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‘Safe space’ established for white students Univ stands by ‘White Awake,’ despite pushback

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‘Just contagious’: UMD remembers Zac Garcia

The University of Maryland’s Counseling Jillian Atelsek Center is offering a new @jillian_atelsek group, billed as a “safe Senior staff writer space for white students,” to discuss race. This, in turn, has prompted pushback from some students. The group, called White Awake, aims to provide white students an opportunity to “explore their experiences, questions, reactions, and feelings” on race, according to the Counseling Center’s website. “Do you sometimes feel uncomfortable and confused before, during, or after interactions with racial and ethnic minorities?” a promotional flyer for the group read. David Akerman, a sophomore journalism major, said the language being used to advertise the group concerned him as a Hispanic person. “The way I interpret it is that white people are being victimized by interacting with us,” by

By Arya Hodjat | @arya_kidding_me | Staff writer

Every time Monica Madrazo Garcia would call her son Zac Garcia — regardless of the time or place — he would greet her with a chipper,“Hey mama, how are you doing?” “There was always no shame, no anything, in how he said he loved me. He would go to hug me, and then go ‘I love you’ and then give me a noogie. He was much taller than me,” Madrazo Garcia said. “He was just always loving, in those simple, simplest of ways.” Garcia, a senior finance major at the University of Maryland, died Sept. 9 in a car crash in Fulton County, Pennsylvania. He was 21.

See white awake, p. 8

administration

ODI creates six new diversity trainings Programs are a response to Senate recommendations by

Grace Mottley @gracemott7 Staff writer

The University of Maryland has created six voluntary diversity training programs, as well as an online log for tracking campus hate bias incidents. The programs come after dozens of reports of hate bias incidents on the campus over the past several semesters, including swastikas drawn in multiple buildings and a noose found hanging in a fraternity house. This university announced last academic year that students would be able to opt in for email updates to the log. There have been two hate bias incidents so far

ZAC GARCIA, a senior finance major, is remembered as an outgoing and steadfast friend. He died in a car crash in Pennsylvania last week. photo courtesy of monica madrazo garcia

Garcia and four other students were driving back from Ohio State University, where they’d met up with a friend for the weekend. According to a report from Pennsylvania State Police, the driver of the vehicle lost control while traveling east on Interstate 70 in rainy weather. The car veered up an embankment before tumbling back onto the highway. Garcia, who had been wearing a seatbelt, was pronounced dead at the scene. All five passengers in the car were members of this university’s chapter of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, also known as Fiji. While some of the car’s other passengers sustained serious injuries, all are currently in stable condition. Garcia, a Cresskill, New Jersey native, is remembered by friends and family as an outgoing, ambitious person who made friends everywhere he went. Razak Malas, a senior economics major, met Garcia when they were in sixth grade. Garcia introduced him to most of their friends at home, and later convinced him to join the fraternity when he transferred to this university his sophomore year. “One of his friends would say he’s the glue, and I think that’s a good description,” Madrazo Garcia said. When they’d run into each other on the campus, Garcia would scream his name in excitement, and Malas would call him “Wacky,” his nickname. “It’s a clear divider between him as a friend and everyone else. He’d give you this smile and a big hug always,” Malas said. “He’d have small gestures with everyone, each tailored to each individual

ZAC GARCIA, above, played soccer when he was younger. Monica Madrazo Garcia, below, remembers her son as “always loving.” photos courtesy of monica madrazo garcia

See TRAININGS, p. 8

See GARCIA , p. 8

campus

Group to create multimedia project on students and faculty of color Black Faculty and Staff Association prepares to launch online campaign Solomon Jillian Atelsek Comissiong’s office @jillian_atelsek at the University of Senior staff writer Maryland, tucked into a corner of the Nyumburu Cultural Center, has become something of a refuge for students of color navigating what he described as a “toxic environment.” “I’ve seen no shortage of students crying, emotional, in my office, [telling] these stories by

of feeling dislocated and isolated on this campus,” said Comissiong, the president of the Black Faculty and Staff Association. After a tumultuous first few we e ks o n ca m p u s — wh i c h included two reported hate bias incidents — Comissiong said he’s frustrated that the university hasn’t released its external review of campus diversity, commissioned in the wake of the stabbing of 2nd Lt. Richard Collins.

So the BFSA has taken matters into its own hands, preparing the launch of an online media platform meant to showcase the experiences of students and faculty of color at this university. C h i e f a m o n g t h e g ro u p ’s concerns, Comissiong said, is addressing transparency on diversity and inclusion measures within the university’s leadership. “This university is doing an abysmal job — a horrendous job — horrible, horrible, horrible job when it comes to fixing this

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR CRIME BLOTTER By Jermaine Rowley | @_JermaineR | Staff writer

University of Maryland Police responded to s e v e ra l re p o r t s o f i nju red or sick people and a theft over the past week, among other incidents, according to police reports.

THEFT University Police responded to Courtyards at the 8500 block of Boteler La ne for a reported bicycle theft on Sep. 10 at 3:41 p.m, Hoaas sa id. A student reported that between S e p t . 1 a n d S e p t . 10, thei r bicycle a nd lock were stolen, Hoaas said. The case is open.

INJURED/SICK PEOPLE On Sept. 13, University Pol ice responded to reports of injured/sick p eople at E l k ton H a l l and the 4 400 block of K nox Road. T he two incidents — which saw police responses at 12:48 a . m . a n d 1:5 3 a . m . —

respectively, each had a student tra nsported to a loca l hospita l for further evaluation. Both involved alcohol, sa id Un iversity Pol ice spokesperson Sgt. Rosanne Hoaas. Another alcohol-related injured/sick person report occurred on Sept. 9, Hoaas said. Police responded at 1:19 a.m. to the 4500 block of College Avenue, near Landmark, Hoaas said, and the student was taken to a local hospital. Police also responded to E p pl e y R e c re at io n Center on Sep. 12 at 8:04 p.m for an injured/sick person report, according to police. The day before, at 8:19 p.m., police responded to R itchie Col i seu m for a not her of those reports. Both students were taken to a local hospital for minor injuries, Hoaas said. All of those cases are closed by exception. newsumdbk@gmail.com

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UMD to dedicate places in press boxes and Knight Hall to Capital Gazette The memorials will honor the journalists killed at the Capital Gazette last summer — including two alumni and one adjunct professor. Read the full story at dbknews.com

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DECONSTRUCTING RACE/RECONSTRUCTING DIFFERENCE: BEYOND the U.S. PARADIGM Stamp Student Union, Colony Ballroom, 8 to 9:30 p.m. Hosted by the Bahá’í Chair for World Peace and Jabari Mahiri, Professor of Education. bahaichair.umd.edu

TRIUMPH of ISABELLA EXPERIENCE The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Gildenhorn Recital Hall, 1:30 p.m. See Thursday details. WOODWIND FACULTY SHOWCASE The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Gildenhorn Recital Hall, 5 p.m. Presented by the music school. go.umd.edu/UU5

administration

Title IX office gains 2 staffers The office is still looking for a new director after Carroll’s resignation

as the center’s director in August, and deputy director Leslie Annexstein said at the end of August that she and by two other staffers, an invesinvestigator, university spokesAmid tigator and the office’s intake person Natifi a Mullings wrote recent staff Leah Brennan specialist, would leave by the in an email. departures, @allhaeleah beginning of October. “I guess we could call it a the University Senior staff writer Carroll will be working in of Maryland’s temporary position, but they’re Office of Civil Rights and really expected to work indefi- Fairfax County Public Schools, Sexual Misconduct brought nitely at this point, as we work and Annexstein is leaving to on two new staffers Monday, to get the director position become Howard University’s university general counsel posted and filled and hopefully Title IX Director. In 2016, about two years give that person the opportuMike Poterala said. Tamara Saunders will act as nity to fill as many positions after the office was created, the special assistant to office as are open on a permanent Carroll spoke out about being directors — performing intakes basis once they’re here,” Po- “ u n d e r- re so u rce d ” a n d “under-staffed,” which she and deputy director duties — terala said. Catherine Carroll resigned said contributed to lengthened and Natacha Thys will act as an investigations and an inability to keep up with the demand for services. During the 2016-17 academic year, the office received 208 reports of potential sexual misconduct, and the average investigation took 90 business days to be completed — 30 days better than the previous academic year’s average of 120, but 30 days past Obama-era requirements. In 2017, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos changed federal requirements

for these investigations to be “reasonably prompt.” “The resources we’ve put in place so far, in the short term, I think will be adequate to continue that office functioning at a high level,” Poterala said. “We will continually monitor that situation, and if we need to take other steps, if it needs additional resources or capacity, we’ll deal with that at that time.” The director position will be posted soon, Poterala said. They could post about another investigator position as well, because “there was a search underway that wasn’t successfully concluded for another investigator,” he said. Otherwise, the office would hope to hold off on “further permanent searches” until the permanent director is hired so that “he or she then can direct them,” he added. “We are fully committed to making sure that these important functions are handled professionally and expeditiously,” Poterala said. newsumdbk@gmail.com

