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Phillips Collection unveils U venture

State funding woes lead to university faculty losses

By Jeremy Snow @JeremyM_Snow Senior staff writer

Partnership includes new courses, facility

By Ellie Silverman @esilverman11 Senior staff writer The University of Maryland and T he Phillips Collection, an art museum in Washington, D.C., announced a partnership Monday that includes new arts courses, joint programs and the creation of an open art storage facility in College Park.

The six-year partnership will allow university students, faculty, staff and Alumni Association members to receive free admission to the Washington collection for research and educational purposes. Faculty will be able to co-publish research, and the Phillips will offer internships for university students.

“The University of Maryland’s primary distinction has always been STEM,” university President Wallace Loh said. “To take the University of Maryland to the next level of excellence, it can’t only be in STEM fields.

We have to be a STEAM university — science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics.”

The university is committing $375,000 this academic year and $525,000 for the subsequent five years, Provost Mary Ann Rankin said. Rankin and the collection’s director, Dorothy Kosinski, said they hope to renew the agreement after the six years.

“From our standpoint, it’s an opportunity to fulfill our strategic plan of reaching out beyond the confines of our own buildings and really embedding ourselves in different communities and enhancing as much as possible our access and education potential,” Kosinski said.

A rt h istory professor Joshua Shannon said he hopes to be involved with collaborations, whether it means teaching a new course at the university or bringing students to the collection.

“One of the things that’s exciting about this partnership is the two institutions are going to do a lot of

Radcliffe Adler, a senior theatre major, lost friends and lacked support from professors while transitioning.

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THE BINARY BOYS’ CLUB Despite university progress on gender diversity, challenges remain

By Ellie Silverman @esilverman11 Senior staff writer After four deans — one man, three women — stepped down since May, the university set out to hire their replacements.

This fall, the university welcomed those replacements — all of whom are male.

While women used to make up roughly half of all deans at this university, the new hires bring that number down to four out of 15.

“I don’t think we have to peg positions like this as a ‘woman dean position,’ but we need to be developing pools of candidates that are diverse enough so that a woman is going to be as likely to be the best candidate as often as a man is likely to be the best candidate,” said Bonnie Thornton Dill, the first woman to serve as the arts and humanities college dean.

Beyond hiring for its top academic positions, the university has a responsibility to recruit women and underrepresented minorities in all areas, Dill said.

University President Wallace Loh’s cabinet, for instance, is also male-dominated, with nine men among its 14 members.

Among certain underrepresented groups for which little data exists, recruiting and addressing concerns proves especially difficult, said Kumea Shorter-Gooden, this university’s chief diversity officer. While the university tracks the number of men and women among its faculty, staff and students, it collects no such campuswide data for its transgender population, Shorter-Gooden said.

“One of our challenges is that when it comes to sexual orientation and gender identity and expression, all we really have is anecdotal information about how they’re faring, and that is a problem,” Shorter-Gooden said. “That means you can’t address challenges that they may be experiencing.”

A LUNCH DATE WITH INEQUITY As Dill bought herself lunch and sat down with some of her male colleagues, each pulled out a bagged lunch his wife had packed for him.

Because of insufficient state funding, this university is losing a substantial number of faculty members, many of whom go on to work at other universities, university officials said.

A b out 28 p ercent of facu lty members said they were likely to leave this university in the next two years, according to a spring 2015 Faculty Work Environment Survey from the ADVANCE Program for Inclusive Excellence. According to a 2011 survey, about 30 percent of faculty members said they wanted to leave.

According to the 2015 study, 18.1 percent of professors who left said they did so to pursue a higher salary, while 12.3 percent said they left to work at a more prestigious institution.

Despite the decrease, this year’s numbers prove worrisome, Provost Mary A n n Ran kin said. As key faculty members leave or become dissatisfied, departments and research are often hurt.

Of those likely to leave, 20.6 percent said it was because they were offered a higher salary elsewhere, while 14.3 percent said it was because they received “an offer from a more prestigious department or institution,” according to the survey.

“Our faculties have become targets for other universities,” said Wayne McIntosh, associate dean of the behavioral and social sciences college.

“Every year it happens, where universities try to make efforts to recruit our faculty away from us.”

Despite that 20.6 percent, this university had one of the highest annual salaries for full professors in the 2014 academic year, according to an American Association of University Professors Compensation Survey study. The yearly average is $154,200, while at the University of Wisconsin it is $128,100 and at the University of Minnesota it is $135,300. Johns Hopkins University is $154,700.

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See RETEntion, Page 7

U student’s killer appeals conviction

Public works board approves Cole, Clark Hall final funding

By Andrew Dunn @AndrewE_Dunn Staff writer

By Talia Richman @TaliRichman Senior staff writer The man found guilty of killing a university student in 2011 is petitioning this state’s highest court to have his first-degree murder conviction overturned on the grounds his Miranda rights were violated.

DeAndre Ricardo Williams was charged in the 2011 shooting of 22-year-old Justin DeSha-Overcash, a senior astronomy and physics major at the time of his death.

Williams broke into DeSha-Overcash’s 38th Avenue home on Jan. 10, 2011 wearing a ski mask and carrying a 10-millimeter handgun, according to court documents. When DeShaOvercash tried defending himself during the attempted robbery, Wil-

Justin DeSha-Overcash, pictured above in photos at a 2011 vigil, was killed in his 38th Avenue home during an attempted robbery. His killer is appealing his conviction. file photo/the diamondback liams shot him twice in the abdomen.

When Prince George’s County Police interviewed him about the incident on March 30, 2011, Williams said, “I don’t want to say nothing.

I don’t know,” according to court documents. Later in the same interrogation, after being read his Miranda rights and waiving them, he admitted to the shooting, saying, “The dude

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rushed me and s---. So I whipped the gun out and s---.”

Assistant Public Defender Deborah Richardson said the police officers should have stopped questioning Williams after he said he didn’t “want to say nothing.” Continuing the interrogation infringed on his

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The Board of Public Works approved initial funding Wednesday for the Cole Field House renovations and final funding for construction of A. James Clark Hall.

The three-person board, Lt. G ov. Boyd Rutherford, state Comptroller Peter Franchot and state Treasurer Nancy Kopp approved $200,000 in pre-construction funding for Cole and more than $110 million to finish Clark Hall.

“They recognize what a significant project this is and the donor funds involved,” said Tom Hickey, the governor’s Board of Public Works liaison. “It’s a big deal.”

University President Wallace Loh was also in attendance and

was recognized by the board.

Construction on Clark Hall, which will house the bioengineering department, began on June 15 and is expected to be completed by June 2017, said Bill Olen, the university’s capital projects director.

A combination of private donations and state funds totaling more than $170 million are funding the Clark Hall project.

Co n t r i b u t i o n s f ro m A . Ja m e s Clark and Robert Fischell supplied $20 million in funding, while the rest of the budget stems from this state, Olen said.

For Cole, pre-demolition work is expected to begin in the next few weeks. adunndbk@gmail.com Staff writer Hallie Miller contributed to this report.

OPINION

28 YEARS OF HEART

COLUMN: Reacting to Roseburg

Terps field hockey coach Missy Meharg is loved by players for her quirks. Last weekend, she became the fastest coach to reach 500 career wins P. 16

At a certain point, one can only remain apathetic for so long P. 4 DIVERSIONS

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TIMELINE OF THE CORCORAN AND PHILLIPS PARTnERSHIPS

CRIME BLOTTER that occurred at the physics building, Hoaas said.

The female student who reported the incident said University Police respond- the theft had occurred Oct. 1 ed to reports of dispute and between 11 a.m. and 12 p.m., theft among other incidents Hoaas said. After leaving the so far this month, according physics building, she realized she had left an electronic to police reports. device behind, and when she went back to get it, it was gone.

DISPUTE The case remains active, and offi cers are reviewing film from An officer responded on Oct. 2 at about 3:35 p.m. to a cameras near the building. report of a dispute between two individuals, said Univer- OTHER INCIDENTS sity Police spokeswoman Sgt. Rosanne Hoaas.

An officer responded on A male pedestrian affili- Oct. 1 at about 2:58 p.m. to ated with this university and McKeldin Library after a susthe driver of a car got into a picious picture was found on verbal altercation after the social media, Hoaas said. vehicle was reported to have Hoaas said the picture looked come too close to the curb and as if it had been taken from the the pedestrian, Hoaas said. rooftop of the library. After The vehicle proceeded to reaching the scene, the officer leave the scene, and the driv- checked the rooftop to ensure er’s affiliation is unknown. there was no forced entry from An officer responded to the access point leading to the the lobby of the University roof. The officer did not find Police station Oct. 2 at about anyone at the scene.

4:45 p.m. for a report of a On Oct. 4 at about 4:31 p.m., roommate dispute between an individual was seen on police two men at La Plata Hall, cameras with a landscaping Hoaas said. cutting tool, Hoaas said.

One of the roommates reOfficers responded to the ported the incident to Univer- area near Lot 1 and found a sity Police, and the dispute group of three juveniles, none was entirely verbal with no of whom are affiliated with this physical force used. university. An officer stopped Hoaas said the individuals the individual with the tool, were referred to the Depart- and the other two individuals ment of Resident Life, which left the area. will handle the situation.

The tool was seized, and one of the individuals who had left the scene came back. Both THEFT were released, and the whereAn officer responded to the abouts of the third individual lobby of the University Police is unknown. station at about 3:59 p.m. on Oct. 2 for a report of a theft jcampisidbk@gmail.com

By Evan Berkowitz/The Diamondback April 3, 2013 This university announces plans to explore a partnership with the Corcoran, which would include access to the gallery’s collection, joint classes and degrees and nominations to the Corcoran’s board. The Diamondback later reports that the plan would give this university $2 billion worth of art.

By Jessie Campisi @jessiecampisi, @dbkcrime Staff writer

university president Wallace Loh and the Phillips Collection’s Director Dorothy Kosinski pose for a photo. photo courtesy of university relations

PHILLIPS From PAGE 1 planning together to figure out what kind of curriculum is offered and in what w a y s ,” S h a n n o n s a i d .

“We’ll see what kinds of possibilities will emerge as the partnership picks up this year.”

Although no location has been chosen for the new art storage facility, to be named “The Phillips Collection at the University of Maryland,” Loh said he is confident that the university, along with the Phillips and the county will be able to raise the necessary funds.

The new University of Maryland Center for Art and Knowledge at The Phillips Collection will expand Phillips’ current Center for the Study of Modern Art, a forum for academic work and collaboration.

The expansion includes a new a rts cu rricu lu m, two or more postdoctoral fellowships, a partnership with the Phillips’ International Forum Weekend, a co-published biennial book prize for an unpublished manuscript and a new co-

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The university also will help digitize the museum’s 9,500-item archive of books, exhibition catalogues and correspondence.

