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Eleven hate bias reports this semester

There had been 13 at this time last academic year Eleven hate bias incidents have been reported Carmen Molina Acosta at the University of Mary@carmenmolina_a land since August, accordStaff writer ing to the Office of Diversity and Inclusion’s log.

Of the 11, seven of the incidents involved offensive language targeting race and national origin, three of which were directed toward university employees or residential staff.

By this time last November, there had been 13 reported hate bias incidents in the log. And by the end of the academic year, there were 40.

The first of the three, reported on Aug. 26, included a person making racial remarks against the Latinx community after bumping into a university employee on campus. The next day, during move-in, a parent in a fraternity or sorority house made comments referencing gangs and thugs to three African American residential staff.

On Sept. 30, a student worker reported being subject to a “hostile work environment,” which included racist comments.

The other four instances of offensive racial language were directed toward students.

On Sept. 9, a sign was left above a trash can in a student work space that read “Please Speak English.” On Aug. 27 and Oct. 16, students reported offensive language written on white boards outside their rooms in residence halls.

The students who reported the Oct. 16 incident said the writing had been left on three separate occasions. On Aug. 27, a racial slur was also reported to have been etched onto a bathroom stall in a dorm.

A new committee the Residence Hall Association and the University of Maryland Police Department formed this fall is considering banning whiteboards to curb similar incidents.

On Oct. 16, it was reported that someone in the library used aggressive language toward two African American students.

The remaining four hate bias incidents included anti-LGBT rhetoric and other harassment.

At least two reports of anti-LGBT language etched on an apartment door were made on Sept. 16. On Sept. 4, it was reported that a student’s name and photo was posted on a white nationalist forum targeting Jews and people who identify as LGBT. And at least three people reported an incident on Sept. 19, two days after a religious group called Key of David demonstrated on campus with sexist signs. In response, hundreds of students formed a counterprotest. by

Mayor patrick wojahn reacts to being re-elected mayor of College Park. Wojahn received over five times the votes the second-place finisher did. elliot scarangello / the diamondback

Wojahn elected to third term

The incumbent mayor — ­ whose platform centered on community revitilization and resident engagement — defeated his two challengers in a landslide College Park Mayor Angela Mecca & Patrick Jillian Atelsek @AngelaMecca2 & Wojahn was re@jillian_atelsek elected Staff writers for a third term Tuesday night.

He received 1,532 votes, according to the city’s Board of Election Supervisors, defeating Nikesha Pancho and Lalzarliani Malsawma. According to a recent finance report, his campaign had by

raised more than $14,000 — vastly more than the other two candidates.

“I’m feeling great,” Wojahn told The Diamondback after the results were announced.

“I’m excited.”

So far, Wojahn has said, he’s proud of his work on new plans for City Hall and his efforts to enhance College Park’s partnership with the University of Maryland. This year, his campaign focused on sustainability, resident

engagement and community revitalization, which he said involves pursuing development projects to make the city more attractive.

Samuel Ramsey, a Calvert Hills resident, said he voted for Wojahn.

“I always vote for Patrick.

I like this guy,” he said. “He’s good, he’s easy to relate to.

And I think he’s got some sense, right. Yeah, he works hard.”

District 1 resident Craig

Fryer also voted for Wojahn.

He said he’s been impressed w i t h h ow t h e m ayo r h a s worked to build a relationship with the University of Maryland — a “critically important” job.

Still, Fryer added, he’d like to see Wojahn do more for “some of our surrounding communities that aren’t often seen or heard,” like Lakeland — a historically black neighborhood east of Route 1.

See wojahn, p. 8

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University system taps new leader Jay Perman, the current University of Maryland, Baltimore president, to take office next summer Following a four Carmen Molina Acosta month@carmenmolina_a long search, Staff writer the University System o f M a r y l a n d named current University of Maryland, Baltimore President Jay by

Perman as its new chancellor Thursday.

In a press release, USM Chair Linda Gooden expressed excitement for Perman’s appointment.

“We were looking for a nationally recognized leader— ideally someone who had run

a large and complex institution, an innovator committed to economic growth and development—but above all a person with a passion for education and committed to shared governance, transparency, and diversity,” she said in a statement. “Jay Perman

embodies these attributes.”

Following a year of heated backlash over the USM Board of Regents’ actions in the wake of University of Maryland football player Jordan McNair’s death, chancellor Robert Caret announced in May he would step down from his position in June 2020 at the conclusion of his contract.

The board could have exSee regents, p. 8

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DOTS wants to increase parking fees for students and residents The department is proposing a $26 hike for commuters and $50 for residents The University o f M a r y l a n d ’s Rosa Pyo D e p artment of @RosaPyo Transportation Staff writer Services director announced a proposed increase i n c o m m u te r a n d re s i d e n t parking fees at a Residence Hall Association meeting Tuesday night.

David Allen, executive director of DOTS, told the RHA Senate the department was proposing a $26 by

increase in student commuter vehicle parking fees and a $50 increase for resident parking fees to cover salary increases, utility costs and account for decreased parking availability.

The project is part of DOTS’ goal to decrease the number of single-occupancy vehicles on the campus — and it would bump up department revenue for those services to $336,214.

“We want everyone on a bus, a

bike, scooter or walking,” Allen said. “That’s what our goal is.”

DOTS has struggled to find a sustainable funding model for several years.

In February, Allen informed RHA the department wanted to cut summer shuttles, increase parking ticket fees and possibly p r e ve n t s o p h o m o r e s f r o m parking on campus.

And in November 2016, the campus construction limited the number of parking spots, p u s h i n g t h e d e pa r t m e n t to increase focus on sustainability See parking, p. 8

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CRIME BLOTTER

By Jillian Atelsek and Rina Torchinsky @jillian_atelsek & @rinatorchi | Staff writers Un iversity of Ma ryland Police responded to reports of burglary and trespassing this week, according to daily crime logs.

burglary A female student reported a bu rg la ry at about 5 a.m. on Saturday in Bel Air Hall, according to a UMD alert.

T he student awoke around 4 a.m. to laughter and found a male in a red flannel shirt sleeping in her bedroom. The male left after she asked him to leave, accord i ng to the alert.

The University Police criminal investigations unit is looking into the i ncident, accord i ng to the alert.

Trespassing University Police made two trespassing arrests this week.

On T uesday, shortly before noon, police responded to Campus Drive for a reported trespassi n g i n c id e nt, a c c ording to daily crime logs.

A man was arrested on charges of trespassing on the grounds of a public agency.

The next day, at about 11 a.m., police responded to Tawes Hall for another t re s p a s s i n g rep or t. A ma n was a rrested on charges of trespassing on school grounds and trespassing on the grounds of a public agency. newsumdbk@gmail.com

College Park Shopping Center plans move forward The body voted to approve early plans to redevelop the space that currently houses Marathon Deli The Prince SahanaJayaraman George’s County @sahanajayaraman planning board voted unaniStaff writer mously to a p p r o v e a d e v e l o p e r ’s preliminary plans to redevelop a strip of the College Pa rk S h o p p i n g Ce n te r just off of Route 1 at its Thursday meeting.

The decision marks the final step in the first phase of the county’s development review process for a project that would replace several popular shops near the University of Maryland — including Marathon Deli, Lotsa Pizza and Insomnia Cookies, to name a few — with an apartment building.

Now, the city of College Park, civic associations and county residents — if they register as a “person of record” on the county’s website — have 27 more days to appeal the decision.

If nobody does so, the board’s decision becomes final and the review process will proceed. by

The decision came after more than an hour of discussion between the developer, Greystar Real Estate Partners and officials from the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission — the body that oversees much of the development in the county.

Most of the discussion revolved around tweaking conditions to Greystar’s original plans, particularly one that asked the developer to pay a fee instead of dedicating parkland to the commission.

When conferring with potential developers during t h e rev i ew p ro ce ss, t h e M-NCPPC first asks them to hand over part of the property in question for future recreational activity. For Greystar, that piece would b e a b o u t 1 0,0 0 0 sq uare feet, said Thomas Haller, the attorney representing the company.

D o i n g s o wo u l d m a ke sense in a larger residential space, but not so much in a city like College Park, which

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is already covered in development, said city planning director Terry Schum.

For companies that choose not to dedicate parkland directly to the M-NCPPC — most of the developers who come to College Park, Schum said — there are two alternatives. Companies could pay the commission a sum of money to go toward parkland, or they could add private recreational facilities to their developments.

At the meeting, Greystar proposed taking the latter option and including a 3,200 square foot, twostory fitness center in the planned apartment building.

The company additionally offered to dedicate funds toward improving the nearby university-owned Southgate Park — money Terrapin Development Company President Ken Ulman said would be a welcome contribution to land he described as a “piece of grass.”

However, M-NCPPC requested that Greystar pay a

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fee in addition to these steps.

“We’re very supportive of this project and the development that’s happening along Route 1,” said M-NCPPC planning and acquisition manager Sonja Ewing.

“We’re also in support of the work that they’re planning to do both inside the building and at Southgate Park. Unfortunately, it doesn’t necessarily align with our needs and finding for the mandatory dedication purposes.”

Haller, however, said that requiring Greystar to pay a fee — which he said would to ta l a b o u t $ 13 6,0 0 0 — on top of both providing private recreation facilities and helping revamp Southgate Park was asking a lot of the company.

“All dollars are important in terms of trying to implement the vision that the university and Terrapin Development Company and Greystar have for this project,” Haller said. “To siphon off that kind of money from this project is

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money that can’t be put into the project.”

During a break from the discussion, College Park senior planner Miriam Bader expressed confusion over why M-NCPPC was asking for a fee on top of Greystar’s plan for building a recreational facility.

“In the past, they have approved it,” Bader said, citing both the Varsity and Landmark apartments as examples of buildings that have included indoor gym facilities to fulfill the commission’s requirement.

When the discussion resumed, it seemed like Greystar and the commission had reached a resol u t i o n : M - NC P P C s ta f f member Christopher Davis informed the planning board the company would be permitted to forego paying the fee, and just include a private recreational facility in its development.

Ju s t b e fo re t h e b o a rd passed a motion to approve the plans, Schum brought up

another condition — concerning the creation of an ADA-compliant sidewalk between the development a n d Ro u te 1 — t h a t h a d received much discussion at the city level. Greystar and Schum nailed down the plans for the sidewalk, agreeing it would run along Lehigh Road.

