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Univ, city, state announce ped safety initiatives

By Trey Sherman @thedbk For The Diamondback After recording five pedestrian accidents since January, Route 1 is set to receive some much-called-for safety upgrades, officials announced yesterday.

At a press conference Monday, Melinda Peters, Maryland State Highway Administration administrator, announced plans to lower the speed limit from 30 to 25 mph

between Guilford Road and Berwyn Road. The change will phase in by Aug. 1 to address the pedestrian safety crisis before students return this fall.

Last fall, the SHA initiated a roadway safety audit to figure out the most effective way to improve pedestrian safety in the city. Three pedestrians have been fatally struck since the study began.

Peters stressed that the SHA has been devoting a steadfast effort toward creating short-term improvements along Route 1. The SHA

has already implemented several enhancements, including freshly painted crosswalks, new flashing pedestrian signs and automatic walk signs.

The SHA also decreased the wait time for walk signals and increased crossing time, in addition to placing numerous “Do Not Cross” markings along sidewalk curb lines.

“State Law — Stop for Pedestrians in Crosswalks” signs have also been placed between Paint Branch Parkway and Calvert Road.

Officials said the reduced speed limit of 25 mph will also significantly decrease the likelihood of pedestrian deaths. An additional flashing overhead pedestrian signal will be installed at the intersection of Route 1 and Hartwick Road by late October, Peters said.

Finally, the SHA also plans to install a 5-foot-high median fence along Route 1 between Knox Road and Hartwick Road by the end of August See Pedestrian, Page 2

melinda peters, of the State Highway Administration, presents on Monday. james levin/the diamondback

City drops rights bill for charter

By Naomi Harris @thedbk For The Diamondback Despite months of discussion, the College Park City Council voted to kill a human rights ordinance at Tuesday’s meeting.

District 1 Councilman Patrick Wojahn originally proposed the legislation in February, but motioned to table the ordinances indefinitely Tuesday in response to concerns that it would be difficult to enforce.

The bill, modeled after policies passed in Hyattsville in December, would have prohibited discrimination in housing, employment, business and public services based on gender identity and expression.

Offending businesses would have risked civil suits, according to the proposal.

I nstead, Woja h n proposed a charter resolution, an amendment to the city’s governing document that would officially state the city’s stance on inclusion.

A separate ordinance banning discrimination and requiring equal benefits policies within companies seeking city contracts passed unanimously.

“It’s important that [transgender people] are identified and celebrated and provided with protections that all of us enjoy,” said District 2 Councilman P.J. Brennan, who supported the

Bill coleman smokes and grills meats in his backyard, in addition to classic southern sides, and serves it all up through his catering business and at the Downtown College Park Farmers Market.

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By Josh Magness @thedbk For The Diamondback Bill Coleman never expected to own a barbecue company, and he never expected to earn the nickname “Barbecue Bill.”

But after a car accident forced him to reconsider his life, the retired marine began smoking meats in his College Park backyard.

“I’ve always liked to cook, but it wasn’t until I was

in an automobile accident that everything just fell into place,” Coleman said.

While recovering from the accident, Coleman watched Food Network shows about barbecue, which inspired him to start a catering company.

“I talked to my wife about it, and it kind of just snowballed from there,” Coleman said. “I thought, ‘Why can’t I do that?’ I started making rubs and sauces, and it turned into this big thing it is now.”

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Land purchase moves forward

‘Shine Your Shell’ detail service opens

By Taylor Swaak @thedbk For The Diamondback

By Nate Rabner @thedbk For The Diamondback The Department of Transportation Services recently began offering an automobile detailing deal, Shine Your Shell, for students, staff and faculty seeking to spruce up their vehicles.

DOTS hired Glen Burnie-based detailing service A Detail to Remember to perform the cleanings at designated parking spaces in Regents Drive Garage. University students and employees can reserve a spot through a page on DOTS’ website, drop off their vehicles between 8 and 9 a.m. and retrieve them between 4 and 5 p.m..

Getting the meticulous inside-andout cleaning done is “like having a new car,” DOTS Director David

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“That’s why people are accepting it so well.”

DOTS sent an email about the service to staff with universityregistered vehicles, and the first

A $115 million endeavor to revitalize College Park’s Route 1 corridor with a hotel and conference center took an important step July 2.

The three-member state Board of Public Works unanimously approved the sale of a 3-acre parcel of university land to the University of Maryland College Park Foundation.

The board’s approval of the sale was vital for the continuation of the project, which is slated to open fall 2017.

“The state helped with some of the purchase originally years ago,” board member and state Treasurer Nancy Kopp said. “That is why the Board of Public Works was brought into this.”

The 3 acres are a part of the university’s campus. Selling it to the

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Jordyn Burgess (left) and Ashlee Golden work on a car in the Regents Drive parking garage on Wednesday. DOTS has recently launched a one-day automobile detailing service called Shine Your Shell geared toward students and university employees. moriah fuller/for the diamondback Allen said.

Allen said the idea arose a few months ago as a logical expansion for the transportation department, and on July 3, DOTS started a pilot program that will run into the fall semester.

