January 29, 2015

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Senate seeks to block USM appointment Legislator proposes bill that would require General Assembly approval for top USM positions

By Jon Banister @J_Banister Senior staff writer

The State house in Annapolis. Lawmakers are weighing a bill allowing them to confirm university system chancellors. file photo/the diamondback

A state senator wants to block the appointment of Robert Caret as the chancellor of the University System

of Maryland by making the hiring process contingent on a General Assembly confirmation.

University system chancellors are appointed by the Board of Regents, comprising 17 members appointed by the governor and confirmed by

the General Assembly. In December, after Chancellor Brit Kirwan decided to step down in May, the university system announced the hiring of University of Massachusetts system President Robert Caret to fill the position.

Sen. Joan Carter Conway (D-Baltimore) said she is opposed to Caret’s appointment because of his involvement with a lawsuit brought against

Obama’s plan for free community college gets positive response

Univ study: Effective urban planning can lead to significant energy savings

By Josh Magness @josh_mag Staff writer Working nearly 40 hours a week at a minimum-wage job, eating one meal a day and relying on student loans, Josh Singer found community college far from affordable.

“It was almost impossible to get through community college like I did,” the junior community health major said.

Singer is not the only person who has struggled to pay for community college, often regarded as a cheaper option for higher education. According to The Washington Post, about 139,000 students are enrolled in one of this state’s 16 community colleges, and data from the National Center for Education Statistics found about one-fifth of community college students lived in poverty in 2007-08.

Because Singer knows these struggles firsthand, he was happy

By Marissa Horn @MarissaL_Horn Staff writer Innovative urban planning and growth in public transportation policies can significantly reduce a city’s energy usage by nearly onefourth, according to a collaborative university study released in mid-January.

“Already most of the world’s population lives in cities and the share is increasing fast,” said Giovanni Baiocchi, lead researcher and geographical sciences professor. “We need to understand the opportunities available before we lock ourselves into unsustainable carbon-intensive lifestyles.”

With more than 80 percent of the U.S. population living in urban Giovanni Baiocchi is a professor in the geographical sciences department and worked on a collaborative university study that found innovative urban planning and growth in public transportation policies can reduce a city’s energy usage by nearly one-fourth. rachel george/the diamondback

Despite new housing, city rent prices irk students

Contractors to begin designing new project

By Jeremy Snow @JeremyM_Snow Senior staff writer

By Grace Toohey @grace_2e Staff writer

South Campus Commons is one of several housing options for university students, but some say the rent prices are too steep at more than $800 a month. Other options, like Domain, cost even more. file photo/the diamondback that supports affordable housing by living cooperatively in houses in the College Park area.

But the rent Gutin and his roommates pay is not the most common price for off-campus housing — especially in the high-rise luxury apartment complexes that continue to appear around this university.

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Iribe Center passes state public works board approval

Residents: Affordable housing hard to find

Junior Ori Gutin has about a fiveminute walk from his classes to his off-campus house, where he lives with four roommates.

They buy groceries in bulk, cook and make housewide decisions together, bringing down the cost of living — which Gutin said could get expensive.

“With the rising cost of everything related to higher education affordability, whether it’s textbooks, school supplies, housing … all of these things are placing an immense burden on students,” the environmental science and policy major said.

But Gutin said having a monthly rent installment of about $500 helps.

Gutin and his roommates are part of Co-op Housing University of Maryland, or CHUM, a student group

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this state by a coalition of historically black colleges and universities while Caret served as president of Towson University.

While at Towson in 2005, Caret oversaw the development of a joint MBA program with the University of Baltimore. Officials at Morgan State University, a historically black university, said

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Domain at College Park, where monthly rent starts at more than $1,000 not i nclud i ng uti l ities, opened on Campus Drive in the fall, and the Landmark apartment complex along Route 1 is slated to open next fall with monthly rent See HOUSES, Page 3

The state Board of Public Works approved part of a $12.3 million contract Wednesday morning, allowing contractors to begin designing the new computer science building, the Brendan Iribe Center.

Compr i si ng of G ov. L a r r y Hogan, Treasurer Nancy Kopp and Comptroller Peter Franchot, the board approved most of the University System of Maryland’s requests, including the Iribe Center plan, early in the meeting. The approval went quickly and smoothly, said James Salt, university system assistant vice chancellor for procurement and real property.

“The selection of a design team for a capital project is a complicated multi-month process,” Capital Projects Director Bill Olen wrote in an email. “At the end of the process, we are required by law to get the proposed contract for the design team approved by the Board of Public Works before

moving forward.”

With the contract approved, HDR Architecture Inc., the Iribe Center’s contractor, will move forward with designing the building.

At the meeting, the board approved an initial $2 million for HDR Architecture to design the schematics, Salt said. At future meetings, the board could approve about $10 million worth of other contractual awards for construction or more detailed design.

Before the meeting,the university withdrew a request to approve a contract modification for A. James Clark Hall, a new engineering and biomedical building slated to open March 2017, Olen said. Instead, the university is waiting to receive additional information from the contractor and hopes to gain approval in March.

This university chose HDR Architecture after advertising for the project. Of the 26 proposals they received, university officials asked seven to send technical proposals and then interviewed three, according to the Board of Public Works meeting agenda. “[HDR Architecture] presented a design approach which integrates See iribe, Page 2

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the site i nto the desig n,” accord i ng to the agend a. “ E x a m p l e p ro j e c t s w e re very similar to the proposed project in terms of size, cost, and complexity.”

H DR A rc h ite c t u re h a s designed office complexes and research centers around the world, including college projects such as the renovated interior of a medical institute at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, according to HDR’s website.

Schematic design is often the first of three phases in designing a building, said u n iversity a rch itectu re professor Hooma n Kol iji, who sa id he worked w ith the Board of Public Works to design a park.

“The architecture team is responsible for bringing all the other teams under their umbrella,” he said.

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BILL From PAGE 1 Towson and the University of Baltimore duplicated a program it already offered, d iscou rag i ng students from attending the existing program and therefore fostering segregation, according to court documents.

A U.S. District Court judge in 2013 ruled in Morgan State’s favor, determining that Maryland violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.

T he c a s e i s s t i l l goi n g through the appeals process and could be brought before the Supreme Court, Conway said.