“The resources we’ve put in place so far, in the short term ... will be adequate to continue that office functioning at a high level.” - UNIVERSITY GENERAL COUNSEL MIKE POTERALA

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McNair findings to be released Board of Regents will release external investigation results this Friday The results of the exterJames Crabtreenal investiHannigan ga t i o n i n to @JamesCrabtreeH Jordan McSenior staff writer Nair’s death and University of Maryland athletic department safety protocols will be released Sept. 21, after the University System of Maryland’s Board of Regents is briefed on the findings at its regularly scheduled meeting that day, the board announced Wednesday. Last month, the board took control of two i n ve s t i ga t i o n s t h a t t h e university commissioned by

in the wake of McNair’s death. The review of safety protocols was originally s l a te d to b e c o m p l e te d Saturday, about 90 days after it began. The second review, a task force looking into allegations of abuse in the football program, is ongoing without an announced end date. The university has accepted “legal and moral” responsibility for the death of McNair, who did not receive proper treatment when he suffered heatstroke at a team workout May 29 and died two weeks later. In June, the university hired

Walters Inc., a sports medicine consulting firm led by former athletic trainer and college athletics administrator Rod Walters, to conduct a review of McNair’s death and the athletic department’s safety and health protocols. Fo l l o w i n g t w o E S P N reports that made McNair’s death national headlines in mid-August, university President Wallace Loh and athletic director Damon Evans announced that the initial results of Walters’ investigation showed wrongdoing by the team’s training staff. The board, which sets policy for the system’s 12 member institutions, assumed control of the investigations shortly after. McNair’s family hired the Baltimore law firm Murphy,

Falcon and Murphy in July to look into potential legal action against the university. The attorneys have previously said a lawsuit is likely. The board’s announcement comes one day after ESPN reported that Murphy, Falcon and Murphy had filed “notice of claim” forms, which give them the ability to pursue legal action against the state but do not guarantee a lawsuit. T h e fo r m s n a m e h ea d coach DJ Durkin, head athletic trainer Wes Robinson and former strength and conditioning coach Rick Court as “other parties.” The university placed those three staffers on administrative leave in August, and Court has since resigned.

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M u r p h y, Fa l c o n a n d McNair’s death before filing Murphy have said they would a lawsuit. wait until the conclusion of the state’s investigation into newsumdbk@gmail.com

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ast year, when Michael Oduyebo was earning $9.30 an hour at his job in the University of Maryland’s Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Education, he sometimes felt like he might as well be working for free. “Every time I got paid a dime, it just disappeared the next day or the week after,” said Oduyebo, a junior computer science major. O d u y e b o ’s p a y c h e c k got a bump when the state minimum wage jumped to $10.10 an hour in July, but he said he still struggles to gather up enough funds to buy groceries, make rent for his apartment in the Enclave and pay part of his tuition, even with a second job at a consulting company off campus. Oduyebo shared his experience with legislators Friday at a town hall meeting organized by the union that represents employees at this university — the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees 1072. While Oduyebo isn’t a member of AFSCME, the group’s leaders invited him to address state representatives at the Nyumburu Cultural Center alongside other university workers. The town hall meeting came about two weeks before union

representatives and other state employees go to the bargaining table with Gov. Larry Hogan to hash out a wage increase for the upcoming year. These talks, which happen each year from September to December, where they determine how much money the state will give the university to give raises to its employees, AFSCME staff director Sam Luebke said. The university has significant leeway in how it decides to divide this money among employees. Last year, university President Wallace Loh received a $75,000 wage increase, while about half of exempt workers at the university — who earn yearly salaries instead of hourly wages and don’t receive overtime pay — haven’t seen a wage bump for three years, according to union leaders. But in their new contract that was ratified in June, the union won an agreement to negotiate with the administration about how raises are handed out. “We are going to go to the state and demand as big a pot of money as possible, but we also need to make sure the university is dividing up that money in the fairest way,” said Luebke, who was the lead negotiator for the union’s new contract. The three state legislators who came to the town hall — Sen. James Rosapepe (D-21), Del. Joseline Peña-Melnyk

University employees are fighting for pay raises

regular job,” Keys said. “Go to work, come home, help my kids By Angela Roberts | @24_angier | Staff writer with their homework and not be deprived of sleep.” Peña-Melnyk urged workers (D-21) and Sen. Paul Pinsky support his four children, so he at the town hall to be politically (D-22) — listened to worker also works in housekeeping at active, contact their state reptestimonies and promised to Prince George’s Community resentatives and vote in the advocate for them at the state College. He typically has two upcoming election. Oduyebo said he believes in hours in between shifts to spend house and in front of Loh. the power of the community Pinsky vowed his support with his family. “I just want an opportunity to raise wages for university for a tax hike to draw in more revenue for the state. He said to stay above water and work a workers. After hearing from this would free up more money to be spent on the salaries of state employees, but did not provide specifics on which taxes he thought should be increased. “There are a lot of very wealthy people in the state who aren’t paying their fair share,” Pinsky said. “To increase the salaries for you folks, we have to raise more money.” The senator’s comments drew murmurs of agreement from the crowd of about 50 university employees, many of whom sported gray staff shirts. Throughout the town hall, workers drifted in and out of the center’s multipurpose room — many used their lunch breaks to attend, and had to clock back in to work before the meeting ended, said union member Jerrell Keys. Keys came to the meeting on his day off to address legislators. The $23,000 salary he earns as a housekeeper at the Stamp Student Union is not enough to

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state representatives, he was assured that work is being done in the state house to advocate for employees like himself. “I hope that work doesn’t stop,” he said. “I hope that there are more senators and more delegates behind them working on this issue, and at the end of the day, I hope for change.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

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White therapy group needs clearer messaging Listed among its therapy groups for black be about the victimization of white people. The women, the LGBTQ community and Latinx folks, program advertises a safe space for white stuthe University of Maryland’s Counseling Center dents, but, in the words of education graduate recently added another group counseling option student Caleb Finesurrey, “the world is a space to address diversity issues on this campus: an for white people to talk in.” A lack of communication, understanding and “anti-racism and ally building” group for white students. Originally billed under the name White basic compassion between white people and Awake, it was promoted by a flyer that asked people of color is what creates those “questions, white students if they “sometimes feel uncom- reactions and feelings” in the first place. It’s fortable and confused before, during, or after unclear as to whether a white space moderated interactions with racial and ethnic minorities.” by a white facilitator would bridge these gaps The flyer advertised the group as a safe space better than open dialogue between races would. Ultimately, the Counseling to “explore their experiences, Center must be clear about its questions, reactions, and feelour view goals with this group. Is this a ings” regarding race. space for white people to learn It’s commendable that the how to move past their internal Counseling Center has underprejudices, or is it just a place taken another diversity initiafor them to complain about tive. This university saw two perceived slights? Are minorihate bias incidents just two ties welcome to share their own weeks ago, and students have experiences, or is it closed off to been vocal about how terrible them? Are participants being the administration’s responses pushed to do better, or is it an to diversity and inclusion issues echo chamber of people admithave been, so it’s encouraging ting to racist tendencies? From to see the Counseling Center these early communications, try to address these tensions. it’s hard to tell where the group Teaching white people to not might go — and the Counseling be racist is a worthwhile focus. However, this program was presented to the Center hasn’t said much to clarify, either. This program could genuinely do some good, community in startlingly bad taste. This university has a climate of intolerance and changing the group’s name and rescinding and racial anxiety to combat. It needs to reas- the flyer have been steps in the right direction. sure students that they’re safe on the campus Having white people take on the work of eduand that meaningful measures are being taken to cating each other about race takes that burden protect them and their identities. A flyer asking off people of color, many of whom have involwhite students if minorities make them uncom- untarily taken up the role. But we can’t call this initial miscommunicafortable and promoting a group called White Awake brings to mind the incidents of white tion trivial when consistently poor communisupremacist posters seen around campus last cation has rifted administration and students. winter. It could be misinterpreted as a program The Counseling Center must show students encouraging racism, blaming minorities for what that it’s addressing their concerns, and that they inflict on white people and validating an resources and aid are present for minorities, before more space is given over to the feelings inability to interact with them. It must be conveyed that these dialogues can’t of white people.

White Awake must convey that these dialogues can’t be about the victimization of white people.

