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One arrested in early Sunday robbery By Jeremy Snow @JeremyM_Snow Senior staff writer University police arrested a 17-yearold male early Sunday for the robbery of a university student, according to a
message released by University Police. While walking along a path near the front of the Memorial Chapel at 1:27 a.m., an assailant who was part of a larger group struck a male student in the back of the neck and knocked him to the ground, then took his wallet and
ran toward Route 1. The suspect was not affiliated with the university, police spokesman Maj. Marc Limansky said. Police searched the area and stopped a group fitting the student’s description. They arrested the 17-year-old in “a matter of minutes,”
Limansky said. The student did not suffer any injuries, according to a police report issued to the university community regarding the incident. jsnowdbk@gmail.com
oral surgeon selen tolu and dental assistant Keya Brown see a patient. sung-min kim/the diamondback
Free dental clinic sees over 1,000
‘hands up, don’t shoot’
By Taylor Swaak @tswaak27 Staff writer There were nothing but smiles in Xfinity Center on Friday and Saturday, as more than 1,000 uninsured and underinsured area residents reaped the benefits of more than $1 million worth of free dental care. The two-day Mid-Maryland Mission of Mercy and Health Equity Festival, sponsored by Catholic Charities and the public health school’s Center for Health Equity, provided an estimated $1.5 million in free oral care to 1,260 people, said Stephen Thomas, director of the M-CHE. The number of people served — well over the event’s goal of 1,000 — sets a state record, Thomas said. Catholic Charities put on a similar, smaller scale event last year at a high school in Laurel. Thomas said hearing about the event inspired him to contact Deacon Jim Nalls of Catholic Charities to extend an offer of partnership. “The demand was so great … they turned 500 people away,” Thomas said. “When I saw that, I said to myself, ‘Those are the very people that we’re trying to reach in our public health campaign.’” The event, which took about one year of planning, transformed the floor of the arena into a makeshift See Dental, Page 2
Dozens turn out for rally against police brutality Erin Serpico @erin_serpico Senior staff writer The 94-degree heat didn’t stop dozens of university and local students from marching in Washington on Saturday, chanting the words that have become a rallying cry in Ferguson, Missouri, over the past month: “Hands up, don’t shoot.” The Black Alliance Network, a group of executive members from every black student organization on the campus, hosted the march in front of the White House North Lawn to peacefully assemble and call for justice. The group denounced police brutality and unwarranted gun use in light of the Aug. 9 death of Michael Brown, an 18-year-old black man shot and killed by a white police officer in Ferguson. Attendees formed a circle at about 3 p.m. Saturday to listen to senior Colin Byrd, social advocacy committee chairman of the Black Student Union, explain the philosophical motivation for the march. “We have the obligation to not Students and others participate in the Black Alliance Network rally denouncing police brutality in front of the White House on Saturday. The death of 18-yearold Michael Brown, who was shot to death during an altercation with police in Ferguson, Missouri, has drawn national attention. sung-min kim/the diamondback
Interns study city roads for improvement
Participants in the High School GIS Internship Program used the tools to map out trees, utility poles and trash cans on each street and formed detailed legends that will be used to address a prominent issue in College Park: pedestrian safety. Streets surveyed included Berwyn House Road, Edgewood Road, Berwyn Road, Hollywood Road, Marissa Horn Cherokee Road and Fox Street. @MarissaL_Horn Advisers evaluated the interns’ Staff writer pictures for strengths, weaknesses Through the university’s urban and opportunities, said Alex Chen, studies and planning program, seven the internship adviser and an urban high school interns analyzed how walk- studies and planning professor. “We wanted to provide an internship able and safe College Park streets are. where we taught technical skills to stuThe six-week program included students … that not only met the needs of dents from Maryland, Washington and the center and the planning program, Ohio, and focused on assessing College Park streets through the use of Geo- but also College Park,” Chen said. Intern Iko Esemoto, a senior at graphic Information System software, Springbrook High School in Silver an online mapping and analysis tool. Spring, created a website that features “We went over GIS, taught them hyper-lapsed videos of the surveyed surveying skills and other mapping, streets. The videos reveal poor condiurban planning and technology skills, as well as how to use Adobe Photoshop tions and missing sidewalks, indicatand Dreamweaver,” said Chelsie Miller, ing an unsafe walking environment. internship coordinator and an urban studies and planning graduate student. See GIS, Page 2
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Joel McHale to headline homecoming show Michael Errigo @DBKDiversions Staff writer Word rippled through the student body Thursday when SEE announced that Joel McHale of Community and The Soup will headline the annual homecoming comedy show. McHale, 42, is known for hosting The Soup on E! channel and for his starring role in the NBC cult hit Community. The show is part of the university’s homecoming festivities joel mchale speaks at WonderCon in April. The actor and comedian, known for NBC’s Community and E!’s The Soup, is the headliner for SEE’s annual fall comedy show. photo courtesy of gage skidmore/wikimedia commons and will be held in Cole Field House on Saturday, Oct. 11 at 8 p.m. — the a long time,” said Ben Stryker, SEE’s McHale’s fan base is a small but loyal first weekend homecoming show in comedy director. “And with the sixth following, mirroring the fan bases of the past few years. season of Community coming out, his his television shows. Some students McHale was selected from Student name has never been more relevant.” who were asked about McHale’s Entertainment Events survey feedThe past year has been a big one for campus visit didn’t know who he was, back, the typical method for select- McHale. He hosted the 2014 White but those who did were excited. ing comedians. SEE released the House Correspondents’ Dinner, re“I just think he’s hilarious,” said news before Bill Nye’s presentation ceived an Emmy nomination for his freshman kinesiology major Jackie Thursday. work on The Soup and filmed A Merry Clauser, a fan of The Soup. “The way “Joel is definitely someone who Friggin’ Christmas with Robin Wilthe campus has been asking for for liams, set to release in November. See Mchale, Page 3
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