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Purple Line fate uncertain post-election that the state should focus on fixing its “crumbling roads and bridges” before investing in new projects. Since his election on Nov. 4, Hogan has declined to comment on By Jon Banister Purple Line, which would connect @J_Banister this university to Bethesda and New any policy issues. His aides said he is Senior staff writer Carrollton and is slated to begin de- using the transition to discuss issues such as the Purple Line and won’t velopment in 2015. During the second debate, Hogan announce his plans until after he is While this state prepares for a new governor, some are question- said he opposed mass transit projects, sworn in on Jan. 21. Meanwhile, local ing his stance on construction of the including the Purple Line, stating politicians and university officials

Despite years of planning, scheduled construction, governor-elect has said funds better spent on roads

said they will push Hogan to support Purple Line construction. The project is expected to cost about $2.5 billion and is scheduled to open in 2020 after its five-year construction. The rail would have four stops in College Park, including one on Campus Drive near Stamp Student Union. See purple, Page 3

members of the SGA debate legislation at an Oct. 27 meeting. james levin/the diamondback

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SGA voices support for marijuana Officials pass bill applauding legal, regulated, taxed weed

Univ, local barbershops partner for colorectal cancer prevention

By Taylor Swaak @tswaak27 Staff writer Shortly after Washington legalized limited possession and cultivation of marijuana Nov. 4, the SGA pushed forward with legislation of its own. The Student Government Association passed a resolution supporting the legalization, regulation and taxation of marijuana with a 19-4 vote Nov. 5. T wo voters abstained. “We decided to bring it up now especially because of the legalization in D.C. that passed on Election Day,” said Aditya Dilip, a senior government and politics major and member of the Committee on Governmental Affairs, which wrote the resolution. “We figured it was time, and it was something that was interesting and something that needed to be addressed sooner or later.” See sga, Page 2

By Erin Serpico @erin_serpico Senior staff writer Every day Fred Spry goes into work, he sees about 50 different clients for haircuts or shaves, and he’s grown close to many of them. The 37-year-old barber from Chevy Chase has owned The Shop in Hyattsville for 13 years, but he never thought he would also be advocating his customers’ health while doing their hair. He never thought he’d potentially be saving their lives. “[Colorectal cancer] is a silent killer,” Spry said. “A lot of guys, they don’t go see regular doctors, they don’t go to regular checkups, and they feel more comfortable talking to us about everything Fred Spry, owner of a salon and barbershop in Hyattsville called The Shop, is partnering with the Maryland Center for Health Equity in the public health school. He is implementing a program in his shop to spread awareness and encourage patrons to get preventative cancer screenings. rachel george/the diamondback

Facilities Management moves forward with asbestos removal

With Rosetta success, a victory for U researchers

Dining hall, library most recent projects By Jeremy Snow @JeremyM_Snow Senior staff writer

Watch party celebrates comet landing mission By Marissa Horn @MarissaL_Horn Staff writer

Roald Sagdeev, a distinguished physics professor, speaks to the crowd about the Rosetta comet landing mission at the viewing party in the Physical Sciences Complex. james levin/the diamondback

The first-ever spacecraft landed on sun-orbiting-comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko yesterday, ending its 10 years of space travel and starting a new mission with university researchers’ help. Students and faculty members celebrated the landing of the craft, Philae, and its attached robotic probing device, Rosetta, on the comet at 11:03 a.m. after it experienced some complications with the landing gear, said astronomy professor Jessica Sunshine. About 150 viewers donned 3-D glasses to watch the landing live feed in the Physical Sciences Complex while erupting with excitement when the European Space Agency headquarters in Germany confirmed the landing.

University professor Michael A’Hearn, one of the lead investigators for the Rosetta mission, appeared onscreen during the live feed yesterday. He moved to Germany earlier this year to be closer to the headquarters and is not teaching this semester. “This mission has been around for so long and so far in the future, so it’s been like Rosetta’s going to do that,” said Tony Farnham, an astronomy senior research scientist. “Well, it’s here. This is the day we’ve been waiting for to see and actually sit down and play with a comet.” This landing will significantly change and advance scientific knowledge about comets, Farnham said. “I am very excited for tomorrow’s landing event,” Lori Feaga, a university astronomy researcher, said

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Tuesday. “We will learn a lot about the characteristics of the comet based on [the] outcome of the landing.” After the Philae landing, Rosetta will continue to orbit the comet for the next year, though Rosetta would have continued even if the landing did not go as planned, Feaga said. Physics professor Roald Sagdeev p ro v i d e d c o m m e n t a r y a t t h e viewing event, using his past experience as the director of the Soviet space program. “With technology, the recipe was very simple,” Sagdeev said. In 2004, NASA partnered with university researchers to launch Philae in hopes that it would get to comet 67P to study the surface. See comet, Page 3

Facilities Management has removed asbestos from 10 to 12 campus buildings this semester, including South Campus Dining Hall and McKeldin Library, but students should not be worried, officials said. Julius Williams, contract construction supervisor for hazardous and material services, said the efforts are the latest in Facilities Management’s decade-long effort to rid campus buildings of the potentially toxic material. “People should certainly not be concerned about it,” said Jack Baker, Facilities Management operations and maintenance director. “We do projects like this all the time, and it is a very, very safe and very common procedure.” Teams already have removed asbestos from circulation areas of McKeldin from Nov. 7 through last Friday and from the dining hall on Oct. 31, Williams said. Over winter

break, officials will work on four to five more projects at the Chemistry Building, the Benjamin Building and H.J. Patterson Hall, among others, Williams said. The buildings containing asbestos are “completely safe,” Baker said, thanks to the small amount present in the buildings and the form it is in. Asbestos is harmful only when pulverized or in a powder form, when the dangerous chemical fibers can be inhaled and cause serious lung damage. The asbestos on the campus is intact, he said. Five to 10 years ago, Facilities Management removed any traces of asbestos from the ceiling tiles and dorms across the campus, but some remains in the tile floors, pipe installations or mechanical rooms of older buildings, Baker said. “When doing a renovation project, we just take the opportunity to get rid of it, so it never has to be a concern again,” he said. In the 1960s and 1970s, facilities officials frequently used asbestos in building construction, brake pads and fire retardants, before discovering its harmful effect, Baker said. It is no longer used because of the major See asbestos, Page 3