If passed, Conway’s emergency measure would halt Ca ret’s appoi ntment a nd give the General Assembly

MONTH PROCESS. AT THE END OF THE PROCESS WE ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO GET THE PROPOSED CONTRACT FOR THE DESIGN TEAM APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS BEFORE MOVING FORWARD.” BILL OLEN

Capital projects director

BRENDAN IRIBE (right) shakes university President Wallace Loh’s hand in September. The Oculus VR CEO donated $31 million, partly to fund a new computer science center. file photo/the diamondback During this phase, the contractors draw a blueprint of the basic layout and features of the building, Koliji said.

power to confirm the board’s appointments of future chancellors. This measure would make this state the only one in the country to subject the head of its university system to a legislative confirmation, according to the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges.

Conway said she lost trust in the board following its appointment of Caret, and believes the process needs to be changed.

“They know exactly what [Caret’s] involvement was and for them to sit there and take this particular candidate is unconscionable,” Conway said. “Obviously, it’s not just about the person. There is a structural problem with the Board of Regents. We have invested and trusted them to do the right thing, and obviously they said, ‘We’ll do what we want to do.’”

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“OBVIOUSLY, IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT THE PERSON. THERE IS A STRUCTURAL PROBLEM WITH THE BOARD OF REGENTS. WE HAVE INVESTED AND TRUSTED THEM TO DO THE RIGHT THING, AND OBVIOUSLY THEY SAID, ‘WE’LL DO WHAT WE WANT TO DO.’” JOAN CARTER CONWAY

State senator (D-Baltimore) Conway, also the chair of the Senate education, health and environmental affairs com m ittee, questioned board members at a hearing Jan. 22. Two regents and a system official spoke at the hearing, voicing opposition to the bill.

Jim Shea, the board chairman, defended the current appointment process and said qualified cand idates

2018. Cont ractors w i l l spend 14 months desig ni ng the new bu i ld i ng a nd 22 months overseeing construction, according to the project’s contract.

would be discouraged from applying if their appointment had to be confirmed by the legislature.

“I n the performa nce of t he B oa rd of R egents’ sworn duty, the mere suggestion that we are either unqualified or incompetent in selecting a chancellor is of concern and contradictory to the authority vested in university governing boards,”

Shea said at the hearing.

The board hired a search committee of regents, students, faculty and staff representatives as well as higher education experts to determine Caret was best suited for the position among more than 50 candidates, said P.J. Hogan, university system vice chancellor for government relations.

G ov. L a r r y Hoga n a l so spoke in opposition to the bill Thursday.

“When you have a chancel lor have to go th rough House and Senate confirmation, you just inherently politicize the position and t h a t i s n o t go o d fo r t h e system, for the institutions or for the students to have that political influence on a posit ion of t h i s level,” Hogan said during a phone call Wednesday.

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b o a rd’s d e c i s i o n to h i re Caret despite the lawsuit.

He said the board considered the issue but decided Caret should not be held responsible because the Maryland H i g h e r E d u c at i o n C o mmission approved the MBA program.

Hogan said because Caret has already signed his contract to head the u n iversity system starting July 1, the Senate does not have the power to nu l l i f y that agreement.

No action has been taken on the bill since Thursday’s hea ri ng. Conway d id not say when she plans to bring the bill to a full Senate vote.

She said she believes it will pass the Senate, but she is unsure whether the House of Delegates would approve the measure. jbanisterdbk@gmail.com

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COLLEGE From PAGE 1 when President Obama proposed two years of free community college in this year’s State of the Union address.

“It’s definitely a great start because a lot of other countries have free tuition for their students,” Singer said. “It was a huge hardship for me to get educated, and I don’t think that should be true.”

Under Obama’s proposal, wh ich come s w it h a $60 billion price tag, students of any age who attend school at least half time, earn a “C+” average or higher and make “steady progress,” according to The Washington Post, toward their degrees would be eligible for two free years of community college.

Obama stated that the proposal would benefit 9 million students each year, saving them an average of $3,800 in tuition annually.

Naomi Guteng, a sophomore enrolled in letters and sciences, sa id she t ra nsferred to this university this semester after her fam ily went through a “financial c r u n c h ,” fo r c i n g h e r t o leave Western New England University. Had free community college been available, Guteng said, she could

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“IF I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY [FOR FREE COMMUNITY COLLEGE], I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE TAKEN IT. IT HELPS STUDENTS GET AHEAD IN THEIR CAREER WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH THE FINANCIAL STRUGGLES THAT I DID.” NAOMI GUTENG Sophomore

have avoided this situation.

“If I had the opportunity [for free community college], I probably would have taken it,” Guteng said. “It helps students get ahead in their career without having to go through the financial struggles that I did.”

For Zach Harris, a junior t heat re m ajor, f ree community college would have been helpful during a time of medical need. After graduati ng h igh school, Ha rris sa id, he u nder went mu ltiple surgeries to fix a hole in his eardrum, forcing him to enroll in Frederick Com-

munity College instead of a four-year university.

“If it was available, I would have decided to go to community college for a full two years,” he said.

Despite opti m ism from som e s t u d e nt s, a Wa shington Post-ABC News Poll found mixed opinions on the proposal among registered voters. Of those polled, 53 percent said they supported the proposal and 44 percent said they did not.

Guteng sa id she favors the plan but remains skeptical about its implementation until she gets more i n formation about how it will work.

“I wa nt to know a l l the requirements so students actually have to try, as well as how it will be paid for,” she said. “I need to do more research to determine how b enef ici a l it w i l l b e, but I know that in my case, it would have helped.”

Singer is similarly unsure about how the plan will be funded, but said the benefits will still outweigh the costs.

“I’m wa ry of where the prices will come from,” he said, “but if it works out I will be a very happy person because I was in those shoes before.” jmagnessdbk@gmail.com

Winter crime: UMPD addresses stolen vehicle, identity theft university Police dealt with 122 incidents from Dec. 21 to Jan. 25, 12 fewer than those the department responded to during winter break before students returned to the university in 2014. Crimes reported include assault, fraud and vandalism. file photo/the diamondback

UMPD responds to 122 incidents during break

By Katishi Maake @TheHavocRat, @dbkcrime Staff writer University Police responded to 122 incidents from Dec. 21 to Jan. 25, 12 fewer than last year during the same period, police spokeswoman Sgt. Rosanne Hoaas said.

Hoaas said these numbers often fluctuate depending on a few factors, including weather conditions and campus activity.

This year, police dealt with vandalism, stolen motor scooters and identity theft.

VANDALISM A University Police officer responded to a house in the 7400 block of Princeton Avenue on Jan. 20 for a report of damage to a female university student’s car.

The damages occurred in the early-morning hours of Jan. 19, and Hoaas said the damages were minor and did not affect the car’s operation.

