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Rick Curl

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Former coach abused trainee 7-year sentence for 1980s sex abuse

By Mike Kettelberger For The Diamondback Former university swimming and diving coach Rick Curl was sentenced to seven years in prison on May 23 for sexually abusing an underage girl, whom he had previously coached, over a five-year period in the 1980s.

Curl began abusing Kelley Davies Currin, now 43, when she was 13 and continued to do so until she left for college.

During the course of the trial, documents arose showing this university was made aware of Curl’s sexual abuse of Currin See curl, Page 2

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THE DRONE RANGER Univ. team helps capture African rhino poachers

By Katelyn Newman For The Diamondback The University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies’ Terrapin One drone is meant to let South African poachers know what “fear the turtle” is all about.

On May 26, during the drone’s first night flight, it aided in capturing a group of poachers spotted threatening a mother rhinoceros and her calf.

The project — which programs the movements of the drone, loaned to the team by Denverbased manufacturer Falcon UAV — is the creation of Tom Snitch, a member of the Board of Visitors of UMIACS, and institute scientists.

Based on the data they gathered during test flights in South African wildlife preserves, drones could be the answer to the dwindling wildlife numbers around the globe.

From May 23 to June 4, the drone flew day and night in South Africa, doing everything from looking for poachers to discovering rhino locations. The UMIACS team was able to reposition rangers with the information they gathered, enabling them to arrest poachers or chase them away.

Snitch and his team guided the drone with a set of equations and models based on the past locations of rhinos, poaching “hot spots” and ranger deployment patterns.

“Rhinos are really the ones suffering the most from local poaching — about five rhinos are killed a day just in the Kruger National Park,” said Snitch, who is also the executive officer of the U.N.’s Wildlife Enforcement Monitoring System. “The number of rhinos is falling so dramatically — already, over 300 See drones, Page 2

tom snitch, university researcher and U.N. wildlife executive officer, holds up Terrapin One, a drone tasked with flying the South African skies to find illegal poachers and rhino locations. photo courtesy of tom snitch

Study: Cliques form early Children create initial social dynamics before teen years

By Darcy Costello For The Diamondback The idea of adolescent peer groups — the jocks, the nerds, the band geeks — is nothing new.

But new research, led by education professor Melanie Killen, suggests these group dynamics are forming much earlier than people com-

monly think. Cliques don’t form during adolescence, the research suggests. Instead, children begin to notice the impact of social groups on their lives as early as ages 9 or 10.

“We don’t see these pressures in the same way in elementary school compared to middle school, where they are overt and obvious,” Killen said. “Group dynamics are there, though.”

The team of researchers — Killen, two professors from the United Kingdom and two university graduate students — designed an experiment to better understand children’s complex understanding of these social forces, addressing the fundamental conflict between group loyalty and fairness.

See cliques, Page 3

251 north, the North Campus dining hall home to Cool Beans, will add to the existing ice cream facilities. sung-min kim/for the diamondback

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Addition of dessert station follows successful spring experiment

By Holly Cuozzo and Jenny Hottle Senior staff writers I f s a l a d , p a s ta , s tea k , burgers and dumplings weren’t enough, students will have even more variety to look forward to this fall with 251 North’s new dessert station.

When 251 North opened in fall 2011, the all-you-can-eat buffet was an instant hit with

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hungry students across the campus. But the Cool Beans cafe in the lobby, stocked with ice cream, sandwiches, Starbucks coffee and more, stood quiet.

“It just was not successful,” said Bart Hipple, Dining Services spokesman.

But when 251 North staff served ice cream from Cool Beans as part of the dining hall’s experiment during the last two weeks of the spring semester, officials

saw a spike in student interest.

Students wanted more desserts, especially ice cream, Hipple said.

The new dessert counter will include the desserts previously found at the Ciao Italian and Chef’s Table stations plus an expanded selection of items and soft-serve ice cream.

Meanwhile, workers are constructing additional space at See desserts, Page 3

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Last semester, the outdoor areas around the Denton Community received a $3.65 million face-lift. But then letters and symbols from the community sign went missing, leaving officials perplexed. A few weeks after the renovations were complete, facilities officials noticed a roughly $400 university emblem from the newly installed Denton Community sign was missing. To read more of Teddy Amenabar’s blog post, go to diamondbackonline.com.

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the terrapin one project proved successful in helping to track rhinoceros herds and alert law enforcement to poachers threatening the animals. Tom Snitch, the project’s leader, is optimistic that the drone could help other species as well. photo courtesy of tom snitch

drones From PAGE 1 rhinos have been killed in 2013 in South Africa alone.”

Globally, rhino horns are in high demand. They are believed to treat everything from strokes and fevers to hangovers and convulsions, and some believe the horns can act as an aphrodisiac. NPR reported in May that in Vietnam rhino horns sell for about $1,400 an ounce — about the same price as gold.

Snitch and his team decided to apply drone technology to solving the problem and spent the past two years developing and implementing the Terrapin One project. In total, the group kept the cost at less than $5,000 thanks to frequentflyer miles, stays in research camp facilities and the deal with Falcon UAV. The biggest challenge was getting permission to fly the drones in Africa, Snitch said.

