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SHA releases Route 1 construction plan Highway administration calls for more roadway access points, trees, aboveground power lines By Jacob Bell @thedbk For The Diamondback

cars drive on Route 1. A new plan outlines alterations to the road. file photo/the diamondback

During an Aug. 5 College Park City Council work session, the State Highway Administration in-

more than one access point to the thoroughfare to combine or eliminate those entryways, which Denila Deliallisi, SHA’s Route 1 project manager, troduced an updated plan for Route said will cut down on conf licts 1 construction that includes con- between local and through traffic. Despite previous discussions solidating roadway access points, keeping power lines aboveground between the SHA and the city about relocating existing utilities underand increasing landscaping. T he SH A is resea rch i ng a nd ground, Deliallisi said the adminmeeting with businesses that have istration is progressing with an

Female business heads travel to White House

Insomnia Cookies opens in College Park, delivers desserts by day and night

By Sam Reilly @thedbk For The Diamondback Un iversity ad m i n ist rators across the country expressed a desire to help women succeed in the business world at a White H o u s e s u m m i t e a rl i e r t h i s month. “The White House recognizes that there are a lot of issues for women in the business world,” sa id Joyce Russel l, th is u n iversity’s business school vice dean. “[The summit] was very consistent with what we’ve been trying to accomplish.” Ru ssel l, a lon g w it h de a n s f rom ot her busi ness schools and representatives from corporations, attended the Aug. 5 event, hosted by the Council on Women a nd Gi rls a nd the Council of Economic Advisers. Prior to the summit, this university, along with more than 44 other schools, committed to a

By Hallie Miller @thedbk For The Diamondback College Park’s Insomnia Cookies bakery franchise opened Monday morning, providing residents with a convenient sweet-tooth fix 16 hours a day. The store, one of more than 70 locations nationwide, offers both delivery and pickup services to College Park and the surrounding area, according to its website. T he bakery, located between Pizza Kingdom and Marathon Deli, opens at 11 a.m. for carryout Monday through Sunday and begins its delivery service at noon, according to the website. “We hope to see both retail traffic and heavy delivery business,” said Triple chocolate chunk and Deluxe S’mores are two of the cookies available at Insomnia Cookies, located on Lehigh Road.

Hotel becomes nation’s 4th to earn distinction

10 years on, U scientists remember role in project

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the Deep Impact probe sits inside its Delta II launch vehicle on the morning of Jan. 12, 2005, before launch. University scientists helped on the mission, which was 10 years ago this summer. photo courtesy of nasa/jpl/caltech Before this mission, consensus held that comets were encased in a thin layer of crust to protect their icy core. With the results from the probe after it collided with the comet Tempel 1, researchers learned comets were much more porous than they originally imagined. The composi-

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Program recognizes Marriott for environmental efforts

Comet probe still leaves lasting impact

Ten years after university researchers helped with the first mission to bring a probe in contact with a comet, the spacecraft’s influence on astronomy is far from over. This summer marks the 10th anniversary of the Deep Impact probe — the product of a joint mission between NASA, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. and researchers at this university — becoming the first spacecraft to make contact with a comet, which changed the fundamental understanding of these space objects. Now university scientists are look i ng past t he Ju ly 4, 2005 , landing and toward new projects and further exploration. T he goa l of the Deep Impact mission was to learn more about the composition of comets, but even the scientists involved said they were surprised by what they learned.

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aboveground utilities design. “To date, funding for undergrounding has not become available, and therefore SHA is moving forward,” Deliallisi said at the meeting. “If in the near future there are sources of funding that do become available, then SHA will coordinate with the city to access

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tion at their surface is comparable to that of freshly fallen snow, which has earned them the nickname “dirty snowballs.” Studying comets is not only important for astronomy, but even to the understanding of the origins of See COMET, Page 3

The College Park Marriott Hotel & Conference Center announced Aug. 6 it has achieved LEED Platinum certification, making it one of 19 buildings worldwide to earn the program’s highest distinction. T he College Park Marriott, located on the University of Maryland University College campus, wa s g iven t he awa rd a f ter a massive multiyear renovation to make the hotel more environmentally friendly, hotel officials said. The project entailed remodeling the conference center building, which includes a restaurant, fitness center and meeting space, according to a news release. It involved the installation of water-efficient bathrooms, energysaving lighting fixtures and more efficient heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems. The project also diverted 90 percent of construction waste from landfills, recycling it instead.

