February 25, 2015

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Big Ten announces ineligibility support

By Aaron Kasinitz and Ellie Silverman @AaronKazreports, @esilverman11 Senior staff writers The Big Ten announced in a news release yesterday afternoon that its member institutions unanimously decided to continue seeking information and support regarding the conference’s goal of elevating aca-

demics, including its idea of ruling some freshmen ineligible.

The proposal, “A Year of Readiness,” has been circulating around Big Ten member institutions and stresses the potential academic benefits of a mandatory redshirt season for college men’s basketball and football players, according to a document obtained by The Diamondback.

Faculty, administrators and stu-

dent-athlete representatives met this week to discuss the year of readiness idea as well as other ways to strengthen academic performance, looking at areas such as student-athlete time demands, playing seasons and initial eligibility requirements.

The Big Ten hopes to gather feedback from “a diverse group of thought leaders” before the 2016 NCAA National Convention and discuss the ideas

further at the gathering.

“While we are comfortable generating multiple ideas about an ‘education first’ approach to intercollegiate athletics in the twenty-first century, we won’t go it alone on any of these matters,” Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany said in the release.

“We look forward to working with See proposal, Page 3

POLICE CHIEF DAVID MITCHELL speaks to students during a town hall meeting in the Nyumburu Cultural Center on Nov. 24. james levin/the diamondback

Police debut body cam program

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By Katishi Maake @TheHavocRat Staff writer University Police implemented a body camera program in an effort to increase the transparency of their police-citizen interactions.

The program, which launched about two weeks ago, requires on-duty patrol officers to wear a camera attached to the center of their lower chest and record everyday interactions with citizens.

During a wave of protests held last semester in response to the death of Michael Brown, some student groups released a set of demands that included requiring University Police to wear body cameras.

University Police Chief David Mitchell said the department began seriously considering instituting the program about 14 months ago, well before the protests spawned conversation about body cameras.

See Cameras, Page 2

WISC’D AWAY GUARD MELO TRIMBLE drives past Wisconsin guard Josh Gasser during the No. 14 Terps’ 59-53 victory over the No. 5 Badgers yesterday night at Xfinity Center. Trimble, a freshman, finished with 16 points to complement a game-high 26 points from senior guard Dez Wells, who added seven rebounds and four assists in the upset. With the win, the Terps remain undefeated at home in Big Ten play. alik mcintosh/the diamondback

Univ Senate weighs creating student bereavement policy

Navy ROTC to establish program on univ campus

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Students previously traveled 15 miles to GW

By Talia Richman @TaliRichman Senior staff writer Senior Christine Conlon’s alarm goes off every Friday at 4:45 a.m.

After she wakes up, she twists her long ombre hair into a bun, puts on her khaki uniform and gets picked up by other midshipmen outside her Courtyards apartment. Together, they to make the 30-minute commute to George Washington University.

Because this university’s campus does not currently house a Navy

CHRISTINE CONLON, a senior geographical information sciences major, talks during an interview in LeFrak Hall.

Conlon is participating in the Navy ROTC program at George Washington University. james levin/the diamondback RO T C prog ra m , st ud ents l i ke Conlon — “crosstown midshipmen” — travel more than 15 miles to George Washington and take classes as part of the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area Program, which also includes Georgetown University, Howard University and the Catholic

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But starting in the fall 2016 semester, a commute like Conlon’s will no longer be necessary.

This university signed a contract earlier this month to bring a Navy ROTC unit to this campus, said See ROTC, Page 2

When freshman Taylor Aguiar’s grandfather died during midterms last semester, her family needed her to come home for the Jewish tradition of sitting shiva, which involves seven days of mourning.

The biochemistry major said she emailed all her professors on Sunday, the day of the funeral, and informed them that she would return to classes Thursday after taking off five of the seven days of mourning. Most of her professors responded by sending their condolences, she said.

But one professor never responded and gave her a zero on a weekly assignment, she said.

When she emailed him and asked for a chance to complete it, she

said he told her that if she hadn’t procrastinated before her grandfather’s death, there wouldn’t be an issue and that he couldn’t “bend the rules” for her.

Inspired by Aguiar’s experience, the University Senate Executive Committee recently sent a Student Bereavement Procedure proposal draft to the Academic Procedures and Standards Committee for review.

The proposed policy, if approved by the senate, would create a student bereavement policy at this university.

“Right now, the university has no bereavement policy for students if they suffer a loss in their family or close circle,” said Ryan Belcher, a senior who represents the behavioral and social sciences college as an undergraduate senator. “If the policy proposal is passed, we would have a See POLICY, Page 3

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ROTC From PAGE 1 Lt. Matthew Comer, Naval Service Training Command public affairs officer. This university already hosts Air Force and Army ROTC programs.

“This will allow the University of Maryland to have all branches of the military and Department of Defense represented on the University of Maryland campus, which I th i n k w i l l sig n i fica ntly enhance the reputation and prestige of the University of Maryland system,” said Commander Stew Wennersten, an officer with the George Washington Naval ROTC program.

This university first applied for a Navy ROTC unit in 1945 and updated its application in 1982. Following a series of conversations that picked up in 2011, the University

focus on other classes.

On Tuesdays, the mechanical engineering major leaves George Washington at about 9:30 a.m., drops off the other midshipmen in his carpool all over the campus and then has to make it to his senior capstone course starting at 11 a.m.

“If the unit was at Maryland, I wouldn’t know D.C. the way I do now, but it would’ve been easier in terms of having to get down there and being the army rotc office sits in Cole Field House. This university signed a contract this month to able to balance my UMD and bring a Navy ROTC unit, providing all military branches representation. file photo/the diamondback ROTC life,” he said.

Beyond the added conveof Ma r yla nd Consor tiu m staff,” he said. “So the combetween this university and manding officer will be at one nience, Comer said another the University of Maryland, university and the executive benefit of bringing a unit to Baltimore County has been officer will be at another this university is promoting approved to bring the first university. The students will the ROTC presence on the Navy ROTC unit to this state. interact but won’t have to go campus. Student midshipmen currently only wear uniforms Through the consortium, back and forth.”

Though senior Joseph Picci- while at George Washington. this university and UMBC “Now, the ROTC students will have staff assigned to the nini said he learned time-manschools, and students will take agement skills as a “crosstown and civilian students will classes at their own univer- midshipmen,” having Navy get to interact in a way they ROTC on the campus would haven’t before,” he said. “It’s sity, Comer said.

“They’ll basically share a have given him more time to important for students who

university police officer sarra daniels wears a VieVu body camera as a part of a new program. The department implemented the program this month. tom hausman/the diamondback

cameras From PAGE 1

Under state law, pol ice a re a l lowed to record a person without permission in the event of a traffic stop but must disclose they are doing so; however, a person can request they not be recorded in instances that are not traffic stops, and officers must comply if the incident isn’t related to an arrest or search, though the request must be caught on camera.

“Obv iou sly we a re not allowed to covertly record people because then that violates the two-party consent [reg u lation],” Un iversity Police Maj. Kenneth Calvert said. “There are very strict guidelines that are covered in our policy and procedure ma nua l, wh ich … was a l l reviewed by the university general counsel.”

Ca lv e r t s a i d t h e re a re several exceptions, in addition to traffic stops, in which two-party consent is not required. These include crimes such as murder, kidnapping and rape, Calvert said.

Officers are not permitted to record where people have a reasonable ex pectation of privacy, such as dor m s, but M itchel l sa id this is not where problems typically arise.

“We have issues in the field — call for service, traffic stop, making arrests, that kind of stuff,” he said. “That’s where we have ‘What did the police do?’ questions.”

Sophomore e c onom ic s m ajor M i lo K i ng sa id requiring officers to use body cameras will help protect individual’s rights, but it is not necessarily the solution to the problem of police’s use of excessive force.

“Even if you have something recorded on camera, there can be a dispute if force used was excessive,” he said.

T houg h sen ior Jasm i ne Jones sa id b o dy c a mera s may help improve University Police practices, she said she doesn’t know whether the program is necessary.

“I do not th i n k Col lege P a r k ’s p o l i c e f o r c e w a s abusing their powers in a way that would necessitate body cameras,” the government and politics major said.

“We’re very fortunate to be a police department that is pretty advanced in the use of technology to keep us safe,” he said. “When I saw the body camera opportunity [become] ava i l able a wh i le back, I started looking at it, thinking ‘This is a great opportunity.’”

