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Loh forms Byrd renaming work group those reasons, the stadium’s name should be changed.

A f ter hea r i ng t hese student concerns, university President sport is overshadowed by the sta- Wallace Loh announced Sept. 24 dium’s namesake: Harry Clifton the Byrd Stadium Naming Work “Curley” Byrd, a former university Group, tasked with providing Loh “a thoughtful and balanced assesspresident.

The sociology major, along with ment of possible options” by Dec. several student groups, believes 11, according to the announcement.

“Like on any other issue, before the former president was a racist and segregationist and that for I make a decision I ask for input

Four subcommittees will look into history, naming policies and larger societal context

By Ellie Silverman @esilverman11 Senior staff writer A lthough football game days i n c l u d e 2 4- o u n c e “ C h e s s i e ” pretzels, beer a nd some school pride, senior Colin Byrd said the

from a very d iverse set of constituencies, so when the decision is made, no decision is going to please everybody, but at least they have a right and opportunity to be heard and speak up,” Loh said in an interview. “If they don’t like the decision at least they will feel they were heard. That’s what democracy is about.”

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U unveils new Metro complex 370 apartments, retail space planned

By Joe Atmonavage @Fus_DBK Staff writer Plans for a new housing and retail community located near the College Park Metro Station w i l l p ro v i d e e a s y a c c e s s to public transportation and 3,000 jobs in the university’s Research Park, the university announced today.

The complex will house 370 apartments, 5,000 square feet of retail space and the 395 parking spaces for recent graduates and professiona ls to have access to the Resea rch Pa rk, publ ic transit and a college town, according to a university release.

The property is located at 4301 River Road.

Eric Olson, the College Park City-University Partnership executive director, said the city a nd th is u n iversity had been working on having an apartment complex near a source of public transit for years.

BYRD STADIUM’s namesake, Harry Clifton “Curley” Byrd, has come under fire. file photo/the diamondback

Black representation at the university lags behind other minority groups

By Ellie Silverman @esilverman11 Senior staff writer Last fall, there were two full professors in the behavioral and social sciences college who looked like Joseph Richardson.

Richardson is a black associate professor, one rank below full professor, in the African-American studies department and has taught at the University of Maryland since 2006. Out of 703 full professors at this university last fall, 15 were black.

When accounting for associate and assistant professors, the total number of black professors at this university reaches 73 out of a total of 1,511, according to data from this LAUREN WATSON, a senior biology major, sits in a lecture hall in Marie Mount Hall. Watson, who is black, has never had a black professor in a science class at this university. Black representation at this university, including among faculty, declined across the board from 2008 to 2014. tom hausman/the diamondback

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Fellows endorses Wojahn in this year’s mayoral race

Applications for advisory boards could get updates

Election to feature two veteran councilors

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SGA committee to draft bill this semester

By Katishi Maake @KatishiMaake Staff writer After a racist, sexist email sent in January 2014 by a former member of this university’s Kappa Sigma fraternity surfaced in March, university President Wallace Loh announced the creation of a multicultural advisory board to counsel him on diversity issues.

W h i le sen ior Sier ra K el leyChung thought the board was a g reat idea, she d isag reed w ith

KATHERINE SWANSON, Student Government Association vice president of student affairs, speaks during last year’s SGA presidential debate in the Benjamin Banneker Room of Stamp Student Union on April 16. file photo/the diamondback Loh’s original plan to hand-pick the members of the board instead of choosing them through an application process, as some other advisory boards on the campus select members.

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individual studies program major studying minority advocacy and public policy said. “It’s a process that should be based on merit.”

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As College Park faces one of its most competitive mayoral races i n decades, its cu rrent mayor has endorsed District 1 Councilman Patrick Wojahn for the seat.

C it y M ayo r A n dy Fe l lo w s said while most mayoral candidates hail from the Calvert Hills neighborhood or College Park Estates — the neighborhood in which Fellows resides — Wojahn is from northern College Park, which could advance the council’s goal of collaborating with the university and county.

“In terms of the goal of one College Park, it’s a statement for voters if we go for Patrick Wojahn, because it’s for the good of all College Park,” Fellows said. “He lives in and has represented the northern part of College Park since 2007.”

The two candidates this year, Woja h n a nd D i s t r ic t 4 Cou nci lwom a n a nd M ayor P ro Tem Denise Mitchell, have served on t he Col lege Pa rk City Cou nci l since 2007 and 2009, respectively. Before the 2013 election, when m idd le scho ol te a cher R ob er t McCeney challenged incumbent Mayor Andy Fellows, the last contested mayoral race was in 1989.

Though Mitchell has been mayor pro tem since 2011, Wojahn said his accomplishments as a councilman, such as starting College Park Day,

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“In the climate that we have now,” Richardson said.

“I don’t necessarily know whet her you cou ld move through your entire collegiate experience here at the University of Maryland and have a black professor.”

That’s been the case for junior Mariah Fletcher, who is black. The physiology and neurobiology major has never had a black professor.

“It would’ve been more i nteresti ng,” she sa id. “I would’ve liked to see it more.”

While this school is often touted as one of the most diverse in the nation, students like Fletcher are seeing fewer and fewer black faculty on the campus. The percentage of black faculty has dropped to 4.6 percent since 2008, down from about 5 percent.

This decline also holds true for black staff, undergraduates and graduate students at this university from fall 2008 to 2014.

Meanwhile, the six-year graduation rate for black students continues to trail behind their white, Asian and Hispanic peers. For the class that enrolled at this university in 2008, the graduation gap for black students was 7.2 percent.

Attracting and retaining diverse staff, faculty, undergraduates and graduate students is a primary goal of the university’s 2010 Strategic Plan for Diversity, but it remains a challenge, officials said.

Established in 2008, the university’s 10-year overall strategic plan includes the stated mission of “enhancing the diversity of our student body,” recognizing that “excellence cannot be achieved without diversity.”

The Strategic Plan for Diversity expands on this by including explicit benchmarks, such as increasing the percentage of undergraduate students from underrepresented groups — African-Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans and multiracial students — to at least 38 percent of total enrollment.

T he university has surpassed this goal — as of 2014, 42 percent of undergraduates were students of color.

However, a breakdown by group shows that black undergraduate representation has been lagging behind.

While Maryland’s population is 30 percent black, blacks are underrepresented at this university across the board.

About 13 percent of undergraduates, 24 percent of staff, 7 percent of graduate students and 4.6 percent of faculty are black. All of these percentages have shrunk since the university first laid out its 2008 strategic plan.

“One out of every three people in this state of Maryland are African-American,” Richardson said. “That should be reflected in both the population of the students and faculty, as well as the staff.

People are paying taxes and this is the flagship university of the state, but those numbers aren’t being reflected.”

MOVING UP THE RANKS When the university introduced its 2008 strategic plan, it employed 22 black full professors, representing about 3 percent of all full professors.

As of fall 2014, 2 percent of all full professors at this university were black.

The percentage of black assistant professors has also dropped.

Kumea Shorter-Gooden, this university’s chief diversity officer, called this percentage decrease “a core concern.”

Recruiting black faculty c a n b e d i f f ic u lt b e c au se o f t h e “ p i p e l i n e i s s u e ,” Shorter-Gooden said, as the number of graduating black doctoral students is lower than other groups.

THE university senate COMMITTEE on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion holds a meeting in Marie Mount Hall on Tuesday. tom hausman/the diamondback “We can do better about bringing people in, and we need to do a better job of tenuring,” Shorter-Gooden said.

About 15 years ago, there was a push within the university to attract minority faculty, Shorter-Gooden said, but once those numbers improved, the effort petered out.

From 1992 to 2014, the percentage of black tenured and on-track faculty peaked at about 6.7 percent in 1999.

As of last fall, 4.8 percent of tenured and on-track employees were black.

Si nce 2008, A si a n a nd Hispanic tenured and ontrack faculty have seen slight increases in representation, while white tenured and ontrack faculty declined to about 67 percent in 2014 from about 74 percent in 2008.

At the turn of the millennium, “there was a bit more proactivity around, ‘We must hire people from underrepresented groups,’” Shorter-Gooden said. “Once some people are hired, that kind of passion and commitment can kind of slack off a bit, however. If they then don’t get tenure, you’re sort of back to the drawing board.”

To remedy disparities in tenure, the university needs not only to attract minority faculty, but also to encourage them to apply for tenure, Shorter-Gooden said. If more minorities go up for tenure, she said, they have the potential to achieve it at similar rates as others.

Last academic year, there were two black tenure cases and one Hispanic tenure case.

Two of those cases were withdrawn and one was denied.

However, i n 2013 there were more black and Hispanic tenure cases and a higher success rate. Five out of the six black tenure cases were successful, as well as three out of the four Hispanic cases.

It’s important “to have an equitable, fair and inclusive promotion process” and be aware of “unintentional biases that can leak out and get in the way,” Shorter-Gooden said.

Un iversity President Wallace Loh spoke about racial disparities among tenured faculty in his 2013 state of the campus address.

“We cannot close our eyes to the problem — the problem of the ‘revolving door,’” he said.

“This goes back many years, at least 15, maybe longer. There is a dramatic disproportion by race in terms of tenure and promotion. … A very large proportion of African-American and Hispanic faculty failed to make it through the process or dropped out, perhaps because they read the writing on the wall or received offers someplace else.”

Beginning this academic year, revisions to the appointment, promotion and tenure process require an additional peer review of a candidate’s teaching performance and a teaching portfolio, among other changes.

These changes could help promote diversity and inclusion in the tenure process, said Steve Marcus, the interim associate provost for faculty affairs who oversees the appointment, promotion and tenure process.

“There is language in the policy that addresses issues like fairness, implicit bias and making sure that no one is excluded for reasons that don’t have anything to do with anything other than their

JOSEPH RICHARDSON, a professor in the department of African -American studies, stands in the Shoemaker Building. tom hausman/the diamondback

scholarship, their teaching,” Marcus said.

To help faculty navigate the advancement process, officials assign assistant professors at least one mentor w ithin their department, Marcus said.

Michelle Espino, an education assistant professor, said mentorship is vital, but it’s even more important for underrepresented minorities to have mentors of their race or ethnicity. This is not always possible because of t h e s m a l l p e rc e n t a ge o f minority professors across departments.

“We need to ma ke su re t h at tenu re d fa c u lt y a re representative of race, ethnicity and gender,” Espino said. “Feeling marginalized or isolated, that happens for students and that happens for faculty.”

Ruth Zambrana, director of this university’s Consortium on Race, Gender and Ethnicity, echoed Espino’s sentiments.

“If you go to the cafeteria, you still see the blacks with the blacks, the whites with the whites, Asians with the Asians,” Zambrana said.

“T he same thing happens with the faculty. We want to say we’re all a happy family — well, underrepresented minority faculty may not feel a safe space when there are only two of them and there are 20 white folks. “ In some fields, though, underrepresented minorities are in short supply, Provost Mary Ann Rankin said.

“Everybody’s vying for a strong African-American in, say physics or math,” Rankin said.

Even if this university ends up wooing that candidate, Rankin said they could later be persuaded to leave for another institution.

“It’s like pouring water into a bucket with holes,” R a n k i n s a i d . “ Yo u k e e p working at it, and that’s certainly an important part of it, but you also lose people a lot.”

LOOKING FOR ROLE MODELS Every time Javon Goard walks into a classroom, he scans the room for people who look like him.

The senior sociology major said he assumes he will be one of the few black men in the room and his professors will likely be white or Asian.

