March 11, 2015

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Obama announces college finance ‘bill of rights’ Principles will govern priorities; new doctrine advocates access to education, payment options

By Jon Banister @J_Banister Senior staff writer President Obama announced new actions yesterday to help college students repay loans, coining the name “Student Aid Bill of Rights” to describe his administration’s goals to make higher education more affordable.

The tenets of this doctrine, which Obama called a “simple organizing principle,” include the following principles that all students should be granted: access to high-quality and affordable higher education; easily accessible resources to help pay for college; the ability to choose an affordable repayment plan for student loans; and the right to receive quality

customer service, reliable information and fair treatment when repaying loans.

“Based on this principle, we’re going to make sure universities are using technology to help students learn at lower costs,” Obama told a packed audience at the Georgia Institute of Technology yesterday. “We’re going to make sure that loan servicers can find better ways to help borrowers keep up with monthly payments PRESIDENT OBAMA addresses thousands of Prince George’s County and other state residents at Dr. Henry See LOANS, Page 2 A. Wise Junior High School during a political rally for Anthony Brown in October. file photo/the diamondback

Canvas to up oversight of outside applications Following oneclass.com spam attacks, platform will closely review apps

By Joe Zimmermann @JoeMacZim Senior staff writer

andres mbouh, a sophomore computer science major, poses with a new compostable cup outside of South Campus Dining Hall yesterday. Some students said the cups don’t feel sturdy.

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lean, green drinking machine Dining Services introduces new compostable cups; students express concerns about product quality

By Jessica Campisi @jessiecampisi Staff writer Ben Susman eats at the South Campus Dining Hall every day. When he went to grab a drink last week, he saw new cups stacked next to the soda machines.

“I was kind of surprised,” the senior history and journalism major said. “It felt kind of strange to have one set of cups one day and one set another day.”

As part of its sustainability efforts,

Dining Services recently replaced its blue Pepsi cups in the North Campus and South Campus dining halls with fully compostable cups this semester.

While the old cups were compostable, they were less acceptable in commercial composting facilities than the new white cups, Dining Services spokesman Bart Hipple said. The new cups are made of wax and made of 50 percent renewable resources.

PepsiCo Inc. introduced the new cups in 2011 as one of its five new options of eco-friendly, recyclable cups, but these cups were “cost-pro-

hibitive,” said Allison Lilly, Dining Services sustainability and wellness coordinator. The price recently dropped, making it an affordable option for the university, Hipple said.

“Things can take a while to put into play,” Hipple said of the department’s stance before the prices went down. “We use a huge number of these cups, so until Pepsi is willing to guarantee that they can supply us with the same number of cups at the same price at the time that we need them, we can’t do it. So we need to receive all of those assurances.”

While the new cups are environmentally friendly, they are only available in a 22-ounce size and are not suitable for hot drinks because of their material composition, Hipple said.

Freshman psychology major Alexis Tanenbaum said the cups were not as sturdy but were overall beneficial.

“I’m big on the environment, so I support it. They’re kind of flimsy and very papery, but if it helps the See cups, Page 3

Faculty panel addresses university disability studies New minor program in works with $15,000 grant

By Rokia Hassanein @rokiahass Staff writer When letters and sciences adviser Yali Pan met one of her friends for the first time, she asked her why she didn’t wear dresses or skirts in the warm weather.

Her friend, who had one of her legs amputated, said she was concerned people would judge her if she exposed her disability. That moment made Pan wonder how this university could create an environment in which members of the community with disabilities can feel comfortable, she said.

In front of about 50 students, staff and faculty, a panel hosted by this

“It’s long past due that we develop and support students from across the campus who are interested in disability issues,” said Peter Leone, a special-education professor who was on the panel. “We haven’t addressed it for so long, and it contributes to this notion of isolation.”

Ellen Fabian, a psychology professor, said including disability studies among the university’s cou rse of feri ngs is important.

“I often feel that [disability FACULTY PANELISTS (left to right) Peter Leone, Ellen Fabian, Joan Kahn, Ana Palla-Kane and Izetta Autumn Mobley discussed disability studies at a panel in Stamp Student Union yesterday. rachel george/the diamondback studies is] the forgotten field – university’s President’s Commis- which will be funded by a $15,000 that it’s the add-on, rather than the sion on Disability Issues met yes- Moving Maryland Forward grant from centralized portion,” said Fabian, terday in the Margaret Brent Room the Office of Diversity and Inclusion. another panelist. “Studying disof Stamp Student Union to discuss This university will join other Big Ten abilities is social justice.”

K i nesiolog y professor A na how this university approaches dis- institutions, such as Ohio State University and the University of Iowa, that Palla-Kane said learning about ability studies.

Officials at this university are de- have disability studies certificate or veloping a disability studies minor, minor programs.

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After a string of spam incidents on ELMS during the last week of February, the developer of the learning management system is monitoring third-party applications on the site more closely.

The messages, which students said began circulating around Feb. 24 and continued until March 1, promoted a site called oneclass.com. The site was ostensibly a resource for notes and study material, but when students clicked on the link, their own Enterprise Learning Management System accounts were hijacked and sent the same spam messages to members of many of their classes.

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New sports bar opens in old Big Play space Backyard Sports Grill serves up Southern food

By Joe Atmonavage @Fus_DBK Staff writer Kristi Lee was born in Tennessee, while her husband Dana was raised in Florida. Now, the local couple is trying to bring the southern flavors they grew up with to College Park.

Backyard Sports Grill, which opened March 4 and sits on the corner of Route 1 and Hartwick Road in the spot previously occupied by Big Play Sports Grill, offers various Southernstyle dishes such as blackened catfish, chicken and waffles, and shrimp and grits. “ We a re br i n g i n g a ta ste of Southern cooking and hospitality to College Park,” co-owner Kristi said. “We are just offering something a little different than what is currently available here.”

The Lees are both physicians, but after Kristi started attending culinary school in 2008, she decided to get into the food business.

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A QUIET LEADER

STAFF EDITORIAL: MARC expansion

Casey Ikeda won Big Ten Player of the Week after a victory over Princeton on Saturday, but the Terps men’s lacrosse captain still isn’t saying much P. 8

Service expansion should only be the start of improvements P. 4 DIVERSIONS

YEEZUS WALKS Speculations on the religiosity in Kanye West’s new album P. 6

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BACKYARD SPORTS GRILL recently opened on Route 1, taking the place of Big Play Sports Grill.

GRILL From PAGE 1 The two considered other locations in Washington and Laurel, but the College Park lo c at ion seemed l i ke t he right fit, Lee said.

“Someth i ng just kept pulling us back to this particular location,” Lee said.

“First off, just being right next to the university, we thought that would be a good opportunity for us. But also, the area in general is up and coming with a lot of renovations and construction going on.”

Some students said they are excited about the new style of food coming to Route 1.

“I basically eat the same thing everyday,” said Brandon Cohen, a freshman enrolled in letters and sciences. “I am definitely looking to try it. I’m trying to diversify my food a little bit.”

