November 19, 2014

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Cambridge Hall to see renovation

U begins assault training

$15.1 million project is first major change in building’s history

Deadline to complete mandatory consent program is Dec. 10

By Rokia Hassanein @rokiahass Staff writer

By Ellie Silverman @esilverman11 Senior staff writer

The 53-year-old Cambridge Hall will undergo a $15.1 million renovation th is upcom i ng summer — the first major change in its history, Facilities Management officials said.

Construction will begin in June 2015 and is projected to be completed in June 2016. The dorm should be ready for occupancy again in August 2016, said Bill Olen, capital projects director.

Olen said this renovation would mark the first in the high-rise community to result in a yearlong closure, rather than the typical renovation plan, which spans three summers.

This project is part of Residential Facilities’ phased renovation of housing units on the campus, Olen said, adding that the full renovation will include new air conditioning systems, life safety systems, new bathrooms and a study space.

“The renovated building will be more sustainable than it is today,” Olen said. “It will have new energy-efficient windows and mechanical systems.”

Amy Martin, Department of Resident Life associate director, said the closing of Cambridge Hall for a year will not cause a shortage of dorms due to the recent construction of Prince Frederick Hall and because Cambridge only holds about 200 students.

But whether or not the cost of living after the renovation will increase is a question that has yet to be answered due to the differentiated rates proposal in progress, Martin said.

“It’s a great opportunity for us to implement some of our ideas for the housing plans, such as study areas and upgraded bathrooms,” she said.

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potentially provide that for us.”

Though it might seem like one giant space rock, Richardson said, there is reason to believe an asteroid is actually a collection of much smaller rocks, loosely bound by gravity and rocketing through space together.

A st ronomers h ave obser ved a strange phenomenon by which near-Earth asteroids appear to be less weathered by space travel tha n thei r more d ista nt cou nterpa rts, wh ich m ig ht suggest that the planet’s gravity causes a shuffle among the asteroid rocks.

Old, weathered rocks slide and turn over in the gravitational pull, which might make the asteroids appear “fresher,” Richardson said.

Jane Lyons walked through Hornbake Plaza two weeks ago and saw T-shirts, each with a different story about rape and sexual violence.

This scene was the Clothesline Project, a biannual event sponsored by CARE to Stop Violence, which aims to raise awareness of sexual misconduct.

Lyons said the new sexual misconduct online training program, which university President Wallace Loh sent to the university community on Nov. 14, would “bring to light” the issues students don’t hear about on the campus.

“Rape and sexual misconduct does happen here, even if people don’t think it does,” said Lyons, a freshman economics major who completed the mandated training this week.

This training program comes about a month after Loh approved this university’s new interim sexual misconduct policy and procedures. The previous sexual a ssau lt prevent ion t ra i n i n g program, Haven, was part of the university’s existing alcohol educational program, Alcohol.Edu. The Haven program “made it seem like sexual assault was all about alcohol consumption,” which is not true, said Catherine Carroll, this university’s Title IX coordinator.

Carroll said she has been working to create a training program since she was hired last spring.

“At a bare minimum, people need to know that we have this policy and where to go for help and where the resources are,” Carroll said.

T he hou rlong tra i n i ng i ncludes a trigger warning before each section, along with a list of resources for survivors. There are videos featuring university students and their thoughts on

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Asteroid models sit on astronomy professor Derek Richardson’s desk. Richardson co-authored a study that found the Apophis asteroid will fly close enough to Earth in 2029 that scientists could be able to study its surface and gain valuable insight into asteroid makeup and pressures. rachel george/the diamondback

a Stone’s throw Asteroid’s rare near-miss of Earth could offer research opportunity for scientists

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here’s a good reason why the Apophis asteroid is named after the Egyptian god of chaos, Apep the Uncreator, a cosmic snake who could supposedly devour the Earth.

If this asteroid, which is longer than three football fields, struck this planet, the destruction would be considerable. It’s not big enough to cause a mass extinction event, but it would create tidal waves and terror across whole continents, and it might even change the world’s climate for years.

Apophis won’t hit Earth, but it will have a near-miss in 2029. University researchers said its proximity could give scientists a chance to study asteroids up close, which might provide insight into preventing future asteroid collisions.

By Joe Zimmermann @JoeMacZim Staff writer

In fact, in a study published this month in the astronomy journal Icarus, astronomers found the most destructive effect of Apophis’ approach will probably be landslides on the surface of the asteroid itself. And even those, they found, could offer an opportunity for further study.

“If an asteroid happens to fly by a planet, we can measure what happens to it, and we can understand more about the structure of these asteroids,” said Derek Richardson, a university astronomy professor and co-author of the study. “Apophis will

‘This is a major wakeup call’ State of Black Leadership panel tackles Ferguson

and the event’s moderator.

This year’s event, “Together We Stand, Divided We Fall,” presented a two-hour discussion to more than 100 people in Stamp Student

By Erin Serpico Union’s Hoff Theater about issues @erin_serpico surrounding family, violence, inSenior staff writer timate relationships, politics and education in the black community.

When Moriah Ray heard about In light of the events and prothe death of Michael Brown and the tests in Ferguson, Missouri, panelprotests that followed, she thought ists were asked what they thought it might serve as a catalyst for her of the deaths of young black men generation to take action. like Brown and Trayvon Martin, “I was very upset that it happened, and what can be done to prevent but nonetheless, certain things have similar incidents. to happen to wake our generation up,” Cu rtis Va lenti ne, a Pri nce said Ray, a senior government and Taurean Brown speaks at the NAACP State of Black Leadership panel yesterday. rachel george/the diamondback George’s County Board of Edupolitics major and the vice president of this university’s NAACP chapter. night’s State of Black Leadership cation member and panelist, said “This is a major wakeup call, and it event, sponsored by this univer- these kinds of issues hit “close to home” for him as a member of definitely made more people want to sity’s chapter of the NAACP. get involved in social activism and The fifth annual panel aimed the education board, and also as real issues in the black community.” to start a “lively discussion sur- a father.

“The idea of what we can do, to R ay’s response to a question rounding some of the biggest issues me, it’s about exposure,” Valensurrounding the black community about what can be done to stop the death of young black males sparked across America,” said senior soci- tine said. “The idea that we can conversation between the six pan- ology major Colin Byrd, the chair- get law enforcement to be more elists about prominent issues in man of national membership for the black community during last this university’s NAACP chapter See NAACP, Page 3

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SHA Route 1 renovation plan to include marked bike lanes City officials question safety of planned lanes

By Lexie Schapitl @lexieschapitl Staff writer The Maryland State Highway Administration is moving forward with plans to redesign Route 1 and create bike lanes on each side of the road, but some said the project should also

include safety protections for cyclists.

The proposed plan would create a 4-foot bike line with a 1-foot offset along Route 1 between College Avenue and University Boulevard, SHA spokeswoman Kellie Boulware said.

“It would certainly be beneficial,” Boulware said, “and of course it would benefit all the students at the university. We do anticipate that it would be used.”

