January 26, 2015

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Hogan begins tenure with fiscal restraint vow 2016 budget Friday, which included a projected 5 percent tuition increase at University System of Maryland institutions, despite overall system funding growing by 1.3 percent.

Tuition rates are set by the Board of Regents, which takes the governor’s budget projections into consideration. Hogan’s budget suggests the $15.4 million increase in system funding will not be enough to offset

After inauguration day, governor releases budget with projected cuts, 5 percent tuition increase

By Jon Banister @J_Banister Senior staff writer

ANNAPOLIS —

Recently elected Gov. Larry Hogan delivered his inaugural address Wednesday afternoon, promising to usher in an era of bipartisan cooperation and fiscal restraint.

“I am prepared to create an environment of trust and cooperation where the best ideas rise to the top based upon their merit, regardless of which side of the political debate they come from,” he said to thousands of onlookers in front of the State House in Annapolis.

Hogan then submitted his fiscal

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gov. Larry hogan addresses thousands of visitors from the steps of the Maryland State House in Annapolis after taking the oath of office at his inauguration on Wednesday. capital news service photo by james levin

Univ increases tuition for spring semester

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Resident Life cuts campus housing for seniors

Robert Caret will replace Chancellor Brit Kirwan

By Talia Richman @talirichman Senior staff writer

cambridge hall will close at the end of the spring semester for renovations, which the Department of Resident Life says will cause a shortage of housing options for upperclass students. file photo/the diamondback

Upperclassmen looking to live on the campus next year will face a new housing selection process, potentially limiting their options to live on the campus as a result of fewer available living spaces, Department of Resident Life officials said.

Despite Resident Life’s previous ability to house most returning students on the campus, the department announced this month that juniors and seniors will no longer be able to participate in the traditional housing selection process and few will be receive spots in on-campus housing.

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State-mandated budgets cuts have caused th is u n iversity to increase tuition for this spring semester as wel l as i mplement furloughs for faculty, staff and administrator positions.

“T he state ju st cut so much money, and I want people to know th is isn’t a ny th i ng [u n iversity President Wallace] Loh wanted; this isn’t anything the university wanted; this is the state’s fault,” Student Government Association President Patrick Ronk said. “The state really did this to us.”

This state’s Department of Budget a nd Ma nagement a n nou nced a $40.3 million cut to the University System of Maryland budget, leaving this university with a $15.6 million budget cut, according to an email Loh sent to the university community Jan. 16.

“I believe very, very strongly in shared sacrifice,” Loh said. “Which

simply means, if this is not anybody’s fault … then everybody should bear a share of the burden. So faculty and staff and students and the operations of the school, the savings, they all have to share.”

The Board of Regents approved a midyear tuition increase at the Jan. 16 meeting for this semester to help compensate for the recent budget cuts. It’s the first time the system implemented a midyear tuition increase in 12 years.

“I’m of the opinion that tuition is something you sign up for and you agree to every single year,” Ronk said. “To just have your tuition increase kind of out of nowhere halfway through the year is really tough.”

Full-time state resident undergraduates will pay $152, the sum of a $76 tuition increase and a one-time charge of $76. Full-time nonresident undergraduates will pay a one-time charge of $279. This will generate $4 million to address the budget cuts, Loh wrote in the email.

“During the [Board of Regents] meeting, the presidents of each campus talked about everyone’s shared challenge in trying to address this unexpected budget gap,” university system spokesman Mike Lurie

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THE OTHER ESCAPE

STAFF EDITORIAL: Hogan’s budget projections

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A football used by the undefeated 1974 Towson University — then Towson State College — football team sits on a shelf in Robert Caret’s Boston office.

Nearby, there’s a photo of Caret with University System of Maryland Chancellor Brit Kirwan, and another of him with former Gov. Martin O’Malley.

The University of Massachusetts system president’s office contains

plenty of reminders of this state, in which Caret spent almost 30 years as a leader in higher education. Now, he’s returning home to be Kirwan’s successor.

“On a personal level, it’s a great next step in my career, perhaps the capstone in my career,” Caret said. “Because I’m coming back to the University System of Maryland, where I’ve spent so much of my career, there really is a sense of coming full circle.”

Caret, who previously served as president of Towson University and San Jose State University, was named the next chancellor in December and will take over July 1.

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From PAGE 1 said. “We don’t have nearly the lead time we would prefer to have to ease our students into the news that an adjustment is being made in the tuition and fee schedule for the semester.”

Loh wrote in the email announcement that the university will also save $3 million from faculty, staff and administrator furloughs and an additional $3 million from the hiring and construction freeze announced Dec. 10.

In addition, the university will return $6 million of its fund balance.

“This is a Band-Aid measure that I announced,” Loh said.

“The state has asked for a perma nent retu rn of th is money — not just give it back for one year; next year it will be covered by appropriations.

And when you think that this may be just the first round, this is very serious.”

Loh announced plans to form a task force charged with finding more perma-

fiscal year 2015, which became $1.5 million, she said.

“When that happened, as we looked to solutions, we realized we not only needed to cut expenditures, but we needed to raise revenue and how we raise revenue is by increasing tuition,” Crockett said.

The $62 tuition increase will make up 22.7 percent of Salisbury’s overall cut, with some of the generated revenue going to offset the increase for Pell grant-eligible students, as will be the case for each school that raised tuition.

“There are some students that I know that every dollar counts, and we are going to keep them totally harmless on this additional tuition,” Loh said. “I mean, this is so unfair to spring this on students in the middle of the year.”

Eight institutions in the system have decided not to raise tuition and will instead implement hiring freezes and defer maintenance and renovation projects to absorb the cut.

“The reductions will certainly limit our ability to achieve some of the goals

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$4 million IN: MIDYEAR TUITION INCREASES

total cuts to the University System of Maryland

$152 per in-state full-time student (2 percent) $279 per out-of-state full-time student (2 percent)

$3 million IN: FURLOUGHS

Faculty, staff and administrative positions will be affected

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Construction projects and hiring will be frozen indefinitely

$6 million IN: RETURNED FUNDS

This university will return its savings to the state

$15.6 million total cuts to this university

$16 million

set for this year, but given the lateness in the year that the university received not i f ic at ion of t he cut, we wanted to avoid a mid-year tuition increase that had not been anticipated by our students,” Bowie State University Provost Weldon Jackson wrote in a statement.