Local officials in Olifant West finally conceded on the condition that the drones flew below 800 meters.

With the project’s success comes a new application for drones, which have been controversial in the U.S. By following the models and equations that the UMIACS team developed, it is now possible to determine where threatened or endangered animals are and where poachers might be, Snitch said.

“It’s not infringing on anyone’s rights,” said Amber DeMarr, the president of this university’s Wildlife Society chapter. “Maybe African governments will take more responsibility and commit more money and resources to the project for further drone research to protect these animals.”

Besides protecting the rhinos, the drone flights were able to track elephant herds and wild dogs at night for the first time ever.

In the near future, Snitch said he hopes his team will also be able to use drones to discover where gorillas nest in trees at night, a feat yet to be accomplished. Additionally, they hope to develop a poaching model specific to any endangered animals’ living conditions, enabling those threatened species’ populations to expand.

While there are multiple solutions to poaching, including the use of motion-sensor cameras, the effective use of these tools in a multi-pronged approach depends on the situation and poaching threat in a particular area, said Kirsty Brebner, the Endangered Wildlife Trust’s rhino project manager.

“The next step is to try and raise funding to deploy a drone,

“maybe african governments will take more responsibility and commit more money and resources to the project for further drone research to protect these animals.”

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Wildlife Society chapter president which could be used for all endangered species in an area,” Brebner wrote in an email.

Meanwhile, negative attitudes about drones could change with this new use.

“I never would’ve thought

to use drones to protect an endangered species,” said Connor Speer, a sophomore cell biology and genetics major. newsumdbk@gmail.com

in 1988, sparking criticism over how the university initially handled the situation.

The university hired Curl, who coached at a prominent local swim club, in August 1987, after he stopped abusing Currin, multiple news sources reported.

Currin’s parents initially learned of their daughter’s sexual encounters with her swim coach in 1986 after reading through several entries in her journal. The parents confronted Curl, who admitted to his misconduct and signed a confession letter, dated July 26, 1986, that outlined the abuse.

When they heard Curl was hired at the university, Currin’s parents approached university officials in summer 1988 about the issue and handed

over Curl’s signed confession letter to then-athletic director Lew Perkins. Upon receiving the information about his crime, the university demanded Curl’s resignation, which was officially tendered on Aug. 24, 1988.

But the controversy concerning the university today centers on what its administration did or did not do after Curl signed his resignation.

Although university spokesman Brian Ullmann declined to comment, court documents released during the trial, including handwritten notes from a phone conversation, show the university’s legal counsel consulted with an assistant attorney general on Sept. 7, 1988, and the group concluded no further reporting was necessary because Currin was then 19 and no longer a minor.

Today, universities have a legal obligation to report any instances of sexual abuse, but the law

was different in 1988. Until 1993, it was not obligatory to report any abuse, alleged or confirmed, if the victim was older than 18 at the time of reporting.

It was not until Currin came forward with her story in 2012 that criminal charges were pursued against Curl.

This university first published its procedures on sexual assault and misconduct in 1995 and has continued to update the document, as recently as one year ago.

The opening text of the document states, “The University will not tolerate sexual assault, sexual harassment, or any form of sexual misconduct.” The document goes on to state that any formal reporting of sexual crimes will be referred to law enforcement and all appropriate state laws apply. newsumdbk@gmail.com

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cliques From PAGE 1 The researchers interviewed and surveyed 381 fourth-graders and eighth-graders from the Mid-Atlantic, asking them to make decisions about individual members of a hypothetical peer group who might differ from the perceived norm. The researchers evaluated students’ understanding and reactions with four questions.

The results were surprising, Killen said. Researchers predicted children might be aware of group norms and that they might see conflict between groups. But they didn’t realize children as young as 9 years old could see this conflict and that they would stand up for equality despite group pressures.

“We set up the experiment to display a pressure to align with groups and practices, so if they were succumbing to peer pressure, they would

express similar views to the group,” said co-author Kelly Lynn Mulvey, who earned her doctorate in human philosophy from this university in May. “We found significant differences between what students felt and what the group felt, which indicates that kids as young as 9 have this ability to combat peer pressure.”

The complex ideas elementary school children displayed with regard to group pressures and dynamics should be discussed in schools and at home, researchers said.

“People first need to know more about what kids are facing, and they need to have more open discussions to find out,” Killen said. “Social lives of kids have a huge economic impact on academic motivations, so it’s very important. After that, adults need to encourage good decision making by children.”

It’s important for teachers to address group dynamics in the

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RESEARCHERS from this university and the United Kingdom found group dynamics among cliques form and have an impact on children’s lives as early as ages 9 or 10. Through interviews and surveys, researchers hoped to better understand how children perceive the fundamental conflict between group loyalty and fairness. photo courtesy of melanie killen classroom, said Caroline Weber, a sophomore education major.

“This kind of peer pressure is a driving force of decision making for children,” Weber said. “Teachers need to be aware of this, so they cannot only deal with it at school but also help kids to get over those pressures to help them in the future.”

