The Diamondback, July 23, 2015

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Univ exceeds fundraising goal by $55M $195M in private support comes from Under Armour, Oculus VR CEO, smaller donations

This number is up from the $143 million total in fiscal 2014.

This year’s financial highlights include Under Armour CEO Kevin

By Sam Reilly ceeding its fundraising goal by about Plank’s $25 million donation in November to the $155 million Cole Field @thedbk $55 million.

For The Diamondback The $195 million estimate is pre- House renovations, and Oculus VR liminary, and this university will co-founder Brendan Iribe — freshman likely bring in about $201 million dropout-turned-millionaire — making This university brought in $195 UNiversity President Wallace Loh sits with Oculus total, said Peter Weiler, university the largest donation in this university’s million in private support for fiscal VR CEO Brendan Iribe, who donated $31 million to the university last year. file photo/the diamondback year 2015, which ended June 30, ex- relations vice president. history in September.

Iribe’s $31 million donation contributed $30 million toward the $140 million construction of the Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Innovation, slated to open in 2017. The other $1 million will go toward computer science scholarships.

Weiler said these donations are See FUNDS, Page 2

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U workers join service campaign

After losing housing in 2006, fraternity set to move into former Delta Chi house

Employees to take part in Gov. Hogan’s volunteering initiative

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From July to December, university community members can contribute to Gov. Larry Hogan’s serv ice i n itiative, Ma ryla nd Unites: Day of Service, which offers four hours of paid leave for state employees to volunteer with a nonprofit.

The campaign, announced in June, is a response to the unity demonstrated by Baltimore citizens who volunteered in the wake of protests this spring, according to a news release. This university will participate as Terps in Support of Maryland Unites.

“Gov. Hogan really understood how much people wanted to be a part of the solution,” said Gloria Blackwell, this university’s community engagement director.

Although Hogan’s initiative was initially based in Baltimore, it was

After a nine-year absence, this university’s chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity reclaimed the newly vacant No. 6 house on Fraternity Row last Friday, according to a news release.

The house, obtained by the fraternity in 1990 and relinquished in 2006 due to “issues surrounding risk management and other challenges with unive rs it y re q u i re m e nt s,” wa s vacated t h i s su m mer by t he Delta Ch i f rater n ity a f ter it lost u n iversity recog n it ion, said Matt Supple, Department of Fraternity and Sorority Life director.

“We felt like we had a really go o d re l a t i o n s h i p w i t h t h e [Beta Theta Pi] alumni that we offered them the right of first refusal in 2006,” Supple said.

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The Former Delta Chi fraternity house will become the residence of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, which lost housing nine years ago. christian jenkins/the diamondback

Hogan shirt funds go to cancer fight

English professor wins prize for work in literary criticism 2015 Truman Capote award goes to Plumly

Route One Apparel sells “Hogan Strong” shirts

By Darcy Costello @dctello Senior staff writer

By Eileen Walsh @thedbk For The Diamondback A clothing company with campus ties debuted last month a new T-shirt rallying support for Gov. Larry Hogan, who is undergoing treatment for stage three nonHodgkin’s lymphoma, an aggressive cancer of the lymph nodes.

University alumna-owned Route One Appa rel l au nched its new “Hogan Strong” T-shirts three days after Hogan announced his diagnosis June 22. The shirts, now accompa n ied by ta n k tops a nd bumper stickers, feature a ribbon patterned after the quad-colored state flag above the slogan “Hogan Strong.”

“This design was really a collaborative effort by desig ners, staff and customers,” said Ali von Paris, founder and owner of Route One Apparel and a 2012 university alumna. “Customers submitted a

BookHolders sells Route One Apparel, which launched a “Hogan Strong” T-shirt after Gov. Larry Hogan announced his cancer diagnosis last month. Some funds from each purchase go to cancer research. christian jenkins/the diamondback request for Hogan support shirts on our Route One Apparel Facebook page.”

One of those customers, Taylor Roland, of Elkton, was the first to suggest a shirt in support of Hogan’s fight against cancer.

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Roland said. “They bring Maryland together.”

Though Route One’s involvement a l l sta r ted w ith a si mple Facebook post – “We’re rooting fo r y o u r f u l l re c o v e r y, L a r r y Hogan!” – the apparel company is See HOGAN, Page 2

University professor Stanley Plumly’s 2008 nonfiction book explores the life of poet John Keats.

In it, he mentions a historic dinner party — a meeting of the minds — hosted by painter Benjamin Robert Haydon and attended by writers Keats, William Wordsworth and Charles Lamb.

After Posthumous Keats’ publication, the dinner’s importance stuck with Plumly. And though the party was embedded in the book, he said he felt there was more to be said about it.

In 2014, Plumly released another nonfiction book, this one focusing on the historic event, The Immortal Evening: A Legendary Dinner with Keats, Wordsworth, and Lamb.

His work is the winner of the 2015 Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism, administered by the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop in Capote’s memory.

Plumly’s recognition marks

the first time a professor affiliated with this university has received the award, which includes a $30,000 prize, the largest in literary criticism.