I n t h e b e h a v i o ra l a n d s o c i a l s c i e n c e s c o l l e ge , a b o u t 1 4 p e rc e n t o f u ndergraduates and about 7 percent of faculty are black.

In the public health school, which has the largest percentage of black undergraduate student enrollment at about 22 percent, about 9 percent of faculty are black.

Five schools — the business, journalism, information studies, public policy and architecture, planning and preservation colleges — employed fewer than six black faculty in 2014.

“If there was more representation or more diversity within every college, then I would think that a lot of these students would feel more of a benefit because they can see themselves within the professor,” Goard said. “Once you see that, it gives you or the student hope in that ‘Oh, I can make it out within these four or five years with this degree, because my professor looked like me.’”

I n t he computer, m at h and natural sciences college, black undergraduates make up about 10 percent of the school — down from 13.5 percent in 2008. Less than 2 percent of faculty are black.

Lauren Watson majors in biology, which is within the computer, mathematics and natural sciences college. As a black student at this university, she said she wished she had at least one black professor for a science class during her time at this university.

“Honestly, it would’ve been nice to have a female professor or a black professor, anything that was a little bit more relatable,” the senior said. “It’s

KUMEA SHORTER-GOODEN, who serves as chief diversity officer at this university, stands in her office in Marie Mount Hall. tom hausman/the diamondback

nice to see that other people like you are represented in the field that you want to go into.”

Employ i ng fewer black faculty and enrolling fewer black undergraduates could hurt a student’s classroom experience, Zambrana said.

M i nor ity students l i ke Goard could feel as though they have to represent their race in situations in which they are the only minority in the classroom, Zambrana said.

“They are hypervigilant because the white students see them as representing, so they can’t do anything wrong,” Zambrana said. “That type of hy perv igilance is very stressful. Unless they’re able to break through those barriers of race, which is very, very hard, they don’t develop the type of social capital network that is necessary when you go out into the real world that the white students do.”

The issue of minority representation in college is not only an educational issue, but an economic and social-justice issue as well, Loh said.

“People f rom d i f ferent backgrounds see issues differently,” Loh said. “It’s very important that, at the college level, students in college start having the curriculum, the points of view, the faculty, that reflect the diversity of this nation.”

Rashawn Ray, a sociology assistant professor, said the university should be more proactive, instead of reactive, in terms of recruiting top minority students and faculty.

The university also needs to improve the environment for minorities once they get to the campus, he said.

“Over the past 12 months, we’ve had several incidents that people would consider to be racially charged that speak to the fact that students oncampus still don’t feel included and respected,” Ray said.

About 100 students marched on Fraternity Row in March in protest of an email sent in January 2014 by a former Kappa Sigma fraternity member. The former

fraternity member used racial slurs to tell the email’s recipients not to invite black, Indian and Asian women to a party “unless they’re hot” a nd i nclud e d t he ph ra se “f--- consent.”

Some of the protesters also called for the university to rename Byrd Stadium, claiming that its namesake, former university President Harry Clifton “Curley” Byrd, was a racist and segregationist.

Loh recently formed a work group to consider renaming the stadium.

“The University of Maryland continues to be a place that deals w ith the racist demons of the past and is actively trying to correct for that,” Ray said. “At the same time, what can we keep doing to help students not just get here, but to succeed, thrive and feel as comfortable as a ny other student once they get here?”

Despite these concerns, this university has the highest percentage of black undergraduates and graduate students among Big Ten schools at about 11 percent. At Rutgers University, which lands at second place, 7.6 percent of students are black.

Given the demographics of the Big Ten — primarily a Midwestern conference — this university’s ranking isn’t surprising. No other states harboring Big Ten schools have a black population of more than 15 percent.

Zambrana said the more com for t able t he u n iversity gets with its levels of racial diversity, the easier it becomes to stall on progress.

“We have become more accepting, but in becoming more accepting, we can also cover up any of the real problems,” Zambrana said.

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Univ responds to Baltimore unrest with new art exhibit Other campus groups, students also take action after city’s April protests B y Da rcy Co stel lo a nd Lexie Schapitl @dctello, @lexieschapitl Senior staff writers As professor Audra B u c k- C o l e m a n w a t c h e d news coverage of the April u n rest i n Ba lt i more t h at fol lo w e d F re d d i e G ray ’s deat h, she g rew i ncreasingly disturbed.

The media narrative, she sa id, focused exclusively on v iolence a nd destr uction in the city, negatively portraying all high school students and ignoring the peaceful protests also taking place.

“It i mpl ic ated a l l h i g h school students, when i n fact it was a sm a l l core g r o u p ,” B u c k- C o l e m a n said. “They were focusing on the sensational, on the v iolenc e a nd completely i g n o r i n g t h e c h a l l e n ge s a nd ci rcu msta nces of the students.”

I n r e s p o n s e , B u c kColem a n, who works i n t h e u n ive rs it y ’s g raph i c design program, contacted t he Reg i n a ld F. L ew i s Museum in Baltimore with a n idea: a n a rt ex h ibit by city h igh school students to give them the voice they had lost.

“I see art as a way for the students to recla i m thei r

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n a r r a t i v e ,” s a i d B u c kColeman, whose class will pa r tner w ith Ba lti more’s Aug usta Fel ls Savage I ns t it ute of V i s u a l A r t s to create the exhibit. “Along with University of Maryland students, it’s a collaborative way to look back on April’s events a nd tel l t he stor y using their own voices.”

This initiative is just one response by this university’s faculty, students and ad m i n istrators to Apri l’s unrest.

F re d d i e G ray, 25 , d i e d April 19 from injuries suffe re d i n p o l i c e c u s to d y.

H is death set of f a series of protests in the city that somet i mes g rew v iolent, re s u lt i n g i n l o o t i n g a n d r iot i n g t h at d rew n ationa l med ia attention, prompted a nightly curfew and led to National Guard involvement.

In a circuit court hearing Tuesday afternoon, Judge Barry Williams postponed the first trial in connection with Gray’s death, for Officer William G. Porter, from Oct. 13 to Nov. 30. The rest of the officers will be tried between January and March.

To 2015 university alumnus Lamontre Randall, though, the protests and unrest were not exclusively in response to G ray’s d e at h . R at her,

his death became a tipping poi nt for the com mu n ity and a chance for residents to express their hurt and anger with racial inequality and injustice, he said.

“Any time you have a collective group of people just burst out in anger, you know that something’s going on,” R a nda l l sa id. “T he youth right now, they’re screaming out, ‘Justice or else.’”

Randall is one of several u n iv e rs it y s t u d e n t s a n d alumni working as a commu n ity consu lta nt for p ro j e c t s i n t h e c i t y, i nclud i n g B uck-Colem a n’s art exhibit.

As an activist in the community, he created an orga n i zat ion c a l led BMore CleanUp, which pays young residents to clean up their neighborhoods in the wake of the u n rest, a nd a nonprofit called Cool Peoples, a mentoring partnership with the Boys and Girls Club.

Another group of professors and graduate students are also analyzing Twitter data to track how the #BlackLivesMatter movem e nt u n fold e d on so c i a l med ia a nd on the g rou nd i n wa ke of events such as M i c h a e l B r o w n ’s d e a t h a nd the decision not to indict Darren Wilson, said Rashawn Ray, an associate sociology professor at this university who is involved in the project.

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PROTESTERS take to the streets of Baltimore after Freddie Gray died from injuries suffered in police custody. file photo/the diamondback for Technology in the Humanities at this university compiled more than 31.65 m i l l ion tweets that ment ioned t he events i n Ferguson, Missouri, said Ray, who is presenting some of the research to the university Boa rd of T rustees on Thursday. The data will be incorporated into an article on the role of social media i n the Black Lives Matter movement.

“T hese incidents aren’t a ny th i ng new,” R ay sa id.

“W hat’s new, however, is so ci a l me d i a . … Now we can start capturing the frequency and the velocity of the incidents.”

Sen ior sociolog y m ajor Rhys Hall, who worked with Ray on research regarding the negative media portrayal of black men, traveled to Baltimore several times in April — a time when he felt

he could have an impact, he sa id. T he events inspired him to bring the discourse back to Col lege Pa rk a nd share the conversation with t h e e n t i re s t u d e n t b o d y rather tha n solely people of color.

“This wasn’t a case of, ‘Oh my God, this is such a monstrosity.’ This was a case of, ‘We’ve seen this so many times, and things like this have probably been occurring in this area for so long, just at a lower scale,’” he said.

“People a re ti red, people are fed up, but now there’s a place to grow from this.”

Hall and Randall, along with other student organizations such as Community Roots and Black Male Initiative, hosted a town hall event on Sept. 23 — “Truth & Solutions Ba lti more: W hat T hey Don’t Want to Ta l k A b out” — to faci l i-

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From PAGE 1 B y rd , w h o d e l i v e re d a letter to Loh on Friday reThe Byrd Stadium Naming q u e s t i n g h e re n a m e t h e Work Group met for the fi rst stadium, said the admintime Monday and formed Data collected in istration should have taken four subcommittees: history, Diamondback poll, swifter action on the issue na m ing pol icies, societa l recorded as of 7:30 p.m., because the stadium’s name context and informing the Wednesday. is “a slap in the face to the community and gathering entire campus community, opinion, Loh said. especially the black students Bonnie Thornton Dill, the and the black athletes, of arts and humanities college which there are many.” dean, will chair the work T he ren a m i n g p ol icie s group, which comprises 19 subcom m ittee w i l l study faculty, staff, students and old policies used when Byrd alumni, according to the anStadium adopted its current nouncement. Some notable name. The group will also members of the group are student support. study the precedent for re- building names, Loh said.

Kumea Shorter-Gooden, the SGA President Patrick Ronk moving or changing campus To change the stadium’s university’s chief diversity n a m e , L o h m u s t s u b m i t said he is glad the administraa proposal to the Un iver- tion didn’t have a “gut reacWe Cater for all occasions. Call 301-434-9200 for details! sity System of M a r yl a nd tion,” but instead is looking c h a n c e l lor a n d B o a rd of at the issue in a “calculated” Regents. If submitted, the way with the work group.

“It’s something we took a b oa rd wo u ld rev iew a n d consider it, “but it would stance on last year, because be speculative to say when we thought a lot of students that might occur,” system thought it was important,” spokesman Mike Lurie wrote Ronk said. “Loh took into account a stance we took in an email.

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The Student Government of North Carolina’s students Association announced its and faculty presented a petiview on the topic in April, tion to the Board of Trustees’ when the organization voted University Affairs Commit13-2-2 in favor of a bill to tee to change the name of support changing the sta- Saunders Hall, named after dium’s name after a surge in a former trustee who was said officer; Damon Evans, the senior associate athletic director; and Warren Kelley, the student affairs assistant vice president.

“The issue before us is one that deserves serious consideration,” Dill said. “Because we are an educational institution, I feel like we should have a deliberative and educational process throughout our community.”

The creation of these subcommittees is part of “the kind of thoughtful review a group should do,” Loh said.

T he h istor y g roup w i l l study the history surrounding the stadium’s name, including the history of its namesake and how many other

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Koli Tengella, a teacher at Augusta Savage, the school Buck-Coleman’s students will partner with, said he hopes the art project gives voice to the unfairness in the com mu n ity that h is students see, granting them a constructive way to voice frustrations and elevate the conversation.