This partnership accomplishes a goal in the university’s 2008 strategic plan: collaborating with museums, galleries, libraries and performing arts organizations.

“T he tim ing is perfect, because it’s going to allow us to do all the things we were talking about,” Rankin said.

“It’s a really good match in goals and aspirations between the Phillips and ourselves.”

T he university spent months trying to partner with the Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington’s oldest private art museum. But in February 2014, the Corcoran announced that George Washington University and the National Gallery of Art would take it over.

Loh said the university remained committed to collaborating with a gallery, leading to the partnership with The Phillips Collection.

“I know that technology is important because it helps us master the world, but it is the arts that enable us to interpret and re-envision the

world as it ought to be,” Loh said. “That’s part of becoming a fuller human being. When we better integrate the arts with the other disciplines of the campus, it will greatly enrich the lives of students and enhance scholarship.”

T he DeVos I nstitute of Arts Management relocated in September 2014 to this university from the Kennedy Center to provide seminars and more programs in arts management.

The university announced plans in February to transform the space that formerly housed The Barking Dog into an art house and restaurant.

T h e C l a r i c e S m i t h P e rforming Arts Center would sponsor performances, and Philadelphia music venue MilkBoy would book shows and provide food and drinks.

“There is a strategy to everything that’s happening, and that strategy is: To move the university forward, you have to partner,” Loh said.

“The future really is partner and flourish or don’t partner and perish.” esilvermandbk@gmail.com Staff writer Michael Brice-Saddler contributed to this report.

Feb. 19, 2014 The Corcoran announces that it will merge its school with George Washington University and transfer its collection to the National Gallery of Art. July 31, 2014 University President Wallace Loh testifies at a trial determining whether the GW/ NGA plan can proceed, saying he could solve the gallery’s financial woes in six weeks.

Aug. 18, 2014 A D.C. Superior Court judge rules that the Corcoran can split, allowing the GW/NGA plan to move forward.

Oct. 5, 2015 The university announces a partnership with the Phillips Collection that will include curriculum collaborations, art programs and a gallery facility in Prince George’s County.

Sources: The Diamondback, The Washingtonian.

ONLINE COLUMN Why the Phillips Collection partnership is better for this university than the Corcoran.

Read Evan Berkowitz’s column at dbknews.com.

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Senate delays vote on policy update Committee to reconsider intellectual property policy rewrite before it returns to University Senate floor for approval focus on faculty and student feedback to help in “getting it right,” said Patrick O’Shea, vice president of research and T he Un iversity Sen ate member of the Intellectual u n a n i m o u s l y d e c i d e d Property Subcommittee.

“Our goal is to have our Wed nesd ay to retu r n a n update of the university’s works get out to the public as intellectual property policy easy as possible,” he said. “As to committee after several I say, we want to be the lubrimembers expressed dissatis- cant, not the proxy in the gears faction with specific parts of of process.”

The new policy changes its rewrite.

T h e p r o p o s e d u p d a t e impact wording, vocabulary focused on simplifying the and readability to cut the rules behind the ownership policy to nine pages. To do this, of faculty members’ published it removes complex ideas and or invented work created while clarifies redundant language.

Under the proposed law, employed by this university.

The update reworded the orig- the university gains ownerinal 2003 intellectual property ship of intellectual property policy, which has not changed if faculty use significant funds or resources, such as grants or since its inception.

The proposed policy will university labs, in the creation go back to the Intellectual of the work, O’Shea said. For Property Committee, which example, the university can will examine the complaints own “traditional scholarly and suggestions made regard- works” such as books, syllabi, ing the bill and work to bring online courses, inventions the update to the senate floor software and research maagain, said Reka Montfort, terials made while under the senate executive secretary and university’s employ. Under director. There is no deadline both policy versions, students almost always own all rights to for its completion.

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Most of these guidelines also existed under the previous policy but faculty members are now aware since the bill is easier to understand, said A n ne B owden , a sso ci ate general counsel.

“T he old policy was 40 pages,” Bowden said. “People didn’t read it. So now they have a nine-page policy, two pages of defi nitions, and they can read it and read it in less than half an hour and it’s clear. ... Whatever’s in this policy, chances are it’s in the current policy, but it’s different language and it’s more obvious.”

During the open forum, faculty from the computer s c ie nc e d ep a r t m e nt a nd college of information studies said they had a problem that the policy approaches software like a copyright, giving ownership to the university. This is ineffective for these faculty members because they depend on software to be open-source to share with colleagues, researchers and students.

“Many of our faculty, both in the departments of engineering and computer science colleges, has not had a chance to look into these details,” said Jayanth Banavar, computer, mathematics and natural sci-

APPEAL From PAGE 1 Fifth Amendment rights and resulted in him self-incriminating, she argued Tuesday in the Court of Appeals in Annapolis.

“Would an objective police officer interpret ‘I don’t want to say nothin’ to mean, ‘I don’t want to say anything?’

Yes,” Richardson said during ora l a rg u ments. “He was trying to invoke his right to remain silent.”

But Williams did not “una mbig uously [i nvoke] h is right to remain silent,” as required by the 2010 Supreme Court decision in Berghuis v. Thompkins, argued Assista nt Attorney G enera l Michelle M. Martin.

“The case law says that there has to be a clear and unequivocal invocation of their rights,” Martin said. “You can’t pretend

ences college dean. “They are considered about many, ma ny d i fferent th i ngs, and for such an important matter that actually affects their lives, it would be very nice to recommit, get feedback and move forward.”

During the forum, engineering professor Hubert Monta s a l so u rged t he senate to recommit the policy, pointing out that under the original policy, creators receive 50 percent of t he f i n a ncia l sha re, w h i l e t h e y r e c e i v e 25 percent of the share under the new policy.

But that wasn’t exactly true, Office of Technology Commercialization Executive Director Gayatri Varma said, and the complex ity of t he or ig i n a l policy is to blame. Revenue-sharing is much more complicated in the original version, as the money is divided among various pa rts of the u n iversity and colleges over time. On average, the inventor receives closer to 34 percent.

Under the existing policy, more money is also given to the departments to encourage further research.

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“We could have as many as we need — if the need was 50 [cars], Zipcar would love to have 50 cars here, ’cause they make money,” Allen said.

DOTS announced last year that freshmen and sophoBy Carly Kempler mores would not be allowed to @CarlyKempler park their cars on the campus Staff writer next year.

The Cole Field House conTo prepare for the pending onslaught of parking losses, struction will begin to affect DO TS pl a n s to add more student, faculty and staff Z ip c a rs on a nd ne a r t he parking once it enters its fi rst campus. and second phases next year, Zipcars are vehicles that Allen said. anyone at least 18 years old can Morgan Taylor, a student rent at an hourly or daily rate. who planned to have her car They are designed for short- on the campus next year, said term rentals, Department of Zipcars probably still will not Transportation Services Di- be as good as students having rector David Allen said. their own cars.

Currently, 18 Zipcars are “If you’re visiting a friend at available on or adjacent to another university, you have the campus, according to the to pay every single day you DOTS website. Two of those have it and drive it back,” the were added to Regents Drive freshman enrolled in letters Garage as of Oct. 1, said Anna and sciences said. “It’s kind of McLaughlin, DOTS assistant expensive, mainly, and that’s com mu n ication d i rector. the drawback. I would rather DOTS will add more Zipcars use my own car, but I think to accommodate the decrease they should definitely add in student parking spaces. It more Zipcars for people who has not determined how many are willing to pay.”

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the ‘I don’t know’ isn’t there.

It’s there and it comes immediately after the first statement.”

Richardson said an officer interrupted Williams after he said “I don’t know,” so the words cannot stand alone.

R ichardson is also contending Williams’ conviction should be overturned because he made his confession involuntarily based on Maryland Common Law. She argued that through a series of statements made to Williams during interrogation, police implied he would be treated less harshly if he confessed to a “robbery gone bad” instead of premeditated murder.

If it is implied that making a damaging statement will be advantageous to the accused person — for example, if he is told he will be given a lighter sentence — any statement made will be considered inadmissible, according to this state’s criminal law.

But that was not the case, Martin argued.

“They encouraged Williams to avail himself of this opportunity to tell the truth, suggesting that a truthful statement at the early stage of the investigation would be more credible and therefore more persuasive to a judge or a jury,” the respondent’s brief states.

As the two lawyers gave oral arguments and the seven judges questioned them, DeSha-Overcash’s mother sat in the fi rst row of the courtroom, holding a binder with a picture of her and her son on the front. Karen DeSha’s eyes did not leave the floor for most of the hearing.

In the years since her son was killed, DeSha — who introduces herself as Justin’s Momma, Karen DeSha — has become a vocal advocate for victims and survivors of violent crimes. She flew to this state from her Asheville, North Car-

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“I have to see every part of my son’s judicial situation through,” she said. “I’m Justin’s voice now. … That’s why I show up every time.”

In a Facebook post about the appeal hearing, DeSha wrote that she felt like state officials were murdering her son over again.

A Prince George’s County Ci rcu it jud ge prev iou sly denied Williams’ pretrial motion to suppress his confession, and he pleaded not guilty. The court sentenced him to life imprisonment with all but 49 years suspended for the murder charge and a concurrent 20 years for the use of a handgun in a violent crime.

The Court of Special Appeals upheld his conviction in an opinion filed October 2014, and the Court of Appeals is expected to make its decision

by Aug. 31.

DeSha said she is hopeful as she awaits the decision and prays the court upholds justice for her son, whom she described as having “a beautiful mind.”

Regardless, DeSha said she “counts every day as a day closer to leaving this world.”

“Mr. Williams — he killed my son; he killed my grandchildren; he killed my great-grandchildren,” DeSha said through tears. “He killed me, too.” trichmandbk@gmail.com

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niversity Police’s annual security report, released to the campus community Oct. 1, revealed a precipitous drop last year in the number of arrests at this university for drug-related violations. After more than 150 arrests in each of the previous two years, last year saw just 78 — a 51 percent decrease from 2013.

It’s no coincidence that 2014 was the year this state decriminalized possession of less than 10 grams of marijuana, effectively striking casual marijuana use from the Clery Act arrest statistics. Amid an increasingly inconsistent national landscape of marijuana regulation, this state’s decision to ease the punishment for light use of the relatively harmless drug was a step in the right direction, and its positive effects are becoming evident.

Campus disciplinary referrals for drug-related violations also fell last year, from 145 to 121. Interestingly, referrals were already on the decline in 2013, from 233 the year before.

But Steve Petkas, a Department of Resident Life associate director, cited marijuana decriminalization as a factor in this change as well.

But while evolving state policy

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Marijuana decriminalization has led to fewer drug arrests, but the university’s medical marijuana policy is still out of date.

The same day in April 2014 that then-Gov. Martin O’Malley signed the bill decriminalizing the drug, he also put his name on a measure legalizing medical marijuana, making this state the 21st to do so.