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“We knew we could provide it and do a good job at it, so we’re really happy with the success of it so far,” he said.

Detailing costs $85 for a car or $105 for an SUV, van or truck.

“It’s a good price,” Allen said.

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hotel From PAGE 1 fou nd at ion , a nonprof it group affiliated with the university, rather than to a developer will allow the u n iversity to ma i nta i n control of the land as the project moves forward, said Michael King, chief financial officer and treasurer of the foundation.

“It also provides the foundation with an investment opportunity that’s relatively secure,” King said.

The foundation plans to lease the land to developer Dav id Hi l l ma n of Southern Management Corp., the re a l e s t ate m a n a gement f i r m b e h i n d t h e G ra d uate H i l ls a nd Graduate Gardens developments.

“The foundation will be a landlord, and we will be a tenant. We have a long-term ground lease,” Hillman said.

Southern Ma nagement will build and operate the hotel and conference center, sa id Br i a n U l l m a n n, t he university’s marketing and communications assistant

vice president.

While construction won’t b eg i n u nt i l spr i ng 2015 , Hillman said the next step in the project is the land entitlement process, which includes approval of a site plan, public utilities, roads and applying for a building permit.

The hotel and conference center is expected to kickstart a decade-old improvements project — formerly known as East Campus — that had been scrapped and broken down into smaller ventures.

Ullmann noted the significant economic impact of the project: Once completed, the hotel and conference center is projected to create about 1,600 jobs and generate $62 million a year in economic activity.

B ut even more i mp ortantly, he said, is the catalyst effect that the project will hopefully elicit.

“President Loh has been very serious about creating a great college town around the University of Maryland,” Ullmann said. “He really views this hotel as a cornerstone of that development.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

pedestrian From PAGE 1 to deter mid-block pedestrian crossings. Peters emphasized that it is only a temporary fix.

“There is a long-term project along the U.S. 1 corridor that will require additional enhancements. The focus right now is to get something in before school starts,” she said.

A SHA task force will then assess what changes might need to be made from a longterm perspective.

Still pending at the time of the announcement was Mayor Andy Fellows’ proposal for speed camera hours of operation to be aligned with heavy pedestrian periods on Route 1.

The College Park City Council unanimously passed the proposal at Tuesday night’s council meeting.

“When you put all of this together, I think it’s going to make things much safer for our students to go out, have a good time and get home safely,” University Police Chief David Mitchell said.

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DOTS From PAGE 1 three Thursdays quickly filled up, prompting the department to expand the program to Wed nesd ays sta r t i n g yesterday.

“We’ll have it every day if the need is there,” Allen said.

Shine Your Shell will not help or hurt DOTS’ finances, Allen said; the department pays A Detail to Remember by the job, essentially acting as a middleman between the SHINE YOUR SHELL, a new DOTS-run car detailing service, opened in Regent’s Drive Garage. The company and students. service costs $85 for a car and $105 for SUVs, vans and trucks. moriah fuller/for the diamondback The service is priced lower

Police will deploy officers to strictly enforce the new speed limit and conduct sobriety checkpoints to combat drunken driving.

Both university and Prince George’s County Police officers will continue patrolling on foot Thursday through Friday nights until 3 a.m., enforcing traffic laws and handing out educational material.

“Our mere presence a ro u n d K n ox Ro a d a n d Route 1 has paid big dividends,” Mitchell said.

This part of the e du cational campaign “Walk Smart College Park” will remain in effect indefinitely to meet the goal of educati n g u n ive rs i ty s t u d e n ts about the rules for driving, walking and crossing the road, Mitchell said.

“When you’re standing there in a uniform, people don’t generally break the law in front of you,” Mitchell said. “But people jaywalk in front of us because they don’t think of it as breaking the law.”

He recalled one night when he saw a student begin to jaywalk across Route 1.

“All I said was … ‘50 bucks.’

than most detailing services to appeal to students, Allen added.

“We’re doing it as a service to the campus,” he said.

Greg Harris, owner of ecofriendly detailing company Eco Klean Carz, said the new service is needless competition for his business. Harris founded Eco Klean Carz in College Park before branching out to other U.S. cities and Antigua. He said he employs students from this university and serves about 25 students each month, often detailing vehicles at the University View, the Varsity or the Mazza Grandmarc apartments.

“You’ll definitely affect my

UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT WALLACE LOH voices support for new pedestrian safety initiatives at the university Visitor Center on Monday afternoon. james levin/the diamondback He got back on the sidewalk and said, ‘That’s a lot of money.’ I said, ‘That’s a lot of beer,’” Mitchell said. “The student responded, ‘That’s a whole lotta beer. … I’ll wait.’”

Mitchell will also be in contact with Route 1’s bars, which need to do their part in securing the long lines that can force students into the street, he said.

“We’re not down there to say ‘Gotcha!’” Mitchell said. “We’re just trying to change some of the behav-

ior of both pedestrians and motor vehicles.”

Peters, Mitchell and university President Wallace Loh all agreed that students’ attitudes about pedestrian safety will be a crucial factor in the effectiveness of safety initiatives.

“The State Highway Administration, university, city and county have worked together to re-engineer traffic,” Loh said.