For Plumly, the biggest honor is having the work recognized.

“It’s an impressive list of judges, so that’s nice to know, and the money isn’t harmful either, but that’s the least of it,” he said. “The most important thing is having someone read it and like it, which shows the value that you think it has is real.”

Lan Samantha Chang, the Writers’ Workshop director, said in the award’s 20-year history it has seen a spread of recognized works, ranging from fiction to literary criticisms, as was the case this year.

“The work is wonderful, a glowing portrayal of a legendary literary evening, and it’s beautifully written,” she said. “The committee clearly thought this to be the case. I think the award says it all.”

In the piece, Plumly describes the dinner in detail before expanding on the evening as a lens through which to understand their lives and the idea of immortality in art.

“Immortality in itself is mortal, it’s not guaranteed,” he said. “More See PLUMLY, Page 3

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STAFF ED: Private donations boost university

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Plank and Iribe are among alumni donors P. 4 DIVERSIONS

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FUNDS

the June 30 deadline and nearly doubling the $73 million raised

by February 2014.

From PAGE 1 This university had 33,000 important because “that’s donors by about April and conmoney that we otherwise tinued to receive funds through wouldn’t be getting to support the end of June. By the deadline, students, faculty, to build build- 41,263 donors had contributed ings, and without it, we wouldn’t for this fiscal year, as opposed to 32,700 in 2014, Weiler said. be building.”

The number of donors that Plank and Iribe weren’t the give funds is equally as imonly major donors, though.

Iribe’s donations inspired portant as the total amount of a $3 million donation from money raised, Ullmann said.

“In fact, more important his mother, Elizabeth, and a to the long-term health of the $4 million donation from univeruniversity [is] … the number of sity alumnus Michael Antonov, donors that give,” Ullmann said. his co-founder at Oculus VR. This university is not alone “There becomes a snowin its success. The University ball effect as the excitement builds for really, really dis- System of Maryland as a whole ti nct a nd tra nsformative will bring in an estimated projects,” university spokes- $305 million or more this year, man Brian Ullmann said. “It $43 million more than the goal, often takes one visionary said Mike Lurie, the system’s donor to get that ball rolling, spokesman.

“For the university system, and that’s what happened in there’s been a growing culture both of those cases.”

As of February, this university of philanthropy fundraising,” had raised $144 million, exceed- Lurie said. “That success is ing the $140 million goal set for building on itself and it’s been

leading to more people wanting to contribute.”

U.S. News & World Report rankings of undergraduate schools factor “alumni giving” into the evaluation of schools, Ullmann noted. Although the donation-based category only accounts for 5 percent of the overall score — the lowest percentage of the up to 16 measures considered — he said the number of supporters that donate to this university each year is extremely important to the university relations department.

“Growing that donor base and growing that support for this university, even at small levels, doesn’t add a lot in terms of dollars to each year,” Ullmann said. “But next year, and the year after, and the year after, that’s where the benefit will come. So what we’re building is a truly sustainable and growing philanthropic enterprise to support the students and faculty of this university.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

brendan iribe (left) shakes hands with university professor Bill Pugh after Pugh announced a $500,000 donation to the computer, math and natural sciences college. This university exceeded its fiscal year 2015 fundraising goal by about $55 million. file photo/the diamondback

“[LOWELL ENSEL’S] HARD WORK IS A REASON WHY WE’RE GETTING THIS OPPORTUNITY. I HOPE THE HOUSE CAN BE A PLACE WHERE HIS FRIENDS CAN COME AND SIT AND THINK ABOUT HIM. HE LOVED OUR FRATERNITY.” TREVOR GIBSON

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beta theta pi fraternity members from this university’s chapter, and their dates, pose with the fraternity flag while on a weekend trip to Ocean City this year.

BETA From PAGE 1 “Any time a house is [available], we offer the materia ls a nd housi ng appl icat ion f i rs t to t he c h ap te r with that right, making it a noncompetitive process if they provide us with all the information.”

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HOGAN From PAGE 1 now in the midst of a civic support effort focused on the governor, von Paris said.

“A l l of R o ute O n e A ppa rel’s products a re pa r t of a movement,” she said. “ E ve r y t h i n g w e m a k e i s related to the community as a whole.”

The response to the shirts has been amazing, von Paris said, and the Route 1-based shop isn’t just distributing t hem to t he Col lege Pa rk crowd.

“Larry Hogan’s campaign has requested and received 25 ‘Hogan Strong’ shirts,” she said.

T he L e u ke m i a & Ly mphoma Society will receive $5 from each pu rchase of “Hoga n Strong” items, which cost $8 for bumper stickers and $25 for shirts and tank tops. The society funds research for the diseases and helps accommodate treatments for patients with similar diagnoses as that of the governor.

With statewide and national support — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie reportedly has been sporti ng a l i me-g reen “Hoga n Strong” bracelet sold b y C h a n ge M a r yl a n d’s Hoganstrong.com – Hogan feels very appreciative.

“The governor is just so grateful for all of the love a n d s u p p o r t ,” s a i d E r i n

plication June 13, fraternity members met with representatives from DFSL June 14 a nd were offered their former residence back Friday, June 17, Supple said.

