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Undocumented position altered after pushback Current coordinator still plans to leave in June For years, the University of Maryland had an employee dedicated to h e l p i n g s t u d e n ts wh o are undocumented immigrants, but it was a temporary position that, each year, students had to fight to keep alive.

In February, the university announced the employee’s position would be expanded to serve first-generation and transfer students, too. The undocumented student coordinator, Laura Bohorquez Garcia, rejected the new contract.

Now, the position has changed yet again.

There will be a “Program Coordinator for Immigrant and Undocumented Student L i fe ,” i n a d d i t i o n to a co o rd i n a to r fo r first-generation and off-campus students, said Marsha Guenzler-Stevens, the Stamp Student Union director.

The new positions will be permanently funded and housed under the student engagement team of Stamp.

The Supreme Court’s decision on the legality of the Deferred Action for Childhood by

Amanda Hernández @amandavhernan Staff writer

Students decry funding cuts Both the SGA and RHA voted to condemn administration’s move Student groups expressed frustration this week with the university’s d e c i s i o n to pull millions of dollars from departmental by

AmandaHernández, KanikaMehra& CarmenMolina Acosta @thedbk Staff writers

reserves in order to fund campus “strategic initiatives,” condemning the moves as a misuse of student fees.

The University of Maryland Student Government Association and Residence Hall Association both overwhelmingly passed legislation last week decrying

the move, and urged the administration to reconsider in the future.

“This isn’t spare cash lying around, this wasn’t things that were inconsequential,” SGA president Ireland Lesley told the body before their vote. “This is our opportunity to stand up and say, this isn’t fair.”

The university provost and vice president of administration and finance notified department

heads and deans of the move last year, after the Maryland General Assembly voted to reduce the University System of Maryland’s budget by $10 million — leading to $3.9 million in budget cuts for this university, according to SGA and RHA resolutions.

By taking five percent of all campus fund balances and directing them toward an See funding, p. 8

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Iranian students struggle with background checks Several say political tensions have made it harder to land a job When Anousheh Gholami received an internship offer from Nokia Bell Labs in January, she stopped looking for other positions.

But later that month, Gholami, an Iranian doctoral student at the University of Maryland, heard back from the company. Her offer had been rescinded.

“It has to do with government restrictions,” Gholami, who studies electrical engineering, recalled the Nokia Bell Labs’ human resources department telling her over the phone. “It is out of our hands.”

The Diamondback talked to several Iranian international students at this university who have lost out on job opportunities in the era of President Donald Trump’s travel ban, and heightened tensions between the U.S. and Iran. Some have undergone background checks so lengthy, they’ve been forced to miss chances for summer internships or take on less lucrative positions.

Whether they’re looking for full-time jobs or internships, Iranian students soon to graduate from this university are worried they might not be able to stay in the U.S. if they can’t find companies to sponsor them.

Iran was one of the first countries to face travel restrictions under the Trump administration’s travel ban in 2017, which originally ordered limits on travel by nationals — and refugees — from seven countries.

The ban faced a number of legal hurdles, but, in June 2018, the Supreme Court upheld its third version, which excluded some countries that had appeared in the original executive order.

Meanwhile, the executive order has prevented Gholami and others’ families from visiting the United States. And when the United States pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal in 2018, it issued an embargo that restricted Iranian and American banks from working with one another. This prevented Iranian students from receiving money from their families, leaving them with very few options that allow them to stay in the United States.

As for Gholami, Nokia Bell Labs said in a statement that it does not discriminate in its hiring process based on citizenship or national origin.

“Nokia is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion,” read a statement from a spokesperson for Nokia Bell Labs. “We adhere to all U.S. laws in our hiring practices.”

Turning away Iranian prospective employees isn’t legally mandated under the travel ban or as a result of sanctions against Iran. Nancy Gallagher, a public

Seori Stephens, a junior environmental science and public policy major, plans to study abroad in Japan starting in April. But coronavirus may put that in jeopardy. eric harkleroad/the diamondback

“it really all just crumbled apart” Amid the coronavirus outbreak, sudden study abroad cancellations have left students in limbo

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Lyna Bentahar @lynabentahar Staff writer

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By Eric Neugeboren | @eric_neugeboren | Staff writer Lily Nguyen had dreamed of studying abroad since middle school.

And when she came to the University of Maryland, she knew where she wanted to go: South Korea.

She was enthralled with the country’s culture, and since her sophomore year, she looked forward to exploring it and practicing its language. She even took a year and a half of Korean classes at this university.

But though Nguyen — who arrived in Korea Feb. 21 — had anticipated studying at Yonsei University for more than four months, she was only able to remain in South Korea for four days.

Last week, this university announced it would immediately suspend South Korean study abroad

programs due to the spread of novel coronavirus. Those in Italy and China were also ordered to return to the U.S., and all spring break and summer study abroad programs were canceled.

“Students in these programs will be receiving guidance immediately, directly from the Education Abroad office, regarding return to the U.S. and possible online study options,” read a campus-wide email about Italy study abroad trips. “As most students will be completing their work online, we are requesting that they return to their homes away from campus and follow CDC guidelines to self-quarantine for 14 days and seek medical support and advice as needed.”

Students who have had to cut

their trips short say the semester ahead is filled with uncertainty.

While circumstances differ for each program, some students missed the opportunity to register for oncampus classes, leaving their college careers in flux.

And the unexpected blow has prompted disappointment.

“My mom, she never studied abroad, and she always regretted it. So she told me, ‘No matter what, when you’re in college, you’re going to study abroad. I will let this happen for you,’” Nguyen said. “And then, as soon as I get there, I have to come back.”

At a University Senate meeting Tuesday, university President Wallace Loh said 136 students have been brought back to the U.S. as a result of the virus.

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Univ. appoints interim engineering dean Starting in March, professor Robert Briber will lead the college in place of Darryll Pines, who will take over as university president by

The Uni-

will retire this June after a

as dean March 31, and Briber a 250 percent jump in en-

CarmenMolinaAcosta ve rs i t y o f decadein office. He initially will take over the next day, rollment over his tenure, the @carmenmolina_a Maryland said he’d leave the university Rankin’s email said. email read.

Senior staff writer appointed at the end of last academic “Dean Pines has created a “Dr. Briber brings excepprofessor Robert Briber as interim dean of the engineering school Thursday, provost Mary Ann Rankin announced in an email to college staff, faculty and students.

Briber, the engineering sc h o o l ’s c u r re n t a sso c i ate dean for research, will replace dean Darryll Pines, who is becoming university president. Current University President Wallace Loh

year, but later moved that date back.

Pines has been with the school since 1995, excluding a leave of absence to work at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency from 2003 to 2006. He’s served as dean since 2009, and will start as university president July 1, the University System of Maryland announced less than a month ago.

Pines will leave his position

legacy of growth and achievement at the Clark School for which we are deeply grateful,” Rankin wrote.

Briber has served as associate dean for research for five years, after 12 years as chair of the materials science and engineering department. In both roles, research expenditures for the college and department respectively increased dramatically, Rankin wrote.

The department also saw

tional administrative experience to his new role as Interim Dean of the Clark School,” Rankin wrote. “Please join me in congratulating Dr. Briber on his new position, thanking him for his willingness to take on this new role, and offering him your support and assistance as he generously assumes these new administrative responsibilities.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

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How to survive the news cycle

CATERINA IERONIMO @cate_ieronimo Columnist

Every day of this week, I’ve woken up to Facebook news alerts and messages from friends I worked with during my time as an emergency responder to refugee landings on the Greek island of Lesbos. I saw messages warning of roving gangs of locals looking to beat up nonGreeks, and about police attacks on locals protesting detention centers. I read that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan just opened Turkey’s borders for refugees headed to Europe in response to a lack of support for Turkey’s offensive in Syria. My Italian family’s WhatsApp group, which usually is full of memes and bizarre videos, became flooded with my relatives panicking about the overnight 50 percent spike in coronavirus cases in Italy.

Needless to say, all of the apocalyptic news this week is driving me insane. Usually, the reaction to something — or someone — that drives you insane is putting as much distance as possible between yourself and the object of your ire. The only problem is that we need to stay informed about important issues. In order to be a functioning human being in the internet age, we have to keep up with the constant barrage of information coming at us from all directions, even if sometimes it all just gets to be too much. With that in mind, it’s crucial to build personal strategies for healthy media consumption.

The first thing to realize about

the news we consume is that, inevitably, some news outlets will dramatize their headlines and stories in order to get clicks.

This doesn’t have to be limited to obvious clickbait on sketchy sites; even mainstream news outlets are guilty of engineering headlines to catch readers’ morbid curiosity and entice them into reading. The popularity of social media means that more news outlets rely on social media audiences, and they accordingly make their headlines bite-sized and dramatic. Then, BAM! Before you know it, you’ve spent three hours on Twitter, and you feel like you’ve just mentally waded through sludge.

While we can’t change what headlines mainstream news deems trendy, we can look out for dramatized headlines, and we can read multiple reports of the same event in order to cut through some of the sensationalization. But what happens when the news really is devastating?

One of my favorite ways to combat the sinking feeling I get when I’ve spent hours reading bad news is to go outside. It’s easy to think the world is a terrible place, especially when we’re affected by constantly reading and watching reports about negative events. Anything that forces me to stop looking at my phone and be aware of the good around me helps alleviate the hopelessness that’s so easy to slip into when reading the news.

A National Institutes of Health study found that consumption of bad news has negative psychological effects, and that relaxation — rather than distraction

— is effective in combating negative psychological reactions to the news. Whatever you do after reading negative news, make sure it’s not merely a distraction, but an active attempt at progressive relaxation.

Another way to deal with the endless negativity of the news cycle is to just be aware of yourself and your needs. Understand that you may have biases toward more negative news that affect your consumption habits, and actively seek out positive stories to incorporate alongside the inevitable negative ones — they’re out there, I promise! If you need to speak to a friend or a professional, do it. There’s no shame in knowing your limits. If the news leaves you feeling powerless, consider volunteering or starting a project you’ve been putting off for a while.

These methods I’ve listed are neither exhaustive nor guaranteed to work for everyone. Sometimes everything just sucks, and we want to indulge in anger or sadness. It’s also impossible to completely stop being affected by something that’s become so ingrained in our daily habits and in the way we experience the world. However, if we can get to a point where our need for information doesn’t totally eclipse our need for mental health, then that’s already an excellent place to begin. The moment we stop putting these two needs in opposition to each other is the moment we can work toward improving our media consumption. ieronimocaterina@gmail.com

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Universities are failing their grad students SERENA SAUNDERS Imagine community that fosters an open, against a bill that would simply @sersaun1 going to a enlightened and productive allow students to unionize: As Columnist university environment.” he said, “collective bargaining that claims to value the free exchange of ideas and mutual respect, yet fires unionized graduate students when they strike for higher wages.

You don’t have to imagine that hypocrisy if you attend the University of California at Santa Cruz. Fifty-four graduate students who had been working as teaching assistants were sent “notice(s) of intent to dismiss” Friday, based on the grade strike that those students launched in December and the full strike that started in February. Organizer Melissa Cronin said that of the one-fifth are international students who could lose their visas.

