February 9, 2015

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Barking Dog space could become U-backed venue University officials, Philadelphia’s MilkBoy in talks to transform former bar into art space, cafe

By Ellie Silverman @esilverman11 Senior staff writer The space that formerly housed The Barking Dog could be filled with an atmosphere of live performances, food and drink by next spring, officials said.

The project, still in the pre-de-

velopmental phase, would be part of a public-private partnership with this university and Philadelphia music venue MilkBoy. The Clarice Sm ith Perform i ng A rts Center wou ld spon sor p er for m a nces, while MilkBoy would book shows and provide a full menu of food and beverages.

“If we can move this forward, this

will be unlike anything any public university has done in terms of creating and developing the arts in collaboration with a commercial entity and actually being transformative in a community,” said Martin Wollesen, The Clarice executive director.

This is part of a larger plan to further integrate this university with the city while revitalizing the College Park area, said Omar Blaik, founder and CEO of U3 Advisors. a restaurant and venue could take the place of the former Barking Dog site if a public-private partnership See dog, Page 2 between the university and Philadelphia music venue MilkBoy goes through. illustration courtesy of msr design

Univ Police investigate voyeurism Student reports seeing camera in bathroom

By Katishi Maake @TheHavocRat, @dbkcrime Staff writer

kevin aguila, (right) a fifth-grade student at Paint Branch Elementary School, kneads dough at an event hosted by Walking On Water Inc. at Paint Branch Elementary School on Friday.

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By Grace Toohey @grace_2e Senior staff writer

water, salt and yeast formed into a sticky dough.

“Wow, this is like Spider-Man’s web,” the Paint Branch Elementary F i f t h-g ra d e r K ev i n A g u i l a School student shouted. kneaded his fingers through ingreAguila was one of the students dients, watching as wheat, sugar, among the fifth- and sixth-grade

classes in the College Park elementary school’s cafeteria Friday afternoon learning to bake bread from scratch while unknowingly incorporating key math, science and nutritional concepts. Many of the students had never baked

anything before.

Prince George’s County nonprofit Walking on Water Inc. brought the Breadmaking EZ assembly to the elementary school with funding from

A fem a le u n iversity student reported a voyeurism incident in Cumberland Hall to police Thursday afternoon, University Police spokeswoman Sgt. Rosanne Hoaas said.

Hoaas said the incident occurred between 5:10 p.m. and 5:45 p.m., and police received a call at 5:46 p.m.

The victim was in a dorm bathroom stall when she heard movement outside of it, including the opening of a door and a shower curtain shuffling, Hoaas said. When the victim looked down, she saw a cellphone pointing up into the stall.

The victim yelled, “Hey,” to the suspect, who then fled from the bathroom, Hoaas said. She then ran out of the stall to confront the suspect but “didn’t see anyone suspicious in the hallway,” Hoaas said.

University Police detectives are currently investigating this case. kmaakedbk@gmail.com

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Cole project to displace 21 Univ officials to close Paint Branch Lot for Clark project athletic clubs Engineering hall could cost 192 spaces by May

Officials, students work to find new event areas

By Carly Kempler @CarlyKempler Staff writer

By Taylor Swaak @tswaak27 Staff writer

More on-campus parking spots will be eliminated as the intensive A. James Clark Hall construction begins at the end of this semester, officials said.

While the construction is pending authorization and the start has already been delayed, the project is expected to begin sometime after May 1, said Bill Olen, Facilities Management planning and construction director.

Paint Branch Lot will officially shut down at the start of construction, said Anna McLaughlin, Department of Transportation Services assistant director.

The 184,700-square-foot building will be associated with the engineering school, Olen said. Its location will take over Paint Branch Lot, which is predominantly a visitor and employee lot with approximately 192 spaces, said

McLaughlin said.

In addition, visitors who would have parked in Paint Branch Lot would then have to park in Lot T, which is located in an older engineering lot, Allen said. The pay stations from Paint Branch Lot

A meeting between university and student group representatives Wednesday provided possible solutions for groups that would lose their meeting or event spaces as a result of upcoming renovations to Cole Field House.

Potential solutions discussed included a new site for tennis courts as well as the possibility of hosting events in other campus locations, such as Xfinity Center or Ritchie Coliseum, said Student Government Association President Patrick Ronk, who organized the meeting.

The meeting — which lasted about an hour and a half — included Linda Clement, student affairs vice president; Carlo Colella, administration

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cars sit in Paint Branch Lot, which holds about 192 visitor and employee parking spaces. If the A. James Clark Hall project plans proceed on schedule, officials will permanently close the lot in May for the building’s construction and will relocate staff to Lot 11C. sung-min kim/the diamondback David Allen, DOTS director.

The lot currently has 131 spots for visitors, with the remaining 61 spots reserved for computer, mathematical and natural sciences and engineering schools faculty and staff members, as well as other faculty members.

Although there are no students who currently park in the lot, student parking

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will eventually be affected, Allen said.

The employees who park in Paint Branch Lot will be required to move their vehicles to Lot 11C. Some students in Lot 11 will remain there, while others can make use of Lot 4B, which is located behind Xfinity Center, he said.

Lot 4B will be available as needed as an overflow lot for any registrant,

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Four student volunteers from this university attended the interactive lesson. Some of them are part of Reading Together, a new organization that will partner students from this university with Paint Branch second-graders to improve reading and comprehension skills.

Walking on Water Inc. is partnering with the organization, as they share the same mission — to empower children, Reading Together President Julian Ivey said.

“Our programs fit seamlessly together; it’s a great partnership,” said Ivey, a freshman enrolled in letters and sciences.

Coming out to the breadmaking event served as a way to kick off Reading Together’s involvement with the elementary school, Ivey said.

“I just hope they’re smiling this much when we’re teaching them to read,” he said.

Prince George’s County District 3 Councilwoman Dannielle Glaros couldn’t help but smile as the fifth- and sixthgraders measured ingredients and learned how to cook and make healthy choices.

“It’s hands-on learning for our kids,” Glaros said.

“We really want to support [these] programs.”

Prince George’s County Board of Education member Lupi Grady noted the program’s importance in that it addresses issues that affect students across the nation, such as childhood obesity and heightened testing initiatives.

“You want programs like this to empower the children,” Grady said.

Raymon Reed and Ester A r c e-R e e d , Wa l k i n g o n Water’s co-founders, said empowerment is a goal that resonates throughout the program.

Paint branch elementary school students toss dough at a breadmaking event Friday hosted by Walking On Water Inc.. (top). Sixth-grader Jordan Ramos mixes dough (middle).

Fifth-grader Kevin Aguila forms a ball of dough (bottom). alexander jonesi / the diamondback The kids called Arce-Reed “Aunt Honey” as she led the students in each task. She taught them that yeast is alive and breathing, whole grain bread is healthier than white, and raw fruits and vegetables are the best for you — all while letting the children have fun.

“Once we have children engaged with their hands, then learning takes place very naturally and organically,” said Reed, who is Walking on Water’s CEO. “We try to create an environment that learning takes place while they’re having fun, but also leveraging community and parental support.”

