September 25, 2017

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Two reviewers tackle Chipotle’s latest culinary misstep, Diversions, p. 8

Monday, September 25, 2017

Hill leaves injured from Terps’ 38-10 blowout loss to UCF, Sports, p. 12

greek life

city

Sorority loses U status for hazing

administration

Pick for graduate dean out mayor patrick wojahn

zari malsawma

Sigma Gamma Rho chapter can’t return to campus until 2021

Loh’s Aug. 28 email announcement upset some grad students

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Juan Uriagereka, who was offered the job of dean of the University of Maryland’s graduate school, will not assume the position.

University President Wallace Loh announced in a campuswide email Aug. 28 that Uriagereka, a linguistics professor, had been appointed to the position, but this university never announced whether he had accepted it.

Interim Dean Jeffrey Franke will continue to lead the school in the meantime, Provost Mary Ann Rankin wrote in a statement.

“The search for a Dean of the Graduate School continues,” Rankin wrote. “In the meantime, I continue to be grateful to our Interim Dean Jeff Franke for skillfully leading and guiding graduate studies during an important time.”

Franke was not considered a candidate for the position because he did not meet the university requirement of being a professor, Loh told The Diamondback earlier this month.

The provost’s office will release more information about the process in the coming weeks, university spokeswoman Katie Lawson wrote in an email.

Some graduate students were surprised

by Loh’s announcement and wanted a more detailed message from the provost, who made the decision to offer Uriagereka the job, Loh said.

“This way of announcing the new dean of the graduate school summarizes the attitude of the president and the provost towards grad studentsand where we are on their priority list,” said Graduate Student Government mechanical engineering students representative Roozbeh Bakhshi. by

The University o f M a r y l a n d ’s Department of Fra te r n i ty a n d Sorority Life no longer recognizes the school’s chapter of the Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. The sorority, which is part of the National Pan-Hellenic Council, lost its recognition status on Thursday and will not be able to return to campus until fall 2021, according to an email from Corin Edwards, DFSL advising and programming associate director, to this university’s Greek life presidents.

The national organization concluded an investigation in June that found evidence of hazing at the sorority. DFSL had been waiting for more details about the investigation before deciding how to respond, but decided to proceed with the suspension in the interest of time, Edwards said.

“We don’t know what the hazing was, but any hazing is against our code,” Edwards said. “We’re continuously fighting to promote valuesbased organizations that are antithetical to hazing.”

The sorority’s Eta Beta chapter — which does not have a house — had been instructed to “cease and desist” in March while the national sorority investigated reports of hazing, Edwards said. When the allegations were confirmed, this university’s chapter received a two-year suspension from the national organization.

The chapter must comply with this

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off to the races Three will challenge Wojahn in most contested mayoral race in city history

By Leah Brennan | @allhaeleah | Staff writer

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hree new candidates have entered the College Park mayoral race, challenging incumbent Patrick Wojahn in what is now the most contested mayoral contest in city history.

District 4 Councilwoman Mary Cook, District 4 resident Zari Malsawma and District 3 resident Tom Chen join Wojahn in the pursuit for the mayoral seat, which will be decided on Nov. 7. They all filed in the past week.

Since the city became incorporated and held its first election in 1945, as many as three College Park residents have crowded the ballot for mayor — but never four, according to the city’s website.

“It shows that there’s a lot of interest in what’s happening now in the city,” Wojahn said. “I remember in the last election talking about how competitive the race was, and I think it’s a continuation of the same thing. … I’m looking forward to this discussion and this debate about the future of our city. I think it will be a good dialogue.”

Before he ran for his first term as mayor, Wojahn served four terms on the city council as a District 1 councilman. He founded College Park Day in 2010 and established the Neighborhood Stabilization and Quality of Life Workgroup, See Mayor, p. 6

See hazing, p. 3

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higher education

Univ implements new app platform

Students skeptical at forum

University now in coalition of more than 90 schools

Students, faculty question impact of new task force At the first open forum for Evan Silvera the University @esilvera23 o f M a r yl a n d Staff writer Senate’s diversity task force Wednesday, some students and faculty expressed concerns about its potential impact.

“What I want to know is how you’re going to make sure this stuff materializes into actual change,” senior Sarah Eshera said at the forum.

The math and philosophy major is a member of ProtectUMD, a coalition that issued 64 demands to this university’s administration last year to help marginalized student communities.

“We have a list of 64 suggestions of what to do, including increasing minimum wage — that’s clear stuff that you’re able to change,” Eshera by

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JOURNALISM DeAN LUCY DALGLISH, right, speaks Wednesday with Assistant Student Affairs Vice President Warren Kelley and SGA Diversity and Inclusion Director Ja’Nya Banks. mateo pacheco/the diamondback said. “I want to know why it hasn’t been worked on by the administration side, but only on the student side.”

In response, task force co-chair Ja’Nya Banks said the University Senate has the power to implement those changes, and the task force will reach out to individual student groups to help garner support.

The forum for the task force, officially called the President and University Senate’s Joint Task Force on Inclusion and Respect, was held from noon to 2 p.m. at Stamp Student Union. It aimed to discuss the task force’s goals and engage the campus community, said Warren Kelley, assistant student affairs vice president.

Kelley co-chairs the 18-member

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task force alongside Lucy Dalglish, journalism college dean, and Banks, a senior special education major and the Student Government Association’s diversity and inclusion director.

“We are living in challenging times,” Dalglish said as she welcomed nearly 60 students and faculty members.

“We need your observations and suggestions.”

University President Wallace Loh and University Senate Chair Daniel Falvey created the task force after the death of black Bowie State University student See forum, p. 2

When junior

Rosie Kean b i o l o g y m a j o r @rosie_kean Essence Slater Senior staff writer was applying to colleges in high school, her counselor advised her to pursue colleges that use the Common Application. But when she transferred, the University of Maryland was the only school she applied to.

“Being able to do just [this university’s] application was OK, but if I [were] to apply to other schools it would have been too much,” Slater said.

This university has never used the Common Application. In the past, students had to apply using this university’s unique platform, but as of this fall, prospective students can apply with the Coalition Application.

Students can use the platform

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to apply to more than 90 colleges in the Coalition for Access, Affordability and Success, which includes Penn State University, Ohio State University and Northwestern University.

The application features three components this university’s previous application did not: The application platform where students can apply to schools in the coalition, a “locker” where students can store relevant documents such as essays or awards that might help them in the application process and a “collaboration space” where students can share essays with a counselor or professor and ask for feedback.

Director of Undergraduate Admissions Shannon Gundy said this application is beneficial to both students and application reviewers.

For students, it provides a simpler, more organized way to apply to multiple schools, Gundy said.

“The ability to apply to 100 schools versus one I think is remarkable,” Gundy said.

See coalition, p. 7

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

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CRIME BLOTTER

By Lila Bromberg | @LilaBBromberg | Staff writer University of Maryland Police responded to reports of an assault, Title IX-related incidents and suspicious activity, among other incidents, this past week, according to police reports.

ASSAULT On Sept. 17 at 2:32 p.m., a male student reported an assault. He said he was hit in the head by another man on Sept. 16 between 9:30 p.m. and 9:50 p.m. near 13 Fraternity Row, which is the Zeta Psi fraternity chapter house, police spokeswoman Sgt. Rosanne Hoaas said.

The incident was unprovoked and the victim suffered minor injuries, Hoaas said. Police are trying to find the suspect but would not disclose any information on possible leads. This case is still active.

TITLE IX-RELATED INCIDENTS O n Mond ay at 1:42 p.m., University Police responded to the 8200 block of Route 1 for a report of a noncriminal Title IXrelated incident, according to police reports.

At 7:57 p.m. that same day, police responded to the Biology-Psychology B u i l d i n g fo r a n o t h e r noncriminal T itle I X-

related incident. Both cases are still active.

SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY Officers responded to the Leonardtown Commu n ity on Sept. 17 at 10:30 p.m. for a suspicious person report. A female student reported that she saw someone w it h a g u n ne a r Ya le Avenue and Princeton Avenue, Hoaas said.

Officers searched the area but couldn’t find the suspect. Police did an initial review of nearby cameras but didn’t find anything substantial.

This case is active, and police are waiting for a formal report on more cameras in the area.

THEFT University Police responded to a theft report at t h e 3 4 0 0 blo c k of Tulane Drive on Thursday at 9:20 a.m.

A female student told officers all four tires and wheels were stolen off her car between Sept. 20 at about 7 p.m. and Sept.

21 at about 9:20 a.m., Hoaas said.

The area was processed for evidence, and officers are currently reviewing video from cameras in the area. This case is active.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR 25 MONDAy

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WEEKLY MONDAY MEDITATION Lounge, Memorial Chapel, 6 to 7 p.m.

Sponsored by Cafh. chapel.umd.edu, cafh.org MUSIC IN MIND: GHOST DIALOGUES Gildenhorn Recital Hall, The Clarice, 8 p.m.

Featuring professors Chris Gekker, Rita Sloan, Delores Ziegler and Robert Gibson; faculty member Chris Vadala; and alumna Lianna Gekker. theclarice.umd.edu HOW TO RESIST: THEN AND NOW CINEMA AND POLITICS Old Greenbelt Theatre, 129 Centerway, Greenbelt, 8 p.m.

Hosted by The Clarice Artist Partner Program. theclarice.umd.edu

28 THURSDAy

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THE SADAT FORUM: A CONVERSATION with SENATOR CHRIS van HOLLEN Hoff Theater, Stamp Student Union, 4 to 5:30 p.m.

Hosted by the Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development, featuring Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), moderated by professor Shibley Telhami. sadat.umd.edu KEITH A. WALLACE: THE BITTER GAME MilkBoy ArtHouse, 8 p.m.

See Wednesday details. theclarice.umd.edu THE BITTER GAME POST-PERFORMANCE ROUNDTABLE: BALTIMORE AND BEYOND MilkBoy ArtHouse, 9:15 p.m.

Hosted by The Clarice Artist Partner Program, moderated by Ph.D. student Khalid Yaya Long. theclarice.umd.edu

nationalist posters on the campus and anti-immigrant chalkings on display in front of Stamp.

The task force created five working groups: free speech and hate speech, policies and procedures, prevention and edlbrombergdbk@gmail.com ucation, climate and hate bias response. These subcommittees will produce preliminary recommendations for the task charges. Whether the killing force as a whole.

The subcommittees are the wa s a h a te c r i m e i s s t i l l From p. 1 task force’s first steps in fulunder investigation.

Collins’ death came at filling Loh and the Senate ExR i c h a rd C o l l i n s o n t h i s university’s campus. Sean the end of a school year that ecutive Committee’s request Urbanski, a white former included a noose being found for the group to “consider how student of this university, in a fraternity chapter house, best to nurture a climate that has been indicted on murder multiple discoveries of white is respectful and inclusive of all members of our campus community, stands against correction hate, and reaffirms the values that define us as a University,” according to the task force’s Due to a design error, two photos of the NextNOW charge.

