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Despite actions to better transparency, internal affairs files still hidden By Jon Banister and Ellie Silverman @J_Banister, @esilverman11 Senior staff writers P rote s te rs m a rc h e d towa rd the Main Administration Building on Nov. 24 to protest police militarization. Students held a food court sit-in at Stamp Student Union on Nov. 25 after a St. Louis County grand jury declined to indict white police officer Darren Wilson, who fatally shot black teenager Michael Brown. Activists laid on the front steps of Xfinity Center on Dec. 3 to protest events in Ferguson, Missouri, as well as the decision not to indict a white New York City Department police officer who placed a fatal chokehold on Eric Garner, an unarmed black man, during an arrest. And on Friday, University Police Chief David Mitchell released a statement addressing student concerns about police transparency. Amid intensifying scrutiny for increased police oversight, the department will undergo its regular accreditation process this week to see if they are complying with national procedural standards. Conduct and transparency are elements of this review, but despite this university’s record of high performance, internal investigation files are kept from the public. University Police reported an increase in the number of internal investigations for 2013: The department investigated 13 complaints about officer conduct from both internal and outside sources, up from six in 2012. In eight of those cases, the officer was exonerated, meaning the allegations were true, but the officer’s conduct was found acceptable. Of the four complaints that were See police, Page 3

COLLEGE PARK LAUNCHES COAT DRIVE FOR NEEDY RESIDENTS

coats and winter clothing are sought by the city for its first One Warm Coat drive. Officials hope to collect enough warm garb to meet the demand, which is high in College Park.

By Eleanor Mueller @eleanor_mueller Staff writer As temperatures start to drop, College Park has been reaching out to its residents and students to help the less fortunate. Officials have been asking people to donate to the city’s first-ever One Warm Coat drive,

which is collecting jackets and coats to help keep those in need warm this season. “It’s a great way for College Park to give back during the holiday season,” said Cole Holocker, student liaison to the College Park City Council. “We do have a need, because College Park is home to a population that is much less fortunate.” The effort is the result of a collaboration between the city and One Warm Coat, a na-

Research, treatment wing to treat student, community patients, not just university athletes By Taylor Swaak @tswaak27 Staff writer When sophomore David Dorsey first heard about the proposed $155 million Cole Field House renovations, he thought it was just a tactic to funnel money into the Terrapins football program and increase recruitment. But after learning that the Center for Sports Medicine, Health

and Human Performance, which would treat injuries suffered by both student-athletes and nonathletes, could be housed there as well, he felt a bit better. “The ability to allow any student to be treated from an injury at the University of Maryland, that’s actually pretty cool,” said Dorsey, a mechanical engineering major. The center, a collaborative effort between this university and the University of Maryland, Baltimore,

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this university’s campus food pantry serves an average of 20 people, some two- or three-time returners, during its distribution days at a concessions stand in Cole Field House. file photo/the diamondback Despite its progress, the pantry could still be serving about 30 more people per distribution based on how much it can physically store, she said. Next semester, Lilly said she hopes to reach out to more people and increase the pantry’s impact. To he lp t he pa nt r y e x pa nd , Lilly has initiated a partnership with American studies professor Psyche Williams-Forson’s class,

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would offer research opportunities and sports medicine care, such as treatment from orthopaedic surgeons and an outpatient physical therapy center. It would also focus on aspects of human performance such as strength, speed and endurance, university President Wallace Loh said. The University System of Maryland Board of Regents will meet Friday to vote on whether to approve the proposed renovations, which will include an indoor practice football field, two outdoor practice football fields and a center for entrepreneurship in addition to the sports medi-

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cine center. Bradley Hatfield, the kinesiology chairman in the public health school, said that while the center started out with an athletic focus, it “quickly evolved into being seen as a much broader public health program.” Loh said the center would be able to help someone who needs rehabilitation and provide a tailored exercise program or a nutrition plan to improve overall health and performance. “The principles that are involved in kinesiology and physical therapy for See cole, Page 3

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tionwide nonprofit that partners with local entities — businesses, schools, cities and more — to coordinate winter clothing drives in the surrounding communities. Since the organization’s birth in 1992, it has facilitated the donation of roughly 4 million coats.

Cole project to include sports medicine center

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This university’s Campus Pantry served about 50 clients over its last three distributions, but Allison Lilly, sustainability and wellness coordinator for Dining Services, said she believes there are still more who could be utilizing the service. Although the pantry’s opening day on Oct. 22 saw zero visitors, it has drawn about 20 clients to each of the last three distributions, with some being two- or three-time returners, Lilly said. The last distribution day is Dec. 17. About half of the pantry’s clientele is staff, one-quarter is graduate students and one-quarter is undergraduates, according to Lilly.

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AMST418G: Cultural Themes in America: Food, Trauma and Sustainability, for the spring. The course looks at the complexity of food insecurity through a cultural, social and economic lens and encourages students to come up with ideas for sustainable solutions, WilliamsForson said. See bank, Page 2

Faculty and staff members are using less paper each year, saving this university about $350,000 over the past seven years, according to a university report released Nov. 6. “Ten years ago, a big portion of the offices’ money went toward paying for paper,” said Aynsley Toews, the Office of Sustainability’s project manager. “By doing a lot of things digitally [now], the offices save a lot more paper and money.” Since 2007, this university’s department offices have reduced copy paper use from 260,000 reams annually to 110,000 reams, according to the memo. Besides technology, faculty and

staff members are also using more recycled and renewable paper as part of this university’s Environmentally Preferable Procurement Policy, said Mark Stewart, a senior project manager for the sustainability office. Switching to recycled paper also saved about 1,600 tons of trees from being cut down, according to the memo. “For two years now, it’s been policy that we should, as a campus, be pu rch a si ng post-con su mer content and tree-free sugarcane paper,” Stewart said. This university established the policy in 2009, but updated it to include paper in 2012. Initial benchmarks included administrators relying entirely on post-consumer recycled paper by July 1, 2012, though the university has yet to meet that goal, Stewart said. About 75 percent of the paper purchased for general offices is made from post-consumer recycled content or sugarcane, according to the memo. See paper, Page 3

