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administration Dr. ROd WALTERS (left) delivers external investigation results on Jordan McNair’s death at Towson University Friday. Wallace Loh (right) this university’s president, continued to defend the athletic department. andy kostka/for the diamondback

Report on McNair’s death released Investigation lays out failures of UMD’s training staff that led to Jordan McNair’s death

Wallace Loh defends athletic department policies after Jordan McNair report

By James Crabtree-Hannigan and Andy Kostka | @thedbk | Senior staff writers

By James Crabtree-Hannigan and Andy Kostka | @thedbk | Senior staff writers

At the workout where Maryland football player Jordan McNair suffered heatstroke, University of Maryland athletic trainers recognized the severity of his condition too late and failed to properly treat it once they did, according to an independent investigation findings into McNair’s death released Friday.

During a press conference at Towson University’s West Village Commons on Friday evening, Dr. Rod Walters — contracted by the university in June to investigate McNair’s death and the athletic department’s safety protocols — provided the most complete timeline yet of the May 29 workout, McNair’s symptoms and the medical care he received. Walters shared his findings with the public after the University System

of Maryland Board of Regents had reviewed them.

Athletic trainers did not implement cold water immersion when McNair suffered heatstroke because they feared he would drown, considering his large stature compared to that of the medical staff, head trainer Wes Robinson told Walters. “[The training staff are] not large people, they’re not big people,” Walters said. “They were concerned about the safety of the student-athlete if they got him in a polar plunge.”

Cold water immersion has a 100 percent success rate in preventing fatalities from heatstroke when administered quickly. It’s recommended by both the 2014-15 NCAA Sports Medicine Handbook and the nonprofit Korey

Shortly after the release of a 126-page report about the death of football player Jordan McNair and the athletic department’s sports medicine policies, President Wallace Loh vigorously defended the University of Maryland’s current organizational model of athletic training and emphasized the changes the school has already made.

“Even though the recommendations are coming in now, there were a whole bunch of things that we started doing since early July,” Loh told reporters in Towson University’s West Village Commons on Friday evening.

“A lot that [Walters] mentioned, we’ve already done.”

The university said it will implement all 27 recommendations published in

See report, p. 7

the report by Rod Walters, the sports medicine consultant it hired in June to conduct an independent investigation.

Earlier Friday, Walters presented the report to the University System of Maryland Board of Regents, which sets policy for the system’s 12 member institutions.

As the university has done for months, Loh stressed that the school was proactive in hiring Walters the day McNair died, which was at the end of a two-week hospital stay following heatstroke he suffered at a team workout.

On Aug. 10, ESPN published two reports that made McNair’s death national news, alleging that the team’s staff had failed to recognize McNair’s obvious symptoms of duress and that coach DJ Durkin had fostered a culture

See Loh, p. 7

MCNAIR’S FINAL WORKOUT | Read the full timeline of the May 29 afternoon when Jordan McNair suffered fatal heatstroke, pg 8 campus

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Mold spores were found in dozens of dorm rooms in Elkton Hall over the past week, leaving multiple students ill and causing their temporary relocation to hotels across College Park.

“My roommate has an allergy to mold, so this has exacerbated it … The person next to me has a mold infection,” said freshman accounting major Anne Ziolkowski, who lives in Elkton Hall. “It’s a hot mess.” by

Alexander Dacy @alexanderdacy Staff writer

The Departments of Resident Life and Residential Facilities said in a joint statement that “the issue has been exacerbated in recent days due to significant rain and high humidity in our area.” They also stated that they “recognize and sincerely apologize for the inconvenience and concern this has caused our residents and their families.”

The statement also mentioned “isolated reports [of mold] in other residence[s],”including South Campus Commons and Bel Air Hall.

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of mold on her windows and air conditioning unit in Elkton over Labor Day weekend, and Residential Facilities wiped down the moldy areas of her room. After she reported it again on Sept. 13, they returned to do the same.

Later that weekend, Residential Facilities installed temporary dehumidifiers on the top four floors of Elkton, where the department said reports had been concentrated. They also adjusted the building’s ventilation systems to reduce the flow of humid outside air to cut down on moisture in the hall, which cultivates the mold, according to the Department of Resident Life.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR CRIME BLOTTER

By Jermaine Rowley | @_JermaineR | Staff writer

University of Maryland Pol ice responded to several reports of i nju red or sick people and a theft, among other incidents, over the past week according to police reports.

19 in Commons 5, Hoaas said. Each student went to a local hospital for further evaluation, Hoaas said.

All of those cases are closed by exception.

FRAUD

University Police responded to Elkton Hall f o r a n i n j u r e d /s i c k person report on Sept. 19 at 1:13 a.m, Hoaas said.

T he student went to a local hospital.

University Police also responded to Oa k la nd Hall on Sept. 17 at 2:18 a.m, for an injured/sick person report, Hoaas said.

The individual was not affiliated with the university and went to a local hospital for evaluation, she added.

Both cases are closed by exception.

On Sept. 18 at 10:5 4 a.m., University Police responded to the Dining Services business offices i n t h e S o ut h Ca mp u s Dining Hall for a counterfeit bill report, said police spokesperson Sgt. Rosanne Hoaas.

A university employee reported a counterfeit bill was used at Mulligan’s Grill and Club, the restaurant located at the university’s golf course.

The U.S. Secret Service was notified.

Pol ice don’t k now when the bill was used, Hoaas said.

The case is closed by exception.

EMERGENCY PETITION University Police res p o n d e d to t h e 43 0 0 block of Rowalt Drive near Graduate H i l ls Apa rtments for an emergency petition on Sept. 17 at 1:20 a.m, according to police logs. An emergency petition is an urgent psychiatric evaluation when a person presents themselves as a danger to the life or safety of themselves or others, Hoaas wrote in an email.

Police also responded to emergency petitions on Sept.

18 at 1:06 p.m. at the University Health Center, and another at 3:50 p.m. on Sept.

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THEFT University Police responded to 7 Fraternity Row — where members of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity resides — on Sept.17 at 1:36 p.m. for a bicycle theft, according to police logs. The incident occurred between Sept. 14 and Sept. 16, Hoaas said.

At 4:11 p.m. that same day, Un iversity Pol ice responded to a theft at Queen Anne’s Hall, Hoaas said. A student reported their A mazon package was delivered on Sept. 4, but they never received it, Hoaas said.

B ot h c a se s a re s t i l l active, and camera reviews of the areas are in progress. newsumdbk@gmail.com

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hate bias

More hate bias reported Three more incidents have been reported in dorms and online Ove r t h e Jermaine Rowley p a s t t w o @_JermaineR weeks, three more hate Staff writer bias incidents have been reported at the University of Maryland.

Un ive rs i ty Po l i ce re sponded to anti-LGBT language found on a whiteboard in a dorm. In addition, the university’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion has responded to two hate bias incidents, which involved anti-Semitic and racist language posted online.

On Sept. 12, the office received a report of offensive language. An unidentified person joined a live-stream by

presentation on Sept. 11 and messaged “Jews did 911,” according to the office’s hate bias incident log, which was unveiled last week.

ODI has offered support to those affected by this incident, according to the log. The incident wasn’t p o s te d to t h e l o g a s o f Sunday, at least four days after the report.

On Sept. 17, a resident assistant in La Plata Hall reported to police that they found “non-inclusive, anti-LGBTQ language” on a whiteboard, which had been written earlier that day, according to a news release by police spokesperson Sgt.

Rosanne Hoaas.

The writing was erased after a photo was taken of it, according to the news release.

A detective has been assigned and the ODI was notified, the release said. This incident was not on the office’s log as of the time of publication.

The incident mimics one that happened earlier this semester in Queen Anne’s H a l l , wh e re a n t i - LG BT language was written on a wh i te b o a rd a n d l a te r shouted in the halls. It’s the second reported hate bias incident in La Plata this year, after a swastika was reported there earlier this semester.

On Thursday, ODI rece ive d a re p o r t t h a t a n

“offensive, explicit, and degrading image of a black male” was sent in a GroupMe chat, according to the log.

The office has since met with those affected by this i n c i d e n t to d eve l o p a n “action plan,” according to its website.

This step is part of the university’s plan to address hate bias incidents, announced shortly after the killing of 2nd Lt. Richard Collins, a black Bowie State University student, on the campus in May 2017. Sean Urbanski, a white former student at this university, has been charged with a hate crime and first-degree murder and is set to stand trial in January. newsumdbk@gmail.com

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Evans: ‘No athletic video’ of McNair’s last workout Athletic director tells SGA that conditioning drills are not filmed No athletic department Julia Rosier video exists of @thedbk the workout Staff writer where Maryland football player Jordan McNair collapsed after suffering heatstroke, athletic director Damon Evans said Wednesday at an SGA forum.