Would-be growers and dispensers can apply to the Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission for licenses to participate in an industry that’s expected to be up and running by the end of next year.

However, the state’s legalization of medical marijuana — intended to relieve the symptoms of “chronic or debilitating disease” in qualifying patients, as the legislation put it — does not extend to this campus.

Marijuana is still fully illegal at the federal level, and because this university receives funding from the federal government, “we cannot forgo enforcement of the law,” Petkas said.

So medical marijuana users will not be charged criminally, but they can still get in trouble if they’re caught at the university. In addition to citations from police, they could face a battery of university sanctions under the Code of Student Conduct and dorm rules, including “potential housing termination, suspension or probation in addition to educational sanctions to address their drug use,” said Keira Moore, assistant director of Resident Life for Student Conduct.

A student, professor or staff member who uses marijuana to alleviate extreme pain should not be treated the same as somebody who’s just smoking for fun. While the university does face a contradictory set of laws from the state and Washington — itself a case study in the convoluted nature of marijuana policy — it should not lag behind the rest of the state in allowing people to use the drug to cope with disease.

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Reacting to Roseburg

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uinn Glen Cooper, 18 years old.

I was making my way to class across McKeldin Mall on Thursday when my phone buzzed. The message staring back at me was a New York Times breaking news alert that read: “Oregon Shooting at Umpqua College Kills 10, Sheriff Says.” I hastily acknowledged the tragedy but felt compelled to prioritize the 10-point quiz I was about to take. This seemed the pragmatic thing to do at the time — construct a barrier of indifference to block out any unnecessary pain. Remain objective, I told myself — an irony I am well aware of now.

Lucas Eibel, 18 years old.

At a certain point, though, one can only stay apathetic for so long. We have a moral obligation, at the very least, to empathize with the deep suffering that victims’ families and friends have been forced to endure.We can choose to recognize that this type of violence and hatred transcends the political sphere, igniting some anger in our fundamental goodness.

Jason Dale Johnson, 33 years old.

Since the mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, in 2012, there has been about one school shooting in the United States every week, a staggering figure. And yet Republicans maintain the delusional strategy that more guns and loosened restrictions will actually solve the problem.

Other advanced countries such as the United Kingdom and Australia have responded to mass shootings with strict gun control laws that have met with enormous success. Why do we not have the same courage?

Lucero Alcaraz, 19 years old.

In an all-too-familiar speech, President Barack Obama responded by lamenting that “somehow this has become routine” and once again invoked the necessity of more gun regulation. He went on to add that we

have become “numb” to these tragedies.

The Republican notion that gun regulation would infringe on an individual’s Second Amendment rights dismisses the fact that one could still bear arms and protect family, albeit through more stringent background checks that help prevent people with mental health problems from receiving a gun.

Lawrence Levine, 67 years old.

Tracy Heu, a student in the class, survived by pretending to be dead in a pool of blood. She watched as the killer, whom I prefer not to mention by name, mercilessly shot students one by one, including the woman in a wheelchair next to her — 44-year-old Sarena Dawn Moore.

Kim Saltmarsh Dietz, 59 years old.

The last thing we need is more apathy and less action, a solution Jeb Bush seems to espouse. In his response to the shooting, he flippantly explained that, “stuff happens” a comment he stood by when questioned further. Mass murders do not just happen when there are as many guns in this country as citizens.

Rebecka Ann Carnes, 18 years old.

In the wake of such a tragedy, true heroism and valor of people tend to come to light. In the Sandy Hook shootings, Kaitlin Roig-DeBellis’ quick thinking helped saved her class of 15 first-graders.

In the case of the Oregon shooting, Chris Mintz, a 30-year-old Army veteran, charged the path of the shooter in an attempt to save others. Although shot several times, he is recovering and has been recommended for the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Nevertheless, these people should not have been put in those situations in the first place. It starts with recognizing that this should not be a weekly occurrence, and combating that acquiescence through pressure on our state representatives’ gun laws. It might not save everyone, but it could save a family friend or a cousin down the road.

Treven Taylor Anspach, 20 years old.

Ezra Solway is a junior English major.

He can be reached at esolwaydbk@gmail.

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ne time when I was taking a communication course, my professor bragged about how she once, as a recruiter for a company, wrote off an interviewee for not wearing a suit. This was all part of some lesson about “dressing for success.” I immediately objected and continued to candidly protest the pretentiousness of her actions and debate the misguidance of her lesson as the rest of my class froze in fear. Ultimately, my professor conceded that she regretted many practices of recruiting, and I learned some harsh realities about how the real world functions.

Students should never be afraid to express dissent to university professors and officials; such exchanges of ideas cultivate a more powerful learning experience for both parties. School officials should know that youth is no indication of immaturity in thought or intellect, and from the frequent protest movements that occur across our n a t i o n ’s ca m p u se s, i t i s c l ea r many students believe this as well.

However, when students’ attempts at dissent turn into censorship and they resort to attacks on character instead of arguing with logic, immaturity is inevitably the culprit.

The members of Hopkins Feminists and other student organizations at Johns Hopkins University demonstrated exactly this when they recently petitioned to bar Alan Dershowitz from speaking at the university’s annual Milton S. Eisenhower Symposium next month.

Dershowitz, a retired Harvard Law professor, criminal defense lawyer and author, has been cited by the petition as someone who “ re p re se n ts i d ea l s wh i c h r u n counter to the philosophy of [the] University, including trivialization of sexual assault, antagonism of victims in the course of his legal work, and academic dishonesty, which includes plagiarism.”

The petition claimed Dershowitz, the defense lawyer of Jeffrey Epstein, who was accused of raping a minor but convicted on charges of soliciting prostitution from a minor, for “hiring private investigators to follow, harass, and bribe victims.” This is untrue. There is no evidence that implicates Dershowitz or his defense team in harassing and bribing the alleged victims of Epstein in the sources provided by the petition, nor has any court ruled Dershowitz engaged in any illegal activities in carrying out Epstein’s defense. What remains, however, are wild and unproven allegations against Dershowitz that Hopkins Feminists have used to disgracefully suggest that he “trivializes sexual assault” when Dershowitz was, in actuality, providing successful legal defense for his client.

With regard to “academic dishonesty,” the petition mentioned that Dershowitz was accused of plagiarizing parts of his book The Case for Israel. Although accusations of plagiarism in no way prove academic dishonesty, as the petition suggests, Norman Finkelstein, the author, who in his book Beyond Chutzpah accused Dershowitz of the act, has since deleted all references to plagiarism. Additionally, an investigation of The Case

for Israel by Derek Bok, former president of Harvard University, vindicated Dershowitz of plagiarism as well.

What Hopkins Feminists has presented is clearly not compelling evidence of Dershowitz’s despicable character, yet they state that the qualms they raise “are not a matter of opinion, and cannot be debated.”

One has to wonder then, what would prompt a group of student “activists” to practically engage in character assassination in an attempt to censor Dershowitz?

It certainly is not for his alleged plagiarism. Another symposium speaker, comedian Josh Ostrovsky, otherwise known as The Fat Jew, was similarly accused of plagiarizing jokes, yet there are no protests regarding his presence at Hopkins.

Indeed, like many cases of student-led protests against guest speakers, this one could possibly boil down to a difference in ideology. I doubt it is a coincidence Dershowitz so happens to be an outspoken supporter of Israel and has frequently made unpopular and incendiary comments about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Regardless of the reasons for objecting to Dershowitz, addressing issues with him head-on would be the most appropriate and beneficial avenue for students. If Hopkins Feminists think they are powerful enough to block Dershowitz from campus, the group should be able to reason with him. At least that way there is room for insight.

Patrick An , opinion editor, is a senior physiology and neurobiology m a j o r. H e c a n b e re a c h e d a t patandbk@gmail.com.

ast week, President Obama delivered his 15th public statement after a mass shooting since taking office. A visibly upset and frustrated Obama delivered his remarks from the White House briefing room in response to the shooting that took place at Oregon’s Umpqua Community College, leaving nine dead, not including the shooter, and several injured.

“Our thoughts and prayers are not enough; it does not capture the headache and grief and anger that we should feel, and it does nothing to prevent this carnage from being inflicted someplace else in America next week or a couple months from now,” Obama said, speaking hours after the shooting.“This is a political choice we make to allow this to happen every few months in America.”

In the past few days, this sentiment has been echoed all across America by men and women who are frustrated about the frequent occurrence of these events. This event and the many before it hold a damning implication for academic institutions across the nation, including our university. Incidents like the shooting at Umpqua Community College raise awareness and fear among students and staff.

It is a painful reminder each time our nation suffers from one of these despicable shootings that there’s an urgent need for stricter federal gun control laws. Americans understand this; they are frustrated, and they demand reforms. However, the clear machination by members of Congress when it comes to the topic of gun control, the formidable force that is the National Rifle Association, affiliated pro-gun groups and their lobbying power and right-wing congressional representatives’ adamant refusal to entertain legislations that they consistently deem to be in violation of the Second Amendment all preserve the status quo. As long as these elements are in force, no mass shooting is capable of altering the politics of gun reform unless the people, collectively, buckle down and aggressively take a stand to support legislation that would enact change.

Just a few days ago, Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush, in response to renewed calls for legisla-

tive action following last week’s shooting at the Oregon college, was quoted as saying “stuff happens.” While many took offense at his comment, and rightly so, the important takeaway here is that shootings like this should not be allowed to become commonplace.Occurrences of this nature, with such pervasiveness, do not happen in other advanced countries, such as Australia or the United Kingdom.

In fact, Australia, in response to a single mass shooting in 1996, enacted stricter gun control laws and hasn’t seen a similar carnage since.

Unlike other advanced countries, the United States does not have a sufficient “common sense” safety law, despite the regularity of mass shootings.

Yet, contrary to perceptions, national polling shows that an overwhelming majority of Americans understands we should be changing this law. Still, there remains an ideological disconnect between representatives in Washington and their constituents. An apparent ideological divide in the sense that there’s clear bipartisan support on gun control for tougher background checks, but a partisan divide on legislation.

Blatant acts of political partisanship despite public cries for gun regulation are not what makes for good democratic relations between the people and legislators; they have no place in our democracy.

We must understand that “all Americans have the right to bear arms” is a gross misunderstanding of the Second Amendment’s intended purpose and has not been valid for hundreds of years. Implementing a gun control law would not prevent you from owning a gun legally, nor would it take away a (standard) gun you previously owned. It would not prevent you from using your gun legally for sport or for the protection of yourself and your family.

The prevalence of thought that gun regulation would somehow prevent you from owning a gun is a shameful misconception that is both false and rooted in some degree in people’s gullibility. Until the majority of Americans who support gun regulations can press their policymakers to pass a law that reflects their want for gun control, America runs the risk of permitting a repeat tragedy.