To achieve a LEED certification, a project must obtain a certain number of points, accomplished by pursuing specific credit categories designed by the LEED program. Credit categories consist of initiatives such as “sensitive land protection,” “water metering” and “green power and carbon offsets.” The 237-room hotel was the first in the United States to receive a LEED distinction back in 2004 and is the fourth hotel nationwide to earn a platinum certification. This state has the third-most LEED-certified square footage per person, behind Illinois and Colorado, according to the U.S. Green Building Council. Mike McCarthy, the College Park Marriott’s general manager, explained that the hotel’s goal was to create an environmentally friendly building while still maintaining a luxurious customer experience. “They can coexist,” he said. “[The hotel] is trying to reduce their carbon footprint and be as green as they can be,” without compromising its amenities. Initiatives like the College Park Marriott renovations are not only environmentally efficient, but they also See HOTEL, Page 3

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INSOMNIA COOKIES customers senior finance and marketing major Jessie Xu (left) and senior mechanical engineering major Alex Ansell (right) smile with their cookies. Birthday cake ice cream topping an M&M cookie is one of many desserts sold. christian jenkins/the diamondback

The bakery joins a commu n ity of late-n ight fast food options in the area and is open until 3 a.m. daily, according to the website. “People often like to get food on their way back from late nights out,” said Caroline Gabriel, a sophomore psychology major. “A lot of people in college do end up

eating late, so the hours and location could be really good for their business.” A lta mu ra sa id she a lso hopes the company will draw business from local professionals looking to treat their co-workers to a sn ack or provide an alternative catering option. The bakery offers a variety of cookies,

coupons on Route 1 and around the campus to publicize the op en i n g, A lta mu ra sa id . From PAGE 1 Many students have already Courtney Altamura, mar- redeemed these coupons, she keting manager for Insomnia said. T he franchise’s success Cookies. “We know it’ll do great when school is back in ser v ici ng Joh n s Hopk i n s and Loyola universities in session.” The store’s employees spent its Baltimore location led the day distributing free cookie the company to expand its

reach to this university and open a College Park location, Altamura said. “I got really pumped when I heard about it com ing,” said Sarah Scott, a junior h e a r i n g a n d s p e e c h s c iences major. She said she will visit the location and expects to use the delivery option during long nights in.

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tha n col lege appl ications a nd c a reer fa i rs, Ru ssel l said. The business school currently offers several programs for high school students, including the SELF pre-col lege prog ra m , a n a n nu a l ca se compet it ion and the Future Women in Business Conference. The col lege shou ld ex pa nd to educat i ng m idd le school students too, Russell said. “ We’ve got to ge t i nto m idd le schools because t h e y ’re j u s t n o t t a l k i n g about the busi ness world a nd t he i mpact g i rl s c a n have,” she said. JOYCE RUSSELl, business school vice dean, poses for a portrait. Russell attended an Aug. 5 summit at the White House to discuss I m p ro v i n g t h e ge n d e r business opportunities for women, a growing focus as the school plans to increase female enrollment. photo courtesy of the business school diversity in the workplace could also increase revenue, according to a 2014 Gallup poll. This is especially true in the retail and hospitality sectors, according to the poll. “ E v e r y o n e k n o w s i nequa l ity is a major issue, at this point at least,” said Jordan Steiner, a sophomore marketing and supply chain major. For b u si ne ss wome n or aspiring business students, women face some inherent disadvantages, Harris said. “We have to worry about lo ok i n g mo d e s t b ut a l so professional,” Harris said. “We’re supposed to have our hair and nails and jewelry a nd ever y t h i ng a cer ta i n way.” On top of tackling important decisions concerning balancing work and home life, women have to worry about a nu mber of issues that aren’t in their control, Russell said. “There’s still implicit and unconscious bias in organizations that still exists,” Russell said. “Part of [the solution] is helping women deal with that, but we also have to change it.”

From PAGE 1 set of best practices for helping women succeed in the business world , s uch a s s u ggestions and guidelines to a ssist school s i n m a k i ng business education, career services and preparation for the business world available a nd accessible to fem a le students or candidates. This is not a new goal for the business school. Back in March, the school pledged to a c h ieve e q u a l e n rol lments of men and women in its master’s of business adm in istration progra ms within the next five years as part of its 50/50 by 2020 pledge. “It actually couldn’t have been better timing,” Russell said. Russell described the business school’s approach a s “more ta n g i ble” t h a n other schools’ because of the specified goal of having 50 percent female enrollment, rather than aiming to increase female enrollment in general. “It’s not a quota, but it’s ver y i mpor ta nt to have a s p e c i f ic goa l ,” she sa id . “We’ve benchmarked what a l l t he ot her school s a re doing.” “Because [of] the amount of powerful and inspiring women in my class, I never really feel an inequality,” said Amartyo Sen, a sophomore finance major. “I hope I ’m n o t b e i n g n a ive a n d many other students share my same feelings.” Women represented 39 percent of this university’s newest cl a ss of m a ster’s of b u s i n e ss a d m i n i s t rat ion ca nd id ates t h i s upcoming school year and 42 percent of undergraduate business majors last school year, Russell said. About 46 percent of the university’s undergraduates, as of fall