The university said students are free to continue their coursework. Of course, that’s made difficult by the fact that they’ve lost the jobs which pay for their tuition and fees for the spring semester. “For a lot of those people, this is their only source of income. The combination of loss of income and staggering tuition is disastrous,” Cronin said.

And all this at a university that is “committed to promoting and protecting an environment that values and supports every person in an atmosphere of civility, honesty, cooperation, professionalism and fairness,” according to the school’s community principles. It’s union-busting at a place that declares itself a “participatory community.”

It jeopardizes the livelihoods of international students while asserting that it’s an “inclusive

It refuses to pay for a $1,412 monthly cost-of-living adjustment (to pay for housing in the uber-expensive California market) and proclaiming “respect for individual dignity and equitable access to resources.”

The disconnect between what UCSC does and says isn’t entirely unfamiliar to anyone who’s been following disputes between graduate students and the universities that employ them. Just last year, graduate students at the University of Chicago, which asks students to “dig deeper, push further, and ask bigger questions,” went on strike in June, hoping to get the university to simply recognize the union they voted to establish in 2017. Harvard graduate students went on strike in December at the university with a motto of “Veritas,” Latin for “truth.” This was in spite of the fact that Harvard avoided the reality that its students wanted better wages, health benefits and employment protections.

Graduate students here at the University of Maryland have lobbied legislators in Annapolis for the right to unionize for years, citing issues in the meet-and-confer system that already occurs at the individual, not collective, level. There’s currently no system for graduate students to work together and bargain for higher wages, better working conditions and more. To add insult to injury, the Graduate School dean testified

is inappropriate, unnecessary, and not in the overall interests of graduate students and graduate programs.” The bill doesn’t even create a union! So much for fearless ideas, huh?

The pretense at the core of all this isn’t specific to institutions, but to the system as a whole.

Students are supposed to come out of universities with skills and knowledge that would help them succeed beyond higher education. The end result is supposed to make critical-thinking, problem-solving, decision-making adults who are able to contribute to the world at large.

When the biggest actors across the system repeatedly fail to recognize the value of their students’ labor, they’re doing both themselves and their students a major disservice by not living up to the heart of higher education’s mission. When schools treat students with disrespect and attempts to intimidate them into submission in a system rife with unequal power dynamics, it only teaches them that the world beyond higher education will do the same.

Graduate students, like the ones at UCSC, Chicago, Harvard and this university, already recognize that the universities they attend are microcosms where real change can and should happen — not places of empty promises and dishonesty. Higher education as a whole must do the same. serena@sersaun.com

Sanders isn’t ‘the end of liberalism’ MAX FOLEY-KEENE @MaxFoleyKeene Columnist

I thought I was out of the woods. For a good two years, I would work myself into a tizzy at the release of another stupid New York Times column from Tom Freidman or Bret Stephens or David Brooks. But in recent months, I thought I had tamed my fury. When an insipid column from Stephens praising Michael Bloomberg came across my timeline, I would chuckle serenely and smile.

But a recent Brooks column — arguing that Bernie Sanders is “the end of liberalism” — broke me. This thing is guilty of such conceptual unclarity, such a lack of fluency in political theory, that I couldn’t restrain myself. I got mad online.

The column’s basic argument is that Sanders is not a liberal; he’s a populist. Contrasting liberalism with populism doesn’t make a ton of sense. Liberalism is a political ideology, a theory of the good. It’s a diverse tradition, but it usually refers to a belief in the equal moral standing of persons, individual rights and personal selfdetermination. On the other hand, populism is a strategic political idiom, a way of talking about politics in which there’s an “us” and a “them.”

Populism can be harnessed for liberal or illiberal ends, to expand rights or to restrict them.

But for Brooks, populism and liberalism are essentially two different political vibes. The liberalism vibe is being calm, pragmatic and nice.

He wrote that “liberalism celebrates certain values: reasonableness, conversation, compassion, tolerance, intellectual humility and optimism.” Populism represents the opposite vibe: “rage, bitter and relentless polarization, a demand for ideological purity among your friends and incessant hatred for your supposed foes.” The populist vibe is embodied by Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, while the liberal vibe is embodied by figures like David Brooks.

Viewing liberalism as a kind of moderate temperament is quite popular among well-heeled pundits. It doesn’t make much sense, though.

People have had moderate temperaments for eons; liberalism is only a few hundred years old.

What’s more, liberalism is frequently not moderate or reasoned or humble — the first great liberal revolution, the French Revolution, was

waged with mob violence and the guillotine.

It’s far more coherent to frame liberalism as a political ideology. And on that level, Sanders is clearly a liberal. He has long supported expanding political rights, and the equal standing of persons is central to his worldview. Indeed, the vast majority of the contemporary secular left falls under the big tent of philosophical liberalism.

Internet socialists will protest this characterization: We’re not liberals, we’re leftists. But in internet discourse, “liberal” is used to mean center-left or neoliberal, while “leftist” means a social democracy or democratic socialism that is entirely consistent with, and often based on the realization of, liberal principles. As the sharp, young political theorist Daniel Luban wrote, “Neither of these positions sits outside the boundaries of liberalism, broadly construed, and most of the positions currently marked as leftist have been supported in other times and places by those we’d describe as liberals.”

Jacobin is by far the biggest socialist magazine in the United States. And its justification for its socialist politics is distinctly liberal. For many Jacobin contributors, socialism is required for the real-world satisfaction of liberal values like self-determination. For these liberal socialists, the hierarchies of contemporary capitalism make it impossible for working people to freely pursue their projects. Only a radically democratic and egalitarian economy has a chance at achieving authentic liberalism. As Jacobin associate editor Shawn Gude once wrote, “Socialists took the Enlightenment ideals of autonomy and self-determination to their logical conclusion and asked, if all humans are equal, what gives one the right to arbitrarily rule over another?

Why should capital be king?”

Liberalism casts a long shadow. The challenge to liberalism from the left consists of some rogue Stalinists and a few religious socialists — and certainly doesn’t include Bernie Sanders. Luban is right to argue that the primary alternative to big-tent liberalism comes from the right, in the form of a nationalist, authoritarian capitalism.

If Brooks really fears for liberalism’s future, maybe he should worry about that. maxfkcap2016@gmail.com

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Policy makes the U.S. vulnerable to coronavirus LIYANGA DE SILVA As we all prepare for the not having coverage. In 2018, 27.5 million people @liyangads possibility of a coronavi- in the U.S. did not have health insurance at any Columnist rus outbreak in Maryland, point in the year. This means that low-income it’s important that we hold our government responsible for the policies and institutions that are facilitating the virus’s quick spread. We should all be taking precautions, such as frequently washing our hands or avoiding touching our faces and mouths, but let’s take a look at the things that are aiding the spread of coronavirus that are out of our control.

1. There’s a lack of paid sick leave across the U.S. As many people have already pointed out, paid sick leave allows sick employees to stay home and not further spread the virus at work.

Hourly employees are unlikely to have paid sick leave, and those hourly positions are often in industries such as food service. Perhaps this epidemic will finally give Congress the push it needs to pass the Family Act, which would “guarantee up to 12 weeks of leave, at 66% of pay, for those with serious illnesses.”

2. The federal minimum wage is $7.25.

That’s to say, if you worked for 60 minutes, the national minimum wage could not buy you a burrito at Chipotle. Think about that. In some states, the minimum wage is even lower (like Wyoming, with a measly $5.15 per hour) or they don’t have a minimum at all. Workers are entitled to the higher of the two (state or federal) minimums, but that doesn’t mean they are always actually paid what they’re owed.

With such low wages, some people inevitably live paycheck to paycheck, meaning they have little to no savings available for illness or emergency — which leads back to coming to work when you’re sick because you don’t have savings or paid time off! Look at that, it’s a tidy little cycle.

3. Our health care system is terrible. It’s inaccessible, inefficient and puts profits over patients. The Affordable Care Act of 2010, which implemented an individual mandate requiring citizens to have a basic level of health care coverage, is no longer assessing federal penalties for

communities, undocumented immigrants, and other populations — who are less likely to have health insurance because of poor government policy and our health insurance industry — are also less likely to get treatment if they catch the virus. Oh, and these are the same communities who are affected most by our abysmal minimum wage and lack of paid sick leave.

4. Finally, let’s talk about poor urban centers, which are also populated by these communities. We’ll use Baltimore as an example — affordable housing in Baltimore is in serious demand. In November of 2019, the Housing Authority of Baltimore City had a waitlist of 14,000 people who hoped to secure a spot in the city’s publicly financed housing. When people can’t find housing that fits their budgets, they can resort to living in poor conditions, such as in their cars or on the streets. And living without running water or heating would only worsen the symptoms of any virus. How can you wash your hands frequently to prevent catching coronavirus if you live in your car? If you do contract the virus, how can you ensure that the symptoms don’t get worse if you don’t have heating or somewhere comfortable to quarantine and recover?

What I’m getting at is this: We have all these systems and policies that place the worst conditions on specific communities of people.

These compounding variables give at-risk populations, through no fault of their own, a higher chance of contracting and spreading the virus unintentionally. It’s fine to say wash your hands, stay home and self-quarantine when you’re sick, or make sure surfaces are clean, but it’s a privilege to be able to do so.

These are not the real issues. It’s coronavirus today, but this cycle of epidemics will not stop until we understand how these structures are all connected and make the effort to fix them. liyanga.a.ds@gmail.com

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“You don’t have to fit in with the bros” Aiming to build community for women in computer science, two students started a Girls Who Code club on campus

By Chloe Goldberg | @ChloeGoldberg10 | Staff writer Arushi Patel, a sophomore computer science major who helped start a Girls Who Code chapter on campus, stands in the Iribe Center’s makerspace. joe ryan/the diamondback There were times when Arushi Patel and Kelly Ngo wo n d e re d i f co m p u te r science was for them. It happened when Patel counted the number of women in her 200person lecture hall, and came up with 30. It happened when Ngo went into a job interview, and was asked whether she had a boyfriend.

They wanted to build a community where they could talk about their experiences as women in a male-dominated STEM field. So, last semester, Ngo and Patel started a Girls Who Code club on campus to create that community. “‘You don’t have to fit in with the bros’ — That’s our motto,” Patel said. “You should want to be your most true, authentic self, and there is a place for you.”

The club is a branch of Girls Who Code, a national organization dedicated to closing the gender gap in technology fields. It offers programs such as “College Loops” — on-campus organizations for female computer science

students like the one Ngo and Patel began. Nationwide, College Loop chapters produced 30,000 alumni in 2019, according to the Girls Who Code website.

This university’s chapter held its first meeting last Wednesday after spending last semester coordinating with the organization’s headquarters. As membership grows, the club will meet once every two weeks, hosting TEDtalk inspired lectures, movie nights, coding challenges and study sessions, Patel said. The goal is to create an informal “sisterhood” in this university’s computer science program, Ngo said.

“People have said, why have another girls club? Like, why was the Constitution created by all men?” Ngo asked.

“We’re already disadvantaged in life, because of bias, stereotypes and whatnot, but we’re fighting against that, step by step.”