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cambridge hall will undergo a $15.1 million renovation this June, with construction expected to end in June 2016. This is the first major change in its history. sung-min kim/the diamondback

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Astronomy professor Derek Richardson discusses models of various comets that sit on his desk. Richardson runs numerical simulations of small astronomical bodies and collisions for a project studying the approaching asteroid Apophis. The asteroid, which is 325 meters in diameter, is predicted to pass near Earth in 2029. rachel george/the diamondback

ASTEROID From PAGE 1 Apophis will come very close — about six Earth-radii away from our planet, Richardson said, which is about one-tenth as far away as the moon and closer than many artificial satellites — but it probably won’t come close enough for this kind of surface restructuring to occur.

Instead, the Earth’s gravity will pull on one side of the asteroid more than the other, said Ronald Ballouz, another coauthor of the study. Similarly to how the moon’s pull causes tides in the Earth’s oceans, this gravity will cause minor avalanches of small rocks on parts of Apophis.

Researchers tested the way these particles would likely

move by collecting local rocks and measuring how they dispersed, said Ballouz, an astronomy doctoral candidate at this university. They then simulated the phenomenon, factoring in the friction of the rocks and the degree of gravitational force.

When Apophis does pass by in 2029, researchers might send seismic sensors to the asteroid to confirm these findings, Richardson said. He added that landing on an asteroid might be the next step to landing on Mars.

As far as learning how to prevent collisions with future asteroids, Richardson said trying to knock one out of Earth’s path with nuclear weaponry would probably backfire.

“If it’s already broken up into pieces, you can understa nd that brea ki ng it up more probably isn’t going to

help,” he said, comparing the action to shooting a bullet into a sandbag, which would only absorb the blow. “We need to understand what the best deflection strategy is, and it’s not blowing them up. It’s finding a way to push them aside.”

Douglas Hamilton, an astronomy professor at this university who was not involved in the study, said this kind of research, which looks at the structure of asteroids, can help scientists find new ways to think about deflecting asteroids.

“In the next 20 years, if something were to come to hit us, there’s not much we can really do,” he said. “But given 50 or 100 years, then we’ll know so much more about asteroids — through studies like this one — what they’re made of, how they react to being pushed, and

we’ll actually be able to push things out of the way, probably 50 years from now.”

Apophis is the biggest asteroid on the horizon for the near future, and though it looks like it won’t collide with Earth in 15 years, Hamilton said there’s a possibility it could hit our planet, or miss the Earth even more narrowly, when it comes by again in 2036. The likelihood of this, however, is “very tiny,” he said.

“It will probably hit the Earth in the next 10 million years,” Hamilton said.

Though chances favor Apophis eventually meeting Earth, humans living today probably don’t need to worry about it. jzimmermanndbk@gmail.com

Derek Farley, a freshman enrolled in letters and sciences, said Cambridge “certainly needs” the changes.

“It’s just not up to standard with the rest of housing,” the Ca mbridge resident said.

“Other than not having A/C, the atmosphere and overall design of the building just seems more like a prison cell than a college dorm, with the cinderblocks, narrow halls and ancient everything.”

Farley added the bathrooms could especially use the investment after a water pipe problem temporarily shut down one section of bathrooms for Cambridge residents this semester.

“I’m happy that the university has responded to complaints about uneven housing conditions and poor facilities by taking action and investing a large sum of money to renovate Cambridge for future residents,” he said.

After visiting other dorms

around the campus, freshm a n m at he m at ic s m ajor Sa m Kolod r ubetz sa id he rea l ized how bad ly Ca mbr idge H a l l i n pa r t icu l a r needed the renovations.

“The bathrooms are more outdated,” he said. “We have three showers in my bathroom, and there are pipes that leak constantly in all three showers.”

K ol o d r u b e t z s a i d t h a t h i s f a t h e r, a u n i v e r s i t y alumnus who also lived in the dorm, visited it recently and remarked, “This hasn’t changed much.”

“It def i n itely need s to be upgraded into the 21st century,” Kolodrubetz said.

Carol Benedek, administrative assistant in Cambridge Community, said she is “very excited” for this project.

“It’s going to be a beautiful new building with the same loving community,” Benedek said. “This community is a special community, and it’s nice that they’re updating it to match today’s time.” rhassaneindbk@gmail.com

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Pragda’s third annual film fest exposes hundreds at U to rare Hispanic cinema Prof hopes to give play to unknowns

By Sarah Dean @sarahdeanjourn Staff writer Hollywood has a monopoly on the film industry, José Naharro-Calderón said, but he wants students to know there’s more out there.

During this campus’s third annual Pragda Film Festival, wh ich ra n from Oct. 6 to Monday, Naharro-Calderón, a Spanish professor at this university, showed hundreds of students five films produced and directed in Spain and Latin America.

“Most of these films … never or almost never get to U.S. screens,” NaharroCalderón said. “It’s basically an invisible cinema, cinema that has no projection.”

The film screenings, which were held in the St. Mary’s Ha l l mu ltipu rpose room, were sponsored by Pragda, an organization that allots grant money for showings of

bikes From PAGE 1 However, District 1 Councilman Patrick Wojahn said he is concerned about the safety of an unprotected bike lane.

The SHA originally had proposed constructing a cycletrack, a bike lane that is set apart from the road by a protective barrier, Wojahn said.

“It was very far from what they were originally considering doing with the cycletrack, so it’s somewhat disappointing,” Wojahn said. “If you want to encourage people to bike on Route 1, you need to make it safe.”

A third option would be to construct a bike lane that is not separate from the roadway but is still protected by a soft barrier, Wojahn said.

One factor that contributed to t he SH A’s choice was the limited right of way available on Route 1, Boulware said. But Wojahn felt a safer alternative could have been achieved.

“It is possible to have a decent bike lane — a protected bike lane — within a narrower right of way,” he said. “It seems that they just sort of threw up their hands.”

Woja h n sa id that wh i le each plan has not been priced out, there should not be a significant difference in the costs of these options.

Council members raised similar concerns when the SHA presented a plan for bike lanes on Greenbelt Road in

Spanish-language films.

The festival’s three other sponsors — the languages, literatures and cultures school, the Spanish and Portuguese department and the Latin American Studies Center — matched Pragda’s grant, NaharroCalderón said. The Language House provided the venue.

“This is a great way to reach a limited but interesting spectrum of the U.S. market,” Naharro-Calderón said. “I saw that this was one of the best opportunities to increase visibility of Hispanic-produced and -directed cinema at the University of Maryland.”

When choosing the films, Naharro-Calderón said he considered geographical diversity and relevance to the audience. This was the first time the festival included films made in Puerto Rico and Venezuela.

“I want to really prove to students that film is the most contemporary of our artistic forms, and it is the most relevant … because most of these films are projecting daily problems and events in our world,” he said.

T h e Ve n e z u e l a n f i l m , titled Pelo Malo (Bad Hair), was shown on Nov. 10 and explored how sexuality and gender stereotypes are viewed in Venezuela.

“It was really interesting just to see how homosexuality is viewed so differently in Venezuela than it is here because obviously here, it’s a lot more accepted,” sophomore business student Brittany McManus said.

Two of the films were documentaries. From the Land to Your Table (¿Qué culpa tiene el tomate?), shown on Oct. 27, documented crops’s journey to the public market in seven Latin American countries.

Barefoot in the Kitchen (Con la Pata Quebrada), screened Monday as the final film in the festival, depicted the representation of women in Spanish films since the 1930s.

Naharro-Calderón said he wanted students not only to view the films, but also to understand their context.

