October 15, 2014

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U approves sexual misconduct policy changes

By Ellie Silverman @esilverman11 Senior staff writer After months of revision and discussion, university officials approved comprehensive changes to the sexual misconduct policy and student procedures last night, effective immediately.

Among the largest policy shifts is changes to the sexual misconduct defi-

nitions. The procedures also set specific standards for sexual misconduct investigations and hearings.

University President Wallace Loh said the changes have been in talks for years, but mounting national pressure on the issue encouraged officials at this university to press forward. The university established a Title IX director and Sexual Misconduct and Relationship Violence office in the spring.

The new documents reject the University System of Maryland’s definition of “sexual assault,” in which offenses fall into two subcategories: “Sexual Assault I,” forcible sexual penetration, and “Sexual Assault II,” groping a person’s intimate parts.

Loh said labeling unwanted touching as sexual assault trivializes the severity of rape and forced oral sex. The new university policy labels nonconsensual

contact as “sexual contact,” including unwelcome attempts for sexual intercourse, and “sexual assault” is limited to offenses involving penetration.

The new policy also defines words that were previously left out, such as “coercion,” “incapacitated” and “dating violence.”

Officials used specifics to set investigation and hearing procedures. Prior to this new road map, the university had

Rep. Donna Edwards shares experiences at political women panel

Campus Recreation Services, campus attempt to break yoga chain world record

By Jon Banister @J_Banister Senior staff writer W hen Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.) was about 12 years old, her father told her to write down what she wanted to be when she grew up. She tore a piece of paper and scribbled, “One day I want to be a lawyer and I want to be in politics,” and put it in her jewelry box.

During her first run for Congress in 2006, Edwards found that jewelry box stored away with the message still inside. During the campaign, Edwards remembers several people trying to dissuade her from running, telling her to run for positions that suited her better, such as school board or county council. She also received numerous comments about her appearance and about raising a child while in office — questions she never heard asked of men.

“Don’t let anybody talk you out of it, say you don’t have enough experience, that you’re not old enough,” Edwards told a room full of university students last night.

Edwards spoke in a “Women in Politics” panel to about 40 attendees at Stamp Student Union hosted

by College Democrats to talk about the challenges she overcame

By Taylor Swaak @tswaak27 Staff writer The floor of Cole Field House was a sea of brightly colored T-shirts and yoga workout gear. Participants packed themselves side by side in a snaked line. Energy was at a high.

To everyone’s surprise, the numbers weren’t.

Campus Recreation Services’ attempt to break the world record for the longest human yoga chain fell short last night, with about 160 fewer people attending than needed to break the record.

A total of 537 people — ranging from students to parents to the elderly — participated in the yoga chain on the turf inside Cole. CRS tried to rally 700 people for the event to surpass the current record of 696 participants, set on Jan. 30, 2013 in Cuddalore, India, according to the Guinness World Records website.

“We were approached by the organizers of homecoming, and they said … ‘What can we do fitness-related that would possibly make UMD history?’” said Kate Maloney, CRS spokeswoman. “So we took a look at students participate in a homecoming attempt to break the world record for largest yoga chain in Cole Field House yesterday. Only 537 people showed up, several dozen short of the 700 people needed to break the 696-person record, which was set in Jan. 2013 in Cuddalore, India. tom hausman/the diamondback

Brewing good memories

Activists use food to connect Jewish, Muslim faith bases

By Rokia Hassanein @rokiahass Staff writer

bo lenck is a 1986 university alumnus and brewer at DuClaw Brewing Co. james levin/the diamondback

Bo Lenck has fond memories of the Route 1 watering holes from his days as a student at this university.

His favorite haunt was the Rendezvous Inn, or just “The Vous,” which has since been replaced by Cornerstone Grill and Loft. The Vous only had a couple draft beers on tap and didn’t serve bottles.

“Back then, you were firing for effect, not quality,” said Lenck, 49.

But that’s different for him now.

Lenck, who grew up in Oxon Hill and graduated from this university in 1986, now earns his living as a brewer at DuClaw Brewing Co. “I like to work and I like to make the beer and I like to come up with new recipes, because they say there’s nothing new under the sun,” he said.

“I like to think of something that no one has done before.”

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virtually no clear guidelines in place.

“When I look at the old procedures, they were so informal and unspecific,” Loh said. “The old procedures were not satisfactory.”

Similar to the old procedures, the Office of Sexual Misconduct and Relationship Violence will aim to resolve all reports of sexual misconduct within

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A rainbow “peace” flag waved in the background as more than 20 students held up signs that read “Arabs, Muslims and Jews refuse to be enemies!” outside of Stamp Student Union’s main entrance yesterday morning.

“We are fully aware that there are many forces — both political and social — that threatens to sever those ties,” said Parvez Khan, director of Sage Consulting Services, who spoke at the event.

“The ongoing violence in the Middle East and persistent rise in anti-Semitism and Islamophobia in Europe, and the ugly and hurtful

Brian thompson, of the Greater Washington Muslim-Jewish Forum, speaks in front of Stamp Student Union yesterday as part of the #SpreadHummusNotHate campaign. rachel george/the diamondback rhetoric that too often surrounds American Jewish and Muslim communities — we’re not going to let that happen,” Khan said.