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barbers From PAGE 1 in their lives compared to someone else.” Spry’s barbershop is one of four in Prince George’s Cou nty pa rtnered w ith this university’s Maryland Center for Hea lth Equ ity i n t he He a lt h A dvo c ate s In-reach and Research, or HAIR, initiative. The partnership aims to help prevent disease and promote wellness, primarily among the black community. This month, the program received a $200,000 grant from the Cigna Foundation, a health services company, to help expand outreach to 10 hair shops in this county to promote awareness and prevent colorectal cancer. The center will send in staff a n d s t u d e nt s to e du c ate the hairstylists about the disease and how to help the cause by relaying information to customers. Mortality rates and prevalence for colorectal cancer are the highest among African-Americans out of every racial group in the country, according to the American Cancer Society. National guidelines call for everyone in the country to have a colorectal cancer screening at the age of 50,

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but for African-Americans, early onset of the disease is predominantly at age 45, said Christina Stasiuk, national medical director for he a lt h d i spa r it ies at t he Cigna Foundation. Stasiuk was part of the committee that presented the grant to the center earlier this month. “Pa rt of my a rea of accountability is really to close the gap in health disparities,” Stasiuk said. “Not only to improve the health for all of our customers, but to make sure that when we roll out programs, we’re considering every group.” As with all cancer, the key to managing this disease is to detect it early, Stasiuk said. “Things have gotten better i n genera l for the overa l l U.S. population, but for African-Americans, it has not gotten better,” said Stephen Thomas, Center for Health Equity director. “It is with that recog n ition that everyone is not being reached that we were able to convince Cigna it was time to do something different — time to do something innovative.” Thomas said this partnership plays on the idea that m a ny opi n ion le ad ers of the black community work in barbershops and salons. “Every black barbershop is a unique community experience,” Thomas said. “Every

black barbershop gives you i nsig ht i nto someth i ng genuine and authentic.” The interactions between the clients and the 19 barbers i n S p r y ’s s h o p c o u l d b e likened to a family reunion. As the men sit in The SHOP, t hey ta l k to t hei r ba rber about relationships, family a nd even fi na ncia l problems. They talk about family members who have d ied. Talking about disease prevention is the next natural step, he said. “It’s funny — because we automatically have all types of conversations with our clients anyway, it’s not too far from the norm to bring it up,” Spry said. “Now it’s really in the depth of saving somebody’s life, instead of just a regular conversation.” John Hart, a third-year family science doctoral candidate, said that as a black man, he notices that he forms trusting relationships with his barber, and many men return to the same barber every time they go. Also a graduate research a ssi sta nt for t he MCH E , Hart will be among the staff members and students who educate the hairstylists about colorectal cancer screenings, discussing why it’s important and the resou rces they ca n prov ide for clients.

public schools, it was easier people would do it no matter for people to get a hold of what, whether it’s legal or weed than it was alcohol,” not, so might as well make From PAGE 1 Simoes said. “It’s at the point it legal if they can make it Luke Pinton, senior gov- where it’s a casual drug that regulated.” Mihir Khetarpal, a freshernment and politics major people are commonly using, a nd SGA d i rector of gov- and we need the government man economics and governernmental affairs, said that to intervene at this point to ment and politics major and while there are no imme- start regulating it, to make member of the Governmendiate next steps, the SGA sure that it doesn’t get out tal Affairs Committee, cited fiscal benefits and civil rights intends to use the resolu- of hand.” While junior kinesiology issues as two main forces tion to express student body support if this state — which major Greg Herrell is not spe- that drove the SGA’s resodecriminalized possession of cifically pro-legalization, he, lution approval. Fiscally, K hetarpal said less than 10 grams of mari- too, acknowledged the benjuana Oct. 1 — begins to make efits of added oversight on the ta x ing ma rijua na — from which Colorado is expected to strides toward legalization. recreational activity. collect more than $60 million “Overall, it’s harmful in Pinton said the idea for this fiscal year, according my opinion. … It does have the resolution gained traction earlier this semester. To harmful effects over time,” to the resolution — has the gauge student support for Herrell said. “But I think potential to add millions of marijuana legalization, SGA legislators polled 592 students and found 60.1 percent were in favor, 23.5 percent were neut ra l a nd 16.3 p ercent opposed its legalization, according to the resolution. “This is clearly something that students care about,” Pinton said. “It really shows that a lot of people in our generation, and especially students in our generation, Seeking 125 UMD Students are pro-legalization, regardto OWN a new company less of whether or not they centered around dog/cat innovations. would personally do it.” Email galpert@rocketmail.com. Junior marketing major Mega ne Si moes sa id that the fact that marijuana has become increasingly commonplace is a l l t he more reason to legalize and regulate the drug. “Growing up and going to

Fred Spry, barber and owner of The SHOP in Hyattsville, gives a customer a haircut. Spry’s barbershop is one of several in Prince George’s County partnering with the Maryland Center for Health Equity to educate and encourage patrons to get cancer screenings. rachel george/the diamondback tion is initiated, the customers will most likely be receptive to it, he said. “I always wished I could [do this kind of project],” Spry said. “I always knew it was my calling to serve a community … being able to be in touch with so many different people. So many people come i nto my l i fe that made me know that a long time ago.”