“A l l t h e s e y o u n g c a t s out here a ct i n g l i ke c ats when they’re lions and they should be roaring,” Randall said. “But they don’t know h o w to ro a r. T h e s e m e n don’t know how to be men without male role models, people to teach them. We got problems. We got problems we need to solve.”

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Clemson University students and faculty petitioned the university to rename its Tillman Hall because they said its namesake, politician Benjamin Ryan Tillman, was a white supremacist.

H o w e v e r, C l e m s o n’s Board of Trustees did not agree to change the buildi ng’s na me, accord i ng to a Feb. 12 Greenv ille News article.

Di l l sa id that because these issues are occurring on other campuses, it’s important for this work group to add ress t he quest ion s surrounding Byrd Stadium.

“I’m not looking for any ostensible measu res that g ive the appea ra nce that they a re look i ng i nto it,” Byrd said. “I’m looking to see if they are actually renaming it.”

Once the subcommittees finish gathering data and analyzing it, the work group will tackle Loh’s requests.

This first meeting lasted a little less than two hours and no second meeting has been scheduled yet, university spokesman Brian Ullmann said.

“My explicit charge is ‘I want you to do a very systematic, thoughtful, almost scholarly analysis of all the pros and the cons. … T he second thing is I want alternatives,’” Loh said. “Notice what I’m not asking them to do. I’m not asking for a recommendation.”

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n the first day of school, you take your seat. You rack your brain for a tidbit about yourself that, while hardly riveting, will probably suffice as an interesting fact during the class icebreaker activity. Sometime between the two, your professor pulls out the class roster and takes attendance.

For most students at this university, raising a hand to verify that they’re present marks a basic backto-school ritual. For many, it’s the only reason they bothered showing up at all during syllabus week. But for some, the class roster is yet another uncomfortable reminder that the institutions in their lives hinder them from living openly and freely as transgender or genderqueer individuals.

When professors, peers and administrators don’t refer to transgender and genderqueer students by their preferred names or pronouns, it creates an unwelcoming, less inclusive environment for an often-marginalized group. It’s an unfortunate reality that otherwise well-meaning people often assume a person’s gender identity based on appearance, and transgender and genderqueer students could feel uncomfortable speaking up in class to affirm their gender identities or preferred names.

The university has worked to combat discrimination through a variety of initiatives, hosting events through its LGBT Equity Center and

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Office of Multicultural Involvement & Community Advocacy, offering gender-neutral housing in Prince Frederick Hall and some on-campus apartments and promoting inclusivity through Department of Resident Life outreach campaigns.

A l l o f t h e se e f fo r ts wo rk to combat microaggressions borne of ignorance and bias incidents stemming from malicious intent, but they don’t always give transgender and genderqueer students the ability to head off such occurrences themselves.

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Proposed changes to university databases can create a more welcoming environment for transgender students.

If passed, however, recent University Senate legislation could make strides on that front, permitting students to more easily list preferred or primary names in some university databases, modify honorifics, note their preferred pronouns and opt out of listing gender altogether in some cases.

The proposed changes would affect student IDs and class rosters, two of the first places students assert their identity when they arrive at this university.

They would also distinguish between sex and gender — differing terms the

university uses interchangeably — and clarify what data the university is collecting, as well as allowing for nonresponses from transgender students. Perhaps most importantly, the changes would force administrators to take students’ sex, personal needs and self-identified gender identities and expressions into account when granting access to living spaces and programs.

Over the summer, this state joined six others and the federal government in striking down unnecessary barriers to obtaining a birth certificate reflecting one’s gender identity. Now, individuals simply have to submit a letter from a licensed medical provider indicating that they have received appropriate clinical treatment for gender transition to update the gender listed on the document.

The decision, hailed as a legislative victory by transgender advocates nationwide, eased paths to getting jobs, enrolling in school and applying for public benefits programs.

The proposed senate legislation aligns with the views upheld by the state’s new policy — less a progressive victory than simply recognizing worth in everyone’s identity. The university has an opportunity before it to provide basic, commonsense answers to the multifaceted question of identity. With the senate’s backing, the university can further serve as a community for transgender and genderqueer students that’s not only safe, but also welcoming.

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s Pope Francis spoke slowly and gently over the course of an hour, at once pondering and laden with meditative significance, he simultaneously unloaded a powerful message of the impending crises we all face and the need for systemic change.

Pope Francis’ address to Congress on Sept. 24 invoked both the desperate lives led by marginalized communities overseas as well as the difficult choices faced by folks at home. Among the wide range of social-justice issues Pope Francis addressed, such as rising poverty, the international refugee crisis and dangerous nuclear arms trades, he identified climate change as a grave, complex and universal calamity requiring urgent attention. Pope Francis provided one solution: to muster the courage to cooperate.

The spirit of cooperation is indeed upon us. From Nov. 30 to Dec. 11, the United Nations will converge in a conference at Paris; this could be the world’s last chance to take serious action in preventing global temperatures from rising more than 2.5 degrees Celsius. Internationally, institutions are challenging the morality of obtaining profits from industries that are overwhelming contributors to greenhouse gas

emissions. Across the United States alone, more than 42 institutions have banded together to entirely or partially divest from the fossil fuel industry, ultimately withdrawing hundreds of billions of dollars from endowment funds.

This university itself aims for carbon neutrality by 2050. But with no timeline in place to divest, we stand conspicuously outside the ring of cooperation.

The pope recognizes that courage and power are rooted in the individual. The men and women who “in their own quiet way” sustain society are also the ones capable of generating solidarity. These men and women are the foundation to the institutions that ultimately wield the power to make significant change.

The pope’s call to action might not have been loud, but it was clear: “We must make a courageous and responsible effort to redirect our steps.” By demanding our university’s endowment fund divest from the greatest threat to public and environmental health — the fossil fuel industry — we can move forward together with generosity and pragmatism for the common good.

E r r i n Sa u n d e rs i s a j u n i o r environmental science and policy m a j o r. S h e c a n b e re a c h e d a t errin.t.saunders@gmail.com.

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It’s time to rename Byrd Stadium

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n February, I wrote a column for The Diamondback that advocated remembering and learning from the racist history of this university. In particular, I focused on the facilities named for people whose actions were known to be racist, such as Eppley Recreation Center and Byrd Stadium.

Since then, several columns have advocated dropping Harry Clifton “Curley” Byrd from his perch atop the football stadium. The Student Government Association has voted in favor of changing the name, and university President Wallace Loh has established a work group to explore changing the name.

However, doing so would erase both the good and the revolting in our history. We can keep the name as a reminder of the past without endorsing all of the values Byrd espoused.

O u r s o c i e t a l va l u e s m a r c h forward, constantly improving over time. Meanwhile, Byrd lies buried in Somerset County, no longer able to learn the error of his ways. Requiring adherence to today’s standards will force us to wipe the record clean of almost all historical figures.

Our state and in turn, our university, was named as a gesture from Charles I to his French wife Henrietta Maria. Our state flag is based on the heraldry of George Calvert, first Baron Baltimore. Nothing is more un-American than hereditary titles. Article I, Section 9 of the

Constitution prohibits “title(s) of nobility,” which Benjamin Franklin called “groundless and absurd”; and yet who can imagine our university without the black, gold, red and white imagery that we take so much pride in? We define our brand and constantly innovate new designs with a symbol of the British aristocracy, but we make it represent our own values. Everything we have is a building block on what came previously, but we leave behind those aspects that no longer represent us.

The Democratic Party was represented by Byrd and other racists of that era, but has evolved under the same name to become considered progressive in the present day.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. voiced views on homosexuality that we now consider antiquated, but we choose to focus on his many positive contributions. Comparing the importance of his contributions to Byrd’s is laughable, but there are few figures with a pristine past when looked at through a modern lens.

Slaveowners such as George Washington and Francis Scott Key continue to adorn buildings on our campus, as do segregationera university officials, such as W.W. Skinner. If these are named with the spirit of focusing on how they moved this state or institution forward without ignoring their unsavory side, we can avoid the confusion that would be created by renaming most of the campus.

The focus should be on adding

more symbols of progress, rather than scrubbing away memory of controversial figures. Future honors should go to such names as Elizabeth Hook, the first woman to graduate; Hiram Whittle, the first black undergraduate; and Darryl Hill, the first black athlete in the ACC. The naming of university buildings is irrelevant if the significance is not widely known. More should be done to educate the campus community about the historic figures that made the university what it is today, including their flaws. This will paint a portrait of a pastoral agricultural school south of the Mason-Dixon Line that previously accepted only white males transforming into our modern and diverse research university.

When attending Terps home games, one sees rusty railings and stained concrete. The stadium is as old as the antiquated values of its namesake.

We cannot change the fact that Harry Clifton “Curley” Byrd led the construction of the stadium that bears his name. What we can do is make sure that it continues to be enjoyed

by Terps of all backgrounds, and that players on the field are viewed in the spirit of competition, rather than by the color of their skin.

If the equality we strive for today under Byrd’s name makes him roll over in his grave, then so be it.

Daniel Galitsky is a senior economics and finance major. He can be reached at dgalitskydbk@gmail.com.

yrd Stadium, easily this university’s largest public gathering space and capable of holding more than 51,000 people, is named after an anti-black bigot who held virulently racist “separate but equal” platitudes his entire life.

And that’s not the problem.

If Harry Clifton “Curley” Byrd merely held those massively misguided views privately, if he was just a guy who had some deeply flawed and regrettable thoughts about black people and other minority groups, if he was, say, only ever a football and baseball coach, then perhaps this issue would not warrant the level of attention it is getting.

No, the problem is that Byrd was in a position of power to enforce those beliefs: As university president from 1936-1954, he made sure his campuses remained segregated and refused to let a single black student take a single class at the all-white College Park until 1951. Even as Theodore McKeldin, the state’s governor at the time, criticized Byrd for wasteful spending of state resources, Byrd doubled down and ran against McKeldin in the 1954 gubernatorial election on the same separate but equal platform (he lost, as he did all his bids for elected political office).

Byrd actively kept black students out of this university. That much is undeniable. It is fact. In some ways, he built his entire educational and political career on the separate but equal doctrine, a policy that kept blacks apart from their white peers and justified itself on grounds of white supremacy.

All of which brings us back to Byrd Stadium. Plenty of people will tell you that, even in light of Byrd’s racist past, we should not rename the stadium because it would be “erasing history.” That a changed name would equate to a purposeful ignorance of the university’s past, whereas we should be striving for a complete understanding

of this university’s story. And besides, what about the other institutions Byrd had his hand in; what about this very publication, which Byrd himself named The Diamondback in 1921?

First, renaming Byrd Stadium would not be erasing history — it would be finally coming to terms with it. This university, its faculty and its students have too long looked away from the realities of Byrd’s racism. We have too long pretended that the name Byrd Stadium does not communicate an unavoidable bigotry, and is unwelcoming to people of color, especially members of the university community who are black.

Names have power. Names communicate what people and institutions want to highlight about themselves: strength, courage, intelligence, etc. And it is an unfortunate but unavoidable fact that Byrd’s name, especially in the context of this university, communicates a bigotry that has no place on a college campus, no place in 2015 at all.

This does not mean “Curley” Byrd will be removed from the history books; this does not mean he will be removed from university records. It does not mean we have to overlook every impact he had on the university, some of which were undoubtedly positive.

Yet even if it did, why privilege the memory of a long-dead racist over the present marginalization of a huge swath of our community?

Why excuse the institutional bigotry implemented by a hateful man who had the power to keep anyone out whom he saw fit? Why continue to ignore the fact that the majority of the football team that takes the field at Byrd Stadium on Saturdays would never have been allowed to attend a single practice or a single day of classes at this university if Byrd ultimately had his way?

