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black freshman enrollment up After hitting a 26-year low, African American students now make up about 11 percent of UMD’s freshman class

By Jillian Atelsek | @jillian_atelsek | Senior staff writer

The office has seen high turnover in the past year The University of Maryland’s Office of Civil Rights and Sexual Misconduct has brought on a new Title IX investigator and hired two temporary staffers into permanent positions, office director Grace Karmiol said.

In August, the office announced it was enlisting investigators from Husch Blackwell, a private firm, amid staffing shortages. At the beginning of the academic year, there were five empty positions within the office, three of which were investigator roles.

The newly hired investigator will start later this month, Karmiol said.

The office, which investigates complaints of sexual misconduct and discrimination at this university, is interviewing candidates to fill another Title IX investigator position as well as the training manager position, Karmiol said.

In the meantime, the Husch Blackwell investigators are likely to remain, Karmiol said.

“I’m not sure whether we will renew the contract,” she said.“It may be that while we’re still interviewing applicants for the open positions, that we renew the contract for a short amount of time. But we’re doing it on an as-need basis, so it’s not for a timed service.”

Karmiol said she frequently used contracted investigators during her time as Title IX coordinator at Widener University in Pennsylvania.

“I used external investigators for maybe about three of the five years I was there,” she said. by

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fter hitting a near threedecade low, enrollment o f b l a c k f re s h m e n a t t h e Un ive rs i ty o f M a r yl a n d saw a marked increase this fall, according to recently released d a ta f ro m t h e I n s t i t u t i o n a l Research, Planning and Assessment office.

African American students now make up just over 11 percent of this university’s freshman class. Last year, they made up just 7.3 percent — the lowest proportion since 1992, when the office first started keeping track.

O ve ra l l , t h o u g h , b l a c k freshman enrollment has been trending downward since 2006, and this year’s percentage is still the fourth-lowest the university has had.

Historically, this university hasn’t reflected the demographics of its state. Black students made up at least a third of Maryland’s high school graduates every year between 2015 and 2018, but they never represented more than 12.2 percent of this university’s freshman class during the same time period.

According to a 2018 analysis

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Dining hall updates delayed Bathroom accessibility project won’t be done until the spring by

Victoria Ebner @victoria_ebner Senior staff writer

After years of delays, renovations to make the University of Maryland’s South Campus Dining Hall more accessible are set to take a semester longer than expected.

The project — which includes installing a wheelchair lift, creating a gender-neutral bathroom and renovating existing bathrooms to meet ADA and university standards — was

— the most recent available — only six states had flagship universities with a bigger gap between their number of black high school graduates and their number of black freshmen.

The analysis, by the e d u c a t i o n a l n o n p ro f i t T h e Hechinger Report, showed that just Mississippi, South Carolina, Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama and Delaware had a bigger disparity.

When last year’s enrollment data was released, Provost Mary Ann Rankin wrote in a news release that the university “would be naïve to think that the tragic incidents of the last two years on our campus have not contributed to our African-American student enrollment decline.”

“We must address the concerns about campus climate and hatebias incidents that UMD and many of our peers are facing,” she wrote.

In May 2017, Richard Collins, a black student visiting the campus from Bowie State University, was fatally stabbed while waiting for an Uber near Montgomery Hall.

Sean Urbanski, a white former student of this university, is

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charged with murder and a hate crime in Collins’ death. He’s set to go before a jury in December, after the trial has been delayed four times.

Collins’ killing came amid a wave of racist incidents across the campus, including a noose found hanging in a fraternity house and white supremacist posters found on campus buildings.

The next fall, several students wh o we re a d m i t te d to t h e university but chose not to enroll sent letters to the admissions department, specifically highlighting safety and diversity concerns.

Many of those safety concerns have persisted. According to the results of last year’s campus climate survey — a tool that was launched in the wake of Collins’ death — when sorted by race, black respondents felt the least safe on the campus.

And among those who said they’d experienced “offensive, hostile, inappropriate, or biased conduct” at this university, racial bias was the most frequently reported, at 12.5 percent. newsumdbk@gmail.com

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UMD pulls together records for Education Department probe The universtiy doesn’t currently maintain many of the requested documents tied to foreign governments After the U.S. Department of Education opened an investigation, University of Maryland administrators are scraping together documents related to the school’s interactions with certain foreign governments and companies going back as far as nine years. by

Christine Condon @CChristine19 Senior staff writer

The department has requested a large volume of records that the university does not currently maintain, according to an email obtained by The Diamondback.

T h e re q u e s t i s p a r t o f i t s investigation into the school’s reporting of foreign gifts and contracts.

“The current administrative investigation and document request is new and very expansive,”

reads a memo from Provost Mary Ann Rankin that was attached to the email. It was sent to all university vice presidents and deans on Oct. 1.

The information request covers interactions with companies from China, Qatar and Russia, as well as multiple entities connected to these nations. It also covers communication with foreign sources who reside in Iraq, Kuwait, See documents, p. 7

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By Jeff Barnes | @thejeffbarnes | Senior staff writer University of Maryland Police responded to reports of an assault, a hate bias incident and a DUI/DWI over the last week, according to daily crime logs.

Assault On Oct. 7 at about 2:30 p.m., a student reported an assault had occurred at the Gossett Football Team House earlier that day.

The student reported he got into a verbal argument with another student, who he said then slapped him in the face, University Police spokesperson Sgt. Rosanne Hoaas wrote.

A referral was made to the Office of Student Conduct, and this case is closed.

Hate bias incident On Oct. 10 at about 11:15 p.m., University Police responded to the Washington Quad area near Harford Hall for a reported hate bias incident.

An employee reported he saw “anti-white” chalking on the ground, Hoaas wrote in an email.

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Another officer came to assist the man, who ignored the officer’s commands to sit down, Hoaas wrote. The man attempted to get into a vehicle he had left parked in the road.

Officers, who thought the man appeared to be intoxicated, attempted to assist the man into a seated position so he would not attempt to return to his vehicle again, Hoaas wrote.

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“a shoulder to cry on”

How a UMD program encourages first-generation students to pursue graduate school

By Matt McDonald | @MattC_McDonald | Staff writer

from left to right: Rhea Roper Nedd, the associate director of the McNair Scholars program; Taiwo Mustafa, a senior government and politics major; and Ray-Shimry Garatsa, an aerospace engineering graduate student. matt mcdonald/for the diamondback

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ay-Shimry Garatsa used to fly kites with his friends at their grade school in Zimbabwe.

They would build their contraptions out of plastic bread bags, old clothes and dried grass, competing to see who could fly them the highest.

All the while, Garatsa wondered what forces were at work that made one kite fly higher than the rest. If he understood that, he thought, he could design an even better kite.

That curiosity lit a fire in Garatsa, and set him on a path that led him to the University of Maryland. And, in time — despite battling his fair share of doubt — it brought him to the university’s aerospace graduate program, working toward a degree he said he couldn’t pursue in his native country.

That wouldn’t have been possible, he said, without the McNair Scholars program.

For 28 years, the nationwide Ronald E. McNair PostBaccalaureate Achievement Program has helped firstgeneration college students and those in “traditionally underrepresented” groups work toward doctoral degrees.

At this university, it provides academic, financial and personal resources for undergraduates who want to pursue a doctorate. It offers fee waivers for graduate school applications, pairs students with faculty mentors and organizes events for them to connect with other academics.

For its students in College Park, though, the program is about more than conferences and advisers and networking opportunities, Garatsa said.

I t ’s a b o u t t h e m o ra l support that many of them need to make the far-off, uncertain concept of obtaining a doctorate a reality, he said — and it’s a community that stands ready to back them when they feel like they’re going it alone.

“Most of all,” said Taiwo Mustafa, another student in the program, “the thing that I will be grateful for is that environment of camaraderie.”

“i’m getting you there” M u s t a fa w a s b o r n i n Ota, an industrial town in Nigeria. There, his family faced discrimination because of their ethnicity.

When he was five, they were forced to flee.

Now a senior government and politics major, Mustafa is researching violent discrimination against refugees

for his thesis. The project, which was launched through the McNair program, is a “painstaking ” statistical analysis, he said, delving into the relationship between ethnic discrimination in host countries and their propensity for violence against refugees.

“McNair Scholars was [a] program that allowed aspiring academics to interact with each other — and not only form a community that understands the unique sort of challenges that we as underrepresented individuals face, but also to inspire us,” he said.

Those unique challenges, Garatsa said, almost kept him out of graduate school entirely. He’d long been determined to get his doctorate degree, but a lack of resources nearly stopped him in his tracks.

Garatsa was nervous and unsure about applying to graduate school. He didn’t have friends or family to ask about their experiences in his field, and he didn’t know what graduate research would be like. Questions in undergraduate math classes have defined solutions, he said. That’s not so with research. The prospect was like a Pandora’s box of unanswered questions that Garatsa was afraid to open.

“Sometimes, because you don’t have anyone who is going through that path, you feel like it’s not for you — it’s not meant for you,” he said.

Rhea Roper Nedd, the program’s associate director, said that’s what drives her work. Her role is to help students like Garatsa realize what’s possible.

“Once I have you under my wings, you’re trapped,” she said, breaking into a wide smile. “I’m getting you there.”