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Kirwan said each institution sa id. “T here was a sense was given flexibility to address at these four institutions, the cuts in a way that suited its though, that without tuition individual needs. increases, the cuts would be “Campuses were left with too harmful to the educational a very difficult choice, and mission of the institution and, I know for certain midyear in many ways, more harmful tuition increases, which is an to the students.” extraordinary thing to do, was the last thing the campuses esilvermandbk@gmail.com, would want to do,” Kirwan trichmandbk@gmail.com

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nent ways to cut spending and increase revenue. This came after the university implemented a hiring freeze, but the task force, which consists of faculty, students, staff and administrators, will also address the statemandated budget cuts. Ronk said he will be involved with the task force.

“The state should be investing more in our education,” Ronk said. “We’re going to be lobbying a ton next semester to get some of that money back and more money moving forward because higher education is one of the most important things the state can fund.”

Three other universities in the 12-campus system — Towson University, Frostburg State University and Salisbury University — will be raising tuition as well.

Betty Crockett, vice president of administration and fi nance at Salisbury, said the system was told to anticipate an $8 million cut rather than the $40 million cut that occurred. Salisbury planned on absorbing a $300,000 cut for

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hogan From PAGE 1 rising higher education costs, which would force students to pay a larger share of the cost.

“He i s now faced w it h some huge budget cuts, and although we will advocate that we will be protected, I understand that there has to be shared pain among all state agencies,” university President Wallace Loh said.

Hogan, facing a $750 million revenue shortfall, cut state agency spending by 2 percent, which saved $118 million.

He saved an additional $156 m i l l ion b y c ut t i n g s t ate employees’ sa la ries. I n a press conference Thursday, Hogan touted his “structurally balanced” budget and education funding.

“Maryland’s fiscal year 2016 budget establishes balance without slashing agencies,

laying off workers and while fully funding education and all of our other essential priorities,” Hogan said to a governor’s reception room filled with members of the media on his first full day in office. Fiscal 2016 begins July 1.

On Jan. 16, Loh announced a tuition increase of $152 for fulltime resident undergraduates and $279 for full-time nonresident undergraduates for the spring semester in response to budget cuts former Democratic Gov. Martin O’Malley introduced for the latter half of fiscal 2015.

Following Loh’s increase, which includes a one-time fee of $76, in-state tuition for full-time undergraduate residents is $3,958 for the spring semester.

T u i t i o n h a s i n c re a s e d 3 percent annually since 2011, following a four-year tuition freeze O’Malley instituted in 2007. From 2003 to 2006,

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maryland court of appeals chief judge mary ellen barbera administers the oath of office to Gov. Larry Hogan on the steps of the Maryland State House in Annapolis on Jan. 21. Hogan, this state’s second Republican governor in 46 years, emphasized reducing government spending in his speech. capital news service photo by James Levin tuition at this university rose 37 percent under Republican Gov. Robert Ehrlich.

Loh, who attended Wednes- development and job growth d ay’s i n au g u rat ion, sa id resonated with the universiHogan’s message of economic ty’s mission. Loh has met with Hogan and says he will continue to lobby in Annapolis for university funding throughout the spring legislative session.

Hogan is this state’s second Republican governor in 46 years, and his term will be the first time since 2007 that the Democratic party won’t hold the state’s highest office.

In his inauguration speech, Hogan stressed that government spending must be reduced to ease the burden on taxpayers.

“We must get the state government off our backs and out of our pockets so that we can grow the private sector, put people back to work and turn our economy around,” Hogan said to loud applause.

Hoga n’s ru n n i ng mate, Boyd Rutherford, was sworn in as lieutenant governor after his son introduced him that day. Rutherford emphasized that he and Hogan have the same agenda and will work together.

“We will have a united executive branch, working together, serving all the people of Maryland,” Rutherford said.

“One staff on the second floor [of the State House, in the governor’s office] working to carry out Governor Hogan’s vision.”

T he proposed budget w i l l now go t h rou g h t he state Senate and House of Delegates, which have the power to reduce funding, but cannot increase spending or shift money among areas. The legislature must pass a budget by April 6, and Hogan’s signature is not required for final passage.

“The problem is, in Maryland, the governor has an extraordinary control over the budget,” said Sen. Paul Pinsky (D-Prince George’s), chairman of the Education Subcommittee. “What the governor introduces, we cannot really improve. … When it comes to policy, he’s got to pass it

through a legislature that’s Democratically controlled. But when it comes to the budget, we have one hand, or maybe two, tied behind our back.”

Sen . Ji m Rosap ep e (DPrince George’s), who represents College Park, said he was a strong proponent of O’Malley’s 3 percent tuition c ap a nd w i l l cont i nue to press Hogan to add funding for this university.

“College affordability was one of the top priorities Governor O’Malley had, and this budget suggests that it is a lower priority for Governor Hogan,” Rosapepe said.

The Student Government Association will have a representative in Annapolis lobbying every day this semester, SGA President Patrick Ronk said, with the goal of ensuring tuition increases do not rise above 5 percent.

“A lot of people are feeling the pain, and higher ed isn’t feeling the pain as much as other people,” Ronk said.

“I really think we should be grateful for that at this point.

We knew there was going to be cuts, given the fiscal situation in the state. … A 5 percent tuition increase is not good, but it’s not as bad as it could be.”

Del. Adrienne Jones (DBaltimore), chairwoman of the House Education and Economic Development Subcommittee, said the legislature has always been supportive of higher education, and she does not expect to have to reduce university funding, though she said the committee still needs to conduct a full review of the budget.

“My concern is, any time that you have a tuition increase, the impact on the students,” Jones said. “I really was concerned about that midterm increase that was just instituted last week because students didn’t really have a chance to plan.” jbanisterdbk@gmail.com

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wo days after being sworn in on the steps of the State House in Annapolis, Gov. Larry Hogan revealed his budget for fiscal 2016.

After running a campaign that was laser-focused on fiscal responsibility and reducing the heavy burden of an anticipated $750 million revenue shortfall, it was no surprise his budget called for significant cuts.