Viewers heard an introduction to each film from a faculty member who was an expert

February. Those lanes also did not include a barrier, nor do the ones currently in place on Rhode Island Avenue.

The Route 1 project is currently funded only for design and right-of-way phases, and a construction schedule depends on the availability of future funds, Bouleware said.

Sophomore special education major Katie Hein said biking on Route 1 is currently a challenge.

“When I have to bike along Route 1, I usually get off and walk it because there’s not really enough space,” Hein said.

Fi rst-yea r applied econom ics g radu ate student Mehrab Bakhtiar, who commutes to the campus by bike from Berwyn Heights, said he doesn’t feel comfortable riding on Route 1.

“There’s a lot of traffic,” he said. “There’s no designated path for bikes, so I don’t think that would be very safe.”

Bakhtiar currently uses smaller roads and trails to reach the campus. While the proposed plan could do more to protect cyclists, he said, the addition of a designated bike lane would make Route 1 safer than his current course.

“Something is better than nothing, so I think I would settle for it,” he said. “It’s not a bad idea.”

First-year interpreting and translation graduate student Nathaniel Goldstein said that while Route 1 is not particularly bike-friendly, he does not think it is especially dangerous either.

Goldstein questioned whether an unprotected bike lane would be a significant improvement.

“Sometimes cars here don’t really like to give bikers a lot of space, and so would a line in the road actually make them do that?

Who knows,” he said.

Junior business management major Eric Schrock sa id the proposed pla n does not offer any safety adva nt a ge s over u si n g sidewalks. “[A bi ke l a ne] wou ld encourage people to bike, but I think some people would maybe feel unsafe if they’re right there on the road alongside traffic,” he said.

Boulware said the adm i n i s t rat io n w i l l a l s o improve sidewalks as part of the project.

Wojahn said that as new student housing developments have been built c l o s e r to t h e c a m p u s , biking has become more feasible for students. He said he would like to encourage biking to possibly reduce automobile traffic.

“Route 1 is a very conge s te d ro a d , a s w e a l l know. We want to do whatever we can to encourage people to take alternate modes of transportation when they can,” he said.

“If we can do more to get more cars off of Route 1, that benefits everyone.”

The Spanish Film Club listens as José Naharro-Calderón, a university professor, gives a brief synopsis of the portrayal of women in film before starting the viewing of a Hispanic film in St. Mary’s Hall’s multipurpose room on Monday. tom hausman/the diamondback on its region or context. The faculty experts also led discussions after the screenings.

Naharro-Calderón said many of his colleagues in the Spanish and Portuguese department worked the films and their backgrounds into their syllabi.

“We probably wouldn’t have been able to watch it in class,” said junior biology major Becca

Moriarty, who attended Pelo Malo for her Spanish class.

“It was something different, which was cool.”

Naharro-Calderón said ab out 40 to 50 aud ience members attended each film screening, which translated into hundreds of students gaining exposure to Spanish and Latin American cinema

through this year’s festival.

“I didn’t realize it wasn’t available besides through the film festival or through a special program they had here,” McManus said, “so it was really awesome that [the university] was able to provide that for its students.” sdeandbk@gmail.com

Students listen to last night’s panel discussion on issues that affect the black community. Panelists discussed the impetus for change in the wake of the Michael Brown and Trayvon Martin shootings, as well as topics such as the minority achievement gap. rachel george/the diamondback

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“I’M NOT GOING TO THE PARTY UNLESS ALL MY FRIENDS CAN GO. I SEE MY BLACK BROTHERS AND SISTERS OUT HERE STILL STRUGGLING. … SO UNTIL WE ALL EAT, I’M

homegrown, that we are recruiting officers from our communities to come police their communities.”

Jason Nichols, an African American studies professor and panelist, brought up the importance of implementing lapel cameras and dashboard cameras as an effective way to prevent these incidents.

But it’s still important for individuals to understand their rights as citizens, he said.

T he pa nel ists a lso d iscussed the minority ach ievement gap, a nd i n particular the gap between black ma le a nd fema le student en rol l ment i n c o l l e g e . Va l e n t i n e s u ggested making sure parents a re heav i ly i nvolved i n students’ academic lives,

a s wel l a s h av i n g a rat io of male to female teachers equal to the ratio of male to female students in a school.

But Taurean Brown, a lecturer and activist from North Carolina and panelist at the event, said more resources and funds should be spent on education instead of on the criminal justice system.

“Miseducation — I don’t just mean that they’re not taught black history, which is the amazing problem — but most of the classes have no relation to what they’re going to do in real life,” he said.

To close t he event a nd

discuss how the black commu n ity ca n become more unified, Ray said the roots of the divide are important to note, but it’s even more crucial for the community to c o m e to ge t h e r w it h a common goal.

“I’m not going to the party unless all my friends can go.

I see my black brothers and sisters out here still strugg l i n g,” R ay sa id . “ We’re st i l l not a l l at t he pa r ty, we’re still not all eating at the table. So until we all eat, I’m not eating.”

Although Lyons said the tra i n i ng d id a n adequ ate job of explaining bystander effect, defi n i ng consent, delineating victim-blaming and acquaintance rape, she said there should have been more of an emphasis on rape culture. She said she was “not a fan of the whole sexualizing consent” idea.

“The way I see it, consent is mandatory,” Lyons said. “It’s like saying you’ll be more sexy if you ask for consent.”

Tayler Schmidt, a freshA student takes the newly mandated sexual misconduct prevention training on the university’s Web page. james levin/the diamondback man criminology and crimlating the policy, be able to the program in upcoming se- inal justice major, said she define consent and identify mesters based on the number hasn’t hea rd a nyone ta l k the resources and reporting of students who complete the a b o ut t he n ew p rog ra m , From PAGE 1 options available, according program by the Dec. 10 dead- which she said shows how “stigmatized” this issue is. common myths surrounding to the objectives at the start line, she said. “[The training is] really Schmidt said the program the issue, as well as defini- of the program.

Carroll said she wanted t ied to t he Un iversity of should raise awareness and tions and statistics to better students to have a registra- M a r y l a n d . … I t ’s U M D f a c i l i t a t e m o r e c o n v e rinform the student body.

By the end of the training, tion block until the program culture that’s being presented sat ion s rega rd i ng sex u a l students should understand w a s c o m p l e t e d , b u t t h e there,” Carroll said. “You are misconduct.

“People don’t really unthe scope of sexual miscon- training was finalized too hearing from people who are derstand what consent is and your peers, people who are in late for it to be effected this duct on the campus, be able to identify what is prohibited semester. The university will the community who deal with that is why this training is so under the new policy, know determine if a registration this issue regularly. It makes important,” Schmidt said.

“It’s not about saying ‘Don’t the consequences of v io- link is necessary to enforce it less of a generalization.”

rape,’ but rather, ‘T h is is what rape actually is.’”

T h i s a d d it ion a l t ra i ning was necessary because the Haven program did not comply w ith federa l law, Carroll said. As part of the Violence Aga i nst Women Act reauthorization, a new bill that granted additional rights to survivors of sexual misconduct was introduced in March 2013.

T he bill, the Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act, requires universities to have educational programs, like the new training program, to raise awareness of th is issue. T he bill includes strict requirements, which Carroll said the Haven program did not meet.