Though Ngo is majoring in public health science, rather than computer science, she’s

always been interested in the field. She’s taken a few coding classes at this university for her astrophysics minor.

Before finding a group of female friends last year, Patel said she often felt out of place in her computer science classes. She felt like her accomplishments were downplayed by her male peers — something that affected how much she believed in herself, which she said translated into subpar grades.

With Girls Who Code, Patel wants to ensure that computer science students, like herself, never feel like outsiders in their own major.

“We want to create a space where it’s okay to talk about things, like not doing well in your classes, someone maybe bullying you or picking on you for your gender ... things that make you separate or other,” she said. “It’s not that uncommon for a lot of people to share those emotions. It’s just that we’ve been conditioned to not complain about it.”

Of the 3,188 undergraduates

who were enrolled in the computer science department in the fall as full- or part-time students, 19.7 percent were women, according to this university’s Institutional Research, Planning and Assessment office. It’s a disparity that follows a national trend. In 2017, less than 15,000 women graduated with computer science degrees across the country, according to Girls Who Code.

Patel thinks much of the field’s gender divide can be explained by a difference in retention rates. Last year, the computer, mathematical and natural sciences college, which houses the computer science program, produced 403 more male graduates than women, according to IRPA. “Guys have been taught from a young age that it’s okay to fail, that you can fall down and get back up. But girls on the other hand, it’s like you have to be perfect or you can’t do it at all,” she said. “A lot of girls drop out because they’re not perfect at it, but the sad

reality is only very few people are getting perfect scores in this field.”

These self-imposed barriers make women feel as though they’re not good enough to continue in the program, Ngo said.

“People speak into your mind, almost, and replace your inner voice with their voice: ‘It’s too hard. This is really difficult. Can you do it?’” she said.

This university’s Maryland Center for Women in Computing, established in 2014, offers academic programs meant to increase the retention rates for female students in computer science. The club will receive funding from the center, which operates under the Iribe Initiative for Inclusion and Diversity in Computing.

The center’s efforts, combined with those of studentrun organizations, have helped lead to an increase in the number of female computer science graduates, even as the difference between men and women receiving bachelors

degrees from the college continues to rise.

In 2009, only 12 undergraduate computer science degrees were conferred to women, said Robert Infantino, associate dean of the computer, mathematical and natural sciences college, in an interview last month. Ten years later, 120 undergraduate women received computer science degrees.

“We’re just not mass-producing degrees, we’re helping improve access and attainment of degrees in areas that are traditionally underrepresented,” Infantino said.

Given this trend, the duo behind Girls Who Code is optimistic that their chosen field will one day have a more equitable atmosphere. Until then, Girls Who Code will operate as a safe space for women in computer science, Ngo said.

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State officials may study campus mental health A potential 15-member task force would evaluate how universities in Maryland provide care Maryland lawmakEric Neugeboren @eric_neugeboren ers heard arguments Staff writer Thursday fo r a b i l l that would establish a mental health task force — a group to study ways for state institutions of higher education to improve mental health support for their students.

If passed, House Bill 1504 would bring together state representatives, officials from the University System of Maryland and a psychiatrist, among others. The 15-member group would study the procedures of the institutions, examine the challenges those institutions face in providing sufficient care and review the best by

practices for accessing mental health resources, among other responsibilities.

University of Maryland community members testified in support of the bill at a hearing before the House Appropriations Committee.

Student Government Association’s government affairs director, Samay Kindra, told the story of one of his fraternity brothers who died by suicide last summer. Greater access to mental health resources, Kindra said, is necessary to improve students’ wellbeing and prevent similar tragedies.

“It’s hard for me to sit here today and not think how Yudi and other students like him could be saved if we had better and more accessible mental

health resources on our campuses,” said Kindra, a senior economics and international business major. “I can’t speak as to what exactly this task force might have done for Yudi. But I’m sure the task force will come up with solutions and propose recommendations that solve the issues that we currently face.”

Gideon Epstein, who graduated from this university in December, also testified in support of the bill. Epstein went to this university’s Counseling Center when grappling with a friend’s suicide, but a staff member told him he wasn’t allowed to come back for another appointment because he wasn’t deemed “high enough priority.”

“In different ways, both my friend who passed away and

myself lacked access to proper mental health support,” Epstein said. “This needs to change.”

Del. Geraldine ValentinoSmith (D-Prince George’s) sponsored the legislation with eight other delegates. Last year, Valentino-Smith requested a report from then-University System of Maryland Chancellor Robert Caret about the procedures followed by state higher education institutions for providing mental health care to their students.

There has been an increase in demand for mental health resources across the board, but the university system’s institutions vary in how they provided those resources to their students, the report found. These findings inspired Valentino-Smith to

sponsor the bill.

“It was important to put together a high-level task force … so that we in the General Assembly could start to look at policy recommendations, barriers, fiscal needs to address what looks like a very significant problem for our students,” she said.

The bill would require the task force to release an interim report of its findings by Dec. 1 and a final report one year later.

Kelly Sherman — the SGA’s health and wellness director — said that though she wishes there were greater student representation on the proposed task force, she believes it is a good step forward.

“I was kind of concerned that this wasn’t already in place,” the

junior public health science major said. “It’s an amazing task force where people from across the state of Maryland could just analyze what’s the best practices.”

Valentino-Smith acknowledged that this particular legislation would not directly implement any changes on college campuses, but she hopes the group’s findings would prompt more legislation.

“The goal is to make sure that we in the General Assembly receive a high-level, wellinformed evaluation,” she said, “to ensure all of the institutions of higher ed are in a position to offer quality mental health care to the students.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

Chancellor: UMD should be ready to hold class online due to coronavirus With five confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Maryland and the state in an official state of emergency, preparations by the University System of Maryland are underway to address its spread.

In a statement issued Friday, the university system chancellor, Jay Perman, advised the system’s 12 institutions to “inventory and test” their capacities to have employees work from home and move classes online. He also asked institutions to reduce gatherings of a “substantial number of people” — sports events, ceremonies, concerts and large seminar classes, for example.

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but I am advising that we be smart, and apply our best judgment to a situation that is changing hourly,” he wrote.

Perman wrote that the system will soon share protocol surrounding student health needs, online learning and travel. System leaders are also “redoubling efforts to sanitize campuses,” Perman added.

As of Sunday afternoon, Johns Hopkins University was tracking more than 500 coronavirus cases in the U.S. and had reported 21 deaths. Worldwide, the World Health Organization reported over 100,000 cases of the disease and over 3,500 deaths.

And on Friday, the University of Washington — located in Seattle, the center of the country’s worst outbreak — became the first large U.S. institution

to move classes online for the more than 50,000 students on its three campuses. Stanford University announced a similar change on Friday.

That’s been an option the University of Maryland has discussed for weeks, said Patty Perillo, the student affairs vice president. She said the university would consider moving classes online if a case of the virus were confirmed nearby or on campus, or if students and staff began reporting high absence levels due to illness.

“Our health is most important,” said Perillo, who also chairs the Campus Infectious Disease Management Committee.“But we also don’t want students to lose their semesters.”

If classes are moved online, Perillo emphasized that the

campus wouldn’t shut down entirely. Administrators are aware that not everyone can go home, especially international students, she said.

In an email to faculty members Friday, Provost Mary Ann Rankin announced that she and the university’s deans would be meeting with the Division of Information Technology and the Teaching and Learning Transformation Center on Monday to put firmer plans in place for possibly moving classes online.

“Please know that we will make decisions that put the health and safety of our community first,” she wrote.

Already, the university has suspended its spring study abroad programs in Italy, South Korea and China and canceled all study abroad pro-

grams scheduled for spring and summer break. The University Health Center also sent out a campuswide email on Saturday, offering advice to students on steps they can take to keep themselves healthy.

Among other things, the health center advised students to disinfect the Testudo statues before and after rubbing them for luck, avoid handshakes, use hand sanitizer frequently and stock up on home supplies, medicine and drinks in case of illness.

The email also instructed anyone with an underlying health condition, suppressed immune system or concerns about the coronavirus to consult with their healthcare providers. Furthermore, the university continues to scale up efforts to

disinfect “high-touch surfaces” across campus in residence halls, university buildings, Greek life housing and Shuttle-UM buses, according to the email.

Boris Lushniak, dean of the public health school, has been working with the administration to prepare in case of a local coronavirus outbreak.

Moving forward, he said, more university closures are likely to happen across the country as the virus spreads.

In the meantime, he advised students and staff to follow recommendations provided by the CDC. They should keep their distance from large crowds and stay home if they’re sick.

“Don’t just worry, be wary,” he said.

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news | 8 would be negatively impacted,” university provost Mary Ann Rankin and administration and finance vice president Carlo Colella wrote in a May memorandum.

But students and department leaders argue the decision misdirects student fees away from the services they’re intended to fund, and accuse the administration of lacking transparency.

“They’re consolidating power away from students, but it’s even beyond that: They’re consolidating power away from departments as well,” said RHA student fees coordinator Alec McCarren. “It’s really appalling to me that so much power is being taken away, on so many different levels.”

Plant funds are collected from tuition, generated revenue, and sometimes mandatory student fees. Of the departments affected by the sweep, the Department of Resident Life was hit the hardest, losing over $1.8 million.

To date, Stamp Student Union lost $567,377; Dining Services lost $463,000; Residence Life lost $1,824,950; the University Health Center

lost $179,065; the University R e c re a t i o n & We l l n e s s Department lost $450,269; the Department of Transportation Services lost $115,168 and the SGA lost $61,322, according to a university document. Some academic departments were also hit, RHA President Emily Berry said.

“It is important to note that budget cuts were felt across all units at the university, and we worked to minimize the impact,” university spokesperson Katie Lawson wrote in a statement.

“We, as a university, work together to forge ahead and fulfill the academic mission of the institution.”

Berry said there’s no reason for many of these projects to be partially paid for by students fees redirected into the strategic initiatives account. If the funding had remained with its original departments, she said, it would have gone toward either offering services for students or providing a safety net in cases of emergency or damage.

And departments that receive student fees can only counterbalance the effect by increasing their respective student fees.

“If each department is increasing their fee by $15, $20, $30, that gets really unaffordable very quickly,” Lesley said “And it’s not fair for these types of funding needs to fall back on students.”

Several representatives from affected departments spoke out against the reversion at meetings for the Committee of the Review of Student Fees in December and February, Berry said at the RHA meeting Tuesday.

The Department of Resident Life, for instance, told CRSF members that they had to delay renovations to Garrett and Montgomery halls, as well as to furniture and carpeting in other dorms, Berry wrote in the RHA legislation. RecWell also said the cuts could lead to a “significant increase” to the Campus Recreation fee, and other delayed services and projects, Berry wrote.

In an email, Jay Gilchrist — director of University Recreation and Wellness — pointed out that the over $450,000 in cuts RecWell faced is equal to about two years’ worth of cardio exercise equipment replacement.

“It is easy to see if these reversions continue it will have a major impact on the ability of RecWell, and other Student Affairs units supported by fees, to maintain facilities and equipment long-term,” Gilchrist wrote.

Gilchrist also questioned why units putting aside funding for future expenses were “taxed” more than others that had not been saving.