Arce-Reed encouraged students to take home the lessons they learned — as well as the bread dough to bake — and led them in chants of “Wheat is better” while turning their thumbs down at sugar. “ We i n t r o d u c e m a t h , science, inspiring children for those kinds of careers and fields. But throughout our pre-

sentation, we’re also emphasizing healthy choices,” Reed said.” We empower students to be the voice in the home.”

Reed hopes Reading Together will continue to empower students. The 23 student volunteers from this university will come to Paint Branch Elementary School two days a week starting in February.

“A lot of these children will listen to younger students that they can look up to,” Grady said. “[The college students] can also encourage them to stay in school and give them vision.”

As fifth-grader Kimberly Cerna punched, flipped and threw her dough simultaneously with her classmates, she l au g hed . But when asked what she learned from the assembly, she took the question seriously.

“I learned bread can breathe like humans,” she said. gtooheydbk@gmail.com

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“We are trying to make Route 1 this place that both students a nd com mu n ity can mingle together and … where College Park becomes a very attractive college town for both faculty and students and staff and community members,” Blaik said. “The art house project really fits in that bigger picture of community development that is extremely exciting.”

Blaik said he envisions the first floor of the space as a restaurant, serving as a coffee shop in the morning and a bar at night. The second floor would be the music venue, w ith a f lex ible stage a nd seating for 200 to 250 people or standing room for about 400. This multipurpose space could host a film screening, a concert or poetry reading.

“This is the 21st-century conception of how an arts program, anchored in a university, really should go out to the community rather than expect traffic coming in to the campus institute,” university President Wallace Loh said.

Zach Matteson, a music performance doctoral candidate, is a violinist in a string quartet called Invoke. His group’s first performance was at Busboys and Poets in Hyattsville, and he said he would love to perform in a space like the art house and restaurant project.

“You know, any more oppor tu n ities for people to get out and show their stuff would be awesome,” Matteson said. “It’ll be great to have another potential venue.”

Philadelphia music venue MilkBoy and the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center would work together to host arts and entertainment events on Route 1. file photo /the diamondback Blaik said this university is looking to renovate the space now and then obtain a long-term lease with public and state grants, as well as possible aid from the College Park Foundation.

Secu r i ng f u nds for t he lease does not concern Blaik as much as the future renovations, he said.

T he bu i ld i ng w i l l need an elevator to be handicapaccessible, a redesign of its green and black exterior and overall improvements on the interior, Blaik said.

To help with these designs as well as stir excitement within the student body, architecture professor Madlen Simon has her students working on designs for this project during the first few weeks of class this semester.

Simon kicked off the project with a class visit to the former Barking Dog space, which she described as looking “like Chernobyl” on the inside, with glasses, chairs and tables still out. She said it seemed as though people just got up and left after the establishment closed in November 2013.

“T he ch a rge I’ve g iven to the students is to keep a sustainable building that b r i n g s d ayl i g ht i nto t h e dark interior [and] create a relationship between inside and outside to allow people to enjoy food, drink and per-

formance,” she said.

As a resident in the College Park area, Simon said the city is in need of a place like this a r t house a nd restau ra nt project to break up the string of pizza places and bars full of students.

“T here is absolutely nowhere that I feel comfortable hanging out in College Park, so I can just envision myself having a great time at the art house,” Simon said.

“I’m really speaking here as a community member [and] as a member of the university community. This will be an absolutely terrific thing for residents and faculty that need a place to call our own and enjoy the kind of life we came to the university for.”

Although this project is still in a conceptual stage, officials remain confident that The Barking Dog will be replaced by an entertainment venue to be enjoyed by the entire College Park community.

“I don’t know if there’s a formula for it, but we seem to be able to go into spaces and create energy and bring people together,” said Jamie Lokoff, one of the partners at MilkBoy. “I am really confident that we’ll be able to come into College Park and do the same thing.” esilvermandbk@gmail.com

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Kids, police play basketball to form relationship Elementary school students unite with local police to make “CP Dream Team”

By Katishi Maake @TheHavocRat, @dbkcrime Staff writer More than 30 community members gathered at the Col lege Pa rk Com mu n ity Center on Friday night to watch or partake in the “CP Dream Team” event, an annual game of pickup basketball to help build positive connections between police officers and Paint Branch Elementary School students.

This university’s Office of Community Engagement helped sponsor the game in an effort to create a sense of goodwill between local police and the citizens of College Park.

“This has been an important asset for us as … university community members start collaborating, participating and building relationships,” said Gloria Aparicio Blackwell, community engagement director. “[Police] are not coming at an enforcement level but ... building relationships in a positive way.”

The two teams were made up of students and officers from various departments,

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such as University Police, P r i n c e G e o rge’s C o u nt y Police and Maryland-National Capital Park Police.

University Police Lt. August Kenner, who helped Aparicio Blackwell organize and operate the match, coached the kids through the game and was passionate about the message she said the collaborative game sent.

“When young people see the police, they know that this is something good and they can interact [with] and approach officers,” she said. “The good of this is more communication and focus on relationships with the kids in the community.”

The game started at 7 p.m. and went on for about an hour with a 15-minute halftime break. After the game, in which the adult team won 73-57, players and community members enjoyed refreshments.

Aparicio Blackwell said this was just another opportunity for the officers to interact with the kids.

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K en net h Ca lver t sa id he greatly appreciates opportunities to further assuage

more than $100 million to build a single 3,000-space parking garage, he said.

The idea to overtake Paint Branch Lot has been in the master plan — 20-year-plus projections about future building developments — since 1999, said Brenda Testa, the Department of Facilities planning director.

The site was designated for an academic science building in 2002, Testa said.

The building is supposed to cost $168 million and is mainly funded by state, campus and private donations, Olen said. The building is slated to be a state-ofthe-art research facility for undergraduate studies and other disciplines that use the space, he said.

O f f ic i a l s e x p e c t t h e building to be completed in 2017, roughly two years after its construction start date. The bioengineering construction would then be in addition to the remodel of Cole Field House.

“There is a possibility that we will not get authorization to begin construction,” Olen said. “In this case, there’s a possibility that Cole Field House construction could begin first.”

will also be moved to Lot T, and the faculty and staff parking in Lot T will relocate to Lot XX1, he added.

D O T S i n fo r m e d P a i n t Branch Lot users of these proposed movements through a detailed PowerPoint presentation. “ P a rk i n g i s a p ro b l e m that’s very easy to solve, you either need more space or less cars,” Allen said.

Sophomore El izabeth Pickens said she is frustrated with the lack of parking this city has to offer. “ I t’s j u s t s a d b e c a u s e there’s so many opportunities around here,” the history major said. “The Metro is accessible, but I intern in Annapolis, and students like me need access to their cars.”

Pickens pa rks in Lot 2, located near Oakland Hall and the Denton Community.

Because sophomores do not have priority parking and there is limited parking near her dorm on South Campus, she said she had no choice but to park there.

But this university cannot afford to introduce more spaces, Allen said. The debts the university would collect would be too great, and it would cost ckemplerdbk@gmail.com

lOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS and elementary school students congregate for a pickup basketball game at the “CP Dream Team” event to make positive connections. tom hausman/the diamondback police-citizen relations, which have been strained throughout the country.

“It’s a chance for us to all get together and show that we’re all human beings,” he said.