“It’s important for us to take the time to educate them, and get them very comfortable with the material,” Hart said. “These aren’t individuals who are public health researchers.” And while all medical services will be left to medical professionals, the hair stylists can initiate the conversation and establish a comfortable place to discuss it. “We want to make it as s m o o t h a s p o s s i b l e . We

don’t want to alarm anyone, or complicate the relationship,” Hart said. This partnership initiative continues to grow, Thomas said, and the Doctors Community Hospital in Lanham offered Tuesday to provide free colorectal screenings for people in the barbershop who say they are interested. Spry has also been reaching out to other barbers in the area to get them on board, because once the conversa-

dollars to state public schools and universities. As for civil rights, Khetarpal noted that even though white people and minorities in this state smoke comparable amounts of marijuana, a rrest data showed there were 371 more marijuanarelated arrests among white people in 2010 than in 2001, compared with an increase of 5,614 arrests for minorities in that same period.

“People of minority status “IT REALLY SHOWS THAT are picked up and arrested A LOT OF PEOPLE IN a n d c h a r g e d w a y m o r e OUR GENERATION, AND harshly, and that can affect ESPECIALLY STUDENTS your legal standing and acaIN OUR GENERATION, demic standing if you have ARE PRO-LEGALIZATION, it on your record,” Pinton REGARDLESS OF said. “We just felt that it was a pertinent issue, and WHETHER OR NOT THEY WOULD PERSONALLY we wanted the SGA to come DO IT.” out in front of it instead of behind it.”

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Big data panelists, audience agree: PURPLE future statistics need interpreters Riggs panel highlights data that cannot always stand alone

The four panelists speak at a talk on big data at the Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center yesterday. By Joe Zimmermann @JoeMacZim Staff writer About 60 students a nd a lu m n i gathered i n the Sa muel R ig gs I V A lu m n i C e n t e r o n We d n e s d a y evening to hear four panelists speak, enjoy refreshments and network. These are facts, but that doesn’t mean they have any one fixed meaning. It could be that students came to the event as a class requirement. Or they wanted to support friends who organized it. Or perhaps they were simply interested in big data. The fact that data are essential, but data alone are not always sufficient, was a repeated point at the “What’s the Big Deal with Big Data: The Future of Communication” event. “The real value of any of this work is the story you can tell about it,” said Michael Koppen heffer, one of the panelists and Advisory Board Company executive director. Koppen hef fer sa id he worked with analysts studying hospital data who found there was a decrease in the time many patients spent in hospitals. It was interesting information, but it had no story, he said. By looking further into the data, they were able to find a 25 percent decrease in time

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spent in hospitals after joint replacement surgery, which he said suggested such surgeries were becoming more efficient. Big data is everywhere, but panelists and students at the event, hosted by the communication department and aimed at communication students, agreed data doesn’t end with analysts: Communicators have a critical job of interpreting data and presenting it to the public. “In our classes, they don’t focus on this,” Josh Nesselrodt, a junior communication major and Undergraduate Communication Association member, said of data interpretation and analysis for communicators. “But if we work in fields with science or technology, we have to know this. Scientists aren’t always great with being understood by the public, and we have to make sure the meaning is accessible.” Scott Ha mple, a nother panelist and the director of this university’s Alumni Relations department, said data can tell the who, what, when, where and how, but it can’t tell the why. People have to find the meaning of data on their own. He said he does this in his own work by using data to find donors to pursue for this university. “Data-driven decisionmaking is kind of where the future is,” said Bill Rand, a

“negative containment” area, Baker said, to make sure it does not leave the area. Workers, often working after midnight when the buildings close, will cover the room in plastic and set up multiple air filters and monitors while removing the chemical. Meanwhile, a project super-

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panelist and business and computer science professor at this university. Com mu n icators then have a critical duty to make sure data is accurate while also protecting privacy, added Rand, director of the business school’s Center for Complexity in Business. Rand said every underg radu ate m ajor shou ld involve data literacy, and Koppen hef fer sa id he strongly believes communication students need to know these skills. Students in the audience agreed. “Bi g d ata i s now t he n e w e s t t h i n g,” s e n i o r com mu n ication major Tyler Troise said. “I think everyone needs to be able to understand at least the bare bones of it.” Visualization and storytelling can help people understand data. Frank Pietrucha, another panelist, said the work of the NASA data visualization lab helps people understand climate change. “Data that doesn’t have meaning is just data,” Pietrucha, a n author a nd consu lta nt, sa id of the i mporta nce of ex pa nding beyond the data and f i nd i n g me a n i n g i n it. “ L e t’s u s e t h e d a t a to create better meaning.” jzimmermanndbk@gmail.com

visor conducts tests before, during and after the project to ensure the building will be safe, Williams said. “There is nothing out there that presents itself as a hazard which requires an immediate response,” he said. jsnowdbk@gmail.com

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Sen. Jim Rosapepe (D-Prince George’s) said the Purple Line is “incredibly important” for College Park, and he will work with his colleagues in the legislature to defend it. “Gov.-elect Hogan has expressed mixed views on this during his campaign,” Rosapepe said. “All of us are going to fight very hard to make sure the Purple Line stays on track. I’m hopeful that he will understand that it is very important for business climate. The Purple Line is his first good test of whether he’s sticking to his pro-business agenda.” Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker has been a fervent Purple Line supporter, and his aides said he will push the governor-elect to propel the project forward. “We consider it a vital project for a number of reasons: transportation, workforce movement, recreation, and the University of Maryland in particular is one of the biggest beneficiaries,” said David Iannucci, Baker’s senior economic development adviser. “I know the county executive is looking forward to sitting down faceto-face with the new governor and making those exact points to how important the Purple Line is to this region.” College Park Mayor Andy Fellows said he is confident Hogan’s business background will lead him to support the project once he looks more into the details.

