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Data management firm to open in city Immuta will bring 12 employees to Route 1 office

“We live in a world where we have to make decisions with analytics.

But how do you do that in large enBy Hallie Miller Immuta, a provider of analyt- vironments?” Carroll said. “Our @halliewrites ics marketed to large-scale com- goal is to make it easy for corporaStaff writer panies, seeks to offer secure data tions to access data without fear of organizing software for corpora- it getting leaked.”

T he company has 12 employAn expanding startup data manage- tions, the U.S. government and ment firm announced today the antici- i ntel l igence com mu n ity orga- ees, but Carroll said he plans to pated Dec. 1 opening of its company nizations, CEO and co-founder hire interns from this university to provide them with practical on-theMatthew Carroll said. headquarters on Route 1.

job experience as the startup gains momentum. Interns will assist the software engineers, the marketing and sales team or the operations staff, Carroll said.

“Having these interns is important to us because we’re a young company, but we also want to groom future employees,” he said. “We hire people See startup, Page 6

AUDIENCE MEMBERS look on during last night’s District 3 debate. stephanie natoli/the diamondback

Paving a path

District 3 hopefuls face off Candidates debate university relations, code enforcement

U’s provost office spends $4M each year on diversity programs, but is it working?

By Jon Banister and Carly Kempler @J_Banister, @CarlyKempler Senior staff writers Candidates for the mayoral and District 3 council positions debated Wednesday evening, outlining their platforms in front of more than 70 residents less than a week before the Nov. 3 election.

The council chamber was packed with residents, who stood and crowded into the corners of the room to listen to this year’s candidates. The council and mayoral race is the most competitive in more than 20 years, with every seat contested. District 3, which encompasses Old Town, is the most highly contested with five candidates running for two open seats.

The District 3 candidates — incumbents Robert Day and Stephanie Stullich, as well as John Rigg, Robert McCeney and 2015 university alumnus Ryan Belcher — discussed

By Ellie Silverman @esilverman11 Senior staff writer After about an hour on the bus and light-rail train and then a fiveminute walk, Maria Cedillo would fi nally arrive at school.

Her Southwest Baltimore neighborhood in Carrollton Ridge was an hour away from the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, one of the top public high schools in the city.

But her mom, who never went to high school, encouraged her to apply and attend. About 66 percent of Cedillo’s neighborhood is nonwhite and 52.7 percent of family households have a single female caretaker, according to the 2010 U.S. Census.

“To me it was like, if I have this Johanna DeGuzman, SGA diversity director, addresses concerns regarding University Police body cameras at a December town hall meeting.

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See DIVERSITY, Page 3 CITY ELECTION 2015

Wojahn touts record of change

Mitchell aims for unity in city

Endorsed by mayor, District 1 councilman cites plans for collaboration, revitalization

District 4 councilwoman, mayor pro tem wants to hear out all residents on city affairs

By Talia Richman @TaliRichman Senior staff writer

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patrick wojahn has served on the City Council since 2007 and would be the first openly gay mayor. stephanie natoli/the diamondback

After Patrick Wojahn got a call that his friend’s car had broken down on Route 193, the District 1 city councilman drove over to help.

As the two stood in front of Wojahn’s 1999 Ford Contour and talked on the phone to AAA, an SUV rammed into the parked car, pushing the men over the guardrail and leaving Wojahn with a badly broken left ankle and a dislocated right foot.

Wojahn didn’t let the accident, which came two weeks before his mayoral campaign kicked off on Aug. 1, slow his campaign. He went door-to-door first in a wheelchair, then on crutches and finally with a cane.

“I would get help from the people on council who are supporting me for mayor,” he said. “P.J. [Brennan] and Stephanie Stullich and Alan Hew all at one point helped me carry my fliers and clipboard while I was knocking on doors.”

Wojahn also has the support of Mayor Andy Fellows, who cited the four-term

councilman’s experience, regional leadership and positive energy when giving his endorsement. Fellows is stepping down after three terms.

“He’s been re-elected time and time again in District 1, representing the views of that community,” Fellows said. “He’s done a great job really listening and engaging with that community, and he’s done a great job impressing the other three districts with his fairness and ability to lead.”

This is an “exciting time for the city,” Wojahn said, which prompted him to run for the vacant seat.

“The university is making a historic investment in our city and is on board with turning College Park into a top-tier college town,” Wojahn said. “I want to see the city that I live in turn into something great, something we can be proud of and that serves all its residents — both students and long-term residents.”

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DENISE MITCHELL has served on the City Council since 2009 and would be the first black female mayor. stephanie natoli/the diamondback

About a month before the College Park City Council voted on where to rebuild City Hall, District 4 Councilwoman Denise Mitchell gathered the mayor and the civic association presidents for a meeting at Ledo’s.

“She felt the city was making a large decision about the new City Hall, and she wanted everyone to know about it and to seek everyone’s input on the subject,” said Suchitra Balachandran, president of the West College Park Civic Association.

Fostering communication and transparency have been cornerstones of the three-term councilwoman’s campaign for mayor.

The current leadership, she said, has rushed to decisions without fully taking residents’ opinions into consideration. When the council voted to rebuild City Hall in its current location on Knox Road instead of an alternate site on Calvert Road, Mitchell said the city ignored requests of residents for more time and consideration. She was one of three dissenting votes.

“When we voted on City Hall, a lot of information was not given to residents in a timely

fashion, so that as a council, we could make an informed decision,” she said. “I voted against that because my base wanted more time to vet the process.”

Mitchell’s bid has the support of former mayor Anna Owens, the only woman to have held the seat since the city was incorporated as a town in 1945. If elected, Mitchell would be the fi rst black woman to serve as College Park mayor.

“I’ve known Denise for quite a while,” said Owens, 90. “She likes people, she loves College Park, and she’s very, very responsive to her constituents. She not only hears you, she really listens to what you’re saying.”

As mayor pro tem since 2011, Mitchell has gone with Mayor Andy Fellows to a variety of meetings with city officials, sometimes filling in for him at events he can’t attend.

“I started thinking about the opportunity once I knew Mayor Fellows wasn’t going to be seeking another term,” she said. “I felt it See mitchell, Page 8

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THE DIAMONDBACK | NEWS | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2015

CRIME BLOTTER

By Jessie Campisi @jessiecampisi, @dbkcrime Staff writer University Police responded to reports of a sex offense, trespassing and assault, among other incidents, in the past week, according to police reports.

SEX OFFENSE Officers responded to Cecil Hall at about 9:18 p.m. on Friday for a possible overdose of prescription medication, University Police spokesman Maj. Marc Limansky said.

A fem a le u n iversity student had taken more than the recommended dose of a prescription medication, Limansky said. She did not need to be transported to a hospital, but when officers talked to the woman, she said she was sexually assaulted March 13.

She sa id the i ncident happened after she went to a party off the campus, Limansky said. She met a man at the party, and the two went back to his residence, where the sexual assault took place.

University Police have begun an investigation into this incident.

arrived, her mother confronted the teammate who made the phone call and yelled at her for the way she spoke to her daughter.

An argument began between the tardy cheerleader’s mother and the cheerleader who made the phone call. As the caller and her mother were walking down the front steps of Cole, they both fell.

The caller’s mother said she was shoved and kicked by the mother of the cheerleader who was late, and she said her daughter was bitten on the wrist by either the cheerleader who was late or her mother, Limansky said.

The caller’s mother took her daughter to the hospital after she was bitten. Limansky said no charges have been filed with University Police.

THEFT FROM AUTOMOBILE

Officers met with a university staff member at the Regents Drive Garage on Oct. 22 at about 1:11 p.m. for a report of theft from her car, Limansky said.

The woman said she parked her car at about 8:30 a.m.

When she returned to her car at about 1 p.m., the passenger window was broken and her purple gym bag was gone.

Earlier that day, two other TRESPASSING vehicles had been broken into, At about 10:14 p.m. on Limansky said. Both victims Saturday, an officer came are university faculty or staff into contact with a man who members. One had a rain jacket had repeatedly been denied stolen from their car, while the access to the campus in the other was missing a makeup past behind the police station bag and some clothing.

University Police is checkin Lot F, Limansky said.

Joon Park was first denied ing cameras in the area to find from the campus in April out more information about 2012, when he was accused the incidents. of pulling out a knife near the South Gate. In August OTHER INCIDENTS 2013, Park was seen carrying balloons on the campus, O f f i c e rs re s p o n d e d to and police turned him away. Commons 1 at about 11:43 In March 2014, Limansky p.m. on Oct. 21 for a report of said, Park entered Ritchie an assault, which they later Coliseum, and witnesses said filed as an “other” incident, he was acting strangely. Of- Limansky said. ficers responded, arresting A female university student Park and issuing him another said she had been smoking a denial to the campus. cigarette between 11:20 p.m.

In July, Park was wan- and 11:40 p.m. outside of the dering around the campus building when someone yelled shirtless and asking people at her from above and told her for money near Regents Drive to stop. The student said the Garage, Limansky said. He individual was being rude was asked to leave and was and using profane language, denied from the campus.

Limansky said.

P ol i c e a r re s te d P a rk The student continued to a ga i n on Sat u rd ay a nd smoke, and the person threatissued another denial to the ened to dump water on her. campus, Limansky said.

There was a brief verbal exchange, and the student moved over slightly from where she ASSAULT had been standing before.

A few seconds later, LimanOn Oct. 25, University Police received a report of an sky said, water was dumped on assault at Cole Field House, the ground near where she was where an organizational standing.

Officers were able to locate cheerleading competition not related to this university was two students who admitted to taking place, Limansky said. being involved in the incident.

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DEBATE From PAGE 1 student, landlord and resident relationships during the debate. Each expressed a need for improvement, but also a sense of accomplishment on the progress made thus far.

Belcher referenced the implementation of on-campus tailgates sponsored by the Interfraternity Council and advocated more “registered” events by “moving the noise on-campus.” He said it’s a “win-win” for residents and students. “ We ne e d to b u i ld a culture of trust,” Belcher sa id. “ W h i le no one is perfect, we need to set standards and be clear and concise in how we can work together as neighbors.”

To address this problem, the city should “come down with a stronger hammer” on noisy houses and increase punishments for offenses, Belcher said.

“I have seen a lack of follow-up to make sure these houses are meeting these standards,” Belcher said.

Rigg said the noise control board should be more assertive in its enforcements and has “sometimes” given pa sse s to hou se s w it h violations.

If elected, Rigg said he would create a committee of students to work with property owners and improve student-landlord relations. He also said he wanted to look for “opportunities to create incentives” for “good” landlords and change “bad” landlords’ ways.

“I would like to establish a student tenants’ association to balance the powers of property owners and give a voice to students at the table,” Rigg said.

Stullich addressed specific ways residents and students can work together to prevent noise issues in Old Town.

“T here a re t h ree m a i n avenues for dea l i ng w ith noise,” Stullich said. “First, is making sure residents understand what they can do about noise problems when t h e y o c c u r. S e c o n d , i nforming students and other residents during the backto-school period, which is often the most difficult time.

Finally, building relationships between students and longterm residents.”

Day also recognized noise issues and a need for improvement. He emphasized the importance of immediately reaching out to students when they move into the neighborhood and establishing a dialogue.

“We have attacked some problem houses,” Day said.

“We’ve turned two of the number-one problem houses around to being no issue, but we have a lot more to go.”

A lt h o u g h m u c h of t h e debate centered on the relationship with the university, few students were present during the debate. University and city officials are hoping for a larger voter turnout this year than in 2013. That year, when Matthew Popkin, then a university graduate student, ran, just 600 students registered to vote and only a fraction of them cast a ballot on election day.

Graduate student Taylor Robey was one of the university students attending the

mayoral and council debate.

“I was interested about how the mayoral candidates were going to address growth in the city,” the first-year student studying urban planning said.

“I wish there were more university people here. A lot of the debate was talking about the university’s influence and the relationship it has.”

McCeney said he understands the “integral” relationship between the city and this university and wants to give professors a fi nancial incentive to move into the city.

If elected, McCeney said he would like to have more community events for residents that include “reaching out to students and making sure they can come together to understand each other so someone that has to work in the morning isn’t disturbed at 3 a.m.”

In addition to the District 3 council candidate debate, mayoral contenders District 4 Councilwoman Denise Mitchell and District 1 Councilman Patrick Wojahn shared their visions for the city’s future.

The mayoral candidates focused on the city’s future business and housing development as well as the city’s relationship with this university. Wojahn described the current relationship as “strong,” but both candidates agreed that the city must work independently on its own issues as well.

“We have worked with the university and Loh has been a breath of fresh air,” Mitchell said. “We have worked lavishly on programs we both want to see pushed forward.

But as a city we need to work together in regards to our own identity.”

Wojahn and Mitchell addressed student-landlord relations and agreed the city, property owners and students need to work together.