“This is affecting departments differently and curbing the services that they can provide to students negatively,” SGA speaker David Rekhtman said. “And students do deserve to know that because it is the money they are paying towards something that they now can’t receive.”

One of the departments that went without cuts was the athletics department — a fact that RHA senator-atlarge Hunter Marsh called “an obscenity.”

“Athletics receives a ton of money from the university, from [students], and I think it’s troublesome to take money, especially from Resident Life, when so many students are without air conditioning,” he

said.

Berry also criticized the university for exhibiting “zero transparency” throughout the process: RHA members weren’t provided with the numbers of the money each department lost, so members of the group had to find those numbers themselves, she said.

“It took hours of reaching out to people and trying to put together this puzzle [of] where this money came from and where it’s taken from,” she said.

The SGA plans to meet with the university provost, the administration and finance vice president, and the student affairs vice president to attempt to find a solution to this issue, the resolution said. Both SGA and RHA also intend to raise awareness among students about the consequences of the reversion, to prevent a similar situation from happening again.

“I think unless students express a lot of discomfort with what [the administration] has done, I don’t think they’ll feel any obligation to not do this in the future,” Berry said.

decision could affect hundreds of students’ financial From p. 2 situations, mental health and housing.

“We know that belonging is Arrivals program — which protec ts u n d o c u m e n ted probably one of the most sigimmigrants who arrived in nificant constructs of success the country as children — and well being in college,” she is coming as soon as this said. “And so how do we make summer. And Guenzler-Ste- you feel like you belong? Not vens said she recognizes this just in college, but you belong

to a community of people who care about you.”

Bohorquez Garcia will still leave in June as planned, but the individual who ultimately takes this position will provide support for the unique needs of immigrant and undocumented students — financial, legal or otherwise — just as she did. In addition, they will

work to make the students feel welcome in the greater university community.

“My experience in this process did not align with my values and therefore not taking the offer is the best decision for me,” Bohorquez Garcia wrote in an email obtained by The Diamondback addressing student concerns

to campus groups such as Political Latinxs United for Movement and Action in Society.

The university will launch a national search for both positions, and student input will be taken into account, Guenzler-Stevens said.

The search will begin with a committee composed of

students, faculty and staff, which will conduct the initial vetting of candidates. Then, candidates will be brought to campus so students have an opportunity to engage with them through forums.

abroad

or graduate a semester later than planned. “ I ’m n o t h ea r i n g a ny other alternatives from my adviser,” said Nguyen, a junior economics and studio art major. “It really all just crumbled apart.”

Chloe Dinman was about seven weeks into her abroad program in Florence, Italy, when she found out she had to come home. It didn’t come as a complete surprise — she said she’d already packed her bags just in case.

“We’re all just sitting here in a foreign country anxiously waiting,” the junior American studies and public policy major said.

Dinman will be able to finish the program by taking online classes in the U.S., but she’s still losing money. The university offered students a $500 refund to cover changing

flights, but there are other expenses — housing and planned trips — that aren’t covered, Dinman said.

“I was gonna take this time to kind of, grow and expand and learn. And I feel like that’s been completely taken away from me,” she said. “We were all definitely extremely angry and very upset.”

Dinman flew back to the U.S. Wednesday and is quarantining herself for 14 days, as this university advised students returning from canceled programs to stay away from campus for two weeks.

Students on other trips were given the option to come back to the U.S. and re g i s te r f o r c l a s s e s o n campus. Derek Schoenberger, who was four weeks into his program in Singapore when he decided to come home, is taking this option.

Schoenberger, a junior mechanical engineering major, said he might be out more than $2,000 — which he’d spent on flights and housing — but he still appreciates that this university allowed him to come home.

“There are parts of me that wish I was still there. I think coming back was the right choice,” he said. “I’m definitely glad I had four weeks to experience everything. It just makes me want to go back in the future.”

The university also announced that any countries that reach warning Level 3 will have their study abroad programs immediately suspended.

Japan, for example, has been assigned a Level 2 designation, which advises travelers to “practice enhanced precautions.” Seori Stephens is planning on studying at Kobe University in Japan.

Stephens’ program begins April 1, but she understands that it may be suspended by then. She’s always wanted to study in Japan — it’s where she was born, and her grandparents live there.

In the past few weeks, Stephens has been checking Japan’s threat level every day.

Even if she can go, the situation in Japan is not ideal, she said — streets may be emptier than usual and more people may be wearing masks.

“It’s been pretty stressful,” the junior environmental science and policy major said.

“I was really excited to become fluent in Japanese and speak to people and explore the city.

So I’d be really disappointed if I couldn’t do those things.”

Dinman understands these measures are necessary to control the virus, but she said the cancellation has taken a

toll on her, and wished this university would offer her more support.

“I know they’re not going to,” Dinman said. “They were kind of just like ‘you need to come back, but you can’t be on Maryland’s campus.’ They didn’t really seem to care about us at all.”

Even though Dinman is now back in the U.S., she hopes to recreate her abroad experience here. She wants to travel the country, but she understands that may be difficult given how much money she lost.

“This was kind of my semester to get away from campus,” she said. “If I do have these two months, I might as well use them to continue to try learning and growing.”

“[Companies] know that they’re running a bigger risk [hiring Iranian nationals], that somehow they’re going to be accused of doing something they shouldn’t have done just because the rules aren’t clear,” she said, adding, “They just say, ‘It’s not worth it to me.’”

Ghazal Dor, president of this university’s Iranian Graduate Student Foundation, said that many of her friends have de-

scribed experiences similar to Gholami’s. And though she is not looking for internships or work this year, Dor is already weighed down by the realities of the travel ban. She has not visited her family or seen her five siblings in three years.

“I think I just got used to crying,” she said.

A mechanical engineering doctoral student, Dor came to Maryland for its job prospects in her field. But she is less sure whether she wants to stay in the country, now that she knows what she could face when she graduates.

“Even the most positive [Iranian students] I know experience a lot of anxiety,” Dor said about the financial struggles and emotional turmoil they might face after they leave the university.

If Iranian international students cannot find an employer to sponsor their work visa before they graduate, they may find themselves deported for unemployment or pushed out of the United States for financial reasons.

Getting a position at a company like Amazon or Google can be incredibly hard, and even those who do aren’t neccessarilty in the clear, Dor said.

“People actually got positions,” she said. “And [their background checks] took so long that they just had to give up the position ... the company didn’t want to wait that long.”

Neither company responded to requests for comment.

Amin Aria, who graduated from this university with a doctorate last year, was a

United States citizen at birth.

But because of his dual Iranian citizenship, he has avoided work that might even tangentially involve the federal government; he feels he will eventually be turned down.

This is particularly hard as an engineer, Aria said, since some of the federal government’s biggest contractors in the U.S. are engineering, technology and health care companies. He was advised by those in his field that he should rescind his Iranian citizenship if he wanted to receive better job opportunities in the engineering field in the U.S. “I don’t feel good about it,” Aria said. “I like Iran. It’s my other home country. My family is living there. I want to visit them and without my Iranian passport I can’t.”

The political climate has frustrated mechanical engineering doctoral student Ramin Moradi, who said there was no national security risk of hiring Iranian students for positions in private companies.

But Moradi sees a future for himself in the United States, just as he did when he first left Iran to get an education at this university. He hopes to apply for his green card based on his academic record and credibility — he finds himself checking his Google Scholars page every day, looking for academics who have cited him.

“I want to stabilize my life,” Moradi said. “I want to make long-term plans.”

funding From p. 2 account to support “onetime strategic initiatives,” the university ultimately swept $22.98 million from the budgets of departments throughout campus, the resolutions read.

The departmental reserves the money came from— known as plant funds—are collections put away for future or unforeseen projects.

However, the money in the new strategic initiatives account is managed by the university’s chief financial officer, according to documents attached to or referenced in SGA and RHA legislation.

The new fund will be used to finance larger university projects such as Cole Field House’s new research center and the replacement of the university’s main power plant, among others, according to an email from the university provost in October.

“If the cut were distributed across campus units uniformly as has been done in the past, many critical instructional and student service programs

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From p. 2 The COVID-19 virus, which emerged in eastern China, has infected over 90,000 people in more than 70 countries. As of Sunday, the World Health Organization had confirmed 7,134 cases in South Korea and at least 50 deaths. The country is second only to China in its number of cases, and it’s followed by Iran and Italy.

Nguyen and other students in her program were originally told that Yonsei would allow them to take courses online.

However, she later found out that wasn’t the case.

So instead, she sees few options: Find somewhere else to take online classes — a possibility that is “up in the air” — take the classes at this university over the summer

iran From p. 2 policy professor who researches international security at this university, said the travel ban’s restrictions are too vague and complex for companies to confidently obey them when they hire Iranian nationals and those of other banned countries.

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Beauty in destruction A UMD student’s quest to clean up the recycling stream, help relieve stress and create art — all in one go

By Luciana Perez-Uribe | @LucianaPerezUb | Staff writer julia nikhinson/the diamondback Blue, green and purple shards of glass winked brightly under white lights in the University of Maryland’s Do Good Accelerator.

The crushed glass — also referred to as cullet — was preserved in resin-filled vials ranging in size from an inch to half a foot. It had been molded into an array of objects: chains, flashlights, paperweights, earrings, a vase.

“You can break [glass] down to a million pieces a million times,” said Ryan Perpall, a senior American studies major at the University of Maryland.

“You can always turn it into something beautiful, just as strong.”

That’s why he founded Break Box Recycling, which is home to two ventures: The Human Bottle Breaker Brand and the CulletHouse brand.

The Break Box is a mobile trailer that allows paying customers to break glass bottles against a wall. The broken glass is then recycled into art, sold under the CulletHouse brand.

While glass is a fully recyclable material, it can often contaminate other materials when

it breaks, Perpall said. And once glass is broken and mixed in with other items, it is very difficult to recover and recycle it.

While glass is a fully recyclable material, it can often contaminate other materials when it breaks, Perpall said. And once glass is broken and mixed in with other items, it is very difficult to recover and recycle it.

While Perpall hopes participants enjoy a stress-relieving experience, he also hopes to incorporate activities that educate participants on sustainability and recycling.

“Our goal is not to lecture people, our goal is to really have them have an experience, unlike anything — but it is very, very green,” he said. “[You feel] inspired and uplifted, and just like you’ve had like an amazing cathartic release of energy and stress.”

Last year, the university stopped recycling glass after its processor, Olive Street Processing, stopped accepting it. The school is in the process of finding a new vendor who can process glass, a university spokesperson wrote in an email.

“It’s all about the markets,”

said Barbara Gear, general manager at Olive Street Processing. By the time all recycled material is processed in the plant, the glass is broken and it’s very difficult to pull out any clean glass, she said. This drives up the companies’ processing costs.

Most cities and counties in the United States use a singlestream recycling system, in which all recyclable materials intermingle on their way to the processing plant. On average, 16 percent of single-stream recyclable materials are contaminated — meaning they often have to head to the landfill, according to the EPA. That rate is 13 percent in Prince George’s County.

Contamination can occur through glass breaking, but also through “wish-cycling,”said Wade Williams, a senior individual studies major and a Sustainability Cooperative member at this university.