Small scandals matter LIYANGA DE SILVA @OpinionDBK Columnist

The semester has been off to a disastrous start at the University of Maryland. After a summer of scandals surrounding the death of Jordan McNair and the culture of our football program, the students of this university were expecting more from our administration. At least, I was. What headlines did we get instead? “A UMD student found a nail head in his dining hall salad,” and “‘It’s hot as shit’: UMD students in dorms without AC have taken to sleeping in lounges” — neither of which were all that groundbreaking. Dining Services has an online “Dining Hall Comment Wall” where anyone can post questions and concerns regarding dining hall services. There are many posts asking for better fruit and vegetable options, friendlier service and a post about finding a bug in a salad purchased from a Dining Services cafe. And last fall, eight students said they got food poisoning from the South Campus Dining Hall after they ate together. Clearly, these dining pitfalls are not new or shocking. The same can be said for dorms without air conditioning. There are eight dorms on this campus — housing thousands of students — that don’t have air conditioning. So students are left to use their own fans instead (or use the fans that Resident Life so graciously gives them). While lack of air conditioning has always been unfortunate, the progression of global warming has made the issue even more

significant. During the first week of classes, College Park and surrounding areas surpassed a heat index of 105 with temperatures in the high 90s. Many students in dorms without AC have complained about not being able to sleep, study or do anything productive in their rooms. Rising temperatures and heat waves have been an issue since my first year at this university, and likely before that. These issues cause many students to feel like they aren’t being cared for by the higher-ups of this university. I feel like my department, my college and other offices on the campus care about me — but when I think about the administrative forces who control our housing, dining and more on the campus, there is a huge disconnect. Problems such as no AC or finding gross things in our food are minor to the administration — let the students complain among themselves, maybe even in The Diamondback, but don’t worry, it’ll blow over in a couple of weeks. Then again, perhaps it won’t. These minor issues that come up annually are now following on the heels of deaths that are inseparable from the current conditions and culture of this campus. They add up, and they will keep adding up until they start showing in application rates, funding and overall reputation. Hopefully, it doesn’t get that far before the administration realizes it needs to do more to show students they matter. liyanga.a.ds@gmail.com

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In defense of napping pods GAURAV DAHAL @OpinionDBK Guest Columnist

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Jealous shouldn’t brag about venture capitalism ZACHARY JABLOW @OpinionDBK Columnist

Last month, in response to questions about whether he is a socialist, the Maryland Democratic Party’s gubernatorial nominee Ben Jealous released a statement saying, “I’m a venture capitalist, not a socialist. I have never referred to myself as a socialist nor would I govern as one.” First, it should be noted that Jealous is entirely correct in this statement, which is more than self-styled socialists like Bernie Sanders or Alexandria OcasioCortez can say. Socialism is an umbrella term used for any economic philosophy that espouses social ownership of the means of production, meaning that workplaces are managed by the workers themselves, and profits are distributed between the workers rather than bosses or owners. Jealous’ platform is almost identical to those of current politicians who call themselves democratic socialists, with proposals such as “Medicare-for-All,” free college tuition and a raise in the minimum wage. Though they are desirable policies, these proposals have little to do with socialism. He might not be the radical that many wish he were, but Jealous has at least added some clarity to the political discourse by correctly asserting that he would not

govern as a socialist. That said, his bragging about being a venture capitalist leaves much to be desired from a progressive candidate. Jealous is referring to his position as a partner at Kapor Capital, a “socially-conscious” venture capital firm. Socially conscious investing involves providing capital to businesses that are ostensibly connected to positively

“Progressives should know that the socially conscious investing that [Jealous] practiced isn’t all it’s made out to be.” impacting society. But venture capital itself isn’t conducive to social justice. Regardless of the kinds of enterprises the firm invests in, it is necessarily contributing to — and benefiting from — the injustice of the current economic system. As an example, Jealous earned $1.3 million between 2015 and 2017 just by writing checks to support certain businesses, while drivers for Uber, one of the

companies in Kapor’s portfolio, make an estimated hourly wage of between $6 and $13. And many companies that Kapor has invested in are only tangentially related to social justice. Uber is merely a ridesharing service that offers few, if any, benefits to its drivers. Additionally, the company has had its fair share of controversies, including sexual harassment claims and reports of a toxic corporate culture. Other businesses in Kapor’s portfolio are similarly disconnected from addressing real problems in society. Optimizely develops software for corporations such as Starbucks and Disney. It may help with marketing efforts, but as for social issues, it doesn’t have much of an impact. Likewise, Elevate is a braintraining app that is good for occupying users’ time but does not actually boost their cognitive ability, as research about the brain training industry shows. Jealous is certainly a better option for governor than incumbent Larry Hogan. His more valuable experience includes serving as the president of the NAACP, and his platform includes valuable social and economic reforms. But progressives should know that the socially conscious investing that he practiced isn’t all it’s made out to be. zachjablow@gmail.com

After an e te r n i ty o f waiting, an uncertain promise made 10 months ago was recently fulfilled. The University of Maryland now features napping pods, each of which “houses a reclining chair, a movable privacy visor, a 20-minute timer, a light that mimics sunrise at the end of a nap and speakers that play music when a nap begins and ends,” according to The Diamondback. There are undoubtedly problems with the napping pods. They’re expensive. Dropping $22,000 on glorified chairs may not have seemed like the most prudent expenditure of university funds while, at the same time, bus lines were being cut. However, funding for the napping pods came from a funding pool called the Student Facilities Fund. Every student pays around $9 per semester into this fund as part of their mandatory fees. Currently, the fund has about $3 million dormant in the account, with only a couple hundred thousand allocated to this semester. The money for these expenditures is there. Additionally, at a cursory glance, the napping pods seem extremely unsanitary. Imagine a hot day where sweaty backs under heavy backpacks lay within the napping pods, leaving a grimy residue for the next napper. This issue has a straightforward solution, however; there just need to be wet wipes at hand next to the pods. It should be common courtesy to wipe the seats after use, as we would with gym equipment. The 20-minute timer may also turn people off to the napping pods, and as someone who takes long naps, I can empathize. However,

we long-nappers have to make the sacrifice of taking short naps for the benefit of everyone else. These pods are meant to be for napping and not sleeping, so the short timer may be inconvenient, but it beats having to lie down on an uncomfortable chair or slogging back to your room to refresh. One final thing to consider is that this is a pilot program. This university is testing napping pods to see how well they serve students. University Library spokesman Eric Bartheld has said that if the program is successful, they will consider buying more. The University of Manchester put napping pods on its campus in May 2015. Debbie Allan, the customer services manager of the University of Manchester, wrote in an email that the napping pod program is “very popular with 2,149 naps last year… [an] average of 9 naps per day… yearly nap minutes of 46,321. The number of naps seems to be spread quite evenly over the 7 day week, ranging from 17% naps on Thursdays to 10% naps on Sundays.” Napping pods make students’ lives easier by giving them space to take short naps in a comfortable setting. However, McKeldin currently only has two pods, meaning there might be a waiting period to catch some Z’s. There is an easy fix to this. If students use the napping pods enough to convince McKeldin that napping pods have a place on campus, it’ll consider increasing the number, as Bartheld explained. So to have future semesters of restful naps, you must start taking advantage of the napping pods now. gauravdahal98@gmail.com

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Council proposed an ordiJeff Barnes @thejeffbarnes nance Tuesday that would give a $4 million property Staff writer

tax reduction to a development company to encourage the redevelopment of the former Quality Inn and Plato’s Diner site on Route 1. The site has been vacant for about a year, after a fire shuttered Plato’s Diner in 2016 and the Quality Inn closed its doors last fall. The city’s plan would make development of the site more likely. In January, the Bozzuto Development Company was approved for the construction, which would bring both apartment and retail space to the site. Since then, Bozzuto and the city have been negotiating the tax reduction amount. “We wouldn’t lose any money from the deal, but it would limit the amount we would gain in terms of an increase from the development,” Mayor Patrick Wojahn said. Based upon the projected assessed value of the property, Bozzuto would receive more than $4 million in tax credit over the next 15 years. The city would receive the base property tax each year, but just 40 percent of the incremental property tax revenue. Even with the tax abatement plan, the city would see a 227 percent increase in property tax revenue compared with what it would have made if Quality Inn and Plato’s Diner were still in business, according to city estimates. The council’s ordinance would amend the city’s Revitalization Tax Credit program going forward to permit greater property tax reductions for eligible projects. College Park currently offers a tax abatement of up to 75 percent over five years, with a 15 percentage point decrease in each

the quality inn site could be converted to an apartment and retail complex, thanks in part to a $4 million tax cut that might be offered to developers by the College Park City Council. richard moglen/the diamondback subsequent year. With the new ordinance, the council could offer up to a 60 percent tax abatement for up to 15 years. A similar tax abatement is in a similar stage in front of the Prince George’s County Council, said Bozzuto managing director Jeff Kayce. The proposal comes as the city strives to welcome new development and become a top-20 college town by 2020. A public hearing will be held at the next city council meeting on Sept. 25 to discuss the tax abatement, after which the council will vote on the ordinance. David Dorsch, a 45-year resident of College Park, said he is against the proposed tax abatement. He said the city should pass along profits to its constituent property owners, not to developers. He

questioned why Bozzuto would have a difficult time obtaining funding for this redevelopment. “If [they] cannot build a profitable development on this site without the city’s tax money, then maybe they’re not the right developer for this valuable, one-ofa-kind property,” said Dorsch, who lives in District 3. In September 2017, Bozzuto sought a 75 percent tax abatement from the city to secure equity investment to help fund the project. The council proposed a 50 percent tax abatement in January, but the developer said they could not finance the development with that. Bozzuto is close to finalizing equity commitments for the project,

and the 60 percent tax abatement has been “instrumental” to that progress, Kayce said. Bozzuto had previously said it was looking to secure about $50 million in equity funding. After Bozzuto has funding approval, Kayce said, the developer hopes to break ground within a year. Demolition and site prep may begin sooner, and the project should be completed about 28 months from when construction begins, Kayce said. The proposed development, which is estimated to cost between $140 million and $150 million, will include 393 residential units and between 60,000 and 70,000 square feet of retail space. Kayce said the company is focusing on attracting “life-enhancing retail” and has already had conversations with several retailers. Currently, he said, Bozzuto is focusing on finding retailers to fill the development’s larger spaces. Kayce said the developer hopes to bring a fitness-oriented business to the site. The residential portion of the project hopes to attract permanent city residents, rather than students living in the city temporarily, Kayce said. Kayce said the Quality Inn redevelopment will result in the “most upscale” apartment building in College Park. He pointed to similar projects, such as Monroe Street Market near the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., and Anthem House in the Locust Point neighborhood of Baltimore, as the kind of “aspirational” product city residents can expect. “This development will be a gamechanger for College Park,” Kayce said.