“Now I urge drivers and pedestrians to do their part.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

“WE KNEW WE COULD PROVIDE IT AND DO A GOOD JOB AT IT, SO WE’RE REALLY HAPPY WITH THE SUCCESS OF IT SO FAR.” DAVID ALLEN DOTS director

business if you open up a detailing shop on your campus,” said Harris, who said he will offer a reduced $80 rate for this university’s students. “I think that will definitely be a problem. …

I don’t think it makes sense.”

Senior marketing major Isabel Tzeng said Shine Your Shell is a good service for DOTS to offer, but it won’t make her more likely to get her Honda Civic detailed, though some

of her friends get their cars detailed in their hometowns.

“It’s nice that [DOTS is] trying to do nicer things for the students, especially since they have a pretty bad reputation in terms of ticketing and being kind of rude about parking,” she said. “But I don’t think very many students will really go for it.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

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BSOS welcomes incoming dean CO detector law goes into effect Dean Gregory Ball to bring research skills to university

By Elena Baurkot @thedbk For The Diamondback

By Taylor Swaak @thedbk For The Diamondback Gregory Ball is scheduled to become the new dean of the behav iora l a nd socia l sciences college at this university Oct. 1.

Ball, a former psychological and brain sciences professor, will take over for the current dean of the college, John R. Townshend.

Ba l l prev iously worked as vice dean for science and research infrastructure for about six years at the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences at Johns Hopkins University.

A s v ice de a n , B a l l wa s responsible for faculty recr u itment a nd retention, research, and oversight of federal grants, laboratory safety and large computation field facilities, among other things, said Katherine Newman, the dean of the Krieger School.

Ball was a key leader in the Gateway Science In itiative, which en riched l e a r n i n g fo r s t u d e nt s i n quantitative fields such as economics, and also helped develop Johns Hopkins’ new Underg radu ate Teach i ng Laboratory, geared toward ameliorating undergraduate science teaching.

“In addition to all of this, he is himself an extraordina ry schola r — very prolific,” Newman said.

Ball has been published in numerous journals, and as a result of his caliber has the highest grant renewal scores of a nyone i n t he K r ieger School, said Newman.

Ball said when his friends at th is u n iversity a lerted h i m to t he newly opened dean position, he was immediately drawn to the school and the prospects of taking on a leadership position.

“It’s a really high-quality unit that’s doing all kinds of

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Incoming behavioral and social sciences school dean exciting things, and there’s future potential for integration with other aspects of the school and the university,” Ball said.

He already knows what he hopes to accomplish once he takes the reigns.

A long-term goal of Ball’s i s to f u r t her develop t he college by integrating training for students at all levels and for faculty research.

“We’re in the midst of a methodological revolution in the application of dataintensive computation to different fields,” Ball said. “This is something that has already been engaged [in the college], and one of the things I really want to work on.”

Ba l l sa id he wou ld a lso explore connections with other related divisions of behavioral and biological studies, such as neuroscience, and hopefully teach

again once he establishes himself at this university.

“I love teach i ng. I love b ei n g w it h sm a r t p eople who are creating new knowledge,” Ball said. “It’s just a wonderful privilege to be around people so committed to scholarship.”

Ball’s scholarly nature and capabilities as an administrator landed him the coveted position; of the hundreds of applicants, only about a dozen were interviewed, and about three to five were invited to visit campus, said Juan Uriagereka, associate provost for faculty affairs.

“This is the type of person you wa nt to have i n you r faculty, whether he is dean or not,” Uriagereka said. “He is a rising star.”

Although Ball’s job begins in October, Ball will visit Joh n s Hopk i n s i nter m ittent ly for rese a rch u nt i l his lab space is moved, and he a l so pl a n s to help t he interim dean of the Krieger School, Beverly Wendland, get acclimated.

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A new law went i nto effect in Prince George’s County on July 1, requiring that nearly all homes in the county have carbon monox ide detectors on each floor.

The detectors are requ i red i n homes that have gas ser v ice for heati ng or cook i ng, as well as in homes with a fireplace or an attached garage, said Mark Brady, a Prince George’s County Fi re/ E MS Depa r tment spokesman.

State law requires all newly built homes have carbon monoxide detectors, but this law applies to homes of any age, Brady said.

T here i s a $100 f i ne for not having an alarm; however, Brady said his department plans to use “passive enforcement.”

“To be honest, I don’t know if we will ever issue a ticket,” he said.

T he ma i n goa l is not to i mpose f i nes but to promote sa fe t y i n t h e cou nty, Brady sa id. I n the past two years, nine people have d ied f rom ca rbon monox ide poi-

RIGHTS From PAGE 1 bills and the charter.

While the bills’ sentiment drew wide support, council memb ers a nd residents sparred over whether the legislation was necessary.

The university, by extension of the University System of Maryland, already has antidiscrimination policies that cover gender identity and expression, and Gov. Martin O’Malley signed the Fairness for All Marylanders Act, which also prohibits gender identity-based discrimination, into law in May. College Park resident David Dorsch testified at the public hearing before Tuesday’s meeting and said he wasn’t aware of any discrimination incidents in the city that would

soning in Prince George’s County, according to T he Washington Post.