Though social groups exist

in elementary school, younger children seem more willing to meet new people or form new friendships, Weber said.

“I think you can see the seeds of cliques forming in elementary school,” Weber said. “Kids definitely form their friend groups, but they don’t necessarily include the exclusive element associated with cliques

in middle school.”

Further research must be done, Killen said. The team has already begun to study some of the questions that the study opened up, targeting children ages 3 to 6 to determine how early the awareness of group dynamics begins.

Another offshoot research question aims to examine how children react to different group norms.

“Issues of justice, fairness and group identification are important in children’s lives, and they appear earlier than people tend to think,” Killen said. “By interviewing children and conducting these types of studies, we’re giving kids a voice.”

ees and even the paint on the walls contributed to a heartwarming and fun time with friends,” Wright said. “The ice cream is a nice touch that only adds to the festivities.”

Dining Services officials came up with the idea for an extended dessert station after changing the Cool Beans hours for the 2012-13 school year.

In its first year of operation, Cool Beans was open during the same hours as 251 North. But on Friday and Saturday nights, when the other campus dining halls close early instead of serving late night, Dining Services officials COOL BEANS, located in the lobby of 251 North, saw an increase in popularity in 2012 after Dining Services officials changed the hours of noticed pressure on the 24 Shop. operation to just Friday and Saturday nights to offer more weekend late-night dining options for students. file photo/the diamondback Students were sometimes turned away from the convenience 251 North, said Clark Wright, a us that they wanted ice cream to be part of the [251 North menu],” junior economics and finance store when lines got too long and Hipple said. “This is our newest major. Packs of students are the store got too crowded. It was From PAGE 1 dining hall. It’s supposed to be often crowd around the dining the only late-night option on the hall, cramming as many chairs weekends, Hipple said. So operatthe Italian station to accom- a special experience.” ing Cool Beans only from 9 p.m. at a table as they can fit.

Ice cream adds an extra modate long lines. to 3 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays “The cheery music, employelement to the social aspect of “Students have been telling

was “a pressure release outlet — that was terrific.”

The ice cream parlor was more successful in those two days of business than when it was open five days a week during the 2011-12 academic year, Hipple said.

And though officials saw an increase in traffic when the 251 North workers scooped ice cream during the special hours of the last two weeks of school, they don’t plan to extend the shop’s hours for good just yet.

Using the Cool Beans space during all 251 North hours isn’t practical in the long run, Hipple said, because of logistics such as maintaining a full staff.

“Students working that station and using it was labor-intensive,” Hipple said.

“Without raising the price, we just can’t afford that.”

But if Cool Beans were to stay open during the dining hall’s

hours in the coming academic year, the diner might increase in popularity, said Sarah Schneebaum, a 251 North employee and a junior enrolled in letters and sciences. The dining hall seemed more popular when ice cream was an option alongside the regular meals, especially around exam time, she said.

Dining Services officials are still determining the exact hours of operation for Cool Beans for the fall semester. Their ultimate goal, Hipple said, is to draw students to the center of the Denton Community despite its location at the edge of the campus.

“Opening it [later] came closer to filling a need that students had,” Hipple said.

“We are pleased about that.

We are looking for more ways to make that space as productive as we can.”

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t’s high time officials across the nation start recognizing that the cost of a college education is obscene and unrealistically excessive. The constantly rising tuition rates, along with increased loan interest rates, are leaving a vast amount of students’ futures in jeopardy, and nobody — from Capitol Hill to each state’s individual decision makers — seems to be doing much to fix this dilemma. Instead, Democrats and Republicans constantly battle about increasing loan rates.

And now, for the fourth year in a row, the University System of Maryland Board of Regents has approved a tuition hike. And everything seems to be about the larger picture’s bottom line.

It seems decision makers are more concerned with partisanship than students’ interests, which will inevitably be detrimental to this generation of students. Debt after school — and not just some debt, but massive debt — has become the norm. Many students have no chance of paying that debt off until much later in their lives. And that doesn’t bode well for the future of lenders needing to be repaid.

Granted, students haven’t had it too bad at this university specifically.

University system officials claim this year’s tuition hikes — 3 percent for this university’s in-state students and up to 4.4 percent for its out-of-state students — are necessary to run the school and the system. Those same officials have been nationally recognized for

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their efforts to keep tuition increases at a minimum. And on some level, they seem to be keeping students in mind when deciding the budget, which we have to appreciate.

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Officials should constantly work to find ways other than yearly tuition increases to fund the University System of Maryland’s budget.

In 2012, when the system was threatened with a 12 to 13 percent tuition hike under the doomsday budget, officials and Gov. Martin O’Malley did everything in their power to bring that rate down to 3 percent. It was more reasonable, but it was still a hit to many students and their families.

The bottom line is officials should be putting more effort into ensuring tuition and fees, which put the burden directly on students, are never offered as a sacrifice for advancement. This state’s officials have clearly prioritized keeping tuition rates as low as they deem possible, which is commendable — but more is always possible.