In order to continue construction of certain projects such as the Red Line and Purple Line light-rail lines, projected cuts to education, health care and state employee compensation were notable consequences.

For instance, Hogan has already saved $156 million by reducing employee compensation, which can be equated to a pay cut. And with modifications to the baseline formulas for K-12 education spending, local school budgets might be in for a significant reduction. Other reductions will come in a 2 percent cut to state agencies’ budgets, cuts that former Gov. Martin O’Malley had already instituted in the middle of the current fiscal year, which should save the state $118 million.

In what was probably the largest blow to college students, Hogan’s budget included projections that suggested a 5 percent tuition increase at University System of Maryland institutions to offset revenue shortfalls.

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After five years of 3 percent tuition hikes under O’Malley, any increase will have to be approved by the Board of Regents before it goes into effect.

We understand why some of these cuts were made: Voters cast their ballots for Hogan on the promise that he would address this state’s economic troubles head-on.

OUR VIEW

We understand the need for some of the cuts Gov. Hogan proposed, but we stand against a possible 5 percent tuition hike.

A politician not too inclined to discuss social issues, Hogan took advantage of the economic powers this state grants its governor. The legislature, after all, cannot add to his budget — it can only reduce it or restrict some of the expenses.

Though higher education was one of Hogan’s “priority spending areas,” the increase seems excessive given current cuts to education. University system funding will grow by 1.3 percent this year, but this university has already experienced plenty of financial pains: university President Wallace Loh already announced a $152 tuition increase and a hiring and

renovation freeze for this semester, all on top of the established 3 percent annual tuition hike.

Cuts in discretionary spending obviously will have to be made to offset the financial shortfalls this state has had to deal with, but a primary question we have to ask ourselves is, “Where should the cuts be made?”

Tuition increases at system schools definitely contradict Hogan’s intent to prioritize education and maintain this state’s reputation as one of the best in the country for affordable education. At a time when this university has had to deal with sudden financial changes, we think there might be other areas in Hogan’s roughly $40 billion operating budget — an increase to this state’s general fund spending — that could be cut to reduce the 5 percent tuition increase projected.

This semester, this university has a lot of lobbying to do. Fiscal restraint is necessary in a time when the state’s economy is performing terribly, but this restraint must be within reasonable means.

Young voters could be a key demographic for Hogan in the 2018 election. Although we’re sure the governor doesn’t have that race on his radar yet, he might need to rethink tuition hikes if he wants to secure his place in Government House for years to come.

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The truth about the “European fantasy” MARGARET ZELENSKI SENIOR

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here are some of us, some very imaginative people, who have what I call the “European fantasy.” And for those of you who aren’t familiar with it, let me explain.

A European fantasy is some college students’ dream of moving to Europe and living an unbelievably posh lifestyle. Through television, movies, fashion magazines and made-up stereotypes, these dreamers have painted Europe as the mecca of fabulosity. This fantasy includes drinking tea on sunny afternoons, going to art galleries with chic friends and taking pictures of random things at odd angles. I have lived in Ukraine, Denmark and Portugal — three extremely different European countries — so I think I have at least some legitimacy in crushing this dream. Yes, I’m dream-crushing.

Your European fantasy doesn’t exist, and you will never live that life while you live in Europe.

Well, maybe not never. But 99 percent never. Let me explain.

Of course, you have to have a job to live in Europe. You have to have a job anywhere, unless you’re fantastically rich and don’t need one. If that’s the case, disregard everything I’m saying and live anywhere you want because you can. But for the rest of us, a job is essential.

I’m not even going to get into how difficult it is to persuade a European government to give you a work permit. Yeah, you can’t work in Europe unless the government deems the position you’re applying for so difficult to fill that they have to go outside of their own borders.

Countries don’t like giving their jobs to foreigners. But before you even apply for a work permit, you might

have to learn a new language.

Thankfully, many European countries have strong English schooling and many Europeans can speak English.

However, to get a job there, you absolutely must speak the local language.

Maybe you’ll be surprised to know that an extraordinary amount of Europeans are at least bilingual. My manicurist in Portugal can easily switch among four languages. Unfortunately, most of us Americans don’t have that skill. Let’s admit it, some of us can barely speak English.

But let’s say you got the job. Honestly, congratulations. Now you have to realize that the standard of living in most European countries is very different from the American standard. There aren’t many 24/7 businesses. If the pipe in your measly apartment breaks after the workday has ended, tough luck. Wait until the stores open again.

If your Internet goes out, you can’t just call up someone and work it out over the phone. You literally have to go to the nearest provider store, wait in line and try to communicate your problem.

Furthermore, unless you’re at the Vatican, those art galleries are a collection of five confusing paintings stuck somewhere between a kebab hut and bike shop. And oddly, it’s always raining in those very countries we associate with drinking tea in the sunlight. Also, everything is more expensive than you can imagine.

But of course, this isn’t to say you should never go to Europe. If you can, visit it as much as possible. As a vacation destination, it’s amazing. You’ll see landmarks, architecture, art and food that are unparalleled. This also isn’t to say you should give up on the fantasy.

If you’re really set on living in Europe, do your research, visit your destination and become an informed consumer.

I’m just here to tell you that not every country has safe drinking water.

Margaret Zelenski is a senior English a n d c r i m i n o l og y a n d c r i m i n a l justice major. She can be reached at mzelenskidbk@gmail.com.

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limate change has seemingly disappeared from the national agenda, overshadowed by the economy, ISIS and the return of the A-line skirt.

This university has long touted itself as a sustainable school; its green initiatives include reusable dining containers, motion-sensor lighting, systematic water conservation technologies, etc., etc. This year’s agenda book proclaims, “It’s easy to be green!” a nod to one of the school’s notable alumni, Muppets creator Jim Henson. While these advances have been financially successful, students are largely indifferent to the initiatives.

But going green doesn’t just equate to adding recycle bins and painting bike lanes. One of the university’s’s green tenets is “Take responsibility for the future,”and it’s finally time for our school to put its money where its mouth is.

The only way to prepare for the future is investment (ask any economics major), such as investing in solar panel technologies or one lesserknown option: divestment. Divestment is removing certain stocks from an investment portfolio, specifically, ridding university endowment portfolios of “dirty money” — coal, oil or gas stocks.