T his event was a stop on the # Spread Hu m musNot Hate Bus Tour through parts of this state and Washington sponsored by the Greater Washington Muslim-Jewish Forum, a new D.C.-based organization founded by the Foundation for

Ethnic Understanding.

While handing out free hummus and pita bread to the crowd, event leaders spoke about improving Muslim-Jewish tensions in communities.

“We live in a religiously and ethnically diverse city,” said Brian Thompson, who recently moved to Washington and is an advocate for See hummus, Page 3

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‘‘NON-STOP FUN. THE CAST IS TOP-TIER AND JUSTIN SIMIEN IS A TALENT TO WATCH. This university didn’t break the world yoga chain record, but 537 attendees did turn out to Cole Field House yesterday. tom hausman/the diamondback

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awkward, but it was all fi ne.”

Stewards and witnesses were used in lieu of a Guinness World Record’s adjudicator, which Maloney said would have cost CRS $1,500. Since the world record was not obtained, final numbers, witness reports and footage covering the event will not be submitted to Guinness, said Brianne Rowh, CRS assistant director of fitness.

Despite not breaking the record, which was reminiscent of a 2012 event when CRS tried to break the record for the university’s largest Zumba class during homecoming week, Rowh said she is more than pleased with the outcome, especially given the event’s timing.

“I think sometimes it’s just the communication piece when you’re on a campus of this scale and so much is going on … your event can be challenged to reach out to everybody,” Rowh said. “But we were very much in the grasp, and that’s exciting … 537 is a big number.”

“We’re a l l very excited about yoga and breaking the Guinness World Record, so a From PAGE 1 lot of us came out,” Sachs said the fitness-related records as he and other Sigma Nu fraand tried to find one that ternity members waited on the was feasible for our facil- turf. “If I were to make a guess ity space, and one that we I’d say there’s at least 30 of us thought Terps wou ld get here … probably more.”

T he 537 people who did really excited about.” attend stood on marked taping Before the fitness event on the turf that formed a began at 6 p.m., its “Think B1G and say ‘OM’” Facebook winding line. They had to page suggested an attendance complete a total of three differof about 590 people, out of ent yoga poses led by campus about 2,800 invited. Maloney yoga instructors: Warrior II, said prior to the event that she Triangle and Cobra.

For each pose, participants was confident that number wasn’t an accurate represen- had to be touching each other — tation of the final attendance. the point of touching varied for “We’ve never done a yoga each pose — to create the chain. chain event, but we have done Participants held the pose for a fitness events for homecom- minute or two while volunteer ing week in previous years, and witnesses conducted oversight. we’ve had over 700 people at Fifteen volunteer stewards at those events,” Maloney said the event counted the particibefore the event. “We’re totally pants in their sections and vericonfident that this is doable.” fied correct pose execution.

“The hardest one was probEven those attending the ably Cobra because it was event, such as sophomore computer engineering major Ryan weird to touch someone’s Sachs, exuded confidence and feet while you were doing it,” excitement at the prospects of said Elaine Athey, a sophomore biology major. “Kind of tswaakdbk@gmail.com breaking a world record.

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GSG: Parental leave policy can improve But officials not currently pushing for any changes

By Lexie Schapitl @lexieschapitl Staff writer T houg h the Graduate Student Government implemented a policy last year that g uarantees the right to parental leave for graduate students, some affiliated with the GSG say more could be done to assist those with young children.

The GSG has received positive feedback for the policy, which allows for a six-week accommodation period that includes a full stipend and benefits, said GSG President Deborah Hemingway. But students are asking whether that period should be extended.

“Six weeks is a very common time frame in America but there’s also a discussion on the national level about whether or not the time should be longer,” Hemingway said, adding that the GSG is not pursuing a longer leave for the time being.

women From PAGE 1 during her career and to inspire young women to get involved in politics.

Edwards lost that first campaign by about 3 percent, but was not discouraged. In 2008 she assembled a qualified campaign staff and earned her seat in the House of Representatives with 86 percent of the vote.

Research shows that women who run for office have been just as successful as men in recent years, according to government and politics professor Frances Lee, who participated in the panel. But women only comprise about 18 percent of the House and 20 percent of the Senate, which Lee said goes against the nation’s values.

“The basic foundational idea of a democracy is at some level we’re all equal,” Lee said. “But if you look at democratic institutions and see women underrepresented there, it suggests

Biophysics doctoral candidate Chenlu Wang, who ret u r ned f rom si x week s of matern ity leave in late August, said she was happy with her time off but thinks the time should be extended to accom mo d ate bre a stfeeding mothers.

“It’s really hard if I need to manage both work and feeding or pumping during work, and it’s hard to focus on work because of that,” Wang said. “I can imagine that if some graduate students — some new mom g radu ate students — if they need to TA, it would be really hard for them to continue breastfeeding during the first three months and still work.”

Wang suggested 12 paid week s wou ld b e a b etter a mou nt of leave for new mothers. Hemingway said leave can be extended to up to 12 weeks, though only the first six weeks will be paid.

Moving forward, Hemingway said the GSG also wants to help graduate student parents by working toward the establishment of flexible, affordable child care on the campus.

we’re not equal; we’re unequal in key ways.”

Also on the panel was Daniella Urbina, political opportunity program coordinator for EMILY’s List, a political action committee that aims to get pro-choice, Democratic women elected.

“For some reason women have to prove that they are qualified when running in ways that men don’t have to,” Urbina said.