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Men’s basketball forward Jake Layman has been more aggressive this season, while Mark Turgeon has more coachable players P. 8

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Advertising the pantry to the right populations has been a difficult part of getting the From PAGE 1 project off the ground due to “Undergraduates, graduates, the sensitive nature of food faculty and staff are rapidly be- insecurity, Lilly said. It might be difficult, especoming one of the communicially for college students, to ties that is experiencing food insecurity,” Williams-Forson admit they need help, said said. “People tend to think it’s David Goodwin, agricultural only the poor, or people receiv- and resource economics and ing assistance, but any one of business management major, us … might experience a lack who is signed up for WilliamsForson’s class in the spring. of foodstuffs.” “Kids aren’t going to want Many might be surprised their roommate or their friend to know hunger is a problem at this university, freshman to know that they have to use Savannah Speir said, but it the food pantry,” the junior makes sense considering food said. “They may feel embarinsecurity affects this state. rassed or belittled. It’s a fine About 44 percent of chil- line of how you can get it out dren in this state who attend there without having kids sc ho ol s pa r t ic ipat i n g i n feeling insecure for doing it.” Speir said she would like the National School Lunch Program, a federally funded to see a few changes next program that subsidizes meals semester, including more for low-income children at prominent advertising and public and participating non- a more s t re a m l i n e d way profit private schools, receive to collect donations so the free or reduced lunch, accord- p a n t r y re c e i v e s a w i d e r ing to this state’s Department variety of food items. Including recipes with the of Education. food bags would help recipi“There are a lot of kids in ents make meals out of the high school who are food iningredients they receive so secure on free and reduced lunch. There’s no reason to they’re not just eating vegethink that in college those tables out of a can, she added. Next semester, Lilly said numbers would go down,” said Speir, a biology major who she is considering creating volunteers at the pantry. “It’s a Facebook and Twitter for really just a silent problem.” the pantry to better connect

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$72,999 from 2008 to 2012, the median family income in College Park was $60,402 during the From PAGE 1 same time period, according to “Having a way to give back U.S. Census Bureau data. While 9.4 percent of state and support the community is extremely important,” said residents live below the poverty Stacie Gold, clinical supervi- line, 29.3 percent of College Park sor of College Park’s Depart- residents fall below the line. “We do have many less forment of Youth, Family and Senior Services, home to one tunate families in College Park of the drive’s drop-off loca- who actually do need something tions. “It’s extremely benefi- as simple as a coat — one piece of warm clothing — during this cial for families.” Though the median family time of year,” District 1 Councilincome for this state was man Fazlul Kabir said. “Previ-

students organize food items at this university’s Campus Pantry. It was established this semester to collect and distribute food donations and provide an emergency source of nutrition for at-risk staff, students and faculty at this university out of a concession stand at Cole Field House. file photo / the diamondback w ith students th rough social media. She said she also plans to switch distribution days and times, keeping a semi-monthly schedule. The current distribution time block, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., might not work with some people’s schedules, she said, and operate at different times during the afternoon

won’t be able to solve the problem of food insecurity on its own, Lilly said. The pantry’s intention is to provide emergency food, and Lilly said she is working on compiling resources to help direct clients to other services where they can seek assistance. “This is not intended to be somebody’s only source of

food,” she said. “We are going to be building a policy about what types of referrals we can build for somebody who has come with a lot of regularity, because that might signal a bigger problem that is out of the scope of the campus pantry to solve.”

sufficiently warm clothing, the winter months can be detrimental to one’s mental and physical health, Gold said. FAZLUL KABIR “Having these necessities District 1 Councilman to provide for their families and children is allowing to Kabir said he urges students them to have peace of mind this winter,” Gold said. “The to participate as well. “I really want everyone donations can help them stay to participate because it’s a warm and healthy.” Donation boxes have been shared community thing, and we need to help out locally as a placed at three College Park city,” Kabir said. “Students are locations — Davis Hall at the Public Works Building, the very, very welcome.” For those unable to afford Youth and Family Services

Center and City Hall, located in the parking lot behind Smoothie King. Clean, gently used coats can be donated until Dec. 14, and fund donations can also be made on One Warm Coat’s website, where $1 can buy two coats for people in need. “We’ve been trying to spread the word as well as we can,” Kabir said. “Together, we can make a difference in the lives of less fortunate people in the city.”

and evening might allow more people to access the pantry. Lilly said she is u nsure how the university’s plans to renovate Cole Field House will affect the pantry, as the current location is a concession stand tucked into the back corner of Cole. Even if it receives more visitors next semester, the pantry

“WE DO HAVE MANY LESS FORTUNATE FAMILIES IN COLLEGE PARK WHO ACTUALLY DO NEED SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS A COAT.”

ous years [doing other clothing drives], everything we collected we gave out to the local residents, and that shows there’s quite a bit of need.” Though the city has spread the word among residents by sending out a mass email and contacting local businesses,

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cole From PAGE 1 rehabilitation after a surgery applies not just to athletes, but to everyone,” Loh said. The center is tentatively slated to open before fa l l 2017; however, nonathletes will be able to benefit from treatment services before the center opens, said Dr. Andrew Pollak, orthopaedics department chairman at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore. Pollak said that until the center is completed, orthopaedic faculty hopes to see patients in the University Health Center once a week starting within the next month or two. “We need a place on campus where we can see patients. … The ability to do that right now is limited,” said Pollak, who noted that those injured and requiring services, such as student-athletes, often have to visit the University of Maryland Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine facility in College Park or travel to offices in the Baltimore or Washington metropolitan area.

