April 29, 2015

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THIS LOT, a former volleyball court, is the proposed site of a community garden. tom hausman/the diamondback

City Council approves garden in Old Town

Students hold vigil to honor Nepal earthquake victims

The College Park City Council approved plans Tuesday to convert an abandoned sand volleyball court in the Old Town neighborhood into a community garden.

As part of the Sustainable Maryland Certified Green Team’s threeyear plan, the project contributes to this city’s participation in the Sustainable Maryland certification program, a qualification it earned in 2013.

“This is one of the last remaining items [on the plan],” said Steve Beavers, the city’s community development coordinator. “It’s also one of our biggest and most exciting activities.”

The garden will replace the longunused sand volleyball court at the intersection of Norwich Road and Columbia Avenue.

“One of the poles was removed,” District 3 Councilwoman Stephanie Stullich said. “There were problems with loud late-night games.”

The court is well-suited to be converted to a garden because of its level ground, proximity to a waterline, easily accessible parking and exposure to the sun, Beavers said. “ It’s ve r y s u n ny a nd op e n , which is a problem we had with some of the other sites,” Beavers said. “This is an open area without a lot of trees.”

Its proposed layout includes 36 plots of raised beds, each 5 feet by 10 feet, surrounded by a fence.

To fund the project, the city will use $15,000 of the “council-approved capita l i mprovement prog ra m budget for sustainability initiatives,” according to the proposal.

Each year, those interested would be able to purchase either one or two beds for $15 each.

The Green Team used the Berwyn Heights and Sheridan Streets community gardens to help model their plan, Beavers said.

Both gardens are so popular with citizens that they have waiting lists, Beavers said.

According to a survey this past year, Beavers said the Old Town ga rden shou ld enjoy the sa me popularity.

“It suggested there was tremendous interest,” Beavers said. “We have at least 30 people interested in coming out to volunteer.”

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By Jon Banister @J_Banister Senior staff writer A phone call woke up Sindhu Bastakoti at 4 a.m.

Saturday. Her grandfather, calling from Kathmandu, Nepal, told the freshman Spanish major that an earthquake had struck the capital city, but she should remain calm and keep up with the news.

Another earthquake broke up their call, and she didn’t hear from him again until yesterday morning.

“He said after the earthquake, everybody got scared. Everybody ran out and they just sat down; they were outside all day,” Bastakoti said. “They didn’t want to go home because the buildings were just collapsing right and left, so they didn’t want to be inside.”

Bastakoti, who was born and raised in Nepal,

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has yet to hear from her cousin or many of her close friends.

To show solidarity for those affected by Saturday’s earthquake in Nepal, now with a confirmed death toll of more than 4,000, about 70 students, including Bastakoti, gathered on McKeldin Mall for a candlelight vigil last night, sponsored by this university’s Iota Nu Delta fraternity chapter.

Students lined the Omicron Delta Kappa fountain with candles, listened as community members shared their stories and participated in a moment of silence to honor the earthquake’s victims.

“Out of 3,500 people, you can be as optimistic as you want, but one of your loved ones are bound to be in that number,” Bastakoti said.

The organizers also collected donations to send See vigil, Page 2

Stamp panel talks police brutality, race Critical Race Initiative holds second annual Mitchell symposium

By Lexie Schapitl @lexieschapitl Staff writer Jasmine Mickens stood before a judge in August 2009 and begged for leniency for her brother.

But the policy assistant for civil, criminal and racial justice reform at the Open Society Foundations

said her pleas went unanswered.

Instead, the judge sentenced her brother to 15 years in the country’s highest security prison for a lowlevel drug offense.

She said the experience made her realize the role she needed to play in the movement for social justice and racial equality.

Mickens and four other panelists discussed police brutality, criminalization and mass incarceration yesterday at the Critical Race Initiative’s second annual Congressman Parren Mitchell Symposium

Do Good Challenge awards press freedom, dental groups

By Grace Toohey @grace_2e Senior staff writer M i le s for Sm i le s, a te a m working to get better dental ca re for ch i ld ren i n r u ra l Honduras, and Press Uncuffed, a g ro u p ra i s i n g a w a re n e s s about imprisoned journalists around the world, each took home the $5,000 grand prize in their category at the Do Good Challenge last night.

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held in Stamp Student Union’s Colony Ballroom.

In 1952, Mitchell became the first black student to obtain a master’s degree from this university and was the first black congressman elected in this state.

The Critical Race Initiative, a group within the sociology department that examines race and racism, created the symposium to honor Mitchell’s social work and legacy, initiative chairwoman

The University Senate shot down a bill yesterday that aimed to revise the Code of Student Conduct to define and regulate hate speech.

Ryan Belcher, a Senate Executive Committee undergraduate representative and the Student Government Association shared governance director, presented the bill — modeled on an SGA proposal — in response to the offensive January 2014 email sent by a former Kappa Sigma fraternity member that went viral in March.

The SEC voted against charging a committee to review the bill, with Belcher casting the sole vote in favor.

The bill suggested giving this university the power to respond to instances of hate speech by “strongly and narrowly defining hate speech and fighting words and including them as a violation of the Code of Student Conduct.”

Multiple SEC members voiced concerns with the legality of this policy change as the First Amendment generally protects hate speech.

The proposal included a plan to consult with university legal staff to ensure the constitutionality of the policy shift.

Andrew Harris, an astronomy professor and SEC member who voted against the proposal, said he had qualms about the potential unconstitutionality of implementing a speech code.

“In principle, I think it’s a useful idea in the sense it encourages civility,” Harris said. “In practice, I’m very nervous about how and who will determine what is improper speech.

This strikes me as something that is probably unconstitutional.”

He said one of his major concerns was who would decide what is and is not hate speech.

“The problem is really how one decides what is i nappropriate speech, and this is very tricky and not something that college campuses are good at, to be honest,” Harris said.

Belcher said he agreed the legality of such a proposal is questionable and acknowledged the difficulty of passing it but was still disappointed with the vote’s result.

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petition between 69 student teams, each with a chosen cause and philanthropy plan.