Reckon with history. Change the name.

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Officers responded to Byrd Stadium on Sept. 27 at 1:46 a.m. after individuals entered the stadium.

A large group of people could be seen on security cameras, Hoaas said.

When the officers a rrived at the stad iu m, they called out to the inASSAULT dividuals, who proceeded A n of f icer responded to run away. The officers to the University Health were waiting for them and Center on Sept. 24 at about advised them not to run, 9:10 a.m. for a report of an she said.

Hoaas said officers assault that had occurred on Sept. 2 2 , Un iversity stopped some of the indiPolice spokeswoman Sgt. viduals, and those affiliated with this university Rosanne Hoaas said.

T he a ssau lt i nvolve d were referred to the Office two people at McKeldin of Student Conduct. OffiLibrary. The individuals cers were not able to stop know each other and are all of the individuals. both affiliated with this university, Hoaas said.

BURGLARY One individual had i nju ries that were not Officers responded to life-threatening. a Courtyards apartment on Sept. 24 at about 11:40 a.m. after a reported burSUSPICIOUS glary, Hoaas said.

PERSON P roper ty was stolen Officers responded to from the apartment, and McKeldin Library on Sept. the case rema i ns u nder 25 at 1:22 a.m. for a suspicious investigation. person inside the library, Hoaas said.

VANDALISM Officers located the man, who was underage and in posAn officer responded to session of alcohol, and he was reported vandalism in Lot issued a civil citation. The man HH1 on Sept. 25 at about proceeded to leave the library. 11:45 p.m.

Officers could not deterHoaas said the victim, mine whether the man was a ma le student, reportaffiliated with the univer- e d s u p e r f i c i a l d a m a ge sity, Hoaas said. to h is ca r. T he i ncident Un iversity Pol ice responded to repor ts of assault, a suspicious person and individuals entering a closed area in Byrd Stadium in the past week, according to police reports.

MAYOR From PAGE 1 forming the College Park Community Foundation and forming the Neighborhood Quality of Life Committtee, give him an advantage.

“The reason I’ve been supporting Wojahn is because he has a little more experience on the council,” Fellows said. “His accomplishments speak well to his leadership skills.”

Wojahn said his top priorities as mayor would include increasing diversity in residential neighborhoods, which would improve relations among neighbors.

“I want to focus on working with the university to bring in those young professionals who can live in our city, in the city of College Park and frequent our downtown businesses,” Wojahn said. “That will help create a balance — it can help promote a more diverse range of businesses and a better harmony in our residential neighborhoods.”

Mitchell said she wants to

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“I want to make sure we have a leadership that reaches out to students and in turn makes sure they know what the city of College Park is about,” Mitchell said. “Residents citywide need to know what’s going on.”

Recent collaboration among the city, university and county, such as the Interfraternity Council tailgate, make this election a crucial time for the city to choose the right leadership, Wojahn said.

“We have a lot of opportunities, so we need somebody at the helm able to collaborate well with the university and other stakeholders,” Wojahn said. “We’re on the verge of developing our downtown and a new level of partnership with the university. If we steer it in the right direction, it could benefit long-term residents and students.”

Though Wojahn is “a better candidate,” Fellows said, both candidates would serve the city well.

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The candidates’ experience makes this the first time in years the city has two serious candidates competing for the top leadership position, said Ryan Belcher, a 2015 university alumnus and candidate for a District 3 spot on the City Council.

“Now you have two council members running for the same post,” Belcher said. “It gets

4 to 6 p.m.: President’s open house at University House on Presidential Drive **6:30 to 8:30 p.m.: Maryland Crab Feast at Cole Field House *7 p.m. and 9 p.m.: Harpist Edmar Castaneda at The Clarice Performing Arts Center *8 p.m.: Craig Karges: Experience The Extraordinary! at Hoff Theatre **8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Family canoeing adventure 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.: Terp family festival and tailgate at McKeldin Mall (will be held in Cole Field House in the event of rain) **8 p.m.: Terrapins football game versus Michigan at Byrd Stadium

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arry Clifton “Curley” Byrd served as University of Maryland president from 1935 to 1954. Under his administration, enrollment more than quadrupled. The campus’s value shot from $5 million to $65 million.

He fiercely advocated the terrapin as the school’s official mascot.

Curley Byrd was instrumental in creating the flagship academic and athletic programs

the university boasts today.

Recently, his name has come up — but not for any of the aforementioned reasons.

University President Wallace Loh last week created a committee to help decide whether to rename Byrd Stadium after receiving a petition that called its namesake a “symbol of racial hatred.”

For more of Danielle Ohl’s story, go to dbknews.com.

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“These boards were instituted to allow faculty, academ ic depa rtments and campus entities to hea r a student voice that is representative of the student body,” said SGA Vice P resident of Student Affairs Katherine Swanson. “If we don’t have a diverse set of voices on those boards, then we are not serving the student body that pays tuition to this university.”

Du ri ng a tow n ha l l meeting addressing the Kappa Sigma email last semester, Student Affairs Vice P resident Li nda C l e m e n t t o l d K e l l e yChung the administration was open to changi ng t he process to joi n Loh’s advisory board. It was updated to requ ire a facu lty member recom mend a s t u d ent for consideration, and then that student fill out an

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application with multiple essays.

While Swanson said this method is a n i mprovement from hand-picking students, some boards, especially the academic a l ly ba sed ones, such as the Student Advisory Board of the Counseling Center, should have open applications to give a wider cross-section of students the opportunity to join.

“All these applications need to be open to all the students in order for them to act u a l ly ser ve t hei r purpose,” said Swanson, a junior government and politics major. “If you’re in your first semester freshman year, you don’t know any of the faculty.”

T he Stamp Student Union’s advisory board comprises 10 students, six of whom are selected through open applications typically sent out at the start of every school year, said board chairman Benjamin Gastfriend, who has sat on the board since his freshman year. The other four representatives are from the SGA, the Graduate Student Government and Student Entertainment Events.

He said their application process allows for a more diverse set of stud e nt s to c ont r i b ute to Stamp’s operations.

“One of the main functions of the Stamp advisory board is to make sure students have some sort of say in how [student fees] a re s p e nt,” s a id G a s tfriend, a senior chemical engineering major. “We’re not looking for one certain kind of student, because that wou ld restrict the wide cross-section of students that we want to sit on this board.”

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U marks LGBT history month

By Jess Nocera @jessmnocera Staff writer

think about our history and that includes history around a lot of identities,” said Luke Jensen, this university’s LGBT David Chavannes, gradu- Equity Center director. “It’s ate assistant at the Equity probably more important to C e nte r, c o n s i d e rs L G B T remember it year-round, but History Month an affirma- sometimes a special month helps us to focus a little bit.” tion of his identity.

Junior Will Soergel, who Exploring LGBT History identifies as bisexual, said “is part of my process of beginning to love and under- it is important for people to stand myself as a same-sex- understand LGBT history desiring person,” Chavannes and how social values and said. “It’s a way of connect- customs have changed over ing my experiences to the the years.

Soergel said the percepcumulative experiences of people like me so I don’t feel tion of those who identify as LGBT has changed over time so alone.”

October marks the 10th and that LGBT people “are in anniversary of LGBT History many ways our own agent in Month, an annual observance that change.”

“We have a role to play in of LGBT rights and related that historical change,” the civil rights movements.

It is “important for us to classical languages and liter-

atures and history major said.

T he i nc re a s e d v i s i bi lity of queer identities and queer issues in mainstream media in the United States is encouraging, Chavannes said. He is native to Jamaica, where gay people a re not treated w ith hostility, he said, as long as they don’t act that way openly.

“That visibility, that power, that many queer folks in the USA can claim — to name ourselves, tell our stories increasingly in mainstream media — is encouraging,” Chavannes said.

There are still issues for the LGBT community that need to be addressed, such as forms of discrimination, Jensen said.

Nineteen states and Washington, D.C., have an employment nondiscrimination law

that covers sexual orientation a nd gender identity, according to the Movement Advancement Project, which is a think tank that provides research to help LGBT people achieve equality.

Although federal law includes some protections for the LGBT com mu n ity, 28 states do not have an employment nondiscrimination law covering sexual orientation or gender identity. Three states have a law that covers sexual orientation but not gender identity.

“It’s still legal in many places in the United States to be fired simply because you are gay or transgendered, and you can be refused housing or accommodations in the United States,” Jensen said.

“Maryland is pretty good with

students attend the campuswide Quelcome event for the LGBT community and its allies in the Stamp Colony Ballroom last month. rachel george/the diamondback that. We have some state protections, but federal protections are always better.”

The legalization of samesex marriage this summer is not the end of the LGBT movement by any means, Soergel said.

“The fact we are celebrating

LGBT history month actually should re-inspire people to try to perfect greater changes i n o u r s o c i e t y a n d wo rk toward greater achievement in the LGBT community,” Soergel said. jnoceradbk@gmail.com

a new housing complex will be located at 4301 River Road, near the College Park Metro Station. Plans for the complex include 370 apartments, 5,000 square feet of retail space, 395 parking spaces, a courtyard and a pool. image courtesy of university communications

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and not having to commute in from far away,” he said.

“It means they will be contributing to the community and the city’s economy.”

He added: “T h is rea l ly shows there is a lot of interest regionally in College Pa rk. T here i s a lot h appening here, both big and small, that is contributing to College Park becoming a top-20 college town.”

T h e f i v e-s t o r y a p a r tment complex will include a clubhouse, fitness center and cyber cafe, along with a courtyard and pool, according to the announcement.

Ken Ulman, the university’s economic development strategist, said the university recruited a developer and investor to help close the agreement. The university will not be funding any part of the project.

Pau l sa id the combi nation of faculty housing in a strong market and proximity to the Metro are some of the reasons he agreed to support the development.

“T h is project moves us towa rd a more v ibra nt Greater College Park where w o r k , p l a y, h o m e a n d transit all connect,” university President Wallace Loh said in a statement. “It of fers a m i x of a men ityrich apartments, retail and strategic location.”

From PAGE 1 “H av i n g hou si n g r ig ht at the Metro station — you couldn’t get any more close to transit than t h at,” he sa id . “ We h ave all been wanting that and working towards that for a longtime.”

The project is in a “prem at u re s t a ge,” m e a n i n g there is no estimated price o r o p e n i n g d a t e fo r t h e complex, said Ronald Paul, the project’s leading developer and a 1978 alumnus.

H i s c omp a ny, R on a ld D. P a u l C o m p a n i e s, I n c . i s funding the project.

T h is project fa l ls i n line with the university’s Greater Col lege Pa rk i n it i at ive, wh ich i ncludes a slew of announcements regarding campus developments, public-private research collaborations and downtown projects.

Part of the larger goal of the initiative is to attract more u n iversity employe e s to t he c it y. T h i s a nnouncement, along with the homeow nersh ip prog ra m a n nou nced th is su m mer, will hopefully work toward accompl ish i ng that goa l, Olson said. “ T h e v i s io n i s to h ave more university employees living in College Park and that mea ns they w ill be walking and biking to work jatmonavagedbk@gmail.com

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THE DIAMONDBACK | NEWS | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2015

SUPER-MEDIUM BLACK HOLE

University researchers observe signs of possible new class of black hole, which falls between known sizes

RICHARD MUSHOTZKY, an astronomy professor at this university, poses in front of a display of a black hole. josh loock/the diamondback THE Central region of galaxy NGC1313 holds an ultraluminous X-ray source that could be a midsize black hole. image courtesy of eso

By Morgan Eichensehr @MEichensehr Senior staff writer Black holes are known to ex ist i n two size classes: some, called stellar-mass black holes, ca n have a m ass up to a few dozen times larger than the sun’s; others, ca l led supermassive black holes, can weigh billions of times the sun’s mass.