police From PAGE 1 sustained, three led to officers resigning. One complaint was dropped due to lack of evidence. After a team of experts from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies conducts interviews with students and examines the department’s files, they will decide if University Police can hold on to its gold standard accreditation level. The review is optional, but Mitchell said University Police choose to have it done every three years in the community’s interest. To receive the CALEA’s highest honor, departments must maintain a specified level of excellence, especially in “high liability” areas such as use of force reports and internal investigations, said University of Florida Police Chief Linda Stump, who has worked with CALEA for 20 years. When analyzing internal investigations, CALEA looks to see if the department followed its procedures, such as notifying the complainant when a verdict is reached, but it does not attempt to judge if the department handled the investigation correctly or if the verdict was right, Stump said. No information about the handling and details of the cases are presented in the public report, other than the final decision, a brief sentence regarding the allegations and an occasional comment. Mitchell said the depart-

Pollak added that just like at any other office visit, someone who received care would be billed accordingly. Despite the potentia l changes, Pollak and Hatfield both maintained that the extension of treatment and services to the community would not inhibit the university’s ability to treat its athletes. If anything, they said it would improve the overall quality and frequency of treatment. “T he athletes would be served better than if it was just athletes-only because I think if that was the case, the magnitude of it and the number of people who would be working in it would be small,” Hatfield said. “It just wouldn’t be as professional an operation or as mature an operation.” Pollak said that once the center is up and running five days a week, the plan is to have 12 exam rooms, three physicians overseeing those rooms and a host of other medical personnel, including physical therapists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and athletic trainers. “I think that [the center] is going to increase our pres-

ment does not disclose further information about the closed investigations, citing state personnel laws and the Family Educational Rights and Protection Act. “It would violate the law,” Mitchell said. “I’m not going to reveal more than I necessarily have to publicly about someone who has complained against the police, who doesn’t want to be famous about it. … They come to us with a reasonable expectation that what they say to us is going to be kept private unless they say otherwise.” P e r s o n n e l l a w s d e te rmine that records related to an individual’s employment f i les a re a l lowed to rem a i n con f id ent i a l a nd F E R PA m a i n t a i n s t h a t student records are private. However, these policies do not apply in the case of the department’s investigatory files, said Kevin Goldberg, the counsel to the American Society of News Editors. “This is the problem with FERPA, which is simply that it’s just so over-invoked that schools try to apply it to everything,” Goldberg said. Additionally, a state appeals court ruled in 2010 that fi les of employee conduct investigations do not qualify for protection under the personnel laws. The case, Maryland Department of State Police v. Maryland State Conference of NAACP Branches, was part of a larger effort to look into suspected police bias against black state residents. “We need to understand

ence overall on the campus,” Pollak said, noting that currently medical personnel such as orthopaedic surgeons only visit athletes on the campus once a week. “If [orthopaedic surgeons] are on-campus all day seeing students, seeing other people, they’re more readily available every day of the week to the athletes.” University students doing research — especially students in fields such as kinesiology, engineering and nutrition — would also spend time in the center conducting tests and receiving experiential learning, Hatfield said. “People will be able to see real professional activities in areas that they’re interested in as a student,” Hatfield said. “If there’s going to be a growth, an evolution in the quality of education on the campus, I think that this center could contribute to it because of that interdisciplinary, multiple areas of expertise coming together to solve different problems in sports medicine, in performance and in health.” tswaakdbk@gmail.com

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There are 150 offices and more than 2,300 staff and faculty members that participate in minimizing paper usage on the campus, Toews said. These offices conserve water and energy, minimize waste and support this university’s Climate Action Plan, according to the Office of Sustainability’s website, and can be “green”-certified, Toews added. “Not only are we changing our paper mix, but we are also changing our consumption of paper,” Toews said. P rofessors a re a sked to minimize paper use in class, Toews said, as well as print on both sides, use smaller margins and reuse paper that is only printed on one side. Toews said officials have noticed an increase in the use of ELMS, online tests and other digital ways for students to turn in their homework. O f f ic i a l s a re not yet sure how student paper

57.7 percent

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con s u mp t ion fa ctors i n , however, a s t he relea sed numbers only apply to office use, Stewart said. Sidney Salazar, offi ce and customer service manager at this university’s Physical Distribution Center, said it’s more difficult for students to use susta i nable paper. W h i le the u n iversity has supply contracts to provide post-consumer recycled and sugarcane paper to offices,

students are on their own to purchase paper and their printing habits aren’t limited in the same way. “It’s unfortunate that the [paper] companies we buy from don’t really have storefronts,” Salazar said. “Although students can’t buy from them, we hope to continue the decrease in paper consumption on campus.” mhorndbk@gmail.com

University police department officers listen at a panel discussion about police militarization and racial profiling at a town hall meeting in September. file photo/the diamondback more than ever what exactly police officers are doing everyday, especially if there is an internal affairs investigation,” Goldberg said. “I think we need to understand how they are policing themselves.” Stump said UFPD makes its internal investigations records publicly available under the Florida Sunshine Law, which enables public access to most documents. She said openness is an important part of building trust in the community. “We’re probably the most important fi eld to be transparent,” Stump said. “We have the distinction of taking somebody’s civil rights away from them, whether that’s temporarily or more perma-

nently, and with that trust you have to be willing and able to put yourself out there transparently to say this is why this happened.” While this is her first time reviewing this university, Stump said her initial impression is that University Police complies with transparency standards. I n response to recent student protests asking for more police transparency, Mitchell announced Friday the formation of a Police Chief’s Advisory Council, which he said will increase the dialogue between the department and the students it aims to protect. “I hope that this transparency panel gets to see the inner

workings of these investiga- advisory board. Regarding intions because that’s the type ternal investigation reports, he of transparency that is neces- said he wants University Police sary to have a community feel to release as much information safe with their police officers,” as legally allowable. freshman government and “ W h e n yo u’re d e a l i n g politics major Julian Ivey said. with internal investigations, “This is going to be where we there’s always a concern that see the police chief really step law enforcement protects its up and allow us to get inside own,” said Laurie Babinski, the inner workings.” an attorney who specializes Mitchell also said police of- in media-related cases for the ficers will wear body cameras firm BakerHostetler. “And starting in January and he will that where there may be real personally present the internal allegations of misconduct … affairs report to the advisory they aren’t taken seriously council and the Student Gov- and that they’re swept under ernment Association. the rug, and the community SGA President Patrick Ronk suffers as a result.” said the student government will work with Mitchell to find jbanisterdbk@gmail.com, student leaders to sit on the esilvermandbk@gmail.com