“We put aside years and decades of tensions between landlords, students and longterm residents to bring everybody together at one table and think, ‘How can we tackle these problems?’” Wojahn said. “We came up with nearly 70 strategies to address these problems. That’s what you can expect from me as mayor — bringing people together.”

As the mayoral debate came to a close, District 3 resident R icha rd El l is, 71, sa id he thought the debate was “fairly vanilla.”

S e n i o r Na t h a n S p a rk s said he wanted to represent student residents in the upcoming election and wanted to hear more of the candidate’s thoughts on housing for lowincome students.

“I just registered to vote in College Park; living here for a year, I felt like I’m more of a resident now that I’ve lived [here],” the environmental science and policy major said.

“My biggest issue is sustainability [and] that includes housing for low income students. There wasn’t a lot about that [in the mayoral debate].”

M o l l y M a c L a re n , v i c e president of the Calvert Hills Citizens Association, said she was glad the forum drew “a full house.”

“I was so happy that so many people came out on such a dreary night,” she said. “It may not have been as fiery as the Republican debate that’s going on right now.” jbanisterdbk@gmail.com, ckemplerdbk@gmail.com

Campus sees surge in bicycle thefts DOTS, UMPD promote stronger locks

By Michael Brice-Saddler @TheArtist_MBS Staff writer D O T S a n d U n i v e rsity Police are promoting stronger safety measures and campus locations are lowering the price of locks as a surge in bike thefts continues on the campus.

Between Aug. 29 and Oct. 20, 43 bicycle thefts were reported on the campus, said University Police spokesman Maj. Marc Limansky. This represents a 258 percent increase from the 12 stolen bikes reported during the same period last year.

An additional 10 reports of stolen bicycles have occurred between Oct. 20 and 27, Limansky said, bringing the total to 53 for the semester.

Of those reports, 75.5 percent of bicycles were protected w it h a ba sic cable lock, and only 11.3 percent were secured with U-Locks, Limansky said.

Another 13.2 percent of cases involved unsecured bikes or an unspecified locking method. “ T h at’s why we’re

recommending the use of U-Locks, especially if you have an expensive bicycle,” Limansky said.

The Department of Transportation Services and University Police are promoting the use of these locks for their added safety. Cable locks tend to be composed of long strands of wire that are woven together, easily clipped through by a small wire cutter, DOTS Assistant Director for Communications Anna McLaughlin said. To get through a U-Lock, larger, more substantial tools are required.

“Cable locks are the least secure way to lock up a bike,” McLaughlin said. “If you have a U-Lock, the chances of your bike getting stolen are decreased significantly.”

Limansky said he hopes p ro m o t i n g U-L o c k s a n d teaching bikers how to properly use them will diminish stolen bicycle reports.

“That’s not to say U-Locks can’t be defeated by a criminal,” Limansky said. “But it takes more sophisticated methods and different tools to do it.”

To encourage U-Lock use, University Police are interacting directly with cyclists

on the campus, Limansky said. Police will be focusing on areas that have been hit hardest by bike theft, handing out coupons offering a $5 discount on U-Locks and talking with riders about ways they can better protect their bicycles.

They will specifically target bikers using cable locks, as well as individuals who are using U-Locks inappropriately, Limansky said.

“We’ll ask them if they have a U-L ock, how they are locking up their bike, and inform them about the recent thefts,” Lima nsky said. “We’ll continue committing to this until we see a reversal of the trend.”

Police have observed a misuse of both cable locks and U-Locks this semester, Limansky said. To maximize security, U-Locks should be fastened through both the frame and the front wheel of the bicycle.

If not secured in addition to the bicycle’s frame, tires can be stolen relatively easily, Limansky said.

Despite using a U-Lock, junior computer science major Mark Lyons noticed the front wheel of his bicycle was stolen two weeks ago. He was only using the U-Lock to secure the

frame of his bike, leaving the tire vulnerable, Lyons said.

“I came back, and I was just missing a front wheel,” Lyons said. “If someone really wants someth i ng off you r bi ke, they’ll fi nd a way to get it.”

Other students have had more s u c c e ss w it h t he i r U-Locks, such as junior civil and environmental engineering major Jay Rao, who said he feels secure locking up his bike anywhere, despite the uptick in bike thefts.

“It’s really sturdy, and it’s really easy to carry around,” Rao said about his U-Lock.

“I feel safe using my bike around campus, even keeping my bi ke overn ig ht at t he Metro or in D.C.” U-Locks can be purchased at the DOTS office and at the Campus Bike Shop in Cole Field House, McLaugh lin said. They normally cost $20, but in hopes of encouraging more use, U-Locks will be sold for $15 through the remainder of the semester — even if an individual doesn’t present a coupon.

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DIVERSITY From PAGE 1 opportunity, I can’t give it up,” said Cedillo, a sophomore physiology and neurobiology major. “It was worth it.”

Cedillo is one of 210 students who have gone through the University of Maryland Incentive Awards Program.

The program works with high schools in Baltimore City and Prince George’s County to accept students who otherwise would not be able to attend the university, said Jacqueline Lee, the program’s director.

Officials, faculty, staff and students have noted “pipeline” issues when speaking about diversity issues on the campus.

Whether it’s the decline of black representation across the campus or the lack of women in STEM fields, many of those on the campus have pointed to cracks in K-12 education rather than at the university level.

But as a public institution, it’s the university’s responsibility to recognize and address these problems, said Kumea Shorter-Gooden, the university’s chief diversity officer.

This fall, 384 undergraduates and 264 graduates who enrolled at the university were from Baltimore City, where 63 percent of residents are black and about 5 percent are Hispanic or Latino. There were 7,920 undergraduates and 1,424 graduate students from Montgomery County, where about 19 percent of people are black and about 19 percent are Hispanic or Latino.

The awards program aims to “really strike the pipeline of students coming from the schools in these two regions, coming to the University of Maryland,” Lee said. “Because of where we’re pulling from, the two regions we’re working with … we’re going to add to the racial, cultural and so-

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WHICH COUNTIES DO IN-STATE UNDERGRADUATES HAIL FROM? ALLEGANY

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NOTE: Circle charts display racial makeup of entire county populations Sources: University Office of Institutional Research, Planning and Assessment; U.S. Census Bureau cioeconomic diversity of the campus as well.”

The Provost Office’s fiscal year 2016 budget allocates $231,666 to the Office of Diversity & Inclusion. Annually, the office “allocates more than $4 million to support diversity programs, including the recruitment of underrepresented faculty,” Cynthia Hale, associate vice president for academic affairs, wrote in an email.

“Our mission has sort of embedded in it from the beginning a commitment to serving the public and to serving residents in the state of Maryland in particular,” Shorter-Gooden said. “To be a place where students throughout this state and, of course, beyond — but particularly students throughout Maryland — from diverse backgrounds, from underrepresented groups, have an equal opportunity to attend and to excel.”

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David Egbufoama was fairly certain he would get in somewhere, but he didn’t know how he was going to pay for it.

His acceptance into the Incentive Awards Program allowed him to matriculate at this university.

“It started to hit me that with my situation, it hit me that I might not even have the funds to do it,” Egbufoama said. “And that’s when I started really getting scared about school.”

The Academic Achievement Programs also recruits underrepresented and low-income students and provides them with on-campus resources, including workshops and counseling. The program annually recruits about 125 students to the freshman class. Of the admitted students, about 50 percent are black, 24 percent are Hispanic, 11 percent are Asian and 11 percent are white, according to the university’s 2015 Cultural Diversity Report.

The achievement program’s six-year graduation rate is 73.7 percent for the class entering in 2008, according to the report.

The campus’s six-year graduation rate is 84.7 percent.

Jerry Lewis, the program’s executive director, said he would like to have the resources to recruit up to 175 students each year. But many of the students recruited through this program have lower standardized test scores and grades, which Lewis said could hurt the university’s academic ranking.

“I don’t think the university recognizes the program actually adds to the university’s total purpose and its mission in terms of providing access and opportunity for a state institute,” Lewis said.

“The ranking as a point of the university’s interest, in my opinion, exceeds the kind of efforts that we are making in order to make a difference with the number of students that we have.”

Shorter-Gooden said she has confidence in these programs and pointed to the narrowing graduation gap: The six-year graduation rate gap for Hispanics fell from 9.9 percent (entering class of 2005) to 4.7 percent (entering

class of 2008), while the graduation gap for black students fell from 8.5 percent to 7.2 percent.

For “low-resource” students, it fell from 5.8 percent to 3.6 percent, according to the diversity report.

“T here’s sti l l a gap for all three categories, but it’s headed in the right direction,” Shorter-Gooden said.

“My sense is that the programs we have in place … are having an impact.”

Engineering college Dean Darryll Pines and computer, mathematics and natural sciences college Dean Jayanth Banavar said a lack of women in STEM fields is a cultural problem that starts as early as elementary school.

Female students represented 22.1 percent of the engineering college and 35.9 percent of the computer, mathematics and natural sciences college in 2014, according to data from the Office of Institutional Research, Planning and Assessment.

“When you start off with a fraction of the pool, you’re already behind,” Pines said.

“We all play a certain role, so the university should increase its outreach in STEM activities with respect to elementary, middle and high schools.”

T he engineering school budgeted about $2.3 million for d iversity prog ra ms i n fiscal year 2016. T h is inc lu d e s $ 4 65 ,000 for t he Center for M i nor it ie s i n Science a nd Eng i neer i ng and the Women in Engineering Program and $909,000 for the engineering school’s faculty and staff initiatives, Pamela Morse, the engineering school’s assistant dean for communications, wrote in an email.

More than 1,400 students were involved with programs run through the Center for Minorities in Science and Engineering, and more than 1,800 students were involved with the Women in Engineering Program in fiscal year 2015, Morse wrote.

“There’s probably, on some level, only a certain amount we can do,” Pines said. “The See DIVERSITY, Page 8

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troll around this university’s grounds, and you might notice a palpable energy around the campus — not least because midterms have (mostly) drawn to a close.

Other good tidings call for celebration, too: the Terrapins men’s basketball team’s highest preseason ranking in a decade, this university’s top-20 ranking among U.S. public schools, a host of large-scale donations.

By the same token, it’s rarely been this exciting to live in College Park.

A brand-new storefront or towering high-rise has cropped up on every downtown block, it seems, with more on the way. TargetExpress opened to widespread fanfare under the Landmark apartment complex over the summer.

Just two blocks north on Route 1, the city awaits the four-diamond Hotel at the University of Maryland.

It’s all part of the District 2020 Vision, a comprehensive city agenda to transform College Park into a top-20 college town by the turn of the decade.

Next year’s freshman class will ride out their undergraduate careers knowing that by their final semester, the city will have reached or fallen short in its goal.

Now, though, current residents have a shot at electing a mayor who can wrangle this Washington-area suburb into something more — a “Smart Place to Live” that’s a smart bet for students, long-term residents, employers and

employees alike.

Mayoral candidate Patrick Wojahn, a District 1 city councilman who first won office in 2007, has built a record of sensible redevelopment that hinges upon collaboration among the city’s twin populations: students and long-term residents.

OUR VIEW

Patrick Wojahn’s commitment to redevelopment and strong record merits an endorsement.

As a councilman, Wojahn secured funding for a Hollywood Commercial District streetscape plan in an effort to improve infrastructure in the North College Park neighborhood. He also helped secure funding for a city community center and the design of an educational Wind and Weather Park. All three initiatives would improve quality of life for all residents, rather than targeting a specific group.

As co-chairman of the Neighborhood Stabilization and Quality of Life Workgroup, which he helped establish in 2012, Wojahn aimed to strengthen city code through community-oriented enforcement and set his sights on a balanced mix of rental and owneroccupied properties.

He cites not only attracting more

firms to the city, but also retaining them through tax incentives, as a main priority — one designed to court more long-term residents and boost property values.

And as Wallace Loh has ramped up the university’s involvement in redevelopment politics since 2010, Wojahn has welcomed the university president’s involvement.

“The university is our largest employer. It’s the single entity with the most impact,” Wojahn told The Diamondback in an interview. “It’s great that the university is investing in the city.”

Denise Mitchell, mayor pro tem and a fellow council member also running for mayor, has a broad agenda with several policy areas Wojahn would do well to fold into his vision for College Park, particularly when it comes to fiscal responsibility, serving the city’s senior citizens and promoting engagement between the university and civic association leaders.

But for now, the city needs to fix its gaze on its 2020 vision, and Wojahn’s proven redevelopment record and collaborative spirit merit this editorial board’s endorsement. During the city’s most hotly contested elections in decades, stakeholders owe it to themselves and residents to turn out at the polls and invest in College Park’s future — a future Wojahn has long been striving to shape.

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disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” This quote, attributed to Voltaire, is evidently unfamiliar to the students at Wesleyan University.

The student government at the small but prestigious Connecticut school voted to remove more than half the funding for its student newspaper, The Wesleyan Argus, after it printed a controversial opinion piece that commented on the Black Lives Matter movement.