Police have not identified the suspect, as this case is still under investigation. However, Hoaas said officers are reviewing camera footage from the area for evidence.

Island Avenue noticed an abandoned motor scooter with engine damage in a wooded area, Hoaas said.

After the officer inspected the scooter, a dispatcher told the officer that the ASSAULT scooter had been repor ted stolen i n t he fa l l. T he On New Yea r’s Day, a n scooter was impounded for officer responded to a report safekeeping until the owner of an assault involving two can claim it. men affiliated with the university in the 7500 block of FRAUD Princeton Avenue.

The victim was taken to a On Sunday, a man affiliated local hospital with non-life- with the university reported threatening injuries and said he that his identity had been wanted to press charges against stolen and he was receiving the offender, Hoaas said. items in the mail that he had “The individual who wants not purchased. to press charges was given inThe victim said someone formation on how to go down had opened an account in his to the commissioner’s office name early last year, in addiand file charges against the tion to receiving items in the [offender],” she said. mail. The case is still under Pol ice a lso reported a n investigation. assault on Dec. 23 between Additionally, a countertwo family members that oc- feit bill was discovered as a curred at the public health deposit was being processed at school. That case is still under the Xfinity Center on Dec. 23. investigation.

“Of tenti mes when we have cases like this, we’ll RECOVERED STOLEN take custody of the bill and notify the Secret Service,” MOTOR VEHICLE Hoaas said.

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Courtyards apartments, an option for students who want to live off-campus, have higher prices than some others. file photo/the diamondback

HOUSES

a 2.5 percent increase for Commons and a 3 percent increase for Courtyards, said From PAGE 1 Gina Brasty, regional manager installments falling around for Capstone Management.

“We’re trying to cover the $1,100 per resident, according costs and provide excellent to online data.

“We’re a little more upmar- student housing at an affordket, we cost more, but there’s able price,” Brasty said, noting a lso g reater va lue,” sa id the apartments’ rates are still Stacey Friedly, Landmark’s some of the lowest prices for general manager, citing the student apartment living in location, amenities offered the area. and the fact that it’s a new “WITHOUT building.

Senior civil engineering AFFORDABLE major Landry Horimbere is HOUSING, HOW the treasurer of CHUM. He said he sees some of the new DO WE EXPECT TO high-end apartments near the HAVE ANY FORM campus as a threat to one of this university’s core values.

OF DIVERSITY IN “There’s a lot of construcTHE SCHOOL? THE tion for really good but expensive housing, and it’s reducing HOUSING BY ITSELF the options in my opinion,” LIMITS THE RANGE Horimbere said. “Without affordable housing, how do OF STUDENTS WHO we expect to have any form of diversity in the school? CAN ACTUALLY GO The housing by itself limits TO THE UNIVERSITY the range of students who can OF MARYLAND.” actually go to the University of Maryland.”

LANDRY HORIMBERE Senior civil engineering major Though Horimbere believes CHUM is one of the best options This need for high-quality for off-campus housing, he said living with a group of friends in housing that students find a house is one of the cheapest affordable is something the options — as senior aerospace College Park City Council’s engineering major Sam Bryk Diversity of Student Housing S u b c o m m i t te e h a s b e e n chose to do.

“We looked at our options, working to change for the past we looked at [South Campus] six months, District 1 CounCommons, houses closer by, cilman Patrick Wojahn said.

Woja h n is a lso t he coand price was the biggest mochairman of the Neighborhood tivating factor,” Bryk said.

“Commons was a little too Quality of Life Committee, expensive, and we’re paying which includes the subcomalmost 200 bucks less and we mittee. CHUM is an example of finding and maintaining afhave a lot more space.”

South Campus Commons fordable housing, he said, but and Courtyards apartments the city needs more.

“There are some affordable w i l l ra i se t hei r mont h ly rent prices next year, with housing options. … it could be

a lot better,” he said. “There’s a great demand.”

Wojahn also said the subcom m ittee is ex plori ng options to expand cooperative housing projects like CHUM, promote cheaper housing developments, explore subsidized undergraduate housing and improve some existing housing options.

A riel Bourne, the Residence Hall Association student groups and organizations liaison, is a part of the subcommittee and said one challenge is figuring out what rent prices are affordable for students.

While the subcommittee is considering a range of $600 to $800 each month to be affordable, he said, that range is only truly affordable when the housing option is up to code and has good amenities, said Bourne, a junior government and politics and nutrition and food sciences major.

For some students, however, the quality of new apartments around the campus would be worth a price hike, junior Cierra O’Keefe said. She said she plans to move into Landmark next fall for her senior year.

“It’s new; one of the big draws is you’re going to be the first person to live there and sleep in the bed,” the marketing major said. “And location is definitely one [plus].”

Now that upperclassmen will have a harder time securing a spot to live on the campus thanks to a change in the housing process,the demand for off-campus living could also expand.

“Students should have other options, affordable housing that meets basic standards,” Wojahn said. gtooheydbk@gmail.com

URBAN From PAGE 1 a re a s a nd le s s t h a n 20 p ercent l iv i n g i n r u ra l a reas, accord i ng to the 2010 U.S. Census, more e f f i c i e nt u rb a n i z at io n te ch n iq u e s a re ne e d e d to reduce energy usage, study leaders said.

F ro m t h e i r r e s e a r c h on 274 cities around the globe, Baiocchi and a g roup of u n iversity researchers worked with the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change, the P o t s d a m I n s t i t u t e fo r Climate Impact Research and Yale University. They found that 86 percent of the world’s energy savings could be found in a handful of a rea s t h rou g h env iron menta l ly con sciou s urbanization.

Baiocchi said the findings could even apply at this university, where officials are preparing to open several new eco-conscious buildings and make way for the proposed Purple Line, with more projects on the way. Despite the disruption to the campus, this growth is beneficial to the environment, he said.

More tha n 18 percent of the bu i ld i ngs at th is u n iversity a re you nger than 15 years old, but the average age of all campus bu i ld i ngs is 42 yea rs, according to a facilities management report.

“For substantial footprint reductions, a more radical approach is needed i n t h i s c a se,” Ba io cch i said. “Deep retrofitting

of existing buildings, smart meters, water caption and reu se, cou ld help reduce env i ron menta l i mpacts substantially.”

However, urbanization is not confined to developing energy-efficient buildings, Baiocchi said. It also means cities should focus on shorter work commutes, more public transportation, retail spaces closer to living spaces and higher-density living spaces, said Pan He, a research team member and a geographical sciences doctoral student study i ng u rba n ization i n China.