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EDITORIAL BOARD

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Health care for every gender

from student health insurance plans this semester. This health insurance expansion also covers surgical procedures to treat gender identity disorder and dysphoria. OUR VIEW

The University Health Center made the right move by providing necessary health care for transgender students. This editorial board is proud of the University Health Center for taking the proper steps needed to create a more trans-inclusive environment. This health care expansion is necessary because not only does it promote the health of students, but it also sends a message to the community about the priority of gender equality on the campus. Health care coverage such as this can help maintain this university’s competitiveness among prospective students. Showing the transgender community this university offers an environment that is inclusive toward minorities as well as ensuring their physical health will allow transgender individuals to feel safe and choose to thrive here. In joining universities like Duke University, New York University, Stanford University and the University of Michigan on covering transgender health, this campus will provide

for students who fear they might have to look elsewhere for surgical procedures or hormone therapy. A student whose insurance plan does not cover transgender procedures might have to turn to illegal or unsafe means. A look at what’s happening in the private sector can also give us an idea of how relevant a trend it is to provide transgender health coverage. From 2010 to 2011, for instance, the Human Rights Campaign reported that the number of companies providing gender reassignment surgery to employees more than doubled, with some managers claiming they decided to offer the coverage because it appears to be medically needed, not elective. Take a look at the past few years, and this university seems to be at the forefront of supporting productive social change. Though genderinclusive housing, mixed-gender bathrooms and gender equity centers are positive steps to make, protecting one’s health might be one of the most important measures in promoting equality. In a sense, when a university provides medically needed health coverage to minority groups, it treats those traditionally underserved populations as both psychologically and physically equal to the rest of the student body. We are ecstatic the University Health Center started expanding health coverage this semester. Now it’s only a matter of time before other universities follow suit.

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Moving past the Eric Garner case Finding reconciliation with recent instances of police brutality

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ecent developments in the Eric Garner case have incited a fury of protests across the nation, and understandably so. Given the fact that people are already upset by the troublesome events in Ferguson, Missouri, this simply adds more fuel to the fire. However, it is important to realize that these two cases are substantially different. The outcome of Garner’s case is far more frightening. In the Michael Brown case, there were conflicting witness reports and autopsy conclusions clouding the case’s evidence. The grand jury’s decision not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson can be therefore argued as a conservative move. On the other hand, this was certainly not the circumstance for the Garner case. In my opinion, New York Police Department officer Daniel Pantaleo committed homicide using a banned chokehold technique on an unarmed man who was on the ground

repeatedly exclaiming, “I can’t breathe.” On top of that, this whole event was caught on film, eliminating conflicting witness testimonies. Despite these facts, it is astonishing how some people are still justifying and supporting Pantaleo’s actions through the “resisting arrest” claim. Yes, it is a law, but given the circumstances, it is disheartening and disgusting to see a man lose his life like this. As an officer upholding the law, isn’t protecting the wellbeing and life of another man one’s cardinal responsibility? Overall, the grand jury decisions for these cases highlight several underlying problems such as police regulation, judicial processing and, of course, racial and socioeconomic inequalities. Eve n t h o u g h t h e j u ry d e c i sions were unfavorable to most of the nation, especially the Garner verdict, resurfacing such underlying issues will now resonate a much stronger message. We are now united in support for a cause that will ultimately decide how we carry ourselves in society. Concerns regarding police regula-

tion and judicial processing hopefully will be improved due to the precedents set by these two cases. However, inequalities with race have to be driven by society. After all, race is nothing more than a social construct ingrained in our mentality. But in a delicate environment, we must be careful. We must take wisdom from Nelson Mandela and understand the difference between revenge and reconciliation. The best way to do this, especially in an academic environment, is to have open discussions and be informed. Our campus is the best vehicle for us to share our diverse perspectives and passions in a respectful manner. However touching and sensitive the topics may be, we must directly address these issues and be role models for our peers and future generations. The tragic events that have transpired have given us a unique opportunity to take ownership and find reconciliation. Sauradeep Sinha is a sophomore chemical engineering major. He can be reached at ssinhadbk@gmail.com.

is a lot to admire in supporting a non-hometown team. Most of these fans are extremely loyal to their teams. In “hostile” territory, fans have to follow their teams through alternate media sources, catching games infrequently. Of course, out-of-town fans have to put up with loyal hometown fans. For those of us supporting teams down on their luck, we invite ridicule of ourselves and our teams. In Baltimore, two Ravens Super Bowls were cool to watch but are devastating when comparing favorite teams. Of course, there are plenty of positives to supporting faraway teams. Meeting another Dolphins fan in this area is like running into a distant cousin. I can strike up an instant conversation, whether on the street or at a party. Sports have a powerful way of overcoming divisions and uniting people with little else in common, and it is no different in this case. Otherwise, supporting a faraway team is just like supporting any other. You celebrate the wins, complain about the refs and criticize the opponent. You have your favorite players and have opinions on every decision the team makes. I and others like me will not be giving up on our faraway teams anytime soon. We will keep wearing our jerseys and sweatshirts — win or lose — and will still be those standout people not supporting the hometown team. We might be a little lonely on game day, but we love our teams. I will certainly be a Dolphins fan for life, even if they never win another game. Hometown fans are great fans, but don’t forget to give us credit too. It is not always easy to support a team so far away, but we sure won’t stop doing it.