This latest example of student governments going rogue highlights the importance of press freedom, particularly on college campuses.

When the press is beholden to the capricious winds of politics, its words are as flimsy as the newsprint it produces. Only an independent publication can contribute to the marketplace of ideas on which democracy is based.

Meanwhile, Wesleyan has established, with a 27-0 vote, that it is emulating bastions of totalitarianism such as North Korea or the Soviet Union, in which press must toe the party line. Printing an opinion piece that represents the views solely of the student who submitted it has resulted in punitive action against the whole newspaper. Wesleyan University might cost more than $60,000 a year to attend, but even at that price, its students suffer from a poverty of differing ideas.

The Diamondback has been no stranger to controversial opinion pieces and hopefully will continue to print them. Readers who disagree can comment or email a response or even submit a guest column to add to the marketplace of ideas. Otherwise, he or she can simply ignore what is written. However, students do not have the power to defund this university’s independent student newspaper. Luckily, The Diamondback’s wider circulation allows it to generate enough revenue to stay afloat on

its own, but freedom of the press should not be limited to large universities.

A larger concerning trend is the way that the Internet has allowed people to choose to remain in echo chambers and expose themselves to only views that are similar to their own. Why consider alternatives when there are numerous blogs that only feature people who agree? If anything, the role of the university and the campus newspaper should be to open discussion to diverse viewpoints. In Wesleyan’s case, students have used their power to do the opposite, discouraging students from seeing another side of an issue.

Whether you log on to The Diamondback website or peel apart the sheets of the weekly print edition, you take the risk of reading views that do not match your own. You may find these views shocking, mundane, compelling or idiotic. Ultimately, the opportunity to hear opinions could open your eyes to an alternative viewpoint or sharpen your grasp on your preconceived notions. In either case, an independent press is critical to the educational experience.

If students are not capable of valuing free speech and independent press, college administrators should assist them. If necessary, they should take action to prevent students from censoring viewpoints in publications.

At the same time, it is important to make clear that student newspapers are open to all and that no one should feel unwelcome from sharing a unique viewpoint.

Wesleyan students should reconsider the precedent set by compromising press freedom and restore funding to their newspaper. The First Amendment principle of freedom of the press should not be taken for granted, and we must continue to exercise it at this university.

Daniel Galitsky is a senior economics and finance m a j o r. H e c a n b e re a c h e d a t dgalitskydbk@gmail.com.

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Don’t name building for Brit Kirwan

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oday, as university President Wallace Loh continues to stall on a decision about whether to rename Byrd Stadium, this university will hold a dedication ceremony for its math building, named to honor William “Brit” Kirwan.

President Loh’s biggest objection to renaming Byrd Stadium has been that, while we don’t condone the university’s past racism and opposition to integration, we don’t want to forget it.

In 1963, nine years after the case of Brown v. Board of Education decision and Curley Byrd’s failed gubernatorial campaign against the pro-civil rights Gov. Theodore McKeldin — yes, that McKeldin — Darryl Hill became the university’s first black football player and integrated college football in the South. On Nov. 16 of that year, the Terrapins played at Clemson, and Hill’s mother was refused general entry to the stadium. That day, Hill provided constant trouble for the Clemson secondary, and with quarterback Dick Shiner, he put on an aerial display, setting a school record for most passes caught in a game, a record that still stands. After playing for the New York Jets, he aided minorityowned businesses, became the first chairman of the National Minority Supplier Development Council, opened the first black-owned finedining restaurant in the nation and served as the director of business d e v e l o p m e n t a n d c o r p o ra t e re l a t i o n s fo r t h e u n ive rs i ty ’s athletic department.

Let’s remember history the right way: In view of Hill’s venerable legacy, the stadium should be renamed for him, but today, yet again, Hill must take a seat at the back of the bus as the university m a k e s ro o m a t t h e f ro n t f o r Dr. Kirwan.

And just as the university has rewritten the history of Curley Byrd in a way that hides his atrocities

against the black community and his mismanagement of the university, it appears the university’s spin doctors are working overtime to keep the campus community from knowing that Dr. Kirwan was cut from the same cloth.

Fo r s ta r te rs, n e i t h e r o f t h e n ews re l ea s e s re l a te d to t h i s building dedication describe any breakthroughs Dr. Kirwan made in the field of mathematics. Thus, it appears that even the university a c k n owl e d ge s t h a t h e wa s n o Gottfried Leibniz.

Second, while the university claims Dr. Kirwan did a great job of closing the achievement gap, the fact of the matter is that under Chancellor Kirwan, the four-year graduation gap between white and black students at this university was 21.2 percent, and he treated the state’s historically black colleges and universities like dirt. Under Chancellor Kirwan, the six-year g ra d u a t i o n ra te s a t M a ryl a n d Eastern Shore and Coppin State were 36 percent and 15 percent, respectively, and a lawsuit was brought against the state over discrimination against HBCUs in terms of funding and because t h e s ta te wa s sys te m a t i c a l l y resegregating its universities.

Third, when President Loh told Athletic Director Kevin Anderson to fire Ralph Friedgen, the ACC Coach of the Year, Chancellor K irwan said not a word, and Friedgen’s replacement, Randy Edsall, turned out to be a disaster. Last year, Edsall was outfoxed by Friedgen, and this year, Edsall let the Terps get eviscerated by West Virginia and shut out by Michigan.

Fo u r t h , t h r e e y e a r s a g o , Chancellor Kirwan broke the open meetings law to slip this university’s departure from the ACC under the noses of Terps fans and alumni.

Fi f t h , w h e n P re s i d e n t L o h g u t te d f u n d i n g fo r t h e b l a c k cultural center under the guise of fiscal responsibility, Chancellor

K irwan said not a word, but he gave President Loh a raise worth 28 percent of the salary of the center’s director.

Sixth, when nearly 300,000 university-related Social Security numbers were compromised last year, Chancellor K irwan didn’t relieve President Loh of his duties, even though when a similar data breach occurred at Target, its CEO was shown the door, and reports later in the year surfaced that the university had failed before and after the breach to take steps to seriously address major vulnerabilities in its information systems.

Se ve n t h , i n h i s 1 3 ye a rs a s chancellor, Kirwan never saw fit to name the Art-Sociology Building after Parren Mitchell, the first black student on this campus, this state’s first black congressman, a founding member of the Congressional B l a c k C a u c u s a n d t h e fo r m e r c h a i r m a n o f t h e Ho u se S m a l l Business Committee, even though Mitchell helped Kirwan become the president of the university.

At any rate, today, the football team is predominantly black. The athletic director is black. Even the interim head coach is black. And it has been more than 50 years since Hill integrated this university’s football program. But he is still not a member of the Alumni Hall of Fame, and the football stadium is still named for a segregationist who told white parents that if Mitchell came to College Park, he wouldn’t be able to protect their daughters from Mitchell.

But, today, only four months after his retirement as Chancellor, Dr. Kirwan is being immortalized in the Mathematics Building.

I’m no mathematician, but to me, this Brit just doesn’t add up.

Say bye-bye to Curley, and do it in a hurry.

Colin Byrd is a senior sociology m a j o r. H e c a n b e re a c h e d a t colinabyrd@gmail.com.

Make College Park a better home for U community

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h e n m y fa m i l y a n d I moved to the national capital region from Seattle nine years ago, we very quickly fell in love with College Park. From its deep connections with the university to its multigenerational diverse population to the deep history embedded in its historic neighborhoods, at its best, the City of College Park pulls together the vibrancy and cosmopolitanism of our nation’s capital with the charm and neighborliness of a small town.

I should state, for the record, that neither my spouse nor I have gone to school or worked at the university, and although our 6- and 9-year-old children are equal parts impressed and obsessed with the hulking institution sitting impressively blocks from our home, we have no formal affiliation with the university, which isn’t the same thing at all as saying we are ambivalent toward it. To the contrary, we are regulars at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, have attended football and basketball games for many years and count university faculty, staff and students among our closest friends. We have benefited from having this great institution in our city and appreciate its many amenities. We are very fond of the university, and its presence in our city is one of the reasons we live here.

Given the many strengths of both the city and the university, it is therefore frustrating to observe how few staff and faculty live in our city and how few students after graduating choose to make College Park their home.

Only 643 of the university’s e m p l o ye e s n u m b e r a m o n g College Park’s 30,000 citizens, according to the university’s own figures, and most students decamp for other areas almost immediately upon graduating.

To keep alumni and faculty in the city, College Park must work hard to attract amenities, such as restaurants and shops that appeal to a broad range of residents and that can both cater to our student residents and attract enough business from those of us who are in College Park throughout the hot, hazy, slow summer months when many student-oriented businesses go under. As this occurs, the city should focus heavily on locally owned and operated businesses and could even create, in collaboration with the university, a low-interest business loan program to encourage graduates of the university to open businesses in College Park.

Additionally, the city should do more to empower and protect student residents renting houses near the university. In conversations with students living in these rental houses, I have heard shocking stories of crowded, poorly maintained houses owned by landlords who threaten to evict if residents complain about conditions. This exploitation of student residents is a tragedy, and the city should address it through a combination of increased code enforcement and by supporting the creation of a tenants’ association, which would act as a voice for student tenants in the College Park area.

It’s an exciting time to be living in College Park. From the cranes appearing around the city to the new spirit of collaboration between the city and the university, there is a palpable feeling of optimism about the future of our city. As the class of 2016 looks forward to graduation in the spring, and as new faculty and staff begin their careers at the university, I hope these Terps among us will stick around and join us in our collective effort of making our city an even greater place.

Jo h n R i g g i s a c a n d i d a t e f o r C i t y C o u n c i l i n C o l l e ge P a r k District 3. He can be reached at jrigg@jrigg.net.

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University system chancellor tours state

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Robert Caret meets with about 200 leaders in the business, government, education, development sectors

By Taylor Swaak @tswaak27 Senior staff writer After four days, 20 stops and about 900 miles, University System of Maryland Chancellor Robert Caret returned home from his “Powering Maryland Forward” statewide listening tour.

From Oct. 12 to Oct. 15, Caret traveled throughout the state, including Baltimore, Fruitland, Fort Washington, Sa l isbu r y, Rock v i l le a nd Cumberland, to “hear what people had to say, largely from the business and economic development community,” said Mike Lurie, a system spokesman.

During the State Employees Credit Union-funded tour, Caret met with about 200 activists and leaders in the government, business, education and economic development sectors, including Kevin Plank, a university alumnus and CEO of Under Armour, and Jim Perdue, the CEO of Perdue Farms Inc. Discussion topics included agricultural support, environmental protection, increasing educational opportunities in struggling regions and industry growth.

“Not on ly is it wel l received by everybody that you’re asking them how you can help them, but it also does provide me with a lot of feedback on where that help is needed,” said Caret, who conducted similar bus tours while he was University of Massachusetts System president for four years.

All meetings held during the tour — some of which had as many as 20 to 30 partici-

pants — were private, which Caret said made serious discussion possible and allowed contributors to “be as positive or negative as they wanted to be in terms of the issues they wanted to bring forward.”

For one of Caret’s first stops, the chancellor met with Plank at Under Armour’s Baltimore headquarters to discuss the company’s expansion and the possible addition of thousands of state employees.

“He wants a lot of those employees to be from here a nd to s t ay here,” Ca ret said. “So we were talking to him about his dreams for his company and the kind of work force he needs.”

Caret’s visit to Baltimore also included meetings with activists such as Wes Moore, who highlighted the need to focus on disadvantaged students, especially in terms of social mentoring, and help them “ramp up for adjusting to the job world, the network of contacts,” Lurie said.

For Caret, the visit further clarified the challenges facing the urban environment.

“One of the ladies [there] said it’s hard for a person to wake up in the morning and think about if they’re going to go to college … if the first thing on their mind is, ‘Am I going to be able to pay the rent?’”

Caret said.

For the farmers in Eastern Maryland and the winemakers in Western Maryland, their futures hold similar uncertainties.

Both parties told the chancellor the number of agricultural extensions — programs where faculty or staff members from land-grant campuses

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ROBERT CARET, University System of Maryland chancellor, toured the state over four days to meet with the business community. image courtesy of university of massachusetts/wikipedia offer expertise on issues such as soil problems and pesticides — has been severely cut back over the years, leaving them struggling to receive guidance.

Caret said there are only two agricultural experts to help about 160 wineries in the state.

“That all sort of hit home with me how serious this was for people who have put their whole life into doing something and wanted to make sure they were successful,” Caret said.

Additional tour points included meeting with Perdue to discuss the balance between agricultural prosperity and env iron mental conscientiousness and visiting Towson University Center in Harford County. Caret also stopped in Cumberland to speak with education leaders, such as Frostburg State University’s interim president Tom Bowling about “the competition to keep students from that part of the state from going to college in West Virginia,” Lurie said.

“Because of our geographic proximity to [West Virginia University] in particular, a number of students in the western pa rt of the state view WVU as an attractive alternative,” Bowling said.