Fest on page 8 of last week’s Diamondback credited the The task force must submit wrong photographer. Staff photographer Evan Kramer its final recommendation by took both photos.

March 30. The University

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DO GOOD DIALOGUE: HANDS UP, DON’T SHOOT! Nyumburu Cultural Center, 7 p.m.

Hosted by The Clarice Artist Partner Program and the Black Male Initiative at the Nyumburu Cultural Center, featuring actor and activist Keith Wallace. theclarice.umd.edu MUSIC IN MIND: THE BOSTON TRIO Gildenhorn Recital Hall, The Clarice, 8 p.m.

Hosted by the music school. theclarice.umd.edu COLLEGE PARK CITY COUNCIL MEETING Second floor Council Chambers, College Park City Hall, 4500 Knox Road, 7:30 p.m. collegeparkmd.gov

29 FRIDAy

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MASTERFUL STRINGS: MASTERCLASS WITH FELIX WANG, CELLO Gildenhorn Recital Hall, The Clarice, 12:30 p.m.

Hosted by the music school. theclarice.umd.edu WOMEN’S SOCCER vs WISCONSIN Ludwig Field, 3 p.m. umterps.com MEN’S SOCCER vs NORTHWESTERN Ludwig Field, 7 p.m.

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FARMERS MARKET Outside Cole Field House, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. farmersmarket.umd.edu PAINT 4 MENTAL HEALTH Main Entrance, Stamp Student Union, noon to 2 p.m.

Hosted by Sigma Lambda Upsilon. cristalizada.upsilon@gmail.com UNITY WELCOME FAIR & FESTIVAL Grand Ballroom, Stamp Student Union, noon to 3 p.m.

Hosted by the Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Education. go.umd.edu/unitywelcome KAHLIL GIBRAN: AN UNPARALLELED GUIDE FOR OUR TIMES Juan Ramon Jimenez Room, Stamp Student Union, 4:30 to 7 p.m.

Hosted by the Kahlil Gibran Chair for Values and Peace. gibranchair.umd.edu

30 SATURDAY

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KEITH A. WALLACE: THE BITTER GAME MilkBoy ArtHouse, 8 p.m.

Hosted by The Clarice Artist Partner Program.

Student tickets $10; general admission $25+, reserved $30+ theclarice.umd.edu THE BITTER GAME POST-PERFORMANCE DISCUSSION: Know Your Rights!

MilkBoy ArtHouse, 9:15 p.m.

Hosted by The Clarice Artist Partner Program, featuring lawyer Gregory Yancey. theclarice.umd.edu

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RELATIVITY and the DISCOVERY OF GRAVITATIONAL WAVES 1410 Physics Building, 10 a.m. to noon umdphysics.umd.edu GET GOLF READY University Golf Course Clubhouse, 9 a.m.

Hosted by the golf course, $99 golf.umd.edu FOOTBALL at MINNESOTA FS1, noon umterps.com

GET GOLF READY University Golf Course Clubhouse, 9 a.m.

Hosted by the golf course, $99 golf.umd.edu DOWNTOWN FARMERS MARKET Outside College Park City Hall, 4500 Knox Road, 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. collegeparkmd.gov

KREATIVITY OPEN MIC Cafritz Foundation Theatre, The Clarice, 7:30 p.m.

Hosted by the theater, dance and performance studies school, featuring the Kreativity Diversity Troupe. theclarice.umd.edu

Senate will review the recommendation in April.

Bill Kules, a visiting professor in the information studies college, said the task force should consider how forms of oppression are ingrained into different educational fields.

“Teaching and curriculum are central to our mission, but I don’t see that it’s central to the task force,” Kules said. “If we want to embed our issues into our cultures here, they need to be embedded into our teaching and curriculum.”

Kim Nickerson, behavioral and social sciences assistant dean, said the diversity general education requirement is not working and is contributing to the issues the task force seeks to address.

“Students simply aren’t using their diversity credits in the way they were intended.

[They’re doing this] purposefully — not accidentally, but purposefully,” said Nicker-

STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION GENERAL BODY MEETING Charles Carroll Room, Stamp Student Union, 6 p.m. umdsga.com

WOMEN’S SOCCER vs MINNESOTA Ludwig Field, 1 p.m. umterps.com

son, who is also the behavioral and social sciences diversity officer. “It’s a major problem not only with undergraduates, but graduates as well, and you’ve been failing.”

Dalglish said there is a separate senate committee that specifically looks at curricular issues related to diversity and inclusion — the Programs, Courses and Curricula Committee — and Banks added that they have been asked to “leave that work to that committee and work on other issues surrounding it.”

O t h e r m e m b e rs o f t h e campus community raised concerns about campus needs that exclude the LGBTQ population.

“We need to follow our inclusive language policy and stop using outdated phrases like ‘he or she’ or ‘ladies and gentlemen’ as if they refer to all people,” said Nic Sakurai, acting director of the LGBT Equity Center. “We need policies that prevent and mitigate the endangerment or exclusion our constituents may face from our institutional partnerships.”

The task force does not have the authority to make changes, but it can make recommendations that go through the senate, Dalglish said in response to Sakurai.

“There are two things the task force can do: make

recommendations to t h e administration that are actionable and make recommendations that can inform policy that would go through the senate,” said Vincent Novara, a member of the task force who previously held the position of University Senate Chair.

After questions about protections for nonexempt staff members and “bullying” at the departmental level, Dalglish said the task force will do its “best to meet expectations.”

“The message is coming very clear to all of us that we’re under very strict scrutiny and you’re expecting us to do something,” Dalglish said. “You could not have made that more clear this afternoon.”

Banks said she hopes the community holds the task force — and this university — accountable for “the series of incidents leading up to the reason why we need a task force.”

“We can talk about the committee, but the truth is it’s our whole campus and every person has a voice related to the kind of place we have here,” Kelley added. “We have a big job ahead of us.”

The task force will hold its next open forum on Sept.

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‘DO I NEED TO WORRY?’ With DACA’s future uncertain, univ’s undocumented student support systems spring into action

By Natalie Schwartz | @nmschwartz23 | Senior staff writer

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ollowing President Trump’s DACA recall, the University of Maryland’s undocumented student coordinator and supporting offices have received a surge of requests from affected students and staff and faculty members who want to assist them.

Laura Bohorquez took over the undocumented student coordinator position from Yvette Lerma Jones shortly before Trump’s Sept. 5 announcement.

Trump said his administration would phase out Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, a program that allows those who came to the U.S. as children to work and study in two-year blocks.

Since the announcement, Bohorquez has met with some 13 students, about half of whom she has seen at least five times, she said.

That translates to about 70 meetings in five weeks, added Janelle Wong, a university American studies professor who is part of this university’s undocumented student working group.

“Without her, many of the dayto-day challenges the students are facing would fall through the cracks,” Wong said.

As of fall 2016, there were about 113 students at this university under DACA. Before Trump’s announcement, DACA students were scheduling appointments to talk about their avenues to receive in-state tuition, and prospective students inquired if they should access admission to this university through the Maryland Dream Act or DACA, said Lerma Jones, who is now the Latinx Student Involvement and Advocacy coordinator.

Many of the students’ needs shifted after Trump’s announcement, Bohorquez said.

hazing From p. 1 university’s standard suspension policy, which typically restricts Greek life organizations from returning to the campus for four years, or until all undergraduates who were active members in the organization

“When I started … it became more about spaces and support networks,” Bohorquez said. “And based on the announcement, [students asked], ‘Do I need to worry about my in-state tuition or classification? Do I need to create a contingency plan? What are some of the resources in terms of emotional and mental health and wellbeing on campus?’”

About $3,000 from the student group Political Latinxs United for Movement and Action in Society and $2,000 from other private donations have been set aside for undocumented student assistance, such as paying for DACA renewal fees, Bohorquez said.

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services is no longer accepting first-time DACA applications, and those with permits that expire before March 5 can reapply until Oct. 5. The renewal fee costs $495. “[Students] were either going to pay for their DACA renewal or they were going to pay for their rent,” Bohorquez said.

If this money runs out, Bohorquez can access some emergency funding, which was raised through private donations, from the Student Affairs Department to assist undocumented students.

The undocumented student working group, which Bohorquez and Lerma Jones are part of, has also met with University of Maryland Police after a student shared concerns about whether Immigrations and Customs Enforcement could be collaborating with them.

“So we were assured in terms of the collaboration or relationship between campus police and ICE,” Bohorquez said. “It was clear that there is none and the campus police are looking [out] for the safety of the students.”

This university also saw an uptick in

have graduated — whichever time period is longer.

In the midst of last week’s National Hazing Prevention week, DFSL hopes this case serves as a wake-up call to the Greek community that this university has zero tolerance for hazing, Edwards said.

“It’s a constant battle that

is always on [DFSL’s] mind,” Edwards said. “Hazing is something that we’re continuously working against.”

The Sigma Gamma Rho president at this university did not respond to request for comment. nfortsondbk@gmail.com

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Gubenatorial candidate Krish Vignarajah speaks on the campus

By Naomi Grant | @ngrant7464 | Senior staff writer

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Krish Vignarajah, who was a policy adviser to former first lady Michelle Obama, officially launched her gubernatorial campaign Tuesday, including a stop at the University of Maryland’s College Democrats meeting.

Vignarajah kicked off her campaign with a three-day road trip across Maryland starting Monday and going until Wednesday, according to a news release.

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requests from staff, faculty and student groups who wanted more information about UndocuTerp Training, a university program that provides the “knowledge, skills and resources necessary to effectively respond to the needs of undocumented students,” according to UndocuTerp Training’s website.

“We were getting more requests than we had the capacity to produce,” Bohorquez said.

Lerma Jones said they’ve redirected some people to attend a pre-scheduled UndocuTerp training session, unless they were in a large group, as larger audiences are prioritized.

The group is putting together a regular schedule for the trainings and has about 14 facilitators who have been trained to assist with these sessions.

Some students have raised concerns that the undocumented student coordinator position isn’t full time, but only 30 hours per week.

“There’s still a piece there about what this means if demand for Laura’s time continues at the pace it has been since the announcement,” Lerma Jones said.

“We have to acknowledge the fact that we are doing more than what is designated, because this is a very unique time in our climate … we’re trying to figure out what this will look like longer term.”

Warren Kelley, an assistant vice president for Student Affairs who sits on the working group, said different offices in Stamp Student Union are “providing through different resources … the equivalent of a full-time person.”