“With any city, campus or town, everything comes down to the planning, like how the buildings are organized so they can be more energy efficient,” said Cole Walters, a geographical sciences doctoral student studying urbanization in the U.S. There is a stark comparison between living in a city and in a rural environment, beginning with the infrastructure density, Walters said.

L iv i n g i n a r u ra l env iron ment is more cost ly because a si ng u la r house uses more energy per capita, but buildup and increased urbanization in rural areas is not always a good thing, either, he said.

“Per capita, they use less energy because of infrastructure density, less driving, more walking and p u b l i c t ra n s p o r t a t i o n ,” Walters said. “Living with m o re p e o pl e a n d h av i n g larger household in cities. … You share energy, heating a nd u se t he sa me ref r igerator, so there it’s being divided up more per capita.”

Internationally, cities that

“ALREADY, MOST OF THE WORLD’S POPULATION LIVES IN CITIES AND THE SHARE IS INCREASING FAST. WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE BEFORE WE LOCK OURSELVES INTO UNSUSTAINABLE CARBONINTENSIVE LIFESTYLES.” GIOVANNI BAIOCCHI

Geographical sciences professor will most likely reduce their carbon footprint this way include high-density cities throughout Asia, Africa and the Middle East, researchers found. Quickly developing cities in colder climates with low gas prices also have the most potential for creating a highly compact, more sustainable city that uses less energy.

Worldwide energy usage is ex pected to more t ha n triple the amount of energy used in 2005 by 2050, accord i ng to a Shel l g loba l energy report, so Baiocchi is hoping smart urban planning becomes a trend.

“When you lock yourself into a certain type of lifestyle, you have to deal with those types of consequences and that makes us more v u l nerable to ma ny more things,” Baiocchi said. mhorndbk@gmail.com

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alk into any university lecture on the first day of class, and there’s a reasonable chance you’ll face an instructor bearing a serious grudge against ELMS. Whether due to a general aversion to paperless grading, a somewhat legitimate fear of cloud-compatible technology or simply a refusal to keep up with the times, a number of professors and lecturers just don’t seem to use — or even want — this university’s Enterprise Learning Management System.

That reluctance isn’t indefensible.

The university switched from powering ELMS via Blackboard to Canvas in spring 2013, prompting a good deal of confusion as instructors attempted to integrate the new tools into their teaching plans.

At the time, this editorial board documented faculty members’ struggles to perform even the most basic tasks — messaging students and making files available. For some, those struggles haven’t abated, even two years later.

For all the Department of Information Technology’s efforts — chief among them providing student apprentices well-versed in IT support — it’s clear many instructors haven’t grasped the ins and outs of ELMS, and some have rejected it altogether.

Some post course materials to alternate websites; at least one English professor hosts a course page on Facebook.

Sure, online access to syllabi and files is convenient, but eschewing the centralized system all students are required to

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use muddies online waters with a glut of third-party Web pages.

DIT painstakingly researched and tested the ELMS system currently in place, receiving feedback from a pilot group of 24 courses and nearly 1,000 students to pioneer technology that, frankly, isn’t half as difficult to operate as its detractors suggest.

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This university needs to push faculty members to consistently use online learning management systems.

Students benefit from centralized access to their coursework and grades.

With one login, any student should be able to view his or her syllabi, download handouts and view grades.

Yet a bill under review by the University Senate suggests that often isn’t the case, and even the university’s academic governing body seems to underestimate ELMS’ importance to students.

Originally proposed to standardize and enforce mid-semester and earlywarning grade reporting procedures, the legislation submitted by senior economics major Mythili Mandadi also points toward a larger disconnect between faculty and ELMS. Mandadi and other students voiced concern about courses in which pro-

fessors rarely or never updated grades online, saying the practice made selfassessment of effort and proficiency in those courses difficult.

ELMS’ grading features, such as class-average data for each assignment, ease those uncertainties and provide feedback for students.

If instructors aren’t taking advantage of ELMS to post grades as assignments and exams pile up, they’re hurting students and limiting their own technological proficiency.

Most concerning, however, is the reaction of the committee charged with reviewing Mandadi’s proposal.

Charles Delwiche, the Academic Procedures & Standards Committee chairman, told The Diamondback that requiring instructors to post mid-semester grades to ELMS was “probably not practical for several reasons.”

Though Delwiche suggested posting the grades to Testudo instead, so academic advisers could access the information, such a modification to Mandadi’s proposal would weaken the legislation, no longer forcing faculty to use ELMS. This editorial board urges the senate to reconsider its stance on the proposal and again calls on the university to provide instructors with the resources they need to learn how to operate ELMS. Gentle — though persistent — prodding could go a long way toward helping faculty come to terms with technology that benefits their students.

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Parking changes not a lot to worry about that is accompanied by a parking spot. Much like the inconvenience of a lack of air conditioning in some dorms can be seen as an opportunity for students to bond in the lounge, the parking situation can be seen as an opportunity to better allocate campus activities to those who will benefit from them.

The decision to eliminate resident parking makes sense when combined with the recent decision to largely limit residence halls to freshmen and sophomores. A majority of upperclassmen choose to leave the dorms anyway, and they are the ones who need groceries and are more likely to have i m p o r ta n t i n te r n s h i ps. Do r m dwellers’ need for groceries is an issue between them and Dining Services, not the Department of Transportation Services.

Much of the parking deficit could be alleviated by the future Purple Line light rail. While there will be a few years in between during which some will be inconvenienced, the transit line will serve as a more sustainable solution for connecting the campus to other areas in this state. Access to Montgomery and Prince George’s counties will be much simpler. Additionally, the university has done a good job of promoting Zimride, a service that helps coordinate carpools to lower the need for spaces.

When all is said and done, a certain amount of parking is still necessary. However, taking into account the land value of this university’s location near the nation’s capital, the reduction in the number of spots will necessitate raising the price for those that remain.

A comparably located public university, the University of California, Berkeley charges $688 for two semesters, compared to UMD’s $481 for residents. Among private universities, Harvard charges a massive $1,740 for a yearly parking space, but still manages to function as a university.

A parking solution should be available for residents who truly need it, but the price will have to rise as the number of spaces falls. As the university grows, transportation solutions will evolve and the reduction in spaces will not be harmful in the long term.

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hen The Diamondback re p o r te d i n De ce m b e r that on-campus parking for residents is scheduled to be eliminated by 2017, the backlash was immediate. But the vocal opposition failed to consider the rationale for the decision. Change can be difficult, but in this case, it is ultimately for the better.