University Police received f u n d i n g fo r 3 9 c a m e ra s through the Governor’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention. The cameras were purchased through the company VieVu at about $1,000 per camera, Mitchell said.

Un ive rs it y Pol i c e a l s o purchased servers to store the footage because VieVu, unlike other body camera vendors such as TASER, does not save the footage on cloud storage units.

“We feel confident that when we are engaged in protecting and serving our communities that the recordings we have are maintained as secu rely as they ca n be,” Mitchell said. “They are not subject to an electronic intercept or intrusion.”

M itchel l sa id they pla n to store the recordings for about 60 days, and superv i sors w it h i n Un iversity Pol ice w i l l ra ndom ly a nd periodically check footage in order to monitor officers’ performance. The footage will not be made available to the general public or media, Mitchell said.

Freshman Julian Ivey participated in the protests last semester and said although he approves of the department following through with its promise to institute the program, he feels it’s important for the public to have access to the footage.

“It’s not that I don’t trust Chief Mitchell or anyone in the police department, but it’s rather about the principle,” the government and politics major said. “We would like to know, and we would like to be a part of the process.”

Mitchell said officers underwent training on how to operate the cameras and attended briefings on wiretapping regulations before the program was implemented. kmaakedbk@gmail.com

are entering leadership roles in industry and government and students who are entering leadership roles in the military to share ideas and form a bond during their college years.”

Conlon agreed and said she hopes increased awareness attracts more students to the unit, which currently has 20 midshipmen, according to Samantha Robaina, an assistant in the Office of the Registrar.

“It’ll be really interesting to see it grow,” Conlon said. “It’ll be really cool for the students to see the presence of the Navy ROTC on this campus.”

The consortium will form in fall 2015, and students applying this summer for a Navy ROTC scholarship will see this university appear on their forms, Wennersten said.

Sophomores who are now enrolled at George Washington will be the first to graduate from this university’s unit.

The first year will be devoted

to planning, as Navy and university officials will focus on issues such as staffing, which is provided by the Navy, and office space, which is provided by the university.

Donna Hamilton, undergraduate studies dean, said the information about where the Navy ROTC facilities will be housed is not yet being released. The Army and Air Force ROTC offices are located in Cole Field House, which w ill u ndergo renovations beginning December 2015 to become an indoor football practice facility.

Officials are planning a signing ceremony for sometime this spring, Comer said.

“Once it’s up and running, it’s certainly a good idea and will certainly maximize the nu mber of nava l of f icers being produced in this area,” Wennersten said. trichmandbk@gmail.com

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U students, gov officials tackle human trafficking

By Holly Cuozzo @emperorcuozzco Staff writer In light of reported difficulties in collecting data about local human-trafficking incidents, county and state officials and students at this university are taking steps to address that problem.

One of the biggest roadblocks in raising support and funds to serve victims and stop perpetrators of human trafficking is a lack of consistency in the data retrieved, said Christine White, a criminology and criminal justice professor at this university and a member of the Prince George’s County Human Trafficking Task Force.

“W hat ends up getti ng coded for is arrests in prostitution, and so that calls into question a lot of issues with trafficking and how we understand it,” she said. “It’s that what we use to identify as prostitution may very well be trafficking, but if officers don’t understand that and if we don’t have in place a system to deal with the difference, then we’re not really going to have any record of knowing what the difference is.”

About 20 people attended the Prince George’s County Hu m a n T ra f f ick i ng Task Force’s qua rterly genera l body meet i ng yesterd ay, addressing the data gathering issue and other problems Prince George’s County sees in battling human traffick-

ing. The task force also discussed proposed legislation a n d h o u s i n g op t ion s for victims.

While White said it is clear that trafficking occurs in this county as well as in Washington and Baltimore, it is difficult to define the extent of the problem because of a lack of data and training.

There also is not a clearly defi ned pol icy on how to h a n d l e h u m a n t ra f f i c ki ng i n t he cou nty, wh ich cou ld m a ke law en forcement unclear, she said. The Maryland Human Trafficking Task Force victim service subcommittee reported that it assisted 217 human-trafficking victims in this state in 2013, according to a report from the organization.

W h ite has taught the course, CCJS325: Slavery in the Twenty First Century: Combating Human Trafficking, at this university since 2012 while doing research on the topic. White also serves as the chairwoman of the research committee of the cou nty task force, wh ich formed in 2013.

White discussed how the county specifically lacks resources for victims because of the lack of accurate data, so local victims do not know what resources are available.

“Right now, the police department is not in the position to provide any sort of information on human trafficking,” Prince George’s County Police Lt. Jarriel Jordan said.

policy From PAGE 1

michael lyles sits with Christine White at the Prince George’s County Human Trafficking Task Force’s quarterly general body meeting yesterday. holly cuozzo/for the diamondback There are between 100,000 and 300,000 victims of trafficking in the country, said Madd ie Clouser, a sen ior he a r i n g a n d s p e e c h s c iences major. Clouser is the president of Students Ending Slavery, an on-campus organization that works to mobilize the university community to participate in present-day abolition through education and events.

“The most important thing I stress to people is that it is happening here,” Clouser said. “There are so many organizations in D.C. that work to combat trafficking, and just that alone says, ‘Hey, there are people here who do need those services.’”

Tina Frundt, the founder of Courtney’s House, a Washington-based resource for trafficking victims, said at the task force meeting that human trafficking is an issue that disproportionately affects women and children. It is equally important to provide resources and awareness for male and transgender victims, she added.

Frundt also emphasized t h e rol e o f e d u c a t i o n i n

helpi n g v ict i m s f i nd resou rc e s a nd he lpi n g b ystanders aid victims.

At this university, other students in a Public Leadership Scholars Program course have discussed human trafficking and domestic violence, and they plan to donate roughly $5,000 for the two issues by the end of this semester, said James Stillwell, the program’s assistant director.

“I believe it is the most pressing issue and least-discussed issue in PG County,” said Joshua Turskey, a freshman architecture major enrolled in the course.

Although this issue was among the less popular ones when the class brainstormed donation options, Turskey said he persuaded others to select human trafficking because it is normally overlooked.

“My hope would be that more people wou ld k now the seriousness of [human trafficking],” Clouser said, “and then once people know the seriousness of it, it will become something that we learn to tackle.” hcuozzodbk@gmail.com

ident of academic affairs, said she and the committee wrote the proposal and modeled it on a version recently implemented at Towson University.

Towson, wh ich i n 2014 became the first university in the University System of Maryland to implement a student bereavement procedure, similarly allows five excused absences for mourning students and two additional absences for travel.

“I would imagine that there will be a compromise between the current lack of policy and the number of bereavement claims a student can use if they went to Towson,” Belcher said.

Wi lson-Jones sa id th is university already has a grief bereavement policy in place for staff.

“How can we not have one for students?” the sen ior gover n ment a nd pol it ics major said. “I know adjustments will be made. I just hope we’re able to pass a policy that allows students the time to grieve without harming their academics.”

Charles Delwiche, the Academic Procedures and Standards Committee chairman, said while it’s too early to be sure about the policy, he supports the idea.

“It is imperative that the campus community support our bereaved members, but whet her t he l a n g u a ge i n the proposed policy will be something I can support is unclear,” Delwiche said. “I have considerable faith in the Student Affairs Committee and I am hoping that they craft a wise policy.”

template set up to protect students if someone close to them dies.”

B elcher, a n env i ronmental science and policy and government and politics major, said the main purpose of the proposal is to preserve both the academic standing and mental health of students dealing with a death.

T he prop osed p ol icy states that students should be given five academic days off for mourning, with two additional days allotted to students who need to travel.

The proposal covers, but is not limited to, deaths of uncles, aunts, cousins, nephews, nieces, legal inlaws, grandparents, spouses or legal partners, parents, s i bl i n g s, c h i ld re n a nd step-relations.

Any student who wishes to use the bereavement pol icy wou ld have to present proof of the death or funeral service attended, in the form of an obituary, a copy of the death certificate, a funeral service program or a signed letter of funeral service from the funeral home, according to the proposal.

“The proposal’s main streng th is that it is straightforward with what it asks,” Belcher said. “It clearly identifies what the problem is and why it needs to be solved.”