She said women would benefit from campaign finance reform because female candidates often find it more difficult to attain large contributions.

Edwards said she has noticed a shift in the way younger people talk about women in office and is optimistic for the future of women in politics.

“Your generation is actually going to make a difference in how acceptable it is that women hold elected office or are CEOs at firms or senior partners at law firms,” Edwards said. “Your generation is going to flip the script on the way my generation and past generations have

“Right now grad students the six-week leave policy are in a very difficult position in February 2013, graduate because once they do decide students had to negotiate to start a family, there are no arrangements with their affordable child care options supervisor or adviser for that are available to them on parental leave. Before then, paid leave was reserved for campus,” Hemingway said.

W h i le t he u n iversity’s faculty and staff.

“There were people who Center for Young Children does provide on-campus child were more accommodatcare, it only accepts children ing, and [their students] ages 3 to 5 years old. Heming- got the appropriate time. way also said there is an exten- But it wasn’t uniform,” sive waitlist for the center, its said David Colon-Cabrehours are inflexible and it is ra, former GSG president outside many graduate stu- and anthropology doctoral candidate. dents’ budgets.

By guaranteeing stu“Once your child is 3 you can go to the CYC. But if you start d e n t s’ r i g h t to l e a v e , a family while you’re in school th is pol icy el i m i nated and you have an infant, there is the additional burden of nowhere for you to have your awkward negotiations for infant on-campus,” Heming- students already preparway said. “Then you’re kind ing for the challenge of of stuck because, if you’re becoming parents, Colonbreast-feeding, where can you Cabrera said. “ T h e wh ol e p ro c e s s go? Will your professor let you is very easy to use, and take your infant to class?”

Si x lactation rooms a re it’s very straightforward, available on the campus for and we’re very pleased new mothers, but the GSG w it h t h e p ro c e s s t h at hopes to offer more options has been establ ished,” to graduate students start- Hemingway said. ing families.

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congresswoman donna edwards talks about her political career at a political women panel in the Charles Carroll Room in Stamp last night. stephanie natoli/the diamondback written it for women who want to move up.”

College Democrats Vice President Katherine Swanson, who moderated the panel, said she dreams of running for office and found Edwards inspirational.

“It was really nice to have some of the feelings I have about running for office validated,” the sophomore government and politics major said. “It was a good chance to hear that I’m not alone in this, there are women who feel the exact same way I do.”

Junior government and politics and Spanish major Samara

Cohen also said the panel helped encourage her political aspirations.

“As a girl you’re often told that you can’t do a lot of things, and I’ve experienced that even at a young age,” she said. “It was really great to hear someone who is in such a high position of power say that ‘Yes, I’ve faced opposition because of my gender, but I’ve overcame it and now I’m here.’”

policy From PAGE 1 60 days. This 60 days includes the i nvestigation, hearing and conviction.

Each party is given ample notice throughout the investigation and hearing and is told what will happen at each step of the process.

Five business days in advance of a hearing, each party gives the Sexual Misconduct and Relationship Violence office the names of any individuals accompanying them. They are allowed to have a “support person,” “non-attorney advisor” and an “attorney.”

During the hearing, an attorney is not permitted to cross-examine the complainant. Loh said this is because officials do not want to “retraumatize” the person.

“A nyone who h a s gone t h ro u g h a c ro s s-e x a m ination never wa nts to go through a cross-examination again,” Loh said. “We are trying to provide safeg u a rd s a nd to encou rage victims to come forward.”

A Standing Review Comm ittee of five specia l ly tra i ned students, facu lty and staff will listen to both sides during the hearing and act as a jury. The committee will determine by a simple majority whether a policy violation occurred and what sanctions should be imposed.

Loh said the policy isn’t without its shortcomings, however. Ba n n i ng crossexamination and limiting the committee to five people

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representatives from the Greater Washington Muslim-Jewish Forum stopped at Stamp Student Union yesterday as part of their #SpreadHummusNotHate campaign to promote friendship and connections between Muslim and Jewish faiths. rachel george/the diamondback increased tensions among the three groups.

“A lot of Mu s l i m s a n d Jews feel like, ‘Oh, there’s no hope,’ and ‘We’ve been driven apart,’ and ‘We’re doomed to be enemies,’” Ruby said.

“We’re here to say, ‘No, we refuse to be enemies,’ and that’s what this is all about.”

S e n i o r A ra b i c s t u d i e s major Christina Fahmi said she ca me to t he event to promote interfaith dialogue and friendship.

“We have a lot to share, and at the end of the day, I

think we need to focus on our commonalities more than our differences for a more positive world,” Fahmi said.

Taameem Al-Maliki, the coordinator of Project Nur, a student-led initiative that advocates for human rights and social justice, said she w a n t s t o e m p o w e r s t udents to cultivate a space of acceptance and mutual respect between Muslims and non-Muslims.

“It shows that here in the D.C. area, Muslims and Jews coexist and don’t relate to the

“WE ARE TRYING TO PROVIDE SAFEGUARDS AND TO ENCOURAGE VICTIMS TO COME FORWARD.” WALLACE LOH

University president who decide with a majority vote can make it easier to find the accused person responsible, according to Loh. Traditional court juries have six to 12 members.

“The major reason it took so long [to revise these policies and procedures] is because we wanted to strike the right balance between fairness to the accused and fairness protection to the survivors,” Loh said.

