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Loh’s speech on diversity draws critics

As Loh shares efforts to make U “safe and supportive,” students ask for more activism In the wake of a highly divisive national election, University of Maryland President Wallace Loh’s annual State of the Campus Address on Tuesday was marked by a clear call to embrace diversity — and a student response demanding further activism.

Much of Loh’s speech, given before the University Senate in Stamp Student Union’s Colony Ballroom, focused on inclusion and diversity, which Loh called core values of higher education.

“The core values and ideals of higher education … of inclusivity, of diversity, of pursuit of truth in an era of post-truth, of civility and tolerance, those are being in effect repudiated by a new populism,” Loh said. “… So in this time of uncertainty and by

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meeting the challenge College park mayor patrick wojahn (right) jokes with mayor pro-tem Monroe Dennis at the inauguration on Dec. 7, 2015 in City Hall.. In his first year as mayor, Wojahn placed emphasis on areas such as uniting the City Council and implementing new safety and sustainability initiatives. file photo/thediamondback

College Park Mayor Patrick Wojahn looks back on first year in office

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By Carly Kempler and Talia Richman | @thedbk | Senior staff writers

ith his left hand raised and his right hand on a bible held by his husband, Patrick Wojahn was sworn in as College Park’s mayor on Dec. 7, 2015.

In the one year since he took office, Wojahn has made strides on many of the goals laid out in his campaign. From working toward uniting a divided city council to implementing new safety and sustainability initiatives, Wojahn said he is proud of the city’s progress since he took office last year.

And with College Park in the midst of revitalization projects ranging from a new hotel to engaging music and dining experiences, the momentum isn’t slowing down.

“We’re going to continue to move forward on transforming the city,” Wojahn said. “Things will

really transform over this next year, and I’m excited to see where it goes next.”

Wojahn defeated former District 4 Councilwoman Denise Mitchell with about 57 percent of the vote in one of the most competitive city elections in decades. The 2013-15 council members had been evenly split on which mayoral candidate they endorsed. In the moments after Wojahn’s victory was announced in November 2015, District 3 Councilman Robert Day said Wojahn had “a big job ahead of him — and that’s bringing the council together.”

A year later, “Patrick’s done a wonderful job,” Day said Tuesday. “He’s been faced with some unique challenges. We’re in a very, very big growing period — he’s had to manage that and us at the same time.

He’s met the challenge.”

vulnerability, when post-truths trump the facts and fairness, I want to say loud and clear that the University of Maryland is absolutely committed to a safe and supportive educational environment.”

This university’s diversity grew among both the newest class of students as well as among tenure and tenure-track faculty, with the class of 2020 composed of 43 percent students of color and 23 percent from historically underrepresented groups, Loh said, noting that this university’s diversity was at “a record high.”

Looking forward, Loh also highlighted progress for representation of AfricanAmerican and Hispanic faculty members in tenure or tenure-track positions. He announced Provost Mary Ann Rankin committed $4 million to hire 20 targeted professors from historically See loh, p. 3

community

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Uber may quit state over law

protectumd protesters demonstrate in front of McKeldin Library Nov. 17. tom hausman/the diamondback

Loh’s staff will review demands

If fingerprint checks stand, ride-sharing giant will leave Md. Uber has threatened to stop providing transportation services in Maryland if the state decides to enforce fingerprint-based background checks for company drivers.

A state law passed in July 2015 directs the state’s Public Service Commission to hold a hearing to review the screening process for ride-sharing companies and make a decision about each screening’s effectiveness. Uber’s hearing was held over a span of three days in November, and the commission will make its decision on whether ride-sharing companies are required to enforce fingerprint-based background checks in Maryland by Dec. 22.

The ride-sharing giant has provided more than 10 million rides and employed almost 30,000 drivers in this state in the last two years, according to Uber data. One of its main argu-

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AN UBER VEHICLE drives through the campus. The company has threatened to stop offering its services in Maryland if the state chooses to enforce a provision of a July 2015 law. julia lerner/the diamondback ments against the fingerprint-based background checks is that the process would force drivers “to overcome additional barriers to work,” Tom Hayes, Uber’s general manager for Washington, Maryland and Virginia, wrote in an email.

Uber spokesman Bill Gibbons elaborated on this, noting that fingerprint-based background checks could require drivers to give up their own time and money to get an additional background check done at a government facility.

“It just disincentivizes people and raises more barriers to earn money and to work without any added benefits,” he said.

Uber drivers are currently screened though a “third-party, nationallyaccredited professional background

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screening firm that goes directly to the source of someone’s official criminal history — the actual courthouse records,” according to Uber data.

Despite the fact that fingerprint-based background checks may create additional steps for Uber drivers to go through, junior Michelle Huffert said the extra work is something that would come with any job.

“You have to put time into your job,” the civil engineering student said. “For a lot of jobs, to get the job, you have to go through interviews … so I think it’s the same kind of time commitment.”

As one of many students on See uber, p. 2

University of Maryland President Wallace Loh has asked members of his senior team to review ProtectUMD’s list of about 70 demands, which call on this university to support vulnerable communities who feel they may not be protected under President-elect Donald Trump.

Loh also asked the team to review all petitions submitted by students to the president’s office, and an initial review is scheduled for Friday, said university spokesman Brian Ullmann.

ProtectUMD, a coalition of at least 25 multicultural, LGBT and political student groups and advocates, issued its list of demands Nov. 17 — the same by

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day more than 200 students and faculty walked out of class in a show of solidarity for marginalized populations.

“We call upon the University of Maryland to take the necessary measures to protect all members of its student body against discriminatory and unjust national policies,” the coalition wrote with the demand list, “while also ensuring that the University of Maryland is a safe and welcoming campus to all students, regardless of their race, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, and/or immigration status, by adopting the following the enclosed demands.”

Michelle Eastman, Loh’s chief of staff, emailed the students who sent the petition on Dec. 2 and asked to set up a meeting with the coalition “in the coming weeks.”

Eastman wrote that administrators noticed some demanded programs or resources already exist within the university, while some See demands, p. 7

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CRIME BLOTTER

By Michael Brice-Saddler | @TheArtist_MBS | Senior staff writer University of Maryland Police responded to reports of vandalism, assault and damage to state property, among other incidents this past week, according to police reports.

VANDALISM University Police responded to the Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center on Monday at 11:42 a.m. for a report of a vandalism that took place three days earlier at about noon, according to the report.

This case is still under investigation.

ASSAULT (TITLE IX-RELATED) University Police responded to the 3800 block of Stadium Drive on Dec. 1 at 9:10 p.m. for a report of a Title IX-related assault, according to reports.

This case remains open and active.

SUSPICIOUS PERSON/AUTO On Saturday at 1:40 a.m., University Police responded to Lot 11b for a suspicious person/auto report.

This case is closed.

CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCE VIOLATION University Police received three reports of c o n t rol l e d d a n ge ro u s substance violations this past week, according to police reports.

One of the reports took place on the 7200 block of Preinkert Drive.

A n o t h e r r e p o r t o ccurred on the 4000 block of Stadium Drive.

T he final report took place on the 3900 block of Denton Service Lane, according to reports.

All three of these cases are closed.

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‘all-around great american’ U Police Maj. Marc Limansky leaves the force after 28 years

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University Police responded to Mowatt Lane on Sunday at 2:38 a.m. for a report of damage to state property, according to the report. The damage occurred at 11 a.m. the previous day.

This case is closed.

On Sunday at 2:58 a.m., U n i v e r s i t y P o l i c e responded to Marie Mount Hall for an unspecified incident that took place three minutes prior, according to the reports.

This case is closed. newsumdbk@gmail.com

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hen University of Maryland Police Maj. Kenneth Calvert first joined the department in 1988 with Maj. Marc Limansky, he saw the two sticking it out for the long haul.

But after 28 years of service, Limansky retired Nov. 30 from his position as the University Police technology services bureau commander. He took a position “that was too good to pass up” as the media relations officer with Anne Arundel County Police, which he began Dec. 1, he said.

“We came in together and I thought we were going to leave together,” said Calvert, adding that the two have been to each other’s weddings and remained friends throughout the years. “I’m the old guy still standing — he’s going on to greener pastures.”

Limansky began working with University Police as a police aide in 1986 and officially became an officer in 1988. Though Limansky didn’t always consider being a police officer while he was an undergraduate at this university — he graduated in 1988 with a degree in

criminal justice — he decided to try it for a few years at first. He described it as something he thought he could “get out of [his] system.”

“But really, it’s the other way around,” Limansky added. “It became something that got into my system … there’s excitement, there’s challenges, and it was just a very rewarding career over the years.”

Limansky’s contributions to University Police include helping implement upgraded cameras that include license plate readers, and helping create the blueprint for a new University Police radio system that should be implemented within the next few months, said University Police Chief David Mitchell. “ H e ’s t h e a l l - a ro u n d g rea t American guy that you’d love to have as your neighbor,” said Mitchell, who’s worked with Limansky for six years. “And I swear that he doesn’t look a day older than when he started.”

Co l l e ge Pa rk M ayo r Pa t r i c k Wojahn commended Limansky for his work with the UMD Alert sys te m , wh i c h L i m a n s k y sa i d went through changes in 2014 to restrict the alerts to faculty, staff

and university affiliates only. But because Limansky knew city residents and business owners would be concerned, he helped them gain access to the system so they can sign up for alerts on the city’s website.

“Making [the alerts] available to residents has been a real benefit to the community,” Wojahn said. “And this has helped show how it increased partnership between the off-campus community and the university.”

In making the environment safer for students, the collaborative nature of his relationship with this university’s offices was the most rewarding part of the job, Limansky said.

“A n y s u c c e s s e s t h a t I h a d working here were really a result of other staff and faculty members around the university,” Limansky said, citing the Office of Student Conduct, the Department of Resident Life and Facilities Management as examples.

After making contributions to text alerts and keeping the public informed, Limansky is leaving the police department with a big hole to fill, Calvert said. acarolandbk@gmail.com

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privacy and safety in a very binary way, she added that it is likely a lot more nuanced than that.

“It’s a really hard thing to balance between the safety of the passengers and the personal privacy of the individual, but once we head down that slope, it gets very slippery very fast in terms of what companies are asking employees to hand over,” she said. “As an average person, we don’t think about our privacy until it’s gone, and then it’s too late.”

D u r i n g t h e Nove m b e r hearing, Uber argued that their current screening process is more comprehensive than the fingerprint-based process.