“It’s not like we’re going to be out writing tickets,” Brady said. “We’re going to try to help people get those alarms installed.”

Checks for carbon monoxide detectors will take place the fi rst Wednesday of every month, Brady said. Members from the county’s 45 fi re departments will visit various communities and check doorto-door to make sure houses have the detectors.

If a house that requires a detector does not have one, fi re department workers will inform the residents of the new law, provide information about where to get the alarms and help install them for free.

Anyone who needs help can call the smoke alarm hotline at 301-864-7233, Brady said.

For the past 30 years, the Fire/EMS Department has g iven away a nd i nsta l led smoke a l a r m s for f ree.

However, the carbon monoxide detectors, which cost between $25 and $50, are too costly for the department to provide for free, Brady said.

Brady said the department recom mend s pu rch a si n g a combination smoke and carbon monoxide detector, which costs about $50 and

require legislation.

“T here are people out there who disagree with who we fundamentally are,” Brennan said. “Those people are few and far between.”

Brennan and his husba nd l ive i n Ber w y n with neighbors who have welcomed them to the c om mu n it y. T h e y h ave yet to run into any issues, Brennan said.

Wojahn said he’s anecdotally heard from residents who identify as transgender who have struggled with finding jobs and housing.

But this year has been importa nt for tra nsgender identity, he said.

“Up until this year there w e r e n o p r o t e c t i o n s ,” Wojahn said.

Though the bill was not passed, he said he is eager to add mod i fications to the charter resolution this fall and engage students

lasts 10 years.

The department conducted both a media campaign and social media campaign to spread the word about the new law. They are also working with Washington Gas, which will send out fliers about the legislation with gas bills, Brady said.

Junior elementary education major Camille Battah, who will be living in a house in the county this upcoming school year, said she was unaware of the new law.

“I think I would defi nitely be interested in getting [a detector] depending on money and stuff,” she said.

The Fire/EMS Department will try to work with the university to make students aware of the new law, Brady said.

Rental homes are already required to have the detectors, so students living in fraternity or sorority houses or apartments do not have to worry about the new law.

“It sounds like something that if we all sat down and talked about it, me and my roommates would be interested in looking into more,” Battah said. “It definitely sca res me to k now that people d ied from [ca rbon monoxide].” newsumdbk@gmail.com

“IT’S IMPORTANT THAT [TRANSGENDER PEOPLE] ARE IDENTIFIED AND CELEBRATED AND PROVIDED WITH PROTECTIONS THAT ALL OF US ENJOY.” P.J. BRENNAN

District 2 councilman and residents in creating a culture of acceptance. The council will continue referring people who do face discrimination to the county Human Relations Commission or the state Commission on Civil Rights.

“A ll our practices and policies need to be done with a view of equity and without discrimination in mind,” Wojahn said.

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An effective sex education

Overcoming the impact of ‘readicide’

New sexual assault education needs more specifics, less fluff

Make time for good reading this summer

STAFF EDITORIAL

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mid high-profile efforts by universities, politicians and activists across the nation to prevent sexual violence on college campuses, this university suffered a painfully visible blow against the cause when sophomore men’s lacrosse attackman Benjamin Chisolm was arrested June 22.

Chisolm, 19, reportedly inappropriately touched a sleeping woman at a concert in Bristow, Virginia, and was charged with aggravated sexual battery.

T h i s u n ive rs i ty l a rge ly h a s avoided scrutiny surrounding its handling of sexual assault allegations. This spring, when dozens of universities were being investigated for Title IX violations by the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights, this university remained off the list. However, the university could easily become a target of these investigations— especially if university officials do not handle Chisolm’s case correctly.

Throughout the years, activists and groups at this university have protested and sought to raise awareness of sexual assault.

Chisolm’s arrest has ignited a fire under university administrators.

According to Title IX Coordinator Catherine Carroll, the university had already planned to release an online course on sexual assault this fall that promotes awareness,

teaches prevention techniques and provides an outlet for victims to seek support.

OUR VIEW

Though this university has a better reputation than others when it comes to sexual assault, more steps need to be taken.

By giving students necessary information about sexual assault, the online course seems to be a positive step toward combating sexual assault on college campuses.

However, a few clicks through an Internet seminar hardly seem like a foolproof way to end sexual assault as a whole.

Most college students have received some type of sexual education in which they learned how to put on a condom on a piece of produce or learned how unprotected sex can lead to sexually transmitted diseases.

These images — maybe with the help of pop-culture icon Coach Carr — cemented this information in many adolescent minds.

And despite the embarrassment students might have felt during their high school sex ed classes, the information stuck.

The university’s new sexual assault course needs to be similar to other sex ed courses, in the sense that it provides clear and concrete information that can eventu ally lead to a decrease in sexual assault incidents on the campus and beyond.

This university already has one program, AlcoholEdu, that has sought to reduce events related to alcohol consumption. However, despite the program’s best intentions, it does not seem to make the impact for which it aims.

According to a study from 2013 — after the installation of AlcoholEdu —

by Maryland Collaborative to Reduce College Drinking and Related Problems, 19 percent of underage college students suffer from alcohol abuse or dependence.

