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Knox Box property sale expected to close today Development company Toll Brothers vows to honor promised 90-day notice of lease termination

By Jon Banister @J_Banister Staff writer The sale of the Knox Box apartments to development company Toll Brothers is expected to close today, according to a notice posted on tenants’ doors July 31 by Knox Management.

Property Manager Gosia Sylla confirmed that management posted the notice on tenants’ doors but would not comment further on the pending sale.

“The owner of this rental housing

tenants must be given at least 90 days’ notice to vacate the property.

Knox Box tenants could be forced to find a new place to live as soon as property has entered into a bona fide November.

Resident Natalia Peredo said she contract of sale to sell the property to Terrapin Row Property Owner received an email from Knox Management informing her that the sale LLC,” the statement reads.

Todd Du ma resq, Tol l Broth- will be finalized today.

She said the letter was brief and ers marketing manager, said the company is planning to demolish did not mention the 90-day terthe buildings as soon as legally pos- mination clause. T he letter did sible, though he said he could not mention, however, that her rent comment on the sale until it was was due for the month of August.

T he ju n ior econom ics m ajor finalized.

If the sale does go through, Toll said she signed her lease in April Brothers has said it plans to exer- but did not read it closely or notice cise the early termination clause in the 90-day termination clause. tenants’ leases. The clause says if development company Toll Brothers is expected to finalize the purchase of the Knox Box apartments the property is sold to a developer, See knox, Page 2 today. The company plans to demolish the properties as soon as legally possible. kelsey hughes/the diamondback

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Univ recruit arrested in snack theft Trayvon Reed dismissed from univ, basketball team after assaulting police officer

By Aaron Kasinitz and Teddy Amenabar @AaronKazreports, @TeddyAmen Senior staff writers

in and found a family of kittens lived within the tree,” Domogauer said. “My friend heard about this and remembered that I did a little bit of writing, and called me and said, ‘We should do something about this.’”

Domogauer began to co-write the book with

Trayvon Reed, who was set to play center in his freshman season for the Terrapins men’s basketball team, won’t enroll at this university after he was arrested July 30 in College Park.

The Baltimore Sun first reported the story.

R e e d wa s ch a rge d w it h t wo counts of assault on a police officer, University Police spokeswoman Sgt. Rosanne Hoaas said.

An on-duty University Police officer dressed in plain clothing saw Reed taking items from the 7-Eleven on the 8600 block of Route 1, Hoaas said. The officer identified himself and confronted Reed, who resisted the arrest. Reed was charged with assaulting the officer. The officer did not receive a ny l i fe-t h reaten i ng i nju r ies, Hoaas said.

“T ray von fa i led to meet t he standards that are required by the

See contours, Page 2

See reed, Page 8

Children’s book author renee domogauer, who began writing the book after hearing a true story about kittens living under a historic tree, laughs inside her College Park home.

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you’ve cat to be kitten me Journey of writing children’s book inspires College Park resident

By Josh Magness @thedbk For The Diamondback When College Park resident Renee Domogauer began working on a children’s book, she didn’t expect the story of writing it to move her just as much as the one on the pages.

Domogauer’s The Washington Oak Kittens is based on the true story of the beloved Washington Oak in Gaylordsville, Connecticut. The titular tree is named after George Washington, who once stood under an oak’s large branches to hold a meeting during the Revolutionary War. In 2003, the tree fell, inspiring the story’s plot.

“After the tree fell, the town’s residents went

Conflict in Israel pressures univ study abroad officials

TYLER FOX VISCARDI, 1994-2014

He was ‘full of life,’ friends say

By Taylor Swaak @thedbk For The Diamondback It was no exaggeration. When he entered a room, his ear-to-ear smile — referred to fondly by his mother as his “big ol’ grand one” — lit it up entirely.

For friends and family of university student Tyler Fox Viscardi, 20, who died Friday night of a suspected drug overdose at a local hospital in Columbia, Viscardi’s death is the devastating loss of an affable, easy-going individual who

brightened the lives of everyone he touched.

“Tyler’s best attribute and strongest part of him was his ability to make everyone around him feel good,” Viscardi’s father, Jeffrey Viscardi, said. “Everyone loved being around him.”

Friends of Viscardi could also not say enough about his naturally charismatic personality.

“He wa s f u l l of l i fe a nd was always up for a good dance,” junior com mu n icat ions m ajor Taylor Rockower said. “He could make a stranger feel as if they had known him for years.”

Viscardi was taken to the hospita l a fter he began ex h ibiting “concer n i n g b eh av ior” at t he Mad Decent Block Party festival Friday night, according to Howard County Police. In a statement, the Viscardi family said they believe he was a given a bottle of water spiked

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University student Tyler Fox Viscardi died Friday of a suspected drug overdose after attending the Mad Decent Block Party festival. photo courtesy of the viscardi family with drugs, which led to a deadly reaction.

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As the crisis in Israel continues, universities with study abroad programs in Israel face uncertain paths in light of the conflict.

T he U.S. State Department issued a travel warning for U.S. citizens intending to travel to Israel, recommending that Americans delay nonemergency travel to Israel and the West Bank and distributing a strong warning to U.S. citizens traveling to the

Gaza Strip.

After a rocket landed about a mile away from Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion International Airport on July 22, the Federal Aviation Administration temporarily prohibited U.S. airlines from flying in and out of Tel Aviv.

Moira Rogers, the director of this university’s Education Abroad program, said administrators are monitoring the situation in Israel closely but have yet to make a final decision on the complex issue.

“A ll I can say is that we have already pulled out two students because of safety concerns,” Rogers said. “We’re hoping to make a final decision soon.”

Haifa is taking the wait-and-see See israel, Page 3

SPORTS

OPINION

KASINITZ: All is not lost in Reed dismissal

STAFF EDITORIAL: Finding a new home

Despite losing a top recruit, the Terrapins men’s basketball team is on track for a solid season, with many options to fill the roster P. 10

Univ. must step in to help any displaced Knox residents P. 4 DIVERSIONS

Five films in, the Step Up series is still en pointe Why the cheeseball Step Up films still matter to dancers P. 6

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renee domogauer said she found more motivation to finish her children’s book after her friend and partner in the project died of breast cancer. moriah fuller/for the diamondback

Contours From PAGE 1 her friend Lynne Hicks, who died of breast cancer before they completed the project.

Still, Domogauer said she found a reason to push forward with the book.