That’s a term for when people toss items into recycling bins, just hoping they get it right.

This desire can lead people to recycle items like broken or dirty glass, cheese-stained pizza boxes and yogurt-laden plastics — all of which could

contaminate other materials.

“If we can’t recycle glass on our campus, maybe we can support other creative ways to reuse it or repurpose it,” Williams said. “We support the creative-minded people that are trying to figure out other ways to divert our waste.”

Perpall said he also plans

can drop off recyclable glass.

From there, “The Bottle Box” will drop the glass off in one of the “purple cans” in Northern Virginia — a program that allows people to divert their glass from the landfill. The specialized receptacles are located throughout Fairfax County, Arlington County, Prince William County

“It’s not a cure-all solution, especially for the amount of glass that is within the university system and greater College Park area,” Perpall said. “But it is a start.”

Perpall’s passion for recycling started years ago. So even though running a startup can be hard, he said, it’s worth it.

Ryan Perpall, a senior American studies major, creates and sells art made from crushed glass. julia nikhinson/the diamondback to launch “The Bottle Box,” a mobile glass recycling receptacle that can be taken around the greater College Park area.

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“It’s not all success,” he said. and the city of Alexandria.

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niversity of Maryland senior Patty Pelingon’s laptop is covered in stickers. There’s one for the Mighty Sound of Maryland, a Testudo shell and the national flag of the Philippines.

But in their midst are other emblems that fewer people would recognize at first glance: a young man holding a mug and making a funny face, an artistic drawing of a flower. If you know, you know. And if you don’t, you don’t.

These stickers are references to the Korean pop band BTS — and Pelingon is a big fan. But she chose these stickers because they wouldn’t easily out her as a K-pop lover.

“I still find myself hesitant to admit it in certain contexts. Like, some classes will tell you, ‘Oh, share a fun fact about yourself,’” said Pelingon, an anthropology and biology major. “That will never be my [fun fact].”

Over the last few years, K-pop has spread around the world, fueled by boy and girl bands with coordinated dance routines. But all the while, both at this university and across the U.S., the genre’s sometimescutesy, sometimes-flashy style has drawn some derision.

Spotify reported a 1,000 percent increase in K-pop streams between January 2014 and April 2019. In 2018 and 2019, five K-pop songs without features — and another five

with features from American artists — made the Billboard Top 100 charts.

In particular, a lot of hype surrounds South Korean boy band BTS, which stands for Bangtan Sonyeondan — Bulletproof Boy Scouts, in English.

BTS has become a global phenomenon, winning honors at some of America’s most prestigious awards shows, starting with Billboard’s Top Social Artist in 2017.

In 2019, BTS made its debut at No. 43 on the Forbes Celebrity 100 list. According to Forbes, the group made $57 million before taxes in 2019, surpassing some of the biggest American pop stars, such as Ariana Grande, who made $48 million.

Meanwhile, at this university, K-pop dance groups are burgeoning. Yet many students, like Pelingon, still only sport their love for the music in subtle ways.

“Many different types of foreign music have faced the challenge of a stigma in mainstream America,” said Adam Wojciechowicz, public affairs specialist for the Korean Cultural Center in Washington, D.C. “Such stigmas can result from a lack of familiarity, the barrier of many nonverbal cultural attributes and differences that make complex performances what they are, and sometimes discrimination.”

But it seems that this campus’ best kept secret is K-pop. Fans can be found anywhere — you just have to know

where to look.

The campus trend It was a warm Friday evening at the end of September, and while the tailgate for the football team’s sold-out game against Penn State raged on, some students gathered in Dance Studio 1 at The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center instead.

The diverse group of students lined up in rows of four and five, nearly filling the studio. They were convened for something worlds apart from the hamburgers and Natty Lites in the parking lot outside — a K-pop dance workshop.

They were getting ready to learn choreography from a video by 1Million studio to “ ” — which translates to “These Days.” The practice was organized by campus dance group G-Girls & the Wasabi Boyz, a club that’s seen its attendance steadily increase over the past few years, said Paxon Yu, the group’s senior adviser.

“It might just be the momentum of a growing club, but it’s also definitely just K-pop becoming more mainstream,” said Yu, a senior computer science major.

Students in the club teach dance routines either created

by Asian choreographers or set to songs by Asian artists. Lately though,manyoftherequestsfrom new club-goers have been K-pop songs, said Junie Wu, the dance group’s administrative director.

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“We get a lot of freshmen.

And the younger kids, they now know BTS. The big thing, right?” said Wu, a senior physiology and neurobiology major.

“It’s a good thing. They get introduced to music, and then maybe through our club we can introduce them to more niche songs.”

During the workshop, the song dragged through the air, playing at half-speed to make learning the choreography easier. Junior Jae Jung led the group step by step, as some stumbled and laughed and others kept their eyes glued to the mirror in focus.

GGWB creative director Yuxiang Lai said that when the club started in 2011, there were only seven people, but the club has grown rapidly. Club members even perform some of their choreography at local events and competitions.

“I’ve seen sort of an increase, because the first workshop we had [this year], our entire studio was packed,” the sophomore studio art major said.

One of K-pop’s biggest draws is the prominent role of dance. Every K-pop idol — the common term for K-pop stars — has to know how to dance, and each and every song is meticulously choreographed for concerts and music videos. Fans are drawn in because they can get in on the fun, too.

“When you have a group dance, and you get a couple of your friends, get down, dance together, there’s more bonding,” Yu said.

The campus K-pop community is vibrant, but students still feel apprehensive that the broader university community won’t be so welcoming.

Veronica Iglesias, a junior Spanish major, has BT21 pins on her backpack, K-pop stickers on her laptop and even a BT21 sweater, but she often thinks twice about sporting her merch on the campus.

“Should I cover it up? But then at the same time, I’m restricting myself from doing something that I want to do,” Iglesias said. “If I’m gonna wear it in public, why wouldn’t I wear it on campus?”

Students have also noticed that K-pop is sometimes the only exposure people have to Korean culture. For Korean students such as Kyle Cho, a Maryland native who attends Elon University, this can be a nice conversation starter. But it can also be challenging. Practically every time Cho mentions he’s Korean, he gets the same

How UMD students explore their interest in Korean pop music

By Iris Vukmanovic | @iriswulfe | Senior staff writer question: “Do you listen to K-pop?”

“Especially last year, at the start of college, I was kind of bombarded with those questions. And it gets kind of exhausting,” Cho said. “I’m not a library of information about K-pop just because I’m Korean.”

A K-pop history

changed dramatically. K-pop history is divided into “generations” — starting in 1992 with the debut of groups such as Seo Taiji and Boys, who are considered part of the first generation. These original K-pop bands blended Western rap and hip-hop with the Korean language, and they created elaborate choreography and music videos to go along with it.

Today, K-pop has many sub-genres influenced by pop music from around the world.

Electronic dance music and synth-pop influences can be found in most mainstream K-pop hits. Rap also remains a big part of the genre — most boy and girl groups have at least one designated rapper. K-R&B has emerged as another version of Western-influenced music in Korea.

One K-pop boy band that draws from EDM, rap and R&B influences is NCT 127, a group whose popularity closely rivals that of BTS both at home and abroad.

The rise of social media has also contributed to K-pop artists’ success. Korean artists put lots of video content online, from dance practices, to guest spots on Korean variety shows, to vlogs. Every aspect of their lives is broadcast to a passionate and content-hungry audience.

Junior government and politics major Arona Baigal discovered K-pop while watching her favorite YouTube channel, Fine Bros Entertainment. In June 2019, it posted a video with NCT 127 called “K-pop Stars React To Try Not To Sing Along Challenge,” and when Baigal watched it, she fell in love.

“I just went into like the deepest, darkest — not darkest — just a huge YouTube black hole of their videos,” she said.

“And I was like, ‘This is the craziest thing ever.’”

Nick Kim, a senior computer science major, said people keep up with their favorite K-pop artists through V Live, a website that hosts live broadcasting and chatting. It allows fans to get to know artists on an almost personal level, Kim said.

“I think that is like such a key aspect to why people are attracted to K-pop,” Kim said.

In the U.S., it’s hard to ignore the ghost of K-pop’s past: PSY’s “Gangnam Style.” The song won global recognition back in 2012 for its surreal music video and signature galloping dance move.

The video became YouTube’s most watched of all time. Although it’s since been dethroned by the likes of “Despacito” and “Baby Shark,” it still sits comfortably at No. 7.

Originally, YouTube’s view counter could only reach about two billion, but after “Gangnam Style” surpassed that tally, the company updated its system to count much higher.

Cho said “Gangnam Style” led many people to dismiss K-pop as silly. But since BTS’ rise to fame, he’s noticed the genre is gaining more legitimacy. Nowadays, he can even find K-pop CDs at Target, he said.

“I feel like ... people are taking it more seriously now, as an actual entry into the music industry rather than a one-time thing,” Cho said.

In Korea, K-pop is a part of what is known as Hallyu — the global rise of South Korean pop culture dating back to the 1990s. Wojciechowicz said Korea’s cultural impact abroad has become an important aspect of the country’s place in global affairs.

“A lot of people think pop culture is just fluff, it’s just background music — something to enjoy in your spare time — and it may be that,” Wojciechowicz said. “But it’s also a big industry and a big part of Korea’s image abroad.”

Gyu Tag Lee, a professor at George Mason University’s Korean campus who studies Korean and American pop culture, said K-pop didn’t formally exist as a genre until the late 1990s, when newly popular Korean dance music became Staff writers Lyna Bentahar and globalized. Specifically, when Shreeya Agarwal contributed to other East Asian countries this article. started listening, too.

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vision of love What does ‘Love is Blind’ mean for the future of reality dating shows?

By Morgan Pravato | @pravatomorgan | Staff writer

Contestants on ‘Love is blind’ spent several days getting to know each other without ever meeting face-to-face. Then, they were asked the ultimate question — were they ready to get engaged to someone they’d never seen in real life?

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eleasing a new dating reality s h ow i n t h e middle of The Bachelor’s 24th season is a bold move.

Love is Blind, Netflix’s newest addition to its fastgrowing collection of reality television, first interrupted the beloved Bachelor season on Feb. 13, when the first of three batches of episodes was released.

The show puts the “love is blind” idiom to the test, following 15 men and 15 women as they speed date each other. But — just like in Netflix reality hit The Circle — the contestants cannot see each other as they get

to know each other. They can choose to propose and reveal themselves to their partner at any time during the “blind” portion, after which they move to a couple’s retreat. After everyone has decided whether to get engaged, the show follows their transition to a more genuine living experience in an apartment complex.

Love is Blind combines addicting elements from a bunch of other “guilty pleasure” dating shows.

The premise echoes the same ridiculousness of 90 Day Fiancé and Married at First Sight, in which the contestants are removed from the comforts of ev-

eryday life and put on a fast track pace toward love.

Like those series, this show forces couples to make connections without granting them the luxury of time — or sight, in this case.

Finding love in this ridiculous situation is nowhere close to natural, or easy.