“Each year, the finalists raise the bar on their impact and quality,” said Robert Grimm, a professor and director of the philanthropy and nonprofit management program. “We want to demonstrate that students can make a huge impact on a cause they care about now, and emphasize that with the right strategies and the right passion, you can make a huge impact locally and around the world.”

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VIGIL From PAGE 1 to Sakriya, a grassroots organization with offices in Nepal near the earthquake’s epicenter.

“They have expertise and know-how that an international organization just doesn’t have,” said Faizan Ali, a fraternity member who helped organize the event. “They can reach remote areas and individuals more effectively than a bigger organization, so we thought that would be the best way to help the people there.”

The tragedy has sparked activism from the Nepalese community in College Park, which Saurav Sharma, a sophomore enrolled in letters and sciences, estimates at about 25 students.

Sharma, who is Nepalese,

CHALLENGE From PAGE 1 Miles for Smiles won in the projects track and Press Uncuffed placed first in the ventures category. The second and third place winners in each category also took home $2,500 and $1,000.

More than $20,000 was distributed among teams, i nclud i ng a $2,500 Aud ience Choice Award, which Miles for Smiles also won, and a $750 Showcase Audience Award, which went to No Taboo. Period., a group collecting pads and tampons for a women’s shelter.

“T his is for me perhaps the most inspiring, exciting, engaging event, because I believe that every Terp, every student at this university, should be a social entrepreneur and a social innovator,” university President Wallace Loh said.

A panel of judges — including Ben Simon, who won the

formed the group Maryland Students Stand with Nepal to help facilitate donations to the disaster-torn country, which he heard will take more than a decade to rebuild.

“We wanted to have something long-term that goes on for a long time so we can help to rebuild the country,” Sharma said. “Not just money but long-term relief.

If someone wishes to go there and help, we will provide information if they want to donate clothes or medicine.”

The group has created a Facebook page with more than 120 likes and is waiting for approval from Stamp Student Union before hosting its first event, which members expect will be an ice cream drive.

Bastakoti is working to start a Nepalese Students Association to bring together

the Nepalese community on the campus as they work to heal from the tragedy. Many of them grew up in Nepal and still have family in the South Asian country, she said.

Sanjeeb Khanal, a junior economics major, lived in Nepal until he graduated high school.

His parents live in Kathmandu, and he said they have slept in a car with his grandparents for the past three nights.

Khanal said it is “heartwarming” to see everyone uniting to help the people of Nepal, but he remains nervous and calls his parents every day to make sure they are safe.

“The situation is very stressful; I haven’t been able to concentrate on studying for finals,” Khanal said. “This week has been really tough for me.”

inaugural challenge in 2012 for his work with Food Recovery Network — chose the winners from the six finalist presentations at the event. “ It’s a m a z i n g to c om e back. It feels like I’ve come f u l l ci rcle,” Si mon sa id .

“This is one of the most inspiring aspects of my job, to interact with students the nex t generation of socia l entrepreneurs.”

Miles for Smiles hosted a 5K race that symbolized the distance many people in Honduras have to walk to receive dental care. With its online fundraising site, it surpassed their original goal of $1,000 to raise almost $4,000 before the challenge.

Usi ng t hese add it ion a l funds, they will be able to send dental hygiene kits to rural communities throughout the year and buy more equipment for dentists traveling to Honduras, said Laura Gonzalez, a co-presenter for the group and a senior communication major.

“We dedicated our lives to this over the past few weeks,” said senior Linda Powers, also a co-presenter. “Every time we got nervous or tired, we were like, ‘This isn’t about us, this is about a bigger cause.’”

Press Uncuffed is an advocacy group that sells bracelets to raise money and awareness for journalists imprisoned around the world.

The bracelets are clear to symbolize the transparency of journalism, and cuff-like to allude to the handcuffs imprisoned journalists wear, said Kirsten Craft, the project’s financial director.

“This issue is really important because it’s a clear human rights violation but also people really don’t know about it,” the graduate student studying nonprofit management and leadership said. “You don’t think these journalists are being held in prison by real governments respected by the United States.”

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BRITTNEY COOPER speaks on race and feminism at a Parren Mitchell symposium panel yesterday.

parren From PAGE 1 Wendy Laybourn said.

“We thought this was a great way to honor him since he was such an activist,” Laybourn said. “We wanted something that was living and moving and that was really engaged with people and what’s cu rrently happening.”

The theme of this year’s symposium was “Intellectual Activism, Social Justice, and Criminalization.” Though originally i ntended as a response to the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, much of the discussion centered on recent protests in Baltimore after the April 19 death of 25-yearold Freddie Gray, a black man who suffered severe spinal injuries while in police custody.

Kanisha Bond, a government and politics professor and panelist, said she thought she knew Monday what she would discuss on this panel, but the events i n B a l t i m o re “ ra p i d l y changed” things.

“This current moment is characterized by a number of events that aggregate up into the longest-sustained

civil resistance campaign that the United States has seen since the 1950s,” Bond said.

Panelist Opal Tometi, a cofounder of the #BlackLivesMatter movement, said black people “will not find justice in our court systems, or through the [Department of Justice], or any of our other traditional mechanisms.”

W hile efforts should be made to improve the criminal justice system, community activism and listening to those “on the g rou nd” is needed to enact change, Tometi said.

“We’re l iv i ng i n a ti me period where people are not shying away from calling for the justice that we need,” Tometi said. “And they’re not shying away from addressing root causes.”

Panelist DeRay McKesson, an activist and senior director of human capital with Minneapolis Public Schools, said people must re-frame the way they discuss the civil unrest that occurs to protest issues like police brutality. McKesson v isited Ba lt i more on Monday and said he did not call the events “riots.”

“What I saw was an uprising,” he said. “And if you want to talk about violence, me, too. The police have been killing people since August.”

Joseph R ich a rd son , a n

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African-American studies professor, called the protests in Baltimore “a response to oppression and structural violence that people have been experiencing for decades.”

To combat this structural violence, Richardson said officials must address “draconian drug laws” that lead to mass incarceration and disproportionately affect the black community. He said “the pre-K to prison pipeline is very real.”

