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General Assembly sees calm Sine Die In stark contrast to 2012, contentious bills, budget already passed

By Jim Bach Senior staff writer

The State Senate voted on hotly contested issues well before Sine Die, the last day of the legislative session. Debates on measures such as gun control, the death penalty repeal and offshore wind energy farms were long gone, leaving breathing room for issues such as medical marijuana and the Open Meetings Act. charlie deboyace/the diamondback

Unlike in 2012, there were no lastminute, frantic votes to ensure crucial bills and a state budget plan passed before the end of the legislative session.

Yesterday’s Sine Die came after several of the year’s most contentious issues had

already passed the General Assembly.

The state’s budget, along with the repeal of the death penalty, comprehensive gun control laws and Gov. Martin O’Malley’s signature environmental bill establishing offshore wind energy farms passed before the 90th day of the legislative session. That gave lawmakers ample time to take up other measures, such as medical marijuana, before they recess for the remainder of the calendar year.

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Public invited to speak on Big Ten move Working groups say university must plan for long-term financial stability

By Jenny Hottle Senior staff writer Students, alumni and coaches had their first opportunity yesterday to share comments and questions publicly about this university’s move to the Big Ten, as four working groups reported their progress navigating the transition to the athletic conference.

The possibility of reinstating some of the seven teams cut from the athletic department’s budget in 2012 drew the

Mixing studies and song Student rapper garners blog buzz

By Jenny Hottle Senior staff writer It’s peaceful in Edem Kwame’s Honda Accord.

It’s not the most conventional recording studio. But for the junior public health major, the black sedan is the perfect place to hook up his MacBook and record his latest mixes.

Kwame was in fifth grade when he began writing poetry. He loved learning the structure of different kinds of poems, whether it was a simple haiku

biggest audience support at yesterday’s open forum, with several students and alumni advocating to bring back the swimming and diving programs.

Students hope to see that and other issues addressed by the end of June, when university President Wallace Loh will receive the final recommendations from a 22-member committee that has been working to determine how the university should integrate itself into the Big Ten. Following Loh’s November announcement that the university would

leave the Atlantic Coast Conference in July 2014 after nearly 60 years of membership, he formed a commission with four working groups to examine four different areas impacted by the move: university athletics; academics; communication, fundraising and marketing; and business and finance.

A decision to reinstate teams has yet to be made, but members from each of the working groups — which have been meeting monthly since January —

or longer free verse. His interest in rhyme scheme and music quickly developed into a passion for rapping, and by middle school, he was participating in rap battles and writing song lyrics.

“Even outside of school, I kept writing,” Kwame said. “I would perform with the things I had. When I realized people enjoyed it, I knew I was on to something.”

With the stage name Deuce Caliber — D-Cal for short — Kwame was ready to sign a deal in 2008. Instead, his parents persuaded him to enroll in college, but only as a fallback plan. His ultimate goal — to own a record label and maybe even launch a clothing line — stays in the front of his mind.

Originally from Ghana, the Baltimore-raised junior has performed at various events on the campus, and his most recent mixtape, T.K.O., attracted the attention of WPGC FM’s DJ Reddz and entertainment blogs such as Ground Sounds, Advent Outpost and ThisIs50.com.

“In that moment, I controlled the world… It’s a feeling of power and control. You’re the emcee; all eyes are on you. The crowd is waiting for you to tell them what to do.”

Univ. student conduct code expansion to go before senate

By Alex Kirshner Staff writer University officials are one step closer to expanding the Code of Student Conduct’s jurisdiction after the Senate Executive Committee approved the measure for a full senate vote yesterday, set for the body’s April 17 meeting.

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If it passes the full senate, the proposal would expand the geographic reach of the Code of Student Conduct, meaning students could face university sanctions for misdemeanors or crimes committed off the campus.

“With the changes to the Code of Student Conduct, as we’ve proposed, it would allow the university to respond

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Student rapper and poet During free periods in high school, Nicole Reed said their friends often found Kwame freestyling in his car.

He was dedicated, she said, and had promising talent.

“I love his songs, and I’m not even big on rap music,” said Reed, a junior neurobiology and physiology major.

“He’s really diverse. He could make a song about anything and appeal to anyone.”

As the head artist of DoubleUp Music Group, a brand Kwame launched

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Howard to transfer after inconsistent season Men’s basketball guard cites family concerns

By Connor Letourneau Senior staff writer

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Terrapins men’s basketball guard Pe’Shon Howard will transfer to another university for his final year of eligibility, coach Mark Turgeon announced yesterday.

Howard plans to return to his native California to be closer to his ill grandmother, according to the team. He averaged 3.3 points and

in serious cases of misconduct that directly impact the university,” said Andrea Goodwin, Office of Student Conduct director.

Goodwin originally proposed the expansion last October, and the Senate Student Conduct Committee was charged with its review. The expansion wouldn’t have specific geographic boundaries; rather, it would address student actions anywhere outside the campus that negatively affect the school, according to the committee’s report.

Although senators initially expressed concern about vague language in the bill, they noted legislation with similar wording is in place at several Big Ten schools. The bill would be a step forward in student safety and accountability, said Josh Ratner, the Student Government Association’s liaison to the College Park City Council.

“This is almost a way for the university to protect students from themselves,” Ratner said, “and for students to protect themselves from other students.”

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3.6 assists in 22.8 minutes per game this past season.

“I want to thank coach Turgeon for allowing me to pursue an opportunity to complete my final season of college basketball at a university closer to home,” Howard said in a news release.

“It was a very difficult decision because I really enjoyed my three years as a student-athlete at Maryland.”

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Goodwin said the expansion is meant to help students, not hurt them. With the expansion, students who leave the campus wouldn’t have to sacrifice protections from sexual assault and violence afforded by the code, although the university would be able to punish them for underage drinking and providing false identification. The Office of Student Conduct will evaluate referrals on a case-by-case basis — it aims to deal with more serious cases than an

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Fewer crimes reported ANNAPOLIS to Univ. Police in March

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Police respond to 205 incidents, down from 218 in February

By Fola Akinnibi Staff writer

In January, police found another counterfeit bill, but Davis said he does not believe there is a connection between the two incidents.

The Secret Service is currently reviewing the case.

ASSAULT — On March 1,police responded University Police responded to 205 incidents in March, a slight drop from February’s 218 incidents and the same number as March 2012, University Police spokesman Sgt. Aaron Davis said.

Unattended property theft continues to be police’s main concern, and they made seven such arrests in March.

Theft is a crime of opportunity, Davis said, and students should be careful about leaving valuables unattended.

March’s 205 incidents included theft, fraud, assault and harassment.

THEFT — On March 3, a student reported his jacket missing at a basketball game at about 1:50 p.m. He left the jacket on the floor, and when he returned to his seat, the jacket and his Motorola Q smartphone, which was in a pocket, were missing.

Davis said there is not much an officer can do immediately about a stolen cellphone — especially if the phone isn’t a smartphone.

Police are still investigating the theft, he said.

FRAUD — On March 7, event staff counting proceeds from a basketball game reported a counterfeit $20 bill.