“By raising the visibility of the institutions in Western M a r yl a nd , we c a n t r y to

combat that.”

With heightened awareness garnered from the tour, Caret said a document outlining the state’s needs is in progress. “ We’l l pick t he t h i n gs where we think we as a system can place some extra energy and get some things done,” said Caret, who presented a draft of the document and the trip’s highlights to Board of Regents members at an Oct. 23 retreat. “And then other things we’ll pass on to various people on campuses.”

Caret said he isn’t sure he will have a bus tour every year due to scheduling difficulties, but he does plan to “do something like it every year that gets me out into the community.” Caret is in the process of visiting each system institution this fall.

Bowling said the tour was successful in emphasizing the system’s commitment to the state.

“T he bus tour was successful in raising the visibility of the entire system and communicating a very clear message that the universities throughout the system want to be great partners with the businesses and agencies in the areas where they’re located,” Bowling said. tswaakdbk@gmail.com

now with their ways of doi ng th i ngs a nd thei r bad habits, but it would be hugely beneficia l to u s to te a c h t h e m h o w we do t h i ngs f rom t he beginning.”

As the previous general manager of 42six, a software company that offered engineering services and products within the public sector, Ca r rol l sa id he hired several graduates from this university and was impressed by their talents, which motivated him to locate Immuta close to the campus. “ We k n e w w e c o u l d make it work here,” he said.

“The concept was important to us.”

Carroll said the company headquarters will encompass 4,000 square feet on the first floor of the facility on 8400 Baltimore Ave. The company is using its own funds to renovate the space, which is expected to be completed by the end of November.

“The thing about College Park is that there’s not a lot of cool tech spaces,” Ca r rol l s a i d . “ L i k e i n Silicon Valley, there are spaces that are comfortable with coffee and free food — t h at’s wh at we want. A high-pace environment where any engineering major can come in and play with the software and learn.”

The company has earned $1.74 million in revenue and has recently gained a nother $1.5 m i l l ion i n venture capital, Carroll s a i d . A s o f n o w, t h e c o m p a ny i s o p e ra t i n g without university or state funding, said Ken Ulman, this university’s economic development strategist.

“THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF EMERGING COMPANY WE NEED TO CONNECT WITH THE UNIVERSITY. WE THINK THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF INNOVATION.” CARLO COLELLA

Vice president for administration and finance He said the university is thrilled with Immuta’s decision to base itself in College Park.

“A big part of my efforts here are to lure companies to start up in College Park and eventually grow and thrive here,” Ulman said. “This will provide our students with internship and job opportunities and supports President Loh’s Greater College Park vision.”

T he Greater College Park vision, which aims to enhance this university via development on the campus, p u b l i c-p r i v a t e re s e a rc h collaborations and downtown College Park projects, focuses on molding the city into a thriving college town.

Carlo Colella, this university’s vice president for administration and finance, said Immuta will contribute to this overall goal.

“This is exactly the kind of emerging company we need to connect with the university,” Colella said. “We think this is an example of innovation.”

Colella said the university and city will benefit from the addition of Immuta to the existing innovation district, which boasts new jobs and services available to the College Park community.

“The innovation district is creating a convenient physical environment for entrepreneurship and startups,” he said. “We are very happy Immuta is making a choice to stay.” hmillerdbk@gmail.com

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County approves food trucks

Latino Student Union discusses offensive Halloween costumes

By Lexie Schapitl @lexieschapitl Staff writer

Prince George’s considers 12 hubs

By Joe Atmonavage @Fus_DBK Staff writer

STUDENTS, faculty and university employees order food from the Green Tidings food truck at its Monday stop by the Main Administration Building. file photo/the diamondback

The Prince George’s County Council passed legislation earlier this month that would allow food trucks to operate in this county.

The county has not allowed food trucks in the past, except for at festivals and fairs. Food trucks benefit underserved areas of the county while promoting entrepreneurship and more food options for residents, said District 3 County Councilwoman Dannielle Glaros, who co-sponsored the legislation.

“My hope is that we are going to see these blossom in a lot of different places and people are going to have an incredibly positive experience across the county, like people are across the country with food trucks,” she said.

The county will approve licenses for 12 hubs, which is what the council is calling the locations food trucks can operate, in the first year.

Glaros said university and city officials have expressed interest in having a hub near the College Park Metro Station or where Little Tavern previously stood on Route 1.

“Particularly around the College Park Metro Station, where we have a lot of office employees,” she said. “It can really show the type of community that can exist over by the Metro station.”

Once passed by the council, legislation takes 45 days to be enacted. While the legisla-

tion will be enacted in midNovember, Glaros said council members expect food trucks to be operating by the beginning of 2016.

Glaros said they are taking the process slowly because of problems with illegal food trucks in surrounding areas in years past. They have partnered with the Prince George’s County Revenue Authority to tighten enforcement procedures, she said.

The hubs must be on the “open area or parking lot or public rights-of-way of the following: parks and recreational facilities under the operation and control of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, or areas within a onequarter mile radius of the station entrance of any Metro and MARC stations,” according to the legislation.

T he county is stressing the improvement of amenities around the areas of Metro stations because the employees have few food options, Glaros said.

“We are predom inately focused on Metro stations, because we really wanted places where we already have a decent amount of office employees,” she said. “We have a lot of employees, and they want some options. They want to be able to go out and grab a bite to eat a few times a week, not just sit at their desk.”

Three hubs have already

“WE HAVE A LOT OF EMPLOYEES, AND THEY WANT SOME OPTIONS. THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT AND GRAB A BITE TO EAT.” DANNIELLE GLAROS

District 3 county councilwoman b e e n re s e r v e d fo r l o c ations near Metro stations at Naylor Road, Suitland and New Carrollton, according to the legislation.

D i st r ict 3 Cou nci l m a n Robert Day, a former food truck operator, said he is a “huge fan of it” and the Little Tavern location would be “ideal.”

“It would be great to have an environment where people can be outside instead of being forced to go to the very few restaurants we have,” he said. “If they rotate the food trucks on a regular basis, you will create a following, and that is a great for the city.”

Eric Olson, the executive director of the College Park City-University Partnership, echoed Day’s thoughts and said food trucks could help develop that corner of town.

“It is right downtown,” he said. “It is right between the university and the city. We want more people downtown.

We want people enjoying the downtown area.” jatmonavagedbk@gmail.com

After junior electrical engineering major Bibiana Valdes moved to the United States from Mexico, she said, she realized Mexicans are often misrepresented.

“Not all Mexicans look the same, not all Latinos are Mexicans, and that’s something that definitely needs to be represented to society, something people should be aware of and definitely something that people need to do research on,” Valdes said. “Coming here and seeing that stereotype; it’s pretty hurtful.”

And with Halloween — and the parade of potentially offensive costumes that comes with it — around the corner, these stereotypes once again come to the forefront.

Valdes was one of about 20 students at this university who attended the Latino Student Union’s discussion about cultural appropriation in Halloween costumes Wednesday. The group discussed the use of blackface, dressing as Native Americans, Mexicans, Africans, Asians and other ethnic or religious groups in stereotypical ways, and women’s costu mes t h at sex u a lize the aspects or attire of other cultures.

Students sat in a semicircle in a Jimenez Hall classroom and shared their opinions about different examples of cultural costumes.

The group concluded that individuals can respectfully dress as celebrities or characters of another race or ethnicity but should do

their research before choosing how to dress up, educate others when their costumes are problematic and never use blackface.

LSU President Edwin Gonzalez said these costumes perpetuate harmful ways certain groups of people are often portrayed in the media. He said he hopes the media and society will move away from these portrayals.

“It’s a way of like saying, ‘Oh this is kind of like a joke, the way that they dress up,’” the junior education major said. “It’s kind of like them conti nu i ng th is ef for t to portray certain cultures in negative ways.”

B eyond t h i s event, t he issue of appropriation during Halloween is a concern for other students.

Wendy Laybourn, a fourthyear doctoral student studying sociology, said cultural appropriation involves taking the artistic forms, practices, themes or other aspects of another culture and using them “divorced from their true meanings” and “without understanding the history and the implication of those actions.”

Laybourn studies the representation of black men and women in hip-hop music and music videos.

While people intend their Halloween costumes to be worn for “a night of fun or comic relief or to be sexy,” dressing as Native Americ a n s, Me x ic a n s or ot her cultures reduces that group of people to an object or characterization based on stereotype, Laybourn said.

“A lot of people say, ‘Oh, it’s just in good fun,’ or ‘It’s just a joke; lighten up, like, it’s nothing serious,’” she said.

But by dressing this way,

“you are actually perpetuating stereotyping a group of people, you’re perpetuating racist acts or discriminatory treatment, right? … The same costumes that are just fun for you, for other people are the way they’re marked in society and a marker of differential treatment.”

Last year, senior African A m e r i c a n s t u d i e s m ajo r Cathryn Paul said she saw a young man on a university bus dressed as a homeless person, with “messedup clothes, missing teeth … crazy hair” and dirt on his body.

“I do a lot of volu nteer work with [the] homeless in Baltimore. I know homeless people. I know their situations, and homelessness is not sexy, and it’s not something to be laughed about. It’s definitely not a joke,” Paul said.

“When there’s homeless kids that don’t have the luxury of going trick-or-treating this Saturday, you have to sort of realize how disrespectful it is to make a joke of their situation and their circumstances.”

While these costumes and similar practices are often called “cultural appropriation,” Paul, service chairwoman of university political action group Community Roots, said it is more a matter of respecting other people.

“I don’t think people go and shop for Halloween costumes and intentionally say, ‘Hey I want to be offensive.’ I think they’re just looking to have fun and look cute or whatever it may be,” she said. “But just think, like, would you wear that costume around that group of people?” lschapitldbk@gmail.com

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was the time to take the next step and run for mayor.”

Balachandran said Mitchell is open to multiple perspectives and brings people together.

“Councilwoman Mitchell has shown the ability to facilitate consensus, bring different voices to the table and build that process,” she said.

If elected, Mitchell said she would hold “visioning sessions.” These meetings would involve students, business associations and residents to discuss their idea of a “blueprint” for the city.

“I know the university has its plan, and it’s fantastic and wonderful,” Mitchell said.

“We want to see how we can overlap with some of those goals but also maintain our own identity as a city going forward.”

She would like to see more concrete details about what the College Park City-University Partnership is doing, she said, as some residents h ave “m i st r u st” i n t he corporation.

“As mayor, it’d be incumbent on me to m a ke su re there’s a fi na ncia l report given to us annually to see what the City-University Partnership is doing,” she said.

A lt hou g h M itchel l h a s emph a si zed t he need for more open communication, District 2 Councilman P.J. Brennan said his experience with her has not been characterized by that.

“I don’t believe she’s really proven her leadership skills through accomplishments,” B re n n a n s a id . “Sh e a l so tends to be very short in her remarks, so it’s hard for me to really understand what she stands for or what she’s thinking. It’s not that she’s not a great person or someone who cares for her city greatly.

She’s just, as a leader in our community, hard to read.”

Fe l l o w s s a i d h e c o u l d always count on Mitchell to represent the city.

“Den ise was able to be places I couldn’t be and was able to represent the city very well,” said Fellows, who is endorsing District 1 Councilman Patrick Wojahn for his seat.

“If Patrick weren’t running,

If elected, Wojahn would be the first openly gay man to serve as College Park mayor — something he said hasn’t come up much in his campaign.

“It’s significant in some ways because of how much of a non-issue it is, really,” he said. “I can go out and talk about my husband, and most people don’t bat an eyelash.

It’s just a fact of life that Dave is my family, other residents have their families and we all live together in College Park.”

While on council, Wojahn spearheaded a motion to change the city’s charter, adding a provision stating that with regards to employment, housing and public accommodation, the city would not discriminate because of religion, gender or sexual orientation, among other bases.

“While you don’t get any major points in terms of providing anything new, like services, to the city, you provide an environment and promote a culture of inclusivity,” District 2 Councilman P.J. Brennan said of Wojahn’s efforts to pass the charter amendment.

“That was a very important and thoughtful thing.”

It’s not the first time Wojahn was involved with legislation promoting equality. He and Dave Kolesar, his husband and campaign treasurer, were among the 19 plaintiffs in the lawsuit that led to marriage equality in this state.

But his work in College Park has gone beyond LGBT issues.

He said he prioritizes collaboration with city stakeholders, which led to what he counts as one of his most notable accomplishments — founding College Park Day. “We brought together people from the university, from the SGA, from the county, as well as residents from every neighborhood in the city to make it into a great event,” he said. “When we started that in 2010, there were over 1,000 people. … This year, we had over 4,000 people in attendance.”

He also formed the Neighborhood Stabilization and Quality of Life Workgroup with District 3 Councilwoman Stephanie Stullich. The group came up with more than 70 strategies to “address the

DIVERSITY From PAGE 3 larger challenge to society is how the engagement at the K-12 environment happens.”