While the undocumented student working group didn’t plan any specific actions ahead of the announcement, there had been “quite a bit of anticipation and discussion about it,” Wong said.

“There was a sense … of relief that we

had been meeting for two years,” Wong said. “To have the staff member in place, to have the working group ongoing … just made it easier to respond, that we weren’t trying to create a working group the day after the announcement.”

Within the University System of Maryland, Towson University also has a staff member designated, whose job includes supporting undocumented students, Lerma Jones said. And some other universities within the system have a liaison appointed, she added.

Although the undocumented student group had been informally meeting for a few years, in March 2017, they were officially recognized by this university and charged to provide a network of resources for undocumented students, Wong said.

Before Trump’s election, the working group planned to meet about once a semester as a way to check in, Kelley said.

“After the election, it became more urgent,” Kelley said. “All the units understood that it was a changing landscape and that we would need to be in touch and meet more frequently to be on board.”

A website with resources for undocumented students was created since the group started meeting, and the undocumented student coordinator position was appointed following student demand. The Multicultural Involvement and Community Advocacy office began designating $3,000 of its budget to undocumented student needs.

There has also been a “cultural shift among administrators to think about this population, when they didn’t think about it before,” Wong said.

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Long live Green Tidings But, honestly, none of this goes through my mind I n my p os t - m ea l p l a n as I am ordering. The desire for good food is what years, eating lunch on the Jack Lewis moves me to order at that hole where the passenger campus usually meant Stamp @OpinionDBK side door should be. The moments spent waiting for Student Union.

For so many Columnist meals, I ate chicken sand- my order, trying to hear my name called above the wiches that filled me with grease and regret. I music they continually blast, are pure anticipation. went to Moby Dick just because it felt good to have And I’m no food critic, but the meal that follows someone ask how my day was going. I ignored the is always delicious.

My love of Green Tidings goes deeper than its fact that the only good thing about Panda Express is the smell. Again and again, I ate lunch in Stamp ability to appease my taste buds, though. I think it’s simply the feeling of somewithout thinking twice. thing different. My college body But then I discovered another is so used to fast food and hastily way.

“From Monday to prepared Ramen that any fresh Fro m Mo n d ay to Fr i d ay, Friday, between ingredient can create a neurobetween the hours of 11:30 logical response. Perhaps in a few a.m. and 3:30 p.m., salvation is the hours of 11:30 years I will have matured into a parked nearby. I’m speaking, of a.m. to 3:30 p.m., competent adult, able to cook for course, about the Green Tidings myself and maintain a balanced food truck, which made its debut salvation is parked diet. Maybe I’ll visit campus and in 2013. nearby.” stroll right by the Green Tidings If you haven’t visited, the truck. But for now, I remain vultruck features sustainable food nerable to its charms. from local vendors and a menu I’d be remiss if I didn’t acknowledge that Green that changes on a biweekly basis (yes, it’s the bad kind of biweekly, but still). The menu isn’t large, Tidings has its flaws and limitations. Does the but it doesn’t need to be. You can find soups, salads, university need to lower the price of this healthier fries, delicious entrees such as braised lamb sand- option? Undoubtedly. Does Dining Services need greener and cheaper meal plans? Of course. Does wiches and, of course, half and half.

There’s a litany of reasons why Green Tidings the city of College Park need to address the fact is worth supporting. It buys food from certified that we are living in a food desert? You bet. But in humane vendors, provides recyclable or composta- the meantime, we’ve got this green truck. ble packaging and donates any unused product to the Food Recovery Network. jlewis20@umd.edu

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Art can heal the planet Sydney Wess @syd_wess Columnist

We ’ v e a l l heard it. Climate c h a n ge i s rea l .

T h e r e ’s o v e r whelming data to prove it and apocalyptic predictions to match. In the environmental discourse, we connect climate change directly and almost exclusively to the sciences while awaiting new discoveries to guide us to a solution.

We do what we can: We recycle, strive for fuel efficiency and try to limit energy consumption around the house. All these things are great.

But if we truly believe climate change will cause disruptive sea level rises and climate refugees in our lifetime, where is our sense of urgency? Why aren’t we talking about this in everyday conversations apart from science?

Sure, climate change cannot be totally separated from the sciences.

But if we want to involve the whole population, limiting the issue to a single field is counterproductive. To truly communicate the severity of climate change and spread diverse ideas about how to aid the planet, we must encourage environmental discussions in all fields.

In his work, The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable, author Amitav Ghosh agrees that the humanities should bear the responsibility of examining climate change.

“Throughout history these branches of culture [poetry, art, architecture, theatre, prose fiction] have responded to war, ecological calamity and crises of many sorts,” he argues.

“Why, then, should climate change prove so peculiarly resistant to their practices?”

Ghosh’s argument has merit. One purpose of art and literature is to express truths that would otherwise remain uncovered.

In that sense, the arts have the power to convey the importance of

immediate ecological action.

No one has had to face the full effects of climate change, so it is difficult for people to conceptualize how it will dominate our future. Through art and literature, people might understand how climate change will affect us on a visceral and emotional level.

T h e a r ts a l so d i c ta te p o p culture. The general public has trouble grasping the urgency of climate change, quite possibly because it is often absent from our songs, our cinema and our stories.

On those rare instances when I do see climate change in the arts, it is almost always through a sciencefiction lens. If something is inseparable from science fiction, it won’t be taken seriously by those who think the genre is mere fantasy. When climate change is tied to science fiction, consumers fail to understand the gravity of the threat.

The humanities have a unique power to drive climate action.

However, artists and consumers must take several steps to facilitate this action.

Consumers should empower those in the humanities to discuss climate change authentically and without the assumption that environmental activism is solely for scientists. Artists should question why environmental themes are rare and recognize that they, too, can play an active role in the struggle to revitalize our planet After all, as humans, the Earth is our home. Why would we avoid using our individual talents to protect it? And, finally, when artists represent climate change, t h e y s h o u l d n ’ t p re te n d i t i s fantasy. Maybe then, artists and consumers can take on this global calamity holistically. swess@terpmail.umd.edu

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University of Maryland President Wallace Loh recently received a $75,000 raise, courtesy of the good people on the Board of Regents, amounting to an annual salary of about $675,000.

In The Diamondback’s annual salary guide, one can read about the dozens of employees at this university who make less in one year than Loh’s pay raise alone.

When considering the janitors, groundskeepers and teaching assistants who get paid a crumb in Loh’s compensation pie, it’s hard to ignore the injustice.

In a press release, the board said Loh’s increase brings his “compensation closer to the median earned by peers at comparable institutions nationwide,” and later referenced strong performance as one factor justifying the salary bump. The board believes our president is doing a good job. But, critically, it calculated Loh’s bonus by comparing his pay to that of university presidents at similar institutions. The board threw Loh $75k — enough to buy three cars or one year of an Ivy League education — because, well, everyone else is doing it.

This pernicious phenomenon extends far beyond this university; across industries, managers and CEOs receive inflated compensation in an endless race against industry competition.

The psychology of this cycle is intuitive: When an executive at

a company considers what pay to demand, she might look at CEO compensation at similar companies and request a higher salary than her peers.

Similarly, if the board offered Loh a $150,000 salary — excellent pay for the vast majority of Americans — he might wonder why he’s losing out to his Big Ten peers. Numerous studies suggest this dynamic, in which top-level salaries fly through the roof as executives compete for industry status, drives unequal CEO pay in the United States.

One elegant policy might interrupt this cycle: A nationalized maximum wage.

It’s not as crazy as it sounds.

In post-World War II America, the federal government levied a 90 percent top marginal tax rate, effectively capping one’s yearly income. With such a policy, it’s silly to ask for a dollar raise because 90 cents goes to the feds. With a maximum wage, it makes more sense for a company to give sizable raises to multiple middle- and low-level employees than to waste a giant bonus on one executive. Under this American tax regime, the middle-class thrived, productively boomed and CEO pay was restrained. The economy worked.

However, then-President Ronald Reagan’s tax cuts pulled the top marginal tax percentage down into the high 20s. The administration claimed the rich would use their tax-free wealth to invest in the economy, facilitating trickle-down benefits for

the middle-class and poor.

This did not happen. Instead, Reaganomics produced an economy in which the rich reap massive gains at the expense of everyone else. As economist Thomas Piketty and his colleagues found, the bottom 50 percent of Americans have been wholly excluded from economic growth over the past several decades. We have an economy in which executives receive raises in the thousands and millions, and the stagnant majority get zilch.

A maximum wage will restore balance to the income distribution. Policymakers have many options: The federal government could establish a cap on earnings or set a prohibitive top tax rate. We could set our maximum wage at $1 million, $5 million or $380,000 — the cap, in today’s dollars, Franklin Roosevelt proposed in 1942. While hardly a panacea (a maximum wage wouldn’t limit capital gains, a huge driver of wealth inequality), any version of this policy is a material and moral victory for those this economy has left behind.

As university presidents and corporate executives race after increasingly grotesque compensation, policy-makers and activists must fight to limit their earnings. With a maximum wage, we can shrink the economic gap between the CEO and her secretary, and between Loh and the people who built his mansion. opinionumdbk@gmail.com

The end is n i g h ! O r, i t i s Nate Rogers i f yo u b e l i e ve @naterogersdev certain televanColumnist gelists, bloggers and internet Christian activists reacting to Hurricane Irma and other recent natural disasters. Their apocalyptic claims may not be supported by science, history or basic reasoning, but they do suggest the bright future of at least one art form: post-apocalyptic fiction.

Whether it’s demonic hurricanes, nukes from North Korea or the wholesale failure of global institutions, the literary end of the world is sure to see a renaissance in coming years. But that same literary promise poses a serious challenge to those hoping to write the definitive post-apocalypse of the modern era: Too many apocalypses are too imminently believable.

In the past, authors have only had to handle one world-ending threat at a time. But today’s writers have to juggle an abundance of anxieties.

For example, it’s impractical to write about nuclear war and climate change at the same time.

This is where those Christian conspiracy theorists have a natural advantage. Spur-of-the-moment panic-making is easy. Your prediction just needs to fit the pressing cultural fear at the time. It doesn’t matter if your doomsaying doesn’t hold up two months later — new apocalyptic forecasts will quickly enter the realm of public imagination.

Writing speculative fiction, on the other hand, takes time. If an author’s version of the end times reflects only a fleeting media frenzy, it won’t resonate when it finally hits shelves. For this reason, successful apocalyptic fiction must reflect society’s deepest guttural and existential fears. The

kind of short-term controversies that make for good opinion columns just won’t suffice. The process of discerning the kind of apocalypse literature that resonates with the American people will echo, and possibly precede, the discovery of our era’s defining challenges.