Glenn Ivey, the former State’s Attorney for Prince George’s County, and Michael Pinard, a professor from the University of Maryland’s Carey School of Law, are two of the local figures who testified at the hearing in support of Uber’s position.

“I can say to and beyond a reasonable degree of professional certainty, that it is common that criminal record reports generated by [Criminal Justice Information Services] and the FBI are neither comprehensive nor accurate,” P i n a rd sa i d i n a w r i t te n statement. “Furthermore, these incomplete and inaccurate records disparately impact African Americans and Latinos.”

Former Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and

Prince George’s County Delegate Dereck Davis also wrote letters of support of Uber to the Public Service Commission. In his letter, Davis expressed similar concerns.

“I ask that you bear in mind the importance of relying on conviction history and not only arrest records; as it is an unfortunate truth that African Americans are arrested at higher rates proportional to their percentage of the population,” Davis wrote. “Thousands of citizens who have been arrested and fingerprinted but never charged with a crime run the risk of being unfairly barred from economic opportunities unless they can paradoxically prove their innocence.”

With support from these figures and other organizations, Hayes expressed optimism that the commission would rule in his company’s favor at the end of the hearing.

“We believe that we presented a strong case to the Maryland Public Service Commissioners and are confident that our waiver will be granted based on the expertise of our witnesses and the merits of our argument,” Hayes said in a statement.

“We’re eagerly awaiting a decision on Dec. 22 that will ensure Marylanders continue to have access to safe, reliable transportation options and flexible work opportunities.” ajacobdbk@gmail.com

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U student finds passion, wins Miss Maryland USA Senior AdriKimberlyEscobar a n n a D a v i d @kimescobarumd spent her first two years of Staff writer college at the University of Alabama with hopes of joining the school’s cheerleading team. But when she suffered an elbow injury that required Tommy John surgery, she was forced to change her plans after 13 years of cheerleading.

David said she “thought [her] world was over” when she learned cheering was no longer an option, but she soon found a new hobby: competing in beauty pageants.

Now, the communication and theatre major, who transferred to the University of Maryland by

loh From p. 1 underrepresented groups and an additional $1 million to bring in 20 new postdoctoral fellows also from historically underrepresented groups.

And in line with his November promise to protect undocumented students, Loh said unless immigration enforcement officials have a warrant, this university would not share student information or allow them to enter campus buildings. Loh added that University Police have not and will not partner with these officials to help with enforcement, and would not detain, question or arrest any student solely because of his or her undocumented status.

“These are the things that we will commit to, that we will do and will not do in order to create a safe and supportive learning environment,” he said.

Some students in attendance took the time to ask Loh about his stance on Black Lives Matter, his

in 2014, is preparing to take the stage in this summer’s Miss USA pageant after being crowned Miss Maryland USA on Nov. 6.

“Cheerleading was all I knew, it was where I found my identity … but now that I’m here, where I am just proves that it’s all in God’s timing and that this was supposed to happen,” David said.

David competed in Miss Maryland USA 2016 — her first pageant — before she decided to compete for the title again this year, she said. To prepare for the pageant, she spent 10 months getting into better physical shape, taking walking classes, and “finding out where to put your hand on your hip,” she added.

In 2011, David and her mother also founded Charities Angels, an organization that helps raise money and throw events for other local charities. The two were inspired by David’s cousin, who was diagnosed with lupus and kidney failure about 11 years ago.

Because of her cousin’s kidney failure, David said she is very supportive of The Kidney Project, a national research project that is developing a bio-artificial kidney that would replace dialysis. “[My cousin] has been on dialysis for 11 years, so she is literally our living miracle, my best friend,” David said.

David’s pageant mentor and friend, Cassandra Roper, said

way of addressing undocumented students and demands for higher student wages.

“Do I acknowledge that Black Lives Matter? Well of course, black lives matter,” Loh said in response to a student question about whether he acknowledged the movement. “Black lives matter because this is basically today’s version of civil rights. It’s one way of expressing one’s outrage over the shooting of unarmed black persons around this country.”

Junior sociology major and Senator Ashley Vasquez also asked Loh if he wished to apologize for speaking in Spanish for a part of his speech that discussed protecting undocumented students — a move that she said “does not represent the entire immigrant community here.” Loh had used a similar approach in a Nov. 21 campus email expressing solidarity with marginalized groups.

While Loh did not respond directly to Vasquez’s comment and question, when another student

asked him again if he wished to apologize he did respond but did not apologize.

“I simply said that I completely support — I said in Spanish what I previously said in English,” said Loh, who grew up in Peru. “Are you asking me to apologize because I’m speaking in Spanish, which is the first language I learned?”

Vasquez told The Diamondback afterward she was personally offended because she felt Loh using Spanish while speaking specifically about undocumented students made it seem that there are only Latinx immigrants on the campus.

One student protest might have struck Loh with déja vu. At last year’s State of the Campus Address on Nov. 10, 2015, Loh was interrupted before he could begin speaking by Student Labor Action Project members who chanted that they can’t afford tuition, rent and food and demanded higher wages at this university.

It happened again Tuesday — but in a non-vocal fashion.

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she could not have imagined anyone else but David winning Miss Maryland USA 2017, as she had been there when David earned the second runner up in the 2016 pageant.

“Unless you have ever competed in a pageant, it kind of seems like it’s not that big of deal until you are in those shoes and preparing yourself,” said Roper, a legislative assistant. “She was so responsive to everything that I had her do and she did so well for her first time ever … it’s just incredible to see her already go this far.”

Roxanne David, Adrianna’s mother, said it was heartbreaking to see her daughter give up cheerleading after her injury, but it has been amazing to see what she has accomplished.

“It’s almost like a do-over for a mom,” Roxanne said. “She has no limitations on her ability to do anything.”

Adrianna said she was nervous to tell the people in her life when she first started competing in pageants because of “the stigma that people have about them.”

Having the support of her community is humbling, she said.

“When I won, I was literally in such shock,” she said. “When you win, you’re supposed to do the walk and wave, but all I really wanted to do was run to [my friends and family] because those were the people that mattered to me.”

As she starts to prepare for the Miss USA pageant, which will take place in Las Vegas this summer, she said she always remembers one piece of advice her father tells her whenever she is getting ready for major events in her life.

“My dad always told me, ‘You never lose, you learn,’” she said.

“You can do whatever you want to do, and he always told me that ‘no’ was never an option.”

A few minutes into Loh’s speech, a group of activists from SLAP rose and walked to the edge of the stage in the Colony Ballroom, carrying large signs that read, “STOP LOH WAGES FOR STUDENT WORKERS, UNION MEMBERS AND STUDENTS STANDING TOGETHER.” After being told to sit down, one pair of students sat in the front row displaying their sign right in front of Loh as he gave his address.

“This is our way of saying look, Loh, this is still a problem, and we’re still here trying to work with you on this,” SLAP founder Chris Bangert-Drowns said, noting that he believes the administration has not publicly demonstrated that they have seriously analyzed raising the minimum wage.

While Loh’s speech largely focused on diversifying this university and protecting its students, he also highlighted his long-term vision for education, research and economic development.

Loh praised the current freshman class as the most prepared class this university has ever had. The class had an overall grade point average of 4.2 in high school, and 70 percent of the current freshmen were ranked in the top 10 percent of their high school classes, he said.

In the past year this university has also grown its research opportunities as a result of its collaboration with the University of Maryland, Baltimore and contributed to the economic development of the surrounding community, Loh said.

State lawmakers formally expanded the relationship between this university and UMB last spring. When Loh took over as president in 2010, he learned there was just one professor with joint appointment between the two schools, he said. Now, there are more than 60 joint faculty appointments that have generated $80 million in research.

“The vision for transforming

College Park — it is a vision to make College Park the Silicon Valley of Maryland,” Loh said. He also estimated total development in the greater College Park area for ongoing projects and work in the pipeline to be at $2.6 billion.

Loh’s speech lasted about 75 minutes and was followed by about 15 minutes of questionand-answer. Lauryn Froneberger, a senior journalism major who is also president of this university’s NAACP chapter, said she walked away feeling disappointed with Loh’s responses to students questions.

“As a student you want to know that your university stands by you and won’t use language that sort of offends you,” Froneberger said.

“And even if you let them know they offended you, I think it’s important to acknowledge that.

I don’t think he acknowledged that at all.”

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Declare this campus a sanctuary University of Maryland President Wallace not work with state officials who may track Loh focused on inclusion and diversity in his undocumented students are just a start. This State of the Campus address. He even said “the university is ultimately a state institution, and University of Maryland is absolutely commit- state institutions tend to bow to the governted to a safe and supportive educational envi- ments that fund them.

This university’s Student Government Associronment.” He wants to increase the number of Latino and African-American faculty members ation is developing a bill to protect undocumentand keep his promise to protect undocument- ed students. In passing this bill, the SGA would ed students. This editorial board commends pressure the administration to “protect undocuhim for supporting the movement activist mented immigrants from federal immigration student groups started; however, we call on law or from being deported if they are caught on the campus.” UndocuLoh to match his words with mented students have worked actions and officially desour view just as hard as students who ignate this campus a sancare natural-born citizens to tuary for undocumented be admitted to this universtudents. sity and pursue an education.

In the current political They shouldn’t have to worry climate, undocumented about whether they will have college students need the the opportunity to finish and administration’s protecreceive their degrees because tion. Deferred Action for the president-elect disagrees Childhood Arrivals is an with the current federal executive order signed by President Obama that has temporarily solved immigration policy.

Other college campuses, including Ivy a crucial aspect of the American immigration crisis and could expire when President-elect League schools such as Princeton University Donald Trump assumes office. The legal pro- and Harvard University, are asking univercedures surrounding sanctuary designation sity administrators to declare their campuses are vague and vary from state to state, but sanctuaries. This university could and should even if Loh cannot designate this campus a be leading the way on this important policy as sanctuary without state support, he needs to soon as possible, perhaps even before Trump’s continue supporting the idea — and by exten- inauguration. Of all people, Loh — an imsion, undocumented students themselves. migrant himself — should understand and He has the ability to influence university empathize with undocumented students at policy in this area; his promises to protect this time. This editorial board urges him to undocumented students’ information and to implement policy before it’s too late.

President Loh should influence policy to protect undocumented students.

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UMD should match PG County’s minimum wage OLIVER OWENS @allofherohwhens Guest columnist

On Oct. 1, the Prince George’s Countyminimum wage increased from $9.55 to $10.75 per hour. In response, the University of Maryland’s administration was silent. It continues to observe the state minimum wage, just $8.75 per hour, for student workers despite many students living in and paying rent in Prince George’s County.