2014, were women, according to data from the institutional research, planning and assessment office. “I was a little surprised when I got to my first class. I didn’t realize how many more males there were going to be tha n fema les,” sa id Katherine Harris, a sophomore supply chain major. “It can be a little intimidating at times, but because of that it, it kind of brings all the females together.” Beyond the i n forma l bond i ng of students w ith t hei r fem a le cl a ssm ates, students also find support and resources in organizations like the Smith School Wo m e n’s S o c i e t y a n d the Sm ith A ssociation of Women MBAs. Russell said a major part of the issue is a lack of female faculty and role models for business students. T here were 31 women classified as professor, associate professor and assistant professor i n the busi ness school, compared to 74 men, as of fall 2014, according to IRPA data. Men a lso outnu mbered women as instructors and lecturers, 41 to 24, and as teaching assistants, 147 to 91, as of fall 2014. Russel l sa id that of the s u m m it p a r t i c ip a nt s, at least ha l f, i f not more, of the business school deans and organization representatives were men. It also is i mp or t a nt for men to b e “part of the conversation,” she said. To remedy the disparities, the university also has programs such as ADVANCE, designed to improve work cond itions for fema le faculty and to place more women in higher positions within the university. B ut to i mprove opp ortunities for women in the busi ness world, outreach needs to start much earlier

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ROUTE 1 From PAGE 1 wh at t h e i m p a c t s to t h e schedu le a nd budget w i l l be.” The updated design also includes planting trees in the proposed 5- to 6-foot grass buffer areas separating sidewalks from the road. Trees will not be planted in the buffers facing the Memorial Chapel, however, due to a request from this university to “maintain the pastoral look,” Deliallisi said. For the five-lane stretch of Route 1 where property lines extend up to the sidewalk and buffer areas can’t be built, trees will be planted in proposed 14-foot-wide medians that will replace two-way turning lanes. The revamped construction pla ns a re pa r t of a project aimed at improving the ease of travel and visual appeal of Route 1 along the College Park corridor. The project has three segments, with the first spanning 1.4 miles from College Avenue

to Route 193. The other two segments, which will extend construction to the Capital Beltway, remain in the planning stages. “T he desig n ef for t h a s been underway for a while but still has a way to go, just because th i ngs a re bei ng f i n e-t u n e d ,” s a i d Te r r y Schum, the city’s planning director. I n pa r t icu l a r, cou nci lmembers ex pressed concerns at the meeting about bi ker sa fety a nd the SH A imposing eminent domain on local businesses. District 2 Councilman P.J. Brennan and District 1 Councilman Patrick Wojahn, for example, pushed for more separation between car and bike lanes, such as rumble strips, and District 4 Councilwoman Denise Mitchell said she had raised an eyebrow at the administration possibly taking away a Route 1 tuxedo shop. “The struggle now is just that: how to fit everything we wa nt i n the project — wide bike lanes, wide sidewa l ks a nd l a ndscaping — without drastically

pedestrians cross Route 1 in College Park. Earlier this month, the State Highway Administration introduced an updated plan for construction on the road that includes consolidating roadway access points, keeping power lines above ground and increasing landscaping. Construction will begin in 2018. file photo/the diamondback impacting the businesses that are there,” Schum said. “The good news is that this project has now been funded for construction.” The project’s additional improvements will include pavement resurfacing, landscaping, drainage systems, stormwater management, sig nage a nd pavement markings, and intersection lighting. All sidewalks, pe-

destrian ramps, driveway entrances and bicycle facilities will also be compliant w ith the A merica ns w ith Disabilities Act, according to the SHA. “ We c a n d o b e t t e r o n Baltimore Avenue,” Mayor A ndy Fel lows sa id . “T he m ission is to develop a complete street that is as beauti f u l as possible a nd also really accommodates

both for grow th, but also for visitors … [and] existing businesses.” T he project received federal approval in 2005. In late June, Gov. Larry Hogan announced the allocation of nearly $2 billion for state transportation initiatives, $30 m illion of wh ich w ill f u nd the fi rst seg ment of Route 1 construction. That money will be avail-

a b l e s t a r t i n g n e x t y e a r, Schum said. The SHA has a financial advertisement date — the ti me at wh ich the desig n is complete a nd contractors bid to ta ke on the project — of June 2018, and a g rou ndbrea ki ng date of about October 2018, Deliallisi said.

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comoke Hall. Southern Management Corporation is building The Hotel at the Un iversit y of M a r yl a nd , a n upcom i ng A A A-rated, four-diamond hotel set to open in 2017. The corporation plans to work toward a LEED certification for the hotel as well. “We think it’s the right thing to do,” John Cohan, the company’s marketing director, said of earning the certification. “We want to reach the highest level of LEED certification.”

D i s t r i c t 1 Co u n c i l m a n Patrick Wojah n said he is excited about t he hotel’s cer t i f icat ion. T he city is pu rsu i n g ot her env i ronmental initiatives as well, Wojahn said, including more green infrastructure and a parks plan. “It’s ex t remely i mportant,” he said. “It’s a critical time … in terms of sustainability. We need to do all we can to reduce our impact on the environment.”