For example, the atomic age is portrayed in popular culture as a time when humanity stood at the edge of annihilation. We’ve collectively accepted a narrative in which the mistakes of the era are to be avoided at all costs. But that level of clarity would’ve been impossible at the time. In some small part, post-apocalyptic novels such as On The Beach and A Canticle For Leibowitz developed the common narrative of the atomic age by depicting nuclear war’s consequences in its grim totality.

Similarly, it’s difficult to discern today which issues are deeply important. The investigation into Russia’s meddling in the recent election could as easily be smoke as fire. President Trump’s nuclear tough-talk may be reigned in by his more experienced advisors. And climate change, despite its indisputable status as an existential threat, may not provoke serious action for years.

We need a lens through which to focus the competing narratives surrounding contemporary issues.

Maybe, as in the past, that lens will come through literature. So while we wait for a definitive narrative to take hold in the Trump era, we can take solace in the fact that we are in store for some great postapocalyptic fiction. nrogers2@terpmail.umd.edu

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Harrison Cann City Council revisited the city’s sustain@thedbk ability plan during For The DBK its meeting Tuesday night, discussing the reduction of carbon emissions and highlighting future action.

In 2015, the council created the plan with four main areas of action, including solid waste and recycling, buildings and public areas, citywide policies and events and fleet and transportation. Sustainable Maryland certified College Park as a sustainable city in 2016, but Mayor Patrick Wojahn said city officials wanted to “quantify [their] efforts and set numerical goals.”

In the past two years, the city has made efforts to address issues in these various departments.

Specifically for solid waste and recycling, the city is tracking the weekly amount of solid waste, bulk trash, recycling and green waste in an effort to subsidize sale of composting bins, as well as develop

mayor From p. 1 now known as the Neighborhood Quality of Life Committee, which addresses tensions between students and city residents. He said he plans to focus on issues such as transportation, sustainability and development in downtown College Park during his campaign.

Cook previously said she wasn’t planning to run for councilwoman or mayor but decided to run for reelection to her District 4 seat after seeing that “a strong voice for the residents” is needed on the council.

While collecting signatures to petition for candidacy, residents questioned why she wasn’t running for mayor, she said.

“There was just so much support, and I said, ‘Well, if I can actually see that I’ve got that support behind me, then I’ll go ahead and run,’” said Cook, who has served nearly five years total on the council. “Obviously, we need a strong voice in College Park. Many people are not happy with the way things are going in the city right now, on so many different levels, and so I made the decision to run.”

Cook has been involved in seven committees — including the Committee for a Better Environment and Veterans Memorial Improvement Committee — and has held a leadership role in six of them, she said. In her time on the council, she “initiated the Strategic Plan as a tool for future construction and budget development,” established the first and only “Go Carless Day” and supported residents’ use of ShuttleUM, according to the city’s website.

Cook said she’d like to see council members and city staff go “back to basics” and “refocus our attention on the needs of the residents.”

“Although College Park takes care of its residents, to an extent, I think there’s so much need by some of our individuals in the community and we’re missing it,” Cook said. “For

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changes to waste and recycling policies.

District 4 Councilwoman Mary Cook said she hopes the city will discuss zero waste in the coming months. Sustainability efforts like these benefit the residents without extra cost, she added.

“On the surface it may look like residents are going to be paying more money,” Cook said. “But ultimately they’re not because we want to lower their taxes at the same time.”

The city is making investments in renewable energy, Wojahn said, as well as adding bike lanes and paths, which encourages community members to do less driving.

“We wanted to set goals for greenhouse gas emission reduction,” Wojahn said. “The community has embraced it. Many people want to see us do more towards sustainable practices and address greenhouse gas emissions.”

District 1 Councilwoman Christ i n e Na g l e sa i d s h e ’s l o o k i n g forward to an increased connectivity and walkability in the city.

“It’s something that people can enjoy even when people aren’t as environmentally conscious,” she said.

example, [the council approved] an Aging in Place committee, and we’ve hired new people to work in the [Youth, Family and Senior Services], which is good, but we’re still missing these people.”

Council members and the city are “not in good contact with our immigrant populations,” Cook said, adding that she doesn’t think it’s because they don’t want to be.

“I don’t think that we have made the attempts to reach out to some populations,” Cook said. “It’s very easy to print something in Spanish and hand it out, or we have Spanish-speaking staff, but we also have people from I don’t know how many different countries, and we’re not reaching out to them. … We just have to figure out how to do it the best way possible.”

In College Park, 25.9 percent of citizens are speakers of a non-English language, which is higher than the national average of 21 percent, according to Data USA. The most common languages spoken in the city in 2015 aside from English were Spanish, with 7.9 percent of the overall population being native speakers; Chinese, with 4.6 percent; and Korean, with 1.8 percent, also according to Data USA. Malsawma, who tried to run for mayor in 2015 but didn’t reach the signature threshold to be on the ballot, said she’s running for mayor this year because it is something that “God has led [her] out on.”

“The vision he’s given me is to help make College Park into a place where no evil can thrive,” Malsawma said. “To see it become a city where God’s name is hallowed, his kingdom come and his will is done.

A city like none that’s ever been, and that’s my motto. I can’t explain it any other way, that’s my passion.”

Malsawma was a co-coordinator for the College Park Woods Neighborhood Watch — a grassroots program organized by concerned residents interested in reducing crime in their communities — from

college park Throughout the meeting, council members expressed their support for increased sustainability and investment in renewable energy.

College Park is on track to meet its goal of 20 percent renewable energy usage in 2019, according to the meeting’s agenda. There are plans to install solar panels at the Department of Public Works fleet garage later this year.

These panels, combined with those at the Youth and Family Services building, will bring the city’s renewable energy to nearly 12.5 percent, about doubling the current usage.

“While it’s a little more challenging with our small size [to pursue these goals], we’re doing everything we can,” Wojahn said.

The city is also working with leaders at the University of Maryland. Andrew Fellows, former College Park mayor, c u r re n t ly wo rk s w i t h t h e university’s National Center for Smart Growth, which is working to address issues of chronic flooding in the city.

The NCSG and the city are working together on 10 projects, Fellows said, some of which address tree canopies and carbon emissions. newsumdbk@gmail.com

2006 to the spring of 2011, and has served as a block captain ever since. She’s also been a member of the civic association since the mid-1990s, and is a lead for Nextdoor’s neighborhood network, she said, which is a private social network for neighbors and their community.

Malsawma said she’d like to work on creating a stronger sense of identity as a city.

“So far, the council and the mayor are capitulating to the wishes of the [University of Maryland] and not really finding out what the residents want,” Malsawma said, citing the Calvert Road child care center project.

In March, the council narrowly passed a proposal to establish a child care center on Calvert Road to address the city’s needs. The vote allowed the city to partner with this university to create the child care center. The seats in the child care center will be allocated based on financial contribution, and based on the city’s projected contribution of $788,500, an estimated 17 of the 120 available seats would be reserved for city residents not employed by this university.

“That is just so not beneficial to the rest of the residents unless you work for the university,” Malsawma said. “[I would like] for us to form a really strong sense of identity so that when projects and proposals come up from the University of Maryland, we can say, ‘Well, this is who we are, and that doesn’t really fit in with what we want to be, or do, as a city.’ So I’d like to develop that sense of very strong identity with regards to what College Park is going to be all about.”

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Also acknowledges ‘embarassment and regret’ after charter amendment snafu The College Park City Council discussed campus tailgates and a student c o n d u c t re p o r t Tuesday night after reading its public statement about an oversight on a proposed city charter amendment.

The statement,which Mayor Patrick Wojahn and the council published Saturday on the city’s website, acknowledged the oversight with “considerable embarrassment and regret.”

City officials said Friday that the proposed city charter amendment, which would have allowed non-U.S. citizens to vote in municipal elections, would not be adopted. It had appeared to pass Sept. 12 with a 4-3 vote and one abstention, but as of June, changes to the city’s charter require at least six affirmative votes.

The campus tailgates discussion at the worksession came after a residential meeting Monday, when College Park residents said the amount of noise and public drinking has increased since the University of Maryland’s fall semester began.

The Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic Association host on-campus tailgates on days of home football games, which the city has financially contributed to. This was to provide an alternative to neighborhood parties for students, and because of it, pre-game partying in city neighborhoods has decreased significantly, according to this week’s mayoral update.

This year, the city agreed to increase its financial support for these events from $7,000 to $10,000 and voted to send a letter to the university in support of the tailgates, according to the update.

Residents commented at the Monday meeting — where 25 to 30 residents came to share their concerns — that neighborhoods have been loud and filled with students, and that there’s been noise disturbances, some public urination and drinking.

Panhellenic Risk Management Vice President Sadie Isakower said the oncampus tailgates have improved in recent years.

“This year was kind of a turning point for the tailgate,” Isakower said.

“We couldn’t just put on a space for students to drink that wasn’t in Old Town, and I’m really happy to say we’ve been able to do a lot to really start to change that this year.”

Isakower noted that the IFC and PHA have been using their funding to provide food, hold a cornhole tournament for Greek life chapters and update security requirements through measures such as providing plastic wristbands at the fire marshal’s request last year. by

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between city residents and students a t t h i s u n ive rs i ty a n d e n s u re that everyone has a voice in the city, said Samit Sheth, one of his campaign managers. Since moving to College Park, Chen has been a restaurant owner and landlord for students, which has given him relevant “experience in balancing preservation” of the city’s resident

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In previous years, tailgate officials had problems with other students replicating paper wristbands, which made it difficult to keep track of the number of attendees, Isakower said. Last year, they accumulated boxes of fake wristbands, and this year they’ve only had about three, she added.

John Zacker, this university’s vice president for student affairs, noted that chapters that participate in tailgates have to sign a seven-page contract that is “pretty rigorous.”

District 3 Councilwoman Stephanie Stullich said game days are less disruptive since tailgates moved to the campus — with the Towson football game as an exception — but there are still parties on other days.

“I’m not wanting to come down on you for that, at this point … I know you’re trying on the broader issues as well, and we certainly appreciate that,” she said. “I just didn’t want anyone to leave with the idea that the problems are largely solved, they are continuing.”

District 2 Councilman P.J. Brennan said it helps to “strategically locate these events to a centralized location,” which allows the council to “centralize [their] resources.”

“By putting it in one location, we’re also able to more strategically resource our city services in the form of police and code enforcement, and not only address hopefully a minimized issue in the community, but also other issues that are related to tailgating throughout the rest of the city,” Brennan said.

The council also heard a report about cases adjudicated by the Office of Student Conduct during the 2016-17 academic year. The top violations for off-campus incidents included underage alcohol consumption or possession and providing alcohol to underage individuals, disorderly disruptive behavior, false identification, physical harm or apprehension of physical harm and illegal drug consumption or possession, according to a report included in the meeting’s agenda.