Del. Alonzo Washington (D-P r i nce G eorge’s), t he moderator of the panel, said black people comprise 30 percent of the state’s population, but about 70 percent of the state’s prison population. In comparison, white people comprise about 55 percent of the state’s population but about 27 percent of the prison population.

Sen ior sociolog y major Colin Byrd said he found the discussion interesting and appreciated the mix of academics and activists on the panel.

B ut more t h a n d i scu ssions a re needed to solve t he problem s faci ng t h i s country, he said.

“Panels like this are not going to in and of themselves address effectively systemic issues of race relations,” Byrd said. lschapitldbk@gmail.com

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RHA passes resolution for priority parking proposal

Majority of 2014 graduates hold fulltime jobs

By Morgan Eichensehr @MEichensehr Staff writer

University survey gathers post-grad employment stats the university career center, located in Hornbake Library, released a survey Monday that found 56 percent of May 2014 graduates hold a full-time job. file photo/the diamondback

By Carly Kempler @CarlyKempler Staff writer University survey results released Monday found that 56 percent of students from the May 2014 graduating class hold a full-time job and earn a median salary of $53,628.

The results of the University Career Center’s survey — which gathered data over six-month time frame — detailed the statistics of postgraduation employment for alumni who received bachelor’s degrees last year.

“If we can be more intentiona l about getti ng students into a career preparation program earlier in their college careers, then you’re going to see more students prepared to jump into the job market after graduation,” said Kelley Bishop, director of the Career Center and the President’s Promise.

Bishop said these full-time employment statistics can be improved. While it may be a challenge all colleges face, he suggested a higher focus on career preparation could be beneficial to students.

The report, which reflects 58 percent of the 2014 graduating class, indicates 5 percent are employed as part-time employees, 26 percent are continuing their education, 2 percent are participating in a volunteer or service program, 1 percent are involved in the military and 1 percent are starting a business.

“The economy for college grads is still going to improve, but it’s still competitive. We know we need to start integrating this Career Center service

into academics,” Bishop said, no t i n g re s u m e-b u i ld i n g classes as an example.

T he Ca reer Center is working to improve its services for undergraduate and graduate students to prepare them for employment after graduation, Bishop said. The center has various online resources, career workshops and one-on-one services to help guide students to future career paths, but some students still leave this university feeling unprepared for the job market, he said.

“Students put this all off until senior year and then scramble off,” he said. “You may have stepped over the steps of what finding out what you’re interested in and why. You must take the time to do experiential learning and begin forming professional contacts.”

Bishop also said the Career Center aims to dissuade students from pursuing graduate school simply because they are uninformed about t he ca reer oppor tu n it ies already available with their current degree.

“There are some students enrolled in graduate school because they weren’t sure what they were going to do in their career field, so they ju st decided to cont i nue on to their master’s degree [mostly] because they were u nd er-i n for me d of t hei r career choices now,” he said.

M ich ael Wiederoder, a bio e n g i n e e r i n g d o c tora l candidate, said even with Career Center resources, he is nervous about what his

future holds in the engineering industry.

“I would say the market is good; companies are investing in engineering majors,” Wiederoder said. “However, with bioengineering there is a greater supply-to-demand ratio than other engineering majors. I am worried about getti ng a job because my training is so specific that finding the right fit can be hard.”

Senior Brian Nowak said he was worried about employment prospects but used the Career Center throughout the past two years to find job postings on Careers4Terps.

“G oi ng i nto the spri ng semester, I was definitely stressed and just started going into overdrive to find a job, which thankfully worked out,” the finance and information systems double major said.

The survey also found this u n iversity was the si ngle l a rgest employer of 2014 alumni, employing 75 people from that graduating class.

Despite student concerns, Bishop said he believes this university will see an upsurge of companies recruiting on the campus, due in part to this university’s switch to the Big Ten and the rebounding economy.

“We’re going see a lot more interest from other employers because a lot of employers target the Big Ten schools,” he said. “T he economy is doing so well, [companies] are looking to expand and find new talent.” ckemplerdbk@gmail.com

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A f te r m u c h d e b a te , the R H A senate passed re solut ion s l a s t n i g ht recommending DOTS allocate parking spaces for campus residents based on a priority system and promoting a mini-fridge rental program.

At the meeting in the Benjamin Banneker Room at Stamp Student Union, Transportation Advisory Com m it te e Ch a i r m a n Steve Chen, who drafted the resolution for parking prioriti zation, sa id by t he 2016-17 a c a d e m ic year, the Department of Transportation Services expects to lose about 1,790 spaces and have only about 1,200 on-campus resident spaces remaining.

Accordingly, the resolution states that priority for resident parking spaces should be decided first based on academic need — such as students who have an internship or academically related job off the campus. After that, it recom mended DOTS factor in considerations of seniority and access to a dining plan.

Du ri ng the debate, Chen said while he supports the idea and considers it the fairest way to allocate parking, he has some concerns about its implementation and how DOTS would manage verifying, analyzing and monitoring students’ academic need on a case-bycase basis.

He sa id t h i s resolution could provide a good foundation for the idea, but next year’s committee will have to work on figuring out the feasibility of the plan.

EFFICIENT FRIDGES The RHA also passed a resolution promoting the

the RHA senate discusses proposals at its meeting last night. use of Energy Star-rated refrigerators in dorm rooms and encouraging the Department of Resident Life look into a mini-fridge rental program.

The resolution first recommends that Resident Life updates its fall move-in list to speci fica l ly mention a “small Energy Star rated refrigerator,” rather than any small refrigerator.

Freshman Spanish major Dino Zagami, who wrote the resolution, said adding this stipulation to the move-in list, which is not a binding requirement, will encourage more students to be environmentally conscious when purchasing a fridge to bring to the campus.

He sa id orga n izi ng a campus partnersh ip w ith an Energy Star mini-fridge rental company could also ensure greater efficiency and ease of access for resident students, especially those who come from out of state and might have difficulty brining their own refrigerators to the campus.

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and to make up the difference in revenue the department would lose, student parking permit rates would need to increase.

Originally, Chen said, he thought the change would only require about a $5 increase in student parking p e r m it p r i c e s, b ut a f te r f u r ther d iscussions w ith DOTS, he sa id the actua l increase would be closer to $40. He said he thought no one would be willing to pay that difference, so the Transportation Advisory Committee decided to bench the idea.