“We all have the same likes, dislikes and desires, and [this will] put a human face to all of us. This brings us together.”

Aparicio Blackwell said all events sponsored by the community engagement office are

collaborative efforts with the city and organizations part of the College Park community.

In 2012, University Police Chief David Mitchell came to Aparicio Blackwell with a vision to facilitate more interaction with the police and community, and this basketball game, which is held on a quarterly basis, was a way to do that, Aparicio Blackwell said.

“I didn’t have to make [the

Officials confirm no threat following FBI-issued PSAs targeting universities tive Christopher Iversen said he has not noticed any spikes in these types of cases, but acknowledges that people After the FBI issued two should always be vigilant of public service announce- suspicious emails that ask for ments last month warning personal information.

“T he FBI would put out university communities about online scams aimed at uni- several notices like this, so versities, their employees and if they have seen an uptick in students, officials said this this kind of thing, and that’s university is not among tar- when they would post these types of alerts,” he said. “If geted institutions.

Such scams include “work- [accou nt holders] receive from-home” scams, in which emails from people that they college students receive emails don’t know or strangers, they from fake companies looking have to question the source.”

The complaint center, the to recruit hires for their payroll and/or human resource posi- F BI-created gover n ment tions, and “payroll” scams, in agency that published the which university employees reports, explains that victims are asked to identify changes are asked to provide personal to human-resource statuses by information such as a bank logging in with their creden- account number. In the worktials, according to the Internet from-home scam, students unwittingly receive a stolen Crime Complaint Center.

In a brief statement on its deposit in their account and website, University Police are prompted to transfer that r e s p o n d e d t o t h e F B I ’s money to another account warning, claiming there is no involved in the scam. Cyber evidence or reason to believe criminals receive the money this university is a target of t ra n s fe r re d to t he ot he r account, and the student’s these scams.

University Police Detec- account is ultimately idenBy Katishi Maake @TheHavocRat, @dbkcrime Staff writer

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student government association president patrick ronk met with student group representatives and members of the university community Wednesday to discuss student activity group displacement during Cole Field House construction. stephanie natoli/the diamondback ganizations that expressed concern at the meeting was SEE, which hosts the Homecoming Comedy Show every year in Cole. Cole is also used for events such as the SGA’s annual crab feast.

Clement said Kaplan and the athletic department are willing to talk with SEE and other student groups about the possibility of using X f i n it y Center for t hese

local residents come together to perform service projects.

“Since Chief Mitchell came here about five years ago and really stepped it up, we’ve really been a part of the community,” Calvert said. “It’s another chance for everybody to get together. We might as well get to know each other and work together.” kmaakedbk@gmail.com

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groups and finance vice president; B re n d a Te s t a , Fa c i l it i e s Planning director; Joshua Kaplan, associate athletics director; and student representatives from club tennis, the Muslim Students’ Association and Student Entertainment Events.

“I was really glad [Ronk] set up the meeting,” Clement said. “I think it was great that the students came to the meeting and represented their points of view and got answers directly.”

T he main agenda of the student g roups i n attendance was getting assurance that they’d have an operating space once Cole shuts down for renovations at the end of the fall 2016 semester. “ We k i n d o f h a d e a c h g roup go a rou nd a nd ta l k about their concerns with the renovations and their relocations,” Ronk said. “[Adm i n istrators] were rea l ly open to working with us.”

One of t he student or-

police] come here. They are willing and wanted to do this,” Aparicio Blackwell said. “We want to make it a quarterly basis just to give the chance for students to become more excited to see the police,” she said.

In addition to the basketball games, Aparicio Blackwell said the office plans on sponsoring more community events, such as Good Neighbor Day, a day students, faculty, staff, alumni and

types of large-scale events.

“We talked about how we have to get the price points to be a little bit different than they are now, and Josh said he’s glad to work with anyone who wants to think about that,” Clement said.

Club tennis — one of 21 club and intramural sports that will be affected by the C o l e r e n o v a t i o n s — e xpressed a need for new court

space to make up for the 14 courts that will be demolished to make way for the new football practice facility.

“Club tennis is huge, and t he re a re a lot of p e ople w h o p l a y re c re a t i o n a l ly as wel l, so it’s i mporta nt to keep that community,” said A lex Boukhvalova, club tennis vice president a nd a sophomore biolog y and computer science major.

tified as having been involved with fraud.

“Students don’t necessarily have a lot of experience with these type of things,“ said Jonathan Katz, a computer science professor. “You have people who are on their own for the first time and financially independent.”

Iversen said he has seen students fall victim to online sca ms more of ten tha n facu lty or sta ff members because the students’ desire for work and an income tends to be greater.

“If they are too busy with schoolwork or maybe have another job and they see an advertisement online that you can make easy money from home for doing something, they are more inclined to go along with that kind of thing,” he said.

The payroll scam used to target university employees utilizes a tactic known as “phishing,” in which an email is sent with a link that prompts users to enter confidential login credentials, according to the IC3.

In October, the Division of Information Technology issued a warning to the university community regard-

ing phishing emails, advising people never to enter login information associated with a link in any email.

“Some spam messages do make it through UMD filters into inboxes, because if we set the filter thresholds too a g g re s s ive ly, l e g it i m ate e m a i l m e s s a ge s w i l l ge t blocked as well,” DIT Director of Communications and Marketing Phyllis Johnson w rote i n a n em a i l. “T h is is why it is important for members of the university community to be aware that spear phishing emails are sent for nefarious purposes.”

The complaint center explains the consequences of falling victim to the workfrom-home or payroll scams i nclude money not bei ng returned in full, stolen paychecks, bank account closures and student arrests or prosecutions in federal court.

If scammed, Iversen recommended, students should gather as much information about the fraudulent charges as possible and immediately relay that information to email providers, banks, credit report companies and the police.

“[Administrators] were very responsive, and they assured us that we will have court space by the time renovations start. … It would be eight courts, less than what we have now, but it is still a good number.”

Testa said the most likely location for the new tennis courts is Lot 2, next to Eppley Recreation Center.

“It actually is a site that has been previously identified in the university’s facilities master plan for recreational athletic facilities,” Testa said. “Generally, a place that new buildings will pop up is on existing surface parking lots, with the intention that as we need to replace parking, the parking spaces would be replaced in parking garages.”

As for other club and intramural sports, Clement said that the university offers a host of other possibilities in existing venues.

“Could some things be accommodated in [Reckord] Armory? Or in Ritchie? Or in Eppley? Or Xfinity and Cole [post-renovation]?”

Clement said. “There are a

lot of spaces, so we’re going to see how we can maximize.”

A s Clement suggested, sports teams and other organizations will not be kicked out of Cole permanently.

Administrators guaranteed that once the Cole renovations are completed, the university intends to open the facility to the student body.

“T hey kept say i ng that they want it to be an open facility, not just a football complex,” Ronk said. “While its primary purpose will be for football to practice, they want to have a lot of student groups participate in it.”

With the first meeting a success, Ronk said he is confident that these conversations will continue, and he added that he plans to be heavily involved in future collaborations.

“We’re going to keep in contact to ma ke su re everything is still on track,” Ronk said. “This is probably the first of many meetings.