Aunts, uncles, employers and graduate schools probably never say, “Oh, Maryland? I’ve heard about their excellent parking program!” When writing checks, alumni donors fondly remember the experiences they had as Terps more than they remember their parking spots. Our campus is routinely ranked among the most beautiful in the country for its red bricks and green trees, not for its gray pavement. Land is a scarce resource, and it makes sense for the university to use it for more sustainable and beneficial purposes.

For those who place a high priority on parking, this state has a number of affordable public universities at which parking is cheaper, such as Towson, Salisbury, Bowie State, Frostburg State and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. At Frostburg, students who live in the university’s dorms can park for free!

However, you probably chose this university because it was t h e b e s t c h o i ce i n te r m s o f academics and student life. It has achieved its high status by growing through the decades, building new facilities and maintaining a dedication to excellence in research, athletics and other functions that distinguish a great university. Our school didn’t get where it is today by having the greatest number of asphalt slabs.

In terms of allocation, it makes sense for students who do not have major off-campus obligations to be the group that lives in the dorms. This will be more conducive to participating in various campus activities. Students who have employment or family obligations that require Daniel Galitsky is a junior finance and parking a car are better served by economics major. He can be reached at living off the campus in housing dgalitskydbk@gmail.com.

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The case for ‘low art’

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n a few weeks, the American film industry will hold its most prestigious ceremony, the Academy Awards. Critically acclaimed films such as Birdman, Boyhood and American Sniper are all vying for the coveted Best Picture award.

All are great films well deserving of their nominations, but I can’t help wonder, why these movies?

If the Oscars are supposed to be a celebration of the year in film, wouldn’t you expect the nominees to represent the most popular films of 2014?

Out of curiosity, I Googled the highest-grossing films of 2014 and found the top five movies of the year, in descending order, were Guardians of the Galaxy, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The Lego Movie and Transformers: Age of Extinction , according to The Numbers. Films like Boyhood and Birdman don’t break the top 100.

Again, I’m not questioning the validity of these nominations. I’ve seen most of the films on the list of nominations, and I find the vast majority, especially Boyhood, deserving. And just because a film is popular, that doesn’t mean it is deserving of any kind of distinction (I’m talking about you, Transformers: Age of Extinction).

However, isn’t it just a little odd

that the films most beloved by audiences seem to not even exist in the eyes of the Academy? Obviously, I can’t speak to the Academy’s rationale, but when I talk to various connoisseurs of the fine arts, of which there are many in College Park, I can start to maybe put my finger on the reason for this underrepresentation.

My favorite film this year was one of those top-five megahits, Captain America: Winter Soldier. It was an unrelenting action film placing my favorite superhero into the plot of a Jason Bourne-esque spy thriller.

I loved it.

Unfortunately, many people I’ve talked to about the film call its artistic value into question. They accuse it of being a cavalcade of explosions and cliches, another perfunctory superhero flick made to capitalize on the public’s current obsession. They ultimately condemn it to the status of “low art,” something that exists solely to appeal to people’s desire for the visceral and uncomplicated. But what’s so bad about the visceral and uncomplicated? What’s so bad about so-called “low art?”

Art, for me, has always been about feelings. When I enter a movie theater, I’m not hoping to watch some deeply edifying piece that will teach me something about myself or the world. I’m certainly not opposed to watching something like that,

but above all else, I want my movie and my art to make me feel. When I watched Boyhood, Richard Linklater’s spot-on depiction of what it’s like to grow up as part of the “millennial generation,” it made me feel both nostalgic and deeply introspective.

These are powerful feelings that had me leaving the theater satisfied, knowing I had experienced something truly wonderful.

Controversially, I had the same sense of satisfaction when I left the theater after Captain America — just for different reasons. There is merit in the complex and thoughtful, but as wonderful as films like Boyhood are, they can never hope to deliver the same kind of electrifying excitement the much-maligned summer blockbuster can.

I guess what I’m trying to say is that “visceral and uncomplicated” is not necessarily a bad thing. Just because a film or novel only seeks to thrill its audience does not mean it should be condemned for its frivolity. Provided it delivers those thrills in novel and commendable ways, I think such art should be celebrated.

So let’s retire the term “low art,” and “high art” as well. Instead, let’s just call art “art.”

Tristan Madden is a freshman journalism major. He can be reached at trmadden@terpmail.umd.edu.

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A positive direction for Maryland Athletics

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hat a difference a year makes. Last year, five Terrapins men’s basketball players transferred, and people were questioning the coaching staff and athletic director and speaking of an athletic program in shambles.

Not so fast. Maybe that athletic director and coach had a plan. Maybe they knew what they were doing. Maybe players left not because of something the program did but because of what they saw coming. Maybe they saw reduced playing time, harder practices and a program that was going to win and compete, playing the best players it had, regardless of tenure.

It’s easy to complain and point

fingers when things appear to be going wrong, but few step up to acknowledge when they are wrong.

And many were wrong. Terps basketball is enjoying success it hasn’t seen in 10 years, and the football team didn’t get pummeled in the Big Ten as many people predicted. In fact, the football team held its own and prospered in one of the toughest leagues in the country.

I would like to say, job well done, Kevin Anderson, Mark Turgeon and Randy Edsall. I like the direction the athletic department is heading, and I like seeing the Terps back where they should be athletically. Thank you.

Scott Weitz is a 1990 alumnus and owner of the Weitz Financial Group. He can be reached at scott@weitzfn.com.

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Like so many other Aquarius natives, you rely on humor to see you through the darker times. Indeed, your ability to laugh at yourself, at others and at almost anything at all will make it possible for you to prevail when others might fall short or perhaps be punished for their inability to see things in the right light.

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MACBETH tests the boundaries of traditional theater by using the hallways, staircases and passages of the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center as stages for its performances this weekend. Senior theatre major Conor Scanlan plays the title character. james levin/the diamondback FEATURE | MACBETH

SOMETHING fresh THIS WAY COMES Macbeth at The Clarice this weekend brings to life the traditional Shakespeare story with a fresh undergraduate vision

By Danielle Ohl @DTOhl Senior staff writer Macbeth co-directors Riley Bartlebaugh and Sean Patrick Forsythe are co-Shakespeare enthusiasts with a penchant for the unusual.

While Forsythe, a senior theatre major, longed to direct a nearly impossible campus-wide production of Hamlet, Bartlebaugh, a senior English and theatre major, felt drawn to Macbeth done in repertoire.

The resulting sold-out production as part of the theater, dance and performance studies school’s Second Season — works created by students to help their “entrepreneurial endeavors,” according to The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center’s website — is a bit of both.