PETS FOR RESIDENTIAL STAFF

Earlier this semester, the R H A pa ssed a resolut ion recommending the Resident Life Advisory Team and Residential Facilities Advisory Board look into the possibility of revising the pet policy in dorms to potentially allow for live-in professional staff, such as resident directors, to keep personal pets.

Resident Li fe Adv isory REJECTED IDEAS Team Chairwoman Sasha Galbreath said after discussDuring the meeting, RHA ing issues of cleanliness, pocommittee chairs also ad- tential costs and safety condressed some rejected senate cerns, the change does not ideas for lowering the price of seem feasible. She said at least student tickets and allowing for the time being, there are live-in staff to keep pets. too many logistical concerns Chen discussed with senate they would need to address, members the possibility of such as renovation issues decreasing student parking for resident director apartticket prices from the flat rate ments and potential damage of $75 to $40. Any changes for which Resident Life would to the parking rate structure have to pay, so the idea is a would not be enacted until the “no-go.”

2016-17 academic year, said DOTS Director David Allen, meichensehrdbk@gmail.com

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a combination of city staff and volunteers.

City staff would write the rules of the garden, while residents would be responsible for most administrative duties.

“It’s sort of a hybrid model of an organization,” Beavers said. “We wanted to take the best features of volunteerrun gardens — a lot of participation, active interest — and combine that with the best features of government-run gardens, where they have very solid rules and a system t h at doesn’t c au se m a ny problems because people respect those rules.”

Because students don’t stay in the area year-round, District 4 Councilman Alan Hew s u g ge s te d s t u d ents who team up with residents be given priority in plot assignment so the garden could be tended 12 months out of the year.

“I disagree with their decision,” Belcher said.

“The proposal was to get a conversation going on how to foster more diversity in our UMD policies.

I don’t think they understood t hat, wh ich was unfortunate.”

SGA President Patrick Ron k sa id he, too, was frustrated the proposal wa s not ch a rged to a com m ittee for f u r t her discussion. “ It’s k i n d of d i s appointing to see them not even task it to a committee,” Ronk said. “It just means they aren’t giving the opportunity to even look at it and have the discussion about it.”

While he said he understands why the SEC did not move it to a committee, he still found the decision “kind of upsetting.”

“This wasn’t intended to be a punitive action; it wasn’t mea nt to get kids expelled or censor people,” Ronk said. “This wasn’t intended to tread on the First Amendment.

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a community garden will be built in Old Town College Park. tom hausman/the diamondback “[Ma k i ng] a priority of sta nd i ng i n the selection process for a team-up of a resident and a student would be in the interest of community engagement,” Hew said.

“It would keep students involved by having such a coordinated effort with a resident and student.”

Getting students involved is a priority of the project, s a i d C o l e H o l o c k e r, t h e student liaison to the City

Council. University programs such as College Park Scholars have already shown interest, Beavers said.

“It’s my hope to get students to buy into this concept, a s we l l ,” Holo c ke r sa id .

“There’s a shared responsibility to keeping this garden well-maintained and taking care of the infrastructure that’s there.” emuellerdbk@gmail.com

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Cultural Appropriation Amandla Stenberg, a favorite actress of mine (she plays Rue in The Hunger Games), has blown up social media recently with a video she made for school on cultural appropriation.

A video posted to her Tumblr explains the issue of treating corn

rows as “cash crops” and other cultural insensitivities present in American society.

Every culture has meaningful components that originated in times of strife or represent a key belief — whether it’s a style of music or an article of clothing.

But what happens when minority cultures seem to

be losing their unique identities to majority consumers? As Stenberg asks: How do we stay aware of the line between cultural exchange and cultural appropriation?

For more of staff blogger Andi Cwieka’s story, go to dbknews.com.

RYAN BELCHER, undergraduate SEC representative, cast the only vote in favor of revising the Code of Student Conduct to add a hate speech policy. sung-min kim/the diamondback help make people more inclusive and more accepting.”

Michele Eastman, the assistant president and chief of staff in the Office of the President, said legal staff recently advised university President Wa l lace Loh to oppose any type of speech regulation at this university.

“Every institution that has tried to put in some kind of line to walk in regards to speech has been thrown out,” said Eastman, Loh’s representative in the SEC. “It’s pretty clear that we can’t do this.”

Because the proposa l’s genera l sent i ment l i kely was illegal, pushing it into

committee for review would waste ti me, sa id Wi l l ie Brown, SEC chair-elect.

Brown suggested alternatives to this proposal, including that individual organizations such as SGA, the Graduate Student Government and Greek life organizations could adopt internal conduct code policies on hate speech.

Going forward, Belcher said Brown’s idea is good but needs clarification.

“It’s defin itely tricky,” Belcher said, “but it’s definitely a conversation worth having.” adunndbk@gmail.com

CORRECTION Due to an editing error, yesterday’s story “Ronk’s in again” incorrectly stated that Meredith Lightstone was the elected biological and social sciences college candidate. She was the elected behavioral and social sciences college candidate.

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Rethink protesting Understanding the fiscal reality STAFF EDITORIAL

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s Next Party members celebrated resounding victories Monday night in the SGA’s annual executive elections, the student governing body also saw a landslide vote in favor of a referendum to raise the student activities fee by $5.28 for the 2016-17 academic year.

With tuition across the University System of Maryland rising at a notinconsiderable 3 percent clip year after year and hints of steeper growth on the horizon — the system instituted a 2 percent midyear tuition increase this semester to mitigate $40.3 million in budget cuts — a coinciding boost in mandatory fees could prove unpopular among students, the overwhelming majority of whom declined to participate in the referendum.

Of the 4,256 undergraduate students who voted online for the Student Government Association elections, 3,326 deigned to vote in the referendum.

Among those, 2,164 voted in favor of the fee increase, while 1,161 voted against it.

And while it’s unclear whether the wide margin is representative of all 27,000odd undergraduate students, the bill now moves forward to the student fee review committee for consideration.