McNair, a 19-year-old o f fe n s ive l i n e m a n , h a d trouble recovering from a set of 10 110-yard sprints — which Evans previously referred to as a “basic conditioning test” — at the football team’s first summer workout in May. He suffered heatstroke and died two weeks later.

While all football practices are recorded so coaches are able to review and correct players’ mistakes for games, conditioning exercises are not, Evans said. by

“There is no athletic video there of the conditioning drills that took place. We just video regular practices,” Evans said. “That’s something that we’re going to be looking at doing now, obviously.”

In response to a Public Information Act request submitted by The Diamondback, the university declined to release video of the workout on the grounds that it was part of an ongoing investigation.

Evans did not confirm if any other videos of the workout exist or whether he’s seen them. A university spokesperson said it would “not be appropriate” to clarify Evans’ answer because “the matter is under investigation.”

Following McNair’s death, the university hired a sports

medicine consulting firm to investigate the athletic department’s safety measures.

The University System of Maryland Board of Regents, which sets policy for this university and the 11 others in the system, was briefed on the investigation findings Friday, and results were released later that afternoon.

David Rekhtman, a Student Government Association computer, mathematics and natural sciences representative, said he appreciated that Evans spoke at the forum and “recognize[d] what happened.”

“I’m glad that he’s willing to be transparent,” Rekhtman said. “It’s kind of hard because he doesn’t know all the information because the investigation is out of his hands.”

Still, Rekhtman added, he found it “surprising that he wasn’t willing to really go into specifics with any of his answers,” adding that

many of Evans’ remarks were “broad, general statements.”

I n A u g u s t , E S P N re ported that McNair had shown signs of duress at the workout and fell ill. The university has said he did not receive the proper treatment for heatstroke, which has a 100 percent survival rate when treated with cold water immersion.

Evans emphasized at the forum that decisions on how to treat players are made by state-licensed trainers and physicians, rather than university employees. “ C o a c h e s d o n ’t m a ke medical decisions,” he said.

“The ultimate decision to put a player back into play is up to the doctor, who is not employed by the University of Maryland.”

Evans said the athletic department has “changed the way we train and we practice” in the wake of McNair’s death by “paying close attention to the heat

index” and monitoring the wet bulb globe temperat u re , wh i c h ex p e r ts say most completely measures conditions that affect the likelihood of heat illness, and instituting cooling stations and more breaks during practices.

Evans also responded to questions on sexual misc o n d u c t i n ve s t i ga t i o n s connected to the athletic department.

The Diamondback reported last month that former Athletic Director Kevin Anderson had authorized the use of university funds to pay for the legal defense of two football players accused of sexual misconduct. Evans, who notified the administration of the payment at the time, said cases “of that magnitude” should be directed to the Office of Civil Rights and Sexual Misconduct.

“There is a reason that we have that office,” Evans

said. “Athletics needs to be at arm’s length. Once t h ose t h i n gs ge t to t h a t p o i n t , l e t t h a t p ro c e s s run its course, and then we need to be able to accept whatever the outcome is because of the due process that’s taken place.”

On Sept. 27, Evans will be participating in an open conversation along with SGA President Jonathan Allen, Deputy Athletic Director Colleen Sorem and StudentAthlete Advisory Committee President Abigail Bentz. The event will allow students to express their thoughts and concerns regarding the athletics program.

“Our goal is to make this a better place for our studentathletes and all students,” Evans said. “Athletics brings something special to this institution and we want to make sure that everybody can enjoy that.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

“There is no athletic video there of the conditioning drills that took place. … That’s something that we’re going to be looking at doing now, obviously.”

- ATHLETIC DIRECTOR DAMON EVANS

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Blinded by the light A development proposed for the UMD golf course could threaten the observatory with light pollution

By Angela Roberts | @24_angier | Staff writer THE UNIVERSITY OBSERVATORY welcomes community members to its open house twice a month. A potential development on the golf course might worsen light pollution in the area, making certain celestial objects more difficult to see. mateo pacheco/the diamondback

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wice a month, University of Maryland students and community members flock to the university observatory’s open house, where volunteers like astronomy doctoral student Pradip Gatkine help them view celestial objects in the dark night sky.

“When Mars is closest, it looks really bright, and when people look at it through the telescope, they really feel the connection,” Gatkine said with a smile. “And we look at the satellites of Jupiter with the telescopes — something that Galileo observed 400 years ago.”

But a proposal to build new athletic facilities and a parking lot on this university’s golf course, which sits right beside the observatory near Metzerott Road, have Gatkine and other members of the astronomy department worried that such sightings may become more difficult in the future.

The proposal would convert the 150acre course’s first, ninth, 10th and 18th holes into five intramural fields, a new track and field complex and a 600space parking lot. This would increase the amount of light pollution around the observatory, said its director, Elizabeth Warner.

“We already have light pollution — we’re in the Beltway,” she said.

“However, the golf course is a huge green space that actually serves as a buffer from the light pollution around us.”

The development proposal places illuminated recreational fields along University Boulevard, about half a mile from the observatory, said Administration and Finance Vice President Carlo Colella.

New lighting, even at this distance, would encroach upon the buffer offered by the golf course and make the skies over the observatory lose some of their

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inky blackness, Warner said. This would especially impact astronomers’ ability to observe dimmer stars.

D. Teal, an astronomy doctoral student who goes solely by their last name, compared the effects of light pollution to static on a television.

“When you have essentially this background of light, you can’t see those dim wisps you’d otherwise see in a dark sky,” they said. “In terms of planetary observations, the planets are pretty bright, but you’d still lose that detail.

It would still be noisy.”

Colella noted that the lit parking lots of College Park’s National Archives are located closer to the observatory than the illuminated recreational fields would be. But Warner said that towering trees between those lots and the observatory prevent this lighting from impacting the darkness of the area.

Warner said the facility serves as a resource for undergraduates studying

astronomy to conduct research that gives them a competitive edge when applying for internships and graduate school. The observatory is also used by students in ASTR310: Observational Astronomy and ENAE441: Space Navigation and Guidance.

Colella said the university is aware that observatories are sensitive to light and said that this will be taken into consideration as designs for lighting are developed. He added that the school will host another town hall meeting soon to address community concerns about the development.

In the meantime, members of the astronomy department are left to ponder the observatory’s future.

“Dark skies are definitely an integral part of learning in an observatory,” Gatkine said. “Because otherwise, what’s the point?” arobertsumdbk@gmail.com

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‘Fearless Ideas’ is a joke

McNair report reveals systemic failings in athletic department

MAX FOLEY-KEENE @MaxFoleyKeene Columnist

Yo u d o n ’ t have to spend much time on the University of Maryland’s campus to learn that its “Fearless Ideas” branding has become a meme, a way to encompass all the university’s missteps in one lazy joke.

“Did you hear that UMD started a safe space for white students?” your friend might ask. “Now that’s a fearless idea,” you respond with a wry smile.

The answer to why exactly the branding has reached meme status isn’t simple. Part of it is overuse.

Even good branding will get stale after it’s plastered onto a gazillion posters and crammed into every promotional clip. With repetition, nearly anything can become funny in a delirious sort of way.

But a deeper reason behind the meme-ification of “Fearless Ideas” is that the actual ideas governing this university are anything but. There’s a gap between the intense self-regard of the university’s rhetoric and the caution of its practices — and in that gap lies the humor of the slogan.

When using the phrase ironically, a student is really asking, “How on earth could anyone think this place is fearless?”

I want to be clear that I’m not questioning the quality of anyone’s scholarship, which is often groundbreaking. I’m talking here about the basic elements of this university’s governance — its biggest projects, its academic priorities, its presentation to the public.

And that governance isn’t bold — it just follows the standard playbook of the neoliberal university. You know the drill: Rely on graduate labor for research and instruction but actively lobby against giving them labor rights. Try to develop the area around campus and invite a bunch of evil companies to move in. Sponsor an event to promote intellectual diversity and bring in a white nationalist to speak.

Find some rich people who’ll give you money and let them lead the agenda. They want a practice facility for the football team? Great. They want two new engineering buildings?

Fine — but call the second one the IDEA Factory. Try to find even more rich people who’ll give you money.

Call that fundraising effort “Fearless Ideas: The Campaign for Maryland.”