The movement is gaining momentum, spreading across the nation and the world — Stanford became the first school with an endowment exceeding $1 billion to participate — but many schools continue to resist

implementing similar changes.

Schools cite financial losses as their main concern: Fuel stocks, while environmentally adverse, are dependably lucrative. Therefore, divestment might affect a school’s financial wherewithal through — gasp — tuition increases. And as reports of a student debt bubble and the desecration of America’s educational system abound, the notion of playing fast and loose with university endowments is a touchy subject.

Despite evidence indicating fossil fuel divestment has no long-term punitive effect on endowment portfolios and divesting schools reporting robust outcomes, this doesn’t seem to be enough. Many officials think divestment will make no difference at all — that the lucrative promise of fuel stocks nullifies any effects of divestment because other, environmentally unburdened investors will buy them.

This is probably true. We are a capitalist society, after all.

But that isn’t to say the efforts will be neutralized. This divestiture movement is a conscious mimicry of the widespread divestment of stocks of companies doing business in South Africa under apartheid in the ’80s.

Millennials are, by nature, derivative, as characterized by our abuse of the retweet.

Experts still debate whether the economic castigation and accompanying financial fallout caused the political affray in South Africa to move toward negotiations, but it did

force amoral capitalists to confront the ethicality of apartheid. Today, similar efforts will catapult the issue of climate change and our responsibility to deal with it back onto the (inter)national agenda.

If this university — a large, popular, well-funded Big Ten school with an endowment exceeding $800 million — can get on board with this movement, it would truly cement the issue into the nation’s consciousness.

Though an individual school’s effect on Big Oil’s finances are nominal, it speaks to a greater point: designating the university “a national model for a Green University” and saying our “commitment to sustainability must be evident through its teaching, research, and service” without doing so is little more than hypocrisy.

The rationalization is inevitably that it is not a school’s responsibility to be an instrument of social change, but this “Do as I say, not as I do” attitude is dangerous and exemplary of why millenials exhibit chronic indifference to current events.

Politicians call today’s youth apathetic, but the classroom is one place where millennial activism remains vibrant, and this issue has done what others could not: It has drawn students away from ice buckets for ALS and Twerking for TB to the boardroom and the Big Board.

Mythili Mandadi is a senior economics major. She can be reached at itsmythiliman@gmail.com.

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ast week, Larry Hogan, now this state’s 62nd governor, took the oath of office and officially began his first term in elected office. Hogan, our second Republican governor since 1969, was the winner of the nation’s biggest electoral upset of 2014, defeating former Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown by almost 70,000 votes.

The victory was thanks to a campaign that should be studied in political science classes, an economically focused message and an opponent who did not take the election seriously. But now that the campaign is over, Hogan has to implement his administration and deliver on his campaign promises — especially on government spending and taxation.

On the surface, the obstacles to Hogan’s agenda seem almost insurmountable. The General Assembly is dominated by Democrats, who have 90 delegates and 33 senators (Republicans have 51 and 14, respectively).

An inherited budgetary shortfall — to the tune of $750 million in fiscal 2016 — will be a serious challenge that will most likely lead to unpopular budget cuts.

This challenge is one of the reasons voters selected Hogan in November. Hogan wasted no time getting down to business, releasing a budget (for the general fund) Friday that would balance projected revenues and expenditures.

To close the current general fund budget deficit, cuts must be made or taxes increased. Hogan has adamantly opposed raising taxes on an already burdened populace — the Tax Foundation has found that this

state’s tax burden is one of the worst in the country. More tax hikes would also be discouraging for business owners.

Therefore, the budget adjustments are significant: a 2 percent cut for state agencies, a freeze on state employees’ salaries and a reduction in the annual increase on education spending (education spending increases at a lower rate).

This state ranks highly on a variety of economic indicators: education, income, research and development and quality of life, among other advantages.

Most of these indicate that the state has tremendous potential to create one of the nation’s best economies. But when the federal government directly or indirectly comprises one-third of the state’s economy, it is important to have a strong private sector to weather federal uncertainties.

Even with all this potential, this state still ranks near the bottom among states in terms of actual GDP growth, and its business climate is not considered particularly strong. By improving the tax structure, regulatory systems and infrastructure, this state can certainly leverage its already strong potential into a model economy for the nation.

For those concerned about a variety of social issues — ones not involving significant spending — Hogan has made clear that he has no intention of undoing the the previous administration’s work.

It is clear that this administration will be most concerned about the state of the economy and state finances, both of which need improvement.

Larry Hogan provides an incredible opportunity for the state. Working together, Hogan and the Democratic legislature need to pursue policies that get this state’s economic engine humming and create a responsible budget.

Matt Dragonette is a junior accounting and government and politics major. He can be reached at mdragonettedbk@gmail.com.

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By Dustin Levy @dustinblevy Staff writer “The Oscar nominations came out, and they’re so white, a grand jury has decided not to indict them,” joked Larry Wilmore in the first moments of his new Comedy Central show.

The same could be said of the latenight landscape before The Daily Show’s “Senior Black Correspondent” premiered The Nightly Show in the sweet spot after Jon Stewart’s.

Taking over the old stomping grounds of Stephen Colbert’s innovative Colbert Report is no easy task, but Wilmore comes armed with an entirely different vision — one that fills a glaring hole in the late-night lineup.

“I couldn’t have started the show at a better worse time,” Wilmore told Entertainment Weekly before his show’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day premiere.

Given 2014’s racially charged controversies, including former NBA team owner Donald Sterling’s racist remarks and a number of police brutality incidents, Wilmore is savvy enough to address touchy subjects while keeping in mind that The Nightly Show is on Comedy Central.

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Larry Wilmore, host of The Nightly Show, has already won over fans with an open approach to the late-night news format. Though his new show fills the time slot previously occupied by The Colbert Report, Wilmore’s program eschews talk-show trappings in favor of frank panel discussions. photo courtesy of rolling stone rundown of relevant events, and so far, he hasn’t pulled any punches, delving into topics such as the Oscars’ lack of diversity, the effect of protests in the United States and the sexual assault allegations against Bill Cosby.