Andrew Adeola is a senior physiology and neurobiology major. He can be reached at aadeoladbk@gmail.com.

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gender From PAGE 1 Dill was at a new school, just starting out as an assistant professor, and she was shocked.

“I was like, you’re kidding,” Dill said. “These are my peers; this is my competition; this is the world I’m in. They’ve got their wives making them lunch, and I’m trying to take care of and feed a baby and grab something to eat.”

Female faculty members’ struggles to find a work-life balance can inhibit their ability to advance in the workplace, Dill said. Since 2008, the university has made policy changes to support such a balance, such as a stop-the-clock tenure policy and paid parental leave.

The stop-the-clock tenure policy automatically grants any faculty member who becomes a parent a one-year extension of their deadline for tenure review.

Paid parental leave, added in 2012, allows a faculty member to leave for up to eight workweeks to care for a new child.

Despite these policy shifts, a 2015 faculty work environment survey revealed that female faculty are less satisfied than their male counterparts with the university’s work-life climate, according to information from the university’s ADVANCE program.

The ADVANCE program works to improve the environment and opportunities for women on the campus.

Fema le facu lty ach ieve tenure at the same rate as men when they undergo review, Shorter-Gooden said. But overall, women are less likely to go up for tenure, often choosing to go to another university or leaving the profession, she said.

The university’s 10-year strategic plan, released in 2008, states that diversity among top officials should reflect the total faculty makeup.

This university employs more female tenured and tenure-track faculty than in 2008, but not by much. Almost onethird of tenured or tenure-track faculty are women, compared with 30 percent in 2008, according to data from the university’s Office of Institutional Research, Planning and Assessment.

“How do you put together an academic career and family and caregiving responsibilities?”

Shorter-Gooden said. “So while the tenuring rate is the same as men for women who go up, which we’re proud of, we’re really continuing to work on improving work-life balance, which disproportionately — the problems, the challenges — disproportionately affect women.”

W hile the student body is 47 percent fema le a nd 53 percent male, the university’s

faculty is 38 percent female and 62 percent male.

More women are full professors and assistant professors than in 2008. The percentage of female full professors has increased to 23 percent from 21 percent, and the percentage of female assistant professors has increased to 48 percent from 43 percent.

“It makes a difference, especially to young people, I think,” Provost Mary Ann Rankin said. “Somebody who looks and sounds like you is in a role of leadership like that, it helps students see themselves in that role. It’s very important to have role models and examples of achievement who are the same gender and ethnicity.”

Although this university has made strides overall in attracting minority women to its campus since 2008 — the percentages of female Hispanic and Asian students and faculty have increased — not all its colleges have seen the same successes.

And having few women in top leadership positions remains a problem, said Ruth Zambrana, director of this university’s Consortium on Race, Gender and Ethnicity.

“When we look at women, they are less likely to move all the way to the top,” Zambrana said. “The academy has always been a male profession.”

This is especially true in STEM fields, such as the computer, mathematics and natural sciences college and the engineering school. Attracting women to these fields remains a priority for this university, Shorter-Gooden said.

The percentage of female students in the computer, mathematics and natural sciences college has dropped to 36 percent from 43 percent in 2008. Its faculty is 25 percent female, a slight increase from 24 percent in 2008.

Jayanth Banavar, the college’s dean, attributes the decrease to a near-doubling of computer science majors, who are mostly men. Meanwhile, the life sciences became limited-enrollment programs in 2010, and women tended to enroll in these majors in greater numbers, Banavar said.

Last fall, there were 2,167 u nderg radu ate computer science majors, compared with 894 in 2008. Eighty-five percent of students pursuing the major are male. The biological sciences program, which is 56 percent female, shrank to 1,726 undergraduates from 2,143 in 2008.

Since 2008, 73 men in the college have been promoted from assistant to associate professor or associate to full professor. During that same time, 22 women were promoted, Banavar said.

“Without a huge repre-

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sentation of women, at least 50 percent, we are losing on tremendous brainpower and talent, and that’s what we’re tr y i ng to remedy,” Banavar said.

Jan Plane is the director of the Maryland Center for Women in Computing, which supports female students at the university and reaches out to female K-12 students in the community to foster interest in the field.

“Right now, we can’t produce enough people trained in computer science with current projections to fulfill the jobs that are going to be available,” Plane said. “We can’t do that because a good portion of the population is not participating at the same level — as in women and the underrepresented minorities.”

Female students would feel more comfortable with female professors, but there aren’t enough in the pipeline, Plane said. The center’s outreach programs aim to fix this problem and encourage young girls to pursue careers in the sciences.

“Women should be empowered and free to choose whatever field they want,” Plane said. “The fields that right now have the highest salaries and things like that are places that women don’t always feel welcome in. The closer we get to gender parity, the more welcoming an environment it can be.”

Ran Cui, a graduate excha nge student study i ng pure mathematics, serves as vice president of the university’s Women in Mathematics student group. Oftentimes in her seminars, Cui said she is the only woman in the room and therefore feels a need to represent her gender.

“I would feel maybe if there’s more women, [then] I would feel more comfortable asking questions,” Cui said. “I sometimes would feel embarrassed if I asked something stupid. …

You are basically the only representative of women in this room ... so I’m more hesitant asking questions that I would otherwise had.”

While she was growing up in China, Cui’s parents encouraged her to study mathematics and become a teacher. While at this university, Cui said, she noticed it isn’t “mainstream” for women to pursue math, so she wants to be a professor to serve as a role model for women who might feel excluded from the field.

“I want to have other women see that you can do this,” Cui said. “You can go through this process. Even though there’s some difficulties, but you can.”

Kelly Yancey, a research associate in the mathematics department who teaches MATH140H: Calculus I, serves as the Women in Mathemat-

PROFESSOR Nelson Padua-Perez teaches a CMSC132: Object-Oriented Programming II section in the computer science building.

Many science courses, computer science in particular, continue to see little female enrollment. tom hausman/the diamondback ics faculty sponsor. The group meets throughout the semester and brings in female speakers from the field.

“We need more women, and we need a support network,” Yancey said. “A lot of it’s still a boys’ club.”

While female representation in the computer, mathematics and natural sciences college isn’t making much progress, the engineering school has increased its representation of women over the past five years.

The number of female tenured or tenure-track faculty has doubled, and female undergraduate enrollment increased, said Darryll Pines, the engineering college’s dean. The graduation rate for women has increased to 91 percent from 84 percent in 2009.

“Engineers are problemsolvers at one level, so we want to bring all ideas and all creativity to the space,” Pines said.

“When you’re only working with a fraction of the population, you’re not bringing everyone to the table.”

The business school has also increased its female representation to 43 percent of its students, up from 37 percent in 2008. The female representation among the school’s faculty has increased even more during that time, now representing 32 percent of its faculty, up from 23 percent in 2008.

The business school also introduced an initiative in February to increase the percentage of female MBA students to 50 percent by 2020.

Taylor Myers, a sen ior marketing major, said business classes were intimidating at first because the school seemed to be male-dominated. Increasing gender diversity in the school would help students work with different perspectives and see how gender can affect people’s decisionmaking, she said.

Myers’ involvement with the Smith School Women’s Society helped her find a spot where she felt like she belonged. The society brings in female speakers from companies to help women in the

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“It really makes you a better businessperson in general, having both of those perspectives,” said Myers, who is the Smith School Women’s Society president. “Getting more women professors in those classes will definitely help. …

The women who are in those classes would feel a little more comfortable.”

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viewing a bill that would allow university employees and students to change their name or gender on certain school documents. The Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee is scheduled to complete its review of the bill, which is sponsored by Jensen, by the end of this semester.

While the University System of Maryland added gender identity and expression to its nondiscrimination policies in June 2012, Jensen said the university still needs to do more to accommodate transgender students.

On the first day of classes, Sapinoso said he would always ask students what their preferred name and pronouns were. This question relieved pressure from students who otherwise might have needed to correct how others referred to them.

“To me, it seemed really nor m a l,” Sapi noso sa id .

“Instead of asking ‘What’s your major?’ I would ask ‘What pronouns do you use?’ So that was really easy.”

Having gender-inclusive restrooms on the campus is one step toward creating a more inclusive environment, Jensen said, but the university needs to build more.

There are 140 gender-inclusive restrooms in various buildings across the campus, said Terry Brenner, the assistant director for facilities asset inventory. Students can find these restrooms on the university’s Web map by turning on the gender-inclusive restroom layer under the building amenities category.

Faci l it ies M a n agement requires the installation of a gender-inclusive restroom in new buildings and any building undergoing a major renovation, said Bill Olen, the university’s capital projects director. Cole Field House, the Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Innovation, A. James Clark Hall and Edward St. John Learning and Teaching Center are included in this requirement, Olen said.

“There are whole areas of campus that don’t have appropriate restrooms that anyone can use,” Jensen said. “We’ve had students who have basically been kicked out of both restrooms and it’s kind of like, ‘OK, what do you want me to do?’”

The university should also raise awareness of different gender identities and expressions throughout the campus, including teaching professors and students how to use inclusive language and support those undergoing transitions, Adler said.

“I lost every single one of my friends when I came out and started transitioning. … A lot of teachers and a lot of faculty turned their back on me,” Adler said. “It comes from a very simple thing: They don’t understand. No one understands.

When you don’t understand something, it’s like the floodgates opening.”

While Radcliffe Adler was transitioning last semester, hir professor continually referred to Adler by the wrong pronouns and name.

When Adler asked to be referred to as “Rad,” “he” or “him,” the professor laughed in hir face.

“I had a class where they continually misgendered me and dead-named me, and I took it to several administrators and they didn’t do anything, so I stopped taking that class and failed it,” Adler said. “Almost all of the trans people that I know that are not even at this university or school in general are drowning, myself included.”

While female students are underrepresented in STEM majors and female faculty often face more difficulty in maintaining a work-life balance than their male peers, officials don’t know what academic problems the transgender, agender and genderqueer populations face.

This problem is not unique to this university. No Big Ten institution collects comprehensive data on its transgender population.

Luke Jensen, LGBT Equity Center director, said he would want sexual identity and expression to be part of the student application process to address potential problems.

“I couldn’t tell you what the graduation rates and retention rates are, and that’s a serious problem because I can’t tell you how well we’re doing or not,” Jensen said.

Officials do know that this community struggles with some aspects of everyday life that most other students take for granted, such as deciding which bathrooms to use and being referred to using correct pronouns.

Most of the time, the burden is on transgender students, faculty or staff to identify themselves as transgender — whether that’s finding a gender-inclusive bathroom or correcting colleagues who use incorrect pronouns, said JV Sapinoso, assistant director and undergraduate adviser in the women’s studies department, who identifies as transgender.

“I get a lot of students who don’t know how to deal with instructors who don’t ask about preferred names and pronouns,” Sapinoso said.