Most of these practices are defensible, but there’s no arguing they’re groundbreaking. Universities all across the country are developing and “modernizing” in exactly the same way. It’s not fearless; it’s safe.

The “Fearless Ideas” slogan borrows its tone from the international ideas

• When EMS was called, the staff didn’t Ever since Maryland football player give specific directions, so the ambuJordan McNair died, the university has lance initially drove to the wrong place. done everything in its power to evade No one was assigned to meet and direct blame. At first, the school kept things the ambulance once it arrived, causing vague, withholding any potentially damfurther delays. aging information: McNair had “difficulty recovering” from a workout, received • After the May 29 workout, the univermedical care, then somehow died 15 days sity took essentially no steps to doculater. Once we learned that he suffered ment what had happened, breaking heatstroke — a non-fatal ailment when protocol and hindering Walters’ investreated properly — the school pinned it tigation, and information provided to squarely on the training staff, sparing the the university administration two days coaches and the higher-ups. after the workout “was not representaThis university wants us to believe that tive of activity and care on the field.”

McNair’s death was an isolated incident, not an indictment of the school itself. But On the surface, this reinforces what Dr. Rod Walters’ report, released on Friday, thoroughly debunks that narrative. Com- the university has said already: Only the missioned by the university to review its trainers messed up, which led to McNair’s safety procedures, Walters found an un- death. But errors of this magnitude indifathomable level of incompetence within cate a systemic problem. The staff failed to take numerous basic the athletic department that our view precautions, couldn’t led to McNair’s death. diagnose one of the most The report contains far common causes of sudden too much incriminating death among athletes and evidence for this editocaused numerous delays rial board to recap it all. through sheer stupidity Among the more damning and an apparent ignofindings: rance of the emergency action plan. What does it • The team’s head physay about the university sician “was not actively that it hired a hopelessly involved” in training incompetent staff? the staff to make sure Coach DJ Durkin has they were using best become a pariah in the practices in “all aspects wake of McNair’s death, of the work of athletic and for good reason. But trainers.” the report makes it clear that the problems extend • Due to construction, far beyond Durkin. Head the May 29 workout was moved from Maryland Stadium to football athletic trainer Wes Robinson, the practice fields. The training staff who shouted at McNair as he was showing was “pressed to get the field setup,” signs of heat exhaustion on the field, and because of the new location, and no athletic training director Steve Nordwall, who didn’t check McNair’s temperature ice tubs were present. after taking him indoors and put off calling • The university has an emergency 911, both preceded Durkin at this uniaction plan that “meets guidelines,” versity — Robinson was hired in 2007, but the staff didn’t follow it. There Nordwall in 2014.

Walters’ report paints a picture of an were no rectal thermometers to check McNair’s temperature or “copious ice” athletic department wholly unprepared for a crisis like this. Robinson and Nordwall for cooling. are not lower-level employees making • The training staff didn’t recognize these errors. And by the university’s own numerous escalating symptoms that admission, they failed in their basic duties. indicate the onset of heatstroke, in- Everyone in the athletic department, from cluding cramps, exhaustion, bending at athletic director Damon Evans on down, the waist during his run and a “mental shares the blame for this.

Page 6 of Walters’ report contains this status change.” caveat: “This report excludes any assess• The trainers didn’t use cold water im- ment of specific personnel and consemersion — a 100 percent effective treat- quently does not include any recommenment for heatstroke when implemented dations associated with staffing.” Be that properly — because they feared McNair as it may, this editorial board is more than would drown due to his size compared comfortable making a few staffing recomto the “smaller stature” of the trainers. mendations. This investigation shows that Instead, they relied on cold towels and the rot in this university’s athletic departice packs, which Walters referred to as ment is extensive, and nothing short of cleaning house will solve it. “inadequate cooling devices.”

This university wants us to believe that McNair’s death was an isolated incident, not an indictment of the school itself.

This report debunks that.

world. This is the world of the TED Talk (“Ideas Worth Spreading”) and the Aspen Ideas Festival (“Engaging Ideas that Matter”), where extremely rich people gather to figure out how to make the world a better place.

The problem, of course, is that their ideas don’t challenge the very systems that have made them rich in the first place and left the vast majority wanting. The rhetoric is ambitious, but the solutions are minor adjustments to unjust structures of power.

In his book “Winners Take All,” Anand Giridharadas pens a searing polemic against the ideas industry, writing that these individuals and institutions “have given rise to watered-down theories of change that are personal, individual, depoliticized, respectful of the status quo and the system, and not in the least bit disruptive.”

The same is true at this university. We can blather on about passion and innovation, but this university will never be disruptive until it stops taking its lead from the kind of people who think TED Talks are insightful. Why? Because the plutocrats who populate Aspen are the same people who lobby to slash spending on public goods — especially education.

The playbook of the neoliberal university exists because we live in an age of austerity in which government funding for higher education has largely evaporated. Students rely on loans to pay tuition, and universities rely on donations for new projects. But those donors — and their friends in government — are the reason we have an austerity regime in the first place.

Members of the economic elite have waged a decades-long campaign to undermine the very concept of public higher education. When institutions are starved for cash, billionaires swoop in with donations and remake colleges in their own image. The super-rich are the cause of — and temporary solution to — all the neoliberal university’s problems.

“At the University of Maryland, we believe that education has the extraordinary power to transform the life of every person on earth,” explains one of this university’s serotonin-zapping promotional videos.

I believe that, too. But that transformative and egalitarian philosophy of education is incompatible with a model in which the uber-wealthy call the shots. And so long as that model remains in place, our governance will remain cautious, and “Fearless Ideas” will remain a meme.

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a tornado hit College Park, it damaged buildings and killed people.

T h i s t i m e , t h e Un i ve rs i ty o f M a ryl a n d warned everybody about a tornado that, as far as anyone can tell, didn’t happen. UMPD attributed the warning t o A c c u We a t h e r, a private media company that advised that there m ay b e a to r n a d o i n

the area. The National Weather Service, the o n ly a ge n cy a u t h o rized to issue an official tornado warning, did not issue one.

This university pres u m a b l y p a ys s o m e amount of money to u s e A c c u We a t h e r ’s services. The National Weather Service is a bit different. It’s a socialized service, funded by

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taxes and offered freely.

Despite its universal accessibility, the NWS o f te n d o e s a b e t te r job than private forecasters, as Monday’s tornado debacle shows.

This is not a small point. In American p o l i t i c s , i t i s o f te n assumed that governm e n ta l i n s t i t u t i o n s perform far worse than private ones.

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The design of the outdoor Park City Jeff Barnes @thejeffbarnes Council met plaza will be an integral part with architects of that plan, officials said, and Staff writer Monday to discuss preliminary design plans for a proposed new City Hall.

Architects from Design Collective, Inc., the firm working on the project, presented the council with images of architectural techniques from around the world to inspire their design.

“We really think this is going to be a transformational project for the entire community,” said Scott Vieth, an architect and design principal at the firm.

The new City Hall will be part of the planned revitalization of the entire block at the intersection of Knox Road and Route 1.

In March, the city purchased two properties located on the proposed redevelopment site, which is currently occupied by Shanghai Cafe and Subway, for $1.6 million. The leases on the other sites, currently occupied

by Smoothie King and Hair Cuttery, are due to expire at the end of next year.

Wojahn said the current site’s demolition and construction could begin in early 2020.

In addition to a new town headquarters, the redevelopment could include an outdoor gathering space, a new administrative office building for the University of Maryland and ground-level retail.

College Park Mayor Patrick Wojahn said a new City Hall is needed “pretty badly,” partially due to space constraints that make increasing staffing to serve the growing city population a “significant challenge.”

City employees are currently scattered along Route 1 following the relocation of some staff from the site of the proposed Calvert Road childcare center, Wojahn added.

Officials pointed to two designs in particular — the Yale School of Management in Connecticut and the Westland Town Hall in the Netherlands — as possible inspirations for the new design due to their open layout and modern look.

Wojahn said the idea is to create an active and inviting

could serve as a location for concerts and other events. District 3 Councilman John Rigg said Route 1 is currently the focus for development in College Park and that the city lacks a great outdoor space to attract the community.

“I care deeply about the whole project, but maybe the thing that I care most about is getting that plaza right,” Rigg said.

District 2 Councilman P.J. Brennan said, unlike other recent commercial development in the city, the council’s goal for the new design is not to “maximize density” and profits, but rather to create “inviting and an inspiring space that’s interactive.”