Police turned the bill over to the Secret Service, Davis said. Counterfeiting is not a common occurrence on the campus, but when it does happen, it usually involves just a single bill, he said.

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to reports of a fight at 13 Fraternity Row at about 1:50 a.m. When officers arrived on the scene,they attempted to break up the fight,and an 18-year-old student allegedly refused to cooperate, Davis said.

Police said the student then attempted to tackle the officer. Officers were able to subdue the student, but he allegedly began thrashing around and reportedly kicked an officer in the face.

Davis said that kind of resistance is rare — participants in a broken-up fight usually don’t turn on officers. Police charged the student with assaulting a police officer, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.

“This guy was inebriated,” Davis said. “It’s hard to say what a rational person would do.”

HARASSMENT — At about 3:30 p.m. on March 11, a female student reported that her ex-boyfriend was harassing her.

The suspect allegedly called the female student repeatedly, becoming more aggressive with each call, Davis said.

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After the state budget was sent to O’Malley for his signature Friday, lawmakers voted to approve bills legalizing marijuana for medical purposes and strengthening the state’s Open Meetings Act, months after the Board of Regents met in secret to approve the university’s move to the Big Ten — a move that sparked outcry and calls for more transparency.

Budget The state was spared the theatrics of 2012’s state budget battle, in which a budget that made deep across-the-board cuts and delivered a $50 million blow to the University System of Maryland went into effect after lawmakers couldn’t agree on a way to raise $500 million in new revenue.

This session, the legislature passed a budget one business day before Sine Die with little noise — a stark contrast to the last session’s debate, which pitted Democrats and Republicans against each other.

And higher education will see a spending increase following years of cuts; the university system will receive a 7.5 percent increase in funding from 2012 that will help create new initiatives and expand science, technology, engineering and mathematics programs. Sen. Richard Madaleno (D-Montgomery) called it “a remarkable and probably unparalleled investment in higher education compared to the other states.”

“I think if you were to compare us to any of the other states, you would find our commitment to higher education is second to none,” Madaleno said.

When O’Malley took office in 2007, the state budgeted more than $29 billion in spending, and that number climbed to about $37 billion in the budget passed this during this session. Sen. Ed Reilly (R-Anne Arundel) said he

has voted against the budget every year because it has consistently raised taxes and fees on residents to finance expanding costs.

“In spite of the economic downturn, he’s found ways to raise money through fees and increased taxes so state government is growing,” Reilly said. “There’s always been fee increases, tax increases, policy decisions I didn’t agree with. This year is no different.”

Reilly added that education composes about 50 percent of state expenses, and while he is not opposed to ample investments in higher education, he is against consistently increasing spending without holding the university system accountable for how it uses the money.

“There are an awful lot of departments in the state government that get audited every year and get examined very closely; there is no auditing of the University of Maryland system,” Reilly said. “As a state government, I don’t think we do a good enough job of looking where the money is spent and verifying that it’s being spent appropriately.”

Medical Marijuana Medical marijuana has long been a contentious state issue — in 2012, O’Malley vowed to veto any marijuana legislation if it passed the legislature. But this year seems to be different.

On the last day of the session, the Senate easily passed the bill by a 42-4 vote, which would legalize marijuana for medical purposes, such as helping patients undergoing chemotherapy and suffering from multiple sclerosis. Unlike other states, however, Del. Dan Morhaim (D-Baltimore County) said this bill would stress data collection and a research process assessing uses and effectiveness of the drug.

“This is a good day for Maryland patients, for sick people who aren’t otherwise helped by standard medications,” Morhaim said.

With this bill, “sick people who are not criminals can get marijuana in an appropriate, safe and responsible way.”

In 2012, Del. Cheryl Glenn (DBaltimore City) proposed a medical marijuana bill, but after going

through the committee process, it was watered down to provide only a defense in court for caregivers who prescribe the drug to patients. Even that bill failed to pass, a contrast to this session, in which that same bill and a bill strictly dealing with medical marijuana made their way through the General Assembly with broad support.

Open Meetings Act When the Board of Regents overwhelmingly voted to support university President Wallace Loh’s decision to move to the Big Ten, the 17-member governing body that oversees the university system did so behind closed doors without informing the public. After two people filed complaints, the state’s compliance board found the regents to be in violation of the state’s Open Meetings Act, which, among other stipulations, requires public bodies to keep their meetings open to the public.

While lawmakers said it was unrelated to the board move, legislators ratcheted up the state’s open meetings laws. With broad support, a bipartisan bill passed that increases the penalty from $100 to $250 for the first violation of state law and a fine of up to $1,000 for each following violation within three years of the first violation.

“It’s really designed mostly just to make sure there’s a little more teeth in the open meetings law,” said Sen. Allan K ittleman (RCarroll and Howard). However, he added the board’s incident is “an example of why we need to have a stronger open meetings law.”

“There are a lot of us who were concerned that the Board of Regents made that decision without public input or without people knowing what was going on,” Kittleman said.

Reilly said he supported the bill because government should be as transparent as possible.

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260 volunteers turn out for ‘Good Neighbor Day’ Students, residents bond through community service

By Bradleigh Chance Staff writer

pe’shon howard (right), Terrapins men’s basketball guard and the last remaining player recruited by former coach Gary Williams, announced yesterday that he will transfer schools for his final season of eligibility. In a news release, Howard said he was moving to California to be closer to his ailing grandmother. file photo/the diamondback

HOWARD From PAGE 1 Turgeon’s announcement came less than a week after Howard ended an up-and-down junior season in an NIT semifi nal loss to Iowa. In a fiveweek stretch spanning January and February, the pass-first guard lost his starting job because of inconsistent play, was stripped of his captaincy and sat out one game for a “violation of team rules.”

But Howard seemed to find his rhythm after returning to the starting rotation in a March 14 win against Wake Forest in the ACC tournament.

He played stifling defense on opposing teams’ top offensive options, tallied twice as many assists as turnovers and earned positive reviews from Turgeon

during postgame press conferences.

“I really felt like I was letting these guys down,” Howard said in March of his early-season woes. “Whereas now, even if I’m not playing well, I’ll be positive for them, picking them up.”

Howard’s departure leaves the Terps with few options at point guard. Guard Nick Faust, who ran the offense when mounting turnovers forced Howard to the bench, shot 33.3 percent from the field with a 1.2 assistto-turnover ratio in 13 games as the primary ballhandler this past season.

Guard Seth Allen has proven more valuable when he concentrates on scoring from the wing, and four-star 2013 recruit Roddy Peters may need time before assuming starting pointguard duties.

“We wish Pe’Shon the best and thank him for his contributions as a

student-athlete at the University of Maryland,” Turgeon said. “We are disappointed that he is leaving. … We understand this is best for Pe’Shon and his family and will support him through this transition.”

Howard is the final member of former coach Gary Williams’ last Terps recruiting class before leaving the program. Two others — forward Ashton Pankey (Manhattan) and guard Mychal Parker (Georgetown College in Kentucky) — also transferred schools.

“It is best that I be closer to my family,” said Howard, who leaves the Terps with career averages of 4.7 points and 3.5 assists. “I love my teammates and wish them the very best and appreciate all of the support and guidance that I received from my coaches.”