“As a student in a classroom, there’s a power dynamic, and not all students feel comfortable speaking up to power and challenging power.”

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University chapter of Zeta Beta Tau officially returns Search warrant for drugs at chapter house led to its charter revocation in 2009

By Michael Brice-Saddler @TheArtist_MBS Staff Writer As a result of its work and dedication as a colony, the national Zeta Beta Tau fraternity announced Tuesday the rechartering of this university’s Beta Zeta Epsilon chapter.

The 65 chapter members assembled in Stamp Student Union for the chartering ceremony Sept. 20. Attendees included university alumni and personnel from the national fraternity, said Bryan Pfeffer, chapter president and junior finance and accounting major. “The ceremony was really more of a thank you to everyone who helped get this colony to where it is today,� Pfeffer said. “We’ve built something really meaningful.�

Zeta Beta Tau returns as a chapter after having its national charter revoked in 2009. In November of that year, police served a search warrant related to drugs at the

fraternity’s chapter house, and coupled with multiple previous violations, university officials revoked the group’s recognition. They recolonized in February 2014 as an interest group of just five brothers, led by founding president Zach Cohen. “T he reason that we waited five years is so that no one f rom t he or ig i n a l chapter was lef t,� Cohen said. “We wanted to start completely brand new.�

Zeta Beta Tau, which was founded in 1898 as the world’s first Jewish fraternity, is unique in that it does not incorporate the traditional pledging process, said Zachary Flair, the external vice president of this university’s chapter. “We’re progressive in how we wa nt new members to learn about how to become better men,� the junior astronomy major said. “For u s, t h a t d o e s n’t i nvolve the grueling, embarrassing processes that some other

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Becoming a chapter in such a short time is a testament to the unity of the members of the university’s chapter, Cohen said. The colony did every th i ng from scratch, ranging from the recruitment of new members to drafting a new constitution. “ I t f e e l s i n c r e d i b l e ,�

Cohen said. “We had to lay all the infrastructure for this — there was nothing there.�

Du ri ng Zeta Beta Tau’s n at ion a l convent ion t h is su m mer, the u n iversity’s chapter won the Colony of the Year award for its exemplary commitment. Because of it s c lo s e re l at io n s h ip with the national fraternity

because of it, O’Mea ra w rote. Me a nwh i le t ho se who do leave cite their work environment as the reason.

There are issues with professor retention at any university, but one reason this university is slow to keep up is the lack of strong state funds to support the school and the University System of Maryland, Barnshaw said.

I n Ja nua r y, th is state’s Department of Budget and M a n a gement a n nou nced a $40.3 m illion cut to the system budget, translating into a $15.6 million cut for this university. “The University of Maryla nd a nd the u n iversity system has been publ icly f u nded over t he last f ive yea rs or so, but t he Un iversity of Maryland’s state appropriations have gone down,� he said. “So the institutions have less money, a nd t hey c a n’t pay t hei r faculty because their budget is being cut.�

A s a resu lt, professors often will search for other jobs with higher salaries or stronger programs to support their research, he said. The facu lty work su r vey a lso found professors were more likely to want to leave if they received outside offers. “T hey ca n on ly do so much when their budget is getting cut,� Barnshaw said.

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throughout the rechartering process, Cohen said, rechartering became almost a for m a l ity of sor ts. B ut the chapter won’t become complacent. “Once you’re chartered, that’s where great chapters keep pushing and other chapters are just satisfied,�

Pfeffer said. “We’re going to be one of the chapters that keeps pushing.�

The chapter’s fraternity members said they hope for continued growth through their philanthropic endeavors, service events and by bolstering their presence on the campus, Pfeffer said.

T h i s m a rk s t he second chartering for Zeta Beta Tau

fraternity this academic semester, the other being at Vanderbilt University, said Laurence Bolotin, executive d i rector at Zeta Beta Tau national headquarters. He added that this university’s chapter is known for having members whose values correlate strongly with those of the national organization. “ T hey’re outsta ndi ng leaders, outsta nd i ng scholars and are very committed to the community,�

Bolotin said. “We’re going to see great things from the chapter in the future.�

With all of the progress already made by this university’s chapter, aspirations remain high. T he chapter

now h a s its sig hts set on winning the Brummer Cup, which the national organization awards each year to its most outstanding chapter. “I’m hopeful that by the time I graduate, we’re going to be well in the conversation for best chapter in the country,� Pfeffer said.

O n a more lo c a l s c a le, Cohen said he hopes the fraternity will be identified as a chapter with members of outstanding character. “I helped recr u it those ty p e of men when I f i rst started,� Cohen said. “And I hope those ideals stay for many years to come.� mbricesaddlerdbk@gmail.com

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The loss of professors is also evident to other faculty members — 82.6 percent of faculty members reported at least one colleague who left in the past three years, according to this year’s survey.

The information studies college lost two professors last year, professor Niklas Elmqvist said, which hurt its resea rch depa r t ment.

They are just beginning to find replacements after a h i r i ng f reeze was i mple-

mented in December.

McI ntosh sa id just as businesses and companies look for new employees that ca n help them g row, th is university and other campuses do the same thing. “ I n s o m e w a y s , i t ’s a he a lt hy t h i n g b e c au se it means our faculty is organic, and it doesn’t become stagnant,� McIntosh said.

And while this university is losing faculty to other institutions, it’s also gaining them through the same patterns at other institutions.

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Despite other offers, he c ho se t h i s u n ive rs it y because of the respect the prog ra m has a nd so h is family could live near the water in Annapolis, he said. “T here was world-class re s e a rc h a t P u rd u e , b u t t here i s a lso world-cl a ss r e s e a r c h h e r e a t M a r yland,� he said, “plus, more personal checkboxes being filled here than they are in the Midwest.� jsnowdbk@gmail.com

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I f y o u ’ r e l o o k i n g f o r allows different student orcondom s, t he Un iversity ganizations, such as fraterHealth Center is one way to nities and sororities, to distribute boxes of condoms on find them — for free.

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Resident assistant Tyler Muldoon said he has seen condoms ava i lable i n the health center.

“Simply having free condoms opens [students] eyes to the other services the health center has to offer,” said Muldoon, a junior econom ics a nd supply cha i n management major. “It is important for students to know that they feel they have a safe place to go so they don’t

make poor decisions when it comes to topics like sex.”

Some R As ma ke free condoms available for residents or provide information about where students can find them on floor bulletin boards, he said.

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Freshman Amelia HurleyNovatny said it’s great the health center provides different birth control options so p eople c a n h ave t hei r choice when it comes down to choosing what works best. “ W h a t ’s b e s t f o r y o u depend s on what k i nd of person you are; like, someone who’s forgetful doesn’t do well on the pill,” the bioengineering major said. “I like the pill just because I don’t have to be stuck with anything, but I have friends who are kind of forgetful, so they do the shot.”

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Breaking down attraction

By Shelby Soliwoda @thedbk For The Diamondback Relationships are constantly examined and obsessed over on a college campus, whether that lies with looking at what drives people to seek out a partner or analyzing the traits people find appealing in one another.

But Dylan Selterman, a psychology professor at this university, broke down the specific aspects of attraction in terms of psychological research, providing insight into how people connect with one another and make romantic connections.

“Young adults might have different norms about the courtship process, but the fundamental pieces are the same,” Selterman wrote in an email.

Selterman said norms in attraction and relationships today are not as different as some might think, even given changing modes of communication and romanticism. Compatible personalities and the way people go about approaching one

another romantically has barely changed, he said.

“The norm in heterosexual dating today is for men to make the initial ‘approach’ either in person or through an app,” Selterman wrote. “Women’s agency is discouraged, and that’s a bad thing. This norm for men taking action and approaching women is the same as it was 100 years ago, so not much has really changed.”

Even still, students on the campus might perceive elements of attraction differently and have different tastes, ultimately acting on them in varying ways.

Eric Kudiwu, a freshman business student, said he notices a “great smile” first but also looks for someone truthful and blunt.

Mitch Coney, a freshman business and government and politics major, noted that if someone is intelligent but is also able to let loose and have fun, that’s what he tends to find attractive.

Coney and Kudiwu both agreed that they look for a deeper connection after initial

attraction, too. Kudiwu said he tends to look for “someone that you can be yourself around.”

Becky Huang, a freshman prenursing student, said she is attracted to someone with a good sense of humor and a unique taste in music. She added that she looks for someone “who can be happy with who they are.”

She added that she sees a relationship as a partnership and finds “someone that challenges you to be better” attractive.

Selterman said he hopes for a change in the concept and modes of attraction these days, perhaps moving away from norms to allow women to lead the way.

Junior education major Rachel Buehrle said for her, attraction is based more on personality than anything else.

“I find it attractive when a man can admit that a woman is his equal,” Buehrle said. “[But] in order for someone to be really attractive to me, I have to get to know them.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

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Some students, such as f resh m a n Judy Ba r ron, agree that Trojan is a great brand to use.

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By Naomi Grant @thedbk For The Diamondback One-third of people who use online dating websites or apps have never gone on a date with anyone they’ve matched with, according to the Pew Research Center. Freshman finance major Aaron Nadler falls in that one-third.

“We were at beach week, and my friend was messing with [JSwipe], and I had no idea what it was, so I downloaded it and started swiping,” Nadler said. “I didn’t have any intention of meeting people.”

JSw ip e — a d at i n g app similar to Tinder, but geared toward Jews — allows people to swipe right or left on Jewish singles nearby to find romantic matches.

Bumble, another app similar to JSwipe and Tinder, is also gaining popularity among

students on t he ca mpus.

Created by Tinder co-founder Whitney Wolfe, Bumble was created with a feminist bent, as the woman must message the man first or the connection disappears.

“The way Bumble works is that … you only have 24 hours as the girl to message the guy first,” said Julia Zhen, a freshman supply chain management major. “Guys can’t message the girls first, but they do have an option of once a day [getting] to pick one person to continue the match [with] if the girl hasn’t messaged them yet.”

Bumble also allows users to go back to potential matches they might have swiped over, but limits this feature to three uses a day, Zhen said.

Zhen said she also made a Tinder account but deleted it after a week, as she grew less excited about it. Though she

didn’t download either app with the intention of finding a potential soul mate, she said she finds Bumble more fun now that she’s in college.

“I n h i g h scho ol, I wa s like, ‘That’s creepy, I don’t w a n t s o m e 3 0 -y e a r-o l d dude macking on me,’” she said. “But I figure, if I was on campus, and I did a 10-mile rad ius, I wou ld probably match up with a lot of people.”

Logan Refosco, a freshman kinesiology major, said he stumbled upon Tinder in a similar way — he downloaded it just for kicks.

“It’s just to scroll through it and see people,” Refosco said.

“Typically, I don’t talk to any of the people I match with.”

Refosco said he has met with a few of his matches, but never for real dates.