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he Baltimore Ravens crushed my hopes and dreams this past Sunday. As a M iami Dolphins fan who has few playoff memories in a short lifetime, I was hopeful that this was our year to make the playoffs. A win over the Ravens would not only enable those hopes, but it would give me bragging rights over half my friends who are hometown Ravens fans. Alas, it was not meant to be. The Dolphins’ 10-point lead evaporated, and I was left heartbroken while the rest of this state rejoiced. Once again, I saw the hometown team beat my favorite team. Yet my loyalty to the Dolphins won’t waver, even after Sunday’s humiliation and lost bets. It might seem strange that a native of this state — and current resident — would support the Dolphins so strongly. I have never even been to Miami, but since age 5, I have developed a fanatical loyalty to the team. In fact, I have no connection of any sort to Miami; no one in my family even likes the Dolphins. Perhaps it is even more unusual when you consider that I have the same loyalty to the Terps, Baltimore Orioles and Washington Capitals. At age 4, I simply liked watching Dan Marino and the colors orange and aqua — and somehow that loyalty stuck. Though I might be one of the few Dolphins fans on the campus who is native to this state, plenty of people have favorite teams that are far from their hometowns. Often, people accuse these fans of being “bandwagon” fans or Matt Dragonette is a junior government criticize them for abandoning and politics major. He can be reached the hometown team. But there at mdragonettedbk@gmail.com.

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t seems as though the fight for transgender equality is still continuing across this country. Though many transgender individuals struggle to be recognized and respected at different college campuses, some universities are blazing the trails toward creating safe, equal environments for transgender students. The University of Minnesota, for instance, supports a housing policy that respects gender identity and provides accommodations for transgender students. Ohio State University pushes a similar policy, claiming that no student “whom they know to be transgendered [will] have to find a comfortable, welcoming assignment on their own.” When it comes to inclusiveness on college campuses, many women’s colleges — including Smith College, Wellesley College and Mount Holyoke College — have also decided to admit transgender students, and women’s colleges are viewed as more welcoming and progressive toward gender equality. But what about health care? According to CampusPride.org, only 59 colleges and universities across this nation offer both hormones and gender reassignment or confirmation surgeries for students in their health care programs. This university, thankfully, is on that list. Joining almost half of the other Big Ten schools, this university started offering the ability to initiate hormone replacement therapy and removing transgender exclusions

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I understand why some fear the police

s a young white woman, I have no reason to fear the police. I know any police officer would be willing to fulfill his duty and protect me. As I grew up, I was told that flirting with an officer could get me out of a speeding ticket. I’m seen as the victim, a girl who makes naive mistakes sometimes, but never a criminal. I’m living in a whiteprivileged world, and I know that. But I’m not proud or happy about the society we live in. This past summer, I was a counselor in New Haven, Connecticut. One Friday night, two of my female friends and I walked around town with some other counselors, who were all black men. While we were walking, one of them said, “Do you realize how weird it looks for us to be walking with three white girls?” This statement has stuck with me since the moment he said it. That question, which was supposed to be in good humor, was the first time I realized that I lived a different life than others. I’m skeptical of the laws and reforms our country can make to protect every person’s rights and liberties. The most important thing that we citizens can do is be knowl-

edgeable about racism and oppression and let people know that we will not tolerate it anymore. To be honest, I cannot justifiably empathize with these black men. I have never been given a suspicious eye just because of the color of my skin. But this does not mean I don’t care. It does not mean that I didn’t weep when I heard the decisions not to indict the officers who killed Michael Brown, Eric Garner and hundreds more each year. It does not mean that I don’t feel fear, because every day I fear that a friend of mine might be at “the wrong place at the wrong time.” But when is the right time? When is the right time to stand up for injustice and fight for our friends, our brothers, our sisters and our fellow citizens of the United States of America? The time is now. It has always been the right time. If you haven’t realized it by now, then it is time to wake up. This column is not about me, Brown or Garner, nor is it about my friends. It is about inequality and injustice and how we live in society in which both are present and active. Alli hies Melton is a freshman journalism major. She can be reached at allihiesmelton@yahoo.com.

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’tis the season (for TV Cliches) Original holiday movies from Hallmark Channel and ABC Family come packed with more tired tropes than your weird aunt has kooky reindeer sweaters

THE MISTLE-TONES, a 2012 ABC Family Original Movie, stars Tori Spelling and Tia Mowry as rival performers staging a Christmas sing-off. Like countless other entries into ABC Family’s holiday canon, the TV movie relies on well-worn tropes. photo courtesy of durangoherald.com By Zoë DiGiorgio @zozoembie Staff writer E v e r y y e a r, T V n e t w o r k s compete to draw in America’s already limited attention during the Christmas season. Networks such as ABC Family and Hallmark Channel are the champions of this type of seasonal programming; the former offers the “25 Days of Christmas,” while Hallmark’s “Countdown to Christmas” block started Oct. 31. While this marathon of Christmas content sounds pleasant on paper, the results are often mixed, as the networks insist on padding the lineup with holiday-themed specials of current TV series and original movies. The latter are generally awful, having been cobbled together with tropes and cliches to the point of being almost completely brainless and always painfully predictable. Here a re so m e o f t h e m os t bizarre trends in these holiday horrors.

Hot Single People with Kids If you want to make a movie sexy, you need attractive people. I f yo u wa n t to m a ke a s to r y heartwarming, you have to add some kids. If you want to make a Christmas love story, throw in kids (usually orphans) and their attractive non-parent legal guardians or caring babysitter, and you have a formula for romance. Hallmark Channel Christmas specials especially thrive off this plot design, and they are always fairly predictable in terms of the relationships between the adults and the kids; rather than having the attractive protagonist bear the heart-wrenching burdens of a widow or divorcee, often the stories will feature relatively chaste

aunts, uncles or family friends watching over their adorable, precocious, often orphaned nieces and nephews while falling in love with Mr./Ms. Right (who is totally great with kids, by the way). That’s how you know they’re marriage material, and there will probably be an engagement before the end of the movie.

dragged into it. For those of you who don’t know, churches often celebrate Christmas by having children reenact the first Christmas, complete with angels, a manger, shepherds, a doll-stand in for the baby Jesus and usually some sort of musical component. Thankfully, I only had to suffer being in one of these as a child, but I have to relive the trauma annually thanks to corny Christmas movies.

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I’M NOT SURE HOW MANY MONARCHIES ARE STILL IN EXISTENCE TODAY, BUT IT APPEARS THAT THEIR BIGGEST CURRENT-DAY PROBLEMS ARE GETTING THEIR HANDSOME PRINCES AND PRINCESSES MATCHED UP WITH PLUCKY YOUNG AMERICANS.