Fo r h e r, t h e M c N a i r program is about “planting seeds” — meeting with students early on to talk about “this thing called a Ph.D.” So w h e n G a ra ts a wa s feeling tired, riddled with hesitation and considering giving up on a applying to graduate school, Roper Nedd sat down with him for hours.

They went back and forth.

He told her all the reasons why he didn’t want to go to graduate school, and she told him all the reasons why he should.

Eventually, Garatsa was convinced.

“I knew I had a shoulder to cry on,” he said. “To lean on.”

“planting seeds” The nationwide McNair program is named in honor of Ronald Erwin McNair, an astronaut and MIT graduate with a doctorate in physics who died in the 1986 Challenger explosion. He was the second black person to go to space.

Roper Nedd, a graduate of this university who was born in Trinidad and Tobago, said she wished she had a program like McNair during her time here — when very few faculty members looked like her or came from similar backgrounds.

“I see myself in these students,” she said.

The program’s broad-spectrum mentoring is arguably its most important offering, Roper Nedd said. This includes not just academic mentors who can aid students applying to graduate school, but also “personal mentors” who are invested in students’ well-being.

With the encouragement of his mentor, Mustafa is applying to his “top choice” graduate school: Stanford University.

After joining it, the McNair program’s community of support became something Mustafa treasured. As a black, working-class person, he said he often doesn’t feel well-represented on campus, calling it an “alienating” experience.

But with his McNair peers, things are different.

He sees the McNair program’s goal of increasing representation as an important contribution to his field. As it is, political science is “intellectually impoverished” from its lack of inclusivity, he said, and it’s crucial, he said, to uplift perspectives from marginalized groups.

Applying to Stanford is a move Mustafa said other McNair students sometimes shy away from because they don’t feel “capable” of succeeding at a prestigious school, he said.

But he doesn’t let himself fall into that way of thinking.

“One has to really interrogate what [capable] means,” he said. “You are a human capable of learning and advancing knowledge — you got here, you got into this program. So that’s telling something about your academic capacity.”

“you’re now the expert” Every year, this university’s McNair program holds a summer research initiative for rising juniors and seniors.

The program is designed to mimic graduate-level studies.

It’s a significant academic challenge packed into just six weeks.

At the research initiative, Garatsa used his childhood interest in what makes things fly to inform his project.

It was a trial by fire, he said. His assignment at the initiative was to develop and implement a collision avoidance mechanism for drones.

He had a limited amount of time and no prior knowledge.

He dove straight into the work.

He poured over textbooks and academic literature, scouring everything he could find.

Garatsa’s solution was to use lidar — a surveying method that uses light to create three dimensional maps — to determine the environment surrounding a drone in real-time. With this information, a drone would then be able to detect an object that came within 20 meters, and automatically maneuver out of the way. Garatsa wrote the code himself.

At the end of the six weeks, Garatsa said, he had produced work he was proud of. Someone in a following McNair cohort was even able to use Garatsa’s research as a starting point for their own.

“It felt awesome,” he said.

When he presented his work that summer, students listened to him, he said, and he could tell their interests were piqued. They wanted to know more. He felt immersed in the research process, confident in his ability to contribute to the field.

And he remembers the wa y R o p e r N e d d — t h e woman who had convinced him he could make it through graduate school — talked about his accomplishments.

“You’re now the expert,” she told him. newsumdbk@gmail.com

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Metro issues plague low-income areas CATERINA IERONIMO @cate_ieronimo Columnist

On Sept. 23, climate activists descended on Washington, D.C.’s main intersections as a part of Shut Down D.C., a movement to shut down the nation’s capital and demand that legislators take action on climate change. Dozens of protestors were arrested in the demonstration, drawing criticism from all sides, much of which showed concern for how low-wage workers would be disproportionately hurt over the protest’s intended targets, Washington elites. Amid the debate, D.C. Homeland Security was one of many organizations that took to social media to urge commuters to opt for public transportation to avoid the disturbance on the streets. This seems like a valid suggestion — until one factors in the disparities in Metro access for lower-income communities that have plagued D.C. for years.

In addition to heating up the debate on climate justice, Shut Down D.C. also created an opportunity to discuss how Metro consistently fails the low-wage workers everyone seemed so concerned about when protestors blocked the streets. Regardless of your opinion on Shut Down D.C., if you really care about working class people, it’s imperative to acknowledge the constant struggles they face getting to and from work, rather than focusing on a single protest intended to cause disruption.

A lot has been written over the years about how Metro access disproportionately favors whiter, wealthier workers. According

to the U.S. Census Bureau, the number of African American workers in “rail-accessible” neighborhoods declined from around 33 percent to 24 percent from 2006 to 2008 and 2011 to 2013, while the percentage of white workers in neighborhoods such as these increased from around 50 percent to 56 percent. It also found that railaccessible neighborhoods have a higher proportion of highincome workers.

This reveals a gap in Metro access that is harmful to lowerincome communities because it’s harder for residents to get to work. Metro riders living in cities such as Gaithersburg and Reston who commute to the area around the White House can do so in less than an hour, whereas workers living just seven miles away in Anacostia or on the edges of Prince George’s County face commutes lasting well over an hour. For example, the southern tip of D.C., east of the Anacostia, not only holds a high concentration of commuters who take public transit, but it also is a predominantly black area where a large percentage of households earn less than $35,000 a year. Public transit remains far less accessible to lower-income people and people of color on a daily basis, hindering their daily commutes far more than one climate strike.

The long commutes low-income people face as a result of poor public transit access is just one consequence of this lack of services. Metro hours during the week, especially at night, also put low-wage workers at a

disadvantage. In February, Metro scrapped a proposal to add latenight weekday hours. The trains currently stop running at 11:30.

When paired with spotty transit access in low-income neighborhoods, these hours inconvenience night workers — who tend to earn less than their white-collar counterparts. As of March, Metro has pledged $1 million to subsidizing taxis and ridesharing services for the workers that the service cuts affect. But, as many have pointed out, a $3 subsidy barely helps workers who commute between downtown D.C. and underserved suburban areas. Furthermore, this subsidy reveals an inherent lack of commitment to low-income communities and workers because it doesn’t include a real extension of services on Metro’s behalf, a point Metro’s union, ATU Local 689, made.

Clearly, both sides are right in pointing out how Shut Down D.C. disproportionately disrupted the commutes of low-income workers whose bosses may be less forgiving. Whether you believe the disruption was justified or not is up to you. However, the forces pushing workers from transit to cars originates from an institutional lack of concern that translates into fewer services for low-income communities — and that can’t go ignored. Until this disparity is addressed, anyone claiming to show concern for these workers’ commutes for one day out of the year should challenge themselves to examine the deeper daily disruptions at play. ieronimocaterina@gmail.com

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It’s time for turnover on the City Council RAY NEWBY @OpinionDBK Columnist

Around this time last year, t h e p u s h to get students to vote was in full force. Yet this fall, the fliers, buttons and volunteers equipped with clipboards seem to have disappeared, which may come as a relief to some. Still, for those who are concerned about what the College Park City Council has been up to recently, this may be a more important time to vote than the lack of publicity would make it seem. Some of the council’s recent actions have deeply frustrated members of the community, and they demonstrate a disparity between the council’s interests and the interests of city residents. That’s a disparity which might be fixed by a more representative pool of voters this November.

Perhaps the most notable instance of recent backlash against the council was in response to the new nuisance ordinance banning “unruly social gatherings.” Despite a widely circulated petition and many residents — both students and otherwise — urging the council not to pass the ordinance at a meeting last month, it did so unanimously. Students and landlords, who are held accountable for their residents’ noise levels, also objected to the ordinance. The fact that every single member of the council refused to listen to both student and non-student residents’ pleas is alarming. It not only shows the difference in priori-

ties between the council and its constituency, but the council’s willingness to ignore residents in general.

The ordinance isn’t the only case of the council’s interests contrasting the community’s.

College Park residents recently took issue with plans to replace the grass in Duvall Field with artificial turf — so many, in fact, that the council has put installation plans on hold. Some took issue for athletes who could be subjected to higher temperatures with the turf installation, while others worried it would have unwanted environmental consequences. In the wake of new awareness surrounding athletic safety and environmental efforts at the University of Maryland, the decision to turf Duvall Field seems contradictory to many causes students and city residents are passionate about. Although the council did listen to the community in pausing its plans for the park, the original proposal demonstrates another misunderstanding between the council and the citizens it represents.

Considering only a little more than 14 percent of registered voters in College Park voted in the last council election in 2017, this disparity in interests isn’t surprising. The current council members may not be representative of everyone’s values, considering how low voter turnout was. If students and residents want their opinions on initiatives such as these to be represented, voting next month is one

way that can’t be ignored.

Voting in the upcoming local election isn’t only a way to show approval or disapproval of past legislation — it’s also a great way to ensure that officials pay attention to initiatives citizens care about in the future. One example is the new push to reverse the countywide ban on pit bull terriers, which is set to come up before November but could be a long-term project that extends past the election.

Voting for, or against, council members such as Kate Kennedy from District 1 — who has already expressed support for reversing the ban — could affect this initiative moving forward, and make sure any new legislation represents what the city really values.

Despite the lack of reminders to vote this fall, the upcoming election is important. Gathering information on who to vote for isn’t difficult — plenty of information about each candidate is online, as well as council records and videos of past meetings. City council might seem like a small office to set aside time to vote for in between classes or work, but members’ decisions impact our day-today lives as College Park residents and university students.