The report detailed a three-year summary of the number of students referred to the student conduct office.

Between June 2016 and December 2016, there were 237 referrals, as compared to 313 in 2015 and 281 in 2014 within the same time frame. Between the months of January and May, there were 221 referrals in 2017, 223 referrals in 2016 and 205 referrals in 2015.

Many of these referrals were made by University Police, though they can be submitted by anyone in the university community, the report said.

In 2013, the Code of Student Conduct had its jurisdiction expanded to include off-campus activity. The code planned to target “serious cases,” such as sexual assault, hazing and parties that are “disruptive to the campus community and the surrounding communities,” Director of Student Conduct Andrea Goodwin said in September 2013. lbrennandbk@gmail.com

and student interests, Sheth wrote in a message. He’d like to keep students out of trouble and keep the community safe for residents, Sheth added.

“It’s going to be an exciting six-anda-half weeks,” Wojahn said. “I look forward to hearing from the voters.”

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After Charlottesville, UMD Police are developing a plan University of Lila Bromberg Maryland SGA @lilabbromberg President AJ Pruitt and UniStaff writer versity Police Chief David Mitchell said they are working to develop plans in response to the violent protest in Charlottesville, Virginia.

The clash between white supremacists and counterprotesters in Charlottesville, home to the University of Virginia, left dozens injured.

Heather Heyer, 32, was killed when a car plowed into a crowd of counter-protesters, and Lt. H. Jay Cullen, 48, and Berke M.M. Bates, 40, died when a Virginia State Police helicopter crashed nearby.

University President Wallace Loh said this university has “had a plan long before Charlottesville” but would not disclose it due to security reasons.

“We have plans for everything,” Loh said. “We have plans in case there’s an active shooter. We have plans in case of A, B, C, D, E. But as Mike Tyson famously said, ‘You can have all the plans in the world, but then you get punched in the face.’ And that’s what happened in Charlottesville.”

Mitchell said there were several precautions not taken in Charlottesville that could be implemented to protect students and prevent violence, while still allowing free speech to occur.

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coalition From p. 1 Freshman biology major Makayla Brown said the application will encourage high school students to apply to more colleges.

“I know I was lazy and I didn’t feel like doing each individual application so I didn’t finish a lot of my applications,” Brown said.

The application also gives lower-income or underrepresented students access to resources their high schools might not offer, including a way to organize their application materials, Gundy said.

“A lot of the communities that we’re recruiting in and working from don’t have these tools already,” Gundy said.

Some students in wellresourced schools may not have to use the locker or collaborative space, but for students in schools without g u i d a n c e c o u n s e l o rs o r mentors to help guide them, the application “gives them a free tool that they can use in order to help students through the college application process,” Gundy said.

For members of the application review committee at this university, Gundy said the switch to the Coalition Application makes the reviewing process easier because it is “very clear” and “very clean.” This will help the committee better manage the number of applications this university receives.

In fall 2016, this university received 38,018 undergraduate applications, according to

One of the most important things during a protest and counterprotest, Mitchell said, is to keep the groups separate.

“My experience tells me that when two opposing sides, particularly if they are armed — and it doesn’t have to be armed with a gun, if they’re carrying sticks or bats with a sign placard to it, that’s also a potential weapon — when they meet up and they’re not separated and kept separated, violence is more likely than not going to occur,” he said. “And the situation then becomes worse.”

Protest violence near universities isn’t unique to Charlottesville.

A fight broke out at the University of Michigan on Wednesday between a black student protester and an unidentified white man with opposing views in the street during a protest over racist vandalism found on campus.

Mitchell said he has a strategy to prevent these types of situations.

WhenhewasheadoftheMaryland State Police and worked KKK protests, he would set up barricades and buses between the two sides so the two protesting groups couldn’t see or harm each other.

“We would take a similar approach here to keep groups separated,” he said.

However, Mitchell said if students are planning a protest or counter-protest,hewantsto“work with a group, not against a group.”

“If someone is going to demonstrate on campus, [we ask] that we can meet with them beforehand, we can learn whatever their activities or plans [are]. If they’re going to march we need to protect

them as they cross the streets or if they walk in part of the roadway,” Mitchell said.

Students for Justice in Palestine President Miranda Mlilo, who has attended and helped plan multiple protests, said she generally feels safe during campus protests. When University Police knows about an event ahead of time, they can be “helpful,” but in other instances, she “[doesn’t] think they take the surprises too well,” she said.

“I think the police assume the worst whenever there’s protesting, and they assume there’s going to be this huge conflict and all this clashing,” the junior environmental science and policy major said, “when in reality, people just want to go out there and talk about what’s bothering them and talk about some social justice issues … sometimes, I think they overreact to it.”

Mitchell said his force worked with protesters during the march in honor of 2nd Lt. Richard Collins, stopping traffic so students could walk down from Memorial Chapel to the bus stop where he was murdered.

Pruitt’s main preventative proposal is to permit outside white supremacy groups and other dangerous groups from entering the campus and renting spaces for their events.

There’s no legislation written yet, Pruitt said, but the Student Government Association is in the process of creating it and the issue is actively being discussed.

“I really believe that to hold an event on campus you should have

this university’s Institutional Research, Planning and Assessment office, and 18,650 of those students were admitted.

Once the Undergraduate Admissions office receives required materials — official transcript, standardized test scores, two letters of recommendation, a resume of activities, an essay, the application itself and an application fee of $75 — students are reviewed under a holistic review process, Gundy said.

For each student, application reviewers consider 26 factors, including high school achievement, grades, standardized test scores, extracurricular activities, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic background, family e d u ca t i o n a l ba c kg ro u n d and whether English is their second language.

These factors are not a “checklist,” Gundy said. For example, if a student speaks English at home, it won’t be a factor the reviewer needs to consider. It becomes a factor if a student speaks a different language at home.

“That means something, that impacts who the student is,” Gundy said. “It impacts in some cases how they performed on standardized tests.

It impacts some of the experiences they’ve had in their lives, so that’s something we want to know and we want to be able to consider as part of our process.”

Un ive rs i ty P re s i d e n t Wallace Loh said there are many factors that go into any individual’s success.

“This notion that we should select people for anything,

for jobs, for admission, based solely upon a three-hour test, and your GPA, only on that, it makes absolutely no sense,” Loh said. “It’s just too narrow of a conception of human ability and human potential.”

A holistic review process helps achieve a more diverse student body, said Julie Park, a university education professor whose research interests include college admissions and racial diversity and equity in higher education.

There are persistent racial or economic inequities in standardized tests, as well as in access to resources and schooling experiences, Park added.

“It costs a certain amount of money to buy a house in a certain school district,” Park said. “Even those standardized metrics themselves are not neutral, so something a more holistic review allows admissions officers to do is take those things into context to know that there are historic inequities that shape different people’s access to certain resources.”

a student group connected to it, or at least a student connected to it,” Pruitt said.

Erin Oakes, the president of the Young Democratic Socialists group on the campus, said police should “have a more obvious stance against hate speech” and “step more in the side of students being harassed.”

But when it really comes down to it, Pruitt said, the issue at hand is a matter of where the line is drawn between free speech and hate speech.

“I think that has been a line that has sort of been blurred by the past year, just because we haven’t had a definitive answer of what we’re going to allow as free speech but also when are we going to draw the line and protect students,” Pruitt said.

The line between free and hate speech is being considered by the President’s and University Senate’s Joint Task Force on Inclusion and Respect, commissioned after a school year that included the discovery of a noose, anti-immigrant chalkings and white supremacist posters on the campus, and ended in the murder of Collins, a black Bowie State University student.

Mitchell said University Police are prepared to handle any possible protest outcome, with backups from local and state police forces in town. “[They] can handle just about anything,” he said.

Loh said while this university has plans in place, “that doesn’t mean that these plans will necessarily work.”

“This is going to be around for a while,” Loh said. lbrombergdbk@gmail.com

Gundy said this university “rigorously” reviewed its application process — updating its undergraduate admissions philosophy statement and the factors considered in admissions — at the time of the 2003 Grutter v. Bollinger case, where the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the University of Michigan Law School could use race as a factor in the admissions process because it is reviewed with other considerations.

Although race is one factor considered in the admissions process, this university does not use an affirmative action policy, Gundy said.

Cornell Law School postulates affirmative action is “a set of procedures designed to eliminate unlawful discrimination between applicants, remedy the results of such prior discrimination, and prevent such discrimination in the future.”

Students are assessed “holistically” to see who they are and what they can offer to this university, Gundy said.

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Language school ‘excited’ to offer Hebrew minor beginning in spring 2018

By Kyle Rempfer | @Kyle_Rempfer | Staff writer while also taking Hebrew courses. Until now, there was nothing on her transcript to show that, she said.

“I was sort of always hoping they’d make a minor, so now I hear they have one and I’m really happy,” Davis said. “Because I did 18 credits, I just sort of wanted something to show for all of this work that I did.”

The Language House is a living-learning program that gives students the opportunity to practice their chosen language daily, and to be immersed in their language’s cultural environment.

Other students in the living-learning program said they are excited for the opportunities the minor will bring as well.

The University of Maryland’s language school approved a Hebrew Studies minor this fall.

Before, students could take Hebrew classes, but there was no official degree program available, said Avital Karpman, director of this university’s Hebrew program. The minor will go into effect spring 2018.

“We’re really excited about it. We have a really rich and diverse Hebrew department … and sequence of courses,” Karpman said.

“Many of our students were taking upper level Hebrew courses anyway, and not getting any formal recognition for their effort, so we’re really excited to put everything together and put together a minor.”

Rachel Davis, a senior public health major, lived in this university’s Language House for two years

“We are conscious that we want a racially diverse student population, so race is one of the factors that we consider but it’s in the context of [other factors],” Gundy said.

“That factor in and of itself is never going to be the determining factor about why we choose to offer admission to a student or not.”

In fall 2016, 43.4 percent of all undergraduate students at this university were racial minorities, according to IRPA. Over the summer, an internal announcement from the U.S. Justice Department asked for lawyers interested

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in working on “investigations and possible litigation related to intentional race-based discrimination in college and university admissions,” which many think refers to affirmative action programs.

Based on previous Supreme Court rulings and legal precedent, Gundy said she is not worried that this university’s undergraduate admissions process is “questionable” or “problematic.”

“We’re in good legal standing,” Gundy said. “I’m pretty confident about that.” rkeandbk@gmail.com

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(Yes, we *actually* made this out of nearly 150 Chipotle black beans, three cups of lettuce, two cups of mild salsa, a bag of chips, a large queso and two cups of cheese. It cost $11.55.)