As with previous incarnations of the policy and procedures, the most severe punishment is expulsion, though the university president must sign off on the sanction. “[Sexual misconduct is] a very important problem.

We have to measure it, we have to have the right procedures, we have to prevent it from happening, we have to have training and we have to impose sanctions,” Loh said, “but at the same time, rememberi ng t hat i n ou r system of justice we presume people innocent.”

Although this policy and student procedures are effective immediately, they are still subject to further rev iew by t he Un iversity Senate, meaning changes can be made. Faculty and sta ff procedu res a re sti l l under revision. esilvermandbk@gmail.com

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hummus the cause. “It is true that we may not find common ground on all political and social issues, but those shouldn’t be the end of the discussion, but rather, the beginning of one.”

Thompson said the community must do everything in its power to counter fear and mistrust. He added that negative feelings shouldn’t ruin Muslim-Jewish relations.

“The way forward is not easy, but we are here today to declare that we are and must continue to be stronger than the forces of hate,” he said to loud applause.

For all the areas of disag reement, t here w i l l be a re a s wh e re p e opl e f i n d unity, Thompson said.

“We are never more empowered than when we, as g loba l citi zens, work together to create a world that is fair and just for all who live within it,” Thompson said.

“Muslims and Jews have a common moral imperative to better the world.”

Walter Ruby, the MuslimJewish program director for the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, said they have been working on Muslim-Jewish relations since 2 0 0 7. E v e r y N o v e m b e r, they organize a “Weekend of Twinning” with events in more than 30 countries.

Ruby sa id events that support Arab, Muslim and Jewish relationships are especially important after the recent conflict in Gaza that

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violence outside the U.S.,” the sen ior eng i neeri ng student said.

Before the event concluded, the crowd, many with smiles on their faces, joined in to sing and clap to the song “Sa la a m, Shalom,” which means “peace” in both Hebrew and Arabic.

People chanted “Let’s stand up to hate” and “Give peace a chance” throughout the entire song. rhassaneindbk@gmail.com

“DuClaw has always supported Baltimore Beer Week, and they have also been one of the most inventive, trailblazing brewing companies in the Baltimore area,” Gold said.

“As a beer drinker, I value the craft brews that they offer. They absolutely keep it interesting.”

DuClaw often seems to swim against the current; it’s known for experimenting and giving the consumers a reason to come back over and over again, Gold said. Lenck said the DuClaw brewers are always trying inventive methods, such as “flavoring beers with chocolate, peanut butter, grapefruit and even cumin.”

Lenck’s current project: “We might have a salted plum beer coming out next year.”

The brewery collaborated with local companies Union Craft Brewing, Red Brick Station, The Brewer’s Art, Oliver Breweries and Heavy Seas Beer to create a beer called Stoop Sitter for Beer Week.

“As much as anything, it was [a] great opportunity for us as brewers to get to know each other better, feel even more comfortable in sharing ingredients, techniques and information,” said Chris Leonard, brewmaster at Heavy Seas Beer.

T he beer w i l l be sold throughout the city during Beer Week, and some of the proceeds will be donated to a nonprofit called Jake’s Law, which advocates harsher punishments for distracted driving.

“Collaborations are always great fun and get the creative juices flowing in the craft brewing community,” Lenck said. “Giving the proceeds to charity is a cherry on top of that.”

In the early 1990s, he began home brewing in the hope of recreating one of his favorite beers at the time, called Pete’s Wicked Ale. He found some online recipes and started trying to make his own clone of the beer.

Lenckcontinuedbrewingbeers at home and ultimately discovered some local homebrew clubs.

He joined the Chesapeake Real Ale Brewers Society — CRABS for short — and became good friends with a man named Jim Wagner, who in 1998 was hired as brewmaster at DuClaw. When the brewery expanded in 2004, Wagner needed someone to help him handle the business.

“So at that point I came on brewing beer with him,” Lenck said. “And I sort of just never left.”

Ten years later, DuClaw has grown into a successful area brewing company, selling unique beers to a wide audience of state drinkers. The company is on pace to sell 20,000 to 25,000 barrels this year, Lenck said, which takes it out of the microbrewery category and into the regional craft brewery tier.

This year, DuClaw is also one of the participating breweries and sponsors of the sixth annual Baltimore Beer Week, which kicked off Friday with an opening tap ceremony at Rash Field.

Despite competing for attention with the Baltimore Orioles, it was the biggest opening event to date, according to Baltimore Beer Week co-founder Joe Gold.

The events draw large crowds of beer lovers, he said, and it’s a great showcase of state beers and breweries. He’s excited to participate in “whatever [he] can get into.” meichensehrdbk@gmail.com

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Remembering the little things derful things we take for granted each day. Even once we list what we are thankful for, we have to adapt our lives to reflect it. And while keeping your gratitude to yourself is all well and good, it is all the more fantastic if you project that appreciation outward into the universe, whether toward a deity or to the kind stranger who held the door open for you.

Our lives are already sprinkled with small verbal expressions of gratitude, but we can do better.

Thanks to the efforts of our manners-conscious parents, saying “thank you” is now more of a reflex than a mindful decision.

When we hear those two lovely words slip out of our mouths, we have the chance to recognize and reflect on what we are truly grateful for in the first place. That makes it a great opportunity for genuine appreciation, even for something as small as your roommate letting you have your favorite seat on the couch.