“Around the time of Lynne’s death, she had a granddaughter,” Domogauer said. “I had newfound inspiration to finish this project me and Lynne started because I wanted to give her granddaughter something that she helped write.”

Domogauer teamed up with illustrator Katie Atkinson and self-published The Washington Oak Kittens. She sought out an independent printer, who helped guide her through the learning curve of publishing a book.

The book was published in March and sold more than 450 copies, greatly exceeding Domogauer’s expectations.

For Domogauer, however, the most important thing isn’t how well the book has sold. “ You ca n never ex pect what is going to happen, all the amazing people I’ve met and wonderful things I’ve witnessed,” Domogauer said. “I like to think about how much Lynne would get out of this experience. We’ve done it all in her memory.”

some other way around it.”

Both Lantz and Peredo said they think 90 days is too soon From PAGE 1 and management should wait Upon hearing that her lease until the end of the fall semesmight be terminated during ter to make it easier for stuthe fall semester, she said dents to find housing.

The university’s Departshe was worried.

“I was stressed because ment of Resident Life has exdu ri ng fi na ls a nd m id- pressed concern for the Knox terms, it’s difficult to find Box tenants, though officials housing as it is, and I don’t have not released any plans to know of any leases starting assist displaced residents.

“Resident Life’s ability to in October or November,” assist is limited,” Tiffany she said.

Before this notice, Knox Gaines, Resident Life assistant Management had not con- director for housing partnertacted residents about the ship wrote in an e-mail. “Due pending sale since January, to high demand for on-campus housing and a current waitlist, tenant Jacob Butler said.

Andy Lantz, a sopho- Resident Life is not able to offer more aerospace engineer- on-campus housing to current ing major, signed his lease in Knox Box residents. “ W h i le t he K nox Road June and did not notice the project is private and not aftermination clause.

H e s a i d i t w a s i r r e- filiated with the University, the sponsible for Knox Man- Off-Campus Housing Services agement to conti nue to office can help students in lea se apa r t ments a f ter using … [off-campus housing] knowing they would likely print and online resources to assist them in their search be demolished.

“T hey just wanted to for alternative off-campus squeeze the last bit of money housing arrangements.”

Peredo said she plans to look from the kids,” Lantz said.

“I wish we could do some- for students studying abroad thing about it or there was who may be able to sublease

Residents of the knox box apartments could be forced to leave their residences as soon as November because of the property’s sale. kelsey hughes/the diamondback their apartments once she is removed from her Knox Box. Lantz said he is going to use Resident Life’s off-campus housing services to see if they can help.

The development company will be demolishing all but four of the Knox Box residences.

The buildings at 4205, 4210, 4214 and 4218 Knox Rd. will remain, College Park Economic Development Coordinator Michael Stiefvater said.

Terrapi n Row, t he new apa r t m e nt c omple x Tol l Brothers plans to build in place of the Knox Boxes, is scheduled to open leasing in fall 2016, and will contain 418 units spread across three buildings and two sets of townhouses, totaling about 1,493 beds.

The Knox Boxes hold more than 400 beds, Stiefvater said. jbanisterdbk@gmail.com

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israel From PAGE 1

believe that as Israel’s ally, the U.S. should continue to send a message of support through a simple action such as fl ight continuity.”

Fu h rma n sa id students shou ld not worry about studying in Israel because of the Israeli Defense Forces and technology such as the Iron Dome missile-defense system.

“I would be sad for U.S. students if this operation deterred from potentially engaging in one of the most life-changing experiences,” Fuhrman said. “Israel is unfortunately often in a state of confl ict, but they know how to handle it and understand how important it is to have a continuing Jewish homeland.”

Joshua Gilstein, former president of this university’s Jewish Student Union, has been to Israel a couple times and said students should continue traveling there safely.

“Extra precautions should be taken to make sure students are safe when traveling within the country, including staying far enough away from Gaza,” Gilstein said. “When I traveled on my own within the country, I felt safe.”

approach, sa id Edwa rd Kaufman, who has led the program since 2010.

Kaufman said he would still encourage students to apply, as he considers the level of security at the University of Ha i fa the best, with 24/7 security in dorms.

The program is set to begin in spring 2015, and experts believe there will be a ceasefi re soon, Kaufman said.

“I cannot think of a safer campus. Haifa as a city is the best experience in coexistence, even at difficult times,” Kaufman said. “Students should apply soon and in the worst-case scenario, they could always be able to withdraw their application before the deadline in early October.”

Senior Jewish studies major Melissa Fuhrman, who has studied in Israel with Maryland-in-Haifa, understands Americans being hesitant to fly over Israel but said she doesn’t think the concern is valid.

“Israel has unbelievable technology that is able to prevent nearly all the rockets from striking,” she said. “I also newsumdbk@gmail.com

viscardi From PAGE 1 Viscardi, who grew up in Greenville, North Carolina, graduated high school from Arendell Parrott Academy in Kinston, North Carolina, and was a rising junior government and politics major at this university. This summer he was interning at Af lac.

Outside of school, some of Viscardi’s biggest passions re volve d a ro u n d s p o r t s,

as both a spectator a nd a participant.

Viscardi loved following the New York Gia nts a nd the Chelsea soccer tea m, his parents said.

When it came to his own athletic interests, Viscardi played soccer and lacrosse th rough h igh school, a nd also loved golfing, skiing and surfing.

“Lacrosse was his favorite specifically for him to play,” said Viscardi’s mother, Amy Viscardi. “He really loved lacrosse.”

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A breakthrough that ‘blew our minds’

Professor Howard Milchberg (above) works in his laboratory.

Physicists from the Intense Laser Matter Interactions Group (top, left to right), Jaren Wahlstrand, Eric Rosenthal, Nihal Jhajj, Howard Milchberg and Ilia Larkin, made breakthroughs in air waveguides this month. photos courtesy of samantha medney

Viscardi also became an active member of his fraternity, Phi Kappa Sigma, a colony formed in spring 2013, fraternity member and senior government and politics major Brandon Perlman recalled.

“He was always trying to help out; he was always, ‘Hi, how can I help, what can I do next?’” Perlman said. “He was really great.”

Visca rd i’s eagerness to help ot he rs wa s a l so ref lected i n h i s i nterest i n service at the national and

University physicists working in the Intense Laser Matter Interactions group have made two breakthroughs in recent months: One allows them to send high-powered lasers through atmosphere, and another uses this technology to collect weak signals from a distance.