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the lobby of the College Park Marriott Hotel & Conference Center marks its LEED Platinum certification, which it was awarded this month. christian jenkins/the diamondback

have been proven to bring in increased revenue, according to a 2014 Cornell University hotel adm inistration school study. The study found that LEED-certified hotels perform better f inancially than noncertified competitors. O t h e r L E E D -c e r t i f i e d university buildings include the North Campus Dining Hall, K night Hall and Po-

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comet From PAGE 1 life on Earth, said Michael A’Hearn, astronomy professor and the principal investigator on the Deep Impact mission. “Comets a re one of the p otent i a l sou rce s for a l l of the water and organics on Ea r th,” A’Hea rn sa id. “ B e c au s e t hey a re s m a l l and spend most of their lives away from the sun, it preserves the molecules at the time of planet formation.” A f ter its i n itia l i mpact w it h Temp el 1, t he D e ep Impact mission was extended to complete a number of obser vat ion a l stud ies on o t h e r c o m e t s. H o w e ve r, after more than eight years in space, Deep Impact lost contact with Earth due to a computer malfunction on the spacecraft. “That was a shock to all of us,” said Lori Feaga, an a s t ronomy re se a rch sc ientist a nd member of the Deep I mpact tea m. “T he team of scientists working

on the Deep Impact mission were really like a family at that point. … Losing Deep I mpact wa s l i ke losi n g a family member.” St i l l, t he tea m h a s not given up on its goal to study comets. Many of the original members of the Deep Impact mission have submitted for NA SA f u nd i n g for a new project ca l led CHaga l l, Feaga said. This mission proposes to send a spacecra ft si m i la r to Deep Impact to another comet, Hartley 2. T he probe will orbit the comet a nd deposit prob es i n 10 places on its surface to take samples, investigating what is directly underneath the outer layer, Feaga said. The researchers aim to use this mission to determine the best place on a comet to send a probe in the future to collect an ice sample from the nucleus of the comet to bring back to Earth, which has never been attempted before, A’Hearn said. Many of the original scientists at th is u n iversity who worked on t he Deep

I mp a c t m i s s ion a re s t i l l here 10 years later. A’Hearn is now also involved in the Rosetta mission, which resu lted i n the fi rst softlanding on a comet this past November. The university’s connections to some of the most sig n i fica nt m issions to comets are no coincidence, researchers said. “The team at the University of Maryland is potentially the nation’s best comet group as far as number of people and variety of studies,” said Tony Farnham, a senior astronomy research scientist and one of the members of the orig i na l Deep Impact science team. Even 10 years later, the scientists’ passion for the science behind this mission has not waned. “Comets a re dy n a m ic. They’re always changing,” Fa rn ha m sa id. “T hey a re these wild beasts that do interesting things, which makes them a challenge to study. I really enjoy that challenge.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

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Jordan Branch Managing Editor

Holding the University Senate accountable

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f you ask them, this university’s legislative body members don’t want to get too political. It’s a puzzling sentiment, especially coming from the same organization that proclaims itself “the loudest voice on campus” in its promotional brochure — a representational voice, one would think. Regardless, the University Senate, composed of peer-elected faculty, staff and students, has suggested that recording and storing the voting records of its members would overtly politicize what boils down to a voluntary advisory role to university President Wallace Loh. In theory, sure, one could argue that approving budgets, disciplinary rules, academic policies and strategic plan updates merely recommends these legislative items for Loh’s approval — notwithstanding the fact that, barring the salary or stipend, senators are doing work virtually indistinguishable from that of your local city councilor. But consider that over Loh’s five academic years at the university’s helm, the president has yet to veto a bill that made its way to his desk, and the line between advisory body and unchecked majority begins to blur. It’s not as though the Senate’s approved proposals have been met with universal acclaim, either. A rework of the university’s sexual misconduct

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The University Senate should transcribe and make public its members’ voting records. Ongoing alterations to the university’s tenure and tenure-track designations, as well as other faculty and instructor roles, have been met with dissatisfaction from those on the university payroll, some of whom have stated that the changes don’t go far enough in addressing inequity. The list goes on, but the senate’s potential for — and record of — approving the sort of unsatisfying compromises inherent to secular government suggests it is, in fact, far more representative of a governmental body than just a 190-strong group of academic types playing at politics. If faculty, staff and students elect senators to represent them with the understanding that the senators will represent their interests in front of university policymakers and admin-

istrators, it follows logically that senators should be held accountable through public voting records. If such a measure manages to professionalize or politicize the senate, it comes as merely an added bonus. After all, students are largely indifferent when it comes to voting in any campus election, and if discovering just how their peers voted on matters that affect them leads to a greater perceived stake in senate goings-on, it fosters the sort of political engagement this university holds so dear. If they still don’t care — well, then the senate’s fears of tarnishing the sanctity of their campaignless, impossibly polite elections were for naught. Assigning identifiable clickers to each senator and recording his or her votes throughout the academic year shouldn’t prove an insurmountable challenge. If it does, pens, paper, checkboxes and signatures would suffice as a more or less cost-free alternative. The Senate might well constitute the campus’s loudest voice, but without public voting records for each senator, it also makes up one of its most anonymous and least accountable. We fight for transparency within our federal and state governments’ professional politicians — we shouldn’t have to fight for it from our peers as well.

