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USM Foundation to stop fossil fuel investment Following student protests, USMF committee signs on to U.N. pledge on clean energy funds

after the foundation’s ad hoc committee for socially responsible investing made formal recommendations May 27 to divest from fossil fuels.

“We listened to them and they lisBy Sam Reilly The foundation, which manages @manthahontas the system’s $1 billion endowment, tened to us, and that was critical,” Staff writer pledged to sign the United Nations said Pamela Purcell, the foundation’s Principles for Responsible Invest- finance vice president and chief fiThe University System of Mary- ment; appointed Chris Ingram as the nancial officer.

Moving forward, the foundation land Foundation announced Tuesday first senior sustainability and investit would no longer directly invest in ment analyst to continue to seek clean will not directly invest in any Carbon coal, natural gas and oil companies, investment opportunities; and will Underground 200 companies, which marking a victory for University of join the International Endowments are the 100 public coal and 100 public Maryland students who have been Network, which helps universities gas and oil companies with the largest STUDENT ACTIVISTS chant their protests of the university’s investment in fossil fuel energy, while marching on at the forefront of a clear energy and other tax-exempt organizations invest. These announcements came crusade.

See USMF, Page 2 McKeldin Mall on April 29. The USM foundation decided to divest in late May. carly kempler/for the diamondback

LGBT reps talk action at meeting Wojahn attends D.C. meeting on change after Orlando attack

By Angela Jacob @thedbk For The Diamondback National LGBT leaders, activists and representatives met in Washington, D.C., on Thursday for a roundtable discussion on the actions the government is taking to protect rights of LGBT community members.

The meeting took place about a week and a half after the largest mass shooting in U.S. history, which took place in Orlando, Florida at a gay nightclub, and left 49 dead, not including the shooter.

Officials gathered to discuss what’s being done to promote acceptance of all sexualities and prosecute hate crimes against certain groups, College Park Mayor Patrick Wojahn said.

Wojahn is the first openly gay man to take mayoral office in College Park. Since then, the College Park City Council has aimed to create a sense of equality See LGBT, Page 3

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JAKE LAYMAN, left, AND DIAMOND STONE box out an opponent during Maryland’s 91-55 win over Southern New Hampshire at the Xfinity Center on Nov. 6, 2015. Both were drafted into the NBA. file photo/the diamondback

Wojahn meets Dalai Lama, Lady Gaga at conference

U scientists record X-rays emitted by black holes

Mayor discusses city kindness at national event post-Orlando

Researchers team up to explore phenomenon

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College Park Mayor Patrick Wojahn joined 203 other mayors across the country in Indianapolis for the 2016 United States Conference of Mayors from June 24 to June 27.

The first-year mayor tweeted two selfies over the weekend — the first with singer Lady Gaga, who Wojahn wrote talked “about the need for mayors to engage with our youth” and the second with the Dalai Lama, who shared “inspiring words” on “building a #CityofKindness.”

“I had the opportunity to meet with mayors from other university-oriented communities and discussing how to make the most of the innovative ideas coming out of the universities within our cities,” Wojahn wrote in his weekly

A University of Maryland-led team of astronomers is using new technology to map out previously unexplored properties of one of outer space’s most elusive entities: the black hole.

In a report published June 22 by the Nature Publishing Group, the researchers — whose group also includes an astronomer from the University of Michigan — detailed their use of a method known as X-ray reverberation technology, in which they used satellite data to pick up on X-rays released after a dormant supermassive black hole consumed a star.

By using reflections from these

IN THIS NASA RENDERING by Sonoma (California) State University scientific illustrator artist Aurore Simonnet, a star gets too close to a supermassive black hole, causing it to be pulled apart. image courtesy of erin kara X-rays, they hope to map out the surrounding environment — which could potentially answer larger questions about the formation of black holes and how the universe itself came to be, said lead researcher Erin Kara. “[The findings are] helping us understand these fundamental existential questions” said Kara, a Hubble postdoctoral fellow at this university as well as a Joint Space-Science Institute fellow.

Black holes are areas in space whose gravitational pull is so strong

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that not even light can escape, according to NASA, making it impossible to get a full picture of what a black hole looks like beyond its surface — unless it’s absorbing matter and releasing energy.

But only about 10 percent of supermassive black holes — the universe’s biggest black holes, which can be “one million to one billion times the size of [our] sun” — are actively devouring matter and thus regularly See SPACE, Page 2

mayoral update. “I also listened to a panel including His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Lady Gaga about creating communities of kindness, especially in the aftermath of the recent incidents in Orlando.”

The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and the Libertarian presidential candidate and former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson both appeared at the 84th annual conference, which invites representatives from cities with populations with 30,000 people or more.

The event also included discussions on “best practices and local mayoral priorities” for first-time mayors; task force meetings on education, technology and innovation, community development, and small business and entrepreneurship, among others; and award ceremonies.

Mayors also were invited to participate in events such as a private concert with musician Michael Feinstein and a “vibrant street party on Main Street” in the Carmel Arts and Design District, according to the conference’s agenda.

See WOJAHN, Page 2

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CRIME BLOTTER

By Mina Haq @DBKCrime For The Diamondback Un ive rs it y of M a r yland Police responded to reports of harassment and theft, among other incidents, this past week, according to police reports.

HARASSMENT Un iversity Pol ice responded to police headquarters June 22 at about 1 2:20 p.m. for a repor t o f h a ra s s m e n t , p o l i c e spokeswoman Sgt. Rosanne Hoaas said.

A fem a le student reported that she was receiving “unwanted communication” in the form of texts and calls from her ex-boyfriend, Hoaas said, adding that the student said she wanted police to be aware of the relationship concerns and issues.

The texts and calls were “of a harassment nature,” Hoaas said. Officers gave the student her options a nd referred her to the Office of Civil Rights and Sexual Misconduct. This case is suspended.

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this university reported at pol ice headqu a r ters that his cell phone and its case was stolen from his unsecured vehicle at the Golf Course Club House between 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. This case is active.

On June 26 at about 1:20 a.m., Un iversity Pol ice responded to the Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center for a theft report. A woman with no university affiliation left her phone unattended on the floor and went backstage during an event. When she returned, it was gone, Hoaas said.

This case is active.

TRESPASSING O n Ju n e 2 3 a t a b o u t 10:30 a .m ., Un iversity Police responded to the Clarice Smith Performing A rts Center a fter it was reported that a man was attempting to open ra ndom doors i n the bu i ld i ng, Hoaas sa id.

After speaking with the individuals who reported the incident, officers fou nd t he m a n outside T h e C l a r i c e o n Va l l e y Drive a nd issued h i m a denial to the building.

Fifteen minutes later, the man was seen looking into vehicles in Lot 3, and officers issued him a full denial to campus.

At about 1 a.m. on June 2 4 , of f ic e rs fo u n d t h e sa me m a n look i ng i nto vehicles in Lot 3 and arrested him.

Leonard S. Gilfillean, 3 4, f rom Hyattsv i l le, was charged with school trespassing and refusal to leave a building, Hoaas said. Officers were told he was “trying to help get rid of vehicles that weren’t being used,” she added.