The appearance of Santa Claus in a film always creates new problems to rectify regarding the existence of this flabby magical being within the fabric of reality. The one trope that appears in almost every Christmas movie is how people are starting to lose belief in Santa, which of course gets Santa’s feelings (and magic) down. No matter how many movies this phenomenon appears in, it never ceases to confuse me how even though Santa exists and leaves presents every year, people still don’t believe in him. It’s a huge plot point for so many movies to this day. On top of that, some movies about Santa will work their way out of mentioning the Christian angle to the holiday season. It’s certainly not necessary, as not everyone who celebrates Christmas believes in Jesus, either, but it is glaringly obvious that some movies feel as though one magical being is enough for one film. Dec. 25 becomes a celebration of the arrival of Santa for reasons no one can quite explain, and everyone just goes along with a large man breaking into their house every year to spread consumerism.

Life-Changing Christmas Pageants

With nothing to really drive the tension in some of these films, these movies often use remarkably significant pageants (both religious and secular) to build drama and maybe provide an outlet for some character growth. In some cases, the child is even the warden of an attractive single parent (see above) who finds his/ her confidence after learning to sing in the pageant. Other times, adults will find the true meaning of Christmas in directing a bunch of unruly misfits in tree costumes over two hours of TV and some commercial breaks. I never got anything like that out of Christmas pageants, except an overwhelming desire never to be in a pageant again.

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This is the main uniting trope of many original holiday movies; maybe I’m too young to truly appreciate the pressure 20-some-

things go through around the holiday season in terms of visiting family, but there are always desperate single young adults in these movies looking to satisfy curious family members with a fiance, fake or real, to bring home to mom and dad. It’s absolutely perplexing the lengths grown adults will go to not be alone on Dec. 25. ABC Family’s Holiday In Handcuffs even has Melissa Joan Hart kidnapping Mario Lopez in a lastminute bid to replace her ex. It’s played for laughs in this movie, but in others, it is a deadly serious problem just how single some of these attractive people are, and the whole plot of the movie is not about finding fulfillment in their lives or in themselves; it’s making sure grandma gets to see her beloved grandchild with another attractive person for once.

A very special episode The best holiday and winter-themed episodes from childhood favorites “Xtreme Xmas” — Lizzie McGuire

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I don’t understand why Christm a s m ov i e s fe e l t h e n e e d to turn into The Princess Diaries, but there is a bevy of Christmas specials based around the idea of royalty falling in love with kindhearted peasants around the holiday season. Above all other Christmas specials, I am especially baffled by these vapid, Disney-esque tales; I’m not sure how many monarchies are still in existence today, but it appears that their biggest current-day problems are getting their handsome princes and princesses matched up with plucky young Americans. T h e re i s a l m os t n o p o l i t i cal drama to pad these movies; they are pure fluff, full of castles and snowfalls and all the sort of things you’d expect from a 9-year-old’s Christmas fantasy.

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From PAGE 8 Statistics add substance to Layman’s claim that he’s been more inclined to drive to the hoop as he’s matured. As a freshman, he took less than one free-throw attempt per game, and he averaged 2.78 shots a contest from the charity stripe in his sophomore year. This season, Layman’s taken 6.78 free throws per game through the Terps’ 8-1 start. He’s also shooting more shots inside the arc now. More than half of Layman’s field-goal attempts over the past two seasons were 3-pointers. But this year, long balls make up only 35.1 percent of Layman’s total shots from the field. Layman’s adjusted approach was on particular display in the final 20 minutes against the Eagles as he sliced into the lane time and again en route to scoring 18 secondhalf points. “It’s just having that more aggressive mentality,” said Layman, who’s shooting 53.2 percent from the floor this season after shooting 40.1 percent in 2013-14. A position switch has accompanied Layman’s shift in playing style. With senior forward Evan Smotrycz still sidelined due to an ankle injury, coach Mark Turgeon has played Layman at power forward rather than small forward for much of the season. That means Layman is often matched up with larger and slower defenders. “It’s a lot easier when Jake’s out there at [power forward], just because he’s a mismatch,” forward Damonte Dodd said. Layman’s started at small forward four times this season and at power forward five times. In an upset win

Jake Layman attempted per game as a freshman

2.78 foul shots Jake Layman attempted per game as a sophomore

6.78 foul shots Jake Layman has attempted per game this season

FORWARD JAKE LAYMAN releases a jump shot from behind the arc during the Terps’ win over Winthrop on Saturday. The junior scored 21 points. alexander jonesi/the diamondback ove r t h e n - N o . 1 3 I owa State on Nov. 25, the Terps played with Layman at small forward, which allowed the team to use extra length on the court and disrupt the Cyclones’ typically potent offense. Saturday, though, the Terps started a bigger lineup and failed to score for the game’s first four minutes. So Turgeon moved Layman to power forward, and things started rolling. “It’s going to be a part of what we do all year with him,” Turgeon said. “It’s great to have a Jake Layman who can play multiple positions and gives me a chance

Forward Tierney Pfirman looks for a teammate in the Terps’ win over Towson on Sunday. The Terps have two games left before they begin Big Ten play. marquise mckine/the diamondback