With statistics like that linked to an online educational program that seeks to educate students about the dangers of alcohol, it is worrisome that a similar mechanism is being launched to combat another college safety issue.

As the fight against sexual assault continues, this editorial board sincerely hopes the new sexual assault education course coming this fall gives students specific knowledge — knowledge that can lead to the elimination of sexual assault on the campus, not just fluff information that feeds into higher statistics.

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s high school graduates, we all have had experience with “readicide.” Though you might not be familiar with that specific term, I guarantee you are aware of the systematic killing of the joy of reading it encompasses.

Readicide can manifest itself in a variety of ways, but one of the most common symptoms is the death of recreational reading. The overuse of dense and unrelated literature, particularly in school, leaves people disenchanted with all kinds of reading, personal and educational alike.

Even for those of us who have escaped readicide, plenty of other obstacles prevent us from reading for fun.

T h e l a c k o f l e i s u re t i m e endemic to college life keeps you from participating in even the least mentally demanding tasks when you’re free, so you can forget investing emotionally in the time-consuming act of reading.

Our education already requires a sometimes excessive amount of interaction with dry and, dare I say, boring texts. It’s no wonder the last thing we feel like doing after finishing our homework is opening a book, especially when pressing play on Netflix is so easy.

But as your parents might have told you, most things worth doing aren’t easy.

Recreational reading can undoubtedly be a hassle, so what makes it worth committing to?

It would be easy to bombard you with a plethora of recreational reading studies that demonstrate its many benefits, but that would make this column as bad as a textbook, and I will not have your readicide on my conscience.

First is the obvious academic benefit. The more you practice reading, the better you become.

Cracking open a book gives you the opportunity to gain new literary skills, along with improving your grammar and vocabulary (which will no doubt come in handy during your mandatory professional writing class).

The best part is you don’t have to read a literary classic to improve your reading ability; just pick something that activates your mind. Of course, not everything we do has to improve our GPAs. Reading is also a great break from daily doldrums.

Focusing on a story or article pulls you away from your own reality, giving you a chance to stretch your imagination and temporarily shed the stress of your own troubles. It provides the mental and physical break that so many college students tend to go far too long without.

The real question is not whether picking up a book is worth your while but how to get started. Luckily, there are plenty of ways to incorporate recreational reading into your schedule without going so far as to start a book club.

Summer “vacation,” with its leisurely evenings and homeworkfree weekends, is the perfect time to kick-start your reading habit. Bring a book on your family camping trip or maybe trade a rerun of Pawn Stars for an hour in literary bliss.

So whether you are reading Harry Potter for the 394th time, catching up on the comics you haven’t opened since you were 10 or browsing a Reader’s Digest, try to make reading a part of your routine.

If you make a habit of keeping a book close to you throughout the day, you will be surprised at all the opportunities you can find to leaf through a few pages and start a new book-filled chapter of your life.

Danielle Wilkin is a senior biology and science education major. She can be reached at dwilkindbk@gmail.com.

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I’ll see you at the movies: Relating our lives to cinema More than giving us plots of escapist adventure, great films mirror our own lives

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t is axiomatic that this summer has been able to provide us with another smorgasbord of widerelease, lucrative and sensationalist movies. However, I believe none is more significant and rich in substance than the recent limitedrelease documentary Life Itself, a chronicle of the life and legacy of Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic Roger Ebert.

Although the documentary provides a very amusing and insightful story of Ebert’s life, its most valuable contribution was an experience of the sacredness of watching movies altogether, something Ebert knew a lot about, something contrary to the common conception that conflates watching movies as a mere exercise in meaningless escapism. To Ebert, watching movies

was not an escape from reality but an attempt to experience more of it while at the same time learning about our world.

Just as Ebert was a member of the movie theater audience, all of us are audience members of life; and though all the world’s a stage and one person in his or her time might play many parts, we are always audience members, always watching each other and always watching ourselves.

Ebert understood this particular power of cinema, its heedless ability to “leap across time and transcend lives and dramatize what it means to be a member of humankind’s eternal audience.”

With this understanding, Ebert was able to find himself and his spirit at the movies.

I found this insight infinitely enlightening, not only because I spend many of my weekend evenings in solitude at E Street Cinema watching the latest indie film, but also because I feel there is much to glean from movies other than just a transient moment of entertainment.

It’s disappointing that there is a dearth among my colleagues of discussion around films that goes beyond recalling cursory plot twists and memorable one-liners. It might be more profitable if we could sift through the entertainment to find a lesson about reality and life, or even better, to find ourselves. Ebert certainly did, and it helped him to no end, especially during the year leading up to his death.

With cancer robbing him of his ability to walk and speak, Ebert

took his fate in stride, whereas others would very easily have descended into a state of decrepitude.

Ebert was able to maintain his spirit because, as he had once said, “I was born inside the movie of my life,” and he understood that after the beginning and climax came the end.

The last words Ebert wrote to the public on his blog the day before his death were, “I’ll see you at the movies.” And just like that, he became another member of a different audience.