Un iversity Pol ice res p o n d e d to t h e p u b l i c h e a l t h s c h o o l Ju n e 2 8 at ab out 6:40 p.m . for a report of theft. A man affiliated with this university reported someone had stolen property from his locker between about 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. The man had secu red t he locker with a lock, but when he retu r ned, t he lock wa s gone. This case is active.

University Police also responded to two reports of stolen cell phones. On June 25 at about 4:50 p.m., a man unaffiliated with newsumdbk@gmail.com

More localities request mBike Seeing effort’s success, nearby towns look to expand bike-share program’s reach

bike-share into more jurisdictions outside of College Park around the county.”

Describing cycling as “a more sustainable way to travel short distances,” Schum said mBike offers commuters another way to get around town, especially

By Helen Lyons in congested areas such as @thedbk the city.

For The Diamondback MBike currently boasts 120 cruiser bikes and five accesThe University of Maryland sible bikes at 14 stations in loand College Park will consider options for expanding their joint cations such as Regents Drive Garage, mBike bikeMcKelds h a re a m i d PEOPLE HAVE in Mall, interest from BECOME AWARE OF Guilford neighboring towns to be BIKE-SHARE RECENTLY, Drive and the College a part of the AND NOW THAT program, said WE’VE GOT IT UP AND Park Metro station.

Terry Schum, RUNNING, THEY’RE Seven stathe city’s planCURIOUS ABOUT IT. tions are on ning director. the campus “People TERRY SCHUM and seven have become College Park Planning Director a re d i saware of bikeshare recently, and now that tributed throughout the city.

The original plan called we’ve got it up and running here, they’re curious about it and for just 100 bikes, but the think they might want to have number was increased in response to high demand that is it in their town,” Schum said.

The bike-share, which allows now coming from neighborusers to check out a bike at one hoods outside of the city.

“We’re looking at doing station using an app and ride it to another, arrived in the city and this strategically,” Wojahn said. “We want to think on the campus in May. Among those eager to join about where [future pothe bike-share are Greenbelt, tential] stations make the Hyattsville, University Park, most sense.”

A m e et i n g i s s c he dRiverdale Park and Brentwood. uled for the second week “The bike-share program is in July, and community being well-used,” said College Park Mayor Patrick Wojahn, leaders will discuss exwho took part in the initiative to panding the bike-share bring mBike to the city. “Prince into other jurisdictions.

George’s County is doing a study to look at how they can expand newsumdbk@gmail.com

SPACE From PAGE 1 visible, Kara said.

The other 90 percent — including the black hole at the center of our own galaxy — are “dormant,” meaning that they can only be observed from Earth after a huge amount of matter, such as a star, gets near enough to be sucked in, Kara said. In these cases, the black hole’s gravitational pull consumes the star at an extremely fast rate, releasing a huge amount of light and energy.

From this process, known as “tidal disruption,” scientists can observe light waves from dormant black holes that would otherwise be invisible, Kara said. As technology improves, the resulting data could provide information about a huge fraction of the black hole population that

would otherwise be neglected.

Because of the excess a mou nt of gas released du r i n g t id a l d i s r up t ion , many thought it would be hard to observe X-rays close to the centra l black hole, said Chris Reynolds, an astronomy professor at this university and co-author of the study. But Kara’s team was able to locate X-rays far closer to the event horizon than thought possible, which could allow scientists to more accurately “map” properties — such as spin and mass of these black holes — and give clues as to how they were formed.

“I think the big question is, how has ou r u n iverse evolved,” Kara said. “How did we get here?”

It’s generally agreed that the largest black holes were “formed at a very early stage of the universe,” said Lixin Dai, a co-author of the study. The

IN THIS COMPOSITE IMAGE by NASA scientist Stefan Immler, data from the agency’s Swift satellite and two X-ray telescopes show a tidal disruption event . image courtesy of erin kara researchers think it’s likely supermassive black holes formed either by pulling a huge amount of outside matter in, or by merging together — or a combination of the two, Reynolds said. Their hope is that the new functions of this technology will allow them to better understand not only

how these agents came to be, but what the universe was like at the time of their creation.

“Black holes a re fascinating,” Dai said. “And the way they’re eating stars and generating huge emissions is really exciting.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

USMF From PAGE 1 potential carbon emissions.

“The system is recognizing the threat of climate change, [and we] wanted to work with the students to find ways … to mitigate our exposure to those companies that might be known as contributing the most to dirty energy,” the foundation’s CEO and President Leonard Raley said.

While the foundation committed to no future direct investments in these companies, fund managers control indirect investments, Purcell noted.

“We entrusted this money to fund managers, [and] the fund managers have complete control over how they invest,” Purcell said. “That’s why we can’t cause [investments] to go to zero tomorrow.”

The foundation emphasized to fund managers that if faced with a decision between two investment opportunities, the fund should invest in clean energy sources as long as it is financially prudent, Raley said.

The decision was a culmination of ongoing collaboration with environmentally conscious university students.

Students from this university joined forces with students from Towson University and Salisbury University to petition the foundation for a divestment

WOJAHN From PAGE 1

LEONARD RALEY, far left, president and CEO of the University System of Maryland Foundation, attends a February meeting with USM Chancellor Robert Caret, standing, and members of the Student Government Association to discuss fossil fuel divestment. file photo/the diamondback feasibility study in 2013, said Maya Spaur, this university’s Student Government Association sustainability director.

Since then, different organizations within this university’s student body have continued to push for divestment through campus events and meetings with foundation executives.

This past school year, the SGA unanimously voted in November to pass a bill recommending this university divest from fossil fuel companies and met with the foundation in April.

“It was truly a good collaborative partnership,” Raley

said. “Our board members took it very seriously. I’m not sure that we would have dedicated that kind of time to the topic had the students not brought it to our attention in the capacity [and] the amount that they did.”

Junior Willem Klajbor said the SGA’s Student Sustainability Committee and the foundation’s representatives were able to meet and work together respectfully in achieving this goal.

“As it became more clear to the USMF what we were asking for, we saw more of an openness to have that dialogue,” the economics and environmental

science and policy major said.

The foundation’s decision was a long time coming, but Spaur attributed the victory to the students’ resilience.

“This has been a threeyear movement,” the senior environmental science and technology and government and politics major said. “We kept saying, ‘We’re not going to let up. We’re not going to let this go.’”

Brittany Cheng contributed to this report. sreillydbk@gmail.com

status as Google’s first Gigabit city, having received hundreds of millions of dollars to bring high-speed wireless internet to the whole city,” he wrote in his update.

College Park is undergoing its own revival with ongoing city developments, including the Purple Line lightrail project, new businesses along Route 1 and the University of Maryland’s M Square Research Park.

This week, Wojahn will be traveling to Kansas City, Missouri, for the 2016 leadership meeting of the National League of Cities, where he serves as the chairman of the transportation and infrastructure services committee.

“We will be touring the city’s new streetcar system and learning about how the city is taking advantage of their newsumdbk@gmail.com

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REVIEW | HUBERT ROBERT AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY

REVELING IN THE RUINS HUBERT ROBERT’S 1771 work The Burning Of Rome. image courtesy of the national gallery of art/musee d’art moderne andre malraux, le havre

By Evan Berkowitz @TheEndOfMyWitz Staff writer The French artist Hubert Robert (both t’s silent) “has enjoyed a steady level of appreciation from American museumgoers,” according to National Gallery Director Earl Powell III, “who perhaps know him better for the nickname …

Robert of the Ruins.”