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College Park is getting a new fitness studio this fall Orangetheory Fitness will offer intense one-hour workout classes When longtime athlete Liz Overmann heard her mom raving about Orangetheory Fitness, a fitness studio that offers 60-minute high-intensity interval workouts, she rolled her eyes. Overmann, a certified spinning instructor, coach and triathlete, decided to give the class a shot. To her surprise, she could barely keep up with the class, which her 67-yearold mother also participated in. “It just kicked my butt,” Overmann said. “I was sore for four days. As a mid-20year-old woman, I was just put to shame.” Now, Overmann will help train a fitness team for a new Orangetheory in College Park, which is set to open in one of the retail spaces under the Cambria Hotel on Route 1 this fall. Construction for the new location began in August and is expected to finish in Novemby

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ber, said area representative Steve Wolfrey. Founded in 2010, Orangetheory Fitness offers hourlong group classes that focus on strength, endurance and power to achieve overall health, Wolfrey said. The company has more than 1,000 locations, with nine currently operating in Maryland, he added. “People who come to us, they’re short on time, which students usually are,” said Overmann, who’s a head coach at several Orangetheory Fitness locations in Maryland. “But you can come to us, get your workout done in just an hour and know that you had a fantastic full body workout.” Overmann said Orangetheory wanted to come to College Park because there aren’t many fitness studios in the area. Exercise options in and around the city include OpenBarre Studios, Planet Fitness and Gold’s Gym, but not all are fitness studios. “It’s become so popular that

we want to offer this experience to everyone. College Park seems like an obvious choice,” Wolfrey said. “It’s just another college experience, and staying healthy is always a good thing.” Led by one coach, classes in the College Park location will be able to hold up to 36 people from all age groups, Overmann said. Members work at different exercise stations before rotating. They are recommended to purchase a heart rate monitor so that coaches can better monitor their class. The new location will have rowing machines with a water tank to give members the experience of ocean rowing, as well as treadmills, suspension unit systems, benches and free weights, Wolfrey said. Jillian Silverman, a senior kinesiology major, has been a member of Orangetheory for four years. She said Orangetheory gave her challenging workouts similar to those of team sports. “I was an athlete all throughout high school,” Silverman said. “I felt like Orangetheory really had that high-intensity aspect that I was looking for.”

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she’s tried. “There’s a group setting, and I find it different from other studios because I saw a change in my body after a few times,” Discolo said. The studio will offer two discounted options for membership for those who join the club shortly before its opening, with the available discounts decreasing over time, Herbert said. Premier, which offers unlimited classes, is currently $149 a month, but will steadily increase in the weeks leading to the studio’s opening to be up to $179. Elite, which offers eight classes per month, is currently $109 but will increase to

be $119 when the studio opens. The basic membership, which offers four classes per month, is currently $99. There is no initiation or cancellation fee, so members are not locked into a commitment, Herbert said. Be ca u se ea c h c l a ss i s uniquely designed, members could attend class every day for a year without ever doing the same workout, Wolfrey said. “You walk in, it’s a new day and you have no idea what the workout is going to be, which keeps your body guessing at all times, which is one of the ways you really get fit,” Wolfrey said.

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different people within American culture and how to respond to incidents themselves. The last program, called “ Tra i n i n g t h e Tra i n e r,” is dedicated to teaching UNIV100 professors how to teach diversity and inclusion in their classes. ODI created two modules for professors to teach — one focused on implicit bias and another focused on navigating hate and bias on campus — said Carlton Green, the director of diversity training and education. UNIV100, a course focused on helping students adjust to college, is only required for the approximately 2,000 students per year in the Freshman Connection program, according to class registration numbers on the Office of the Registrar’s website. Students can now register for the other training programs online. Green said making the

training programs voluntary is a positive step. “Requiring people to do diversity-related training ... doesn’t promote the interactions and change that we would like,” Green said. “We would like to recreate an environment where engaging in diversity and inclusion is the norm.” The task force recommended a “blend of mandatory and voluntary learning opportunities offered at multiple points throughout a faculty/staff/student’s time at the University.” Diversity training is currently mandatory for members of sororities and fraternities and is run through the Department of Fraternity and Sorority Life. Other trainings, such as in-person sexual assault prevention training, are now mandatory for incoming students. Sophomore Victoria Hoke said making the trainings

mandatory for students could be beneficial. “Some kids may not have a diverse upbringing, and this would really help them be able to be inclusive here,” said Hoke, a psychology major. “I went to a mostly white high school, and here it’s different. … It’s good to understand how to interact with people who are different than you.” Other students, however, believe mandatory training would have little impact on prejudice on campus. “I just don’t think it’s all that necessary. If you’ve grown up in this world and you’re already racist, then a training isn’t going to fix that,” said Ben Kovalick, a sophomore psychology major. The task force was created after 2nd Lt. Richard Collins, a black Bowie State University student, was stabbed to death on this campus in May 2017.

Sean Urbanski, a white former student of this university, has been charged with murder and a hate crime in the killing. The recommendations also included creating more transparent and open communication regarding incidents of hate bias and creating a policy prohibiting threatening speech on campus. The group also suggested adopting statements that promote inclusive values and support free speech. Once the task force recommendations were finalized, the work was turned over to different departments for implementation, including ODI, Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs Warren Kelley said. Cynthia Edmunds, the interim chief diversity officer, believes that while there is still a lot of work to be done, “at this point, ODI are the leaders around helping others.”

Edmunds took over for former interim chief diversity officer Roger Worthington in August. He’d stepped down after just over a year on the job. In late August, he criticized university leadership, saying that he wasn’t getting the “real backing” he needed in his role. Part of implementing these task force recommendations, Edmunds said, is dealing with the transition of a new chief diversity officer, as well as creating relationships with the community. “We’re working really hard trying to find the allies and advocates that we should be working with,” Edmunds said. “For us to to be doing that, we really have to engage all parts of the community.”

of a safe space for white students is also problematic, Akerman added. “Some people could maybe interpret it as if the rest of the campus — where there are African-Americans, Asians or Hispanics — is not safe for white people,” he said. Improving diversity and inclusion has come up frequently in campus dialogue since the 2017 stabbing of 2nd Lt. Richard Collins, a black student visiting from Bowie State University. Sean Urbanski, a white former student at this university, is awaiting trial on murder and hate crime charges in connection with Collins’ death. Since then, there have been dozens of hate bias incidents

reported to university officials, including last week’s report of a swastika and antiLGBT writing found in university dorms. Education graduate student Caleb Finesurrey said he thought the premise of White Awake was unnecessary because “the world is a space for white people to talk in.” “White people have laid d ow n t h e r u l e s a n d t h e groundwork, I feel like, and so they don’t need, necessarily, a privatized space,” Finesurrey said. “Whereas a minority group might not feel as comfortable talking in just a normalized place, white people can.” But James Radko, a freshman enrolled in letters and

sciences, said the group could provide a refuge for white students who face hostility when they try to discuss race with “their more diverse peers.” “It’s giving people a place to express their opinions on race and discuss important topics in a safer environment where they’re not facing direct opposition from other people,” he said. “In general, when people who are white discuss the topic, it’s seen as inherently racist.” Radko said he thinks White Awake could be beneficial for white students who feel they face discrimination based on their race. Candela Cerpa, the external affairs vice president

of campus advocacy group Political Latinxs United for Movement and Action in Society, said white students shouldn’t “co-opt” the spaces that minority groups need to discuss racism. “The way they phrased it was that white people feel uncomfortable addressing a minority student, whereas we live in an uncomfortable state,” the junior environmental science and policy major said. “The world that we live in right now is very hostile and dangerous to us.” Cerpa added that it’s frustrating to hear that white students “feel like they need their own space in order to learn about us as if we’re hypothetical,” despite the out-

reach and advocacy work her group does. Akerman said he doesn’t think the campus will b e c o m e m o re i n c l u s ive unless conversations about race include a wide range of perspectives — and are not targeted specifically to white students. “If everyone who’s there is white, I don’t see how they’re going to be able to get a correct perspective for how to deal with other people of other races,” he said. “They don’t have the same experiences.”

