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Hotel guard injured in shooting Victim in critical condition; one suspect in custody as police search for second A male sec u r i ty g u a rd remains in critical condition a f te r h e wa s shot in a commercial robbery at the University of Maryland University College Inn and Conference Center early Tuesday morning, according to University of Maryland Police. Police identified two male suspects by

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in the shooting. Officers arrested one suspect in connection with the robbery and “are actively investigating this incident to determine the identity of the second suspect,” according to Mitchell’s statement. The first suspect, 24-year-old Jamal Ulysses Green of Washington, D.C., was arrested and faces 13 charges including first- and second -degree attempted murder, according

to a University of Maryland Police news release. Police received a call for a shooting at approximately 1:12 a.m., Police Chief David Mitchell wrote in a statement regarding the incident. Three safes were taken from the conference center; officers later recovered the safes along with a handgun near the facility, according to the statement. The security guard was shot during the robbery and transported to an area hospital. As of Wednesday, he remains in the hospital and is recovering, according to a University

Police news release. The police department issued an all-clear on Tuesday at 6:38 a.m. “We believe this was a targeted crime of opportunity,” Mitchell wrote in his statement. “There is no reason to believe that this crime was intended to target any of our students, faculty, and staff.” This incident is still under investigation, and police urge anyone with more information to contact them at (301) 405-3555. mrbricesaddlerdbk@gmail.com

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A SECOND SUSPECT in the Tuesday morning shooting is still sought by police. photo courtesy of university police

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Diversity fund underutilized Rise Above grants offer $750 for univ community events, projects on identity University of Maryland student groups, faculty and staff are not using available grants intended to address bias in the university community, chief diversity officer Kumea Shorter-Gooden said in a panel discussion last week. The Rise Above grants award campus community members $750 each for events and smaller projects surrounding issues of bias and identity on the campus, Shorter-Gooden said. But she noted at an Aug. 31 forum addressing campus race relations and police conduct that the funds are not being used. Shorter-Gooden said the grant “creates opportunities for people to come together across difference … to communicate, to explore difficult topics and difficult dialogues that are often tricky to have happen in order to develop a student, staff and faculty community that is more sophisticated around diversity and inclusion.” She hopes to improve communication about the grant in an effort to increase student participation, she added. “I think we can do a better job in getting the word out,” she said. “It obviously takes some thinking and some work, and there are certainly some proposals that we’ve turned down because they didn’t fit what [the Office of Diversity and Inclusion] had in mind, and what we have in mind is a little different than the usual bring-aspeaker, have Q-and-A type of event.” NAACP president Lauryn Froneberger said “the hardest thing about by

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SPACE INVADERS Several Improvement Projects will adversely affect campus parking, much of which is currently paid for using meters.

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Seven projects will spell student parking headaches in coming years By Angela Jacob | @angela_jacob13 | Staff writer

niversity of Maryland students will be facing a major parking downsize in the next two years due to campus construction. Seven development projects will account for about 2,700 parking spots being eliminated by fall 2018, according to Department of Transportation Services data. Initial reports in 2014 said resident parking would be phased out beginning this semester, but the schedule for that has been delayed by about a year, said DOTS Executive Director David

Allen. Now, freshmen and sophomores will not be allowed to park on the campus starting in fall 2017. Even though some parking spots will be freed up from that change, there will still be an overall loss in parking spots, which will force students to pay an increased parking permit fee and mandatory transit fees. Students who want to park on the campus will see about an 18.6 percent increase in the student parking fees in 2018, according to DOTS See parking, p. 2

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Despite police rep suggestion, univ senate won’t revise weapons policy The University of Maryland Rebecca Rainey Senate decided @RebeccaARainey at a Wednesday Staff writer hearing it will not develop a new campus weapons policy, despite concerns from a University of Maryland Police member that current policy is too thin. The senate’s Campus Affairs committee — which looked into the idea starting last November after a request from former senate chair Willie Brown and decided against a new policy in April — had met with members from the university Office of General Council during its investigation and discussed the complications of making a university policy that aligns with state law. by

“Since the potential for being out of alignment with state law involves risk for the University, the [Office of General Council] suggested that it would be best for any decision related to the creation of a weapons policy to come from the University System of Maryland, which could develop a policy that would apply to all USM institutions,” according to the committee’s recommendation report, which the senate reviewed on Wednesday. In addition to outlining the complications of a new policy, the committee’s report also contained the police member’s concerns. “The UMPD had found that current university guidance to faculty, staff and campus visitors related to possession of weapons was lacking,” said Campus

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Affairs Committee chairwoman Erin Rooney-Eckel, reading from her committee’s report. “The representative from UMPD suggested a comprehensive policy, such as the policy in use at the University of Maryland Baltimore, may be useful to the UMD community.” Current UMB policy outlines weapons as “guns, firearms, ammunition, other weapons, or replicas of weapons” and prohibits carrying any of these items on any UMB properties, according to the UMB policy and procedure website. The policy also prohibits students and faculty from carrying weapons See Senate , p. 2

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Kumea Shorter-Gooden, chief diversity officer, speaks on a Feb. 25 panel on the Black Lives Matter movement. stephanie natoli/the diamondback this grant is the wait.” Because the grant requires potential recipients to submit a proposal, it’s also hard for groups such as hers to come up with specific categories for their programming, Froneberger said. “Sometimes these events are so hard to put in one box,” said Froneberger, a senior journalism major. “We have so many interests, we could start talking policing and we started talking about other things … some of the root causes that come up, and trying to put it in those boxes could be a little difficult.” Student Government Association Student Affairs Vice President A.J. Pruitt said while he feels that ShorterGooden has done a good job promoting the grant, it still takes effort from the SGA and student groups. “When [Shorter-Gooden] talks about the numbers being down, I think that is a reflection that, even if we are given this financial opportunity to students to host these kinds of events, it still is a lot of See grant, p. 2

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HARASSMENT/ STALKING (TITLE IX-REL ATED) University Police responded to Easton Hall on Sept. 4 at 2:15 p.m. for a T itle I X-related harassment/stalking report. This case is closed.

HATE CRIME University Police responded to Hagerstown Hall on Sept. 6 at 5:09 p.m. for a report of a hate crime.

NOISE COMPL AINT O n S e p t. 5 a t 3:10 p.m., University Police responded to a noise complaint at the 4600 block of Norwich Road. University Police responded to Calvert Road on Sept. 3 at 1:48 p.m. for a noise complaint.