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Before the Lakeland area was home to the University Club and Parkside apartment complexes, it had a rich and troubled history — a predominately black community thrived for more than 70 years, then lost nearly two-thirds of its homes to urban renewal.

But many of the students who rent in the community, just down the Route 1 from the engineering fields, haven’t heard that lore or other facts about the neighborhood. Having a transient student population makes it harder to build a sense of community or reap its benefits, said area resident Barbara Barron, which is why she was happy to see students partaking in a Lakeland history workshop and 5K trail hike on Saturday as part of Good Neighbor Day. “This area is not the same as it used to be,” Barron said. “If we don’t look back and tell the students — as well as the community members — who don’t know the history of this place, they’ll never understand what it means to keep it clean and safe.”

More than 260 people, about half of them student volunteers, participated in those events or a host of other activities and community service events.

After gathering at the College Park Community Center, volunteers parted ways to help out in various manners, such as cleaning up the Old Town playground or sorting donated goods at the College Park Food Bank.

Evan Constantine, a sophomore landscape architecture major, joined one of his classes in planting new trees. While many students don’t often interact with the city’s permanent residents on a daily basis, having neighbors to turn to comes in handy, Constantine said.

“Building community helps encourage the exchange of ideas,” Constantine said. “And the more people know each other, the easier it is to stop crime.”

Spending some quality time caring for their corner of College Park may help students and officials encourage others to act responsibly, said Gloria Blackwell, Office of Community Engagement director.

“As we move forward and strive to enhance this city and make it beautiful and vibrant, we’re hoping that those affiliated with the university will want to connect with College Park and some of the historic locations,” Blackwell said.

“If they see what’s out there, we’re hoping that they’ll want to keep these areas clean.”

Community members are also interested in building relationships with the campus community, Barron said.

“It helps to have this one-on-one time with the students,” Barron said. “There’s so much to be done, but we have a really big team here today.”

For Erica Zippert, a graduate student in human development and quantitative methodology, volunteering on Good Neighbor Day was a chance to get out of the classroom and into the community with fellow members of the Human Development Graduate Student Organization.

“I like the idea of closing that gap,” Zippert said. “Both the university and the city can benefit from this interaction ... It’s great to be able to give back to the people whose resources we share.”

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Dining hall food drive breaks previous record Student-organized drive donates money to homeless, poor

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Rather than buying an extra cookie or fries, more than 2,600 students Thursday were willing to give up a dining point to help others without easy access to food.

Students raised $2,642 for So

kwame From PAGE 1 a few years ago, he not only raps and creates songs but also engineers and produces his own music and writes songs for other up-and-coming artists.

“It’s pretty amazing just watching his maturity increase,” Reed said.

“We get to college, and I realize he’s actually serious about this. He’s very determined.”

By the time he was a freshman at the university, Kwame was writing songs every few days.

Just when it was starting to get difficult to stay on top of writing, recording and producing, Kwame met Keisha Thomas in his College Park Scholars program, Media, Self and Society.

The pair began to collaborate after Thomas came across one of Kwame’s older mixtapes and expressed an interest in producing music.

“At first I didn’t really think too much of it; I brushed it off,” said Thomas, a junior economics major. “But one day I actually sat down and listened to his music and saw the potential.”

O t h e r s t u d e n ts o n h i s f l o o r offered feedback on his songs, which Kwame said gave him the confidence to promote his music on the campus.

He’s been rapping for nine years, but his friends still had to pull him together and calm him down before his first major event in Baltimore last summer.

But once he stepped onstage, everything changed.

“In that moment, I controlled the world,” Kwame said. “It’s a feeling of power and control. You’re the emcee; all eyes are on you. The crowd is waiting for you to tell them what to do.”

Kwame fought hard to get on the lineup for his first few shows. Now, with the help of his manager and photographer Eva Woolridge, the same people who were initially reluctant to let him perform are asking him to join their shows.

“I really think he has something

Others Might Eat, an organization that provides meals, clothes and other assistance for Washington’s homeless and poor. The Residence Hall Association, Food Recovery Network and College Park Scholars Public Leadership program organized a meal point drive that beat 2012’s record total of $2,317.

“We have had many, many drives like these in the past, and our success with these donation drives goes up every year,” said Sasha Azar, RHA president, who noted the drive only

From PAGE 1 said they have been researching factors, such as academic performance of athletes, in their ultimate decision.

“Based on past performance, restoration of any of the teams that were eliminated in [2012] is likely to increase the average grade point average of Maryland student-athletes,” Provost Mary Ann Rankin said, adding restoration of some teams would also likely increase the graduation rates for athletes.

As a business major, former men’s swimming and diving team member Anderson Sloan said he understood the financial implications behind the university’s decision. But it was still difficult to accept the news, he said, because he and his teammates spent so much time training and still main-

Dining Services would lose $8,000.

“It’s a very interesting effort that is valuable to the community, and we don’t mind facilitating it once a semester,” he explained. “But at the same time, we are trying to put a limit on the amount that might leave our system.”

But some students said Dining Services shouldn’t cap how much students can donate, especially as dining points do not roll over after each semester and students could contribute to the community rather than waste points.

“It’s a very good concept, and I can see that more people would be willing to donate just one,” said Sarah Neillands, a freshman business major. “But the fact that the

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tained high grade point averages.

“Personally, it will be hard to graduate a proud Terp knowing I was not given the college experience I was originally promised,” said Sloan, a junior who transferred from Clemson after it cut its swimming program in April 2012. He added he hopes the university will continue to raise funds to ensure the athletic department never has to cut another sports team.

The university’s swimming facilities, said another attendee, could make a strong contribution to the Big Ten, which he said is known for its strong swimming teams.

“One of the saddest days was when we had to give up those athletic programs,” said Michael Egan, a 1967 alumnus and member of the Terrapin Club. “I’ve been around the university and have watched the minor sports teams. Those kids work just as hard.”

Reinstating athletic teams wouldn’t come soon enough for many enrolled

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Student rapper and poet special,” said Woolridge, a sophomore African-American studies and communication major. “We bump heads, but it’s a good challenge, and that’s why we work well together.”

Kwame finds inspiration for his music from his Ghanaian heritage and cites Phil Collins, Elton John and 50 Cent as some of his influences.

However, it’s his dad — who plays everything from calypso and high life to euro rock and reggae — who truly drives him, Kwame said.

As he focuses on building a fan base on the campus and at nearby colleges and universities, Woolridge helps him continue expanding his style of music.

“It’s good to have people on your team that have different music tastes and ideas,” Woolridge said. “I want him to try more alternative rapping, use different kinds of beats that will make him seem more interesting to different people because that’s what’s in right now.”

In between all the lyric-writing and performing, Kwame continues to produce new songs with Thomas.

Writing each one only takes him about 20 minutes, so he’s been able to release five mixtapes during his college career, each containing between 16 and 18 songs.

His songs have evolved since he first began writing back in middle school. His lyrics often are reminiscent of experiences during his childhood and early teenage years.

“All I Need Is Your Love,” a track from T.K.O., is a love song, but not in the typical sense. It’s about needing support from his parents and friends, Kwame said.