The new technique, called air waveguides, can be used like optical fibers in the air, said group leader Howard Milchberg, a physics professor.

While working on another experiment, Milchberg said they realized the laser they were running at 1,000 volts per second was lowering the density of the air.

“What sort of blew our minds was that this hole in the air density was lasting for a really long time,” Milchberg said.

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i nte r n at io n a l l e ve l s. H e went on a SERV trip to Peru in high school and visited P ittsbu rgh th ree ti mes with Greenville Life Teen M i s s i o n s , s p o n s o re d b y his local church, Amy Viscardi said. She added that he also enjoyed volunteeri ng for Give2T heT roops, which sends care packages to soldiers. “ H e h a d a l o t o f g re a t memories of those trips,” Amy Viscardi said. “He felt strongly about it.”

Visca rd i is su rv ived by

his mother, Amy Viscardi, of Raleigh; his father, Jeffrey Viscardi, of Greenville; his sister, Chelsea Viscardi, of Raleigh; his grandmothers, Patricia Avellone, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and Catherine Viscardi, of Rowayton, Connecticut; and ma ny au nts, u ncles a nd cousins.

Viscardi’s funeral mass is scheduled for today at 10 a.m. at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Raleigh.

Attendees are encouraged to wear bow ties in memory

of Viscardi, whom Amy Viscardi said could always be seen wearing one to almost every event he went to.

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posing to curtail rental properties, the already large number of university students and the high demand for both on-campus and off-campus housing, finding a place to live last minute might prove challenging indeed.

OUR VIEW

The university needs to be more involved in finding outgoing Knox Box tenants a place to call home.

While the Knox Box situation seems like the time and place for Resident Life to step in and help displaced students find a new home away from home, the department is taking a passive stance.

Tiffany Gaines, assistant director of housing partnerships, said in a statement to The Diamondback that the department’s ability to help the tenants is limited.

Because Resident Life is unable to offer on-campus housing to Knox Box tenants, Gaines stated that the Office of Off-Campus Housing will help the displaced residents by providing print and online databases listing alternative off-campus housing options.

Given that the Knox Box property is private and not affiliated with

the university, providing displaced students with pamphlets advertising housing alternatives hardly seems the best way to go about finding hundreds of students a place to call home. This university has an obligation to ensure that its students have a place to live, instead of supplying a meager trail of brochures.

First, having potentially hundreds of homeless students would cause quite the public relations nightmare and most definitely tarnish the reputation of this university. Second, it is the duty of the university to provide a wellrounded academic experience for its students. And for hundreds of students left without a place to live, the Dean’s List seems almost out of the question.

With classes, internships, jobs and personal lives, these soonto-be displaced Knox Box residents have enough to worry about without scrambling to find a place to live in between classes. Resident Life needs to act — and act fast — because sooner rather than later, there could be a band of displaced Knox Box residents pitching tents on McKeldin Mall and showering at the Eppley Recreation Center.

A good education is not just the result of hard studying and academic performance; it also comes with having four walls, a roof and a bed.

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nown for their classic cube shapes, community-friendly yards and the infamous Knoxaplooza, the apartments located on Knox Road, better known as Knox Boxes, are scheduled to be sold and demolished by the Toll Brothers development company this fall.

Once the sale of the Knox Box property is finalized, Toll Brothers will inform Knox Box residents and leaseholders that their leases are terminated, said Todd Dumaresq, the company’s marketing manager. Once leases have been terminated, hundreds of residents living in the apartments will have 90 days to vacate the property and find new housing.

While all Knox Box leases state that in an event similar to the Toll Brothers acquisition, residents will be given 90 days to leave the property upon written notice from the landlord, and while news of the deal went public in January, the demolition announcement has still rattled residents — and potentially this university’s Department of Resident Life.

With 400-plus beds in the Knox Box property, a sizable population can be expected to be displaced in the upcoming school year. These residents, who are largely members of this university community, now have to scramble to find a roof that will remain over their heads well after syllabus week. However, with Prince George’s County’s bill pro-

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knew I wanted to be a doctor after watching an episode of ER at the age of 11. The ability to produce acts of heroism at a moment’s notice appealed to me, as well as the excitement of watching a lifeless body spring back to life. These notions of what being a doctor was like stuck with me until this past year, when I started working as a scribe in an actual emergency room.

From my experiences interacting with patients alongside the physicians, I can say with great certainty that very few of those interactions were pleasant.

Many of the patients are rude to us, many lie about their circumstances and medical histories, some patients come in with conditions that do not warrant a visit to the ER and very frequently we encounter narcotics seekers who waste our staff’s time and resources.

I have also realized the exorbitant amount of money it takes to receive proper medical care and witnessed some patients forgo treatment and tests because they cannot bear the financial burdens.

I have even come to understand that my job as a scribe, which includes meticulously documenting the patients’ charts, is not so much to help the physicians, but rather so the people working in billing have a better idea of what to charge the patients.

Mos t i m p o r ta n t ly, I h ave learned and seen that sometimes the best way to help a patient is to avoid taking any heroic measures and just let him die.

It is axiomatic that all the staff are encumbered by the frustrations that come with working in the medical field. These frustrations have not done much to substantiate the supposed glory that comes with being a doctor.

As for my colleagues who share my career aspirations but haven’t been exposed to the same re-

alities as I have: When asked why they want to become doctors, they exclaim with such bravado that it’s because they want to “help people” and they “love the field of health care.” I am not surprised when I get the impression their convictions are untrustworthy.

As for my convictions, they have not diminished but merely changed.

I still have aspirations to become a surgeon, but not because of the glory; not because I have an unswerving enthusiasm for “helping people,” including the ones who will disrespect, lie and try to exploit my license for their hedonistic gains; and certainly not because I love the field of health care, for it is riddled with flaws and inconveniences.

Rather, these flaws have reinforced my determination to revive the practice of medicine for its art of healing, and not be mired by endless paperwork or be forced to marginalize those who struggle financially.

I know, deep in my soul, that these qualities do not reflect the essence of health care.

How I plan to fight the tightening grasp of the corporatization of medicine, I still do not know, for its effects are sophisticated, and I still have much to learn and wisdom to gain. Perhaps I will volunteer my time at urban clinics like so many other doctors whom I admire.