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De-escalating police confrontation MAX AN

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ne year has gone by since Michael Brown’s death in Ferguson, Missouri, that sparked a discussion of racial equality issues, and yet exactly what has changed? Since the start of 2015, the reality is an additional 24 unarmed black men have been killed by police. Combined with the seemingly infinite amount of new videos popping up displaying police brutality, that statistic makes clear that while much has finally been documented, little has truly changed. Indeed, it is even more harrowing to think of all the injustice that might have occurred before civilians began to actively record police encounters. And yet, while a lot of these issues depend on increased police transparency and racial equality, the roots of these problems also coincide with law enforcement’s seeming distrust of the public. These past couple of weeks, I have experienced this fear and distrust of the public firsthand. As part of my emergency medical technician training, I rode along in Baltimore City as paramedics provided emergency care and transport to civilians. At about midnight one night, we responded to a call for a gunshot victim. Arriving on the scene, we had no idea about the whereabouts of the shooter, and even though the scene was safe, every officer and responder was admittedly still on edge and suspicious. In that moment, I could see exactly why some of the officers I saw on the news and on world-

starhiphop.com were guilty of police brutality. I could feel the fear and tension, and I could see how that emotional cocktail could easily result in a deadly lapse of judgment. However, this scene of fear does not by any means completely justify the unnecessary slaying of innocent, unarmed civilians. And while eradicating racism and promoting police transparency are absolutely necessary in making law enforcement more accountable, my personal experience and fear as an emergency responder has led me to believe stricter nationwide gun regulations must be considered. Tougher guidelines on firearm possession could not only decrease gun violence, but also improve police treatment of black men and civilians in general. While many of the innocent black men killed were unarmed at the time of their deaths, reducing the availability of firepower could allow both police and civilians to intrinsically become more careful and trusting. In the end, with less dangerous weapons in civilian hands, law enforcement officials should theoretically feel less threatened and in turn react less aggressively toward unarmed civilians. There is no simple solution that will completely resolve shooting deaths of unarmed civilians, but this all ends and begins with racial equality and tougher firearm regulations. I tire of hearing about these seemingly senseless slaughters. I tire of watching families cry for their lost loved ones. Moreover, I tire of the unnecessary fear that seems to be rampantly proliferating across our country, and it’s time we did something about it. Max An is a junior physiology and neurobiology major. He can be reached at maxandbk@gmail.com.

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Bernie Sanders’ flawed logic on immigration CHARLIE BULMAN SENIOR

ernie Sanders, the independent Vermont senator and current contender for the Democratic presidential nomination, has surged in the polls in recent months and won over many progressives for his campaign’s focus on addressing income inequality. But his latest comments on open borders portray a deeply misguided attitude toward immigration, shaped by an insidious nativist outlook and a lack of basic economic understanding that poses a threat to the economic welfare of both migrants and current U.S. residents. Sanders attacked open borders — a policy that would peel back im-

migration restrictions for non-U.S. citizens, assuming they posed no security threat — as a “right wing proposal” that would “make everyone in America poorer.” A narrow focus on the economic repercussions of more liberal immigration policies on current residents, however, leaves aside the millions of economic migrants whose wages would skyrocket if they gained access to the U.S. The chance to earn significantly higher wages is, after all, one of the main reasons the U.S. is such a prominent destination for relocation. But even if you accept a vision of egalitarianism that ignores the welfare and upward mobility of some of the world’s most economically disenfranchised, Sanders’ math is simply off the mark. A re m a rka b l e co n se n s u s a m o n g economists of almost all ideologi-

cal stripes holds that opening the proverbial floodgates and granting access to all would be a massive boon to both the U.S. economy and the real wages of those workers already in the U.S. The logic of open borders is fairly simple: Removing barriers to immigration allows labor to flow to where it is most productive, spurring investment and innovation and lifting wages and living standards across the board. A global open border policy would lead to a one-time boost in world GDP of 50 to 150 percent. This interpretation of immigration, however — that is, basic economic orthodoxy — flies in the face of Sanders’ own school of zero-sum economics, according to Michael Clemens, a fellow at the Center for Global Development. Sanders’ prediction that large-

sca l e i m m i g ra t i o n wo u l d i m poverish the masses suggests he conceptualizes the U.S. economy as a fixed pie; more immigrants would simply leave fewer, worse paying jobs for current residents to compete for. This view, however, ignores both immigrants’ role as buyers of goods and services and the benefits “cheap labor” lends to all consumers. As it tu rn s o ut, immigrants buy stuff, and this added demand stimulates more investment, in turn creating new jobs for U.S. citizens and often boosting their wages. And because the workers Sanders derides as “cheap labor” allow businesses to produce goods and services at less of a cost, consumers’ wages go a lot further. Economists also generally agree that immigrants and natives don’t directly compete with one another.