Wilmore finds a striking balance between these heavy topics and a genial conversational style, punctuated by his distinct and dulcet voice.

But Wilmore’s greatest weapon is his dedication to “keeping it 100,” or as honest as possible, an idea he uses for a later segment on The Nightly Show.

In the Cosby discussion, Wilmore bluntly condemned the comedian over the allegations (even letting a second tick off a countdown while considering the validity of the claims), and he later admitted to voting for President Obama because he was black. In only a week on the air, Wilmore has made clear his dedication to openness and transparency.

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Not only does this represent The Nightly Show’s modus operandi, but the punishment for a perceived insincere response results in getting assailed by a teabag, “weak tea,” a gimmick that will never grow tired.

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“This by no means means that housi ng ju n iors a nd seniors is not important or that they do not benefit,” said Scott Young, Resident Life associate director. “Both are certainly true, but in different ways.”

Though the department w a s a bl e to h o u s e a b o ut 1,885 ju n iors a nd sen iors this year, Young said, Resident Life’s decision came after data released this year i n d i c a te d f re s h m e n a n d sophomores benefit most from living on the campus.

In fall 2014, Resident Life housed 9,462 students on the campus, more than the 9,037 in fall 2013, Young said.

But in the 2014-15 academic year, the number of available dorm spaces was greater than it had been during the past four years, he said.

“We lose 234 beds based on the closing of Cambridge Hall at the end of this academic year for renovation and will plan on using flex spaces as necessary,” Young said.

Resident Life data also indicated that about 75 percent of rising juniors — about 2,150 students for fall 2015 — typically do not decide to return to the dorms and instead move to South Campus Commons, The Courtyards or other offcampus locations. Students who wish to continue living on the campus will have to enter a housing lottery, he said, and they can be randomly assigned to any remaining spaces after housing

Ca ret’s people sk i l ls, extensive record in higher education a nd focus on college affordability and d iversity set h i m apa rt from the others in the pool of 45 applicants, said Rick Berndt, chairman of the search committee.

“He doesn’t stop working,” said Berndt, a former system Board of Regents member. “When he’s awake, Bob Caret is t h i n k i n g a b o ut h i g h e r education, and he shows that energy.”

Ca ret w i l l i n herit a system that recently weathered a $40.3 million budget cut, which resulted in four of the 12 university system institutions increasing their tuition m idye a r. T h i s u n ive rsity took a $15.6 million cut a nd responded by ra isi ng tu ition $152 for full-time state resident undergraduates and $279 for full-time nonresident undergraduates.

While leading the Massachusetts system, Caret said, he worked with Gov. Deval Patrick to negotiate a “50-50” funding plan that increased state support for University of Massachusetts by $100 million over two years, leading to a tuition and mandatory fee freeze.

“It’s impressive not only in the plan itself, but in the way Caret went about forging it,” Berndt said.

“He has a very earnest and direct relationship with the governor there, and we have high hopes he’ll do the same thing here.”

Though Caret has a few months before stepping into his new role, he’s been working on creating strong relationships with political and business leaders in this state — many of whom he worked with during his tenure at Towson. “ I ’m t r y i n g to c o m e in every eight days or so to meet with my board, campus heads, business leaders and politicians,” Caret said.

During his latest visit, on Wednesday and Thursday, Caret attended Gov. Larry Hogan’s inauguration, convened with the budget committee chairs

rising JUNIORS AND seniors will have limited options to live on the campus after Resident Life announced new plans this month for housing priorities. Some upperclassmen choose to live in buildings like Oakland Hall for convenience. file photo/the diamondback for freshmen and sophomores has been secured.

Junior kinesiology major Marissa Ceaser lives in Oakland Hall, and while she recognizes most upperclassmen choose to move off the campus, she said remaining in the dorms could be beneficial.

“It’s more of a community feeling within the dorms, as opposed to the apartments and off-campus houses,” she said. “A lot of underclassmen look for guidance, and a junior living on-campus is a great resource for making their experience a bit smoother.”

Rising seniors will have the lowest priority for on-campus housing options in fall 2015, according to the Housing O utlook. T hose students will still be eligible to apply

to lease at The Courtyards or South Campus Commons apartments, according to the Housing Outlook, but rising juniors will have the highest priority for those spaces.

Sen ior a n i ma l sciences major Lance Brody has lived on t he c a mp u s si nce h i s freshman year, and though he looked into off-campus housing options, he said none of them interested him.

“T here are no real [offcampus] options, and they are all too expensive,” Brody sa id. “I wou ld hate not having a choice.”

Brody said he thinks the new lottery process could be unfair and could affect students’ ability to find affordable options elsewhere in time for a new semester.

Some upperclassmen will be exempt from the lottery process, however, such as resident assistants or those living in the Language House, said Deb Grandner, Resident Life director.

Ceaser has a job as a community assistant, which was a major factor in her decision to continue living on the campus.

She said the new policies could affect upperclassmen’s ability to work in similar positions.

“As a CA now, that would greatly influence my decision to continue working at Oakland,” Ceaser said. “Less upperclassmen may apply for this job — it would defi nitely make my job harder by living off-campus.” meichensehrdbk@gmail.com

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System chancellor beginning July 1 i n A n napol is, gathered with his new office staff in Adelphi and met with university President Wallace Loh in College Park.

Caret said meeting with d i f fe re n t p l a y e r s i s i mperative to understanding “ t h e i r d re a m s a n d t h e i r f r ustrations” so he ca n achieve his goal of getting each u n iversity system campus into the 75th percentile of its peer group.

“All three places I’ve been have suffered from an inferiority complex a little bit,” Ca re t sa id . “At Sa n Jo s e State, we had Stanford right up the street; at Towson, we had Johns Hopkins down the street; and at University of Massachusetts, I could see MIT and Harvard from my office. W hat I was able to do at all three locations was raise the profiles of the institutions … a nd i nsti l l a stronger sense of pride in the institutions.”

T he University of Massachusetts system was included in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings’ top 100 in 2014, jumping up 41 spots from the previous year.

Kirwan, who announced his retirement in May, said he believes Caret will be able to continue to “build the excellence of the system here and gain recognition.”