B e t a T h e t a P i P re s ident Con nor Morrison, a sen ior econom ics m ajor, said the whirlwind process caught him and other fraternity members somewhat off-guard.

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“T he opportunity came to us about one month ago, so we haven’t really had a chance to plan logistics yet,” Morrison said.

Beta T heta P i is one of t he sm a l lest f rater n it ies w it h i n t h i s u n ive rs it y ’s I nter f rater n it y Cou nc i l, Supple said, with 43 active members last spring. T he fraternity members plan to use the house for meetings

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and recruitment events to help grow their chapter, said Trevor Gibson, the fraternity’s risk manager.

He said prior to owning the house, the fraternity held its meetings and events inside Stamp Student Union.

The fraternity members also said they hope to host alumni events in their new home, Gibson said. Alumni support and donations were

Montgomery, Hogan’s press secretary. “The prayers and ‘get well’ wishes mean everything to him.”

T he “Hoga n Strong” p r o d u c t s c a n b e p u rchased online at Routeoneapparel.com.

Route One Apparel products are also sold at more than 30 different retail locations, as well as Thursday through Saturday at Route One’s outlet store located i n t h e A s h l a n d M a rk e tplace Shopping Center in Cockeysville.

T houg h Rola nd has yet to buy one of the “Hoga n S t r o n g ” T- s h i r t s s h e helped i nspi re, she pla ns to purchase one in the near future and hopes family and friends will follow suit.

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GOV. LARRY HOGAN gives his acceptance speech at his election night watch party. Hogan announced June 22 that he has stage three non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. file photo/the diamondback

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“It was unbelievably tough on all of us, but I like to think that Big Lowell is helping us from up there,” Morrison said.

Ensel was instrumental in the acquisition of the house, Gibson said.

“His hard work is a reason why we’re getting this opportunity,” Gibson said. “I hope the house can be a place where his friends can come and sit and think about him. He loved our fraternity.”

Morrison said while most fraternity members already have signed leases for next semester, they hope to fill the house by next spring.

“This has helped energize the whole chapter again,” he said.

v ita l to the appl ication’s success, he said. “ We s h o w e d [ D F S L] through the application that we want to make the most of this opportunity and want to grow and keep the house in Beta’s name,” said Gibson, a junior environmental science and policy major. “We hope that this will help get our na me out there a nd show people what our fraternity is about.”

Morrison said the fraternity plans to host the largest charity event in the chapter’s h istor y, a home r u n derby for testicular cancer resea rch, at the house i n honor of Lowell Ensel.

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U researcher helps design satellite technology to detect fires from space Algorithm allows for four times clearer images

By Rachel Kupiers @thedbk For The Diamondback Detecting and fighting wildfires can be dangerous, but new satellite technology designed in part by a university professor would allow researchers to more effectively spot fires from space.

NASA, the U.S. agriculture departments’ Forest Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration worked together to develop a tool to better detect wildfires using a sensor known as the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite, which is beginning operations this summer. The project was headed by Wilfrid Schroeder, a research professor in the geographical sciences department at this university.

This imaging technology is a monitoring tool aboard the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite, launched

in late 2011 to observe various aspects of Earth, including wildfires, according to the university’s website on the project.

Schroeder designed an algorithm for the radiometer that enhances the spatial resolution of the previous tool they used to detect wildfires with the satellite.

“Compared to existing products, those new data provide 10 to 100 more data [pixels] per unit area,” Schroeder wrote in an email.

This new algorithm allows four times more spatial resolution than previously possible, which leads to a much more refined image, said Brad Quayle, the program leader at the USFS Remote Sensing Applications Center in Salt Lake City.

“That means we can detect the active fires on the ground with more resolution and detail,” Quayle said, though the scale of the radiometer means the tool is better suited to monitor fire activity on a regional level rather than to directly control how the fires are fought.

The team can, however, send

the data they receive from the sensor to other tools, which use information such as weather patterns and fire intensity to determine factors such as how many firefighters will need to be deployed and where.

“It closes a long-standing gap as existing satellite data sets are limited to strategic [largearea] fire management due to their coarse spatial resolution,” Schroeder said.

The higher resolution allows them to determine specifics of each fire more accurately.

The sensor isn’t effective for directly influencing how the fires are fought because it isn’t a geostationary satellite, which faces one specific place on the planet constantly. Instead it’s polar-orbiting, meaning scientists only look at the same place a few times daily, Quayle said.

“We get a look during the day and one during the night, so you get all this time in between orbit passes where you’re not getting any observations,” he said.

Though it doesn’t directly control tactical aspects of firefighting, the tool can

fires can be more effectively spotted from space through new satellite technology that a university professor helped design. Wilfrid Schroeder, a research professor in the geographical sciences department, headed the project. photo courtesy of wilfrid schroeder improve firefighter safety, said Amber Soja, an associate program manager for NASA Langley and the National Institute of Aerospace.

“Just knowing where the fi res are, just knowing where they’re moving because at night, it isn’t easy to see them and you really don’t want

people in the way,” said Soja, NASA’s project leader. “It gives you a way to plan.”