he said should have happened “a long, long time ago” — is a necessary step forward. Former interim chief diversity officer Roger Worthington, who resigned from his post this summer, spoke at an open BFSA meeting on Aug. 28 and criticized university administration and public relations for limiting his ability to talk and interact with the campus community. Worthington said at the meeting that the results of the external review were delivered to university President Wallace Loh in June. There’s no timeline planned for the release of the external review, said interim Chief Diversity Officer Cynthia Edmunds. “I’ve taken a look at it, and there is nothing I’m especially surprised about,” she said. Candela Cerpa, the external

affairs vice president of Political Latinxs United for Movement and Action in Society — an oncampus group that advocates for Latinx populations — said the group was “very concerned” about the campus climate, specifically regarding the external review. PLUMAS has repeatedly called for the release of the report on social media. “I think it’s important for everyone in the community to be aware of the information that this report would show,” she said. “It would define how we feel in this community. Given that we’re not given a voice in many other ways, I think it’s really important.” University police have responded to two hate bias incidents so far this academic year. On Sept. 2, a student reported that anti-LGBT comments had been written on a whiteboard in Queen Anne’s

Hall, and a swastika was found on a La Plata Hall whiteboard later that day. “I was very surprised by that, but then again, I was not surprised,” said Ja s m i n e Wa s h i n g to n , a junior communications and criminology and criminal justice major and the president of this university’s NAACP chapter. There have been a slew of hate bias incidents in the past year, including a noose hung in a fraternity house and white nationalist posters found across the campus. At the same time, the trial for Sean Urbanski — a white former student at this university facing murder and hate crime charges in Collins’ killing — has been pushed back twice and is now scheduled to begin in January. Attorneys are still grappling with the electronic evidence in the case, including that

Urbanski was a member of a white nationalist Facebook page called “Alt-Reich: Nation.” Wa s h i n g to n s a i d t h e university needed to work to better communicate with students in the wake of such incidents. “I still feel like there’s no transparency between the administration and students whatsoever,” she said. “It seems like they try not to address those issues.” Comissiong has heard from students and staff who say they feel unsafe on the campus. He said he sees the communication strategy as part of an effort to ensure the university “looks its best in its Sunday clothes.” “When you have something that’s being run by its public relations wing, it’s not really being run with a human flavor to it — where feelings are taken into account,” he said.

Neijma Celestine-Donnor, the university’s newly hired hate bias response coordinator, said some aspects of student safety were “o utside o f [the administration’s] job description.” “I do think there are some safety questions and some questions around safety that you should be asking UMPD,” Celestine-Donnor said. “Depending on how you define it, as creating a sense of emotional safety and support, I do think we have been working hard to make sure we can do that in that role.” Te s t i m o n i a l s w i l l b e posted on the BFSA’s media platform in the coming weeks, Comissiong said. “When those are out there,” he said, “then it’s no longer a secret.”

“Immediately, I recognized how special he was,” Zebersky From p. 1 wrote in a text message. “He was the most selfless, caring person that was his friend.” Elysa Zebersky, a senior I’ve ever known, willing to drop English major, said she met anything to help the people he Garcia on their first day of loved.” Ross Brannigan, an alumnus freshman year, when they were both moving into Elkton Hall. of this university, was president

of the university’s Phi Gamma Delta chapter when he met Garcia, who was part of his first pledge class in charge. “He’s just contagious — he’d just kinda walk in a room and the mood would shift,” Brannigan said. “People would just feed off the energy he’d

bring. People would wanna be like that.” Brannigan said Garcia enjoyed bringing people together and making friends across different chapters. Garcia had acquired a real estate license in New York, and he would ask Brannigan, who works in real estate, for advice on how to break into the industry. “For real estate, you gotta be personable and meet everyone,” Brannigan said. “And that’s exactly what he wanted to do.” In his free time, Garcia loved playing sports, whether it was leading his high school basketball team to a state championship or playing intramural sports with his fraternity. Garcia spent the spring 2018 semester studying abroad in Barcelona. Madrazo Garcia said he “blossomed” there, traveling everywhere from Ireland to Switzerland to Italy. She even

visited her son there for a week. Garcia had always had a close bond with his mother — he was an only child, and his father died when he was young. “We were hoping, when he graduated, we would get to go on another trip together,” Madrazo Garcia said. After Garcia’s death, his fraternity created a GoFundMe to help his family pay for his wake and funeral. As of Sunday, it had garnered more than $125,000 from more than 2,100 donations. “We didn’t do anything. We just clicked a button, and the world did the rest,” Malas said. Malas said there would be a vigil later this week, and the fraternity would be making shirts inscribed with a quote Zac had tattooed on his wrist: “If I go before I’m old, oh brother of mine, don’t forget me if I go.” It’s a line from the song “Bartender,” sung by Garcia’s favorite band,

the Dave Matthews Band. Madrazo Garcia said she would use the majority of the funds to start a scholarship fund in her son’s name, and she’s asking for donations to the fund in lieu of flowers. While the fund’s purpose hasn’t yet been established, Madrazo Garcia said, some of her options were using it to help inner-city youth, or children of single mothers. The fund will help Garcia’s legacy live on, Madrazo Garcia said. “The one thing I said to his friends is that someone never dies if people still remember. I really think that’s true,” Madrazo Garcia said. “When you think of Zac, you automatically think of his smile, his laugh. That will always bring a smile to people’s faces, and warmth in their heart.”

From p. 1 this semester: a swastika and anti-LGBT language found in campus dorms. The new trainings, which were created by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, come in response to last semester’s recommendations from the University Senate task force on diversity and inclusion, which university President Wallace Loh signed in May. Five of the trainings are specifically for students, said Neijma Celestine-Donnor, the program manager for hate bias response. Three are focused on understanding the origins and effects of hate bias, and one is focused on bystander intervention in incidents of hate bias. The office also developed a training for international students on ways to interact with

WHITE AWAKE From p. 1 he said. After students took to social media to express concern about White Awake, the Counseling Center said in a statement it would stop circulation of the flyer and consider changing the group’s name, but it stood by the group itself. “We agree with the feedback that the flyer was not clear enough in conveying the fact that the purpose of this group is to promote anti-racism and becoming a better ally,” its statement read. “This is an incredibly difficult, nuanced issue, and that’s the reason we need to discuss it.” Emphasizing the concept

DIVERSITY From p. 1 issue and doing the right thing,” Comissiong said. The initiative will take the form of a YouTube channel and online podcasts, Comissiong said, which will be part of an effort to start a campuswide conversation. Participants will have the opportunity to share stories, address racebased microaggressions they experience on campus and discuss possible solutions. “That’s almost like a living, breathing survey,” he said. “You’re actually able to hear, and in some cases, see and hear, the thoughts and perspectives and the insight of what some people have been dealing with on campus.” For Comissiong, the release of the results to the campus community survey — which

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A few years ago, David Harbour was having a professional dry spell — he hadn’t worked as an actor for five months. He was considering giving up on acting altogether, until he received a script for a show called Stranger Things. After reading the script and falling in love with the character of police chief Jim Hopper, he decided to audition. And to his surprise, as he told a room packed with University of Maryland students on Friday night, he got the part. Since the show premiered on Netflix in the summer of 2016, Harbour’s life has changed dramatically. For his role as Hopper, he has been nominated for a Golden Globe, two Emmys and three SAG Awards, and he won the 2018 Critics’ Choice Award

for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. When Harbour walked into Stamp Student Union’s Grand Ballroom for the SEE event, he was energetic and looked genuinely excited to be speaking. He joked around the entire show and was an engaging storyteller. The audience erupted in laughter over some of the anecdotes and stories he told about the cast. Harbour said that as a young kid and during college, everyone told him he wouldn’t make it as an actor. Despite this, he continued to follow his dream and encouraged the audience to follow their dreams as well. “If you really want to the pursue the arts … you might not end up on Stranger Things … but it’s a very fulfilling life,” Harbour

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The cast doesn’t hang out much outside work, even though they’re all close friends, Harbour said. Working in the show is very intimate, so when the cast is together, it makes the atmosphere special. Harbour didn’t give many hints about season three of Stranger Things, but he did say it takes place almost a year later in the summertime and has a warmer feeling to it. There’s still the base story — a monster to deal with — but the directors are starting to explore the more fun aspects of Hawkins. Harbour said these scripts are the best he has read of the show. “It’s going to be great,” he said. “You’re going to lose your mind.” adeckerumdbk@gmail.com

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cupcakke keeps it sweet Without any filters, cupcaKKe speaks her mind and preaches acceptance Allison O’Reilly | @allisonsoreilly | Senior staff writer