“When it came time for Second Season proposals, we decided to do a walk-around Macbeth with four people,” Forsythe said.

Their Macbeth is a showcase of the creative energy and untapped talent of the undergraduate students who produced it. This roving production allows audience members to physically experience the play’s shifting settings.

Instead of watching scenery change from a seated position, the audience adopts a more exploratory role and travels from the battlefield to the halls of Scottish castles — or in this case, from the Cafritz Foundation Theater to the light lab — along with the cast.

Hallways, stairwells and passages between rooms are fair game as well,

for Macbeth, at least in this production, cannot be confined to a single space.

“It’s been helpful that our text has as wide of a scope as it does,” Forsythe said.

Inspired by both Sleep No More from British theater company Punchdrunk, known for its immersive theater, and Bedlam’s four-person Hamlet and Saint Joan mashup, the pair found a middle ground that is anything but moderate.

a play in a stairwell.’”

The powerful adaptation relies heavily on the prowess of its four actors. Bartlebaugh and Forsythe ruled out an over-produced piece upon realizing that sometimes, less is more.

The play is in the raw space that The Clarice provided for the project, sans any fancy scenery or background trickery.

sean patrick forsythe (left) and riley bartlebaugh, co-directors The show tests both the limitations the audience and the limitations of theater. Though theater typically requires a defined space and tradition dictates that space take a stage-like format, this Second Season play cuts down convention with the avant-garde edge of student ambition.

“I hope that young artists that come see this play look at this and say, ‘Hey, I don’t have to worry about not having a traditional theater space,’” Forsythe said. “‘I can do a play in a hallway. I can do

The directors held auditions late last year and began rehearsals earlier this month. Immediately, Bartlebaugh and Forsythe posed the auditionees with a daunting task: fill five roles with four actors.

“With their bodies and their characterization, they had to figure out how to put five characters on the stage,” Bartlebaugh said. “[That vision] has been integrated with the actors from the beginning.”

This production is an adaptation of Shakespeare’s original text.

Bartlebaugh and Forsythe cut and

“I HOPE THAT YOUNG ARTISTS THAT COME SEE THIS PLAY LOOK AT THIS AND SAY, ‘HEY, I DON’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT NOT HAVING A TRADITIONAL THEATER SPACE. I CAN DO A PLAY IN A HALLWAY. I CAN DO A PLAY IN A STAIRWELL.’” SEAN PATRICK FORSYTHE MACBETH CO-DIRECTOR

edited the famous work to fit their vision and cast size. In their presentation, the three witches plague Macbeth in his torturous afterlife and force him to revisit his egregious wrongs, which manifest through the traditional play format.

“I want [audience members] to realize just how terrible the character Macbeth is,” Forsythe said. “[Macbeth] is taught so much, and it’s so ubiquitous that people forget that Macbeth is a war criminal and has committed atrocities to get his way to an undeserved end. That’s an emphasis that we’ve put on this play.”

For Bartlebaugh, who fell in love with the play at a summer-long training program, the adaptation process was “very freeing.”

“It’s very accepted to edit Shakespeare,” she said, “so I didn’t feel super obligated to the text, but I did feel obligated to the story, so it was all about streamlining.”

The four actors and actresses were left to their own devices to prepare for the upcoming performance over the winter break, according to Conor Scanlan, who plays the consciencetorn Macbeth. From there, the experience was collaborative.

“We just dove right into it from day one,” said Scanlan, a senior theatre major. “It’s been fascinating since it’s a traveling show.”

Because the performance moves throughout The Clarice, each setting posed a new blocking challenge that the cast worked through with the directors.

Bartlebaugh and Forsythe provided their notes; the actors did the rest.

“We came to the rehearsals with blocking ideas, we gave them notes, but we still gave them lots of freedom to bring in what they thought about the characters and how they wanted to do it,” Forsythe said.

One cast member even imbued a magical element with her personal knowledge of dance and choreography.

“She came in with these really amazing movement phrases,” Forsythe said. “Riley and I couldn’t have done that. We don’t know how to do that.”

The result of their cooperation is a refreshing and delightful Macbeth that defies the word “amateur.”

“We treat it professionally, and that’s the key,” Scanlan said. “We’re taking this absolutely seriously, and that will show up in our work.” dohldbk@gmail.com

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guard melo trimble rises for a layup in the Terps’ one-point comeback win over Northwestern on Sunday night. alexander jonesi/the diamondback

notebook From PAGE 8 per game, as the leader of the Terps’ programwide turnaround this season, but Russell’s numbers have been more eye-popping. The Kentucky native, who played Trimble while on the AAU circuit, ranks second in the Big Ten in scoring (19.4 points per game), third in assists (5.1 per game) and sixth in steals (1.8 per game). Russell also leads his team with 5.2 rebounds per contest.

On multiple occasions this season, Terps coach Mark Turgeon has pointed to Trimble’s poise and body control to explain his success, and he handed similar praise to Russell this week.

“He’s so smooth he doesn’t look fast, but he’s fast,” Turgeon said Turgeon said. “He’s a tough matchup.”

That sounds a lot like how Turgeon would describe his own star freshman. Trimble, though, doesn’t want to worry about comparing his performance tonight with Russell’s.

“He’s a really good player, and I respect his game, but it’s not just about me and D’Angelo,” Trimble said. “It’s about Maryland versus Ohio State.”

MICHIGAN From PAGE 8 just because we understand that we have to be together,” guard Brene Moseley said.

“Our unit and our chemistry is stronger when we are on the road because it’s us against everybody.”

This season, the Terps have lived by the mentality that it is their 12 players against the rest of the arena when they’re traveling. Plus, coach Brenda Frese and the players said they prefer when fans pack the road arenas.

“I have been shocked at how well, between our players and our coaches, how much we have loved going into these different arenas,” Frese said.

“The atmospheres have been phenomenal. The best we have ever been a part of.”

During winter break, the Terps traveled to Nebraska (more than 1,200 miles) and Minnesota (more than 1,100 miles), which are both farther than any ACC road game they played last season.

Frese’s squad has found ways to make that fun, though. When the Terps traveled west to Minnesota, they attended a Minnesota Timberwolves game the night before their own contest. And

Turgeon’s been open about the lack of production from his interior players in recent weeks, and the situation didn’t get any better during Sunday’s 68-67 win over Northwestern.

The fourth-year coach sent 7-foot-1 freshman Michal Cekovsky out for his first career start Sunday, but the Slovak missed two shots in the lane and allowed Northwestern’s Alex Olah to score two baskets in the opening four minutes. Cekovsky ended up playing five total minutes in the game.