It’s clear that the one thing Ebert loved more than the movies was life itself. I’m sure he’ll be looking back at us, and perhaps that was what drove many grown-ups in the theater to tears. But I think what he really wants, more than our memory, is for us to know that

we can find answers on how to better our reality and learn about who we are just by looking into the mirror we hold up to life. Ebert sat in front of this mirror for 70 years, and one of the things he learned was that “the greatest adventures in life don’t take place in bizarre places with fantasy people. They take place as we size up the world and take our chances with it.”

This is the kind of thing great movies give us.

So next time the silver screen lights up and the reels start rolling — if we just look hard enough, in between the rapid flickers of the film, behind the actors — we can see ourselves.

Patrick An is a junior biology major. He can be reached at patandbk@gmail.com.

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COLLEGe TOWN fro-down It’s summertime, which means frozen yogurt, but only one shop can be the best. One writer looks for the freshest fro-yo in College Park

By Warren Zhang @auberginecow Senior staff writer Summertime in College Park means soaring temperatures, occasional thunderstorms and, of course, frozen yogurt. What was once a niche also-ran to ice cream has now become a pretty good alternative to the likes of Cold Stone and The Dairy.

But which of the area’s three fro-yo shops is the best? To find out, I conducted some very unscientific taste tests.

dairy sorbets and eccentric frozen yogurts.

Toppings-wise, Yogi Castle lacks some of the fruit options found at its competitors but makes up for it by offering a large variety of junkfood toppings, including chunks of yellow cake.

I sampled, among other flavors, a Euro Tart frozen yogurt that tasted strongly of Greek yogurt. Flavor was good — not amazingly strong but not hugely watered-down either.

Texture was similarly fine.

Yogiberry Located on Route 1 next to Ratsie’s Yogiberry’s decor isn’t particularly inspiring. The store’s garish collision of retro-futurism and Asian design combines for a rather dingy result. The pebbles on the floor don’t mesh well with the omnipresent fluorescent green and only serve to make the fro-yo joint feel dirty. It’s a state of affairs not

Yogi Castle

Located in Hyattsvi lle near Busboys and Poets Just before entering Yogi Castle, a brightly colored sign advertising yogurt pies caught my eye. Yogurt pies? Terrible visions of unspeakable monstrosities filled my eyes.

I must try this yogurt pie; I must have it inside me.

Unfortunately, Yogi Castle didn’t sell yogurt pie by the slice, nor did they have any in stock when I visited. Maybe it’s for the best, as I had the sneaking suspicion that ordering yogurt pie could well have ripped a hole in the fabric of space and time. Or worse, spurred on diabetes.

Magical yogurt pies aside, Yogi Castle does have other merits. It has by far the largest variety of frozen yogurts of the three places I’ve visited. Not only does it have the standard strawberry, chocolate and vanilla frozen yogurts, tutti frutti has nice decor, but is it the best yogurt place Yogi Castle also has multiple non- in the College Park area? photo courtesy of tuttifrutti.com.sg

helped by the messy yogurt dispensers and the messy toppings bar.

The frozen yogurts at Yogiberry lean slightly more Asian than Yogi Castle. You get flavors such as taro popping up alongside chocolate and mixed berry. Similarly, the toppings include fruit boba, kiwi, aloe chunks and the saddest slivers of strawberries this side of a McDonald’s sundae.

The yogurt itself was also a far cry from that of its competitors.

Watery, gritty and bland, almost all of Yogiberry’s fruit flavors were extremely disappointing. Without the toppings, the fruit yogurts are borderline inedible.

On the other hand, the chocolate frozen yogurt held up fairly well.

It lacked the richness of Yogi Castle’s chocolate, but it had a smooth enough texture to be palatable by itself.

Tutti Frutti Located under Domain at College Park As the newest of the three fro-yo shops, Tutti Frutti had a lot to prove. Well, OK, it actually had a very low bar to clear here, thanks to Yogiberry’s godawful performance, but I was still inclined to dislike the place because of its terrible name.

Tutti Frutti? I’m not even sure how to pronounce it. At least the names Yogi Castle and Yogiberry suggest frozen yogurt.

On the other hand, Tutti Frutti does have the nicest interior of the bunch. Instead of shocking green wallpaper, Tutti Frutti opts for au-

Yogi Castle has a yogurt pie, but its standard offerings don’t dazzle; it offers fewer fruit toppings than its competitors, including Tutti Frutti, the latest yogurt place to open in the area. warren zhang/for the diamondback tumnal colors much more pleasing to the eyes.

The selection of frozen yogurt leans toward fruity flavors. Fair enough, given the name, I suppose.

Flavors such as honeydew, lemonade and banana join the standard chocolate-vanilla-strawberry trifecta.

But to my great surprise, these fruit yogurts actually taste like fruit. Admittedly, no one will ever confuse the honeydew frozen yogurt for the actual fruit, but Tutti Frutti’s velvety yogurts are packed with bright, fruity flavor.

The toppings also heavily skew toward colorful selections of fruit

and fruit-flavored boba. Tutti Frutti gets an additional brownie point for being the only one of the bunch to have green apple jelly.