On a campus with more than 800 student groups, managing the hundreds of thousands of dollars collected each year from the student activities fee presents the SGA with a tall order — one the organization has bungled in

the past. In fall 2013, the SGA weathered a barrage of complaints from student groups unfamiliar with a new funding process that instituted monthly application deadlines and strict documentation rules. While both promoted fiscal responsibility on behalf of student groups, group members railed against the new process, citing a lack of communication on the SGA’s part in delineating changes.

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The SGA needs to adhere to its student group funding promises in the wake of its activities fee referendum.

To be sure, financial literacy isn’t always students’ strong suit, but student group leaders can and should expect the SGA to offer them a helping hand in navigating a challenging funding allocation system. That’s why newly re-elected SGA President Patrick Ronk’s campaign promise to work with both SGA representatives and students at large to provide budgetary and funding training and financial literacy courses, respectively, comes as such a welcome endeavor.

In 2012, the year before the SGA revamped its student group funding system, students applied for about

$2.5 million; that year, as in years since, the SGA had about $450,000 available. Clearly, the hundreds of active student groups on this campus want more money than the SGA can reasonably dole out, and even with the $80,000 to $90,000 funding boost the fee increase will reel in for student groups, the SGA will have its hands full determining which groups deserve that money most.

As a result, maintaining open communication will remain paramount in the funding allocation process, and SGA leaders should be frank when informing student groups that they probably can’t receive all of their requested funds for the year, nor will that change in the near future. Given the state of the system’s finances, students likely will have to contend with yearly tuition increases higher than those they’ve grown accustomed to, and increasing the student fee by the same order in coming years would come as a irresponsible financial blow.

Though student groups might consider the fee increase a windfall — one hopefully aided by the SGA’s strengthened commitment to communication in the funding process — it’s important for them to keep in mind that others across the campus and state are tightening their belts in these trying fiscal times. Such groups would do well to cinch their budgetary plans accordingly.

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learned a lot of things from my time working in the state General Assembly, but the lesson I learned about democracy is one of the most poignant.

Your voice, if submitted through the proper channels in a timely fashion and with modest support, will be heard. If you put it on your private blog or in local coverage, it will also probably be heard. I couldn’t guarantee that it will effect change, but you can always make someone, somewhere consider your point of view if you work within reasonable means.

Knowing this makes physical protests feel outdated. In Baltimore, people left their homes with paper signs and slogans to protest the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray. Admittedly, every major protest comes with a fleet of live-tweeters, on-the-street streamers and bloggers, not to mention 24/7 cable news coverage to pick up the action. At the end of the day, though, it feels like strapping advanced computer systems to a rake.

Worse yet, the coverage that allows protests in Ferguson, Missouri; New York; and Baltimore to reach a national audience attracts the same demons we try to avoid when we discourage national coverage of mass shooters. Hoping for five seconds of fame holding a tire iron or someone else’s purse, these migrant rioters steal the attention of the country. After all, if it bleeds, it leads, and everyone wants to be famous.

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and Baltimore Police both pointed to outside instigators as the root of the disturbance in the city. The Baltimore Sun did discover that only three of those arrested during Saturday’s protests were from outside this state, but there’s more to being

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rends at this university suggest an increasingly global campus community. According to university figures, 29 percent of graduate students at this school are from outside the United States, and nearly 40 percent of professors and researchers are from another country. Moreover, between 2008 and 2014, the most recent estimate by this university’s International Students & Scholars Services indicates international-student enrollment grew by 38 percent.

The internationalizing trends at this university reflect a stated institutional goal. According to the 2008 strategic plan, this university wants to turn itself into “the public institution of choice for students, faculty and staff committed to engagement of the global community.”

Various programs established on the campus in recent years such as the Office of International Initiatives in the education school and the global studies program demonstrate this effort to prioritize internationalization as an institutional goal.

Despite these internationalizing trends and stated priorities, this university, claiming budget shortfalls, has decided to get rid of the English for Speakers of Other Languages Conversation Program next academic year. The ESOL Program, profiled in The Diamondback in both 2012 and 2014, aims to help international stu-

dents, faculty, staff and community members improve their oral English skills as well as facilitate intercultural communication and dialogue.

Each semester, the program matches up international students, faculty, staff and community members with native or highly proficient volunteers (many of whom are undergraduate students) to meet either in weekly group or partner conversation sessions where they discuss about a wide range of culture-related topics.

As the coordinator for the conversation program for almost two years, I witnessed firsthand its popularity and beneficial impact.

Each semester we had more than 200 individuals involved. In the fall 2014 semester, we served 400 individuals, including more than 300 international participants.

In surveys and feedback, volunteers and international participants regularly spoke of the unique, meaningful experience the program provided them. Aside from having a space to practice and improve their oral English, many international participants spoke of the importance of the program in providing a way to learn about American and other cultures and making meaningful social connections with Americans. Volunteers often mentioned the ability to learn about

other cultures from international participants as well as the social connections they made with them as positive aspects of the program.

If the budget reflects the true priority of a university, how could this university discard such a meaningful, popular program that embodies its stated internationalization goal?

What does it say about the university when it gets rid of a program that so many international individuals on the campus rely on as a means for social integration and a space for intercultural and language learning?

As the coordinator, when I asked that our department, the Counseling Center, institute a participant fee in order to generate funds for the program, my request was flatly denied. Rather than find a way to fund the program, this university has opted to conveniently throw the program under the bus.

If this university really cares about its international community and global engagement, the ESOL Conversation Program cannot be disbanded. There are alternatives but it just takes institutional will and support to make such alternatives a reality.

Adam Lax is a graduate assistant for International Students & Scholars Services. He can be reached at adamplax@gmail.com.

Emma Atlas is a senior government and politics major. She can be reached at eatlastdbk@gmail.com.

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an outsider than being from another area. Arriving at a gathering of those outraged at Gray’s death to break store windows and engage with the police is the definition of an outsider.

In the discourse that follows these protests, we spend too much time trying to legitimize the innocent and shun the violent. But let’s face it: Protesting has changed, and by initiating a protest, the innocent can inadvertently cause violence.