If it helps, you can think of every day as Thanksgiving, just without your mom’s stellar sweet potato casserole. Remembering and sharing what we are appreciative of doesn’t require being around the dining room table with extended family; it just takes noticing the little parts of your life that you depend on but never acknowledge.

There is no reason to store up all our nice sentiments and kind thoughts of gratitude for one day a year, not when they can do so much good in our lives today.

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There is not one person on Earth who doesn’t have something for which to be appreciative.

I’ll give you a second to think of some scenarios to disprove that statement. … Are you finished? If you have the brainpower and thinking skills to contemplate that, then congratulations: You have something for which to be thankful.

It’s not a new concept, I’ll give you that. There are plenty of idioms reminding us to “count our blessings” or “thank our lucky stars,” but there is a huge gap between figures of speech and actions. And now, with midterms lurking, most of what we say is to garner pity at the inhumanely long papers we have to write or the 40 chapters we will be tested on tomorrow. It’s as though our brains are programmed to complain rather than give thanks.

When you think about it, it makes total sense that we are more inclined to mention what is bothering us before saying what we are grateful for. The most noticeable things in our lives are those people, places or things that keep us from being our fullest and happiest selves. It is natural to be more preoccupied with your cracked iPhone 6 screen than the thought of how lucky you are to have an iPhone screen to crack in the first place. We have to really work at being appreciative.

Except for those select few saintly people who wake up every day with nothing but gratitude in their hearts, Danielle Wilkin is a senior biology and the rest of us mere mortals have to science education major. She can be remind ourselves of all the won- reached at dwilkindbk@gmail.com.

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A county under water Facing the harsh reality of our economy

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ere’s a story of a thriving county located in the heart of the prosperous Washington metropolitan area, nestled along the border of the richest state in the nation.

Prince George’s County boasts a median household income of $73,568, about $20,000 better than the national median, according to the U.S. Census. In 2013, it was one of fewer than 600 counties among the nation’s 3,007 to beat the national median.

But as anyone who has driven through the area can attest, that tale isn’t wholly representative.

At just $32,254, this county’s per capita income is middling at best; Prince George’s ranked 15th among the state’s 24 counties in 2010. Its 6.9 percent unemployment rate is about 1 percent greater than both the national and state rates.

Take this city, for example: With an average per capita money income of $17,793, College Park residents are among the lowestearning in the state. Granted, this city’s transient student population ensures that the local economy all but grinds to a halt during winter and summer breaks. All the same, this income figure isn’t uncommon in the county.

P r i n ce G e o rge ’s Co u n ty i s hurting. It lost 10,000 jobs during the recession. It suffers from unemployment, home foreclosures and slow wage growth. It’s strug-

gling to attract firms. That’s the summer youth programs and the real story, and it’s reflected in the county’s food-assistance program, The Washington Post reported. county budget.

Somewhat predictably, these sorely OUR VIEW needed measures — which would cut the deficit by $18 million — have faced backlash from the County Council. Council members had advocated increasing funding to the affected programs by $11 million in fiscal 2015, and they complained that the cuts came without warning.

To be sure, slashing subsidies to Undercut by a dearth in tax the food-assistance program and reve n u e , c o u n ty gove r n m e n t youth programs hurt this county’s spending this fiscal year has out- residents. But that’s the uncomprostripped its intake by $59 million mising result of mismanagement at dollars. Even considering the $2.85 the administrative level. These cuts billion approved budget, that’s must come from somewhere, and if no chump change — and it could the council can renegotiate them as threaten the county bond rating if promised, perhaps they’ll come from spending goes unchecked, budget somewhere else. But for now, this administrator Thomas H imler county can hardly afford inaction.

Back in May, with just six weeks warned the County Council.

While three major credit agen- remaining in last fiscal year, Himler cies upheld the county’s bond rating announced that the county faced in August — at AAA, the highest a $62.5 million deficit. Officials achievable — Himler said continu- responded by cashing in on the ally running budget deficits puts that county’s reserve fund, precisely the credit score at risk. A downgrade in kind of reaction that can tarnish the credit would reflect a lack of confi- county credit rating.

Just five months removed from dence in the government’s ability to balance its budget, and a poor invest- that last proclamation, the county should have seen its deficit coming. It ment environment.

In response to its budget woes, the needs swift renegotiation if it wishes county has begun to cut its police to alter the course of cuts. In Prince and fire departments’ recruiting George’s County, money trees are classes, slash overtime pay for emer- scarce, and if the council wants some gency workers and defer funding to shade, it’ll need to resign itself to that Prince George’s Community College, harsh reality.

With budget cuts and relatively high unemployment, this county needs to move swiftly to address economic concerns.

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Committing to our employees

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gnorantia juris non excusat. Ignorance of the law is no excuse.

While the phrase more often than not is understood in a civil sense, I wish to examine it in the moral sense. Can we claim that ignorance of violations of our fellow man’s basic rights fails to suffice as a valid excuse for letting such violations persist? What if this extended further, into the relationships between employers and their workers? This might vastly change not only the way we define those relationships, but also how we understand the power structures that encompass them.

Furthermore, this would have a direct impact on the way our university is run and how its employees live their lives.