Greystar’s next step is to file detailed site plans with the county, Schum said. The county council must approve of those plans — which will contain particulars on the development’s architecture and appearance — in order fo r t h e p ro je c t to m ove forward into permitting and construction.

At the tail end of a lengthy meeting, county planning board chairwoman Elizabeth Hewlett asked Haller if he had any last comments. “ I k n ow wh e n to s to p talking,” Haller said.

“That’s a good answer,” she replied. newsumdbk@gmail.com

University Senate reviews school’s climate action plan Carlo Colella, UMD’s administration and finance VP, praised the university’s progress and reviewed next steps by

T h e U n i - tion to environmentalism working to increase its use

“I think as more of us emissions come from the they’re being used.

Overall, Colella praised Angela Roberts v e r s i t y o f o r i g i n a te s b e fo re 2 0 0 9. of renewable energy as well m a k e t h o s e b e h a v i o ra l s c h o o l ’s c e n t ra l e n e rg y The school was one of the as sustainable construction changes and make those plant, which is fueled by the school’s commitment @24_angier Maryland’s first to sign onto the 2007 design and methods. It is demands of administration natural gas, he added. to sustainability. The SusSenior staff writer administ ra t i o n a n d finance vice president reviewed the school’s Climate Action Plan with the University Senate at its meeting Tuesday, discussing the milestones the school has met and its goals moving forward.

S i n c e fo r m e r u n ive rsity President Dan Mote launched the school’s goal to reach carbon neutrality by 2050 over a decade ago, this university managed to almost half its greenhouse gas emissions from 2005 to 2017. Now, it’s aiming for a full 50 percent emissions cut by 2020.

Carlo Colella, this university’s administration and finance vice president, lauded this achievement.

He also pointed out that the university’s dedica-

American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment, now known as the Carbon Commitment, pledging to work toward reducing its net greenhouse gas emissions.

“The University of Maryland has been a proud and long-standing committer to sustainability and carbon neutrality,” Colella said.

For the next step in the p l a n , t h i s u n ive rs i ty i s pegged to cut down its emissions by 60 percent from 2005’s numbers in the next five years. Colella said the Sustainability Council and other workgroups at the school are “clamoring” to accelerate the university’s progress toward carbon neutrality before 2050.

To meet this goal, Colella s a i d , t h i s u n i ve rs i t y i s

also promoting “behavioral changes” in the campus community, such as proper recycling practices.

Sen. Alexander Williams asked Colella about said behavioral changes at the meeting.

“I and many of my colleagues have been annoyed by the fact that there are Pepsi machines full of plastic bottles,” said Williams, who is a linguistics professor. “It seems to me like a simple thing to say, ‘Okay Pepsi, we have this contract with you … You only get to sell things that are easier to recycle, like aluminum cans.”

Co l e l l a to l d h i m h i s thoughts on plastic have evolved. Now, he said, he doesn’t drink from plastic water bottles.

and leadership, we’ll get to that,” he said. “I know there has been some movement in that area, but not nearly enough.”

In addition to initiating sustainable practices on the campus, Colella said t h e u n ive rs i ty h a s b e e n working to reduce its carbon footprint off-site. For instance, to offset greenhouse gas emissions from schoolsponsored air travel, Colella said the university has been contributing to projects that help the environment, such as local tree plantings.

However, the commutes of faculty, staff and students continue to contribute to the university’s greenhouse gas emissions, as well as the school’s fleet of vehicles, Colella said. And more than 80 percent of the school’s

Moving forward, Colella said the university is considering multiple options for powering its campus, including geothermal energy, m a i n ta i n i n g i ts c u r re n t system or purchasing power elsewhere.

Another option the unive rs i ty c o u l d c o n s i d e r, said Sen. Audrey Stewart, is eliminating some of the massive vehicles — such as those used to pick up trash and recycling — in its fleet and transitioning to smaller vehicles.

“That would help tremendously,” she said.

Colella said, in addition to changing the size of the fleet’s vehicles, the university is also looking into adding geographic information system sensors to vehicles to judge how efficiently

tainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System — which grades universities for their environmental practices — gave the school a gold rating, which ranks second to platinum.

Currently, there are only five universities that have a platinum STARS rating, and Colella said this university is “on their heels.” However, he said as higher education institutions, the schools aren’t in competition with one another.

“We’re very good about s h a r i n g i n f o r m a t i o n ,” Colella said. “We are all about benchmarking and collaborating with others a n d b u i l d i n g u p o n ea c h other’s successes.”

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little bus of horrors On Halloween night, The Diamondback sent a team of reporters out into the darkness and torrential rain. Their goal?

Ride the Green and Orange routes all night, capture the very specific type of chaotic yet earnest energy that comes from a drunken College Park bus ride — and preserve it for posterity.

Here’s what we saw. the green and orange buses saw a wide range of characters on Halloween night — from a Santa Claus with an open bottle of Jack Daniels, to an astronaut and a bottle of hot sauce who were hosting a game show.

By Arya Hodjat | @arya_kidding_me | Staff writer By the time I boarded the Orange Bus, the light drizzle had aged into a gloomy downpour. Fortunately, I had my trusty latex horse mask on me to shield me from the rain. I slid it on and embarked on my journey, a modern Paul Revere.

But on this midnight ride, it was not the British that were coming — it was the freshmen. I didn’t speak to a single student on that bus who wasn’t in their first year at this esteemed institution of higher learning.

So, on Thursday night, I — a wizened senior — got the opportunity to see the glorious treachery of Halloweekend one last time. But this time, through the eyes of a freshman.

One complained that the floor of R.J. Bentley’s was too sticky. One tittered with excitement at the idea of showing off a new costume the next night. One seemed peeved at his more-intoxicated friend. One complained about the guy who’s not her boyfriend but they’re definitely “talking” (my words, not

hers) had ghosted her, and then realized too late she’d missed her stop.

One said her boyfriend had cheated on her and was met with a wave of commiseration. One was just really, really excited to go to Blaze Pizza.

It was a snapshot of the University of Maryland experience. When I got off the bus, realizing I’d leave all this behind in a few short months, I was once again glad for the horse mask.

I had quite the long face. newsumdbk@gmail.com

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RHA’s proposed whiteboard ban ignores the real causes of hate on campus CATERINA IERONIMO @cate_ieronimo Columnist

Everyone loves whiteboards.

Professors write and project presentations on them. Students use whiteboards for work or as an informal survey tool we can tack onto our dorm d o o rs. A n d ra c i s ts l ove whiteboards because they provide a comfortable and low-commitment platform for spreading hate.

Whiteboards, like much of this campus, have been corrupted by the steady current of hate bias incidents at the University of Maryland. This in itself isn’t news at all. Last year, University of Maryland Police responded to cases of swastika drawings and anti-LGBTQ writing on dorm whiteboards. On a campus where unchecked hate has spawned everything from whiteboard epithets and hate symbols to (as prosecutors allege) the fatal stabbing of 2nd Lt. Richard Collins, it’s clear we must take all incidents seriously and act decisively to prevent future harm. That’s why you’ll be comforted to know that the Residence Hall Association’s new Residents and Police Committee has a plan to ban whiteboards in dorm hallways!

Sa rca sm a si d e , t h i s i s clearly insufficient. RHA’s proposed whiteboard ban is emblematic of how diversity efforts at this university often fail to meaningfully address the roots of hate bias incidents and discrimination on this campus.

The whiteboard ban is a laughable attempt at starving campus bigots of their tools. The plan aims to build a “safer environment” for students on a campus that

has been wracked by hate bias incidents through out the years, and while the intention of protecting students is sincere, the proposed method is questionable. Out of more than fifty hate bias incidents on the university’s log dating back to January 2018, five “have involved hateful language or symbols drawn on a whiteboard in campus dorms or buildings.”

This warrants attention, but should we really be prioritizing an anti-whiteboard crusade when so little has been done to address issues of hate bias on the campus?

How does removing whiteboards from dorm hallways even remotely address the root causes of hate on this campus? How does it start a meaningful dialogue on how we, as a community of all backgrounds, can work to address and prevent hate incidents, or how we can heal?

All this proposed policy does is bury a far-reaching issue and stifle a true examination of the prevalence of hate on the campus.

This proposed whiteboard ban isn’t the first ham-fisted diversity attempt made at this university. Last year, on a campus where black and LGBTQ students and students with disabilities reported feeling the least physically and emotionally safe compared to other community members, the Counseling Center branded the counseling group White Awake as a “safe space” for white students to gather and discuss race. The group faced massive backlash after an insensitive ad came out, but it teaches a valuable lesson about how prejudice and hate is addressed on the campus.

Both the proposed whiteboard ban and projects like White Awake are key examples of how the university itself and some groups on it shy away from meaningful conversation about the dynamics of privilege and oppression and how they play out on this campus.

W h i te Awa ke s o u g h t to shield white students from their discomfort with racial issues; instead, it should have been a tool to challenge them on their privilege and the ways they perpetuate racism. It sought to have a dialogue about the “-isms” in a sterile environment not at all representative of this university, or of society as a whole.

The proposed whiteboard ban in dorms falls far short of meaningful action on hate bias incidents — the root cause of racism, homophobia and all other forms of prejudice is certainly not whiteboards in a collective space. Instead of seeking to teach students how to literally live side by side, RHA is investing time and resources in a ridiculous project that likely won’t be effective, especially seeing as whiteboards are just one of the countless ways to publicly post a message.

It’s hard to talk about o p p re ss i o n . I t’s h a rd to c o n f ro n t o u r p r iv i l e ge s and biases. But that needs to be embraced and ad dressed, not ignored. This proposed whiteboard ban is another Band-Aid to cover up wounds ignored at this university for too long. If we ever hope to move forward and improve the campus climate, we must face the pain beneath, together. ieronimocaterina@gmail.com

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Your ‘ I voted’ sticker is not enough SONJA NEVE @Sonja_Neve Columnist

It’s November, and on top of putting away our Halloween costumes and looking forward to Thanksgiving break, many of us were recently busy casting our ballots in the College Park city elections. Or, at least, some of us were. Despite there being about 32,000 people living in College Park, fewer than 2,000 people voted in this week’s mayoral elections.

You may have seen the Student Government Association and other student groups advertising the election and voter registration drives on campus earlier in the semester, advocating for the student vote, which is largely underrepresented nationally. Despite the push to get students to vote, many stay home on election day because they don’t see their interests being represented and don’t think policies affect them.