Although Will Comfort, a sophomore biology major, said he has yet to find time to complete the program, he said he is glad this university created one. “ I f i t c a n p re v e n t o n e sexual assault, I think it’s worth it,” Comfort said.

During the past few yea rs, i ncidents of bi nge drinking dropped from 45 to 37 percent, sa id Br i a n U l l m a n n, m a rket i ng a nd communications assistant vice president, which demonstrates how raising awareness through A lcohol.edu correlates with the drop in bi nge d ri n k i ng. Officia ls said they hope incidents of sexual misconduct will have a similar correlation with the training program.

Ca r rol l sa id her of f ice plans to host open forums next month where students can give their input and ask questions about sexual misconduct, the policy, procedures and training program. “ U lt i m ate ly wh at w i l l change the climate and culture is not some technical, legal definition, or even some technical procedures,” Loh said.

“It will be about awareness, raising consciousness and people saying ‘It’s all on us.’”

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There’s a right way to hold a protest

An impulsive expense

D

uring the recent rally for thengubernatorial hopeful Anthony Brown, several outbursts accompanied former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s address.

As someone who had never attended a political rally before, I was quite excited. However, the numerous interruptions put an unmistakable damper on my mood.

Surely the protesters have a right to their political convictions and a definite right to express those beliefs.

Unfortunately, their delivery was fundamentally flawed.

The protesters, members of the organization United We Dream, interrupted Clinton. I do not know if the protesters expected Clinton to engage with their proclamations about a need for immigration reform, but the interruption only detracted from the proceedings.

The audience made efforts to police the organization. When the outbursts from protesters continued, their cries were muffled by boos from the rest of the attendees. It is when protests detract from the event itself that they go too far.

Unfortunately, when protesters are the majority, things can also go wrong. I am reminded of the instance at Brown University more than a year ago. During a talk delivered by former New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly on new stop-and-frisk policies in the city, protesters booed him off the stage.

For a moment, disregard the controversy surrounding the subject of his talk. The behavior of the audience was simply disrespectful, no matter how one looks at it.

The purpose of any protest should

be to foster some sort of change, but the protest must be respectful of the opposing viewpoint, or it loses nearly all validity. In the cases of the protests both at Brown University and during Clinton’s talk here, the protesters tried to shout down the speaker.

Disagreement is an inherent part of our society. By virtue of the fact that we live in a democracy, we are entitled to our own convictions. If some perceived injustice is occurring, it must be dealt with diplomatically rather than dogmatically. Without diplomacy, how can we ever reach any sort of middle ground?

During the civil rights movement of the ’50s and ’60s, arguably the most effective protests in U.S. history took place. These protests were primarily peaceful and consisted of acts of civil disobedience.

One strategy of civil disobedience was the many sit-in protests. While largely harmless, the sit-ins not only garnered attention for civil rights and desegregation, but they also displayed the incivility and antipathy with which black people were treated.

Difficulties are to be expected when working toward any sort of social change, but it is important to remember that no matter which side one takes, civility and respect bolster a cause.

When sight of this principle is lost, much of the cause’s credence is also lost. Courtesy is paramount in protest, and if one hopes to accomplish anything, one must maintain this doctrine.

SGA contribution to creek restoration is excessive

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hen the SGA decided Nov. 5 to allocate funds from its budget to restoring Campus Creek, it argued that doing so demonstrated student support for the project.

So, by a vote of 21-1, the Student Government Association wrote off $5,000 of its $50,000 in available legislative funds for the 2014-15 academic year.

Whether the majority of students support the initiative is largely moot, as the SGA has proved in the past that there is generally little dissent within its voting body.

And on a campus as politically disengaged as this one — less than 4 percent of the student body voted in the last SGA general election — it seems likely that most students aren’t even aware of creek restoration efforts.

The creek’s advocates say excessive rainwater runoff kills surrounding vegetation, erodes the creek’s banks and brings in pollutants that eventually reach the Chesapeake Bay, and they’re not wrong.

Back in May, this state’s natural resources department awarded the university a $1.5 million grant to support the restoration project, funding the university will lose if it isn’t spent by the end of June 2016.

To secure the grant, the university must submit a restoration plan drawn up by an external contractor

at an estimated cost of $495,000.

That’s a whopping figure,but the university’s facilities planning department has received $50,000 from the University Sustainability Council and another $25,000 from this university’s Friends of the Golf Course.

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The SGA’s recent financial contribution to help restore Campus Creek could be used for other purposes.

The remaining $415,000, which would come from two other campus sources, has been recommended for project use, according to facilities planning officials.

The Facilities Council has yet to approve the restoration project and its supporting funds, and its members will vote on the initiative at its Dec. 4 meeting, but Facilities Planning Director Brenda Testa said the department hopes to enlist a contractor within the next few weeks.

It would appear, then, that the university intends to push forward with the project, and Facilities Planning has had remarkable success in garnering capital to support it.

With $490,000 either approved or recommended for use from university departments and programs as well as

outside philanthropic groups, though, it’s unclear why the SGA felt it necessary to sign away such a significant portion of its budget.

Surely, that $5,000 could’ve been acquired from another department or the Sustainability Fund. The SGA Student Sustainability Committee already has demonstrated its support for a range of green initiatives that have been far less expensive and affected students more visibly.

The SGA’s interests are narrow — and that’s not a knock on the governing body. When few students participate in the university’s elections or pay attention to agendas, there’s not as much opportunity for engagement.

The causes championed by representatives — not necessarily those the electorate favors — are going to be the ones the SGA focuses on.

All the same, spending 10 percent of the organization’s legislative budget on 1 percent of a project funded primarily by other university resources won’t have the same perceived impact as, say, spending $5,000 to increase the number of bike racks on the campus.

The SGA’s commitment to sustainability is all well and good — it’s no small factor in the university’s ranking among the greenest in the country. But given other funding sources’ vested interest in the creek restoration, the decision to throw so much support — and money — behind the project comes off as a bit hasty.

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Mitchell Wilson is a freshman English and journalism major. He can be reached at mwilson1596@gmail.com.

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almost like when a little kid takes a ball away from his friends because he didn’t get his way.

The Board of Education decides whether school should be canceled based on the potential for absenteeism from class. And one of the reasons it never added Muslim holidays to the calendar is that the Muslim population in Montgomery County does not warrant enough absences to close school for the Eid al-Adha.

Instead, students who wish to stay home and celebrate the holiday are permitted excused absences. But why should Muslim students miss a whole day of school while their Jewish and Christian classmates get one day or sometimes several days off from school to celebrate their holidays?

It’s not like Islam is some obscure religion only a handful of people celebrate worldwide. Islam is one of the largest religions, with about 23 percent of the globe’s population practicing it.

The Board of Education’s decision to eliminate religious holidays from the calendar also throws a blanket of neutrality and indifference over diversity. By not acknowledging any religious holidays, the Board of Education is almost teaching intolerance, and it is not providing avenues for students to understand that they live in a diverse world with a plethora of religions.

It all comes down to the matter of equity, which the Board of Education thought it was promoting by not denoting religious holidays on the school calendar. If the board wanted legitimate equity and inclusiveness, then it should have either added Eid al-Adha to the calendar or completely eliminated all religious holidays from the calendar by keeping school in session and permitting excused absences.

or years, Muslims in Montgomery County have been trying to get the Board of Education to recognize at least one of their most important religious holidays, specifically, Eid al-Adha. The other major Muslim holiday is Ramadan.