The design firm will hold a similar visioning meeting with the community at City Hall on Sept. 27 to gather input for the design.

Afterward, planners will report community feedback to the council and begin work on developing a design proposal.

Knowing much of the new development in the city includes this university’s signature red brick, Brennan said his initial “hard, knee-jerk reaction” was for the design to stay in line with the city’s traditional style. He followed up, however, with the intention to move past this.

“I think that the new City Hall needs to inspire and be looking forward to the future of our city and not necessarily trying to repeat something that already exists,” Brennan said.

Although Wojahn said the total cost of the development has yet to be determined, earlier estimates suggest the project could cost as much as $12.5 million. Once a design is finalized, Wojahn said, they will be able to gather a total cost and determine how much this university will contribute to the project.

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The new restaurant will be located at 8145 Baltimore Ave, in the Campus Village Shoppes across from The Varsity. Construction began in August and should be completed by November, said Yicela Alvarado, the restaurant owners’ daughter who handles restaurant communications for her Spanish-speaking parents.

The restaurant will seat 60 people and offers tacos, quesadillas, enchiladas and other authentic, lesser known Mexican dishes, such as huarache and chicken with mole poblano, Alvarado said.

Taqueria Habanero brands itself as “99% Mexican.” “Authentic pueblan style cooking” and is owned by Mirna Alvarado and Dio Montero, a couple from Puebla, a Mexican city where mole poblano is a specialty.

To the owners, authentic Mexican cuisine means handmade corn tortillas instead of factory made ones, Alvarado said. They opened their first restaurant in 2014 after Montero noticed the lack of authentic Mexican restaurants on upper 14th street in Northwest Washington. He found a small nail salon space for lease and used his savings to convert the space into a restaurant, Alvarado said.

“We do consider ourselves a Mexican restaurant, but we’re not in Mexico so it can’t be considered 100 percent Mexican cooking because we’re in the U.S., so that one percent incorporates everything we kinda do differently because we’re not in Mexico,” Alvarado said.

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“I thought it was a really good idea to have it here,” Alvarado said. “College students really go for Taco Tuesday and they’ll love a good brunch on Sundays.”

Food will be made in-house and will mirror the D.C. location’s menu. The College Park restaurant will also offer a new weekend brunch menu and a Taco Tuesday special, Alvarado said. Prices for food range from $2 to $25 dollars, with a meal usually costing between $10 to $20, Alvarado said.

Sarah Fagan, a sophomore operations management and business analytics major, is a vegetarian. She said she is excited for the new taqueria, which offers several meatless options, such as mushroom tacos.

“I feel really excited,” Fagan said. “I don’t eat meat and I try to avoid dairy if I can, but I’m hoping the new Mexican restaurant can offer me some options.”

The College Park location will also bring back papas con mole, a french fry dish with savory sauce and cheese that was discontinued three to four months after the first restaurant opened because the D.C. location’s kitchen was too small to serve all the orders. The College Park kitchen will be bigger, she added.

“It’s a really big seller,” Alvarado said.

The new restaurant is replacing a space formerly occupied by Dragon Hookah lounge, Alvarado said. The family is also in the process of opening another location in Northwest D.C. toward Columbia Heights, which will be a bar offering tapas — small snacks or appetizers — instead of a full restaurant.

The new restaurant would be convenient for sophomore Grace Chubb, who goes home on weekends to eat Mexican food, since the College Park area does not have many fullservice Mexican restaurants.

“Enchiladas are one of my favorite foods in the whole world. I want to eat one right now,” said Chubb, an English major. “I’m so excited.”

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MOLD From p. 1 But through Sept. 19, reports kept adding up — with many students in Elkton noting mold on their furniture, clothing, bed frames, sheets, desks, closets, windows and air vents — so Residential Facilities began building-wide inspections in the hall.

Following that, on Sept. 21, Resident Life sent out emails to all Elkton Hall residents that they would be moved floor-byfloor over the next few weeks to the Cambria Hotel, The Hotel at the University of Maryland and the College Park Marriott while they cleaned each dorm room.

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LOH From p. 1 of abuse within the program.

Following ESPN’s reports, athletic director Damon Evans placed Durkin on leave, along with strength and conditioning coach Rick Court and two high-level trainers, Wes Robinson and Steve Nordwall.

Court quickly resigned.

At a press conference Aug. 14, Loh said the university accepted “legal and moral” responsibility for McNair’s death based on Walters’ preliminary findings.

The university has attempted to maintain a clear divide between McNair’s medical care

REPORT From p. 1 Stringer Institute to treat heatstroke, and Walters confirmed that industry best practices involve having cold tubs on the field where athletes are training.

Instead, trainers used what Walters described as “inadequate cooling devices” — they applied cold towels to try to alleviate McNair’s back cramping, and added ice packs to his groin and armpit. This treatment is suggested as an alternative when cold water immersion isn’t possible.

Generally, Maryland includes cold water immersion tanks as part of its field setup, but they were not present on May 29.

Originally slated to be held at Maryland Stadium, the May 29 practice was moved to the practice fields in the Schutz Football Practice Complex due to construction. It was not brought inside to Cole Field House due to “poor availability of field space,” Walters said.

Walters said the staff was not given adequate time to prepare for the change in venue and had to “rush to get hydration products and other emergency equipment to the synthetic turf practice field.”

Athletic trainer Steve Nordwall — who remains on ad-

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in their room,” the department said in the email.

Some students felt frustrated with the university’s response to the mold. They noted that much of the initial remediation did not prevent the mold from returning, and there was no communication about potential reaccomodation plans for days after reports first surfaced.

Freshman psychology major Shannon Cleary was disappointed with the response.

She said she expected a better housing experience given how high her out-of-state room and board costs are. “[My parents and I] are pretty frustrated because we’re paying so much out-of-state tuition, so much just to live in such a small room anyway, and the fact that [the mold is] literally covering our whole entire room is terrible,” she said.

Many students also reported feeling sick in the days and weeks prior to discovering the

mold in their rooms. Ziolkowski said that she was diagnosed with bronchitis, which she believes is connected to the mold, and other students around her have also fallen ill.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, mold exposure can result in a variety of symptoms — including coughing, wheezing and irritation in the throat, eyes or skin — or none at all.

Cleary and freshman finance major Ethan Tuttle reported similar symptoms, which they believe are connected to the mold. Clearly said that she was diagnosed on Thursday with a viral infection and is now using an inhaler, while Tuttle said that he was “really sick for three consecutive weeks” with a fever, chills and sinus infection.

“We should be focusing on school, not our rooms covered in mold,” Cleary said.

and the reports of a toxic team culture, but Loh and Evans said Friday that they won’t be making any personnel decisions — on trainers or coaches — until the conclusion of the investigation into the team’s culture. Board of Regents President James Brady said that investigation is expected to conclude “soon,” although it doesn’t have an announced end date.

“This is the procedure for all personnel,” Loh said.

“If there is an investigation, they’re always placed on administrative leave until the investigation is completed.

And as the board chair said, we shall address that issue

together with the larger issue of the culture.”

In 2017, Loh shot down a proposal from then-athletic director Kevin Anderson that would have shifted the department’s athletic training model to a fully independent one that would more closely align with NCAA guidelines. But Loh said Friday that Maryland’s coaches do not have any control over medical personnel.

“What protects the students is not who pays the paycheck of the athletic director or whether we should outsource it through the University of Maryland, Baltimore,” Loh said. “That’s not the key issue. … It is who are the personnel [overseeing

athletic trainers], and the final word is always the physician. It is not the coaches; it is not the athletic department.”

In the report, Walters said Maryland’s current model is “very prevalent” in college sports and that it “meets the recommendation for removing conflict of interest.”

When asked how the school can be sure coaches don’t pressure medical decisions, Loh said that’s because they are not allowed to do so.

“Can a coach try to persuade? I suppose so,” Loh said. “But that coach would be out of line.”

When asked why the system failed McNair, Evans said “that

is what we are looking into.”

Loh said Walters was frequently in College Park over the summer to make recommendations. The university implemented some of those changes in July, Loh said, including using the wet bulb globe temperature to gauge weather conditions, having mandatory hydration testing before workouts, offering more frequent and longer recovery periods and having more physicians and athletic trainers at practices and games.

Walters also began training athletic staff members in the emergency action plan as well as overhauling the evaluation and treatment protocol, which

needs to be approved by the Maryland Board of Physicians.

“In effect, every athletic trainer is directly supervised by a licensed physician,” Loh said.