In retrospect, the days I spent perceiving what working in the medical field is like, before I gained some of the practical experience I have today, were happier than the days I am experiencing now. And every so often, when I come home from the hospital, I am still teased by my once ethereal notions of becoming a doctor. For a brief cathartic moment, I imagine those halcyon days when I sat mesmerized in front of my television, but those days seem like a long time ago.

Patrick An is a junior biology m a j o r. H e c a n b e re a c h e d a t patandbk@gmail .com .

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GUEST COLUMN

Gorbachev vs. Putin

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iven the recent troubles in Ukraine, in particular the downing of a Malaysian airliner over Ukrainian territory by pro-Russian dissidents, one might go way back and ask, assuming the U.S. had any influence in the matter, why America seemed to favor Boris Yeltsin over Mikhail Gorbachev when it came to a showdown over who was going to run Russia and/or the former Soviet Union? After all, it was Yeltsin who gave us Vladimir Putin, his handpicked successor. Would Gorbachev have done as badly, or even worse?

I think not.

Oh sure, I know there was the technicality that they both controlled or were the leaders of separate entities — Gorbachev of the Soviet Union, which contained Russia, and Yeltsin of just Russia.

And when the Soviet Union dissolved, Gorbachev was without a country or an empire and Yeltsin was still the presumed legitimate leader of Russia, or was soon to become such. But couldn’t there have been a way to keep Gorbachev

as leader of the new independent state of Russia?

Or barring that, maybe keeping the Soviet Union intact with Gorbachev still in charge, though still evil, might have been the lesser of two evils. Breaking up the Soviet Union, if possible, had been a good idea in the 1940s before the Soviet Union became a nuclear power, but was it such a good idea in the ’90s when there was such a danger of their nuclear weapons falling into terrorists’ hands? Things seemed to work out all right in that regard, but nonetheless, the danger was still real at the time.

Morally, keeping the Soviet Union intact and helmed by Gorbachev, who seemed to be a real reformer — probably more so than Yeltsin — might have been better for most of the other republics resulting from the breakup of the Soviet Union, most of which ended up being saddled with homegrown despots anyway, who formerly had been communist bosses and opportunists ready to change their stripes.

As a corollary to all this: Though

it might have been a good idea to arm the Afghans in the ‘80s so they could drive the Soviet army o u t o f A fg h a n i s ta n , i t m i g h t not have been such a good idea, after the Soviet army was gone, to continue this support for also throwing out the native communist government in Afghanistan, even though that government was still receiving support from the Soviets. After all, this just made it that much easier for Arab terrorists to take more complete control of the Afghan rebellion.

I could be wrong about all this — there were still many unanswered questions about Gorbachev — but, admittedly superficially, it seems as though he would have been a better leader and more sincere reformer than Yeltsin, whether of the Russian Republic or of a continuing and still functioning Soviet Union. At least it is something to think seriously about.

Jonathan Miller is a graduate student studying geography. He can be reached at jsmiller@umd.edu.

There’s been a rising trend in advertising recently — companies such as Pantene, Dove and Always have been high-profile perpetrators. It’s the “female empowerment” campaign, in which beauty companies launch marketing campaigns to empower women to overcome female stereotypes at home and in the workplace.

The campaigns have been quite successful in obtaining a broad reach. One of Pantene’s commercials, “Not Sorry,” has more than 13 million views on YouTube.

However, as much as I’m all for female empowerment, some of these attempts to empower women rub me the wrong way.

There’s something about using censorship to “improve society” that makes me feel pessimistic about the success of these campaigns. Take the “Ban Bossy” campaign, for instance. Initiated by Sheryl Sandberg’s LeanIn.org, the movement seeks to curtail using the word “bossy” because proponents say it’s unfair for female leaders to be considered “bossy” when they take charge.

Not only does “Ban Bossy” seem like an utterly impossible goal to fulfill, it also isn’t the best solution to address sexist stereotypes.

Regardless of how many celebrities back the campaign, telling people to stop using the “B word” won’t really fix anything. Like it or not, sexist terms don’t fade away via marketing campaigns.

That involves people’s attitudes toward the word changing over time, rather than telling the public to stop using the word.

I see the same issue with Pantene’s “Shine Strong” campaign. In its “Not Sorry” commercial, you see several instances in which women feel pressured to say “sorry” — such as opening up a door to ask a coworker in another office a question or taking a partner’s blanket in bed. In this case, telling women not to say “sorry” isn’t just ineffective, but in some cases, it’s promoting rudeness. I guess, in Pantene’s world, you shouldn’t say sorry if you open a door to interrupt someone or take all the covers from your partner while they’re sleeping, but I digress.

The one campaign that seems to be doing it right is Always’ “Like a Girl” campaign. In one of its commercials, girls and boys of various ages are asked to do things “like a girl.” Some of the older individuals start running pathetically and pretending to throw balls weakly, but younger girls exhibit the epitome of stereotypical masculinity — running as fast as possible and performing like strong athletes. This is more like it.

Sure, the campaign might not automatically rid society of using the term “like a girl” negatively, but it does do something other campaigns fail to do: Take a negative term and own it.

The fight against sexist stereotypes is long from over, but to ensure our future daughters live in a world in which they are always viewed as equals, we can’t just try to eliminate words from our vocabulary. We have to gradually change the meaning of those words.

Maybe someday, we can all run like girls — as fast as possible toward our next goal.

Caroline Carlson is a senior government and politics and information systems major. She can be reached at ccarlsondbk@gmail.com.

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SHARKNADO recently spawned a hugely successful sequel, subtitled The Second One. It’s just one of the many storm- and weather-related blockbusters that provide much-needed cinematic relief from the actual summer weather. photo courtesy of bmovieshelf.blogspot.com LIST | BEST WEATHER MOVIES

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excels at capturing a sense of how it might feel to watch a bad storm get even worse.

The movie evokes a lot of e m pa t hy fo r t h e p e o p l e caught in the tornado’s path, even when the rest of the film occasionally falters.

Next time there’s a derecho, grab a couple of buddies and put on Twister. Just pretend the thunder outside is enhanced surround sound.

The Day After Tomorrow

Twister Twister has some claim to scientific accuracy — the weather monitoring device at the center of the plot resembles work the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration did in the 1980s — but it never forgets that it’s a ’90s blockbuster at heart. So in between a somewhat thrilling extended chase sequence and some monster tornadoes, we get a tornado wrecking a theater playing The Shining and, of course, the infamous cow scene.