‘A LOT MORE WE CAN DO’ Getting underrepresented minorities to matriculate at the university is the first step. The second: creating an accepting and inclusive campus environment. “ It’s no t a b o ut s i mply helpi ng people get i n the d o o r,” S h o r t e r- G o o d e n said. “It’s not just access; it’s success.”

The Office of Diversity & Inclusion gets requests “all the ti me” to do d iversity and inclusion training for departments or staff units, she said.

H o w e v e r, g i v e n m o r e funds for additional staff, Shor ter-G ooden sa id the office would like to develop a systematic training on cultural competency for faculty and staff.

“The whole issue of educating faculty and educating staff, as well as educati ng students bot h i n a nd outsid e t he c l a ssro om . I think there’s a lot more we can do,” Shorter-Gooden sa id. “We do th i ngs here and there. We do things by request, but it’s not reachi n g ever yone a rou nd t he institution.”

There are clubs for women study i ng busi ness, eng i-

COUNCILWOMAN DENISE MITCHELL speaks to the SGA on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013.

Mitchell has focused on transparency in her campaign for mayor. file photo/the diamondback I could see myself supporting her, but it’s a case where I really feel Patrick is the better candidate.”

North College Park Citizens Association President Christine Nagle, a former District 1 councilwoman who is running for a seat again this year, said she is supporting Mitchell.

“Denise is someone who brings people together and is easy to work with,” she said.

“I’m running for council, and I think about the person I want to serve with, as well as who is best for the residents.”

Mitchell, past chairwoman of the city’s Education Advisory Committee, said education is her primary passion.

She pl a n s to pr ior it i ze finding a permanent location for College Park Academy and boosting the number of College Park children enrol led. I n 2014, 32 of the school’s 375 students were from College Park. Mitchell said she wants to work on changing the perception surrounding Prince George’s County schools.

“We always want to make sure we give our children who reside in College Park a good educational system,” said Mitchell, a member of the academy’s board. “Housing and education are tied together. If you have a good school system, people will move into the area, and that’s another reason we want to make sure we have a good school system to bring prospective new residents to our city.”

A few years ago, Mitchell took an online class offered by the International Town a nd G ow n A ssociation, a group that aims to address issues between universities

neering and mathematics, the Common Ground Dialogue Program to promote d i scu ssion s on sen sit ive topic s, t he L GB T E qu it y Center a nd other student support services and centers.

Shorter-Gooden’s office a lso tries to ra ise awa reness of diversity issues with events such as this month’s t h i rd a n nu a l R i se A b ove “-isms” week.

For many minority students, academic programs and other services on the campus can help them find a community.

“Being in [the Incentive Awards Program], there’s so many diverse students we have,” Egbufoama said.

“T he fact that they come from these different backg rou nds a nd a reas, but they’re such high-achieving students, it inspires me and all of us that we can really be successful in the things we set our minds to.”

Laurie Frederik, the Latin American Studies Center director, said diversity is not as stra ightforwa rd as the race and ethnicity checkboxes seen on so many forms.

“For a lot of those students, it’s ab out f i nd i n g themselves, finding their own routes and their own origins and understanding t he c u lt u re s f rom wh ich their families come from,” Frederik said. “We have a really narrow idea of racial c ategor ie s i n t he Un ite d States, and it’s very visual.”

and the cities they’re in.

Mitchell represented the City Council and presented on the city’s strategies at the association’s 2014 annual con ference i n Clemson, South Carolina.

M itchel l sa id she h a s s t r ive d to i nvolve s t udents in city affairs. She had about four university students work with her as i nterns du ri ng her ti me on the council, something she would like the city as a whole to incorporate.

“This past year, [Councilman Fazlul] Kabir put this in part of our budget, and we’ll pay for actual interns. This is another way to bridge the gap and build relationships with students,” she said. “We have not worked out the actua l prog ra m.

T hat’s l i kely someth i ng we’ll discuss in December or when the next mayor and council come aboard.”

T he goa l of the i ntern prog ra m, she sa id, is to make sure students have the opportunity to witness the way city government operates — something she wants every resident to have the chance to do.

At a forum earlier this month, Mitchell said she would put all changes to the city’s charter to a nonbinding referendum. This way, the question would be included on a ballot so students and residents had the chance vote on the issue at hand.

“As mayor,” Mitchell said, “it would be my responsibility to make sure everyone in every district has information and everyone is heard.” trichmandbk@gmail.com

“IT’S NOT ABOUT SIMPLY HELPING PEOPLE GET IN THE DOOR. IT’S NOT JUST ACCESS; IT’S SUCCESS.” Kumea Shorter-Gooden Chief diversity officer

Based on events going on around the world, certain populations are prioritized among diversity initiatives more so than other groups, Frederik said.

“In terms of Latin American studies, we are dealing with people who have different kinds of racial identities, who are not necessarily seen as diverse by their peers or their institution, and therefore, not seen as needing funding,” Frederik said. “Our program has definitely been cut in the last couple of years.”

Last month, the universit y a n nou nced t wo new leadership positions in the African-American studies department and the creation of the Judge Alexander Williams Jr. Center for Education, Justice and Ethics. The African-American studies fiscal year 2016 state budget is $929,269, and last academic year, the department provided 1,625 seats for its courses, Oscar Barbarin, the department chairman, wrote in an email.

Barbarin said he wants the department “to really have an impact on one of the most significant issues facing the

local areas and the state and perhaps the nation.”

In a n effort to i ncrease student awa reness, the general education program, adopted for t he fa l l 201 2 f resh m a n cl ass, requ i res students to complete a diversity requirement. T his includes six credits of Understanding Plural Societies courses or one Understanding Plural Societies course and one Cultural Competence course.

More t h a n 100 cou rses offered th is fa l l cou nt toward this requirement.

Ruth Zambrana, director of this university’s Consortium on Race, Gender and Ethnicity, has taught a senior seminar and said the students “don’t know anything about African-Americans.”

“W hat does that tell us about the university? [Students] ca n ta ke whatever they want,” Zambrana said.

“That was not a solution to a problem.”

Instead, Zambrana said all freshmen should be required to take a course on inequality and race in the country.

At the same time, faculty s h o u ld s t r ive to b e c om e knowledgeable of race, ethn icity a nd class issues i n their areas, Zambrana said.

“P rofessors need to be informed that many of the underrepresented students have gone through our public school system, which is not the best, in neighborhoods that are highly segregated for t hese k id s, i nclud i ng Prince George’s County,”

COUNCILMAN PATRICK WOJAHN speaks at a university SGA meeting on Oct. 7. Wojahn is running for mayor on a platform of continued city development. stephanie natoli/the diamondback long-standing tensions in our city between students and longterm residents,” he said.

Some of these strategies included the creations of on-campus tailgates and community event grants, which any resident can apply for to host neighborhood events like block parties.

The “atmosphere of collaboration” between the city and university has grown stronger since university President Wallace Loh took over in 2010, Wojahn said. He remembers Loh inviting the City Council and the university’s senior administration to his president’s residence for dinner.

Wojahn recalls discussing the “great and innovative things” done at this university and the potential those projects have to bring jobs into the city.

“Under Armour got its start at the university, but unfortunately, as of now, these types of businesses move to other cities to make all their money,” he said. “We need to work hard to get them to stay in College Park. Having that dinner and sitting down to talk to the top officials at the university made me realize the potential fruits of our collaboration.”

T he new developments popping up along Route 1 — and the quality of these new businesses — show that potential, something Wojahn said he wants to build on.

Wojahn said he recognizes some residents’ concerns with new development and would work to ensure they get the services and amenities they are looking for.

“We need to make sure that development is something that serves the residents well, and resident voices are at the table,” he said.

Committing to high-qual-

ity development is part of the reason Wojahn voted to rebuild the College Park City Hall in its current location on Knox Road — a vote that divided the council 5-3.

“That was a question of whether or not we want to invest in our downtown,” he said.

“We’re working … to create not just a great civic building, but a public square. I envision it as a gathering place where the city and university meet.”

Some residents, including West College Park Citizens Association President Suchitra Balachandran, said Wojahn’s vote went against the wishes of residents who wanted further discussion on the project.

At a candidate forum earlier this month, Balachandran asked Wojahn why District 4 residents should vote for him if he does not listen to what they have to say.

“Patrick is very smart and has a lot of good ideas, but a lot of times it doesn’t work out in the residents’ best interest,” said Christine Nagle, a former District 1 councilwoman who is running to reclaim a seat this year. “Patrick doesn’t really bring the city together.”

Stullich has the opposite opinion. She said Wojahn “tries to find win-win solutions during sometimes difficult issues in a way that makes sense for the city as a whole.” The vision he has for College Park, she said, is a positive one.

“I hope to see College Park become a top-tier college town,” Wojahn said. “I hope to see us have a Route 1 corridor not just known for its traffic but for its high-quality businesses and art scene and atmosphere that people want to come to and spend time in.”

Zambrana said.

For Ced i l lo, who works with elementary- and middle-school students on the B a lt i more Urb a n D eb ate League and encourages them to go to college, going back to Baltimore City can be a “reality check.”

“Because I’ve been raised here and I feel like I

was always involved in the culture of Baltimore City, I feel like I can never remove myself from that,” Cedillo s a i d . “ It’s i m p o r t a n t to never forget where you came from. Because I came from that, it’s important for me to help out other people.”

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REVIEW | ALUNAGEORGE AT U STREET

IT TAKES TWO Futuristic pop duo AlunaGeorge find the right balance between electric vitality and focused workmanship

By Josh Magness @josh_mag Staff writer

reflection of AlunaGeorge’s vision for its sonics. In a way, that indiscernible mixture of vocals and electronic elements is what makes the group’s music so unique. After all, Francis’ When musicians come together, singing — often computerized to they often are bonded by homogeblend in with dance breaks — and neous performance styles.

Reid’s production are so intertwined Tenacious D, comprising of Jack that one cannot exist without the Black and Kyle Gass, seeks to entertain just as much through its silly antics as other. it does its equally humorous music.

Even when performing collaboraThe legendary band Kiss wouldn’t be tions — the most recognizable being the same if its members didn’t don DJ Snake’s remake of “You Know outlandish makeup and act like absoYou Like It” and Disclosure’s “White Noise” — the duo established its lute yet lovable weirdos. Nearly every autonomy as self-sufficient artists. indie-rock band you’ll come across During “You Know You Like It,” the will be energetic enough to keep the duo played its original production audience engaged but aloof enough on verses and switched to DJ Snake’s to appear despondently mysterious. refined adaptation for the choruses, But AlunaGeorge, an electronic a compromise that gave the audience music duo from England, marches to the beat of its own drum — both what they were waiting for while afindividually and as a group. firming AlunaGeorge’s devotion to In front of a sold-out crowd at U aluna francis (front) provided dazzling, unbridled energy Tuesday while George Reid (back) anchored the duo’s sound. josh magness/for the diamondback its handiwork. Its performance of “White Noise” remained unaltered, Street Music Hall on Tuesday night, Aluna Francis slinked across the venue’s dance beats and calm demeanor, was the Francis’ melodic vocals projected a poppy but Francis made it her own as she resolutely cramped stage, sinuously moving her hips skeleton, and the dynamo that is Francis vibe over Reid’s lo-fi grooves that embrace belted soaring vocals. and flashing sly smirks to the overjoyed fans was the skin. Reid set the foundation, and quirks and unconventionality. The song’s Aside from the standard “You guys are huddled before her. Francis, the group’s vo- Francis provided the embellishment. Francis resourceful lyricism — “Everything you awesome!” that all artists are seemingly calist and songwriter, winked at a jumping was undoubtedly the dazzling vessel for the exhale is attracting flies,” a double entendre required to shout multiple times, nothing teenage boy before seductively reaching music — as well as the heart and soul of the that could also come across as “attractive about the night seemed contrived or solely down and grabbing her crotch, an action met group — but Reid acted as the anchor that lies” — highlighted the depth of the group’s for show. Sometimes Francis seemed a tad style that extends far beyond danceable bass youthful and unpolished, and Reid could with uproarious cheers. She would often hold kept it in place.

The two, along with a drummer to their drops. benefit from some more personality, but her microphone out into the crowd, asking Those drops and the synthy supplements by and large the concert seemed to be the audience members to show off their pipes. right, proved that those differences are inthat went along with them were unequivo- authentic expression of two artists driven George Reid, the duo’s producer, was as significant when the music is good. cally the main attraction for those in atten- by their personal convictions.

And good it was. stiff as Francis was lively. He tensely stood In a little more than an hour, the duo dance. The audience unabashedly danced in front of a soundboard, rapidly twisting Whether or not AlunaGeorge will maintain and turning dials. It was as if Reid was alone navigated through the gems in its “futur- their hearts out during the relentless looping its growing relevance depends on how much in the studio, laboriously concocting elec- istic pop” discography, while interweaving beats of “Supernatural” and the heavy bass Francis and Reid are willing to adapt their tronic beats, instead of standing before an a handful of collaborations with big-name thuds of “Toca Me,” which featured Francis offbeat style. Judging from Tuesday’s show, they are flexible to a point but unwilling energized crowd of admirers. Aside from artists that elevated them from a nameless intently tapping away at a soundboard.