Recently, however, a team of researchers from this university and NASA observed b l a c k h ol e a c t i v i t y t h a t could indicate the existence of a mid-size black hole. The Astrophysical Journal Letters published the team’s findings last month.

“We found several bright sources in nearby galaxies. … We bel ieved they were

black holes,” said Richard Mushotzky, an astronomy professor at this university and an author of the study.

“The sources seemed to be more tha n a few hu nd red times the mass of the sun. … T hei r natu re was a n enigma.”

Stellar-mass black holes form when huge stars collapse. Su r rou nd i ng sta rs t hen du mp m ater i a l i nto t hose bl ack holes, wh ich causes them to shine, said Brad Cen ko, a resea rch astrophysicist at NA SA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and astronomy professor at this university.

Supermassive black holes seem to occur in the center of every reasonably sized galaxy, he said, like the one at the center of the Milky Way, which measures more

“UNTIL VERY RECENTLY, THERE HASN’T BEEN ROBUST EVIDENCE FOR THESE SYSTEMS.” BRAD CENKO

Research astrophysicist t h a n 4 m i l l ion t i mes t he mass of the sun.

“For a long time, it hasn’t been clear if there are intermediate-sized black holes, or black holes that are about 1,000 to 10,000 times the m a ss of t he su n ,” Cen ko said. “Until very recently, there hasn’t been robust evidence for these systems.”

R e s e a rc he rs u s e d d at a from the Eu ropea n Space A ge n c y ’s X M M-N e w to n satellite, Mushotzky said, to observe u ltralu m inous X-ray sou rces, wh ich a re extra bright, seen in nearby galaxies.

Researchers identified a

few sou rces that em itted enough radiation to either be stellar-mass black holes almost “masquerading” as a larger black hole or evidence of a m id si z e bl ack hole, Cenko said.

At least one source, NGC 1313 X-1, wa s d i scovered several decades ago, Cenko said, and given its large luminosity, was immediately identified as a candidate for an intermediate-mass black hole. Additional studies, including this one, built on t h i s ev idence to suppor t the suspected existence of midsize black holes.

“The black holes that are

roughly the mass as our sun emit radiation with characteristic frequency, which tells you something about the mass of the black holes,” Cenko said. “By finding out the frequency at which this ultraluminous X-ray source was emitting radiation, we were able to sort of weigh the black hole, using lowermass ones as an anchor.”

T h e p o te n t i a l m i d s i z e black holes the team studies are also sources of unique gravitational waves, which could provide further topics for study, said Cole Miller, an astronomy professor who was not involved with this research.

“Because the normal methods of ma k i ng black holes do not apply for these [intermediate-mass] sou rces, there is a lot we

cou ld le a r n f rom t hem ,” Miller said.

Mushotzky said further study of midsize black hole sources could inform further investigation and p ro v i d e a b e t te r u n d e rstanding of stars and black holes in galaxies.

Cenko said that the method of mass measurement that the team used for this research could help to identi fy more i ntermed iate black-hole candidates moving forward.

“T here a re a nu mber of other sources that are bright enoug h t hat we t h i n k we could do this, but we have to analyze the data carefully,” Cenko said. “We are excited to use this technique to try to find some more.” meichensehrdbk@gmail.com

Library displays zines from DC punk history

By Jeremy Snow @JeremyM_Snow Senior staff writer John Davis made his first zine in high school at the K inkos where he worked.

He cut, copied and stapled together a 20-page magazine containing a few punk album reviews, an opinion piece and an interview with Fugazi guitarist and singer Guy Picciotto.

“I started this zine so I could spread my opinions and also to have an excuse to interview people like Guy Picciotto,” he wrote on the first page.

Today, that publication, Slanted, is in the Special Collections of this university’s Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library.

Slanted is just one of 370 publications in the archive’s D.C. Punk and Indie Fanzine Collection, Davis said, a nearly two year-old anthology containing hundreds of amateur magazines and pamphlets meant to detail and archive the explosion of punk music and culture in the Washington area.

“It was something that hasn’t got a lot of attention, specifically on an academic front, and it sort of felt like it was fertile ground for something we could do that was important and that a lot of other people hadn’t done,” Davis said.

Because punk music did

not receive much coverage in mainstream music journalism, fans made their own magazines or pamphlets — zines — to detail the city’s music.

The university’s collection contains both physical and digital fanzines related to or created in Washington. They detail the rise of the counterculture in the ’70s and ’80s with hardcore bands like Bad Brains, Minor Threat and Rites of Spring, archives curator Vin Novara said.

Last year, Davis pitched the idea to Novara, who also had roots in the punk scene as a member of the post-hardcore band 1.6 Band. In college, Novara transferred to this university partly to get closer to Washington music, so he loved the idea of starting a collection honoring that era, he said.

Dav is a nd Nova ra used their old connections with Washington punk bands to quickly amass a large part of the collection. Davis also i ncluded h is ow n zi nes, Slanted and Held Like Sound, which he made while attending this university.

With untraditional designs and layouts, the zines capture and detail the underground mu sic sc ene w it h a lb u m reviews, concert photos and i nter v iews w it h p opu l a r bands, said archives graduate assistant Pedro GonzalezFernandez, who studies musicology. Some went beyond music and featured fiction

writing, poetry, art or political opinion pieces.

“I nd ie rock of tod ay is this huge thing, this huge industry,” Davis said. “It’s fanzines like that that set the foundation for that. We were the first ones to write about those bands.”

The collection’s earliest publication is 1977’s Vintage Violence. The first three of its issues featured drawn-on covers and a typewriter-like print, but as zines evolved their quality improved, and they began to include cover illustrations, artist profiles, creative writing and comics. “ Yo u s t a r t w i t h g u y s drawing them with a pencil on 8-by-11s, and then you get

more graphically slick ones with the start of the personal computers,” Gonzalez-Fernandez said.

The collection also contains a zine produced in 1993

by Washington music venue the Black Cat to promote future bands and shows and zines by the university radio station WMUC, which printed a short-lived self-titled zine in 1995 and another called Closed Captioned in 1996.

I n t he ’90s, z i nes a l so became an active outlet for feminist bands and social justice, Gonzalez-Fernandez said. The collection reflects that with selections like the first Bikini Kill zine, published by the band of the same name.

“There is no prism of history to distort at all,” Davis said.

“This is exactly what they thought about at that time.

It’s interesting to get this unvarnished take, and it can be ugly, or it can be insightful or surprisingly fresh.”

Sometimes they can be both of those things, Davis said.

A headline in a 1988 issue of Greed reads: “Elvis: Nice Guy or Garbage Wrapped in Skin?”

A n a rticle i n Bikini Kill’s fanzine opens with “Tabatha says death to all f---head fanzine editors who dare to dis the Bratmobile/Bikini Kill/ RGSN/Girl Day/International Pop Underground Revolution Summer 1991 Riot Grrrl Style Now even!!!”

But they also detailed things that might have never been seen in mainstream media, Gonzales-Fernandez said, like a comic about depression and suicide in a 1987 issue of Greed.

The same Bikini Kill fanzine article also discusses sexism in the punk community.

“One thing that renders the D.C. scene a little more unique is that most people aren’t just people who just attend shows,” Novara said. “Most people do something, whether they have a band or some other creative outlet. I knew people who were punks who were involved in everything. Zines go right along with that participation.” jsnowdbk@gmail.com

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parts; you have the classic items that you really need, like the Appleton Alice, the very beginning of the history of the book, and then very, very modern, contemporary illustrations,” August said.

McElrath said they ended up exceeding their goal of displaying 150 items for the 150 years, and as a result, the exhibit will switch out some of its current displays halfway through the year to showcase as much as they can.

In April, the Lewis Carroll Society of North America will host its semiannual meeting at Hornbake to celebrate the exhibit and feature speakers such as Washington Post book critic Michael Dirda and National Gallery of Art photography curator Diane Waggoner.

“I think I’ve been surprised so far at how many people are interested in coming to our exhibits,” said exhibit team member Edith Sandler. “We have people coming from all around the world.”

The Imholtzes, though, seem less startled by the story’s popularity and said it has universal appeal.

August explained children often enjoy reading Alice, understanding “the challenges of growing up in a world that doesn’t make sense,” and adults can find fulfillment in Carroll’s paradoxes, logical jokes and dark humor.

“I think it’s just such a classic,” Clare Imholtz agreed.

“Maybe some of our previous [exhibits] haven’t been quite so whimsical,” McElrath admits. “Alice has remained part of our cultural vocabulary to this day … it has staying power; it’s not something that ever seems old.”

The exhibit opened at Hornbake Library today.

September came and went, and October is upon us, which means many things. Midterms and class projects are swiftly approaching; the weather is dreary and cool; Halloween costumes and decorations are unavoidable; and, most importantly, it’s finally time to wake up Billie Joe Armstrong and the guys of Green Day. You’ll undoubtedly want to blow off some steam on weekends (or weekdays if you can find enough free time), and there are few better ways to do that than at a concert.

Luckily for you, there’s a host of affordable and promising artists making stops in Washington and Baltimore this month, and I’ve compiled a list of what I view as the seven must-see musical attractions in October.

So sit back, read and enjoy, because one of these shows might be exactly what you and your friends are looking for.

Who: Adore Delano with Full Band Where: Baltimore Soundstage When: Saturday, Oct. 3. Doors open at 8 p.m.

How Much: $25.30 General Admission ($82.50 for General Admission and Meet & Greet) Why You Should Go: Delano has been a fixture in the realm of reality TV for more than seven years, but not many people know that. Delano is best known as one of the final three contestants in season six of the drag queen reality show RuPaul’s Drag Race. When not in drag, she’s known as Daniel Noriega, a contestant who was on the seventh season of American Idol. Her debut studio album, Till Death Do Us Party, which peaked at No. 3 on the U.S. Dance/Electronic Albums chart last June, is full of profane bangers suited for late nights at the gay club, and there’s no reason to think Delano’s upcoming show at the Baltimore Soundstage will be any less provocative.

Who: Owl City Where: 9:30 Club When: Friday, Oct. 9. Doors open at 6 p.m.

How Much: $25 Why You Should Go: No stranger to mainstream success, from its six-time platinum single “Fireflies” to its collaboration with Carly Rae Jepsen, “Good Time,” Owl City is an experienced band with a penchant for creating sublime pop. Its music is lighthearted, jovial and full of colorful lyricism. If you’re looking for an entertaining way to spend a Friday night, singer Adam Young’s melodic vocals and the band’s candy-coated electronic beats provide an alluring option.

Who: CHERUB Where: 9:30 Club When: Thursday, Oct. 15. Doors open at 7 p.m.

How Much: $20 Why You Should Go: “Doses & Mimosas,” CHERUB’s signature hit from 2012, is one of those songs you can’t help but sing along to. Jordan Kelley and Jason Huber are the electronic indie duo making music that features catchy hooks, witty lyricism and Kelley’s eccentric vocals. Sure to be filled with synthy dance beats and soaring vocals, this is a show low in cost but high in potential fun — and with two studio albums and three EPs, the band has a sizable assortment of music just waiting to be played.