C h a r m a i n e W i l s o nJones, the Student Government Association vice pres- rhassaneindbk@gmail.com

Deforestation rates have accelerated over past decade, according to univ study Forests in humid areas shrunk faster in 2000s than in 1990s

melo trimble, a freshman guard on the Terrapins men’s basketball team, is interviewed after the Terps hosted Maryland Madness on Oct. 17. christian jenkins/the diamondback

proposal From PAGE 1

Hadley, a physics professor, said part of the academic struggles stem from the pressure men’s basketball and football players face from the sports’ popularity.

“Not all athletes play football and men’s basketball, but they are some of our most visible,” Hadley said Thursday. “So it’s important that we do the right thing for everyone the best that we can.”

Terps men’s basketba l l forward Jon Graham said he doesn’t support freshman ineligibility because he felt he had ample academic support when he was a freshman at Pennsylvania State University and during the past two years at this university.

“Mov i n g on f rom h ig h school to college, academics are going to get a little bit harder,” Graham said. “That’s how it’s supposed be. The academic staff I had at Penn State was very great. They set up a good program where we had study hall hours; they had good tutors that worked with us. It takes a lot of time you have to put in, but it can be good.”

“A Year of Readiness” states that 20 percent of NCA A athletes are first-generation college students and suggests that number is greater for men’s basketball and football players, which is why the proposal states: “The intercollegiate athletics model, rooted firmly in a commitment to a quality educational experience, must be preserved.”

“At bottom is a n issue, are we … a farm team for the pros?” Loh said. “And boy, my answer to that is no. They’re here for an education.”

leagues in the NCAA Division I governance structure, and to exploring a broad exchange of ideas from both inside and outside of intercollegiate athletics.”

Administrators, players, coaches and fans had mixed responses to the prospect of freshman ineligibility as it gained steam nationwide in recent weeks.

Bob Milloy, longtime football coach at Our Lady of Good Counsel High School, said freshman ineligibility has merits, though he believes it would be difficult for the Big Ten to gain significant support. Milloy has coached dozens of highly touted footba l l prospects, i nclud i ng former Terrapins football wide receiver Stefon Diggs, a junior who declared for the NFL draft in early January.

“It would be good because it would give kids time to get adjusted, focus on schoolwork and things, but coaches and players aren’t going to like it,” Milloy said. “Players all think they are going professional.

Everybody wants to be like Stefon, play right away and go pro. The problem is, almost nobody actually does that.”

Un iversity President Wallace Loh and University Athletic Council Chairman Nick Had ley have show n support for the consideration of freshman ineligibility. “A Year of Readiness” lays out the academic issues facing men’s basketball and football players, who have lower documented graduation rates and APR scores than other akasinitzdbk@gmail.com, student-athletes. esilvermandbk@gmail.com

By Joe Zimmermann @JoeMacZim Senior staff writer A university study has fou nd that the rate of deforestat ion i n t he hu m id tropics, i ncluding rainforests of critical biomass and biodiversity, has accelerated d rastically throughout the past d e c a d e, c o nt ra d i c t i n g previous beliefs that the situation was improving.

Usi n g satel l ite d at a , a u n iversity st udy a nDO-Hyung KIM, a remote sensing scientist in the geographical sciences department, poses for a portrait in his office on Feb. 18. Kim nounced today and pubis the lead author of a univeristy study about deforestation published in Geographical Research Letters. stephanie natoli/the diamondback lished in Geophysical Research Letters, found diversity, he said, as many “OUR FINDINGS WILL tion of forests established by forests in the humid tropics ty pes of species thrive in the United Nations Food and GREATLY ENHANCE — areas near the equator in rainforests.

Agriculture Organization at OUR ABILITY TO Kim, a geographical sciSouth America, Africa and the U.N. Framework ConEVALUATE THE Asia — shrunk at a faster ences doctoral candidate at vention on Climate Change rate in the 2000s than they this university, said this new EFFICACY OF POLICIES in Kyoto, Japan. did in the 1990s. Previ- NASA-funded study could Doug Morton, a research AND TO INFER THE ous data from the United better reveal the reality of scientist at NASA and a uniDRIVING FORCES OF versity alumnus, was not inNations Food and Agri- deforestation.

“Our findings will greatly culture Organization sugvolved in this study, but said DEFORESTATION.” gested the rate decelerated enhance our ability to evaluthe data could reveal more DO-HYUNG KIM by 25 percent throughout ate the efficacy of policies and information about climate Remote sensing scientist to infer the driving forces of the past decade. change and the effect deforers analyzed 8,500 images estation has on it.

“Our results show the deforestation,” Kim said.

Kim said he and his col- from each decade collected opposite,” said Do-Hyung “The global carbon budget Kim, a remote sensing sci- leagues could compare this by NASA satel l ites. T hey is one of the toughest problems entist for the geographical d e fo re s t a t i o n d a t a w i t h t he n u s e d a l gor it h m s to for climate scientists,” Morton sciences department and policies in place to see which estimate the tree coverage wrote in an email. “This paper the lead author of the study. methods of tree protection areas by looking at the shades will have carbon cycle and “Our results show the ac- produce better results. For of pixels in the images and Earth system scientists receleration of the deforesta- instance, he said, other re- by taking into account how viewing estimates of global searchers in the department trees can look different in carbon sources and sinks for tion by 62 percent.”

Joseph Sexton, a pro- found the Soy Moratorium some areas. the 1990s and 2000s.”

“O nce we d id t h at a nd fessor in the geographical i n Brazi l was effective i n T h o u g h d e fo re s t a t i o n sciences department and decreasing deforestation in we had a machine-learning has accelerated in the past model that was able to iden- decade as a whole, the study co-author of the study, the Amazon.

K i m sa id they cou ld n’t tify trees,” Sexton said, “we found some slight decelerasaid the areas studied are those of “most concern” be sure why these research were able to look at that at tion in the years after 2005, with regard to defores- results were so different from multiple points in time and K im said. T hough forests tation’s effect on global those in the previous Food we ca n apply a th reshold are still depleting fast, he and Agriculture Organization that says whether or not it said, the deceleration could climate change.

“These are the ecosys- research but said they used a meets the criterion for being be a sign for some hope that tems that hold the most consistent definition of for- a forest.” pol icies ca n f u rther slow Different countries often deforestation. biomass,” Sexton said, “so estland and found a clear acwhen we lose that forest, celeration of data from 1990 have different definitions of “I want these results to enthat biomass is released to 2000, and the data from what is or is not a forest, so it courage people to care more is beneficial to have consis- about the increase in deforas carbon dioxide into the 2000 to 2010.

Sexton, who led the algo- tent data on forest loss around estation,” he said. atmosphere.”

These forests also tend rithm development in the the world, Sexton said. The to be hot spots for bio- study, sa id the resea rch- researchers used the defini- jzimmermanndbk@gmail.com

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ov. Larry Hogan campaigned on “restoring integrity” to Annapolis. In his state of the state address on Feb. 3, Hogan told the crowd: “The voters have given us an opportunity to build a government that works for the people — and not the other way around.”

That type of language is common fare when it comes to elections as each new administration promises to be a better group of public servants than the last.

But on Friday, The Baltimore Sun broke some troubling news: Hogan’s attorney, Robert F. Scholz, sent an email to 18 recipients at nine agencies, urging them to label email communications with “CONFIDENTIAL, FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY – PROTECTED

BY EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE.” Worse, it was sent less than two weeks into Hogan’s administration. So soon?

Under the state’s Public Information Act, email communications for the purposes of conducting government business that are stored on government systems are public records. Anyone has the right to request to see what the governor and his staff are doing with the power we’ve given them.

The exception to this rule is information that is executive privilege, which includes deliberations before making decisions. But simply stamping “Top secret” at the top does not make information any less public, and it’s

almost laughable that someone would suggest such a measure.

Even if Scholz’s recommendation was out of an abundance of caution, it still violates the basic philosophy behind the PIA — that records are presumed open unless the government can provide a compelling reason why they should be private.

Any court would conclude as much if a case were ever brought, but what concerns us is the principle behind the recommendation.

OUR VIEW

The state government needs to understand and uphold its promises of maintaining transparency with the public.

If our government is behaving honestly, it shouldn’t have anything to hide. A Hogan spokesman told The Sun that the labeling wouldn’t affect whether the public would be able to access such records, despite the fact that it would be Hogan’s administration that grants or denies the request.

But if that’s really the case, why label the emails at all?