In a magnificent, first-in-theU.S. monograph of the ruinmaster’s work opening June 26 at the NGA, the reason for that nickname becomes blatantly and wonderfully apparent.

“He depicted collapsed structures of all types,” Powell said. “Not just those of Ancient Rome, but also those created in his own time through urban renewal projects, natural and man-made disasters, and even the desecrations of the French Revolution.”

Drawing from various collections in partnership with the Louvre, the exhibition presents Hubert’s paintings and works on paper in dialogue. The artworks show buildings of the Classical era and, later, his own in various states of decay, pro-

viding an ambiguous collection of morals that comment playfully, if morbidly, on the relentless passage of time.

Some works, like A Hermit Praying in the Ruins of a Roman Temple, could act as fodder to the decaying classical symbolism some artists use to communicate the superiority of Christian mores, here consecrated by the white-cloaked monk poring over an enormous Bible.

But to reduce Robert to so vainly pious a goal is wrong, as it betrays a startling misread of his work and an ignorance of his rather Bacchic social life.

Other works seem to parallel the European trope that everything after Rome was a desperate attempt to re-achieve it, but that feeling, while valid and certainly a component of Robert’s imagery, is a bit too medieval for the 18th-century artist.

Instead, one gravitates to the reaction of philosopher and critic Denis Diderot, as quoted by exhibition co-curator Yuriko Jackall at a press preview Tuesday morning.

“These ruins inspire in me grand ideas,” Diderot wrote.

“Everything comes to nothing, everything perishes, everything

passes, only the world endures, only time remains.”

This somber yet intriguing sentiment is most literally expressed in Robert’s Landscape with Arcadian Shepherds, an homage to the famous Nicolas Poussin work commonly known as Et in Arcadia Ego. The melancholy works show country folk stumbling upon an enormous tomb that reminds them that even in paradise, death lurks.

Robert uses both of these themes — the common people and the passage of time — often throughout his works.

The denizens who populate his scenes vary: Primarily commoners doing common tasks (hanging laundry from an equestrian Marcus Aurelius statue; leading the family cow over Rome’s Ponte Salario bridge) interspersed with occasional aristocrats and, in one work, even Jesus Christ himself.

Some attendants are architects and explorers consumed by the majesty of their surroundings, and some commoners are similarly enthralled. But, for the most part, the activities are quotidian: whether an object is consecrated with importance due to its age, it is still a bridge;

still a water source; still a useful place to hang laundry.

Robert reminds us that the structures were once purposebuilt, if decorated. Only the passage of time, and the sacredness it endows, had made us think otherwise.

He plays with the idea of importance in works called capriccios, which transpose “random monuments from different time periods, … artfully brought together to create new, completely imaginary landscapes,” per Powell.

These fantasies allowed him to take “increasing liberties with place and setting to strengthen the visual power of the image,” said Jackall, the gallery’s assistant curator of French paintings.

“The genre of the capriccio was also a way for Robert to highlight the collision of daily life with the more grandiose past,” she said.

Ere long, thoug h, the l o n g-a go d e s t r u c t i o n o f classical treasures (evinced by rampant moss, cracking stone and the occasional tor of rubble) takes on a much more active role, as buildings of Robert’s present are shown not centuries later in ruin,

From PAGE 1 and respect for everyone, regardless of sexual orientation.

Although many of the people who attended T hursday’s meeting were LGBT activists from all over the country, some Maryland officials were also present. Wojahn said Maryland Delegate Bonnie Cullison (D-Montgomery County) and Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) attended the meeting.

The LGBT Equality Caucus of the U.S. Congress hosted the event, Wojahn said, and talks focused on federal government initiatives such as a directive headed by the Department of Education to allow transgender students to use the bathroom that corresponds with

their gender identification.

While the discussion’s dialogue wasn’t directly focused on addressing the June 12 shooting at Pulse nightclub, it was “kind of in response to the shooting,” Wojahn said.

On May 24, the council voted 5-0 to fly the Pride flag above City Hall, showing the city’s solidarity and support for LBGT Pride Month, for one week beginning on June 6.

Sophomore Andrew Ferguson, who lives in Tampa, Florida, said the shooting came as a surprise.

“It was very unexpected, because of a l l t he places where that could happen, I didn’t think it would happen in Orlando, but I guess a lot of shootings take place all over America,” the psychology major said. “The other

seem to be pessimistic,” Jackall said. “In the midst of the rubble, one statue is shown standing: Apollo Belvedere, considered at the time one of the most important artworks in the world.

“It is as if Robert the painter and Robert the museum curator wish to underline the fact that the passage of time had left this masterpiece intact,” she said.

Among peasants cooking on an open flame and three boys goading one another to loot, an artist sits desperately trying to recreate the Apollo Belvedere on an as-yet empty tablet.

Perhaps this is an allegory to the lost, classical past. Perhaps this is a story of the Revolution, which took so many cultural treasures as collateral.

Perhaps it is an optimistic view that even should the Louvre’s walls fall, artists will still create things.

Whatever it is, it is Robert’s startling, stunning reminder, to himself more than anyone, that tempus fugit, and even in Arcadia, death persists.

“Hubert Robert, 1733-1808” runs at the National Gallery of Art through Oct. 2. eberkowitzdbk@gmail.com

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but actively being destroyed.

The Bastille, similar to the Saint-Lazare prison Robert inhabited and painted from during the Reign of Terror, is razed. The Chateau de Meudon, a royal hunting palace analogous to Robert’s patrons’ homes, is pillaged and dissembled — a stark reminder of the fate many of those patrons met at the guillotine.

Most shining is Robert’s deft negotiation of his own mortality, exhibited in two magnificent canvasses that close the show.

“In this pendant pair on loan from the Louvre, … we see him return to one of his favorite themes,” Jackall said. “These paintings show the grande galerie of the Louvre in radically different circumstances.”

In one, Robert inserts his own self-portrait methodically copying after Raphael as Parisian citizens amble past, absorbing the halls of Robert’s beloved institution, which he helped start. In the other, that hall lays in waste, its columns toppled and its ceiling broken open to reveal the angry sky of an imagined dystopia that, mercifully, has not yet come to pass.

“Robert’s message does not

weekend, I went out to a gay bar in Florida, and it was kind of scary because we were thinking about how this just happened.”

Ferguson said he thought the incident stemmed from a gun control problem, but he agreed with Wojahn that there was a large amount of support for members of the LGBT community in the wake of the attacks.

“There are things that can be done legally, like passing a comprehensive non-discrimination law on the federal level,” Wojahn said. “We also need to work to change hearts and minds about LGBT people in our country so that things like this don’t happen again.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

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OVER THE UNDERWIRE Normalizing bralessness through fashion (and hugs)

By Anna Muckerman @annamuckerman Staff writer There are two situations in which Katie Barr wears a bra: around family and when she thinks a guy might want to take it off.

“It’s kind of hot if you go home with someone,” she sa id . “T h at’s pa r t of t he thrill is taking the bra off.”