Specialization can take root along linguistic lines, with laborers still mastering the local language, creating new managerial and communication opportunities for current residents. The warning that more immigration would lighten the wallets of those already here isn’t grounded in economic reality. A genuinely egalitarian outlook wouldn’t value the welfare of present U.S. residents over that of migrants. Fortunately for Bernie Sanders, however, their interests are actually aligned when it comes to immigration. Instituting a policy of open borders would reinvigorate the U.S. economy and enhance the well-being of migrants and natives alike. Charlie Bulman is a senior government and politics and history major. He can be reached at cbulmandbk@gmail.com.

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By Molly Podlesny @DBKDiversions For The Diamondback Four bands for the price of two typically seems like an excellent deal. However, when it’s 90 degrees in an outdoor amphitheater, four bands in four hours can seem like a lot. The Tour de Compadres consisted of rockers Switchfoot and Needtobreathe, with Nashville-based Colony House and Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors opening. Wolf Trap’s Filene Center in Vienna, Virginia, housed the show in its gorgeous wooden amphitheater complete with a balcony and vaulted ceilings. Like most outdoor concerts, the lawn was sold out with younger people while families and older folks took the covered seats. While the inside wasn’t sold out, many families, some with grandparents in tow, turned out for the concert. Because the headliner, Needtobreathe, is a Christian group, the entire show was family friendly, though by 10:30 p.m. some parents with younger kids were leaving. The young men of Colony House were quite good, though they played to a twothirds empty audience. A peppy, clean sound and energy made up for what they might have lacked in coordination (there was one small collision between instru-

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starter From PAGE 8 It will likely be the source of controversy when the regular season rolls around. It will start with the first interception the starter throws. Then the first loss the Terps suffer. Fans will be calling for a switch the moment the starter makes a mistake. Of course, Edsall has dealt with this before. Between injuries and inconsistent performances, it has seemingly been a revolving door under center during Edall’s four full seasons in College Park. Still, Brown was almost always the guaranteed starter when healthy. But after six seasons with the Terps, he finally exhausted his eligibility. Offensive coordinator Mike Locksley said he called Brown on Saturday to joke with him about coming back for a seventh year, but Locksley is ready to give the starting reins to someone new. “It’s different but exciting for me because now I got a chance to evaluate three guys and see what guy is going to give us the best chance to win,” Locksley said. Rowe seemed to be the likely starter in the spring,

despite still healing from his second torn ACL since arriving in College Park. He had the most pass attempts under his belt prior to Garman joining the Terps, though he has just three starts in college, the fewest of any of the candidates. Garman might be in his fifth year, but that’s misleading. Prior to playing in nine games for Oklahoma State last season, Garman had seen the field in a competitive matchup just one year in seven seasons. But Edsall wouldn’t bring a guy in with one year of eligibility remaining to warm the bench. That doesn’t mean the starting job is his, but Edsall intends to give him a strong shot to win the job. Then there is the forgotten man in all of this, Hills, who has started the most games for the Terps among the three. Plus, he was the only one of the three to play in the Terps’ spring game when he tossed three touchdowns. The players seemed to say all the right things regarding the quarterback battle at media day, but running back Brandon Ross might have hinted that it is more of a two-way race than three. When asked about the quarterback battle, Ross compared

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Rudolph burned what was supposed to be a redshirt freshman season and took over the Cowboys offense for the team’s final three games. Garman had lost the only first-string quarterback job he’d had since his junior year in high school. Ten weeks prior, Garman had been in the same position when he replaced injured starter J.W. Walsh. It was the redshirt junior’s first opportunity to start in nearly half a decade, and he went on a tear. T h e O k l a h o m a n a t ive tossed 10 touchdowns to five interceptions in his first five games under center to lead the Cowboys to five straight wins. “We were throwing some deep balls, and we were getting a lot of press coverage,” Oklahoma State offensive coordinator Mike Yurcich said Tuesday. “He’s a deepball thrower.” But things soon soured, as they seemed to at the rest of Garman’s football stops. He countered his hot first impression with two touchdowns versus seven interceptions in the Cowboys’ subsequent 0-4 slide. His concussion, coupled with Rudolph’s late success, forced Garman back to a backup role. The fleeting upheaval was nothing new. ON THE MOVE As a freshman and sophomore in high school, Garman played for Carl Albert in Midwest City, Oklahoma, though he never earned a start. So he transferred to Jones High School, where he threw for more than 2,000 yards and 23 touchdowns and accepted an offer to play for Arizona. But midway through Garman’s undefeated season at Jones, administrators ruled Garman ineligible, because he did not complete his transfer documents. Jones forfeited most of its season, and Garman and his family moved to Southlake, Texas. Garman prepared to play his senior year at the prest i g i o u s fo o t b a l l fa c to r y So u t h l a ke C a r ro l l H i g h School, his third school in as many years. But community displeasure about Garman’s arrival — Carroll is known for developing homegrown quarterbacks through its football camp — resulted in the state’s University Interscholastic League Executive Committee ruling Garman ineligible for his final prep season. T h e y d e te r m i n e d t h e Garman family relocated to Texas solely for athletic purposes, a move prohibited by the governing body. So started Garman’s wait for another starting job.