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Un iversity Pol ice responded to Bel A i r Hall on Friday at 1:21 p.m. for a t hef t t h at occurred on Aug. 31 at 10 p.m. On Saturday at 3:36 a.m., University Police responded to Maryland Stadium for a report of a theft that occurred at 3:07 a.m. This case is active. On Saturday at 6:24 p.m., University Police responded to Eppley Recreation Center for a theft report. Un iversity Pol ice responded to the 4200 block of Knox Road on Saturday at about 8:10 p.m . for a t hef t t h at took place at about 9:30 a.m. This case is active. newsumdbk@gmail.com

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BURGL ARY University Police responded to the 4700 block of Norwich Road on Friday at 1:16 a.m. This incident resulted in an arrest.

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parking From p. 1 projections. Regardless of whether students wish to park on the campus, every student will have to adhere to about a 14.6 percent increase in the mandatory transit fees. Those will also go into effect in 2018. DOTS had the choice between building a parking garage, which would have re s u l te d i n s t u d e n t fe e s being significantly higher, or restricting parking for underclassmen and imposing fewer extra fees on all of the students. “We have a certain budget which needs to be at a particular level, and it needs to stay that way even throughout all this,” Allen said. “So when we say we have to increase fees like this, this is so we can continue to pay all of the bills.” The department is currently working with student and faculty representatives from the University Senate’s Campus Transportation Advisory committee to finalize details about the fee increase and parking spot elimination. A.J. Pruitt, the Student Government Association’s student affairs vice president, has taken part in those meetings since last spring. A junior economics and government and politics major, Pruitt said it’s a priority to make sure the student body is represented

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From p. 1 at any off-campus location where they are representing the university through any “employment or educational experience,” the website stated. The only exceptions to the policy are for UMB police officers, other law enforcement and, in certain cases, individuals who are using weapons or replicas for educational purposes and receive written approval from the UMB Chief of Police, according to the website. This university’s current weapons policy enacts disciplinary action for “Unauthorized on campus or illegal off-campus use, possession, or storage of any weapon,” according to the Code of Student Conduct. Students have received various police alerts over the past few months regarding weapons, including an armed robbery of three students playing Pokemon Go in July and a shooting at University of Maryland University College Inn and Conference Center on Tuesday, which left a security guard critically injured. While it turned down the new weapons policy, the Senate Executive Committee agreed at the hearing to develop a communication plan to inform student and faculty of existing state weapon laws, Senate Chairman Jordan Goodman said.

By Michael Brice-Saddler | @TheArtist_MBS | Senior staff writer University of Maryland Police responded to re p o r t s o f a h a t e crime, burglary, theft a nd T it le I X-rel ated harassment/stalking, among other incidents this past week, according to police reports.

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in these decisions. “ C TAC i s a b o d y t h a t was created by the university senate to help oversee DOTS and to advise them, especially to advise them on the student fee proposal,” Pruitt said. The committee has student representatives from the Residence Hall Association, SGA and Graduate Student Government, as well as several faculty and administrators. Parking isn’t a privilege, Pruitt said — it’s a right. “That’s not the way [of thinking] at a lot of universities around the country, and unfortunately, I think moving forward, that’s not going to be the way it is at Maryland,” he said. “There has to be a much larger conversation on our campus about how much and how highly we are going to regard parking, and what we are going to do to deal with the change.” So p h o m o re S te p h a n i e Whitridge, who has her car parked on the campus this year, had a different opinion about offering parking to everyone. “I don’t think it’s necessary for freshmen because they don’t really have apartments, but I need it for groceries and getting stuff for my apartment,” the computer science major said. “I feel like it’s a bit much for every student to pay more for the fee, but for kids who are using parking, it’s going to be worth it for them to pay more if they need it.”

A l t h o u g h s t u d e n ts won’t see these extra charges until 2018, the various construction p ro j e c ts a re a l rea dy eating away at parking. The engineering school renovation from May 2015 made the first dent by taking out almost 200 parking spots. Following that, the new Brendan Iribe Center, which started construction in April, took away more than 400 spots. About 964 parking spots will be eliminated in January for the Cole Field House expansion, and by the spring 2017 sem ester m ore spo ts w i l l b e ta k e n o u t to make way for the Purple Line rail. Subsequently, the tennis court replacement will be done in summer 2017, and the new public policy school is projected to affect parking starting in fall 2018. The timing is less than ideal for some of the projects, Allen said. “We are hoping that [parking loss from Cole] will slip a little bit,” he said. “Losing almost 1,000 spaces in the middle of an academic year is certainly a challenge.” ajacobdbk@gmail.com

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Natalie Schwartz ve r s i t y o f Maryland @thedbk Health Center For The DBK is expanding students’ birth control options by offering Nexplanon, an implant that goes in a woman’s arm and can prevent pregnancy for up to three years. This university decided to provide Nexplanon this year because of the increased demand for what is considered “the most effective method of birth control,” Health Center Director David McBride said. In 2014, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended long-acting reversible contraception, such as implants or intrauterine devices, be the “first-line contraceptive choices for adolescents” due to their effectiveness. The health center has offered IUDs, small T-shaped devices placed in the uterus, for more than a year. This option can last up to 10 years and has a failure rate of 0.2 to 0.8 percent, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Nexplanon has a failure rate of 0.05 percent, according to the CDC, making it the most effective form of birth control on the market. More traditional forms of birth c o n t ro l o f fe re d a t t h e h ea l t h c e n te r, s u c h a s the pill or condoms, have failure rates ranging from 6 to 18 percent. C o n n o r Dav i e s, wh o graduated from this university in 2014, said she’s glad the health center is now offering the implant. When Davies was a student, she had to drive an hour and 45 minutes to her hometown gynecologist to get the implant before rushing back to the campus for a test. Her arm was still numb from the procedure while driving back on the Beltway, she said. “The accessibility issue was huge, and now that they are offering the wider range, I’m really happy,” said Davies, a Bedsider U assistant coordinator. “I just hope that they also offer the education on it.” While the health center

the university health center will now offer Nexplanon, an arm-implant birth control medication, in addition to its previous IUD and pill offerings. file photo/the diamondback has made contraceptives more accessible on the campus, Davies said, misconceptions and lack of education about birth control options are still common. “There’s a lot of education