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Epperson steadies performance in loss at Penn State Freshman battles nerves to turn in two solid scores

By Callie Caplan @CallieCaplan Staff writer In her first college competition, Abbie Epperson was thrust into a precarious spot in the second rotation of the Terrapins gymnastics team’s season-opening tri-meet against George Washington and West Virginia.

As the freshman waited to mount the uneven bars to begin her routine, she was filled with nerves. Two of her more experienced teammates, seniors Katy Dodds and Shannon Skochko, had already fallen.

In that Jan. 9 competition, Epperson’s anxiety proved costly, as her hand slipped

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But when she took to the mat in her third meet as a Terp at Penn State on Saturday for the team’s first Big Ten road match, Epperson’s nervousness was replaced with newfound confidence. Though the Terps lost to the No. 13 Nittany Lions, 196.550-194.450, Epperson’s consistency was an encouraging sign in a disappointing afternoon. “[Abbie] did a great job tonight,” coach Brett Nelligan said in a postmeet conference call. “In the first meet, she was nervous and jittery, and now she just looked confident. And her routines look dominant, and the scores reflect it. So we’re really proud of her.”

Epperson competed on the uneven bars and vault Saturday, and her 9.825 score on bars helped the Terps gain

spell to take a 42-23 lead late in the first half, during which they shot 63.3 percent while holding the Hoosiers to 25.8 percent.

“We made great reads and decisions against their changing defenses,” Frese said.

The late push in the first half proved vital when the Terps offense cooled off in the second half and Indiana started stringing together consecutive successful possessions. What was once a 24-point Terps lead diminished to 11 points twice before Jones’ buckets.

Still, the Terps were able to hang on for their sixth double-digit win in their past seven games despite a sloppy second half.

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T h e Te r p s ’ s t i f l i n g defense continued, and they held Indiana without a field goal for more than eight minutes, a stretch during which the Hoosiers missed 15 consecutive fieldgoal attempts. When the Terps would pull down a rebound, and they finished with a 40-27 advantag on the boards, they pushed the ball in transition.

“We really started getting up and down,” Frese said. “We were really able to get out and make some easy plays.”

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“IN THE FIRST MEET, SHE WAS NERVOUS AND JITTERY, AND NOW SHE JUST LOOKED CONFIDENT. AND HER ROUTINES LOOK DOMINANT, AND THE SCORES REFLECT IT.” BRETT NELLIGAN

Terrapins gymnastics coach positive momentum in a tough road environment in the first event. Her mark was the highest in a Terps lineup that tied its season-best 48.850 bars score.

Epperson then took that energy to vault in the squad’s second rotation, sticking her Yurchenko full to help the Terps post their highest vault team score of the season, 49.000. Epperson’s 9.850 tally was a personal best and tied Dodds’ for the team lead on vault.

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to keep it in check and keep making it better. On vault, I really focused on trying to stick. I’ve never stuck a vault before in college, so that was definitely my goal, and everything worked out.”

On an evening in which the Terps lost some of their momentum with landing deductions on floor exercise and endured multiple mistakes on beam, Nelligan said Epperson was vocal about her desire to contribute in the all-around.

“After vault was done, she said to me, ‘I don’t want to be done. Put me in some other events,’” Nelligan said.

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Still, the losses came against premier competition, at the level the Terps could expect at the NCAA Championships in March.

“We all know — we hear from the coaches all the time — that this is what’s going to prepare us for March,” Mascola said. “These top guys are the guys that we’re going to see in the Big Ten tournament and the national tournament.”

Despite the team result, the

“She’s hungry, and she’s ready to be back in more events, so I’m really happy with her progress.”

Named to the preseason Big Ten’s 2015 Women’s Gymnasts to Watch List, Epperson has been hampered by lingering effects from a stress fracture in her shin she endured during her high school career. While she says her progress has been frustratingly slow at times, she is focused on her goal of competing in all four events by the end of the season.

The Terps have endured consistency issues, most notably on the balance beam, in each of their first three meets, but the freshmen have been a steadying force that has helped the team stay competitive in each outing.

“The freshmen have been doing really well,” junior Kathy Tang said. “[Abbie] has been

performing really well in adjusting to the different kind[s] of environments that [she’s] put in.”

With their first Big Ten travel experience complete, the Terps will look to rebound from their defeat in State College, Pennsylvania. As they prepare to face Iowa on Friday night, they will continue to lean on Epperson’s growing poise and aggressiveness, searching for their first road victory.

“There’s really not many words to describe [competing for the Terps] other than just adrenaline and being excited and constantly having a smile on my face,” Epperson said. “We are pumped. We got our first travel meet out of the way, so we know kind of what to expect. … We’re ready to get back in the gym and hit the road again.”

Terps continued to show their potential in Big Ten competition. After the Buckeyes stormed out to an 18-0 lead, Mascola put the Terps on the scoreboard with a 6-1 decision.

Snook gave his team another decision — his first since the Midlands Championships on Dec. 30 — with a 7-0 victory.

“When they go out there against Ohio State and pull out big wins — Snook getting the shutout and [Mascola] coming up with a big match — it’s just huge,” Fitzgerald said. “It helps me get confidence.”

For the second straight dual, Myers ended the competition on a high note. Though he was far from dominant, the redshirt senior edged out a 1-0 victory to improve his record to 4-0 since returning to the

mat from the football team.

“He’s getting it done,” Mascola said of Myers. “It may not be pretty at times, but he’s getting it done. And he’s getting better, and he’s looking forward to March.”

Even with Myers’ recent success, though, the Terps have largely struggled to compete in the Big Ten. They’ve lost all five conference duals by at least 13 points, two by more than 30 points.

But rather than solely focusing on the scoreboard, McCoy is also concerned about how his team can improve going forward.

“Overall, we have to just go out and continue to believe in ourselves and build on what we’re doing,” McCoy said.

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GUARD DEZ WELLS rises up for a layup during the Terps’ 68-67 victory over Northwestern last night at Xfinity Center. The senior finished with 17 points, none more important than his game-winning putback with 1.4 seconds left in regulation. christian jenkins/the diamondback

wildcats From PAGE 10 their blowout loss at Indiana on Thursday.