For instance, this latest round of tuition increases will bring in an additional $35.7 million in revenue for the university system. In truth, this is a significant amount that may justify in-state

students paying $253 more and out-ofstate students paying an extra $1,060.

But the detriment of that kind of burden on individual students, especially those without financial aid, should outweigh the overall revenue increase, especially compared to the existing $4.8 billion budget. And shouldn’t the state and the system be able to find an alternate way of making this money besides forcing students to compensate for the lack of funds?

Universities need to focus on individual students before the school’s reputation, even if it means sacrificing some big-banner projects that could affect national statistics, or there will be no students who can afford attending the school in the first place.

While universities should never sacrifice the quality of education, some university projects not directly applicable to students’ educational experience, such as plans to beautify College Park as a community, could be postponed until other funding is found.

Many of those projects are worthwhile overall, but not so integral as to require yearly tuition increases.

To remain competitive in today’s society, our generation needs to continue to push educational boundaries and never stop learning. Our government, state and university officials should help students progress academically instead of creating financial obstacles.

It’s the only way we can continue advancing to a more innovative world.

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Fighting for basic human rights

A modest proposal MARC PRIESTER

pursuit of happiness is limitless. To this end, our nudity will act as our scepter, leading both America and the world into a future that maintains the rights to life, liberty and happiness — while naked.

As a sensible patriot, you wholeheartedly agree with me, yet you understand minor problematic elements.

You ask, “But Marc, how will we stay warm?”

Simple — in winter’s bitter tundra, we shall secure our warmth and freedom by burning National Security Administration documents. Clearly, we shall benefit greatly from smoldering embers, and Uncle Sam shall be pleased with the destruction of highly sensitive information. Traitors like Snowden shall never be able to access them, and the NSA and federal government may operate in a clandestine, illicit and unscrutinized manner — all to defend our rights. God bless them.

Another unforeseen consequence will arise from banning clothes. Certain individuals’ skin colors change to red when scathed by sunlight. This red is much akin to the scarlet barbarism communists endorse. The reason for this skin transfiguration is that those who turn red are communists, attempting to masquerade themselves among the civilized. Without clothing, nothing shall stand in the way of ousting communists and inevitably expelling them back to Russia.

If you have nothing to hide, you ought have no quandary against these measures.

Whenever you don a little black dress to enjoy a night with friends or wear that suit and tie (looking at you, Justin Timberlake), you validate terrorism.

We must prepare ourselves against the grave perils in our world — even if that threat is unspecified and unknown.

Infinite Monkey Theorem in mathematics proposes that given an unlimited amount of time, there is an infinitesimal probability of any event occurring — including terrorism.

Given these staggering odds, our government must arm itself by disarming terrorists of their arsenals: clothing.

Brace yourself for the unknown — unknowns that must inevitably occur.

My calculations are of the noblest and highest rational order — checkmate, Al-Qaeda.

It is a melancholy subject, whenever I walk on the pavements of a nation blemished by fear. The gloom and doom of the media rightfully illustrate the picture of a terrifying new world in the midst of omnipresent terrorism and the reanimation of the zombie carcass of communism in China.

Both phenomena extend their tentacles of savagery, anti-freedom and puppy hatred across our petloving, civilized, Western world.

With treasonous communists such as Edward Snowden, at no moment in the history of the enlightened man have we ever needed our virtuous and pure government to protect our freedom as we do now.

According to a Pew Research Poll, 56 percent of true Americans support the noble PRISM surveillance program protecting our freedoms. Unfortunately, this is hardly sufficient.

I have been assured that nudism is the optimal mean of ensuring national security. Henceforth, I propose the United States government ban wearing all clothing as a logical follow-up to PRISM. With rudimentary observation, it is clear to see most terrorists and communists have worn some sort of clothing; this excessive correlation must equate to causation. It is rarely the case that a suicide bomber wears his explosives outside of concealment. The primary identification for some of these mischievous individuals — who attempt vindictively to destroy life — is their clothes (e.g., the underwear bomber).

Clothes represent the utmost threat to the aforementioned freedoms conveyed. Terrorists veil themselves, covertly disguising their treachery and anti-Americanism with the elaborate facade of a businessman or university student.

What a truly troubling dynamic clothing has become — the solution is to abolish its ownership now.

First and foremost, America is the final bastion of liberty and prosperity in the universe. Our commitment to Marc Priester is a junior economics and rights is unparalleled and unique. government and politics major. He can Our devotion to the individual be reached at marcpriester@gmail.com.

Don’t judge by ideology MATT DRAGONETTE An occupy gezi protester tosses a tear gas canister back at police during street protests, part of the #OccupyGezi movement. PHOTO COURTESY OF TIM EASTMAN/TWITTER

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p ea ce f u l s i t - i n s ta r te d o n May 28 to protect Gezi Park near Taksim Square in Istanbul. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan had long planned to demolish the park and use the space to reconstruct an old Ottoman-era barracks (a place where very conservative movements took place) and build a shopping mall and a hotel.

As he gained more political power, he decided to move forward.