The accessibility issue was huge, and now that they are offering the wider range, I’m really happy. connor davies

bedsider u assistant coordinator that’s needed. People, when they think birth control, tend to think of the condom or the pill, not the LARC methods,” Davies said. “Many people don’t know what the implant is.” Data from the Contraceptive CHOICE project shows that when women were fully educated about birth control options and had unrestricted choice, they chose LARCs about 75 percent of the time. McBride wrote in an email that the health center has seen more students expressing interest in LARCs now that the methods are available. But the majority of women on the campus are still choosing traditional contraceptive methods, such as the pill, he wrote. Katie Manders, a sophomore biology major, was unfamiliar with Nexplanon and

said the university should do more to promote knowledge about birth control around the campus. “The university should make the campus aware of what the options are,” she said. “They should send out emails or something.” Other students, however, said the health center doesn’t need to be advertising these options around the campus. “It’s a conversation they should be having with their doctors,” said senior Vivian Franks, an early childhood education and special education major. “If they feel they need to be prescribed birth control then their doctors can go over options, but they don’t need to put signs or anything around campus saying what’s available.” The health center has information about different forms of contraception on their website. They also offer free individual consultations about birth control with Jenna Beckwith, the sexual health program coordinator. Davies said it’s important to help women find a birth control method that works for them and their bodies. “Really with most birth control methods, the symptoms, they really depend on the person. … I’ve had an amazing experience with [Nexplanon] but I have friends who’ve been like, ‘Get this thing out of me’ and that’s OK. It’s OK to try different birth control,” Davies said. newsumdbk@gmail.com

clarification The article “After policing incident, town hall discusses race” on Page 1 of last week’s Diamondback should have identified Phi Beta Sigma fraternity and the campus NAACP as co-sponsors, with the SGA, of the Community Conversations event.

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grant From p. 1 work for student groups to put on events that meet the standards that these grants require,” said Pruitt, a junior economics and government and politics major. To help achieve the grant’s goals, the Student Affairs Committee is going to work this year to increase the public engagement around campus issues, Pruitt said. The SGA partnered with the NAACP and Phi Beta Sigma to hold last week’s town hall addressing police conduct and race relations. “Sometimes as an SGA, it is more powerful if there are other groups on campus that are holding these events with our support,” he said. “That support

might be us sponsoring them, helping them achieve this grant funding … the real concrete way in making this program more successful is [to] really recommend that people use it but also use [SGA] resources to help them meet those guidelines.” The Office of Diversity and Inclusion will always continue to be available to provide support to people who are interested in this grant, Shorter-Gooden said. “If there is certainly a ground swell of interest, we might think of doing that in a way that is more efficient and effective, holding a session or two, where we invite people who are prospective grant writers and do a couple of sessions … we would be open to that,” she said. kescobardbk@gmail.com

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Rebecca Rainey letter to Paul @RebeccaARainey Wiedefeld, WMATA general Staff writer manager and chief executive officer, 40 elected Maryland officials penned their concerns on how Metro closings could affect workers and consumers who rely on late-night Metro services. WMATA announced on July 26 that the organization is considering a proposal to close the Metrorail system at 10 p.m. on Sundays and midnight every other night of the week. “As elected officials from Montgomery County and Prince George’s County in Maryland, we are extremely concerned about the longterm effect of the service changes you have proposed,” the letter read. A WMATA news release stated the proposed schedule “increases safety and reliability by giving workers the time and space they need to keep Metro's infrastructure in a state of good repair.” The state officials highlighted several concerns with the reduction of service, including how the change is detrimental to late-night workers. “This service reduction will make it that much more difficult for working people to get to and from their jobs,” wrote

sga president katherine swanson, standing, addresses legislators at the body’s inaugural meeting. In remarks, Swanson delivered her state of the campus address in which she recapped the Aug. 31 town hall discussing race relations. ornelle chimi/the diamondback college park metro station may see an end to late-night service, along with the rest of the system, under a new WMATA proposal. image via wikimedia commons officials in the letter. “The change will definitely affect service industry workers who use latenight weekend trains,” they wrote.

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duction in hours may lead some to make less responsible choices,” the letter read. Officials added that many residents don't have traditional 9-to-5 jobs, and that developments in the Metro system cannot simply be focused on commuters. The system should be a “lifestyle system” that benefits all residents, despite their hours of work or play, the officials wrote. Wiedefeld will formally propose the hour changes during a board o f d i re c to rs m e e t i n g planned for this Thursd a y to b e g i n p u b l i c hearings on the matter, according to a WMATA news release. rraineydbk@gmail.com

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Student Affairs The Student Affairs committee will focus its efforts on college affordability, diversity and inclusion, student tailgates, city engagement and sexual misconduct prevention during the 2016-17 school year, Student Affairs Vice President A.J. Pruitt said. Pruitt, a junior economics and government and politics major, said his committee is “striving not just for equality but equity.” Several Student Government Association members participated in a town cleanup Sunday to kick off the year and demonstrate a commitment to the

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Rocky start to fall dining Dining Services’ Anytime Dining has been in place sity of Maryland community; tour guides advertise for two weeks now. The new plan allows underclass- them to prospective students and alumni remember men a more affordable and robust meal plan that them fondly. While this editorial board understands won’t leave them either gorging or starving at the Dining Services’ move toward healthier options, the end of the semester. This editorial board commended buffalo chicken wrap is an institution at this univerhow Dining Services handled the meal plan transition sity — something not to be messed with. It wasn’t at its inception and through its installation. We still cool for Dining Services to pull the proverbial rug do, as Dining Services officials have done their best out from under the university community. And it’s to provide answers for students with questions. But definitely not cool to advertise that a version of the like most things, the plan hasn’t turned out quite as buffalo chicken wrap will be available to students, when one of the best aspects of customizing one’s well as one would hope. In the past two weeks, this editorial board has own wrap was putting a signature flavorful flair on the deli classic. noticed some unwelcome Perhaps most problematic is changes and heard feedback our view the elimination of takeout. The from students that point to move has led to hungry students a few flaws in an otherwise and long lines outside the dining good plan: shorter cafe hours, halls during lunch and dinner limited deli options, the hours. For students with offelimination of takeout and campus internships or a brief the indefinite closure of the 15 minutes between classes, campus’ beloved food truck, this is a huge problem. Students Green Tidings. can no longer eat on the go nor Cafes on the campus were prep for days off campus, which always convenient go-tos for means most will likely not eat — a late afternoon coffee, a quick snack or even a place to grab a meal before class if or cash out at some of the pricier College Park food one deemed the dining halls too far away. Now that franchises — if they can’t obtain a meal quickly some cafe hours have been cut, so has the conve- and efficiently. Green Tidings’ indefinite closure also limits nience aspect students always adored. Cafes have therefore become inconvenient, especially for stu- students’ food options, directing them toward dents with classes later in the day. Though the board the dining halls and their aforementioned long understands Dining Services’ actions in the name lines or the new Q Truck on Route 1, which also of fiscal solvency, the seemingly abrupt transition attracts multitudes of students and serves as an is something that could ultimately leave students added expense. The core aspects of Anytime Dining — its unlimscrambling to make up for fewer options. Limiting deli options is also a detrimental move. ited meals and healthier choices — have students’ Buffalo chicken wraps made up 40 percent of all best interests at heart, but the problems that arise dining hall sandwich orders last year, but they are no with limited takeout coupled with fewer on-the-go longer available daily. They’re a staple in the Univer- options have led to what could be a dining disaster.