“I’m still not there yet,” he said.

“I need support from my family and

points don’t roll over means that I always have extra, and I would be more than willing to donate them.”

Whether the donation is in the hundreds or thousands, SOME staff members said they always appreciate any money the university can contribute. And efforts have been ramped up in recent years with the creation of this university’s chapter of the Food Recovery Network, which takes unused food that would be thrown out and donates it to others.

“Now we consistently receive great donations from the University of Maryland as well as American University,” said SOME Donations Coordinator Greg Chudy.

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“I’m still not there yet. I need support from my family and fans, who believe in who I am. You can’t do it by yourself.”

before joining the big ten in 2014, a move officials announced in November, the university must develop a long-term financial model to reduce the athletic department’s deficit, officials said. file photo/the diamondback

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raised $800 when she volunteered as a freshman in 2009. “To be able to see this many students who want to help out, or get rid of extra meal points, is something really rewarding.”

However, Dining Services only allows each student to donate one meal point — a typical dining plan ranges from about $1,800 to more than $2,000 — to ensure the department does not lose a substantial amount of money, said Bart Hipple, Dining Services spokesman. If students donate too many points, he said, the department would have to increase the meal plan’s price to make up for the number of points given away. Hipple noted there are about 8,000 students with dining plans, and if each of them gave away one point,

Edem Kwame, who goes by D-Cal, has been writing rap songs for years and considered signing a deal in 2008.

Instead, he decided to work toward a degree at this university while growing his brand. photo courtesy of edem kwame fans, who believe in who I am. You can’t do it by yourself.”

Kwame has never recorded in a professional studio. And though he’s pleased overall with the quality of his music, he said getting into a studio would give him the edge necessary to break into the industry.

The first step, he said, is getting the attention of a professional sound engineer. Until then, he’d have to pay for studio time.

“I don’t have that notoriety yet,” Kwame said. “I do songs all the time, so that would be expensive. Right now, if I get the opportunity to go [to a professional studio], I would go.”

The potential for success is there, said Reed, as long as he remains

grounded in his vision.

“The music industry often says you have to do this or that to make it,” Reed said. “But I don’t think he would sell out. He’s just the kind of person who’s very true to himself and true to his friends.”

Though some of his goals feel far away, Kwame is happily, patiently working toward graduation.

“One mistake people often make is putting all their eggs in one basket,” Kwame said. “At least now I can walk into the real world and know that if all else fails, I still have a degree. I will be able to wake up, feed my family and go to work.”

student-athletes, but some forum attendees said they hope to see programs for future students.

“It will not impact me personally, but I know I would like to have the opportunity to come back in the future and for the legacy of women’s water polo here to continue,” said former water polo team member Allison Campbell.

Commission members also announced goals to develop a long-term financial model to reduce the athletic department’s budget deficit and to enhance the overall well-being of student-athletes.

Additionally, the committee emphasized the academic benefits of joining the Big Ten. With the conference move, the university will join the Committee on Institutional Cooperation — an academic consortium of Big Ten institutions and the University of Chicago — which committee members said would expand innovation, education and research opportunities for students.

“I’m excited about the opportunities about going into the Big Ten,” said Brad Hatfield, chairman of the kinesiology department, who recently attended a Big Ten kinesiology conference. “There are some really innovative partnerships going on between athletics, kinesiology, sports science. Maryland can use its resources on the campus to contribute and help student-athletes and reach out to the general student body as well.”

The Big Ten institutions, Hatfield said, are more homogeneous than the schools within the ACC. “Going into the Big Ten is like a new chapter that brings together athletics and academics for the good not only of the student-athletes but for the general student

body as well,” Hatfield said. “It’s exciting to see how the dots would be connected.”

Several students also expressed concern about allotting financial aid to non-athletes. The committee could not release specific numbers due to a confidentiality agreement Loh and the commission members signed regarding the contract with the Big Ten, said Barry Gossett, a university alumnus and cochairman of the commission.

The committee will “use the money effectively and efficiently to take care of the student-athletes and make sure the athletic department is financially sound,” Gossett said, in addition to ensuring a plan will be made to ensure academic support outside athletics.

Gossett added the university is behind the other Big Ten institutions in offering students financial aid, according to financial aid director Sarah Bauder.

“Clearly, we do need to address this,” Gossett said.

Though some alumni expressed disdain about the university’s decision to move to the Big Ten, most students who spoke at the forum said they were enthusiastic about the new conference’s opportunities.

“This benefits students very strongly in the academic realm, which is what students pay their $20,000 or $40,000 tuition for,” said JT Stanley, a freshman government and politics and psychology major. “It will further empower them to carry on with their academics as well as enable them to further pursue their career or profession once they get outside the University of Maryland.”

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underage student caught drinking at a house party, officials said.

“If it’s a large party, and the students are not posing a threat to anybody, if it’s not disruptive, if it’s not something that’s repeated over and over where police have to respond,” Goodwin said, “then no, that’s not something we would even know about.”

Jason Speck, the Senate Student Conduct Committee’s chairman, said the expansion “mirrors a reality that we’re already living under,” as scores of students now live off campus and the traditional geography of the campus has less significance.

However, some university officials expressed concern over the proposal’s gray areas.

Under the proposed changes, the director of the Office of Student Conduct would have discretion over which referred cases merit disciplinary action. Currently, that responsibility would fall to Goodwin, but other directors down the road might have different standards.

“There may not always be the same director, and so the criteria used by different directors may not be consistent,” faculty senator Frank Alt said at the meeting.

The proposal’s current language mandates that directors base their judgments on three factors: whether a student’s conduct poses a threat to someone’s safety or wellbeing, if the action substantially disrupts university operations and if the action is “repeated” behavior that “negatively impacts the institution.”

While Ratner supports Goodwin’s authority and trusts her discretion, he said he finds the vagueness of the language concerning and potentially unfair to future students who might have a different director making the decisions.

“I think that the student body should be working with her to make sure that discretion is more defined than just ‘the director having discretion’ on certain things,” Ratner said.

The SEC asked the Student Conduct Committee to clear up other ambiguous language before the April 17 vote.

Goodwin said the committee strongly valued student input in crafting the legislation, although the senate body voting on the proposal largely comprises adult faculty and administrators. Only 37 of approximately 190 senators in the full body represent students, according to the senate website.

While that is a “huge concern,” Ratner said he expects the policy to pass with student support.

“This is a reasonable policy,” Ratner said. “I think it’s in line with a lot of our peer institutions, and I think it’s something that we should be proud of.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

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esterday marked Sine Die, the last day of the state legislative session in Annapolis. But unlike the past couple of years, Sine Die didn’t consist of feverish, last-minute attempts to push through critical agenda items and rushed decisions on the state’s budget. It was a sunny, breezy and calm day when legislators appeared relaxed and even-tempered.

After all, there wasn’t much to stress about. Many of this year’s most impactful and often contentious bills — including Gov. Martin O’Malley’s sweeping gun control proposals, a $37 billion budget for the state, a gas tax, a repeal of the death penalty and a bill adding to state residents’ electric bills to pay for offshore wind energy — were already through both the House of Delegates and the Senate. And the Senate easily passed a medical marijuana bill, 42-4, yesterday to send to O’Malley for his signature.