Instead of standing outside government buildings physically attempting to get the attention of politicians, protests have become an effort to bring as many news vans to the city as possible. That’s not a bad tactic, as national pressure is now the nuclear warhead of leverage in state and local government, but it brings in enough malicious attention nowadays that protesters might as well have literally dropped a warhead on their city.

That’s not pressure; it’s a final solution. There’s an ultimatum before these protests that is never vocalized: “If you won’t end police brutality, we’ll call so much attention to this issue people will hurt one another to get on TV.” I can’t ask poor, underprivileged communities to get on Twitter, start a YouTube movement or even email their representatives. I want to ask them to try, and I want people to work out ways they can make a difference besides making themselves into targets. I want journalists to use the same don’t-glorify-shooters philosophy during protests and start talking to people one-on-one instead of racing around Baltimore looking for broken glass.

People don’t know their own strength, but we’ve had at least a decade to adjust to this. If every peaceful protest that reaches national news has an equal and opposite riot, we can find some other way. It’s frustrating sometimes, but your voice can always be heard.

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in which we can better ourselves.

Consequences are put in place to hold us accountable for what we think, do and say. They are an opportunity to learn from our mistakes and take ownership of our failures.

Lying skips right over the consequences, keeping our faults hidden and never forcing them to be addressed by anyone other than ourselves. This prevents us from acknowledging and receiving the support that may be necessary to make positive changes. The reason mistakes are considered mistakes is because of the penalties that accompany them. Weaseling one’s way out of these penalties with a lie allows for the illusion that no mistake occurred in the first place. The liar may escape with an untarnished reputation, but rest assured, he has only created a larger problem for himself.

Telling the truth when a lie is the easier option is an opportunity to confront a weakness and begin on the road to overcoming it. Speaking with candor ensures that others hold us liable for our actions when we can’t do the job ourselves. Even lies with the noblest of intentions keep you from living as your most genuine self.

Next time I allow my desire for sleep to overcome my work ethic, I am going to try to be honest about it.

Not just because it is the right thing or because God literally commanded that I do so, but because I want to be a better person. I want to shoulder the responsibilities of my mistakes and I want my actions to portray who I really am, the good and the bad. Telling the truth doesn’t just mean you are being honest; it means you are living honestly.

couple of weeks ago, I was late to my internship. Not devastatingly late, but enough that I had to scramble to prepare things before my first task of the day.

Normally a very punctual person, I naturally had to explain the reasoning behind my tardiness to my supervisor. The truth: I turned off my alarm and fell back to sleep.

What I said: “Oh my gosh, I’m so sorry, but my alarm is on the fritz.”

I lied. And then I kept going about my day. There was no backlash for my irresponsibility, no reason for me to take ownership of the fact that I showed up unprepared. Nothing happened and that is exactly what I wanted.

The average lie is not life threatening. It can take many forms: shifting blame for your l a te n e ss o n to a n i m a g i n a ry traffic jam, covering up your true feelings about your friend’s haircut to avoid the potentially relationship-ending repercussions of telling the truth or telling your waiter at Applebee’s that its your birthday to get free cake. All seemingly small mistruths that make it easier to navigate your day-to-day life. There is a reason why lying appears to smooth over irritations and tweak situations in your favor: Lying allows you to escape consequences.

The problem with this is consequences are not arbitrary, negative repercussions. They have a deeply important purpose. These ramifications draw attention to our shortcomings and slipups by Danielle Wilkin is a senior biology and making sure we are not the only science education major. She can be people who are aware of the ways reached at dwilkindbk@gmail.com.

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orn today, you are destined to achieve much that you want in life, provided you combine two very different approaches into one that works for you. You must, on one hand, trust in the stars to lay out a path for you that you can follow faithfully, no matter where it may lead. On the other hand, you must be willing to improvise now and then, making the best of unforeseen opportunities as they arise. You are naturally more inclined toward one of these methods than the other, and it is important for you to know which, so that you can work hard to increase your proficiency at the other. Too much of one can only lead to disappointment, not to mention dangerous encounters.

You don’t like to play games; you like to face what comes in an open, honest manner. You take things quite seriously, but you are likely to develop a unique brand of humor that sees you through difficult times.

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KILLER DOCUMENTARY Senior staff writer Michael Errigo reviews Tales of the Grim Sleeper, HBO’s chilling new documentary about a Los Angeles serial killer. Visit diamondbackonline.com for more.

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FEATURE | TINDER

SWIPE or no swiping?

Because of the rise in Tinder’s popularity, students are more comfortable meeting potential mates through social media

TINDER’s increase in popularity has made it more acceptable for students to find a casual hookup through unconventional means.

By Eric Sumner @DBKDiversions For The Diamondback As Elle Lawrence approaches Commons Shop with a friend, the man walking in front of her slows his pace. He enters the store right before Lawrence. Inside the store, the man watches her every move — glancing from across aisles and peering through fixtures.

“I didn’t think anything of it at first,” Lawrence said, “ but I eventually felt like someone was watching me more than the closedcircuit television.”

She didn’t know it then, but the man turned out to be one of the freshman criminology and criminal justice and psychology major’s 3,500 matches on Tinder, the dating app that allows users to swipe right or left to approve or decline potential romantic interests or hookups within a specific radius.

At the cash register, the man continues staring at Lawrence. The cashier clears his throat for the man to hand over his university ID, and he does.

Then his attention returns to Lawrence.

“Hi,” he finally tells Lawrence.

She doesn’t recognize him.

“I was thoroughly creeped out,” Lawrence said. “I don’t use Tinder for hooking up, I just use it to meet people that share similar interests with me on campus.”

Tinder, launched in September 2012 by Hatch Labs, has spiked in popularity this academic year. Visitor growth rose 737 percent from 2013 to 2014, according to a Score.com poll from March 31.

But T inder started charging users for unlimited right-swipes last month with an option called Tinder Plus. The feature costs $9.99 per month for users younger than 30 and $19.99 per month for users age 30 or older.

“They’re just trying to make bank,” sophomore mathematics major Vivian Nguyen said. “I think it’s unnecessary.”