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Garman went without playing in a game before last season at Oklahoma State He redshirted his true freshman season at Arizona as the third-string option behind current St. Louis R a m s q u a r te r b a c k N i c k Foles. A coaching and system change after his rookie year in Tucson prompted Garman to transfer to Oklahoma State, where he sat out a year per the NCAA’s transfer rule and then resumed backup duties as a redshirt sophomore. Despite the twists and extensive time away from the field on game days, Garman continued to pour over notes and film, Yurcich said, and he never cracked a joke at practice, taking “a business approach.” “He has a quiet confidence about him,” Yurcich said. “He’s the kind of guy that you feel is understanding the game because of the time he’s investing and his concentration level.” But the effort and focus we re n ’t e n o u g h to ke e p Garman in Stillwater. He found himself in a free fall yet again, plummeting to third on the Oklahoma State depth chart. So he opted to switch schools for the fifth time since his sophomore year of high school, putting him in a quarterback competition in College Park. ‘A FOOTBALL JUNKIE’ G a r m a n m i g h t a s we l l have moved into the Gossett Football Team House this summer. Besides attending his summer classes, Garman has been a constant presence around the team and in the weight room. Coach Randy Edsall describes him as a “football junkie.” Offensive coordinator Mike Locksley and tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator John Dunn call Garman a “gym rat.” He starts his first workout at about 6 a.m. After attending his classes each day, he returns for another 4-5 hours of exercise and film study. He might take a break for food, but he’s quick to come back to the tapes. Often times, he gets his receivers to study alongside him, and they break up their afternoon classroom sessions with 7-on-7 practice. “To be successful at this level at the quarterback position, it has to be a full-time

job,” Garman said. “That’s the way I like to treat it.” When Garman doesn’t have any teammates around to c o l l a b o ra te w i t h , h e searches for Locksley. Before Garman arrived, Locksley could carve out a two-hour window each afternoon to leave his office for lunch. Now, Locksley often spends his break answering Garman’s questions about the Terps offense and football in general. When the two aren’t together, Locksley responds to Garman’s constant inquiries via text messages. “He knows this is a big year for him and so he can’t have any days off,” wide receiver Taivon Jacobs said. “He can’t take a break because the moment he takes a break, somebody else is working.” NOT AN INSURANCE POLICY This summer has been Garman’s first extensive time on the East Coast, but aside from a pair of cowboy boots, his Terps coaches and teammates say it’s tough to tell he’s new. He has put that football acumen the Terps’ staff lauds to use in trying to maneuver what Yurcich calls another “brain teaser” in his college tour. His soft-spoken, reserved personality had gelled in the Terps’ quarterback room — all three first-string options have become good friends — but the semantics of the playbook pose Garman’s biggest test. “[He has to] make sure that their ‘peanut butter and jelly’ doesn’t mean ‘ham and cheese sandwich,’” Yurcich said of the spread of schemes Garman has internalized over the years. So far, his strong arm, the same one that threw for 370 yards and four touchdowns against Texas Tech and earned Big 12 Player of the Week honors less than a calendar year ago, has impressed his teammates in their 7-on-7 summer drills. While coaches weren’t able to see him in a competition setting until training camp started Monday, Edsall said he “didn’t bring [Garman] in here to be an insurance policy.” And Garman didn’t accept Edsall’s offer assuming he would hold a clipboard. Garman has ingrained himself into another foreign environment, rises before the sun and badgers Locksley every day in anticipation of putting up a fight against Rowe and Hills in the preseason. He wants a shot at the starting job as his roller coaster of a football career nears the exit line. “You take all the opportunities there you can and make something of it,” Garman said. “That’s why I’m here.” ccaplandbk@gmail.com

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Terps quarterbacks Daxx Garman (left), Caleb Rowe (top right) and Perry Hills (bottom right) will compete in a three-way battle for the starting job in training camp. left: photo courtesy of rachael maltby/o’colly; top right: file photo/the diamondback; bottom right: file photo/the diamondback