While Loh and Evans highlighted the changes already made to Maryland’s athletic training protocols, Loh said the university has yet to add an independent sports medicine group to review Maryland’s implementation of the promised changes “once or twice” a year.

“What I want are recommendations to make sure that this tragedy never happens again,” Loh said.

ministrative leave along with Robinson — told Walters he did not notice an elevated skin temperature, and McNair’s temperature was not measured until paramedics arrived.

Walters highlighted the lengths of time between several key moments of the workout.

After McNair first reported cramping at 4:53 p.m., he remained on the field for 34 minutes. He was treated in the athletic training room for 23 minutes before he exhibited a change in mental status, which along with highly elevated body temperature is a primary indicator of exertional heatstroke.

“That’s when you think you have a heatstroke,” Walters said.

“At that point, there were definitely efforts to cool. My point was that I think if you could have done cold water immersion, it would’ve been more effective.”

McNair began yelling at trainers at 5:50 p.m., at which point Robinson instructed Nordwall to call emergency medical services. Instead, Nordwall called team physician Valerie Cothran, who also told Nordwall to call 911. Nordwall called 911 at 5:55 p.m. — more than an hour after the onset of symptoms — and McNair had a seizure shortly after.

The seizure coincided with difficulty breathing. McNair’s

jaw clenched, and Robinson said he was having convulsive movements. His airway was obstructed with a “brown foamy sputum.”

Nordwall and Cothran did not respond to requests fo r c o m m e n t f ro m T h e Diamondback.

The May 29 workout began at 4:15 p.m., according to the university. McNair and other players ran a set of 10 110-yard sprints, which the university has described as a “basic conditioning test.”

McNair completed seven of the 10 sprints before he became “exhausted,” Walters said. He lagged behind the other linemen, unable to meet the 19second benchmark for offensive linemen on the eighth, ninth and 10th attempts.

Walters said teammates “were kind of holding him on the side, coming with” McNair across the field.

“You just wouldn’t think heatstroke when you only run 10 110s,” Walters said. “But at the same time, that’s what developed.”

The Walters report included his interviews with every coach and four of McNair’s teammates who were at the workout.

One player reported Robinson yelled across the field to “get [McNair] the fuck up,”

and another reported Robinson yelling to “drag his ass across the field.” An ESPN report in August had said Robinson told players to “drag his ass across the field.”

One player reported a “Scott” and “Billy” as helping McNair off the field, presumably referring to athletic trainers Scott Wood and Billy Rodgers.

Another of the players reported that “player trust with the athletic training staff is not good” and that the team motto includes “blind trust.” Another player said coaches preach a “no quit” mentality and that players avoid “The Pit,” an area of practice for injured players, at all costs.

From the time cramps were reported on the field to McNair’s arrival at Washington Adventist Hospital was close to two hours.

One player interviewed said McNair did not appear ready for the training session. According to Walters’ report, McNair

gained five percent body weight in the month leading to May 29. Robinson identified three players as “concerns for the workout,” but the report does not identify which players they were. Robinson “closely monitored their activity.”

Walters said “today’s best practices” would be to have cold water immersion accessibility at each workout. There was no tub suitable for cold water immersion May 29. There was also no rectal thermometer or abundant on-site ice.

Walters supplied 20 recommendations in his report, including that the emergency action plan be continually updated on a day-to-day basis, with emphasis on defining clear roles for athletic training staff.

While there was a trauma bag at the May 29 practice, its contents must be outlined in the emergency action plan.

It should include devices to

discern core body temperature, the recommendations said.

Walters also recommended the university establish an Athletic Medicine Review Board for a variety of specialties to provide oversight for Maryland’s sports medicine staff. Sufficient time must be allowed for the change of a practice venue to allow athletic trainers to adequately set up the field.

Robinson recommended seven additions, including all staff using radios to improve communication, cold tubs available regardless of temperature or workout intensity. Robinson also recommended that groups be split into smaller units for team runs, and that players sit out the following repetition if they don’t make the time on a given run.

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unraveling mcnair’s last workout In June, the university hired Dr. Rod Walters to investigate the circumstances surrounding Jordan McNair’s death. Walters’ final report, released Friday, provides a detailed account of the May 29 workout where McNair suffered fatal heatstroke. Below is the confirmed timeline (not to scale) of that day.

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4:13 p.m. Maryland’s first team workout of the summer begins. This follows four weeks off, during which the team assigned players a regular training regimen.

• The workout was moved from Maryland Stadium to the practice fields located behind the Varsity Team House due to construction and Cole Field House — the second choice — not having adequate field space available.

It’s not clear exactly when the workout was moved, but the training staff reported it had to rush to prepare the practice fields with proper medical equipment. Tubs capable of cold water immersion are reportedly part of the usual field setup but were not at the practice fields on May 29. Walters and head football athletic trainer Wes Robinson point to this as a mistake.

4:38 p.m. Players line up to begin a conditioning test of 10 110-yard sprints. They are expected to complete each sprint within a certain time based on their position; linemen must run each sprint in 19 seconds.

Most fatal heatstrokes to football players occur when teams first return to practice. To lessen the risk of heatstroke, it’s recommended teams gradually increase the intensity of practices. While this conditioning test was “not long in duration,” Walters said the team’s lack of allowing for acclimatization following its time off.

4:41 p.m. Linemen begin their sprints. McNair meets the time in his first seven sprints.

4:48 p.m. Following the seventh sprint, McNair has heat cramps and trainers report he appears “exhausted.” A player describes him as “gassed.”

Since McNair’s heatstroke, head football athletic trainer Wes Robinson recommended the team change several policies surrounding conditioning tests, including having players sit out a sprint if they failed to make time on the previous one and having players run the width of the field rather than the length to allow for easier monitoring by athletic trainers.

4:53 - 4:58 p.m. McNair completes the final three sprints in more than 19 seconds. Teammates go back to McNair and encourage him on the 10th sprint. One player reports McNair had his arms around his teammates.

4:59 p.m. McNair is assisted by athletic trainers Billy Rodgers and Scott Wood, who are cooling and hydrating him.

The proper treatment for heat exhaustion — a less severe version of heat illness than heatstroke — involves getting the patient to a cool, shaded environment and recording vital signs. Maryland trainers never took McNair’s temperature and did not move him indoors until 34 minutes after he first appeared to be cramping. about 5 p.m. As head football athletic trainer Wes Robinson retrieves an inhaler for another player, he sees Rodgers and Wood helping McNair and yells across the field, saying to keep him moving. One player quotes Robinson as saying “get him the fuck up,” another as saying “drag his ass across the field.”

• As Robinson walks with other players toward grass fields where they will do positional drills, director of athletic training Steve Nordwall approaches McNair.

• Rodgers and Wood walk McNair toward the positional drill area, and Robinson tends to a linebacker who complained of dizziness.

• McNair complains of low back tightness and cramping. Wood and Rodgers notice him hyperventilating but do not notice any elevated skin temperature. After initially having • McNair walk around, they lay him on a treatment table with his legs elevated.

Cold, clammy skin is a symptom of heat exhaustion, while hot skin is a symptom of heatstroke. Heat exhaustion is a less severe version of heat illness than heatstroke.

5:22 p.m. Nordwall, Rodgers and Wood cart McNair to Gosset Team House.

• Robinson calls one of the trainers’ cell phone to learn of McNair’s status and is told he’s improving. Robinson stays with the rest of the team until the end of the drills.

Robinson has since recommended athletic trainers use radios to improve communication.

5:26 p.m. The cart carrying McNair arrives at Gosset. McNair walks into the building reporting “mostly” low back cramps and “being uncomfortable.” With the team workout over, Robinson “runs down” to Gosset.

• The trainers again lay McNair supine with his legs elevated. Robinson tells Wood and Rodgers to use cold towels to cool him and alleviate cramping.

• Robinson said the trainers did not initiate cold water immersion — which is the recommended treatment for heatstroke and has a 100 percent survival rate when instituted quickly — due to a fear McNair would drown, given McNair’s large stature compared to them.

There were five athletic trainers, multiple coaches and student managers and dozens of McNair’s teammates at the workout.

• Still uncomfortable, McNair gets up on his own and begins walking around to help with his back pain before sitting on a treatment table. Nordwall denies having noticed McNair having hot skin.

5:50 p.m. As trainers gave McNair hydration and used towels and ice packs to cool him, he begins yelling at them, displaying a central nervous dysfunction, the second main characteristic of exertional heatstroke along with severely elevated body temperature.

5:50 p.m. In response to McNair’s drastic mood swing, Robinson instructs Nordwall to call 911.

