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“If I never attend their meetings, I don’t know what they do, why do we still have [them]?

The answer is, they’ve been around for [many] years, and people would be very upset.”

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—Wallace Loh University President

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“The administration could be doing more.”

According to chairwoman Ellin Scholnick, Loh does not attend the commission’s meetings, and he does not communicate directly with the commission, but he attends its annual awards ceremony honoring women in the campus community, with the 2015 event pictured above.

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embers of four president’s commissions, which specialize in women’s issues, LGBT issues, disability issues and ethnic minority issues, said they rarely meet with university President Wallace Loh. Instead, the commission chairs regularly interact with Chief Diversity Officer Kumea Shorter-Gooden and Loh’s chief of staff or another member of the administration.

“If I never attend their meetings, I don’t know what they do, why do we still have [them]?” Loh said. “The answer is, they’ve been around for [many] years, and people would be very upset.”

These are the only permanent president commissions, while councils serve temporary purposes. The President’s Student Advisory Council on Diversity and Inclusion — which formed after a university Kappa Sigma fraternity member’s racist,

sexist email surfaced on Twitter in March 2015— disbanded after just four meetings.

The diversity council aimed to provide an opportunity for students to discuss the issues it caused on the campus, Loh said. Once a president’s council addresses the problem at hand, there is a “sun-setting” to the group.

Now members from the council have the option to work with Shorter-Gooden on diversity issues, a structure similar to the president’s permanent commissions.

“There are certain issues that ... at that moment in time are so salient, so visible, so important that you have to lend them the name to the president,” Loh said. “As president, I have [a] responsibility for the whole place. If I start getting into the weeds in any given area ... then I’m not doing my job.”

But Shorter-Gooden said the council’s purpose hadn’t really been served and Graduate Student Government President Stephanie Cork, who sat on the council, said it never developed specific goals.

Reaching the upper levels of the administration has been one of the ethnic minority issues commission’s bigger challenges, said Nacie Grigsby, a member of the group. This year, it appointed co-chairs, rather than a single chair, hoping it would create a stronger voice.

“The administration is very receptive, but it could be more responsive,” Grigsby said. “I don’t want to blame it all on the administration – things happen in all steps of the way – [but] to see things not going anywhere, it can be challenging at times.”

When told some members on the diversity council and commissions were disappointed in a lack of visibility from the president, Loh said he abides by principles of “shared governance” and prefers not to micromanage. He trusts the appointed chairs and Shorter-Gooden will adequately carry out the presented tasks.

“There’s a fundamental difference between leadership and management,” Loh said. “The role of a president, of any president in leader-

community September, said he considers this “one of SGA’s biggest victories.”

However, depending on the university’s coming steps, the SGA has not put the proposal away for good, and it is “not going to stop ’til we get what we asked for,” Swanson said.

The SGA could bring the legislation back in the future — as soon as spring semester — if it believes the administration was continuing to not support the Title IX office, Russell said.

“This is not the end of this In response, the SGA’s cabinet voted Sunday night to remove it, Russell process,” Russell said. “We’re said. The proposal would have been going to stay on President voted on Wednesday at the Committee Loh the entire time, and if he for Review of Student Fees meeting doesn’t meet the promises that and, if approved, would have gone to he says he plans to make this academic year, we’ll be right Loh’s desk after that.

“We had a really heated discus- there reminding him that he has sion on Sunday night about it, and to be there and that’s his obligaI think we hashed out a lot of our tion to the students.”

If SGA voted to bring the fee differences on it,” Russell said about back to the table in the spring the meeting.

Among the SGA propositions semester, the funding would still the administration did not agree affect fiscal 2018, Russell said.

The proposal’s withdrawal to include funding for a prevention coordinator, a portion of the comes after the university anoperating costs for preventative nounced on Oct. 18 it would measures and a centralized lo- create six new positions to cation on campus for the office, assist in investigating sexual Swanson said. During Wednesday’s misconduct matters — four in SGA meeting, Russell referred the the Title IX office and two in the legislature to speak to Pruitt about CARE to Stop Violence office. the positions the administration The administration made that decision two days after Loh and chose not to implement.

Despite the development, Pruitt, who submitted the proposal in See SGA , p. 2

Nearly a month after voting to support $34 annual student fee, SGA withdraws proposal after Loh says he would table it The SGA has withdrawn its p ro p o s a l fo r a $34 annual student fee to fund the Office of Civil Rights and Sexual Misconduct — nearly a month after the organization voted in favor of the measure, SGA Chief of Staff Mark Russell said Wednesday during a general body meeting in the Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center.