While few would argue with the validity of the above, many have claimed ignorance. This has become the mantra of administrators and high-ranking executives across the nation and here at this university. While the claim is never made outright, one must accept that the university is either ignorant or apathetic. When administrators like Brian Ullmann make claims like,

“The University of Maryland has long demonstrated its commitment to every employee,” we must look past the rhetoric and ask what this commitment actually looks like.

For employees, it has looked like poor wages and unfit work environments. It has looked like being forced to pay excessive rates to park at their own place of employment, only seeing a reduction after members of advocacy groups on the campus and union members fought tooth and nail against Ullmann and other university officials.

It has looked like no voice to fight back.

Ignorance would not and does not excuse these actions, and no longer can ignorance be claimed. The facts have been presented to the administration; demands for higher wages and collective bargaining rights have been made. Ignorance has been removed from the equation, and apathy stands in its place if this administration refuses to act on behalf of its fellow human beings.

Nathan Hansell is a sophomore philosophy major and representative of the Student Labor Action Project . He can be reached at nhansell2417@gmail.com.

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Feminism doesn’t speak for me GONZALO MOLINOLO Emma Watson recently gave a speech to the United Nations regarding the need for feminism.

She claimed that “gender equality is your issue, too,” referring to men. Her speech was remarkable in that she acknowledged men’s issues (unlike many feminists), specifically mentioning, for example, how society (at least in Britain) failed to value her father’s role in the family as much as her mother’s, or how men suffer higher suicide rates in her native country.

She defended her ideology of gender equality and claimed that the image of feminists as “manhaters” must be abolished. Needless to say, Watson received unanimous applause from the audience at the end of her speech.

While her reference to the injustices men face is commendable, Watson only mentioned the issues vaguely without even scratching the surface. As opposed to pointing out how feminist policies and gender roles (discussed below) have been detrimental to men’s well-being, she jumped to the defensive by boasting that feminism is “the belief that men

and women should have equal rights and opportunities. It is the theory of the political, economic and social equality of the sexes.”

Let’s be clear about something, Ms. Watson: Anyone can quote the dictionary definition of a movement, but the actual practices of the movement can differ from the definition.

You referenced that men are more likely to commit suicide than women, but where is your critique of feminism’s outright refusal to help men in general? You have no right to complain of being called a man-hater when the movement you wish to represent has a track record of undermining men as a whole.

You claim that your solidarity movement is “for gender equality that brings together one-half of humanity in support of the other half of humanity, for the benefit of all.”

May I ask why it cannot be about the two halves supporting each other?

To further illustrate my objections, let us consider the following: Men can be financially devastated by child support; men are victims of domestic violence as well; and men are still expected to be the breadwinners in an allegedly egalitarian society. These are the very tip of the iceberg of men’s issues, with many more that I won’t cover here.

Nowhere in her speech does Watson provide an actual solution or plan to help alleviate these problems,

other than “recruiting” men to fight for her view of gender equality. Men need a movement that offers actual solutions to their problems, such as abolishing rape shield laws, raising awareness of male rape, finding a way to undo injustices in the family court system, putting an end to toxic masculinity and providing relief to male victims of human trafficking and domestic violence. The need for a movement is mostly met by men’s rights activists, but they hardly have the same influence as the feminists.

In an ideal situation, we would have a third option, a movement that focuses on both genders and acknowledges that gender roles, not men or women, are the problem.

I wonder, however, if such a thing will happen as long as Watson and her fellow feminists continue to focus on one gender while paying lip service to the needs of the other from time to time.

To conclude, I’d like to say that it’s refreshing for a feminist celebrity to admit that men’s issues exist, but it is frustrating when the issues are only scratched at. A YouTuber by the name of MensBusinessAsocEduc and TIME magazine’s Cathy Young provide a great response to Watson’s speech for those of you who are interested.

Gonzalo Molinolo is a junior history major. He can be reached at gmolinolodbk@gmail.com.

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KANGNAM STYLE Two writers — one a Korean food aficionado, the other a first-timer — review the food at new Route 1 joint Kangnam BBQ Sports Bar & Grill

EXPERT VERDICT: PRICEY BUT DECENT EATING

By Warren Zhang @auberginecow Senior staff writer There’s a lot of leeway afforded to a restaurant during a soft opening, especially for something as logistically complicated as a 24/7 Korean barbecue joint. So, it’s possible to forgive Kangnam BBQ Sports Bar & Grill, which opened Oct. 6 on Route 1, for its jittery service and limited menu, and for not yet being open at all hours of the night.

On the other hand, it’s difficult to decide where exactly to draw the line. For instance, the sizes of the meat platters are far too small. The $50 combination platter of brisket, pork belly and bulgogi chicken amounted to an absolutely pathetic amount of meat.

The only banchan (small p l a t te rs o f t ra d i t i o n a l Korean side dishes) currently offered are a bit of kimchi and a bafflingly large plate of salad that wouldn’t be out of place in a bargainbasement sushi place.

Fortunately, most of the food offered is tasty. The seafood and scallion pancake

has a nice balance of meat to batter and is cooked to crisp perfection. The quality of the meat is reasonably good — well-marbled and thinly sliced to allow for speedy cooking.

The dumplings are not as good; they might as well be called chive bukkake for the excessive amounts of garlicky chive present. Still, the food’s presentation is attractive enough. The plates are arranged simply, without much pretense or unnecessary flair, but still laid out cleanly and elegantly.