5:52 p.m. Nordwall calls team physician Valerie Cothran, who also instructs him to call 911.

The emergency action plans list Nordwall and a team physician as people to notify in case of a medical emergency, but first says to “immediately” contact EMS.

5:55 p.m. Nordwall calls 911 and reports only that McNair is “hyperventilating after exercising and unable to control [his] breath.” He tells the dispatcher that they will meet the first responders “on the Fieldhouse Drive side of the field.”

Nordwall first asks the dispatcher for “one second” and does not begin talking until about 15 seconds into his call. He never mentions any cooling efforts or potential of heat illness.

• McNair has a seizure. He is foaming at the mouth with his jaw clenched. The trainers position him on his side and Robinson begins using a manual suction device to help McNair breathe. The suction device came from a trauma bag that had been retrieved from the practice field by a third athletic trainer.

Previous media reports suggested McNair suffered a seizure around 5 p.m., but Walters apparently found no evidence of that, despite asking assistant coaches about seizures and whether they witnessed McNair suffer one on this day.

Gosset not containing equipment such as manual suction and oxygen — meaning a trainer had to get them — was one of Walters’ earliest concerns.

6:02 p.m. To ensure appropriate medical personnel, a second ambulance carrying responders trained in Advance Cardiac Life Support are being dispatched for McNair’s respiratory distress.

• Robinson asks Nordwall if anyone has left Gosset to meet the ambulance. When Nordwall says no, Robinson goes himself. He doesn’t see them and by the time he returns to Gosset, the ambulance has arrived via a different entrance and first responders have reached McNair.

Sending somebody to meet EMS and help them find the precise location is listed on Maryland’s emergency action plan. Walters calls this step “imperative” and not following it added to the chaotic scene.

6:02 p.m. The first ambulance arrives.

• McNair is stretchered outside to the ambulance as the trainers continue applying ice packs to his groin and armpit. This is an alternative treatment method suggested to be used when cold water immersion isn’t possible.

6:06 p.m. One of the first responders reports McNair’s seizure to the dispatcher and calls for paramedics, which are separate from ambulances in Prince George’s County and are dispatched to more serious medical emergencies.

6:10 p.m. The second ambulance, carrying ACLS personnel, arrives at Gosset.

6:11 p.m. The ACLS ambulance drives to the other side of Gosset to meet the first ambulance.

There was confusion over the arrival locations of the ambulances. Walters said this was caused not only by failing to send anybody to meet them, but also the traffic changes caused

by Cole Field House and the university failing to adjust emergency plans in response to it.

• Robinson brings an office garbage can filled with ice to the ambulances.

• McNair is transferred to the ACLS ambulance. They secure an IV line while Robinson and Nordwall continue to help with cooling.

6:27 p.m. The ambulance carrying McNair leaves for Washington Adventist Hospital in Takoma Park.

6:36 p.m. McNair arrives at Washington Adventist.

McNair did not receive cold water immersion until at least this time. Cold water immersion has a 100 percent success rate in preventing fatalities from heatstroke when instituted within 30 minutes of onset. Due to trainers failing to measure or record McNair’s temperature, we cannot know exactly when he began suffering from heatstroke; however, his mood swing and seizure between 5:50 p.m. and 6 p.m. both point to it having set in by then, which means the 30-minute window was closed or very nearly closed by this time.

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hildish Gambino b e ga n t h e s h ow Wednesday night at Capital One Arena ominously, appearing at the end of a narrow stage platform to the tune of an instrumental no one in the crowd seemed to recognize. It was an unreleased song, unofficially labeled “Algorythm,” and one of two never-before-heard songs Gambino performed that night.

Perhaps the new material was why the Atlanta native instructed fans to not have their phones out during the show, a point he drove home throughout the performance.

“You paid for this, those people out there didn't,” Gambino told the thousands that assembled to see him. He told the crowd to be present and just have the experience with him.

The no-phones-allowed rule created a beautiful concert environment. Without any distracting iPhone camera

flashes, audience members could focus on the dazzling music and crisp light show.

Unlike Rae Sremmurd, who opened for him, Gambino sang his songs without a backing track as the live band created his soothing melodies from scratch. His soulful voice hit every note, reaching its peak on the high-octave song “Redbone.”

His light show and choreography was not overthe-top, but rather carefully tailored to each song. Slower songs like “Stand Tall” got a single spotlight while the fastpaced “Boogieman” delivered a dance crew and intricate visuals.

“I knew this show would be special,” Gambino said. “Every time I come here, my shows sell out like that. I've never not had a sold out show in D.C. Something about the people here … y'all get me!”

Childish Gambino, who got his name from a Wu Tang name generator, also gave the

audience some insight into how the DMV influenced him.

He revealed “This is America,” which addresses being black in the U.S., was written following the 2015 Baltimore riots, meaning Gambino could have had it in the vault for up to three years.

Despite the large venue, the performance still felt intimate.

Maybe it was the fact that he was shirtless for the entire show, or maybe it was his style of wacky yet talented dancing, but he made the audience feel as if he trusted them enough to let them see a new side of a normally reserved man.

The show was bittersweet for his longtime fans — happy to be there, but sad that the artist is on his final tour. Regardless, concertgoers left with a feeling of satisfaction having just seen an unbelievably passionate performance.

If he had to leave, at least he's leaving on top. diversionsdbk@gmail.com

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anthony mcfarland ran for 112 yards and two touchdowns as Maryland gained 315 rushing yards. McFarland rushed for over 100 yards for the second straight game, helping the Terps to a bounceback win. alex chen/the diamondback

running rampant Terps gash Gophers on the ground to win Big Ten opener

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By Andy Kostka | @afkostka | Senior staff writer

fte r h a n d i n g o f f to A n t h o ny Mc Fa rl a n d , Maryland football quarterback Kasim Hill ran with both of his arms raised, struggling to keep up as the running back sprinted toward the end zone for a second time Saturday.

McFarland found a seam in the defense and hit the gap at full speed, leaving Minnesota defenders and Terps teammates alike further and further behind as he broke away for the 64-yard score, his second touchdown of Maryland’s Big Ten opener.

Maryland had been waiting for this production from the former four-star recruit, who broke his fibula before his senior year of high school and redshirted last season. Now back on the field, McFarland’s explosiveness was on display against the Gophers as he rushed for his first two college touchdowns.

Despite an offensive line that remains unstable, Maryland rebounded from its abysmal offensive showing from the week prior to drop Minnesota, 42-13, and open conference play with a blowout win.

“Especially coming off of last week as an offense, we were focused on starting fast and really just going out and playing and having fun,” Hill said. “It was great

to see Ant get in the endzone.”

Last week, starting tackles Damian Prince and Derwin Gray sat out with injuries, and while interim head coach Matt Canada said that had “no bearing” on the 35-14 loss to Temple, it was the logical explanation for the dropoff from 444 rushing yards gained against Bowling Green to 132 against the Owls.

Prince remained unavailable to the Terps (3-1, 1-0 Big Ten) on Saturday while Terrance Davis started his first game of the year. Marcus Minor also missed snaps due to injury. Still, the patchwork line created holes like the one McFarland found on Maryland’s opening possession for a 26-yard touchdown.

McFarland’s broken leg in August 2 0 1 6 e n d e d h i s se n i o r sea so n a t DeMatha before it began. But now, with Lorenzo Harrison and Jake Funk out with injuries, McFarland is shouldering a significant role in the Terps’ ground game and making a case to remain a significant part of the offense.

He finished with 112 yards, his second consecutive week with over 100 yards on the ground.

“We’re banged up,” Canada said. “We played with great focus. If you want to talk about this football team, their ability to keep themselves focused on things is really, really important.”

Later in the first quarter, running back Ty Johnson broke off an 81-yard carry to establish a two-score lead.

And after failing to record a sack last week, Maryland’s defense got to walk-on freshman quarterback Zack Annexstad early and often Saturday. Annexstad was sacked four times, looked gimpy as he tried to move around the pocket and was pressured into throwing a pick-six to linebacker Tre Watson on the second play of the third quarter.

Annexstad found wideout Rashod Bateman for a 17-yard score in the second quarter to pull within 11 points at halftime. But the defense held Annexstad to 169 yards, picked him off twice and allowed him to complete 14 of his 32 passes.

“Guys just flew around and played with a lot of energy,” Watson said. “We have dudes on this defense who can fly around and make plays at any moment.”

Minnesota (3-1, 0-1) entered with the No. 6 ranked defense in the country, but the Terps scored more points Saturday than the Golden Gophers’ first three opponents combined.