But there are clearly lots of issues students feel energized about, from sustainability to entrepreneurship. And even if they only plan to be in the region for four years, students can advocate for increased livability in College Park for future generations of students.

Missing the election doesn’t have to be the end of their potential for activism. Students can take action on issues throughout the year — not just during election season.

Feelings of discontent are especially prescient now, as recent decisions by the College Park City Council have shown a disconnect between decision makers and students. The decision to ban unruly social gatherings — an extremely tone deaf move in a college town — was largely reported on. But other decisions have created a barrier between students and local officials as well, such as the approval of a new housing development in the area that Greystar developers have indicated will be $1500 a bed.

Additionally, longstanding zoning problems continue to be largely unfriendly to student needs, including ordinances that limit the number of tenants in one house and make it illegal for more than five unrelated persons

to live together. These aren’t the only issues students care about, but they are a few examples of the ways in which local officials ignore student needs and cater to older residents.

The truth is, voting only does so much.

Your vote may matter more in local elections than in national ones, especially in close races, but civic engagement shouldn’t begin and end with voting. Students need to partake in political organizing in other ways if they want to make their voices heard and make important changes to political affairs.

Building power with our peers is possible in College Park. Students can engage with local officials by reaching out through email, letter or Facebook message, attending city council meetings and encouraging the university to have local and state officials come to campus to speak. Students can partner with the city through initiatives such as the Do Good Institute and Good Neighbor Day. Students can also create change outside of the system through organizing actions of resistance such as marches and strikes, or by supporting local activist organizations and unions. Working with others is more effective than voting because it can bring attention to issues usually neglected by candidates. It can also make change extending past election day and create a network of empowered people who are affected by the same issues as you are.

The idea that voting isn’t the climax of democracy and that people need to stay engaged in politics after elections is core to Bernie Sanders’ political movement. His movement has also encouraged many people to run on these principles and policies — people who may not have seen a place for themselves in politics before. Students can do the same locally by running for the city council and making sure students are represented. Though it’s too late to run this term, change can be made at all levels, by organizing with our neighbors and being active citizens not just on election day, but every day. sonjaneve55@gmail.com

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Transfer students need more support LEXIE WERNER @tofu4president Columnist

It’s not uncommon for students to transfer to the University of Maryland from a community college. On average, a student can save more than half the cost of each credit by attending a community college instead of a state or private school by starting at a two-year school. It is, by all means, a logical decision — whether made for financial reasons or simply to complete general education requirements in smaller classes.

Transfer orientation is also the first time new transfer students are given an official review of what credits the university will accept. They’re forced to accept enrollment at this university on a gamble, holding out hope that all their credits are accepted. Although the university has many resources to help students understand their transfer credit process, the process to petition for credit acceptance if certain courses aren’t initially accepted is tedious work for students managing the transition to a new school.

Initiatives like the Maryland Transfer Advantage Program, in which students who already know they want to transition from a community college to this university work with an adviser to ensure their credits align with their four year plan, fail to address the largest problem for most transfers: their lack of upper level credits.

If a student enters the university from a community college with an associate degree — a full 60 credits — and having fulfilled most or all of their general education requirements, they’ll still find it difficult to complete a degree within two years as expected. Most major programs require either majority upper level credits — something that’s unattainable at community colleges where only 100- and 200-level credits are offered. English, for example, is one of the few majors that requires only 30 upper level credits and is therefore one of the more desirable majors for transfer students. The added time it takes to complete

many majors leads to a larger problem for many students: financial ability.

The university offers a handful of scholarships specifically for transfers. The largest and most prestigious of these is the Frederick Douglass Scholarship, which offers its main recipients full tuition coverage of up to $8,650 a year for two years. This is a substantial award, but it still requires transfer students to rely on other funding sources to cover the cost of fees, housing and books. And, of course, the scholarship can’t be applied for more than four semesters or divided over a prolonged five or six semesters.

Collegiate financial aid can be tricky and difficult to navigate. Many students don’t fit neatly into the mold of “independent” or “dependent” for financial means. Some students’ parents have money and list their children as dependents but refuse to pay for their college. Family debt, too, has no place on the FAFSA form. These stipulations can leave students in more complicated home situations to rely more heavily on scholarships and grants, and they can potentially not receive enough from them. In order to better support transfer students with associate degrees, perhaps scholarships for transfers should align more closely with the realistic timeline of degree completion after transfer on a case-by-case basis, allowing for funds to disperse over a longer span of time.

English, and other low-credit majors, entice transfer students because of their compatibility with the two-year timeline of the community college transition. It’s also particularly beneficial pathway for those seeking to complete their degree within two years with the specific goal of meeting the guidelines of their scholarships. But, by not offering more flexible financial aid — effectively pigeonholing students into choosing their academic paths by speed of completion — the University of Maryland is failing its transfer students. lexiew@terpmail.umd.edu

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City All city council incumbents reelected

District 1’s candidates ran unopposed and District 4 is the only one to see a newcomer elected All of College Park’s inDiamondback Staff cumbent @thedbk city council Staff writers candidates were reelected Tuesday night.

Here’s a rundown of what happened in each district.

were excited to continue working alongside their colleagues on the council.

“There’s a lot happening in College Park, a lot going on,” Kennedy said. “So I’m excited to be working with them and moving forward.”

District 1

District 2 council members P.J. Brennan and Monroe Dennis were reelected.

Brennan earned 247 votes and Dennis earned 223 votes. They defeated resident Oscar Gregory, who had 104 votes.

Brennan was elected to his fourth term on College Park City Council. The University of Maryland alumnus voted in favor of banning “unruly social gatherings” in September and supported the addition of polling places in the Stamp Student Union and Ritchie Coliseum.

Brennan’s 2019 campaign platform echoed his priorities in 2017: community engagement, “smart growth” and quality of life. He’s excited to have the opportunity to serve his community again.

“Hopefully a lot of student residents and non-student residents see there’s a lot of change happening in our city right now,” he said. “We need a professional, proactive group of

by

District 1 council members Fazlul Kabir and Kate Kennedy — who both ran uncontested — will continue their roles.

Kabir will serve his fifth term, while Kennedy will serve her second. They earned 745 and 496 votes, respectively.

“I’m really surprised that so many people actually came from District 1 and expressed their support for me,” Kabir said. “I am very much humbled.”

Since joining the council, Kennedy said she is most proud of her work on the Committee for Committees. She centered her campaign on creating relationships in the city, saying she wants to “build community, and genuine community, amongst my neighbors.”

Kabir, meanwhile, has said he wants to focus on completing development projects in the city such as Duvall Field and a new dog park in the Hollywood neighborhood.

Both candidates said they

District 2

people leading the city.”

Dennis’ victory will mark the beginning of his fifth term on the council. His campaign included a focus on improving the quality of life of College Park residents.

One way to do that, he said, is through the enhancement of the Neighbors Helping Neighbors program, which offers a transportation option for senior citizens, among other services.

It was a long day, Dennis said, joking that he couldn’t think anymore. Still, he said he’s looking forward to serving his next term.

“I never thought I’d be here this long and frankly, sometimes, I thought, ‘Well, it’s time for me to take a step back,’ but people in my neighborhood and in our community and in our district keep saying ‘Well, yes, we’ll support you,’” he said. “So, here I am again, looking forward to it.”

Gregory lost council elections in 2015 and 2017. After moving around some, he landed in District 2’s Berwyn neighborhood.

This year, he prioritized tax reductions, public safety and the environment. Gregory emphasized community engagement and prioritized neighborhoods in his latest run.

“I’m more disappointed because the incumbents — they’re all back again,” he said

Tuesday night. “And one of the nice to get out and meet resithings we’re trying to do is have dents of District 3.” a different direction” Resident Mark Mullauer, who has lived in the city since 2007, felt motivated to run to bring District 3 Voters reelected District 3 a fresh face to City Council. It council members Robert Day was his first time running for a and John Rigg to their seats council position, and he told The Diamondback he got involved Tuesday night.

Day received 424 votes, while with local government after the Rigg received 451 votes. They city drastically raised his parking defeated resident Mark Mul- fees.

Mullauer’s campaign focused lauer, who received 110 votes.

“I think everybody worked mainly on safety, as well as rehard, both winners and losers,” unifying the city after the gathDay said. “I’m just glad that I erings ordinance.

He said he learned a lot during came out a winner this time.”

Day, who has already served the race, even though it can four terms on the council, has be hard to break through as a said he wants to develop afford- newcomer.

“I want to hang around,” Mulable housing, attract businesses and improve communication lauer said. “I’m definitely going with residents. Other campaign to run again in two years.” goals included improving traffic, public safety and schools.

District4 Rigg, who will sit on the Denise Mitchell and Maria council for a second term, also Mackie won the District 4 race focused his campaign on at- Tuesday night, beating out tracting and supporting new Micheal Emmanuel. businesses, with the goal of M itchell won with the bringing more year-round resi- highest number of votes, 237. dents to the city. Developing af- She wants to address issues fordable housing for students such as improving the city’s and reducing city waste were internship program and seeing two other priorities. through the development of His wife and two sons were a new community center in by his side when the results College Park Woods. came in.

“I am elated, humbled, “It was an enjoyable cam- excited, tired,” Mitchell said. paign,” Rigg said. “It’s always “I look forward to serving with

Maria Mackie.”

Mackie came in second with 225 votes, while Emmanuel came in third with 54.

A longtime resident and first-time candidate, Mackie focused her election efforts on affordable housing and resident safety. She previously served as the District 4 Board of Elections supervisor and said she would like to improve communication between residents and the council.

She will succeed current Councilwoman Dustyn Kujawa, who did not seek reelection.

Kujawa is in her second term on the council, and was first elected in 2015.

“I’m really excited for the opportunity to serve and work with the council to make College Park a better place for everyone,” Mackie said.

Emmanuel, a University of Maryland alumnus, ran for City Council for the first time with a focus on education and public safety. As a former student, Emmanuel said he believed the council failed to listen to students as much as it should.

“It’s life,” he said Tuesday night. “It doesn’t matter who wins. We’re all working to make the city better.”

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Voters oppose increases in term lengths A narrow vote saw residents prefer to keep council members’ terms to two years rather than four College Park Carmen Molina Acosta residents voted & Jillian Atelsek @carmenmolina_a & narrowly to advise @jillian_atelsek the City Senior Staff writers Council to keep its members’ terms to two years, rather than extend them to four.