Despite being delayed by more than an hour, cupcakKe put on a phenomenally explicit, energetic and exciting show to an adoring full-house crowd at NextNOW Fest. The line to get into The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center’s Kay Theatre wrapped into the depths of the building by 9:30 p.m., an hour before cupcakKe’s designated set time, and a handful of hopeful fans ended up being turned away as the theater reached capacity. At about 10:40 p.m., a Clarice employee came on stage with cupcakKe on FaceTime to announce that the rapper was stuck at the airport and would be there in 40 minutes. Fans stuck around and kept the party going until she finally graced the stage at 11:55 p.m. A playlist of popular music played over speakers while people danced and tossed around balloons made from free condoms passed out before the show. Three student comedians even put on a performance to hold over the crowd over until their queen arrived. cupcakKe wasted no time when she hit the stage. She announced, “The rain thought

it was wet, but my pussy was wetter” and jumped into her song “Vagina.” The crowd enthusiastically rapped along with the NSFW performer as she romped across the stage. She flashed her boobs and played with her nipples on stage on multiple occasions, earning gasps from the crowd each time. She reached peak vulgarity when she rubbed her hands on her nether regions and then stuck her finger in her mouth. She requested a towel from the stage hands by saying, “I’m

sages of solidarity with the LGBT community and power in sexuality, which is part of why she was booked for NextNOW, said Megan Pagado Wells, associate director of the Artist Partner Program at The Clarice. “What’s exciting about cupcakKe is she has [name recognition] but she’s also an artist who really has something to say, which is part of what we also try to accomplish with NextNOW Fest,” Pagado Wells said. “So her music has addressed issues including child abuse and homelessness and racial justice and she’s an ally of the LGBTQ community, in adphoto via youtube dition to being a strong female voice who’s owning her sexuality.” The performance ended at about 12:25 trying to wipe my pussy off please,” and then gave the towel to a happy fan (perhaps too a.m., clocking in at 30 minutes. cupcakKe ignored requests to end the set from people happy) in the first few rows. While the sexuality of it all was fun and backstage so she could perform one last song, empowering, ultimately it was a veil in “Deepthroat.” She squeezed her boobs into a front of cupcakKe’s impeccable rapping selfie with somebody on the front row, and in skills. Her flows are unique, in that each a parting message emblematic of her general song sounds different — she dominates “hoe, but make it responsible” mantra, she any tempo or bassline with witty lines and uttered “Be safe” into the mic on her way off the stage. creative rhythm. On the surface, her lyrics are nasty in the best ways, but they often carry mesaoreillyumdbk@gmail.com

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football

temple wide receiver Branden Mack racked up three receptions for first downs over the first three quarters on Saturday, surpassing the Maryland offense’s output over that span. alex chen/the diamondback

Owls dish Terps embarrassing loss Temple entered Week 3 winless but dominated the Terps in a 35-14 victory Maryland football Andy Kostka quarterback Kasim Hill looked left but @afkostka Senior staff writer never saw Temple linebacker Shaun Bradley. Late in the fourth quarter Saturday, Hill delivered the first interception of his Terps career into the hands of Bradley, then watched as he ran 78 yards to the opposite end zone. After its offense floundered all game, Maryland’s last push back into its home opener imploded. There were moments the Terps looked as if they could overcome a horrendous first half in which they ran for just eight yards, but at crucial moments Maryland’s futility showed through. Against a winless Temple team who had lost to FCS Villanova earlier this season, Maryland flopped. Interim head coach Matt Canada’s offense was entirely ineffective, by

relying on defensive and special teams scores to make the contest appear as if it was any contest at all. The Terps lost, 35-14, upending what had been a promising start to the year. “Everything we did was bad,” Canada said. “I called every play, so I should’ve called a whole bunch of different ones cause they didn’t work. Ultimately, that’s it. I did a bad job.” While Maryland’s offense did no favors for the team, its defense also faltered at key points to allow Temple to build a 14-point halftime edge. After defensive back Darnell Savage intercepted Owls backup quarterback Anthony Russo and returned it for a 23-yard touchdown late in the second quarter to cut the Terps deficit to 14-7, Temple (1-2) used a big play on the next drive to help deflate that energy. The Terps (2-1) needed a stop on

third-and-9 when running back Ryquell Armstead took the handoff and ran right, jogging as he waited for a hole to open. Once he found one, Armstead knifed upfield and dashed for a 25-yard carry to set up a last-second touchdown that reestablished Temple’s 14-point edge at the break. “It was in a critical point of the game,” Savage said. “They were doing a lot of side-to-side, horizontal things, and [Armstead] saw the seam and he hit it.” Earlier in the quarter, a thirdand-16 for Temple turned into a 40-yard catch-and-run that propelled the Owls to their 14-0 lead. Unlike last week, when Maryland trailed Bowling Green at halftime despite dominating the Falcons in the first half and then ran away in the last 20 minutes, there was no solace to be taken from the Terps’ first half against the Owls. Maryland managed 61 yards before halftime and 195 in the game. “It falls directly on me,” Canada said. “It’s my job, and we didn’t get

it done.” Midway through the second quarter, Hill threw wide receiver DJ Turner open with a back-shoulder ball good for 27 yards and a first down. But three plays later, on thirdand-short, Hill severely underthrew tight end Chigoziem Okonkwo. As punter Wade Lees jogged out to punt from midfield, some boos rang down from Maryland Stadium. Temple’s special teams also scored Saturday. Third-string quarterback Todd Centeio received a direct snap in the backfield on a fake punt, rolled out right and threw a 36-yard touchdown to wide receiver Freddie Johnson to form a 7-0 lead. “It’s a team effort, all the way around,” defensive lineman Jesse Aniebonam said. “We just have to focus in on our keys, focus in on our responsibilities, and everyone just has to win their one-on-one. That’s the most important thing, and we struggled with it in the past and we struggled with it today.” The Owls handed off to defensive lineman Freddie Booth-Lloyd for

their second score before Savage’s pick-six gave a momentary surge of life into Maryland’s sideline. Russo, though, opened the second half with a 47-yard touchdown on a blown coverage. Filling in for redshirt senior Frank Nutile, Russo completed 15 of 25 passes for 228 yards, the interception his lone blemish. Maryland’s offense, meanwhile, converted just one of its 12 third downs and had two yards in the third quarter. Pigrome and Hill combined for eight completions, 63 yards and two picks as the Terps rolled over at home for their first loss of the season. During postgame interviews, Canada jumped in on a question directed to Savage and Aniebonam, asking if Saturday’s drubbing shows the importance of top effort for a full 60 minutes. “I’ll answer that for them,” Canada said. “They played hard. We didn’t play good enough on offense, and that’s on me.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

men’s soccer

Herve pushes Terps past Wildcats, 2-1 Freshman midfielder’s 84th-minute equalizer forces overtime; 95th-minute winner ends it T h e M a r y l a n d m e n ’s soccer team sensed the Joe Catapano @JoeCatapano_ floodgates were opening offensively after midfielder Staff writer Amar Sejdic scored the first goal of the season Monday against West Virginia. Yet for the first 83 minutes of the team’s Big Ten opener at Northwestern on Friday night, another frustrating shutout loss seemed imminent, despite generating a season-high on shots. But midfielder William James Herve took over in the game’s dying moments and scored two goals in an 11-minute span, forcing overtime and then ending it to give the Terps a 2-1 sudden-death victory. Just five minutes into the extra period, Herve took a shot from outside the box that bounced twice before skipping between Northwestern goalkeeper Miha Miskovic’s legs for the game-winner. “The shot I took was poor,” Herve said. “The goalkeeper made a mistake and it went in the back of the net. But I’m happy. It was a great feeling.” The Terps (2-2-2, 1-0 Big Ten) felt they deserved the win with a dominant 20-4 shot advantage. But in the 61st minute, Maryland found itself in desperate need of a score. After being held without a shot in the first half, Northwestern’s third strike in the first 15 minutes after halftime put the Terps down with about 30 minutes remaining in reguby

lation. Terps midfielder Andrew Samuels headed away a cross to the top of the box, but before the ball even hit the ground, midfielder Camden Buescher fired it into the back of the net to give Northwestern a 1-0 lead. With just one goal in its first five games, Maryland needed two goals to start the conference slate with the win it wanted, despite four players being unavailable. Ben Di Rosa and Justin Gielen didn’t travel with the team because of illnesses, while Vinicius Lansade got sick on the trip to Evanston and didn’t play. Chase Gasper couldn’t play because of a back injury, a team spokesperson said. The come-from-behind win also seemed u n l i ke ly d u e to t h e Wi l d ca ts ’ s t i n g y defense. Northwestern (4-2-1) entered the game with five clean sheets in its first six games, with all three goals it conceded coming in its only loss to No. 12 Fordham. Those five shutouts ranked tied for first in the country. Maryland felt the urgency intensify with each shot that didn’t turn into a goal of its own. “It was a bit of a frustrating game because we had so many chances,” Sejdic said. “We just couldn’t put it in the back of the net.” The Terps pressed forward, using a new 3-5-1 formation to stimulate the offense even more after finally breaking their fourgame scoreless drought on Monday. After 20 minutes of pushing for a game-

maryland’s attack has dominated possession and shots for most of its games this year, but has struggled mightily to turn those opportunities into goals. Herve’s two scores Friday helped the team avoid another frustrating loss. richard moglen/the diamondback tying goal to force overtime, Maryland finally found its moment. Defender Johannes Bergmann played a ball downfield, where forward Eric Matzelevich headed it into the box. Forward Sebastian Elney kept the play alive by redirecting the ball to Herve. The Frenchman had just enough room to slip an equalizer past Miskovic, who remained in a motionless squat as he watched the ball trickle past him. “They scored a wonder goal and now we had to find some resolve to equalize, which we did,” Maryland coach Sasho Cirovski said. “We showed great character and that was a well-deserved goal that we scored.” For the third time this season, Maryland headed to overtime. On this occasion, though, the result wouldn’t be a scoreless double-overtime draw.