Who: Yuna Where: U Street Music Hall When: Tuesday, Oct. 20. Doors open at 7 p.m.

How Much: $25 Why You Should Go: Yunalis Mat Zara’ai, known as Yuna by her fans, is an interesting figure in the realm of alternative music, teetering among folk rock, R&B and indiepop. Born in Alor Setar, Malaysia, she had a unique rise to stardom, which influences her inventive musical style. She creates feel-good music with powerful messages of female empowerment and self-reliance, and her smooth vocals feel like warm silk caressing your earbuds.

If you’re starting to feel the weight of exams dragging you down, Yuna’s inspiring music just might help alleviate your stresses.

Who: AlunaGeorge Where: U Street Music Hall When: Tuesday, Oct. 27. Doors open at 7 p.m.

How Much: Sold out at venue, tickets starting about $40 on StubHub. Why You Should Go: AlunaGeorge, an English electronic duo made up of Aluna Francis (vocals/songwriting) and George Reid (production/instrumentation), is poised to make it big. The partnership, formed in 2009, just signed with Interscope Records this July after collaborating with artists like Disclosure and DJ Snake.

The duo creates wild electronic music that combines Francis’ modulated vocals with Reid’s lo-fi beats, which proves to be a match made in heaven for fans of indie electronic tunes.

Who: Plain White T’s Where: Baltimore Soundstage When: Thursday, Oct. 29. Doors open at 7 p.m.

How Much: $18 Why You Should Go: Let’s be honest: If you aren’t excited by the prospect of singing along with Tom Higgenson to his monstrous hit “Hey There Delilah” for the minimal price of $18, I’m not sure what else might pique your interest. The band has been around since 1997, making it a seasoned group that knows the ins and outs of what it takes to put on a stellar night of music. One of the most well-known pop punk bands of the past 20 years, the Plain White T’s are chock-full of old jams you’ve likely forgotten about, making it the perfect opportunity for some #throwbackthursday material.

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shayna tiller, a sophomore animal science major, jumps with her horse, Irish Humor, in a riding demonstration at Maryland Day 2015.

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FEATURE | THE MARYLAND EQUESTRIAN CLUB

SADDLING UP The equestrian club looks to increase its reach on the campus

By Maeve Dunigan @maevedunigan Staff writer “Finn, are you for real?” yelled an exasperated Tori Dougherty from the middle of the riding ring.

Instead of trying to reconcile, Finn turned and walked away, a response that would usually seem rude and even imprudent if Finn were a human being.

However, Finn is a horse.

In fact, Finn is one of six horses that call the Campus Farm home. But the home wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for members of the Maryland Equestrian Club such as Dougherty, a junior environmental science and technology major as well as the head of training for the club.

The club has worked since 1998 to provide students with a way to be around horses, learn about horses, care for horses and better their riding skills, all without leaving the campus. This year, the club plans to take in many new members as

well as expand its outreach efforts outside the university community. “ T h e m a j o r i ty o f t h e campus doesn’t know that we exist here and that we play such a huge role [on the farm],” said Rachael Bennett, a senior communication major as well as the club’s president.

Maryland Equestrian Club members are the primary h o rs e c a re ta ke rs. C l u b members don’t just get to ride; being in the club means committing to completing chores, which can involve waking up at 7 a.m. to clean out the stables and feed the horses. Yet, for the dedicated club members, the chores are always worth it.

“It’s a really unique club in terms of workload,” Bennett said. “There’s a lot of love and passion that goes into paying $40 to scoop poop at 7 a.m.”

B e n n e t t h a s p l a n s to work hard this year to make the club more present and well-known on and off the campus.

“I want to get the club off the campus and more involved in the community,” she said. “I would like people to know that we’re here.”

The Maryland Equestrian Club plans two fundraisers each year, a portion of which goes toward a horse rescue.

For club members, it feels good to donate to rescues and help horses that might not be as fortunate as those residing on the Campus Farm.

“It sounds so corny, but my whole thing is to give horses the chance to be a horse that they never got,” Bennett said.

When on the farm, you enter a dusty livestock paradise filled with worn-in red stables and farm animals.

From the farm’s center, the rustic red gable-shaped roofs juxtapose against the modern red panes of glass that decorate the Physical Sciences Complex.

Fo r C e c e l i a P a r k s , a graduate student studying library science and the head of lessons for the club, the farm and the horses provide

a helpful solace.

“When you’re with the horses, you can’t really be thinking about things other than the horses,” she said. “It kind of helps you stay sane through the really crazy parts of the semester.”

A s m e m b e rs n ew a n d old funneled into a lecture hall within the Animal Science/Agricultural Engineering Building for the annual Maryland Equestrian Club general introductory meeting, the feeling of anticipation was almost palpable.

When the meeting began, each board member of the club stood and gave a brief statement. Jennifer Arseneault, a senior enrolled in a transitional program through letters and sciences and the club’s historian, addressed the club’s size and strength.

“It seems like we’re a pretty small club,” she said, looking up at the sea of interested students. “But we do a whole lot for the farm.” mdunigandbk@gmail.com

PREVIEW | ALICE IN WONDERLAND AT HORNBAKE

150 years of wonder New exhibit at Hornbake takes visitors down the rabbit hole of two local collectors

By Mel DeCandia @meldecandia Staff writer The only Wonderland many people know at all is the one depicted in the 1951 animated Disney film. But Beltsville collectors August and Clare Imholtz are familiar with nearly every incarnation of Lewis Carroll’s infamous and imaginative story. In fact, they own about 4,700 Alice artifacts.

As Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland turns 150 this year, the Imholtzes will lend their collection to Hornbake Library for a yearlong exhibition about Carroll’s classic story’s origins and influence, throughout the years and around the world: “Alice 150 Years and Counting … The Legacy of Lewis Carroll: Selections from the Collection of August and Clare Imholtz.”

Impressive as the Imholtzes’ collection is, August said the couple initially had no interest in collecting at all. It was only when he attempted to translate Carroll’s “Jabberwocky” poem into Greek and Latin in the 1970s that the Imholtzes first met the founders of the Lewis Carroll Society of North America, who lived in nearby Silver Spring, and then quickly “got the collecting virus.”

He said their collection has grown from about a dozen books to almost 5,000 since 1980. This is the first time their collection will be featured in an exhibit — the only one in the greater Washington area for the anniversary.

“The timing worked out so perfectly,” Clare said.

According to Doug McElrath, Special Collections and University Archives acting head, he and the Imholtzes first talked three or four years ago about doing an exhibit for the 150th anniversary. August acknowledged that the process was more work than

they expected, but Clare said they have found it enjoyable nonetheless.

“You’re rediscovering your own collection, so that’s certainly a lot of fun,” she said.

Of course, part of that rediscovery involved deciding not only what few artifacts to display, but also finding a thematic center for the exhibit, Amber Kohl of the exhibit team said.

“We really wanted to highlight the treasures, but then kind of figure out what makes their collection unique” Kohl said.

“As we kind of looked through, we realized they have a lot of translations, illustrations from around the world … we really wanted to highlight that too.”

Among those treasures is what Clare

alice in wonderland comes in many forms in the new 150-item exhibit at Hornbake. tom hausman/thediamondback called the “Appleton Alice,” an 1866 American reprint of the original version of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland that is one of the oldest editions that exists outside of the first, rejected print.

Additionally, the exhibit features some of the Imholtzes’ more than 1,000 foreign translations — Japanese, Russian and even Aboriginal Australian — and an array of illustrations from throughout the past century and a half.

The exhibit “is really divided into two

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THE DIAMONDBACK | Diversions | THURSDAY, october 1, 2015 ESSAY | THE PRIDE AND POTENTIAL OF LANDMARK

LISTEN TO YOUR CITY In the Landmark festival, Washington and the people who truly define it get a major musical event of their own

By Michael Errigo @M_Errigo Senior staff writer A festival is different than a concert, because, more than a performance, it is a celebration. And the Landmark Music Festival held this past weekend was a celebration of Washington.

Not the D.C. that serves as a platform for huge concerts to commemorate a national event or raise money for some pressing cause from time to time, although this festival kicked off a campaign to raise money for the National Mall. Landmark was all about the part of the city that is often overlooked: the people that actually live in and around it. It was a celebration of the culture and the tradition and the customs of all those different types of people who own a piece of the DMV, an event by and for those who care about D.C. for more than just a term or two.

So many different types of people.

Whether they were those who had been in the area all their lives or those who had come to the nation’s capital to make something of themselves and adopted it as their own for a while, they all made up a crowd that appreciated the area and the music. There were Wizards jerseys and Capitals sweaters and Nats hats. There was Terrapins gear worn proudly. Same went for Georgetown, George Washington, American, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Towson and scores of other schools whose students were surely delighted by the short trip.

And peppered into those repping a local scene were the people that caught your eye, the ones cloaked in a mishmash of hipster or bizarre garb, each one unique.

All of them gathered in the city for a good time.

Onstage, District-based musicians such as Ex Hex, U.S. Royalty and of course Wale savored a chance to entertain on a grand hometown scale for once. For food, attendees had a chance

to choose from some of D.C.’s favorites: Ben’s Chili Bowl, PEPE and Oyamel to name a few. For those who had never really been to the city before, really seen some of its charms, it was a briefing of what this town could do.

To begin both days of the festival, I was dropped off a few blocks away from West Potomac Park to avoid the traffic and congestion. This meant that my path to the music crossed right between the Lincoln Memorial and its Reflecting Pool. It was at this moment — day one, even before arrival — that the potential of what Landmark was and what it could be became clear. Landmark is not just the only festival to take place in the shadow of some of the most recognizable buildings in the world, it’s also a concrete piece of evidence that this city could make a cultural mark outside the halls of power. With time, the festival could make its way up onto the quality level of Bonnaroo, Coachella or South by Southwest. And D.C. would be celebrated every year. It could be a beautiful thing.

And it could all be right in our backyard. As students at this university, we hold a small part of the city. Whether you grew up here or not, D.C. sits at your disposal. The Landmark Music Festival was a way to be proud of not just where you’re from, but where you’re at.

As the different performers cycled through, each of them doing their thing, small reminders of the city presented themselves. The Washington Monument often loomed in the background of a stage view. Planes leaving Reagan ascended overhead. An American flag flew on each side of the Jefferson stage.

A slight breeze blew off the Potomac River.

For once, D.C. wasn’t a platform for someone or something from somewhere else to stand on. It was at the center of the celebration. merrigodbk@gmail.com

landmark featured some hometown heroes like Wale (top) and an interesting array of unique, local music lovers.

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MAGALHAES From PAGE 14 with Eastern Florida State Junior College.

Magalhaes finally got his chance to perform on a big stage against the Bruins. He didn’t disappoint, teaming with defender Alex Crognale to hold the Bruins to one goal.

The 6-foot-1 center back has turned into a familiar face at Ludwig Field, starting in each of the Terps’ four home games. Yet while he might be a more recognizable face, his journey to the Terps is largely unknown. “Afte r I f i ni sh e d h i g h school, I knew the possibility of coming here and, like, get an education and play at the same time at a high level,�

Magalhaes said. “So I decided to come here, and I first went to Florida. ‌ Then I got picked by [coach] Sasho [Cirovski]; he liked me and he brought me here, and now I’m here.â€?