During a Friday meeting between university President Wallace Loh, Student Affairs Vice President Linda Clement, Student Government Association President Katherine Swanson, Russell and SGA Student Affairs Vice President A.J. Pruitt, Loh told the group he would table the fee proposal if it reached his desk because he does not want to commit any further funding until he has an independent group review the Title IX office to ensure it is working efficiently, Swanson said.

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‘a stronger role’ The commissions were formed before Loh became president, and while they continue to operate, he said “the only real president’s [groups are] those that I appoint.”

It wasn’t his choice to create these groups, and he isn’t very involved with them, he said.

However, he recognizes the prestige of maintaining the commissions under the name of the president.

Ellin Scholnick, the chair of the President’s Commission on Women’s Issues, agrees.

“If taken away, you’d lose a voice,” Scholnick said, adding it would be “a tremendous loss” to lose the commission.

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Yiannopoulos vows to fight cancellation Breitbart editor and conservative journalist Milo Yiannopoulos said Monday the wishes and “rights of students have been violated” after Terps for Trump had to cancel his Wednesday talk at Ritchie Coliseum because of cost constraints.

An invoice from Oct. 10 put the cost of security for the event by

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— a stop on Yiannopoulos’ controversial Dangerous Faggot Tour — at $2,574 and the total cost of the event at $9,428. Following multiple quotes and negotiations, the cost of security came to $2,211, and the entire event – which included ticketing and administration, lighting, stage setup, A/V and security – came to $5,048, University of Maryland spokeswoman Crystal Brown said.

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Applebee’s karaoke is now back on Thursday nights

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SophoEvan Berkowitz m o r e I l a n Goldstein had @thedbk never been to For The DBK karaoke night at the College Park Applebee’s on Route 1, but the civil engineering major said it seemed like a great way to celebrate his 21st birthday Tuesday night.

“It sounded fun to get drunk and sing and maybe make a little bit of a fool of myself,” he said. “It’d be fun to do that on my 21st birthday, now that I’m legally allowed to do that.”

Instead, Goldstein encountered a surprise: Karaoke night had been moved for the second time this semester, returning to its original Thursday evening slot at 9 p.m. by

Un iversity of M a r yland Police responded to reports of sta l k i ng, a n injured person and controlled dangerous substance violations, among other incidents this past week, according to police reports.

SUSPICIOUS ACTIVIT Y On Friday at 3:44 p.m., University Police responded to their headquarters, where a female student reported that a m a n she doesn’t k now appeared to be following her in between classes — particularly on Tuesdays and Thursdays, University Police spokeswoman Sgt. Rosanne Hoaas said.

The victim was unable to provide exact dates for the incident and was also u n able to ident i f y t he man, Hoaas said, which made it difficult for University Police to investigate further.

“It’s important to remember that no matter what, the individual can contact police if she has additional information,” Hoaas said. “It’s also important to call [University Police] as it’s happening to make sure we can identify the individual in question.”

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CDS VIOLATION University Police responded to the top level o f t h e Te r r a p i n T r a i l Parking Garage on Friday at 7:17 p.m. after the Security Operations Center i n formed officers that t h e re w e re t h re e m e n smok i ng ma rijua na on the rooftop, Hoaas said.

An officer was able to locate the individuals in their vehicle and detected an odor of marijuana, Hoaas said.

Up o n s e a rc h i n g t h e vehicle, the officer discovered drug paraphernalia and marijuana.

One of the men, who has no a ffi l iation w ith this university, was given a civ i l citation for less than 10 grams of marijuana, Hoaas said.

The second male, who is a student, was referred to the Office of Student Conduct.

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with this university, did not receive any type of penalty from police.

This case is closed.

O n F r id ay at 11:50 p.m., University Police responded to Denton Hall where a resident assistant reported a smell of marijuana in the building.

An officer knocked on the resident’s door, and the student turned over marijuana to the officer, Hoaas said.

The student was then referred to the Office of Student Conduct, Hoaas said.

This case is closed.

OTHER INCIDENT On Friday at 7:36 p.m., University Police responded to the Manufacturing Building for a repor t that smoke was coming from the battery of a power tool.

T here was no fire present and no one was injured, Hoaas said.

This case is closed.

HATE BIAS University Police responded to Denton Hall at 5:17 p.m. Saturday for a repor t of a h ate bi a s incident.

A female student reported that between 4:10 p.m. and 4:44 p.m., a racial slur was found on a chalkboard outside her room.

Officers searched the area and eventually erased the slu r, Hoa as said.

This case is open and active.

SICK/INJURED PERSON University Police responded to Easton Hall on Sunday at 2:08 a.m. for a male student who needed alcohol-related medical assistance, Hoaas said.

The student was taken to a local hospital. This case is closed.