I’m personally going to be rea l ly, rea l ly i nvolved i n this going forward.”

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Don’t fear asking ‘stupid questions’ Balancing finances and the Bay STAFF EDITORIAL

MARGARET ZELENSKI SENIOR

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ome of you, but certainly not all of you, have had that moment when you felt kind of silly for something you did in class. Maybe you asked what you thought was a stupid question or had a semiawkward run-in with a professor or teaching assistant. Maybe you turned in an assignment late and felt as though the professor judged you.

Whichever way you have come to conclude your professor or TA might think you’re ridiculous, do not fear. I have been a TA for a couple of semesters now and I have some information that could be a relief for those of you who worry about your reputations with professors or TAs. No one cares. Really.

Professors who have taught for more than two semesters have likely heard a “stupider” question or comment than yours. They have seen more convoluted excuses for late assignments before. They have received emails with worse spelling at later hours. What I’m saying is, you have nothing to worry about, if you even thought you had anything to worry about in the first place.

Not only do professors and TAs have their own lives outside of class, but their experiences in the classroom have prepared them for whatever you have to throw at them. This makes them perfectly unable to be surprised.

I make this point because I have had innumerable students start their emails or texts off with, “I’m sorry if this sounds stupid, but … !”

I just want to tell all of those students, “It doesn’t sound stupid!

I’ve heard so much worse. Please just feel OK.” Perhaps as a student TA, I get excited whenever any student has any question whatsoever. Many TAs feel the same way.

Professors, who are more seasoned and might have lost that excitement, have so much experience that not many things seem new or out of the norm.

The next time you feel hesitant about a question, excuse or any interaction with a professor or TA, know that no one is judging you and your interactions are welcome. For those of you who never cared, keep on doing you.

Margaret Zelenski is a junior criminology and criminal justice and English major. She can be reached at mzelenskidbk@gmail.com.

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ast fall, this editorial board criticized the General Assembly for not doing enough to address the pollution-ridden Chesapeake Bay. With a new administration in the Government House and a handful of environmental regulations lifted, it looks as though there’s still room for criticism.

As The Baltimore Sun reported, Gov. Larry Hogan has prevented environmental regulations — such as limiting smog-forming air pollution from power plants and restricting the amount of phosphorus-rich fertilizer used by farmers — from going into effect. As one of his first moves in office, Hogan “ordered a comprehensive review of all pending regulations, opening them up for further ‘public input, public hearing and full due process’ before they can be finalized,” according to The Sun. Though Hogan will propose a repeal of the controversial rain tax, which taxes surfaces that could create water contamination or drainage problems, many local environmentalists are most concerned with his decision to halt the phosphorus regulation. According to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, agricultural runoff is responsible for 50 percent of the phosphorus entering the bay each year.

Claiming the regulation would hurt the poultry industry and

other farmers who use phosphorus-rich fertilizer as an economically efficient resource, Hogan met criticism from environmental activist groups such as the Clean Agriculture Coalition.

OUR VIEW

The General Assembly might need to find less direct ways to protect the Chesapeake Bay than farming regulations.

It’s understandable that environmentalists would be concerned with the lifting of these regulations; however, Hogan is rightly following his campaign promise to ease any financial or bureaucratic burdens imposed on the state. To completely ignore the farming industry, which largely resides in the Eastern Shore, would cause conflict with many of the supporters who endorsed Hogan on the grounds of fiscal constraint and financial responsibility.

Although green organizations are bound to be upset with Hogan lifting these regulations, complaining about this decision won’t help get the state any closer to cleaning up the bay, particularly because Hogan doesn’t seem likely to change his mind.

The new administration and the General Assembly might not get along on many issues, but the Chesapeake Bay, as Hogan has stated, shouldn’t become too partisan of a problem: Republicans and Democrats both want to protect the environment.

While Hogan halts these regulations, the General Assembly and the governor should find ideological common ground so this state can implement green policies without hurting its economy. Tax credits or other financial incentives to promote purchases of more environmentally friendly farming resources, for instance, might be a positive step.

Whether we like it or not, this traditionally blue state is going to have to face the fiscal decisions of the Republican it elected. Though the coming elimination of these regulations is not news environmentalists want to hear, there must be some compromise when it comes to this issue. The General Assembly, the governor and his administration all want a clean bay but disagree on the process by which we should achieve that. From now on, they’ll have to work in an economically conscious way in order to successfully pass environmental protection bills. Otherwise, this state won’t make progress.

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The importance of free speech

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was shocked and appalled to see the recent article discussing the Student Government Association’s unanimous vote to condemn The Diamondback’s advertising department for publishing certain advertisements and demand The Diamondback cease running those advertisements altogether.

The advertisements in question are placed by an organization called Facts and Logic About the Middle East and have run in a variety of papers throughout the country for a number of years. The content of those ads, while offensive to some and possibly completely false, is irrelevant to why I have taken the time to write this letter.

It is a sad day indeed when the student governing body of a public university votes in favor of censorship and in opposition to free speech.

Freedom of speech is one of the most important ideals of Western civilization, from the American Bill of Rights (ratified in 1791) and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen (1789) to modern media expressions such as Family Guy and Charlie Hebdo.

Free speech has been a foundation of our culture for centuries and has shaped the modern world.

While sometimes irreverent and offensive, it is what allows us to live

the lives we choose for ourselves, and it allows us as individuals to have our say in the affairs of our world. If you disagree with what someone says or publishes, you are free to ignore it. In fact, you are also free to contest it publicly. Make your own arguments, present your own facts and join the types of conversations that are essential to the functioning of democratic societies.

When speech breaks a law (think of shouting “Fire!” in a movie theater), there are mechanisms in place to dispense justice and deter such actions in the first place. But to censor opinions? This is unacceptable.

Once it becomes OK to censor one thing, it becomes OK to censor anything, and that is not a price worth paying for the convenience of not having to look past a newspaper ad that you don’t like.

I am routinely offended by things that I read, hear and see, and as an educated adult, I’ve come to accept that that’s a good thing because from time to time, I offend, too.

B a r re t Wesse l i s a d o c t o ra l candidate in the Department of Environmental Science and Technology. He can be reached at bwessel@terpmail.umd.edu.

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Getting by with a little bit of luck KATIE STULLER

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ast week, university alumnus and Hollywood producer Mark Ciardi visited the campus to host an early premiere of his latest movie, McFarland, USA, and provide students an opportunity to ask questions about Hollywood, Disney and the role of a producer.

Of course, being the eager little English major I am, with an undying dream of one day winning an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, I sat front and center for the screening of McFarland.

I was networking. I was going to get the inside scoop on how to make it. Ciardi and I were going to become best friends.

Ciardi proceeded to tell us the tale of his baseball career at this university and in the major leagues with the Milwaukee Brewers. He retired after one year of playing due to injury. However, he found himself later moving back to Los Angeles with a good friend who eventually became his business partner.

Up until this point, I was inspired.

He moved to L.A., unafraid of being a starving artist … or, well, a retired pro baseball player. I glanced up at his obnoxiously perfect head of hair and knew I had a chance. He told us how he worked out of a garage for two-and-a-half years, writing scripts for thriller movies and action movies with no clue where these stories would take him.