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Colin Kaepernick refused to stand for the national anthem prior to each of the San Francisco 49ers’ preseason games. As expected, his decision ignited a veritable cyclone of media coverage in which talking heads bat the same sound bites around in a circle and nearly everyone misses the point. Kaepernick refused — and is refusing — to stand for the national anthem because, in his words, “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color. To me, this is bigger than football, and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way.” The gesture was intended to create a dialogue, and in that respect, it’s been extremely successful. The course of the dialogue, though, has been disappointing. NASCA R d r ive r To ny S tewa r t tweeted that Kaepernick “needs to learn the fact about police before running his dumbass mouth! He has no clue what they go thru! #idiot.” Former Patriots safety Rodney Harrison, a black man, decreed that Kaepernick isn’t black and that “he can not understand what I face and what other young black men and black people face, or what people of color face, on a every single [day] basis.” Harrison learned afterward that Kaepernick is biracial and apologized. Stewart and Harrison typify two common outcomes of racial dialogue today. Stewart decided that being against oppression of African-Americans means being against all law enforcement, and Harrison questioned Kaepernick’s credentials as a black man.

While Stewart’s opinion is assumptive and misinformed, Harrison’s is more dangerous: the idea that Kaepernick’s statement on society is somehow predicated on his racial identification. Despite being a white man, I know that institutional racism exists in this country. Hypothetically, a black man who disagrees would be wrong — by statistically significant and scientifically accredited research — regardless of his race. It seems to be the form of Kaepernick’s protest that has drawn most of the fire. The idea that he’s less of an American for sitting for the anthem raises an interesting point: The government never legally mandated that people stand for the song when it became the national anthem in the early 1900s. Free speech, perhaps the most American of all founding tenets, is front and center. Is not standing disrespectful? Maybe, but maybe that’s the point. Is it unAmerican? Not at all. After his team’s final preseason game against San Diego last week, a man in the stands had the insight and perspective to inform Kaepernick that if the 49ers released him, he’d have more time to draw attention to himself. Frowning, the quarterback shot back and said, “it’s not for me.” And he’s right — it’s not about him. It’s never been about him. Race dialogue in this country would be a hell of a lot more productive if people would remember that. jsiglindbk@gmail.com

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Clinton must rethink Trump tactic RYAN ROMANO @triple_r_ Columnist

As Donald Trump’s campaign for president has floundered, burning through management on pace with the Cleveland Browns, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton has adopted a clear strategy: Move to the center and win over anti-Trump Republicans. Trump, according to Clinton, does not represent what the GOP stands for — he’s an invader, dragging in an unsightly horde of bigots who have tainted an otherwise noble and decent party. The Democratic nominee made this clear in a recent viral tweet-storm — oh, the joys of 2016 politics — where she wrote she was “honored to have [Republicans’] support.” In some regards, this approach has paid off, as Clinton has netted endorsements from numerous top Republicans. But is this really the best route for Clinton to take? For one, voters on the right aren’t too fond of her. At any given point during the past year, 10 to 15 percent of Republicans have held a favorable view of Clinton, according to a July Gallup poll, and that’s trended downward recently. Despite the chaos of Trump’s campaign, he still enjoys a 70 percent favorability rating among Republicans. And even if Clinton does win over some conservatives, the benefits may not carry over to state and local races — in a recent poll, 47 percent of likely Clinton voters said they might split their ticket, compared to 40 percent of likely Trump voters. More importantly, there’s the matter of what Clinton sacrifices with this approach. As many pundits before me — including

Diamondback columnist Leslie McNamara back in March — have noted, Trump is not a fluke, but the logical conclusion of decades of Republican planning. Since the civil rights movement, the party has embraced a philosophy known as the Southern Strategy, which cloaks bigotry in common rhetoric to win over the center while still appealing to the far right. The racism of the GOP never went away; it just hid inside dog-whistle terms such as “welfare queens” and “inner-city men.” Then Trump came along, ditched the dog whistle in favor of a bullhorn and rode a wave of lurid bigotry to the nomination. Trump’s approach has a critical flaw, though: While the right has supported and will continue to support him, the center has been less obliging. This is where Clinton could capitalize. If she made it clear that Republican leaders of all stripes bear the blame for Trump, she could sound the death knell for the troubled party. Trump has become a toxic force in American politics, destroying the credibility of everything he touches, which explains why his enablers and predecessors have tried to disavow him. Clinton shouldn’t grant them that privilege. Take the three examples Clinton cited in the aforementioned Twitter thread — 1996 presidential nominee Bob Dole, former President George W. Bush, and 2008 presidential nominee John McCain. Instead of praising Dole for telling racists to leave the Republican Party, why not censure him for the anti-immigration platform he proudly ran on? Instead of reminiscing about Bush’s speech in support of Muslims after 9/11, why not bring up literally

anything else from his presidency? Instead of recognizing that McCain called his opponent Barack Obama “a decent person,” why not mention that he preceded that comment with Trump-esque fear-mongering about Democrat-sponsored terrorism? All of them paved the way for Trump’s ascension, and elucidating that for voters in the center would drive them further from the GOP. Compare that to the alternative. At this point, the turmoil in Trump’s campaign will likely prevent him from winning; the anti-Trump Republicans with whom Clinton has curried favor won’t move the needle by much. And following 2016, most, if not all, of them will defect back to their original party. Fast-forward to 2020: The GOP, learning from its mistakes, has nominated someone who combines Trump’s right-wing populist charisma with actual political savvy and far less baggage. In this hypothetical re-election campaign, Clinton may have her work cut out for her. Remember, she leads Trump by a fairly narrow margin despite all of that pandemonium — so what happens when she has to go up against an actual politician? In the short term, pivoting toward the center, like many candidates do in a general election, may strike Clinton as a viable strategy. In the long term, however, it would best serve Clinton to show her enemies no mercy. Although many of his colleagues in the party may deny it, Trump represents the GOP perfectly. By laying that out for everyone to see, Clinton cruises to the White House and increases her chances of staying there.