T h e co m p u te r- ge n e rated effects used to create the titular tornadoes have a ge d s u r p r i s i n g ly we l l , though the film’s overall look hasn’t. Still, Twister gets much, much closer to portraying reality than most weather films.

Though this state doesn’t experience weather nearly as devastating as the folks do in Tornado Alley, Twister

Easily the loudest and m os t o u t ra ge o u s o f t h e bunch, Roland Emmerich’s bombastic The Day After Tomorrow goes to deranged places few movies ever dare venture. Looking back now, The Day After Tomorrow feels like a weird little time capsule, a product of Hollywood’s brief infatuation with global warming following An Inconvenient Truth.

Yet, even among its contemporaries, The Day After Tomorrow is an alarmingly extremist work that borders on propaganda. It was intended to grab attention and cause noise with its hysterical, po-faced and impressively rendered weather catastrophes in a manner not totally unlike Dinesh D’Souza’s America: Imagine the World Without Her or 2016: Obama’s America.

The difference, of course, is that The Day After Tomorrow is

an entertainingly corny mess.

Like Twister, the weather anomalies are treated like the monster in a monster flick. But unlike Twister, The Day After Tomorrow has little need for grounding or reality.

Instead, Emmerich unleashes snow hurricanes, tornadoes that combine together Power Rangers-style and a scene in which the protagonists try to literally outrun air. It’s transcendent.

Sharknado OK, bear with me on this one. No, Sharknado does not portray anything close to an actual weather phenomenon.

No, Sharknado is not a good movie. Yes, Sharknado tries too hard to be in on the joke for most of its runtime.

So then why should anyone watch Sharknado?

Well, if you are at all afraid of thunderstorms, Sharknado is the perfect antidote.

No movie has ever done more to take the piss out of scary weather than this terminally idiotic film about shark-filled tornadoes.

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Every once in a while, there comes a film franchise that changes the cinematic game as we know it. The Step Up series is not one of those franchises.

Yo u r e a d t h a t r i g h t , friends. I’m not here to tell you that, since 2006, the Step Up flicks have filled critics with awe and delight each time they’ve graced the silver screen. That’s simply not true. Sad as it might be, Channing Tatum won’t be gyrating up to the Academy Award stage to accept some long-overdue recognition anytime soon.

Rotten Tomatoes — which has consistently given the films abysmal ratings — isn’t going to experience a change of heart.

A movie, however, need not attain critical acclaim to retain significance.

In Step Up: All In, the series’ fifth film, prominent cast members from previous installments come together and battle for bragging rights and a three-year Las Vegas contract. On the eve of All In’s premiere, one might ask what about the series’ seemingly trite premise warrants not one or two, but five films?

There are two answers.

O n e h a s e ve r y t h i n g to do with dance; the other nothing at all.

Subcultures are neat.

Almost everything short of life-sustaining necess i t i e s s u c h a s fo o d a n d water requires some sort o f fo l l ow i n g to t h r ive .

Think about it. Without a dedicated following, where would professional sports be? Garage rock? Raw food re s ta u ra n ts w i t h va g u e names? Where there is a thing there is a following.

And where there is a following, there is a culture that perpetuates the existence of aforementioned thing.

Dance is no stranger to this phenomenon.

STEP UP jump-started the career of Channing Tatum (right) and still draws in danceobsessed crowds. The franchise’s latest entry opens Friday. photo courtesy of listal.com As a tenured member of the dance community and observer of all things dance, I am keenly aware of the underestimated and often completely unrecognized power of dance subculture. And Step Up is to the dance subculture as Sunday is to football fans.

The movies’ premieres are the Super Bowl of dance and require just as much event planning. And like the Super Bowl’s audience, dancers do more t h a n s i m p ly wa tc h . We obsess over the spectacular choreography, we buy the soundtracks and, most importantly, we try to emulate what we see on-screen in the studio.

I personally have danced to no fewer than four songs straight off the Step Up soundtracks. Each time one is released, it sends waves of excitement — and choreography — through studios across the country.

On a college budget, it’s hard to catch a show by a touring dance company. It’s even harder to sign up for expert-taught conventions that charge $200 a day, excluding hotel rooms and dining. The inspiration provided by the Step Up series, however, is

easy and accessible.

Beyond the favors it does for young dancers, Step Up has one more redeeming quality that licenses at least 10 more movies: Robert Alexander III, better known as Moose. Adam G. Sevani, who plays Moose, is a shining star in the vapid darkness that constitutes the acting in most of the Step Up films.

He’s the nerdy best friend that everyone wants — OK, the nerdy best friend that I want — and a bit of a breather from movies that are stereotypical in every other way.

Who really ever heard of a dance and electrical engineering double major before Step Up 3D? If Moose represents anything, it’s that goofy kids with outrageous hair can be kind of cool too.

But mainly it’s his unexpected dance moves and exuberant personality that are too good to resist.

I’ll never tell you that the Step Up films are this generation’s Dirty Dancing. That’s too pathetic a comparison to even fantasize about.

That being said, I’d trade Swayze for Moose any day of the week. dohldbk@gmail.com

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biking for a cure University senior embarks on cross-country ride in memory of boyfriend

By Taylor Swaak @thedbk For The Diamondback To most college students, “sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma” just sounds like a specific type of cancer — but not to Katie Gundlach.

For the a fifth-year dance and dietetics student at this university, it’s the name of the nasal cancer that developed into brain cancer and killed her boyfriend, Ryan Donaghey, in March 2013.

She recounted her months after Donaghey’s death as devoid of sleep and purpose.

And although Gundlach continued to push through each day during those months, she experienced a sense of detachment from reality, she said.

“He had such a strong, p o s it ive l i fe forc e … h e certainly lit up our daughter’s life,” said Gundlach’s m o t h e r, Jo a n n e M o r i c i .

“Katie was devastated.”

But the The Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults’ 4K for Cancer’s “Ride Across America” program proved a light at the end of a frightening tunnel for Gundlach.

Morici learned about the program and its schola rsh ips for you ng adu lts with cancer in 2013 when she interviewed one of the participants. Donaghey had been applying for U lman scholarships when he died, which Gundlach took as a sign to commit to the trip to honor Donaghey and to help herself heal.

“It was this adventure that finally I was going to have, the time to have a new experience, clear my head and have a moment to process everything,” Gundlach said.