“The reason the Chamber of Commerce is so supportive of the Purple Line is because they recognize that it’s good business,” Fellows said. “It’s been remarked that he hasn’t really looked at the Purple Line, and I think when he does he’ll see the value … and move forward with it.” This university has already begun preparations for the project. The Purple Line is part of this university’s strategic plan to reduce the number of people parking on the campus. In addition, the construction timeline of the Edward St. John Learning and Teaching Center and the public health school were made in conjunction with the Purple Line schedule, so changes by the Hogan administration could add more costs, said Sree Sinha, Residence Hall Association president. “Given how long we’ve been talking about this already, and how the campus, as well as the plans for the rest of the line, are or were pretty much set, further delay would be a frustrating disservice to the campus,” Sinha said. This university is still preparing for the project as planned, said Carlo Colella, administration and finance vice president. Colella would not speculate on what he thinks Hogan will do about the Purple Line. He said the university has been an advocate of the project for several years, and he expects to be able to provide input as Hogan makes his decision. Department of Transportation Services Director David Allen is confident construc-

tion will continue as planned. He said the Purple Line will reduce the number of parking spaces and will keep Campus Drive a one-way street. “There is a possible hitch with our new governor-elect, who has been outspoken about how he does not support the Purple Line,” Allen said. “But there are those who believe by the time he gets into office he will not be able to stop it. So we don’t expect any delays.” Student Government Association President Patrick Ronk expressed a more dismal view of the Purple Line’s future, which he said came to his mind immediately following Hogan’s victory. “To be honest, I think [the Purple Line] is probably one of the things that could be put on the chopping block,” Ronk said. “For proponents of the Purple Line, I don’t think this is a good thing. I think they should be worried.” SGA Sustainability Director Ori Gutin said he hopes officials consider the environmental benefits of the Purple Line. “We’re constantly looking for ways to make Shuttle-UM more efficient, increase bike ridership to campus and ultimately get fewer people driving to campus,” Gutin said. “Having the Purple Line come to our campus would be huge in helping to accomplish that goal. So it is scary as an environmentalist to hear that Hogan may delay the Purple Line even longer into the future.” Senior staff writers Talia Richman and Morgan Eichensehr contributed to this report jbanisterdbk@gmail.com

Tony farnham, senior astronomy scientist, holds a model of the spacecraft at the comet landing party.

comet From PAGE 1 The spacecraft used four gravity assists to slingshot it farther from Earth, and then it hibernated in a motionless state for three years before scientists reactivated its computing systems in January. Si nce then, the cra f t has orbited the comet, searching for an area to land and analyzing its surface. Now that it’s attached to the 2-kilometer-thick comet, the landing craft will further test rising gases and scoop soil samples for analysis. A battery will keep the craft going for a few days, and then a solar panel will kick in to power it. Feaga helped develop Alice, a UV-imaging spectrograph at-

tached to Rosetta, and one of the 20 different probing devices needed for testing substances on the comet’s surface. Alice sends scientists an image of numbers using the comet’s ultraviolet spectra, which then corresponds with colors that create another image of the comet’s surface. Rosetta’s new mission will be to detail the comet’s composition, nucleus and properties. More important, the mission will explain the comet’s origin and potentially find out how Earth was formed, where human life began and what organic material might have created life, NASA’s Lucy McFadden said in September. McFadden is a former co-investigator for the Deep Impact mission, this university’s last involvement in a comet mission.

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Many of the faculty members who came to the watch party worked on Deep Impact. After losing contact with the Deep Impact mission spacecraft in September 2013, project members turned attention to using prior missions’ information to help Rosetta succeed. “We could say that we had learned the subsurface is very soft material, maybe you need to rethink how you do your mission,” said Farnham, who worked on the Deep Impact mission. “Each mission builds on the previous one, so Rosetta’s benefited a lot from the previous missions, and Rosetta is going to quickly revolutionize what we understand about comets.” mhorndbk@gmail.com

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A state (still) divided

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ake a look at the congressional district lines of this state, and you might mistake them for blotches and stains scattered across a map. Congressional District 8, for instance, covers parts of Frederick and Carroll counties, but also encompasses portions of Montgomery County, right outside of Washington. Congressional District 3 looks, in a federal judge’s opinion, “like a broken-winged pterodactyl, lying prostrate across the center of the state,” with district lines hovering over portions of Baltimore, Montgomery, Howard and Anne Arundel counties. Every decade the U.S. Census is taken, states readjust their congressional district boundaries to account for changes in population. However, some states use this opportunity to their political advantage. Following the aftermath of this state’s redistricting, Congressional District 6, formerly represented by Rep. Roscoe Bartlett and a Republican stronghold, turned blue. Even after gerrymandering opponents petitioned against the redistricting, state voters approved the partisan district lines after they were brought up in a ballot question during the 2012 election. Outside of this state, North Carolina and Ohio have both been heavily gerrymandered to favor Republican

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This state’s Legislative Black legislators. However, just because both parties are guilty of politically Caucus recently wrote in a letter skewing district lines doesn’t mean to Rep. Donna Edwards that the lines “greatly dilute the African we should accept this in our state. American vote and divide communities of interest,” as minority OUR VIEW populations in Prince George’s and Charles counties were reduced due to redistricting. After the 2012 election, it seemed like the gerrymandered districts were here to stay. But seeing as Delaney and Del. Aisha Braveboy (D-Prince On Monday, Rep. John Delaney George’s) have made an effort to (who, ironically, some say won his address redistricting reform, placing House seat due to Democratic redis- the issue on our radar again, there is tricting) spoke at the public policy a possibility that a more bipartisan school in Van Munching Hall to approach to redistricting will arrive address redistricting reform during an sooner than we think. States such as Arizona, New Jersey event sponsored by Common Cause Maryland, League of Women Voters and Washington give final authority of Maryland and the National Council for congressional line drawing to an of Jewish Women Annapolis Section. independent commission. In Iowa, Though the discussion addressed nonpartisan staff members create possible solutions to gerrymandering, drafts of legislative and congressional it’s likely we won’t see any potential maps, and the state legislature votes improvements when parties seem to approve them. The next census will occur in 2020 to have the mentality that it’s OK to participate in certain behavior if other — six years from now. That’s a significant amount of time for legislastates are doing so, too. Partisan divides have hampered tors to begin addressing this issue an ability to create congressional and considering possible solutions. districts that represent the political Whatever path this state decides to diversity of this state. And aside from take, we hope it’s in the best interpolitical issues, the district lines have est of its residents, not the political also increased contention among mi- powers using biased means to maintain their stronghold. nority communities.