The spokesman also told The Sun it was “making a mountain out of a molehill” by reporting on the email,

but this editorial board strongly disagrees. It’s journalism’s job to hold our elected officials accountable, and any time a government tries to hide information, whether we’re talking Nixon’s Watergate tapes or a single leaked email, it’s always a big deal.

State residents are also asking for more transparency. A 2015 Marylanders for Open Government poll of 500 state residents found that 84 percent thought the PIA should be updated to allow better access to government data. About 71 percent supported legislation th at would limit the fees government agencies can charge for access to records and establish an oversight system.

It’s not as though this is a partisan issue or even a new one.

Fomer Gov. Martin O’Malley’s administration wasn’t much better, drawing intense criticism over transparency during the fallout of the state’s failed health exchange rollout. The controversy extended into former Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown’s bid for the governor’s seat as O’Malley’s successor.

But when this state elected Gov. Hogan, we were promised change, and it’s disappointing to see Annapolis move backward on this issue instead of forward. We expect better of our elected officials on both sides of the aisle.

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The year after I graduated, my high school removed the “Most Likely to Succeed” superlative because it implied that not all of the students would be successful. If everyone is just as valuable in the same ways as everyone else, we are ignoring individual talents and preventing ourselves from experiencing true success. Ironically, this flies directly in the face of the individuality and independence we try so hard to cultivate (why else would Generation Y have so many hipsters?).

Being raised in a system that focused on effort rather than achievement has left us unprepared to handle real-life consequences that follow inevitable personal or professional shortcomings.

We respond to criticism with excuses rather than questions to help us understand the critique or a respectful acceptance of the opinions of others.

It would be easy to blame helicopter parents who overcompensated for the events of their own upbringing or a coddling and enabling education system, but the damage has been done, and now it is our job to clean up the mess, no matter who left it there in the first place.

In our defense, I will say that I meet far more exceptions to the Generation Y stereotype than examples of it. But we, more so than other generations, are at risk for prioritizing instant gratification and having poor sportsmanship.

We must be aware of this, particularly as we venture into the world of adulthood in which we might have to actively combat the negative perception of millennials.

Thankfully, it isn’t all bad news.

Generation Y is also noted for openmindedness, passion, prioritizing family and being mission-driven.

These are the kind of traits that can help build genuine success and fulfillment. So long as we don’t allow our shortcomings to get in the way, I’d say we have a bright future ahead.

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illennials. Generation Y. Generation Me. We are defined by our sense of entitlement and misplaced confidence that does more than border on narcissism. Americans born from the early 1980s to the early 2000s are the recipients of a fair amount of criticism, much of which is traced back to the idea ingrained in our elementary school brains that simply putting forth effort makes us deserving of reward and recognition.

It is no wonder other generations look at us like we are a bunch of Veruca Salts, always taking or asking for things we believe we have “earned” because we tried or simply showed up.

To those who say that it is important to reward hard work, I agree, but there are a few things to consider: 1. Hard work does not equal success.

2. Not all hard work is good work.

3. Rewarding only effort and not results perpetuates the misconception that the only factor contributing to success is hard work, which completely ignores the Godgiven talents of a competitor and his opponents.

Yes, hard work should be encouraged and developed, but it cannot guarantee your success. This is the fault of the millennial mentality. In trying to pacify and compensate those who didn’t come in first place, we have tipped the scales so far in the opposite direction that those who do come in first are barely distinguished and might even be persecuted. Instead of congratulating the victor, we turn into spoilsports who try to sully and sour the accomplishments of others, placat- Danielle Wilkin is a senior biology and ing ourselves with the idea that we science education major. She can be reached at dwilkindbk@gmail.com. could do that too, if we wanted.

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ellow Diamondback columnist Ian Lacy recently wrote a piece regarding the need to visit the Red Planet Mars and investigate the possibility of sustaining life on it. As some of you know, the fourth planet from the sun looks dead now, with a thin atmosphere and lack of liquid water, but many believe it had oceans, rivers and a magnetic field in the distant past. The column brings up the fact that the planet itself could be modified to become suitable for human life (this is known as “terraforming”), given the right technology and human desire.

I’m all for visiting a nearby astronomical body, considering that humans have not stepped foot on one since the early ’70s. While Mars is a must-go location for the human race, I would love for us to go even farther out into space … to Proxima Centauri. This red dwarf — what remains of certain stars after they’ve exhausted their fuel supply — happens to be located some 4.2 light-years away, and it is part of a triple system that includes two other stars, Alpha Centauri A and B. It is the closest star system to our sun, but “closest” does not translate to “close”:

4.2 light years is equivalent to 40.1 trillion kilometers, meaning that the 40-kilometers-per-second Juno spacecraft — the fastest ever made — would take some 30,000 years to reach our stellar neighbor.

As disappointing as this timescale seems, it might be possible to drastically shorten this trip in the future if we manage to create more powerful methods of propulsion. Said methods are numerous and diverse, ranging from the use of solar sails to fusion engines to warp drives. While warp drives are still far from scientifically achievable, fusion and solar sails already exist, so they are our stepping stones.

Leaving the scientific details aside, this proposed stellar endeavor will not be cheap or easy. First, we need the technology to reach colossal speeds so that our hypothetical journey does not take millennia to complete (some have proposed that it might be possible to reach speeds equivalent to 1 percent of the speed of light).

Second, proper funding and dedication to a possibly decades- or centurieslong project are crucial to this process.

Traveling at a fraction of the speed of light means that we won’t get to our neighbor in a mere 4.2 years, and if you do the math, it’d take a minimum of 420 years to reach our goal, assuming that our spaceship can reach 1 percent

of the speed of light. Clearly, that is quite an improvement over a 30-millennia journey.

“Why bother? Shouldn’t we solve the world’s problems first?” is one objection to this vision. My answer: The world had a nuclear problem the same decade humans stepped on the moon. Humans looked to the heavens for thousands of years before they could examine them up close. By contrast, sending some sort of mission to Proxima Centauri would probably last just as long or even less time if we manage to produce colossal speeds.

Plenty of us did not grow up when humans reached the moon, so our generation deserves and needs an equally — if not more — glorious achievement.

Alongside the exploration of our solar system, traveling outside it, I believe, is equally important for the sake of breaking free from the solar system bounds.

1957 and 1969 will forever be engraved in human memory as the years when we reached space and reached Earth’s satellite, respectively.

I want our generation as well as future ones to be able to boast of having produced their own little Sputniks and Apollos reach farther than ever before.

Gonzalo Molinolo is a junior history major. He can be reached at gmolinolodbk@gmail.com.

efore we get into things, I should set the record straight: I’m a punk rock guy. My iPod (and it’s an actual iPod) is filled with music

by The Clash, The Ramones, Green Day, Rancid, Zebrahead, Fall Out Boy, The Dollyrots, Dead Kennedys, Sum 41, The Bouncing Souls and many others. However, I do love other musicians (I’m listening to “Dark in the Spotlight” by Steve Conte as I type this), and one of my all-time favorite bands is (or was) the greatest band you’ve never heard of: Beulah.

A onetime member of Elephant 6 (alongside Neutral Milk Hotel and The Apples in Stereo), Beulah was never really a popular band; they never had any hit singles, and they were never offered a big record deal. Quite simply, they fell through the cracks of the record industry. Although they lasted only eight years (and only put out four studio albums), their music is (in my opinion) some of the greatest ever made. Their lineup fluctuated throughout the years, the members were never really able to quit their day jobs and record sales were lackluster — but the band persevered.

One of the best things about Beulah is the fact that there is no such thing as a “bad” Beulah song.

Some tracks may rise above the rest (my favorites are “Popular Mechanics for Lovers,” “Gravity’s Bringing Us Down,” “Lay Low for the Letdown,” “Landslide Baby” and “If We Can Land a Man on the Moon…”), but everything is highly listenable — and beautifully infectious. Violins, pianos and trumpets help give the music a perpetually upbeat, poppy sound, even when the lyrics would indicate otherwise (not an uncommon occurrence).

Many songs deal heavily with love and heartbreak (particularly the latter), but other themes (including

success, failure and loss) appear at times.