Otherw ise, the sen ior dietetics major enjoys the freedom of loose shirts that casually drape over her unrestricted chest, hinting at her proud secret. About a yea r a nd a ha l f ago, Ba r r got her nipple pierced, and that’s when she decided to ditch the bra.

“I don’t really care if people see my boobs now because I have these cool little dots on my shirt,” she said.

A lt h o u g h wom e n h ave been squeezing and wrappi ng thei r boobs i n place since antiquity, the grandmother of the modern bra was patented to Mary Phelps Jacobs in 1914. W h ile the contraption, orig i na l ly made from ribbon a nd h a nd kerch iefs, prov ided much needed comfort from the wha lebone corsets of the previous century, the moder n bra cont i nues to come under fire.

“I ca n never t h i n k of a reason it’d be more comfortable to wear one,” said Allie Kennedy, one of Barr’s closest friends.

The senior family science major stopped wearing a bra about a year ago. After developi ng a more “l ibera l, feminist” group of friends at M a r yla nd, she sta r ted reevaluating why she wore it in the first place.

“I rea l i zed there rea l ly was no reason besides society telling me I needed to,” she said.

L i k e K e n n e d y, w o m e n across the cou ntr y reg u-

larly opt for the au natural.

Since her boobs aren’t large, Kennedy says people rarely notice. But recently, Kaitlyn Juvik, a high school senior i n Monta n a, m ade headlines for the backlash she received after not wearing a bra to class. T he school argued she caused a distraction and made people feel uncomfortable.

Kennedy likes to use the word “normalize” when discussing incidents like these.

It’s the reason she likes to give people hugs when she isn’t wea ri ng a bra — she wants to influence people’s perceptions on bras or the lack thereof. “ It’s a n e w t h i n g t h a t they need to get used to,” she said.

Outside the confines of h i g h s c ho ol c l a s s ro om s, t h e r e ’ s a s l o w- s p r o u ti n g move m e nt to ba n i sh t he boob ca ges. Celebr it i e s l i k e K e n d a l l Je n n e r a nd R i ha n na have g raced the streets with unbound breasts, while Miley Cyrus has been increasingly vocal ab out A mer ic a n s’ t re atm e nt of nu d it y w it h t h e #FreeTheNipple campaign.

Yet despite the influence of icons, bras still rule as the queens of coverage.

Perhaps more successful t h a n t he a nt i-bra movement, however, has been t h e s h i f t to w a rd b e a u t y o v e r f u n c t i o n a l i t y. T h e bandeau emerged as a way to escape the bra without truly saying goodbye. The stretchy fabric, often lace, lacks straps or underwire.

It’s meant to be seen under sheer or low cut sh i rts, and while it doesn’t offer much support, it provides just enough nipple covera ge to m a k e it u s e f u l . A more recent installment of the quasi-bra has been the bralette, lace triangles that provide little support and are often see-through.

“Bralettes are just pretty so I wou ld we a r t h at for fun,” Kennedy said.

Summer 2016’s lingerie inductee is the chain bra, body jewelry ranging from a f u l l bra m a d e of m et a l mesh to del icate, d rooping triangle frames. T hey spent the summer serving a s t he p er fe ct a cce ssor y for already stripped-down festival-goers.

The idea that a bra must ser ve no role ot her t h a n beauty, whether for one’s sel f or at the end of the night, is growing in popularity. Yet it’s generally unspoken, evidenced almost solely by bra letted, ba ndeaued and braless millennials. As Barr knows, it’s not always easy to shift from the traditional, especially on a surprisingly taboo subject.

Ever y mor n i ng when she wakes up at home, she clasps her bra in place before greeting her family. “ I h ave m y o n e n ip pl e pierced a nd I don’t wa nt them to find out about it,” she said. “I’m scared they’re going to see it through my shirt.”

A nd wh i le people a re genera l ly respectf u l of her decision, the wanderi ng eyes of a room mate’s friend once made her very uncomfortable.

“I felt l i ke I wa s b ei n g sex ua l ized as opposed to just being a person who’s not wearing a bra,” she said.

Even so, Barr and Kennedy conti nue to enjoy bra less freedom, choosing to suit up on their own terms, whether for looks or guys. In f lexibility, they finds a balance.

“Bras are used for functiona l ity but now they’re b e c o m i n g w h a te v e r y o u want them to be,” Kennedy sa id . “It h a s to b e wei rd at f i rst for a ny t h i ng to change.” amuckermandbk@gmail.com

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Some internships aren’t worth it

nternships, especially summer ones, are vital to University of Maryland students’ educations. Talk to any Terp, and it’s likely that he, she or they have worked at least one to pad out a resume with skills and experiences. Some schools and majors on the campus even require internships as part of their curriculum.

That’s what makes summer internships more important; for some, dedicating 10 to 30 hours to an often unpaid internship during the semester in addition to taking classes, doing homework, working jobs and participating in clubs is overwhelming. Summer gives students a chance to complete the requirement without having to deal with academics and enables them to get a feel for the fulltime work world beyond the campus.

And while it is important to gain work experience that can’t be found in the classroom, it’s equally important for students to work internships that will open their minds, teach them valuable skills that can be applied in the workplace and be fun and exciting. These internships don’t always come easy — or for free. Students working in different states might face exorbitant rents and high costs of living, not to mention costly travel and general burnout.

Internships are great, but only if you can afford them. This editorial board believes it’s the university’s job to provide resources for students who are supplementing their education with sometimes mandatory internships.

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This university offers a Bright Futures scholarship fund to offset expenses incurred by students with internships in the non-profit and government sector.

And while that’s a good start, a STEAMfocused institution needs to provide options to students who might be taking unpaid positions in the health, mathematics and arts industries and beyond.

OUR VIEW

The university should provide more resources to help its students find rewarding internships.

Besides the financial toll, seemingly beneficial internships can turn detrimental and even illegal when interns are expected to do work above and beyond their position. The college internship stereotype is that all interns fetch coffee and do nothing of importance around the office. An internship like this might not be worth the time or resume credit, but it might also be illegal if it doesn’t correspond with the rules outlined in the Fair Labor Standards Act: 1. The internship, even though it includes actual operation of the facilities of the employer, is similar to training which would be given in an educational environment;

2. The internship experience is for the benefit of the intern; 3. The intern does not displace regular employees but works under close supervision of existing staff; 4. The employer that provides the training derives no immediate advantage from the activities of the intern; and on occasion its operations may actually be impeded; 5. The intern is not necessarily entitled to a job at the conclusion of the internship; and 6. The employer and the intern understand that the intern is not entitled to wages for the time spent in the internship.

Being trapped in a situation like this can feel hopeless for students who spent countless hours applying for internships and who need the experience to finish their majors. The schools need to make a formal effort, whether through an online tip-sheet or appointments with the advising staff, to ally with students.

Internships are great, but a traditional job might appear more attractive to a student facing imminent debt. Plus, sometimes employers prefer the tale of the scrappy waitress who was selected for a high-profile internship and declined it on job interviews. If schools require an internship for graduation, they shouldn’t make students choose between happiness and graduating on time.