At times, the instrumentation was so to compromise too much. No matter what the occasional grin to Francis, his face was entity to an indie group on the precipice of boisterously loud that it drowned out path they choose, however, they are almost expressionless and suggested a certain de- mainstream recognition.

The group’s opening performance of “At- Francis’ tender vocals, a disappointing oc- certain to continue accruing worthwhile tachment to the environment around him.

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THE DIAMONDBACK | diversions | THURSDAY, october 29, 2015 REVIEW | ‘CELEBRATING PHOTOGRAPHY’ AT THE NGA

Capturing humanity The National Gallery of Art celebrates 25 years of photography collections in a stunning display of visual art

photography as eclectic and affecting as these two shots by Robert Frank (Mabou Mines on the left and Political Rally- Chicago on the right) are on display at the National Gallery of Art’s exhibit.

By Evan Berkowitz @TheEndOfMyWitz For The Diamondback “Before you enter the photography galleries, walk five steps past them and look at this work by Vik Muniz,” said Sarah Greenough, National Gallery senior curator, referencing the large photo collage at a news preview Tuesday morning.

“You can’t miss it.”

“He copied George Bellows’ 1911 painting of New York by tearing up magazines,” Greenough said.

“It’s a very telling juxtaposition, I think.”

“Just as the Bellows painting, with its sea of humanity snarled in an impossible traffic jam … so perfectly represents the new New York that was emerging at the dawn of the 20th century, so too does the Muniz succinctly summarize the visual cacophony of the image-saturated 21st century,” she said.

The work alludes to the gallery’s collection of photographs, Greenough said, a collection celebrating its 25th anniversary of collecting photographs with this, the final of three exhibitions, set to open Nov. 1.

It’s a collection, she said, meant

to “stand up to the finest paintings of the National Gallery and speak as compellingly about our time as those did to the moment that they were made.”

To the entire photography team: mission thoroughly accomplished.

The Muniz image, not a part of the exhibition but worthwhile on its own, is teeming with humanity.

Bustling, buzzing, mad-dash humanity. So too do the works on view capture this intense corporeality.

The show turns photography’s scathing but unprejudiced eye on what Nietzsche and my art history professor would call “human — all too human.”

An early highlight is a set of images from Robert Frank’s The Americans that shows a country in flux from all the right angles.

Richard Avedon’s The Family, occupying a wall across the room, faces off with The Americans to edifying results. “ Ro b e r t Fra n k a n d R i c h a rd Avedon, two giants of the postwar period … were very different artists from very different backgrounds with very different styles,” Greenough said. “And yet they each expressed the anxious tenor of the time.”

The Family was the product of a

Rolling Stone commission on the power players of the 1976 election. There’s everyone from the disgraced — former Nixon Attorney General Richard Kleindienst — to the not-quite entirely risen — future President George H.W. Bush and future Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, among others.

Avedon’s pairings — retained from the magazine by the gallery — are entirely telling, from Senator Ted Kennedy and his mother Rose to César Chavez, the noted labor leader, and future President Ronald Reagan.

His most interesting and prescient dyad was of William Mark Felt, revealed in 2005 to be Watergate’s “Deep Throat” source, and Rose Mary Woods, President Nixon’s secretary. Other power players, including Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham, are portrayed with an affective intensity indicative of Avedon.

“Using his signature style,” Greenough said, “Avedon photographed his subjects close up facing forward, devoid of props and against a white background, almost like police mug shots.”

The prison theme is revisited quite literally by Deborah Luster in the next room.

photos courtesy of the national gallery of art/ (c) robert frank

“In the aftermath of her mother’s unsolved murder,” Greenough said, Luster “became fascinated with violence, crime and their effects on society. … She began to make portraits of inmates at several prisons in Louisiana, seeking to humanize them.”

“Titled One Big Self , it’s a disquieting reminder of the penal system and … the lives lost or put on hold inside and outside of prison,” Greenough said.

It humbly and sympathetically shows humans on the outskirts of society.

This outskirt, this space not quite without or within, is explored in the next gallery.

Continuing this and the prison theme is Lewis Baltz’s San Quentin Point series, part of a magnificent donation announced at the preview (the exhibition is entirely made up of new accessions).

The titular point is “a spit of land between affluent suburban homes and California’s oldest prison,” according to exhibition wall text.

Simon Norfolk’s famous images of Kenya’s vanishing Lewis Glacier chronicle another purgatorial place.

“He plotted [the glacier’s] footprint in 1934, ’63, ’87 and 2014,” Greenough said. “With his camera

set for an extended exposure, he photographed himself walking along those lines at night carrying a makeshift gasoline torch.”

“The resulting pictures capture the former boundaries of the glacier as a line of fire,” Greenough said.

The final room returns to humanity. Selections by Paul Graham interleaf a man ceaselessly pushing a lawnmower (like Sisyphus’s rock) with increasingly barren supermarket shelves.

A last work, like the cabin at the end of The Giver, provides a touching denouement on a quartercentury of collecting and nearly two centuries of photography itself.

It depicts Frank’s newly bought Nova Scotia cottage through four stitched photographs (one of which features the artist’s hand in a dominating foreground).

“By extending his hand over the landscape,” Greenough said, “he seems to be joyously inviting us to share this magnificent vista with him.”

In the show, we are similarly beckoned. So come and take a look.

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SEXISM OF THE SKIMPINESS The Halloween costume experience has become bafflingly different for women as compared to men

sexy halloween costumes have not only branched off into the bizarre (Trump, Cecil the Lion, Pizza Rat), but they also represent a forced expectation that women must treat Halloween as a sexualized spectacle of their bodies.

By Mel DeCandia @meldecandia Staff writer The Halloween costume search is starting to feel increasingly similar to bathing-suit shopping — each year the trend seems to lean toward wearing less clothing and showing more skin — well, for women anyway.

It is bizarre that a pagan harvest festival evolved into an excuse for women to wear lingerie in public and pass it off as a costume. Neverthe-

less, Lindsay Lohan’s character in Mean Girls speaks the truth: “Halloween is the one day a year when a girl can dress up like a total slut and no other girls can say anything else about it.” But why only a girl? Why aren’t the boys allowed, nay expected, to do the same?

On Party City’s website, for instance, “sexy costumes” are featured in the wo m e n ’s s e c t i o n a l o n e (though not in plus sizes).

Oddly, “funny costumes” are only found in the men’s

section of the site.

A n d wh i l e s e x y c o p s, nurses and French maids are somewhat standard, nowadays nearly anything can be turned “sexy” with some variant of a leotard and thigh-high socks — Donald Trump included.

It is hard to gauge women’s opinions on the issue, but whatever they are, women are still overwhelmingly buying these costumes. In fact, according to Forbes, lingerie retailer Yandy will make $15

m i l l i o n t h i s H a l l owe e n season selling “sexy” ensembles based on viral news such as Pizza Rat, Cecil the Lion and The Dress, each ranging from about $30 to $250 in price.

Yet as more people are willing to align themselves with feminism and gender equality today, it is surprising that the one-sidedness o f t h e sex y H a l l owe e n costume trend persists.

Of course, objectification is not inherently wrong. But given the current costume

climate, the objectification is outright unequal across t h e sexe s. Fu r t h e r more, when sexiness is an expectation rather than a choice on a woman’s part, her enthusiasm or consent is questionable at best.

That’s not to say the sexy costumes must be abandoned o r s h u n n e d co m p l e te ly.

For some women, dressing scantily can be exciting and even empowering. If men and women were given the same range of costume options, perhaps the Halloween mi-

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crocosm of our sexist society would cease to exist.

At the end of the day, people come in many shapes and sizes, can identify anywhere on the gender spectrum and all deserve to feel comfortable and respected — on Halloween and every day. If taking a stand on the sexism of sexy Halloween costumes can make some small progress toward equality, then it is certainly one worth taking. mdecandiadbk@gmail.com

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League — a path that would also satisfy his parents’ desire for a top-level education — From PAGE 16 was bleak.

The guard knew he had to do ‘WANTED TO PLAY something different.

SO BAD’

Ram had a dilemma in middle school.

His parents were still at work when his bus got home, so he couldn’t get into the local fitness center, where the policies didn’t allow children under 14 years old to enter without supervision.

And he’d outgrown the plastic basketball hoop in his basement, a gift from his grandmother for his ninth birthday that fueled his dreams to be like Juan Dixon.

Most days, Ram rushed to finish his homework — his parents’ rule to play sports.

Then, he’d walk to the gym and tell the front-desk staffer his parents were already inside.

“I just wanted to play so bad,” Ram said.

Around the same time, Ram played in a recreation league all-star game. One spectator was River Hill High School’s junior-varsity basketball coach. After the game, Ram introduced himself and said he wanted to play for the Hawks.

Ram made the JV squad his first two seasons. On varsity as a junior, Ram teamed with Michael Campanaro — now a Baltimore Ravens wide receiver — to advance the Hawks to the regional finals.

“He was probably, by far, the quickest kid that I had ever coached,” varsity coach Matt Graves said. “That includes Michael Campanaro.”

Ram, a 5-foot-9 guard, also played for an AAU team and placed third at a national tournament in his senior year.

Still, scouts took extra convincing.

Ram went to basketball camps. He fielded calls from Division III coaches. But the prospect of achieving his dream of playing in the Ivy

‘THE TURNING POINT’ Their son had just graduated from River Hill with honors and had acceptances to this university and a presidential scholarship to UMBC. But to the dismay of his parents, Kolandavel and Santhini Ramasamy — neither of whom were athletes — Ram’s dream of playing college basketball meant he spent his first year out of River Hill playing basketball at The Winchendon School.

“He felt something was not right, and he was not happy,” Santhini Ramasamy said. “He told me, ‘Mom, I know it’s different.’”

During his year at the prep school in Massachusetts, Ram improved his skills enough to move to Division III Trinity College for the 2011-12 season.

Two years in New England, though, left Ram homesick.

Plus, he was considering changing majors, so he transferred to this university. Ram remembered people told him he “was going to have to give up basketball.” He wasn’t going to be able to cut it at a Division I program.

But Ram worked out with a local coach, Geoff Reed, twice a day, every day during that summer. The duo couldn’t find open gym time, so they set up camp on River Hill’s outdoor blacktop.

They ran countless defensive drills and polished Ram’s shooting skills. Reed strapped Ram into resistance bands for sprints and slides.

All the while, Ram wasn’t guaranteed a tryout with the Terps in the fall.

“He still had this passion, and he wasn’t sure he would get a shot at Maryland,” Santhini

GUARD VARUN RAM poses with his family and coach Mark Turgeon on Senior Day last season before the Terps’ 66-55 win over Michigan on Feb. 28 at Xfinity Center. file photo/the diamondback

he was shooting hoops in Chennai, where his parents emigrated from in 1988.

Jayachandran, who met Ram during a high school basketball camp, had started the Crossover Basketball and Scholars Academy to promote athletics to underprivileged kids.

In the same region he used to visit relatives every couple years with his family, Ram was now part of the program’s “Hoops Creating Hope” camp for two weeks of summers 2014 and 2015.

Ram and the volunteers visited schools during the day. They also went sightseeing to experience the culture — Ram already spoke the native tongue, Tamil — and related to the kids.

Then from 4 to 6 p.m., the kids traveled to the camp to learn basketball. Some of the children didn’t know anything about the sport. Some didn’t even have shoes.

But after two weeks of ball handling, shooting, yoga and classroom stations, the kids came to love the sport and its lessons. The volunteers also promoted daily themes like leadership, communication and teamwork.

Ram demonstrated those concepts when one of the vol‘THE IMPACTS unteers leading the yoga station YOU MADE’ had to leave for an emergency, One summer after Ram and he stepped in to lead the competed in the Caribbean, poses for the day.

“Away he went,” Jayachandran said. “There was no quesPAID ADVERTISEMENT tion. I just looked at him and said, ‘Hey, I need you to do You deserve a factual look at . . . this,’ and he jumped.”

One of the children from Ram’s first trip paid extra Refusing peace talks with Israel, Arab leaders issue a t te n t i o n . A b oy n a m e d incendiary lies and anti-Semitic slander, inciting waves of Phillip traveled eight hours deadly hate crimes against innocent Jews. by train to attend with nine of his classmates from an The Palestinian Authority, desperate for international attention, now falsely accuses Israel of threats to al-Aksa mosque atop Jerusalem’s Temple Mount. Denying all Jewish rights to Judaism’s holiest site, President Mahmoud institution for orphans and Abbas rants about Jews defiling the mosque with their “filthy feet.” Result: Dozens of terror attacks and five marginalized boys. murdered in 21 days.