There’s a common theme linking most of those bills — they’re big O’Malley initiatives, and pushing them all through two years before he is expected to make a run for the White House certainly helps his political ambitions. But whatever the reason may be for this year’s productive, timeefficient legislative session, it should still be commended and recognized.

Critiquing hookup culture VIEW College life doesn’t facilitate healthy long-term relationships, and that’s just fine.

ERIK SHELL Not long ago, there were, as there always are, a group of experts on the Today show talking about hookup culture on college campuses. Both the relationship counselor and the psychiatrist agreed students these days are actually ready for real, long-term relationships despite the perceived increase in students just hooking up.

They also posited this was not evident on campuses because students have no way to express this desire to others — so they default to the cultural hookup.

At first, I was thrilled. I am a student who feels like the hookup culture dominates and, subsequently, I am unable to find anyone interested in at least considering long-term dating. There are certainly people enjoying long-term relationships within the university community right now, so the welleducated guests on the show seemed to be on to something.

But then I saw the Quidditch team.

Suddenly, there on the mall was a group of people with similar interests openly doing what they desired. How could it be, then, that the single men and

women of College Park hadn’t banded together to do something similar? The rule seems to be that if there’s interest, there’s a club for that. Yet no “singles club” exists.

Then comes the issue of college itself.

Here you have thousands of young adults, many of them unsure of what they want to do with their lives, who are constantly surrounded by others and are experiencing the throes of independence likely for the first time.

Also, there is too much to choose from in terms of activity: countless majors and minors, even more clubs and thousands of people to hang out with. The very nature of college seems to praise indecision and experimentation. By no means is this a bad thing, but it certainly destroys the idea that this environment could breed stable relationships.

It’s important to look at the nature of an individual ready for commitment. It takes someone who can be alone and happy with himself or herself to love another person adequately. This is essential, as being alone is necessary for personal growth and professional development. Dr. Seuss said it best: “All alone! Whether you like it or not, alone is something you’ll be quite a lot!”

Now, learning to be alone is a great thing. But there’s always a group of

people who know how to be alone and thrive under that condition. How are they supposed to find one another? If they can be alone, they probably fill up their schedules with the idea that they’ll be by themselves. Once their schedules are full, going out becomes rare, and going through the exhausting ritual of dating is the last concern on their minds. So they go home, and the cycle continues until fate gives them random meet-in-a-coffee-shop moments.

Yes, many college students are in stable, long-term relationships. I’m not saying these two things are mutually exclusive. I am saying, from my college experiences, that this magical land of commitment-ready partners does not — and, in fact, cannot — exist in the college setting. We should most certainly enjoy our youth and do what is best for us, but that necessarily means the committed minority will have to tough it out a little longer.

But that’s okay. We’re used to it. In the meantime, I’ll go enjoy my long walks on the beach, green tea and T.C. Boyle novels. And perhaps adopt a cat.

E r i k S h e l l i s a so p h o m o re classical languages and literatures and history major. He can be reached at erik1434@gmail.com.

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VIEW Students have the capacity to change how we view sex and form relationships.

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mbivalent,” “depressed” and “emotionally dulled” are just a few of the words author Donna Freitas used to describe students caught up in the college hookup culture in her March 29 Washington Post column, “Time to stop hooking up. (You know you want to.)”

I’ve heard students condemn what they see as the claustrophobia of impersonal fraternity house parties. Alternatively, I’ve heard students describe an entirely different phenomenon: Finally unencumbered by parental oversight, students partake in the liberating sexual experimentation they’ve always longed for.

In reality, hookup culture probably falls somewhere in between these opposing narratives. But by changing some norms and expectations, students could enjoy a truly liberating experience.

Freitas’ column offers a scathing critique of what she sees as a cold, dispassionate scene that desensitizes students from sex. While her generational distance may cause her to take a harder view of hookup culture than the average college student would, her piece effectively captures the overwhelming pressure students feel to hook up. Guys face constant verbal assaults on their masculinity if they haven’t slept with a girl yet. The further removed they are from their 18th birthday, the worse it gets. Girls face similar pressure to hook up but additional stigmatization if they actually follow through. In this

environment, the freedom college lends can turn into a handicap.

Gender-based double standards make matters worse. The problem is old yet disconcertingly relevant. Men’s sexual exploits are unabashedly shared and almost admired, while women’s active sex lives are judged harshly. Women are “prudes,” or worse, “sluts.” Men approach women and offer a hollow introduction that’s nothing but a perfunctory precursor to a hookup. The entire parody transforms a hookup into a highly sought-after commodity for a guy and something reluctantly given away by a girl. Indeed, by eschewing common ideas about what’s acceptable, more men (and women) would likely get laid.

By flipping the script and being less judgmental, college students could really tap into their new freedom. People needn’t face pressure to hook up. Girls could approach guys — or girls — and not be judged if they do. Similarly, girls could be more receptive to introductions that stray from the empty, circumscribed script guys currently follow. While I don’t envision a full-fledged renaissance of the dating culture that characterized our parents’ young adulthoods, longer and more genuine conversations before hookups could lead to more conversations afterward, or even something more.

Walks of shame could be just walks.

A change of scenery at parties could

allow for more real conversations. Certainly, the pounding, chauvinistic music that’s the norm at college parties doesn’t encourage talking. You shouldn’t need to down a couple of shots to appreciate the acoustics. But with today’s parties’ soundtracks, you might. With the full array of music college students listen to, music at parties shouldn’t be limited to whatever is currently blasting at Washington clubs. With a few tweaks to parties’ atmospherics, students could create an experience with much wider appeal.

From all the “eye-f---ing” confessed on the @TerpCrushes Twitter feed, it’s clear many students want to hook up.

And certainly, no one should begrudge them for that. Hookups offer the freedom to engage without the responsibility that comes with a relationship.

Students should be able to enjoy the freedom college offers the way they want.

Whether that means hooking up with an attractive stranger, having a refreshing conversation at a party or curling up with a book in their dorm, it should be the students’ choice. By abandoning ideas about what college students should be doing on Friday and Saturday nights, students could really unlock the liberating power of the college experience.

Charlie Bulman is a freshman government and politics major. He can be reached at CBulman@terpmail.umd.edu.

Let’s revisit 2012’s Sine Die. Several bills, including legalization of medical marijuana and funding for offshore wind energy, failed to make it to both chambers for a vote. And most importantly, legislators scrambled to vote on the state’s operating and capital budget minutes before midnight and ended up with a doomsday budget that could

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The state legislature closes amid significant progress and few misgivings. have resulted in double-digit tuition hikes. Too many students were unsure whether they’d be able to afford continuing their college educations, so the university community and state residents alike rallied for O’Malley to call a special session. He eventually did, but a viable budget solution for the state didn’t come about until the summer.

This year, though, both Republicans and Democrats agreed to raise overall spending by nearly 3 percent, just $500 million short of the money allocated in O’Malley’s generous proposed budget.

State colleges and universities will see a 7 percent increase in funding to help maintain a tuition increase at 3 percent.