Students often live in the exploitative housing market and grocery-free belt that surrounds the campus, which means their cost of living is liable to be even higher than the county average.

The Student Labor Action Project has addressed this minimum wage discrepancy through campaigns over the past three years. In meetings with administrators, our call for the county minimum wage has been summarily rejected. Administration officials have often characterized the cost of the proposal as prohibitive.

Our current estimate for matching the county minimum wage, based on figures cited by administrators in those meetings, is $2.5 million per year.

This may sound daunting, especially in an apparently cashstrapped university climate, but this figure is dwarfed by spending on athletics and construction projects.

And of course, administrators, much like corporate CEOs, always find room to give themselves raises. In fact, $2.5 million is equivalent to the salaries of just the top five highestpaid employees at this university added together, according to The Diamondback’s 2016 Salary Guide — and these were three head coaches, the athletic director, and university President Wallace Loh.

But deceptive rhetoric is a triedand-true tactic of our administration.

This university advertises its willingness to work around students’ hectic schedules as a benefit of positions on the campus. But when it offers poverty wages for those same positions, wealthier students “just looking for pocket change” reap the benefits while poor students — those who are actually trying to work their way through college — are forced to seek work off the campus. This means longer commutes, irregular hours and more stress, all of which certainly affect students’ work in the classroom.

In April, with this in mind, this university’s Student Government Association passed a resolution supporting the county minimum wage for student workers. This university’s Graduate Student Government and the state of Maryland’s American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Council 3 — the public-sector union with membership on this campus — have also publicly supported our proposal. We call on Loh to follow their example and show he is responsive to students’ demonstrated needs by endorsing this measure and forming an exploratory committee to evaluate its viability.

Paying below the county minimum is a regressive policy; the burden falls on the poorest students. Poverty on college campuses is a serious, underreported issue. This university would demonstrate its commitment to its most marginalized students by raising its minimum wage. There may be no legal imperative to do so, but there is a moral one. oowens1@terpmail.umd.edu

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Legacy media spreads fake news, too RYAN ROMANO @triple_r_ Columnist

It starts slowly. Dubious media outlets begin to report crazy stories, making outlandish accusations about prominent leaders, and most people ignore them. Only the wingnuts will actually believe this tripe, we tell ourselves, so we can brush it off without worry. But matters quickly escalate. The stories make their way to mainstream news sources, and soon significant segments of the populace buy into the nonsense they put forth. While truth-tellers attempt to expose the lies, their efforts ultimately fail — the fake news causes the nation to make a grave mistake.

The above paragraph doesn’t describe the 2016 election cycle; rather, these events transpired in the early 2000s. In their push for war with Iraq, former President George W. Bush and his administration alleged the country’s president, Saddam Hussein, had aided al-Qaida in carrying out the 9/11 attacks and that he was working to acquire weapons of mass destruction. Although both of these assertions were bulls--- — the secular Hussein and the hard-line Islamist al-Qaeda were natural enemies, while U.N. probes and Pentagon reports cast significant doubts on the existence of weapons of mass destruction — that didn’t stop The New York Times, The Washington Post and other renowned media outlets from uncritically regurgitating them. As the result, many Americans swallowed these lies, and the country went to war; 500,000 deaths and $2 trillion later, we’re still dealing with the consequences of this fake news outbreak.

Fake news — clickbait-y fabrications that pop up on sketchy

media sites, posing as real news and racking up page views — has attracted a lot of attention this election cycle. Tech-savvy ne’er-do-wells, both in the U.S. and Europe, have launched virtual empires predicated on sensationalist news stories that appeal to people’s worst impulses.

Facebook and Google have taken considerable heat for helping disseminate this misinformation, and to their credit, they’ve each taken the first steps toward beating back the fake news onslaught.

Facebook and Google don’t make the news, though. They can try denying a platform to fake news sites, but that won’t necessarily keep people from believing them.

Americans’ faith in the media has dropped to a historic low, and that trend must reverse if we want to solve the fake news problem. For that to happen, we need to address the other kind of fake news — stories in venerated mainstream media outlets, presented cleanly, that have no basis in reality.

To be clear, I don’t mean the outlandish hoaxes — fallacious statements about CNN broadcasting porn or buses carrying paid protesters — that prominent media organizations aggregate and promote without checking their accuracy.

These stories, while harmful, obscure the more mendacious issue: reporting that relies on faulty evidence to make outright false claims, thereby gradually eroding trust in the media. Coverage of the Iraq War may be the most egregious example of this phenomenon, but it’s not the only one.

Mainstream fake news often takes the form of articulate yet insidious bigotry. In 1994, The New Republic gave cover to racial science — literally — when it fostered a

“debate” about The Bell Curve, a book of shoddy pseudo-science that argued for genetic differences in IQ between people of different races. This normalized the book’s ideas, causing many other outlets to accept its basic premises as fact.

Nowadays, as far too many white Americans think intelligence gaps do exist, the country still feels the effects of The New Republic’s actions.

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by The New Republic won’t be too fond of it for propogating this.

They’ll have less faith in the media, potentially turning to fake news instead. If the press doesn’t cease these self-destructive behaviors, the process will continue, no matter what actions Facebook or Google take. If Americans don’t think they can trust the mainstream media, that media needs to make itself trustworthy again.

Last week, a trusted fake newsman was asked for his thoughts on fake news and whether it had caused Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election. But instead of laying the blame on “stories that were sent from a Macedonian teenager to grandmothers’ email accounts,” former Daily Show host Jon Stewart instead criticized “news organizations that lost their credibility and authority because they were not careful enough about introducing toxic and poisoned information.” To effectively counter the habitually lying president-elect, the media must run a tight ship, which means ending the shoddy reporting that wrecks its credibility. Only by getting rid of mainstream fake news can we stem the tide of other fake news. tripler26@gmail.com

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On Dec. 6, after weeks of thinly-veiled hints and outright declarations, President-elect Donald Trump nominated Gen. James Mattis as defense secretary for his impending administration. Mattis, a retired 41-year veteran of the Marines, last served in 2013 as Commander of U.S. Central Command, which directs U.S. military operations in nearly all territories of the Middle East. Mattis has a long history of both leading direct combat — he commanded the 1st Marine Division during the 2003 invasion of Iraq — and devising nuanced military strategy, most notably co-writing the Marine Corps Combat Development Command’s manual on counterinsurgency with Gen. David Petraeus.

None of this mattered to Trump.

In the days leading up to Mattis’ nomination, Trump seemed infatuated with the general’s personal reputation as opposed to his policy. Between his tweets and rallies, The Donald referred to Mattis as “Mad Dog,” his unofficial military nickname (which he has never self-referenced), nearly a dozen times.

His prolific use of the manly moniker was accompanied by a sense of credulous admiration for the former NATO commander. Trump mentioned nary a policy that he and Mattis agreed upon, instead employing a vocabulary stocked with hollow commendations of the general’s perceived tough, straight-talking demeanor, while barely containing his excitement for his chosen defense secretary’s nomination.

Had Trump conducted a thorough investigation of Mattis’ core ideological principles, however, his impish joy toward “Mad Dog” would have disappeared faster than the word slavery from a Texas history textbook. Nearly every foreign policy stance Mattis has publicly embraced directly contrasts Trump’s campaign rhetoric. Mattis has asserted that a continuation of Israeli settlement construction in East Jerusalem and the West Bank will inevitably lead to apartheid; Trump has publicly endorsed settlement expansion. Mattis has criticized the Iran Nuclear Deal while also

advocating for its prolongation; Trump has promised to unilaterally withdraw from the agreement on Day 1. Mattis understands the complex nature of an effective counterinsurgency campaign, and insists on the minimization of civilian casualties and use of multilateral community engagement; Trump has advocated for murdering the families of suspected terrorists. Mattis has described Russian President Vladimir Putin as “delusional,” and the dictator of a failing empire in social,economic and military decline; Trump has called Putin a“strong”leader,and has contended that if Putin “says great things about me, I’m going to say great things about him.”

While Trump has yet to recognize this vast crater of differences between him and the general, others have taken notice.

Massachusetts Rep. Seth Moulton, an Iraq war veteran who served under Gen. Mattis while deployed in the Marines, recounted in a USA TODAY op-ed how Mattis had once “planned to duct tape Saddam Hussein to the front of the truck when we got to Baghdad and drive around the city,” a story swamped in just the sort of “bravado” which caught Trump’s eye. However, “[a]midst a cabinet that is shaping up to be nearly as unqualified as our new president,” the congressman mused how“Mattis stands out as a remarkably qualified leader, and I know he is someone who will actually stand up to President Trump,” asserting that Democrats should confirm the general’s appointment “before Trump realizes this himself.”

In the face of such testimony, it seems Trump must have venerated the general’s swagger and persona so enthusiastically that he impetuously hired a man whose ideology more closely aligns with the Obama Doctrine than his own America First dogma. This sets a dangerous Trump administration precedent: selecting cabinet members based on their ability to draw attention, and not their policy alignment. As a result, we should all be thankful Mattis narrowly overcame Trump’s second choice appointee, the shiny cat toy Steve Bannon jangles to keep him engaged during meetings. opinionumdbk@gmail.com

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With new lot in jeopardy, council talks parking A University of Maryland proposal to build a 1,000-space parking lot in a wooded area near Xfinity Center i s “ p re t ty m u c h o n l i fe s u p p o r t” a f te r t h e R H A voted against it last month, D O T S e x e c u t i ve d i re c tor David Allen told the College Park City Council on Tuesday night.

With this proposal stalled, this university and the city are considering other ways — such as encouraging carpooling, the use of public transportation and biking — to combat parking losses re s u l t i n g f ro m c a m p u s construction and prevent students’ cars from spilling over into residential neighborhoods.

This university projects to lose about 2,000 campus parking spaces between spring 2017 and fall 2018, in addition to about 1,000 s pa ce s i t h a s l os t s i n ce spring 2015, according to a city council agenda. The university’s Department of Transportation Services plans to eliminate parking for resident freshmen and by

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sophomores beginning next fall, Allen said.

Allen met with the College Park city council to explain where the spaces will be lost and how this university will address the diminishing oncampus parking. While the loss of spaces may inconvenience some students, staff and faculty, Allen said the campus “is really in a great position right now.”

“We’re adding new buildings,” he said. “When significant construction happens on campus, there’s a bit of pain and gain.”