The results of the “advisory ballot question” aren’t binding.

But the race’s results were tight — 1,027 people voted to keep term lengths at two years, while 935 voted to extend them to four. “I was surprised,” District 3 council member John Rigg said. “I think we saw from that more of an appetite than I frankly anticipated for changing the number of years that a by

council member serves.”

Though Rigg and other council members, such as Kate Kennedy from District 1, had said they intended on following voters’ wishes, the narrow results could leave open further conversations about how to increase stability on the council, Rigg said.

“I don’t think it’s the final time we have this conversation as a city,” Kennedy said.

The idea of potentially extending City Council terms from two to four years came up at a council retreat more than a year ago, after some council members expressed concern about the lack of continuity on the council.

As a result, the city created a Charter Review Commis-

sion to collect public opinion and weigh the pros and cons of changing term lengths. The committee report, published in May, showed that 82 of 94 public comments submitted online and at two forums were against the change.

The council agreed in July to put the question up for a referendum on this year’s ballot. One asked whether terms should be extended from two years to four, while the other asked whether elections should be staggered if terms are lengthened.

Residents at the polls Tuesday were split over the issue. College Park resident Matt Aujero said he preferred two-year terms because that system “forces a little more accountability.”

“If someone bad is in there,” he said, “we could get ‘em out.”

Julianne Heberlein, a senior government and politics and journalism major, agreed. Plus, she said, four-year terms would make it unlikely that students would run for the council — most would have to decide whether they wanted to serve as freshmen, and start campaigning almost immediately after moving to College Park.

“How are you supposed to make a decision about whether you want to serve in that capacity?” she asked. “If it’s two years, that gives students a year or two to get involved with their community and figure out if that’s something that they would want to run for.”

Other residents, though,

said four-year terms could give representatives a better shot of accomplishing something meaningful during their time on the council. Calvert Hills resident Samuel Ramsey voted to extend the terms — and said the referendum was a major point of concern for him.

“Two years is just too short,” he said.

The second ballot question asked voters whether they would prefer terms to be staggered or concurrent if they were extended to four years — meaning either half the council would be up for reelection every two years, or all members would be reelected every four.

Though the issue wasn’t originally part of the Charter

Review Committee’s task, several residents mentioned it in their public comments as a way to keep council members accountable even if terms were extended. Some 1,087 people voted in favor of staggered terms, while 782 voted against.

Heberlein voted against staggering term lengths, which she said “would be more chaotic for people to remember to vote.”

“When everything’s consolidated, it makes it easier for the voter to know what’s going on,” she said.

Staff writers Rosa Pyo and Victoria Ebner contributed to this report.

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2019 College Park election saw decreased voter turnout Only 12.5 percent of the nearly 17,000 registered voters cast a ballot for mayor and council by

Despite

time that residents could

the race for District 1 was early voting. This year, early she said.

thing he also attributed to

Takoma Park lowered its that year’s crowded field of voting was only open on Oct. Matt McDonald recent mea- vote early or on the Univer- uncontested. voting age to 16 in 2013. In candidates.

Wojahn also said the city 27 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. @MattC_McDonald sures passed sity of Maryland’s campus The turnout for 2017 was Another option would be the three city elections that council debated more hott o m a k e i t for city elections.

Staff writer easier to vote in College Park city elections, voter turnout decreased from the previous mayoral and city council elections, according to a news release the city published Thursday.

Of nearly 17,000 registered voters in the city, only 2,092 cast ballots in Tuesday’s elections — a drop of nearly two percentage points from the 2017 election.

In 2017, 14.5 percent of registered voters turned out to vote, compared to this year’s 12.5 percent. This year, however, marked the first

Mayor Patrick Wojahn — who was reelected for a third term on Tuesday, along with all of the council’s incumbents — attributed the lower turnout to several factors, including a thinner field of candidates.

The 2017 election marked the second time in more than 20 years that the mayoral race and all four district races were contested. And with four candidates, the mayoral election was the most competitive in the city’s history.

This year, only three candidates ran for mayor and

button issues in 2017, including a proposal to allow people who are not U.S. citizens to vote in municipal elections.

The measure failed to garner enough votes to be adopted.

“I think people get engaged more when they’re concerned about where the city is going,” he said.

S t i l l , Wo ja h n sa i d , h e would have liked to see more people come out to vote. For the 2021 elections, he said he wants the city to “take a look at” implementing same-day voter registrations and possibly extending the period for

expanding the pool of potential voters, District 1 Councilwoman Kate Kennedy said.

She wants College Park residents to consider lowering the minimum voting age for city elections to 16. When teenagers get “excited and engaged in voting” they often end up bringing their parents along with them, Kennedy said, and are likely to continue voting as they grow older.

“If you can get 16-yearolds voting in their hometown before they go off to college, they’re more likely to vote when they’re at college,”

have taken place since, the turnout rate for 16- and 17-year-olds has been much higher than the overall resident turnout rate. In 2017, the youth turnout was 48 percent, which more than d o u b l e d vo te r t u r n o u t overall.

Dan Alpert — the City Council liaison for this university’s Student Government Association — wasn’t too discouraged by this year’s election turnout, though. He said the turnout for 2017 was more of an “anomaly” in the city’s recent history, some-

higher than it had been since 2001. In 2015, 12.9 percent of registered voters cast a ballot, and only 873 people voted in 2007 — just 7 percent of registered voters, the lowest percentage recorded in city voter statistics.

Still, he acknowle d ge d t h e re ’s ro o m fo r improvement.

“Is it good? Not at all.

Should more people run?

Yes. Should more people care about College Park politics?

One hundred percent,” Alpert said. newsumdbk@gmail.com

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Two dozen Md. leaders endorse Warren

Twenty-five state and local officials gave the joint endorsement for the candidate at an event on campus Friday by

More than energy and determination in a bring the endorsement to

Sharon Brackett, a member ated the speeches: Former state

my president.”

Eric Neugeboren 20 state and very difficult political climate campus. Cruz said she sup- of the Baltimore City Demo- delegate Maricé Morales led a And state delegate Ariana @eric56101 local leaders to make change.” ports Warren because “all of cratic Central Committee, has “This is what democracy looks Kelly — the last speaker at the Staff writer endorsed Sen. There are currently 17 can- her plans add up” and she’s the phrase “nevertheless, she like” chant, and there were event — told the crowd that Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) for president during an event at the University of Maryland on Friday.

In total, 25 leaders from seven Maryland counties and Baltimore city — including current and former council members, state delegates and state senators — were part of the joint endorsement. Five of those were from Prince George’s County, including county council members Danielle Glaros, Deni Taveras and Jolene Ivey.

“She’s great on policy, but she also has the fire in the belly,” said former Edmonston Mayor Adam Ortiz, a Maryland for Warren volunteer. “She has the

didates vying for the Democratic presidential nomination. Warren, who has painted herself as a candidate who will fight for “big, structural change,” has built her platform around progressive policies like higher taxes on the wealthy and “Medicare for all.”

Polls have shown the race tightening between Warren, former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).

In the first Maryland primary poll last month, Warren trailed Biden — who has received endorsements from five Maryland senators and five delegates — by 12 percentage points.

Karylena Cruz, the president of this university’s Maryland for Warren chapter, helped

“willing to take the lead.”

“It’s important that our delegates, ... our state senators, our local leaders step up to the plate and make sure that they’re all voicing their opinions,” the senior government and politics major said.

Oritz, along with Maryland for Warren leader Robbie Leonard, began recruiting officials from across the state for the endorsement about a month ago, they said. Montgomery County at-large Councilman Evan Glass also reached out to officials and was the emcee for the event.

Throughout the event, speakers shared personal examples and told stories about why Warren appealed to them.

persisted” tattooed on her arm.

The quote is from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), after stopping Warren from asking repeated questions about then-Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions’ record.

Brackett, who is the first transgender elected official in Maryland, said that event inspired her.

“Lately we’ve heard some noise from other folks going like, ‘Well, she just talks about fighting a lot,’” Brackett said. “I sure as hell hope so.”

About 40 students and community members attended Friday’s event, which was held in Stamp Student Union. Cheers and exclamations from the crowd occasionally punctu-

often boos when President Donald Trump was mentioned.

Warren, who was a special education teacher and law school professor, has said she’d work to boost public school funding and improve facilities in school buildings across the country. Those goals spoke to Baltimore City Councilman Zeke Cohen, who said he worked in schools that lacked air conditioning and heat or had lead in their water when he was a teacher in the city.

“I taught in places that kids in the richest state in the richest country on Earth should not have to learn in. And I want a president who understands that,” Cohen said at the event.

“I want a former teacher to be

Warren inspired her to run for office.

As a television producer in 2004, Kelly was assigned a story about a book that Warren and her daughter had written. Even though she was in her dream job, she said, she was still “terrified” about slipping into poverty, just as her parents had been when she was growing up.

“When reading that book, I felt understood,” Kelly said.

“She had a plan that spoke to me, that encouraged me, that inspired me, that made me realize that big, structural change was not only possible, but it was our mandate.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

SGA again advocates for an undocumented coordinator It voted to formalize its support for the position, but the administration has until June 2020 to decide by

T h e U n i - “Factors such as financial

university to decide whether the undocumented student

that’s who the position is

cate for marginalized stu-

AmandaHernández v e r s i t y o f security, academic uncer- the position will be ter- c o o rd i n a to r p o s i t i o n i s created for.” dents. One of these demands @thedbk Maryland’s tainty, and mental health — minated or extended per- made permanent prior to Acosta said she’s worked was to create “a full-time Staff writer S G A v o t e d these are some of the many manently before the June the deadline. extensively to advocate for u n d o c u m e n te d s t u d e n t Wednesday to formalize its support for the creation of a permanent undocumented student coordinator position.

The bill received a vote of 29-0 with four abstentions.

“Our overall immigration system affects members of the University of Maryland community,” Paula Molina Acosta, president of Political Latinxs United for Movement and Action in Society, told the SGA before the vote.

issues the undocumented student coordinator has helped address and advocate for.”

Laura Bohorquez Garcia has been in the role since 2017, but her position is currently under a contract that requires annual renewal.

And though the SGA voted in March to support the position being made permanent, the body’s bills also need to be renewed each year.

It’s ultimately up to the

2020 deadline. In September, Stamp director Marsha Guenzler-Stevens told The Diamondback that administrators expect to reach a decision regarding position’s status in the coming months.