“Nothing bad has ever come from talking to anyone,” he said.

While Zhen and Nadler said they would recommend these apps to others to use for fun or meeting people, they agreed that they wouldn’t use them to find an actual romance.

“You have to actua l ly know the person to take them out on a date,” Nadler said.

Zhen added that she believes there’s somewhat o f a s t i g m a s u r ro u n ding the use of these apps, though it may stem from misunderstanding. “ T h e re’s d e f i n ite ly a misconception it’s all, like, 50-ye a r-old dudes, b ut there are settings where you can make it so it’s under the age of 25,” she sa id.

“So it’s really mostly for recreational uses. I doubt anyone’s looking for their significant other.”

On-campus peer group SHARE offers education through health center

While taboos surrounding the word “sex” m ight remain in some communities, one organization at this university works to break the stigma while promoting safety.

Sexual Health and Reproduction Education is a peer group that provides information to students and pushes for a positive sex environment, said Jenna Beckwith, the University Health Center’s sexual health program coordinator.

“We do presentations and workshops year-round with residence halls and UNIV100 cou rses,” Beck w ith sa id.

“Honestly, any group of students interested in having a workshop [can]. We can also personalize [the presentations] in a way that works with any time constraints.”

During the 2014-15 academ ic yea r, SH A R E presented to 32 classrooms and did 55 workshops, reaching n e a rly 19,0 0 0 s t u d e n t s.

The student group also distributed 80,000 condoms, 15,000 dental dams, 14,000 non-insertive condoms and close to 21,000 packets of lube, Beckwith said.

W h i le ot her c a mp u ses might have peer education groups, this university is one of few with specialized groups in several areas, including CARE to Stop Violence and CHOICES, which a i m s to promote hea lt hy decision-making.

T h i s ye a r, 23 st udents across multiple years and disciplines serve as SHARE members. To become members, they have to go through an intense application process and training, Beckwith said.

“I want to break down the stigma and barriers to provide factual information for [students] to use and then share,” sa id sophomore Kel len Weigand, SHARE member and bioengineering major.

For junior Japji Bindra, being a part of SHARE offers an avenue to make talking about sex less negative than what some cultures might be used to.

“I came from an environment that made sex nasty and sinful,” said Bindra, a community health major.

“If you don’t talk about it, then it could lead to bigger problems.”

SH A R E member Joey Dawson echoed this sentiment, saying that it serves as a learning experience, too.

“When I came to college, my public school system only taught abstinence and that STIs are dirty,” said Dawson, a jun ior bioengineering major. “It is an unhealthy way of thinking. So much [information] was missing, and that’s the experience of others, too.”

Some students at th is u n iversity who a re awa re of SHARE’s programs have said they think it is a wellr u n, helpf u l prog ra m for peers who need questions answered.

“I don’t know if I’ll need it because there is such a wealth of information,” said Daniel First, a freshman government and politics major. “If someone needs it, then it’s good to have.”

Students share horror stories, the weirdest places they’ve had sex and oddities they’ve seen

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Sex in public, walking in on a roommate, lessthan-considerate “me time” — everyone has an uncomfortable hookup story, and students at this university are no exception.

Here are some of the stories they shared. “[ We e nt e re d By rd Stadium] by the entrance near the baseball field, and then we hooked up in the stands.”

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SHARE provided the following tips to promote safe sex and a sex-positive attitude: T he wette r the bette r: T h e re’s a p u s h to h ave more people use lubricant to prevent condom tears, which could lead to STDs. Don’t yuck someone’s yum: Avoid sex-shaming and accept everyone for who they are and what they are OK with.

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C o n d o m s a re c re a t e d equal: While some people have different preferences for brands of condoms, they all work the same way.

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“My other roommate, who was in the bunk bed above mine, then woke up, and we were just texting each other the whole time. Af ter hearing moaning, I just got up and left.”

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“[We had sex] in the middle of the night in the girls’ communal shower at La Plata [Hall].”

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“We snuck in after the bars and climbed over the fences to hook up in the stadium.”

— Senior Jen, environmental science and policy major “She had three vibrators, and she would use them basically every day for like an hour. There came a point when I couldn’t leave for an hour every day because I had to do homework. So I just put my headphones in.”

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ESSAY | STONEWALL AND THE POLITICS OF RESPECTABILITY

REPERCUSSIONS OF A RIOT Long after the Stonewall riots made history, the growth of the LGBT community is held back by a fear of the fringes

By Josh Magness @josh_mag Staff writer The day is June 28. The year is 1969. The time is 1:20 a.m.

Roughly 200 gay men, lesbian women, drag queens and nonbinary individuals gather inside Stonewall Inn, a gay bar located in New York City.

Music is playing, patrons are drinking and dancing is plentiful.

The outside world is coldly unaccepting of LGBT people, but the confines of the bar provide an escape into another world. Unil everything goes to hell.

Police flood into the bar. Men are lined up and asked to provide identification. Female police officers direct those dressed as women go to the bathroom to have their sex verified.

Outside, the patrol wagons arrive, and police officers herd clubgoers into the vehicles. One officer shoves a drag queen, and she responds with a thwack of her purse on his head. The crowd, growing larger by the minute, boos, and tension builds.

Angered by the mistreatment, the crowd eventually grows irate and then violent. They fight back against the police officers, attempting to flip over their patrol wagons and forcing a handful of policemen to barricade themselves in the bar.

No one at the time knew it, but this was just the beginning of three days of violent protests soon to be known as the Stonewall riots, largely considered the catalyst for the modern gay rights movement in the U.S. Forty-six years later, it seems impossible that police officers would target a group of people solely for their gender identity or sexual orientation.

People are now free to be themselves without restriction.

Yet in one of the most peculiar twists of irony, a film based on the Stonewall Riots — titled Stonewall — suggests the opposite. Released on Sept. 25, the film highlights the internalized homophobia, fetishization of masculinity and whitewashing of queer history that still looms large in society today.

Let’s start with the problematic comments from Roland Emmerich — the director of the film, which bombed at the box office after grossing a measly

stonewall features Jeremy Irvine as Danny, the lead character who represents the movie’s fatal flaw. $112,414 in its opening weekend — as he defends his choice to make a masculine, white, cisgender boy named Danny the movie’s main character, even though many of the leaders in the riots were people of color, drag queens and nonbinary individuals.

“You have to understand one thing: I didn’t make this movie only for gay people, I made it also for straight people,” Emmerich said in an interview with BuzzFeed. “I kind of found out, in the testing process, that actually, for straight people, [Danny] is a very easy in. Danny’s very straight-acting. He gets mistreated because of that. [Straight audiences] can feel for him.”

Altering the history of LGBT activism to make it more digestible for straight audiences is abhorrent, especially when it means minimizing the contributions of passionate advocates like Marsha P. Johnson, a black drag queen reported to have fought back against the police during the riot, and Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a transgender woman who helped lead the resistance before she was arrested.

Instead of being recognized for the dynamic characters they are — and the phenomenal leading roles they could be for a proper made movie about Stonewall — they are relegated to the sidelines, merely minor characters overshadowed by the muscular, oh-so-attractive and oft scantily clad Danny (Jeremy Irvine).

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By drastically whitewashing the key figures in the Stonewall riots, Emmerich likely turned off a sizable number of LGBT people who would have otherwise headed to the movies in droves.

An important point to remember, however, is that the flaws within this movie are indicative of more large-scale problems.

For years, groups like the Human Rights Campaign deemed transgender rights as secondary to advancing the cause of marriage equality. This was done both explicitly in their words — Elizabeth Birch, the executive director of the campaign from 1995-2004, said making transgender inclusion a legislative priority would occur “over my dead body” — and implicitly in the group’s lukewarm support over the years of nondiscrimination laws that covered gender identity.

It seems to me that many marriage equality advocates believed the general public would be much more willing to accept two men or two women falling in love than they would some assigned male at birth who identifies as a woman.

(The organization today, however, is a much more passionate advocate for the rights of transgender and nonbinary individuals.)

Yet the root of these problems lies with individuals. Within the LGBT community, terms like “straight-acting” and “discreet” — which means a person is not easily identifiable as gay — are con-

sidered by many as badges of honor that prove they aren’t like “most gays.”

On dating applications like Grindr and Tinder, guys often include “no fems” and “masculine only” as important traits they seek in a partner. It seems that Emmerich is not the only gay man who has reservations about the acceptability of those who fall outside of gender stereotypes — in fact, judging by my interactions on gay dating apps, many gay guys themselves unabashedly consider femininity as a deal breaker.

Caitlyn Jenner herself has also dipped her toe into “respectability politics,” or when a marginalized group alters its values in an attempt to appear compatible with the majority. She defended Halloween costumes made at her expense, saying, “I’m in on the joke,” even if, she added, many in the transgender community still find it offensive.

She also tried to define herself as a “reasonable” transgender individual, and not like those other ornery advocates, saying, “Now, ‘the community’ — you know, GLAAD, all the people in the community — are like ‘Oh my god, you have to get the pronouns right; you have to do this, you have to do that.’ I’m much more tolerant than that.”

While the concept of what being transgender means might confuse some people at first, Jenner’s acceptance of misgendering from others is wrong. It seems that Jenner is satisfied with begrudging tolerance, and doesn’t require wholesale acceptance of who she is. In fact, she speaks as if her contentment with ridicule and lack of understanding about her gender identity makes her more tolerable than transgender individuals who aren’t satisfied with half-hearted approval.

It’s 2015, and there’s never been a better time to be gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or any other identity that falls outside societal norms.

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midfield From PAGE 16 Both of their roles changed Sept. 11 against Michigan, however, as coach Sasho Cirovski awarded S a m u e l s w i t h h i s f i rs t career start at defensive midfielder. Samuels’ emergence created a new-look lineup, which has remained the same for the past six matches and allowed Cirovski to put Corboz back into the role he thrived in a year ago.

“The kid doesn’t make mistakes, doesn’t lose the ball, and he wins a lot of the balls when their offensive midfielders get the ball,” Corboz said of Samuels. “I think he’s exceeded all expectations, to be honest.

He’s a great kid, and he’s a great player.”

The Terps’ lineup for their season opener against Notre

Dame on Aug. 28 featured four freshmen, but Samuels began the year as a reserve. He averaged 14.33 minutes per game over the team’s first three contests while adjusting to the college game.

“The pace is a lot faster; the games are a lot more intense, a lot more physical,” Samuels said. “Everybody on the field is a lot better, and everybody on the field knows what they’re doing, and you don’t have weak spots really on either team on the field.

It’s just really tactical and mental moments that win you games.”

Meanwhile, Corboz settled into a more defensive role, and midfielder Amar Sejdic shouldered the offensive load early in the season.