“It was his first start; I told him just to relax,” said forward Jon Graham, a senior.

But Cekovsky’s performance only compounded Turgeon’s concerns about his post players.

Cekovsky hasn’t proven he’s ready to contribute at the college level yet and Graham, though he often receives praise from Turgeon for his effort, is undersized for a center at 6 feet, 8 inches.

That’s why Damonte Dodd has started 18 of 21 games this season, but Dodd has hit a significant road bump in his sophomore season. In the past two games, the 6-foot-11 forward has scored just two points, grabbed one rebound and failed to block a shot in 22 minutes.

“We continue to harp on Damonte to be the player that he was earlier for us. Hopefully he can be that player again,” Turgeon said. “Then it’s just getting Cheko confidence.”

The Terps’ interior players get their next test at Ohio State, a perimeter-oriented team that has also shuffled through several options in the post.

BUZZER-BEATER CONFIDENCE Turgeon said he’s never quite experienced anything as a head coach like the Terps’ onepoint win over the Wildcats. The team erased an 11-point deficit in the final three minutes, 22 seconds, and guard Dez Wells’ putback basket with 1.4 seconds left served as the game-winner.

“There was a lot of emotion going on throughout it,” Turgeon said.

Turgeon said Wednesday the thrilling victory meant more than another conference win. Now, the veteran sideline general said, the Terps will feel comfortable in a variety of late-game situations.

“The way we won the game kind of gives us confidence moving forward that you’re never out of it,” Turgeon said. “Eleven down with three to go is a pretty amazing comeback.” akasinitzdbk@gmail.com

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Terps’ record in conference road games in 2014-15 the night before they played Rutgers, the Terps held a team dinner at New Jersey native Laurin Mincy’s house.

“We have loved every minute of going on the road,” Frese said.

The combination of finding ways to enjoy traveling, experience from last season’s NCAA tournament run and the mentality of the Terps against the thousands filling the arena has translated to impressive road success for a young team.

And tonight, against a Michigan team with a 10-1 home record, the Terps are ready for another raucous atmosphere.

“Coach always says we are most people’s Super Bowl game,” Walker-Kimbrough said. rbaillargeondbk@gmail.com

buckeyes From PAGE 8 that blowout loss at Ohio State from his mind.

“We’re never going to forget what happened there last year,” Layman said.

“We’re definitely fired up to play there again.”

The Terps and Buckeyes have both altered their rosters since last season.

Turgeon’s squad lost five players to transfers over the offseason but welcomed a four-member freshman class that’s sparked a programwide turnaround.

Ohio State lost fouryear starting point guard Aaron Craft to graduation last spring, but now has a new star in freshman guard D’Angelo Russell, who ranks second in the Big Ten in points per game (19.4) and third in assists per game (5.1).

“He’s special,” Turgeon said of Russell. “He’s really, really good. He’s got all parts of the game. He can shoot threes, he can do midrange, he can get to the rim and he’s a tremendous passer.”

But while the Buckeyes might have a new face to their program with Russell, their style of play under coach Thad Matta hasn’t c h a n ge d . Ju s t l i ke l a s t season, Ohio State is an athletic team that likes to pressure the ball on defense and push the tempo on offense.

Last season, the Buckeyes forced 14 Terps turnovers and scored 25 points off them in their convincing win, and Turgeon is expecting Ohio State to apply similar pressure tonight.

“They’re the most talented team in the league, athletically,” Turgeon said. “They have all the pieces.”

Ohio State’s two most pro-

forward jake layman (10) dribbles around a screen set by forward Jon Graham (25) during a win over South Carolina Upstate on Dec. 13 . christian jenkins/the diamondback ductive players from their plastering of the Terps last December, forward Sam Thompson and guard Shannon Scott, figure to join Russell in the starting lineup tonight. So the Terps, who still have five rotational players who made the trip to Value City Arena last year, have a hint of what to expect in terms of the personnel and atmosphere they’ll face in Columbus.

“I really just remember the fans being right on top of us, basically hounding us from start to finish,” forward Jon Graham said. “I know just what the environment’s going to be like. They are going to be ready for us.”

Guard Melo Trimble, who will start at point guard as the Terps aim for revenge tonight, was a senior in high school when the Terps made their last trip to Ohio, but he remembers watching the game.

He saw Ohio State roll out to a 12-point lead less than nine minutes into the game, and he remembers how each time the Terps pieced together a run, Ohio State would make a play to stunt the comeback attempt.

Trimble, though, said the result didn’t make him reconsider his commitment to the Terps.

“It kind of made me want to come here even more,” Trimble said, “because I knew we could do great things the following year.”

And though the Terps have, behind Trimble’s lead, resurrected the program, several of last season’s Terps have had to fight off thoughts of last season’s performance.

Turgeon also hasn’t forgotten how things unfolded against Craft’s Buckeyes.

So this year he’s got a plan to keep the painful recollections at bay and help the Terps focus on escaping from the Midwest with a more positive result.

“We’ll be in a new hotel, I promise you that,” Turgeon said. “We’ll eat at a different restaurant, and we’ll do things a little bit differently.

But in the end, 7 o’clock, when the game starts, we better play well. I know the guys that were around last season will be fired up and ready to go.” akasinitzdbk@gmail.com

TRACK From PAGE 8 long jump and 800-meter events.

The two friends even began their track and field journeys in similar fashions.

Melville, who is currently tied with Cincinnati’s Erika Hurd for the nation’s top jump of 6 feet, 1.25 inches, began jumping in sixth grade.

“I was at an elementary school play-day thing and a track coach saw me run and beat all of the other girls in the 100-meter dash, and then convinced me to come out for track,” Melville said.

After the coach persuaded her, Melville tried the different track and field events and found that high jump really “clicked.” LaFond, too, enjoys high jump the most.

She began a few years after Melville as a junior in high school. Her coach, who noticed she was a good longjumper and hurdler, let her try out high jump at her request.

With some work, her performance improved.

“He knew that I was a dancer before, so the technical parts came more naturally to me,” LaFond said. “Once I figured out that the jumps were all rhythm and pace, I was good to go.”

Another one of LaFond’s favorite events is the triple jump.

It was her first-place jump of 42 feet, 5.25 inches at the Penn

AMber melville is a returning All-America high jumper. She began high jumping when she was in the sixth grade. photo courtesy of maryland athletics State Relays earlier this month that helped her become the Big Ten Field Athlete of the Week. “[Triple jump] has almost become my baby — I like working on it,” LaFond said. “The work is never easy, and I’m always the most sore after I practice triple jump, but I guess that’s what makes it that much better.”