The tool isn’t only active in the United States — the sensor also detects wildfires in Canada, South America and South Africa, Schroeder said.

He said the technology will also be able to catch people

burning forests illegally, particularly in the tropics, and could have broader applications for conservation.

“It will and can be used to save endangered species because a lot of them are endangered by fi re,” Soja said.

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ity is tied to the immortality of others, not his own contribution.”

Plu m ly i s t h e d i re c to r and founder of the creative w r i t i n g p ro g ra m a t t h i s university. Plumly is largely responsible for setting the tone of the program, making it “distinctive for the way the study of literature and the practice of writing are combined,” university professor Michael Collier wrote in an email.

The Immortal Evening is an “elegant and beautifully designed work of art,” Collier w rote, t h at d i s pl ay s t he mastery of form and creation of something new that is a trademark of Plumly’s work.

I n add ition to h is nonf ic t ion work s, Plu m ly i s the state’s poet lau reate,

a title former Gov. Martin O’Malley gave him in 2009, and has published numerous books of poetry. He said he expects a recently completed work to be released in 2017.

Despite his deep dive into the concept of immortality in The Immortal Evening, he said the majority of his poetry focuses on the mortal experience.

“All of my poems are autobiographical — to write a memoir, all I have to do is look at the poems; they descr i b e moments i n my life,” he said. “If the poems are good enough, though, maybe someone w i l l read them years down the road, and they’ll become immortal. Who knows?”

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professor stanley plumly is the winner of the 2015 Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism, administered by the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop in Capote’s memory. He is the first professor from this university to win the award. file photo/the diamondback

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of ten t h a n not, who ever becomes an immortal will n o t k n o w i t , a n d t h a t’s painful for a lot of artists. …

But here, we have these immortal writers all together in one place: It’s truly an immortal evening.”

Today, Haydon is only remembered for his association with the writers, Plumly said, despite hosting the party to celebrate his own work, the painting Christ’s Entry into Jerusalem.

“He’s a fa mous h istory pa i nter i n h i s ow n t i me, but you won’t find his name in the art books,” Plumly said. “I would call that a bit of i rony — h is i m morta l-

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COMMUNITY From PAGE 1 later a mended to i nclude nonp rof it org a n i z at io n s outside the city. Terps in Support of Maryland Unites wants to make a substantial impact on the area surrou nd ing this u niversity, s a i d Je w e l Wa s h i n g to n , university human resources assistant vice president.

“Our involvement in the initiative stems from a desire to be immersed in both the loca l com mu n ity a nd its s u r ro u n d i n g c o u n t i e s ,” said Tricia Homer, university community engagement assistant director. “It’s really an institutional priority.”

The office will provide a variety of options for volu nteer work, i nclud i ng outdoor gardening, feeding the homeless and construction. Other project choices will be food and storage prep

at Capital Area Food Bank, as well as student mentoring and tutoring at GapBuster, Inc. T he hope is that this list will continue to grow as word spreads throughout the community, Blackwell said.

“It’ll be great to have students and staff, who aren’t usually together outside of the classroom, working as one to help those in need,” Washington said.

Service opportunities will range from interdepartmental group projects with more than 65 volunteers to individual assignments where pa rticipa nts ca n work on their own, Homer said.

“There’s really a project ava i l a ble for eve r yon e,” Homer said.

A d d it ion a l ly, Te r p s i n Support of Maryland Unites will be partnering with the Student Homecoming Comm it te e a nd Col le ge Pa rk Scholars during their 20th Annual Service Day this fall,

Washington said.

“Often at this university, you see d ifferent depa rtments doing things in silos a nd dupl icati ng efforts,” Homer sa id . “O u r of f ice is big on partnership, and working across departments through community service will help promote unity.”

Although the service days Hogan identified were originally set to go until the end of Aug ust, the university will be offering volunteer opportunities through December, Homer said. They w i l l c o n t i n u e to u p d a te both faculty and students as more service opportunities become available during the semester.

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his university’s two-year push to offer resources and facilities on par with its fellow Big Ten institutions has paid dividends on the fundraising front, racking up a preliminary $195 million in private giving for the past fiscal year, officials reported.

The total, which officials expect to rea c h j u s t u pwa rd o f $ 2 0 0 million when finalized, represents a 36 percent jump from fiscal year 2014, in which the university raised $143 million.

In another significant measure of fundraising health, the university’s donor base spiked, too, rising from about 32,700 in 2014 to nearly 41,300 — more than a quarter of growth.

Even with such robust development of the donor base, however, two business moguls with university ties accounted for more than 25 percent of the year’s private donations, which exceeded the university’s goal by about $55 million.

Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank, a former Terrapins football team member and university alumnus, contributed $25 million toward the conversion of Cole Field House into an indoor practice facility. Brendan Iribe, a university dropout who founded the multibillion-dollar virtual-reality firm Oculus VR, gave $31 million for the construction of a new computer science center and scholarships.