Each player rifled three shots against the Fighting Irish, but Sejdic scored twice in the Terps’ 4-0 win against St. John’s. And while

Corboz netted the opening goal against then-No. 1 UCLA, it came on a penalty kick after a handball in the box. Plus, Sejdic still attempted two more shots in the game.

Corboz and Samuels played the same positions in a 3-2 loss to Akron on Sept. 7, but Corboz’s lack of offensive output provoked Cirovski to make an adjustment four days later against the Wolverines.

“Mael was our leading goal-scorer from last year,” Cirovski said. “With the emergence of Andrew, we wanted to get Mael a little closer to the goal and a little more free in his ability to attack.”

Both players have been on the field nearly every minute for the past seven games, and Samuels said his chemistry with Corboz has continued to improve. Samuels also understands the importance of

putting the senior captain in positions to score.

“He’s the best attacking mid in the country,” Samuels said. “He showing that he’s one of the best out there, and I think having him in front of me makes it a lot easier for me.”

A f te r two s ea s o n s a t Rutgers, Corboz made a significant offensive impact in his first year in College Park.

He tied for the Big Ten lead with 10 goals and earned Big Ten tournament MVP honors after scoring two goals in three games.

His responsibilities shifted to start the season, but Samuels’ development has allowed him to shift back into a more familiar role.

Samuels is “someone that was a little farther ahead than we thought he would be at this stage and was ready to play,” Cirovski said. “So we threw him in there.” kstackpoledbk@gmail.com

ukandu From PAGE 16 “Yannik Cudjoe-Virgil, he went the same route as me, and I seen him earn a scholarship,” Ukandu said. “So that gave me confidence that I would eventually earn one if I keep on working.”

Ukandu was on the field for the Terps defense’s first play against Iowa last season, as the Terps ran a specific package that included him. But the Michigan game Saturday was the first time he was listed as a starter.

The redshirt junior played sparingly in three of the Terps’ first four games, compiling four solo tackles and one tackle for a loss. But with defensive tackle David Shaw suffering a season-ending elbow injury, Ukandu assumed a larger role against the Wolverines.

The Terps held Michigan to six points in the first half, marking significant improvement after allowing 38 firsthalf points at West Virginia.

Ukandu didn’t record any tackles or sacks, but coach Randy Edsall was pleased with his performance, as he helped clog up running lanes.

“He has a good, quick first two steps,” Edsall said.

“Because he’s built low to the ground, he’s going to play with really good leverage.”

The 6-foot, 307-pound Ukandu said he learned about having a good work ethic from Cudjoe-Virgil, who recorded 21 tackles last year and signed a contract with the Tennessee Titans after the season. Plus, he said he feels comfortable in the Terps’ new 4-3 defense, which his team ran in high school.

But more than anything, Ukandu traced his success to improved focus.

“After playing football for a while, you start realizing it’s not all physical stuff; it’s also mental,” Ukandu said.

“Playing in the games last year, just applying that to this year, like, ‘OK, I know how to play certain things.’ So I can react and play quicker and faster.”

After his first start in the Michigan game, Ukandu spoke briefly with Grace and his father, Maduakolam. They said they were proud, but Ukandu didn’t feel like talking much after the shutout loss.

Nevertheless, the game was a special moment for a former walk-on. “ T h e b i g ge s t t h i n g i s [a scholarship] takes off a whole lot of personal load, family load,” linebacker Jalen Brooks said. “You can’t really measure that, emotionally and financially.” jneedelmandbk@gmail.com

Coach jonathan morgan looks on during the Terps’ 1-0 loss to Rutgers on Sept. 18 at Ludwig Field. The Terps rank last in the Big Ten standings. christian jenkins/the diamondback

terps From PAGE 16 Winless in conference play, the Terps enter their match at No. 11 Penn State on Thursday night with a determined approach. Morgan’s team hasn’t forgotten its goal from the beginning of the season: to make a run in the Big Ten tournament, for which only eight of 14 conference schools can qualify.

“These past three practices have been awesome for us,” defender Shannon Collins said. “[Morgan] said that we could have really gotten down on ourselves. We’re not ready for that. We just need to get back to our roots.”

Ten members of the Terps (5-7, 0-4 Big Ten) roster were part of the team that qualified for the second round of the NCAA tournament in 2012. Since then, though, the Terps haven’t finished with a winning record.

With the Big Ten tournament less than a month away and the Terps sitting last in the conference standings, Beanlands wants to make a push to make the tournament in her final season in College Park. “[The NCAA tournament] could be your last game of the season or a moment of glory,” Beanlands said. “It really prepared me for high pressure and high stakes games. Anything can happen. It’s one game.”

Topping the Nittany Lions (8-2-2, 3-1-1), the nation’s top-ranked team based on RPI would help the Terps get back on track, turning their season around for a shot at the postseason.

When the Terps hosted Michigan on Thursday, Morgan

said he wasn’t content with his team’s desire to win, and it failed to match the Wolverines’ physicality and pace.

So this week, Morgan had the Terps focus on attacking defensive pressure, a similar setup to what they failed to break down against Michigan.

The Terps worked on starting their offense faster from their own box to move downfield before the defense can collapse on one player.

“If you lose [the ball],” Morgan said, “you work your tail off to win it back.”

Beanlands said the Terps worked on pressuring the ball quicker and staying alert defensively for the entire game, knowing one mishap could cost them the match.

The Terps are aware of the challenge that presents itself at State College, Pennsylvania. The Nittany Lions have lost one of their past 20 home games, and the Terps have struggled away from Ludwig Field this season, going 1-3 away from home.

But to get to the postseason, the Terps know they have to be able to win on the road.

They fell, 1-0, at Penn State last season, but after a players-only meeting and one of their best weeks of training behind them, they are looking to enact revenge for a statement win.

“It would be fantastic if we could go there and steal one away from them on their home field,” Collins said.

“They’re very deserving to be No. 1 on RPI. When we get this one result, they’re all going to come. This is a crucial game.” kmelnickdbk@gmail.com

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Maryland vs. 1 Ohio State

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Running back Brandon Ross

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is crucial to the Terps’ hope of an upset bid Saturday. While the Terps struggle to find stability at quarterback, the running game will have to power the offense.

Ross has been one of the few bright spots on the Terps offense the last couple weeks. Against West Virginia two weeks ago, he had 130 yards on the ground, though he lost a fumble at the goal line.

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per game through the air this year, third best in the Big Ten.

will make his second career start Saturday against the Buckeyes after a solid performance last week against No. 18 Michigan.

The redshirt junior and former walk-on will line up alongside Quinton Jefferson. The pair will try to disrupt a Buckeyes running game that’s averaging nearly 240 yards per game.

Maryland is averaging

170 yards per game through the air this year, second worst in the Big Ten.

Running back Ezekiel Elliott

was named the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week after rushing for 274 yards with an average of more than 11 yards per carry against Indiana this past Saturday. The junior is the Buckeyes’ best weapon against a Terps defense that has struggled to contain spread offenses. Elliott is fifth in the country with 145.8 rushing yards per game and a possible Heisman Trophy finalist.

Defensive end Joey Bosa missed the season opener after violating athletic department policy, but he is still tied for the team lead in tackles for losses (five for 20 yards). The unanimous All-American is regarded as one of the best college defenders and could wreak havoc in the Terps backfield Saturday.

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meharg From PAGE 15 great idea — she wanted to help Parker take a picture of the candy corn to send to Rizzo.

“That’s just classic Missy,” Parker said. “She’s not only my coach,; she’s like a friend.”

Meharg cultivates a personal relationship with every player she coaches. The Terps say she’s always checking in individually.

That bond doesn’t sever when her players graduate, either.

She’s written countless letters of recommendation for her players’ applications to graduate schools.

Meharg was Towns’ reference in her background check to become a Delaware state trooper.

When Rizzo played on the U.S. national team while in school, Meharg helped her arrange leaves of absence.

Several alumni still play overseas, and Meharg coordinated their travel, too.

“She cared about and loved us,” said Kristina Edmonds, a Terps defender from 2003 to 2006 and a recipient of a Meharg recommendation.

“Loved us so much.”

The feeling is mutual, in spite of — and perhaps because of — Meharg’s plethora of quirks.

When she bought her Audi in 2012, she named it Hattie in honor of defender Harriet Tibble’s graduation that year.

Words like “tap,” “jink,” “skit” and “Terp to Terp” are staples in Meharg’s vocabulary. When Meharg can’t form words in the heat of the game, she’ll resort to “ye-ye-ye-yow” sound.

Meharg’s dialect is seared into her players’ brains.

And then there were Meharg’s clogs — the polarizing bright-red footwear Meharg sported through multiple national-championship seasons but have been missing in action in 2015.

“They were quite the pair of shoes,” Dessoye said.

“I think she retired them,” Parker said.

“Thank God they’re gone,” Rizzo said.

“She just has a really great fashion sense,” said Ellen Ott, a Terps defender from 2005 to 2008. “Maybe for her next 500 wins, she could get a new pair of clogs.”

‘PRESSURE IS AN ILLUSION’ At the 2011 NCAA Final Four banquet, each player and coach on the four teams received a stress ball as a participation gift — at least, they were supposed to.

Meharg stole the box before they were distributed, and she hid it on the Terps’ bus.

As the Terps drove back to the hotel that night, Meharg subtly distributed nearly 100 balls among her staff.

Then she told her players to stand.

On the count of three, Meharg started a dodgeball fight. On the bus. Right before her team played a national semifinal game.

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Former Terrapins field hockey defender A few days later, the Terps downed No. 1-seed North Carolina for the national title.

“Pressure is an illusion,” Meharg said. “If you let that illusion become a constant, it’s very hard to get out of it.”

Part of coaching top talent — ESPNU and ESPN The Magazine named Meharg the No. 5 recruiter, one spot ahead of Duke men’s basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski, in all of college sports in 2011 — is manag-

ing the stress the players often feel from their families, their communities and themselves.

Meharg doesn’t want to add to the anguish.

So a stuffed green ninja turtle, Rafael, sits on the Terps bench each practice.

Whoever is deemed “the player of the practice” accepts Rafael at the end of the workout. That Terp then highlights a teammate’s accomplishment the next day and gives her Rafael.

Lolo, a pink cosmetic bag with a green turtle on the front Meharg found in a Cape Cod boutique this summer, takes over on game days.

Each game, Meharg and her staff pack Lolo with a treat. After the match, the coaches award Lolo to their “player of the game.”

It’s all part of the triangle of priorities Meharg wants her players to live by: academics, social life and field hockey.

“She says to be good in one,” Parker said, “you need to have equal balance in all of them.”

So when the Terps play away games, Meharg takes her team sightseeing, to the movies or out for team dinners. In Boston for the 2013 ACC Tournament, Meharg took the Terps to the oldest restaurant in continuous service in America, the Union Oyster House.

And the creativity Meharg developed while growing up among

artists and writers and spending her childhood summers in Italy is almost always on full display.