T h e d ra m a t h a t re s u l ts from these confined circumstances is addicting for some and unbearable for others. But the contestants’ high chance of failure and resilient enthusiasm always sucks me in, and seeing people getting left at the altar and crying over how much they love someone they’ve known

for two weeks is enough to keep me watching.

Be cau se it’s a Ne tf lix show, Love Is Blind gets to take the best and leave the worst of dating series standards. It teeters between being serious love programming and being an outrageously dramatic series like MTV’s Are You The One? Where The Bachelor facilitates wine wa tc h pa r t i e s a n d p re tends to prioritize finding a genuine love connection ove r t h e d ra m a , M T V ’s p a r t i c i p a n t s a re o bv i ously there for the Instagram followers. If they happen to find love too, then that’s great. Love is

Blind is somewhere in the middle.

The show tries to stay a bit serious, but not to an overly fake point. Not all the couples end up happily married, proving that the show’s circumstances can’t work for everyone. And in an age where many of us are mindlessly swiping on apps such as Tinder, this dating series admirably places emphasis on conversation over physical attraction.

But still, all the contestants are better looking than your average person — it would be going against all reality show standards if the contestants looked like real people.

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The series takes the stupid drama and classic dating television tropes, but refuses to define itself much beyond that. Ultimately, Love Is Blind is not absolutely necessary in the world of reality television.

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Burke’s six innings lead Terps to sweep by

Sean Burke was running Alexander Dacy on fumes.

The @alexanderdacy right-hander Staff writer wa s s e t to throw his 114th pitch, a full count offering with two outs to Matt Woods in the sixth.

Burke powered through the fatigue, though, striking out Bryant’s first baseman on a fastball. He pumped his fist and returned to the dugout having completed six solid innings.

The redshirt freshman’s impressive outing backed Maryland baseball’s offense, which exploded for double-digit runs in a 13-3 win over the Bulldogs on Sunday to sweep the series in College Park.

“They had a good gameplan today,” coach Rob Vaughn said, “but his composure was unbelievable.”

Burke challenged Bryant (2-11) early, loading up the strike zone with his low-to-

mbb From p. 20 And with three seconds left, it was forward Jalen Smith who the Wolverines left open on the inbounds pass. And it was Smith who ran down the floor, taking the space Michigan offered him before pulling up from 30-some feet and sinking the 3-pointer.

wbb From p. 20 Owusu continued to lead the charge from there. She notched four more points and three assists in the frame.

mid 90s fastball. The Bulldogs were prepared, though, as their first three batters reached on an error and two hits. The barrage was capped by second baseman Jake Gustin’s RBI double, which gave Bryant its first lead of the weekend and put two runners in scoring position with no outs.

But after a mound visit from pitching coach Corey Muscara, Burke settled down. He began mixing his pitches and struck out the next three batters to quell the early threat.

“He didn’t flinch,” Vaughn said. “He started landing his breaking ball, started landing his change-up a little more, and then that makes the fastball play up even more.”

“The runs and hits already happened, so there’s not really much I can do about that,” Burke said.

And in the bottom of the first, Maryland’s bats picked up

Burke. Bulldogs right-hander Will Treuel picked up two quick outs but hung a breaking ball to first baseman Maxwell Costes that the sophomore crushed over the left-field wall to tie the game. Two more runners reached, and catcher Tavan Shahidi put the Terps ahead with an RBI single to right field.

Bryant came right back in the second. First baseman Matt Woods worked a leadoff walk, and after stealing two bases, stood on third with two outs.

Left fielder Derek Smith then sent a fly ball to left that carried just out of left fielder Tucker Flint’s reach for a game-tying RBI triple.

Controversy arose in the bottom of the frame. With one out, second baseman Austin Chavis sent a fly ball to deep left-center field. Smith appeared to track it down and make a terrific sliding grab, but Vaughn challenged that

the ball hit the ground. The umpires convened and, after some deliberation, agreed, giving Chavis a double.

The Terps (10-4) would then take advantage. Chavis took third on a wild pitch and scored on right fielder Randy Bednar’s RBI groundout. Center fielder Chris Alleyne then scored on an error, giving Maryland a 4-2 lead.

Gustin responded for the Bulldogs in the third, clobbering the first pitch he saw over the right-center field wall to bring his team within one. But Burke recovered and struck out the next three batters to keep the Terps ahead.

Maryland restored its two-run lead in the bottom of the inning. Shortstop Ben Cowles stayed hot, picking up his 11th RBI on a double to left center that put the Terps ahead 5-3.

From there, Burke settled in.

He worked a clean fourth, fifth and sixth innings, ending his outing by striking out Woods.

The redshirt freshman finished strong, allowing two earned runs and five hits while striking out a career-high 11 and walking two in six innings.

Treuel, meanwhile, continued to struggle with his command. He was pulled in the fourth after plunking Flint for the third time on Sunday.

In 3 2/3 innings, the junior allowed four earned runs and four hits while striking out four and walking five.

And against Bryant’s bullpen in the fifth, Maryland extended its lead. The Terps loaded the bases for Bednar, who grounded into a fielder’s choice, allowing Maryland’s sixth run to score. On the next pitch, Costes doubled off the wall in center field, bringing home two more runs and putting the Terps up by five.

“I don’t feel any pressure to have to hit,” Costes said. “I feel like we have a complete lineup here, and if I don’t do it, somebody else can.”

Maryland extended its lead to nine with a four-run seventh inning, punctuated by a two-run single from Cowles and an RBI base knock from Chavis.

The Terps’ bullpen then shut down the Bulldogs. Sam Bello tossed a perfect seventh inning, while Mark DiLuia pitched a scoreless eighth, aided by Maryland’s third double play of the game.

The Terps took a doubledigit lead in the eighth, and Mike Vasturia sealed the series sweep with a spotless ninth inning.

“The way our offense is, we’re never out of a game,” Costes said.

That dagger sent the Terps spilling from the bench in celebration and into the locker room with a 13-point lead, and it offered them their first halftime edge since Feb. 18, after a gauntlet stretch that included three losses in their final five games.

“When we came into the season, Coach Turgeon told us we were gonna have a target

on our back,” Smith said, “and we handled it the way we should’ve.”

Michigan made a run, cutting the scoreline to a three-point game with just over 10 minutes to go. But Ayala played a large part in building the Terps’ advantage back up, knocking down two threes in quick succession as part of his 19 points.

And then Maryland did what good teams tend to do — make critical free throws down the stretch.

That allowed Turgeon to turn to his bench, introducing Clark and Valmon into the game for a final send-off at Xfinity Center. And it allowed for Cowan to make his way off the court, setting up a lasting moment with Turgeon before

the confetti flew, before the trophy was raised and before they climbed onto ladders to cut down the nets.

“We’ve always got some type of fan, or so-called fan, or people always talking down on us,” Cowan said. “So for us to be able to come and get one together is huge.”

It was a moment four years in the making, a moment for

player and coach to cherish long after the final buzzer and the fanfare and the press conferences. And it was a moment that will remain ingrained in the Xfinity Center’s fabric, immortalized on a banner hanging from the rafters — a hug that captured the emotions of a Big Ten regular-season title.

“We were never going to give up and we were never gonna lay down and I just think it really didn’t matter who was against us,” Watson said. “We’re just gonna go out there and play our game and have fun.”

Maryland went cold to start the fourth, hitting just one of its first six shots, but it maintained control of the game and never let its lead fall below 12.

Austin scored a quick five points to end the poor shoot-

ing stretch while Owusu continued to slice up the Buckeyes’ defense and create easy looks for teammates.

Mikesell hit another pair of 3-pointers in the game’s final minutes to balloon the lead to over 20. And

Maryland cruised to its 17th straight victory, capturing the tournament title after losing in the final game in each of the past two seasons.

“I’m glad we finally won it. I’ve been here four years in a row, and we lost the last

two and it hurt,” Charles said. “[Us seniors] had a big chip on our shoulder. We were motivated and we got the dub and went out with the bang.”

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Terps stood tall on draws against Hofstra Maryland provided the Pride’s dynamic draw control unit with its biggest challenge yet this season Hofstra’s Shannon Jacob Richman Boyle tracked @JacobHRichman down a draw control early Staff writer in the second half in the match against Maryland women’s lacrosse.

The Pride then quickly worked the ball toward the Terps’ cage before giving midfielder Taylor Mennella possession — and an opening to put away her second goal in three minutes.

Scoring rapidly off the draw has been a staple of Hofstra’s offense this season, and it showed as much early in Saturday’s match. But coach Cathy Reese’s squad went back and forth with the Pride’s draw by

control unit — the country’s best, based on draw control percentage.

And while the Terps didn’t win the draw control battle, their effort was paramount in countering the attacking threat that such a talented unit posed, contributing to a 16-11 Maryland victory.

“I don’t know that we ever had an answer on the draw,” Reese said. “A lot of those were 50/50 balls and they are fast and athletic and they work hard. Sometimes, they outworked us.”

In the first half, the Pride won seven straight draws, initially creating problems for the Terps. But with goalkeeper Maddie McSally’s career-best

16-save performance, the Maryland backline held Hofstra to three first-half goals.

“We want to be the momentum switch,” McSally said. “If we can, we want to come up with a big stop to send the ball down the other end. That just comes with us sticking to playing our defense ... and playing as hard as we can for a full 60 minutes.”

The Terps have made large strides the past few games after giving up 19 goals to North Carolina on Feb. 22. In particular, they are playing clean first halves.

In the first half of the past three games, Maryland allowed a combined eight goals. During the second halves of those

matches, the Terps conceded 20 total goals.

Reese has repeatedly said she wants her team to play a holistic match, rather than show flashes of success.

And Maryland seemed to have all the answers to Hofstra’s frequent possession from the draw in the first half.

“Defensively we’ve got an extra person back, so we didn’t give up any breaks, which was nice,” Reese said. “You have to prepare for a couple of those players who just go hard and generate good looks. ... We needed to make sure we had our help coming early and when we did that we were successful.”

But the second half proved

to be more of a struggle for the Terps, especially after Mennella slotted two quick goals, one of which came directly from a draw.

However, Maryland’s draw unit appeared buoyed by the challenge. The Terps scored two key goals down the stretch, directly off controls of their own.

“Coming out attacking, winning every single moment,” attacker Brindi Griffin said.

“One thing Cathy emphasizes is not focusing on the end result of the game, just winning each little moment. For draw controls, that’s a huge thing.”

When the final horn sounded, it was Hofstra that held the advantage in draw

controls, 15-14. But, the Terps gave the Pride their closest draw matchup of the season.

“Hofstra is good,” Reese said.

“I’ve got to give them credit too. I’m picking on ourselves, we got a great win. They are fast, they are aggressive, they are athletic and they pushed us today.”

Maryland is still working on its consistency. The draw particularly has not been as much of a go-to as it has been in previous years. But, the Terps got a boost of confidence through their draw control unit, which showed inklings of its potential against one of the best draw control units in the country. sportsdbk@gmail.com

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Maryland gymnastics posts 195.300 at GW Invite The Terps put up their worst score since Feb. 8 and failed to reach 196 for the first time since Feb. 22 WASHINGTON, Kevin F. McNulty D.C . — In @kmcnulty_219 t h e f i n a l bars perforStaff writer mance of the GW Invite Sunday afternoon, Maryland gymnastics freshman Austynn Lacasse had to put more chalk on her hands during the middle of her routine after unintentionally flying off the low bar.