Only a few dozen protesters — occupying the park in shifts — blocked his way. They were steeling themselves for the usual amount of police intervention to stop the protests. The fierce and brutal police crackdown that occurred, however, caught them off guard. On May 30, at 4:30 a.m., police marched in unison into the park; tents were set on fire and heads were injured.

Instead of dispersing the protesters, the disproportionate police action caused outrage, and protesters dug in even deeper.

Eventually, the police crackdown on Gezi Park became a symbolic part of the larger uprising.

Hundreds of protesters became thousands and then millions all over Turkey. Protesters took to the streets, and those who could not take greater action flashed their lights and played loud music in their homes in support. Throughout the events, police brutality expanded with heavy use of tear gas, water cannons and rubber bullets.

So far, more than 4,000 protesters

have been injured and three have died. It turns out the police were deliberately targeting people with their “nonlethal” weapons in order to injure and hurt as many as they could — there was even one known case where real bullets were used and resulted in death. The police have become the predators of the people, not their protectors — bringing chaos instead of order.

People were not deterred by the police action. The cause of protests is beyond Gezi Park. It is bigger, much deeper and shared by millions across the country. It is a demand for the undoing of Erdogan’s centralized power grab, protection of basic human rights, such as freedom of speech and the right to peaceful assembly, and rejection of increasing intervention in ordinary people’s lives (from the number of children a family should have, to the alcohol people can drink and the TV shows they can watch).

The mainstream media did not cover the events in the first days of the protests and continue to be a primary voice of the government because they are either controlled by the government or have nepotistic business ties. Turkey is on the top of the list of the Committee to Protect Journalists as the world’s worst jailer of journalists — 49 were imprisoned as of December 2012.

Online media became the main source of information and communication. Erdogan went so far as to call social media (the “worst

menace to society” for its role in helping protesters organize and disseminate information. New laws to regulate social media are already being drafted. At least 3,300 people have been arrested, at least 25 merely for spreading news (“inciting rebellion”) on Twitter, and 49 lawyers for providing legal support to protesters.

Erdogan stated on June 12 that the protests would be terminated in 24 hours. His recent speeches are full of misinformation. (The U.S. Embassy in Turkey had to publicly correct some of what he said.) He tried to weaken public support, divide the protesters and threaten them that he would mobilize his own supporters to act as thugs to disperse demonstrations.

Judging from the past two weeks, it is unlikely that any method used by the police will be in conformity with any normal rules of conduct.

The repression of peaceful protest at this scale and the uncompromising stance of the government, in itself, suggest that we should question how democratic Turkey really is.

After all, elections every four years do not guarantee respect for basic human rights.

For more information, articles and photos, please visit our student-run website, terps-support-occupygezi. tumblr.com.

The Turkish Graduate Students Supporting Gezi Park can be reached at yalcin@umd.edu.

Obviously, conservatives care about people, too. So why does this divide exist? Religion plays a factor, especially in Utah and Idaho, where there are large Mormon populations. Many Mormons give 10 percent of their income to charities and the church.

The church I belong to presents many opportunities to assist our community.

And while you may be quick to point out that some of the money will be used for solely religious purposes, remember that any charity has overhead costs.

Interestingly, tax burden had little effect on giving. Only one of the top 10 most generous states also had one of the 10 smallest tax burdens.

Maybe it is a difference in ideology.

Conservatives believe the government cannot be our solution for everything; ridden with scandals and inefficiencies, it rarely beats the private sector in solving problems. Many conservatives believe intelligent individuals are capable of solving problems.

Conservatives also believe we have to take care of the needy in our society, but we know the government is not always the best means to do that. So instead, they try to help the private sector solve the problems, knowing determined individuals, liberals, moderates and conservatives together, need to help in improving our nation.

If this survey marks a trend, those on the right speak with actions — not just words. Regardless of the government’s role in ending poverty and employing citizens, all citizens — no matter their politics — should be more generous with both time and money. As Americans, we have an obligation to help our neighbors. So let’s do it. If not, you might hear this one day: “Liberals are very generous, but not with their own money.”

A saying often mistakenly attributed to Winston Churchill goes: “Show me a young conservative and I’ll show you someone with no heart.” As a person who identifies as a young conservative, I have often been accused of being heartless.

Just because your political beliefs focus on a small, efficient government within constitutional bounds does not mean you think we should not be working to fix society’s ills, of which there are too many. But in case one needs tangible evidence, I found it in the , which released a report last summer analyzing charitable giving by percentage of income donated.

In the 2012 election, presidential candidate Mitt Romney won electoral college votes from 12 of the top 13 most generous states (by percent of median discretionary income donated). Maryland, fortunately, was the lone exception in tenth place. While many of the top states were in the Southeast, Utah led the list with a median of more than 10 percent.

So who was the least generous?

Eleven of the 12 least generous states, including the bottom seven states, cast their votes for President Obama. The Northeast, as a region, was the least generous. In terms of median donation by dollar amount, Utah almost quadrupled Maine while Alabama almost tripled it.