REUVEN BANK @moneyindabank97 Opinion Editor

Millennials are odd creatures. For the many of us who struggle to understand today’s youth culture, relating to them proves difficult, leaving us with more questions than answers. What are Snapchat and quinoa, and how do they work? Who is Harambe, and why do they keep shouting “dicks out” for him? Fortunately, as a board-certified young person, I have spent the last 19 years meticulously researching their behavior and have compiled everything you need to know about millennials in this handy almanac. Taxonomy: The origin of the term ‘millennial’ stems from the roots Mille and Niallus, Latin for “gluten free” and “fedora.” Though morphologically similar to their most recent ancestor, the Baby Boomer, millennials have developed distinct physiological adaptations to compete in the modern world. In particular, balance, spinal curvature and thumb dexterity have all dramatically increased, presumably in order to ride hover boards while also hunchedover texting. However, these newly evolved traits have also crippled millennials’ ability to perform manual labor. In a recent study, scientists relocated 20 hipsters to a construction site for a day, in order to research how they would react to a foreign environment. Of the original 20, 12 had to be hospitalized for Facebook withdrawal, while six immediately walked off the site after muttering under their breath “I can’t even.” The two millennials who remained cited their interest in the abundance of aged wooden planks strewn about the premises, and insisted that the antique rotted boards would look great mounted on the wall of their Brooklyn loft. Description: The millennial is rarely spotted leaving its dorm without a pair of white Vans and/

or aviator sunglasses (no piloting experience required). Individual members of this species communicate by marking their territory on social media, which often entails a combination of sassy Instagram captions, Facebook memes and ‘throwback Thursday’ tweets. Millennials have also demonstrated an intricate mating ritual. The process begins with nervous, flirty conversation about the latest Frank Ocean album, followed days later by a complex dancing display that usually includes twerking and culminates with a drunken 3 a.m. “you up?” text. The millennial remains particularly susceptible to a disease commonly referred to as “manbun,” resulting in a horrific contortion of the male individual’s natural follicular formation. Similarly, millennials have developed a number of curiously acute allergies to objects ranging from voting booths to my Paul Simon album collection. Distribution and habitat: Millennials generally favor dry, indoor environments with an elevated concentration of electrical outlets. To observe millennials in their natural habitat, search for known hotspots of hipster activity, such as artisanal coffee shops and vape stores. The odds of a successful viewing are doubled for every Pokestop within a three-mile radius of your location. If you wish to remain camouflaged from their attention, be sure to cover yourself head to toe in print newspapers while murmuring drearily about foreign trade. Expert millennial-watchers prefer the Wall Street Journal’s editorial section for maximum protection. Tune in next week for the latest installment of this ongoing series, where I reveal exclusive leaked memos from the human resources department of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. reuven.bank@yahoo.com

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With the arrival of football season, should you binge Hard Knocks or Last Chance U? This summer, Cameron Neimand I was invited @kneemund to venture to Irvine, CaliStaff writer fornia, to join the training camp of the NFL’s most recently relocated squad, the Los Angeles Rams. I saw it all: coaches screaming, grown men (really, really big ones) crying, powerful friendships forming and life-long dreams shattering. Just how did a 5’11, 145-pound college journalist like myself, having no more than two concussions, a deflected pass and a single season of freshman football to my name, earn a spot alongside some of the world’s most pristine examples of sheer athletic beauty? My dad has an HBO Go subscription, and the Rams were pegged as this year’s team for Hard Knocks, HBO’s annual all-access documentary series revered for taking the at-home fan and placing them straight inside the huddle. Though the list could be infinitely longer, here are five reasons why Hard Knocks is a mustwatch program for just about anyone (even if you’re the type of person who doesn’t know anything about football and thus, when either forced to watch or play the game, resorts to making the perennially painful “let’s throw a home run here”-type jokes). by

A Hayes-y Ideology Wi l l H aye s, t h e R a m s veteran defensive end, is Hard Knocks ’ must-watch star. Outspoken about his lack of belief in dinosaurs, Hayes takes a trip to a life-like dinosaur exhibit and lets his tour guide know exactly what it would take to make the 6’3, 278-pound man a believer in the extinct giants. “You know what would convince me actually?” says Hayes. “If somebody was to dig in my backyard and find something prehistoric. Then I’d say, ‘You know what, they got something here.’” Making the entire situation about 10 million times better is the fact that Hayes is a full-

fledged believer in a species with far less scientific backing: the mermaid “As a matter of fact,” said head coach Jeff Fisher, “I remember him getting real excited about the potential for moving out here because he knew that he would be closer to mermaids here on the West Coast.” It’s a new bullet point to add to the list of reasons to move to Los Angeles. America’s Cutest Child Attention America: Riley Curry has some new, promising competition in the category of “America’s Cutest Child” after the introduction of Rielyn Hill. The daughter of Austin Hill, a free agent wide receiver hoping to find a roster spot, Rielyn is her father’s biggest fan. Be ready for your heart to melt like a popsicle in the middle of August as Reilyn cheerfully runs routes alongside her dad to the perfectly utilized tune of Tom Rosenthal’s “Go Solo.” When it’s time for Rielyn to go home and say goodbye to Austin, she breaks into hysterical tears, a moment from which I have still yet to recover. Sultry Schreiber Hard Knocks is narrated entirely by Ray Donovan star Liev Schreiber, the Morgan Freeman of the gridiron. Schreiber’s dulcet tone and heavenly vocal chords could narrate just about anything and earn the attention of my ears. Seriously, anything. I’ve been debating just how much money I would be willing to give up to hire the man to read aloud every “Terms and Conditions” section of any contract I ever come across for the rest of my time on this earth, as it’s the only damn way I’ll pay attention to whatever I may or may not be signing my life away to. The Mad Mikes Defensive line coach Mike Waufle and defensive assistant Mike Singletary are the most terrifying, entertaining

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With Friday night lights Michael Errigo already burning @M_Errigo Senior staff writer bright across the country and the NFL officially kicking off tonight, America is football crazy once again. But what do you do at say, 11 a.m. on a Tuesday, when there are no games on but you don’t have class ‘til 3 and need to get your football fix? Turn on Last Chance U and thank me later. The six-part documentary show follows a season with East Mississippi Community College, possibly the best junior college football team in the nation. When a player from a major D-I team gets in some trouble and needs to take a year off before returning to his high-level dream? This is where he goes. When a good but not great player isn’t satisfied with their offers coming out of high school and wants to hold out for something better? This is where he goes. It’s an eclectic mix of boys and men, all of them there for a different reason but all forced to live with very-small-town Mississippi life for a year. Just as important as any player in the narrative of the season is Ms. Wagner. She’s the academic counselor responsible for helping these players pass the community college classes they couldn’t give less of a shit about in order to help their dream live on. She becomes as important as any character on this show when it becomes clear that the players view this woman as a surrogate mother, goofing around all day in her office like the children many of them still are. When they leave — and all of them do eventually because they all came in the first place to leave — she gets the longest hug. In Hard Knocks — long held as the beacon of football documentary entertainment — we the viewers seek real moments in between the standard meeting room scenes and gameplay. We all love the rookie hazing scene, the veteran’s day off scene or something fun by