In 2015, Eid al-Adha will fall on Sept.

23, the same day as Yom Kippur, which would seem like a perfect avenue to finally grant that request.

However, to “alleviate” Muslims’ qualms, the Board of Education decided not to add Eid al-Adha to the school calendar, but instead to remove Christmas, Easter, Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashana from the 2015-16 calendar. Students will still be off from school on all of those days, but the reasons will not be denoted on the school calendar. Along with the elimination of the holidays, Christmas break will now be referred to as winter break.

What was meant to be an act of inclusiveness toward the Muslim community turned out to be an act of religious inequality. Most definitely, religion should be kept out of public schools at all times. Removing all religious holidays from the school calendar seems like a good idea in theory because it is supposed to create a sense of inclusivity among all students, no matter their religious identifications. But when the Montgomery County Board of Education decided to put this into practice, all inclusivity went out the window.

Instead, the decision read to many individuals, including me, as a backhanded insult to the Muslim community, the board essentially saying, “Oh, you want equality and inclusivity? Well, we’ll just remove all holidays, but, you know, still give Maggie Cassidy is a junior English time off for them even though we’re major and opinion editor. She can be not specifically going to say why.” It’s reached at mcassidydbk@gmail.com.

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The drug war’s latest weapon Civil asset forfeiture has negative implications CHARLIE BULMAN JUNIOR

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ver his six-year tenure, outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder has earned a reputation of willingness to challenge outdated and destructive drug policies.

In August 2013, Holder announced an overhaul of sentencing practices that would spare nonviolent drug offenders unaffiliated with traffickers from extreme mandatory sentences.

The Justice Department’s recent inspection of particular drug laws is reflective of a wider reassessment of the ruinous and racially skewed consequences of our nation’s drug policies.

Considering the more than a million Americans languishing in prisons, the billions of dollars prisons cost state and federal budgets and the grossly disproportionate harm drug enforcement has inflicted on people of color, many people wonder why these policies and policing strategies persist. The answer is clear: Cops, prosecutors and government officials have personal stakes in maintaining the status quo.

Taking into account the outgoing attorney general’s focus on dismantling wrongheaded drug laws and solidifying civil rights, President Obama’s pick to replace him is pretty ironic.

Loretta Lynch, currently U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, has been generally

viewed as a competent and apolitical selection. She has, however, drawn scrutiny for her office’s enthusiastic pursuit of civil asset forfeiture cases — a law enforcement strategy now widely identified as policing for profit. Lynch’s office took more than $904 million from people through civil asset forfeitures in fiscal year 2013, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported.

Civil asset forfeiture was originally designed as a mechanism to strike at the economic roots of sophisticated trafficking organizations. However, because of the perverse incentives it provides cops and prosecutors, civil asset forfeiture has become a method by which law enforcement agencies siphon away millions of dollars of cash and property from citizens never charged with a crime.

If a property has been found to “facilitate” a crime, the government may be able to wrest control of the assets from completely innocent people.

Moreover, the abnormal circumstances of these cases are decidedly rigged in favor of the government: Property owners are not provided attorneys, and the burden of proof lies with them to establish the “innocence” of their belongings.

Often, the proceeds from these seizures are used to pay the salaries of the very prosecutors bringing these cases forward. In Philadelphia, for instance, 40 percent of the $64 million generated through this scheme has gone to law enforcement officials. With such a clear financial stake, it’s no mystery why cops and prosecutors haven’t shifted their focus away from locking up non-

violent, low-level drug offenders.

The kleptocratic logic of the drug war now plays a big role in determining the priorities of police departments. Under a federal policy called the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program, participating states receive a specified amount of money that can then be apportioned to local precincts.

At the conclusion of each fiscal year, states submit a report to the feds documenting how the money was used.

A c c o rd i n g to a n a r t i c l e by AlterNet.org, frequent “performance measures” listed to procure more federal funds include the number of offenders arrested, the number of offenders prosecuted and the number of drug seizures made.

Considering the sheer abundance of marijuana and the prevalence of its consumption, it’s unsurprising “marijuana linked arrests and seizures are, by far, the most common ‘productivity measure’ across states,” according to AlterNet. Taking a frank look at the monstrosity of the status quo — the resources wasted, the cops and prosecutors corrupted and the ugly racial imprint the drug war has left — underscores the need for change. The Byrne JAG Program and the millions seized through civil asset forfeiture make clear that to correct the priorities of law enforcement officials, we need to reconfigure the incentives that guide their actions.

Charlie Bulman is a junior government and politics major. He can be reached at cbulmandbk@gmail.com.

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ESSAY | BAND NAMES

what the double-F? One writer theorizes that bands with two words starting with “F” in their names are destined for greatness

By Danielle Ohl @DTOhl Senior staff writer Over the past few years, I’ve been working on a theory. In honor of the recent success of the Foo Fighters’ new album Sonic Highways, I want to share my discovery with the world.

It’s nothing groundbreaking — unless, of course, you’re looking to make it in the music industry. If so, this theory is the one for you.

The realization struck about two years ago.

It was July. I was deep inside a blanket fort I’d built for the four young boys I used to babysit.

We were playing house (or was it zoo … or both?) and I, the mother/zookeeper/authority figure, was pretending to be asleep, as any responsible guardian would.

While deep in the fog of my pretend dreamland, I heard the voices of my lieges beckoning me to make lunch. Willing just a few more seconds of solace, I continued my little charade — until, that is, they started blast-

foo fighters is one of several successful bands with names that include two words that begin with the letter “F.” photo courtesy of 91x.com ing music. It was at a decibel level no human being should ever be exposed to. It was Franz Ferdinand’s “Take Me Out.” “At least it’s a good song,” I thought.

And then it hit me. I have no idea how or why. Sometimes epiphany just strikes.

Bands whose names include two words beginning with “F” are at the very least good, and at the very most successful.

The theory has expanded since that fateful day to include six bands: Foo Fighters, Franz Ferdinand, Five for Fighting, Fleet Foxes, A Fine Frenzy and Friendly Fires.

Over the years, I’ve watched — quietly, patiently — to see if my theory held any water.

Let’s examine the facts:

David Grohl’s Foo Fighters have won four Grammys in the Best Rock Album category as well as six Grammys in other categories. That’s 10 Grammys, people. Ten. Besides that, they’ve enjoyed wildly unattainable success and, as Jack Black put it, they are “the one band that has looked Grammy in the eye and managed to hold on to their indie cred.” Sonic Highways, which dropped last week, is projected to hit the Billboard 200’s top 10 in the next few days.

Franz Ferdinand won the Mercury Prize in 2004 for its eponymous debut album. The band has won four U.K. NME awards and its lastest album, Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action, hit No. 1 on the U.K. Indie Chart.

Five for Fighting is everyone’s favorite ’90s nostalgia singer/songwriter. You know it. I know it. Plus, John Ondrasik’s got two platinum albums, and that’s not so bad, either.