After all, the council exists to represent the residents of this town and our interests — the easiest way to ensure they can do that job is to vote in the appropriate candidates. raynewby00@gmail.com

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UMD needs more equitable budgeting MAX FOLEY-KEENE @MaxFoleyKeene Columnist

The University of Maryland needs more public money. That’s something the entire community — from students to parents to maintenance workers to the university president — can agree on. The combination of profound need and considerable opportunity for success means forging a broad movement against higher education austerity should be the first priority of the entire university community. But even if such a coalition managed to secure significant funding increases, another major problem would face us: intra-university inequality.

That is, even if we grew this university’s pool of resources, we would still have to divide that pool fairly. Currently, though it hardly needs to be said, we do not fairly allocate university cash — certain programs, majors and endeavors are generously funded while others are left in critical condition. There is considerable inequality within the university that must be shrunk.

A particularly infuriating example of intrauniversity inequality was detailed in a recent Diamondback story about the long-term mold issue in Woods Hall, home to the anthropology department. 15 faculty and students have reported mold-related health problems, from rashes to respiratory problems. One professor, Thurka Sangaramoorthy, says the mold has set her back $2,500 to $3,000. Anthropology faculty frequently avoid their own workplace, and when they have to regularly switch offices, it’s a drag on both their academic output and their ability to bond with colleagues.

The mold has been a problem for years — but the university has scrambled to address it with makeshift fixes. Don’t worry, though: Woods Hall is scheduled to be renovated sometime before 2030. Sangaramoorthy said, “Do I care what they do with that building? No. But I just don’t want to be in it.”

The intra-university inequality couldn’t be more clear. The anthropology department’s building is nearly uninhabitable and the university has been unwilling to invest the resources necessary to solve the problem more immediately. Meanwhile, we’ve either constructed or are scheduled to construct approximately 9,000 new engineering buildings (including one called the “IDEA Factory”). Could you ever imagine the

university allowing a mold problem to persist in the Iribe Center? Of course not.

Now, the problems of austerity and inequality aren’t as easily separated as I suggested earlier.

A university that’s strapped for cash will have to make priorities — and they’ll usually prioritize the departments and endeavors that will produce wealthy donors. Thus, inequality grows between departments like computer science and departments like anthropology. What’s more, when public money dries up, private donors partially fill the void, and the preferences of private donors — often skewed toward flashy project related to business, STEM and athletics — are a huge driver of intra-university inequality. There aren’t many billionaires beating down the door to fully fund the Office of Civil Rights and Sexual Misconduct.

A university rolling in public money could still see considerable inequality nonetheless — especially if, as is the case here, administration largely appears to share the worldview of private donors. That’s why good leadership is so important. We need an administration committed to funding departments according to need, not according to flashiness or profitability.

Every department should have the resources to provide a world-class education and produce world-class research — from engineering and computer science to sociology and English.

If we are to seriously tackle this inequality, we must also democratize a greater share of university governance. Democratic decision making, properly deployed, is the best way to ensure resources are allocated according to need. Why have officials try to guess what the university needs when we could just as easily communicate our needs through democratic institutions? Bodies like the University Senate — which include students, faculty and staff, and whose powers are mostly advisory — should be reformed and given considerable decisionmaking authority. And if current institutions prove insufficient, we should create new ones.

If we manage to tackle the twin problems of austerity and inequality, this university has a real shot at fulfilling its mission: transforming the lives of young people through education, while changing the world with its visionary scholarship. maxfkcap2016@gmail.com

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AC problems at UMD need more attention KEVIN HU Air conditioning is so in- class with about 200 students. But to my dis@OpinionDBK dispensable it’s often taken appointment, nothing was done; not only did Columnist for granted. It’s not until you’re administrators fail to provide any solutions, sitting in a crowded lecture hall on a hot day with 200 other students — all sweating profusely — that you realize how important it is.

The other week, I attended classes in Tydings Hall and Skinner Hall and was almost suffocated by the overwhelming humidity. Needless to say, I had difficulty paying attention during lectures and focusing during my midterm.

When five buildings suddenly lose air conditioning, I expect the University of Maryland to be prepared to deal with the consequences. But it didn’t seem to be. Instead of addressing the issue by relocating students or offering academic resources to affected students, this university waited until Friday to issue an official statement, four days after the chilled water line broke.

This university has repeatedly failed to dedicate sufficient time and effort to address air conditioning issues. At the beginning of last fall semester, temperatures were consistently above 90 degrees. There were multiple complaints from students who struggled to live in dorms without air conditioning. Notable testimonies include, “It feels like 100,000 degrees” and a student who slept on the ground with a fan blowing on her to cope with the heat.

Air conditioning is an urgent issue with an immediate, detrimental impact on our wellbeing. Last week, I struggled to focus during my classes, and most of my peers shared my sentiments. Instead of suffering the entire hour and 15 minutes in that sweltering room, some of them just left. If classroom conditions reach the point of physically impairing students’ concentration, this university needs to act.

I assumed that someone would’ve contacted my professor and arranged an alternative lecture hall, especially since I was in an introductory

they seemingly neglected the urgency of the issue by postponing repairs. According to an ELMS message from my professor, she was informed that the air conditioning would be fixed

by Thursday or Friday. By the time this column was published, it had yet to be accomplished.

For students living in dorms without air conditioning, high temperatures adversely affect their quality of life. As The Diamondback reported, no dorm without air conditioning had an average heat index below 80 degrees during the span of its investigation, and average daily temperatures for one dorm reached as high as 90.1 degrees. Dorms that don’t have air conditioning consistently reach temperatures and humidity levels beyond what’s practical to live in.

According to a study conducted in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, higher temperatures had a significant impact on an individual’s ability to fall asleep and the quality of their resulting sleep.

It can also induce a loss of appetite. Students living in these conditions have even said they believe they’re at a disadvantage compared to their peers. It’s disappointing that this university can’t fulfill its minimal obligation to its student body by guaranteeing that their residences offer them reasonable living conditions.

Air conditioning, like many other issues at this university, has become satirized to the point that it’s become a meme. But these light-hearted jokes ironically reflect a disturbing theme: this university’s repeated failures in dealing with key issues. As much as I’d like to joke about sweating through my shirt during an exam, I’d rather see the university appropriately respond to the underlying issue. kevxhu@gmail.com

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field hockey

Terps crush Indiana for 10th straight win Coach Missy Meharg makes use of depth as Maryland dominates, 6-0 by

Mary-

David Suggs l a n d f i e l d @David_Suggs3 hockey midfielder Kelee Staff writer Lepage was ambling toward a growing crowd of her teammates when coach Missy Meharg wrapped her arm around the senior.

Lepage wa s a n o mn i present face in a largely changed fourth-quarter lineup with the game all but decided, as the Terps utilized their roster depth to dominate Indiana, 6-0, on Sunday and push their win streak to 10 games.

And the senior sheph e rd e d Me h a rg ’s sq u a d brilliantly as it rotated, h e l p i n g t h e Te r p s ea r n t h e i r t h i rd co n se c u t ive clean sheet.

Meanwhile, Maryland’s

attack impressed throughout, with its six goals representing its highest tally this season. And the bevy of goals also represented t h e Te r p s ’ u n re l e n t i n g attack against the Hoosiers despite a series of lineup changes that could have threatened to alter their flow. “ We j u s t zo n e d i n o n everyone doing their job,” forward Mayv Clune said.

“When we’re able to do that, we’re obviously able to be successful.”

A f te r M a ryl a n d m e t ranked opponents in each of its past six matches, Sunday’s game presented them with a unique chall e n ge : m a i n ta i n i n g i n tensity against a weaker opponent. “ I t wo u l d b e d i s re -

spectful to Indiana to not compete,” Meharg said. “ M o r e i m p o r t a n t l y, i t would be disrespectful to your team.”

Armed with that mindset, Maryland came out firing, forcing goalkeeper Shelby Querry into two saves within the opening four minutes.

N inety seconds later, t h e Te r p s we re o n t h e board. Forward Jen Bleakney picked up a loose ball just outside the goalmouth before flicking it toward midfielder Linda Cobano.

Unmarked, Cobano gave Querry no chance, rifling the ball into the roof of the net to record her eighth goal of the season.

Forward Bibi Donraadt fired a backhanded effort into the top corner toward the end of the first, doubling Maryland’s lead and bookending a dominant

opening frame in which all five of Maryland’s attempts were on goal.

“You have to frame the goal cage in goal-scoring positions on the stroke mark or on the two goalposts,” Clune said. “We did a really good job of being deliberate and diligent with filling those spaces and when we do that, we’re able to succeed no matter what.”

It was more of the same for Meharg’s squad in the second quarter, outshooting Indiana 4-0.

If not for Querry, the scoreline would have been far more convincing, with the Hoosiers netminder making a series of impressive saves in the second — none more so than a diving save to deny defender Bodil Keus off an early penalty corner.

But Querry couldn’t hold the Terps down for long,

especially as they continued to earn penalty corner after penalty corner. Clune was the beneficiary of a clever set-piece routine, floating toward the back post before tapping the ball in after a pass from midfielder Nathalie Fiechter.

“I’m happy we scored on a penalty corner today,” Meharg said.

