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Athletic director resigns Kevin Anderson, who led department into Big Ten, leaving after sabbatical Maryland James Crabtree- Athletic Director Kevin Anderson Hannigan @JamesCrabtreeH announced Friday Senior staff writer he is resigning, following a sixmonth sabbatical that began in October. Anderson took over in 2010 by
outgoing maryland athletic director kevin anderson, seen speaking at a 2015 news conference, announced his resignation Friday. file photo/the diamondback
and oversaw the school’s move to the Big Ten. During his tenure, the university hired football coaches Randy Edsall and DJ Durkin and men’s basketball coach Mark Turgeon, and began construction on an indoor football training facility at Cole Field House.
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“I’m grateful for all that Kevin has done to support our student-athletes to be successful in the classroom, on the field or court, and in life,” university President Wallace Loh said in a release. “I wish him every success in his future endeavors. I know he’ll inspire many more student-athletes for years to come.” Damon Evans, who has been acting as Maryland’s athletic
director during Anderson’s l eave , w i l l re m a i n i n t h e p os i t i o n u n t i l t h e sc h o o l concludes its “national search” for its next athletic director, according to the release. He is expected to be a candidate for the permanent job, a university spokesperson said. I n O c t o b e r, A n d e r s o n See anderson, p. 2
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Univ names hate bias coordinator Office also hires diversity training, education director TheUniversityofMarylandis hiring two new staff members, Leah Brennan including a hate bias response @allhaeleah coordinator, in its Office of DiSenior staff writer versity and Inclusion. Carlton Green will be the director of diversity training and education, a post he began on April 9. Neijma Celestine-Donnor will be the program manager for hate/bias response starting Friday, according to a university news release. Green, who has a master’s and a doctorate in counseling psychology, has more than 20 years of experience working in higher education and joins the office from the Counseling Center. In his new role, he will lead the office’s diversity training and education programming, and will develop a strategy for diversity training education. He will also lead and implement campuswide discourse programs on diversity and inclusion and collaborate with faculty, according to the release. Celestine-Donnor, who holds a master’s degree in social work and is a licensed clinical social work supervisor, also holds certificates in diversity management, project management and executive management, according to the release. In her new role, Celestine-Donnor will lead a team aiming to support individuals, groups by
FAYE BARRETt, a junior sociology major seen hiking in Shenandoah National Park in November, was temporarily barred from on-campus housing after a hospital stay. photo courtesy of faye barrett
‘I was afraid to reach out’ By Jillian Atelsek, @jillian_atelsek, Staff writer
See bias, p. 9
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Loh promises memorial for Richard Collins U in talks with family of slain Bowie State student Almost a year after 2nd Lt. Richard Collins was killed on the University of Maryland’s campus, university President Wallace Loh announced on Tuesday that Collins will be honored with a physical memorial. “I am in contact with the Collins family and their representatives. We are not proceeding with any planned actions at this time out of respect — and at the family’s request — for privacy,” Loh wrote in a campuswide email sent Tuesday morning. “In the near future, there will come a time to speak and to heal, publicly and collectively, to memorialize on our campus the life of Lt. Collins.” In May 2017, Collins, a black Bowie State University student, was stabbed and killed near the Montgomery Hall bus stop. Sean Urbanski, a white former student at this university, is charged with murder and a hate crime in Collins’ death. The trial is set to begin in July. Urbanski was found to be a member of a Facebook group called “Alt-Reich: Nation” that
After panic attack and dose of relaxants, student barred from on-campus apartment As University of Maryland student Faye Barrett prepared to return to her on-campus apartment Thursday morning, she noticed she had an email from the Department of Resident Life. Barrett had called 911 at about 2:30 a.m. after experiencing a panic attack and taking a high dose of a prescribed muscle relaxer. The hospital discharged her several hours later, but upon opening the email and reading the attached letter, she found out she was — for the time being — barred from going home. “When I found out, I kept crying and crying,” she said. “At that point, I was afraid to reach out to anyone.” The letter informed Barrett that she wouldn’t be allowed to go to her room — or any other on-campus housing — until she had met with a university psychiatrist and a Resident Life case manager, and they had “made a decision regarding [her] ability to return.” The letter specifies that “finding alternative lodging off-campus will be required” until both meetings are completed. “I have concerns about your ability to successfully manage living in a residence hall,” read the letter, which was signed by a Resident
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See barrett, p. 9
Leah Brennan @allhaeleah Senior staff writer
See collins, p. 3
THE LETTER that Faye Barrett received from the resident life department after a panic attack and hospitalization for a high dose of muscle relaxers. photo illustration by evan berkowitz/the diamondback. screenshot by faye barrett/facebook. redaction original to screenshot.
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A year after finding a noose in the Phi Tau kitchen, U officials say the case is closed By Leah Brennan and Christine Condon | @thedbk | Senior staff writers
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lmost a year after a noose was found in the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity chapter house’s kitchen, a university official said the case is closed. After University Police referred an individual to campus officials in August for disciplinary review,
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university spokesperson Katie Lawson did not say when the case was closed or whether the individual received punishment from the university. “Simply put, no arrest was made because placing a noose is not considered a crime in the State of Maryland,” Lawson wrote in an
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email on Friday. “ H o w e v e r, a n i n d iv i d u a l wa s re fe r re d i n t h e university for disciplinary a c t i o n . Un ive rs i ty p ro c e d u re s we re fo l l owe d , a n d t h e c a s e i s now closed.” See noose, p. 9
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