EDITORIAL CARTOON

America is already pretty great

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hen deciding what to write about for my next column, basic journalistic instinct reminded me that everyone enjoys a patriotic love story about our great nation. And with the Fourth of July coming up, I figured I would follow that instinct. However, this is not just some fluff piece about how great America is. Rather, I want to inform everybody of some things they should think about when celebrating the holiday this year. I ask readers to really think critically about what it means to be American and truly understand what we are celebrating this year and why. The United States is facing some of its most trying times, and in this day and age, I believe the American spirit has been lost.

L a s t we e k , I wa s wa l k i n g through the Capitol building, specifically through the old Supreme Court Chamber, something I do once or twice a day. It is the very chamber where the highest court in the land made landmark decisions such as McCulloch v. Maryland and Dred Scott v. Sandford.

These decisions don’t necessarily reflect the brightest side of our history, but how far have we really come as a country since those decisions were made? Segregation has ended, but racism still ensues.

The fact that movements such as Black Lives Matter even exist reflects the distance that separates us from true peace and equality.

If you’ve read a few of my previous columns, you know that I, like many, don’t even know what to do about the upcoming election because neither candidate seems like they can move the country very far forward.

So, why should we even celebrate our nation’s birthday if that birthday doesn’t necessarily reflect true and important

progress? Well, first of all, fireworks and beer are just fun. But more importantly, there are many good things to look back on and forward to. Though we may never again have statesmen as brave and intelligent as our founding fathers, at least our modern-day politicians don’t own slaves. Although new and unpredictable challenges face us on a daily basis, our advancement as a people and a country has equipped us with the tools necessary to adapt.

As other nations face their own new challenges, America has not only been a nation of help, but has still stood atop the globe as the only true superpower. Politics have reached an all-time high state of division, but it’s not as if this hasn’t been going on for 200-plus years in the first place.

If there’s one thing that people know about me, or that you can hopefully tell from my previous columns, I’m an optimist. Pessimism about our country’s future will only fuel beliefs that we can’t become “great again.” Optimism mixed with reasonable skepticism and an open mind can make one realize that things aren’t as bad as they seem. My generation is one of misunderstanding and fear, cast by both improper portrayals of issues but also of reasonable doubt. My hope is that this Fourth of July, people will look at a country that has come very far but still is not done. America is great, but not as great as it could be. We have moved forward, but we’re not quite forwardthinking. Take time during the long holiday weekend to remind yourself of why we hang up the red, white and blue decorations, fly our flag and celebrate our birth as a nation. For God and Country, I think we’re still pretty damn awesome.

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

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The benefits of being anti-Trump

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wo weeks ago, after a press conference in which he announced funding for several transportation projects in Prince George’s County, Gov. Larry Hogan finally answered the question that all Republican leaders across the country are being asked: “Will you support Donald Trump?”

In typical Hogan fashion, there was no mincing of words or flourishing rhetoric.

“No, I don’t plan to,” Hogan replied when a journalist asked whether he would vote for Trump.

After months of persistent questioning from the media and attacks by Maryland Democrats seeking to tie Hogan to Trump (see Rep. John Delaney, whose gubernatorial ambitions could only be more evident if he wrote them on his forehead), the governor made the choice that I and many other Maryland Republicans had hoped he would make. People on both sides of the aisle should applaud his decision.

Hogan didn’t give much insight to the reasons behind his decision, and I won’t try to speculate what his true motivations are. In my opinion, however, it’s clear why Hogan doesn’t support Trump: he’s everything that Trump is not. These two men couldn’t be more different.

Hogan’s chances of becoming Maryland’s second Republican governor in nearly fifty years after he began his campaign two and a half years ago seemed slim, and are comparable to Trump’s chances of winning this November’s election.

But in his campaign and the subsequent first year-and-a-half of his term, Hogan has showed the power of a pragmatic approach to governing. He has identified the issues that concern Marylanders the most, mainly the lackluster economic growth and employment opportunities stemming from the policies of former Gov. Martin O’Malley’s administration. In taking on this issue, along with tackling drug abuse, infrastructure development, state government customer service and taxes, he has offered realistic solutions to shared problems. His work across the aisle, while born out of necessity, has helped improve the lives of Marylanders.

In facing a cancer diagnosis, Hogan became a powerful advocate for cancer patients and survivors. His public battle against the disease, during which he was both graceful and humorous, earned him the respect and admiration of people on both sides of the aisle.

Through improbable odds and great struggles, Hogan has become an incredibly popular and effective governor without name calling, demagoguery or bullying.

Trump is the complete opposite. Born with a silver spoon in his mouth and without any real obstacles to climb, he has ridden his privilege and ego to the top of the Republican Party. He insults, divides and inflames seemingly just because he can. He has shown no interest in working across the aisle, or even within his own party, to offer real

solutions to the problems that Americans are facing.

Hogan has shown real leadership with his decision. For Democrats, it might seem like a no-brainer to denounce Trump, but it’s a lot harder for Republicans. It’s difficult to tell a group of people you identify with that they made a decision you disagree with, and it’s a bitter pill to swallow that the party that you thought stood for conservative values is being taken over by a big-government populist demagogue. It’s even more difficult as a GOP leader to buck your party (Paul Ryan looks like he’s being asked to eat worms every time he has to defend or excuse Trump’s actions). It’s hard to tell a significant portion of your party electorate in the state that you don’t support their choices, especially after they helped to elect you. But leadership is a hard thing sometimes.

All of the Republican politicians who have endorsed Trump, however uneasily, will have to live with the permanent stain on their legacy that their candidate continues to create with every passing day. Hogan will not be one of them, and in doing so, he highlights just how different he is from Trump. In picking principle over party, the governor has shown that he is the kind of leader that our country needs more of, and one our state should be grateful to have.

Sam Wallace is a public policy graduate student. He can be reached at samhwallace@gmail.com.

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espite Hillary Clinton being the presumptive Democratic nominee, Sen. Bernie Sanders has not conceded, and it seems does not plan to concede the nomination.

Although Sanders is committed to defeating presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump, he claims his campaign is a “political revolution” and seeks to make the Democratic Party more progressive.

One of Sanders’ central criticisms is the electoral and nomination process of the Democratic Party. He wants to eliminate superdelegates and closed primaries because, according to Sanders, they are undemocratic.

However, it is hard to imagine Sanders would be kvetching about superdelegates and closed primaries if he had actually garnered enough delegates to get the nomination.

Throughout the campaign, Sanders has continually claimed that the Democratic Party is not progressive enough. While the Democratic Party may not meet his standards, that does not mean the party and its leaders are not progressive. The difference between Sanders and the leaders of the Democratic Party is in their understanding of the game of politics. Leaders in the Democratic Party, including President Obama, are realistic about the political constraints in implementing effective policy that helps working-class Americans. While Sanders has great ideas, he offers no specifics on how he plans to implement “Medicare for All” or how free college tuition will be provided.

It is possible to be both progressive and pragmatic. Policy is not just about advocating for your dream. It’s also about politics, being aware of the political constraints around you and utilizing the system for your gain.

This applies not only to congressmen and senators, but to players in the nonprofit sector as well, such as

the NRA, AHIP (the health insurance lobby), GLAAD and NARAL Pro-Choice America. They all use different strategies to advocate for their mission, which can include lobbying legislators on the state and federal level, using the legal system, particularly the Supreme Court, and presenting a narrative that aims to increase public support of a particular issue.