Magalhaes spent his first two years of high school at Objetivo in Brazil before finishing his education at Joao XXIII in 2010. From there, he spent the next two years playing club soccer. “We were not sure if I was going to be eligible right away

[for] NCAA,� Magalhaes said. “So we figured it would be best for me to go first to a junior college.�

When Eastern Florida State coach Oliver Twelvetrees took a look at Magalhaes’s highlight video, he liked what he saw.

He noticed Magalhaes’ size, strength and power. “With my connections and our ability to showcase players,� Twelvetrees recalled thinking, “he’s going to be able to have a lot of success here over the next two years and then be able to go to a Division I school.�

Magalhaes had no trouble acclimating to Eastern Florida State, earning first-team AllAmerica honors in 2013 and second-team All-America honors a year later.

His presence also influenced the teams’ attack.

Twelvetrees said he was able to push his outside backs forward with Magalhaes manning the backline. “He was certainly the best defender in the country for two years in a row,� Twelvetrees said. “Against any attacking player in the country, we always knew Ivan would come out on top.�

Eastern Florida State’s season finished up in November, signifying the end of Magalhaes’ two-year stint.

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JOINING THE TERPS In more than 20 years at the helm of the Terps, Cirovski said he couldn’t recall ever actively recruiting a junior college player. That changed when he learned of Magalhaes’ eligibility status.

At the U.S. Soccer Development Academy Winter S h owca se f ro m Nov. 2 9 through Dec. 3 in Lakewood Ranch, Florida, Cirovski ran into Twelvetrees. “He said, ‘Oh, by the way, what are you looking for?’�

Cirovski recalled. “I said, ‘Well, we could maybe use a little help at the back.’ And they said, ‘Well I’ve got the perfect guy for you.’�

Twelvetrees sent the Terps’ veteran coach tape of the two-time All-American, and Cirovski quickly began recruiting Magalhaes. “There were a lot of schools interested in him,� Twelvetrees said. “But I think as soon as Maryland showed interest, and immediately when they heard about him, they were committed with the process of getting him up there to see the campus.�

M a ga l h a e s ’ c l a sse s a t Eastern Florida State ended on Dec. 13. But instead of making the trip back to Brazil, he planned on spending a few

days helping out with a Brazilian-laden team competing at the Disney Soccer Showcase.

First, he went to College Park. He also had offers from North Carolina, Akron and Clemson, but the trip to this university persuaded Magalhaes to join the Terps. “When he saw the campus, he was really, really excited about it and wanted to go there right away,� Twelvetrees said. “With the history of the program and the area and the location and the facilities and the coaching staff, I think it was a place that he thought he could fulfill his ambition of getting into the MLS after two more years up there.�

M a ga l h a e s s p e n t t h i s summer in College Park to acclimate himself to the university. He took two classes a n d e a r n e d t wo A s . H e played pickup games with his new teammates.

And once he began his Terps career, he made an immediate impression. “I heard he was just a really good defender — really strong — and he’s also really good with his feet,� said defender Chris Odoi-Atsem, who played center back the past two seasons before moving to right back this year. “The first time I saw him play, I was like, ‘Man, this guy is really

defender ivan magalhaes kicks the ball upfield during the Terps’ 2-1 overtime victory against then-No. 1 UCLA on Sept. 4 at Ludwig Field. alexander jonesi/the diamondback strong and really fast and a really good defender.’�

Cirovski agreed that Magalhaes has the physical tools to excel at the Division I level, but it’ll take time for him to fully adapt to the college game.

Magalhaes said the game is more technical in Brazil and doesn’t require the constant movement that playing Division I soccer does. Not to mention, the games have also been more competitive than he’s used to. “Matches are decided by details, where in Florida, we just had like four or five games that were, like, actually real games where the results were

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From PAGE 14 That mindset carried over to college as Rowe watched other quarterbacks, such as former Terp C.J. Brown, employ the same philosophy. “It’s just the mentality you have to have,� Rowe said. “I know our guys believe in me, so I can’t let one mistake become another mistake.�

Though he’s pushed the performance out of his mind, it was forced to the forefront of his memory during media availability Wednesday when reporters repeatedly asked about what went wrong in Morgantown, West Virginia.

Rowe said it’s still tough to talk about four days later. He couldn’t recall an experience that compared to Saturday’s thrashing.

Sometimes, Locksley is irritated by Rowe’s short memory, but the coach acknowledges it’s a mindset quarterbacks must have.

While Rowe struggled Saturday, miscommunication with the wide receivers contributed.

The Terps’ passing offense depends on the quarterback and wide receivers making the same decisions based on the opponent’s coverage schemes,

close,� Magalhaes said. “All the other games were like 6-0, 7-0.�

Meshing with the rest of the defense hasn’t been difficult for Magalhaes, though, which is something he attributes to his past experience.

Plus, Cirovski believes the 21-year-old has a lot of room to grow. “ Eve n h i s coa c h sa i d , ‘Look, he’s going to be good for you in the beginning, but he’s going to be great for you in the end,’� Cirovski said. “And he’s exactly right. He’s been getting better every game for us.� kstackpoledbk@gmail.com

Locksley said, and sometimes the receiver made the wrong read Saturday.

In one play, wide receiver Amba Etta-Tawo ran straight up the field when he should have cut to the outside, Locksley said, so when Rowe threw the ball to the intended spot, Etta-Tawo wasn’t in the vicinity. “It’s both guys being on the same page with what they’re doing coverage-wise,� Locksley said. “That’s usually the factor when you see a ball thrown and a receiver not looking or not in the right spot. It’s those two guys not seeing the same thing based off the coverage that the defense gives us.�

On other throws, the fault fell on Rowe. He often forced the ball into tight coverage and admitted he made throws he shouldn’t have. Just like last week, his focus in practice has been on making the right reads.

And against Michigan this Saturday, avoiding miscues will be crucial to the Terps’ success. “It starts with decisionmaking with him because we know he has the arm talent,�

Locksley said. “We know he has the ability.� psuittsdbk@gmail.com

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The Diamondback | sports | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2015

BIG TEN game day

Maryland vs. 22 Michigan

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QUICK FACTS

3-1, 0-0 Big Ten

Coach Randy Edsall

Coach Jim Harbaugh

PLAYERS TO WATCH

8:00 p.m.

Quarterback Caleb Rowe

Running back De’Veon Smith’s

turned in perhaps the worst showing of his college career last week against West Virginia, going 10-for-27 with four interceptions. Coach Randy Edsall maintains that Rowe has the talent but needs to be more consistent. The redshirt junior hopes for a bounce-back performance Saturday.

status for Saturday is uncertain after he suffered a right ankle injury during Michigan’s 31-0 romping of BYU. Smith, who was in a boot after the game, is averaging 17.3 attempts per game and has scored four touchdowns. The Terps allowed 304 yards on the ground last week at West Virginia.

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FAST STATS Michigan has rushed for an average of

Linebacker Jermaine Carter Jr.

yards

has emerged as one of the leaders of the Terps defense, compiling 46 tackles through the first four games. Carter will be tasked with containing a Michigan team that’s averaging 202 yards on the ground.

per game this year, the fifth most in the Big Ten. The Terps, meanwhile, have allowed an average of

200

22 Michigan Wolverines

2-2, 0-0 Big Ten

October 3, 2015

202

yards

Defensive end Chris Wormley notched a career-high six tackles in the Wolverines’ 35-7 win over Oregon State on Sept. 12. Wormley, whom offensive coordinator Mike Locksley called a matchup problem, hopes to keep Rowe off-balance early and often. The quarterback threw four interceptions last week, and Wormley will look to force a similar result.

ON THE RECORD “[The linebackers] got to be flying downhill. We’ve got to play fast, and we’ve got to wrap up and tackle and just fly around the ball, swarm on defense.”

per game this year, the worst in the Big Ten.

QUARTERBACK CALEB ROWE

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LOOKING BACK

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Jermaine Carter Jr.

1-3 series record vs. Michigan

linebacker

1985 ANN ARBOR Michigan 20, Maryland 0

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1989 ANN ARBOR Michigan 41, Maryland 21

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1990 ANN ARBOR Michigan 45, Maryland 17

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2014 ANN ARBOR Maryland 23, Michigan 16

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DBK PREDICTIONS

RYAN BAILLARGEON: 38-10 MICHIGAN The Terps haven’t beat a ranked foe during Randy Edsall’s tenure, and that won’t change Saturday.

JOSHUA NEEDELMAN: 35-13 MICHIGAN The Terps will show improvement offensively but won’t be able to keep up with coach Jim Harbaugh’s team.

PHILLIP SUITTS: 27-3 MICHIGAN With or without running back De’Veon Smith, the Wolverines rushing attack will overpower the Terps and their defense will get the necessary stops.

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FIELD HOCKEY

Film sessions benefit attack Terps watch video to fix early-season scoring woes

By Callie Caplan @CallieCaplan Staff writer The Terrapins field hockey team felt disconnected on offense early in the season.

As the Terps controlled the ball down the sideline and into their territory, the forwards would turn toward the goal and dribble along the baseline. But when the Terps pushed deep into the circle, the ball carrier often lost possession or ran into the opposing goalkeeper.

“They would say, ‘I don’t have an option. I don’t know where to go because the defender is closing in up top,’” defender Sarah Sprink said.

By holding a film session, however, the Terps realized their missed opportunities occurred because of their offensive formation. They lacked another attacker positioned in front of the goal to bait the goalie out of the cage or to serve as a passing option for a better angle on the net.

This marked one of several instances this season when the coaching staff has used video to make adjustments. The No. 8 Terps’ focus on film study has allowed them to eliminate their early-season scoring woes and build a six-game winning streak.

“We used video a lot in the beginning of the season when it came to finishing because, we didn’t finish when we had 20-plus shots, and we were like, ‘We don’t know what’s going on,’” Sprink said. “Then we saw the video; we were like, ‘Oh my God, this is so clear’ — those runs, those shots, those opportunities we just didn’t take.”

Though the Terps’ threestraight losses in early September were unusual territory for coach Missy Meharg, she regularly studies film to improve her team’s approach.

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Every day, Meharg said she watches tape of her players and the Terps’ upcoming foes.

She and assistant coach Joppe de Vries then sift through the highlights and select clips to show to the team.

When scouting, Meharg attempts to understand the opponent’s press, their tactics to clear the ball from the Terps’ attack and their tendencies on offensive and defensive penalty corners.

The latter two portions are most important for de Vries, who orchestrates the team’s corner schemes. Through games played Sept. 29, the Terps are ranked sixth in the NCAA with 8.55 corners per game.

“WHEN THEY SEE IT IN A VIDEO, THEN THEY DEFINITELY CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS MUCH MORE EASILY.” MISSY MEHARG

Terrapins field hockey coach In a 2-1 victory over Michigan on Friday, the Terps used straight entry passes and direct shots on their first few set pieces. But from watching film, de Vries realized the Wolverines kept the same formation regardless of the Terps’ strategy.

He responded by advising the players to send entry passes on ensuing penalty corners to a different part of the circle.

“I have seen the tendencies on their defense,” de Vries said. “Because you change things up [and] the same people are still running the same [defensive] lines, people get mixed up and confused.”

Using video to scout their opponents is only 30 percent of how the Terps benefit from technology, Meharg said. The other 70 percent comes from her emphasis on self-improvement.

In the midst of their losing streak, Meharg held individual

meetings with some of the veteran players to watch film and analyze their performances.

“Sometimes I can say whatever I want,” Meharg said. “But when they see it in a video, then they definitely can make adjustments much more easily.”