Time spent volunteering is another indicator of concern toward society’s problems. According to The Federal Agency for Service and Volunteering, the top three states Matt Dragonette is a sophomore with the highest volunteer rates also accounting major. He can be reached awarded electoral votes to Romney. at mdragonette9@yahoo.com.

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he coming week is likely to see many individuals searching for new and untried methods that they can apply to seemingly routine endeavors, hoping to reap the maximum possible benefits in a timely fashion. Those who are satisfied with the same old strategies are not likely to enjoy what is in store; only the brave, the fearless, the adventurous and the strong-willed can put themselves in the best possible position this week, whether in private affairs or professional matters. All are likely to spot opportunities where there may have been none in the past, but only a few can ultimately make the most of them.

Competition will be a big part of the week’s activities. Anyone who is unwilling to allow him- or herself to be judged objectively will end up watching from the sidelines, fated to endure frustration with the dramatically reduced possibility of gain at this time.

GEMINI (May 21-June 6) -- You may find yourself completely redoing something that didn’t work too well for you the first time. Be ready to make changes. (June 7-June 20) -- You are confident that what you are doing will win the desired results, but others are not so sure.

CANCER (June 21-July 7) -- You can compare reality with fantasy in a way that allows you to choose between the two more productively than usual this week. (July 8-July 22) -- A situation is soon likely to develop that requires you to take a stand on an issue you’ve been avoiding.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 7) -- You’ll gain a great deal of perspective this week by watching someone close to you tackle something you care about.

(Aug. 8-Aug. 22) -- It’s a good week to listen more closely to those who are reaching out to you in unusual ways.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 7) -- Your ingenuity will come in handy this week as you try to address a situation that you have not encountered before.

(Sept. 8-Sept. 22) -- It’s a good week to focus on your own behavior, especially

those bad habits that you’ve sworn to break.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 7) -- Someone who demands more time from you than usual certainly does deserve your attention, but you mustn’t neglect your own key issues. (Oct. 8-Oct. 22) -- You are likely to be surrounded by those who know how to give you needed support, but do you know how to accept it? SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 7) -- This week, you may be on top of a situation that others have found to be too much to handle. You can prove yourself in many ways. (Nov. 8-Nov. 21) -- You may encounter a dangerous situation this week when you get pushed into something for which you are not yet ready.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 7) -- You can make a brand new start, but whether it leads you in the right direction or not may depend on many external forces. (Dec. 8-Dec. 21) -- Are you ready to make a new commitment this week? You had better acquaint yourself with all available information.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 6) -Don’t let yourself get lost in a web of details this week. You must maintain a certain objectivity and understand the big picture. (Jan. 7-Jan. 19) -- You can determine the best route to take rather early in the week, and you’re ready to get started.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 3) -- You must be sure that your way of thinking is in line with others whose support you are soon going to need. (Feb. 4-Feb. 18) -- You may find yourself engaged in a philosophical argument with someone who, in the end, actually agrees with you.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 5) -- What you know about a coming event will serve you well as preparations are under way. You have a few tricks up your sleeve. (March 6-March 20) -- You may have trouble convincing another that your position is supported by the facts, but you must keep trying.

ARIES (March 21-April 4) -- You’re likely to face a challenge this week that is both self-made and self-promoted.

You must address certain weaknesses.

(April 5-April 19) -- You may be waiting for a last chance that is not likely to come. Perhaps it is time for a change of heart.

TAURUS (April 20-May 5) -- You can save a great deal of money this week, or you can pass up this chance in favor of something that won’t really pay off. Choose wisely. (May 6-May 20) -- You may feel as though you are running out of options, but this week you actually have more choices than usual.

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REVIEW | YEEZUS

HE IS RISEN

Master of reinvention Kanye West shakes things up again with the minimalist Yeezus, but its focus on his favorite themes — fame, race and, most of all, Kanye — keeps it familiar

By Eric Bricker Senior staff writer When Kanye West made the dramatic leap from laid-back Chicago rap to chilly auto-tuned crooning on 2008’s 808s & Heartbreak, the public was shocked. In 2013, however, Kanye could throw out an album of accordion music produced by Elton John, and critics wouldn’t bat an eye.

That is to say, after six well-received studio albums and what seems like a lifetime in the public eye, can Kanye West — pop provocateur, Twitter eccentric, visionary artist, alleged Illuminati leader, honorary Kardashian, new father — still reinvent himself? Can he surprise us anymore? Intentionally or not, that question seems to be at the core of Yeezus, West’s excellent, self-aware latest album.

Stripping back the glossy, symphonic production of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and largely eschewing conventional record label promotion, Yeezus feels like West’s attempt to transform his game, to change the conversation that has come to define his artistic output and his up-and-down, reality-TV-ready personal life.

But though the bombastic, underproduced Yeezus is slightly jarring on first listen, the differences between it and West’s other works are skindeep at best. While Yeezus takes the occasional shot at social issues and dabbles in militant iconography, West’s latest finds the infamous emcee still hung up on his favorite subject: Kanye West.

Indeed, Yeezus finds West amping up his narcissism to an extreme degree. Tracks such as “I Am a God”

even start to border on knowing selfparody: “I am a God/ So hurry up with my damn massage,” West raps.