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The takeaway: The checks won’t bounce any way the university can scrounge them up, but it helps to have big-budget initiatives and bigger names to back them. This university lags behind nearly all its Big Ten peers when it comes to both alumni base and endowment, rendering targeted outreach — and in turn, targeted donations — all the more important.

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With private donations, this university can eventually match Big Ten schools in resources and facilities.

Groundbreaking projects that result in tangible progress like the Iribe Center and the Cole Field Ho u se re n ova t i o n s ca n fos te r groundswells of grassroots support where loftier, less-defined initiatives fall short. Plank’s and Iribe’s gifts led to a “snowball effect” in which other stakeholders and benevolent community members gave what they could afford, as university spokesman Brian Ullmann pointed out.

Now, it’s up to the university to parlay this year’s onetime gifts into a culture of giving, especially as the University System of Maryland faces a more austere state budget that already has forced this univer-

sity to rework some of its capital project plans.

After all, stand-alone donations in excess of $25 million don’t come around every year — or even every five years — and it’s unclear whether the recent fundraising success can sustain itself into the current fiscal year absent of Plank, Iribe and the like.

Regardless, fundraising and state funding for the university’s active capital projects are all on pace, Carlo Colella, university administration and finance vice president, said in an interview earlier this month. A drop-off in donations, even into the tens of millions, won’t derail the initiatives already underway.

All the same, there’s no denying that the university requires further growth to count itself among the ve r y b e s t o f B i g Te n m e m b e r schools, which hold spots in the upper strata on popular lists of the top public research universities and boast some resources this university has only begun acquiring in the wake of its conference move.

With continued ingenuity on the part of the university’s communications and alumni relations staff as well as continued generosity on the part of community members, though, the university can continue to raise its public profile.

Thanks to individuals like Plank and Iribe, it’s already well on its way to the top.

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Trump’s lead won’t last the election DANIEL GALITSKY

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candidates who are still establishing their national presence.

One would hope The Apprentice is not influencing the minds of voters. With flattering camera a n g l e s a n d c a re f u l ly wo rd e d statements, Trump is portrayed as an infallible god among men.

He is a steadfast leader with the perfect balance of resolve and benevolence.

This “reality” portrayal could prove more effective than campaign ads and never required Trump to “approve this message.”

He didn’t have to spend donors’ money to air it and has had 14 seasons to brainwash viewers.

This type of exposure is helping to fuel his temporary stint on top of the polls.

Trump faces an uphill battle once the election reaches the stage where voters actually sit down and think about their choices. While his business success is impressive, starting with a millionaire father will not make it easy to convince voters that he can relate to the middle class. More importantly, he has never held public office, so he has no track record to refer to.

Inevitably, Trump will bow out of the presidential race once the attention dries up and the campaign gets more serious. It will become too costly to his personal coffers to continue competing with more legitimate candidates.

But he will have achieved his goal of staying in the spotlight and boosting his namesake brands.

From reality TV to resorts to neckties, Trump always comes out on top.

omehow, the leader of the Republican pack of presidential hopefuls is…

Donald Trump? Among Republican and Republican-leaning registered voters, the real estate tycoon is beating out the likes of Scott Walker and Jeb Bush, according to the latest Washington Post poll.

With controversial statements about Mexico and immigration, as well as John McCain’s experience during the Vietnam War as a prisoner of war, Trump has created a media firestorm.

Other candidates have chosen their words carefully, aiming to avoid controversy that could derail their campaigns before they even begin. Trump has done the exact opposite, using the press to attract attention and promote his campaign.

It might seem horrifying that Trump is in the lead among Republicans, but it is still early.

With the first primaries six months away, and about a year and a half to go before the election, the other candidates have yet to come to the forefront of the political stage.

Readers of a fine publication like The Diamondback might have already begun following issues and candidates in preparation for 2016, but that might not be true for every citizen. Americans who are randomly selected for the phone survey might just be answering Daniel Galitsky is a senior economics “Trump” because they are not and finance major. He can be reached at yet familiar with any of the rival dgalitskydbk@gmail.com.

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What is courage?

Courage in this country is about the ability to stand up for something you believe in MAX AN

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he last couple of days have brought intense scrutiny o n se e m i n g ly u n ive rsa l definitions of heroism and courage.

From Caitlyn Jenner winning the Arthur Ashe Award for courage at the 2015 ESPYs to Donald Trump’s inflammatory comments regarding John McCain’s status as a war hero to the upcoming Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Ant-Man superhero movies, it seems nowadays, quite a variance exists among individual opinions about the concepts of heroism and

courage in all aspects of life.

To begin with, just last week, many people questioned Jenner’s validity as a courageous hero, with many critics disparagingly comparing her to American soldiers wounded in combat. And yet, while all of these claims are absolutely valid, they miss the point in that fundamentally many different forms of bravery and courage exist, and these concepts might not always be universal.

While it would be almost impossible to solely distinguish one wounded combat veteran for the Arthur Ashe honor, it is apparent that Jenner is one of the first highprofile transgender celebrities.

For that purpose alone, Jenner

is an indisputable pioneer and role model for transgender people who might have been afraid to express themselves for fear of societal shaming. Her impact as a role model and her courage for publicly telling the world about her transformation are what make her courageous.