The lovely Fleet Foxes are Grammy-nominated and critically acclaimed. Their debut album, Fleet Foxes, received a nine-out-of-10 rating from Pitchfork. The Guardian called it “a landmark in American music.” Oh, and Fleet Foxes’ second album, Helplessness Blues, charted higher than its masterpiece of a first. So, I guess the band’s doing OK. Lesser-known but still doing well, A Fine Frenzy is a VH1 “You Oughta Know” artist and that girl who sings “Almost Lover.” Her music’s also been

featured on movie and TV screens in such works as Dan in Real Life, The Lucky One, The Vampire Diaries and on teenage girls’ breakup playlists.

Probably the least known o f t h e “ F F ” b a n d s ( I ’m having trouble remembering why I know about them) is Friendly Fires, an English ensemble whose self-titled debut album made the short list for the Mercury Prize.

Sure, the band might never be as popular as Justin Bieber, but then again, is that really a bad thing?

So, there you have it. It’s not based on science, but you can’t deny the logic. Of course, it’s only a theory; the Christian rock band Family Force 5 and heavy metal group Fear Factor haven’t exactly achieved musical acclaim, but even Einstein’s theory of relativity has its flaws.

Believe me or not, but when your best friend’s cousin is looking for advice on how to make it to the musical bigtime, don’t say I didn’t tell you. dohldbk@gmail.com

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ESSAY | FLEX TRIPLES

three’s a crowd As the semester draws to a close, flex triple residents get ready to either lose a roommate or get comfy for another semester of three-to-a-room

By Maeve Dunigan @DBKDiversions For The Diamondback There was a time in my life when I was completely against the idea of having a roommate. For some reason, I had this innate fear that my future college roommate would be someone who screamed all her sentences and had a pet tarantula with a scary name like Spike or Storm Cloud that was constantly getting out of its cage.

So, one can imagine my distress when I realized I had been given not one but two roommates, and that we would all be living in a flex triple, a room built for two students but forced to accommodate three.

I wasn’t the only student who got placed in a flex triple, though. Many of these flex rooms are instituted at the beginning of each school year so there will be more space available in the

spring. Students living in flex triples have three choices. One of them can move out if there’s space elsewhere.

The Department of Resident Life can choose one to relocate if all three agree they no longer want to live in a triple.

Or all three of them can stay in the same room, which, from the beginning, was only made for two.

Students need to be adaptable when living in these dorm rooms. During her freshman year, junior English and journalism major Jackie Tanner was put into a flex triple that later became a double and, eventually, a single.

Tanner said she “really just had no idea what to anticipate” in a flex triple.

“At first, I didn’t think it was, like, a forced triple,” she said with a chuckle.

“Honestly, I was just kind of excited that I got more than one roommate.”

In the end, Tanner said, she was glad she didn’t have to spend too much time living in a “flex.”

“It’s just way too small — you can’t designate space for three people,” she said. “It just creates a lot of unnecessary conflict and makes it harder for roommates to get along.”

For many students, living in a flex is only tolerable because they get along with their roommates. Living in a dorm with one person you don’t like is difficult,but living in close quarters with two people you despise is far worse.

In my room, my roommates and I put my dresser in the closet, so I got that side of the closet and they could share the other side. We had a lofted bed and a bunk bed against opposite walls to maximize the space in between.

“Living in a triple has actually been fine because we all get along; it’s just the spacing has been an issue,” said Alyssa Zinar, a freshman enrolled in letters and sciences who lives in a flex.

Zinar said the room she shared with her roommates was too small for the

amount of furniture inside it. There was very little space left for anything more than the bunk bed, lofted bed, three dressers and three desks crammed into the small space, she said.

Sydney Shade, one of Zinar’s roommates, said this university could probably reduce the number of students living in flex triples.

“I think with the amount of kids on campus, that’s what they have to do, but I don’t think there has to be that many because I know a lot of people in flex triples,” said Shade, a freshman psychology major.

According to the Resident Life’s website, students are put in flex triples “when Resident Life has more students seeking housing in residence halls than [it] can currently accommodate for the fall semester.”

Students living in flex triples get a 15 percent housing fee discount. A student in flex housing gets about 17 percent

less of the room than a student in a double. Living in a flex severely limits the amount of items a single student can keep in the room and crowds a very small space with a vast inventory of furniture and personal items.

The amount of students at this university and the limited living space make it unlikely that fall semester flexes will stop existing anytime soon, but some students living in flexes could find themselves in doubles this spring.

For me, my cynical theories were debunked when my roommates and I ended up getting along so well that we decided to stay in the flex for the spring semester. We’re proof that occasionally, people can simply learn to tolerate living in a flex. As it turns out, neither of my roommates screams sentences, nor does either of them own a tarantula (that I know of). diversionsdbk@gmail.com

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TRIMBLE From PAGE 8 So far, Trimble’s been able to find ways to impact games even aside from his role at the helm of the offense, and Monday his nine boards were four more than anyone else on the team. Trimble also scored in double digits for the second straight game despite hitting just 1 of 5 3-pointers and having several shots trickle in and out of the hoop.

NOTEBOOK From PAGE 8 tear, moving reserves Perry Hills and Shane Cockerille up the depth chart. Edsall said Hills and Cockerille split repetitions with the secondstring offense in yesterday’s practice while Brown handled quarterbacking duties with the starters. But the fourth-year coach did not rule out making a change at quarterback with the matchup in Ann Arbor, Michigan, four days away.

“I don’t want to make a quarterback change,” Edsall said. “But if a situation would call for that, then you have to be able to make that decision. And when you make those decisions you have to say, ‘OK, can the person that you’re going to put in do a better job than the guy you’re taking out?’”

DAVIS STICKS AT CORNER Sean Davis starred as a safety for the first eight weeks of the season, but injuries have necessitated a position switch for the junior.

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UPSET From PAGE 8 time to warm up. You have to step on them. This is an area we have talked about a lot, and today was our storybook.”

For the second time in three games, the Terps offense sputtered out of the gate. And as a team that entered the contest 0-3 in games when they allowed the first goal, they could ill afford to struggle.

When the Great Danes scored midway through the first half, the Terps had taken just one shot. When the Terps lost to Northwestern in the Big Ten final the weekend

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“He had a bunch roll out that he’ll make as the season goes on,” Turgeon said. “If those roll in, then he has 16 or 17 points.”

Though Turgeon expects Trimble’s stats to improve, he knows numbers in the box score aren’t likely to define the point guard’s freshman season. Trimble’s most imperative job, his coach has said multiple times, is to ensure the offense runs smoothly and the ball is spread around.

And even as a rookie, Trim-

ble’s teammates claim he’s displayed leadership qualities on a team with four senior contributors.

“On the court, he’s so mature,” junior forward Jake Layman said after a Nov. 8 exhibition. “He’s ahead of his time, I feel like. And that’s going to be great for us.”

Even after an up-anddown performance Monday night, Trimble’s coach and teammates expressed faith in his ability to lead a dynamic offense in his first season

Hill sidelined for the season with a knee injury and Jeremiah Johnson hampered by a faulty hamstring, Davis has slid over to cornerback. And he has, according to his coach, experienced success.

D a v i s o f te n l i n e d u p against the Big Ten’s leading receiver Tony Lippett on Saturday night and helped hold the Michigan State standout to 46 yards on four catches.

Davis said Tuesday he would continue playing cornerback for at least another game.

“It’s hard to start over and relearn a new position in week nine and 10,” Davis said. “I was just thrown into the fire, but I had fun, I think I did a solid job, and I’m going to try and keep improving on it.”