On Maryland’s first shot of overtime — and 11th since conceding the early secondhalf goal — Herve scored his second goal of the game on Miskovic’s brutal error. Elney, who missed the previous two games with an ankle injury, slipped a pass to a wellpositioned Herve, who scored and then ripped his shirt off, twirled it around in a circle and flung it into the sky in celebration after Maryland’s second consecutive win. After an 0-2-2 start to the season — tied for the worst in program history — the Terps are back to .500 after the gift from Miskovic. “We got a little fortunate on the winner, something we haven’t had much of recently,” Cirovski said. “We certainly deserved this victory and I wish we could’ve done it in regulation, but this is another good character-building win for this group.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

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men’s soccer

From France, with love Herve’s mother travels more than 4,000 miles to watch her son play by

business trip in Chicago,

When

Joe Catapano William James Herve’s mother made a stop @JoeCatapano_ Herve scored in nearby Evanston to catch h i s s e c o n d the match. She was there to Staff writer

midfielder william james herve has started just 2 of Maryland’s 6 games, but his brace against Northwestern propelled the Terps to victory. evan kramer/the diamondback

goal of the game to give Maryland men’s soccer a 2-1 overtime win against Northwestern on Friday night, the freshman ripped off his shirt in celebration, then flung it toward the night sky. There were 791 spectators at Martin Stadium to watch Herve score the first two goals of his college career. B u t t h e re wa s o n e wh o meant the most to Herve: His mother, who had traveled more than 4,000 miles from France and was seeing him play in college for the first time. Louise Herve was rewarded with a standout effort from her son, who stepped up in Maryland’s Big Ten opener amid a slew of injuries to help the team earn its second straight win. “It was great to see her. It’s been a long time,” Herve said. “I’m really happy to have scored these two goals for her.” W h i l e o n a n ove rs ea s

see Herve score the equalizer with just under seven remaining to force overtime. His next shot, in the 95th minute, snuck between goalkeeper Miha Miskovic’s legs to give the Terps a walkoff victory. Herve’s added inspiration to perform for his mother was a much-needed spark for an undermanned Maryland team. Defender Ben Di Rosa and forward Justin Gielen were ill and didn’t travel with the team, coach Sasho Cirovski said. Forward Vinicius Lansade fell ill while on the trip and became unable to play as well. Defender Chase Gasper, who missed five games last year with a groin injury, didn’t play with a back injury, either. After missing two straight m a tc h e s w i t h a n a n k l e injury, forward Sebastian Elney returned to the field off the bench. While he wasn’t 100 percent for the

70 minutes he played, he still assisted Herve on his game winner. “It is a setback to lose some players, but everybody knows they have their own role to do whether they’re a starter or a player coming i n o f f t h e b e n c h ,” m i d fielder Amar Sejdic said. “It shows the versatility and the mindset that we have. Guys know they have to get in and do their job and execute at the highest level.” Herve notched his second straight start after coming off the bench in his first three games, earning more responsibility with Elney’s injury and Cirovski wanting to change personnel after winning none of the first four games. With the litany of inactive players, Maryland faced more adversity when Northwestern scored a goal against the run of play in the 61st minute. It was only the Wildcats’ third shot of the game. The Terps, who finished with a 20-4 shot advantage, needed two goals to open their Big Ten slate with a win, and Herve came through. Defender Johannes Bergmann played a long ball near the box, where forward Eric

Matzelevich headed the ball into the box to keep the play alive. It skipped around and fell to Herve’s feet, who was able to get enough contact on the ball to tie the game at one. “Will found himself in a good spot on the first goal and did what we needed to do all season,” Sejdic said. “Just put it on frame and give it a chance.” In overtime, Herve gave another shot a try. While the effort seemed unlikely to amount to anything spectacular, Herve’s attempt bounced before it snuck between the goalkeeper’s legs and into the net. The goal ended the game instantly with a Maryland victory. The Terps had just one goal as a team in their first five games of the season, but were optimistic they could score in spurts heading into conference play. “Any time you can get three points on the road in the Big Ten is a very positive result,” Cirovski said. “For an undermanned group to come here and find a way to get a victory makes it a little bit extra special.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

field hockey

Prized 2017 recruit now making an impact Mayv Clune was a top-5 recruit last year, but a knee injury delayed her Terps debut Last year, MaryLila Bromberg land field hockey @ lilabbromberg l os t t h e jewe l o f its recruiting class Staff writer before she even got to College Park. Forward Mayv Clune, the top player in the class of 2017 according to MAX Field Hockey, tore her PCL while playing for the U-19 national team in the spring, leaving her sidelined for the entirety of her freshman season. The Quakertown, Pennsylvania, native said she used the year off to improve her game and ease the adjustment to Division I field hockey. While she hasn’t earned a start yet, Clune has played in each by

of the Terps’ first eight games this season, and she tallied her first goal Saturday against Michigan State. “I learned a lot over the season not playing,” Clune said. “You see a lot tactically off the field That’s one of the benefits of being able to redshirt, I was able to get a lot more from the game that I wouldn’t have if I just played.” One of the most important things Clune learned from the bench was movement. She watched interchanges between the forwards on the field intently, observing how they led off each other with strong connections and communication. Clune wasn’t cleared to start

r u n n i n g u n t i l De ce m b e r a n d couldn’t play field hockey until June. While she was sidelined, she fine-tuned areas of her game like stick skills and hitting, in addition to observing her teammates. “We talk a lot with the women about controlling what they can control,” coach M issy Meharg said. “Mayv is just a student of the game, so it’s not surprising that last year she found a really optimistic way … to be involved.” Clune’s persistence paid off in Saturday’s 5-1 victory over Michigan State. Following a penalty corner, the redshirt freshman received the ball from defender Nike Lorenz just inside the shooting circle on the right side and flicked it into goal. Clune, who already had three assists this season, said she’s tried

to not worry about statistics in her comeback. Still, she was clearly excited about getting her first score in a Maryland uniform. “ Fo r m e , i t j u s t m a ke s m e happy,” Clune said. “Being with this team, being able to service the team in any way that I can, getting a goal, getting an assist, or even movement on the field, for me that just makes me happy that I’m actually out here and playing. I couldn’t ask for anything more.” Clune hasn’t yet produced to the level expected of a top-five ranked player. She’s taken just seven shots in her eight games and hasn’t cracked the starting lineup. And while she says she’s content just logging minutes with the Terps, Clune’s high school statistics — 47 goals in her senior

year at Monravian Academy and a program-record 141 scores in her career — and her recruiting pedigree suggest she can reach another level. For now, Meharg is being patient with the forward. But she knows that at her best, Clune can be a game-changer. “She’s now just getting used to her speed, her agility. Mayv Clune will always have the technical and tactical awareness in a small area that is world-class. She is a phenomenal player,” Meharg said. “She’s just getting used to her overall acceleration and deceleration of speed and I think she’s gaining ground every opportunity she gets to compete.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

volleyball

Hughes’ squad still searching for consistent attack Terps set season highs in both hitting percentage and errors in tournament With offseason Ben Fischer @TheBiggestFisch turnover and a young Staff writer roster, Maryland volleyball has been searching for consistency, especially on offense. During Maryland’s final nonconference tournament of the season, the team put together an efficient threeset win before producing its worst offensive performance of the season in Saturday’s five-set loss to Princeton. Against Temple, the Terps hit a season-high .396 and made just eight errors. But Maryland faltered in the tournament finale, hitting a season-low .115 and compiling a season-high 34 errors. by

The inconsistency displayed how Maryland’s early-season search for stability will continue with Big Ten play on the horizon. “Temple had some good o f fe n s ive o p t i o n s wh o weren’t quite as good in the serve and pass,” coach Adam H u g h e s sa i d . “ We k n ew Temple would present some challenges but we thought Princeton would be a lot different.” The struggles to find a rhythm on attack aren’t surprising. Hughes took over in January after coach Steve Aird departed for Indiana. Aird’s decision prompted an exodus of top attacking talent to transfer, such as outside hitters Gia Milana and Samantha Drechsel.