The road to hell, it turns out, is paved with Chipotle’s subpar queso

Maybe queso won’t get a text back, but that doesn’t mean I regret it

By Hannah Yasharoff | @HannahYasharoff | Staff writer

By Scott Gelman | @Gelman_Scott | For The Diamondback

Amid a stressful week of school, I got a text message last Wednesday that would forever change life as I knew it.

“Our all-real, all-delicious queso has arrived. Dreams do come true,” the automated text from Chipotle read. (Yes, I get automatic texts from Chipotle. Please do your best not to judge.)

Certainly, I’m not the only one with a steadfast love for this fast food establishment. Anyone with taste buds can confirm that Chipotle is heaven — if entry to heaven costs $7 before guac.

But even the greatest things in life have the potential to rise even higher: Looney Tunes was great as it was, but couple it with Michael Jordan and you get Space Jam. Pretty much any dessert is instantly ten times better with Nutella.

For Chipotle, the ticket to superstardom is great queso.

So, of course, I had to make the pilgrimage that same night. Accompanied by my friend Allison, I set off on a journey that would challenge my unwavering support of Chipotle.

There was a minor setback: The College Park location was out of chips.

(I guess a couple other people were on the same venture we were.) Not to worry, a quick stop at the Commons Shop produced a bag of tortilla chips. Nothing was going to stand in the way of me and this tub of melted cheese.

Allison and I reached my apartment, and the moment for my very first bite of the ringer known as Chipotle queso had arrived.

Dear reader, I’ll remember that bite for years to come.

My teeth sunk into that Tostitos

Restaurant Style chip coated in yelLet’s just say you score a date with who lowish goop and I was reminded of evyou believe to be the most attractive girl on erything that is terrible in the world. It this campus. You have a decent conversawas that bad. Grainy, slightly spicy but tion over dinner and have similar career mostly watery, it tasted like beans and aspirations, but by the end of the night, disappointment. you realize a long-term relationship isn’t Crying Jordans flooded my mind. A realistic. month of Sundays hit the calendar. I Do you regret going on the date? Probalmost called my mom because I just ably not, and rightfully so. You just don’t needed to hear a comforting voice. go on a second.

This is the Chipotle queso that 2017 Thus is the curious case of Chipotle’s deserves. new queso dip, the cheesy goodness that It was like Donald Trump’s Inauguhas been critiqued nationally for days ration Day. It was like La after Chipotle-goers celLa Land creators stepping ebrated its release. Many PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY onto the stage to accept people aren’t fond of it. So TOM HAUSMAN AND their Oscar, only to be inwhat? Nobody will force EVAN BERKOWITZ formed that Moonlight acyou to get it again. Chitually won. It was like the potle’s queso dip is unlike Falcons leading 28-3 in the third quarter traditional queso but adds a new element of the Super Bowl, only for the Patriots to the already desirable Tex-Mex cuisine. to come back for a 34-28 victory. It was Perhaps it should have been obvious to me like Ted Cruz’s Twitter. that this opinion would be unpopular when My flicker of hope — that one day, a Chipotle employee didn’t know how to Chipotle would have queso and everycharge me for a small side. thing in the world would be OK again Was it $5.25 or $1.75? She asked two co— burned out forever last Wednesday workers next to her and was still confused, night. A little part of me died. In my 20 providing critics with easy fuel. Not only years, I have never experienced such did some not like it, but its newfound undisappointment. If this is adulthood, I certainty also added 15 minutes to my order want no part of it. experience.

I want so badly to be able to give ChiAfter being charged correctly (I think), potle the benefit of the doubt here. But I was eager to try the restaurant’s newest did they put, like, any effort into trying experiment. The first bite was satisfying, to make this good? as was each thereafter.

The road to hell, it turns out, is paved Before discussing what Chipotle’s queso with subpar queso. concoction exactly is, let’s make clear what But in the wise words of my friend it isn’t. It’s not the type of dipping sauce Allison, “It tastes so bad. I’m still gonna that you would find at an authentic Mexican eat it though.” restaurant. It’s not something you would want on your burrito or bowl or salad all the time. It’s not as flavorful as one might hyasharoffdbk@gmail.com

have thought, revealing one problem collegiate Chipotle-goers have: We all have notably high expectations for one of the most popular eateries around campus.

Nonetheless, the consistency was ideal.

It was just creamy enough — so much so that it moved enough when you poked it with a chip. Its consistency seems to be among its most critiqued characteristics.

If you want your queso dip to move around the way water does, you can pick up Tostito in a jar the next time you shop.

Though I only used the queso dip for chips, the combination of garlic, pepper and lemon and lime juices gave the cheese an ideal flavor for the occasion. It doesn’t taste as great after sitting out for more than 20 minutes, but anyone who lets their Chipotle sit that long isn’t worthy of queso anyway.

The sizes seem either too small or too large with no happy medium, but perhaps that will change in the coming weeks. It could be viewed as relatively expensive if you don’t want it on your burrito or in your bowl (disclaimer: Be wise and get it on the side the first time), but queso isn’t really meant to be an every visit type of addition. It’s more of an “I just got a C- on my statistics exam and need to momentarily feel better” supplement.

I understand why people have used words like “trash” or “garbage” to describe the queso dip. One Twitter user went as far as to call it “a crime against cheese.”

But perhaps the expectations were slightly too high.

Don’t like it? You tried it. It’s there for you if you want. You don’t have to get it a second time, just like you don’t have to go on that second date. sgelmandbk@gmail.com

interview | casey neistat

T

he thing about Casey Neistat is you either know him or you don’t. That’s what the SEE board discovered when it selected the YouTube star to give Thursday’s fall lecture.

Neistat wasn’t the group’s first choice, but his cult following easily sold out the hundreds of chairs set up in Stamp Student Union’s Grand Ballroom.

The 36-year-old spent much of his time on stage discussing his rise to fame in the dawning age of vloggers. He worked odd jobs and lived off welfare before a video about a bicycling ticket kick-started his career. After creating an HBO show with his brother, Neistat focused on his highly energetic narrative videos chronicling his life in New York City as well as his global travels.

“I think God was probably mad when I was born and cursed

me with way too much energy,” Neistat said. “I keep waiting for it to fade but it doesn’t.”

Neistat puts that energy into his start-up company Beme, which was purchased

by CNN last year, as well as his life with his wife and daughter and the videos he makes for the 7.8 million subscribers to his YouTube channel.

Balancing all that can be tricky.

“I think anything you do that’s all-consuming like that is dangerous for a relationship,” he said. “The idea that all day long you’re thinking about, ‘how can I capture and share what I’m experiencing right now’ is a really draining undertaking.”

For junior kinesiology major Nancy Morgan, following the life of Neistat’s family is a family affair. Morgan attended the lecture with her brother, Michael

A YouTube star talks web fame, entitled fans and (not) sleeping

By Anna Muckerman | @annamuckerman | Senior staff writer Morgan, a freshman enrolled in letters and sciences.

“Through my brother’s passion for [Neistat’s videos] I got really big into it,” she said.

“We would watch his videos together and it was part of our brother-sister relationship.”

Shrieks and a wave of Snapchat-ready cellphones greeted Neistat as he entered the ballroom. Several students came with cameras to capture the lecture for their own vlogs.

Neistat said inspiring his fans is a “beautiful, wonderful byproduct” of his work.

He acknowledges his platform requires responsibility and carefully chooses the products and companies he works with.

Although he doesn’t consider himself a journalist, he is careful to accurately and authentically document his days.

“People today — especially my YouTube audience — their bullshit sensors are more refined than anyone in history because we all consume more media than at any point in time in history,” he said.

Although his videos have carried him far, Neistat says

there’s a downside to more than a decade of internet fame. He stopped showing his daughter’s face online after a fan recognized her and approached her.

“A big part of the reason why we moved is because people figured out where we lived and they’d start showing up at my house,” he said.

Student Entertainment Events public relations director Laura Cross discovered just how eager students were to meet Neistat after she received multiple emails inquiring about a meet-and-greet. SEE did not plan or announce an opportunity to meet him.

“There is something unique about internet fame,” Neistat said. “It comes along with a sense of entitlement on the part of your audience.”

He added that although one of his videos can do more views

than a premiere of Keeping Up with the Kardashians, Kim Kardashian is seen “as untouchable, while YouTube stars who have a similar amount of exposure are seen as entirely accessible.”

T h e h o u r - l o n g e ve n t ended with a brief Q&A before Neistat announced he was running late to catch his New York-bound train from New Carrollton. As he left the stage, one of his fans ran after him, saying she planned to meet him there.

If she did catch up with him, Neistat might have understood.

“You scream at [movie stars] from afar,” he said. “But when you look at a YouTube star, you’re like, ‘Oh, that’s just like me.’” amuckermandbk@gmail.com

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Sports | 9

WOMEN’S SOCCER

coach ray leone guided the Terps to an undefeated record in nonconference play, but his team has struggled since entering its conference slate. After losing to Rutgers in their Big Ten opener, the Terps suffered their second loss in three contests at Northwestern. matt regan/thediamondback

Terps lose after dismal first half vs. Wildcats Ray Leone’s squad gave up two goals in the opening 21 minutes by

The Mary-

The first-half issues began

Sean Whooley land women’s in the 17th minute when Mary@swhooley27 so cce r tea m land failed to clear a corner. didn’t allow a Northwestern forward Brenna Staff writer first-half score through nine games this season.

But in the Terps’ 10th contest — a Sunday road tilt against Northwestern — the squad conceded twice in the opening 21 minutes.

Despite improvements late in the game, the Terps fell, 2-0, to the Wildcats. After starting the season unbeaten through seven nonconference matches, Maryland has lost two of its first three Big Ten contests.

Lovera managed to pick up the ball in a crowded area and score, giving the Wildcats the lead.

Four minutes later, the Wildcats struck again on defender Hannah Davison’s header.

Maryland coach Ray Leone said the Terps knew the Wildcats would use Davison’s height — 5-foot-8 — and they tried to stop it but succumbed to the pressure on those set pieces.

“It was really unfortunate to let up those goals because

we were actually playing Leone pointed to Friday night, pretty well leading up to those when the Terps won with six goals,” Leone said. “Then they freshmen, saying they’re still moving pieces got two really around with good goals some key pieces back-to-back missing. like that and With Marynow you’re land sitting changing the back, Northgame.” western (5-4-2, D u e to 2 - 1 - 1 ) we n t several injuries at the Terps’ to first-choice defense. The forwards, the pressure made it Terps started difficult for the Jlon Flippens, Terps to piece normally a dewomen’s soccer midfielder together confender or midfielder, as a lone striker. Behind secutive passes, and they found her, Maryland (7-2-1, 1-2-0 Big it particularly challenging to get Ten) set up defensively, with the ball up the field to Flippens.

Maryland committed 11 fouls five players across the midfield.