“And then next thing I know, I’m

working on the set of The Rookie,” he said.

I felt my eyebrows rise.

He had known people out there in the film industry. He had friends.

His friends had friends.

“A lot of it was luck.”

I felt like Ralphie from A Christmas Story when Santa tells him, “You’ll shoot your eye out, kid!” I felt like I had just been told there was no Santa.

Luck. A lot of it was luck.

I left Hoff Theater, stuffing a bag of free popcorn down my throat while muttering a never-ending stream of curse words. If luck was the key to success, then I was ruined.

A little black rain cloud followed me everywhere I went — there was no way for the sunny skies of Los Angeles to break through that cloud.

Yet at 11 a.m. the next morning, I found myself in Hornbake Library with Ciardi once again. I was sitting front and center. At this Q&A, he once again repeated that it takes luck to get where you are going. I wanted to rip my hair out and punch this dude in the face. Why did I bother coming to this session? But then he leaned back and said that after the luck, it takes hard work and talent.

Ciardi invited the room of eager film students to return at 2 p.m. for the chance to pitch a screenplay. I glanced at my film professor, whose class I had at 2 p.m. that afternoon, and he simply nodded. I had landed a very lucky opportunity.

At 2 p.m. I impatiently listened to the pitches before me — some were

awful, some were decent. My hands were embarrassingly sweaty. What if my pitch wasn’t funny? I had worked hard on my screenplay over the summer. I knew it was funny.

I knew it was good. But now I was having second thoughts.

I was called up front and I sat in the cushy black chair. The room waited in silence. My paper was damp from my hands. But when I turned and locked eyes with this fancy-schmancy producer, I suddenly felt no fear.

This guy had gone to this university. He was once a Terp. He thought he would play baseball, but a little black rain cloud gave him injuries and he lost his dream. Instead of crying over it, he adapted into something awesome. And there I sat, only 20 years old, about to pitch my original work. I was already being given the chance to experience a dream.

I might not have signed a contract or landed a job, but I certainly was lucky to be given the opportunity to meet a producer who was willing to take time out of his day to make some dorky college kids feel proud of themselves.

So I do have a little bit of hope.

Some of us may have to wait 10 years before we figure out what we want to do. Some of us might get our dream jobs right out of college. Some of us might follow one path and then switch over to another. The future will be a learning process, and a little bit of luck can never hurt.

Katie Stuller is a junior English m a j o r. S h e c a n b e re a c h e d a t kstullerdbk@gmail.com.

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orn today, you are a passionate individual, able at all times to control your passions and steer them toward fruitful use and the accomplishment of goals that will prove mightily important in your life and the lives of those in your immediate circle -- and beyond. You believe wholeheartedly in the notion that life is only worth living if it is lived fully, that feeling deeply about things is a necessity, and that working tirelessly toward the expression of your values is perhaps the noblest of human endeavors. You never make the mistake of thinking that your way is the only way, however; you can accept dissenting views on all levels, as long as those views are the product of true belief and deep, genuine passion.

You may not always be the luckiest individual, but your ability to overcome obstacles will make up for any misfortune you may experience in your life, whether personal or professional. It is likely, in fact, that personal hardships will be more deeply felt than professional complications.

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By Michael Errigo @DBKDiversions Senior staff writer The voice alone was enough. As Pete Davidson took the stage Thursday night as the headliner of Student Entertainment Events’ spring comedy show, his voice — a distinctive nasal rasp — was all the audience needed to begin laughing. A standard introduction from the young Saturday Night Live star, delivered in his signature, dawdling style, acted as the first joke of the set. It seemed Davidson could read the dictionary onstage and get the kind of response most comedians hope for.

So is the fortune of the 21-year-old New York native these days. He joined SNL in September at 20 years and 10 months old. That made him the fourth-youngest cast member in the show’s 40-year history, beaten only

by Anthony Michael Hall, Eddie Murphy and Robert Downey Jr. Those are Hollywood names, guys with hits. To put Davidson in that company speaks to his vast comedic ability and potential but provides a stark contrast.

Davidson doesn’t come across as someone all too famous. In fact, his defining quality on SNL, and one of the main reasons that he had such command over Stamp Student Union’s Grand Ballroom on Thursday night, is his relatability.

“That’s my style — I kind of just talk about what I’m going through,” Davidson said in an interview Wednesday night.

Dressed in blue jeans, white Jordans and a dark plaid button-up, Davidson ambled around the stage during his set Thursday with remarkable — almost chemically induced — nonchalance. As he landed one joke after another, his arms were often crossed or his hand was casually rested in his pocket. His long, lanky frame is the poster of adolescence, still looking as though it’s in the aftermath of a growth spurt.

DAVIDSON started on SNL this season. photo courtesy of salon.com His entire set seemed like a series of brutal truths and vulgar confessions. He talked openly about marijuana, sex and relationships. He covered everything from dorm life in his brief stint at St. Francis College (and his “don’t ask, don’t tell” toilet paper policy) and his awkward high school experiences (“It just wasn’t my time to … have friends”) to using Harry Potter as a measuring stick for sexual accomplishment.

“He didn’t sugarcoat anything,” Endrias Samson, a freshman enrolled in letters and

sciences, said after the show. “He was very real with us. Like, very real.”

A set about real life was Davidson’s goal, he said.

“That’s where I get all my material, and it’s relatable because everybody goes through that stuff,” Davidson said in the interview.

“I think in that sense it’s pretty much storytelling. OK, no, basically it’s a lot of dick jokes and some storytelling.”

He said the kind of things that many of the 900 people who picked up tickets for the free show had certainly thought at one time or another but would never dare voice.

“I’m kind of a dark humor-type guy, and sometimes things aren’t bad anymore if you can laugh at it,” Davidson said. “I try to make fun of stuff that is not really funny, and then if I get a laugh, it’s OK.”

“WHEN YOU’RE 17 AND 18 AND SOME JOKE DOESN’T GO WELL, YOU CAN JUST LAUGH AND SAY, ‘I’M 18.’ ... YOU’RE CUTE WHEN YOU’RE 18, SO NOW I’M REALLY NOT CUTE ANYMORE. GOING UP THERE IS NO LONGER A CUTE THING; THAT DOESN’T LAST VERY LONG. YOU KIND OF HAVE TO HAVE JOKES.” PETE DAVIDSON

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Some of his jokes were met with a few gasps, but the night was mostly marked by applause from the crowd and a couple of chirps from female admirers in the first few rows. After the show, students milled about outside the Grand Ballroom, buzzing with approval. One group of freshman friends discussed their admiration of Davidson’s honesty.

“He’s very endearing,” said Elise Nichols, an art and marketing major. “He’s a cutie.”

“He’s not trying to sell you anything. Really chill,” said Bryce Peterson, a mechanical engineering major.

“I feel like I could be him,” said Peter Wight, an aerospace engineering major.

The positive reaction was surely a relief for Davidson, who said performances at colleges can be a mixed bag.

“I enjoy doing colleges, but sometimes they’re not the best because it’s somebody your age talking to you, so it’s a ‘Why the f--- would you listen to them’ type of thing,” he said.