L ee sa id she wa nts t he restau ra nt a nd ba r to b e more t h a n ju st a student hangout spot and envisions it a s a pl ace t he work i ng community of College Park will visit frequently.

“We also want to appeal to

the people that live and work in this community to feel like they have a place to come and have a nice meal and drink as well,” Lee said.

Lee said although she has watched past establishments in the location fail, Backyard Sports Grill’s unique taste and intended audience will help the business stay afloat.

“By offering something a l it t le bit d i f ferent a nd perhaps catering towards a little bit more of a mature crowd, we won’t have some of the same issues,” Lee said.

M ichael Stief vater, the city’s econom ic developm e n t c o o r d i n a t o r, s a i d he has h igh hopes for the restaurant.

“Reasons for opti m ism would be that they are offering a type of food that you can’t find in College Park,” Stiefvater said. “It’s good to have restaurants that are trying new things and diversifying the offerings.”

T he restau ra nt i s open f rom 2 p.m . to m id n i g ht Monday through Thursday, 2 p.m. to 2 a.m. Friday and Saturday and noon to midnight Sunday.

Though the style of food

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“WE WANT IT TO BE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WILL FEEL COMFORTABLE, AND THAT IS PARTLY WHY WE NAMED IT BACKYARD SPORTS GRILL. WE ARE IN YOUR BACKYARD, AND WE WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL ... LIKE YOU ARE AT A BACKYARD BARBECUE.” KRISTI LEE

Co-owner, Backyard Sports Grill is different, Lee said she wants it to become a place of familiarity for College Park residents. “ We w a n t i t t o b e a place where people will feel comfortable, and that is partly why we named it Backyard Sports Grill,” Lee said. “We are in your backya rd, a nd we wa nt people to feel com forta b l e , l i k e yo u a re a t a backyard barbecue.” jatmonavagedbk@gmail.com

that they can afford. We as a country can do more to invest in Pell grants and community college to make sure quality education is affordable for everybody.”

T h e p l a n s O b a m a a nnounced yesterday focused mostly on his last point, to further regulate and prevent private loan servicers from taking advantage of students.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released a rep or t i n O ctob er t h at highlighted illegal practices that student loan servicers engaged in during the past year, such as charging late fees and harassing students with debt-collection calls.

Other activities the report cited include misrepresenti ng m i n i mu m pay ments, failing to provide accurate tax information and misleading consumers about bankruptcy protections.

The report noted that 40 m i l l io n A m e r i c a n s w it h student debt depend on these loan servicers as their primary point of contact to gather information about t h e i r l o a n s . T h e c o u ntry’s outstanding loan debt amounted to an estimated $1.2 trillion this past year, more than 6 percent of the U.S. gross domestic product.

“With millions of students borrowing from the federal government to afford their education every year, the companies servicing these loans should be held to the highest standard,” said Ethan Senack, a higher education advocate for the U.S. Public Interest Resea rch Group.

“Ack nowledg ment of the problem will hopefully lead to a stronger effort to improve the repayment experience for all borrowers.”

O b a m a ’s a c t i o n s w i l l require loan servicers to dis-

$1.2 trillion Total outstanding student loan debt in the U.S.

829,000 Number of people in this state with outstanding student loan debt

No. 14

This state’s ranking in terms of highest student loan debt burden

a $24.9 billion debt burden, which places it at 14th in the nation for highest debt burden.

“Student loa n s a re t he biggest issue for students nowadays in terms of affordability,” said Patrick Ronk, president of the Student Government Association. “I think college should be more affordable; I think states should invest more in higher education across the board, but that’s not happening anymore — in fact, it’s getting worse. So we need to focus on making sure student loans are easy to pay off and they’re manageable for students.”

Senack praised Obama’s actions to assist student loan borrowers but emphasized that it is just a small step in addressing college affordability as a whole.

“It’s important to recognize that making repayment more affordable and more manageable doesn’t actually solve the problem,” Senack said.

“While it’s incredibly important to make sure that repayment options today focus on getting borrowers out of debt, it’s also really important to try to minimize the amount of debt students incur in the first place.”

Obama said his actions yesterday are a step in what he describes as a long-term plan to bring down the cost of college and help students pay back loans.

In January, Obama introduced a proposal to make two years of community college free for all students. In September, the Education Department awarded $75 million under a new grant program to colleges and universities, and the president proposed increasing that program to $200 million this year. In July, he allowed all direct student loan borrowers to cap their payments at 10 percent of their income.

close to borrowers when their loans are transferred between companies or when borrowers fall behind on payments.

Loan servicers will also have to apply prepayments to the loans with the highest interest rates first to ease the burden of high rates.

The U.S. Education Department will create a central point of access for borrowers to check accounts and track payments for federal loan servicing contractors, rather than depending on the lenders to provide those services. The department will also create a new website to handle customer grievances, provide feedback to help borrowers struggling with the loan process and strengthen the process of reporting illegal activity to law-enforcement agencies.

“With 8 million Americans in default on a student loan, these actions are important steps to help ensure that student loan companies are following the law and not unfairly pushing borrowers deeper into debt,” CFPB Student L oa n Ombudsman Rohit Chopra said in a statement after Obama’s announcement.

T h is state has 829,000 people w it h outsta nd i ng student loan debt, totaling jbanisterdbk@gmail.com

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Real Estate Club hosts discussion U prof, alumnus speaks to 20 about industry

CAMPUS DRIVE will be closed from Saturday to March 18, during the university’s spring break, for construction. rachel george/the diamondback

Campus Drive to close on break Road closure will span March 14-18 to allow for storm drain construction

By Jeremy Snow @JeremyM_Snow Senior staff writer Faci l it ies M a n agement w i l l close Ca mp u s D r ive from March 14 to 18 to continue construction for the Edward St. John Learning and Teaching Center.

The closure is expected to have minimal impact, as the dates coincide with spring break, officials said.

Workers will install new storm drains near the buildi n g to a l lev i ate f loo d i n g along Campus Drive, said Bill Olen, capital projects executive director of planning and construction. Olen said the work was initially supposed to take place in the lane that was already closed, but the structure of the underground utilities means work crews will need space in both lanes.

“We’ve got to work in the middle of the road, and the only way to do that safely is to close the westbound on the uphill lane,” he said.

Facilities officials hope to

canvas From PAGE 1 O nce t h i s u n iversit y’s D iv i s io n of I n fo r m at io n Technology informed it of the problem, I nstructu re Canvas, the developer that r u n s E L M S, revoke d t he access of OneClass, a studyresource company located in Toronto that had been using the spam for marketing, a spokeswoman said.

ELMS allows third-party appl ications to i nteg rate into the site through application program interfaces, said Melissa Loble, head of Canvas partnerships. This allows services such as clicker registration through the site and integration of YouTube videos.