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After transferring, Rozhansky gets chance to follow dreams Midfielder has become important piece of Cirovski’s starting lineup Maryland Kyle Melnick men’s soccer @kyle_melnick midfielder Senior staff writer Jake Rozhansky has dreamed of playing for Maryland since he attended a Terps game at Ludwig Field in high school. The Germantown native was amazed by the atmosphere The Crew created. After the contest, he told then-Terps forward Jake Pace how awesome it would be to play in red and black on Ludwig. Though Rozhansky committed to Virginia out of high school, he had an opportunity to live his childhood dream after transferring to Maryland in January. While it took time for Rozhansky to integrate into coach Sasho Cirovski’s uptempo offense, he’s become a crucial piece in the No. 5 Terps’ 3-0-1 start and will work to keep progressing when Maryland begins Big Ten play this weekend. “He’s getting more and more comfortable,” Cirovski said. “He works extremely hard. He’s able to get in and be creative in the other team’s final third. He’s also willing to do the work and keep possession for us in the middle third of by

the field. He’s a proud player who’s starting to get into his groove. I really like where he’s at right now.” As a freshman at Virginia in 2014, Rozhansky appeared in all 23 matches as the Cavaliers won the national championship. The following year, Rozhansky led Virginia with four goals and was named secondteam All-ACC. But in December, he left Virginia to pursue a professional career. Most of the teams Rozhansky looked at were in Europe, and he wasn’t ready to play overseas. He didn’t want to learn a new language right away and live alone in a foreign country. So, Rozhansky decided to come back to school, considering Maryland, UCLA and Georgetown. Cirovski recruited Rozhansky out of high school, and when he committed to Virginia, the veteran coach figured he’d only see Rozhansky on the opposition. Rozhansky reached out to Cirovski after deciding to return to school, though, and Cirovski didn’t hesitate to jump on the opportunity. Cirovski’s scheme and the history of the program made Maryland his ideal choice.

“It was just being proactive and saying, ‘We’re going to go out and beat every team with our skill and technique, we’re going to score as many goals as possible and we’re not going to let you score,’” Rozhansky said. “That’s the type of system that I felt was going on here. When I talked to [Cirovski] and I talked to other players, everyone said the same thing. I’ve noticed that from the beginning of the season and in the spring.” Roz hansky still had to transition into Cirovski’s system. The junior said the Cavaliers played at a slow pace, while Maryland puts constant pressure on its opponents. In his senior year of high school, though, Rozhansky played for the BethesdaOlney Academy, which runs a similar style to Cirovski’s o f fe n se t h a t h e l p e d h i m prepare for Maryland. A center midfielder at Virginia, Rozhansky moved to right wing with the Terps. By playing five contests with Maryland in the spring, Rozhansky said he acclimated. He also fit well with his teammates. Rozhansky said he knew about half of the players on Maryland from playing on local club teams growing up.

Plus, he lived in Kent Hall last spring with defenders Diego Silva and Aaron Franco and forwards Sebastian Elney and Paul Bin. This summer, Rozhansky also played with midfielders Eryk Williamson, Jorge Calix and Cody Albrecht, defender Suli Dainkeh and goalkeeper Cody Niedermeier for D.C. United U-23. Playing with teammates before the season helped Rozhansky build onfield chemistry, he said. “Coming from Virginia, another big-time program, he kind of knew how to act, how to be in the locker room, how to be on the field,” defender Alex Crognale said. “We’re starting to see the player he can become here at Maryland.” The Terps needed depth in the midfield to fill out their starting lineup. While Maryland has eight returning starters, midfielders Tsubasa Endoh and Mael Corboz, who combined for 32 points last season, graduated. Cirovski wants Rozhansky to fill Endoh’s wide-attacking midfield role, so Cirovski has analyzed film of Endoh with Rozhansky. Though the 5-foot-9, 145-pound midfielder hasn’t scored yet, Cirovski expects he will.

ThE Terps have faith in Rozhansky, a transfer from Virginia. matt regan/thediamondback “I’m getting better every game,” Rozhansky said. “I’m definitely getting used to the role now, especially on the defensive side of the ball. I’m feeling more comfortable going to get the ball in certain spots.” Rozhansky has enjoyed his College Park tenure so far. His favorite memory came on Friday when the Terps beat Georgetown, 2-1, at Ludwig Field in front of an announced 7,413 fans. Rozhansky had played in front of The Crew last season when the Terps battled Virginia in the NCAA tournament. But a year later in the opposite uniform, he experienced what he called the

best atmosphere he’s ever played in. After attending Maryland games growing up, the only word Rozhansky could use to describe the victory against the Hoyas was “perfect.” “Jake just brings a lot of experience that can really push us in the right direction,” Niedermeier said. “He’s a guy you definitely want on your team rather than the other team just because of what he can do with the ball at his feet. Adding another person with the experience that he has is just going to bring our team to an even higher level than we were before.” kmelnickdbk@gmail.com

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Kids story promotes team culture, values Meharg uses John Wooden’s book to build chemistry Fred the frog. Shep James Crabtree-Hannigan the sheep@JamesCrabtreeH dog. Silky the spider. Staff writer They’re characters from a children’s book, and even though Maryland field hockey coach Missy Meharg may chuckle as she recites them, she and the rest of her team don’t just know their names for laughs. They remember Fred, Shep, Silky and others because they’ve played an important role in building team chemistry. The book they come from, Inch and Miles: The Journey to Success, was written by legendary UCLA men’s basketball coach John Wooden. In the story, Wooden helps lead Inch (an inchworm) and Miles (a mouse) on a journey, teaching them his 14 building blocks to achieve success. During the preseason, the Terps spent an off-day at Meharg’s home, where she distributed a copy of the book to each of her players with a personalized message on the first page. She wanted to start a conversation about the team’s values and each player’s contribution to the team. “She had everyone go and read the books by themselves,” midfielder Lexi Silver said. “And once we read through it, we had to think about which block we thought represented our top Terp and they did the same for us.” Along with the book, the coaches divided the Terps into pairs. The younger players on the team were grouped with a veteran teammate whom they referred to as their “top Terp.” Meharg wanted each of her players to think about which trait they bring to the team, and also identify what their partner contributes. Then, in Philadelphia before the team’s season opener, everyone shared their thoughts. “Before we started the weekend, we sat in a room and we said what we thought our top Terp was and they said what we were,” midfielder Kelee Lepage said. by

The team was pleased with the results. The players’ responses covered 13 of the 14 building blocks, and the only one not identified — enthusiasm — was the block Meharg and the coaching staff claimed as the trait they embodied themselves. “The cool thing was all of these blocks had animal names for them; determination was Fred the frog, loyalty was Shep the sheepdog,” the 29th-year coach said. “It was just really fun. They had a good time with it.” Plus, the groups led to some fun results. Meharg estimated that seven of the pairings picked the same traits for themselves as they did for their partner. Senior defenders Courtney Deena and Grace Balsdon, for example, were both confidence.