Hill, who threw for 56 yards in Maryland’s ugly home opener, completed 10 of his 14 passes Saturday, including a 54-yard touchdown to wide receiver DJ Turner in the second quarter. But

the Terps hardly needed to drop back for passes late, instead handing the ball off to pick up yards in chunks en route to 432 total yards .

“You have to decide how you want to stop us,” Hill said. “However we get a flow, get a rhythm, however that’s working for us that day, all of us just want to win, whether it’s running the ball, throwing the ball, whatever we have to do.”

The buildup to the game was largely overshadowed by Friday’s release of Rod Walters’ investigation into offensive lineman Jordan McNair’s death, which highlighted the missteps made by Maryland’s athletic training staff. As has been the case all season, the reminders of the May 29 workout remained with the Terps, with McNair’s No. 79 sprinkled throughout Maryland Stadium.

But Maryland jumped out on Minnesota early, gambling on a fourth down on the opening drive and converting. When Canada was asked during his postgame press conference about the resiliency of his players, who have weathered coaching changes and departmental turmoil, Canada cut the reporter off.

“It’s unbelievable!” he yelled into the mic. “These kids are special.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

men’s soccer

Heartbreak at Ludwig Field Terps lead for 82 minutes before allowing pair of Wisconsin goals by

Following

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out his team’s Big Ten slate.

“Three points is important Joe Catapano a c r u s h i n g through to stun the Terps hadn’t.

Maryland had appeared to in conference play,” Sejdic @JoeCatapano_ 2 -1 l o s s to with a golden goal in the 107th be approaching a mid-season said. “Every single point and minute.

Wisconsin Staff writer o n Fr i d a y night, the Maryland men’s soccer team went straight to the locker room, rather than remaining on the field for a routine postgame talk.

The Terps had a 1-0 lead for 82 minutes in their Big Ten home opener, but they were unable to build on a 7th-minute goal from forward Paul Bin. Maryland’s inability to create a comfortable lead opened the door for the first heartbreak of the season, after a 2017 campaign that was full of them.

The Terps were 53 seconds away from their second Big Ten win this season when Wisconsin equalized. After forcing overtime, the Badgers

It was Maryland’s third loss of the season, but the most painful defeat yet of the 2018 campaign.

“We’ve lost two games prior to this and you didn’t have this empty feeling from those losses,” coach Sasho Cirovski said. “This one’s going to hurt.”

Maryland’s previous defeats were understandable results.

The Terps couldn’t go on the road and beat No. 16 Washington in the season opener, and despite failing to score in its fourth consecutive game to start the season, there was “no shame” in a 1-0 loss to a perennial national title contender No. 23 UCLA. So Friday night’s loss stung

groove following two straight wins that got its record to .500. Bin’s first career goal marked the team’s first time scoring before halftime this season, and after being shut out in their first four games, it was the Terps’ third game in a row with a goal.

Maryland was coming off an overtime road win against Northwestern in a game that mirrored the loss to Wisconsin the following weekend.

The Terps erased a one-goal deficit late in the second half and won in overtime in a game Cirovski believed helped his team mature.

After the victory, midfielder Amar Sejdic knew how crucial picking up wins were through-

every single goal you can get counts when it comes toward the end of the season.”

That sentiment didn’t resonate positively with the Terps on Friday.

Maryland squandered the opportunity to begin Big Ten play with two wins, unable to handle the same second-half pressure it applied in its previous match. Maryland had a 12-7 advantage in overall shots but put two fewer on goal than the Badgers.

“What you have to do in those situations is put the balls in the back of the other team’s net,” Cirovski said. “We certainly had space. We had opportunities … the execution in the final third was left

Maryland was less than a minute away from eking out its second conference win this year, but a late collapse Friday dropped the Terps below .500. file photo/the diamondback wanting again.”

The collapse was eerily similar to how Wisconsin eliminated Maryland from last year’s Big Ten tournament quarterfinals at Ludwig Field.

The Terps went up 1-0 in the first half before the Badgers scored the equalizer in the 51st minute and put up the game winner with three minutes left.

Maryland fell victim to the same second-half pitfalls

Friday night and watched a lead slip from its grasp for the first time this season with mere seconds left in regulation. Then, they witnessed Wisconsin celebrate on their own field for the second time in under a year.

“This is going to hurt,” Cirovski said. “We hope to make it a good hurt so we can respond in a positive way.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

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after maryland found an equalizing goal in the waning moments of regulation, Rutgers handed the Terps their second straight conference loss with a goal in the first minute of overtime. frances moyonero/the diamondback

rutgers From p. 12 The sophomore struck the ball with the outside of her right foot, and the slicing attempt flew past the reach of goalkeeper Megan McClelland to level the score and send the match to extra time.

Maryland had gone down a goal about 10 minutes earlier. Ali corralled a loose ball that chipped over the Terps backline and sent a skidding pass across the box to forward Nneka Moneme, leaving Egyed with little hope of keeping

the game scoreless.

Moneme tapped in the go-ahead goal, finally breaking through Maryland’s stout defense. Egyed and the defense had weathered an 8-1 Rutgers shot advantage at halftime, and while Mose delivered a clutch goal, the Scarlet Knights still finished with a 13-6 final tally.

Moneme had nearly put Rutgers ahead in the 29th minute, but her header flew wide right of goal.

Midway through the second h a l f , E g ye d c o n n e c te d w i t h forward Mikayla Dayes on a long cross-field goal kick. Dayes took

a step to balance herself and sent a blistering shot towards goal, but the strike ricocheted off the right crossbar.

Dayes’ near-miss drew gasps from the rain-soaked home crowd, yet the match remained scoreless.

The long-range effort was Maryland’s best chance to find the net during a game with minimal offensive production up to that point. “ I d e f i n i te l y t h i n k [ we ’ re making] progress,” Mose said.

“We’re moving the ball better … but we have to get more [shots] off, improve more connecting the ball

once we get it from our backline to our front six.”

Despite Rutgers’ first-half shot advantage leading to Egyed making five saves, none of the attempts before halftime put much pressure on the redshirt senior.

While Moneme’s six-foot frame posed an obvious mismatch, Maryland handled Rutgers’ pressure.

Defenders Kady Badham, Adalee Broadbent and Niven Hegeman, none of whom are taller than 5-foot-8, limited Moneme to just one shot before she scored the late-game goal.

Still, Rutgers’ probing attack proved too much for Maryland to keep out. Two goals from the Scarlet Knights handed Maryland its second conference loss of the year early in the Big Ten slate. “ I t wa s a d eva s ta t i n g l oss, no doubt about it,” Leone said.

“But as a coach trying to build this program, that was the best they’ve played in the three years we’ve been here. It was a remarkable level of play against a great team and great program.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

football

Tre Watson makes an immediate impact Graduate transfer from Illinois had pick-6 against Golden Gophers and helps lead Terps linebackers On the first drive of the Andy Kostka second half on Saturday, as Minnesota quarterback @afkostka Senior staff writer Zack Annexstad’s pass fluttered toward the middle of the field, Maryland linebacker Tre Watson broke toward the ball.

The Golden Gophers had found success with a zone read play earlier in the game, so they decided to try it again. Annexstad faked a handoff to draw the defense to one side of the field, then threw to a receiver streaking over the middle.

But this time, the Terps wouldn’t be fooled. Watson, who had dropped back to cover the receiver’s route, grabbed the interception and returned it 36 yards for a touchdown. The pick-six was one of three turnovers Maryland forced Saturday en route to a 42-13 win.

Watson, who transferred from Illinois in the offseason, didn’t come to College Park to be a rotational player. He filled out a relatively inexperienced linebacker corps, playing a large role in Maryland’s earlyby

season defensive dominance.

“I certainly came in expecting to make an impact. I didn’t come in to sit on the sideline,” Watson said. “That’s just not my mentality.”

Through four games, the Terps are ranked the No. 20 defense in the country. While Maryland still has a full gauntlet of Big Ten opponents to navigate, its defense appears much improved from 2017, when it was No. 86 nationally.

Watson said he spoke with linebacker coach Matt Barnes as he secured his transfer to Maryland. Barnes laid out a role for Watson that the Tampa, Florida, native felt fit his skillset.

Watson’s performance at weakside linebacker, defending the run and the pass, has been impressive.

In Maryland’s season-opening win over then-No. 23 Texas, he recorded nine tackles and an interception, one of three late turnovers to secure the victory. He supplied a season-high 15 tackles last week against Temple, and chipped in 11 tackles and a sack

along with his pick-six against Minnesota.