However, Ca nvas has a clear policy against these applications using blast messaging or sending messages through accounts without the individual’s knowledge or choice, Loble said.

“As soon as we found out they were doing something in violation of our policy, particularly the spamming, we revoked their access,” she said.

complete the work and reopen the westbound lane by the time the university opens on March 19 and “will work overnight, if need be” to be ready in time for students, Olen said. They expect this to be Campus Drive’s only closure during the St. John Center’s construction.

The campus’s low population during spring break made it the ideal time for the installations, Olen said, especially because Shuttle-UM buses do not run during that time. Pedestrians should not be impacted either, he added.

Very few on-campus events will require drivers to use Campus Drive, Olen said, as many of the larger campus bu i ld i n gs, i nclud i n g t he Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center and Stamp Student Union, will take a break from programming during the fourday period.

McKeldin Library is one building that will be open during the week, however, and employee Robert Harris, who gets a ride onto the campus via Campus Drive from his room-

“WE’VE GOT TO WORK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, AND THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT SAFELY IS TO CLOSE THE WESTBOUND ON THE UPHILL LANE.” BILL OLEN

Capital projects executive director of planning and construction mate, said he’s not looking forward to the road closure.

“I’ll have to walk a little farther now, which is a little annoying, but I’m glad it’s not permanent,” the senior English major said.

Jason N kwa i n, a sen ior E n g l i s h a n d ge o g ra p h ical sciences major, said he u n d e rs to o d t h e c lo s u re.

Nkwain, who might need to visit the campus for a slam poetry practice, said taking a detour would be slightly inconvenient but wouldn’t bother him.

“For these situations, it’s a good thing there are multiple ways onto campus,” he said. jsnowdbk@gmail.com

whose ELMS account sent out spa m messages to m a ny of h is classes a f ter he clicked on the link, said this university and Canvas s h o u l d d o m o re to m a k e su re the problem doesn’t arise again.

“Technically, it’s a small issue, but it could make a big problem in the future,” the management and mechanical engineering major said, noting that if a third-party application could send messages from trusted student accounts, other sophisticated programs could possibly do more damage.

He said loopholes need to be fixed and Canvas should do a more in-depth review of third-party applications before allowing them.

W hile clicker programs have a clear use on Canvas, sites like OneClass have no obvious reason for integration, he said.

He said he also wished DIT had tried harder to inform students of the issue.

“It would be nice if they sent out a mass email about this,” he said.

L oble sa id t h i rd-pa r ty applications are still an essential part of ELMS, adding that OneClass has proved the only problem among almost 200 applications. She said Canvas will now review the applications more closely and ensure their policies are understood.

“They are literally lo ok i n g at t he i r p ol ic ie s to ma ke su re th is ty pe of tech n ica l g l itch does not happen again,” said Phyllis Johnson, DIT communications director.

No student information was accessed by OneClass, Loble said, and the site’s access to Canvas is still revoked.

Marcio Oliveira, DIT executive director of learni n g tech nolog y ser v ices, wrote in a news release that Canvas is working to make sure there are “no other outsta nd i ng A PI tokens that OneClass can use to act on the behalf of any UMD user of ELMS.” T h is “tech n ica l gl itch” s e r v e s a s a r e m i n d e r to carefully analyze incoming emails before clicking on links, Oliveira wrote.

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By Tom Hausman @thausmannews Staff blogger

he sound of screaming was nearly as loud as a jet engine.

Women, as young as age 8 and as old as 45, were screaming at the sight of Irish musician Hozier as he played to a sold-out crowd at the Lincoln Theatre in Washington.

Dressed in a mix of dark coats with his hair pulled into

a bun, the guitarist, starting with a crooked smile, began to sing his opener, “Angel of Small Death & the Codeine Scene.” The sound technician did a good job, bringing the volume louder to compensate for the screaming.

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“lecture-style” meetings.

This week’s speech, he said, was the best they’ve had because of the simplistic way Dwyer was able to delve into the concept of commercial real

By Josh Magness estate. @josh_mag “That was the most inforStaff writer mative speaker we’ve had Thomas Dwyer, a 1985 to date,” the economics and u n i v e r s i t y a l u m n u s , finance major said. “He talked worked in the real estate about a lot of good finance industry during the 2008 stuff, and I was happy there economic recession, held 10 was a Q&A because many jobs in 30 years and at one people aren’t familiar with point managed a portfolio the financial aspect, but I hope they all gained something.” of $10 billion.

Dwyer earned a bachelor’s L a s t n i g ht, t h e p rofessor i n th is u n iversi- degree in urban studies and ty’s real estate graduate urban planning at this uniprogram spoke to about 20 versity before receiving his members of the new Real master’s in real estate from Estate Club in Tyser Au- Johns Hopkins University. ditorium in Van Munching He went on to work for comHall to share stories and panies such as Allied Capital answer questions about Corporation, where he was the senior vice president, and the field.

Sophomore Conor Moore CWCapital, where he saw the created the club this semes- company’s portfolio grow ter, and the club has hosted from $1 billion to $23 billion a speaker each meeting, he as managing director.

Dw yer a lso a nswered said. Moore said he and other students wanted a questions from students who place to congregate, learn asked how to find good propmore about the field and erty to sell, which areas are currently better for the real network to get involved.

Moore said he hopes to estate market and how young continue to bring more professionals can impress guests in while also having older people in the business

industry and persuade them to work together.

Dwyer said it is important for him to help students at this university because of how much the school helped him.

“Rea l estate been my passion since I’ve graduated from here, and I like to give back and share my experiences to show [students] all the different sides of the business,” he said. “Maryland gave me a good foundation to understand real estate and the academic background I used to move forward, so I like to return the favor.”

Fresh ma n a rch itectu re major Taylor Friedman, who attended her first Real Estate Club meeting last night, said Dwyer’s speech changed her perception of what real estate is.

“I didn’t know how much finance went into real estate,” Friedman said. “I always thought it was more about architecture, but after going to this meeting I realized how it ties into business, too, and that it’s an interdisciplinary field. … Based on what I learned tonight, I think it is a really interesting field with a lot of potential that I’m going to look into more.” jmagnessdbk@gmail.com

CUPS From PAGE 1 environment and keeps my cold drink in it, then I’m all for it,” she said.

But some other students have not been as satisfied with the change and its consequences.

“They’re certainly a lot f limsier,” Susman said.

“They can’t hold hot beverages. I haven’t gotten any refunds on my tuition yet, and the cups are made of 50 percent less material.”

But Lilly said the cup change is part of a larger movement within Dining Services to find greener substitutes for products it uses.

While there are no specific upcoming projects, she said, the department continues to search for the next sustainable alternative.

“It is part of a constant process with the entire team.

We’re looking for new prod-

DINING SERVICES switched out the blue Pepsi cups in the dining halls for newer cups this semester. The new cups are more compostable and sustainable. james levin/the diamondback ucts, and we want to replace the existing ones with more sustainable alternatives, and when they come in an affordable price range, we make the switch,” Lilly said.