FAST From PAGE 8 the ball up, the guards were in a position to find a teammate streaking along the wings. “ Yo u ge t u p t h e co u r t faster with a pass than a

dribble,” Brown said. “Once we all figured that out, we just kept running on our transition game and got easy layups.” While the Terps were credited with 12 fast-break points, they frequently found highquality looks by moving the

to do things like that.” Layman’s play has rubbed off on one of his most eager understudies. Freshman guard Jared Nickens said he’s watched Layman closely since arriving on the campus in June because the two are similar players. Like Layman, Nickens is a lanky player whom pundits co n s i d e r to b e a p o te n t long-range shooter. But as the rookie watches the veteran morph into a more dynamic threat, he’s itching to follow suit. “I’ve added a two-dribble pull-up and floater and as my years here progress, I want to have the game that he kind of

ball up the floor quickly. Towson coach Niki Reid Geckeler said the Terps’ transition offense was one of the main factors why her squad couldn’t keep the game close after the opening five minutes. “I didn’t think we did a good job of stopping the ball and not allowing them to have those easy baskets,” Geckeler said. The Terps will look to continue their improved fastbreak play with just two games remaining before they open Big Ten competition Dec. 29 against Ohio State. Fre s e m i g h t n o t h ave Thomas to lead her squad down the floor anymore, but the 13th-year coach has praised the Terps’ athleticism, and she expects their transition game to be an integral part of their success moving forward. “We like to play like this,” Frese said. “It’s a fun style.” rbaillargeondbk@gmail.com

has,” Nickens said, “and be able to get to the basket.” Nickens, who scored 12 points in the victory over Winthrop, is one of four freshmen playing significant minutes for the Terps this year. The team’s youth, Turgeon said, makes Layman’s role more important than it has been in past years. S m o t r yc z h a s p l a ye d two games all season, and Turgeon isn’t sure when he’ll be back in the lineup. Meanwhile, Dez Wells, the Terps’ leading scorer the past two seasons, will be out about two more weeks while recovering from a broken bone in his right wrist. That leaves Layman as the only healthy player still with the team who started more than two games for the Terps last season — and someone the group will lean on for production behind the arc and inside the paint. “ We s t i c k w i t h h i m ,” Turgeon said. “He’s got to play. We need him. He’s the one guy on that roster that played significant minutes last year. … He’s a guy we got to rely on quite a bit.” akasinitzdbk@gmail.com

popper From PAGE 8 from freshman Jared Nickens and one from freshman Dion Wiley. The fifth set provided forward Jake Layman with an open layup that went halfway down before rimming out. It’s one thing to execute play calls out of timeouts; it’s an entirely different one to make the shot. The Terps di d b o th with po ise and consistency Saturday, and Turgeon voiced his approval after the game. “I brag about the guys,” the fourth-year coach said. “ T h e y we r e g o o d a f te r timeouts today, they were concentrating.” It’s the type of focus that was often absent last year, when the team featured a number of players — some of who transferred — seemingly unwilling to commit to certain roles. Everyone wanted to put the ball through the hoop; no one wanted to set the pick that freed up an open shot. This season’s squad is different. The Terps’ trust and belief in one another — and more importantly in their coach — is evident in their reliability out of timeouts despite the absence of two starters and the presence of significant youth and inexperience. It goes both ways, too, as Turgeon has placed uncompromising faith in his freshmen. The Terps got off to a slow start against the Eagles on Saturday and fell into an early 5-0 hole before Turgeon called a 30-second timeout to regroup less than five minutes into the contest. Nickens and Wiley entered the game after the break. And despite neither player having touched the floor, Turgeon called Nickens’ number on a designed play, bringing the

157-pound lou mascola pins a George Mason opponent Nov. 9. Mascola beat a longtime friend, Pittsburgh’s Ronnie Garbinsky, on Friday. marquise mckine/the diamondback

mascola From PAGE 8 The East Hanover, New Jersey, native said his ability to shut down his opponent’s upper-body attacks gave him an advantage. Because Garbinsky has a background in GrecoRoman wrestling, which prohibits holds below the waist, Mascola made an effort to keep the bout on the mat. His tactics proved successful as he notched the Terps’ third win of the dual and gave his team the advantage entering intermission. “He really wrestled a solid

match,” 133-pound Geoffrey Alexander said. “He wasn’t too conservative and he wasn’t too aggressive. He was right at that midpoint where he just wrestled his match and his style, so I [was] real proud of him and really happy with how he went about it.” Had Mascola wrestled in team competition a year ago, he might have competed against Garbinsky at the ACC championships this past March. Instead, Garbinsky grappled with one of Mascola’s tea m m a te s, 1 5 7 - p o u n d Danny Orem. After falling in the opening match to No. 2 Tommy Gantt of N.C. State,

coach mark turgeon motions toward the court during a win over Central Connecticut State on Nov. 17. alexander jonesi/the diamondback freshman off two staggered screens in the half court for a wide open 3-pointer. He drained it to end the sloppy scoreless drought, and the Terps went on to score 79 more points over the final 35 minutes to secure their eighth victory. “We just provide sparks,” Nickens said. Since media day Oct. 21, Turgeon has gushed about how much he “loves” coaching this team. His players have pride on defense. They share the ball on offense. They communicate. They know their roles and embrace them. And it’s resulted in a brand of basketball that produces victories and is enjoyable to watch. The Terps’ 8-1 start speaks for itself. But more significantly, Turgeon is proving his coaching ability. Skeptics in the past have questioned the former Kansas standout’s in-game competence and labeled him a better recruiter than schematic mind. This season, with attentive players, Turgeon is laying those doubts to rest. dpopperdbk@gmail.com

Orem’s conference championship hopes came to a halt in his 20-11 loss to Garbinsky. “It was kind of good for Lou to get over that hump,” McCoy said. “That kid beat our starter last year at the ACC tournament by major decision, so the kid’s pretty good, [and] Lou went out there and had to battle, but he really dominated the kid.” After the match, Mascola said he and Garbinsky wished each other luck with the rest of the season. With the Terps’ move to the Big Ten, the only opportunity for a rematch would be at the NCAA championships. Even if Mascola doesn’t receive the chance to mount a win streak against his childhood rival, Alexander believes he gained some confidence. “The first thing I did when he came off the mat was congratulate him,” Alexander said. “I told him that’s how he needs to wrestle. That’s how he should wrestle.” kstackpoledbk@gmail.com

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

A WHOLE NEW DYNAMIC

Forward JAke Layman drives through the Winthrop defense in Saturday’s victory over the Eagles at Xfinity Center. Layman finished the game shooting 11 of 14 from the free-throw line, which marked career highs in makes and attempts. alexander jonesi/the diamondback