Meharg knew the Terps would play the Big Ten tournament later in the 2014 season in Michigan’s stadium, so during a regular-season trip to Ann Arbor, Michigan, Meharg made each player pick out a spot to call “home.” When they returned two months later, she wanted at least one thing to look familiar.

Parker, for example, picked a letter on Michigan’s logo, while defender Kasey Tapman picked the concession stand.

That same weekend, Meharg also hid a small turtle figurine in the stadium for the Terps to search for when they came back — something to look forward to, an added layer of comfort.

That turtle is likely still buried somewhere in Michigan’s complex because the Terps never found it.

Perhaps they’ll soon have another opportunity to hunt for the trinket and return “home” — the 2015 NCAA Final Four is at Michigan.

Meharg has coached the Terps to 16 Final Four appearances so far.

Her heart is set on making it 17 this November.

But first, she had to secure win No. 500.

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‘INSPIRE OVER MOTIVATE’ From PAGE 16

and four wins later, Meharg achieved perhaps her biggest milestone in a career glittered with seven national championships, 20 conference titles and an unprecedented nine National Coach of the Year awards.

Five hundred wins is a feat only three other field hockey coaches in NCAA Division I history can claim.

A feat Meharg became the fastest — and youngest — to achieve.

A feat Meharg reached this weekend after 28 years of passion and creativity on and off the pitch.

A feat that’s the product of 28 years of heart.

‘THIS IS MY THING’ In the first few years after she took over the Terps program in 1988, Meharg held moments of silence at the end of practice.

She’d require her players to synchronize their watches with hers, and they’d take time to reflect.

In one instance, though, Lisa Towns, née Buente, and a teammate started to laugh. More than 20 years later, Towns can’t remember what was funny, but she does remember Meharg was livid.

Tow n s ra n k s fo u r t h i n t h e program with 70 career goals.

She was a two-time first-team All-American. And in 2006, she was inducted into this university’s Athletic Hall of Fame.

But in that moment, none of her talents mattered. The newly minted coach threw Towns out of practice.

“This is my thing. This is what I’m doing, and how can you even laugh in the middle of what I’m doing?” Towns remembers Meharg exclaiming.

Before current associate head coach Dina Rizzo joined Meharg’s staff in 2010, she played for the Terps from 1998 to 2001, and Meharg’s temper hadn’t softened.

Meharg would break clipboards.

She’d throw her glasses.

Meharg claims her watch-syncing, clipboard-tossing days ended when she adopted her two sons in 1998, but “she is intense now,” Rizzo said.

“It’s a different intense.”

She starts every day at about 6 a.m. with a cup of coffee — heavy on the froth milk and grain sugar. While she sips it, she flips between the news and opponents’ game film.

Then comes her 45-minute walk along the Severn River with her two West Highland Terriers, Maddie and Westie.

When she arrives in College Park by mid morning, she reviews more video before the Terps’ two-hour practice. Then Meharg packs as much as she can into those 120 minutes.

“I love to inspire over motivate,” Meharg said. “Teach you how to feel it from the inspiration and the spirit.”

If the Terps lag below her standards in a drill, Meharg now spares her clipboards and pulls her team into a huddle with a stern speech.

“Just her saying ‘Pick it up,’” midfielder Alyssa Parker said, “is enough alone for us to be like, ‘Just do it.’”

Still, Meharg’s more volatile younger self shines through at times.

In the Terps’ clash with Michigan Sept. 25, the second of three video referrals in the game sent Meharg into a tirade.

The Terps appeared to take a 2-1 lead in the second half when forward Welma Luus banked in a shot. Michigan’s coaches, however, challenged a Terps restart foul the officials missed moments earlier.

While the referees conferred on the field, Meharg darted to them, arms flapping as she pleaded her case.

When she returned to the sideline, she paced back and forth and continued shouting.

Luus’ goal eventually stood and decided the game, but Meharg’s fire wasn’t extinguished. She cried for defender Carrie Hanks to “be like a tornado” and continuously yelled “pass” until her offense’s ball movement met her standards.

“It really makes you feel like she cares for me; she has my back,” Parker said. “We have girls on the team who bring up our energy, but at the end of the day, she is the heart of the team.”

‘MY THING IS PEOPLE’ Last November, midfielder Faye Curran Skyped Meharg from England

coach missy meharg flashes a smile with defender Sarah Sprink after the Terps’ 2-1 win over Michigan on Sept. 25 at home. to set up her official visit. The Cambridge University alumna wanted to attend a graduate-level journalism program in the U.S. and play NCAA field hockey.

When Curran and her mother arrived in College Park, Curran fell in love with the team’s high-tempo playing style, players and coaches.

Her mom and Meharg, meanwhile, sealed Curran’s fate over dinner. The women bonded over stories about Curran and their roles as mothers.

“Missy openly admitted that my mom is cooler than me,” Curran said.

Parker also had a tough decision.

While College Park was closer to her Woodbine home, she garnered significant interest from rival North Carolina.

But as she watched Meharg’s positivity during her visits, Parker knew the coach was someone who makes “you just want to do the best you can to make her proud.”

“My thing is people,” Meharg said.

“My thing is helping people reach their goals.”

That’s why she takes a personal approach to coaching each player.

Curran performs best under scrutiny, so Meharg switches up Curran’s playing time. She’ll put her

newcomer in leadership positions.

She’ll sit with Curran and feed her corrections — to run faster, to be louder, to be quieter.

Towns, though, disliked being hounded. So rather than forcing her forward to conform to a certain mold, Meharg gave Towns suggestions on how to fix something in her own style.

Midfielder Anna Dessoye, meanwhile, isn’t a player who needs long pep talks. Before most games, she and Meharg will exchange just a few sentences or even just a few seconds of eye contact.

“She had an open mind,” Towns said. “There’s always more than one way to skin a cat.”

Meharg could’ve discarded that personalized approach when the Terps dropped three straight games in early September this year. After all, her team hadn’t suffered a losing streak of that magnitude under her watch since 1998.

Instead, Meharg persuaded her players to channel their frustration.

“When somebody comes and says something to you that doesn’t feel good or you don’t like what they’re saying, you’ve got to twist it,” Meharg told her team. “That’s a compliment because they couldn’t even say that

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to [you] unless you’ve had success, unless they know your potential.”

She also held one-on-one meetings with her veteran players to critique their individual performances.

While watching film, she guided them in making better decisions.

They accepted the criticism and have since built an eight-game winning streak.

“They look at her, as much as she doesn’t want to think it,” Rizzo said.

“She’s like, ‘They shouldn’t always play for me. They should play for each other,’ and this and that. But it’s like, that’s not why they chose to come here. She’s the best coach in the country.”

‘THAT’S JUST CLASSIC MISSY’ Parker bounded into the locker room last week searching for Rizzo.

The senior’s mom had just dropped off two bags of candy corn — Parker’s and Rizzo’s favorite.

Rizzo wasn’t around, so Parker left the second share in her locker. Parker couldn’t find her the next day, either.

When she asked Meharg where Rizzo was, Meharg said she had a

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Thanks to a 14-1 shooting advantage, her Terrapins field hockey team owned a 2-0 lead after the first half against Princeton on Sept. 22.

But the coach wanted more.

So while her 24 players gathered in the locker room for

their 10-minute break, Meharg rummaged through the Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex and found some heartshaped stickers.

Meharg handed one to each Terp to keep on their sticks for the rest of the game as she preached for her group to boost its intensity.

To capitalize on scoring looks. To sprint on and off the field for substitutions. To compete in every second of the last 35 minutes.

To play with their hearts.

“They said ‘This is so corny,’” Meharg said. “‘You’re like an elementary school teacher.’”

The Terps went on to score a third goal to seal their first shutout of the season, but Meharg was more pleased with how loose they played, laughing every time they saw the heart on their stick.

The victory pushed Meharg’s career record to 496-122-9 in her 28 seasons at the helm of the program. Twelve days See meharg, Page 15

WOMEN’S SOCCER | PENN STATE PREVIEW

MEN’S SOCCER

Terps stay upbeat amid losing streak

Corboz returns to old midfield spot

Beanlands, Fichtner hold players-only meeting after fourth consecutive loss

With Samuels starting, senior takes on former offensive responsibility

By Kyle Melnick @kyle_melnick Staff writer

By Kyle Stackpole @kylefstackpole Senior staff writer

The Terrapins women’s soccer team could’ve felt disheartened after head coach Jonathan Morgan yelled at his squad after its fourth straight loss Oct. 1. But the Terps’ leaders weren’t going to let that happen.

Goalkeeper Rachelle Beanlands and midfielder Sarah Fichtner held a players-only meeting following the game, with each player demanding more from her teammates. When the Terps returned to training Saturday, Morgan saw a more motivated team, calling it one of the best practices of the season. defender shannon collins fights for possession with a Michigan player during the See terps, Page 12 Terps’ 1-0 loss to the Wolverines on Oct. 1 at Ludwig Field. christian jenkins/the diamondback

For the first four games of the Terrapins men’s soccer team’s season, midfielders Mael Corboz and freshman Andrew Samuels were playing outside their natural position.

Corboz, who led the team in scoring last season from

the attacking mid spot, replaced former midfielder Dan Metzger as the unit’s defensive specialist. And when Samuels would see time as a substitute early on, he’d play center back or outside back, despite often playing in front of the backline growing up.

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FOOTBALL

Former walk-on Ukandu to earn second career start Defensive tackle’s role expands with Shaw out for year

By Joshua Needelman @JoshNeedelman Senior staff writer As Azubuike Ukandu grinded through three years as a walk-on for the Terrapins football team, the defensive tackle looked to former linebacker Yannik Cudjoe-Virgil for inspiration.

Cudjoe-Virgil, a Trinidad native, and Ukandu, whose parents were born in Nigeria, were teammates at the lightly re n ow n e d Towso n H i g h

School from 2008-09. After transferring from Division II Seton Hill, Cudjoe-Virgil earned a scholarship with the Terps before the start of the 2013 season.

“Just keep on working, it’s going to come, it’s going to come,” Ukandu recalled Cudjoe-Virgil telling him.

Since redshirting in 2012, Ukandu had played in two college games prior to this season. He made his first appearance against Iowa on Oct. 18, 2014, before register-

ing two tackles a week later against Wisconsin.

Ukandu called his mother, Grace, toward the end of training camp as soon as he learned the major news: He had earned a scholarship. And after serving as a backup for the first four games of 2015, Ukandu started for the first time last week against Michigan and will be tasked with slowing down a high-powered Ohio State offense Saturday. defensive tackle azubuike ukandu attempts to swat West Virginia quarterback Skyler Howard’s pass during the Terps’ 45-6 loss to the See ukandu, Page 12 Mountaineers on Sept. 26. The redshirt junior has four solo tackles and one tackle for a loss through four games. christian jenkins/the diamondback