Susman said he thinks this university can help the planet in other ways instead of just switching its cups.

“I’m all for being green and green initiatives, but there are bigger impacts than changing a takeout cup,” he said. “It gets to the larger point that we’re going to a school with a big bureaucracy, and these types of things affect people.” jcampisidbk@gmail.com

faculty panelists (left to right) Peter Leone, Ellen Fabian, Joan Kahn, Ana Palla-Kane and Izetta Autumn Mobley speak in Stamp Student Union. The panel discussed university disability studies in light of a minor in development. rachel george/the diamondback

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disability studies minor.

“We have to take into consideration the multiple idenFrom PAGE 1 tities when working with people’s differences has students, staff and faculty,” changed her perspective, Brown said.

Outside of the classroom, and she currently teaches KNES 334: Adapted Physical there are other topics that Activity: Empowering People need to be addressed when diswith Disabilities to Lead a cussing disabilities, said Izetta Healthy and Active Lifestyle. Autumn Mobley, an American “Every time I teach my studies doctoral candidate.

“It’s particularly concernclass, I grow and learn something new,” Palla-Kane said ing even as we move to this highly technological era,” at the panel.

Stacey Brow n, cha i r- Mobley said at the panel. “The woman of the President’s iWatch was just launched Commission on Disability today, but who can use the Issues, said that inclusion iWatch? W ho ca n physishould be a factor in the cally use that type of watch, process of developing the and what does it mean when

we’re increasingly setting up a system and global workforce that assumes that bodies must do certain things?”

There are many intersections between the issue of disabilities and the world, Leone said, and it will be difficult to include them all in the disability studies minor.

“For each of us, when we hear the word ‘disability,’ a different thought comes to mind,” he said. “Capturing all of that in a community likeness is a real challenge. We certainly don’t want to exclude any perspectives, but we have to say, ‘Here’s where we start.’” rhassaneindbk@gmail.com

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tate transportation officials announced Monday that they would be expanding service between the College Park MARC station and the University of Maryland, Baltimore on the Camden Line, introducing new eastbound routes during morning rush hour and new westbound trains in the evening.

The Camden Line is not new, but now it includes an additional evening train from Baltimore and a 5:53 p.m. train from Union Station that will stop at College Park. The new Union Station train will close a current 90-minute gap in service to College Park. The expansion also includes an additional train at 7:50 a.m. in College Park.

Officials celebrated with a ride to Baltimore and a news conference Monday morning. And this development was indeed a reason to celebrate — it’s a positive step for the state and university.

An additional line means the university can further its MPowering the State partnership with UMB. The strategic research alliance between the two institutions requires a consistent link between the two locations, and the new service can only help.

However, the MARC expansion has positive implications for the city and university beyond the partnership.

This city is starved for public transportation and the traffic is a nightmare.

By adding extra service, College Park moves closer to university and city of-

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ficials’ goal of a walkable community.

And while the Route 1 pedestrian accidents that marred this past year spring haven’t continued into this school year, fewer cars on the road is reassuring.

An extra line is also a more tangible means of addressing College Park’s parking problem, as recent developments have put students and residents in a difficult position.

OUR VIEW

The MARC service expansion is a positive step forward, and this university needs to continue making improvements.

For one, Gov. Larry Hogan has long voiced opposition to the Purple line, a proposed light-rail system that would run through Campus Drive. Now in office, Hogan has extended the bidding process for the line, saying it’s an unnecessary expense in a tight state economy.

And with several new campus development projects in the works, including the Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Innovation, several new academic buildings and the Academic Village, this university is hemorrhaging parking spots. In December, the Department of Transportation Services announced that it would not be replacing the lost spaces and instead

planned to get rid of noncommuter student parking by fall 2017.

This editorial board condemned the move as impractical, as it would leave students with internships in Annapolis and Baltimore without a ride and campus residents without access to a grocery store, among a variety of other challenges. The MARC service expansion provides a solution to at least part of the issue in offering a consistent means of transportation to Baltimore.

While this editorial board applauds the service expansion, it’s only one step, and there’s plenty of room for improvement. The College Park MARC station is about a halfmile from the campus, and the city remains a food desert.

We recognize that expansion requires collaborative effort between this university and government officials.

Perhaps those relationships could also be leveraged to expand other transportation options in College Park, such as working with the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority and the county’s Route 1 Ride to add more stops near Shoppers Food & Pharmacy and IKEA, offer weekend hours, add lines to areas like Berwyn Heights and encourage students to take advantage of the local routes.

DOTS could also incorporate information about the local lines into their existing apps and service announcements.

We encourage university, state and local officials to capitalize on this momentum and initiate further change.

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There was a time when bin Laden’s face, with its white turban and long beard, was a synonym for “terrorism,” but he has been replaced ever since his death in 2011. Al-Qaeda no longer seems as relevant as it once was, and it is the Islamic State that is synonymous with “terrorism.”

The so-called Islamic State is an unrecognized entity that is, for all intents and purposes, a state with millions of “citizens” living in an area the size of our home state. With these changes in the past 14 years or so, I wonder, will future historians discard the term “War on Terror” and simply call it World War III or the even the Great Middle East War? Will Jihadi John go down in history as a symbol of ISIS and the breakdown of Iraq and Syria and be featured in the openings of chapters in future history books? It’d be interesting to read what historians will write about this conflict and this executioner.

For my last point, the fact that Emwazi spoke during the executions with an everyday London accent and came from an average British home with a computer programming background, of all things, is a symbol of the absolute disowning of Western civilization and the increasingly global nature of the Syrian Civil War and the breakdown of Iraq.

Emwazi is not the first well-educated Muslim to abandon his or her Western home and head to a distant land to wage a jihad, but he is a prime example of this trend. He now has his family against him, the U.S. government offering bounties leading to his capture and the image of a murderous monster, quite in contrast to his earlier years.

This massive, multifaceted conflict in the Middle East is global in nature because countless people from all over the world from the United States to Pakistan have joined in this endeavor, much like the Soviet war in Afghanistan in the 1980s. Unrelated people of different nationalities and linguistic origins have joined together to fight what they perceive to be a common enemy. It is an intense time in Middle Eastern history, and we must be attentive to it.

very war has its iconic image.

From World War II, we have a famous image of a Soviet soldier raising his country’s flag on the destroyed Reichstag and of Americans doing the same in Iwo Jima. The Syrian Civil War has boasted its own image, the image of foreign visitors as well as enemies of ISIS being beheaded.

Since 2014, various videos produced by the radical group have surfaced showing the beheading of victims from multiple countries and professions. The victims have ranged from Lebanese soldiers to British aid workers. One executioner stands separate from the rest; he is a masked head-cutter with a noticeable British accent who until recently was given the epithet of “Jihadi John.”

On Feb. 26, The Washington Post reported that the executioner was finally given a name. Jihadi John is, in fact, a Kuwait-born Londoner by the name of Mohammed Emwazi with a computer programming degree.