The beautiful “If We Can Land a Man on the Moon…” can be interpreted as not only a love song, but also a look into the band’s career. Other songs are more abstract — “A Good Man is Easy to Kill” is not, in fact, about a girl — according to lead singer Miles Kurosky, it’s about his father, who was injured in a car accident. Some, however, are unambiguous: “Popular Mechanics for Lovers” (perhaps Beulah’s most-heard song, thanks to its use in an episode of The O.C.) is a pure, simple love song — and a damn good one at that.

Although a critical success, Beulah’s fourth album, Yoko, failed to gain them any mainstream attention; after a final tour (documented in the film A Good Band is Easy to Kill), the band broke up in 2004. The breakup was noted

by Rolling Stone (which had praised them before), and their final recording (to my knowledge) was done on behalf of none other than their final album’s namesake: Yoko Ono (who, along with Michael Cera, is one of the band’s few famous fans).

While the track (a remix of Ono’s “Let Me Count the Ways”) was cut from her remix album (Yes, I’m a Witch), it can be found on Dailymotion. Kurosky eventually released a solo album (The Desert of Shallow Effects) in 2010, and the members of Beulah unofficially reunited about that time for a single performance.

Music by Beulah can be heard from time to time in commercials or movies (I personally discovered them after hearing “Popular Mechanics for Lovers” during the credits of Youth in Revolt), and most of their discography can be found on iTunes, Amazon MP3, CD and vinyl. Give them a listen — they’re well worth your while.

Brandon Caplan is a senior history m a j o r. H e c a n b e re a c h e d a t brandon.caplan@gmail.com.

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orn today, you are comfortable lending support to others as well as being front and center yourself, and this is sure to give you a distinct advantage as you progress through life. The secret, of course, is that you never insist on being one or the other -- leader or follower -- at any given time. You are quite able to be fluid and flexible in almost all situations, to do what is required and be whatever is appropriate under the circumstances. In this way, you are always changing slightly, playing the chameleon and becoming whatever a given situation demands.

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By Maeve Dunigan @maevedunigan Staff writer Some things are better when paired with shock. What is a roller coaster without the unexpected last drop? What is an action movie without the surprising plot twist at the end? What is a food product without its strangely flavored cousin you say is gross but you secretly want to try?

1. Most flavors that came out of the Lay’s “Do Us A Flavor” campaign

For years, food companies have created products that essentially shock or surprise consumers into buying them. Some of these products are a welcome addition — for instance, the red velvet Oreo that made its debut earlier this month. But at times, it seems that food companies have created a product not to be eaten but just to be talked about.

T h i s p a s t yea r h a s s e e n a va r i e ty o f s t ra n ge a d d i t i o n s to t h e s n a c k- fo o d fa m i ly. He re a re so m e o f t h e fo o d Fra n ke n steins that probably should never have left the drawing board.

2. doritos roulette

3. dewitos

DON’T EAT CAPPUCCINO LAY’S if you like food that tastes good. PHOTO COURTESY OF latimes.com

DON’T EAT dewitos. Stephen Colbert really sums it all up. photo courtesy of hightimes.com

This past year, Lay’s decided to enlist America’s help to create new potato-chip flavors. Of course, almost no one took this campaign seriously. People created flavors for chips that ranged from the strange yet innocent “pomegranate apple” to the most nonsensical flavors, which included suggestions such as “endangered black rhino” and “leather upholstery.”

Four flavors barely logical enough to come out on top of this campaign were kettle-cooked wasabi ginger,

Uttering “dewitos” out loud should be enough to convince anyone that this product was never meant to be.

The “dewitos” drink made its way into the public eye in November. The orange liquid is Mountain Dew that’s nacho cheese Dorito-flavored. I guess it’s for that tiny 1 percent of the population that wants to drink carbonated liquid cheese.

Thanks, all those lovely people.

On a Nov. 10 episode of The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert championed a new slogan for the “dewitos”: It’s like throwing

mango salsa, cappuccino and cheddar bacon mac and cheese. The wasabi ginger flavor would go on to win the contest, which makes sense, considering all its competitors (aside from the semi-reasonable mango salsa) sound like absolutely terrible ideas.

Coffee beans and potatoes were never meant to collide in such a way — or any way at all for that matter. Also, I’m pretty sure just saying the phrase “cheddar bacon mac and cheese potato chips” can give you heart failure.

DON’T EAT doritos roulette if you hate surprises and games. photo courtesy of ora.tv At their very core, Doritos roulette chips are a bad idea. Why would you ever wa n t to m o d e l a fo o d product after a potentially lethal game?

These chips were released in Canada this summer.

The product involves a bag containing mostly regular nacho cheese Doritos except for a few chips, which are earth-shatteringly spicy. In the end, it’s more of a (ter-

rible) game than a snack.

There’s perhaps a reason these chips haven’t made it out of Canada. For one thing, the product is probably dangerous to have around children who think it’s just a regular bag of Doritos. If people want a snack and are also looking to play a game, they can just eat regular Doritos while playing Monopoly like the rest of us.

up in your mouth!

This monstrosity of a beverage premiered at college campuses last year. A Pepsi spokesperson told Quartz in November: “We opened up the DEW flavor vault and gave students a chance to try this Doritos-inspired flavor as part of a small program at colleges and universities.”

If that idea came from inside the “DEW flavor vault,” then I sincerely hope for the good of all mankind that this vault is sealed shut and never opened again. mdunigandbk@gmail.com

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Senate amendments to univ governing doc await referendum Non-tenure-track faculty, graduate representation up A shuttle-um BUS idles outside Stamp Student Union. The Blue bus line has undergone two reroutes this year and officials want to boost ridership. file photo/the diamondback

DOTS seeks to build Blue bus ridership Line underwent its second rerouting since September

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To add the stop at Stamp back, Scala said officials didn’t have much choice in the new Blue bus route.

One option was to bring the Blue bus to North Campus.

But because the Orange and Green buses already go there after stopping at Stamp, officials decided to avoid moving the Blue bus there, too.

The updated Blue bus route cont i nues to accom modate students who live at the View, The Varsity and The University Club. It also stops at Commons 5 and 6, along Knox Road and at College Park Towers. It no longer services the stop at Montgomery Hall.

Sophomore Corey Palumbo used to have to walk or drive everywhere he went before the route change went into effect.

“I live in College Park T o w e r s , s o i t ’s g r e a t b e c au s e it s top s r i g ht t here,” t he econom ics major said.

Scala said it’s too early to tell whether Blue bus ridership has gone back up since the fall. But the route will remain as it is as long as students react well and ride the Blue bus more, he said.

“It picks me up right by my work at Annapolis Hall, and I live in the View, so it’s convenient,” said Rachel Snyder, a sophomore business student.

Ramudamu, who is grateful that the Blue bus once again stops at Stamp, said she still isn’t completely pleased with the new route.

“It’s kind of weird that it takes a longer route — how it goes by Knox and then loops around behind it,” she said. “[It has] become inconvenient.”

Department of Transportation Services officials are aiming to increase 117 Blue bus ridership after rerouting the line for the second time since the start of the fall semester.

The Blue bus was one of five Shuttle-UM routes that changed after the eastbound lane of Campus Drive closed because of construction of the Edward St. John Learning and Teaching Center, said Armand Scala, DOTS senior associate director.

But a 21 percent drop in ridersh ip on the Blue bus has caused DOTS officials to rethink the route.

“Ridership dropped dramatically,” Scala said. “Approx i mately 40,000 students stopped r id i ng t he [Blue] bus. Clearly the route wasn’t working for a lot of students.”

With the updated route, which went into effect at the start of the spring semester, the Blue bus makes stops at Stamp Student Union. In the fall, it stopped at the Regents Drive Garage instead.

Other bus routes also saw declines in ridership, according to figures provided

by Scala. But DOTS officials decided the Blue bus, which had the sharpest decrease, could be rerouted to better accommodate students.

“I defi n itely l i ke that it goes to the student u n ion aga i n,” sa id sen ior jo u r n a l i s m m ajo r D e e p a R a mud a mu , who l ives i n the University View. “Last semester I had class from 7 to 9 p.m. in K night Hall and going to Regents [after class] was a pain.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

By Rokia Hassanein @rokiahass Staff writer A universitywide referendum is underway to approve changes to this university’s main governing document, the plan of organization, and students, faculty and staff have offered mixed reactions to the updates.

Online voting is open until Friday, and two-thirds of the university community who vote in the referendum have to approve the proposed changes for the document revisions to go to university President Wallace Loh for approval.