After applying online and going through a follow-up interview, Gundlach became a member of the 30-person San Francisco team, and she would bike ride from Baltimore to San Francisco in 70 days during the summer.

To celebrate the journey that was to come, Morici gave G u nd l ach a pap erweig ht w it h a n E i n stei n quote that read, “L i fe is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving,” to give her motivation — and it did just that.

W hen w i nter a r r ive d , Gundlach began taking

spi n c l a s s e s t w ic e d a i ly on the campus to become accustomed to biking vigorously. Once she ra ised $2,000 out of the $4,500 that each rider is required to fundraise, a Baltimore s p i n s h o p p ro v i d e d h e r with a custom-fitted bike, which she used for practice rides until June 1, when the 70-day journey began.

Gundlach has since raised more than $8,000 for the cause, and her team is slated to arrive in San Francisco on Aug. 9.

Now in the last week of the trip, Gundlach and the rest of the team have gotten u sed to t he d a i ly routine. Every day, the participants wake up at 5 a.m., pack their belongings into duffle bags and backpacks and fit them in two vans.

T hei r sle epi n g a r ra n gements for each n ig ht a re situational, ranging from churches and community centers to YMCAs and hotel conference room floors.

Brea k fast a lso va ries from day to day, because all of the food the riders eat comes from donations from restaurants such as Subway

katie gundlach, a senior dance and dietetics major, holds up her bike in front of the Reflecting Pool and Washington Monument. Gundlach is in the middle of a cross-country bike ride to raise money for cancer research and honor her late boyfriend. photo courtesy of katie gundlach and Panera.

And lastly, before setting out every morn i ng, each member dedicates the day’s ride to someone who died as a result of cancer or who is affected by the disease during a routine called the dedication circle.

The team travels in groups of four to six and averages roughly 75 miles of biking each day. Gundlach said the mileage occasionally deviates from the norm, as the team sometimes bikes 30 to 50 miles or more than 100 miles in one day.

B u t w i t h t h e b l i s t e ring summer heat and the members trying to conquer changes in elevation, each

day brings a new challenge, she said.

“Certainly, at this point, ou r bod ies a nd bi kes a re starting to feel it,” Gundlach said. “You might think, ‘Oh my God, I don’t know how I can do this,’ and yet everyday, you can. And that’s been really incredible.”

G u n d l a c h’s p o s it ive outlook has a ffected her e n t i re te a m’s d y n a m i c , pushing everyone to finish the journey together.

“She embraces ever ything thrown her way and is a true role model,” said tea m member Steph a n ie Kos, a Bentley University student. “She isn’t one to draw attention to herself,

but everyone cannot help but notice how caring and passionate she is about life in general and the cause we are riding for.”

So far, Gundlach’s favorite locations along the trip have been Colorado and Escalante, Utah, both of which are laborious to bike through but offer tremendous payback with the beautiful views, she said.

“It makes it worth it when you get to the top of that mountain, and it’s like, ‘I’ve biked here, I’ve gotten here with my legs!’” Gundlach said. “It’s just like … you’re on top of the world.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

Student debt consolidation firms risky but offer payoffs for some Experts urge care in putting financial future on loan line

By Sissi Cao @thedbk For The Diamondback T houg h risi ng student debt has led some to try their luck accepting loan payment plans from outside compan ies, debt consol id ation experts say students can ease the bu rden of loa ns without risking disingenuous aid.

Earlier this month, Illinois Attorney General Lisa

Madigan filed two lawsuits aga i nst debt-sett lement companies for using questionable tactics against consumers trying to pay off their student loans.

Fi rst A merica n Ta x Defense LLC of Park Ridge, Illinois, one of the two defendants in the Illinois case, advertised services including the ability to negotiate lower monthly payments and get loans out of default i f cl ients pay as much as $ 1 , 2 0 0 u p f ro n t , M a d igan’s lawsuit according to a Chicago Tribune article.

But that promise never became reality.

The case makes Illinois the first state to bring financial companies targeting students to court, but student loa n sett lement fraud is on the U.S. Education Department’s radar, sa id Joseph Ma is, Washington director of the Institute for College Access & Success, a nonprof it working with the department to advocate increased higher education accessibility and affordability.

“It would be difficult to respond to the trend at a legislative level, but the department has been sending out messages to help people raise

awareness on the issue,” Mais said.

The average student debt among this state’s public four-year institutions is projected at $25,951, ranking the 26th highest in the nation, according to statistics from the I nstitute for Col lege Access & Success.

The most recent statistics also show that of the 7,0 43 ba che lor’s d eg re e recipients from this university in 2012, 46 percent had student loan debt upon graduating.

According to Sean Perry, a financial aid counselor in the Office of Student Financial

Aid, students in this university’s most recent graduating class accrued about $30,000 in student debt on average, up several thousand dollars from 2012.

However, Perry said he has not encou ntered a ny debt settlement fraud cases involving this university’s students.

But accompanied with an unpredictable job market, the rising loan burden has some students questioning how they will be able to pay off their debts.

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T he Education Department offers a free service known as a Direct Consolidation Loan to eligible borrowers, but students such as Pimpo said they were not aware of it.

I f a s t u d e n t h a s m u ltiple loans to pay off, the p ro g ra m s i m p l i f i e s t h e process by combi n i ng mu lt iple d eb t pay ments into one monthly bill. The consolidation can lower a month ly pay ment by extend i ng t he tota l repayment p er io d to up to 30 y e a rs , a c c o rd i n g to t h e department’s website.

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reed From PAGE 1 Un iversity of M a r yl a nd at h let ic s d epa r t ment,” coach Mark Turgeon said in an athletic department news release.

Reed was also charged with theft under $100 and resisting arrest.

Reed wa s ex pected to be a pa rt of a recru iti ng cl a ss ra n ked by severa l med i a out lets a s one of the nation’s top 10 hauls.

A 7-foot-1 center, Reed was lauded as a promising shot blocker and defender with raw athleticism.

“I reg ret that I was u n a bl e to m e e t t h e responsibi l ities that were expected of me from Coach Turgeon and the University of Maryland,” Reed said in the release.

Reed, who had been sidelined for much of the

s u m m e r w i t h a b ro k e n a n k l e , i s f ro m G e o rg i a and played his high school senior season in New Jersey. He was ex pected to help fill the void in the frontcourt left by Charles M itc h e l l a n d Sh a q u i l l e Cle a re, two Ter ps bi g men who tra nsfer red i n the offseason.