Eve n a f te r t h e Te r ps ’ defense stiffened in the second half, the Wildcats (10-10, 1-6 Big Ten) pulled within one rebound of their first conference win in 2015. Instead, the Terps (18-3, 6-2) avoided a shocking loss, and Wells added to a long list of clutch performances compiled throughout his college career.

“I wasn’t going to let nobody stop me from getting the ball,” Wells said.

Those early defensive struggles put the Terps in a hole, but their offense didn’t find much of a rhythm until those final minutes. Trimble finished with a game-high 27 points, but he and Wells were the only Terps to finish in double digits, and the team shot 40.7 percent from the field on the night.

The Terps’ deficiencies, though, evaporated down the

stretch. With his team trailing by 11 points and less than threeand-a-half minutes remaining in the game, Trimble sliced through the lane for an and-1 to start the Terps’ late run.

Then Wells, who has seen a dip in offensive production this year, scored backto-back layups to cut the lead to four as Northwestern struggled with the Terps’ fullcourt pressure defense.

“We almost had to be perfect after the last media timeout to win the game,” Turgeon said.

“And we were close to that.”

After the Wildcats scored to stunt the Terps’ comeback, forward Jake Layman buried a 3-pointer and Trimble finished a layup to trim the lead to one. Northwestern’s Bryant McIntosh then missed the front end of a one-on-one at the free-throw line, and Trimble followed by burying a pair of his own free throws to give the Terps a lead with 20 seconds left — their first of the game.

But then Demps drained

the shot over Wells, and a previously amped Xfinity Center crowd fell silent.

We l l s, m ea nwh i l e , wa s growing motivated.

“That’s just how he is,” Layman said. “When it comes down to it in the end, he’s going to do what he has to do to win.

That’s what happened tonight.”

About 30 minutes after his game-saving score, Wells sat at a table in the Xfinity Center press room with about a dozen media members circled around him. The reporters wanted to know how Wells felt after clinching a win, and they hoped to learn how the team abolished its opponent’s 11-point lead so quickly.

But Wells only had one thing on his mind.

“The guy hit the shot on me,” said Wells, who had stormed off the court as thousands of fans screamed his name earlier that night.

“That’s what’s under my skin right now.” akasinitzdbk@gmail.com

68.2 shooting percentage, the Hoosiers’ best three-point performance in a conference game since 2001, when they hit 14 of 19 threes against Wisconsin.

There’s no denying the Terps’ perimeter defense wasn’t up to par Thursday, and the lackluster defending appeared to carry over to the first half Sunday. But each was far from a catastrophic performance.

To put things in perspective, even with the Hoosiers’ brilliant shooting night, the Terps remained atop the Big Ten in three-point field goal percentage defense (at 30 percent) entering Sunday’s matchup. And the Wildcats missed seven of their eight second-half three-point attempts to finish the contest shooting 40 percent from beyond the arc.

It’s no reason to panic.

Neither Indiana nor Northwestern uncovered some damning chink in the Terps’ defensive scheme. Turgeon doesn’t have to overhaul what has been a successful unit all season.

Sometimes things happen in sports that defy the law of averages. It fuels the unpredictability that makes athletics so entertaining. You chalk it up. You move on.

Road losses happen with regularity across all conferences.

Winning in hostile environments, especially those of the Big Ten, is a difficult task. And in many cases, those defeats can bring a team back down to Earth and provide added motivation in the long and arduous college basketball season — perhaps even more so for a young squad like the Terps.

Take the past 12 national champions as examples.

Since the Terps last won the national title in 2002, only two of the 12 NCAA tournament champions have suffered fewer

FORWARD DAMONTE DODD flushes home a two-handed dunk during the Terps’ thrilling 68-67 win over Northwestern last night at Xfinity Center. christian jenkins/the diamondback than three regular-season road losses: North Carolina in 2009 (featuring Ty Lawson and Tyler Hansbrough) and Kentucky in 2012 (featuring Anthony Davis).

Of the 10 remaining champions since 2002, six of them lost at least four regular-season games on the road, including Duke in 2010 and Connecticut in 2011, which both lost five regular-season road matchups.

Through 20 games, the 2014-15 Terps have lost two road contests: at Illinois and at Indiana.

Meanwhile, they’ve accumulated some pretty impressive road wins at Michigan State and at Oklahoma State, not to mention the win over Iowa State at a so-called “neutral site” that happened to be a short three-hour drive

from the Cyclones’ campus.

Some difficult road tests remain on the Terps’ schedule: at Ohio State, at No. 25 Iowa and at Nebraska in the regular-season finale to name a few. History tells us that another road loss could loom in the team’s future.

But history also tells us that road losses are rarely indicative of a team’s true potential when it’s dancing time.

So if and when the Terps drop another road contest, try to avoid jumping to conclusions. The sky isn’t falling.

I promise.

Instead, understand this university finally has a men’s basketball team worth being proud of. Then take some time to appreciate it. dpopperdbk@gmail.com

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MEN’S BASKETBALL | No. 13 TERPS 68, WILDCATS 67

No need to stress just yet DANIEL POPPER

Basketball columnist In the aftermath of the Terrapins men’s basketball team’s 89-70 loss to Indiana on Thursday night, I witnessed varying degrees of disappointment among fans in person and on social media.

Some questioned the Terps’ perimeter defense. Others cried out about a lack of effort, wondering how coach Mark Turgeon’s squad could be upended in that manner on a national stage.

The complaints all characterized the psyche of today’s Terps basketball fan — jaded by repeated underperformance; traumatized by a consistent inability to show up when it matters most.

But this year’s team refuses to fit into those toxic stereotypes. And the Terps did it again last night by not folding against an inferior Northwestern squad at Xfinity Center, storming back from 11 points down in the final four minutes to eke out an improbable victory behind guard Dez Wells’ buzzer-beating putback layup.

It was a sloppy effort, but even the most severe struggles won’t quell this team’s determination to win. And the bounce-back performance helped prove why fans should never make hasty assumptions after losses, especially on the road.