Davis leads the Terps with 94 total tackles this season, and defensive coordinator Brian Stewart often dials up blitzes to allow the 6-foot-1, 200-pound defensive back to get after the quarterback.

Edsall said yesterday Davis’ athleticism and versatility has made his transition to cornerback relatively smooth.

Davis has also had the benefit of learning from Johnson, a

fifth-year senior who has played only in nickel packages the last two weeks.

Davis said he was always interested in playing corner and would be welcome to a long-term position switch.

“He’s done well there, he’s picked it up,” Edsall said. “You can see him doing the things we thought he could do.”

D e fe n s ive e n d A n d re Monroe brought down Michigan State quarterback Connor Cook in the third quarter of the Terps’ loss to the Spartans for his 23rd career sack to move into second place in Terps’ history past former linebacker Shawne Merriman.

With two games left in the regular season, Monroe, a senior, sits one sack away from tying Mike Corvino for the most sacks in school history. The 5-foot-11, 282pound Monroe led the team with five sacks as a redshirt freshman in 2011 but then missed all of the 2012 campaign with a knee injury. He returned last year to record 9.5 sacks and ranks second

before, their first shot didn’t come until there was less than 10 minutes remaining in the first half and the Wildcats already had a 1-0 lead.

“You look at the games where we have come out not winning and all of them, we have struggled taking shots in the first half,” Meharg said.

The Terps managed four shots after Albany’s goal, which still left them well below their average of more than 10 shots per half. Getting off to a hot start was a focal point after the loss to Northwestern, and the Terps succeeded in doing so in Saturday’s first-round matchup with Princeton.

But they couldn’t replicate

that early energy against the Great Danes.

“We’ve at different times of the season let what would be, by definition, the underdog kind of rule our world in the first half,” Meharg said. “Unfortunately, our leadership group let that happen again.”

In both of their losses to Northwestern this season, the Terps managed to tie the game before ultimately falling to the Wildcats. The Terps never took the lead in any of the matchups in which they surrendered the first goal, though.

And Sunday, the Terps allowed a second goal before finally getting one back. It left them with 6:45 to tie the game.

as a college player. But as Turgeon pointed out, Trimble’s talent doesn’t make him immune to blunders.

That sequence midway through the first half against Central Connecticut State showed that while also hinting at Trimble’s potential at both ends of the floor.

“He turned it over, but then he took a charge,” Turgeon said, “which I thought was big for him.” akasinitzdbk@gmail.com

GUARD LEXIE BROWN takes a shot in the Terps’ exhibition victory over UDC on Nov. 8. Brown and the Terps have won their first two games by at least 64 points. file photo/the diamondback

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Quarterback C.J. Brown looks to throw a pass during a 20-19 victory at Penn State on Nov. 1. marquise mckine/the diamondback in the Big Ten with 8.5 sacks this year.

“I’m proud of him,” linebacker L.A. Goree said. “He surprised everybody. You see Andre, you don’t see the big, broad defensive lineman that you usually see. He usually gets overlooked because of his size, but he’s about to break the career sack record. His work speaks for itself.” akasinitzdbk@gmail.com

“[The final minutes] were awful,” Albany goalkeeper Maxi Primus said. “I trusted in the team, but I knew that Maryland [would] try everything to score.”

For the Terps, however, it was a feat that had eluded them all season. And that didn’t change during the waning minutes of their season.

As was the case in the previous three comeback attempts, the second-half push came too late.

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ample opportunities for playing time. The freshmen, however, haven’t experienced competition in a close game.

While the Bulls aren’t ranked in the AP Poll, they did receive votes, and they provided stout competition a season ago.

“We know from past experience playing South Florida what a difficult test it was for us last season,” Frese said. “We expect nothing different.”

A large part of the Bulls’ performance tonight will hinge on guard Courtney Williams.

The 5-foot-8 junior came off the bench to score a game-high 21 points against the Terps last season on 7-for-18 shooting.

Williams has displayed similar success in South Florida’s first two games this year. She took more than twice as many shots as any of her teammates in the Bulls’ opener against Villanova and led all scorers with 21 points to go along with 10 rebounds.

And against UT Chattanooga it was more of the same, as Williams scored a team-high 15 points.

“Truly one of the best players in the country,” Frese said of Williams. “She’s a matchup nightmare.”

GOPHERS From PAGE 8 on Sept. 12, Fraik was thrust into the role as the team’s secondary option on offense.

Originally, the Terps (9-18, 2-14 Big Ten) tried to give a greater volume of opportunities to outside hitter Ashleigh Crutcher. In the first two matches after Elliott’s injury, Crutcher received an average of 15.5 more attempts than the next leading option on the team in total attacks.

Fraik’s recent success has allowed for a more balanced offensive attack. Teams must now account for more than just Crutcher.

“If this was an ideal volleyball team, you’d want to have a team of offensive hitters you can evenly distribute the ball to,” middle blocker Kelsey Hrebenach said. “For us, we don’t have those bodies or the people that [are] ready to compete at that level yet, so we’re relying on Crutcher. So it’s nice to have a second pair of arms.”

Fraik handled the additional workload with relative ease until the team entered conference play. Coach Steve Aird believes the reason for her struggles earlier can be attributed to her lack of physicality.

The level of competition was also something Aird suspects she wasn’t prepared to handle.

“The conference is more physical than she is,” Aird said.

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Still, the Terps defense has been dominant in the first two games this season.

After limiting Mount St. Mary’s to 45 points on 29.4 percent shooting, the Terps held Wagner to 24 points on 19.6 percent shooting.

And while the Terps realize they can’t entirely prevent Williams from scoring, they hope to contain her.

“We just have to limit her touches, for one,” Brown said.

“Their whole team is built around her and for her to score.”

Walker-Kimbrough added: “It’s going to take all five people on the court. We are going to try to limit her shots.”

And the Terps’ four freshmen, who are averaging a c o m b i n e d 6 0.5 m i n u te s through two games, will be part of the cast expected to stymie Williams.

Brown came off the bench last year to play a team-high 32 minutes in her career debut against South Florida. Now this year’s freshmen will be asked to step up in the Terps’ toughest game so far this season.

“They have been doing phenomenal up until this point,” Walker-K imbrough said.

“They continue to grow, and they continue to make our team better.” rbaillargeondbk@gmail.com

won’t score in this conference.”

Aird speculated that Fraik didn’t have the confidence earlier in the year to take a full swing at the ball, but that has changed in recent weeks.

Her recent emergence hasn’t solely been at the net, though.

She’s second on the team in kills, digs and service aces, as well as fourth in blocks.

“We really rely on Emily in basically all aspects,” Hrebenach said. “When Crutch is down on the floor or Crutch is sitting out, Emily is kind of our go-to hitter and we can rely on her that she’ll get the ball over the net.”

“She’s got a good feel for passing and a good feel for defense,” Aird added. “When she does score points in the front row, that’s been a bonus.”

The Golden Gophers (16-11, 6-10) could present an issue for her, though. Minnesota is ranked No. 5 in the Big Ten in blocks and has two of the conference’s top 15 blockers in twins Paige and Hannah Tapp.