QUARTERBACK quarrel In final year, Garman looks for first opening-day job since high school By Callie Caplan @CallieCaplan Staff writer Daxx Garman is used to taking a backseat. He has spent six of his past eight years watching his football teams play from the sidelines. He doesn’t want that to be the case in College Park. The fifth-year transfer is in a three-way battle with senior Caleb Rowe and redshirt junior Perry Hills for the Terrapins football team’s starting job under center. The Terps are the third team Garman’s been a member of as a college student, equaling the three squads he suited up for — or tried to — in high school. While Garman has played in just nine games since his junior year of high school, he said his exposure to different

playbooks and opponents has readied him for when he does get an opportunity. He said he hopes that chance comes with the Terps this season before the ever-twisting roller coaster that seems to be Garman’s football journey closes this winter. College Park is Garman’s final ride. But Terps coaches, teammates and fans alike don’t know what to expect yet from the new signal-caller in red and black. He has less than a month to prove he deserves his first opening-day start in college. IN AND OUT Garman stood on the sideline with a concussion week 11 last season at Oklahoma State. All he could do was watch as Mason See garman, Page 7

Baillargeon: In QB waiting game, Terps lose time to click with starter RYAN BAILLARGEON

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The quarterback battle in College Park isn’t anything like the one taking place in Columbus, Ohio. While Urban Meyer decides between a quarterback who led Ohio State to an 11-1 regular-season record or the one who won the Buckeyes the national championship, Terrapins football coach Randy Edsall has to evaluate three upperclassmen who have served primarily as backups in college. It marks the difference between the reigning Big Ten champions and a Terps program still trying to get a foothold in its new powerhouse conference. At the Terps’ campus media day Monday,

Edsall called the battle between fifth-year transfer Daxx Garman, senior Caleb Rowe and redshirt junior Perry Hills a “healthy situation.” He said, “Any time you have competition, it is going to make you better.” But as Edsall searches for C.J. Brown’s successor in the bridge year before four-star recruit Dwayne Haskins Jr. joins the Terps, the rest of the first-team offense will miss valuable time to establish chemistry with the opening-day starter. Edsall didn’t put a time frame on when he planned to make a decision, meaning the snaps with the first-team offense will be divided by three for the foreseeable future as he evaluates the candidates. “It’s tough, because you want to get chemistry with the person you are going to be playing with,” wide receiver Levern Jacobs said. See starter, Page 7

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Terps adjust to Dudzinski’s 4-3 defensive scheme After moving from outside linebacker to defensive end, Ngakoue feels ‘more explosive coming off the ball’ By Peter Hailey @DBKSports For The Diamondback Last season, the Terrapins football team opened its campaign with a 52-7 shellacking of James Madison. Yet as the season wore on and the Terps challenged some of the Big Ten powerhouses, they often found themselves on the other side of blowouts. On Oct. 4, coach Randy Edsall’s team suffered a 52-24 defeat to Ohio State. And three weeks later, the Badgers handed the Terps a 52-7 beat down in Madison, Wisconsin. Defensive coordinator Keith Dudzinski hopes to reverse the Terps’ fortune in 2015. After former defensive coordinator Brian Stewart left the program in February, the team’s former linebackers coach was named coordinator. Dudzinski has a plan to turn around a defense ranked 95th in the nation last season. For one thing, he’s replaced the Terps’ 3-4 system with a 4-3, hoping the new alignment will better suit the Terps personnel.

“We want to be aggressive,” Dudzinski said. “We want to attack the ball. We’re going to do everything we can to try and get the ball back to our offense as fast as we can. Whether it’s a three-and-out, turnovers, some kind of destruction to get the ball back to our guys, because the more times they get a chance to score, the better off for us.” With the new system in place, a couple of Terps will be changing positions. Former safety Sean Davis will slide over to cornerback, while Yannick Ngakoue will transition from outside linebacker to defensive end. “I’m more explosive coming off the ball and giving tackles problems,” Ngakoue said. “So that is ultimately going to help the team out applying more pressure, helping my [defensive backs] and helping my other teammates make plays.” Ngakoue also hopes to develop into more of a leader. With seven starters from last year’s squad gone, the junior is feeling the pressure to take on a larger role in the locker room.

DEFENSIVE END YANNICK NGAKOUE answers questions during media day Monday. marquise mckine/the diamondback “I definitely got to be a leader now,” Ngakoue said. “I’ll take the weight on my shoulders. I’ll set the tempo in practice. I have no problem with that.”

Part of the reason for the Terps’ struggles on defense was their inability to stop the run. The team allowed an average of 201.9 yards per game on the ground, as opposing offenses

wore down the Terps’ front seven while lighting up the scoreboard. Ngakoue said linebackers Jermaine Carter Jr. and Jalen Brooks can make an impact as run-stoppers in the 4-3. This would help limit opposing team’s time of possession and give the secondary a chance to be aggressive on passing downs. “We need to get the ball back to the offense so they can score points or even take ownership ourselves and try to score points ourselves,” defensive lineman Quinton Jefferson said. For Dudzinski, the key for the defense will be eliminating opponents’ big plays. With the Terps also looking to fill in question marks on offense, Dudzinski said he hopes the new 4-3 system will stabilize the defense. “My job is to make sure that when we go call defenses, guys know how to line up and make the adjustments that need to be made,” Dudzinski said. “Then put their toes in the dirt, get their eyes on the target and play ball.” sportsdbk@gmail.com