I n d e e d , Je n n e r ’s i n d iv i d u a l courage to come out and bear the public spotlight might have given hope and courage to others who were teetering on the edge of depression and suicide.

Critics who call Jenner a fraud are simply missing the point and failing to respect not only the magnitude of her transition, but also her feats as an Olympic athlete and

role model. Jenner, after finishing 10th in the 1972 Olympic decathlon, came back in 1976 to win Olympic gold in Montreal.

Unless you happen to be Trump, no one is taking anything away from our wounded combat veterans and armed forces, for they are undoubtedly courageous. Their sacrifices for this country are not to be forgotten, but nor should they overshadow the accomplishments of other unique and courageous individuals.

So, in the end, what is courage?

By my own definition, I see courage as the ability to stand up for something you believe in. In that sense, courage, much like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder, and it is not

always universal: For certain individuals of different circumstance, even the seemingly simple act of living and breathing might serve as an ultimate form of courage, and so what’s courageous to one might not necessarily be courageous to another.

And while I completely disagree with Trump and his boneheaded, teeth-grinding and frustratingly inflammatory comments, I can see how even his brutal honesty might be considered courageous.

I mean, how else is he leading those GOP polls, am I right?

Max An is a junior physiology and n e u robiology major. He ca n b e reached at maxandbk@gmail.com.

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GET OVER yourSELF(IE STICK) One writer says goodbye to the fad we once believed would change the way we looked at ourselves forever

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When I first saw foreign tourists with selfie sticks in Times Square a few years ago, I, too, laughed at how ridiculous they looked. Still, it was hard to deny that their photos were flawless. No horrible double chins! No awkward extended arms! No crouching into the corners of group photos only to find yourself halfway cropped out of the frame anyway!

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The selfie stick took over, appearing not only in this country for quick photos at awkward family gatherings and tourist destinations but also worldwide in cities such as Rome. photo courtesy of Wikipedia from a plausible purchase).

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in the release, “and I cannot wait to get started.”

TERPS AT PAN AM

Julie Wright will become the fourth head coach in Terrapins softball history, the university announced Friday morning. A little more than a month after Courtney Scott Deifel left the program for Arkansas after one year at the helm, the athletic department has filled the vacancy.

Wr i g h t m o s t re c e n t ly served as the head coach for Idaho State, where she led the Bengals to three straight Big Sky titles. She served as the coach for the past five seasons. “ We a r e e x c i t e d t o welcome Julie to our Maryland Athletics family,” Athletic Director Kevin Anderson said in a news release.

“Julie brings outstanding energy and passion to our program. Throughout her accomplished coaching career, she has been committed to successfully developing students both academically and athletically.

We are excited to have Julie lead our softball program in the highly competitive Big Ten Conference.”

The 1995 Ohio graduate has experience working in the Big Ten, too. Prior to her stint at Idaho State, she worked as an assistant and associate head coach for Wisconsin.

Wright also spent time at Akron, Kansas and Ohio. She takes over a Terps program that went 27-27 this past season after enduring an 11-35 campaign in 2014.

“Maryland Athletics has great momentum moving into the future,” Wright said

Te r ra p i n s m e n ’s a n d women’s basketball both se n t a p l ayer to t h e Pan American Games in Toronto to compete for Team USA. G u a rd S h a to r i Wa l k e r K imbrough started three games for the women’s team, which won the silver medal Monday night after falling to Canada, 81-73, in the title game.

The junior averaged 10.2 points, 2.6 rebounds, 1.4 assists and added nine s tea l s i n t h e f ive - ga m e tournament. She became the second women’s basketball player to medal this summer after center Brionna Jones won gold earlier in July at the World University Games in South Korea.

“It was a great experience,” Walker-Kimbrough said. “Obviously, it didn’t end the way we wanted it to, but I mean it’s just the opportunity to get to represent the country.”

Men’s basketball guard Melo Trimble, meanwhile, is in the midst of competing for Team USA. The men’s tournament runs from July 21-25.

The sophomore made his debut Tuesday night against Venezuela. Trimble came off the bench to score five points — he scored on a pair of driving layups and added a free throw — while committing three turnovers in 13 minutes of action.

player and All-American w re s t l e r S p e n ce r Mye rs signed with the LA K iss, an Arena Football League team, on July 15. Myers, who reached the quarterfinals in the NCAA wrestling championships as a senior last season, played for the football team for the first time in 2014.

In 13 games with the Terps a s a d e fe n s ive l i n e m a n , Myers recorded 18 tackles and 0.5 sacks. Myers, who is reportedly going to play on both sides of the line for the LA Kiss, is hoping to use the opportunity to earn a chance at the NFL. Myers participated in the Terps’ pro day and was the Pe n n sylva n i a D e fe n s ive Player of the Year in high school.

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Gonzalez was a member of the U.S. team that competed in the World Cup last year and has made 28 appearances with the squad. Former Terps midfielder Graham Zusi also saw action for the U.S. in the Gold Cup, making a start July 10 against Haiti.