Given the Terps’ firsthalf domination, the final 30 minutes provided an opportunity for Meharg to get sparsely used players involved in the action. Skye Joegriner replaced Noelle Frost in net, while forwards Lizzy Dessoye and Sam Zywna featured heavily in the third.

Cobano fired home from a penalty corner to secure her third two-goal game o f t h e sea so n . A n d two minutes later, the Terps would push their lead to

five, with the ball bouncing in and around the shooting circle. Dessoye got the vital touch, though, knocking the ball over Querry for her first goal of the season.

“It’s mostly staying calm in the circle,” Dessoye said.

“We’re taking what we do in practice into the games — using our opponents, and just staying calm and gritty.”

And as the game entered its final frame, Meharg continued to rotate the squad, providing opportunities for a multitude of players to leave their mark on a game that Maryland dominated from start to finish.

“Th e most impo rtant thing is to always be ready,” Clune said. “Always being ready to help serve the team in any way possible.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

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Takeaways from Maryland’s rain-soaked draw Despite registering a 16-7 shot advantage, the Terps couldn’t beat Michigan State by

O n a d rea ry

Fr i d a y n i g h t , Matthew Gilpin @matthewwgilpin No. 25 Maryland m e n ’s s o c c e r Staff writer found itself i n a b a t t l e with both the weather and Big Ten foe Michigan State.

The two squads last faced each

other in East Lansing in the 2018 Big Ten tournament, where the No. 5 seed Terps knocked off the No. 4 seed Spartans.

In their return, Maryland and coach Sasho Cirovski used a 78th minute goal from forward Justin Gielen to steal a draw from the jaws of defeat.

With the teams and officials deciding against an overtime period due to adverse weather conditions, the Terps were left to wonder what could’ve been in those missing minutes against a M ichigan State squad they outshot 16-7 in regulation.

despite the rain maryland’s offense kept pushing forward Given the poor field conditions, it would’ve made sense to see the Te r p s ’ a t t a c k sputter. It may have been ugly at times, but Maryland continued to press forward and create chances a ga i n s t S p a r tans goalkeeper Hunter Morse.

At several points througho u t t h e ga m e , Morse appeared to b e b ea te n , only for the ball to sail off target or for a Michigan State defender to clear it away just in the nick of time.

In total, Cirovski’s squad was able to put nine shots on

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goal — with two ringing off the crossbar — compared to the Spartans’ four.

Among the multitude of missed chances, forward Eli Crognale’s well-placed corner kick into the box proved to be one of the most agonizing. The ball found defender Brett St. Martin’s head, with Morse off his line and dead to rights in the crowded area.

Just as quickly as St. Martin got a head on it, though, Spartans defender Nick Stone used a header of his own to keep the ball from the back of the net, preserving his team’s 1-0 lead 13 minutes into the second half.

The Terps finally broke through thanks to Gielen’s first goal of the season — a result of Maryland’s sustained pressure on Michigan State’s backline.

justin Gielen played his best game of the season T h e Te r p s o f fe n s e b u z z e d around Morse for the majority of the game with forward Eric Matzelevich and midfielder Malcolm Johnston both registering three shots in the game.

Crognale and St. Martin added two apiece. But all of their efforts paled in comparison to Gielen’s four shots and equalizer.

Before the rain pounded down on everyone, Gielen found himself in a few advantageous situations.

His first header sailed just high over the bar while the second re-

quired Morse to make a difficult save while diving to his left.

The third hit paydirt, as Gielen finally cracked Morse’s code, tying the game at one.

niklas Neumann stepped up when . his team needed it M ichigan State didn’t have many chances in Friday’s bout — both due to weather and a Maryland offense that dominated possession. But the Spartans found enough holes to make the Terps goalkeeper work.

After a plethora of unsuccessful chances for the Terps, Michigan State launched a counterattack that saw forward Farai Mutatu break free and fire a shot at the Maryland goal in the 27th minute.

But Neumann stood tall and confidently knocked the ball away, thwarting the would-be goal.

With the game mostly played in the Spartans end of the field, Neumann could only stand and watch as the weather continued to wreak havoc.

At times, the German-born netminder seemed to be the only player not fazed by the adverse co n d i t i o n s, n eve r l os i n g h i s footing or misplaying a ball.

In a game where any crazy bounce or error was much more likely due to puddling, Neumann wasn’t rattled. sportsdbk@gmail.com

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City Council candidates discuss spending, policing reforms Eight candidates for the upcoming College Park elections fielded questions at a forum Thursday the forum included eight candidates and was organized by the North College Park Citizens Association. angela mecca/for the diamondback At a forum for the upcomAngela Mecca i n g C o l l e ge @AngelaMecca2 P a r k elecStaff writer tions Thursday evening, candidates for mayor and Districts 1 and 4 seats talked topics ranging from city spending to city safety.

The eight candidates discussed the merits of creating a city police department and argued whether the budget for constructing a new City Hall — which will cost the city nearly $21 million — would be money well spent.

The North College Park Citizens Association hosted the forum, which was structured as a Q&A session. Each candidate was allowed two to three minutes to respond to questions the association volleyed.

But first, they introduced themselves and explained why they were running for the council. Many, such as current District 4 council member by

Denise Mitchell, said they made the decision to better the place where they live.

“This is home to me. And I want to make sure that if elected again, that I am able to carry out the duties and responsibilities as a council member,” Mitchell said.

District 1’s incumbents — council members Fazlul Kabir and Kate Kennedy — are uncontested. In District 4, current representative Mitchell is facing up against residents Maria Mackie and Micheal Emmanuel. Mayor Patrick Wojahn is running for re-election against Lalzarliani Malsawma and Nikesha Pancho.

When the conversation turned to the creation of a police department specifically for College Park, Kabir immediately expressed his support.

Previously, he said, the council conducted a study that showed the city would benefit from having its own department.

Currently, a combination of several entities — including the University of Maryland Police Department and the Prince George’s County Police Department — share jurisdiction over parts of the city. College Park doesn’t have a department solely devoted to covering its four districts.

“I am really passionate about having a College Park police department,” Kabir said, adding that when people come to live in a city or town, they look at two things: the education system and the police.

Mayoral candidate Pancho agreed. During the forum, the candidates were asked what they would do with a million dollar grant, and Pancho said she would use the money to establish a College Park-specific police department.

“I would feel safer if we did have better policing, and many of our residents agree,” she said.

The conversation circled back around to money when each of the candidates were asked for their thoughts on the budget for the City Hall renovation, which is set to be completed by 2022.

The project — which is projected to cost a total of $40 million, according to Wojahn — is jointly funded by the University of Maryland and the city, with the city paying for about half. The current City Hall, located on Knox Road, will be renovated along with the area surrounding it.

Kennedy called the project “long overdue,” and said that its renovations will benefit the community by making Route 1 more than a bypass. But many candidates had concerns with the construction’s price tag, for which Kennedy said the city plans to borrow about $12 million.

Emmanuel said that if he had been on the council when the

budget for the renovations had been approved, he would have asked where the city borrowed the money from and how it is going to pay it back. Still, he acknowledged the renovations seemed to be much needed.

“I myself have been to the College Park offices, and it is not attractive, not very conducive to work,” Emmanuel said.

Mayoral candidate Malsawma also expressed doubts about City Hall’s design. If she had been on the council at the time of the decision, she said she would have voted against its budget. The design discussed for the hall is not what she had in mind, she said.

“We keep talking about how diverse the city population is. We never talk about how we celebrate that diversity,” Malsawma said. “And in my imagination, City Hall would be a hub where we can do that, and I don’t see that happening at all.”

The three mayoral candidates also explained their stances on whether term lengths for council members should change from two to four years. This issue — which has received much discussion at public forums — will be an advisory question on the ballot this year.

Malsawma said she would support four year terms if council members were restricted in the number of terms they could hold. Wojahn and Pancho both said they would be supportive of whatever College Park residents decided to do.

But personally, Wojahn said he thought two years just wasn’t enough time to learn the ropes of a City Council position.

“Before you know it, you’re up for re-election,” he said.

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College Park officially opposes pit bull ban The council is set to send a letter recommending the county remove an ordinance against the breed The College Angela Mecca P a r k C i t y @AngelaMecca2 Council voted to send a Staff writer letter to the Prince Ge o rge ’s Co u n ty C o u n c i l T u e s d a y, r e c o m m e n d i n g i t re m ove a countywide ban on owning or keeping pit bulls.

For some who spoke at the meeting, this decision was a step toward having loving, loyal dogs live in Prince George’s County. But others raised concerns that the breed could be particularly aggressive.

The ban is currently part o f t h e c o u n ty ’s A n i m a l Control Ordinance. A revised by

version of the ordinance was presented to the county council in September and has been referred to a county committee.

While the committee is set to meet this Thursday, city council members such as Kate Kennedy pushed for the letter to be sent on Tuesday in hopes it would have more of an impact on the decision.

“To move this forward tonight means we actually have influence over this,” Kennedy said.

Kennedy introduced the letter at Tuesday’s meeting.

While she said she under-

stands the ordinance was created with public safety in mind, she pointed out that there are dangerous dogs of all breeds — not just pit bulls.

Of the six people who spoke on the issue, four agreed with Kennedy, while the others supported the ban’s continuation.

Stephanie Butler, a resident of College Park, was one of the proponents for maintaining the current ordinance. She said she has had “hands-on experience” with pit bulls, as she once fostered one.