First and foremost, Indiana was unconscious from beyond the arc and drilled 15 of 22 three-point attempts, many of which were contested looks. That translated to a See POPPER, Page 9

Coach mark turgeon fist-pumps in jubilation after guard Dez Wells secured the Terps’ 68-67 victory over Northwestern last night at Xfinity Center with a buzzer-beating putback layup. christian jenkins/the diamondback

PANDEMONIUM Behind Wells’ heroics, Terps top Northwestern with thrilling comeback

By Aaron Kasinitz @AaronKazReports Senior staff writer It was a late misstep in a game full of them.

And Terrapins men’s basketball guard Dez Wells thought he had to make up for it somehow.

With eight seconds remaining in last night’s nail-biting contest, Wells had let Northwestern guard Tre Demps rise up and bury a jump shot over his hand to give the Wildcats a one-point lead. Suddenly, it seemed the Terps’ frantic 11point comeback in the final four minutes was destined to fall short.

But Wells was motivated to leave his mark on his team’s final possession even after guard Melo Trimble rifled a quick 3-pointer from the wing. So as Trimble’s shot flew toward the rim, Wells moved under the hoop. Then when the ball clanked off the rim, the senior rose up to snag the rebound, twisted his body and pushed the ball up and in through the hoop with 1.4 seconds remaining.

The acrobatic putback served as the gamewinner for the No. 13 Terps in a 68-67 victory over the Wildcats. It sent an announced 14,113 fans at Xfinity Center into a frenzy along with coach Mark Turgeon, who ran around the court

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pumping his fists while searching for players to hug.

“Dez does what Dez does,” Turgeon said of his senior leader, who finished with 17 points and made up for his four turnovers with those late-game heroics. “He was upset he let the guy score on him, so he was going to get to that ball.

It was a big-time tip.”

Northwestern, which has now lost six straight games, had built a big lead by shooting 69.6 percent from the field in the first half, marking a continuation of the Terps’ defensive struggles from See wildcAts, Page 9

WRESTLING | No. 4 BUCKEYES 31, TERPS 9

Terps coast past Hoosiers, 84-74 Jones notches sixth double-double of season in team’s 11th straight win

By Ryan Baillargeon @RyanBaillargeon Staff writer Lexie Brown has earned the nickname “Big Shot Brown” among her Terrapins women’s basketball teammates and coaches. Sunday, though, it was center Brionna Jones who ended Indiana’s comeback aspirations in the final minutes off Brown’s missed shots.

After Brown missed a pair of free throws with 4:09 left in the game, Jones grabbed the offensive rebound and laid it in to end a 16-5 Hoosiers run that had cut the Terps’ lead to 11.

Then, when Indiana responded at the other end, Jones caught Brown’s air ball and finished it to beat the shot clock.

“She was big towards the end of the game with her boards and her putbacks,” Brown said. “To have a post presence like that down low is amazing.”

Jones finished with 10 points and 14 rebounds, her sixth double-double of the season, to help the No. 7 Terps earn a 84-74 win in Bloomington, Indiana. The victory extends the Terps’ winning streak to 11 games.

Despite the misses late in the game, Brown led the way for the Terps (17-2, 8-0 Big Ten) with 21 points on 7 of 12 shooting.

“Lexie does a tremendous job as our floor general,” coach

“DEFINITELY NOT THE BEST THAT WE HAVE PLAYED. IN THE LOCKER ROOM, WE WEREN’T VERY PLEASED WITH OUR PLAY, BUT AT LEAST WE CAME OUT WITH A WIN.” LEXIE BROWN

Terrapins women’s basketball guard Brenda Frese said. “Knowing what we need, when to score, when to get the ball inside to our post players.”

Guard Shatori WalkerKimbrough continued her success in conference play with 18 points to go along w i t h f o u r s te a l s , w h i l e guards Kristen Confroy and Brene Moseley provided lifts off the bench. Confroy finished with five points and four assists while Moseley added eight points.

Indiana (12-7, 2-6) found success early working the ball inside, but midway through the first half, the Terps shut off the paint. The Hoosiers couldn’t find openings in the Terps’ zone and started settling for 3-point attempts.

After Indiana guard Tyra Buss’ steal and score with 9:56 remaining in the first half, six of the Hoosiers’ next seven shots came from beyond the See hoosiers, Page 8

197-pound rob fitzgerald loses his grip on Ohio State’s Kyle Snyder during their bout in the Terps’ 31-9 loss to the Buckeyes at Xfinity Center yesterday. christian jenkins/the diamondback

Bucks bully Big Ten bottom-dwellers Terps remain winless in conference competition after loss to Ohio State

By Kyle Stackpole @kylefstackpole Staff writer The Terrapins wrestling team was outmatched Sunday afternoon before its members stepped onto the mat.

While the Terps featured two wrestlers ranked in the top 20 in their respective weight classes, according to InterMat.com, No. 4 Ohio State boasted five in the top 10. The Buckeyes’ apparent prematch advantage translated to a 31-9 thrashing of the Terps on Xfinity Center’s main floor.

Sunday’s defeat marks the Terps’ fifth straight loss in conference matches in their inaugural Big Ten season.

Still, coach Kerry McCoy noted the team’s improvement after its performance against Ohio State.

“It was better than it has been,” McCoy said. “The guys that are working [are] getting better, and they just got to continue to do that.”

The Terps received wins from 157-pound Lou Mascola, 174-pound Josh Snook and heavyweight Spencer Myers.

But their efforts weren’t

enough to push the Terps (5-11, 0-5 Big Ten) past the Buckeyes (9-3, 5-1), one of four Big Ten teams ranked in the top five.

“Like Coach said, it’s a topfour [team] in the country, so it’s going to be a tough battle regardless,” 197-pound Rob Fitzgerald said. “We’ve been improving every week, so that’s all you can ask for.”

The wrestlers at the lighter weights have stabilized the Terps’ lineup for much of the season, but they couldn’t string together wins against the Buckeyes.

After 125- po u nd Josh Polacek suffered a defeat to start the dual, 133-pound Geoffrey Alexander, ranked No. 17 in his weight class, dropped his bout against No. 7 Johnni DiJulius, Alexander’s fifth loss this season.

After hanging tough with DiJulius for two periods, Alexander faltered in the final frame in an eventual loss by major decision.

The struggles continued at 141 pounds as No. 1 Logan Stieber, a three-time NCAA See buckeyes, Page 8