As a part of the new resolution, the SGA plans to meet with several administration members, including the interim student affairs vice president and the diversity and inclusion vice president, to ensure that

Alexandra Melinchok, the bill’s sponsor, said she wants to continue efforts not only to make the role permanent, but also to elevate it to a director position. She said she was happy activist groups such as PLUMAS came to the SGA to advocate for the issue.

“The bill was not something that started in SGA, but started from students,” she said. “Students are at the center of this discussion about this position, because

the importance of the position and the impact it has on the university’s undocumented community.

At a meeting in October, P LU M AS m e m b e rs pa rticipated in a workshop for testimony letter-writing in support of making the position permanent.

In November 2016, ProtectUMD, a coalition composed of 25 student groups, created a list of 64 demands aimed to support and advo-

coordinator to advocate for, advise, represent, and protect undocumented and DACAmented students.”

The undocumented students program currently provides various resources for students in the form of financial aid workshops, free legal aid and trainings for staff and faculty on how to respond to undocumented students’ needs.

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another investigation had fo u n d t h e m pa r t i a l ly to blame for widespread abuse i n t h e sc h o o l ’s fo o tba l l program.

U n i ve r s i t y P r e s i d e n t Wallace Loh fired Durkin regardless, after announcing his plans to retire. Reports later surfaced that the board had told Loh they’d fire him if he fired Durkin.

In the press release,

Perman said he was “deeply humbled to be called to this responsibility.”

Perman, a pediatric ga s t ro e n te ro l o g i s t , h a s served as UMB’s president since 2010. He’s worked with Loh to lead the Un ive rs i ty o f M a ryl a n d S t ra te g i c P a r t n e rs h i p ’s “ M Powe r i n g t h e S ta te ” initiative, which leverages t h e two i n s t i t u t i o n s to

advance research and create opportunities for students at both schools.

In the past, Perman h a s a l so c h a i re d U M B ’s Department of Pediatrics a n d se rve d a s d ea n a n d vice president for clinical affairs at the University o f K e n t u c k y ’s C o l l e g e of Medicine.

“It will be a privilege to work as chancellor with

our outstanding USM i n s t i t u t i o n s to e n s u re that Marylanders — today and tomorrow — have the o p p o r t u n i t i e s I wa s s o fortunate to be given in gaining a higher education,” he said in the release.

She’s already gearing up for the next mayoral race, she added.

“Now everyone knows who Nikesha Pancho is, and they know where I’m coming from,” she said. “And I’m not going anywhere.”

The campaign marked Pancho’s first time running for public office. She centered her platform around listening, saying the council hadn’t prioritized residents’ voices. If elected, she said, s h e wa n te d to p u s h fo r p o l i cy t h a t s u p p o r te d young people and homeless veterans.

Fra n c i s O g b e n n a h , a senior information sciences major, cast his ballot for Pancho, citing the recently passed “unruly social gath-

erings” ordinance as his main reason for doing so.

“I’m looking for a mayor and council member who would be . . . someone that we can actually talk to,” he said.

And District 2 resident Nalia Martin said that Pancho’s campaign style drove her to vote — something she doesn’t typically do. During the race, Pancho made a habit of riding her “little red scooter” door-to-door in the city, speaking with residents.

“She was actually willing to physically go out there and get things taken care of herself,” said Martin, a stayat-home mom. “It was just the way she approached us and sat there and had a real,

good conversation.”

Malsawma, meanwhile, ran for the position in 2017.

She has lived in College Park for about 46 years and said she wanted to make the city a place “like none that’s ever been.” She was not immediately available for comment Tuesday night.

T h ro u g h o u t t h e ca m pa i g n , M a l saw m a m a d e repeated homophobic remarks. She said she was driven to run because she “disagree[d]” with Wojahn — who is openly gay — about his vision for the city. She said they don’t share the same values, referencing his sexuality.

Sitting outside of Ritchie Coliseum on Tuesday, Malsawma said she hoped to

build “an identity for the city that everybody can embrace.” “[LGBT people] are working towards being the government elite,” she said when asked about her past remarks. “It’s like a disproportionate representation of that community in the governance of the city.”

Angela Marusiak, a geology graduate student, called Malsawma’s conduct “super cringey, discriminatory [and] not something we want in this town.”

“I did not want her as mayor,” said Marusiak, who voted for Wojahn. “That was the main reason I voted.”

Jerry Sandberg, however, came out to vote to celebrate his right to exercise control

in local government.

“If we want to vote responsibly federally, we got to start at the local level,” he said.

All of the council’s incumbent candidates were reelected Tuesday night.

Wo j a h n s a i d h e l o o k s forward to continuing his role on the council alongside the colleagues he’s known for years.

“We’ve found a way to work well,” Wojahn said, “and that’s not going to change.”

Staff writers Matt McDonald, Rosa Pyo, Sahana Jayaraman, Victoria Ebner and Eric Neugeboren contributed to this report.

needed to happen.

“We’re charging people more to park to make up for the fact we’re letting less people park, and as our campus continues towards better, more sustainable transportation methods,” C h i ve ra l s a i d , “ I w a n t parking on campus to be limited to those who need it, not just those who can afford it.”

D OT S h a s co n s i d e re d other models to bring in funds for parking changes, but most have been rejected.

The Campus Transportation Advisory Committee — a

University Senate committee made up of students and staff that make recommendations to DOTS — gave three different recommendations to the administration.

One of those recommendations was to extend its five-tier system to include a sixth tier. The current system requires employees earning over a certain amount of m o n ey to p ay m o re fo r parking. Including the additional tier would increase revenue for DOTS. Allen also proposed tentative plans to change free p a r k i n g h o u rs f ro m i t s

current 4 p.m. to 7 a.m. on weekdays to midnight to 7 a.m. every day of the week.

He said it’s time for people paying for parking to stop pulling the weight for those parking for free.

“So a lot of people parking for free, great for them,” Allen said. “If you haven’t been one of those people, great for you . Howeve r, should everyone subsidize all those folks?”

T h e p l a n s to c h a n ge parking hours are tentat i ve , a n d i n t wo we e k s will be laid out for the advisory committee.

However, the only change t h a t h a s b e e n o f f i c i a l ly proposed is the fees, which senior communication major Kristina Arreza said she disagrees with.

“I think it’s kind of absurd that a state institution isn’t really putting into consideration people who don’t really have money or are in a place to be a full-time student and have a full-time job,” she said.

Da n i e l L o n g , a se n i o r communication major, was sympathetic to both sides of the issue.

“On one hand it’s like,

they got to make their money somehow,” he said, “but it sucks for the students, some of them are already broke as it is.”

The budget decisions are still subject to approval by the advisory committee and the Committee for the Review of Student Fees.

Until then, the change remains in limbo — and student concerns persist.

“It’s really annoying,” Arreza said. “I thought that college was supposed to help us, not drown us.”

the state of Maryland to attend this university. “ I f I d i d n ’t ge t t h e s e scholarships,” she said, “I wouldn’t be able to come to this school.”

T h o u g h s h e ’s n e v e r wo rke d w i t h Bo h o rq u ez Garcia, Ramirez said she relies on mentorship and f i n a n c i a l c o u n s e l i n g to

find resources to pay for her education.

Last month, this university formally signed an amicus curiae brief in support of the Deferred Action for Childh o o d A r r iva l s p rog ra m , which President Donald Trump attempted to repeal in 2017. The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on

the case Tuesday.

Student leaders like Candela Cerpa, SGA’s director of sustainability and PLUMAS’ vice president, were pleased to see the university support DACA, but said they wanted to see consistent support of undocumented students on campus.

That starts, Cerpa said,

with the permanence of the undocumented student c o o rd i n a to r p o s i t i o n — but she feels the university is “leaving students in the dark.”

“We’re kind of uncertain of when things are going to move along and happen,” she said. “I was hoping by the time that the Supreme

Court hearing would come around that [the university] would have made a statement at least clarifying what they’re going to do, what steps they are taking.”

last year. Months later, an investigation into his death From p. 1 found that the university’s tended Caret’s five-year t r a i n e r s h a d f a i l e d t o contract, but Caret informed identify his condition or t h e m o f h i s d e c i s i o n to treat him properly.

H oweve r, t h e re ge n ts step down before it had the opportunity to decide, re c o m m e n d e d t h a t t h e a u n i v e r s i t y s y s t e m u n ive rs i ty re ta i n t h o s e s p o k e s p e rs o n to l d T h e t r a i n e r s — a l o n g w i t h football coach DJ Durkin Diamondback in May. McNa i r su cc u m be d to and athletic director Damon heatstroke after a workout E v a n s — e v e n t h o u g h

wojahn From p. 1 Lakeland resident Will Sellers said he’s been conce r n e d a b o u t t h e s p e e d and amount of development in the city, and that he hasn’t seen much benefit to residents as a result of it.

He d e c l i n e d to say wh o he voted for, but said it wasn’t Wojahn.

P a n c h o r e c e i ve d 2 6 8 votes, while Malsawma received 164.

“I would not say tonight was a loss for me,” Pancho to l d T h e D i a m o n d ba c k . “[The fact] that 268 people who just recently, in the last five weeks, laid eyes on me, voted for me — that’s an accomplishment.”

parking From p. 1 initiatives such as providing discounts to those who carpool. This incentive, in addition to others, is run through DOTS’ Smart Commute program.

But now, as Maryland’s minimum wage increased, alongside a 2.5 percent raise for DOTS employees, and construction has cut into visitor and sporting events parking, it’s become even more challenging.

RHA vice president Julian Chiveral agreed the change

sga From p. 7 Freshman architecture major Leticia Ramirez is one of more than 100 DACA recipients on the campus. Like many other DACA students, she said she’s dependent on scholarships and aid from

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A review of burger king’s impossible whopper A vegetarian and a carnivore put the plant-based burger to the test

By Audrey Decker and Evan Haynos | @audreydeck_r and @evanhaynos | Senior staff writers

W

hether you’re a meat-eater or a vegetarian, it’s hard to argue with the facts — beef is not a sustainable food. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations found that cattle is the animal species most responsible for greenhouse gas emissions, at 65 percent of the total livestock emissions.

Another study shows that producing red meat requires 11 times more water and 28 times more land than pork or chicken.