H u g h e s a l so d e c i d e d to victory as the first time he change offensive systems, has seen his squad with “all prompting further adjust- cylinders firing.” But the mistakes that had ments for a squad that features five first-time Terps. plagued Maryland all season finally So, the domcaught up to inance disthem against played against PrincTe m p l e w a s e to n . L a s t promising for weekend, Maryland. t h e Te r p s “ We w e r e played South really conCarolina — n e c t i n g we l l their toughas a team, we est test yet had lots of dif— to a tight ferent options five-set loss. and places to The next h i t ,” o u ts i d e day, Maryhitter Liz Volleyball head coach l a n d swe p t Twilley said. “As a team we were really Liberty, but its attack was focused, had high energy rife with miscues. After cruising past and executed our game plan Temple, in which Maryland well.” Hughes echoed Twilley, hit .571 in the first set, the describing the Friday night Terps misfired early and

We’ve got to find ways to make sure the offense stays distributed pretty evenly. Adam Hughes

often against Princeton. Hughes said the teams’ differing styles proved problematic for Maryland to deal with. Maryland’s poor hitting on Saturday was exacerbated by a stellar defensive effort by the Tigers. Princeton set season highs with 112 digs and 10 blocks. “They played hard, they we re rea l ly sc ra p py a n d p l a y e d g r e a t d e f e n s e ,” Twilley said. “They made it harder today.” While Maryland knew o f P r i n c e t o n ’s d e f e n sive prowess entering the matchup, Twilley said the Terps hurt themselves by not managing the ball well on offense. M a r y l a n d h a s p l a ye d well overall, hitting .250 or better in seven of its 12 matches. But the weekend

in Philadelphia showed that the Terps have had issues with staying consistent and keeping momentum from match-to-match. While the Terps went 2-1 in the tournament, picking up two of their most convincing wins of the season, H u g h e s k n ows h i s tea m must elevate its offensive play in order to compete with the elite teams in the Big Ten. “We’ve got to find ways to make sure the offense stays distributed pretty evenly,” Hughes said. “You don’t want to be one-dimensional — especially going into the Big Ten, you need lots of different weapons. But we’re a young group, we’re still learning how to play together.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

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THIS WEEK’S GAMES

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huskers break levee and hearts Terps lead for more than half an hour despite massive shot discrepency, but Huskers equalize and take OT win By Alex Rychwalski | @arychwal | Staff writer

midfielder hope lewandoski has taken 16 shots this season, but she and the team defended for most of their loss Sunday. alex chen/the diamondback

oalkeeper Rachel Egyed remained rooted to her spot as the Maryl a n d wo m e n ’s s o c c e r team watched Nebraska forward Faith Carter throw her arms into the air and jump toward her teammates. The Terps had fended off Nebraska’s repeated attacks for 90 hard-fought minutes of regulation only to see the Cornhuskers score the game-winning goal less than two minutes into overtime. Carter ran near-post, rose up and headed in the golden goal off a corner kick. The Terps had held a 1-0 lead for more than half an hour, but Nebraska’s pressure finally paid off in the 63rd minute, and Maryland couldn’t produce any further offense in response. “[Nebraska was] really good,” coach Ray Leone said. “They were able to find some gaps, and we have to improve that and watch tape… Overall we did much better than last year [against them].” Maryland (3-4-3, 1-1-0 Big Ten) wasn’t

able to muster a shot on net until midway through the first half Sunday. Nebraska’s high press kept the Terps scrambling to hold possession, and the team rarely advanced the ball into the Cornhuskers’ territory. Nebraska (5-3-2, 1-0-1) sat back and put all 11 players in defense on its own half early on, but, after a few failed Maryland possessions, the Cornhuskers pushed up and turned on the pressure. When her team was on the attack, Nebraska goalkeeper Aubrei Corder hovered around midfield, daring the Terps to shoot over her. The jarring tactical shift seemed to surprise the Terps, and the young team was tasked with figuring out the Cornhuskers’ high press mid-game. Corder frequently cut off Maryland’s advances, stymieing the Terps’ attack. But in the 26th minute, a quick-strike counter attack provided Maryland with a breakthrough, giving the team hopes of avenging its 3-0 loss to Nebraska last year.

Forward Mikayla Dayes won the ball at midfield and executed a perfect giveand-go with midfielder Loren Sefcik. The freshman sent a through ball out wide that hit Dayes in stride, and Dayes redirected the ball into the box for midfielder Darby Moore to slot home. In Maryland’s 4-0 victory over Iowa on Friday, the opening goal by forward Jarena Harmon sparked the Terps’ attack to go forward and knife through the opposing defense. After Moore’s goal, however, Maryland’s attack stalled, and Nebraska’s stepped on the gas. Clinging to a one-goal advantage, the Terps faced a barrage of scoring chances. Egyed made a diving stop on an attempt by midfielder Dakota Chan, but the Cornhuskers wouldn’t let up. The save resulted in Nebraska’s third corner of the match, and midfielder Brenna Ochoa sent in a tempting ball for Carter, but her header was saved. The senior’s next header attempt hit the crossbar, before forward Savanah

Uveges finally finished on a rebound to even the score in the 63rd minute. Egyed made four saves in goal, but Nebraska’s 17-5 shot advantage was eventually too much for her to make up for. “[Egyed] is phenomenal,” Harmon said. “She obviously always makes a statement, but her willingness to not let anything get past her is crazy. She’s like a brick wall.” The loss broke a six-game streak of Egyed surrendering no more than one goal. The last time she allowed multiple scores was in Maryland’s 3-0 loss to James Madison on August 19. But when Carter rose up to meet Ochoa’s corner kick, there wasn’t any play for Egyed to make, and the Terps suffered their first Big Ten loss of the season. “It’s hard. I’m not going to lie,” Moore said. “It’s really hard to lose in overtime. This one hurts, but to see where we were last year … it’s a full 180 turnaround.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

football

Canada repeatedly takes blame for ugly loss Terps offense managed 195 yards and 0 points in home-opener against Temple Once Maryland football interim head coach Matt Canada had concluded his opening statement in his postgame press conference Saturday, he looked down at the stat sheet on the table in front of him. At his weekly presser five days earlier, Canada had said he was “not a big stat guy.” But as he read the numbers on the page from the Terps’ dismal 35-14 loss to Temple — 63 passing yards, one third-down conversion and zero offensive points scored — he rubbed his forehead and shook his head slightly before looking up at the assembled reporters once more. There’s no ignoring a statline that looks like that, and Canada held himself accountable throughout his first press conference as a losing head by

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coach. “I did a bad job as the offensive coordinator,” Canada said. “We didn’t do anything on offense today, so I take full responsibility for this loss. We didn’t play well enough, so I would say I didn’t coach well enough on offense.” Behind an offense that managed two first downs heading into the fourth quarter, Maryland had little chance of beating the Owls. Special teams and defensive touchdowns avoided a shutout for the Terps in front of an announced 32,057 fans — the fewest for a Maryland home opener since 2012. Before Canada even fielded a question Saturday, he said the loss was his fault six times during his opening remarks. Despite his role as interim head coach, Canada has maintained that he’s still the offensive coordinator. He stood by that role Saturday, even when his unit of expertise gained

about a third of what it did against Bowling Green last weekend. Canada was effusive in his acceptance, taking the sort of responsibility former coach Randy Edsall shirked for the same kind of loss during his first season at Maryland in 2011, when the Owls demolished the Terps, 38-7. “Some of our guys felt that even though we were 1-1, we thought we were better than we were,” Edsall said after the 2011 game. “When you go out on the field we should expect to win and not take anyone for granted.” In his presser on Saturday, Canada jumped in to answer a question directed toward defensive lineman Jesse Aniebonam and defensive back Darnell Savage, defending his players’ effort level before once again shifting the blame for the loss onto himself. “[We knew that] once we put it all together, we can beat anybody,” Owls defensive lineman Michael Dogbe said. “We just got back to our process, did simple things like coming in watching extra film, doing all the

little things and it turned out to a victory.” The Terps were without starting tackles Derwin Gray and Damian Prince due to injury, nearly eradicating the jet sweep from Canada’s playbook. Without the Terps’ best edge-setters, their run-heavy offense couldn’t go outside the tackles. But Canada said their absence had “no bearing” on the outcome and it was instead because he “didn’t coach well enough.” The Terps’ ineffective offense forced their defense to remain on the field. Temple had 13 more minutes of possession than Maryland. “We were doing everything that we could, and the offense was doing everything that they could,” Aniebonam said. “It just came down to effort at that point.” With running backs Lorenzo Harrison and Jake Funk also sidelined, the Terps’ rushing attack, which posted 444 yards last week, gained 132 yards against Temple.

Quarterbacks Kasim Hill and Tyrrell Pigrome didn’t pose much of a threat through the air, so Temple’s safeties creeped toward the line of scrimmage, and the Owls stacked the box. Hill finished 7-for-17 passing, while Pigrome completed 1 of his 4 attempts. In the first quarter, Hill was sacked three times and connected on just two passes. But that, too, was “probably just bad coaching by me,” Canada said. Was Hill holding onto the ball too long? “Possibly,” Canada admitted. But that was as far as he was willing to go before reiterating that Saturday’s offensive futility should be attributed to his playcalling rather than his playmakers. “I’m not sure I’ve been around a game like this on offense, but it falls directly on me,” Canada said. “Credit to Temple, and everything else falls on me.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

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