The same cannot be said for the restaurant decor.

It lacks the unbridled and weirdly endearing Korean kitsch of its competitors in Annandale, Virginia, and Montgomery County, and it is not as coherently conceived and defined as other upscale establishments.

The result is a gauche collision of a cheesy future-chic sports bar and a trendy casual restaurant. It’s far from a deal-breaker, but it’s hardly the most welcoming setting.

Service also shows some rough edges. Kangnam’s waitstaff is a mix of Korean restaurant veterans and new-

comers, so the first weeks are a trial by fire for a portion of the waiters. My server was courteous but handled cooking the meat (which is typically made at the table by a server) somewhat clumsily and inefficiently.

Credit to the management, however, for making much more of an effort to accommodate non-Korean speakers than many of the region’s Korean restaurants.

But all this is immaterial. What really matters is how good Kangnam is five months, 10 months and two years from now. Even if the meal I had at Kangnam had been revelatory, all would be for naught if, six months later, the restaurant lost its momentum.

Nothing I’ve had at the restaurant suggests anything about its future, either way.

Whether or not Kangnam becomes a revered local establishment is anyone’s guess. Whether you should eat at Kangnam now depends on your patience with lessthan-perfect service and a limited, overpriced menu. wzhangdbk@gmail.com

kangnam bbq SPORTS BAR & GRILL, which opened on Route 1 last week, has good food and a pricey menu. sung-min kim/the diamondback

NEWBIE VERDICT: A FOOD ADVENTURE THAT’S WORTH THE CASH

By Jonathan Raeder @jonraeder Staff writer All right, I confess: I’ve never quite learned how to use chopsticks. On occasion, I’ve even asked for a fork at Asian restaurants, conceding to my lack of coordination and cursing my inability to entrap slippery noodles between two uncooperative sticks.

My culinary tastes lean toward the simplistic. Meats, potatoes, the occasional fruits and vegetables and some breads satisfy me. That’s not to say I don’t try new foods — I’ve eaten some Chinese foods that typically aren’t part of American cuisine, and I’ve had haggis in Scotland — but take some

meat and cheese and wrap it in a grain substance like bread or a tortilla and I’m golden.

However, I’ve started to get bored with eating the same foods. There’s a whole culinary world out there, and I’ve only tried a small slice of it.

Realizing this problem, I decided to check out the new Korean barbecue restaurant I’d been hearing so much about, Kangnam BBQ Sports Bar & Grill, out on Route 1. I’d never had Korean food before — I don’t think the Korean barbecue at the dining hall counts — and I was eager to try it. On Friday evening, two friends and I headed down to the restaurant, which was brightly colored and featured collages of K-pop stars smiling down

at us from the wall.

The three of us ordered two dishes to share: Korean barbecued beef and a platter of noodles, vegetables and kimchi.

Our waitress was friendly and cooked our meal right in front of us on a stove built into the table.

While we watched our main meal cook, we received soup, salad, various dipping sauces and some version of an egg — all part of our entrees. It turns out that Korean restaurant meals are often served with banchan, or side dishes. These were the first of many. jraederdbk@gmail.com READ THE REST ONLINE AT DBKNEWS.COM

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“IT WAS PROOF OF WHAT WE’RE CAPABLE OF WHEN WE CAN PUT ALL THE PIECES TOGETHER.” SASHO CIROVSKI

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Goalkeeper Zack Steffen high-fives fans after the Terps’ 4-0 victory over then-No. 3 Penn State on Sunday. alexander jonesi/the diamondback

BROWN From PAGE 8 He completed 11 of 18 passes, but those went for a total of 71 yards. He also threw an interception late in the first half while the Terps were backed up near their own end zone.

“He would be the first to tell you he would like to be a little more consistent,” Edsall said.

Brown, a dual-threat quarterback, typically finds success on the ground even when he falters with his passing — he ranks seventh in school history with 22 touchdown runs — but that wasn’t the case in the loss to the Buckeyes. Brown totaled -3 rushing yards on eight carries against Ohio State’s stout front seven, and he led

only one touchdown drive in 30 minutes of action.

So when Brown wasn’t relaxing with family this weekend, he was studying film and thinking about how to use his skill set to produce better results against the Hawkeyes.

“I can’t get away from using my legs and my athleticism,” Brown said. “In the past it’s been very successful.”

E d sa l l a l so a l l u d e d to Brown’s running ability Tuesday when he diagnosed the quarterback’s play against Ohio State.

“What C.J. has to do is make sure he goes out there and plays to his strengths, and utilize all the abilities he has to help our team get better and win games, and move the ball,” Edsall said.

Still, Edsall has showered

praise on Brown for much of the season and continued to express support for his quarterback this week. The fourthyear coach pointed out that the Terps have scored at least 24 points in each game this season and said that even when the offense does begin to sputter, Brown shouldn’t shoulder all of the blame.

Edsall isn’t taking much stock in Brown’s poor outing last week, either. “ I t ’s l i k e a s t a r t i n g pitcher,” Edsall said. “Starting pitcher goes out and some days he doesn’t have it, so you got to go to the bullpen and relieve him. Not everybody’s going to have a great day.”

Brown’s faltering came on a big stage, with a soldout crowd on hand at Byrd

they have already shifted their attention. The Terps have little room for error in the final third of their season after they went 1-3-2 in the first third and 4-2 in the second, Cirovski said.