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n Monday, President Obama called on the Federal Communications Commission to protect net neutrality by implementing a new set of rules to declare Internet service providers “common carriers” (essentially public utilities) under the Communications Act of 1934. Here’s a review of the arguments made by both sides of the issue of net neutrality, but most importantly, the problem that neither side talks about. Net neutrality is a principle that bans discrimination by ISPs in providing Internet access to online companies. Establishing net neutrality would ban all ISPs, such as Verizon and Comcast, from charging different rates for access by user, content, site, platform and application. Supporters of the tough net neutrality regulations include consumer groups and major online companies such as Amazon and Netflix. These groups liken the ability for ISPs to allow preferential treatment to toll roads, arguing that many online companies and groups would suffer from reduced access to their sites. In short, proponents argue that without tough regulations, ISPs can pick winners and losers on the Internet.

The possibility that ISPs can control online traffic is also concerning to civil liberty groups, who allege that ISPs could reduce or suspend access to websites with unfavorable views or simply charge more for services that could compete with their own. As the American Civil Liberties Union writes, “Profits and corporate disfavor of controversial viewpoints or competing services could change both what you can see on the Internet and the quality of your connection.” ISPs and conservative politicians have come out rejecting the possibility of new regulations. The major issue that opponents have with proposed regulations regards the quality of broadband service if ISPs are classified as public utilities. According to the National Cable and Telecommunications Association, “Heavily regulating the Internet will lead to slower Internet growth, higher prices for consumers, and the threat of excessive intervention by the government in the working of the Internet.” The idea that the government should regulate ISPs has also drawn criticism. As Sen. Ted Cruz tweeted earlier this week, “‘Net Neutrality’ is Obamacare for the Internet; the Internet should not operate at the speed of government.” While proponents and critics both have valid reasons to support or oppose new regulations on ISPs, both sides ignore the reality of how the Internet is used. The perception that the Internet is a massive public

network, connecting everyone to a wide swath of websites in exactly the same way, is simply not reality. Sure, 10 years ago Internet traffic was broadly distributed across thousands of companies. Today, however, more than half of the Internet’s traffic comes from just 30 places, including Google, Facebook and Netflix. At the same time, the competition among ISPs has greatly declined over the past decade, with major companies such as Verizon and Comcast dominating the market. These ISPs allow companies such as Google to set up routers in their data centers, allowing for a direct connection to users. The establishment of these “fast lanes” for a handful of companies is undoubtedly a benefit for consumers and reflects Web surfing habits. The concern over net neutrality should really be focused on the growing market dominance by a handful of ISPs. Rather than designating these few ISPs as public utilities to prevent discrimination in access, the government can work to establish greater competition among ISPs, giving consumers a wider variety of choices, and incentivizing ISPs to provide more equal access, all the while allowing ISPs to continue to innovate and improve their services. Sam Wallace is a junior government and politics major. He can be reached at swallacedbk@gmail.com.

but “partisanship” was a vocabulary word in my very first class at this university. This name-calling and moral crusading are just a microcosm of the gridlock we’re experiencing in Congress. Students in this department know better, I hope. I can anticipate one fairly common response: We didn’t realize you were there. Of course not, why would you? Universities are famously liberal. This means, logically, that there is nobody, anywhere, on any other part of the political spectrum on this campus. None. Another assumption is that anyone who isn’t part of that liberal majority is de facto a monster and deserves this kind of talk. Coupled with the fact the GOP in office is still shackled with outdated social viewpoints, most students freely assume that if I want to foot fewer environmental funds, I want fewer same-sex marriages too. If I speak up and complain to adamant Democrats that I’m not an idiot, I metamorphose into a homophobe. It barely warrants explanation: People are people, not labels. Generally I’m fairly moderate, but when we’re too busy slinging insults, there’s no time for gray areas. You’re in, or you’re an idiot. I wouldn’t delude myself into thinking there’s a “surprising” number of Republicans or moderates like me on the campus, but it’s going to seem as though there really are none if people talk trash this way. Year after year, refusal in Congress to cooperate across party lines stems from this demonization. I’ve never loved conversations more than the ones in which I’ve found someone who willingly and patiently argues an opposing viewpoint without thrashing with ad hominems. If government and politics students aren’t able to overcome this slap-fighting and have a real conversation, then the outlook looks grim in Congress.

n Nov. 5, I was a little chuffed. I walked with a skip in my step. As a North Carolinian, I can’t say I was especially invested in the election of Gov.-elect Larry Hogan, but when I arrived in late August I got into it anyway. As a government and politics student, elections are like Christmas, and if I had to have mine away from home, so be it. I looked at Anthony Brown first and saw that he was strong on social issues but seemed economically unsustainable. Hogan was more realistic; his nonsupport of social issues wasn’t opposition, so I figured, go Hogan. Weird, but then again, I’ve been to a Ron Paul rally. So it’s from that place of not ambivalence, but issue focus that I braced myself for what was going to be a hairy day. I was expecting either a WorldStarHipHop-level fight or someone openly crying. What I was not expecting was the sheer level of ad hominem trash-talking. “Stupid,” “dumb,” “bad.” Hogan is “stupid,” voters were “dumb,” This state is going to … [“bad” word]. Livid students in several of my classes for the next two days felt the need to make sure every Hogan supporter knew the personal wrong he or she had wrought. Someone in an official Student Government Association position interrupted a professor to imply the election was rigged. It wasn’t out of the blue — it played off what the class was talking about — but putting aside the disrespect toward the professor, the disrespect toward me and any other silent students in the room at the time made me want to, well, write a column. I expect better of government and politics students. The average Emma Atlas is a senior government and supporter is free to find their one politics and major. She can be reached issue and attach moral weight to it, at eatlasdbk@gmail.com.