The department may make exceptions for underclassmen students who need a car to get to internships and jobs, he said. It could also be possible that sophomores will still be able to park on the campus because Cole Field House construction eliminated 500 fewer spaces than originally anticipated, he added.

The expansion of Cole was projected to take 964 parking spaces from lots 1 and Z. However, Allen said recent projections showed that about 500 spaces will not be eliminated due to the construction.

More students may lose the ability to park on the campus if more spaces are lost to the construction of new buildings in the future, he said, but the construction process is very fluid, as the number of spaces that may be lost could fluctuate.

The university is not currently moving forward on plans to build a parking garage in Lot 11, Allen said in response to a question from District 4 Councilwoman Mary Cook.

The cost of building a new garage with 3,000 parking spaces would be more than $100 million, Allen said, and it would drastically increase the price that faculty, staff and students pay to park on the campus.

Construction of the Metro’s proposed Purple Line, which a federal judge h a l t e d N o v. 2 2 , w o u l d result in a loss of about 550 parking spaces, according to the council agenda.

But the number of people who may choose to commute using the Purple Line rather than their own personal cars would outweigh the spaces lost, Allen said.

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the college park city council discusses parking options at its weekly meeting Nov. 1. After a University of Maryland proposal to build a parking lot near Xfinity Center was stalled, this university and the city are exploring 0ther alternatives. tom hausman/thediamondback

o p t i o n s to d e c rea se t h e number of people who bring cars to campus, such as subsidizing carpooling among faculty and staff, Allen said.

District 1 Councilwoman Christine Nagle voiced her concern that students who can’t park on the campus would still bring their cars to College Park and park in residential neighborhoods.

Allen said this university has had past policies restricting freshmen from

having cars, and students who could not have cars on the campus generally did not bring their cars to the city.

College Park Mayor Patrick Wojahn proposed carrying out a comprehensive parking study in the city with the cooperation of this university. College Park needs to find a balance b e twe e n h av i n g e n o u g h parking for its residents and also encouraging residents to reduce the use of cars by

exploring other means of travel, such as public transportation, Wojahn said.

“What we need to try to do is find a balance,” he said, “We want to make s u re p e o p l e pa rk i n t h e right spaces and have spaces when needed, but we don’t want to encourage people bring their cars when there are other methods of transportation.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

PATRICK WOJAHN THROUGH THE YEARS Graphic by Evan Berkowitz and Julia Lerner/The Diamondback

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2007 2005 Marries Dave Kolesar in a religious ceremony. A long-time advocate for LGBT rights, Wojahn was a plaintiff in the suit that legalized same-sex marriage in the state of Maryland.

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bridging the divide Immediately after he was elected, Wojahn said he reached out to each council member to go over their individual priorities for their districts.

“We continue to have our differences, our disagreements on some things, but I think as a whole, the council this year has been pretty solid on working together and moving forward on things that we can agree on — finding compromise,” Wojahn said.

Still, he noted he’s had to break the tie on several divided votes this year. Council members have disagreed on how to distribute grant funds and how to award contracts, and there were long discussions about whether City Hall should fly the gay pride flag during Pride Month this year.

Wojahn is this city’s first openly gay mayor.

Because Wojahn is a new mayor — and District 4 Councilwoman Mary Cook, District 4 Councilwoman Dustyn Kujawa and District 1 Councilwoman Christine Nagle joined the five incumbents at the end of last year — there have been some “fits and starts,” District 2 Councilman Monroe Dennis said. A new city manager, Scott Somers, also took over in September 2015 prior to the transition.

“We’re all cognizant that we have our individual perspectives, but we all realize that in order to make the city better and the council more effective, we have

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between the city and its residents.

Working toward this goal, Wojahn created a weekly mayoral update, which is sent via email as well as on his social media platforms, such as Facebook and Twitter.

Somers has also cited communication as “one of the biggest successes” during this council’s first year, adding he thinks the improved social media presence is helping the city reach a “broader audience.” Somers and the council are also working on software — likely a smartphone app — that would allow residents to report problems such as potholes or downed wires and then track their service request as its completed, Wojahn told The Diamondback last month.

“One thing I think I’ve noticed as a resident more than anything is that there’s a lot of information coming out of the city right now,” said Jackie Pearce Garrett, a resident of North College Park.

“I really appreciate what looks like an effort to provide a lot of information to residents.”

Wojahn has also continued to foster collaboration between the city and the university.

“I’m happy with the progress,” said Administration and Finance Vice President Carlo Colella.

“We’ve had a good start, and credit to Mayor Wojahn and the folks whose shoulders we stand upon, as we continue to make this a great place to live, to work, to study and to recreate.”

Through the university partcommunication and nership, Wojahn has made strides collaboration on another one of his campaign Part of Wojahn’s campaign promises: improving safety in platform in 2015 stressed the need the city.

In May, the city and this for improved communication to put aside our individual personalities and work for the greater cause,” Dennis said.

Cook said the council has developed “a working relationship,” but still must strive toward being a more effective governing body.

The group went to The Board and Brew together last Saturday for lunch and to “establish some camaraderie,” she said.

“I don’t think we’re united, but I don’t think we’re as divided as we used to be,” Cook said. “We’re all representing different interests. … I feel like more understanding has to be given to the needs of residents in the northern and western parts of the city.”

Wojahn has aimed for unity both among the council and among residents. He started the One College Park Coalition, which stemmed from discussions with residents following the Orlando nightclub shooting and Black Lives Matter protests nationwide. The group, which first met in October and has held two meetings, looks to create a “strong community out of the diversity that exists,” Wojahn said.

“We decided to have a conversation about how we can make sure we’re responding to issues around diversity and giving people a safe place to come and talk about some of the national challenges [that] are taking place and how we’re addressing this in College Park,” he said.

university announced a collaborative Safety Ambassador Program, which started with six ambassadors and expanded to 15 safety ambassadors in its first six months. The program focuses on improving the city’s safety, as well as the overall presence of University of Maryland Police.

“We’ve accomplished a lot through the work of the CityUniversity partnership and we continue to look for opportunities to capitalize on that partnership between the city and the university to serve College Park residents as well as students and faculty and staff and other visitors to the city,” Wojahn said.

That partnership has also helped propel Wojahn’s goals of making College Park greener.

In May, the city and university launched a joint bike-share program, with 14 stations and 120 bikes located around College Park. Wojahn rode one of the Zagster bikes around the campus as part of the initiative’s grand opening.

Fulfilling the mayoral role has been “more of a time commitment for Patrick,” said Wojahn’s husband Dave Kolesar, noting Wojahn likely spends about 30 hours a week on his position in addition to a 40-hour-a-week job as director of government relations at the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy. But he’s always “an optimist,” Kolesar added.

“How he interacts with people in the neighborhood and across the city and with stakeholders, organizations and things like that … Patrick is very much willing to listen to everyone,” he said.

‘a transformative impact’

RISE zones in College Park. The program allows commercial businesses close to the university to receive tax breaks of varying percentages over a five-year period.

The city’s application applies only for commercial development and does not include retail businesses, grocery stores or hotels.

“It’s going to have a transformative impact in the university’s campus and the research park,” Wojahn said.

Local business owners such as David Engle, who recently opened a food truck along Route 1 and at the M-Square Research Park, said the city has been very “welcoming” and “inclusive.”

“One of the reasons why I keep my business in College Park is because of Mayor Patrick Wojahn and all of the city council,” Engle said.

Wojahn’s first year as mayor wrapped up as a divisive national election came to a close.

While Wojahn said he does not yet know exactly how Presidentelect Donald Trump’s policies will impact College Park, he’s optimistic about the future of this city.

Kolesar said his husband’s leadership is a stark contrast to what’s played out on the national stage.

“It’s kind of rare in politics,” Kolesar said. “Of course I’m biased in saying this, but I really do believe that he’s one of the decent people who’s in office right now.”

The city and university’s goal to achieve the University District Vision 2020, which aims to make College Park a top-20 college town within the next four years, is also reaching fruition through various ongoing development projects throughout College Park.

Most notably, the downtown area is going through a revitalization effort, with properties such as MilkBoy+ArtHouse, The Hotel and its accompanying restaurants and retail, and the Arts and Entertainment Hall all slated to open sometime next year. The Art House, a university-city collaboration that will serve as a restaurant and live music venue, could join the Route 1 dining scene as early as spring break, and The Hotel and arts and entertainment hall could open as early as next spring.

And in May, the College Park Foundation announced a $110 million redevelopment project that would include new retail space, upscale housing and restaurant space near the southern gate of College Park where the Quality Inn and Plato’s Diner currently stand.

These projects go along with Wojahn’s campaign statements that promised “high-quality restaurants, parks, shopping and arts and entertainment for all College Park residents.” District 3 Councilwoman Stephanie Stullich said projects such as the Art House will “really provide something that is unique and exciting and Staff writer Alex Carolan very college town-like.” contributed to this report.

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GSG to address sexual assault P re s i dent Wallace Loh on Nov. 8. However, GSG leaders argued this wasn’t possible without the input of graduate students.

“I completely agree as far as the graduate students not being a major factor [in the task force],” said Omalola Ta iwo, a b e h av i o ra l a n d community health doctoral student who serves on the president’s task force.

But Taiwo was brought onto the panel for her work as the sexual assault prevention and education graduate coordinator for the Department of Fraternity and Sorority Life, not as a representative for graduate students, she said.

However, graduate stud e n ts ex p e r i e n ce sex u a l misconduct issues that can differ from the undergraduate experience, according to the GSG bill. Graduate students’ offenders may have power over their authorship on research, dissertation and thesis work, as well as financial support.

It became “very clear” during a Joint President/ Senate Task Force on Sexual Assault Prevention open forum Nov. 17 that this university’s task force didn’t take these kinds of considerations into account, said Fatima Taylor, assistant director of CARE to Stop Violence. Sexual assault prevention groups on the campus needed to do a better job of

including graduate students’ concerns, she added.

“I know that [our] traditionally reaching out and having some involvement with graduate students has been a gap,” Taylor said. “We just want to strengthen the relationship that we have.”

Hannah Allen, a behavioral and community health doctoral student, has been leading her own movement through Futures Without Violence, a national nonprofit that tries to prevent domestic violence and sexual assault. They have one fellow on most campuses that picks a goal to try to accomplish.

Allen’s goal is to create more graduate student outreach in sexual assault prevention on the campus.