“Having a pit bull is like playing Russian roulette

with the lives of your family and that of your neighbors,” Butler said.

On the other hand, Scarlet Jimenez, a long time College Park resident, said she is proud her city is speaking up against the ban. As a dog owner, she views animal behavior as linked to how its owner trained it, not tied to its breed.

“We shouldn’t ban the breed, we should ban abuse,” Jimenez said. “We should ban irresponsible owners.”

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In the end, only half of the eight council members were in favor of sending the letter.

The other half thought the council should wait for the county committee’s Thursday meeting.

But Mayor Patrick Wojahn — the tie-breaker — said he thought the council should settle the issue that night and voted against tabling t h e l e t te r. H i s d e c i s i o n pleased District 2 councilman P.J. Brennan, who said sending the letter would begin a dialogue that the city “shouldn’t be afraid of.”

“Doing nothing, I think, is so much easier than doing something,” he said.

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Lachman held up two photographs of a pit bull named Bella, who she identified as a “foster failure,” meaning that her foster family became so attached to her that they adopted her themselves.

“She is gentle and loving to an extreme,” Lachman said of Bella. “I believe she is the rule, rather than the exception.”

D i s t r i c t 1 co u n c i l m a n Fazlul Kabir proposed the council table the letter until Thursday, in case the committee has been working to revise the ordinance. Three of his colleagues agreed, including District 3 councilman Robert Day, who said that tabling the letter would allow the city to address that version of the bill after it had

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TAKOMA SPARK

A gas station just 13 minutes from campus became the first in the nation to make the jump from fossil fuels to electric charging

the station, RS Automotive, is owned by Depeswar Doley, a Takoma Park resident since 1986.

Joe Ryan/The Diamondback. in 2017 and removed the gas tanks under the facility a year later.

And late last month, Doley unveiled electric charging stations, making RS Automotive the first gas station to switch entirely to electric power in the United States — a shift the Electric Vehicle Institute and the Maryland E n e rg y A d m i n i s t ra t i o n helped to fund, Doley said.

T h e s ta t i o n , wh i c h i s about a 13 minute drive from College Park, joins other local electric-charging options, including more than 30 charging spaces at the University of Maryland, and others at College Park’s Davis Hall and the city parking garage.

S i n c e t h e s ta t i o n re opened, Doley said he’s had drivers stop by from all over the area, including Washington, D.C., Gaithersburg and Columbia. Takoma Park residents have also reacted positively, Doley said, some even calling him to compliment his decision.

Doley hopes to draw business from D.C.’s electric cab company. He said he’s already had a few drivers stop by, and they’ve praised the station. “ T h e s e g uys a re ve r y grateful, you know, it’s a nice feeling,” Doley said.

“I talked to them, and you know, respect them. And they don’t get any respect, you know.”

Doley said that cars typi-

cally take between 20 and 30 minutes to charge to 80 percent battery power. And for now, drivers can charge their vehicles for free. With funding from the Electric Vehicle Institute, Doley has added a waiting lounge to the station, complete with leather seats, mints and soft music.

And soon, drivers will be able to input their cell phone numbers at the stations to receive a text alert when their vehicle is fully charged, Doley said.

Rya n Na e h r, a s e n i o r chemical engineering major, doesn’t have an electric car, but he was still excited to hear Doley’s station had t ra n s i t i o n e d to e l e c t r i c

power. However, he said there’s work to be done to make Maryland’s power grid be operated more sustainably — according to the U.S. Department of Energy, electricity is partially generated by burning coal.

“We need to make sure we’re having carbon-free energy production, as well,” Naehr said.

A n d rew Rose n b l a t t , a freshman mechanical engineering major, has had a Tesla Model 3 for a little more than a year now. He recalled the exact date it landed in his garage — July 7, 2018 — without a second of hesitation.

While his car is parked at his home in Florida right

now, Rosenblatt is planning to drive it 1,000 miles to campus next year. But, he doesn’t anticipate heading all the way to Takoma Park for RS Automotive, since there are a number of charging stations around campus and another near Whole Foods Market.

But that doesn’t mean he isn’t excited for the station’s conversion from gas.

“I hope that it represents a change coming to other gas stations,” he said. “Hopefully other stations will catch on and do the same.”

Senior staff writer Angela Roberts contributed to this report.

This university does not collect the information in one From p. 1 central place, Rankin wrote. For Lebanon, Libya, Qatar, Saudi instance, the Higher Education Arabia, Syria or the United Act requires universities to report gifts or contracts valued at Arab Emirates.

The department has asked $250,000 or more from a foreign that departments produce the source. But the department’s materials by Oct. 25, according investigative request has no dollar limit and also seeks all to Rankin’s memo.

emails and drafted agreements related to such transactions, Rankin’s memo said.

An email sent by the public policy school’s assistant dean, Kimberly Schmidt, to all master’s of public policy staff, faculty and graduate students directs recipients to report interactions with a list of

foreign sources and companies

by Oct. 11 to the school’s finance director.

“If you traveled and were supported by or reimbursed by a foreign source this would need to be reported,” the message read. “If you wrote a paper and were paid by a foreign source, this would need to be reported.”

The documents will be compiled into an online folder and reviewed by the university’s Office of the General Counsel, the message read.

In a statement, university spokesperson Natifia Mullings wrote that the university will “continue to work with federal officials in a transparent and

timely manner to resolve these issues.”

She did not clarify whether similar emails were sent by other schools or colleges across the university.

Staff writer Carmen Molina Acosta contributed to this report.

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“Every disability measure takes a different amount of effort,” he said. “I just want to be sure these changes will be here for students in the future.”

Jake Dahreddine, who uses a prosthetic leg and sometimes a wheelchair, wasn’t as forgiving. “ I t’s o n e o f t h e m o s t common public areas for underclassmen. That’s almost inexcusable to me,” the senior kinesiology major said. “Every single building needs to have appropriate accessibility.”

T h e re we re a va r i e t y of factors that made the project take longer, Hipple s a i d , l i ke n a i l i n g d ow n designs, finding the safest location for the wheelchair lift so it wouldn’t overheat and securing a government plumber to approve some of the work.

The biggest difficulty, Hipple said, was the department’s inexperience with large-scale accessibility projects. “ T h i s i s a ve r y l a rge project, with a lot of very complicated and difficult pieces to it,” Hipple said.

“We’ve not done anything quite like this before, so we’ve learned a lot about it as we move forward.”

However, the wait for this project has been much longer

than an additional semester.

Joe Mullineaux, the department’s senior associate director, told The Diamondback in April that Dining Services had been saving up for for five or six years to complete the project.

In 2017, the dining hall had accumulated $250,000 to put toward the updates. But it was placed on hold when the department realized it would actually cost an estimated $485,000.

Rather than downsizing the project, the department waited until the following spring and requested the additional $235,000 needed from the Student Facilities Fund, aiming to complete the project by fall 2018. However, they never got to start — their request was denied, Hipple said.

Though the estimated cost rose to $500,000 and Hipple said it may rise more, the department finally secured money to begin working on the project in April with the help of $177,500 from the Advisory Student Facilities subcommittee.

Hipple said he asks students to be patient.

“The clearing of accessibility issues has not been happening for the last hundred years or so,” he said.

“I’m delighted that it is, but

it does mean that there’s a big backlog of problems that need to be resolved.”

But Dahreddine said the delay was still unacceptable.

He’s an honor roll student, an athlete and a hiker — and the fact that he sometimes needs help getting around shouldn’t interfere with his

ability to use the bathroom like other students, he said. “[This is] supposed to be the premiere university in one of the richest states,” Dahreddine said. “The fact that we can’t exist in certain spaces is inexcusable.”

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Depeswar Doley, a Takoma Park resident since 1986 and owner of RS Automotive, was talking through plans for his then-gas station when his teenage daughter perked up at the thought of adding electric chargers to the facility.

“Dad, you got to do this,” Doley remembers her saying.

“This is good for the environment, our generation.”

Doley was convinced. For the last two years, RS Automotive has only functioned as a repair shop — Doley nixed the station’s gas pumps by

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From p. 1 supposed to finish by the beginning of the fall semester.

Now, due to construction setbacks, it is likely the project will continue until the start of the spring semester, said Dining Services spokesperson Bart Hipple.

“We want the dining halls to be welcoming and inclusive to everybody who comes in to eat,” Hipple said. “We are working on it as hard as we can.”

Once the renovations are complete, there will be a wheelchair lift that students with disabilities can use to get to the bathrooms, which are located on the second floor. Currently, students who aren’t able to climb the stairs have to leave the building to use the restroom.

Additionally, Hipple said, there will be a gender-neutral bathroom between the men’s and women’s ones — which will also be renovated to incorporate accessibility features, such as widened doorways and lower sinks that are easier to reach for those with mobility devices.

But right now, everything is still under construction.

The parts for the wheelchair lift are being installed, while

the bathrooms are under demolition and all the sinks and toilets have been removed.

Workers also still have to knock down walls for the third bathroom.

Adith Thummalapalli, a senior mechanical engineering major who uses a wheelchair, has had to leave the dining hall and go to nearby LeFrak Hall to use the bathroom.

He said he wasn’t surp r i se d by t h e d e l ay d u e to the magnitude of the p ro j e c t . L a s t s e m e s te r, Thummalapalli wrote up a 43-page report, endorsed by the Student Government Association, that outlines a variety of accessibility issues around the campus.