As it turned out, the audience loved somebody their own age talking to them. The opening act of the night, New York comedian (and Davidson’s early mentor) Craig Loydgren, did not attain nearly as much success as his young friend. Jokes about a stale marriage and the worries of being a father elicited only a few chuckles from the eager crowd.

Running short on material toward the end of his set, Davidson offered to do a small Q&A. This quickly turned into a very casual conversation among friends, as students peppered him with questions about his favorite shoes (between the Air Jordan 4s and the 13s), his favorite rapper (Juicy J forever) and favorite SNL sketch of the year (Japanese Messy Boy with J.K. Simmons). One girl just asked him

PETE DAVIDSON, a 21-year-old SNL newcomer, embraced a regular-guy attitude during his stand-up show Thursday. photo courtesy of pete davidson to say “Hey Laura” and someone else asked him if he wanted to hang out. The night ended with a panoramic photo and a riotous round of applause.

Davidson’s performance in College Park was the second of three college shows he was doing back to back. Once his short stand-up run is over, he will head back to New York to prepare for SNL’s 40th anniversary show on Feb. 15. The special is shaping up to be one of the biggest in the storied program’s run, as it will showcase the well-known history of an icon Davidson is now a part of.

“It’s pretty crazy,” he said. “I’ve been learning a lot. They have the best writers, the best performers, the best improv — everything.

I’m the least funny one there.”

Still considered the “resident young person” at 30 Rock, Davidson said stand-up is different.

His material has to evolve.

“When you’re 17 and 18 and some joke doesn’t go well, you can just laugh and say, ‘I’m

18,’” he explained. “You’re cute when you’re 18, so now I’m really not cute anymore. Going up there is no longer a cute thing; that doesn’t last very long. You kind of have to have jokes.”

That’s what makes his life experiences the easiest source of material: They’re endless. As he grows older, he will continue to think things are weird and darkly funny. He will always be able to joke about life, and for many students in the crowd Thursday night, they will always be able to understand. They’re on the same track.

In this sense, it’s only fitting that when he’s asked what he does for fun, Davidson’s answer isn’t surprising. It is one that could be given by any student in any dorm across the country.

When he’s not being broadcast to the world or selling out shows, Pete Davidson is just like us.

“I basically just watch Friends with my girlfriend and play Xbox. Like, that’s it.”

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hawkeyes From PAGE 8 selection as reasons for the lopsided result.

“They were really good, but I imagine we had a lot to do with it,” Turgeon told reporters after the game. “As a coach, I have to do a better job having us prepared offensively.”

On the other end, the Terps (19-5, 7-4 Big Ten) often failed to stop the Hawkeyes (15-8, 6-4). Iowa made 64.3 percent of its field goals, including 45.5 percent of its 3-pointers.

The shaky play started early for the Terps, who turned the ball over four times before

huskers From PAGE 8 with a 59-47 win over No. 19 Nebraska at Xfinity Center before an announced 10,937, their largest crowd of the season. “ L ex i e B row n ’s t h re e coming out of the timeout was big,” Nebraska coach Connie Yori said. “That took us out of the game.”

The 3-pointer left Nebraska (17-6, 7-5 Big Ten) trailing by nine points with more than seven minutes left in the game, but the Cornhuskers had struggled to score all night. They shot 32.3 percent from the field.

“Our idea of a run right now is making a basket,” Yori said.

Nebraska, which has the top scoring defense in the conference, managed to hang around for most of the game with the help of 13 first-half turnovers by the Terps (21-2, 12-0). The Cornhuskers then held the Terps to 29.4 percent shooting in the final 20 minutes and their lowest scoring output of the season.

But the Terps were able to use their size in the post to get points in the low-scoring affair. Centers Brionna Jones and Howard joined Brown as the other Terps in double figures with 12 points apiece to help the team hold a 32-16 edge in paint points.

“We looked inside,” Howard said. “The guards did a great job of getting the ball into the post when we were open.”

scoring their first basket, a Trimble jumper about five minutes into the game. The Terps wouldn’t score another field goal until the 8:30 mark, wh e n fo r wa rd Da m o n te Dodd’s putback cut Iowa’s already cushy lead to 22-5. “ I g i ve t h e m c re d i t ,” Turgeon said. “They were ready for us.”

Such offensive failures would continue for the rest of the half.

Trimble broke his shooting slump by going 5-for-8 from the field and 2-for-2 from three in the first half, but Dodd’s score was the only other field goal the Terps managed in the opening 20 minutes.

Trimble aside, the Terps went 1-for-17 from the field

The Cornhuskers, meanwhile, turned to guard Tear’a Laudermill to carry the offense with leading scorer Rachel Theriot sitting out a second straight game due to an ankle injury.

Laudermill hit a desperate 3-pointer with one second left on the shot clock during Nebraska’s first possession of the game, which set the tone for the rest of her first half. She scored 12 of Nebraska’s first 15 points before heading to the bench with her second foul of the game at the 6:45 mark.

“Laudermill did what a senior is supposed to do and put her team on her back,” coach Brenda Frese said.

But Laudermill could only carry the scoring load for so long. After going 6-for-10 in the first half, the California native hit just one of her 11 second-half attempts to close out the game.

With a 29-24 lead coming out of the locker room, the Terps looked to make a concerted effort to work the ball down low. Twelve of the Terps’ first 14 points in the second half came either in the paint or off free throws from shooting fouls drawn under the basket.

And the Terps got more opportunities from the floor because they did a better job securing the ball with three turnovers in the second half.

“It was a spirited halftime talk, but I don’t think that’s what did it,” Frese said of the improved ball security.

“We locked in and we played harder.”

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“WE ARE GOING TO GET HOME AND WAKE UP TOMORROW; IT WILL BE ANOTHER DAY AND WE WILL LOOK AT OUR RECORD AND SAY, ‘OH, WE ARE 19-5 AND 7-4.’ ... YOU MOVE ON. IT’S A GRIND, BUT KIDS ARE RESILIENT. THEY WILL BOUNCE BACK.” MARK TURGEON

Terrapins men’s basketball coach and 0-for-10 from beyond the arc in the first half. They trailed 40-17 at halftime.

“Iowa was terrific,” Turgeon said. “They came out, they were ready to go and got off to an unbelievable start — I think it was 24 to 5. Really couldn’t keep up with them defensively. They shot 60 percent and we had a lot of turnovers the first half.”

In the second half, though,

things brightened for the Terps. Suddenly, the offense was balanced, as guards Dion Wiley and Richaud Pack pitched in with threes. Seniors Dez Wells and Evan Smotrycz found the bottom of the net, too, and Varun Ram’s spurt of energetic defense helped the Terps trim Iowa’s advantage to 15 with 11 minutes to play.

But facing a hefty deficit,

the Terps struggled to pull any closer, and Turgeon kept two of his stars — Wells and forward Jake Layman — on the bench for a large chunk of the second half.

Wells finished the game with six turnovers, and Layman, the Terps’ leading rebounder, pulled down two boards all game.

Turgeon didn’t just display his frustration by shelving two of his most experienced players; he also got a technical foul with about 10 minutes to play that allowed Iowa to halt his team’s 9-2 run. The Terps never made another significant push for the lead, and the Hawkeyes rolled to an easy win.