“In a French-ass restaurant/ Hurry up with my damn croissants.”

And even when he gets political, West always finds a way to return to his pet themes — ego and the perils of celebrity. “New Slaves,” for instance, finds West on a tour through the civil rights movement (“My mama was raised in an era when/ Clean water was only served to the fairer skin”) and breathlessly railing against commercial exploitation of black artists (“Y’all throwing contracts at me/ You know that n----- can’t read”) before inevitably turning back to his own critics and fear of public scrutiny (“So go and grab the reporters/ So I can smash their recorders”).

Or take album centerpiece “Blood on the Leaves”:

Though it samples Nina Simone’s recording of the anti-lynching anthem “Strange Fruit,” West takes the loaded imagery and personalizes it, using the noose as a symbol not just of racial oppression, but of his own fears about relationships, marriage and monogamy.

“Now you sittin’ courtside, wifey on the other side/ Gotta keep ’em separated, I call that apartheid,” West raps over a pulsing staccato blast.

“On and on that alimony, she got you homie/ ’Til death do you part, unholy matrimony.”

Elsewhere, West revisits and plumbs his own musical past for inspiration. References abound to past hits (he name-drops “Monster” and “Jesus Walks”), while the Daft Punk-produced, electronica-

laced “On Sight” finds West pulling lyrics straight from his last Daft Punk collaboration, 2007’s “Stronger.” But where his cries of “I need you right now” rang like a rallying call on Graduation, the skipping, distorted sample sounds hollow on Yeezus — producing a call not of triumph, but of loneliness and desperation.

It seems odd to call Yeezus a personal record, as every West album is more personal — and more deeply Ye-centric — than the last. Still, the mixtape rawness and lurching brutality of the production, combined with the deep-seated cleverness of West’s lyrics, make Yeezus seem vital. Even though Kanye has become ubiquitous as a paparazzi figure, he thankfully still has a lot to say as an artist (even if it’s just about Ye). diversionsdbk@gmail.com

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TERRAPINS ROUND-UP ATHLETICS

Anderson named to NCAA council NCAA President Mark Emmert named third-year Terrapins athletic director Kevin Anderson to a council of athletic directors to help foster better communication between schools and collegiate athletics’ governing body.

Emmert told The Wall Street Journal on Saturday that he had agreed to “form a council of … athletic directors who would meet regularly with him and his senior staff, starting in July.” The goal of the council is to shift decision making on athletic issues away from presidents, who may be disconnected from athletics, to athletic directors, who work with coaches

and athletes on a daily basis.

According to The Wall Street Journal’s Rachel Bachman, the agreement came Saturday morning during Emmert’s visit to Orlando, Fla., to speak to the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics, which Anderson was president of for the 2012-13 academic year.

Anderson will join athletic directors from Kentucky, San Jose State, Arizona, Kansas State, Central Michigan, Connecticut, Clemson, Ohio State, Montana State and Denver on the committee.

—Text by Daniel Gallen

MEN’S BASKETBALL

TERPS ADD NICKENS TO 2014 CLASS

former center alex len is drawing interest from teams such as Cleveland, Charlotte, Phoenix, New Orleans, Portland and Oklahoma City ahead of next week’s NBA draft. file photos/the diamondback

len From PAGE 8 summer,” Len said. “That’s what [scouts] wanted.”

So Len has continued his strength training with Tarp since declaring for the draft in April, though he has been restricted to upper-body workouts since the ankle surgery.

But he’s also committed to developing other skills vital to success in the NBA. Len, who averaged 11.9 points and 7.8 rebounds in his sophomore season, said his shooting touch could be more valuable at the next level and that his time spent shooting from a chair has helped his form.

Then there’s the reflex

“THE KID IS HUNGRY. HE DOESN’T JUST WANT TO BE DRAFTED, HE WANTS TO BE ONE OF THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE NBA. IT’S A GOOD TRAIT TO HAVE.” MARK TURGEON

Terrapins men’s basketball coach machine. Len will sit in front of a big board with buttons that randomly light up in certain areas. The center then tries to tap the buttons as quickly as he can, moving his hands in a motion akin to reaching in to strip the ball from an opponent or deflect a pass.

The machine monitors his progress, and Len feels developing better reflexes is key to playing professionally.

In the NBA, big men are often counted on to quickly slide to stop opponents driving to the rim when playing help-

side defense and catch bullet passes on offense.

“You need good reflexes because the [NBA] game is so fast,” Len said. “That’s what makes it so different from college.”

Playing in the NBA certainly isn’t the same as competing in the ACC, but Turgeon thinks Len is perfectly suited to make the adjustments because of his size, instincts and ability to stretch the floor on offense.

And the third-year coach knows his former center will put in the effort to succeed against the world’s best players.

“The kid is hungry,” Turgeon said. “He doesn’t just want to be drafted, he wants to be one

of the best players in the NBA. It’s a good trait to have.”

But next week, Len said he won’t be thinking about competing in All-Star games or championships. He just wants to enjoy the moment of being drafted into the NBA. His mother and sister flew in from Ukraine and will attend the draft. Len’s almost finished visiting teams, and he’s finally ditched those pesky crutches.