“If the ball is in the air, it’s got to be mine,” Watson said. “And there’s no better feeling than being in the end zone for the team.”

The Terps held Minnesota to 94 rushing yards on 40 attempts, and Annexstad completed just 44 percent of his passes. After averaging 31.7 points per game in nonconference play this year, the Gophers scored 13 on Saturday.

“They came downhill fast,” Minnesota running back Mohamed Ibrahim said. “That was probably their biggest key.”

Late in the first quarter, safety Darnell Savage — arguably Maryland’s top defensive performer this year — rushed to meet wide receiver Rashod Bateman at the sticks and laid a big hit to prevent a third-down conversion. The hit rattled Savage, who walked to the locker room with trainer support and didn’t return.

Without Savage, the most experienced Terps starter, other players stepped up. In the fourth quarter, defensive back RaVon Davis intercepted Annexstad and defensive lineman Byron Cowart forced a fumble, ending two Minnesota drives deep in Maryland territory.

“Any time you can score on defense, it puts you in a great position,” interim head coach Matt Canada said. “The only negative then was that our defense had to play a lot. … I was really, really happy with our defense’s effort. Again, with the injuries we had guys stepping up, and that was a challenge.”

Last week, the Terps’ defense was forced to spend more time on the field because their offense couldn’t sustain drives. This time, Maryland’s defense got to protect a lead — one Watson helped create — as the team’s quick-strike offense built an early edge.

Minnesota entered the matchup as the No. 6-ranked defense in the country, having handled its non-Power Five opponents to begin the season. But it was Maryland’s defense that controlled the tempo Saturday, with Watson leading the charge.

“I came here wanting to help a football team win games and get to a place I haven’t been in a really long time,” Watson said.

“So far, I’ve been able to help the team do that, and that’s what matters at the end of the day.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

volleyball

In front of raucous crowd, Terps fall meekly Minnesota rolls to straight-set sweep as Terps post worst hitting percentage of the season by

With 10 wins in straight sets to open their Big Ten

14 matches, nine slate Wednesday. However, MaryBen Fischer @TheBiggestFisch o f w h i c h h a v e land showed on Saturday it still been sweeps, the has a ways to go before it matches Staff writer Maryland volleyball team found success early in its season.

But the majority of those victories came during nonconference play as a new-look Terps squad under first-time coach Adam Hughes attempted to find a rhythm. As Big Ten play begins, though, Maryland will face a litany of experienced teams.

The Terps toppled Rutgers in

up evenly with the Big Ten’s elite.

No. 7 Minnesota swept the Terps in front of 5,444 fans in their first true road test, the biggest crowd Maryland has played in front of this year.

“It was a good atmosphere for us to play in with such a young team,” Hughes said. “They did not back down.”

Maryland has yet to win a set i n s i d e M a t u r i Pav i l i o n s i n ce

joining the Big Ten in 2014. On Saturday, the Terps hung around in all three sets against the Golden Gophers before fading late each time. Hughes said he wants his team to maintain momentum better in future matches.

Minnesota seized control of sets throughout the contest with four runs of five or more consecutive points. Meanwhile, the Terps struggled to find clean hitting lanes, posting a season-low .089 hitting percentage, as the Golden Gophers recorded nine blocks.

“We’ve just got to find ways to get the runs to stop,” Hughes said.

“Against teams like that, it’s tough to come out of that situation and

try to come back.”

Late in the first frame, Maryland held an 18-16 edge. But Minnesota flipped the script, rattling off six straight points as part of a 9-1 run to win the set.

The Terps narrowly missed the NCAA tournament last year.

Their 7-13 Big Ten record, which included just two conference wins on the road, may have played a part in the snub.

To return to near that level again in 2018, despite losing coach Steve Aird and four of Maryland’s top five attackers from the year before, improved results in conference play — especially in hostile road environments — will be key.

The Terps get to stay home for the next two matches before facing No. 4 Penn State in State College.

Since joining the Big Ten in 2014, Maryland has yet to win a set on the road against the Nittany Lions.

Middle blocker Katie Myers, currently in her third season with the Terps, emphasized the need for consistency when playing in loud opposing arenas against annual NCAA tournament challengers.

“It’s going to be like this every single night,” Myers said. “We’re going to have to bring our best performance because everyone’s going to bring their best to us.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

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Linnea Gonzales scored two goals in Maryland’s win over Michigan on Sunday, adding to her team-high 10 scores. The Wolverines tried to limit her influence, but she roamed to new positions to deal damage. andi wenck/the diamondback

linnea lifts terps A pair of goals from Gonzales helps Maryland move to 11-0

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aryland field hockey entered halftime tied with Michigan on the scoreboard, but the Wolverines had all the momentum.

Michigan took six shots in the first half — including a four-shot flurry that required three saves from goalkeeper Sarah Holliday — and scored the equalizer in the final 12 minutes, sending the game to the break even at 1-1.

The Terps reversed that in the second half, however, preventing the Wolverines from creating opportunities and converting a chance of their own to get an advantage back shortly after intermission.

The No. 3 Terps maintained control of the game after forward Linnea Gonzales’ second score of the game in the 44th minute, allowing the No. 8 Wolverines just three shots after halftime

and winning 2-1 to move to 11-0 on the season.

“Michigan is always so athletic, so well coached,” coach Missy Meharg said. “I couldn’t be more proud of our team for the outcome. We had segments of our game growing, which is phenomenal.”

Neither team put a shot on goal until the 10th minute, when a Maryland (11-0, 3-0 Big Ten) effort was saved. Michigan (6-4, 2-1) didn’t have a shot until the 23rd minute.

Maryland had the upper hand for most of the first half, scoring in the 11th minute and holding the advantage in possession. While Michigan took control for the end of the first half, Maryland gained it back for the rest of the game, ending with 17 shots compared to Michigan’s 11.

Gonzales had more than half of the Terps’ looks at goal, and after sending

all three of her shots wide of the net in the team’s 1-0 win over No. 23 Ohio State on Friday, the senior connected with two of her efforts Sunday.

Her first score came on a deflection on a penalty corner in the 11th minute, and she spun around and took a hard shot for the game-winner in the 45th.

In the first half, Michigan played a box defense that focused on Gonzales and defender Nike Lorenz, Maryland’s two leading scorers.

In the second, they put less pressure on Gonzales and more on Lorenz.

With Gonzales roaming around the field playing different positions, she scored in both halves.

“It’s very different coming from midfield and forward all the time and switching,” Gonzales said. “But when I do get the chance to be forward, I like to take my opportunities.”

Lorenz, meanwhile, said the team’s

defense has done an effective job of communicating and helping each other with positioning, preventing opponents from getting many looks at goal. And when the Wolverines did challenge Holliday, the senior was up to the task, making four saves and turning away a Wolverines penalty corner in the game’s dying moments.

The performance came less than a week after Holliday was benched against Princeton for giving up three goals on three shots in the first half.

“She’s got a lot of experience and she’s got a lot of talent,” Meharg said.

“She has a goalkeeping unit with Noelle Frost [where] anybody can be on the field, and I think that’s always very healthy for talented athletes, to know that if they’re not on their mark they’ve got great competition.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

“When I do get the chance to be forward, I like to take my opportunities.”

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women’s soccer

Rutgers ends extra time in next to no time Terps concede in first minute of overtime Less than a Alex Rychwalski m i n u te i n to t h e @arychwal start of an overtime p e r i o d M a ryl a n d Staff writer women’s soccer had fought back late to force, Rutgers ended the game with a goal that by

made midfielder Anissa Mose’s 87th-minute equalizer moot.

Scarlet Knights defender Kenie Wright played a short ball into the box Sunday, and forward Amirah Ali turned and placed a shot perfectly into the left corner of goal past

diving goalkeeper Rachel Egyed.

With the golden goal, Rutgers narrowly edged the Terps, 2-1, after losing its lead on Mose’s score.

The Terps struggled to complete passes and finish chances in the final third until it was too late, and the Scarlet Knights capitalized on their first chance in the added

period to hand Maryland its second straight loss.

“I loved that we just didn’t go down easy,” coach Ray Leone said.

“It was hard. [Rutgers is] a great team, and not many people have scored on them… but we’ve got to get better in overtime.”

Trailing by a goal in the waning

moments of regulation, Maryland midfielder Hope Lewandoski lined up for a 40-yard free kick.

The Scarlet Knights easily cleared the arching first ball into the box, but the clearance dropped to the feet of Mose.

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