Students who would have considered it creepy to message a stranger online over Facebook, Twitter or Instagram five years ago are doing just that in the year 2015. Tinder has made

meeting potential love matches online more socially acceptable among college students, for better or worse.

Sophie Grosset, a junior Australian exchange student at this university studying history and theatre, said it would be creepy if a stranger messaged her on Facebook. But Tinder is the exception to the rule.

“On Facebook, you’re not necessarily out there to meet people,” Grosset said, “but you download a dating app because it’s a dating app.”

Grosset did not match with as many people as Lawrence, who has met with dozens of her matches on the campus, but she said Tinder can serve as a useful tool for meeting people. Grosset met with two of her matches, one of whom she dated for three months. “ W h e n h e m e ssa ge d m e , i t wasn’t something creepy,” Grosset said. “He said, ‘Hey! We have mutual friends.’ When you already have mutual friends, you can gauge if they’re weird or not.”

Commons Shop wasn’t the only place people on the campus recognized Lawrence from Tinder.

Several men pointed her out to one

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another one day when they spotted her eating alone at the South Campus Dining Hall, she said, and one of them posted a “moment” of her on the app. Moments are photos users can post for all their matches to see over a 24-hour period. Lawrence felt awkward when she saw the moment on her Tinder feed, but most of her experiences on the app have been positive, she said.

“There’s 30,000 people on this campus, and I have trouble seeing people all at once when they’re in a crowd,” Lawrence said. “Sometimes it is beneficial to have the ability to reach out to people in a way that’s less overwhelming.”

There were 27,056 undergraduates enrolled at this university in the fall semester, according to the university admissions website.

Connor Wellington, who is a freshman enrolled in letters and sciences, said he met with two women he matched with on Tinder.

Neither experience yielded anything more than a casual encounter.

“I just feel like if I’m looking for anything serious with a girl, I’ll approach her in person,” Wel-

lington said. “But Tinder is good for hookups.”

Freshman French major Lena Muldoon and freshman environmental science and policy major Hayley Benson both said they don’t have Tinder, and that online dating doesn’t appeal to them. Muldoon said a man has direct-messaged her on Instagram once and that strangers message her on Facebook all the time.

“I met this football player and I answered him [on Instagram] once because it was funny, but I didn’t go for it.” Muldoon said. “I don’t answer anyone on Facebook because they’re all weirdos.”

Muldoon and Benson said the only times they’ve been approached by men on the campus – in person – were at night when people were intoxicated and heading to parties.

But both said they would prefer to be approached by a potential suitor in person.

Lawrence and Grosset also said they prefer face-to-face interaction when it comes to meeting men. diversionsdbk@gmail.com

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how not to kill your plants It’s not always easy keeping things green, but luckily there are some plants that are perfect for hectic dorm life

By Anna Muckerman @DBKDiversions For The Diamondback During the North Campus GreenFest, smiling students waited in a long line to receive a bushy green dorm plant. Some of those plants are probably thriving, wellcared-for decorations on high-rise windowsills. And the rest probably died a slow death from dehydration and neglect.

If you’re feeling slightly guilty right now knowing that you’ve victimized some plants in the past, it’s not too late for redemption.

Certain species are more likely to survive in, shall we say, less-than-

ideal conditions. If you don’t have time to nurture your plant, there are some varieties that are tough enough for dorm life. These plants aren’t just green monsters. Some of them produce flowers beautiful enough to distract guests from that reeking pile of dirty clothes.

CACTI: Whether traveling out West is your dream or this state’s summer heat makes you feel like you’ve already been there, cacti are some of the best dorm plants. They’re resilient enough to survive even if you keep forgetting to water them, and they’re otherwise low-maintenance. Place one in your window or anywhere that’s bright for most of the day. Be careful though — just

NORTH CAMPUS GREENFEST passed out plants like this. tom hausman/the diamondback like people, plants can get scorched.

Don’t leave your prickly pet in direct sunlight for too long. If you live on the north side of the building and your room is shady, these next options might be better.

AFRICAN VIOLETS: You can find African violets, one of the cutest flowers, in almost any grocery store.

Place the pot somewhere out of direct sunlight but in a place where it’s bright, because the flowers are more likely to bloom under constant light.

Watering can be tricky. Let the top of the soil dry before watering. Once a week, lift the leaves and pour the water directly into the soil without touching the leaves. Droplets of water can damage them.

ORCHIDS: There are several varieties of orchids, but you might want to choose the Phalaenopsis to start.

The flowers are impressive and thrive in less light than other plants. Place your orchid in the window if your

room doesn’t get much sunlight.

Otherwise, keep it in a place where it’ll receive indirect light. To water, place two or three ice cubes in the pot once a week.

If you already have a dorm plant, there are a few steps you can take to keep it happy. Regular watering is key.

Set yourself a reminder or pick a day of the week so you don’t forget. Different plants have different requirements, so look up your species to find out what it needs. As we all learned in middle school biology, plants turn carbon dioxide into oxygen. Try a dorm plant to make your room a healthier and happier place. diversionsdbk@gmail.com

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HENS From PAGE 8 success with eight hits and two home runs, and right-hander Brian Shaffer delivered another quality outing as the team claimed its fourth straight victory.

“It was huge,” coach John Szefc said of Wade’s hit. “Instead of striking out, [he] punches one through the four hole, and we’re up 4-0.”

The Terps scored two combined runs over a three-game stretch last week, but they’ve tallied at least four runs in each of their past four games.

On Tuesday against the Blue Hens (18-16), the Terps (31-13) tallied their five runs on eight hits.

“We’re taking some good hacks,” said shortstop Kevin Smith, who put together a 3-for-3 performance. “Some stuff isn’t falling.

If we keep being aggressive, I think we’ll be all right.”

On the hill, Shaffer tossed five scoreless frames, allowed three hits, issued no walks and struck out five in

center fielder lamonte wade runs to first on his single that scored two runs during the Terps’ 5-3 victory against Delaware yesterday. christian jenkins/the diamondback his second straight midweek start. He retired the first 10 Blue Hens he faced before he surrendered a one-out single in the fourth.

Last week, the Pylesville native pieced together another quality outing when he pitched six innings of one-run ball

in the Terps’ 2-1 loss to VCU on April 21.