Instead, the Terps will look to incoming Slovak freshman center Michal Cekovsky, sophomore Damonte Dodd and senior Jon Graham to man the paint.

“We want to express our g ratitude a nd appreciation to Coach Turgeon and the Maryland basketball program,” Daniel Moore, Reed’s stepfather, said in the release. “We regret that Trayvon has to leave Maryland and miss out on this great opportunity.” tamenabardbk@gmail.com, akasinitzdbk@gmail.com

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U launches drug data collection system This university’s Center of Substance Abuse and Research began developing a new national data collection system for drugs in August.

This new system, the National Drug Early Warning Systems, contrasts traditional substance abuse tracking.

Previously, researchers used surveys and studies that were outdated by the time data was released. This new system will monitor content on the Internet to provide information on emerging drug trends as they occur, said Eric Wish, director of CESAR. “Drug abuse creates problems in every state,” said Kathleen Rebbert-Franklin, deputy director of Population-Based Behavioral Health.

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Bannister hopes to make it B1G Incoming wrestler won four straight high school titles

By Joshua Needelman @JoshNeedelman Staff writer A l fred Ba n n ister knew it wa s l ate at n i g ht, but he couldn’t wait until the morning.

It was May 15, 2013, and Ba n n i ster, t hen a ju n ior at Bishop McNamara, had spent the night consulting h is father, h is coach and close friends on his college decision. At about 11:30 p.m., Bannister placed a call to Terrapins wrestling coach Kerry McCoy. He wanted to be a Terp.

“I might have woke him up,” Ba n n i ster sa id i n a phone interview Friday.

Falling back asleep that night probably wasn’t easy for McCoy, whose Ter ps struggled at the lower weight classes this past season while Bannister was polishing off one of the most decorated high school wrestling careers in state history.

The 141-pound wrestler won four state championships while setting a state record with 276 overall victories. And though NCAA qualifier Shyheim Brown sta r ted at t he cl a ss l a st season, McCoy hasn’t ruled out the possibility of Bannister competing as a true freshman. “ [ I w a n t t o] m a k e a n impact in the country,” Bannister said. “Let the NCAA

know that I’m that here, and I’m contending for a national title every year.”

T he situation at 141 pou nd s ref lects nea rly every weight class for the Terps. Between the exodus of several graduated seniors and some wrestlers changing weight classes, much of the starting lineup is uncertain.

McCoy said Frank Goodwin will move down from 149 pounds to 141 pounds, while Ben Dorsay will cut eight pounds and compete at 149 pounds. In addition, 133pound Geoffrey Alexander, a former NCAA qualifier, is coming off of a successful redshirt season in which he went 25-2 in open competition. Meanwhile, 133-pound Tyler Goodwin may move down to 125 pounds or take a redshirt year.

“Once we get a little closer to the season, we’ll have a better idea where guys are going to go exactly,” McCoy said. “We have some options.

We h a v e a n i n te re s t i n g opportunity.”

With the Terps’ move to the Big Ten, a historically strong wrestling conference, they will need consistent performances throughout the lineup to challenge for a top spot in the league.

And while Bannister and his esteemed high school resume are appealing, he’ll have to beat out two NCAA qu a l i f iers i n Brow n a nd Frank Goodwin fi rst.

Bannister is one of just five wrestlers to win four straight state titles, and his 272 wins at Bishop McNa-

“THAT’S WHERE YOU WANT TO BE IF YOU WANT TO BE A NATIONAL CHAMPION IN COLLEGE. ... YOU’RE FACING THE BEST OF THE BEST. SO IF I’M WRESTLING THE BEST EVERY WEEK, THEN WHO’S GOING TO BE MORE PREPARED FOR THE NATIONAL TOURNAMENT THAN ME? IT’S JUST A BIG STAGE IN COLLEGE WRESTLING. GOING TO THE BIG TEN WAS DEFINITELY A BIG, BIG FACTOR FOR ME GOING TO MARYLAND.” ALFRED BANNISTER

Terrapins wrestling team member mara are 23 more than the athlete in second place. His older brother, Andrew Bannister, is tied for fi fth on the list with 208 wins.

The older Bannister wrestles at Notre Dame College in Ohio, more than 350 miles away from College Park. For Alfred Bannister, though, competing for the Terps was always a dream.

“As a kid growing up, the best thing you could do was [a] University of Maryland camp or clinic,” Bannister said. “So that’s where the big want came from.”

Ba n n ister sa id Vi rg i ni a Te c h , N.C . S t ate a n d Arizona State were among the programs that recruited him. But his heart was always with the Terps. The un iversity’s recent move to the Big Ten was another tempting incentive.

“That’s where you want to be if you want to be a national champion in college,” B a n n i s te r sa id . “ You’re facing the best of the best.

So if I’m wrestling the best every week, then who’s going to be more prepared for the

national tournament than me? It’s just a big stage in college wrestling. Going to the Big Ten was defi nitely a big, big factor for me going to Maryland.”

Added McCoy: “He’s got the talent and the skills to compete with anybody on the elite level. He’s just got to go out there and do it.”

Bannister’s list of accomplishments includes Beast of the East titles in 2012 and 2013. He lost in the tournament finals as a sophomore in 2011, but not before picking up a 7-2 victory over a thensen ior f rom H a r r i sbu rg, Pennsylvania.

Bannister and that senior — Brown — are now teamm ates. A nd i f Ba n n i ster hopes to secure a starting spot, he’ll have to go through Brown again.

“I won that match,” Bannister said. “But he’s been in college these past two years and he’s grown into an even better wrestler. So I have to be on my A-game if I want the starting position.” jneedelmandbk@gmail.com

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notebook From PAGE 10 lists Locksley only as a signalcaller, ranking him as the 11thbest dual-threat quarterback in the country and seventhbest player in the state.

The Terps have one commitment from a quarterback, threestar pocket passer Gage Shaffer, for the class of 2015. And they already have several young options under center behind senior starter C.J. Brown.

Redshirt freshman Shane Cockerille was a four-star recruit in 2013 and helmed the offense at Gilman before Locksley. Incoming freshman Will Ulmer also received high marks in high school, and while he might transition to wide receiver, he starred at quarterback for Saint John’s College High School last season.

NIGEL KING TRANSFERS Terps wide receiver Nigel King was granted a release to transfer from this university on Friday, the athletic department announced.