The South Campus Dining Hall was included.

“The whole reason we even started talking about writing up the report was to help the university prioritize what things are important,” he said. “The whole intention was just to be able to show them ‘Hey, [South Campus Dining Hall] is a priority for the students.’”

But some of the projects he hopes to get done, including adding more crosswalks, will be inherently easier – and he understands that other projects require more time and manpower.

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Steven Reich is no stranger to a round of trivia, but this August he got an opportunity to make a pilgrimge down to the mecca of trivia itelf: Jeopardy!

By Angela Roberts | @24_angier | Senior staff writer

Steven reich, a math doctoral student at the University of Maryland, passed an online quiz and an in-person written test to earn his place on the game show. He got the most correct responses, but came up $5,000 short of victory. gabby baniqued/the diamondback

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ost Thursday nights, you can find Steven Reich and his friends from the University of Maryland’s m a t h d o c to ra l p ro g ra m out at Hyattsville’s Pizzeria Paradiso for the joint’s weekly trivia competition.

They’re good, too — most o f t h e t i m e , t h e i r tea m comes in first place, Liam Fowl said. That’s to be expected of a bunch of math nerds, he added. A few of t h e m c o m p e te d i n q u i z bowls in high school, and Reich played his fair share of Trivial Pursuit.

He also watched a lot of Jeopardy! growing up.

When 7:30 p.m. rolled around last Wednesday, Reich’s friends gathered

around the television in Fowl’s apartment and tuned in to ABC. There, standing right next to Alex Trebek, was Reich.

“It was really cool to see someone that I know up there in high definition,” Fowl said. “To see him on Je o p a rd y ! i s a m a z i n g — that’s like the big leagues of trivia.”

Over the summer, Reich f l ew o u t to L os A n ge l e s to tape an episode of the show. He jammed a buzzer to answer questions Trebek lobbed at him — racking up more correct responses than his two competitors — but came up just about $5,000 short of victory in the end.

To l a n d a s p o t o n t h e show, interested contenders

must take an online quiz.

Before this summer, Reich said he’d taken it about four times without ever getting invited for an audition.

But in June, he made the trek to Washington, D.C., to race through a 50-question written test that ran down a random assortment of facts. A month later, he got a call from an unknown Los Angeles number: He’d made it.

Right away, he told his roommates the big news.

B u t h e wa i te d u n t i l t h e weekend to tell his parents, when they came down from Pennsylvania to visit him.

He thought the excitement might be too much for them.

“I thought, ‘Okay, they’re gonna pass out,’” he said.

Before appearing on the show, Reich brushed up on presidential history, English kings and Shakespearean plays — three topics that re g u l a rly m a ke a p p ea rances in the quiz game’s categories.

He also practiced buzzing in to answer questions by wa tc h i n g a t h o m e a n d clicking a pen, but there really was no way for him to get a sense of the timing he’d need on stage. During the show, contestants can’t buzz in until after Trebek is done reading the question — and if they try to, they get “locked out” for a quarter-second.

When August came around, it was Reich’s time to shine.

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Watching the show on Wednesday was a real roller-coaster ride for Reich’s team of supporters. At the f i rs t co m m e rc i a l b rea k , Reich sat more than $3,000 ahead of his competitors.

And nobody — except his fa m i ly — k n ew h ow t h e ga m e wa s go i n g to e n d .

Even though his friends had pushed him after he returned from LA, Reich had stayed tight-lipped.

“He kept it a strict secret,” said his roommate, Kyle Liss. “He stuck to it.

We didn’t know, so I had to wait all that time to see what happened.”

There were some pretty high stakes for Reich’s trivia team: If he won, Fowl said Reich was going to buy them a round of drinks the next time the group met up at Pizza Paradiso.

T h e to p i c s Re i c h h a d studied didn’t come up, but he still whizzed through an unanticipated round of questions: “Shouted movie quotes, said matter-offactly.” For this category, Trebek read off emotionpacked lines from films — such as Se7en’s “What’s in the box?” — in his usual calm and measured tone.

Reich matched four of the five quotes to the correct movie.

But he fell behind during the second round of questions, and was in third place by the time Final Jeopardy came around.

He bet almost all of his m o n ey. A f te r t h e q u e s tion was revealed — “This A m e r i ca n s i n ge r- so n g -

writer briefly landed on the U.N.’s apartheid blacklist for his 1986 multi-platinum album” — Fowl said the math doctoral students all analyzed their friend’s facial expressions.

“He looked kind of perplexed for 10 seconds, and then he wrote something down,” Fowl said. “So we were a little bit nervous that he wouldn’t get Final Jeopardy.”

Reich pulled it off, though: “Who is Paul Simon?” Still, he was beaten out by returning champion Jessica Garsed, a librarian from Maine who earned a three-game winning streak.

At the end of the day, though, Reich said it was a fun experience — even though watching himself o n te l e v i s i o n wa s a b i t uncomfortable.

“I think most people feel a little bit awkward watching themselves,” he said. “I mean, even watching old home movies are like that.

So it had a little bit of that kind of vibe to it.”

A n d e ve n t h o u g h h i s friend didn’t win, Fowl says it will be a story Reich will be able to tell for the rest of his life. He hopes Reich recorded the episode.

“I feel like I’m doing the math department a disservice,” Fowl said, laughing.

“We’re just going to look even more nerdy than we’re thought of now — you know, getting excited over Jeopardy! But whatever.”

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a campus tail: There’s a furry friend on the prowl at UMD Meet Hyper, the cool cat you’ve definitely seen around campus

By Manuela Lopez Restrepo | @mamueca | Staff writer Hyper the cat can be seen walking around campus on a red leash or on the shoulder of his owner, Sam. manuela lopez restrepo/for the diamondback

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alking by McKe l d i n L i b ra r y, you might not see him at first. Or, rather, them. Casually perched on a bench, or strolling by the brick awning that sits before the sprawling mall, you’ll see Sam Booker, and right beside him, Hyper. One, a quiet 21-year-old from Howard County. The other, a 1-yearold, fluffy gray cat donning a red harness and leash. Sam’s usually holding the leash.

This image is striking in both how unusual yet comically nonchalant it is integrated into the University of Maryland environment.

Seeing it’ll probably boost your mood, or at the very least, make you smile. Sam, Hyper’s owner, more commonly known as the ‘guy with the cat on his shoulder’ has seemingly earned a slot among other campus legends like High 5 Guy and Brian the Pan Flute guy: the kind of characters that might catch your attention on your walk to class who fit right in to

the bustling, slightly chaotic energy of this university’s most high-traffic areas.

The story of Sam and Hyper is one that is so straightforward that it perfectly lends itself to the somewhat absurd nature of a man and a leashed cat. About last September, Sam’s friend had a sister whose cat had just given birth to a litter of kittens.

While at their house, Sam talked about the kittens, and how he just wanted to spend the night with them. His friend’s sister offered him the chance to adopt one of them.

After a quick text message exchange with his mother, it was decided.

When asked how he chose Hyper, he chuckled and stroked Hyper’s ear with the handle of the red leash, something he seems to do often.

“I don’t know really … I can’t remember why, but he just ended up being the one.”

T h e n a m e , o f c o u rs e , comes from the cat’s demeanor. He is extremely curious and outgoing, and

very energetic. He can hardly sit still as Sam and I chat.

A few months later, in the spring semester, when Hyper was still a kitten, Sam decided to bring him to the campus as a sort of social experiment.

“I guess I just wanted to see how people would react to it,” Sam said.

A s we s i t n ex t to t h e Testudo statue in the balmy October weather, there are a few solid observations I can make. Firstly, if taking note of the sociological impact of having a cat on a college campus was the main motivation for this, it was a smashing success.

In the short time we sat together, they receive a bevvy of reactions. People stare, have double takes, take photos and frequently express disbelief — “it’s a fucking cat” someone remarks to their friend as they walk by.

“I’m used to it now, but I forget that it’s not normal sometimes,” Sam said.

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and seemingly confident cat — I swear, Hyper has this aloof air that makes him seem more unbelievable as he saunters around campus — the next line of logical thinking would be, why?

Sam lives nearby, about a 30-minute drive from College Park. But he doesn’t attend this university and doesn’t know many people on the campus. To that, Sam doesn’t seem to have a solid answer, or much interest in explaining himself on a deeper level.

Put simply, “It’s just a nice place to hang out, walk around and meet people.”

Despite neither of them being enrolled here, Sam and

Hyper are arguably a part of this university’s culture, with their Instagram account @cat_on_shoulder_ having over 1,200 followers and each post of Hyper’s antics receiving hundreds of likes.

Sam says that he is constantly being stopped for photos, petting opportunities and people just wanting to know more about the guy with the cat on a leash, or perched on his shoulder.

Oh and the shoulder thing — how the hell did he train a cat to jump up onto his shoulder on command? Though his Instagram bio says ‘cat trainer,’ Sam insists he isn’t a professional, and that his im-

pressive feats are self taught.

“I just watched YouTube videos to learn, but it’s mostly Hyper,” Sam said.

Sam isn’t quite sure what their future will be on campus, and at this point in the interview, Hyper has casually perched himself onto my thigh and fallen asleep in an upright position. A few beats pass, and then Sam realizes there is one thing he’d like.