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versity education are strong and widespread but will not create global citizens by themselves. No program can do that alone. Truly benefiting from the diversity available to us in College Park will not come from a top-down effort. Like any learning opportunity, each individual will need to work to open up his or her mind in order to benefit. Signs that students have room to grow in gaining from our diversity are everywhere. Often, students stick to other students from their hometown or of a similar ethnicity or socioeconomic status. It’s not possible for everyone to study abroad, but many neglect to develop skills in a second language. The fact that College Park now has at least 13 pizza restaurants is an indication that our taste buds probably need to gain a greater appreciation for diversity. Many organizations on the campus organize cultural events that share music, dance and food with the student body. Often, cultural dress is celebrated as well. Other organizations and departments hold lectures and learning opportunities that make the world smaller by sharing knowledge. This type of commitment to diversity is commendable, but not enough students attend. This university has students from just about every state and numerous countries. We are located just outside our nation’s capital — home of countless opportunities. There is no excuse for not developing as a global citizen. This will require a day-to-day effort to step outside our typical norms and expand our horizons. In the words of the Arthur theme song, “Open up your eyes, open up your ears, get together and make things better by working together!”

ou have probably seen various posters around the campus explaining why specific words and phrases are hurtful to certain groups and should be avoided. Recently, McKeldin Mall was lined with signs reminding passersby about the types of discrimination that should be avoided. The Inclusive Language and Rise Above campaigns do a great job of raising awareness about avoiding offensive language and about embracing our differences. Often, students unintentionally use language that is offensive in casual conversation. In that sense, the posters are effective in promoting conversations in which harmful words are replaced with ones that don’t exclude anyone. Having removed toxic words from your vocabulary, you say to yourself, “I am a tolerant person who refuses to disparage others based on their differences.” Ideally, every student would reach this level. Even so, that is only one part of the equation. Avoiding offense and truly learning from our diversity are different sides of the same coin. That is why the general education diversity requirement exists. It is well conceived, comprising both “Understanding Plural Societies” and “Cultural Competence” categories. The classes offered are often filled with interesting content. Having completed the general education requirement, you triumphantly emerge, six credits in hand, Daniel Galitsky is a junior economics as a master of diversity. If only it were that simple. The and finance major. He can be reached university’s efforts to promote di- at dgalitskydbk@gmail.com.

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with junior Anthony Slaton as he rushed to class. When I asked him why the penny board was his transportation preference, he answered as expected. “It’s a lot easier to carry and easy to get around with,” Slaton explained. This answer wasn’t unique. When asked why they use a penny board instead of another method of transportation, the most common response from riders I spoke to referenced the ease of carrying the small, light board to class, an advantage the penny has over the longboard, a longtime favorite of skaters on the campus. However, my conversations with penny board riders also confirmed the risks: falls are frequent, and it seemed that almost every rider had experienced a wipeout on their way to class. But they’re still alive and riding. Mo re t h a n 6 fe e t ta l l , Esteban Garcia, a freshman government and politics major, can often be seen riding down long hills, making “S” patterns on his downward journey. How do people 6 feet and

taller ride these small boards? Garcia had a quick solution. “I used to have a smaller one, but I was too tall, so now I use a nickel board,” Garcia said. Yes, folks, when a penny isn’t enough, upgrade to a nickel: 27 inches long, to the penny’s standard 22 inches. A l t h o u g h I h ave b e e n longboarding for years, I have always been skeptical of penny and nickel boards, as balance hasn’t always been my strong suit. After riding a borrowed one, I can affirm these tiny pieces of plastic on wheels are actually very stable, although I cannot attest to their perfo r m a n ce w i t h a l oa d e d backpack. M a ny p e n ny b oa rd e rs were quick to reassure me that the backpack effect is trivial, however. And unlike a longboard, a penny board can easily fit under a chair during class. Unlike a bike, it doesn’t need to be locked up. So perhaps the popularity of the penny board is well-earned and deserved. Ride on.

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preview From PAGE 8 other rookies — guards Dion Wiley and Jared Nickens and forward Michal Cekovsky — have made significant contributions to support Turgeon’s hopeful sentiments. The freshman class, ESPN’s No. 8-ranked class in the country, has by all accounts bought into the fourth-year coach’s philosophies and is ready to play a significant role on the team. In fact, Trimble, Wiley and Nickens each scored at least eight points in both exhibitions and the 7-foot-1 Cekovsky started Saturday. “I don’t think our young guys are feeling pressure,” Turgeon said at the team’s media day Oct. 21. “There’s a reason that they’re ranked so high — because they’re good players. They can handle it.” While the freshmen will be tasked with filling in for the five departed contributors, the

popper From PAGE 8 and it’s the level of poise and consistency at point guard the team will need to be successful this season. Trimble showcased that potential in the Terps’ two exhibition games against San Francisco State and the Bulldogs. In 49 combined minutes over the two contests, he scored 27 points and dished out 10 assists to five turnovers. On top of his assists, Trimble kept the ball moving efficiently on offense, a skill Terps point guards have lacked in coach Mark Turgeon’s first four years in College Park. Seth Allen, who trans-

Terps do have veteran players to lean on. Wells, the Terps’ leading scorer each of the past two seasons, returns. So does starting forward Jake Layman. Forward Evan Smotrycz, a senior who averaged 11 points and six rebounds per game last season, also comes back, but he’ll be sidelined for the first few weeks of the campaign as he recovers from foot surgery. Still, the younger players have grabbed headlines in the preseason as they look to contribute to a team that missed the postseason entirely last season after finishing 17-15. “I feel good,” said Trimble, who will start at point guard. “In summer practice, I wasn’t too good because I had to adjust to the speed of the game, the tempo, but around July, I started getting better with the offense, started knowing how to take care of the ball. Now I’m familiar with it, I’m stronger with the ball, and I know when to score.” Trimble, the Terps’ first