His story is not unlike that of other radicals such as Osama bin Laden and the 9/11 hijackers: he was not of a poor background and was relatively well off, so his economic background clearly was not a factor in his eventual transformation. Emwazi apparently left England for Syria in 2012, not too long before the beheading videos of Jihadi John began to surface. His identity was exposed by friends from London, and needless to say, they do not want anything to do with him. An unnamed cousin confessed that the family hated him and hoped for him to die soon, and his father apparently shares the same feelings.

With regard to Emwazi, I had a discussion with a friend of mine as to what future textbooks will say about him and his employer, ISIS. We both agreed that he, just like the G o n z a l o M o l i n o l o i s a j u n i o r leader of ISIS, is the new poster boy history major. He can be reached at for modern Islamic fundamentalism. gmolinolodbk@gmail.com.

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alancing your classes, studying, social life, work and maybe even sleep, you might not give much thought to what your next meal will be. But before you grab that cheeseburger or pepperoni pizza, remember: What you put into your body today can set the stage for the rest of your life.

As March is National Nutrition Month, now is a good time to focus on making informed food choices.

Recently, the nation’s top health and nutrition experts made recommendations for the country’s upcoming 2015 dietary guidelines. That advisory committee’s recommendations highlighted our country’s “suboptimal” dietary patterns. Our eating behaviors have contributed to more than two-thirds of adults and one-third of children becoming overweight or obese.

Diet recommendations can be misrepresented to the public thanks to the work of certain food interest groups that are more focused on selling their products than furthering public health.

We’ve been told to follow low-fat diets, high-protein diets and everything in between. Despite the flood of products catering to these types of diets in the grocery stores and restaurants, research indicates more Americans are becoming overweight or obese and getting sicker each year.

However, the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee made strong, clear

recommendations that show the least amount of political influence than we’ve seen in decades. Their advice? Adopt a plant-strong diet, meaning more fruits and veggies and fewer animal products.

We need to put the emphasis back on whole, minimally processed foods, the best type of fuel to look and feel great now, while protecting you for years to come.

And you can start making small, impactful changes right now.

While the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics encourages us to “bite into a healthy lifestyle,” the first bite could be to join the global Meatless Monday movement. Choosing to take a weekly holiday from meat is an easy way to enjoy more plant-strong meals.

As college dining services are offering more meatless options every day, some are dedicating entire dining halls to meatless meals. The University of North Texas’, for example, was first in the nation to offer a meat-free dining hall with the majority of diners not vegetarian or vegan, but simply wanting delicious, satisfying, healthier meals.

Choosing meatless meals is easy on our time and wallets. At home, these meals can be prepared using a microwave, can opener, blender and stove or hot plate. Fill up on protein-rich foods, such as a zesty bean and rice bowl, Mediterranean flatbread with hummus and olives, potato and chick-

pea curry, white bean chili or vegetable lo mein.

The benefits of a plant-strong diet reach even beyond our own personal health. The Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee reported that a diet higher in animal-based foods leads to increased greenhouse gas emissions, land use, water use and energy use.

That’s right — choosing more meatless meals helps protect the environment as well as your own health.

Reducing meat consumption also reduces the number of animals exposed to inhumane factory farms practices. This is why The Humane Society of the United States embraces the Three R’s of eating: “reducing” or “replacing” consumption of animal products and “refining” our diets by choosing products from sources that adhere to higher animal-welfare standards.

Improving own health — and the planet’s health — can be overwhelming. But in this case, we have the potential to make a significant difference, one bite at a time.

For recipes or to get your dining hall involved, check out www.humanesociety.org/meatlessmonday.

Karla Dumas is a registered dietitian with The Humane Society of the United States. She can be reached at kdumas@humanesociety.org.

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students, parents and even the general population? They, more than most professionals, are constantly evolving their workplace strategies and tools with teaching workshops, mandatory observation and critiques by school administrators, countywide analysis of student learning data and more. The preparation required to assume and carry out the role of a teacher is substantial, and teachers are consistently held accountable for the quality of their work. This alone is deserving of respect.

Much of this logic can be applied to university professors as well. They have spent nearly a decade or more cultivating the knowledge that makes them reputable experts in their respective academic communities. What they learn about the art and science of education has come from assistant and associate professorships, faculty training workshops and engaging in education research. Reviews from both students and the university hold them responsible for their ability to provide a valuable learning experience. Most professors are not trained educators, but many have taken time to study education so they may better serve their students.

Whether parents, students or citizens, we should approach all teachers in the same way we do engineers and lawyers — as highly educated professionals serving an important role in society. Teachers shouldn’t have to earn our respect. They did that with four years of undergraduate study, intensive internships, a comprehensive certification portfolios and master’s degrees.

Let only their actions in the classroom determine whether they deserve to keep that respect.

t is widely known that teaching is a thankless profession in terms of both salary and respect. While it is one thing to recognize the struggles teachers face, it is something completely different to truly acknowledge those struggles and adjust our attitude toward teachers accordingly. It is far easier to say someone deserves respect than it is to treat them with respect.

The first step is to understand why teaching should be considered an esteemed career in the first place. Think of ideal professionals: They have spent years cultivating the knowledge and skills to carry out their jobs successfully and continually find ways to improve their techniques. They take pride in their work and put their best effort forward in all tasks. This can be said of doctors, athletes, architects and, of course, teachers.

Naturally, the image of an engaged and effective teacher calls to mind the opposite. It is true that some people begin teaching for the wrong reasons and carry an attitude of apathy with them throughout their entire careers. They only do the bare minimum, using textbooks to teach their students and never attempting to develop their professional skills.

Ignoring the fact that these teachers make up a minority of the field, it must still be acknowledged that they were deemed by professional institutions as worthy of educating others. This means they are authorities in their field, even if their actions Danielle Wilkin is a senior biology and do not reflect this.

But why is it that teachers repeat- science education major. She can be edly experience a lack of respect from reached at dwilkindbk@gmail.com.

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orn today, you have been endowed with the ability to please -- but that doesn’t mean, of course, that you will spend your life doing for others while sacrificing your own needs and desires.

On the contrary, the fact that you know how to give others what they want can actually serve you quite well. You can tap into your own natural talents to provide yourself with fulfillment and others with a kind of enjoyment that only you can provide. You truly enjoy doing things for others; at the same time, you thrive on developing your own abilities to the fullest and exploring the many opportunities they may reveal to you.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -Your sense of fun and invention can surely serve you well. What you make out of nothing can prove quite valuable.

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EAT OR BE EATEN The Diamondback’s Hannah Lang reviews the recently released documentary Food Chains, which highlights the plight of low-wage farmers. Visit dbknews.com for more.

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Kanye only knows what lies in his new album, but if the above shots from music videos “Power” and “Bound 2” are any indicator, the songs will drip with godliness but without Yeezy’s trademark showmanship.