“Actually, I want a statue of Hyper on campus,” Sam said.

“Then it’d be cool because I could put him next to it, and they’d both be still.”

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field hockey

Terps crush Indiana for 10th straight win Coach Missy Meharg makes use of depth as Maryland dominates, 6-0 by

Maryland

David Suggs field hockey @David_Suggs3 midfielder Kelee Lepage Staff writer was ambling toward a growing crowd of her teammates when coach Missy Meharg wrapped her arm around the senior.

Lepage wa s a n o mn i present face in a largely changed fourth-quarter lineup with the game all but decided, as the Terps utilized their roster depth to dominate Indiana, 6-0, on Sunday and push their win streak to 10 games.

And the senior sheph e rd e d Me h a rg ’s sq u a d brilliantly as it rotated, h e l p i n g t h e Te r p s ea r n t h e i r t h i rd co n se c u t ive clean sheet.

Meanwhile, Maryland’s attack impressed through-

out, with its six goals representing its highest tally this season. And the bevy of goals also represented t h e Te r p s ’ u n re l e n t i n g attack against the Hoosiers despite a series of lineup changes that could have threatened to alter their flow. “ We j u s t zo n e d i n o n everyone doing their job,” forward Mayv Clune said.

“When we’re able to do that, we’re obviously able to be successful.”

A f te r M a ryl a n d m e t ranked opponents in each of its past six matches, Sunday’s game presented them with a unique challenge: maintaining intensity when playing against a weaker opponent. “ I t wo u l d b e d i s re spectful to Indiana to not

compete,” Meharg said. “ M o r e i m p o r t a n t l y, i t would be disrespectful to your team.”

Armed with that mindset, Maryland came out firing, forcing goalkeeper Shelby Querry into two saves within the opening four minutes.

N inety seconds later, t h e Te r p s we re o n t h e board. Forward Jen Bleakney picked up a loose ball just outside the goalmouth before flicking it toward midfielder Linda Cobano.

Unmarked, Cobano gave Querry no chance, rifling the ball into the roof of the net to record her eighth goal of the season.

Forward Bibi Donraadt fired a backhanded effort into the top corner toward the end of the first, doubling Maryland’s lead and bookending a dominant opening frame in which all

five of Maryland’s attempts were on goal.

“You have to frame the goal cage in goal-scoring positions on the stroke mark or on the two goalposts,” Clune said. “We did a really good job of being deliberate and diligent with filling those spaces and when we do that, we’re able to succeed no matter what.”

It was more of the same for Meharg’s squad in the second quarter, outshooting Indiana 4-0.

If not for Querry, the scoreline would have been far more convincing, with the Hoosiers netminder making a series of impressive saves in the second — none more so than a diving save to deny defender Bodil Keus off an early penalty corner.

But Querry couldn’t hold the Terps down for long, especially as they contin-

ued to earn penalty corner after penalty corner. Clune was the beneficiary of a clever set-piece routine, floating toward the back post before tapping the ball in after a pass from midfielder Nathalie Fiechter.

“I’m happy we scored on a penalty corner today,” Meharg said.

Given the Terps’ firsthalf domination, the final 30 minutes provided an opportunity for Meharg to get sparsely used players involved in the action. Skye Joegriner replaced Noelle Frost in net, while forwards Lizzy Dessoye and Sam Zywna featured heavily in the third.

Cobano fired home from a penalty corner to secure her third two-goal game o f t h e sea so n . A n d two minutes later, the Terps would push their lead to five, with the ball bouncing

in and around the shooting circle. Dessoye got the vital touch, though, knocking the ball over Querry for her first goal of the season.

“It’s mostly staying calm in the circle,” Dessoye said.

“We’re taking what we do in practice into the games — using our opponents, and just staying calm and gritty.”

And as the game entered its final frame, Meharg continued to rotate the squad, providing opportunities for a multitude of players to leave their mark on a game that Maryland dominated from beginning to end.

“Th e most impo rtant thing is to always be ready,” Clune said. “Always being ready to help serve the team in any way possible.”

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Takeaways from Maryland’s rain-soaked draw Despite registering a 16-7 shot advantage, the Terps couldn’t beat Michigan State by

O n a d rea ry

Fr i d a y n i g h t , Matthew Gilpin @matthewwgilpin No. 25 Maryland m e n ’s s o c c e r Staff writer found itself in a battle with both the weather and Big Ten foe Michigan State.

The two squads last faced each

other in East Lansing in the 2018 Big Ten tournament, where the No. 5 seed Terps knocked off the No. 4 seed Spartans.

In their return, Maryland and coach Sasho Cirovski used a 78th minute goal from forward Justin Gielen to steal a draw from the

jaws of defeat.

With the teams and officials deciding against an overtime period due to adverse weather conditions, the Terps were left to wonder what could’ve been in those missing minutes against a M ichigan State squad they outshot 16-7 in regulation.

despite the rain maryland’s offense kept pushing forward

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Given the poor field conditions, it would’ve made sense to see the Terps’ attack sputter.

It may have been ugly at times, but Maryland continued to press forward and create chances against Spartans goalkeeper Hunter Morse.

At seve ra l points throughout the game, Morse app ea re d to b e b ea te n , o n ly for the ball to sail off target or for a Michigan State defender to clear it away just in the nick of time.

In total, Cirovski’s squad was able to put nine shots on goal — with two ringing off the crossbar — compared to the Spartans’ four.

Among the multitude of missed chances, forward Eli Crognale’s well-placed corner kick into the box proved to be one of the most agonizing. The ball found defender Brett St. Martin’s head, with Morse off his line and dead to rights in the crowded area.

Just as quickly as St. Martin got a head on it, though, Spartans defender Nick Stone used a header of his own to keep the ball from the back of the net, preserving his team’s 1-0 lead 13 minutes into the second half.

The Terps finally broke through thanks to Gielen’s first goal of the season — a result of Maryland’s sustained pressure on Michigan State’s backline.

justin Gielen played his best game of the season T h e Te r p s o f fe n s e b u z z e d around Morse for the majority of the game with forward Eric Matzelevich and midfielder Malcolm Johnston both registering three shots in the game.

Crognale and St. Martin added two apiece. But all of their efforts paled in comparison to Gielen’s four shots and equalizer.

Before the rain pounded down on everyone, Gielen found himself in a few advantageous situations.

His first header sailed just high

over the bar while the second required Morse to make a difficult save while diving to his left.

The third hit paydirt, as Gielen finally cracked Morse’s code, tying the game at one.

niklas Neumann stepped up when . his team needed it M ichigan State didn’t have many chances in Friday’s bout — both due to weather and a Maryland offense that dominated possession. But the Spartans found enough holes to make the Terps goalkeeper work.

After a plethora of unsuccessful chances for the Terps, Michigan State launched a counterattack that saw forward Farai Mutatu break free and fire a shot at the Maryland goal in the 27th minute.

But Neumann stood tall and confidently knocked the ball away, thwarting the would-be goal.

With the game mostly played in the Spartans end of the field, Neumann could only stand and watch as the weather continued to wreak havoc.

At times, the German-born netminder seemed to be the only player not fazed by the adverse co n d i t i o n s, n eve r l os i n g h i s footing or misplaying a ball.

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women’s soccer

Iowa controls the tempo as Terps fall, 4-0 Hawkeyes dominate on both ends to hand Maryland its second straight Big Ten loss by

Maryland women’s soccer was already on the back foot in the 50th minute, when Iowa began to move its numbers forward during its Big Ten matchup Sunday.

The Hawkeyes began to pass around the Terps’ box looking for a way to break through once more.

Finally, midfielder Natalie Winters found defender Samantha Cary making a run right in front of goal,

Jacob Richman @jacobrichman12 Staff writer

and Cary’s effort rocketed past goalkeeper Erin Seppi into the bottom right corner.

The goal from Cary was the dagger in Iowa’s 4-0 win over Maryland, dooming coach Ray Leone’s squad to two straight losses on the road during Big Ten play.

The Terps looked to rebound from their uninspiring 2-0 loss to Nebraska on Friday, in which they struggled to overcome the high-pressure Cornhuskers team throughout the contest.

Iowa dominated possession early in Sunday’s matchup, a trend the Terps became all too familiar with on the road trip. Maryland spent most of its match against Nebraska on its heels trying to regain possession.

The Terps held off the surging Iowa offense for the first 20 minutes, but in the 22nd minute, they allowed the opening goal of the match.

Forward Olivia Fiegel laid off the ball to midfielder Isabella Blackman outside the box, and Blackman smashed a shot in the top right corner of the goal.

Ten minutes after the opening goal, the Hawkeyes put up a second

off a corner kick. Defender Riley Whitaker’s effort curled into the net, with Seppi unable to keep the kick out.

The Terps finally found their first shot in the 42nd minute as Jlon Flippens took a chance from outside the box. The shot was headered off course by an Iowa defender and into the gloves of Hawkeyes goalkeeper Claire Graves.

After the first half, the Terps found themselves in their second 2-0 deficit at halftime in a row while being outshot, 7-1.

The second half did not start well for Maryland as the Hawkeyes moved more players forward, culmi-

nating in a shot from Cary in front of goal that put the scoreline at 3-0.

The Terps began to settle into the game, controlling more of the ball — but when they mustered any promising chances, they were off target.