With the return of wide re-

ceivers Deon Long and Stefon Diggs from their respective leg injuries, King likely faced a move into a backup role entering the 2014 season. In coach Randy Edsall’s preseason depth chart, the 6-foot-3, 210-pound King was listed second behind Long. Meanwhile, junior Marcus Leak was listed as the starting No. 3 wide receiver.

In the absence of Diggs and Long for much of last season, King caught 33 passes for 450 yards and four touchdowns, a team high, as one of Brown’s most consistent targets.

“We wish Nigel well,” Edsall said. “He graduated, which is the No. 1 priority for him. We’ll just wish him well and focus on the guys that are here.”

TERPS OPEN PRACTICE The Terps opened preseason practice on Monday with a two-hour session at the team’s on-campus facility.

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“ANDREW HAD A REALLY GOOD SUMMER. HE’S A GUY THAT CAN GIVE US THOSE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR. DERRICK’S GETTING BETTER, PUTTING ON WEIGHT. SO AGAIN, P.J. DIDN’T HAVE AS GOOD OF A SUMMER AS THOSE GUYS. SO HOPEFULLY SAME THING, SEPARATION WILL TAKE PLACE HERE EARLY IN CAMP.” RANDY EDSALL

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participating in kick-returning drills.

The most intense position battles seem to be shaking out at tight end and running back.

Sophomores Wes Brown and Jacquille Veii and juniors Albert Reid and Brandon Ross all still have a shot at the starting position in the backfield. At tight end, redshirt freshman Derrick Hayward and sophomore Andrew Isaacs are locked in a three-way competition.

“That will start to shake out,” Edsall said of the tight-end situation to The Washington Post.

“I think Andrew had a really good summer. He’s a guy that can give us those opportunities that we’re looking for. Derrick’s getting better, putting on weight. So again, P.J. didn’t have as good of a summer as those guys. So hopefully same thing, separation will take place here early in camp.”

Two Terps who made starts at center last season remain on the roster in Damonte Dodd and Jon Graham. The two big men are similar in their styles of play — they’re both defensive-minded, solid rebounders who have minimal impact on offense — yet polar opposites in terms of their development.

C o a c h M a rk Tu rge o n lauded Dodd, a rising sophomore, for his talent and athleticism last season, but it was clear that the Centreville native needed more time to learn the game and adjust to college competition before he could provide consistent production.

Graham, though, has had plenty of experience in bigconference college basketball.

He started 25 games in two seasons at Penn State before transferring to this university last fall.

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— who made two starts last year and averaged 1.6 points, 2 . 4 re b o u n d s a n d 1 0. 4 minutes per game last year — might not have a ceiling as high as the 6-foot-11 Dodd’s, but he can certainly fill in as a starting center.

T h e Te r ps co u l d a l so play returning starter Evan Smotrycz at center and use a smaller lineup. Smotrycz started at the position for an NCAA tournament-bound Michigan team as a sophomore, and last season, he ranked second on the Terps with six rebounds per game.

But perhaps the most likely option to slide in as the Terps’ starting center is incoming freshman Michal Cekovsky of Slovakia. Cekovsky has earned rave reviews from analysts in the preseason and is an athletic 7-footer.

After watching a summer workout, CBS reporter Jon Rothstein projected the Terps’ starting lineup as consisting of guards Melo Trimble and Dez Wells, forward Jake Layman, Smotrycz and Cekovsky.

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On CBS.com, Rothstein c o m p a re d C e kovs k y to former Terp Alex Len, the Ukrainian big man who was selected with the fifth overall pick in the 2013 NBA draft.

Rothstein said Cekovsky has a more polished game as an incoming freshman than Len did, calling the Slovak a “major steal.”

“Armed with unbelievable hands and a high IQ , Cekovsky is more skilled than Alex Len was at this stage and is different than Len in the sense that he’s not your typical back-to-the-basket post player,”Rothstein wrote.

“There’s a good bet that this freshman will be the Terps’ starting center once Maryland begins Big Ten play next season.”

So no, the Terps didn’t want to lose Reed, a four-star recruit.

But on the court, his absence won’t change much as Turgeon enters his fourth season at the helm of the program. akasinitzdbk@gmail.com

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It’s not as bad as it could be What Trayvon Reed’s dismissal means for the Terps’ season AARON KASINITZ

mike locksley, Terps football offensive coordinator, will see his son, Kai Locksley, off to Florida State University, after the younger Locksley verbally committed to the Tallahassee school. file photo/the diamondback

ALL IN THE FAMILY? Kai Locksley, son of Terps assistant Mike Locksley, verbally commits to Florida State

By Aaron Kasinitz and Daniel Popper @AaronKazreports, @danielrpopper Senior staff writers Four-star quarterback Kai Locksley, son of Terrapins football offensive coordinator Mike Locksley, has verbally committed to play at Florida State.

Locksley, a class of 2015 dual-threat signalcaller at Gilman in Baltimore, had narrowed his

college choices down to Texas, Florida State and the Terps before choosing the Seminoles July 30. Verbal commitments are in no way binding or official until players sign National Letters of Intent in February.

247Sports was first to report the news, which has since been confirmed by The Baltimore Sun. Locksley retweeted dozens of tweets congratulating him on his commitment to the Seminoles that afternoon.

Locksley’s verbal commitment came just before Deondre Francois, another four-star quarterback, declared his intention to play at Florida State.

247Sports tabs Locksley as a dual-threat quarterback or an athlete, meaning pundits believe he might be asked to play another position in college, such as wide receiver. ESPN

Trayvon Reed, the 7-foot-1 center who was set to begin his freshman season with the Terrapins men’s basketball team this year, was arrested last week and charged with stealing candy and assaulting a police officer.

Days later, this university’s athletic department announced Reed will not enroll in College Park.

Reed has a court hearing scheduled for Sept. 15, and his future on the hardwood remains clouded in uncertainty, much like the team he was supposed to join. The lanky prospect from Georgia was supposed to help add depth to a frontcourt decimated by offseason transfers, and he’s left the Terps with one fewer option to replace Shaquille Cleare and Charles Mitchell.

Still, the Terps aren’t in dire straits by any means. Reed would have competed for playing time, sure, but he wasn’t even a lock to sneak into the rotation as a freshman. Though the team’s frontcourt players need to answer some questions before the season starts in early November, the group has the talent and depth to weather Reed’s departure.

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