It is uncertain whether Sanders supporters will vote for Clinton in the general election. It would be foolish for them not to, since winning is the only thing that matters, especially when the alternative is a Trump presidency. The reality about Clinton is she is a good politician and just like Obama, a moderate Democrat. Due to Clinton’s pragmatism, Sanders and his supporters should push her and other party leaders to adopt a more progressive platform. However, they need to be politically astute and know that they will need to make some compromises in order to succeed.

Sanders continually claims that his presidential campaign is not merely a campaign, but a movement. If so, then they need to be politically astute about achieving their goals. After all, achieving change is what matters in social and political movements. The value in the Civil Rights Movement is that civil rights activists propelled the passage of the 1964 and 1965 Civil Rights Acts.

In the long term, Sanders supporters need to be politically active on the local and state level and get progressive Democrats elected to their state and federal legislature. This is central to transforming the Democratic Party into a more progressive party because then one can achieve getting progressive legislation passed. Hopefully, Sanders and his supporters will not commit the common shortcoming of liberals — losing sight of the long run.

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

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REVIEW | TICKLED

TICKLED STINK The only thing more interesting about this documentary on the dark internet world of tickling is its aftermath

By Michael Errigo @M_Errigo Senior staff writer Just what we needed: more evidence that the internet is a dark labyrinth filled with the evil and strange. Despite the carefree, positive connotations of its name, that’s exactly what Tickled serves as.

The documentary, which created a lot of buzz on the festival circuit and officially hits area theaters July 1, doesn’t exactly mislead with its title. This is a film about tickling and laughter. But this tickling and laughter is done by young, well-built men who are being paid to do so and are captured on camera. The documentary begins when David Farrier, a New Zealand-based journalist, stumbled upon one of these videos (as all great internet discoveries happen) and emailed the site behind the clips in search of a possible story.

Jane O’Brien Media, the company that created these “Competitive Endurance Tickling” videos, responded to Farrier’s inquests with immediate vitriol. Repeatedly highlighting the fact that Farrier is gay, the company engaged in a heated conversa-

tickled beautifully explores the dark underworld of tickling fetish videos, more evidence that nothing on the internet is ever truly pure or good. tion with the journalist and soon threatened absurd legal action. Farrier, ever a journalist, is inspired to dig deeper.

The digging that’s done in Tickled will do nothing to, if I may borrow a phrase from another corner of the internet, restore your faith in humanity. As I said, the web is a dark and dangerous place and the world of endurance tick-

ling is no different. As Tickled progresses, Farrier’s research sends him deep into a tangled web of money, deception and blackmail — and that’s not even hyperbole.

There’s no doubt this is a good documentary. It’s an entertaining, investigative thriller that’s probably unlike anything you’ve really seen before. At times, it will make

you deeply uncomfortable and it’ll be hard to explain why. But what’s really interesting about Tickled is the chaos its release has already created.

Very rarely do we see the contents of a documentary spill out into real life to the point where it affects the movie itself. Recently, at the Los Angeles premiere of

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the film, Farrier and his cofilmmaker Dylan Reeve were accosted by two of the film’s subjects during the Q-and-A portion of the night. A video of the exchange is posted on the movie’s Facebook page and it’s fascinating.

Reeve and Farrier hold their ground against accusations that they recorded material without proper consent and

the exchange clearly has real anger in it.

I don’t want to get into the real nature of these men and their connection to the movie because it unfolds nicely by itself, but I can’t emphasize enough how strange this is.

It would be like if Tilikum the whale showed up at a screening of Blackfish and said “say it to my whale face.”

There is no doubt that Tickled has benefited from this aftermath. If anything, both men are now more publicly shamed because the headlines have doubled. How they didn’t see this happening before deciding to crash the premiere is puzzling.

But despite this side story, it’s clear that the work itself certainly would have earned attention on its own. With Tickled , Farrier and Reeve have created a documentary that is both timely and timeless. There have always been bad guys lurking beneath seemingly innocuous things.

But in 2016, most of those guys are fueled by the power of the internet, fueled by the feeling that with infinite possibilities at their fingertips they can never be stopped. merrigodbk@gmail.com

REVIEW | DESIIGNER’S NEW ENGLISH

DEsiigner’s Mad ’Libs The “Panda” rapper spouts a new, ad-libbed, crazy language on debut

By Patrick Basler @pmbasler Staff writer A s fa r a s ra p p e rs go , New York MC Desiigner is pretty young. But when you compare his age to his consistently exuberant energy, which would look excessive on anyone older than 10, his 19 years seem absolutely ancient.

A National Geographic nature documentary about his place in Kanye’s G.O.O.D Music label might sound like this: “Even from a distance, it is easy to see that Desiigner is the youngest of the pack. He moves quickly and without the experience of his older family, who look after him with something between amusement and exasperation. He dabs viciously and constantly, trying either to

attract a mate or scare her away forever. God, he dabs a lot.”

Of course, it’s easy to excuse someone’s youthful idiocy when they have a No. 1 single under their belt before graduating high school — a feat made doubly impressive by the fact that “Panda” is a radio-unfriendly slice of faux-Atlanta trap.

But, determined not to peak at an age when some are still reviewing mixtapes for college newspapers, Desiigner decided to expand his catalogue to more than two songs. His latest (and only) release, the knowingly-titled New English is a sprint through dark, aggressive trap songs seemingly desiigned (dab) to induce asphyxiation when you imagine the number of dabs that could be crammed into each song.

In what is probably New English’s smartest move, the mixtape never strays far from the formula set by “Panda.”

The vast majority of tracks on the latest Tidal exclusive (Beyonce, you have company) are hooky, repetitive and, by definition, total bangers.

“Caliber,” the mixtape’s first real song, stars rattling trap hi-hats and the autotuned litany of “Caliber, caliber, caliber,” launched to high heaven with a force exc l a m a t i o n p o i n ts w i l l never do justice. In fact, the following handful of t ra c k s a l l se e m l i ke a t tempts to one-up the previous in terms of energy and no other qualities. The pure adrenaline reaches a breaking point on “Monstas & Villains,” which promises to be the collection’s fullest track, its most direct successor

to the controlled chaos of “Panda,” before coming to a screeching halt after just 37 seconds for no explicable reason (though it would be surprising if this track doesn’t pop up on a later Desiigner project in an actually finished form). Only during the tape’s back end — on the Pusha T-featuring “Jet” and the syrupy “Overnight” — does the ADHD-inducing tracklist slow down.

The absurd ardor of New E n g l i s h d raws f ro m two sources. Most important to the tape’s sound are the instrumentals, which blend t h e New At l a n ta s o u n d the New York rapper has thoughtfully adopted since d ay o n e w i t h t h e s l i g h t ba ro q u e to u c h a d d e d to most G.O.O.D. Music releases. While some beats — like “Shooters” and “Wit

Me” — prove messy, most provide a perfect backdrop for the second, renewable energy source: Desiigner’s vocals. And for Desiigner, vocals mostly equal ad libs.