“We had a better second half,” Turgeon said. “We

looked more like us. We didn’t defend a lot better, but defended better. Offensively, we were a lot better in the second half.”

Still, Turgeon’s team never cut Iowa’s lead to less than double digits, and the Terps now have three losses — all on the road — in their past five games after starting the season 17-2.

“We are going to get home and wake up tomorrow; it will be another day and we will look at our record and say, ‘Oh, we are 19-5 and 7-4,’” Turgeon said. “You move on.

It’s a grind, but kids are resilient. They will bounce back.”

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Dez Wells had turned a corner with his 23-point performance against Penn State, the senior committed six turnovers against the Hawkeyes and appeared out of sorts for the entire contest.

Senior guard Richaud Pack played some meaningful minutes, 25 in total, but he went 1-for-8 from the field for just three points. Meanwhile, Turgeon’s freshman guards aside from Trimble — Jared Nickens and Dion Wiley — combined to shoot 1 of 9 from the field as part of a 36.7 percent showing from the Terps.

And that doesn’t even begin to address Turgeon’s mounting defensive problems both on the perimeter and in the paint. Possession after possession yesterday, the Hawkeyes found gaping holes in the Terps’ defense and sank uncontested layups.

In total, Iowa shot 71 percent on two-point baskets in its victory. And in the past three road games, including yesterday’s, the Terps are allowing opponents to shoot 56 percent from the field.

Earlier this year, when the Terps were rocketing up the national rankings and reinvigorating a fan base, they had grit. They had determination. They displayed teamwork and togetherness. They were explosive on offense and swarming on defense. They had confidence, swagger and a will to win.

Now, all that is gone, lost amid a promising season in flux.

Who knows if they’re going to find it before it’s too late.

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guard lexie brown surveys the floor during the Terps’ win over Nebraska yesterday.

The Terps improved to 12-0 in Big Ten play with the victory. marquise mckine/the diamondback S t i l l , t h e Te r p s we n t cold from the field midway through the second half before Brown sparked an offensive resurgence with her 3-pointer with 7:21 remaining.

It wasn’t the typical highscoring battle the Terps are accustomed to, but they

managed to pull away down the stretch for their 15th straight win.

“I’m not handing them the Big Ten title, but it seems to me that that’s the direction it’s going right now,” Yori said. rbaillargeondbk@gmail.com

they did after a loss at Ohio State on Jan. 29, when freshman point guard D’Angelo Russell torched Turgeon’s squad for 18 points, 14 rebounds and six assists.

This time, the Terps have nothing and no one to blame but themselves.

They scored two points in the first nine minutes, 52 seconds of yesterday’s loss to the Hawkeyes. During that same span, they turned the ball over eight times.

Usually, pundits refer to assist-to-turnover ratio as a good measure of a team’s ability to facilitate efficiently.

For the Terps yesterday, even calculating a points-to-turnover ratio during the game’s opening stretch netted unacceptable results.

Before the Terps knew it, they trailed 17-2. They never recovered from the bewildering start.

Trimble provided a glimpse of hope for Terps fans despite suffering multiple shots to the face — one via a dropped camera and the other from serial eye-poker Adam Woodberry. The freshman made his first field goal in three games and finished the afternoon with a game-high 20 points on 7-for-12 shooting. He hit jump shots and drove to the basket with ease.

But no one else answered when the team needed a spark, anything to turn an abysmal performance into a competitive one.

Just when fans, teammates and coaches thought guard

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senior dani kram performs on beam Saturday during the Terps’ loss to No. 5 Michigan at Xfinity Center. marquise mckine/the diamondback

wolverines From PAGE 8 on vault,” Nelligan said. “I thought the scoring was a little tight and I thought we let that affect us, and we can’t do that.

We’re going to run into meets where the scoring is higher or lower. That shouldn’t affect what we do in our performances. It just made us tighten up just a little bit, and that was enough to just cause a lot of extra tenths that we didn’t need to give away.”

One week removed from setting a season-high team score on the balance beam, the Terps returned to their early-season woes. Freshman Dominiquea Trotter (9.175) and senior Shannon Skochko (8.975) fell on their flight series, and senior Dani Kram (9.55) surrendered a

large wobble in the middle of her routine.

But sophomore Leah Slobodin provided a bright spot once again for the Terps. Her 9.775 routine showed fluidity and control to set senior Stephanie Giameo up for a 9.825 performance in the anchor position.

Slobodin’s beam routine was the second in her comeback from a ruptured Achilles tendon a year ago. She also vaulted in an exhibition role.

“It’s amazing,” Slobodin said of her return to performance. “It was great to [start my comeback] on the road, but being at home just makes it even better.”

The Terps concluded the meet on the floor exercise.

After struggling on landings in the two meets prior to tonight, the Terps regained some of their control. Junior

Kathy Tang (9.80) and seniors Ebony Walters (9.85) and Katy Dodds (9.775) closed out the Terps’ final rotation on a positive note.

But trailing by more than two points before that event, the team found their efforts would not be enough to combat Michigan’s beam lineup, which ranks second in the nation.

“Coming into tonight, obviously, we knew Michigan was No. 5,” Dodds said. “We just wanted to come out here and show our routines, and show that we can compete with them. I think we’re kind of on the uphill swing. We had a little slow start to the season, but each meet, we’re hitting more and more routines. …

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and Josh Polacek before taking on Minnesota.

Seven of the eight seniors competed against the Golden Gophers, but Myers was the only wrestler honored yesterday to pull out a win.

With Minnesota (11-2, 7-2 Big Ten) leading 30-0, Myers, the heavyweight for the Terps (5-14, 0-8), stepped onto the mat against No. 12 Michael Kroells hoping to avoid a third straight defeat.

Late in the third period, Myers had an opportunity to break his losing streak. The Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, native was wedged underneath Kroells and tried to win the match with an escape. But his attempt failed, as Kroells ended regulation on top of his opponent to send the match into a sudden-victory period.

Myers then secured a takedown in the extra period to win the match and send those in attendance into a frenzy.

Adding to an already storied career in College Park, Myers, a former All-American and two-time ACC champion, tallied one more victory in front of the home crowd.

“It was great for myself coming out here, last time at home, last time I’ll ever wrestle on this mat,” Myers said. “It was great getting that win.”

T h re e m a tc h e s l a te r, 141-pound Shyheim Brown

lou mascola grapples with a Minnesota wrestler during the Terps’ loss yesterday. The Terps finish the regular season at No. 25 Northwestern on Friday. karen tang/for the diamondback closed out the Terps’ home season with a decision. After nearly upsetting No. 6 Josh Dziewa on Friday, Brown won 3-1 for his first win since beating Navy’s Cory Wilding on Jan. 11.

“I’ve been putting in the time in the wrestling room, so I just figured it’s going to start paying off,” Brown said.

“I see myself getting better every week, and I’m going to start changing those losses into wins.”

Aside from Brown’s and Myers’ production — the Terps’ third win came via forfeit at 133 pounds — McCoy’s wrestlers struggled to hang with their counterparts. Minnesota converted three pins and earned bonus points in six wins.

“Some of the matches, we were outmatched, “ McCoy said. “But the guys fought hard. Most of the guys gave themselves an opportunity to be in the match.”