McDonald’s All-American since 2003, will run the team, while Wiley and Nickens are lauded as sharpshooters. Cekovsky, meanwhile, is an athletic big man who Turgeon said has tremendous potential. Aside from simply scoring, the new additions seem committed to sharing the ball and playing defense, two areas the Terps struggled in last season. Fifth-year transfer guard Richaud Pack watched film of the Terps last season before choosing to move to College Park and said the team moves the ball better this season than it did last year when Seth Allen and Nick Faust patrolled the backcourt. “There’s a lot less dominance with the point guards just dribbling around,” Pack said. “People are more willing to give up shots to get the next open shot, I think that’s the biggest difference in the offense. And a lot more movement.” And Turgeon’s just as interested in improving a defense

that he said cost the Terps a few games last season. “Defensively, we have a chance to be a really good basketball team because guys are buying into it and working really hard,” he said. A group of Big Ten writers polled by The Columbus Dispatch picked the Terps to finish 10th in the Big Ten this year, which figures to place the Terps just outside of the NCAA tournament. But even if capturing another trophy like the one Kim Trimble stood near a few weeks back might not be likely, Turgeon begins this season enthusiastic about his youngsters and a revamped roster. “You’re going to think I’m crazy when I say this, but you’re going to love covering this team,” Turgeon said to a group of media members Oct. 21. “I know you like winners; I know you like being around good kids. … I’m having a blast coaching them.”

ferred to Virginia Tech in the offseason, did a majority of the team’s ball-handling after returning in late December from his foot injury. But he was a clear score-first player. Allen averaged 11 field-goal attempts per game and was second on the team in scoring at 13.4 points per game. And while he led the Terps with three assists per game, that falls more on the team’s unwillingness to pass than Allen’s success finding open teammates. In fact, since the 2009-10 season, the last time the Terps qualified for the NCAA tournament, the program hasn’t had a single player average four assists or more per game. That year, Greivis Vasquez (6.3) and Eric Hayes (4.0)

reached the benchmark. Both droughts might end this year with Trimble at the point. “He just had a lot of composure out there,” Turgeon said of Trimble after the point guard dropped 19 points and five assists in the win over San Francisco State on Nov. 1. “He’s just got a lot of game.” Trimble’s production in both points and assists was promising during the preseason. But what impressed me more was his decisionmaking and ability to create off the dribble drive. When nothing opened up after working through the motion offense, Trimble would attack the basket with ferocity, even giving fans a glimpse of

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thomas From PAGE 8 expected to be an integral part of the team. “Coach said once the NCAA and ACC tournament hit, we were sophomores, so she treated us as sophomores,” Walker-Kimbrough said. “I think going into it we see ourselves as juniors.” Brown added: “A lot of f reshmen do n’t get th at chance to play so long in the postseason, or at least if they

diggs From PAGE 8 caught six passes for 108 yards and a touchdown this season to go along with 14 rushes for 93 yards and two scores. He hadn’t found the end zone once before his 2014 campaign. “You can definitely see Jacquille working hard all season long, and he has the talent, he has the ability, he puts in great effort every day during practice,” left tackle Michael Dunn said. “He’s been playing great.” Veii would have likely stepped into a starting role for Saturday’s prime-time matchup against the Spartans at Byrd Stadium regardless of the injury, as the Big Ten suspended Diggs for one game because of his participation in a pregame scuffle with the Nittany Lions. Nonetheless, the Terps offense figures to feel Diggs’ absence against Michigan State, which plays predominantly press quarters coverage on defense. In that scheme, the cornerbacks usually play manto-man on receivers while the safeties move close to the line of scrimmage to defend the run. The way to overcome that

do play that long, they are sitting on the bench watching it happen.” It’s been more than seven months since the Terps lost to Notre Dame in Nashville, Tennessee, and ended their 2013-14 season. And with the regularseason opener slated for tomorrow at 11 a.m., the team is ready to begin life after Thomas. “The shock of her absence is over,” Brown said. “We are just ready to move forward and keep her legacy going.” rbaillargeondbk@gmail.com

type of coverage and run defense is to throw over top of the safeties or break the cornerback’s initial tackles to accumulate significant yards after the catch. Then-No. 14 Ohio State did both successfully in its 49-37 win over the Spartans last weekend with two touchdown receptions of at least 44 yards. Wi t h D i g gs s i d e l i n e d , though, quarterback C.J. Brown will be forced to find another way to crack Michigan State’s defense by way of other receivers like Veii, Long, Marcus Leak and Juwann Winfree. That will be made easier for the Terps because of last season. With both Diggs and Long sidelined for a good portion of the year, many of the younger wide outs received significant playing time. So as Locksley said, moving forward without Diggs will be “nothing new.” “Guys gained experience, they gained trust. They can go out there and play in big-time games and get wins,” Brown said. “The guys that are going to have to step up have played last year and also this year. There’s not too much to worry about.” dpopperdbk@gmail.com

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Veteran Terps will turn to Trimble as steadying presence

Four freshmen bring energy, optimism in Turgeon’s fourth year By Aaron Kasinitz @AaronKazreports Senior staff writer

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Men’s basketball columnist Kim Trimble stood on the concourse of Xfinity Center on Nov. 1, several feet in front of the encased 2002 NCAA Championship trophy. As dozens of fans shuffled past her on their way to watch the first Terrapins men’s basketball exhibition, Trimble offered her thoughts on the upcoming season. “I’m a little nervous,” she said. “I just hope they do well because they went through so much last year.” The list of tribulations to which Trimble is referring goes on for a while. The Terps’ 2013-14 campaign was filled with narrow, heartbreaking defeats. The season began with a 78-77 loss to Connecticut in which guard Dez Wells’ game-winning shot attempt rimmed out and ended with a 67-65 loss to Florida State on a wacky final play that led to a Seminoles dunk. Then in the offseason, five rotational players transferred and coach Mark Turgeon faced widespread criticism. But with Kim Trimble’s son Melo as its centerpiece, one of the nation’s best recruiting classes arrived in June to pump excitement into a Terps fanbase that has waited four seasons for a return to the NCAA tournament. And entering another season opener tomorrow night against Wagner, Turgeon appears to have a renewed optimism after trudging through a devastating run last winter. “We got a chance to be a good team,” Turgeon said Saturday after the team’s second win in two exhibitions. “We got a lot of good pieces; they’re very coachable.” Trimble and the Terps’ three See preview, Page 7