However, there was a $7.2 million reduction in mental health services despite lawmakers’ calls for increased discussion and care for the mentally ill.

Although a senator and a delegate both proposed bills that would funnel $40 million more into mental health, there simply wasn’t enough time for those to gain traction.

In an otherwise largely successful legislative session, the oversight in allocating sufficient money for mental health facilities and services in the state — especially given lawmakers’ rhetoric the past couple of months in support of gun control measures — is where the state needs to aim many of its efforts in the coming months. Ed Kasemeyer, the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee chairman, told fellow senators, “There’s nothing we could do about it.”

Maybe it would have been difficult to accomplish, but when the state is increasing spending in many other areas, it’s difficult to believe there wasn’t anything that could be done to provide the same support in an area that has received so much attention in recent months.

Though certainly not perfect, this year’s legislative session has put the state in a promising position going into the next fiscal year by passing some major initiatives. Sine Die was quiet and calm — the way it should be.

Don’t blame violent video games Legislators choose scapegoats without considering alternative causes CAROLINE CARLSON What really causes violence in our society? Ever since the tragedies in Aurora, Colo., and Newtown, Conn., in 2012, there’s been a desperate attempt by legislators to continuously blame gun crime on a variety of factors, including our culture of violent video games, films and music.

Across party lines, politicians seem at ease speaking on behalf of the American public in support of blaming the video game industry for extreme violence in the real world.

Last week, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) called for Congress to be prepared to “take action” against the video game industry if it doesn’t decrease gun glorification in its games. Rep. Diane Black (R-Tenn.) blamed the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting on the violence in popular video games and music. Politicians justify this stance because Sandy Hook gunman Adam Lanza played violent games such as Call of Duty and StarCraft.

Let’s face it — video games, film and music in our society are pretty violent. But as much as media critics like to blame bloody Quentin Tarantino films, suggestive rap lyrics, Call of Duty and television shows oozing with sex and crime for violence in society, studies doesn’t always seem to agree.

In fact, past research conducted on the link between violent video games and physical violence never appears consistent, which is why the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2011 that violent video game content could not be regulated by governments and was constitutional under the First Amendment.

Additionally, researchers who did conclude media and game violence

led to aggressive behavior may not have used valid measurements to calculate aggression. Lurking variables also played a huge role — perhaps certain individuals were only likely to be influenced by video games if they were already suffering from a psychological condition.

It’s irresponsible for lawmakers to always use films and video games as scapegoats for the violence we see in the U.S. without assuming there may be other causes.

And do video games even correlate with violence among individuals in other countries? Some of the largest markets in the video game industry include the Netherlands, South Korea, France and Canada — all of which have dramatically fewer gun-related crimes per year than the U.S. It’s easy to point a finger at virtual violence — after all, much of our society is defined by it. But rather than brashly blame our generation’s use of video games and enjoyment in watching violent action films, legislators should analyze other factors.

Our generation’s heavy affinity for violence may be attributed to our country’s involvement in all kinds of war for the majority of our lives.

Yale Law School professor Dan Kahan blames the war on drugs because “illegal markets breed competition-driven” violence among suppliers throughout the country and in cities such as Chicago.

Regardless of whether people believe our so-called violent pop culture actually causes violence, legislators need to analyze American life from multiple perspectives — from the condition of people’s mental health to the effects of being constantly involved in war — before calling certain industries out.

Caroline Carlson is a sophomore government and politics and information systems major. She can be reached at caroline.crlsn@gmail.com.

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REVIEW | TO THE WONDER

While all of his other films have ended with moments of grace and acceptance, To the Wonder is Malick at his most cynical and despondent.

Affleck, Kurylenko, McAdams and Javier Bardem’s (Skyfall) priest all feel an intangible, indescribable void. The film charts the moral, physical and spiritual decay of a Terrence Malick’s To the Wonder is a typically gorgeous, if atypically minor, retort to modernity land and its people.

The film’s water, a common and narrative progression, but be warned: the most glorious cinematography

By Warren Zhang recurring image in Malick’s filmogIt’s not for everyone. since, well, The Tree of Life.

Senior staff writer Malick has refined his technique raphy, is blighted with pollution. ReAgain, cinematographer Emto rather spectacular heights. To the cession and economic woes have hit manuel Lubezki (The Tree of Life) It’s magic hour. A bird flutters Oklahoma hard, the land through a rose garden. Hands brush and Malick seem more fixated on Wonder is easily Malick’s becoming increasingagainst the wall, feeling every bump the landscapes than the actors. This most efficient film to ly filled with detime, the duo also seems to be equally date; the first 30 or and speck in the wallpaper. crepit houses and Olga Kurylenko (Seven Psycho- mesmerized by the hair of the female so minutes fly by rampant, unpaths) intones, without the faint- leads. It’s impossible to emerge from in an impreschecked malest hint of self-awareness or irony, To the Wonder and not be obsessed sionistic blitz ad ies. Even with how gorgeous McAdams’ and of light, hair “What is this love that loves us?” the titular You haven’t accidentally stumbled Kurylenko’s hairdos are. McAdams and trees. wonder, Ye t i t’s into a perfume commercial film festi- has a full head of shockingly bright French landval — this is To the Wonder, Terrence blond hair, while Kurylenko’s brown also his least mark Mont Malick’s (The Tree of Life) most Ma- hair is weaved with threads of gold grandiose, his Saint-Michel, lick-y and least Malick-y film to date. and dirty blond. Maybe the secrets least vital. But wa s f i l m e d o n All of Malick’s trademark ob- to the universe lie in Kurylenko’s a f te r c ove r i n g t he g loom iest of the Starkweather sessions are in play. The story — a luxurious, thick strands. ra i ny days a nd feaThere’s no wrong way to experi- killings, World War II, low-key love triangle between Ben Affleck (Argo), Rachel McAdams ence To the Wonder. You can idly kick the founding of Jamestown photo courtesy of collider.com t u re d more mu d t h a n (The Vow) and Kurylenko — is almost back and admire the actresses’ hair, and the beginning of the universe, wonder-with-a-capital-w.

Throughout the movie’s twononexistent. The film is propelled, or you can gasp at how pretty buffalo you would be forgiven if you found instead, by brief emotional outbursts, look under the golden sunlight. You Malick’s latest subject matter unim- hour run time, all the characters g rapple w it h t hei r e x i stent i a l Wagner compositions and some of could also try to follow the movie’s portant and not very dramatic.

ennuis. Bardem tries to reconnect with God and Kurylenko tries to make do with Affleck’s limited affections, while Affleck desperately tries to wrap his head around the women in his life and the pollution seeping into the environment.

Most frustratingly, the characters are either unable or unwilling to speak in plain terms with each other. Language has failed all of these people, especially in some of the more baffling voice-overs (“Christ to the left of me, Christ to the right of me, Christ above me, Christ below me…”).

To the Wonder doesn’t offer you much for your loyalty. These lost characters don’t reconnect with their lost loved ones on a drippy beach and find God, nor are any of the Chinatown-like conspiracy murmurings ever resolved or developed much further. Instead, you’re left with Malick’s aching portrait of the modern world, adrift and without direction.