Phillip had played basketball before, but to do so at CrossJerusalem killings, the Palestinian Authority (PA) What are the facts? over, his classmates lived in a “saluted” the murderers and denounced Israeli police for A teenage girl on an official Palestinian Authority TV shooting them. No wonder terrorist Dalal Mughrabi, hostel for two weeks. show proudly recites a poem with the lines “Oh sons of who hijacked and blew up an Israeli bus, killing 38 Zion, oh most evil among creatures/Oh barbaric Phillip learned moves and Israeli civilians, has had Palestinian schools, summer monkeys, wretched pigs.” The program host cries played one-on-one with Ram. camps and a town square named after her. Likewise, the “Bravo!” and applauds. A young girl on Palestinian TV Hamas terror organization in Gaza glorified as “heroic” Later that year, Phillip and explains she wants to be a policeman when she grows up the execution of three innocent Israeli teenagers last his U-18 team won a national “so that I can shoot Jews.” year.

In fact, Arab Palestinian culture is saturated with tournament among all of the Collapse of the PA and Chances for Peace. The anti-Semitic incitement, starting from the first grades of Indian states.

Palestinian Authority is in shambles—on the edge of school, in daily news media, political speeches and most bankruptcy, in a mortal struggle with archrival Hamas He credited Ram, one of a insidiously the mosques of Gaza and the West Bank. and staggering under the few current Division I players (Imagine our outrage if the leadership of 80-year-old U.S. President declared that of Indian heritage, as his inspiIf incitement does not stop, Mahmoud Abbas, now in his an ethnic group had filthy ration on the court. year of a four-year feet and would contaminate Congress should reduce the $500 twelfth term, with no successor in “When you hear stories about a place of worship.) The core sight. Abbas refuses to the impacts you made on them issue at the heart of million in aid we currently spend to return to peace talks, Palestinian hate for Jews is and how they’re doing better prop up the Palestinian Authority. though Israeli Prime an obsessive belief that Jews because of that camp,” Ram said, Minister Netanyahu invites are non-believers who have such negotiations with no preconditions. Truth told, “it gives you goose bumps.” zero rights in Muslim Palestine—this despite inarguable Ramasamy said. “Then he tried out and that was just like the turning point in his life.”

The Terps coaches brought Ram to tryouts in late September 2012 and continued to invite him back.

A few weeks later, Ram opened his email and saw the program requested to add him to its roster.

“I was like ‘Oh my God,’” Ram said. “I just filled out the paperwork as fast as I could.”

At practice that day, Turgeon pulled the Terps into a huddle and named Ram to the squad, a moment he said sparked “goose bumps out the wahoo.”

When Ram called his mom to share the news, she rushed to tell all of her colleagues.

He had to sit out the season as a transfer, but Ram played in the team’s Summer Basketball Tour in the Bahamas in 2013. Soon after, Ram’s “second-best feeling ever” came when Turgeon offered him a scholarship.

“Oh, God,” Santhini Ramasamy said, “it was just like a double treat.”

But in traveling with the Terps that summer, Ram passed up an opportunity to make a difference across the globe.

Palestinian Incitement to Terror

scientific proof of the Jews’ 3,000-year continuous history in the Holy Land, preceding Muslims’ arrival by 1,600 years.

The most recent incitement has been the fantastical claim by Palestinian authorities that Israel is planning to tear down al-Aksa mosque—for which there is no evidence and which Israel has steadfastly denied. In addition, Palestinians are now insisting that Jews, Christians and other “non-believers” no longer be permitted to visit the Temple Mount—despite the allowance of such multi-sectarian visits since Israel liberated the site from Jordan in 1967.

No surprise that a rash of anti-Semitic terrorist violence is currently roiling Israel. One Jewish man was killed on Rosh Hashanah when Palestinian youths bombarded his car with large stones, forcing him to crash. Another 30ish couple was shot in their car as their four children watched from the back seat. Two Orthodox Jews were killed in Jerusalem’s Old City when a Palestinian teenager stabbed them to death. Dozens more rock, firebomb, stabbing, shooting and car attacks on innocent Israelis have occurred in recent weeks.

What’s worse, perpetrators of such murderous hate crimes are celebrated as heroes by Palestinian leaders and the Arab street. Indeed, instead of condemning the

since recent polls show the majority of Palestinians believe their mission is to conquer all of Israel, it is unlikely the Arab street would accept any peace deal based on a two-state solution. Meanwhile, Hamas continues to gain strength in the West Bank and is likely to seize power on Abbas’ departure, putting radical Islamists in control of the entire Palestinian enterprise.

What Can Israel Do, What Can the U.S. Do? Israel continues to show restraint in managing terror attacks throughout Israel and on the Temple Mount. But clearly, in the face of the current wave of murders and other hatemotivated violence against civilians, Israel has no choice but to keep the peace—increasing police presence in violent hot spots and levying stiffer penalties for perpetrators (and their parents, since many offenders are juveniles).

The U.S., for its part, can pressure Mr. Abbas and the Palestinian Authority diplomatically to cease its lying about the Temple Mount, anti-Semitic slanders and other incitements to violence. In addition, if such incitement does not stop immediately, the U.S. Congress should take steps to reduce the $500 million in aid we currently spend to prop up the Palestinian Authority, millions of which provides “salaries” to convicted Palestinian terrorists in Israeli jails.

The Palestinian Authority’s inflammatory anti-Israel rhetoric has led to a wave of terrorism that threatens to devolve into a third intifada. Although President Abbas claims he wants peace, his words and actions prove he wants to provoke another explosion of violence to win international sympathy and bring pressure on Israel. Israel must deal firmly with these violent outbreaks, and the U.S. must indicate to Abbas and the PA that it will not fund lies, racism and terror.

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guard varun ram dribbles up the court during the Terps’ 82-48 victory over Wagner on Nov. 14 at Xfinity Center. He played for Trinity College before the Terps. file photo/the diamondback ‘A GOOD PEST’

tactics, but he’s also the player teammates come to for help.

Early in forward Damonte Dodd’s freshman year, he had tro ub le adjusting to the speed of college basketball. So he’d sit on the bench next to Ram and ask for help because the coaches were busy.

Transfer guard Jaylen Brantley picked Ram’s brain while learning a new offense this offseason. He, along with freshman center Diamond Stone, also leaned on Ram to adjust to school.

And when his team has a rough practice, Ram will play some of his rap or jazz music, “just to get our mind off of it,” Trimble said.

“But it’s good jazz.”

Assistant coach Cliff Warren swears Ram majors in “invertebrate zoology.”

The 2015 graduate actually earned a degree in physiology and neurobiology. “ I d o n ’t k n ow h ow h e does it,” Warren said. “Much smarter than the average bear.”

Ram, though, came back for a fifth year to pursue a graduate degree in supply chain management. That way, he’d be more marketable for consulting jobs and medical school, and he’d exhaust his “gold” in eligibility.

Because he’s undersized, Ram’s relied on his speed, hustle and understanding of the game to keep his spot on a loaded Terps roster.

“That’s what’s gotten me to ‘ICING ON THE CAKE’ this level,” Ram said. “It hasn’t been bodying people on the As Valparaiso’s shot was post or overpowering anyone.” tipped to the Terps and the buzzer signaled their suc“WHEN YOU HEAR cessful stand in the program’s STORIES ABOUT THE first tournament game in five IMPACTS YOU MADE years, Ram was soon airborne ON THEM AND HOW in the embrace of former forward Jon Graham.

THEY’RE DOING BETThe rest of the Terps joined TER BECAUSE OF THAT in, slapping Ram’s head. They CAMP, IT GIVES YOU were thrilled to see the guard’s pesky moves foil someone GOOSE BUMPS.” else’s play.

VARUN RAM Tu rge o n to o k a d e e p Terrapins men’s basketball guard breath from the sideline and So ever since Melo Trimble thought, “Thank God.” His arrived in College Park last decision to insert the former season as a highly touted walk-on paid off. rookie, Ram’s job has been to After all, the coach was in a make Trimble’s job difficult. tough spot. Two of his startIn almost every workout ers — Dodd and forward Jake — half-speed scrimmages Layman — had already fouled included — Ram shadows out, and his team wasn’t “as Trimble in a full-court press, deep as we are going to be jabbing at the ball and taking this year.” charges.

Ram’s parents, meanwhile, “He’s a pest,” coach Mark didn’t see their son’s heroics Turgeon said, “ but he’s a until they watched a replay on good pest.”

TV later that night. His dad “He’s a nonstop ball of “thought it was a joke.” energy” when practice isn’t It wasn’t. in session too, Warren said, “That’s what everybody bounding from stretching to dreams about — being part of weight lifting to recovery and the tournament,” Ram said. film study.

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MEN’S SOCCER

GPS helps Terps track workload Technology lets Cirovski monitor team’s running distance, intensity

By Kyle Stackpole @kylefstackpole Senior staff writer Terrapins men’s soccer coach Sasho Cirovski has always taken pride in relying on his instincts to judge when to push his players harder and when to ease up.

He’s in his 23rd season coaching the Terps, and he played briefly for the Milwaukee Wave of the American Indoor Soccer Association.

But with many in college soccer placing more emphasis on periodization, which deals with systematically planning training regimens, the veteran coach wanted to begin judging his team’s energy on more than his intuition. So before the season, Cirovski purchased GPS trackers for his players to wear. He wants to ensure the Terps regulate their workload during the season.

“Last year, for example, I think they obviously did a really good job with kind of resting us when we needed rest and all that,” midfielder Mael Corboz said. “But I think this year, it’s much

easier for them ‘cause they have a quantifiable measurement.”

The Terps wear what looks like a sports bra under their jerseys with the GPS attached, allowing coaches to track how far and how intensely they run during games and practices. It’s allowed Cirovski to more precisely prepare for his practices every day.

“Through the middle of practice, I can walk over and see, ‘OK, they’ve already done 45 percent of their workload, so I got another 5 percent to go,’” Cirovski said. “So it’s a very scientific approach to making sure that we’re on top of putting them in a good place physically.”

Cirovski said having the tracking system has also added credibility to his decision- making, as the players know his choices are supported by metrics.

Corboz said it is common for the coaches to limit the team’s work rate, even when the players believe they have more energy in the tank. And while Corboz knows his teammates might be able to push through the fatigue, he understands the potentially damaging consequences.

“Sometimes we’ll tell someone like Mael that he’s got to get off the practice field and get into the cold tub rather than staying out because of the workload that he did, and he’ll buy in,” Cirovski said. “So you can get a bigger buy-in when you have more backup data.”

Through 15 games, Corboz said the system has generated an average running distance and intensity, making it easy for the coaches to tell which players aren’t putting in as much work as they’re able to.

Cirovski, meanwhile, compared it to watching film, as it forces players to be accountable for their performances.

“If you’re taking plays off, it’ll show in the data for sure,” Corboz said. “And if they’re significantly lower for one game, they’re either really tired or they’re cheating.”

Despite computing some disappointing figures, this data has also revealed some impressive feats.

Against Indiana on Oct. 16, Cirovski said midfielder Tsubasa Endoh “played it at a sprint,”

midfielder mael corboz passes the ball during the Terps’ 1-0 victory over Washington on Oct. 23.

Corboz said he ran about 10.5 miles during the Terps’ Sept. 11 contest. alexander jonesi/the diamondback meaning that 80 percent of his runs in the scoreless draw came at an intensity of 80 percent or higher.

Corboz, meanwhile, said he ran about 17 kilometers, which is the equivalent to 10.56 miles, in the Terps’ tie with Michigan on Sept. 11.

But midfielder Amar Sejdic is not concerned with other players’ measurements. Knowing the Terps will likely continue using the GPS

tracking system, Sejdic instead focuses on how he can improve his effort game by game.

“It’s kind of like in the back of your head now,” Sejdic said, “that you want to like prove the data, like prove that you’ve done your work and that there’s positive things coming from it.” kstackpoledbk@gmail.com

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BIG TEN GAME DAY

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is the leader of the Terps defense and ranks third in the Big Ten in tackles per game (9.7). The redshirt sophomore is also second on the Terps in tackles for loss with seven. As the Terps face a potent rushing attack Saturday, Carter’s performance will be key.

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Running back Brandon Ross

In the Terps’ past two games, quarterback Perry Hills has rushed for

yards

is averaging 5.4 yards per carry but has just 17 rushing attempts over the past two games.

While quarterback Perry Hills led the Terps offense in those contests with his feet, Iowa sports the third-best rushing defense in the nation. The Terps might need Ross to make the most of his carries to prevent the Hawkeyes from focusing on Hills.

the second-highest total for a quarterback over his past two contests.

Iowa has held opponents to an average of

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per game on the ground this season, the third-best mark in the nation.

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RYAN BAILLARGEON: 31-17 IOWA The Terps hang tough with the Hawkeyes, but Iowa puts Locksley’s squad away late.

the most in the nation. Iowa leads the Big Ten with nine picks.