Maryland saw its best chance in the 76th minute, as top goal-scorer Alyssa Poarch took a free kick from just outside the box. The powerful shot smashed against the crossbar and bounced away, leaving Maryland without a goal.

And Iowa found the back of the net again in the 83rd minute, putting the final touches on a dominant win. sportsdbk@gmail.com

men’s basketball

Guard Anthony Cowan sidelined with concussion The senior was Maryland’s leading scorer in 2018, averaging 15.6 points per game by

Maryland men’s basketball guard Andy Kostka Anthony Cowan @afkostka Senior staff writer suffered a concussion in practice this week and is expected to return to action early next week,

a team spokesperson confirmed.

Cowa n wa s n o t p re se n t a t Wednesday night’s Midnight Mile event while going through concussion protocol.

The senior point guard is a unanimous All-Big Ten preseason

honoree ahead of the 2019 season and is considered one of the top players in the country. He’ll be leading a Terps team with considerable expectations this year, ranked inside the top 10 in various preseason polls.

Through his first three years in College Park, Cowan has been a permanent fixture for Maryland.

He’s started all 99 games of his

career and led the team in scoring last year, averaging 15.6 points per game along with 4.4 assists.

He tested the NBA Draft waters after his junior year but returned for his final season, as did sophomore forward Jalen Smith, who finished third on the squad in scoring (11.7 points per game) and second in rebounding (6.8 boards per game).

Cowan and Smith will likely be

key contributors for the Terps this year, but a slew of other pieces are returning as well, such as D a r r y l M o r s e l l , E r i c Ay a l a and Aaron Wiggins. In addition, a highly-rated recruiting class is entering for the Terps, highlighted by center Makhi Mitchell.

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purdue From p. 12 third-and-2 — Plummer found tight end Brycen Hopkins for 38 yards ahead of the Boilermakers’ final score.

It was a common occurrence Saturday and a large part of Purdue’s 40 points.

pigrome can run, but passing is still suspect When Pigrome kept the ball rather than handing it off to McFarland on third-and-1 in the second quarter, he fooled everyone — including the cam-

eraman. With tight end Tyler Mabry out blocking in front of him, Pigrome ran 61 yards to the end zone, scoring Maryland’s final points ahead of the second-half shutout.

Pigrome ran for a team-high 107 yards. He looked confident

cutting, seemingly no longer feeling any adverse effects from his torn ACL in 2017’s season opener against Texas.

But his passing was suspect, including two interceptions to Purdue cornerback Cory Trice, the first of which Trice returned

for a touchdown. The second was behind wide receiver Darryl Jones, bouncing off his hands and into Trice’s arms.

With Josh Jackson sidelined for an unknown period of time with a high ankle sprain, it’ll be Pigrome under center.

And while he did damage with his legs, his 21-for-39 passing day for 218 yards didn’t instill tremendous confidence in that area of his game moving forward. sportsdbk@gmail.com

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Little went right in West Lafayette. Here are three takeaways from the defeat.

By Andy Kostka | @afkostka | Senior staff writer

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t the end of the day, all that was left for Jack Plummer to do was to take a knee, dropping to the turf and allowing the remaining time on a contest already long over to tick down to zero. It was the Purdue quarterback who led his team past Maryland football — and a litany of injuries — on Saturday.

It was only fitting for the game to end with the ball in his hands.

The redshirt freshman, pushed into duty early and often this season following projected starter Elijah Sindelar’s injuries, didn’t play like a backup quarterback.

Instead, Plummer exposed the Terps’ secondary en route to 420 yards on 33 completions, finding his receivers at an 80.5 percent rate.

For the Boilermakers, Plummer’s display builds excitement for the future,

despite Saturday only being the team’s second win this season. But for Maryland, a 40-14 loss leaves another set of reflections entirely, ones that build pressure on a squad scouring its remaining Big Ten schedule for the three more wins needed to reach bowl eligibility.

Fo l l ow i n g Sa t u rd ay ’s defeat, here are three takeaways from the Terps’ performance.

penalties and imprecision Considering his careerlong field goal is from 40 yards and that he missed a 42-yarder against Temple earlier this season, kicker Joseph Petrino may not have had much of a chance from 49 yards right before halftime.

He most certainly didn’t seem likely to knock the ball through the uprights

from 54 yards, after a delay of game on the field goal attempt turned a difficult try into an impossible one.

Coach Mike Locksley shook his head on the sideline and called a timeout.

The punt unit took the field after the stoppage and booted the ball into the end zone for a touchback. They were called for illegal formation, prompting more head-shaking from Locksley after an ugly sequence took away a possible scoring chance and tallied up two of Maryland’s nine penalties that afternoon.

The first penalty — a holding call on running back Javon Leake as pressure flushed quarterback T y r re l l P i g ro m e o u t o f the pocket — negated the 50-yard touchdown strike Pigrome delivered to wide receiver Dontay Demus.

And on fourth-and-3

late in the first quarter, there was a different sort of miscue. Running back Anthony McFarland, who wa s h e l d to 4 ya rd s o n four carries, ran out of the backfield on a wheel route.

Perhaps he saw the Purdue defender barreling down on him.

But whatever the reason, an open McFarland dropped the pass, and what could have been a 21-yard touchdown pass became an incompletion and turnover on downs, giving the Terps one more reason to wonder “what if?”

With no holding penalty, a first-drive touchdown pass to Demus put Maryland ahead. McFarland’s play could have cut the early first-quarter deficit in half. And without Pigrome’s pick-six with under a minute to go before halftime, Maryland would

have only trailed by nine, a more manageable deficit to overcome.

Instead, a slew of blund e rs o cc u r re d . A n d t h e Terps are 3-3 because of it.

third-down defense There were three Maryland defenders there, but it was linebacker Keandre Jones who was credited with the 11-yard sack that saw Purdue pinned back at third-and-20 on their first drive. A 23-yard touchdown strike from Plummer to David Bell — fitting the pass between two defenders — followed. It would be a theme for the rest of the outing.

When the Terps pressured Purdue into third downs, they couldn’t find a way to force them into fourth downs. Instead, the Boilermakers converted 11

of their 18 third downs, averaging 11.7 yards on those attempts despite facing an average down-and-distance of 7.7 yards.

An inability to get off the field on third down doomed Maryland. The big plays produced on those third downs led to scores.

Facing a third-and-7 on its second drive, Purdue c o m p l e te d a n 1 8 - ya r d catch-and-run that set u p a fo u r-ya rd r u s h i n g score moments later. On a second-quarter drive that ended with a field goal, the Boilermakers were faced with third-down distances of 11 and 13 yards. They picked up 28 and 13 yards, respectively, to keep the chains moving.

And after Bell was called for pass interference late in the third — turning a See purdue, p. 11

volleyball

Rath and Pritchard power Terps’ attack The pair of outside hitters combined for 57 kills in two matches by

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Kevin F. McNulty fourth set @kmcnulty_219 of Maryland Staff writer volleyball’s Saturday night match against Rutgers, outside hitters Rebekah Rath and Erika Pritchard rocketed back-to-back kills, sending the Terps on their way to victory against the Scarlet Knights.

Sequential kills from Rath and Pritchard were common this weekend. The duo combined 57 kills over Maryland’s nine sets — five on Friday at

Penn State and four on Saturday at Rutgers.

For a weekend featuring a lot of positives for the team — among them, winning a set on the road against the Nittany Lions for the first time since 1983 — it was Rath and Pritchard’s combination that helped lead the Terps’ attack.

“Erika and Rebekah are doing really well hitting around the blocks,” middle blocker Rainelle Jones said.

“When they’re doing well, they can hit as hard as they can.”

In order for Rath and Pritchard to put up the numbers they did this weekend, the team needed the setters to distribute the ball well, keeping its opponents guessing as to which attacker would receive the set. Nicole Alford and Samantha Snyder are still splitting time as the primary setter for the Terps, and this weekend, Alford and Snyder were key figures.

Alford came out of the weekend with 46 assists, and Snyder finished the matches with 44 assists.

“They did a great job making adjustments on the fly,” coach Adam Hughes said. “The

offense was able to pick up production because of that.”

Between the Penn State and Rutgers matches, Maryland’s offensive numbers surpassed the average for the season.

The Terps are averaging 11.43 kills per set, hitting .239 on the year. Over the course of those two matches, they managed 12.3 kills per set and hit .271 as a team.

It was Rath and Pritchard who contributed most to those numbers. The two accounted for more than half of Maryland’s kills against the Nittany Lions and exactly half against the Scarlet Knights.

For Rath, it was the first

time she produced consecutive matches with double-digit kills since mid-September. But Rath saw her success as more of a team effort than an individual exploit.

“I just think we worked really hard, and we worked well together,” Rath said.

“The team helped me be really aggressive.”

Pritchard, who got off to a slow start in Big Ten play, found her groove this weekend. Both her and Hughes noted teams in the Big Ten started to focus much of their attention on stopping her after her impressive season in 2018.

In the first three matches

of Big Ten play, Pritchard posted a combined 30 kills. In two matches this weekend, she totaled 33.

Hughes sees both hard work from Pritchard and accountability from her teammates contributing to her recent play. “[Pritchard’s] locked herself in to trusting her game, and she’s become more comfortable with her process,” Hughes said. “At the same time, I think the best thing for her is that other people have stepped up.

Rebekah’s done a really great job for us on the other outside position.” sportsdbk@gmail.com