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THIRD BASEMAN K.J. HOCKADAY is day to day after suffering a shoulder injury in Game 1 of No. 1 North Carolina’s three-game sweep of the Terps on Friday. He went 1-for-4 with a run scored in that game before missing the final two contests in the series. file photo/the diamondback

Injuries force Szefc to turn to young bench in struggles Weekend shoulder injury sends Hockaday to bench

By Daniel Popper Staff writer After a weekend sweep at the hands of No. 1 North Carolina, the Terrapins baseball team has now lost all five of its conference series this season, and eight of its past 10 games overall.

Coach John Szefc and his squad now sport the secondworst record in the ACC at 4-11, ahead of winless Boston College. Inconsistency at the plate and on the mound has prevented the Terps — who will play Virginia Commonwealth today at Bob “Turtle” Smith Stadium — from putting a complete nine-inning performance together.

It keeps getting worse, though.

Their recent struggles have come hand-in-hand with an onslaught of injuries that have left three starters — right fielder Jordan Hagel, left fielder Mike Montville and third baseman K.J. Hockaday — watching from the dugout.

Hagel has been out of the starting lineup for 14 games after breaking his left thumb in a series-opening win against Florida State on March 15.

Szefc has used the senior as a defensive replacement and pinch runner, but Hagel remains day-to-day because the injury continues to hamper

vitale From PAGE 8 put on one of the best performances of the season. Back in the starting lineup for the first time in nearly two months, the guard played a team-high 30 minutes in the Terps’ March 2 win at Wake Forest, scoring eight points and tallying four assists.

That wouldn’t be the end of his resurgence, either. Howard started each of the Terps’ final 10 games of the season, averaging 3.8 points and 3 assists in more than 28 minutes per game as the team advanced to the ACC tournament and eventually the NIT semifinals.

The numbers might not be staggering, but Howard was doing exactly what the Terps needed him to do. He provided the team a veteran leader on the court, a steady presence at point guard and a strong defender against opposing ballhandlers.

It seemed like he was finally past all the adversity that had plagued him over the past year and a half. He missed the first nine games of the 2011-12 season with a broken foot and sat out the last nine after tearing his ACL, forcing him to spend much of the offseason rehabbing.

his bat control.

Montville has been sidelined since suffering an elbow injury before the series opener at Virginia on March 9, and Hockaday is the latest to fall victim to the injury bug. The sophomore has been day to day since injuring his shoulder in Friday’s opener against the Tar Heels, in which he went 1-for-4 with a run scored.

With the absences of three key contributors from last season and the early games of this season, Szefc has turned to his young talent.

Freshman utility infielder Jose Cuas started at third base for the final two games against the Tar Heels after spending time at second base earlier this year. Redshirt freshman Anthony Papio has taken over in right field for Hagel, and sophomores Andrew Amaro and Greg Olenski each made a start in left field this weekend.

The quartet batted a combined 5-for-27 with two RBIs in the three-game series.

“We just have a lot of young guys in the lineup now that are playing every day and trying to figure some things out,” Szefc said. “Once some of those younger guys start to play where they need to and pitch where they need to, I think we’ll be alright.”

Getting to that point will not be easy for the Terps,

though. Montville, Hockaday and Hagel recorded more than one-fourth of the Terps’ RBIs last season, and replacing that kind of offensive production will be a challenge to players who had little to no ACC experience entering this season.

“This week is going to be a real test for this team, how positive we can be, how well we can execute and how we keep our spirits up,” said second baseman Kyle Convissar, who has also made five starts in left field.

Despite all the adversity his team has faced over the past month, Szefc has continued to see the positives in his squad. His young players have gained invaluable experience against quality opponents after replacing their injured teammates in the starting lineup.

Now, it’s time to convert that experience into results.

The Terps (16-15) have thrived against nonconference foes this season, and VCU (15-14) presents an opportunity similar to the one Rider provided last week.

“It’s not like we don’t know what we have to do,” Szefc said. “It’s just a matter of guys going out and executing the plan, getting things done and trying to put our inexperience behind us.”

And the time off showed in his first 26 games this past season. Howard often looked lost on the court during that stretch, shooting worse than 28 percent from the floor and averaging close to two turnovers per game. The guard scored zero points, dished out zero assists and turned the ball over seven times in a Jan. 19 loss at North Carolina, and he was suspended for the Terps’ 83-81 upset of then-No. 2 Duke on Feb. 16.

But with a strong ninegame stretch to close the season, Howard looked as though he was back in Turgeon’s good graces. He had proven his worth running the second-year coach’s offense, and he had all but cemented himself as the team’s starting point guard heading into next season.

The transfer speculation had been forgotten, and Howard seemed genuinely excited for what laid ahead.

“Coach has done so well with this young of a team,” Howard said after the Terps’ season-ending loss to Iowa last week. “It’s only his second year, and you’ve just got to look at the great strides we’ve taken. I just hope we can improve over the summer and build on it next year.”

The team has taken strides,

has room to improve and will be able to build on its postseason run this season. Only Howard won’t be a part of it.

Instead, he will probably be back home in California.

His grandmother is sick, and Howard told Turgeon he’d like to play his final season of eligibility closer to his family.

His departure will leave the Terps thin at point guard yet again. Barring a new addition, Turgeon’s only options at point guard will be returnees Nick Faust and Seth Allen — two natural shooting guards who struggled at the point this past season — and 2013 commit Roddy Peters — a highly touted guard who spent much of his senior season at Suitland High School recovering from shoulder surgery.

Howard is more proven at point guard than any of those players. Despite the ups and downs — mostly downs — of his three years in College Park, Howard seemed poised to play an integral role for the Terps in his senior season.

Terps fans spent a large part of this season wishing Howard was gone or at least buried on the bench. Now that he’s transferring, they might end up spending the early part of next season wishing he was back.

The Terrapins gymnastics team entered its 2013 season staring down more than a decade and a half of futility.

The Terps hadn’t won a single conference championship during 16 years in the East Atlantic Gymnastics League, and a likely move to the ACC next season meant the program was running out of chances.

“I want to be able to look back at this season and say that I gave it all that I could,” senior captain Ally Krikorian said in December.

“We all want to win conference more than anything.”

But the Terps fell short once again. After finishing the regular season atop the EAGL standings, coach Brett Nelligan’s team wilted at the EAGL Championships in Chapel Hill, N.C., on March 23. It secured a 195.100, narrowly finishing behind N.C. State for the conference crown.

The Terps were tight, Nelligan later said. A squad on the brink of a historic feat struggled under pressure.

It rebounded with the program’s highest regionals score in 12 years but failed to qualify for nationals when it placed fourth against an elite field in Gainesville, Fla., on Saturday.

Still, the Terps made significant strides this season. They went undefeated at home, featured two All-Americans — junior Katy Dodds and sophomore Stephanie Giameo — and Nelligan was named conference Coach of the Year.

“Usually I can list off the accolades,” Nelligan said. “This year, there are too many to count.”

Dodds, who missed most of the preseason with a torn Achilles, set a positive tone for the season when she secured a program-record 9.975 on vault in the team’s opening meet against preseason conference favorite N.C. State.