The U.S. fell 2-1 to Jamaica in the semifinals Wednesday night and will play in the third-place match Saturday at PPL Park in Chester, Pennsylvania.

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shawaryn From PAGE 8 computer, has talked to him about his experience.

And even though he only threw 10.1 innings, Szefc said his participation with the team will only help his development.

“He got really valuable experience,” Szefc said, “pitching on the international level against some of the best amateur hitters in the world.”

While the opportunity prepared Shawaryn for his junior season — likely his last at the college level with him becoming draft eligible — Szefc also said it will help his professional career. In the last game of the tour on July 8, Shawaryn pitched against a team of professionals, the U.S.’s Pan Am squad.

S h a wa r y n t h re w t wo scoreless innings with two strikeouts against the minor league hitters. In four appearances (three starts) Shawaryn allowed six runs, all earned, and sported a 5.23 ERA. He ended with a 0-2 record, 11 strikeouts

murray From PAGE 8 presence at the net, something the tour helped prepare her for by playing alongside All-Big Ten outside hitters Jocelynn Birks of Illinois and Annie Drews of Purdue, in addition to a pair of honorable mentions.

“I learned from [foreign competitors] that every ball matters,” Murray said. “But after the play’s done, the previous play doesn’t matter.

You got to start fresh and you got to start new. It’s not the end of the world if you miss one ball.”

right-hander mike shawaryn throws a pitch during the Terps’ 10-1 victory over Iowa on April 10. He recorded 11 strikeouts in 10.1 innings with the U.S. team. file photo/the diamondback and four walks.

“I knew it was going to be really a fun opportunity and really neat wearing USA across my chest,” Shawaryn said. “I learned a lot.”

After the tour ended, Shawaryn went on vacation with his family, and he doesn’t plan to start throwing again until September.

But Shawaryn’s summer experience allowed him to build on his strong sophomore campaign. Plus, his inclusion on the Team USA squad was another step forward for the rising program.

In the last two years, the Terps have set team and player records, such as Shawaryn’s career wins record, and advanced to the Super Regionals for the first time in program history.

Having a Terp on a U.S. national team adds another achievement to that list of accomplishments and confirms Shawaryn’s status as an elite college pitcher.

“They came and sought him out,” Szefc said. “They pursued him.”

Since she returned, Murray’s teammates and coaches have noticed more confidence in her game.

Outside hitter Adreené Elliott said Murray gives critiques to her teammates t h a t s h e wo u l d n ’t h ave given before. Murray is also leading by example, not letting her underclassman rank define her leadership role on the team.

“She’s a spark that we all need,” Elliott said. “Once she spikes the ball down real hard, we’re all like, ‘OK, let’s turn up too.’ It’s infectious.”

Last season, the Terps finished 13th of 14 teams in the Big Ten with a 3-17

conference record. Murray hopes to use her experience this summer to help the Terps climb the conference rankings next year. To do that, Murray will have to defeat her new friends’ tea m s, b u t n o t b e fo re she shares a hug with her s u m m e r te a m m a te s o n game day.

“During the match, we’re just going to be competitors,” Murray said. “Obviously everyone on the Big Ten teams are incredible athletes. But I have some great teammates as well, who are also incredible athletes.”

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Murray visits 3 countries on Big Ten tour overseas Sophomore plays alongside conference competitors

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‘priceless’ experience

Mike Shawaryn has played in a major league stadium and advanced to two straight Super Regionals with the Terrapins baseball team. But his best baseball experience came this summer.

The right-hander played on the U.S. Collegiate National Team for three weeks — the second Terp to play on a U.S. national baseball team — and tested himself against high-level competition, such as Cuba and Chinese Taipei. His final start came against the U.S. team that won silver at the Pan American Games.

Against better hitters than he sees most Friday nights with the Terps, Shawaryn learned the importance of locating every pitch and minimizing mistakes. He will bring that lesson and others into his junior season as the Terps aim to make the College World Series for the first time in program history.

“The experience I thought was priceless,”

Shawaryn said. “Coming into next year, it’s really going to help me.”

With 18 pitchers and 17 games, no U.S. hurler threw more than 16.2 innings, and Shawaryn was fifth on the team with 10.1 innings. While the New Jersey native allowed the most hits (14), and opponents had a .326 average against him, pitching coach Gary Henderson said he was impressed by Shawaryn’s work ethic.

Henderson, who is also Kentucky’s head coach, said Shawaryn will continue to improve. Shawaryn, who had 138 strikeouts and 29 walks last season with the Terps, already has multiple quality pitches and good control.

“He commands the outer half of the plate really well,” Henderson said. “He throws a slider that’s, at times, very good. He’s like anyone else that’s playing baseball and is 20 years old. There’s plenty of things to work on.”

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middle blocker hailey murray elevates for a spike in the Terps’ loss to Indiana on Oct. 3.

She participated in the Big Ten Volleyball Foreign Tour this summer. file photo/the diamondback Hungary and Italy, as well as the Croatian Club Champions Zok Porec.

“I wanted her to go get beat up by good players,” Te r ps coa c h S teve A i rd said. “She came back and got a really good look at elite players. She knows that she has to get a heck of a lot better, and she’s excited about that.”