The biggest changes to the document are the inclusion of more graduate students and full-time professional track faculty — non-tenure-track

faculty — in the University Senate and Senate Executive Committee.

Applied Agriculture Director Glori Hyman wrote in an email that she doesn’t believe all the revisions are positive, including one that would move the administrator reviews process to the Office of the Provost.

“I believe these changes remove some of the transparency and shared governance that this campus prides itself on and moves more control into the Provost’s office,” Hyman wrote.

T h i s p ro p o s e d r e v i e w process would require directors and academic department chairs to be evaluated every five years by the provost’s office, which Hyman wrote could give the provost a greater level of authority.

But Ryan Belcher, an undergraduate senator representing the behavioral and

social sciences college, said he doesn’t think the revisions decrease transparency.

Rather, the senior environmental science and policy and government and politics major said a key aspect of the revisions is the expansion of faculty and graduate student representation.

Through the changes, if approved, non-tenure-track faculty will gain representation in the senate, while graduate students’ representation will increase from one senator to two in the executive committee.

Belcher said he also appreciates the emphasis on shared governance because the senate needs strong relations with other organizations and administrators.

“While I am disappointed that undergraduate voice was not as strongly considered as the voices of other groups, it i s a l l t he more i mpor-

tant that undergraduates, graduates, faculty and staff all work together,” he said.

“Increasing representation for professional-track faculty allows this to happen.”

D o n a l d We b s t e r, t h e S e n a t e E x e c u t i v e C o mmittee chairman, said that he thought the Plan of Orga n i zat ion Rev iew Comm ittee d id a satisfactor y job w it h gett i ng broader representation.

These revisions, Webster said, were finished in seven years, while most take much longer a nd h appen ever y decade.

“I n the dea l i ngs I’ve had with [the committee], Charles Welford and others d id a very fa i r a mou nt i n looki ng at a l l a ngles,” he said. “What they came up with was a very good plan that will help guide us into rhassaneindbk@gmail.com

City, univ to collaborate on sustainability program

By Eleanor Mueller @eleanormueller Staff writer Students from this university will collaborate with faculty and government officials to improve the city’s s u s t a i n abi l it y ef for ts,W after the College Park City Council approved yesterday funding to work with the Partnership for Action Learning in Sustainability.

Created by this university’s National Center for Smart Growth, PALS’ goal is to use student learning to help local communities by providing governments with low-cost and innovative environmental consulting.

“What PALS does is mix lo c a l gover n ment i ss u e s with the use of students and facu lty as consu lta nts i n an academic setting,” said Ur i Av i n, PA L S d i rector.

“The program is all about networking.”

Though it was created in fall 2014, PALS has already developed a record of success, Avin said.

Pa r t icipat i n g st udents and faculty spent the past academic year in Frederick, where more than 20 courses and projects merged 50,000 student hours with faculty

expertise and city officials’ specia l ized k nowledge to meet needs from a shareduse path to a composti ng recovery.

“We’re in the second semester of finishing up and it’s been very successful,” Avin said. “There have been some excellent products, the city has found it useful, and students and faculty have found it useful.”

In College Park, the four approved classes include an architecture studio course fo c u s i n g on re d e s i g n i n g the space formerly occupied by The Barking Dog, a greenhouse gas analysis of the city, a public art studio cou rse a nd a study of the city’s waste management practices, wh ich looks to establish a three-year zerowaste plan.

“PALS harnesses the experience of UMD faculty and energy of younger students to help Maryland communities,” District 1 Councilman Fazlul Kabir said. “It helps Ma ryla nd com mu n ities become more sustainable.”

T he city is appropriating $15,000 for three of the four classes, but it will not sponsor t he a rch itectu re course, which will instead be funded by the university,

Avin said.

“We are doing our best to get everybody involved,” said Jose-Luis Izursa, the faculty research associate leading the zero-waste course. “We want this to be a grassroots project — to let them know that we are helping, that we are not going to put a plan without consulting them.”

I z u rsa’s c o u rs e s e r ve s as the capstone project for four seniors, whose majors i nclude env i ron menta l health and environmental science and technology.

“The university has made it such a big goal to be sustainable and College Park gets, not shu n ned, but p u s h e d a w a y,” s a i d R o b Swam, a senior majoring in environmental science and technology. “This gives us a good opportunity to get together and work towards a bigger goa l of bei ng sustainable.”

Each student is responsible for a different component of a plan that spans until 2040.

Among the various aspects are sustainable education, m u n i c i p a l w a s te m a na ge m e nt a nd c omp o s i n g research.

“I work with those handling municipal solid waste to suggest ways they ca n

work through their current wa ste processes to m a ke them more efficient,” said A n n M i c h e l l e B o l a b o, a senior majoring in environmenta l science a nd technology. “Lately we’ve been researching to see what’s available and going to forums to see what people want.”

Not on ly h ave t he fou r students been collaborating with city officials, but the Student G overn ment A ssoci at ion, t he u n iversity’s O f f ice of Com mun it y O u t re a c h a n d l o c a l charter school College Park Academy have been as well.

“They’re our host city, but there’s not a huge amount of interaction of this kind being directed at the city’s needs,” Avin said. “This exchange where the city benefits from the capacity of the university hasn’t happened naturally.”

PALS is the second largest of 18 such initiatives nationwide, with more than 350 students from 10 different fields of interest.

“It’s a new wave, if you w i l l, i n com mu n ity-u n iversity relations,” Avin said.

“It’s fantastic to be able to help communities and help students at the same time.” emuellerdbk@gmail.com

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Szefc searching for weekend stability from starters With Shawaryn locked in as clear-cut ace on Fridays, Terps still looking to fill out back end of starting rotation

By Phillip Suitts @PhillipSuitts Staff writer Mike Shawaryn stepped onto the mound Friday night with a clear plan.

A week earlier, the Terrapins baseball starter struggled early in his debut as the team’s ace and gave up two runs to Western Kentucky in the first inning.

In the week leading up to Friday’s game against South Alabama, Shawaryn focused on throwing fastballs for strikes and getting ahead in the count. That renewed focus on old habits led to seven innings of three-hit ball in an 8-0 win, and the sophomore was named the Big Ten Pitcher of the Week on Monday for his performance.

But Shawaryn’s bounce-back

Quakers From PAGE 11 involved and not letting the ball die and everybody stand around and watch one guy dodge, which was what happened on Saturday,” Tillman said. “There was a lot of guys watching and one guy trying to do it all.

“We’re kind of a new team in a lot of ways. ... Mike Chanenchuk’s not here. A lot of times, you’re going to have to have other leaders step up. Jay Carlson’s done a good job helping us get organized, calling out sets.”

While the Terps offense hummed, the defense delivered perhaps its most aggressive performance of the season. The unit’s determina-

outing was the lone bright spot for the Terps’ rotation this past weekend. In the squad’s final two games in the South Alabama Tournament held in Mobile, Alabama, left-hander Tayler Stiles and righthander Brian Shaffer combined to allow 11 runs over seven innings.

While the No. 16 Terps battled back in both games and won Sunday’s contest, coach John Szefc wants to avoid making a habit of falling behind. But with two inexperienced starters in the rotation, he understands growing pains are inevitable.

“I don’t think either guy had probably his best stuff, but that’s going to happen,” Szefc said. “Those two guys are tough guys, and they throw a lot of strikes.”

The Terps also began last season

tion was evident from the first period, during which they won the ground ball battle 13-1.

The Terps didn’t get complacent later in the game, either. After the Quakers launched 14 shots at goalkeeper Kyle Bernlohr (eight saves) in the first half, the Terps defense allowed 12 attempts in the second half, several of them coming with the game out of reach.

For all of the defense’s success, though, they had trouble controlling midfielder Joe McCallion, who posted a game-high four goals.

“He shoots it pretty hard,” Bernlohr said. “He’s an accurate shooter. He’s tough to read. Going against the same guys in practice, it’s kind of different when you get out there. Their shots

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with new Saturday and Sunday starters. Shawaryn, selected in the 32nd round of the 2013 MLB draft out of high school, provided stability in the No. 2 spot, and he set a school singleseason record with 11 wins.

The first two weekends this year, however, the Terps have trotted out different pitchers in the No. 2 spot.

Left-hander Jake Drossner, who finished last season third in the rotation, started an 8-4 win over Canisius on Feb. 14, but he issued five walks in less than three innings.