As seniors, both athletes realize their time at this university is coming to a close. So both have goals of making an impact and leaving a legacy.

Not only do they share the American studies major, but they also have the same individual goal for the high jump.

Their aim is to better a mark of 6 feet, 2 inches, good enough for new school record.

“If those two ladies set the bar at 6 feet, 2 inches, we’re just going to keep pushing it and get there,” coach Andrew Valmon said. “Because of the competitive nature of both young women, someone is getting

there, if not both of them.”

T h a t co m p e t i t ive n e ss during practice has pushed ea c h se n i o r to i m p rove .

The in-house competition not only drives LaFond and Melville but has also become contagious with the rest of the team.

“The young kids learn by example, and many of them come in as high school AllAmericans and are pretty good,” Valmon said. “It’s good to have [LaFond and Melville] to show what hard work can accomplish.”

With the Big Ten Championships scheduled for Feb. 27 and 28 in Geneva, Ohio, Melville and LaFond will try to continue to push one another — and their teammates — to greater heights.

It’s part of the Terps’ quest to carve an imprint in their new conference even more indelible than the pair of athlete of the week awards

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“Just because we’re the n ew g uys d o e s n ’t m ea n we’re going unseen,” LaFond said. “Taking Big Ten Field Athlete of the Week backto-back shows that we are a force to be reckoned with.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL | OHIO STATE PREVIEW

BACK TO BATTLE THE BUCKS

FORWARD JAKE LAYMAN (right) and forward Jon Graham (left) jump to celebrate during a win over Fordham on Nov. 20. Layman and Graham are two of five rotational players still on the Terps who traveled to Ohio State for last season’s 76-60 loss. christian jenkins/the diamondback

With transformed team, Terps return to Columbus to face Ohio State in rematch of last season’s blowout loss

By Aaron Kasinitz @AaronKazreports Senior staff writer The memories won’t come flooding back, because for Terrapins men’s basketball forward Jake Layman, they never left.

When the Terps visited then-No. 5 Ohio State last season, they were looking for a marquee win to ease the sting of a dismal November. Instead, the Buckeyes jumped out to a double-digit lead, threw several highlight reel-worthy alley-oops and drubbed the Terps, 76-60, in a game that served as a

symbolic moment in coach Mark Turgeon’s aggravating third season at the helm.

Tonight, Layman, Turgeon and the No. 16 Terps return to Value City Arena in an entirely different situation than the time they traveled to Columbus, Ohio, in December 2013.

The Terps are one of the Big Ten’s front-runners, the team has won five games away from Xfinity Center this season, and it’s ranked higher than the once-mighty Buckeyes.

Still, despite all of the Terps’ improvements over the past 13 months, Layman can’t shake See buckeyes, Page 7

NOTEBOOK: Trimble, Russell square off in battle of top freshmen; Turgeon hopes for production from interior players

By Aaron Kasinitz @AaronKazreports Senior staff writer It didn’t take much time watching film for Melo Trimble to detect a similarity between himself and Ohio State guard D’Angelo Russell, another Big Ten freshman who’s made a substantial splash this season.

“We both just play reckless,” said Trimble, the Terrapins men’s basketball team’s starting point guard. “We don’t worry about the mistakes we make. We just play.”

When Trimble and the No. 16 Terps square off with the Buckeyes in Columbus, Ohio tonight, each of the rookies will have a chance to stake his claim as the favorite to win Big Ten Freshman of the Year. Trimble and Russell were two of five freshmen to make the Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 list, both lead their respective teams in scoring and both have their squads hanging near the top of the conference standings.

Several national media members have labeled Trimble, who averages 16.3 points See notebook, Page 7

TRACK AND FIELD

LaFond, Melville continue string of success in Big Ten Teammates win back-to-back weekly league honors

By Jake Eisenberg @JakeEisenberg_ Staff writer

Thea LaFond won Big Ten Track and Field Athlete of the Week on Jan. 12. Amber Melville won it the next week. photo courtesy of maryland athletics

Amber Melville, among others, congratulated Thea LaFond on being named Big Ten Field Athlete of the Week earlier this month. Seven days later, on Jan. 19, LaFond returned the favor.

Aside from being named back-to-back Big Ten Field

Athletes of the Week, seniors Melville and LaFond of the Terrapins women’s indoor track and field team are also both returning All-American athletes. And the two teammates have leaned on — and battled against — each other to continue their success.

“We just love competing, and we put in so much work,” LaFond said. “This is a sign that our work is not going un-

noticed and we’re heading in the direction that we want to be. I’m really proud of her and really proud of us.”

Melville earned first-team All-America honors for high jump last season while LaFond was named to the secondteam for the pentathlon, which combines the 60-meter hurdles, high jump, shot put, See track, Page 7

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL | MICHIGAN PREVIEW

Terps boast improved road record Team 4-0 in Big Ten away games entering matchup with Wolverines

By Ryan Baillargeon @RyanBaillargeon Staff writer Nearly a year later, the Terrapins women’s basketball team’s victory over Louisville in the Elite Eight is still paying dividends.

Before an announced 14,002 at the KFC Yum! Center last GUARD SHATORI WALKER-KIMBROUGH drives to the rim during a victory at George Washington season, the Terps ousted the on Nov. 22. The No. 5 Terps haven’t lost yet in Big Ten play. alexander jonesi/the diamondback Cardinals, 76-73, on their

home court. And returning players said the experience of playing in that hostile environment has helped prepare this season’s squad for road games in the Big Ten. The No. 5 Terps (17-2, 8-0 Big Ten) have cruised to a 4-0 road record against conference opponents this year and will have another opportunity to defeat a Big Ten foe away from Xfinity Center tonight

at Michigan (13-6, 5-3).

“Playing at Louisville, it was just indescribable,” guard Shatori Walker-Kimbrough said. “That’s probably the loudest arena I’ve ever played in, so when I get to a Minnesota or Nebraska, I’m like, ‘OK, I’ve been in this spot before.’”

In the Terps’ final season in the ACC, they finished 5-3 in conference road games, with an average of 2,776 fans in attendance over those eight contests. This year, by comparison, the Terps have gone

undefeated in their four Big Ten road games before an average crowd of 4,690.

The wins have come against stiff competition, too. The Terps earned just one road conference victory against a ranked opponent last season in three tries, but they’re already 3-0 on the road against ranked Big Ten foes during their 2014-15 campaign.

“We have discussed it as a team that we are better on the road than we are at home See michigan, Page 7