It was just really fun. They had a good time with it. MISSY MEHARG

maryland field hockey coach The exercise, however, wasn’t just a preseason icebreaker or a fun way to keep loose before starting the 2016 campaign. “[Meharg said] she’s been reading about coaches’ philosophies and she liked Wooden’s the most,” Lepage said. “I think she read this book and was like, ‘Ooh, perfect book to share with my team.’” Though Meharg said she doesn’t have many coaching mentors, she points to Wooden’s messages as having an impact on her career.

“He’s a legend in the way he teaches through sport,” Meharg said. “Plus, I think playing games in a children’s state of mind is really important, so I chose a children’s book. It’s a great opportunity for the women to define themselves and to identify our team culture.” As the team went over their presentations, the coaching staff took notes on which traits belonged to each player. Now, the information is in a spreadsheet that the coaches can access on their phones. They kept those records because, over the weekend, midfielder Anouk van Asbeck, an art major, and defender Marissa Cutry, an architecture major, will recreate the pyramid Wooden’s building blocks created at the end of the book. Van Asbeck and Cutry’s creation will stay in the Terps’ locker room for the rest of the season. It won’t be an exact replica of Wooden’s, though, because the Terps will arrange the blocks according to how common the traits were on the team. Still, the top piece won’t change. The goal Wooden helped Miles and Inch reach is the same one Meharg is hoping to lead her team to: success. jcrabtreehdbk@gmail.com

Kicker Jonathan Doerer is the 17th-best kicker in the class of 2017, according to 247Sports. photo courtesy of jonathan doerer

doerer From p. 10 “Personally it felt really good, they did a great job reaching out,” Doerer sa i d . “ Coa c h D u rk i n coaches great players. He’s a players’ coach.” Part of what helped Do e re r d e c i d e we re White’s tales of facing the talented Terps teams of the late 1970s when White played linebacker at the University of North Carolina. W h i te to l d h i m h e could be a significant part of a rebuilding program. After discussions with

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Doerer has struggled early o n i n h i s se n i o r sea so n , making two of his five field goals over the team’s first three games. But he still feels prepared to kick at the college level, a n d h e ’s exc i te d fo r t h e opportunity. “It’s pretty shocking,” Doerer said. “It’s pretty wild to think about. I can’t wait to get out there and kick.” jschmidtdbk@gmail.com

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Likely’s senior season began without much fanfare. As a two-way starter, he made a tackle and rushed for two yards. The Belle Glades, Florida, native might show some more flash in front of the friends and family he expects to make the one-hour trek to Miami for the contest. Likely hasn’t played in the state of Florida since his freshman year, and he smiled while talking this week about the chance to suit up in the area he where built his football foundation.

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Johnson started his first season as a stater with a bang, registering a rushing touchdown and blocking a punt as part of the Terps’ first-quarter burst. He’s listed as a co-starter in the backfield with Trey Edmunds and Kenneth Goins Jr. on this week’s depth chart, but look for the sophomore to earn a big share of the carries Friday night as Maryland’s coaches have lauded his agility, ball security and pass protection throughout the preseason.

Cornerback/wide receiver Will Likely, a Florida native, is

tackles away from reaching 200 in his Maryland career. Coach DJ Durkin turned to his depth in his debut, relying on

ON THE RECORD

“If you ever have a short week, it’s a good time to have it because I think you can afford to do it now. So we just kind of set our routine — Sunday became Monday, and Monday became Tuesday and so on.”

true freshmen last Saturday, the most rookies used since 2001.

Quarterback Perry Hills opened his redshirt senior season by completing

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KYLE STACKPOLE: 31-17 MARYLAND The Terps receive enough production from quarterback Perry Hills and the rest of the offense to defeat FIU and earn their first win against an FBS opponent.

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The Terps’ running back committee again paces the offense to help the team make a statement in one of its target recruiting states.

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percent of his throws for 126 passing yards.

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“[Beating Howard] put us in a very good position to be able to go over film, talk about gameplanning for the next game in Florida and be able to know exactly what we need to work on.”

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crease his effort and execution on the field. From p. 10 Defensive lineman Roman Braglio said Aniebonam, who different things, like I said, and I was a four-star recruit out of enjoy it a lot.” Aniebonam has been com- Good Counsel High School, may peting with defensive lineman have struggled with the “culture Melvin Keihn in what Durkin shock” of Division I football after dominating in called one of high school. the best battles “He had to of fall camp. break through Durkin said that layer of there could be ‘Can I really do times when both this?’” Braglio players share the said. field. Buh reiterStill, Anieboated it doesn’t nam performed m a t te r wh o well enough in starts because the offseason both veterans to warrant the will see time starting job in throughout the the Terps’ mulgame. tifaceted deAniebonam’s maryland football defensive end fensive scheme. mental apDurkin thinks he proach, teammates and coaches said, is a is one of the best fits at this poreason he’s amplified his contri- sition — something Aniebonam butions to the Terps this season. views as an honor — and he’s First-year defensive line determined to meet his rookie coach Mike London said he’s had coach’s standard. “The kid is just athletically conversations with the defensive end about what kind of player gifted,” Braglio said. “Everyone Aniebonam wants to become that you’ve played with is good, and how he plans to achieve his so you’re going to make mistakes. aspirations. Thus, Aniebonam It’s going to be hard, and he finally has tried to improve his preparation and study habits and inkstackpoledbk@gmail.com

“It’s a fun position. ... It allows me to do a lot of different things, like I said, and I enjoy it a lot. Jesse aniebonam

Running back jake funk was part of an offense that produced 12 possessions in Saturday’s win against Howard. The Terps scored 52 points.

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tempo From p. 10 snapped under 10 seconds every single time, flying around.” In Saturday’s 52-13 win against Howard, the Terps produced six drives of at least eight plays. The sequences averaged to be about two minutes and 58 seconds long. Already touting a 21-0 lead in the first quarter, the offense m a n a ge d a n e i g h t play, 76-yard drive in 3:02 with Hills completing 19- and 16-yard passes. Running back Ty

Johnson capped the posses- phasized, which was ‘Let’s sion with a 21-yard touch- come out and play fast, have down run. enthusiasm for what we’re A s t h e Te r p s r o t a t e d doing,’” coach DJ Durkin through reserves after inter- said. mission — Bell Hills said admitted the h e a p p re c i moves forced ated the effort h i m to s l ow his teamthe tempo at mates showed times — quarin maintainterback Tyrrell ing the atPigrome tack’s tempo. spelled H ills Watching and continued his offensive the downfield linemen rush attack, logging down the t wo 2 5 - ya rd maryland football quarterback field for extra completions blocks and on a drive that ended in 3:10 quick snaps made him want with his rushing touchdown. to play harder. “Our guys did a great job To keep up, Dunn said the of focusing on what we em- l i n e m e n h ave wo rke d o n