“It’s getting easier and easier,” Shaffer said. “Coming back from struggling a lot at the beginning of the year, it’s been great.”

In th e t hird i nning , t hi rd baseman Jose Cuas, who went

2-for-4, opened the scoring with an RBI single.

Smith extended the lead to 2-0 two innings later with a solo home run. His long ball sailed over the leftfield fence moments after Wade was picked off at first.

Wade atoned for his base-running error in the sixth with his two-run single to double the Terps’ lead. While a Delaware coach exchanged words with the home plate umpire after the inning over the potential strike-three pitch, Szefc agreed with the call.

“It was off the plate,” Szefc said. “It was outside [Wade’s] shin guards.”

Though the Blue Hens responded with three runs in the seventh to cut the lead to one, the Terps rebounded in the eighth when Cuas launched a solo home run, his seventh of the season.

While the Terps’ starting pitching has improved lately, the offense, which entered the game leading the Big Ten with 282 runs, has struggled to score.

But after another solid performance at the plate yesterday, Shaffer believes the lineup is easing back into its early-season form.

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midfielder Taylor cummings prepares to shoot during the Terps’ 13-10 victory over Penn State on Thursday at the Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex. alexander jonesi/the diamondback

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Nineteen seconds later, O’Donnell rifled a pass to midfielder Jenna Mosketti for a score. And 45 seconds after that, midfielder Tatum Coffey slid an attempt past Terps goalkeeper Alex Fitzpatrick.

To cap a four-goal run in a 3:38 span to trim the Terps’ advantage, midfielder Steph L a zo sco re d a f te r Te r ps mi dfielder Taylo r Cummings turned the ball over in Nittany Lions’ territory.

Penn State controlled each of the draws that eventually led to its points.

“Jenna Mosketti, our girl that takes it in the middle, did a good job of getting some to herself and contesting Taylor for a little bit better in the second half,” Pe n n S ta te coa c h M i ssy Doherty said. “They really killed us in the first half, not having possession.”

After Lazo’s score and a media timeout, Cummings regained her form in the draw circle and scored two goals in a 48-second span. Her first came as Nittany Lions goalkeeper Emi Smith was hobbled with a knee injury from blocking Terps midfielder Zoe

Stukenberg’s free-position shot seconds earlier.

Doherty replaced Smith with goalkeeper McKenna Coyle in the ensuing possession, but the freshman couldn’t stop Cummings’ free-position shot.

Midfielder Kelly McPartland converted her only score of the day 27 seconds after Cummings’ tallies to help the Terps push their lead back out to four goals and halt the Nittany Lions’ surge with 16:11 left.

“We saw it as, ‘All right, she hasn’t [seen] a shot all game, so let’s fire it and see what happens,’” Cummings said. “[We] stuck our first three on her and were kind of able to give ourselves a little breathing room.”

From there, Reese said, the Terps’ defensive unit came up with “some great re-defending plays” to return to form as the eighth-best scoring defense in the country.

The Terps will bring that close game experience with them as the team enters the Big Ten tournament as the No. 1 seed this weekend.

“Penn State just sort of settled in and challenged us,” Cummings said. “It was good for us. I think we needed to kind of be pushed like that, and we handled it, so what more can you ask?” ccaplandbk@gmail.com

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 2015

BASEBALL | No. 21 TERPS 5, BLUE HENS 3

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Freshman hurls five scoreless innings

By Phillip Suitts @PhillipSuitts Staff writer With two outs in the sixth inning and runners on second and third, Delaware left-hander Kevin Milley took a couple steps off the mound and toward the visitor’s dugout. He thought he had just thrown strike three.

But the home plate umpire deemed the pitch a ball, and the inning continued. Terrapins center fielder LaMonte Wade drove the next pitch past a diving first baseman for a two-run single to extend the Terps’ lead to 4-0.

Wade’s hit was the difference in the No. 21 Terps’ 5-3 win over Delaware yesterday afternoon at Bob “Turtle” Smith Stadium. The offense continued to build upon their recent See hens, Page 7

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right-hander brian shaffer fires a pitch during the No. 21 Terps’ 5-3 victory against Delaware yesterday for their fourth straight victory.

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Midfielder Zoe Stukenberg looks for an opening during the Terps’ 13-10 win against Penn State on Thursday at the Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex. alexander jonesi/the diamondback

Terps gain close game experience Second-half Penn State run forces Reese’s squad to play in tight match

By Callie Caplan @CallieCaplan Staff writer Throughout its 2015 campaign, the Terrapins women’s lacrosse team faced few obstacles in reaching a 17-0 record.

The Terps won their games by an average of 7.35 goals and outscored opponents 245 to 120. Even in their only halftime deficit — against Princeton on April 8 — they used a second-half surge to top the Tigers, 18-10.

But Thursday night, the Terps found their quest for a perfect regular season in jeopardy when Penn State p u l l e d w i t h i n a go a l 1 0 minutes into the second half.

Still, the Terps escaped the rare pressure with a 13-10 win to clinch the Big Ten regular-season title.

“It was a great game, a game of runs for sure,” coach Cathy Reese said. “We found a way to pull it out [Thursday]. I think we were getting a lot of good looks. Some of them weren’t falling, so we found a way to pull it out when things were getting tough. … Really proud of our team’s effort.”

The Terps’ missteps started from the opening draw of the second half. After the Terps

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7.35 goals the Terps have beaten their opponents by on average in the regular season.

4 goals

the Nittany Lions scored in a row to trim the Terps’ lead to 8-7 in the second half.

17 wins

the Terps have to start the season after they beat Penn State on Thursday. dominated the draw circle in the opening period, going 11for-12, Penn State midfielder Katie O’Donnell secured the half’s first possession.

O’Donnell turned the ball over, but Reese’s squad couldn’t capitalize on the possession. The Terps missed their first five shots before Penn State reversed the field, and O’Donnell netted a point for the Nittany Lions at the 23:39 mark.

“We had a lot of nice opportunities within there, a n d we d i d n ’ t a n swe r,” Reese said. “Our shooting percentage isn’t really where we want it. … Obviously, we See experience, Page 7

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