Allen, in coordination with CARE to Stop Violence, is holding a graduate student focus group on Dec. 8 to discuss graduate students’ specific concerns about sexual assault. “ I ’ve m e t w i t h seve ra l people in the Office of Civil Rights and Sexual Misconduct, essentially just to say, ‘We’re here [and] there are definitely graduate students who want to be involved,’” Allen said. “There’s all these people who care about this issue. They’re all just not in one place, so I think through doing this and forging different connections, I think that that will help.”

During his presidential campaign, Trump called Mexicans From p. 1 criminals and rapists and inneed additional review and sinuated that Gonzalo Curiel, others require action from the federal judge presiding over the University System of Maryland. In response, L o h a s k e d a g r o u p to review each item on the list, Eastman wrote.

“On behalf of President Loh, I would like to commend you for your passionate advocacy of t h e s e c r i t i c a l i s s u e s,” E a s t m a n w r o te . “ O u r u n ive rs i ty w i l l a lways wallace loh’s chief of staff support the free expresa lawsuit against Trump Unision of ideas.” versity, was biased because of his Mexican heritage. Trump was also a leader in “birtherism” which is a racist conspiracy theory claiming that

President Obama was not born in the United States. Trump’s presidential win inspired a white nationalist gathering in Washington, D.C., where some attendees used Nazi salutes.

“We, as a group of marginalized and underrepresented students at the University of Maryland have united to c rea te a l i s t o f p o l i cy demands to protect communities vulnerable to persecution and discrimination as a result of the upcoming U.S. presidential administration’s proposed policies, targeting specific marginalized communities represented in the University of Maryland’s student body,” the coalition wrote with the demands.

The GradNatalie uate Schwartz @nmschwartz23 Student GovernStaff writer ment established a sexual assault p re ve n t i o n ta s k fo rc e Friday to ensure University of Maryland graduate students’ concerns aren’t overlooked while developing strategies to address sexual misconduct.

GSG leaders proposed the task force after several sexual assault prevention initiatives at this university neglected to ask for graduate student input, said Adria Schwarber, the graduate student academic affairs vice president.

Most recently, graduate students weren’t included in the Office of Civil Rights and Sexual Misconduct’s climate survey, which aimed to assess the scope and nature of sexual misconduct at this university, Schwarber said.

This university’s Joint President/Senate Task Force on Sexual Assault Prevention includes only o n e g ra d u a te s t u d e n t out of its 16 members, Schwarber said.

T h i s t a s k f o rc e wa s developed to “propose a comprehensive strategy” to address sexual misconduct on the campus, a c c o rd i n g to a n e m a i l se n t o u t by u n ive rs i ty by

THE SGA LEGISLATURE meets on Nov. 30 in Stamp Student Union. A bill to support the creation of designated napping stations on the campus was scheduled to be discussed at the meeting but withdrawn and will be revisited in the spring. tom hausman/the diamondback

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T h e so l u t i o n m ay b e a campus “napping station.”

The Student Government Association will revisit a bill next semester that, if passed, would support a pilot program for this type of facility in Stamp Student Union.

“A Resolution Supporting a Napping Station” was scheduled for a vote at the S GA’s Nov. 3 0 m e e t i n g , but its sponsor, outlying off-campus representative Christian Coello, withdrew the bill with the plan of developing it further and reintroducing it in the spring.

Coello said he and the Committee on Student Affairs did not want to rush the bill at the end of this semester and run the risk of having the legislature oppose it.

Students who live off of the campus are at a dis advantage if they need to take a nap during the day but cannot head home, said Coello, a commuter and a freshman engineering major.

A.J. Pruitt, SGA vice president of student affairs, said students who rely on public transportation schedules by

have limited opportunities for midday rest.

“At times, that can mean extended hours for them here at school,” Pruitt said.

“This napping station/break station was an initiative we were hoping to present as a way to give them some sort of resource to help them through the day.”

The SGA would urge the university’s facilities council to f i n a n c e t h e p ro g ra m through the student facilities fund, an account built by the student-paid auxiliary facilities fee, according to the bill.

The program would limit students to 30-minute naps.

SGA’s Committees on Student Affairs and Health and Wellness are still discussing other details, Pruitt said.

The University of Michigan implemented napping stations in campus libraries in 2014. Michigan’s stations also limit nappers to 30 minutes. James Madison University runs a similar room in its student center, and the University of Colorado Boulder sponsored one from 2009 to 2011 but discontinued it after lack of use.

A 2016 study showed alt h o u g h co l l e ge s t u d e n ts averaged slightly more than s eve n h o u rs o f s l e e p o n weeknights, 46.2 percent of students slept less than

seven hours a night.

B re n d a Te s ta , t h i s university’s director of facilities planning, said Linda Clement, university vice president for student affairs, likely would have to approve the proposal before it could reach the facilities council.

S t a m p ’s fa c i l i t i e s department may want to create such a space especially to help commuter students, said Te s ta , wh o i s a l s o a non-voting member of the facilities council.

“I’m pretty familiar with the Stamp also not having the amount of space that they feel they should have for commuters, in particular, who make great use of Stamp Student Union as kind of their home when they’re here attending classes throughout the day,” she said.

Testa said her “gut feeling ” was that a room in Stamp serving another function would have to be cleared and dedicated instead to the napping station.

Senior staff writer Naomi Grant contributed to this report. newsumdbk@gmail.com

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review | a christmas carol

Sports step up to activist role Steve Kerr’s recent weed comments touch on a new dynamic in athletics by

Steve Kerr,

John Powers h e a d c o a c h @RealJohnPowers of the Golden S t a t e Wa r Staff writer paul morella plays every character of Charles Dickens’ legendary Christmas play in an engrossing, sometimes awkward, one man show. photo by stan barouh and courtesy of olney theatre

Caroling a new song

Olney Theatre takes a bold approach to an age-old Christmas tale Shrouded in Josh Magness darkness, Paul @josh_mag Morella deSenior staff writer scended from the back of the Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab with a top hat on his head and a candle in his hand. He moved slowly, step by step, his voice swirling with an air of mystery as he took his place on the stage before a sold-out crowd.

There he set the scene for perhaps one of the most unorthodox retellings of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, put on by Olney Theatre Center.

That’s because, much like the original performances Dickens gave in the 19th century, Morella was the only person to take the stage that night.

For over two hours, Morella assumed every role in the classic holiday tale, bringing the audience through a tumultuous journey with little more than a couple of props, pristine production effects and his raw portrayal of characters. It was, to say the least, an engrossing experience.

The fear with one-man shows, of course, is that they grow dull. But that was never the case with Morella’s A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas. From the beginning, he managed to bring each by

character to life, each with their own dynamism and nuances.

In the opening scene, he captured the icy hospitality of Ebenezer Scrooge, his voice shaking as if the man himself was withering away underneath the weight of his own sins. He then transitioned to the warm kindness of Scrooge’s nephew, Fred, whom he played with a glowing generosity. Morella managed to partake in both parts of a conversation with little difficulty — transforming into Fred to plead Scrooge to attend his Christmas dinner and then Scrooge to tell Fred the iconic “bah-humbug!” — never leaving the audience confused about who was saying what.

It is strange, of course, to witness a man talking to himself; it is a jarring type of performance that takes some time to get used to. But once you accepted what was unfolding on stage, it almost seemed preferable to having a full cast of characters. Having just one character on the stage leaves much to the imagination, enabling every audience member to have their own unique vision of the cast of characters. Easily espousing the colorful descriptions Dickens crafted in his novella, Morella provided enough context for his characters to adopt important

traits from the story while allowing those watching to perceive the characters as they saw fit.

This was especially interesting when Scrooge began to encounter the other-worldly spirits, starting with his deceased companion Jacob Marley, now condemned to haunt the Earth for his mortal transgressions, and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future. Few productions of A Christmas Carol can convey the ethereal trips Scrooge went on with his various astral guides, so leaving them completely up to the imagination proved intensely engaging.

But production effects proved the best part of the show. The rehearsal for the special effects were probably meticulous. As Morella depicted a back-andforth dialogue between Scrooge and Marley, his voice echoed with a demented effect when he spoke as Marley, a vocal manipulation that was absent during his terrified comments as Scrooge. In other moments, lights flashed with pinpoint accuracy as Morella transitioned from Scrooge to one of the ghosts of Christmas, an incredible feat.

I would be lying if I said the show was never awkward.

Certain moments proved odd,

one example being when Morella acted like Scrooge’s young sister Fran with an exuberant schoolgirl quality as she informed her brother that he can return home for Christmas. The same can be said for the scene where he depicted both Scrooge and Belle, his soon-to-be exfiance, as she relinquished her engagement ring and ended their relationship, or when he sang a song as the young Tiny Tim with childlike innocence. There comes a point when a man speaking to himself, especially when alternating rapidly between such different characters in intimate moments, seems a bit strange.

This type of A Christmas Carol is definitely a new experience. As someone who had performed in a few productions of it myself, it proved to be the most unique adaptation of the show I have ever witnessed — and I once saw a Steampunk version of it. For that, and the mesmerizing way Morella could switch from morose tears to joyous laughter in a single instant, the show and its lone actor deserve praise. jmagnessdbk@gmail.com

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Five flicks for all you festive, fright-loving film watchers A list of the very best Christmas horror movies to watch over break I f yo u ’re like me and cannot seem to get enough of the horror genre, then it’s possible you are scrambling to find scary titles to watch during the holiday season.

Surprisingly enough, horror movies have been able to creep their way into the winter season and have over the years become eerily synonymous with Christmas — which is great if you’re a horror fan. Here are five horror films worth a watch during the most festive time of the year.

1. Krampus (2015) Director Michael Dougherty already proved his ability to craft a modern horror classic with the 2007 Halloween hit Trick ‘r Treat , but with his most recent offering, Krampus, he decides to explore the more sinister side of the holiday spirit. In the film, the mythical anti-Saint Nick known as Krampus sends his evil legions to torment a dysfunctional family on Christmas Eve, causing them to quit bickering and unite in a fight for their lives. Nothing like fighting off possessed toys to teach a family the true meaning of Christmas.

2. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) by

Sam Antezana @sam_walle For The DBK

Producer Tim Burton’s claymation masterpiece successfully blends Halloween and Christmas with the story of Jack Skellington, a popular but misunderstood denizen of a realm known as Halloween Town, who learns about Christmas. Jack’s discovery inspires him to bring the holiday spirit to everyone, even if it involves kidnapping Santa Claus. The combination of brilliant musical numbers and beautifully modeled settings make this film a unique holiday treat for all ages.