The Terrapins men’s basketball team got off to an ugly offensive start against Bowie State on Saturday in its final exhibition game of the preseason. It didn’t score for the first three minutes of play and committed two turnovers in that span. But after a thunderous dunk from guard Dez Wells ended the dry spell, the Terps went on a 14-5 run and never looked back in an eventual blowout victory. All 14 of those points were scored by either Wells or forward Jake Layman, the team’s eldest and most experienced players. It was the Terps’ natural leaders stepping up when their teammates were struggling to find a rhythm in a new motion offense. Even highly touted freshman point guard Melo Trimble, who went 0 of 2 shooting with a turnover in the first six minutes of action, took a while to get going. Yet when asked after the game if he and Wells would play that pickme-up role during the regular season, which kicks off Friday against Wagner at Xfinity Center, Layman gave an interesting response. “When I think of that, when games are kind of slow and we have slow starts,” he said, “I think that will come down to Melo and him getting control of our team.” Layman continued: “I’m the kind of guy that understands who needs to lead on the court. And it’s the point guard, the guy who has ball in his hands.” That’s quite the onus to put on a rookie who hasn’t played a minute in an actual college game. But it certainly displays what kind of player the Terps believe Trimble will become, guard melo trimble dribbles the ball up the court in Saturday afternoon’s 89-47 exhibition victory over Division II Bowie State. alexander jonesi/the diamondback

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The aim to replace a legend Frese, Terps look to replace three-time All-American Thomas By Ryan Baillargeon @RyanBaillargeon Staff writer

wide receiver Stefon Diggs suffered a lacerated kidney against Penn State.

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Terps move forward with Diggs sidelined Veii set to step in as starter against Spartans By Daniel Popper @danielrpopper Senior staff writer The injury bug hasn’t been kind to Randy Edsall during the Terrapins football coach’s four-year tenure in College Park. In 2012, Edsall lost four quarterbacks for the season, three to torn ACLs, and linebacker Shawn Petty filled in as the Terps’ signal-caller. Then last season, starting wide receivers Stefon Diggs and Deon Long broke their legs in the same game against Wake Forest and missed the final six games. That list of injuries to key players has grown this season. Backup quarterback Caleb Rowe, starting defensive end Quinton Jefferson and starting cornerback Alvin Hill are all out for the season with bum knees. But perhaps more impactful is the Terps’ most recent injury: Diggs’ lacerated kidney, which he suffered in a 20-19 win over Penn State on Nov. 1. The latest setback could leave the standout wide receiver sidelined

for the rest of the season, according to reports. And Monday, the Terps updated their official depth chart, removing Diggs — who was already suspended for Saturday’s bout with No. 12 Michigan State — and replacing him with backup Jacquille Veii. Still, Edsall and the Terps are maintaining a forward-thinking mindset, largely because of past experiences. “We’ve been through all this before,” Edsall said. “Don’t dwell on the guys that aren’t on the field. Worry about the guys who are on the field.” In Diggs, the Terps are losing a fivestar athlete who’s shown big-play potential. He leads the team in receptions (52), receiving yards (654) and receiving touchdowns (five). However, Veii is in the midst of a breakout season, displaying his versatility as an offensive player by producing from out wide and the backfield. Veii, a sophomore who changed positions from running back to wide receiver during preseason camp, has See diggs, Page 7

In the Terrapins women’s basketball team’s inaugural season in the Big Ten, it will be without the program’s all-time leading scorer for the first season in four years. Forward Alyssa Thomas was a three-time AllAmerican and the program’s all-time leading rebound, too. Thomas’ historic four-year career with the Terps came to end last season after an 87-61 loss to Notre Dame in the NCAA Final Four. Despite losing Thomas and four other seniors, the No. 10 Terps are confident they can sustain the program’s recent success. “Obviously, we don’t have a threetime All-American returning,” coach Brenda Frese said. “But we have some really, really talented players on this roster that collectively are going to be able to do some special things.” The No. 4 overall pick in April’s WNBA draft led the Terps in points per game since her freshman campaign in 2010, and Thomas’ impact stretched beyond her scoring totals. She finished fifth all-time in program history in assists and sixth in steals. “One person isn’t going to replace her,” guard Lexie Brown said. “It’s really going to be a team effort, and I think we are ready to take that on.” The Terps are most concerned with who will step up late in games without Thomas on the floor. Brown, the top returning scorer from last season and a member of the media’s All-Big Ten preseason team, is a candidate to have the ball in her hands during the finishing stretch of games. But it will be a new role

Coach BRENDA FRESE pumps her fist during Maryland Madness on Oct. 17. christian jenkins/the diamondback from last season, in which she was the one passing to Thomas. “When she left, I was sad,” Brown said. “I was like, ‘Who am I going to give the ball to at the end of the game?’” Two exhibition blowout wins haven’t provided the Terps with a glimpse at those situations, but the players expect everyone to be ready for it. “In the clutch time moments — if we continue to give each other confidence — when that time comes, anybody can make that big shot or make that big play,” guard Laurin Mincy said. Mincy is the only returning senior on a young roster. And she has a big leadership role to fill with the five

seniors departing. The redshirt senior said that she learned the importance of communication from Thomas and the others who left, though, and that it has helped her transition into her role. “Last year I could lean on them, but now it’s like I’m here by myself,” Mincy said. “But my teammates have done a great job with helping me. They are willing to listen to me, and I’m willing to listen to them.” The leadership won’t fall solely on Mincy, however. The sophomores — Brown, guard Shatori Walker-Kimbrough and center Brionna Jones — are See thomas, Page 7