In August 2019, Burger King paired the widely-accessible Impossible Burger — a plant-based burger substitute — with lettuce, tomato, onion, pickles, mayonnaise and ketchup to create the Impossible Whopper.

While beef isn’t sustainable, alternatives come at a price — $1.40 to be exact. The Original Whopper is $4.19, and the Impossible Whopper is $5.59.

Hopefully, in the future, restaurants and fast-food chains will

provide comparable prices for vegetarian options, but Burger King carrying a meatless burger is already a step in the right direction.

Here’s how the Impossible Whopper stacks up for us, a life-long vegetarian and loyal carnivore:

taste

audrey (vegetarian): The taste of the patty was bland, similar to any standard veggie burger I’ve eaten before.

It had more of a “meaty” taste than the substitute burgers I usually eat, such as black bean burgers, probably because it was prepared the way Burger King makes its other burgers. I was raised a vegetarian, so I’ve literally never eaten a beef burger before, but the squishy bun and toppings made it taste like what I imagine a real burger to taste like.

with an alternative burger is Hip City Veg’s “Smokehouse Burger,” a Beyond Meat patty whose flavor was transformed by the crispy onions, barbecue sauce and melted gouda cheese that topped it. The Impossible Whopper had less glamorous toppings and at times felt simply like a vehicle to carry these lowquality condiments.

The absence of cheese on the burger (the traditional Whopper way) also had an effect. While I understand the Whopper is BK’s flagship burger, it might have done better to create a custom sandwich with more flavorful toppings, including a slice of highly processed and delicious cheese.

the impossible Whopper swaps typical beef for a plant-based patty. audrey decker/for the diamondback

meat substitutes. If anything, it was less chewy than some fake chicken I’ve tried before.

I do wish the burger were less dry — in ads I’ve seen for other restaurants’ Impossible Burgers, they looked as moist as a real hamburger. The texture was pretty good for fake meat, but it lacked the juiciness I craved.

evan:

texture

There’s a slight tug of resistance when you bite into a ground beef hamburger as the char of the seared beef creates a snap — this doesn’t exist with the Impossible Whopper.

There’s still a grilled texture and it’s not as spongy as I anticipated, but the bite is a bit softer than you’d like, and it doesn’t hold together quite so well.

audrey:

Comparison

Surprisingly, I enjoyed the texture of the Impossible audrey: evan (carnivore): Whopper. It was fairly chewy, Fast and relatively cheap, the My only other experience but not any more than other Impossible Whopper is a solid

meatless option. Other than subpar toppings, the burger itself was as good as other meat substitutes. Because I mainly eat vegetable-based patties, such as quinoa or black bean burgers, it was a nice switch up. But my favorite aspect of the Impossible Whopper was the fun I had going into a fast-food drivethru and actually being able to order a burger.

For me, the major downfall of the burger was that it’s not completely vegetarian unless you request a non-broiler preparation, otherwise Burger King broils it in the same place it cooks chicken and beef. Vegetarian or vegan customers might not know this before ordering their Impossible Whopper, so definitely do your research before you order meat alternatives at restaurants, fast food or not.

evan: My perception is partly influenced by the fact that I ate a normal Whopper in the same sitting, so the ground beef taste was fresh in my mouth and it was easy to pick out what the other sandwich didn’t have. If you weren’t eating them side-by-side, it might’ve been harder to tell the difference.

It’s look is stunningly similar — grill marks on the outside, well-done bits of gray matter on the inside — and it’s taste is close enough to mistake if you weren’t paying attention. However, it’s still fast food, and you’re not going to be eating a truly highquality item whether it’s ground beef or imitation meat, so don’t expect such. But the Impossible Whopper presents something extremely valuable — a burger option that doesn’t decay my heart or our planet. diversionsdbk@gmail.com

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men’s soccer

Eli Crognale fires Terps into next round Maryland will meet Indiana in Big Ten tournament semifinal For much of Eric Myers the Big @ EricMyers531 Te n to u rSenior staff writer nament quarterfinal between No. 23 M a ryl a n d m e n ’s so cce r a n d No r t hwe s te r n , t h e match appeared destined to be decided by penalty kicks. And in the end, it was — only it was one in regulation.

Both teams struggled to produce many meaningful chances in the final third during the elimination game, and the contest remained level as the clock t i c ke d pa s t 2 0 m i n u te s remaining.

T h e n , Wi l d ca ts m i d fielder Matt Modorwell committed a foul inside the box, surrendering a penalty by

kick to the Terps.

Midfielder Eli Crognale stepped to the spot and sent the penalty shot past Miha Miskovic to lift No. 5-seed M a r yl a n d p a s t fo u r t h s e e d e d N o r t h we s te r n , 1-0, and into Friday’s Big Ten tournament semifinal at Ludwig Field.

“Eli plays with confidence and swagger,” coach Sasho Cirovski said. “When the moment was needed for him to step up, he stepped up and there was no question about it — that ball was going in the back of the net.”

Northwestern enjoyed the majority of possession early in the game and used that advantage to fire three shots on goal in the first 20 minutes. Each attempt, though, flew right to goalkeeper Niklas Neumann,

who made three easy stops.

Maryland’s attack, meanwhile, wasn’t as promising during the first 45 minutes.

The Terps generated just two shots, neither of which were on frame.

Cirovski said after the ga m e t h a t w i n d p l aye d a factor in how the team played in the first half. With his team attacking into the wind, the lack of chances didn’t discourage the 27thyear coach, and he told his team at halftime that he liked the position it was in at 0-0.

“It was tough for us to get anything going, just because the wind was constantly blowing against us,” Crognale said. “We just made sure to get out of the half without conceding a goal, because we knew that the second half we were going to be with the wind.”

When the teams returned

to the field following halftime and switched sides, p o s s e s s i o n sw u n g i n to M a ryl a n d ’s favo r. Wi t h the newly established advantage, midfielder David Kovacic got to a loose ball to rifle a strong shot that deflected off the crossbar and out early in the second half.

I n t h e 57 t h m i n u te , Northwestern won the ball in the midfield and initiated a counterattack. Midfielder Vicente Castro floated a cross to the back post, where Ty Seager elevated above a defender to get a header off.

The shot took a bounce before Neumann made a desperation save to fight off the shot and keep the match scoreless.

“I thought [Neumann] played very well,” defender Nick Richardson said. “He made a huge save for us in the second half to keep us

in the game.”

Cirovski said his team didn’t want to concede a goal and have to play from b e h i n d a ga i n s t a to u g h Northwestern defense. With Neumann’s save, the Terps could push forward without that pressure.

In the 70th minute, Richardson — who played right back in place of Ben Di Rosa, who left the game early with a sickness, according to a team spokesperson — received a pass in the box and looked to make a move.

But the redshirt freshman was stopped in his tracks because of a hard challenge from a defender that sent Richardson down to the field.

“I tried to flick it over [the defender], but they came in pretty hard on me,” Richardson said. “But I was glad to draw the PK for my team.”

When the official awarded

a penalty kick, the Wildcats appealed the decision, while Crognale prepared to step to the spot. After converting the penalty shot, Crognale placed his pointer finger to his lips to silence the crowd while fellow Terps gathered around the senior captain.

That preceded the ultimate celebration — sending the Terps back to College Park, the site of the Big Ten tournament semifinals and final.

There, they’ll rematch topseeded Indiana, who Maryland beat 3-0 on Oct. 18.

“I feel it’s my responsibility to be that guy, and step up and take those PKs in big situations and big games like this one,” Crognale said. “I think it’s important to have the confidence, and that’s what I have, and I know my teammates trust me to step up and finish it.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

men’s basketball

Against Rhode Island, all’s well that ends well The Terps used a 15-4 run before halftime to overcome turnovers by

The

Eric Myers Xfinity @EricMyers531 Center crowd Senior staff writer pounced on any opportunity to cheer in the first 15 minutes of No. 7 Maryland men’s basketball’s Saturday night matchup with Rhode Island.

But between those intermittent bouts of excitement, coach Mark Turgeon was often the one reacting so strongly. The ninth-year coach repeatedly showed his frustration as the Terps turned the ball over 13 times and fell behind 28-20.

A layup from forward Jalen Smith reengaged the crowd, before the Maryland faithful became fullthroated as the Terps reeled off a 15-4 run to close the first half. The first-half run helped the home team capture momentum and overcome a tumultuous start to win, 73-55.

“We needed it,” Turgeon said. “I think we all felt relieved, then we knew we were going to win the game, it was just by how much.”

Rhode Island’s game plan was clear from the outset: B e p hys i c a l . T h e R a m s

weren’t intimidated by the highly ranked Terps and their size.

O n i ts f i rs t two p os se ss i o n s, R h o d e I s l a n d c o r ra l l e d a n o f f e n s i ve rebound and capitalized with a second-chance 3-point shot and a put-back layup, prompting Turgeon to yell from the sideline “Rebound!”

When the Terps’ defense lost a player underneath and allowed a wide-open layup over eight minutes into the game, a furious Turgeon turned to the bench and yelled demonstratively.

“We got their best shot out of the gate,” said Aaron Wiggins, who recorded his first career double-double with 13 points and 13 rebounds. “They went up 10, 12 points on us, and because of our experience we were able to stay calm.”

Moments later, forward Ricky Lindo hit a 3-pointer, momentarily easing Turgeon and the crowd’s angst.

But the turnover problems persisted, and the number of miscues easily surpassed the eight that Maryland committed in 40 minutes during Tuesday’s

season opener against Holy Cross.

“Probably just going too fast,” guard Anthony Cowan said. “In the first half, we really wasn’t running anything, wasn’t executing anything like we’re supposed to.”

To address the ball-handling issues and combat Rhode Island’s physical style, Turgeon countered with a four-guard lineup, putting guard Darryl Morsell at the power forward spot with 4:34 left in the half.

During a two-minute span with the perimeter-oriented lineup, the Terps quickly scored five points to cut their deficit to 28-27.

“We was able to get stops, really spread the floor and really run,” Cowan said. “I really liked our five when Darryl was at the four. He got aggressive on defense, and like I said, we was able to run in transition.”

Following an early media timeout, Turgeon substituted out one of the guards in favor of forward Donta Scott. The freshman hit a 3-point shot from the wing to give Maryland its first lead of the night that it extended to 35-32 heading into halftime.

The Rams tied the game early in the second half

Guard anthony cowan battles for a rebound during No. 7 Maryland men’s basketball’s 73-55 win over Holy Cross on Saturday.