Winner As much as I want to declare Yogi Castle the best for creating the perverse yogurt pie, Tutti Frutti is the obvious winner here. The strong quality of its yogurts and the shop’s lack of radioactive green decor make it the clear standout in College Park. wzhangdbk@gmail.com

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bIAS drug and academic issues in the late 1980s, and the university took steps toward distancing itself from that era of basketball, most notably with coach Lefty Driesell’s ostensibly forced resignation and reassignment in the fall of 1986.

Tension from such issues has seemingly decreased in recent years, with Driesell often returning to the campus and the team using Bias’ image in several marketing campaigns.

been in Chennai, India, since July 7 volunteering for Hoops Creating Hope — a two-week program that teaches students life skills through basketball.

Ram, who transferred to this university from Division III Trinity College before the 2012-13 season, has a 3.99 GPA. He made 16 appearances as a junior this past season.

Hoops Creating Hope runs through July 18, so Ram will likely head back to the U.S. soon. Ram’s biography on the team’s website states that his “craziest ambition” is to play for the Indian national team.

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STINNETT From PAGE 8 receives less supervision now than he did in college.

“It’s a little more independent,” Stinnett said.

“Our schedules are a little bit different than a college b a s e b a l l p l a y e r. S o m e guys are doing one thing while other guys are doing another thing.”

While there are plenty of young pros on the Arizona L e a g u e C u b s ’ r o s t e r, Stinnett said older players, including Cubs utility man Emilio Bonifacio, come to Mesa, Arizona, for rehab.

And before former major league outfielder Manny Ramirez was transferred to the Cubs’ Triple-A team, t h e I owa C u b s p l a ye r coach spent a few weeks in Arizona, Stinnett said.

Because Stinnett isn’t

scheduled to pitch for the Arizona League Cubs, he d o e s n ’t t rave l w i t h t h e team. That adds even more free time to an already light schedule. When the team is on the road, Stinnett has practice from 1 to 5:30 p.m.

When there is a home game, he’s usually at the field until 10 p.m.

Even further, Stinnett’s options after practice or the game ends are limited. He, along with the rest of the team, lives in a hotel, and most players don’t have cars.

Stinnett spends a lot of time watching TV. “If you want to do somet h i n g , i t’s go t to b e i n walking distance,” Stinnett said. “It gets a little bit boring at points.”

While Stinnett signed a million-dollar contract, he’s trying to keep track of his expenses. He’s holding on to his receipts for a month,

Terps guard Varun Ram has

and then he’ll re-evaluate his spending.

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Stinnett said of his expenses. “Am I going to have to change things around?”

S t i n n e t t h a s fa c e d a myriad of changes since he signed with the Cubs, and he knows the differences won’t end when he leaves Arizona for Boise. But Stinnett isn’t worried or angry. He’s thrilled with the opportunity in front of him.

“It’s all about just trying to enjoy yourself and realize that you are getting paid to play the sport you’ve grown up playing,” Stinnett said.

“Professional ball seems like it can be a grind, but compared to working in the real world, I’m sure this is like a cakewalk for some people.” psuittsdbk@gmail.com

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FOOTBALL From PAGE 8 according to the Maxwell Football Committee, while the latter is awarded to the country’s most versatile player.

Diggs ranked second on the team in receptions (34) and receiving yards (587) last season even though he missed the final six games with a broken leg. Several media outlets have named the junior to their preseason All-America teams.

Cudjoe-Virgil also saw limited action in 2013 due to injury, but he still posted 3.5 tackles for loss and three sacks in six games. Of those, three tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks came against Connecticut in the Terps’ third game of the season.

point guard in the class of 2015 from Fairfax, Virginia, verbally committed to Minnesota on Saturday, several days after he included the Terps as one of his top three choices.

Dorsey also considered Nebraska before deciding to play for the Gophers.

It’s early in the recruiting process, but the Terps have yet to land a commitment from a player in the class of 2015. This time last summer, the Terps had verbal commitments from three class of 2014 recruits.

Do rsey ’s d e c i s i o n to spurn the Terps’ offer also leaves coach Mark Turgeon searching for a young point guard. When Seth Allen and Roddy Peters transferred from the program

High School in Chesapeake, Virginia, verbally committed to sign with Virginia Tech on Tuesday, according to The Virginian-Pilot.

McClease was reportedly deciding between the Hokies and Terps starting in 2015.

Rivals.com and 247sports. com both listed McClease as a three-star recruit. He’s 5-foot-9, 175 pounds, and rushed for 1,558 yards and 28 touchdowns as a junior last season.

Rivals.com named McClease the No. 52 running back in the country, while 247sports.com ranked him No. 50. He would have joined coach Randy Edsall’s 2015 recruiting class, which includes 15 three-star recruits so far.

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In more positive recruiting news, the Terps made

this offseason, Turgeon’s backcourt depth thinned considerably.

The Terps will almost certainly hand the reins of the offense to incoming freshman Melo Trimble, but Trimble’s backup will be Richaud Pack, a graduate transfer from North Carolina A&T who only has one year of collegiate eligibility remaining.