3. Gremlins (1984) A father gives his son a cute little creature known as a mogwai for Christmas and the rest is history. After being given three rules for handling the newly named Gizmo, the son commits a fatal accident which births several other mogwais who are not nearly as well-behaved. Chaos ensues throughout the small town as the spawned mogwais turn into horrifically mutated creatures known as gremlins.

Containing one of cinema’s most iconic monsters, this film is the perfect blend of horror and comedy.

4. Black Christmas (1974) Directed by Bob Clark (who also happened to direct

gremlins is a good example of a Christmas-y movie with some frights. photo via ourgoldenage.com the family-friendly classic A Christmas Story ) Black Christmas is one of the first horror films to blur the motives of the killer. This early Canadian slasher flick helped inspire more famous films such as Halloween and Friday the 13th in developing their iconic villains. Set toward the end of a sorority’s Christmas party, members of the sorority are terrorized by a mysterious psychopath after receiving strange phone calls from someone threatening to kill them. The film managed to desecrate the holiday with its violent murders and ominous tone, delivering a unsettling but nonetheless effective horror film.

5. Christmas Cruelty! (2013) In the spirit of Black Christ-

mas, this film manages to outgross viewers with sequences of brutal violence as a seemingly normal man goes on a killing spree on Christmas Eve. The worst part about this is that the targets of the Santa Claus sociopath are a group of likeable friends celebrating the holiday together, which makes you feel sick as you know what is going to happen while the killer makes his preparations.

This film is definitely not for newer fans to the genre as its unrelenting violence will test people’s ability to keep their eggnog in their stomachs.

H o n o ra b l e M e n t i o n s : Silent Night (2012) , Deadly N ight (1984), Jack Frost (1996), Sint (2010). diversionsdbk@gmail.com

riors, recently said he has used marijuana twice in the past 18 months to help him with chronic back pain. Ironically, “chronic back pain” was also the name of the weed strain he smoked. (This is not at all verified).

Public reaction to Kerr’s comments has been varied.

Some think they show a need for reform in the NBA’s drug policies and a new perspective on the use of more mainstream pain killers, such as opioid pills. Other people think this sends a mixed message on drug use to many of the NBA’s young fans and could prove to be a slippery slope to allowing other substances to work their way into the league.

While there hasn’t been any major reaction from the NBA to Kerr’s statements, there is no doubt he is bringing a political topic into the forefront of public discourse. Hundreds of sports media members, professional and amateur, were posting on Twitter about Kerr’s comments and their own personal takes on the issue.

In an area of our lives that is generally apolitical (sports), comments like Kerr’s bring divisive debates into a community normally connected by its unified escapism.

Kerr is far from the first sports figure to delve into a social issue. In fact, there has been a recent trend in political action from professional athletes. WNBA players wore shirts that read “Change starts with us, justice and ac-

countability,” various players in the NFL have either knelt or raised a fist to protest the national anthem and Adrian Gonzalez of the Los Angeles Dodgers chose not to stay in the Trump International Hotel with the rest of the team during the playoffs.

T h e re i s a r u m o r t h a t Michael Jordan responded to the question of why he avoided politics by saying, “Republicans buy sneakers too.”

While this is just a rumor, who would claim this statement isn’t true? Identifying with a political issue makes you an automatic enemy of two groups: those who adamantly oppose the opinion and those who feel that sports and politics should remain separate.

Today, the separation between politics and sports is more and more of a fantasy. When members of the sports community speak out on an issue, they spark public debate at the cost of their reputation and, most likely, their bottom line.

As Jay Glazer and various other sports reporters have acknowledged, sports is escapism at its core, but that doesn’t mean it is useless as a means of advancing our country.

Perhaps debates will be more civil between people if they can have them while enjoying the success or mourning the failure of their shared sports team. Public exchange of ideas is important, especially for our divided nation, so comments like Kerr’s are an important step on our country’s path to healing. diversionsdbk@gmail.com

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the best albums of 2016 From Paul Simon to Anderson .Paak, here are our favorites 2016 was Diversions Staff a w i l d ye a r @DBKDiversions for music. In a period of six months, we got brand new albums from Rihanna, Kanye West, Chance the Rapper, Kendrick Lamar, Radiohead and Beyonce.

Then, in August, hell froze over. Frank Ocean dropped not one, but two albums.

Blonde and Endless sealed this year as one of the best for music in the last decade.

Here’s a look at our favorite albums of 2016. To see our choices for best movie, best TV show and best miscellaneous piece of pop culture, head online to dbknews.com. by

teens of denial Car Seat Headrest I think I get grunge now.

When I first heard about Car Seat Headrest’s Teens of Denial, I rolled my eyes, as I often do when music critics wa x d ro o ly ove r a n e o grunge album. The manufactured lo-fi production, the yawnable shoegaze, the uninspired percussion — I’ll pass. Smashing Pumpkins ain’t my thing. Never really understood Pearl Jam (like, literally, I don’t know what he’s saying). I don’t like Nirvana (sorry).

But Car Seat Headrest is different.

The indie Leesburg, Virginia, outfit has kept the sunken, shreddy guitars, maintained the sad yelps, but added in a dash of dynamism that lifts those droopy lids. Organ strains and triumphant horns buoy harsher guitar rifts throughout. The result feels less like a methodic chug through dreary reflection and more like a nuanced stumble into the jagged, frightening, exhilarating world of millennial melancholy.

Will Toledo’s devastatingly accurate lyrics lay out the sh---iest part of being a young human — the awkwardness, the fear of intimacy, the dread you’re not really the person you think you are — and that’s just in the 8-minute epic, “Cosmic Hero.”

To listen to Teens of Denial is to confront the worst parts of your life and yourself and come back better for it.

The whole moody, beautiful mess makes it feel OK to be a mess, because at least someone else is, too. And despite being just as dirty

and anti-establishment as your run-of-the-mill lo-fi LP, Teens of Denial has an l ove ly ea r n e s t n e s s t h a t pokes holes in the traditional I-don’t-give-a-f--- aesthetic.

Now, I’m a believer. You should be, too.

— Danielle Ohl

a moon shaped pool radiohead O n Nov. 9, R a d i o h ea d frontman Thom Yorke didn’t tweet about how shocked he was by the results; he simply shared, “avoid all eye contact/ do not react,” from “Burn the Witch.” The song, whose lyrics relay the horrors of paralyzing conformity and thoughtless discrimination, had possibly existed since 2000. It functions as the high strung opening track of Radiohead’s prescient, political and passionate early 2016 album, A Moon Shaped Pool.

“Politics” and “emotion” are words that were once, a long time ago, supposedly mutually exclusive. After an election cycle that split families down partisan lines and incited riots — the two now feel inseparable.

Some believe the only way to escape a disturbing society is to turn inward.

Other breathtaking album cuts, such as the woozy “Daydreaming,” find Yorke searching for temporary relief from the dystopian “frightening place” of “Glass Eyes” in crystalline arpeggios and a fantastic “white room/ by a window/ where the sun comes/ through.”

Unfortunately, dreams are only just. But the album ultimately chooses hope rather than fear, reality rather than imaginary.

To w a r d t h e c l o s e , i t reminds us “the numbers don’t decide,” and more importantly, “true love waits,” always, lest we, in our panic, fo rge t t h i s s i n g u l a r a n d timeless fact.

— Christopher Wolff

malibu anderson .Paak I’ve never been to Malibu, but I bet Anderson .Paak’s album is better.

I was actually a little late to the .Paak party, but when M a l i b u f i n a l ly c h a r m e d its way into my earbuds a month or two after it came out, I lost no time in catching up. Because .Paak — as

a n yo n e wh o ’s s e e n h i m perform live knows — is going to be a superstar.

Like .Paak on stage, the a l b u m ’s 1 6 s o n gs d o n ’t meander, but slyly bounce around, touching on each of the myriad of styles that make up hip-hop’s genetic code. Malibu isn’t a rap album, but it’s certainly informed by the genre’s conventions — .Paak is a naturally gifted storyteller and the album’s soft, luxurious bed of R&B, soul and funk provides the perfect backdrop for his charismatic, film-grain tales of family, childhood and burgeoning success.

I t ’s s u n n y e n o u g h to require those cool, perfectly-circular sunglasses that .Paak wears, and just shady enough that you won’t get burned once in the album’s hourlong runtime.

Not to mention it grooves like a motherf---er.

— Patrick Basler

stranger to stranger paul simon Every generational voice e ve n t u a l l y r u n s o u t o f breath. From Bob Dylan to Bruce Springsteen, aging rock stars who previously crooned impassioned ballads of cultural subversion fade into obscurity, releasing stale pet projects from the e c h o c h a m b e rs o f t h e i r private, residual-funded home studios. As sure as the sun will rise and Drake will dance awkwardly in a sweater and mom jeans, all music legends will succumb to this creative atrophy. All, it seems, except for Paul Simon.

In Stranger to Stranger , Simon deftly weaves together myriad threads of musical theory, dipping African woodwinds and Peruvian drumbeats in a glaze of Italian electronic sampling. When layered with his inventive lyrical flow, these seemingly discordant styles form a rhythmic, pulsating record unique to his 52-year career. The album boasts the wry, imaginative single “Wristband,” a fictional anecdote comparing Simon’s frustration with being locked out of his own concert to the exasperation o f A m e r i ca ’s h ea r t l a n d , locked out of wealth and prosperity by the shackles of income inequality. Character reprises abound, while minute-long instrumental riffs

cleanse the listener’s palette, allowing Simon to effortlessly transition between charming tributes to his wife and melancholy reflections on the psychological provocations for mass-shootings and suicide. As a result, this album stands as a testament to Simon’s enduring penchant for eclecticism and innovation, proving that he truly is “still crazy after all these years.”

— Reuven Bank

22, a million bon iver In a contemporary musical scene plagued with repetitive sounds, Bon Iver has many times been a breath of fresh air. His 2016 release, 2 2 , A M i l l i o n , n a t u ra l ly follows suit.

This beautiful collection of songs about love and loss is filled with expressive writing and haunting melodies, and while it builds on similar sounds from the group’s previous work, the album is empowering, championing personal growth and change while previous albums held nostalgia above all else.

A labyrinth of an album, 22, A Million deserves the attention and time typically saved for poetry. The instrumentation adds a dimension to frontman Justin Vernon’s songwriting that allows you to feel the emotions he wants to associate with his music. While you digest the meaning of the words he sings with cerebral analysis, the music makes you feel his pain and pride, physiologically.