Lacasse finished her Maryland debut by falling to her knees on her dismount. The two falls from Lacasse were a microcosm of a mistake-filled meet for the Terps,serving as their fourth and fifth falls of the afternoon. by

While Maryland responded with some high scores, the miscues proved too much to overcome on Sunday. The Terps fell below 196.000 for the first time in two weeks, taking home third place at the GW Invite.

“We were one routine away from winning this whole meet and putting up a 196.000,”coach Brett Nelligan said. “We talked about how we’re never happy if we’re not in first, or in the 196s or both,but we really have to take a minute and realize how well we did under the circumstances.”

For the second straight meet, Maryland started on beam in its first rotation. In the third spot

in the lineup, freshman Emma Silberman lost her balance at the tail end of a stunt, forcing her off the platform.

However, Silberman’s teammates conquered her fall by hitting their landings the rest of the way. Senior Tiara Wright was the high scorer in the event with a 9.850.

Nelligan’s squad didn’t leave the falls in the first rotation, though. Junior Randi Morris went second on floor exercise, and she hit the mat hard on one of her passes. The mistake led to a score of 9.050.

Silberman interceded with a 9.825, yet just one routine after

her, freshman Reese McClure got tangled up on the crash mat.

McClure finished with an uncharacteristic 9.250.

“I don’t really think [the falls] affected us that much,” senior Alecia Farina said.“Even though we did have a fall on beam, we had the rest of the lineup hit.”

The Terps were able to weather the storm once again, as they finished with a 48.525 score. But hopes of surpassing 196.000 for the third straight meet were mostly dashed after two rotations.

Fortunately for Nelligan’s squad, the third rotation was its bye. The team came out com-

posed when it returned to action on the vault.After a light push on the vault, McClure stuck her feet on the mat,and the freshman led off with a 9.825.

Maryland’s bars scores were consistent from that point on, and it finished with a team-high overall score of 48.925.

“I don’t think it really affected us in a negative way,” Wright said. ”Each person that goes up is a brand new routine and is a clean slate, so I think that we did a really good job if there was a miss, we put up a good routine after.”

The first score of 9.900 or above didn’t go up on the board

until the final rotation with freshman Aleka Tsiknias’ bars routine. Her teammates stuck all of their landings until Lacasse’s errors in the closing spot.

But, the 49.200 on bars was not enough to hide the low scores from earlier, and Maryland’s 195.300 was its worst score since Feb. 8.

“We were just a little tight to start off, but by the end of the meet, we brought it back,” Wright said. “We like to focus on the positives, so that’s what we’re gonna do heading out of this meet.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

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men’s lacrosse

Brickerd’s scout team role crucial Kyle Brickerd often mimics Maryland’s opposition’s biggest scoring threat in practice to prepare his team by

Kyle Brickerd and Tehoka Nanticoke are nothing alike, that much is true.

Nanticoke, the crown jewel of the Albany men’s lacrosse team, weighs in at 248 pounds; approximately 50 pounds heavier than Brickerd. A member of the world-renowned Iroquois Nationals, Nanticoke has racked up 94 goals in 36 games. Brickerd, in contrast, has two goals in 12 career appearances, none of which were starts. Nanticoke’s highlight reel, posted on YouTube a dozen times over, generates hundreds of thousands of views. As for Brickerd, a quick search reveals nothing of interest.

Yet minutes after No. 7 Maryland survived a late Albany rally to defeat the Great Danes, 14-13, there was one name on the mind of defender Brett Makar — the man tasked with limiting Nanticoke’s threat.

It was Brickerd.

“Kyle Brickerd gave us a great look in scout,” Makar said.

For weeks, Brickerd’s value has been defined not by his displays on weekends when the lights are the brightest, but on weekdays, as a scout team dynamo — a player who masquerades as Maryland’s opposition’s biggest attacking force in practices.

David Suggs @ David_Suggs3 Senior staff writer

And while Brickerd’s role doesn’t show up on the stat sheet or earn the headlines, it’s been central to coach John Tillman’s squad and its progression over the course of the season. “ Pe o p l e d o n ’t d rea m about being on scout team,” midfielder Roman Puglise said. “But those scout guys accept their role.”

Brickerd’s lacrosse future took shape while at Broad Run in Ashburn, Virginia, his shelves littered with accolades from his youth — Washington Post secondteam all-Metro, Potomac Conference Player of the Year, two-time Offensive Player of the Year.

But Maryland’s roster was stacked, pushing Brickerd to the outskirts of the first team as a freshman.

Regardless, Brickerd has taken Tillman’s values to heart, values which permeate throughout Tillman’s squad, whether a star goalscorer or a bench dweller.

“Just coming in and working your butt off every single day,” Puglise said.

“Doing it for your teammate, doing it for the program, the people that came before, this great state, this great school — that’s kinda what’s been preached since you’re getting recruited here.”

So, Brickerd’s persisted through it all, carving out a sizeable role on scout team’s attack. And it’s Brickerd’s size — 6-foot-2, 200

attacker kyle brickerd (40) has played in only 12 games during his Maryland lacrosse career and has scored a mere two goals, but his impact extends far past that. In preparation for Saturday’s game against Albany, an eventual 14-13 win for the Terps, Brickerd mimicked the Great Danes’ biggest threat, Tehoka Nanticoke, on scout team. julia nikhinson/the diamondback pounds — that makes him such an intriguing option, particularly when preparing for Tewaaraton-level attackmen.

Take Maryland’s seasonopener against High Point on Feb. 1, a game marked by the battle between Makar and Panthers attackman Asher Nolting, who notched 44 goals last campaign.

I n t h e w e e k s p r i o r, Brickerd played the role of Nolting in scout team, mimicking his movements as the Terps’ defense looked to get an idea of just how High Point would tee up its two-time SoCon Player of

the Year, midfielder Bubba Fairman said.

Once the Terps took the field against the Panthers, it was clear who reigned supreme — Makar shepherded Nolting throughout, holding the Tewaaraton nominee to a single goal. “[Scout team’s] effort and attitude and being able to put the team first every single week, I think that that’s sometimes not easy and I think they do a great job with that,” attackman Anthony DeMaio said. “That’s definitely something that we value as a program.”

The scout team’s commitment to the overall squad was reflected in Brickerd’s performance in the weeks

People don’t dream about being on scout team.

Roman Puglise midfielder

before, as was the case against Albany. Despite n o t m a k i n g a n a p p ea rance, Brickerd’s presence was crucial to Maryland’s victory — on a day when Nanticoke’s talent shone, b u t t h e Te r p s d i d j u s t enough to blot it out.

So, while Brickerd and Nanticoke have little in common, Brickerd’s role is still a significant one to the Terps: an understated team player committed to elevating his teammates’ play — whether on the practice field or the sidelines. sportsdbk@gmail.com

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men’s basketball

Out of spotlight, Valmon shines The senior guard works mostly behind the scenes, but his effort still leaves an impression on the Terps by

Travis Valmon Andy Kostka could’ve left, @afkostka Senior staff writer a n d M a r k Turgeon made sure he knew it.

The Maryland men’s basketball guard would hear it every year, the same spiel f ro m h i s coa c h , te l l i n g Valmon he could see more playing time if he opted to t ra n s f e r to a n o t h e r program. Those conversations — which would stem from Valmon’s performances in practice rather than games — always ended the

same way, though.

Valmon wanted to stay.

He knew what his role was and was happy to play that role. He knew it would be in practices — not games — wh e re h e ’d l eave h i s largest mark on the team he grew up loving. And he knew, while his own name would be so infrequently announced to the Xfinity Center crowd, it was his effort that helped the names of his teammates be called again and again.

The senior joined the Te r ps t h e sa m e t i m e a s

g u a rd A n t h o ny Cowa n .

Now, four years later, both of their Maryland careers a re w i n d i n g to a c l ose .

Cowan’s a household name, starting 130 straight games and scoring 1,881 points and he may one day have h i s n a m e h a n g i n g f ro m the rafters alongside other Terps legends.

But Valmon, he’s the one behind the scenes. He’s the one who’s pushed Cowan and his teammates every step of the way. And when Maryland played its regular-season finale against

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M i c h i g a n o n S u n d a y, Valmon was honored for those contributions — the efforts away from the p u b l i c eye t h a t l eave a legacy of their own.

“He’s given as much to this program as I have,” Cowan said.

So much of that stems f ro m Va l m o n ’s wo rk i n practice, running the scout team as the senior leader and pushing the starters as hard as he can. He’s not shy to call out his teammates when he sees something that could be improved, and Cowan feels that alone has helped him grow as a player.

Valmon’s teammates can see his intensity in shell drills, a half court 4-on-4 setup meant to practice defensive positioning as offensive players swing the ball around the threepoint arc. It’s there, once the offense becomes “live” and can score, that guard Darryl Morsell says Valmon is prone to “dominate.”

It doesn’t lead to points nor playing time. The 6-foot-1 Rockville native has posted 19 points during 45 career minutes over 27 games. But that’s not why Valmon shows up to each practice ready to work; if it had been, he likely wouldn’t have been in College Park for long.

“He understood his role, which is real important to me,” Turgeon said. “And he’s made us better because

to the program push those thoughts back out again, reaffirming his purpose with the Terps.

“I just don’t think anything else could beat wearing Maryland across my chest,” Valmon said.

“Day-in and day-out, I just try to give everything I can to the program.”

Everything can be quite a lot. Turgeon pointed to Valmon’s positive attitude and endurance, never subbing out during drills in practice. Cowan commended Valmon’s accountability, pushing his teammates and ensuring they don’t become lackadaisical.

And when Morsell thought about Valmon’s behind-the-scenes role, pushing Cowan and the team to a top-10 ranking and the first Big Ten regu l a r- s ea s o n t i t l e s i n c e j o i n i n g t h e c o n fe re n c e through his commitment in practice, he had to let out a chuckle.

“I wish Travis had like a mixtape of his practice, b e c a u s e T ra v i s ge t s i t done,” Morsell said. “I’ve seen Travis grow just as much as Anthony has over the years. It’s crazy.”

Valmon hopes he can get some video of his play in practice, too, some documentation of his impact on Maryland. He doesn’t think he’d ever release it to the public — after all, so much of his career was out

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guard travis valmon came onto the floor for the final 26 seconds of Sunday’s 83-70 victory against Michigan, dribbling out the remaining time on the Terps’ Big Ten regular-season title. And postgame, he helped guard Anthony Cowan raise the trophy as confetti swirled around the pair of seniors. cam andrews/the diamondback he understood it.”

The relationships Valmon’s made since joining the program tied him down, too. He’d been a Maryland fan growing up, and he had been around the school since his father, Andrew, became the Terps’ track coach in 2003.

And while Valmon admitted the thought of playing elsewhere can still trickle into the back of his head, the friends he’s made on the team and his connection

of their view anyway.