In an attempt to land substantial guard depth beyond t h e u p c o m i n g s ea s o n , Turgeon reportedly offered scholarships to two highly recruited guards — Prince Ali of Florida and Glynn Watson of Illinois — in the wake of Dorsey’s choice to play elsewhere. akasinitz@gmail.com

the cut of the final three schools on quarterback and athlete Kai Locksley’s list.

The four-star recruit’s other two prospective programs are Florida State and Texas. Mike Farrell of Rivals.com originally reported the story, and Locksley confirmed the announcement on Twitter.

The Terps are legitimate contenders to land Locksley, a member of the class of 2015 from Gilman in Baltimore and son of the Terps’ offensive coordinator, Mike Locksley.

His original list consisted of Oregon, Auburn and Virginia Tech, along with the three schools still in contention.

247sports.com has the 6-foot-3, 188-pound Locksley ranked as the No. 14 athlete in the country and the No. 3 player in this state.

Meanwhile, Rivals.com lists him as the No. 12 athlete nationally and the state’s No. 7 player. In committing to this university, Locksley would become Edsall’s second 2015 commit ranked with four or more stars. dpopperdbk@gmail.com

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Bias gets inducted into Hall of Fame Guard Varun Ram volunteers abroad

By Aaron Kasinitz @AaronKazReports Senior staff writer Just more than 28 years after his untimely death, legendary Terrapins men’s basketball forward Len Bias was selected for induction into this university’s Athletic Hall of Fame, the school announced yesterday morning.

B i a s, a two - t i m e ACC p l aye r o f t h e yea r, d i e d of a cocaine overdose on June 19, 1986, two days after the Boston Celtics selected him second overall in the NBA draft. Bias and seven other athletes will be inducted into the Hall of Fame on Oct. 3.

Men’s lacrosse attackman Bob Boneillo, track and field athlete and football player Edward Cooke, field hockey and women’s lacrosse player

M a u re e n Sc o t t D u p c a k , wo m en ’s l a c rosse goalie Alex Kahoe, women’s basketball player Debbie Lytle, athletic trainer Sandy Worth and football player Charlie Wysocki join Bias.

After the announcement of Bias’ selection, social media was abuzz with speculation on why it took nearly three decades for one of the most dominant players in Terps history to land in the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame.

T h e a n swe r l i ke ly l i e s within the university’s delicate handling of the negative publicity brought on by Bias’ death. Pundits and fans around the country began to associate the university’s athletic department with See bIAS, Page 7

LINEBACKer yannik cudjoe-virgil (left) and wide receiver stefon diggs (right) are both in contention for high-profile awards come season’s end. file photo/the diamondback

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Diggs, Cudjoe-Virgil named to award watch lists; Terps a finalist for four-star 2015 recruit

By Daniel Popper @danielrpopper Senior staff writer Two more members of the Terrapins football team received preseason recognition this week.

On Tuesday, the Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation named wide receiver Stefon Diggs to the 2014 Biletnikoff Award watch list. Diggs is one of 55 receivers up for the accolade, which honors

the most outstanding pass-catcher in college football, regardless of position.

The day before, linebacker Yannik Cudjoe-Virgil was named to the 30th annual Butkus Award Watch List, the Butkus Foundation announced. That award recognizes the top linebacker in college football, and Cudjoe-Virgil is among 51 players in the running.

The announcements come the week after center Sal Conaboy was named to

the Rimington Trophy Fall Watch List and kicker Brad Craddock was named to the Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award Watch List. Both awards recognize the best players at their respective positions in college football.

Also last week, Diggs was named to the Maxwell Award Watch List and the Paul Hornung Award Watch List. The former is given to the player of the year, See FOOTBALL, Page 7

Former standout Stinnett adjusts to lifestyle as a pro

By Phillip Suitts @PhillipSuitts Staff writer Less than two weeks after the Terrapins baseball team’s season ended, right-hander Jake Stinnett signed a $1 million contract with the Chicago Cubs.

T h a t q u i c k t ra n s i t i o n from college to the pros has resulted in some significant changes for Stinnett on and off the field. The 45th overall pick has had to adjust to a more laid-back atmosphere and has more free time on his hands. He’s developing a budget as well.

At times, Stinnett has struggled with making the necessary adjustments. But he isn’t fazed. He knows he’ll become more comfortable in a professional environment as his career progresses.

“It’s all part of the experience,” Stinnett said July 7.

“It’s going to be a little bit

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tougher at first, but once you get settled in and get used to things, I think it’ll be perfectly fine.”

While Stinnett has been w i t h t h e C u bs ’ A r i zo n a League affiliate for about three weeks, he hasn’t made his pro debut. After a heavy college workload — Stinnett

pitched 118 innings, a Terps single-season record — the Cubs want to limit his innings this season.

He’s slated to go to the Boise Hawks — the Cubs’ short-season single-A affiliate — at the beginning of August, and he expects to throw 10-20 innings there. In Idaho, he’ll reunite

with a college teammate, former Terp Charlie White.

Stinnett and White helped lead the Terps to the program’s first-ever Super Regionals appearance this past season.

While the Cubs are monitoring Stinnett’s workload, he See STINNETT, Page 7