It was cool to see us bounce back from what had happened in the first half. kate waters

as it attempted to win back the ball. However, the Terps saw out the final 69 minutes of the game without conceding another goal. Leone said the team “didn’t fold up the tent” following the Northwestern scores, but it struggled to get a goal back.

The Terps shifted players around following the intermission, placing Madison Turner up top as striker, dropping Flippens into midfield to get her on the ball more and replacing goalkeeper Rachel Egyed with Erin Seppi. “ We g re w t h ro u g h o u t the game and we didn’t let up,” midfielder Kate Waters said. “It was cool to see us bounce back from what had

happened in the first half.”

But while Maryland threatened Northwestern more as the match wore on, the Wildcats’ defense stood firm, with goa l ke e p e r L a u re n C l e m making five saves. The loss marked the second time this season the Terps failed to find the back of the net.

Leone said that while the confidence the team has built has taken a hit, it should not waver.

“We’ll build the energy back up and remind [the team] where we are right now,” Leone said. “We’re a lot further along than we were last year, that’s for sure.” swhooleydbk@gmail.com

VOLLEYBALL

Milana leads strong serving performance Outside hitter’s three aces at Indiana help Terps to first conference win While her Maryland volleyball teammates aimed serves toward two mats placed in the back corners of the court at Tuesday’s practice, outside hitter Gia Milana hit balls as hard as she could inside the court.

A week into reimplementing the jump serve she used in high school, Milana aimed to get comfortable after using a standing float serve so far in college due to a shoulder injury. Now healthy, she hit three aces in Maryland’s sweep over Indiana on Saturday, part of a nine-ace performance for the team.

“I can hit the ball as hard as I want, and it’ll go in,” Milana said. “It keeps me aggressive and it keeps me in a rhythm when I hit, too. by

Andy Kostka @afkostka Staff writer

DURKIN

It gives me that confidence going up to the front line.”

Midway through the third set against the Hoosiers, c o a c h S teve A i rd p u l l e d Milana aside during a stoppage. After the Romeo, Michigan, native notched eight attacking miscues, he said she looked glossed over, caught up in her error-heavy performance. She hit just .103 despite leading the squad with 11 kills.

A i rd to l d M i l a n a s h e needed to take over as the Te r ps t ra i l e d l a te i n t h e frame for the first time that match. Milana hit two kills and two aces in the span of five points, which gave Maryland back the lead.

“She has the ability to dominate anything, and I think sometimes she needs to be reminded about that,”

After Hill exited in the first quarter, Maryland looked like From p. 12 the team that went 6-7 last momentum came to a sudden season. That spells trouble halt, as they managed just 197 given the squad’s looming Big Ten matchups. yards Saturday.

Fo u r o f t h e Te r ps ’ re “ W h e n s o m e o n e go e s maining foes — Penn State, down, the next guy comes in, but it’s also about the guys Michigan, Wisconsin and around them to step up and Ohio State — are ranked in elevate their level of play,” the top 10.

Barring an unlikely upset, Durkin said. “We did not do that today, and that’s why you Maryland has four more winnable games: M innesota, saw the score you saw.”

outside hitter gia milana returned to the power serving approach she used before injuring her shoulder. She led the Terps’ nine-ace showing against Indiana. marquise mckine/thediamondback middle blocker Hailey Murray said. “I’m not sure we[’ll] win that third set if she doesn’t go back there and bang her jump serve.”

When Aird saw M ilana struggle with her float serve to s ta r t t h e yea r, h e a p proached her about reverting to the jump serve. Before making the change ahead of last week’s Ohio State match, the sophomore hit just four aces with 13 miscues.

Milana struggled finding the perfect window to hit a float serve to keep it in play while putting speed on the ball.

After recovering from offseason shoulder surgery, the timing was right to make the adjustment. In two matches utilizing the technique, she’s added four aces.

“She’s added tools, she’s a better player than she was a year ago,” Aird said. “But I still think there’s a whole

bunch left in her.”

If she feels more sore than usual after a match, there’s a chance Milana switches temporarily back to the float serve.

But when she’s healthy, her jump serve, creating top spin, is her primary option.

Strong serving against Indiana aided the Terps’ defense by forcing the Hoosiers out of rhythm. They scored points on just half of their serve receives.

Fourteen matches into her sophomore year, Milana said she feels more relaxed on the court, aided by her change in serve style.

“That’s just always something that I’ve had in my game as another weapon, and coach knows that,” Milana said.

“I’m feeling good with my shoulder — might as well go for it and let me hit balls.”

Northwestern, Indiana and Rutgers. The Terps would need to take all of those contests to be bowl eligible.

If Hill’s injury isn’t too serious, running the table against the conference’s weaker teams seems possible. But if quarterback Max Bortenschlager is asked to start for the rest of the year, making a bowl game would be a tall task.

Bortenschlager threw 15-

for-26 for 132 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions as Hill’s replacement Saturday.

“He played his heart out,” running back Ty Johnson said.

“It’s kind of rough being thrown into a situation like that.”

Bortenschlager’s grit may not be enough for the Terps to return to the postseason. The sophomore has started once in his career, completing 48 percent of his passes during

Maryland’s loss to Nebraska last season.

There’s a chance Caleb Henderson, who seemed to be the frontrunner for the quarterback job during the spring, returns from his foot injury and leads the Terps to the playoffs.

But his status is uncertain, and the Maryland faithful hasn’t seen the junior’s potential after he transferred from North Carolina in August 2016.

It wouldn’t be a complete

disaster if Maryland fails to qualify for a bowl game. The Terps’ freshman class is full of talent, and the team will bring in a top-20 recruiting class in 2018.

But for a team that started with so much promise, missing the playoffs would be a wasted opportunity to take another step with a rebuilding program.

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football

the terps gave up fewer than 100 rushing yards in their first two games, but they permitted 250 rushing yards to the Knights, looking more like the defense that struggled against Big Ten foes last year.

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Terps can’t contain UCF quarterback McKenzie Milton’s scrambling ability ruined Durkin’s gameplan All week before playing Central Florida, the Maryland football team’s coaching staff stressed the importance of keeping quarterback McKenzie Milton in the pocket.

De fe n s ive co o rd i n a to r Andy Buh said Milton would cause problems if the squad failed to contain his rushing skill set. As a freshman last season, Milton ran for three touchdowns, including one against the Terps. by

Daniel Bernstein @danbernsteinUMD Senior staff writer

Despite the focus, Milton rushed for a career-high 94 yards in Central Florida’s 38-10 win Saturday, nullifying a staunch effort from the secondary to limit the passing game.

“He was able to use his feet today really well,” linebacker Jermaine Carter said. “We knew he was a very capable quarterback scrambling, but we didn’t do a great job of keeping him inside the pocket. That was one of our keys.”

Central Florida’s spread offense is similar to what

Maryland saw from then-No. 23 Texas in a Sept. 2 win to open the year. Both teams rely on quarterback mobility and quick passes to move the ball.

So the Terps felt prepared to meet the Knights’ explosive attack, which scored 61 points in the team’s only other game this season.

“A lot of the spread offe n s e s t h e s e d a ys c a r r y similar schematics,” Buh said Wednesday. “It’s always easier when you’re facing t h a t w i t h i n a two -we e k span. We’re fortunate. …

We’ve already faced a spread offense, and now we’ve got that opportunity against UCF.”

But instead of keeping their game plan’s top priority in check, the Terps allowed Milton space to carry the ball outside. While he’d displayed a knack for keeping plays alive with his legs in previous games, he reached a new level Saturday, besting his previous top rushing total by 57 yards.

On the opening drive of the game, Milton converted a third-and-5 with a 12-yard sprint down the right sideline. After a 14-yard scramble up the middle near the end of the first quarter, he emphatically motioned his right arm forward to indicate another conversion.

Milton’s 55-yard third-

quarter sprint up the right side, which safety Darnell Savage ended with a shove out of bounds, set up a 6-yard touchdown toss to tight end Jordan Akins that gave Central Florida a 21-3 lead.

“He had some key plays in clutch situations,” Central Florida coach Scott Frost said. “Some of the thirddown completions he made were big. … Then his runs on third down. Those are two drives we scored on that got extended because he made a play with his feet.”

W h i l e M i l to n wa s i n consistent through the air, amassing just 178 yards and a touchdown, his rushing

performance kept Maryland’s defense off-balanced. The display marked a stark improvement from his college debut against the Terps last season, when he fumbled six times in a 30-24 overtime loss for the Knights.

Maryland players appeared deflated during post-game interviews after the blowout defeat. But with the start of conference play looming, they tried not to dwell on the disappointing showing.

“We have to keep our head up,” Carter said. “We start Big Ten play next week. We have another challenge in Minnesota.” dbernsteindbk@gmail.com

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coach steve aird created shirts that read “TERPS – vs – EVERYBODY” for his players to warm up in last year. file photo/the diamondback

AIRD From p. 11 Maryland when the volleyball team lacked recognition.

She said there’s been a shift in enthusiasm in recent years, as her classmates went from not knowing where the team

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minutes, the Knights (2-0) went into the break with a 14-3 lead.

Milton fared better as the game progressed. Central Florida racked up 241 second-half yards against a t i r i n g M a ryl a n d d e fe n se repeatedly forced back onto the field by quick offensive possessions.

“We were playing good defense for a while there,” Durkin said, “but I just think we let the circumstances affect how we played and responded.”

B o r te n s c h l a ge r f o u n d Moore for a 20-yard touchdown in the third quarter, but his limitations in the pocket hindered Maryland’s

played to regularly showing up for games.

While Murray will miss the Terps’ final product due to her impending graduation, Milana hopes to continue shaping a team that’s starting to mirror her upstart high school group.

“We’ve worked so hard

attempted comeback. On the next drive, he took a second-down sack, setting up third-and-20. Despite a 14-point deficit, the Terps ran the ball, leading to their sixth punt.

“They were able to load up the box and that’s why we talk so much about being two-dimensional,” Durkin said. “It certainly wasn’t because Max Bortenschlager can’t execute.

There were a lot of guys who had their fingerprints on that [problem] today.”

The Knights capped Bortenschlager’s afternoon with a 57-yard interception return for a touchdown that bounced off Moore’s fingers.

As defender Mike Hughes raced toward the end zone, Moore clapped his hands in frustration before walking

to flip the program,” Milana said. “People around here care and people are starting to ask more questions.”

Senior staff writer Daniel Bernstein contributed to this report. akostkadbk@gmail.com

slowly off the field.

Central Florida outscored Maryland 38-7 after Hill’s final drive.

When the D.C. native went down in the first quarter, running back Ty Johnson told him to keep his head up because “we’re going to get things right.” Hill responded with a nod.

Most things went wrong for the Terps over the final three quarters. The 28-point defeat marked their worst nonconference loss since 2009 at California.