The rapid-fire “GIT GIT GIT” and machine gun and/or puking sound effect “GRRRRRAW” are both the mixtapes most frequently used and most recognizable vocal tics — and the music is all the greater for it. In fact, Desiigner’s actual raps are so true to the title “New English” that one might imagine the mixtape is the story of a dystopian world where people only communicate in rap ad libs.

But even if the lyrical depth of the record is, well, nonexistent, New English is Desiigner doing what he does best — verbally vomiting on beats he can later dab

excessively to — furthering the theory that Desiigner is the man who singlehandedly forced Quavo to declare the dab dead.

If any track here shows the 19-year-old’s true potential, it’s the almost seven minute epic “Da Day” which breezes by in what feels like three minutes and blends guest verses with the most ad libs ever heard on a rap song.

The song is frantic, slightly frightening and sounds as if a single misplaced “BLEGH” will make it splinter into a million pieces. But it’s that insanity that makes the track — and most of Desiigner’s music as a whole — work.

These are songs that will drive you crazy — only to have you dab your way right out of a straitjacket. pbaslerdbk@gmail.com

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workouts From PAGE 8 coaching style he brought to Maryland after spending two years as an assistant at Penn State.

“You have to trust your players,” Aird said. “We talk about that all the time. They have to wake up every day and their number one thing has to be how to make the program better.”

Aird added that “it’s really about them” because “they make the decision about whether they want to be great.”

Middle blocker Ashlyn MacGregor, a senior, acknowledged that Aird “expects more from us in

terms of us stepping up” than previous coach Tim Horsman.

“It’s just a different feel,” MacGregor said.

MacGregor sees the Terps’ ongoing culture change as a positive shift, though, and thinks her coach’s expectations have pushed players to become more independent and accountable.

The Tarpon Springs, Florida, native views the team’s decision to train together in College Park for the second straight summer — made independent of the coaching staff — as an example of its newfound self-motivation.

In past years, players had traveled back home for the

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summer to train on their own. Now, the Terps work out on the campus together up to six times each week, a process that has improved team chemistry.

“Everyone wants to be here,” MacGregor said.

“The team is a lot closer in its communication now, and we just trust each other that we’re going to get the job done.”

“You might not see skill level change too much over the summer,” middle blocker Hailey Murray added, “but you definitely build better bonds with each other.”

Aird described his feelings about the approaching season as “tempered optimism” due to Maryland’s inexperi-

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enced roster. He’s attracted high-level recruits in each of the past two seasons, but with just five upperclassmen on the squad, he called it “unfair” to expect newer players to adjust right away in a premier conference.

Still, Murray hopes the extensive workouts this summer, along with the improvement the Terps displayed last season, can be used as a springboard for future success.

“We can continue to build off where we left off,” Murray said. “Being around has been really important in being able to carry the momentum into next season.” dbernsteindbk@gmail.com

Morgan From PAGE 8 team’s lone wide receiver who’s at least six-feet tall.

The Meade product’s skill set extends beyond the offensive side of the ball, too.

Morgan, along with defensive back Will Likely, was named to the 2015 Paul Hornung Award Watch List, honoring the

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summer leagues for different teams, but they’ll always be linked as the two players in Maryland’s 2016 draft class.

It marks the first time since 2002 that the Terps had more than one player drafted. Nearly three months after Maryland won its lone national title that year, forward Chris Wilcox and guard Juan Dixon were both first-round picks.

Many pundits expected Carter to be the Terps’ Sulaimon and Carter helped lead the Terps to the Sweet 16. file photo/the diamondback third player drafted, and the Georgia Tech transfer actually Media outlets projected Su- l a n d t h i s p a s t s e a s o n , had two opportunities to hear laimon to go undrafted, but the helping the Terps earn their his name called in the second 6-foot-4 wing still has an op- second straight trip to the round. Carter’s agent, Todd portunity to make an NBA roster NCAA Tournament and Ramasar, told The Baltimore when he competes with the first Sweet 16 appearance Sun the Atlanta Hawks and Chicago Bulls in the Las Vegas since 2003.

So as guard Melo Trimble, Denver Nuggets would have Summer League from July 8–18. selected Carter at No. 44 The Duke transfer will play the team’s lone returning and No. 53, respectively, if alongside former Terps forward starter, prepares for his he agreed to go to Europe for Dez Wells, who competed with junior season, his former development purposes. the Oklahoma City Blue in the teammates will embark on He declined both offers, D-League last season after the next phase of their basketball careers. instead deciding to sign a going undrafted in 2015.

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country’s most versatile player, after ranking fourth in the Sun Belt with 1,361 all-purpose yards in the 2014 season.

Morgan redshirted his first season at New Mexico State in 2013. He missed three games due to injury last season but finished second on the team in receiving yards (543) and tallied four touchdowns.

watch, earning freshman AllAmerican honors in 2014 and From PAGE 8 second-team All-American recognition a year later. His In the 2016 season, Belanger numbers in 2016 dipped below helped Bloom and Shaffer those of previous seasons, yet earn third-team All-Big Ten he still finished as the program honors. Bloom finished the leader in career wins (30) and year with six wins, 60 strike- strikeouts (307).

In the bullpen, former outs, nine walks and a 2.46 ERA. Shaffer’s ERA was higher right-hander Kevin Mooney (2.60), but his eight wins and and left-hander Alex Rob103.2 innings pitched were the inson were dominant under third most in Terps history for Belanger’s tutelage in 2015 before moving into the proa single season.

Shawaryn, despite strug- fessional ranks. The Minnegling at times throughout sota Twins selected Robinson the season, enjoyed immense in the fifth round of that year’s success under Belanger’s draft, while Mooney went in

the 15th round to the Washington Nationals.

“His player development has been second to none,” Mingione said. “What he’s been able to do with players who went undrafted out of high school and how he’s turned them into legitimate prospects and top draft picks is impressive.”

Belanger cited Mingione’s coaching ability and the strength of the SEC as reasons why he joined the Wildcats.

Terps coach John Szefc has yet to name his replacement. kstackpoledbk@gmail.com

WOMEN’S LACROSSE

Former midfielder taylor cummings is also an ESPY nominee for the Best Female College Athlete. daniel jenkins/the diamondback

Seven Terps invited to try out for US national team Cummings nominee for NCAA Woman of the Year and put your heart and soul into it,” Cummings said after the Tewaaraton Award ceremony in Washington, D.C., Former Maryland women’s on June 2. “When you do that, lacrosse midfielder Taylor the awards and the wins and C u m m i n g s d o e s n ’ t c a r e the friendships that you make much about personal acco- are so much more rewarding.” lades, but the award nomi“YOU HAVE TO nations continue to roll in WORK HARD WITH for the sport’s first threetime Tewaaraton Award EVERYTHING THAT recipient.

YOU DO AND PUT Two weeks after winning YOUR HEART AND her third consecutive Honda SOUL INTO IT. ” Award, given to the top women athletes in 12 NCAA TAYLOR CUMMINGS sports, Cummings was Former Maryland women’s lacrosse midfielder named an ESPY nominee for UConn women’s basBest Female College Athlete for the third consecutive ketball’s Breanna Stewart, year, ESPN announced last Penn State women’s socweek. She also joins former cer’s Raquel Rodriguez, USC Maryland women’s basket- volleyball’s Samantha Bricio ball center Malina Howard and Michigan softball’s Sierra as a candidate for NCAA Romero join Cummings as nominees for Best Female Woman of the Year.