If listening to an album over a nd over is n o t fo r you, the songs stand alone as unique, striking pieces of musical art. To be moved by this album does not require an end-to-end understanding of Vernon’s messages, nor does seeking this comprehension take away from the stand-alone grace of the work.

— John Powers

untitled unmastered. kendrick lamar Kendrick Lamar’s untitled unmastered., a compilation of songs that were recorded during the To Pimp a Butterfly sessions but did not make it onto the final version, is one of the best albums of the year and it further cements Kendrick’s place as one of

the best MCs in the game right now.

By releasing a collection of previously unreleased tracks, Kendrick is saying that even the songs that didn’t make it onto his last album are good enough to listen to. He is making a statement that he is the best, and he delivers on that statement with hard verses and brilliant features.

— Jarod Golub

death of a bachelor panic! at the disco “You’re just like M ike Love/ but you’ll never be Brian Wilson.”

Just let that sink in.

There are plenty of fantastic disses in 2016 music, but have you ever heard something so pretentiously scathing? Zing!

“Crazy=Genius” embodies the message Panic! At The Disco has sent to the modern punk genre. I’m not saying Death of a Bachelor is the next Pet Sounds , but it is the creative, IDGAF move that punk rock desperately needed. This album breathes life into a genre of rock that has been lacking an exclamation point for a long time.

So thank you! P!ATD or more precisely; Brendon Urie, the punk reincarnation of Frank Sinatra. 2016 needed the strange “overcoats, canes and top hats” vibe P!ATD left in 2005.

Lyrically, Death of a Bachelor is poetry. Metaphors, rhymes, allusions, oh my.

It’s proof that Brian Wilson unique doesn’t come from Mike Love lyrics.

Vocally, Urie is on another level (or should I say octave): 1:56 - “Emperor’s New Clothes” 1:33 - “Impossible Year“ 2:12-“Death of a Bachelor” Marked above are some Urie notes that would make any other “Best of 2016” candidate PTFO. Death of a Bachelor combines 1930s swing music, 1 9 9 0 s g u i ta r r i f f s , a n d 2000s+ beat tracks into a cohesive body of work, and still holds on to the classic story-telling album structure. It deserves a nod.

— Jay Reed

coloring book chance the rapper With Coloring Book, Chance The Rapper didn’t

just introduce himself to a larger audience than ever before, he greeted them enthusiastically with childlike joy. It’s an album that radiates positivity, making it not only the best-crafted major release of the year but also the most feel-good.

Even on the mixtape’s slower works, and I’m thinking specifically of “Summer Friends” and “Same Drugs,” the quality is stunning. In fact, those are the two best songs on the album. But, on the whole, Coloring Book feels celebratory. It’s a celebration of where Chance has been, where he’s from and, most excitingly, where he’s going. It’s clear on a single run through the album’s 14 tracks that, for Chance and for rap fans everywhere, the future is bright.

— Michael Errigo

blonde frank ocean Once again, Frank Ocean delivered. At first, Blonde confused me. It lacked the quick-hit appeal of its predecessor, Channel Orange .

But its strength lies within its subtleties — the faint sy n t h s, p u r r i n g i n s t r u mentation, Frank’s subdued vocals and an undercurrent of powerful messages regarding love, sexuality and race. It’s not a record with an immediate punch; instead, it’s a slow burning cry of love denied, lessons learned and growing optimism for the future.

Blonde , as I expected, grows better with more plays and a commitment to view it as a cohesive work that deserves to be listened to from front-to-back. It begins with the pitched vocals of “Nikes” overtop a whirling and ethereal beat. It transitions to the lonesome, weed-hazed musings of “Solo” before reaching its pensive high on “White Ferrari” where Frank croons “I care for you still and I will forever” over minimalist strums of guitar.

It’s an album of unabashed feeling and personal declarations of a love that could have been, and an album of understated yet pristine production that soothes the soul. It’s the perfect record to be enjoyed with a glass of wine in the quiet of the night, with only your thoughts to accompany you.

— Josh Magness diversionsdbk@gmail.com

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playing harder, having our hype as Maryland football’s even more frustrated.

Callie Caplan forward Maryland, as had been the guys play harder,” Turgeon matchups with Michigan and @CallieCaplan Solomon Senior staff writer Mangham hit script against past mid-major said of the halftime discus- Ohio State. a 3 - p o i n te r with about eight minutes left in Wednesday night’s first half, and the Maryland men’s basketball crowd groaned as the Bison took their first lead of the night.

Less than a minute later, Mangham sank another long ball to extend Howard’s lead to three. The 15,584 fans in

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foes in the team’s increasingly common tight games, endured another slow start, plagued by too many outside shots.

But the team started to pound the paint before the halftime buzzer sounded to generate a 15-2 run and a gap it didn’t relinquish.

sion. “It’s that simple.”

The fix was simple, as the Terps didn’t draw any second-period groans in the 79-56 win, and Turgeon’s squad shouldn’t forget how it closed.

Before Big Ten play starts at the end of the month, Maryland has three match-

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The Terps didn’t need for Trimble to act as a late-game savior this time. A few days after sinking crucial free throws for a one-point win against Oklahoma State, Trimble shot 50 percent and scored 10 points. His 2-for-6 mark from three is concerning, but he found his stroke in the second half as the Terps’ inside-out offensive scheme forced Howard defenders to collapse on Maryland’s big men.

The Slovakian big man received his first start of the season in forward Damonte Dodd’s absence (sprained MCL), but Turgeon admitted Cekovsky had been ready for the promotion in previous contests. And he capitalized, starting 5-for-5 and tying a career-high with 16 points as the team’s main inside scorer. He should shore up his defensive timing in the Terps final nonconference outings.

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The freshman said after the game he didn’t mind his reduced scoring role after a standout high-school career, but he posted the team’s best threepoint shooting percentage to finish with eight points, while totaling four rebounds, four assists and a block.

If Huerter can regain his early-season rhythm, the Terps should rely on him as a well rounded option throughout Big Ten play.

Before the season, the junior’s position in the rotation appeared to be in jeopardy after his streaky firstyear play and guard Anthony Cowan’s arrival.

But Brantley won’t field many questions about his time if he continues his hot streak.

His aggression carried the team through the first half, and even more important than his 14 points was his stout performance on the defensive end.

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The Terps don’t 3need to settle on the perimeter because they’ll be bigger, stronger and more equipped to push the physicality. They can’t fall into the same groaneliciting slump as they started in against the Bison.

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wrestling

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Jordan unleashes aggression on OL Three-star commitment excited to join Terps for 2017 season, sees fits in team’s offensive scheme Seven Josh Schmidt ye a rs a go , Maryland @josh_s football Staff writer commit Johnny Jordan went to the movie theater with his father to see The Blindside. Part way through the movie, offensive tackle Michael Oher takes on the opposing defensive end and pushes him off the field and over a fence, resulting in an excessive blocking penalty.

After the scene, Jordan’s father, John, turned to his son and told him to play like that.

From that point on, his father told the three-star prospect before every game to “go get that excessive blocking call.”

“It’s legally the only place where you’re allowed to physically assault someb o dy,” Jo rd a n s a i d . “ I just take all my anger and frustration and channel it towards the opponent.”

As one of three offensive linemen in Maryland’s 2017 class, Jordan hopes that aggressive play will translate into success with the Terps next fall.

“I’m really excited for by

Coach Kerry McCoy’s team has three dual meets this weekend. He wants his team to focus on one match at a time. file photo/the diamondback

McCoy emphasizes not looking ahead The MarySean Whooley land wrestling @swhooley27 team had comp e te d e ve r y Staff writer week since the Red vs. Black Wrestle-Offs on Oct. 30 before coach Kerry McCoy gave his wrestlers time off last weekend. The 12-day hiatus was intentional, McCoy said, giving the Terps time to train harder and get more rest.

B u t t h i s we e ke n d , t h e Terps will have 41 hours between their second of two matches at George Mason and their dual meet against No. 12 Rutgers. Despite the short interval between competitions, McCoy emphasized focusing on the current match instead of looking ahead.

“It’s not hard,” McCoy said. “If we’re thinking about Rutgers and we’re not focusing on North Dakota State and George Mason, we have a bad performance there.”

McCoy said the Terps had the chance to recover during the break, but he still pushed his team during workouts.

The wrestlers reviewed and worked on individual errors last week, he said, but used by

terps From p. 12 Although Friday’s meet will be less stressful than the regular season, Nelligan emphasized his team’s opportunity to learn.

“I’m looking for not just routines, but performances,” the eighth-year coach said.

“This is everyone’s chance to get out there and earn their spot for the season.”

Last season, the Terps failed to qualify for the postseason for the first time since 2010.

“I told the team, ‘Let’s look back and say that as bad

this week to prepare for the upcoming competition.

Maryland wrestles North Dakota State and George Mason on Friday before going up against Rutgers two days later.

McCoy wants his grapplers ready for Bison and Patriots before preparing for Rutgers.

That mindset is similar for 141-pound redshirt se n i o r B i l ly R a p p o, wh o is 1-3 on the year. Despite whatever competition looms beyond Friday, Rappo echoes McCoy’s sentiment of staying in the present.

“There’s always the mindset and thought that you’ve got a tough guy coming up, and you still scout him but you can’t look ahead,” Rappo said. “That’s what everyone says. When you look ahead, you can always lose or do something bad.

“You’ve got to scout guys before, make sure you wrestle match by match and focus on each one.”

True freshman Alex Vargas, who has split time at 125 pounds with junior Michael Beck this season, isn’t used to the quick turnaround but

understands McCoy’s message.

“Before the matches, I like to know who I have and how many matches I h ave ,” Va rga s sa i d .

“Then I just mentally prepare myself for it.

I just look at whatever match I have ahead of me, then after that, I worry about my next match.”

McCoy said the c o n c e p t o f ta k i n g i t match by match does not just apply to the we e ke n d a h ea d . He talked about it at the t e a m ’s m e d i a d a y Oct. 27 and repeated i t m a ny t i m e s s i n ce .

Whether it pertains to specific competition or the season as a whole, McCoy continues to drill that point home.

“We’ve got to take it just like a tournament,” McCoy said. “We’ve been telling our guys one match at a time, so we have to be focused on that.”

as that hurt, it was the best thing that ever happened to us,’” Nelligan said. “It forced us to change — be aggressive, work harder, be more focused.”

Faller expects a better showing from the Terps this season.

“I have really high expectations, and I think a lot of the team does, too,” the senior said. “We always want to set high standards for ourselves. I think we’ve just had so much depth this year — more than any other year I’ve been here.”