“They were a team that was executing and we were a team that wasn’t,” D u r k i n s a i d . “ We h a d breakdowns and lacks of communication.” dbernsteindbk@gmail.com

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AIRD

men’s soccer

From p. 12

coach sasho cirovski said the opportunity to play in a hostile road environment at Michigan State will help the Terps grow as the season progresses. matt regan/the diamondback

Terps display progress in road draw Sasho Cirovski’s squad handles Spartans’ record-setting crowd by

The Mary- for putting in the work in

James Crabtree l a n d m e n ’s a game that was probably @JamesCrabtreeH s o c c e r tea m Senior staff writer routinely plays in front of the largest crowds in college soccer at Ludwig Field. The Terps lead the nation in attendance for the second consecutive year and are the only team to average more than 4,000 fans.

But on Friday at Michigan State, Maryland visited an atmosphere it rarely experiences outside College Park.

It was the Spartans’ first Big Ten home game played under their newly installed lights, and a record crowd t u r n e d o u t to wa tc h t h e Terps earn a scoreless draw on a 91-degree night in East Lansing, Michigan.

Maryland coach Sasho Cirovski said the lively environment would help the team improve going forward.

“I have to credit my guys

the biggest stage in Michigan State’s recent history,” Cirovski said. “It was nice for our guys to play on the road in a good atmosphere and challenging environment.”

More than 4,600 people — breaking the Spartans’ previous attendance record by more than 1,100 — came to DeMartin Stadium to watch No. 3 Maryland (6-0-2, 2-0-2 Big Ten) battle No. 6 Michigan State (7-0-1, 2-0-1).

“Playing on the road in these conditions, getting guys experience who may not have had experience before,” midfielder Jake Rozhansky said. “I think those are all really important.”

While the evening start time helped bring the heat down, the players were still uncomfortable at kickoff.

T h e tea m h a s d ea l t w i t h heat throughout the season,

Rozhansky said, but it still makes it more “tiring and exhausting” to play.

Cirovski substituted players frequently, given the temperature. Rozhansky was the only member of Maryland’s attack who played all 45 minutes of the first half.

So, players like freshman Eric Matzelevich and sophomore Eli Crognale played important minutes in a hostile environment, gaining crucial experience for some of the team’s first players off the bench.

Freshman Ben Di Rosa played Friday in place of defender George Campbell, a co-captain who started six of Maryland’s first seven games but was nursing an injured hamstring.

It was the freshman’s second start and sixth appearance of his career.

“Ben had a fantastic debut in a very difficult environment,” Cirovski said. “All in all, George will be back very soon and Ben got some really good experience, so that was very positive.”

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Di Rosa played 97 minutes Friday. He was replaced by redshirt senior Emmanuel Korvah for 13 minutes.

Korvah, who has played forward throughout his time at Maryland, shifted to right back to help the team adjust without Campbell.

In the senior’s absence, the Terps tied a school record with their fifth consecutive clean sheet.

Despite many complicating factors — including a field Rozhansky said was harder than what Maryland’s used to — the Terps earned a scoreless tie with the Spartans, a promising step forward after a poor performance against then-No. 4 Indiana two weeks ago. “ I t’s s o m e t h i n g we have to get used to,” Rozhansky said, “because yo u n eve r k n ow wh a t field we’re going to play on in the postseason.” jcrabtreedbk@gmail.com

quadrant of the arena, the exposure drew more than 1,000 people to each match. When Aird first arrived in College Park, the Terps averaged about 400 fans per game.

Recent losses to No. 7 Washington and Ohio State demonstrated the need for additional improvement, but the Terps underlined their progress by receiving votes in the AVCA Coaches Poll for the first time in recent memory.

Aird spent time as a business executive before joining Penn State as the director of operations and later an assistant coach.

He brought that marketing background to College Park.

Setter Abigail Bentz didn’t notice volleyball apparel in the on-campus bookstores when she arrived at this university as a freshman, but she said the coach has helped the team gain visibility since taking over.

Last year, Aird created a shirt with “TERPS – vs – EVERYBODY” printed across it in white lettering for the Terps to wear during warm-ups. The custom design received attention on Twitter from SportsCenter host and Maryland alumnus Scott Van Pelt.

“There’s really not one aspect of his business and his program that he doesn’t touch,” Bentz said.

Former volleyball marketing intern Devin Rote, who’s now a marketing assistant at North Carolina State, views Aird as a multidimensional coach.

Rote said the Terps’ marketing staff approached its first meeting with Aird in a conven-

tional manner, attempting to follow an agenda. But the recently hired coach stopped the proceedings and called for silence. Then, he blared rap music from his computer while watching volleyball highlight tapes.

In a later meeting, Aird took notice of the constant te c h n o m u s i c p l ay i n g i n b etween po ints during a European professional volleyball match. He wanted to bring that atmosphere to Maryland’s home court.

So, Aird introduced to Xfinity Pavilion a DJ who picks from 300 songs to play between points. Milana said the loud home court has provided the team an advantage by increasing energy on the floor and in the stands. “[Aird] really challenged us to push the boundaries,” Rote said. “What he really brought was a new energy to the program.”

While Maryland posted a 37-60 record during Aird’s first three seasons, its creative marketing strategies grew the fan base.

The Terps often hold contests for supporters to win Under Armour gift cards.

Once, they hosted a Drakethemed match geared toward a younger demographic.

Maryland’s average home attendance exploded to 1,539 in 2014. It generated record t i c ke t reve n u e i n A i rd ’s second campaign.

Back-to-back ranked recruiting classes, as well as a 12-2 start this season, has made it easier to attract fans.

“Any time nationally you bring in some of the better p l a ye r s i n t h e c o u n t r y, people get excited,” Aird said.

“We’re going to be really good this year and I think we’ll keep getting better.”

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the terps are 11-2 this year after going a combined 37-60 the past three seasons. They’re on the upswing with talented freshmen and recruits, but much of the Terps’ exposure stems from their marketing strategy and coaching staff. file photo/the diamondback

‘a new energy’ Coach Steve Aird pushes boundaries to earn the Terps recognition this season

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By Andy Kostka | @afkostka | Staff writer

hen outside hitter Gia Milana spoke with fellow students about the M a r y l a n d vo l leyball team the spring before her freshman campaign, she encountered indifference.

At that time, in 2016, no one believed the Terps — who haven’t qualified for the NCAA tournament since 2005 — could blossom into a legitimate Big

Ten contender. Milana, then the program’s best-ever recruit, said the lack of respect motivated the team to prove its worth.

Under the guidance of coach Steve Aird, Maryland has started this season 12-2, gaining some of the recognition Milana craved. The Terps, who upset then-No. 18 Southern California last week and added a sweep over Indiana on Saturday, matched their 2016 win total a month into the new season.

Maryland’s rise reminds M ilana of her time at Romeo High School in Romeo, Michigan, where the volleyball team transformed from a “joke” to the Class A state champion her junior year.

“I live for that,” Milana said. “Taking something that wasn’t much and then putting it on the map.”

A strong marketing campaign has helped Maryland’s on-court success this season garner attention.

Maryland played its past three home contests on Xfinity Center’s main court — where the men’s and women’s basketball teams compete — rather than in Xfinity Pavilion. With the larger capacity of the main court, the Terps increased attendance on a weekend they beat the Trojans and Oklahoma to secure the program’s best start since 2005.

While Maryland filled only a small See AIRD, p. 11

FOOTBALL

quarterback kasim hill thrived before leaving Saturday’s game in the first quarter after getting hit on a scramble. sammi silber/the diamondback

quarterback max Bortenschlager threw for 132 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions Saturday. photo courtesy of maryland athletics

After hot start, Terps might lose second quarterback Terps struggle with Kasim Hill sidelined, losing first game before Big Ten play starts next week After MaryDaniel Bernstein land @danbernsteinUMD football Senior staff writer quarterback Kasim Hill evaded a Central Florida defender with a first-quarter spin move, he took simultaneous hits to his back and lower body. The freshman stayed on the ground as players shuffled toward the sideline.

Hill exited with an apparent leg injury, forcing the Terps to turn to their third quarterback this year. On a similar rushing attempt against then-No. 23 Texas, signal-caller Tyrrell Pigrome suffered a seasonending ACL tear.

Maryland’s offense stalled by

with third-string quarterback Max Bortenschlager. His two interceptions and five sacks contributed to a 38-10 loss to Central Florida on Saturday, as the Terps gained just 197 total yards.

“We’ve got to respond to adversity,” linebacker Jermaine Carter said. “That’s one thing coach tries to make sure we do a good job of handling. That’s something we didn’t do today.”

Maryland scored 104 points and averaged more than 500 yards in wins over Texas and Towson. Hill was a key part of that success after taking over against the Longhorns.

In about five quarters, the rookie completed 18 of 21

passes for 230 yards and two touchdowns. He also rushed for a score in the Terps’ upset victory over Texas.

Bortenschlager failed to replicate Hill’s production, once missing a snap for a 23-yard loss and later under-throwing wide receiver DJ Moore by about 10 yards on a third-and-10.

The Terps (2-1) entered halftime with 86 yards of total offense. While the defense held Central Florida quarterback McKenzie Milton to 95 passing yards over the opening 30 See Hill , p. 10

DJ Durkin’s squad must take remainder of winnable games to qualify for second straight bowl game

KYLE MELNICK @kyle _ melnick FOOTBALL COLUMNIST After upsetting thenNo. 23 Texas in its season opener, the Maryland football team’s chances of becoming bowl eligible appeared realistic. Even dreams of reaching the AP Top 25 for the first time since 2013 looked feasible.

With Towson, Central Florida and Minnesota next on the schedule, many fans believed the Terps could begin the year 4-0.

But those hopes crashed

in Saturday afternoon’s meltdown against Central Florida.

The Knights bested the Terps in every facet during a 38-10 victory, and quarterback Kasim Hill left with an apparent leg injury.

Maryland needed a victory to maintain its promising postseason position. Now, entering a difficult Big Ten slate, reaching six wins seems a challenge.

“It’s deflating, but it’s not as deflating as it can be because we still have all our goals in front of us,” linebacker Jermaine Carter said. “We start Big Ten play this week.

We’re 0-0 in the Big Ten. We start fresh.”

Maryland planned arguably the toughest schedule in the country this season, with five games against teams in the preseason top 25.

T h ro u g h t h e f i rs t two weeks, the Terps’ offense l o o k e d g o o d e n o u g h to compete with those squads.

Maryland put up 51 points on the Longhorns, and Hill appeared a capable replacement after quarterback Tyrrell Pigrome suffered a seasonending ACL tear.

The Terps entered their c o n te s t a ga i n s t C e n t ra l Florida averaging more than 500 yards per game. Their See durkin, p. 9