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ESSAY | SPECULATING KANYE WEST’S ALBUM

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West’s upcoming unreleased album, So Help Me God, could continue his unabashed religious themes aimed in a new direction

By Daniel Parisi @Danny_Parisi_ Staff writer When Brian Wilson first sang “God Only Knows” to his thenwife, Marilyn Wilson-Rutherford, she was shocked at the blatant discussion of God and religion in a Beach Boys pop song. Wilson and co-writer Tony Asher agonized for weeks over the lyrics, believing that “unless you were Kate Smith and you were singing ‘God Bless America,’ no one thought you could say ‘God’ in a song.” They eventually decided to keep in the word “God” because they intended its usage to stand in for the “universal consciousness” of the world and not for any specific deity.

Brian Wilson’s brother Carl elaborated on that idea when he said “God

is love, God is you, God is me.” In essence, “God” exists in every fiber of the universe, and any discussion of God is a way of discussing all of reality itself. The Beach Boys broke ground by taking their music, and by extension, American popular music, out of the beachside bonfires and into the stars. “God Only Knows” was a journey through metaphysical abstractions, unafraid to tackle the most massive themes of all at a time when most pop music was content to live in the little moments of life and love.

Kanye West expressed a similar sentiment in “Jesus Walks,” rapping: “So here go my single, dog, radio needs this/ They say you can rap about anything except for Jesus/ That means guns, sex, lies, video tapes/ But if I talk about God my record won’t get played, huh?”

Clearly, the stigma against discussing religion in pop music is still with us, but since the release of that hit song, West has only gotten bolder in his frank discussions of faith. With the imminent release of his latest album, So Help Me God, he is poised for his deepest discussion yet — but less inyour-face than in Yeezus. Where The Beach Boys broke ground by using the idea of God to escape the mundane landscape of popular music, today’s pop music lives in abstractions. Listen to any top-40 anthem and notice how frequently they evoke the same massive themes.

I’m not intending to sound like your ponytailed uncle lamenting “this generation’s music.” I’m simply noting a trend that many of our most-beloved pop songs focus on ideas like “making every day count”

and “living each night like it’s the last.” Those are certainly nice things to think about and explore, but the lack of substance is what can make them feel so empty at times.

West, in turn, goes the opposite way. His religious songs — “Jesus Walks” and those on Yeezus — challenge us to explore faith and the universe through the tangible reality of racism, consumerism, relationships and socioeconomics. He takes our heads out of the clouds and forces us to look upon the grim realities of modern life and ask ourselves the same questions that Brian Wilson asked as he turned his gaze upward: “Where do we fit in all this?”

West described So Help Me God as “embracing the music, embracing joy and being of service to the people” and compared it to the

hymn “Amazing Grace.” Taken in concert with the soul-stirring yet deeply personal song “Only One,” we could see West take up Brian Wilson’s role of avant-garde music mastermind to lead us through pop purgatory and into the transcendent heaven of the universal consciousness. In the video for “Only One,” we see none of the trademark Kanye West grandstanding. Instead, we have only a handheld camera, perhaps held by Kim Kardashian, and West himself, emerging from the fog into the clear air, to hold his daughter close as he sings a simple song of love that passes through generations. This new album might just shape up to be a religious experience. dparisidbk@gmail.com

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NO, NETFLIX IS NOT A HOBBY With an uptick in winsome and relatable social-media profiles, we need to redefine what makes us unique

By Anna Muckerman @DBKDiversions For The Diamondback Attention social media users: Do your hobbies include long walks on the beach, excessive texting and bingewatching Netflix?

Yes, they do. I read your bio.

It’s practically an epidemic — the presence of the cutesy “about me” section meant to make the writer seem like the funniest person to ever grace the Internet.

Not sure what I mean? Here’s a gem

from a writer at TotalSororityMove. com. “In her free time she enjoys scaring small children, judging her peers and condescendingly talking to GDIs at Starbucks.”

Listen, sweetheart. No one is impressed by the aforementioned activities.

However, if you are at all intrigued by these quirky qualities, you can follow her on Twitter for more “cat memes and complaints.”

Here’s another generic option: “Chipotle enthusiast.” As a general rule, anything that has to do with

burritos is not a hobby — unless, say, you’ve invented the dessert burrito.

Many people have perfected the ability to shove 1.5 pounds of rice, meat and beans down their throats. Please don’t brag about it.

But there’s one recurring “hobby” that seems to haunt every corner of the Web: binge-watching Netflix. Netflix is wonderful. There’s a reason why everyone younger than 30 years old either has a subscription or exclusively dates people who do.

That’s the problem. We all lie in bed for five hours straight to experience

the pleasure of letting our brains rot for an entire season’s worth of television. Yet on every virtual corner, there’s someone selling themselves as a Netflix connoisseur, proudly declaring binge-watching a respectable occupation.

The point of all these little tidbits is to be cute and funny, so maybe no one thinks they’re actually talents. But is the fact that you’re “constantly in search of food” really more interesting than your love of ice hockey, ability to make a killer cherry pie or aspiration to be on The Price is Right?

Not really.

There’s no problem with wanting to differentiate yourself — we all do. But the next time you’re faced with writing three sentences about your interests, stop to consider what really makes you unique. Even if it’s small, everyone has something they’re passionate about — and chances are, it’s not Chipotle.

Promoting yourself through meaningless, overused “hobbies” doesn’t help anyone get to know you. And isn’t that the point of a bio? diversionsdbk@gmail.com

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Ikeda From PAGE 8 Ikeda’s humble and composed nature is why coach John Tillman believes the team selected Ikeda to be a captain.

The veteran doesn’t attribute value to individual awards, such as the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honor he earned Monday.

“The biggest impact for Casey is his leadership, his ability to make guys around him better,” Tillman said. “He’s very soft-spoken, but when he does say something, it carries a lot of weight.”

As a long-stick close defender, Ikeda’s responsibilities lie more with marking key players and less with filling up the box score; he recovered one ground ball and caused one turnover on Saturday, pushing his season totals to four and six, respectively. Plus, he’s never scooped more than 29 ground balls or forced more than 17 turnovers in a season.

He does, however, provide a steady presence in the locker room and on the field.

As the most experienced starting defender and the unit’s leader,

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“HE’S VERY SOFT-SPOKEN, BUT WHEN HE DOES SAY SOMETHING, IT CARRIES A LOT OF WEIGHT.” JOHN TILLMAN

Terrapins men’s lacrosse coach Ikeda is following a long list of All-Americans, including long poles Jesse Bernhardt and Michael Ehrhardt.

When a Terps captain’s career ends, T illman said, they often come back to the team and talk to the new captains. They “pick each other’s brains” and offer words of encouragement.

“Michael was very comfortable being our leader and being very vocal. Behind the scenes, you would hear Casey here and there. But he also knew that Michael was the captain,” Tillman said. “Now, I think Casey realizes, ‘This is my time.’”