Cowan scored 14 points, all of which came in the second half, as the Terps overcame an early deficit. julia nikhinson/the diamondback with guard Tyrese Martin’s 3-pointer. But Maryland didn’t allow that shot to overtake the momentum it had built.

Cowan — who finished with 14 points, all in the se co n d h a l f — k n o c ke d down a shot from distance to cap off a 13-4 run that gave the Te rps a 48 - 39 advantage.

“I’m just glad he likes to bring us home,” Turgeon said of his senior guard. “I’d much rather have that than a guy who plays good in the first half, then can’t do it in

the second.”

M a r yl a n d ’s l ea d b a l looned to 21 with Smith pouring in 10 straight points in a three-minute span to bring his total to a gamehigh 19 points, to go with 11 rebounds.

After the sloppy first 15 minutes, the Terps scored 53 points and committed just four turnovers in the final 25. As Maryland’s level of play steadily elevated, Turgeon’s sideline demeanor slipped into a much more relaxed state as the home team coasted to the victory.

But while Turgeon and t h e tea m e n j oye d wh a t ended up being a comfortable margin of victory, the Terps know their top-10 ra n k i n g p l a ce s a ta rge t squarely on their backs. “ O u t o f t h e ga te , i t’s just a matter of us making sure that we’re locked in on details,” Wiggins said.

“Knowing the scouting report, knowing what they’re going to throw at us and being prepared to bounce back from it.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

volleyball

After losses to top-10 teams, Hughes looks inward No. 6 Minnesota and No. 4 Wisconsin swept Maryland on back-toback nights, continuing a trying campaign for the Terps, now 12-14 by

At any

Kevin F. McNulty Maryland @kmcnulty_219 volleyStaff writer ball game, coach Adam Hughes can be found standing at the end of his team’s bench, holding a ballpoint pen and a little red notebook full of game notes.

But after Hughes was forced to use his second and final timeout of the third set Saturday against Wisconsin after just 16 p o i n ts, h e b e ga n f r u s tratedly clicking the pen against his notebook.

Hughes and his coaching staff had less than two days to prepare for two top-10

teams this past weekend while without two of its captains. And after the Terps fell to the Badgers for their fifth consecutive loss in straight sets, Hughes was quick to put the blame on himself and the rest of the staff.

“Coaches say it all the time and you probably don’t understand it until you sit in this seat, but we got outcoached tonight,” Hughes said. “The coaching staff needs to do better.”

Hughes, who is in his second year at the helm of the program, is still trying to earn his stripes among some of the imposing

coaches that the Big Ten has to offer.

One night after going up against M innesota’s Hugh McCutcheon, who is a former National Coach of the Year, Hughes had to face Wisconsin coach Kelly Sheffield.

Sheffield has led the Badgers to Sweet 16 appearances in the NCAA tournament in each of his six seasons with the team.

And Wisconsin imposed its will on the Terps despite suffering its first Big Ten loss of the season before traveling to College Park.

Hughes acknowledged this may have given Wisconsin

extra motivation entering the matchup.

“It was a good bounceb a c k g a m e f o r t h e m ,” Hughes said. “I’m not going to take any credit for them, but I think we, as a staff, need to do a better job.”

Maryland stuck with the Badgers early in the first set. But after holding a 14-12 lead, the Terps collapsed in a 25-18 loss. The second-year coach looked to instill trust between him and the players entering the second set.

“I wanted them to know that I wasn’t going to give up on them, and I hope they would do the same for me,”

Hughes said.

The Terps continued to spiral, though, and they lost the final two sets by a combined 24 points despite the coaching staff attempting to switch things up.

Hughes had been giving setter Taylor Smith some re ps a s a h i t te r, b u t h e m ove d h e r b a c k to h e r native position for the final set. Smith notched three assists in a set where the Terps totaled just 13 points.

Although Hughes was critical of himself after Saturday night’s loss, his players have faith in him and the rest of the coachi n g s ta f f to g u i d e t h e m moving forward.

“We’ll work on exactly where we need to be on

offense and defense,” libero Allegra Rivas said. “We’re going to watch a lot of film.

The coaches will tell us what to take away from it.”

Ahead of the upcoming week of practice, the Terps are hoping to have some of their key pieces back on the court. Hughes will have another full week to prepare his team for two road matches next weekend, where his coaching will once again be put to the test.

“Everyone’s kind of battling those injuries, and I’m hoping we’ll get a few people back next week,” Hughes said. “It changes the structure of practice and how hard we can go.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

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football

Another game, another blowout for the Terps No. 3 Ohio State puts up 73 points to hand Maryland 5th straight loss by

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Andy Kostka @ afkostka Senior staff writer

In an age where merely winning doesn’t mean as much as obliterating, when College Fo o t b a l l P l a yo f f s e e d ings can change based on how many points a team posts on some unfortunate loser, Ohio State’s decision to run an onside kick in the first quarter perhaps wasn’t as surprising as it first seemed.

After going up two scores on Maryland football — the unfortunate loser Saturday — Ohio State kicker Blake Haubeil lined up to kick off as usual. But he popped the ball up down the sideline, perfectly leading gunner Chris Olave and catching the Terps’ special teams u n i t o f f g u a rd to s tea l back possession and set up another touchdown drive.

The Buckeyes would’ve been fine without that play. showed little ability

to do anything except give up points. But when you’re at the top of college football, a 73-14 drubbing over lesser competition is standard operating procedure, and letting up isn’t in the manual.

And when Maryland opted to join the Big Ten in 2014, this is what it signed u p fo r, c o m p e t i n g i n a gauntlet like the Big Ten East and getting devoured along the way. On Saturday, they allowed the most points since 1913. Coach M ike Locksley means to change that. In his first year, though, Maryland has endured its fair share of blowout defeats. Saturday was just another in a season-long slog.

“We’re a better team than what we showed,” Locksley said. “We just don’t show it consistently. And that’s on me to get our guys to be able to play a little bit more consistently. But whether it’s 73 or it’s a 1-point loss,

they are the same.”

The Terps (3-7, 1-6 Big Ten) elected to receive the opening kickoff, perhaps envisioning a similar start to the contest as last year, when running back Anthony McFarland broke away for an 81-yard score on the second play against Ohio State. This time, though, Colton Spangler punted the ball away, triggering the start of six straight Buckeyes (9-0, 6-0) drives ending with touchdowns.

There was Binjimen Victor’s 12-yard reception and quarterback Justin Fields’ 4-yard rush, as Ohio State became the fifth straight team to score two touchdowns on its first two drives against the Terps.

“We struggled to get off the field on third down,” linebacker Keandre Jones said. “That’s up to us as a defense. … We’ve got to go back to the drawing board.”

That onside kick attempt added insult to injury and went better than Maryland’s try last year. After McFarland’s rushing touchdown

on the opening possession of an eventual 52-51 overtime loss, the Terps gambled and it paid off, recovering an onside kick. But wideout Jeshaun Jones fumbled on the ensuing drive, dashing a chance to go up two scores.

The Buckeyes would have no such miscue Saturday, though, turning the onside kick into another seven points following an eightplay, 57-yard drive. Running back J.K. Dobbins rumbled to the end zone twice in the second quarter after another Fields touchdown pass, establishing a 42-0 advantage at intermission.

“We talked to them early,” coach Ryan Day said. “If the timing is right on the third kickoff and we have the opportunity, we’ll take that.

And I think the guys fed off that aggressiveness.”

Maryland could hardly move the ball — it took until the second quarter for Locksley’s squad to string together two consecutive plays that went for positive yardage. Locksley rotated b e t we e n q u a r te r b a c k s

Josh Jackson and Tyrrell Pigrome, and the results remained lackluster no matter who was under center.

The Terps finished the first half with just 66 yards compared to Ohio State’s 363. The Buckeyes were 8-for-8 on third-down conversions, their punter never saw the field in the opening 30 minutes and a 15-minute halftime break did nothing to slow their pace.

“It was a large lead at the half,” said Javon Leake, who moved into sixth alltime for Maryland return yardage. “But coach just said, ‘Keep fighting.’ You know, can’t give up, even though they’re up by this much.”

Fields didn’t even take the field for the second half. Instead, it was Chris Chugunov under center for the third and Gunnar Hoak in the fourth. And while Jones forced a fumble on Ohio State’s first drive out of halftime, linebacker K ’ Va u g h a n Po p e i n te rcepted Pigrome on the very next play.

Two plays later, Chugunov dropped in a dime to Garrett Wilson — just another blip in an onslaught.

Dontay Demus and Tayon Fleet-Davis got the Terps on the board in the second half, but it wasn’t much of a contest. Defensive coordinator Jon Hoke’s defense allowed a season-high 705 yards while the offense managed 139, ending any hopes of reaching bowl eligibility. It was an ugly loss, but it’s hardly the first.

Maryland’s been in this position before, losing 59-0 to Penn State and 52-10 to M i n n e so ta t h i s sea so n .

When the Terps face the Big Ten’s best, the results are often skewed this way.

And it’ll be Locksley’s job to turn this from a norm into an anomaly.

“We really try to focus on just doing the best job we can today,” Locksley said.

“And today, we didn’t do a very good job.”

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Maryland continues to dig itself into holes early Against Ohio State, the Terps gave up six straight touchdown drives by

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T h e ta s k a h ea d o f Andy Kostka Maryland @ afkostka Senior staff writer football had been imposing enough in front of 101,022 fans there to see Ohio State, the top-ranked team in College Football Playoff seeding. But that task quickly turned to an impossibility when the Buckeyes scored again and again and again and again and again and again — six straight possessions, six straight touchdowns.

The onslaught, ending only when Ohio State knelt down before halftime, was made possible through ineffectual offense and back-footed defense. It was the early makings of the Terps’ 73-14

capitulation Saturday. It was another embarrassing display in coach Mike Locksley’s first year as full-time head coach, one that included DeMatha offensive lineman Jordan White — a three-star prospect — decommitting mid-blowout.

But Maryland’s fifth straight loss also coincides with a worrisome trend. In the past five games, the Terps’ opponent has scored on at least its first two attempts. Saturday’s output was the most severe, but it’s hardly new.

As Maryland plays from behind early and often, there’s little room for error on defense, and more pressure mounts on an offense still searching for the success it created during the first two weeks. Against Ohio State, the Terps’ chances

were always slim. Fifty-two unanswered points only confirmed the prognosis.