Goalkeeper Zack Steffen agreed. The sophomore was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week after recording shutouts against Penn State and VCU, but he avoided placing too much importance on the honor. He’s just worrying about Lehigh.

“It’s a good personal accomplishment,” Steffen said.

“But I’m not focused on that.

I’m focused on the team and trying to make it to the Big Ten tournament.”

Steffen will look for his third consecutive shutout tonight against the Mountain Hawks (6-5). Forward Jamie Luchini leads Lehigh with four goals, while forward Doyle Tuvesson has three. Both players have more goals than any of the Terps’ forwards.

Terrapins men’s soccer coach But the Mountain Hawks are coming off a 2-0 loss to Boston and have been held scoreless in three other games this season.

“Lehigh is the type of team that you better come ready to play,” Cirovski said. “They’ve got some weapons that can hurt you.”

The Terps are keeping the focus primarily on themselves, though. After Sunday’s victory, defensive midfielder Dan Metzger called the Terps together to remind the team to stay levelheaded.

Metzger, a senior, said he’s urged some of his younger teammates to adopt that mentality throughout the difficult campaign.

“Especially for the freshmen, they all came in here, University of Maryland just got back from the national championship game, and they were expecting to win,” Metzger said. “They were

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QUARTERBACK C.J. BRown has experienced a slight dip in completion percentage and passer rating this year. chester lam/the diamondback Stadium and ABC in College Park to broadcast Ohio State’s blowout of the Terps. The senior, though, has six regular-season games remaining as a college quarterback to show

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definitely a little thrown off from the losing streak we had.”

In Metzger’s three previous years in College Park, the Terps have always advanced to at least the third round of the NCAA tournament, and they’ve qualified for the tournament every year since 2000.

Sunday’s victory might help this year’s Terps avoid ending that streak.

“It was proof of what we’re capable of when we can put all the pieces together,” Cirovski said.

But the Terps aren’t getting ahead of themselves yet. As Cirovski enjoyed dinner with his family, Metzger said the team didn’t enjoy Sunday’s victory any more than they usually do.

“Maybe [we celebrated] a little bit,” Metzger said. “Not too much.”

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“I just want to leave it all out there,” Brown said. “There’s nothing to hold back now.” akasinitzdbk@gmail.com

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MEN’S SOCCER | LEHIGH PREVIEW

Bye allows Brown to move past benching QB visits family in time off, says memories of struggles against Buckeyes won’t linger

By Aaron Kasinitz @AaronKazreports Senior staff writer

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Moving forward Terps turn focus to Mountain Hawks after encouraging victory over Penn State

By Joshua Needelman @JoshNeedelman Staff writer The Terrapins men’s soccer team’s 4-0 victory over Penn State on Sunday ended shortly after 3 p.m., so coach Sasho Cirovski spent the night with his family.

With his daughters home from school, Cirovski and his wife, Shannon Higgins-Cirovski, gathered for dinner and celebrated the Terps’ victory over the then-No. 3 Nittany Lions.

But Monday, Cirovski was back at work. He spent

the day recruiting before the Terps resumed practice on Tuesday in preparation for tonight’s tilt against Lehigh. And while the Penn State victory significantly improved the team’s postseason chances, the Terps know they still have a long way to go.

“You can’t have your highs be too high or your lows be too low,” Cirovski said. “You’ve got to get up and get ready for the next one.”

The Terps (5-5-2) were pleased with the result Sunday, which lifted their RPI ranking from No. 97 to No. 36. But See hawks, Page 7

C.J. Brown slipped out of College Park during the Terrapins football team’s bye weekend to watch his younger brother, James Madison cornerback Jordan Brown, lead the Dukes to a 62-7 trouncing of Towson on Saturday.

And while the Terps quarterback sat with his dad as Jordan’s squad strolled to victory, he made sure his own tribulations stayed off his mind. C.J. Brown said he didn’t think about his benching halfway through a 52-24 loss to then-No. 20 Ohio State on Oct. 4, discuss the costly interception that preceded it or mull the prospects of losing his spot to backup Caleb Rowe.

Instead, he took the time off to evade the pressure of being the Terps’ starter under center and move beyond his struggles against the Buckeyes.

“You have to have a [short] memory,” Brown said yesterday.

“I’ve learned that from being here and being at this position.”

Coach Randy Edsall has maintained that the sixth-year signalcaller will start in Saturday’s homecoming matchup against Iowa, and Brown’s left wrist, sprained in a Sept. 27 win at Indiana, continued to heal over the bye weekend.

So when he returned to the ca m p u s a f te r v i s i t i n g Ja m e s Madison, Brown felt fully refreshed and confident. Not that his teammates expected anything different.

“He’s a pretty level-headed dude,” running back Brandon Ross said.

Quarterback C.J. BRown was taken out at halftime of a loss to Ohio State on Oct. 4 after throwing a costly interception. alexander jonesi/the diamondback “He has a mindset where it’s just a next-game mentality. Whatever happened, he put it behind him.”

That doesn’t mean the Terps’ 23-year-old leader isn’t itching to improve after a shaky start to the season. Brown’s 57.5 completion percentage and 129.3 quarterback rating this season represent slight ticks down from his 2013 numbers, and his least effective game of the season came in the matchup with Ohio State.

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