Ikeda’s climb to defensive leader hasn’t been seamless. While his partner along the backline, junior Matt Dunn, played 14 games as a freshman in 2013, Ikeda’s college career hit a bump before he slipped on a Terps jersey.

Offseason shoulder surgery

wiped out his 2011 season, and he logged three games the next season before receiving his first career start during the Terps’ 2013 seasonopening 23-6 win against Mount St. Mary’s. He’s been in the starting lineup ever since.

Lacrosse pundits predicted the Terps defense would maintain its dominant ways before this season began, with Murray, Dunn and Ikeda slated to start together for the second consecutive year. The trio, after all, keyed the 2014 squad that held opponents to 7.24 goals per game while the team struggled offensively.

In Murray’s absence, though, the Terps defense has been even more potent, as it leads the country with a 5.00 goals-against average. Ikeda played a crucial role in the Terps’ defeat of Princeton, marking attackman Mike MacDonald, who entered the game with 10 goals. MacDonald launched three unsuccessful shots at goal.

“Casey would be the first guy to tell you that when a guy doesn’t score, there’s a scheme involved,” Tillman said. “In our scheme, Casey is critical.”

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on the court, too, when the sharpshooter air-balled a 3-pointer from the left wing early in the second half. But he got redemption when he buried a three from the right wing as part of a gameswinging 10-0 run midway through the second half that propelled the team to a win.

“It felt like any other three,” Layman said. “I was confident.

Melo found me in transition, and it’s a shot I can make all the time. It felt natural.”

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Forward Jake Layman drives to the hoop during the Terps’ 82-62 win against Winthrop on Dec. 6. He played through an illness in Sunday’s game. alexander jonesi/the diamondback

notebook From PAGE 8 toughness that we can play in all sorts of situations with all sorts of funky lineups. Ultimately, it’s going to make us a better team moving forward into the tournaments.”

FLU GAME Jake Layman wasn’t sure what illness he fought through last week — he said he’d just call it the flu — but he knew he wasn’t feeling well entering the trip to Nebraska. After the Terps’ victory, the 6-foot-9 forward had a cough drop in his

mouth, sniffled after answering questions and explained that he felt under the weather for the past couple days.

Layman didn’t want to miss a chance for the Terps to set a school record with 26 regular-season victories, though. So he gutted out an 11-point performance and blocked three shots to help anchor a defense that held Nebraska to 30.5 percent shooting from the field.

“It was tough,” Layman said.

“But why would I ever want to miss this? It was a chance to go 26-5 and make history at Maryland. There’s no chance I was going to miss this game.”

Layman had a setback

The Terps’ postseason begins Friday as the No. 2 seed in the Big Ten tournament when they play the winner of a matchup between No. 7-seed Indiana and No. 10-seed Northwestern, in the quarterfinals.

If the Hoosiers win, the Terps will have to deal with first-team All-Big Ten guard Yogi Ferrell, who burned Turgeon’s team for 24 points on Jan. 22 to key a victory in Bloomington, Indiana. Ferrell shined again when the Hoosiers played in College Park, but he had a potential gamewinning 3-pointer clang off the rim, and the Terps escaped with a narrow victory.

The only time the Wildcats and Terps played this season, guard Dez Wells scored on a putback with less than two seconds left to lift his team to a 68-67 victory.

No. 3-seed Michigan State and No. 6-seed Ohio State highlight the group of teams in the Terps’ half of the Big Ten tournament bracket. The Terps could face either squad in the semifinals. akasinitzdbk@gmail.com

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Defender Casey ikeda checks an attackman during the Terps’ season-opening 8-1 win over longtime rival Navy on Feb. 14 in Annapolis. The one goal allowed is the Terps’ season low. christian jenkins/the diamondback Stadium after the Princeton game, a reporter asked Ikeda if it felt gratifying late in the fourth quarter when it was clear the Terps would earn the victory.

The team was on the verge of completing a rout of one the nation’s top-ranked offenses and snapping

richmond From PAGE 8 Barring any further weather disturbances, the Terps will play their first h o m e ga m e Fr i d ay, fo u r weeks after their originally planned season opener against VCU, which was postponed until April 22.

On top of that, the Terps’ three-game home series against Appalachian State the last weekend of February was moved to Emerson, Georgia. The Lake Point Complex where the Terps fa ce d t h e Mo u n ta i n e e rs hosted other teams that weekend as well.

“Institutions don’t want to spend money to house guys after classes are over because it’s going to cost them more money,” Szefc said. “But what’s happening is that we are moving games to places like Georgia, and so you are spending money

Howard From PAGE 8 failed to shoot better than 40 percent for the second straight game after missing that mark once during the regular season.

A big reason was the Terps’ inability to work the ball down low. Despite being undersized, the Buckeyes limited the Terps’ initial looks in the paint, where Ohio State held a 36-28 edge.

“Credit just sticking to the game plan and trying to find other ways,” Frese said. “We found other opportunities on the glass in terms of trying to

midfielder Kip Orban’s Division Ileading streak of scoring a goal in 29 consecutive games.

The captain didn’t hesitate.

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now at the front end that you could be spending at the back.”

While cold weather normally affects schools further north such as the Terps, this season more southern teams such as North Carolina have been forced to relocate games.

Georgia, meanwhile, played through snow.

Szefc said some within the college baseball community advocate a March 1 or March 7 start date, but he believes the season should start March 15, two days after the Terps’ likely home opener this season.

“We wouldn’t have to play our home games in Georgia if the season was moved back,” center fielder LaMonte Wade said. “It would give us extra time to prepare, come back [from spring break and] have more practices before the season actually starts.”

When the Terps advanced to the NCAA Super Regionals last year, right-hander Mike

Shawaryn partly enjoyed the experience because he didn’t have to juggle school and baseball at the same time. “ S u m m e r b a s e b a l l ’s awe so m e a n d h av i n g a chance to play baseball for Maryland without school kind of hanging over you — that was probably the greatest thing ever,” Shawaryn said last Wednesday.

“It’s a lot easier to play the game when you’re not having [to think], ‘Oh, I’ve got a midterm on Monday.’”

T h e p l aye rs d e se rve a fair chance, Szefc said, and forcing teams to relocate games, such as today’s contest against Richmond, can be detrimental.

“If you want to do what’s best for college baseball, I would change it,” Szefc said.

“The bottom line is if you’re going to commit to college baseball, commit to doing it right.”

“JUST REALLY DOMINATING THE BOARDS, THAT WAS OUR GAME PLAN.”

bounds per game leads the team by more than three boards per contest. But Sunday, Howard showed she is capable of filling the void when Jones is dealing with foul trouble.

Howard’s presence on the glass has been inconsistent at times this season, but after a strong showing in the championship, she has two weeks to build on the performance before the NCAA tournament. “ We ’re go i n g to ke e p working hard,” Brown said.

“Work hard in practice and in the weight room and just get even tighter and tighter as the season goes on.”

MALINA HOWARD

Terrapins women’s basketball center combat that.”