Freshman Kathy Tang’s early emergence was also reason for excitement. The Agawam, Mass., native earned EAGL Rookie of the Week honors twice and Co-Gymnast of the Week once, helping the

Coach brett nelligan’s squad finished in fourth place at the Gainesville Regional, its highest finish in 12 years. Still, the Terps finished short of qualifying for nationals. photo courtesy of maryland athletics Terps boast an average score of 195.650 through their first three meets.

“Everyone knew pretty early she was a dominant gymnast in the EAGL,” Nelligan said of Tang. “She could make an impact on the national level.”

But Tang dropped to the ground with a left ankle injury while competing on floor at North Carolina on Feb. 2.

Though the initial diagnosis was unclear, coaches expected her to miss the rest of the season.

“Our lineups were set, and it caused us to change things up,” Nelligan said. “At the time, it was our biggest obstacle. We didn’t know who was going to replace her.”

Rallying around the injured Tang, the Terps eclipsed the 196-point mark twice in their next four meets. They hadn’t notched a score that high in nine years.

“This team was really determined and relentless,” Nelligan said. “They made a commitment to fight until the last minute of every meet.”

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attackman kevin cooper was one of three senior Terps to notch at least three points in the Terps’ 11-8 victory over Navy on Friday night in Annapolis. charlie deboyace/the diamondback

veterans From PAGE 8 entire squad maintain composure while the inspired Midshipmen had the momentum.

“That’s where some of the leadership from guys like Haus and [midfielder Mike] Chanenchuk and [goalkeeper] Niko [Amato] down in goal comes in,” Bernhardt said. “We can bounce back and get the younger guys going.”

Only nine of the 48 players o n t h e Te r p s ’ ro s te r a re seniors, but each occupies a crucial role and has competed in at least one national championship game. Three of the team’s top four scorers are seniors, and the fourth is a junior (Chanenchuk). The Poquott, N.Y., native and classmate Amato have the college lacrosse experience required of leaders, too.

Chanenchuk has spent

five years around college lacrosse teams and has started a combined 42 career games between Princeton and the Terps. Amato, meanwhile, has started all 45 games as the Terps’ goalie in the past three seasons and has been in the net for the past two national championship games.

Throw those two into the mix with the seniors, and the Terps feel they can handle any situation. So Tillman knew his message would resonate when he called a timeout after Navy’s five-goal spurt. “[My message was] just take a deep breath,” Tillman said.

“We knew this was going to be us just getting back to playing Maryland lacrosse. … I think we did a great job of that.”

Friday, the team’s veterans had to do more than keep their teammates calm. They also had to remain patient themselves.

Navy, like each of the Terps’ previous three opponents,

With the end of the Terps’ season rapidly approaching, Tang returned in the regularseason finale on March 17 and notched a 9.725 on bars.

Her presence alone couldn’t overcome the costly miscues that handed the Terps their 17th season without a conference championship. Still, Nelligan said the team felt it was the best squad in the EAGL throughout the season.

The Terps have now increased their spot in the national rankings each year since Nelligan took over four years ago. After finishing the season ranked No. 22 nationally, the Terps are inching closer to securing a spot among the country’s elite programs.

So they aren’t lamenting another missed opportunity at an EAGL title. They’re already aiming higher.

“The next jump will be even harder,” Nelligan said. “Our overall goal is to keep moving until we are regularly in the top 10 and get closer to winning a national championship.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

switched between zone and man-to-man defenses. Midshipmen defenders packed the middle of the field and rarely guarded the Terps on the perimeter.

Tillman’s crew was left with plenty of tempting opportunities to fire long-range shots.

But the offense’s experience kept it from falling into any traps, Haus said.

“Taking some of those shots might have been their game plan or what [Navy] wanted to give up,” Haus said. “We don’t want to take that first shot. We want to take the best shot.”

So the Terps’ offense constantly moved the ball around the offensive zone and eventually found some scoring chances. Haus, Cooper and attackman Owen Blye — another senior — all finished the game with three points, while Chanenchuk tallied a game-high four points on two goals and two assists.

The effort helped the Terps pull away from the M idshipmen, but T illman said it won’t be the last time the squad ends up in a tight spot. With a matchup against No. 15 Johns Hopkins and the ACC tournament looming in coming weeks, the Terps will likely face more serious challenges this season.

When they do, T illman knows he has leaders he can rely on.

“I know our seniors will lead us really well down the stretch,” Tillman said. “They’ve been amazing.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

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Despite up-and-down play, Howard’s decision to transfer comes as surprise JOSH VITALE The Terrapins men’s basketball team has often referred to its Feb. 27 loss at Georgia Tech as “rock bottom.” It was the team’s second bad road loss in nine days, and the glaring defeat struck a near-fatal blow to its NCAA tournament chances.

No one bottomed out worse that game than Pe’Shon Howard, though.

That Wednesday night loss marked the completion of his fall into the deepest depths of coach Mark Turgeon’s doghouse. The junior guard played a nearseason-low eight minutes, missed all four of his shots and dished out zero assists as the Terps suffered a 78-68 loss.

If you had asked any Terps fan after the game if Howard should transfer after the season, you probably would’ve heard a resounding “yes.” The loss to the Yellow Jackets marked the 11th consecutive game Howard came off the bench after starting at point guard in 14 of the team’s first 15 games. Turgeon cut his minutes per game from nearly 25 to less than 15, and he was averaging just 3.1 points per game at the time.

But when Turgeon announced yesterday that Howard had been granted permission to transfer, the news wasn’t the foregone conclusion many likely thought it would be more than a month ago. In fact, it came as a bit of a surprise.

Three days after his junior campaign seemed to derail completely, Howard guard pe’shon howarD’S surprising transfer leaves Nick Faust, Seth Allen and incoming freshman Roddy Peters as the Terps’ top options at point guard next season, barring the addition of a transfer. file photo/the diamondback

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long pole jesse bernhardt is one of only nine seniors on the Terps this season, but almost every one of them plays a key role in the team’s success. The group starred against Navy on Saturday. charlie deboyace/the diamondback

Veterans take lead in late charge past Navy Seniors Haus, Cooper and Blye combine for nine points in Friday’s 11-8 road victory

By Aaron Kasinitz Staff writer The Terrapins men’s lacrosse team was losing grasp of Friday’s game.

Navy scored five straight goals to open the second quarter, building a two-goal lead over the Terps and gaining confidence in front of a lively home crowd.

The nation’s top-ranked team needed to turn things around to avoid falling victim to the upstart Midshipmen. And it leaned on a group of seniors to do just that.

Midfielder John Haus was the first to halt Navy’s run as he sliced toward

the crease and notched the Terps’ first goal in more than 14 minutes.

Attackman Kevin Cooper then scored to tie the game, 5-5, and long pole Jesse Bernhardt led a defensive effort that kept the Midshipmen scoreless for the rest of the half.

Such was the trend in the Terps’ resilient 11-8 win at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium on Friday night. Each time coach John Tillman’s team needed to make a crucial play, a veteran delivered one.

The upperclassmen’s production and calmness even helped the See veterans, Page 7