Len’s reality is setting in: He’s going to be an NBA player.

“Are you kidding? I’m very excited,” Len said. “It’s like I have been chasing this dream since I was 13.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

The Terrapins men’s basketball team added another high-profile recruit this weekend when class of 2014 forward Jared Nickens announced Sunday that he verbally committed to the team during a weekend visit.

InsideMDSports first reported the commitment, and Nickens later confirmed it on his Twitter account.

The 6-foot-6 Nickens joins Bishop O’Connell guard Melo Trimble and Potomac guard Dion Wiley as the third member of the 2014 recruiting class. Trimble verbally committed in December, and Wiley joined him June 7.

Nickens, a New Jersey native who attends Westtown School in West Chester, Pa., is rated No. 153 nationally

and No. 5 in Pennsylvania by 247Sports. ESPN does not rank him in its Top 100 but has him as the No. 3 player in Pennsylvania and No. 22 forward in the class of 2014.

Scout ranks him as a threestar recruit, as does Rivals.

He averaged 16 points and five rebounds last season, his first at Westtown after he spent his first three years at St. Patrick’s in New Jersey.

He’s lauded for a three-point shooting touch and has reportedly bulked up this offseason.

ESPN ranked the Terps’ 2014 class as No. 3 in the nation.

Nickens also had offers from Miami, Oregon State and Wake Forest, among others, per 247Sports.

—Text by Daniel Gallen

FOOTBALL

COCKERILLE SHINES AT BIG 33 A glimpse of the Terrapins football team’s future was showcased Saturday night in the Big 33 Football Classic held in Hershey, Pa., that pitted graduating high school all-stars from this state against all-stars from Pennsylvania.

Six future Terps played on the Maryland team: Gilman quarterback Shane Cockerille, Bishop McNamara quarterback and defensive tackle Milan Collins, Annapolis Area Christian safety Elvis Dennah, Catonsville

running back DeAndre Lane and Avalon cornerback and running back Jaquille Veii.

Cockerille provided a spark in Maryland’s 58-27 loss. He was named Maryland’s MVP after completing 13 of 28 passes for two touchdowns and adding 34 yards and a touchdown on the ground.

Lane, a running back who may transition to wide receiver in college, led Maryland with five catches for 92 yards.

—Text by Aaron Kasinitz

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MEN’S BASKETBALL | NBA DRAFT

road to recovery — AND BEYOND LEN’S NBA VISITS

CLEVELAND CAVALIERS* Pick: No. 1 overall

CHARLOTTE BOBCATS Pick: No. 4 overall

PHOENIX SUNS

Pick: No. 5 overall

NEW ORLEANS PELICANS Pick: No. 6 overall

PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS Pick: No. 10 overall

OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER Pick: No. 12 overall * = scheduled visit

former center alex len averaged 11.9 points and 7.8 rebounds in his sophomore season for the Terps, who fell to Iowa in the NIT semifinals in early April. file photo/the diamondback

Despite injury, Len still projected to be top-five pick in next week’s NBA draft

By Aaron Kasinitz Senior staff writer A pair of black crutches more than six feet tall leaned against a wall in a Comcast Center room Monday morning, reaching nearly halfway to the ceiling.

Former Terrapins men’s basketball center Alex Len had relied on those mammoth crutches for transportation for two months until Tuesday, when he was cleared to walk on his own for the first time since undergoing surgery in early May to stabilize a partial stress fracture in his left ankle.

But that hasn’t stopped the 7-foot-1 Ukrainian from preparing for the NBA draft, to be held at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., on June

27. Len has traveled across the country visiting teams for personal interviews and works out six days a week with Terps basketball performance director Kyle Tarp.

“Of course I was upset. You don’t want to have injuries [before the draft],” said Len, whom Sports Illustrated and DraftExpress project as a top-five pick. “But I’m not worried about it. I am still trying to get better, still able to work out.”

Though Len’s left foot remains in a walking boot, he can lift weights, shoot from a chair and work on his reflexes. Plus, he can display his mental makeup in interviews with coaches and executives.

Len has already visited five teams — the New Orleans Pelicans, Phoenix Suns, Port-

land Trail Blazers, Oklahoma City Thunder and Charlotte Bobcats — and is scheduled to meet with the Cleveland Cavaliers later this week.

The Times-Picayune of New Orleans reported Monday that the Cavaliers are considering taking Len with the top pick in the draft.

But when Len is back in College Park, he’s in the gym.

He hopes to be fully healthy in time for NBA training camp in early October.

“I’m really impressed with what he’s able to do with the injury, not just strength-wise, but he’s even doing some basketball stuff,” Terps coach Mark Turgeon said. “He’s always been a hard worker, and I’m proud of him. He’s a lot farther along than a lot of other guys would be at this point.”

Those work habits, combined with Tarp’s exercise and diet regimen, helped Len add muscle to his athletic frame last offseason, a detail Len said attracted more interest from NBA scouts.

“He changed my body last See len, Page 7