The gap in scoring likely stemmed from Minnesota’s talent and changes within the Terps’ lineup.

The Golden Gophers featured six wrestlers ranked in the top 20, including No. 1 Dylan Ness and No. 4 Logan Storley at 157 and 174 pounds, respectively. In addition, the Terps wrestled without 165-pound Tyler Manion and 174-pound Josh Snook, both of whom suffered injuries Friday night against the Hawkeyes.

Regardless of the circumstances, the Terps walk away with two more conferences losses, meaning their dual against No. 25 Northwestern on Friday will be the final opportunity to earn a Big Ten victory.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL | HAWKEYES 71, No. 17 TERPS 55

COLUMN

Road woes continue with stumble at Iowa Stagnant offense, sloppy start lead to third consecutive loss away from College Park

By Aaron Kasinitz @AaronKazreports Senior staff writer He had a camera dropped on his face, got his eye poked and watched his team slip into a double-digit hole in the first 15 minutes of yesterday’s game at Iowa. But even as Terrapins

men’s basketball point guard Melo Trimble responded from each blow to turn in his most productive game in weeks, the circumstances around him never got much better.

After the Hawkeyes jumped out to a 17-2 lead in the first half, they never relented and handed the No. 17 Terps a demoralizing 71-55 loss at Carver-

Hawkeye Arena. Trimble scored 20 points on 12 shots, but the rest of the Terps continued their teamwide trend of anemic offense and struggles on the road.

The Terps, who have the Big Ten’s worst field-goal percentage in conference play, have lost three straight road games by at least 16 points and sit at

2-4 on the road in league competition.

Yesterday, sloppy offense was the root of their troubles. The team had 16 turnovers and shot 36.7 percent from the floor.

Coach Mark Turgeon cited his offense’s giveaways and poor shot See hawkeyes, Page 7 COLUMN Coach mark turgeon and the Terps have lost three of their past fives games after starting the season with a promising 17-2 record. christian jenkins/the diamondback

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL | No. 5 TERPS 59, No. 19 CORNHUSKERS 47

Loss puts season in firm flux Struggles leave Terps well short of top tier DANIEL POPPER

Men’s basketball columnist

the ball inside. Brown drilled the shot to spark an 11-0 run for the Terps.

Brown scored seven of her team-high 14 points during the spurt to help the No. 5 Terps extend their best-ever start to conference play

Maybe we got ahead of ourselves.

Maybe we put too much stock in early success and underestimated the effect of reacclimating two contributing seniors.

M ayb e we m a d e t h e fa l se assumptions that Melo Trimble would never come back to earth, Damonte Dodd’s consistency would last and Jake Layman had finally fulfilled the potential his freakish athleticism and talent make possible.

Maybe we wanted the Terrapins men’s basketball team to be great when, in fact, it’s not.

Regardless, this is the reality: The college basketball regular season ends in March, not December, and the Terps are learning that the hard way.

Yesterday, coach Mark Turgeon’s squad was unequivocally embarrassed on national television in its third straight road game, a 71-55 loss to Iowa.

This time was different, though.

The Terps can’t point fingers at an out-of-this-world jump-shooting performance, as they did after falling at Indiana on Jan. 22. The Hoosiers made 15 of their 22 three-point attempts, many of them contested.

They also can’t claim a temporary lapse in “toughness” and energy, as

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Center malina howard adjusts her shot as several Nebraska defenders close in on her during the No. 5 Terps’ 59-47 victory over the No. 19 Cornhuskers yesterday at Xfinity Center. alik mcintosh/the diamondback

FIGHTING THROUGH

Despite offensive issues, Brown, Howard help extend winning streak to 15 games

By Ryan Baillargeon @RyanBaillargeon Staff writer Midway through the second half of yesterday’s game, the Terrapins women’s basketball team had missed its past nine shots from the

floor and was clinging to a six-point lead over Nebraska. In need of a shot to end the slump, the Terps turned to guard Lexie Brown out of a media timeout.

The sophomore peeled around a screen, caught a pass from center Malina Howard and rose up for a 3-pointer on a play designed to get

GYMNASTICS | No. 5 WOLVERINES 197.125, TERPS 194.575

WRESTLING

Michigan earns win before record crowd Terps come up short of significant upset with an announced 2,207 in attendance

By Callie Caplan @CallieCaplan Staff writer A record-setting 2,207 fans filled the stands for the Terrapins gymnastics team’s annual Pride Meet on Saturday night in Xfinity Center hoping to watch the team pull off an upset victory over No. 5 Michigan.

The crowd witnessed the Terps’ usual prowess on vault, roared on the squad’s rebound performance on the floor exercise and even formed a nearly hourlong line for postmeet autographs.

But what Terps fans were most looking forward to on the team’s extra-publicized night did not come true. The Wolverines, the Big Ten’s top-ranked team, proved to be on a much higher level than the Terps, as they earned a resounding blowout victory, 197.125-194.575.

“That’s what a top-five team looks like,” coach Brett Nelligan said.

“That’s why they have that ranking.

They’re a phenomenal team. They execute cleanly. They stick all their landings. They’re very sharp. We are

“WE ARE SHARP AT TIMES, BUT TONIGHT WE GAVE AWAY A LOT OF TENTHS, WHERE, WHEN YOU’RE GOING UP AGAINST A TOP FIVE TEAM, YOU CAN’T GIVE THOSE TENTHS AWAY.” BRETT NELLIGAN

Terrapins gymnastics coach sharp at times, but tonight we gave away a lot of tenths, where, when you’re going up against a top five team, you can’t give those tenths away.”

Michigan jumped out to an immediate lead. Halfway through the competition, the Terps trailed the Wolverines by .975.

Early jitters on vault landings and a fall by Abbie Epperson on her bars dismount, which didn’t count toward the Terps’ final score, put the squad in an early hole it was unable to escape.

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Spencer Myers faces off against Minnesota’s Michael Kroells during a heavyweight match yesterday. The No. 3 Gophers topped the Terps, 34-12. karen tang/for the diamondback

Two top-5 teams win at Xfinity Hawkeyes, Gophers keep Terps winless in Big Ten competition

By Kyle Stackpole @kylefstackpole Staff writer Before its final home dual of the season against No. 3 Minnesota yesterday afternoon, the Terrapins wrestling team honored its seniors competing in their final collegiate

match in College Park.

But the elation from the pre-meet ceremony failed to carry over to the mat. The Terps dropped the first six matches in an eventual 34-12 loss to the Golden Gophers at Xfinity Center Pavilion, ending a sluggish weekend that started with a 33-3 loss to No. 1 Iowa on Friday night.

Even so, the Terps are slowly learning what it will take to compete with some of the top teams in the conference and the nation.

“The guys kind of took everything

about the Big Ten a little bit for granted in the early part of the season,” coach Kerry McCoy said. “After weekend after weekend of seeing that competition, I think the guys are like, ‘Hey, I can’t cut any corners. I can’t take anything for granted. I got to be 100 percent focused.’”

The Terps recognized seniors Spencer Myers, Ben Dorsay, Tony Gardner, Rob Fitzgerald, Frank Goodwin, Sean O’Malley, T.J. Guidice See recap, Page 7