The Terps staff also uses the classroom sessions to reinforce positive results, such as the team’s improved scoring efficiency. They countered their 7.3 shooting percentage across the three losses with an 18.3 shooting percentage over the past six games.

Because the athletic department provides each player with an iPad, the Terps can continue their film study away from practice, too. The coaches use an app called Team Extreme to upload all of their video clips, and they also organize segments into folders for each player.

“If it’s very static and on a board, it’s not very realistic,” Sprink said. “In the video, you see that a lot more, and it’s game-like.”

While the Terps typically watch film in their team room at the Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex, at the team breakfasts on game days or in hotel rooms on the road, de Vries has brought a video element to practice.

During the Terps’ penalty corner sessions, he uses his iPad to film behind the team’s sets and then evaluate the sequence with the players on the field.

The Terps also have two people film at a bird’s-eye view of the field each match — one handling the camera and one coding plays as they unfold. Soon, de Vries hopes to stream those highlights in real time to his iPad on the sideline, further digging into the team’s performance.

“Yeah, video,” de Vries said.

“I love that tool.” ccaplandbk@gmail.com

MULROONEY From PAGE 14 with left guard Silvano Altamirano for the starting job.

He came down with a fever, but team doctors insisted that Mulrooney just needed to stay hydrated.

M u l ro o n ey, h oweve r, thought something was up when he felt “super exhausted” during the Terps’ first practice. And when he had to end a jogging session with left guard Ryan Doyle to vomit, he knew he needed to return to the doctor.

When Mulrooney learned he needed to go the hospital, he looked at former center Sal Conaboy and broke into tears.

“I had worked so hard up to that point. It had really broke my heart,” Mulrooney said. “I thought this was going to be my year.”

Released from a Montgomery County hospital on Aug. 11, 2014, Mulrooney said he didn’t feel fully recovered until the season was over. Before returning to the campus for winter classes, M u l ro o n ey s p e n t s o m e time with offensive lineman Stephen Grommer’s family in Spartanburg, South Carolina,

and worked at their restaurant, Gerhards’ Café.

Between eating at the restaurant and working out, Mulrooney said, he regained his strength. Now, he just needed to prove himself to the coaching staff, and he wasn’t deterred when Doyle was named the starting left guard.

“I just went out every day saying, ‘I’m going to force them to play me this year,’” Mulrooney said. “‘Whether it be guard, tackle, center, shoot, tight end, I don’t care. I want to be the guy somewhere on this line. And I’m going to prove to these coaches that I could still play.’”

Though focused on earning a starting job, Mulrooney still took time to mentor some of the Terps’ younger linemen. Linebacker Jermaine Carter Jr. said he saw Mulrooney helping along redshirt freshman center Brendan Moore.

“Brendan made tremendous steps, but ultimately [Mulrooney] beat him out,” Carter said. “It just shows how serious he was about the game and getting back.”

W h e n t h e Te r p s r e leased their updated twodeep depth chart Aug. 28, Mulrooney was listed as

the starting center over his mentee. Through four ga m e s, h e ’s b e e n a key part of an offensive line that’s helped running back Brandon Ross rush for two 100-yard games and allowed just three sacks.

“I kind of always knew Evan was going to rebound,” Ross said. “I didn’t really notice him down too much because of his personality and everything.”

Mulrooney keeps a light mood when talking about his challenging past. He joked that he’s conscious of germs now, making sure to wipe the football with hand sanitizer after every play and refraining from kissing his teammates on the mouth.

But he’s also cognizant of his journey. A highly touted center out of high school, Mulrooney began his senior year faced with uncertainty.

He’ll probably never know how he contracted the viral infection, but he can take solace in the fact that he didn’t let it end his career.

“I just wanted to show everyone like, ‘Hey, I’m still here,’” Mulrooney said. “I want this more than I’ve ever wanted it.” jneedelmandbk@gmail.com

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wicinski From PAGE 14 “Wicinski’s been out of her mind,” Aird said. “She’s a really, really good player.”

One of the traits Aird admires most is her competitiveness. After the Terps’ loss to Northwestern on Saturday, Wicinski walked out of the postgame meeting staring straight ahead and without flashing her usual smile.

“She’s frustrated,” Aird said.

“You can see it in her eyes when you meet after.”

It’s something that freshman outside hitter Liz Twilley has noticed, too.

“She’s extremely competitive, that’s definitely one of the first words that comes to mind when I think of Kelsey,” Twilley said.

“That’s awesome to play next to and play with.”

For Wicinski, that mindset stems from those times in the backyard with her sisters.

“My very older sister, Lauren, she played at Michigan State, she’d just be hitting balls at me,” Wicinski said. “We always got in a ton of fights about who won the point and everything like that.”

Libero kelsey wicinski bumps a ball during the Terps’ three-set loss to Illinois on Sept. 25 at Xfinity Pavilion before a record crowd. alexander jonesi/the diamondback This season, Wicinski has played in all 57 sets, including starting the past two after outside hitter Emily Fraik’s season-ending injury forced Aird to adjust his lineup. Wicinski ranks second on the team in digs, the main measure

of a libero’s defensive impact, with 120.

As Dion’s backup, Wicinski spends a lot of time with her captain. The two, who grew up 22 miles apart in northern Illinois, have known each other for years.

Dion and Wicinski’s moms played together when they were younger, so they would hang out together often.

Wicinski remembers going to watch Dion’s club team back home, so having the chance to learn from

her is one of the reasons she came to this university.

“It’s been really cool to just be with her,” Wicinski said. “She’s taught me so much. She’s just constantly so supportive and such a great leader.”

With Dion graduating this year, Aird sees Wicinski as the potential starting libero in the future. With a talented recruiting class coming next fall, Aird expects the 5-foot-10 rookie to play a key role and compete for the starting nod.

“We’ll groom her to be a huge part of the program going forward,” Aird said. “She’s got the tools to start. I think we’re going to have kids come in over the next few years to battle for it. It’s such an important position for the roster, I would hope she’d want to compete for it.”

Wicinski spent much of her formative years trying to prove herself against her older siblings. That fostered a competitive edge in her, and it will suit her moving forward as she vies for playing time with Dion this season and the talented recruiting class next fall.

“She’s everything about the kind of athlete and the kind of kid I like to have in the program,” Aird said. jschmidtdbk@gmail.com

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2015

FOOTBALL

Mulrooney thriving as starter after health scare last summer Center appeared in just 1 game in 2014 after enduring viral infection and went with just one appearance in the Terps’ 52-7 loss at Wisconsin on Oct. 25.

By Joshua Needelman @JoshNeedelman Senior staff writer Before he got sick, Terrapins football center Evan Mulrooney had no idea there were five different types of hepatitis.

“I was tested for everything,” Mulrooney said. “Cancer. All the types of hepatitis. Did you know there was five hepatitises? Rocky Mountain [Spotted] Fever, all this crazy stuff.

I’m a medical anomaly. They couldn’t quite crack my code.”

Diagnosed with an undetermined viral infection and hospitalized for a short period of time in August 2014, Mulrooney lost 20 pounds and said he didn’t feel like the same player.

Center evan mulrooney shouts toward the student section at Byrd Stadium after the Terps’ 35-17 victory over A season that Mulrooney thought South Florida on Sept. 19. The redshirt senior has started all four games this year. alexander jonesi/the diamondback was “going to be [his] year” came

VOLLEYBALL

“IT’S PRETTY SURREAL TO ME TO BE AT THE POSITION THAT I’M AT AFTER LAST SEASON. THERE WERE TOTALLY SO MANY TIMES WHERE I WAS LIKE, ‘I DON’T KNOW IF I COULD THIS ANYMORE.’” EVAN MULROONEY

Terrapins football center The redshirt senior knew he wouldn’t be handed playing time this year. He had to re-prove himself to a coaching staff that once viewed him

as a potential starter. He began spring camp as the backup left guard before clawing back into the lineup as the Terps’ center.

After starting five games at center as a redshirt freshman in 2012, Mulrooney said the switch back to his natural position hasn’t been too difficult. Yet after coming back from a health scare, Mulrooney has newfound gratitude.

“It’s pretty surreal to me to be at the position that I’m at after last season,” Mulrooney said. “There were totally so many times where I was like, ‘I don’t know if I could this anymore.’”

Entering fall camp in August last year, Mulrooney — 6-foot-3 and 300 pounds — was expected to compete See mulrooney, Page 12

MEN’S SOCCER

Wicinski settling in at libero Freshman recorded 17 digs over weekend

By Josh Schmidt @joshj_s Staff writer Some of Terrapins libero Kelsey Wicinski’s earliest memories are playing volleyball in her Geneva, Illinois, backyard. Her mother played volleyball at Northern Illinois and her two sisters also played in college, so the family often spent days in the yard competing with one another.

“We always played volleyball when we were little,” Wicinski said. “We had a net in our backyard, and we were always outside playing.”

Those times helped shape Wicinski into a top high school player. And now in her first season in College Park, she’s settled in as the Terps’ backup libero.

Wicinski had arguably the best games of her young career this past weekend when the Terps hosted No. 7 Illinois and Northwestern to open their conference slate. The freshman had 17 digs in the two matches, helping fellow libero Amy Dion with the defense and providing coach Steve Aird a second option when Dion needed a rest.

See wicinski, Page 13

Defender ivan magalhaes acknowledges the crowd before the Terps’ 0-0 draw with Michigan on Sept. 11 at Ludwig Field. The Brazil native transferred to the Terps before this season.

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unknown no more

Brazilian native Magalhaes emerges as defensive force after transferring from junior college

By Kyle Stackpole @kylefstackpole Senior staff writer To the record-setting Ludwig Field crowd Sept. 4, Ivan Magalhaes was an unfamiliar face amid a sea of longtime Terrapins men’s soccer

players and highly touted freshmen.

When the Terps defeated then-No. 1 UCLA, 2-1, in their home opener, they had four returning starters from 2014. And after 90 minutes of soccer ended in a draw, freshman forward Sebastian Elney incited a frenzy from the announced 8,449 when he headed in the game-

winning goal in the 96th minute.

But Magalhaes was different. His graduation from Joao XXIII School in São Paulo, Brazil, deemed him ineligible to play at the Division I level, so he spent the past two seasons playing See magalhaes, Page 11

FOOTBALL

Rowe uses ‘short memory’ to move past 4-INT game Redshirt junior QB analyzed film on ride back from West Virginia with OC Locksley

By Phillip Suitts @PhillipSuitts Senior staff writer

quarterback caleb rowe readjusts his helmet after he was sacked during the Terps’ 45-6 loss at West Virginia on Sept. 26.

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When Terrapins football quarterback Caleb Rowe boarded the bus after one of the worst performances of his career, he went right back to work.

On the trip back to College Park after a 45-6 drubbing at No. 23 West Virginia, in which the redshirt junior was benched after throwing four interceptions, Rowe sat with offensive coordinator Mike Locksley and analyzed the game film on an iPad. The duo usually waits until Sunday to watch the tape, but after the demoralizing loss, the task couldn’t wait. The Terps hope the impromptu

film session helped Rowe, who has thrown nine interceptions in 64 pass attempts this season.

Rowe will get a chance to redeem himself when the Terps host No. 22 Michigan on Saturday under the lights at Byrd Stadium.

“He’s got something to prove, man,” redshirt senior center Evan Mulrooney said. “I’m excited for him this weekend.”

Rowe’s father, Dave, always preached the importance of shortterm memory and moving past onfield mistakes. In high school, he constantly implored Rowe to focus on the impending play and forget about his last throw.

See rowe, Page 11