’m in the mix to be chosen for an Olympic team,” Peterman said.

Peterman has been a part of Canada’s senior national team since 2014, and she admits her first competition with the team was “kind of nervewracking.” She’s settled down in the years since.

“Her experience is going to be an incredible asset to have as a freshman,” Nelligan said. “She’s been on the national and international levels and handled herself so well.”

Peterman showed her poise two

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tight end andrew park plans to join the Terps in the fall of 2017. Rivals ranks the class of 2017 as the nation’s 14th best, which would be the highest mark in program history. photo courtesy of andrew park

FIRST OF MANY Park represents Durkin’s first commitment in what could be historic recruiting class

By Josh Schmidt @joshj_s Staff writer

Having secured his first commitment for the program, Durkin then ran into the hallway to gather his staff and proclaim, “Today, MaryAfter taking his second tour in land got better.”

“I was so excited. Everything less than two weeks, Andrew Park sat in Maryland football coach DJ just happened so fast,” Park said.

Du rki n’s office Ma rch 3 to a n- “It was a great moment for me and nounce his decision to join the my family.”

Now f i n i sh i ng up h i s ju n ior class of 2017. year at Lake Braddock SecondW hen Pa rk gave D u rk i n t he ary School in northern Virginia, n e w s , t h e f i r s t- y e a r c o a c h promptly jumped from his chair Park will join the Terps football a n d g ave A n d re w a b e a r h u g. program in the fall of 2017. But

he was the fi rst member of h is recruiting class, one ranked 14th

by R ivals and on pace to be the highest in program history.

“I wasn’t too worried about being first,” Park said. “I knew people would follow, I just wanted to start the DMV to UMD thing going.”

P a rk i s c o m i n g o f f a j u n i o r se a son i n wh ich he c au g ht 26 ba l ls for 400 ya rds a nd scored five touchdowns despite playing with a partially torn labrum for most of the season. T he Bruins FIELD HOCKEY

Luus eligible to play next season NCAA approves former tennis player’s ‘extension of clock’ waiver Callie Caplan @CallieCaplan Senior staff writer Welma Luus was driving home from work about three weeks ago when she answered a call from the athletic department’s compliance office.

A three-year forward for the Maryland field hockey team, Luus had been trying to receive permission for another year of eligibility.

She had played two of her seasons with the Maryland tennis team before joining coach Missy Meharg’s program.

She didn’t recognize the number, expecting it to be a telemarketer, so she said her “heart stopped for a second” when she realized who it was.

“I couldn’t believe it when she said it got approved,” Luus said. “I was kind of stunned a little bit but very excited.”

With a fourth season of field hockey eligibility, Luus will have a chance to build on her breakout 2015 campaign.

“For me to come back and stay one more year, it kind of gives me one more chance and for us as a team to really do well this year,” Luus said. “I’m just very grateful, very excited, lots of emotions.”

Last season, Luus led the Terps with 20 goals, seven of which came in three Big Ten Tournament games to set a tournament record. Her performance also helped Maryland clinch the Big Ten crown after winning the conference’s regularseason title.

The Terps, however, lost the next weekend in the first round of the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1990. That early exit, along with time to reflect on a college career she thought had

ended, has fueled the second-team All-American’s drive to build on last season’s production.

But when Luus arrived in College Park for the 2010-11 season, she prepared to compete in a different sport. She was a scholarship tennis player, and the program’s former coach wouldn’t allow Luus to split her time with field hockey.

Coach Daria Panova took over the tennis team entering the 2012-13 season and supported Luus participating in both sports. But Luus suffered a shoulder injury before the 2012 campaign that required surgery, forcing her to redshirt her first season as a two-sport athlete.

Luus recovered to play field hockey in the next three years, including the 2015 slate after her tennis eligibility ended.

While she finished last year assuming her See Luus, Page 7 forward welma luus will look to follow up her 2015 second-team All-American season. file photo/the diamondback