As a freshman, Murray

started every match for the Terps and led the team with 117 blocks. She recorded the third most kills on the team with 202.

The Terps will be without their leader in kills next season after outside hitter Ashleigh Crutcher graduated. Murray will need to step up to replace Crutcher’s See murray, Page 7

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From June 13-25, Murray visited three countries — Italy, Croatia and Slovenia — and competed in seven international matches as part of the Big Ten Volleyball Foreign Tour. But instead of sharing the experience with her teammates from College Park, she spent the 13 days with her Big Ten foes.

“We still like text every day and send each other pictures,” Murray said. “We’re all really close now.”

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Who Owns the “West Bank”?

The ancient lands of Judea and Samaria, east of Jerusalem, have been part of the Jewish homeland for 3,000 years.

Today Arabs demand all of it.

Judea and Samaria, the land where Jewish ancestors Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Rachel, David and Solomon created Biblical history, was renamed the “West Bank” during Jordan’s brief, illegal 19-year occupation. Today, some 380,000 Jews own land and live in the territory, yet their rights are denied by Palestinian Arabs.

What are the facts?

rights, own about 95% of private land in the territory.

Jews, however, are not granted similar rights, so Jewish Following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire after farming on unsurveyed land does not entitle Jews to World War I, the Allied Powers, which were the only private ownership. Nonetheless, Jews own about 5% of parties with the right or power to resolve ownership of all private land in Judea and Samaria. vast tracts of the Middle East, allotted to the Jewish Israel offers land for peace. Israel has a clear, people the land west of the Jordan River, including millennia-old historical claim to Judea and Samaria, Judea and Samaria. This resolution, made at the San and it reacquired the territories defending itself against Remo Conference, was effected through the Mandate an aggressive war. In addition, Israel has an irrefutable for Palestine, which was adopted by the League of legal claim to these territories backed by the 95-yearNations in 1922 and assumed by the United Nations in old San Remo Resolution. Nonetheless, recognizing 1948. This document, based on “the historical that its claims are disputed by Arab neighbors, the connection of the Jewish people with Palestine,” Jewish state has shown uncommon willingness to secured “the establishment of the Jewish national share the land. home.” Nothing since Starting in 1967, 1922 has changed the legal status of those “Israel has an irrefutable legal claim to following the Six-Day War, Israel has offered to internationally binding these territories backed by the give up almost all the documents.

Much of the land 93-year-old Mandate for Palestine.” land it controls in the “West Bank”—plus a allocated to the Jews, Palestinian capital in the including most of Judea eastern part of Jerusalem—in exchange for peace. and Samaria, was taken from them by Egypt, Iraq, Unfortunately, despite numerous such land-for-peace Jordan and Syria following Israel’s War of overtures by Israel, including two most recently in Independence in 1948, when the Jewish state was 2000 and 2008, the Arabs have consistently rejected attacked by those Arab nations—the latter three of them. which were also established by the Mandate for Not only do the Arabs reject any Jewish claims to Palestine. Jordan illegally seized the “West Bank” and land in Judea and Samaria, they have also insisted east Jerusalem, and expelled all Jews from these during peace negotiations that the territory be made Biblical homelands. judenrein—free of Jews. Worse, many Palestinian In fact, the territories of Judea and Samaria have Arabs, such as the terror group Hamas, maintain that never been part of any nation except the Jewish state. the entire land of Palestine—from the Jordan River to In 1967, when it was again attacked by Arab armies, the Mediterranean Sea, including all of Israel and the Israel defeated the invaders and recovered the occupied “West Bank”—belongs only to Arabs. Today, official “West Bank” from Jordan. It should be noted that Palestinian maps do not depict the state of Israel. during Jordan’s occupation of the “West Bank,” no How will the dispute over Judea and Samaria be Arab Palestinian movement emerged in favor of resolved? Over Israel’s 67 years, it has become a worldindependence. Indeed, it wasn’t until Israel reclaimed class cultural, economic and military power. Its the land and Jews returned to their ancestral home standard of living is among the highest in the Middle that claims of Jewish “occupation” were raised.

East. Clearly the Jewish state is here to stay. Yet despite Today, most land in present-day Judea and Samaria is its strength, Israel has shown willingness to negotiate not privately owned, but rather is unsurveyed— and exchange land for peace. Sadly, this willingness has without proven ownership. Israel claims about 30% of not been matched by Palestinian leadership. Until such the public land in the territory. However, the Supreme negotiations are consummated, the “West Bank” will Court of Israel has ruled that unsurveyed land in Judea remain in dispute—a no-man’s land in which claims of and Samaria can be acquired by Arabs who cultivate it ownership remain cloudy and contested. consistently. Arabs, through deed and cultivation While Israel has clear rights to ownership of Judea and Samaria—also known as the “West Bank”—it has taken a practical position, offering to trade those rights and that land for peace with its Arab neighbors. As of yet, however, tragically, no Palestinian leader has been willing to compromise his people’s unrealistic expectation that all of Palestine—from the river to the sea—belongs only to Arabs.

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