Despite the recognition, College Athlete.

Cummings led the Terps, Cummings’ mantra has rewhose lone loss came mained the same.

“You have to work hard against North Carolina in with everything that you do the national championship, in ground balls (62), draw controls (144) and caused turnovers (52) this season.

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assists (19) while helping the team end the regular season undefeated and win its first Big Ten championship. She also guided the Terps to NCAA Tournament wins over Johns Hopkins, Massachusetts and Syracuse.

In addition to playing for the Baltimore Ride, one of four teams in the new professional United Women’s Lacrosse League, Cummings will join six former Terps when she tries out for the 2016-17 U.S. women’s national team.

Attackers Alex Aust and Brooke Griffin, midfielder Katie Schwarzmann and defenders Megan Douty, Alice Mercer and Casey Pepperman were also invited to tryouts, US Lacrosse announced June 23. All seven players are currently on the 2015-16 national squad as well.

Tryouts will be held from Aug. 5-7 at the national team training center at US Lacrosse headquarters in Sparks. After the three-day tryout, about 36 players will be selected to join the U.S. team as it prepares for the 2017 Federation of International Lacrosse Women’s World Cup in Guildford, England.

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THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 2016 VOLLEYBALL

Players working out without Aird’s help

Team holds self-regulated gym sessions

By Daniel Bernstein @danbernsteinUMD Staff writer

middle blocker hailey murray said the summer workouts have helped improved the team’s chemistry. She hopes it can translate onto the court. file photo/the diamondback

Maryland volleyball coach Steve Aird said his program is getting “closer and closer” to becoming relevant in the challenging Big Ten conference, which had seven schools finish in the top 25 last year.

In his second season at the helm, the Terps went 15-19, marking their best record since 2012. He also recruited the No. 16 incoming freshman class in the nation, according to PrepVolleyball.

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But NCAA rules have prevented Aird from tracking his team’s progress this summer. He’s prohibited from holding official practices until the squad’s allotted preseason period begins in early August.

“I actually have no idea what they’re up to,” Aird said.

Yet Aird believes his team, which has held self-regulated workouts and open gym sessions in College Park since the beginning of June, is working tirelessly to prepare for the upcoming season.

It’s a reflection of the faith-oriented See workouts Page 7 FOOTBALL

Terps get graduate transfer

By Kyle Stackpole @kylefstackpole Senior staff writer

Guard Rasheed Sulaimon (left) and forward Robert Carter Jr. (Right) went undrafted. Sulaimon joined the Chicago Bulls summer league team, while Carter signed with the Golden State Warriors. file photo/the diamondback

THE NEXT STEP

Stone, Layman taken in NBA draft; Sulaimon, Carter sign summer league deals

By Kyle Stackpole @kylefstackpole Senior staff writer

dr af ted fo r war d Jak e L ayman before trading him to the Portland Trailblazers.

Neither forward Robert Carter Jr. nor guard Rasheed Sulaimon heard At 11:22 p.m. on June 23, about their named called that night, but a half hour later than many expected, Yahoo Sports NBA analyst both players reached summer league Adrian Wojnarowski tweeted the deals shortly after the draft.

“I’m excited because I’ll be surLos Angeles Clippers selected former Maryland center Diamond rounded by veterans that will take Stone with the 40th pick in the me under their wings,” Stone said in a release. “I can learn the ropes 2016 NBA Draft.

He wasn’t a first-round pick, in an organization that’s been very but Stone was the first of four successful.”

Wojnarowski tweeted earlier in former Terps to agree on a deal with an NBA team. Seven picks the night the Clippers traded the 33rd after Stone, the Orlando Magic pick to the New Orleans Pelicans and

received the 39th and 40th picks in return. Moments later, they selected Stone, who averaged 12.5 points and 5.4 rebounds during his only season in College Park.

Stone, ranked No. 6 in ESPN’s top 100 rankings in 2015, expected to go higher.

“I probably have the biggest chip of the draft,” Stone told The Baltimore Sun. “I’m hungry. Every big [man] picked in front of me, it’s just like when I see them, it’s going to be war. I’ve just got to play my hardest every game and show these people why it was a mistake to sleep on me.”

Layman, who stayed at Maryland

all four years, was set to join Stone in the Orlando Summer League. That was until the Magic dealt Layman to the Trailblazers for $1.2 million and a second-round pick in 2019.

“Staying for my senior really helped me,” said Layman, who developed into an All-Conference player the second half of his career.

“I was able to get my degree [American Studies], which was very important to me and my family. I was able to elevate my game, which put me in the position to get drafted.”

The pair will play in different See NBA Page 7

Wide receiver Teldrick Morgan spent three seasons at New Mexico State, earning second-team All-Sun Belt honors in 2014, but the university announced Tuesday the Hanover native will play his final season with the Maryland football team as a graduate transfer.

After graduating from New Mexico State with a criminal justice degree in May, Morgan is eligible to play immediately.

“Teldrick brings a great deal to our program and we’re excited that he’s a part of our family,” coach DJ Durkin said in a release. “It’s always great to bring a local kid back home, and on top of that he’s very skilled and brings a wealth of experience to our receivers unit.”

Morgan caught 75 passes for 905 yards and seven touchdowns in 2014, garnering a spot on the 2015 Biletnikoff Award Watch List, given annually to the top receiver in college football.

At 6-foot and 195 pounds, Morgan will look to help Maryland’s offense, which finished 13th out of 14 Big Ten teams in passing yards per game (174.3) last season.

Morgan will join a receiving corps that returns five of their top six wide outs from 2015, including wide receiver Levern Jacobs, who led the team with 425 receiving yards and three touchdowns. While the Terps boast 6-foot-4 tight end Avery Edwards, Morgan will be the

See Morgan Page 7

BASEBALL

Belanger leaves to take job at Kentucky Pitching coach mentored 10 MLB draft picks

By Kyle Stackpole @kylefstackpole Senior staff writer

next class of dominant pitchers for the Terps, begin their junior campaigns this off-season, Belanger won’t assist them in improving In four seasons as the Maryland their draft stock. Monday, Kenbaseball pitching coach, Jim Be- tucky announced Belanger would langer has mentored 10 pitchers who join the Wildcats as their pitching became MLB draft picks. Left-hand- coach.

“I wanted coach Belanger at er Jimmy Reed was a sixth-round pick in 2013, and Jake Stinnett joined Kentucky for numerous reasons,” the Chicago Cubs as a second-round Wildcats coach Nick Mingione said pick a year later. On June 10, right- in a release. “What stood out to hander Mike Shawaryn went to the me was how much family means to Boston Red Sox in the fifth round of him, the fact he’s won everywhere he’s been and his track record of the 2016 MLB Draft.

But when Terps right-handers player development.”

Taylor Bloom and Brian Shaffer, who appear poised to become the See Belanger Page 7

pitching coach jim belanger (middle) has developed several Terps pitchers who have gone on to the professional ranks. reid poluhovich/the diamondback