Instead, he’d want that video for himself. He’d want to look back at it 10 years down the road, when his competitive basketball days are done. And then he’d smile, remembering all those fond memories that may not have manifested into game time, but ensured Va l m o n wo u l d l eave a n imprint on the program regardless. sportsdbk@gmail.com

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Turgeon’s triumph

By Eric Myers | @EricMyers531 | Senior staff writer

Mark Turgeon, the Maryland men’s basketball coach, celebrates his first Big Ten regular-season title following his team’s 83-70 victory over Michigan on Sunday. On a ladder, he cut down the net at Xfinity Center. joe ryan/the diamondback Maryland men’s basketball coach Mark Turgeon climbed the ladder, turned to the mass of Terps fans that flooded the Xfinity Center floor and delivered a pair of fist pumps.

His team had just beaten Michigan 83-70 to secure a share of the Big Ten regular-season title. Next, came the moment he — and those fans— had really been waiting for. It took nine years, but Turgeon was finally poised on a ladder, proudly hoisting the remnants of a net for all Maryland fans to see.

While perched on that ladder, Turgeon stood above the large contingent of Terps fans, displaying the net that signified the elusive conference championship a faction of supporters thought he may never earn in College Park.

“Does anybody see the thousand-pound gorilla that was on my back that left, not here anymore?” Turgeon asked

the crowd during the trophy presentation.

When Turgeon arrived at College Park in 2011, he was replacing a Maryland legend in university alum Gary Williams, who had just retired after 22 seasons at the helm.

Williams led the program to three ACC regular-season championships, a conference tournament title and its lone national championship in 2002, when he waved the net at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.

Turgeon took over with a roster in a state of flux. Williams’ departure coincided with the team’s best player, Jordan Williams, leaving early for the NBA draft. Then, just three years after taking over, Turgeon had to adjust to a new conference.

“You take over and you go through things, and we had to rebuild again,” Turgeon said.

“And then, [we] change leagues.”

There seemed to be a level of

patience from fans as the former Kansas point guard navigated through the early portion of his tenure. But as seasons wore on and the Terps repeatedly fell short of lofty expectations, the narrative began to shift.

An anti-Turgeon crowd emerged on social media before, during and after games. Searching the name “Turgeon” on Twitter often results in vehement disapproval in his coaching ability.

“In this generation, social media’s huge. You go search your name, and it’s things said from fans, or so-called fans,” guard Anthony Cowan said. “It happens. But to be able to overcome it, especially with coach, and be able to ride together, I think it’s huge for us.”

Even at Xfinity Center, as Turgeon stood on the court named after his predecessor, he would hear mixed reactions to his name being announced

during pre-game introductions.

It wasn’t for a lack of good moments — Maryland has had two second-place conference finishes under his watch, and there was a Sweet Sixteen appearance in 2016.

But it was the talented teams, such as the 2015-16 team that started the season at No. 3 in the poll, that incurred early exits in the Big Ten or NCAA tournaments — or both — that drew derision from fans.

With another highly ranked squad coming into the 20192020 season, checking in at No. 7 in the preseason polls, players could feel an uptick of pressure applied to their coach.

“Without a doubt,” guard Aaron Wiggins said. “A lot of people are on his back, a lot of people are on the team’s back about his coaching and stuff.

But we all have his back; we all know how good of a coach he is.”

This banner season didn’t

come without criticism directed at Turgeon.

There was the two-game losing streak in December that suddenly had Maryland fans backing down from their championship expectations. That was squashed Sunday afternoon.

And who could forget the narrative that Turgeon couldn’t win big games on the road? The ninth-year coach answered it with season-defining wins over Indiana, Illinois, Michigan State and Minnesota.

Then, for good measure, there was the stretch of three losses in a four-game span that had some supporters — or, as Cowan called them, “so-called fans” — back on Turgeon’s case after a ninegame winning streak temporarily silenced them.

“Coach Turgeon takes a lot of criticism for us throughout the whole season. He handles it well,” forward Jalen Smith said.

“But just knowing that we got to

get him this championship, his first one, it’s an amazing feeling.”

As Turgeon discussed the moment he stood above the crowd and relished in the moment of his first championship at Maryland, he reflected on how difficult winning a league championship is, especially in this season’s volatile Big Ten conference race.

“I’m not into a lot of things,” Turgeon said. “But to hang a banner, that’s pretty cool.

[Maryland’s] only done it seven times before in 100 years, so we’ve done it eight times now.”

When Turgeon’s squad wrapped up the regular-season title, the proverbial gorilla left his back, at least for now. Turgeon will now turn his attention to the Big Ten and NCAA tournaments, looking to shake off any other March mammals that may be weighing on him. sportsdbk@gmail.com

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195.300

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In College Park, a regular-season conference title. And in Indianapolis, a Big Ten tourney trophy.

Mark Andy Kostka Turgeon @afkostka had been Senior staff writer planning this moment for some time. Not the specifics — that would come spur of the moment as emotion bubbled over into giddy excitement — but the Maryland men’s basketball coach knew he wanted Anthony Cowan to have one last goodbye to an Xfinity Center crowd that’s watched him all this time.

For so much of Cowan’s four years here, the guard has been central to the Terps’ ups and downs. And as Turgeon rode an elliptical in the buildup to Sunday’s 83-70 win over Michigan, he began to tear up, thinking of how he could get Cowan one more standing ovation, one more lasting memory.

“He deserves that,” Turgeon thought while pedalling away.

“I hope it works out.”

When the Terps held that 13-point advantage with 26 seconds remaining, Turgeon knew that moment had arrived. He signaled to the bench, calling for senior guard Travis Valmon to take the floor. And then Cowan made his way off it — momentarily raising both arms to acknowledge the cheers of 17,950 onlookers.

Cowan dapped up Valmon. And then he reached Turgeon, and that’s when his coach bent his knees, put his arms around Cowan and lifted the senior into the air, twirling him around. For that embrace, the unique by

relationship between coach and star was clear. They’ve grown together, Cowan and Turgeon. They’ve brushed off criticism and felt how tournament losses can sting.

Those losses could still come over the next month, when the unpredictability of postseason play comes to a head. But for that moment, Cowan and Turgeon spun by themselves, a weight off their shoulders, pent-up breath released, a share of the Big Ten title secured.

“Anthony came back to hang a banner,” Turgeon said.

“He gets to hang a banner.”

Maryland gets to hang a banner like this one for the first time in a decade, back when the Terps split conference title honors with Duke in the ACC. These feats are rare, and there was even less of a guarantee once they moved to the Big Ten, adjusting to a new conference and finding itself among the best — splitting the title with Wisconsin and Michigan State.

But after the final buzzer sounded, that trophy gleamed on a table with a throng of players wearing Big Ten championship hats and shirts. And when they hoisted that hardware, confetti swirled and the players jumped and the crowd shrieked.

And it was Cowan hoisting most of that trophy’s weight, the first item on a senior-year bucket list checked off his list after a 24-7 campaign.

“It’s like the cherry

on top,” guard Eric Ayala said. “We’ve got a lot more cherries to add on to it, but it’s just the cherry on top.

You know, he had a phenomenal career here at Maryland.”

The Terps had plenty of opportunities to wrap this title up earlier, of course. There was a chance one week ago when Michigan State and ESPN’s College GameDay came to College Park. A win then and a share of the Big Ten regularseason title would have been secured with two games to spare.

And then there was an opportunity in Piscataway, New Jersey, but that game proved ugly from start to finish, the Scarlet Knights dispatching the Terps handily at the Rutgers Athletic Center.

On Sunday at Xfinity Center, though, with Cowan, Valmon and Will Clark appearing for one final time in front of the home fans, the defense that had defined this team seemed to return. And that set up the early makings of what might’ve been Maryland’s most dominant first half of the Big Ten slate.

“We played like we’re capable of playing,” Turgeon said. “We looked like Maryland, the team that was 23-5, ranked ninth in the country.

We looked like that team.”

Cowan cashed in 10 of his 20 points in the opening frame and Aaron Wiggins and Darryl Morsell added triples.

See mbb, p. 14

INDIAGus Martin NAPOLIS @gusmartin321 — Having Staff writer won four state titles in high school, freshman guard Ashley Owusu saw the Big Ten championship trophy as just one more for her collection.

She was one of the youngest players in Sunday’s game, but no one could tell by her performance and poise. The Maryland women’s basketball point guard earned Most Outstanding Player and AllTournament honors, once again fulfilling the expectations she had for herself coming into the season.

With 17 points, six rebounds and 11 assists, Owusu led the Terps to an 82-65 win over Ohio State, capturing the Big Ten tournament crown for the fourth time in six seasons.

“It’s unreal. It took an entire team, a different player stepping up for us each game, every quarter, took a lot of grit and tenacity,” coach Brenda Frese said. “So incredibly proud of this group, to go through and win the regular season and then to be able to come out and take the conference championship as well.”

The Terps once again got off to a slow start, falling behind 10-5 after giving up two open layups and a pair of triples. The team couldn’t get clean looks on the other end either, but forward Shakira Austin got her team on the board first with a made free throw.

She then earned by

Maryland’s first field goal with a power move under the basket that moved her defender aside as she easily made the bucket. Both teams went back-and-forth over the next several possessions, with the Terps unable to defend the three-point line while the Buckeyes provided no resistance in the paint.

A triple from guard Blair Watson evened the game at 12-12, but forward Stephanie Jones found her rhythm near the end of the quarter to help Maryland manufacture its first lead. “‘Ms. Consistency,’ I thought the MVP could of went to either [Jones or Owusu],” Frese said. “She really brought it I thought every single game for us, and we had to have those minutes from the offensive as well as the defensive end.”

Whether it was from shots in the paint or getting to the line, she led her team with eight points in the frame. But a shooting foul from Owusu on a last-second triple attempt helped Ohio State narrow its deficit to two.

Maryland looked sharper on both ends in the second period and began to pull away. Owusu settled into the contest and served as an all-around threat.

She pushed the pace, grabbed tough boards and repeatedly created shots for her teammates on her way to 11 points, five rebounds and six assists in the half.

Guard Taylor Mikesell also found success in the second quarter,

hitting two triples from the corners.

Ohio State had trouble defending Maryland inside and out, and Jones continued to capitalize in the paint for six more points in the frame.

The Terps took away the Buckeyes’ open driving lanes and spot-up triples they had early on and held the opposition to just 29.4 percent shooting in the second period.

Ohio State forward Dorka Juhász, who had 10 points in the first, was held scoreless in the second as Maryland held a ninepoint halftime lead.

“She was just saying that we need to lock into our defense, and that’s something she’s been saying all year, because our defense leads to our offense,” forward Kaila Charles said about Frese’s halftime message.

“She’s saying, ‘Share the ball, have fun, and just go out there and leave it on the court,’ and that’s what we did.”

The Terps came out of intermission ready to put the game away, using a 9-4 run to extend their lead to 14.

Watson swished her second triple of the game on a contested stepback, and Owusu followed with a floater off the glass after sending her defender to the ground with a strong take that forced an Ohio State timeout.

Watson, a Big Ten All-Defensive team member, hit another contested triple once play resumed, letting it fly as soon as the pass touched her hands.

See Wbb, p. 14