Stiles moved up one spot in the rotation to replace Drossner this past weekend, but he gave up five runs in four innings of a 7-6 loss to No. 15 Central Florida.

While Stiles and Shaffer gave up a combined 16 hits, they issued one walk.

“We have a philosophy; you can’t

never really look as they do on film. You can study all you want, but that kid can bring it.”

After the loss to Yale, Tillman said he encouraged some players to take on more of a leadership role, including Bernlohr. On a team of new faces, the Terps turned to a senior making his third career start to lift them to a victory they desperately wanted.

“We had a really bad taste in our mouths after Yale,” Bernlohr said. “We were all pretty excited to have this game on Tuesday. There were a few weather problems, and it could’ve gotten moved. But we wanted to play, we wanted to get a ‘W,’ and we wanted to get on a roll here.” jneedelmandbk@gmail.com

defend walks, but you can defend hits,” Shawaryn said. “A little bit of [the hits] was we weren’t really executing the pitches that we needed to. We left a lot of 0-2 pitches out there.”

Shaffer, a freshman whom Szefc called a “mini-Shawaryn,” made his first career start Sunday against Arkansas, an NCAA tournament team last year and gave up six runs in three innings. Still, Shawaryn admired Shaffer’s calm demeanor and aggressive mindset.

“He kind of stays even-keeled,” Shawaryn said. “That’s the biggest similarity between me and him. We attack hitters, and we know at the end of the day, it’s baseball.”

W h i l e t h e Te r ps ’ ba c k- e n d starters aren’t set in stone, for the third straight year, the Terps

Brown From PAGE 11 tied her season-high and marked just the second time during conference play she produced an assist-to-turnover ratio below 1.

“It just prevented me from starting the offense as quick as we wanted to,” Brown said of Penn State pressing her. “I noticed that we were under the shot clock a lot tonight, and that was just because it took a little bit longer to get over half court.”

The Terps, who usually play an up-tempo style that rarely lets the shot clock hit single digits, were left scrambling to beat the clock in half-court sets on a number of possessions.

have a clear-cut ace in their rotation. Shawaryn is following in the footsteps of former starters Jimmy Reed and Jake Stinnett, the Terps’ aces during the 2013 and 2014 seasons, respectively.

Shawaryn said the pressure of being the No. 1 starter affected him early against the Hilltoppers.

Still, the sophomore refocused and relaxed after a week of practice.

So he’s not worried about this past weekend’s poor starts from the rest of the Terps rotation.

“These two games at the end of the season, no one’s going to be really looking at them and saying, ‘Oh, I pitched bad,’” Shawaryn said. “You’ve just got to keep grinding.” psuittsdbk@gmail.com

Coach Brenda Frese’s squad was able to settle into its offense earlier in the second half by making some adjustments to help Brown in the backcourt, though.

“We didn’t execute in the first half in terms of the backcourt screens and relieving some of the pressure,” Frese said.

R e c e n t l y, o p p o n e n t s have focused on limiting the Terps’ prolific fastb re a k a t ta c k , a n d t h a t starts with slowing down Brown. It’s something to which the sophomore is still adjusting.

“We have been working on that in practice because t h a t’s a re l a t ive ly n ew wrinkle that teams have b e e n t h r o w i n g a t u s ,” Brown said. “After these

next couple days of practice, that won’t really be an issue anymore.”

The Terps are prepared to make the necessary improvements before they take the floor Thursday against Indiana. But while the rest of the team waited for the next day to return to practice, Brown was back at it about an hour after a 31point victory.

It’s because, like center Brionna Jones, Brown knows Monday’s postgame trophy presentation isn’t the Terps’ end goal.

“It’s a great win right now to win the trophy, but it’s not over,” Jones said. “We still have the tournament to look forward to.” rbaillargeondbk@gmail.com

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popper From PAGE 12

forward michal cekovsky and Wisconsin forward Frank Kaminsky battle for a rebound during the Terps’ victory over the Badgers last night at Xfinity Center. alik mcintosh/the diamondback

badgers From PAGE 12 look out there and you see your senior leader say, ‘All right coach, I got this. There’s no way we’re not going to win this game,’” coach Mark Turgeon said.

And Wells’ performance came against Wisconsin (25-3, 13-2), a team that reached the Final Four last season. The Terps now not only figure to make their first NCAA tournament since 2010 but are also in a position to earn a top-4 seed.

Fans, some of whom had been lined up outside Xfinity since Monday night, stormed the court while Wells and the Terps trotted to the locker room.

“The crowd was amazing for us,” Wells said. “They’ve seen us through some tough times, and for them to be part of a season like this is well worth it. We just want to give those guys their money’s worth and something to talk about.”

Freshman point guard Melo Trimble also made significant plays down the stretch in the win over the Badgers. The shifty rookie had 16 points, and his late layup pushed the Terps’ lead to five with 33.3 seconds left.

Wisconsin never seriously challenged after that.

Trimble and Wells ensured the offense ran smoothly all game as the Terps had just six turnovers and shot 48 percent from the field. “ [ D e z ] wa s te r r i f i c ,” Turgeon said. “And Melo was Melo. He made big plays down the stretch.”

Wells and Trimble weren’t the only Terps to contribute to a victory against the Big Ten’s first-place team.

After Wisconsin forward Frank Kaminsky, a national Player of the Year candidate, scored four points in the first four minutes, lightly used freshman forward Michal Cekovsky checked in the game.

Kaminsky didn’t score for the next six minutes as

Cekovsky used his length to d i s r u p t t h e B a d ge rs ’ star senior. Cekovsky even added a powerful dunk that played its part in a 14-4 run midway through the half that helped the Terps take control of the game.

“He stayed focused and stayed ready,” Trimble said.

“When his name was called, he got in and produced.”

Wisconsin made a run out of the break to tighten up the game. Behind Kaminsky, who finished with 18 points, the Badgers opened the second half with a 13-4 spurt, and the game moved forward as a neck-and-neck affair. “ We k n e w t h e y we re going to make a run,” Wells said. “So I told my guys, ‘They got their first swing in. So are we going to take a step back or are we going to swing back and show toughness and poise and finish the game?’”

Wells, as he often has been in his Terps career, was the one to keep the team afloat.

He scored four straight

points on a pair of short jumpers midway through the second half to give the Terps a 45-41 lead. Then with the score tied at 47, Wells scored the Terps’ next six points. The last two came on his roar-inducing slam and gave the team a five-point cushion.

From there, the Terps hung on for the win — their eighth in eight games decided by fewer than seven points — that added another memorable night to Wells’ experiences and another key victory for a team that’s back in the national limelight after an extended absence.

“I knew we were a great basketball team,” Trimble said. “One game’s not going to change what everybody thinks. They’re still going to think we shouldn’t have beat Wisconsin, but I think we’re reaching that peak, keep getting better and showing people we’re the real deal.” akasinitzdbk@gmail.com

versatile offensive players in the country.

“He was not going to let us lose,” Turgeon said of his senior leader.

Trimble, meanwhile, complemented Well’s performance with 16 points, four rebounds and two assists of his own.

No play from the freshman was more impressive than his and-1 layup with 33.3 seconds remaining that extended the Terps’ lead to 57-52, even though he missed the ensuing free throw.

Turgeon said he was trying to set up a play for Wells, who made numerous cuts toward and away from Trimble in search of a pass or handoff near midcourt. But the Badgers were denying Wells.

So Wells drifted away. The shot clock dipped to less than 10 seconds. Trimble, though, stayed calm. He took one peek at the time left, burst toward the rim and converted the biggest basket of the game.

While Wells and Trimble shouldered the load offensively, the rest of the Terps contributed on the boards and on defense.

By merely looking at his stat line, one would think forward Jake Layman — the other member of Turgeon’s big three along with Wells and Trimble — played a horrendous game.

He scored six points, grabbed three rebounds and shot 3 of 11 from the field, including 0 of 2 from three.

But it was clear Layman had a massive impact on this game. He exhibited tremendous energy from the opening whistle and played stout on-ball defense against wing Nigel Hayes.

Perhaps most importantly, Layman accumulated two blocks, both on Dekker. The more impressive of the two came in the first half after

Dekker secured a weak-side rebound. He rose to lay in what appeared to be an easy deuce, but Layman jumped from a flat-footed stance and sent the shot careening off the backboard.

Continue down the list of Terps contributors, and you find more players in similar situations to Layman: forwards Michal Cekovsky and Evan Smotrycz.