Layman’s newfound aggressiveness plays key role in win over Winthrop, sets example for younger teammates By Aaron Kasinitz @AaronKazreports Senior staff writer Jake Layman backpedaled across midcourt at Xfinity Center on Saturday holding his right arm in a shooting-form pose, his head nodding in approval and his tongue sticking out of his mouth. The Terrapins men’s basketball forward had just extended his team’s lead over Winthrop to 20 points with just 18 seconds remaining in the contest by doing what he’s been known to do since arriving in College Park three seasons ago: nailing a jump shot. Layman’s 3-pointer from the top of the key sealed an 82-62 win over the Eagles. But the junior’s most significant offen-

sive contributions Saturday came through an aspect of his game he hadn’t excelled in during previous campaigns. Rather than settle for jump shots during the second half, the 6-foot-9 Massachusetts native relentlessly attacked the rim. He often blew by Winthrop defenders and forced interior players to foul him near the basket. Layman finished the game making 11 of his career-high 14 free-throw attempts and led the Terps with 21 points. “Before I kind of had that mindset of ‘Just be a shooter and stay behind the [three-point line],’ and I didn’t get inside the paint at all,” Layman said. “Now it’s me just growing as a player.” See LAYMAN, Page 7

For first time since arriving in College Park, Turgeon proves in-game expertise thanks to coachable players DANIEL POPPER

Men’s basketball columnist In the summers after my first two years at this university, I worked as a baseball counselor at a camp in Maine. Every day, I taught youngsters the fundamentals of America’s pastime: keep your eye on the ball when you swing; step and point before you throw; get your glove on the dirt when fielding grounders — the basics. The practices usually lasted 50 minutes. But by the end of those short periods, I would often see dramatic improvement from the kids. One camper who couldn’t even touch a pitch with a bat at the beginning was hitting

line drives by the end. Whether those outcomes derived from my coaching is a point of debate; however, the satisfaction I received from watching the kids develop was substantial. Take my feeling and multiply it by 100. That’s the fulfillment Terrapins men’s basketball coach Mark Turgeon has found this season with a young group of players who, above all else, listen. Saturday’s victory over Winthrop was a perfect example. Six times, the Terps inbounded the ball out of a timeout. Turgeon called a set play in five of those instances. Four of them resulted in made 3-pointers, including two See POPPER, Page 7

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

WRESTLING

Fast pace propels Terps past Tigers

Finally, Mascola beats old friend

Frese hopes to maintain success in transition moving into Big Ten play

Terps 157-pound earns satisfying win over Pittsburgh’s Garbinsky

By Ryan Baillargeon @RyanBaillargeon Staff writer

By Kyle Stackpole @kylefstackpole Staff writer

With less than 13 minutes remaining in the first half of the Terrapins women’s basketball contest Sunday, forward Tierney Pfirman pulled down a rebound and immediately turned her head up the court in search of a teammate. Pfirman hit guard Kristen Confroy in stride, and the freshman took one dribble at half court before sending another long pass ahead. Center Brionna Jones, who had blocked Towson’s shot at the other end, grabbed Confroy’s chest pass and laid the ball in for an easy two points. The No. 14 Terps continued to display similarly smooth transition offense through the rest of an 81-52 win over Towson at Xfinity Center. “It’s exciting because that’s something that we’ve spent the last two days focusing on,” coach Brenda Frese said. “It’s who we are as a team.” Last season, the Terps relied heavily on former three-time All-American forward Alyssa

Thomas to shoulder the ballhandling duties as Frese’s squad moved into the offensive end. Thomas also pulled down the most rebounds in program history, so she would often be the one to come down with the ball after an opponent’s possession. And Thomas’ rare combination of size and ball-handling skills allowed her to dominate possession of the ball and find success in the open floor. “You want to go to your strengths, and obviously Alyssa’s was power game,” Frese said. “You couldn’t stop her in transition going down the court.” But this season, the Terps have been forced to adjust to running their fast-break offense without Thomas at the helm. While they found some success in the first few games of the season, sloppy passing has cost the Terps a chance to capitalize on that aspect of their game in recent matchups. Against the T igers, t h o u g h , t h e t ra n s i t i o n game thrived behind strong

guard Lexie Brown dribbles down the floor in the Terps’ victory over Towson on Sunday. The Terps finished with 12 fast-break points in their victory. marquise mckine/the diamondback passing from the forwards after defensive rebounds. “Our bigs are doing a great job with long outlets,” Frese said. “We got back to that today.” The Terps point guards —

Lexie Brown, Brene Moseley, Chloe Pavlech and Confroy — usually spotted up around midcourt for an outlet pass. And when the forwards sent See fast, Page 7

Coach Kerry McCoy gave the Terrapins wrestling team a scouting report before its dual with No. 11 Pittsburgh on Friday night, but 157pound Lou Mascola already knew what to expect from his opponent. Mascola recalls first wrestling Ronnie Garbinsky, the Panthers’ starter at 157 pounds, in a national competition when he was about 10 years old. The two continued to compete against each other in college, and the bouts always ended with the same result. “I was like 0-5 or 0-6 against him in my career,” Mascola said. But Friday, Garbinsky looked on as the referee raised Mascola’s arm after the match. Pittsburgh went on to win the dual, 26-9, but Mascola left Fitzgerald Field House in Pittsburgh with his first career win against his longtime friend. “I’m a different wrestler today than I was in the past,”

“I’M A DIFFERENT WRESTLER TODAY THAN I WAS IN THE PAST. ... I WENT OUT THERE EXPECTING TO WIN — REALLY JUST TO DOMINATE — AND TO SCORE A LOT OF POINTS.” LOU MASCOLA

Terrapins 157-pound wrestler Mascola said Monday. “I went out there expecting to win — really just to dominate — and to score a lot of points.” Mascola hadn’t wrestled Garbinsky since the two grapplers met in the quarterfinals of the F&M Open this past January. Mascola, who was serving a redshirt year, allowed Garbinsky to score 12 points and suffered a loss by major decision. Garbinsky won his next two matches to claim the title. In Friday’s match, however, Mascola surrendered two points en route to his second win of the season. See mascola, Page 7