During practice, we try to make it as hard on us as possible. Perry Hills

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their agility. They use bands to stretch their hips and have emphasized flexibility training to recover from weightlifting sessions. Plus, Dunn said he’s playing at a lower weight because he was in constant motion throughout the spring and fall camps. In those preseason workouts, Durkin tried to schedule practices at the hottest times of day. Bell hopes the grueling conditions have prepared his unit to increase its tempo this weekend in the Florida humidity. “ T h e re ’s a n i n c re d i b l e amount of work to do,” Bell said. “We are by no means a finished product.” ccaplandbk@gmail.com

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Offensive coordinator Walt Bell debuts urgency at line of scrimmage By Callie Caplan | @CallieCaplan | Senior staff writer

aryland football offensive lineman Michael Dunn has a checklist before each play. He waits for the ball to be snapped and makes his assigned block. That hasn’t changed from his approach in his previous three seasons as a Terp, but what comes next has. He hustles to where referees spotted the ball, hunches over in his two-point stance and starts the cycle again. There’s no waiting around, huddling

or dwelling on the previous play. The Terps had 12 offensive possessions in their game against Howard, and while seven drives ended in points, none lasted more than three minutes and 50 seconds. That’s the tempo offensive coordinator Walt Bell has preached throughout the offseason and wants to see the team build on when it plays Friday night at Florida International. “Go, go, go,” Dunn said. “In previous years, we always tried going fast, but I feel like we’ve never been able to reach

this level of speed.” Bell used to measure the success of his unit’s quickness by how many plays they logged per game. But that didn’t account for long gains or explosive plays, aspects that would contribute to efficient drives but not require as many snaps. Instead, the former Arkansas State offensive coordinator has a timeline for how fast his players should be operating. If the Terps aren’t making substitutions between plays, and if the

referee doesn’t linger around the line of scrimmage after spotting the ball, Bell expects the Terps to snap the ball with 29 or 30 seconds left on the 40second play clock. Should the Terps change personnel, Bell allows about five to seven extra seconds to tick off. “During practice, we try to make it as hard on us as possible,” quarterback Perry Hills said. “Trying to get the ball See Tempo, p. 9

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Doerer joins future Terps commits Class of 2017 kicker shows leg strength, excitement about joining Durkin’s program Kicker Jonathan Doerer’s l e g s t re n g t h was first evident when he was in middle school playing goalkeeper. His father, Brian, said the Maryland football commit’s goal kicks far surpassed any of his peers. At the start of ninth grade, he left soccer behind to focus all of his attention on football, and his commitment has helped him develop into a Division I kicking prospect. In June, the Charlotte, North Carolina, native committed to the Terps for the class of 2017. Maryland currently has four kickers — junior Adam Greene is the starter — but Doerer expects to compete for the starting job next fall. “We feel so comfortable putting him out there, really anywhere up to the 40[-yard line],” said Rocky White, his football coach at South Mecklenburg High School. Doerer is one of 16 commits in coach DJ Durkin’s first full recruiting class, which ranks 17th in the nation and third in the Big Ten. He’s the 17th-best kicker in the 2017 class according to 247sports, and Kohl’s Kicking, a respected site for scouting kickers, ranks Doerer as the 11thbest in the nation. Leg strength has always been Doerer’s primary skill. While he regularly nails 55-yard kicks in practice, White said Doerer has also been known to hit field goals as deep as 60 yards in practice. Doerer regularly boots the ball into the end zone on kickoffs, pinning opponents at the 20-yard line. After spending his first season by

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playing wide receiver and safety, Doerer found his position during his sophomore year. Before the season began, White and kickers coach Tony Swainey tested out some kickers for the upcoming campaign. After Doerer went, they didn’t need to see anyone else. “It was pretty obvious he was the one,” White said. “He had an aptitude for kicking.” Once the year began, people immediately understood the position change. “I knew right away in 10th grade,” Brian said. “People were coming up to me telling me he could go D1, but he still had to put in the work.” Doerer did just that, spending extra time practicing his craft. In addition to after-school practice, he would often bike to a school nearby to get in reps, his father said. Since finding his passion in kicking, Doerer has also begun stretching for one hour every night at home, icing his right leg afterward. As Doerer progressed, the Terps staff took notice. They ta l ke d to eve ryo n e a ro u n d Doerer, and his father said Durkin and special teams coach Pete Lembo observed Doerer at numerous kicking camps. Lembo already had a connection to Doerer’s high school: coaching White’s son during his head coaching stint at Elon. Once Lembo reached out to Doerer, the connection began to form. See doerer, p. 8

defensive lineman jesse aniebonam earned a starting spot as the Terps’ “Buck” linebacker after a strong offseason showing.

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At his peak physical fitness, Aniebonam fits “Buck” spot Third-year player is hybrid contributor in defensive scheme Maryland football defensive lineman Jesse Aniebonam realizes the importance of being the team’s starting “Buck” linebacker under coach DJ Durkin. As Florida’s defensive coordinator in 2013 and 2014, Durkin used Dante Fowler Jr. at the position, a hybrid between defensive end and linebacker. As a freshman in 2013, the 6-foot-3, 250-pound Fowler made the All-SEC second team before earning firstteam honors a year later. The Jacksonville Jaguars drafted by

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Fowler with the third overall pick in the 2015 NFL draft. Aniebonam is confident he’ll be able to thrive in a position he said the firstyear coach “really likes.” The 6-foot-3, 260-pound junior believes this is the optimal position for his skill set, and his play has impressed coaches and teammates throughout fall camp. “Jesse is playing the best football he’s played in his career,” Durkin said at media day Aug. 16. “Proud of his motor every day. … He’s just stacking good days back to back right now, which is awesome.” Aniebonam has played both positions that make up the “Buck” linebacker position under two defensive coordinators. The Silver Spring native often lined up at weak-side linebacker, or the “Will,” under Brian Stewart as a freshman. He

then moved to defensive end in the Terps’ 4-3 base defense that Keith Dudzinski brought to College Park in 2015. But the new coaching staff, featuring first-year defensive coordinator Andy Buh, has pushed Aniebonam to expand his defensive repertoire. The “Buck” linebacker must be versatile, Aniebonam said. He must pressure the quarterback, stop the run and drop into pass coverage. In preparing to cover all the responsibilities, Aniebonam said he’s worked into the best shape of his life. Aniebonam began his third position in as many years Saturday against Howard by assisting on two tackles (0.5 for loss) and a sack. “It’s a fun position,” Aniebonam said. “It allows me to do a lot of See aniebonam, p. 9