JOSHUA NEEDELMAN: 35-13 IOWA The Hawkeyes’ stellar rush defense puts a stop to Hills’ success on the ground.

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ranks second in the country with six interceptions.

He’ll have a chance to add to that total Saturday against Hills, who threw three interceptions this past Saturday. King is one of 16 semifinalists for the Jim Thorpe Award, given annually to the top defensive back. The junior is also the Hawkeyes’ primary punt and kickoff returner.

Running back Jordan Canzeri averages nearly 100 rushing yards per game and is the primary rusher in a run-heavy Hawkeyes attack.

Iowa ranks second in the Big Ten in rushing yards per game with 214.4, and Canzeri, who’s averaging 5.1 yards per carry, is the workhorse with about 45 percent of the team’s rushing attempts.

ON THE RECORD “I love Caleb. I love Dax. But Perry was always my guy. To know that he’s back there, and he’s the kind of guy that’s going to fight for that extra yard; you could see that as he’s taken on defenders. It makes me really confident in our offense.”

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braglio From PAGE 16 spleen to swell and even burst.

But he was cleared to play Tuesday, though it wasn’t officially announced until an hour before kickoff Saturday.

“When I came out to practice Wednesday, I felt like I was just stepping on the field for the first time this season,” Braglio said. “I was fired up, got everybody else fired up that I was there.”

A n d h e d i d n ’t a p p ea r hampered by the illness

lane From PAGE 16 Among them was his former coach, Rich Hambor, who guided Lane to a programrecord 38 touchdowns for Catonsville High School.

“I went to the game by myself, just wanted to sit there and take it in,” Hambor said. “I pumped my fist once or twice.”

The celebration in the corner of the end zone was much more active. Lane raised his hands and chestb u m p e d w i d e re c e i ve r Malcolm Culmer, and offensive lineman Ryan Doyle approached Lane and said, “It’s a long time coming.”

On the sideline, Lane bumped helmets with his signal-caller.

During the week, Hills had thrown passes to Lane before practice. And before the game, the redshirt junior told Lane to be ready. If Lane got open, Hills assured him the ball was coming was way.

When the play was called, Lane said he had a feeling he’d be open. Lining up between two receivers split out left, Lane sprinted straight toward the left pylon and turned to receive the back-shoulder throw.

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Saturday, finishing in a tie for second on the team with four tackles.

“Roman played his tail off,” defensive coordinator Keith Dudzinski said. “He did a great job. He always gives you maximum effort.”

Despite missing the Buckeyes contest, Braglio is tied for seventh on the Terps in tackles (23), is fourth in tackles for loss (4.5) and is tied for fourth in sacks (2). And after starting just two games in his first three years with the program, he’s established himself as a mainstay on the defensive line.

While Braglio said Wednesday it was still tough to talk about missing the Ohio State game, the absence gave his body a breather with a top-10 foe in Iowa looming.

“Roman is fine,” Dudzinski said. “It probably helped him and gave him some rest and got his body back to feeling healthy.”

“I even told [Hills] after that I’m thankful for that,” Lane said. “[Hills] gave me the opportunity, and I made the best of it.”

It marked a highlight moment for Lane, who had appeared in just four games entering the season despite earning a full scholarship out of high school. Lane earned all-state honors in 2011 and 2012 and was a track standout.

ago, though, Lane said he focused more on football.

With Kylie’s name tattooed on his wrist, a “reminder of why I’m playing,” he hauled in his first career catch against Ohio State on Oct. 10.

And against Penn State, his hard work paid off in the form of a touchdown in his home state.

“He definitely had a grin on his face [this week],” Doyle said. “He knows he’s going to get the ball again, and he’s excited for it.”

Lane added: “The whole moment felt like it was meant to happen. After all these years of kind of waiting to get my opportunity, it’s like the game we have at home — well, home for me — it’s like the game I get my first touchdown. It was just, like, meant to happen.”

Hills completed passes to nine receivers Saturday, so Lane could be a part of the offense moving forward. But after the biggest moment of his career, Lane wasn’t thinking about his role on the team.

All he wanted to do was see his daughter.

“I have a story I could tell her,” Lane said. “She’s always in my head.”

“AFTER ALL THESE YEARS OF KIND OF WAITING TO GET MY OPPORTUNITY, IT’S LIKE THE GAME WE HAVE AT HOME — WELL, HOME FOR ME — IT’S LIKE THE GAME I GET MY FIRST TOUCHDOWN.” DEANDRE LANE

Terrapins football wide receiver But he was buried on the depth chart of a Terps team that featured former wide receivers Stefon Diggs and Deon Long, so he didn’t record a catch in either of his first two seasons.

After the birth of his d a u g h te r e i g h t m o n t h s

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Corners key part of offense De Vries provides brains behind potent set piece attack

By Callie Caplan @CallieCaplan Staff writer Each time the Terrapins field hockey team earns an offensive penalty corner at the Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex, assistant coach Joppe de Vries communicates over a walkie-talkie.

Volunteer assistant coach Teun Backer sits in the stands on the opponent’s defensive end to help dissect the team’s formations, while de Vries checks his iPad to see if his video scouting of the defense aligns with his observations.

Finally, de Vries flashes his play sheet — a mix of letters and numbers — to the Terps, signaling which set piece to run out of his seemingly endless corner playbook.

The No. 6 Terps generate an average of 8.11 penalty corners per game, which ranks ninth in the country, and de Vries is the brains behind creating and instructing the team’s scheme.

“Basically what you’re going to do is draw one big [soccer] game,” de Vries said.

“You’re just playing with numbers and where you’re going to pass to and where are the holes and where are you going to create holes.”

The Terps have scored 29 of their 62 total goals off corners this season. In practice, they run drills to knock the ball off a defender’s foot in the circle to draw a foul.

“Maybe the emphasis is finding a corner instead of taking a goal shot,” said associate head coach Dina Rizzo, who helps with the Terps’ attack. “When you have a high percentage of goal scoring coming off your corners, you want to get corners.”

And once the offense earns the look, de Vries’ creativity comes to fruition.

His first call is typically a straight drive from defender Sarah Sprink. From that,

defender sarah sprink attempts a penalty-corner shot during the Terps’ 6-0 win over Towson on Oct. 25. They’ve scored 29 goals off the set pieces this season. alexander jonesi/the diamondback he notes how the opposing defense was positioned and uses his next formations to exploit its holes.

Sometimes he’ll pull midfielder Alyssa Parker, one of the eight Terps lined around the arc, to the middle of the circle to draw a defender away.

He called that formation against Indiana on Friday, as defender Carrie Hanks g ra b b e d t h e e n t ry fe e d , fa ke d a p a s s to h e r l e f t and tried to scoot the ball toward forward Welma Luus.

Parker’s shift left Luus with a clear angle from the right side, but her shot hit the defender’s foot, prompting another penalty corner.

Midfielder Anna Dessoye, meanwhile, also offers an option opposite from Luus.

After she sends the ball into play with a push pass, she sprints to the post to grab a potential rebound off drive plays.

“People are watching our moves, too,” de Vries said.

“They are going to anticipate if she runs through, then that will happen, and then I’ll make sure that I have somebody else in another region, which they don’t expect.”

But the intricacies of the foul shots can be difficult to maintain.

Before Sprink takes her straight drives, the “stickstopper” crouches down to frame the shot. Each player has a different technique, though.

Midfielder Floor Paanakker waits longer to release her set, forcing Sprink to hesitate. Midfielder/defender Delaney Leathers is quicker, however, so Sprink has to speed up her steps.

Even forward Emma Rissinger, one of the team’s mainstays in the formations, has had to change her approach. The redshirt junior fractured her knuckle against Rutgers and doesn’t have full use of her left hand.

“If something is off, the wh o l e rhy t h m ge ts o f f,” Sprink said. “It’s so hard at times to score on corners because little things can just mess it up real quick.”

Sprink and de Vries work in tandem during the Terps’ penalty-corner portions of practice. The co-captain helps explain each player’s job, so she can help maneuver the formations when de Vries isn’t standing by the circle during games.

She adds suggestions for new plays and how to create different angles and ball patterns, generating more letters and numbers in de Vries’ repertoire.

“If it doesn’t work, we’ll throw it in the bin, and if it does work, then we’ll put it in our arsenal,” de Vries said.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

guard varun ram runs down the floor during player introductions at Maryland Madness on Oct. 17 at Xfinity Center. The former walk-on made the game-winning play in the Terps’ first game of the NCAA tournament last season against Valparaiso. christian jenkins/the diamondback

RAM TO THE RESCUE

Ram, one of few Division I players of Indian heritage, has made a difference on the court and in classrooms worldwide

By Callie Caplan @CallieCaplan Staff writer Neither of Varun Ram’s parents watched the Terrapins men’s basketball team’s first NCAA tournament game this past March.

His mom was flying home from visiting relatives in Chennai, India. She landed at Dulles International Airport to a call from a Washington Post reporter.

His dad was teaching a night class in Germantown. Upon

turning on his phone after the lesson, he got a text message saying Ram was trending on Twitter. Another text read, “Your son saved Maryland.”

Shaun Jayachandran, a former coach who taught basketball with Ram in India for two summers, though, was watching the waning moments of the Terps’ match with Valparaiso. Sitting in his living room, Jayachandran texted ESPN anchor Kevin Negandhi about the heart-stopping finish.

Their messages ranged from “Oh my gosh, did you see that?” to “What an amazing situation.” They had watched

FOOTBALL

Ram spend the first 39 minutes and 47 seconds on the bench, leaping in and out of his seat, shouting the Crusaders’ play calls and cheering for his teammates.

But it was the remaining 13 seconds that triggered their conversation. Ram had entered for the final possession and swiped away Valparaiso’s potential game-tying 3-pointer.

Just like he had on courts and classrooms across the globe, Ram made a difference.

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FOOTBALL

Braglio returns after resting with mono Redshirt junior says having to watch OSU loss on TV was ‘one of the worst feelings’

By Phillip Suitts @PhillipSuitts Senior staff writer Roman Braglio felt helpless. The Terrapins football team was nearly 400 miles away playing the No. 1 team in the nation, and all the defensive end could do was watch.

Mononucleosis prevented the redshirt junior from traveling with the team and confined him to a couch in his father’s home in Woodstock on Oct. 10. While he watched the action unfolding on TV, he got excited when the defensive line made a good play.

When they made a mistake, he identified the problem.

But his observations made little difference, and he said the experience left him “depressed” as he watched the Terps fall 49-28. After the one-game absence, unlike anything Braglio said he’d dealt with in his career, he returned to the field Saturday against Penn State.

And his presence will bolster the Terps’ front seven this weekend when they travel to No. 10 Iowa.

But the experience of watching his teammates play on TV, what he called “one of the worst feelings,” has stuck with him.

“You just want to almost jump through the screen and be there and

do something or say something,” Braglio said Wednesday. “You’re sitting there looking at the TV and not being able to do anything.”

“YOU JUST WANT TO ALMOST JUMP THROUGH THE SCREEN AND BE THERE AND DO SOMETHING OR SAY SOMETHING. YOU’RE SITTING THERE LOOKING AT THE TV AND NOT BEING ABLE TO DO ANYTHING.” ROMAN BRAGLIO

Terrapins football defensive end After the Ohio State loss, the Terps had a bye week, and Braglio took advantage of the extra time. He ran every morning, and as symptoms began to fade, his appetite returned. He was a daily presence in the training room and was constantly pleading with the trainers to clear him for game action.

“Come on, I’m fine,” Braglio recalls telling the trainers. “My spleen’s fine, just put me in.”

The McDonogh product missed the first practice leading up to the Penn State game to get a final ultrasound on his spleen — mono can cause the See braglio, Page 15

wide receiver deandre lanE (LEFT) celebrates his first career touchdown during the Terps’ 31-30 loss to Penn State on Oct. 24. christian jenkins/the diamondback

Wide receiver scores first TD Lane has career moment against PSU in front of high school coach

By Joshua Needelman @JoshNeedelman Senior staff writer Terrapins football wide receiver DeAndre Lane is grateful for all of it.

He’s thankful that quarterback Perry Hills looked his way in a tight game in the third quarter against Penn State on Saturday, and he’s appreciative that his friends posted the video of his first career touchdown on Twitter.

Yet after Lane, a Catonsville native, hauled in Hills’ 10-yard heave, dragged his feet and looked at the referee signaling the score at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, his mind shifted to one person: his daughter, Kylie Monroe.

For the past two and a half years, Lane has watched from the sidelines as other receivers commanded playing time and grabbed headlines.

After starring as a running back in high school, he yearned to contribute at the college level.

But Lane’s mindset changed on Feb. 28 when he became a father. He rededicated himself to his craft, and he’s no longer just playing for himself.

“I just try to go out every day and make sure she would be proud,” Lane said. “If she was old enough to understand what I was doing right now, she would be proud of me.”

Catonsville is less than 10 miles from M&T Bank Stadium, so many people close to Lane attended the game.

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