“We always believe that the team that throws the first punch is the team most likely to win the game,” running back Tayon Fleet-Davis said. “And O State did that.”

It started against Purdue on Oct. 12, when backup quarterback Jack Plummer drove the Boilermakers to a two-score lead after just eight minutes of play, and it has continued ever since. Indiana scored on its first two possessions, and Minnesota on its first three. Last week, Michigan returned the opening kickoff to the house and followed it up with another touchdown.

Barring the 34-28 defeat to the Hoosiers, Maryland wasn’t particularly close in any of them.

On Saturday, the Terps’

offense didn’t manage a first down until an Ohio State facemask penalty gifted one.

It took until the second quarter to string together two straight plays that yielded positive yardage. That gave quarterback Justin Fields ample time to operate the Buckeyes’ offense, converting all eight third-down attempts in the first half and compiling 705 yards by the time the final whistle blew.

“I mean, on defense we couldn’t get off the field, didn’t generate any pass rush. On offense, we couldn’t sustain drives. You know, 2-of-11 on third downs,” Locksley said.

“To try to keep their offense off the field, we needed to play better on offense, which we didn’t do a great job of in the first half.”

Back when the Terps were on top of the world, beating then-

No. 21 Syracuse 63-20 in early September to become 2-0, it appeared as if Locksley’s playbook — and offensive coordinator Scottie Montgomery’s play-calling — would combine to create a near-unstoppable attack filled with big plays and quick starts. Maryland scored on its first three possessions against the Orange, needing an average of about two and a half minutes to find the end zone.

The inconsistencies first exposed themselves in a loss to Temple — unsteady quarterback play, a boom-or-bust offense and a shaky defense — and have grown to define the Terps during the losing streak.

Saturday’s display was particularly troubling. And as any national-title contender would, Ohio State capitalized.

“When a team comes out and gets momentum very early in the game, it’s very hard to

take it back,” Fleet-Davis said. “That’s why one of our goals is to come out and get to a fast start.”

To Maryland’s credit, it didn’t roll over. Locksley’s squad went out and scored twice, even as the Buckeyes continued to pile on.

It was the start, however, that quickly turned Saturday’s contest into a slaugher.

And while the Terps had a slim chance as it was before kickoff against one of the best teams in the country, it’s the habit of continually allowing early scores that plunges this team into a mire.

“I did feel we competed a little better in the second half, but you can’t get behind a good team like Ohio State early like we did,” Locksley said. “We’ve got to do a better job.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

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Terps make a statement at AU Round Robin tourney A handful of Maryland wrestlers went undefeated in dominant day WASHINGTON,

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Julia Nikhinson the AU Round @julianikhinson Robin against American and Staff writer VMI, Maryland wrestling looked to continue building earlyseason hype under firstyear coach Alex Clemsen.

And when 197-pounder Ja ro n S m i t h o p e n e d u p with a commanding 16-1 te c h n i ca l fa l l a ga i n s t American’s Will Jarrell, the Terps delivered.

S m i t h ’s p e r fo r m a n c e set the tone not only for his own season but for the rest of the tournament — out of 41 matches Saturday, Maryland wrestlers won 30.

Smith fed off the momentum, later earning a 9-2 decision over American’s Abe Correa-Medina to close out a 2-0 day.

“He was so dominant,” Clemsen said. “Really really impressive with just how physically overwhelming he looked in that match. …

He really imposed that will and that ability, and it was

a good tone-setter for the day for sure and I think for his season.”

Five wrestlers for Maryland followed in Smith’s u n d e fea te d fo o ts te ps : 133-pounder K ing Sandoval, 157-pounder Lucas Cordio, 165-pounder Kyle Cochran went 3-0, 174pounder Philip Spadafora went 4-0 and 157-pounder Jahi Jones went 2-0.

Sandoval asserted his dominance in each of his three bouts on the day.

After briefly circling his first opponent — American’s Daniel Kidd — Sandoval went in for a takedown and gained top position, grapevining Kidd’s leg to keep him down.

After holding Kidd down for four seconds, a scramble ensued, resulting in Sandoval pinning Kidd in 4:32.

In his next two matches, Sandoval played off his opening win, pinning VMI’s Sean McKinney in 0:56 and earning a 17-0 technical fall over VMI’s Cliff Conway.

“King did a really good

job today,” Clemsen said.

“He’s a kid that is very creative and has some crazy positions that he can score from, and he did a really good job of creating chaos and giving himself those opportunities.”

Maryland struggled in t h e 1 4 1 - p o u n d we i g h t class, though. American’s Sal Profaci pinned Quinn Devaney, and Profaci also earned an 11-0 major decision against Hunter Baxter.

VMI’s Dominick Gallo came out on top against Devaney, too, earning a 6-2 decision.

The only win to come out of the 141-pound weight class was Baxter’s 5:00 pin of Gallo.

In the 149-pound class, Garrett Burnham went 1-1 — including one medical forfeit — while M ichael Doetsch enjoyed a successful afternoon with three wins, including two pins.

Although many Terps were victorious at least o n c e S a t u r d a y, 1 7 4 pounder Josh Ugalde was kept out of the win column.

D e s p i te h i s s u c c e s s f u l 2 0 1 8 -1 9 ca m pa i g n , t h e starter went 0-2. Against

125-pounder king sandoval shined at the American University Round Robin on Saturday, earning three wins in all three of his matches. The redshirt freshman pinned two of his opponents and also earned a technical fall. julia nikhinson/the diamondback V M I ’s N e a l R i c h a r d s , Ugalde still went in strong, s c o r i n g two p o i n ts fo r a takedown.

But after starting at the bottom in referee’s posit i o n , R i c h a rd s f l i p p e d Ugalde, maintaining control for the majority of the remaining time en route to a 14-7 major decision.

And although Ugalde appeared to have a breakthrough against American’s

Bryce Dempsey, he still lost the match, 5-3.

D e s p i te s e e i n g a few notable losses, there was significant improvement for Clemsen’s squad since last week, when Maryland took down Southern Virginia but fell to Virginia, 34-6. Maryland is already h a l f way to i ts 2 0 1 8 -1 9 win total, and Saturday’s successful round-robin showing was another en-

couraging sign.

“Overall, I think the kids have just done a good job of being receptive to being coached,” Clemsen said.

“We have a bunch of smart kids … so you match that cerebral capacity with good physical effort. We’re going to keep seeing good things happen.”

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aryland women’s basketball coach Brenda Frese called timeout after a 3-pointer from the corner, putting No. 8 South Carolina up 13 with just over a minute left in both teams’ first true test of the young season.

Tyasha Harris’ shot, though, put the finishing touches on Sunday’s contest. In a matchup the Terps never held a lead in, the Gamecocks’ weren’t particularly proficient, either.

Harris’ dagger was their only make from beyond the arc and they shot just 31.7 percent overall.

But South Carolina did enough to dispatch the No. 4 Maryland squad on its home court, 63-54, a team plagued by its own shooting woes.

The Terps hung around yet never got within six points in the final 10 minutes Sunday.

“South Carolina really came in ready to make their presence known. They took control of the glass early, they got to the free throw line and really set the tone,”

coach Brenda Frese said. in the second quarter, hold“We learned a lot of things ing the Terps to 20 percent that we’re going to be able shooting from the field. to utilize moving forward Boston turned her focus that’s going to help make to defense, emphatically us better.” swatting five shots and alFreshman center Ali- tering every layup attempt yah Boston led the way for from those who dared to South Carolina, proving her mettle with eight points in the first period as Maryland provided little-to-no resistance in the paint. She finished 6-for-10 from the field with a team-high 14 points along with seven boards.

With Maryland trailing by six near the end of the first quarter, forward Blair Watson tipped her team’s lone offensive rebound of the period out to the corner, grabbed it herself and maryland women’s basketball coach hit a fading 3-pointer to stop the bleeding. That bail-out challenge her. shot energized the Terps “She just impacted so enough to stay in the game many shots when we got for the rest of that quarter, into the paint,” Frese said. but Watson’s swish would “She was the anchor deend up being the only long- fensively that they needed range shot to fall for Mary- and I think probably got in land in the first half. our heads with all of the South Carolina’s defense missed layups that we had only got more suffocating in this game.”

South Carolina really came in ready to make their presence known.

Brenda Frese

Maryland played some inspired defense of its own, though, constantly stripping South Carolina players on drives to the basket that led to fast breaks on the other end.

The Terps’ eight firsthalf steals often didn’t lead to points, but they caused the Gamecocks to settle for more jumpers and shoot only 41.4 percent from the floor in the opening half as a result. South Carolina still took a 34-24 lead into the break.

The third quarter was no different for Maryland offensively, as Frese’s squad made only four shots — most of which came on fastbreak layups. But the Terps stayed within striking distance, maintaining aggression on rebounds and getting to the freethrow line despite the poor shooting.

“I thought we just needed to speed them up and just kind of disrupt them,” South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley said. “I thought our pressure bothered them …

and their pressure bothered us. I thought it was just a game of grittiness.”

Although forward Kaila Charles struggled with her shot all afternoon — she finished with 11 points on a 5-for-18 clip — her energy and leadership were on display in the second half, battling on each possession as the Terps worked to get back into the game.

But it wasn’t enough, as Maryland couldn’t find a rhythm offensively in the final period, either. South Carolina’s interior size and activity made almost every drive to the basket an ordeal, and the Terps’ 2-for-16 shooting performance from behind the arc Sunday gave little reason for the Gamecocks to alter their defensive scheme.

“We have a lot of lessons to learn out of this. Our rebounding, just learning how to start fast and start strong and not letting people come into our home court and setting the tempo,” Charles said. “It’s early, it’s only the second game of the season,

and like I told my teammates, this doesn’t stop our plan of trying to be successful and trying to go as far as we can in the tournament.”

Once the fouls started to rack up for Maryland, the game got away from it.

South Carolina hit 10 of its 12 attempts from the line in the fourth quarter, sealing the deal against a coldshooting Maryland team.

While the defense looked good for the most part, they couldn’t overcome a woeful shooting performance in which guard Ashley Owusu was the only Maryland player who didn’t miss more shots than she made, tallying team-highs with 17 points and seven rebounds.

“We played this game last year and beat them by 24 points and they went further in the postseason than we did,” Frese said. “So it’s really your mentality coming out of [this game] for your season, using the body of work to be better come March.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

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