But when the Terps aim to defeat the struggling Golden Gophers — they’ve lost 10 of their last 15 and sport a 3-7 record on the road — they’ll look for Fraik to continue contributing.

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Trimble searches for consistency Freshman point guard produces mixed results in Monday night’s victory

By Aaron Kasinitz @AaronKazreports Senior staff writer

Guard Melo Trimble rises for a layup in a 93-57 victory over Central Connecticut State Monday night at Xfinity Center. Trimble finished with 10 points. marquise mckine/the diamondback

Melo Trimble backpedaled toward the lane with his arms stretched wide. The Terrapins men’s basketball guard had just lofted an ill-advised pass that a Central Connecticut State defender easily intercepted midway through the first half of Monday night’s game, and he was the last line of defense against a Blue Devils’ fast break.

So Trimble stopped shuffling his feet several steps in front of the hoop and slid to position

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himself in Central Connecticut State guard Malcolm McMillan’s path to the rim. McMillan, dribbling full speed, collided with Trimble, and as the two players fell to Gary Williams Court, the referee pointed toward the Terps’ basket to signal a charge.

And seconds after Mark Turgeon lifted his palm to his face, the fourth-year coach nodded with approval when teammates helped Trimble to his feet.

Monday’s 93-57 victory over the Blue Devils was that type of night for Trimble, the Terps’ highly hyped freshman point

guard. While he had plenty of positive moments, posting 10 points, nine rebounds and four assists, Trimble struggled to sustain the consistency Turgeon expects out of his McDonald’s All-American.

“Melo did not really play well,” Turgeon said. “His decision-making wasn’t what it needed to be, and he’s a better decision-maker than that. …

But he was still good.”

Turgeon made sure to qualify his comments by explaining his unusually high expectations for Trimble. He views ESPN’s No. 29 ranked recruit through a different lens than most freshmen.

Trimble’s four assists to two turnovers marks a solid ratio, but Turgeon has noted his floor general’s relative lack of fluidity in his first two career starts. Trimble, in fact, failed to record an assist in a seasonopening win over Wagner.

“Look, he’s still a freshman,” forward Jon Graham said. “He’s going to make mistakes, and we knew that going in, but I think he’s done a great job in the first two games and the exhibition games. There’s going to be some growing pains with him, but he’s done a great job.”

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Brown speaks on Edsall’s concerns Quarterback responds after coach opened up possibility of benching

By Aaron Kasinitz @AaronKazreports Senior staff writer C.J. Brown sat at a gray circular table with about a dozen reporters fixing their eyes on him during yesterday’s weekly Terrapins football media availability and faced a rather unfamiliar question.

After spending most of the season defending his sixthyear quarterback, coach Randy Edsall said Sunday he would consider replacing Brown as the starter before Saturday’s game at Michigan. This was Brown’s chance to respond.

“That comes with the position,” Brown said. “If you’re not going to produce, they’re going to bring someone else in that will. They’ve done it at other

positions, and I’m just another guy on the team, and I understand that I got to produce.”

Brown’s performance in Saturday’s 37-15 loss to Michigan State led Edsall to ponder what to do with his starting spot.

Brown threw an interception on the Terps’ third offensive play and went on to finish the afternoon 20-for-43 through the air for 246 yards, two touchdowns and three interceptions.

With Brown at the helm, the Terps offense has struggled to move the ball in each of its past three games and hasn’t scored more than 20 points since a 38-31 victory over Iowa on Oct. 18.

In mid-October, backup quarterback Caleb Rowe suffered a season-ending ACL See notebook, Page 7

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GUARD SHATORI WALKER-KIMBROUGH takes an off-balance shot in an exhibition victory over Goldey-Beacom on Nov. 1 at Xfinity Center.

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‘a difficult test’

Terps freshmen expect to face first significant challenge in tonight’s matchup with Bulls

By Ryan Baillargeon @RyanBaillargeon Staff writer

OUTSIDE HITTER EMILY FRAIK spikes a ball in a 3-0 loss at Penn State on Nov. 8. Fraik helped the Terps win the third set at Nebraska on Sunday with six kills. james levin/the diamondback

Fraik takes steps as second option Outside hitter helps balance offense

By Jacob Walker @JacobW_DBK Staff writer In the Terrapins volleyball team’s first four Big Ten matches, outside hitter Emily Fraik managed to post a hitting percentage better than .100 just once. She also had a negative hitting percentage in two matches during that span.

On Sunday at Nebraska, though, she registered 13 kills on 39 attacks with five errors to post a .205 hitting percentage. And she erupted for six kills with no errors in the third frame to lead the Terps’ set win against the fourth-ranked

With 14:46 remaining in the first half of the Terrapins women’s basketball team’s season opener against South Florida last year, former three-time ACC Player of the Year Alyssa Thomas picked up her second foul of the game. Coach Brenda Frese scanned the bench and called then-freshman Shatori Walker-Kimbrough’s name.

“I was like, ‘I don’t know if I’m ready yet, Coach. I’ll sit this one out. I’ll catch you next game,’” Walker-Kimbrough said.

But there was no talking her way out of making her career

debut. And despite subbing out after an early turnover, WalkerKimbrough returned to the game and finished with 12 points in 12 minutes of action to help the Terps earn a 78-70 win.

A year later, Walker-Kimbrough and the No. 9 Terps will get another chance to battle South Florida (2-0) in a game that could provide a similar test for this year’s freshmen.

“This is going to be great to have our first challenge this week, to throw the freshmen into the fire a little bit,” sophomore guard Lexie Brown said.

The Terps (2-0) have won each of their first two games this season by at least 64 points, so the newcomers have garnered See bulls, Page 7

FIELD HOCKEY

team in the conference.

That match, which ended in a 3-1 Terps’ loss, was just one in a string of solid outings for the junior. The Terps hope Fraik can sustain her production when the team plays Minnesota today at the Xfinity Pavilion.

“I’ve been working on all of the things that you should work on as a hitter,” Fraik said.

“Hitting high and making smart decisions. Something just clicked.”

Fraik has started all season, b u t a f te r o u ts i d e h i t te r Adreené Elliott was hurt in the team’s match against Radford

Slow start plays part in upset loss

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Terps end campaign without comeback win after falling to Albany, 2-1

By Ryan Baillargeon @RyanBaillargeon Staff writer After Albany recorded its first goal Sunday, the Terrapins field hockey team’s sideline shouted words of encouragement. The Terps had more than 50 minutes in the NCAA quarterfinals to battle back from the 1-0 deficit and save their season.

But in doing so, the Terps

would have to do something they hadn’t done all year: win a game in which they allowed the first goal. And in Sunday’s quarterfinal, they failed to buck the trend.

Instead, the No. 2-seeded Terps allowed the Great Danes to add an insurance goal early in the second half before starting to piece together the sequences that had powered the nation’s top offense. By that time, it was too late, and

“YOU CAN’T WARM UP TO AN UNDERDOG. THERE IS NOT TIME TO WARM UP. YOU HAVE TO STEP ON THEM. THIS IS AN AREA WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT A LOT, AND TODAY WAS OUR STORYBOOK.” MISSY MEHARG

Terrapins field hockey coach the season came to a screeching halt in a 2-1 loss, leaving the Terps out of the sport’s final weekend for the first time since 2007.

“You can’t warm up to an underdog,” coach Missy Meharg said. “There is not