Faller has taken a leadership role on a team that features a

six-member recruiting class Nelligan said brings “a new energy, intensity and work ethic.”

Fr e s h m a n K i r s te n Peterman, an Ontario native who competed at the international level, said she enjoys the team’s lively feel entering this weekend’s outing.

“We’re usually very loud and cheering each o t h e r o n ,” Pe te r m a n said. “It’s a lot easier when you’re sick or tired to get through practices and meets.”

From p. 12 against the Retrievers. Entering 2016, the senior hadn’t played so few minutes since her freshman season. “ We g o t a l o t o f n e w players on the team, so we’re just trying to get the chemistry rolling,” Walker-Kimbrough said. “It’s more about the bigger picture.”

Frese welcomed the nation’s No. 1 recruiting class this season and has six newcomers out of 12 active players, so Walker-K imbrough and other veterans leave blowouts.

The 15th-year coach has

been happy with the performances of the reserves. She called guard Blair Watson’s play “terrific” in Tuesday’s 97-63 win over Towson. She almost picked up a highlightreel assist on the fast break after a steal late in the fourth quarter, but forward Kiah Gillespie couldn’t finish at the rim after receiving her nolook, behind-the-back pass. “[Watson] really gave us a tremendous addition defensively,” Frese said. “Really making a lot of plays.”

Watson had 10 points, six steals and a block against the Tigers. Meanwhile, in the previous game, Gillespie set a careerhigh with 13 rebounds.

the offseason — in Trivers’ office during lunch.

“He is highly intelligent, and he’s ready to learn and l ea d ,” Tr ive rs s a i d . “ H e doesn’t miss a day with me.”

The Leesburg, Virginia, native has looked at tape of the Terps high-octane offense and has had multiple discussions with offensive line coach Dave Borbely about how he’ll fit in. Gonzaga runs an up-tempo offense, so Jordan already feels comfortable operating in that scheme.

Jordan joins four-star offensive linemen Jordan McNair and Marcus Minor in the 2017 class. The 290-pound center got the chance to play against both of his future teammates this season and was impressed by their size and skill.

Jordan visited College Park to watch the Terps’ 31-13 win over Rutgers to clinch bowl eligibility in the season finale.

Next fall, he’ll join McNair and Minor to give Borbely’s line a more aggressive attitude. “ T h ey ’re te l l i n g m e to prepare like I’m ready to steal a spot,” Jordan said. jschmidtdbk@gmail.com

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guard dion wiley scored five points to help the Terps pull away late. Guard Jaylen Brantley scored 14 points off the bench. matt regan/the diamondback

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special things in College Park,” Jordan said. “It’s a new day, it’s happening.”

Since picking up the sport in fifth grade, Jordan’s main motivation has c o m e f ro m h i s p a re n t s , especially his father, who preached being aggressive.

When Jordan puts his hand in the ground, his main goal is to “take their head off.”

Jordan uses that passion to motivate himself in the weight room in order to make up for his 6-foot-2 frame. He said he lifts about four times a week, and the night before he works out, the Gonzaga College High School strength coach will text him a comprehensive workout plan.

Jordan said he can squat 600 pounds and bench press 375.

“He has a passion for finishing physically and domi n a t i n g ,” G o n za ga coa c h Randy Trivers said.

But Jordan doesn’t pride himself solely on his strength and aggression, even if those are his strongest attributes when playing the offensive line. As the center, he must help the quarterback notice defensive formations and tendencies, so he studies film every day — even in

Those types of contributions have helped keep the starters fresh while Frese evaluates t h e ro ta t i o n fo r t h e closer games later in the season.

“As competitive as the starters are, I know they want to play more minutes for us. [But] for us to be as good as we want to be, I know we have to be able to extend our depth,” Frese said.

“A s we ’re go i n g i n to finals given the schedule we face … we have to continue to be sharp.” jcrabtreehdbk@gmail.com

and with forward Damonte Dodd sitting out Wednesday and at least the next two games with a sprained MCL, those problems worsened early on. Against Howard’s 2-3 zone, the Terps reverted to the three-point line, where they had shot 29.2 percent entering Wednesday. By the under-eight media timeout, Maryland was 4-for-14 from beyond the arc, a similar theme to the times the Terps have faltered this season.

Maryland didn’t attempt its first free throw until the 7:25 mark.

“We weren’t really driving as much the first half,” Brantley said. “We were penetrating the gaps the second half. Playing with [Cekovsky] ... really gave them trouble. They were finding us for open shots.”

With about eight minutes to play, Howard gained its first lead. Turgeon said he wanted to give Trimble more rest in non-conference play, but with the Terps’ control in jeopardy, the sixth-year coach reinserted his star.

Maryland then attacked the basket more, attempting one three-pointer the remainder of the frame, and got Cekovsky more looks.

That physicality gave the Terps a 38-31 halftime lead.

In the locker room, Turgeon called upon his team to bring more intensity and continue to feed possessions into the paint.

“We knew if we got the ball down low, they were going to crash down and we could get wide open shots,” guard Kevin Huerter said. “We just started to play harder,

and we started to look for [Cekovsky] more.”

The Terps continued the offensive pressure out of the break to score 23 points in the opening 10 minutes. By playing inside-out, which Turgeon said is his team’s most effective style, Maryland found more open looks.

The Terps recorded a seasonhigh 20 assists, and they finished shooting 40 percent on three-pointers.

While Maryland’s second half showed improvement, Turgeon said Tuesday he doesn’t want to wait until the second frame to pull away.

“We talked about having our guys play harder, play with more energy and act like you love basketball,” Turgeon said. “We did that in the second half.” kmelnickdbk@gmail.com

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Terps crank up intensity ahead of Red vs. Black meet Intrasquad competition affords group chance to prepare for upcoming season Christmas music Conner Hoyt reverberated @ConnerHoyt27 around the Staff writer gym to set the tone for the Maryland women’s gymnastics team’s Tuesday practice as it prepared for the annual Red vs. Black intrasquad meet.

“Get it, Terps!” the gymnasts yelled during practice. “Keep it up, A-Rob!” some shouted as sophomore Alex Robinson worked on a floor routine. by

sarah faller and the Terps open up the season with the Red vs. Black meet tomorrow. file photo/the diamondback

Maryland was jovial in anticipation of the meet Friday at Xfinity Center. The squad took turns practicing routines as teammates encouraged them.

Coach Brett Nelligan said the high intensity at practice is intentional. The mock meet helps the Terps prepare for the regular season.

“Meets are going to be intense no matter what,” Nelligan said.

“There’s no way to take the pressure down. The only way to replicate

that is to crank the intensity up in the gym.”

“This is a great way to go into our winter break and end off our preseason,” senior Sarah Faller added, “and as soon as we get back from break it’s go, go, go.”

The Terps had an intrasquad meet in November that was closed to the public, with judges to critique the difficulty and execution.

However, the Red vs. Black meet “is a lot of fun,” Nelligan said, because “celebrity judges” — other Maryland athletes — preside over the competition.

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women’s basketball

coach brenda frese has been able to rest her starters as her team earned several straight blowout wins to start the season, but the past few victories have been tougher. Once Big Ten play begins, the veteran coach expects her reserves to step up. marquise mckine/the diamondback

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he key contributors of the Maryland women’s basketball team know they won’t spend a lot of time on the court during earlyseason games against inferior opponents.

The team has shown the ability to blow out other ranked teams, let alone weaker foes.

The No. 4 Terps (9-0) have won five of their games by at least 40 points, and only two opponents have stayed within 10.

As of late, though, tight scheduling and the team’s youth have caused coach Brenda Frese to rely on her bench more often in the blowouts.

“Depth is a big factor for us this year,” Frese said. “We want to be able to extend those minutes.”

In Maryland’s 78-72 win at No. 8 Louisville on Dec. 1, perhaps the team’s toughest opponent, Frese let her starters take control of the game. Two bench players were on the court for more than

10 minutes and no others logged more than five.

Guards Kristen Confroy and Shatori Walker-Kimbrough played 39 and 40 minutes, respectively.

“That’s way too many,” Frese said.

“We have to continue to use these [ o t h e r] ga m e s to b e a b l e to ga i n confidence.”

But the Louisville matchup was the first of five matchups in a 12-day stretch, which continues Thursday night against St. Peter’s.

“It’s a tough stretch,” Confroy said.

“But having our depth come in and show what they can do is big for us to grow as a team as we prepare for later down the road and March.”

Frese thought her team was still a bit fatigued from Louisville during its 92-42 win over UMBC, three days removed from defeating the Cardinals.

That’s part of why Walker-Kimbrough matched a season-low 14 minutes See Depth, p. 11

men’s basketball

Second-half surge powers Turgeon’s team past Howard, 79-56, at Xfinity Despite another slow start, Terps cruise to victory behind Cekovsky, Brantley The Maryl a n d m e n ’s basketball team has struggled to get out to quick starts this season. As a result, the Terps have come back from three double-digit deficits, and six of their first eight wins came by six points or less.

Coach Mark Turgeon hoped to solve that issue Wednesday night against Howard by moving the ball around the court from the start.

Yet Maryland still struggled in the first half against the mid-major foe, throwing sloppy passes and missing 3-pointers instead of attacking the by

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basket. The Bison led with five-anda-half minutes remaining in the first half.

So Turgeon preached for his squad in timeouts and at halftime to play with more energy. The Terps then returned to playing with aggression, a style that’s powered Maryland’s late comebacks. With that approach, the Terps blew the game open in the second frame en route to a 79-56 victory over Howard at Xfinity Center.

“One of our keys was to play inside-out. Our guys weren’t doing it,” Turgeon said. “At halftime I had to yell. We got a lot better in the second half, which was good to see. We really

shared the ball, our defense was good, our rebounding was good.”

Forward Michal Cekovsky led the Terps (9-1) by tying a career-high 16 points in his third career start, while guards Jaylen Brantley (14 points) and Melo Trimble (10 points) also scored in double figures. Howard guard Charles Williams led the Bison (1-6), who shot 43.8 percent from the three-point line, with 21 points.

Maryland set the pace from the start, jumping out to a 7-0 lead while pressing Howard full court. But after that sequence, the Terps made errant passes, committing five turnovers before the under-12 timeout. Turgeon noticed the Bison took control of the tempo.

The Terps have struggled to find a low-post scoring threat this season, See Howard, p. 11

The Terps outscored the Bison, 41-25, in the second half en route to their ninth win. matt regan/the diamondback