The last time Cekovsky played more than 20 minutes, the Terps were ranked No. 21 in the nation and never led in a loss at home to then-No. 7 Virginia, and he logged a combined four minutes in the past two games, wins over Penn State and Nebraska.

S t i l l , Tu rge o n sa i d h e knew a performance like this was coming from Cekovsky, whose confident defensive play caused fits for Badgers forward Frank Kaminsky, a legitimate national Player of the Year candidate.

Cekovsky held Kaminsky to six first-half points. Though the Wisconsin senior finished with 18 on the game, Cekovsky’s performance in the opening 20 minutes left Kaminsky frustrated for the remainder of the contest.

Then there was Smotrycz, who extended his field-goal drought to two games but played outstanding defense and grabbed five rebounds, many of them in crucial moments.

Turgeon went small with Smotrycz at center for the final six minutes of regulation. And despite Wisconsin’s size advantage with the 7-foot Kaminsky, Smotrycz held his own.

“Total team effort,” Turgeon said.

It sure was.

When the Terps are clicking as they did last night, they’re tough to beat.

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Brown ties season high in turnovers Guard hopes to make adjustments before Big Ten, NCAA tournaments

By Ryan Baillargeon @RyanBaillargeon Senior staff writer

Attackman Matt Rambo (1) huddles with his teammates during the Terps’ 11-7 home-opening victory over No. 11 Penn at Byrd Stadium last night. reid poluhovich/for the diamondback

Third-quarter outburst lifts Terps Tillman’s squad outscores Penn 5-1 in key period to win home opener

By Joshua Needelman @JoshNeedelman Senior staff writer When the Terrapins men’s lacrosse team fell to Yale on Saturday, it marked the first time since 2005 that the Terps failed to start the season 2-0.

So in the days before the team’s Tuesday night home opener against Penn, coach John Tillman issued his team a challenge.

“We basically told the guys, ‘We’ll find out a lot about who we are on Tuesday,’” Tillman recalled saying. “We’re either going to step forward, or we’re going to step back.’”

The No. 10 Terps responded by scoring the first three goals

and overpowering the No. 11 Quakers in nearly every facet of the game. Attackman Matt Rambo recorded the team’s first hat trick of the season, and the Terps captured an 11-7 win.

Midfielder Joe LoCascio and attackmen Dylan Maltz and Jay Carlson added two goals each for the Terps, who outshot Penn (2-1), 42-26.

The Terps (2-1) also won the ground ball battle 36-22, and faceoff specialist Jon Garino Jr. went 14 of 22 at the faceoff X in place of senior Charlie Raffa, who sat with an injury.

“Being a Maryland team, there is no stepping back,” Tillman said.

With Raffa out, Garino

made his first start of the season. He recovered the opening faceoff, and midfielder Bryan Cole put the Terps on the board first within two minutes. It marked the third straight game the Terps both scored first and on their first offensive possession.

After taking a 4-3 lead into the second period, the Terps offense fell stagnant. The teams traded goals before heading to the locker room at halftime.

In the third quarter, the Terps offense finally came alive.

Carlson got the scoring started less than two minutes into the half, when he received a pass from Rambo just outside the crease, faked high and fired a low bounce shot

past goalkeeper John Lopes.

Rambo wasn’t finished making an impact, though.

Four minutes later, he assisted on midfielder Henry West’s fifth goal of the year before finishing a bullet of his own 58 seconds later to give the Terps an 8-4 lead.

“Joe LoCascio did great with drawing one [defender] and moving it,” Maltz said.

“The chemistry within our offense is becoming really strong. We’re looking good.”

The Terps registered a combined six assists during their first two games. They had seven Tuesday.

“Everybody [was] getting See Quakers, Page 8

After the Terrapins women’s basketball team received the Big Ten regular-season title trophy Monday night and the last fans had filed out of Xfinity Center, one player remained on the court.

With maintenance workers and Drake songs providing the only noise in a once-rowdy arena, guard Lexie Brown hoisted jump shot after jump shot to add a frequent swishing sound to the near-vacant building.

When Brown met with reporters after the 65-34 b l owo u t w i n ove r P e n n State, she was wearing a Big Ten Champions T-shirt over her jersey. When Brown reappeared on the court for ex tra sh o o ting practice, she had a new shirt on that read: “Only NCAA March Madness Matters.”

Brown’s wardrobe change couldn’t have been more fitting. The Naismith Award candidate could’ve spent the rest of the night celebrating the No. 5 Terps’ accomplishment. Instead, her focus after a subpar individual performance was already directed to preparing for the postseason.

The sophomore dealt with Nittany Lions guard Keke Sevillian riding her up the court all night, and Penn State looked to make a concerted effort to prevent Brown from posting her usual offensive numbers.

“She does a good job of attacking and pushing the ball up the floor and creating opportunities for her teammates,”

Guard Lexie Brown walks the ball up the floor Feb. 8 during the No. 5 Terps’ win over Nebraska. marquise mckine/the diamondback Penn State coach Coquese Washington said. “She is a fantastic scorer, so we wanted to keep somebody around her as much as possible.”

While the defensive game plan to hone in on Brown didn’t help the Nittany Lions’ outcome, it did limit her production. The Georgia native finished the night 2-for-9 from the floor, and she committed six turnovers compared to four assists.

Brown’s six points were the fewest she’d scored since Dec. 12, before the Terps had claimed any of their 16 Big Ten victories.

Her six giveaways, meanwhile, See Brown, Page 8

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MEN’S BASKETBALL | No. 14 TERPS 59, No. 5 BADGERS 53

A GOLDEN STATEMENT

‘Total team effort’ in victory over Badgers shows Turgeon he has a serious contender

Wells posts 26 points to push Terps past No. 5 Wisconsin for first win over top-10 opponent

By Aaron Kasinitz @AaronKazreports Senior staff writer

DANIEL POPPER

Men’s basketball columnist

D e z We l l s h a d s c o re d f o u r straight points and already had 24 on the game, so Wisconsin forward Sam Dekker made sure to sprint out to defend the Terrapins men’s basketball guard on the left wing late in the second half last night at Xfinity Center.

Only, Wells seemed to expect that.

So the senior jab-stepped to his right to draw Dekker off balance, then exploded toward the rim and took flight a step outside the paint with about four minutes left in the contest.

When he landed, the announced 17,950 gold-clad fans erupted.

Wells had thrown down a thunderous dunk after blowing by Dekker, one that adds to a long list of career highlights and helped propel the No. 14 Terps to a 59-53 win over No. 5 Wisconsin before a sold-out crowd in the program’s first top-15 home matchup since 2003.

Wells, the vocal leader on a team rife with youth, finished with 26 points to lead the Terps (23-5, 11-4 Big Ten) in their first win over a top-10 opponent during this resurgent season. He also had seven rebounds, four assists and GUARD DEZ WELLS rises for a dunk with about four minutes left in the Terps’ 59-53 victory over Wisconsin last night at Xfinity Center. alik mcintsoh/the diamondback a string of six points late in the game “BOY, IT’S A GOOD FEELING WHEN YOU LOOK OUT THERE AND YOU SEE YOUR that proved key in the thrilling victory.

SENIOR LEADER SAY, ‘ALL RIGHT COACH, I GOT THIS.’” “Boy, it’s a good feeling when you See BADGERS, Page 9

MARK TURGEON

Terrapins men’s basketball coach

Well, folks, it appears we have ourselves a contender.

Last night, in a raucous atmosphere at Xfinity Center, in front of fans craving a meaningful victory, the No. 14 Terrapins men’s basketball team toppled No. 5 Wisconsin, 59-53.

The performance was close to flawless. And the Terps needed every player in coach Mark Turgeon’s 10-man rotation to pull off their best victory of the season — one that will undoubtedly have implications come March.

The tone for a tenacious and tough display on both ends of the floor started with Dez Wells, who finished with a game-high 26 points.

The senior guard went 9 of 17 from the field, the result of him attacking the rim with a ferocity bordering on reckless.

Just check the Vine of his highlight-reel dunk, when he blew by Sam Dekker and threw down a jam no one saw coming. Even point guard Melo Trimble thought his teammate was going up for the layup.

It wasn’t just scoring from Wells, either. He added seven rebounds and four assists while playing lockdown defense on Dekker, one of the most See POPPER, Page 9