What started as a question mark at the beginning of the season has turned into one of the Terps’ biggest strengths.

They own a plus-11.2 rebounding margin, which ranks seventh in the country.

“Just really dominating the boards, that was our game plan,” Howard said.

That usually revolves around the play of Jones, whose 8.8 re-

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BASEBALL

Weather alters set schedule Terps relocate today’s contest vs. Richmond; Sfecz suggests changes

By Phillip Suitts @PhillipSuitts Staff writer Weather has dominated the college baseball headlines this season.

Heavy snowfall across the country has resulted in a rash of postponed, canceled or relocated games, prompting writers and coaches to debate the merits of moving the season back.

In the midst of these discussions lies the Terrapins baseball team, which has already postponed one home game and relocated four others this season because of the elements.

The latest schedule change for the Terps occurred Monday. Due to poor field conditions at this university, instead of playing at Bob “Turtle” Smith Stadium this afternoon, the Terps will travel to Hartford Community College in Bel Air to face Richmond.

Last season, the Terps were forced to shovel snow off their field ahead of a late February series against Bryant. So after the continued trials this season in dealing with the weather, coach John Szefc said he supported the push to start the season later.

“It’s an easy decision,” Szefc said.

“They change rules with a lot of other things in college baseball that aren’t even as easy a decision as this one.”

See richmond, Page 7

Defender casey ikeda scans the field during the Terps’ 11-4 win against Princeton on Saturday at Byrd Stadium. The senior has provided leadership for the top scoring defense in the nation.

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LEADING BY EXAMPLE Soft-spoken Ikeda sets tone for Terps during his final season in College Park

By Joshua Needelman @JoshNeedelman Senior staff writer He’s a senior captain, has been one of the leaders of the Terrapins men’s lacrosse team’s top-ranked defense and has a spot waiting for him on MLL’s Florida Launch when his college career finishes this spring.

Casey Ikeda hardly ever has much to say,

though, especially about himself.

When reporters at the team’s official media day at Xfinity Center on Feb. 3 asked Ikeda about his ability to lead the defense without All-American Goran Murray, the defender downplayed the inquiries. And he didn’t boast about the defense’s showing in the Terps’ 11-4 win Saturday over Princeton, which entered the game having scored at least 14 goals in every contest.

“We had a great scout performance all week.

Guys like [midfielder] Zack Wholley, [attackman] Tyler Brooke, [attackman] Ian [Robertson], they were all just giving us great looks all week,” Ikeda said after the win. “We were ready for some of the things they were going to show. their craftiness.

When we thought they were covered in practice, they showed us they weren’t covered.”

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Ram steps up amid foul trouble Layman plays through illness; Terps enter tournament as 2-seed

By Aaron Kasinitz @AaronKazreports Senior staff writer

Guard varun ram searches for an open teammate during the Terps’ 95-77 win over VMI on Nov. 30. The walkon guard played seven minutes Sunday, his most in a Big Ten game this season. christian jenkins/the diamondback

As soon as Melo Trimble crossed half court on most possessions Sunday night, 5-foot-9 Nebraska guard Benny Parker was there to hound the Terrapins men’s basketball floor general.

Parker would bump Trimble, swat at the ball and shadow each step the All-Big Ten point guard made.

But through the No. 8 Terps’ 64-61 victory, coach Mark Turgeon didn’t fret about the pressure his star freshman was under. He’s seen Trimble face similar situations before.

“Varun [Ram] does that to Melo

every day in practice,” Turgeon said.

Ram, the Terps’ lightly used 5-foot-9 reserve guard, has taken the task of pushing Trimble in practices all season. Sunday, Ram got an opportunity to leave his mark on the action in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Trimble and Richaud Pack, the Terps’ second option at point guard, each had two fouls by the eight-minute mark of the first half. For the first time all season, the Terps were forced to play an extended stretch with their two primary ball handlers seated on the bench.

So Ram trotted onto the floor with the Terps locked in a tight battle against the Cornhuskers and ran the offense for seven minutes, the

most he’s played in a Big Ten game all season. Ram didn’t take a shot in the game, but he grabbed one rebound, dished out an assist and took on the assignment of defending Nebraska star Terran Petteway when the Terps employed a diamond-and-1 defense.

Ram even took a charge on Petteway late in the first half, which resulted in the 6-foot-6 junior’s third foul. The senior said the Terps’ ability to earn a victory despite Trimble and Pack’s foul trouble provided a beneficial experience not only for him, but also for the team.

“It’s always good to get a win in adversity,” Ram said. “It shows our See notebook, Page 7

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Howard dominates glass in win Center sets career high with 12 rebounds during Big Ten title game

By Ryan Baillargeon @RyanBaillargeon Senior staff writer The Terrapins women’s basketball team’s lead was shrinking Sunday, and its jump shots were no longer falling. Ohio State was on an 8-0 run that had cut the Terps’ lead from 15 to seven just more than five minutes into the second half.

With three seconds left on the shot clock, guard Lexie Brown launched a long 3-pointer that clanked off the back rim. The Buckeyes seemed poised to halt another Terps possession, but center Malina Howard, who had set a screen at the top of the circle moments earlier, came crashing in from the arc.

Howard sealed Ohio State guard Ameryst Alston on the box-out, corralled the ball for the Terps’ 15th offensive rebound and laid it in off the glass to give the Terps a 54-45 lead.

On the sideline, coach Brenda Frese smiled and pumped her fist.

BY THE NUMBERS

49 boards

The Terps grabbed Sunday, compared with Ohio State’s 28

22 points

The Terps scored off offensive rebounds against Ohio State

12 boards

Center Malina Howard grabbed against Ohio State, a career high It was the type of play that epitomized the top-seeded Terps’ 77-74 win over the No. 3-seed Buckeyes in the Big Ten tournament final. And Howard, who finished with 12 points and a career-high 12 rebounds, was often at the center of the action.

“It’s just this team,” Frese said.

“Someone else steps up and continues to make plays. To be able to have that moment for Malina, [a] double-double.”

With the Terps’ leading rebounder, center Brionna Jones, battling foul trouble, the team relied on Howard to pick up the slack on the glass. Jones logged just 14 minutes in the contest, which was her second-shortest time spent on the floor this season.

That only fueled Howard, who recorded her second career doubledouble, to play better. “[Jones] is a big force inside for us,” Howard said. “I took it upon myself to just go after every board I could, crashing the boards as hard as I could.”

The junior’s best night of her Terps career on the glass keyed a 49-28 edge in rebounds. Plus, eight of Howard’s 12 points came on second-chance opportunities, which helped the Terps obtain a 22-7 advantage in the category.

Frese’s squad relied heavily on its dominance on the boards because it Center malina howard hoists a shot during the Terps’ 59-47 victory against Nebraska on Feb. 8 at Xfinity Center.

See howard, Page 7 The Terps went 21-0 against Big Ten opponents during their inaugural season. marquise mckine/the diamondback