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milo From p. 1 An Oct. 20 email from Matt Clair, Coordinator for Facility Scheduling, to Terps For Trump President Matt Morris indicated that the two parties had met on Oct. 17 and agreed the student group would pay a deposit of $2,000 and submit a signed agreement by Oct. 19 to host a talk by Yiannopoulos at Ritchie. But in addition to the student group’s GoFundMe campaign falling short of the $2,000, Terps for Trump had not turned in the required paperwork by the time Clair sent the email the next day, so the event was canceled.

“As an organization, we feel that our attempt to bring Milo to the University of Maryland was only inhibited by the intolerant and often hostile reaction to opposing viewpoints that has grown increasingly common today,” said Morris, a junior mechanical engineering major, though he indicated he didn’t “think the university necessarily did anything malicious.”

The high security costs were in response to incidents such as bomb threats made at schools where Yiannopoulos has been scheduled to speak, according to an Eventbrite email sent to ticketholders Saturday night.

“This is the oldest trick

“I was upset that it had been moved back to Thursdays,” Goldstein said. “But in general, the waiter said Thursday was much more … ‘lit’ in terms of karaoke.”

This city’s Applebee’s had moved its beloved tradition to Tuesdays early last month to avoid conflicts with Thursday Night Football, according to a September Diamondback article.

Junior Ashling O’Connell, who had previously enjoyed karaoke about twice a month, said she stopped going entirely after the Tuesday switch.

“On Tuesdays, no one that usually goes was really available anymore,” the English major said. “I enjoyed going because on Thursdays there’s typically not too much going on that’s really for

people who aren’t freshmen.”

An Applebee’s employee contacted Wednesday denied the football connection and said the switch had no effect on popularity.

“We just moved it,” said the employee, who did not give her name. She confirmed karaoke night is back on Thursdays.

O’Connell said she’s “very happy” karaoke night is back to its original day, saying she plans to go again, and just as often.

“It gives me something to do again, and all my friends are available,” she said. “It kind of makes the weekend feel longer, because we get to start a day earlier.”

that decision two days after Loh and Clement met with three SGA executives to discuss the proposed student fee.

“I commend the students for their initiative, for their commitment, for their passion to this cause,” Loh said. “We as an institution are absolutely committed to responding to sexual misconduct, sexual assault — to preventing them, to providing training and counseling — and we have made available the resources that are needed.”

The SGA legislature first voted 32-1 with no abstentions to approve the Title IX fee Sept. 28.

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in the book,” said Yiannopoulos, noting he doesn’t charge a speaking fee at any university.

“Security concerns is a way of universities to un-invite speakers without outright banning them.”

Heightened security for a more well-known figure, especially one who is more controversial, is not uncommon and often necessary, University of Maryland Police Special Events/Special Operations Commander Captain Laura Dyer said on Tuesday. “ We have a commitment to safe and successful events,” Dyer said. “We want the event to continue as planned. And that requires a staffing to ensure the events continue as planned.“ Michael Spivey, a public law professor at this university, wrote in an email Tuesday that whether the decision was unconstitutional depends on what factors were taken into consideration when setting up the fee.

“If the fee is determined based upon the expected size of the group without consideration of the content of the speech, it might be OK,” he wrote. “It depends upon the specifics of UMd’s policy and what UMd has done in the past in assessing fees.”

On the other hand, he noted a heightened cost based on the visitor and topic matter would be “content-based regulation and subject to strict scrutiny.”

This university is not the only one that has canceled its Yian-

nopoulos talk. The University of Miami College Republicans canceled its October event after meeting with university staff, and New York University canceled its scheduled November talk this past week amid concerns about “the safety and well-being of our community,” according to an Inside Higher Ed article.

While Yiannopoulos said he would have preferred the event to continue on Wednesday, he plans to reschedule his talk at this university soon.

“We will reschedule, the event will continue and when the event does continue I will be speaking for an hour and a half about … free speech at the University of Maryland,” Yiannopoulos said. “It would have been a lot easier for them if they’d just let this talk happen.”

He added he also intends to contact this university’s Alumni Network to make alumni aware of the matter and gauge their reactions to the decision.

University Police responded to the 7 300 block of Preinkert Drive on Monday at 10:50 p.m. for a report of a fire, according to a police report.

This case is active. newsumdbk@gmail.com

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“We’ll let the Republicans know what’s happening here, and we’ll see if UMD’s own alumni agree with the university’s decisions here,” Yiannopoulos said. “There’s really no good outcome for UMD from all of this. It’s a very, very dumb thing for them to try to do, and they’re going to suffer for it.”

Security hadn’t been confirmed at the time of the event because the event itself hadn’t been officially confirmed, according to an Oct. 22 Diamondback article. newsumdbk@gmail.com

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loh From p. 1 The women’s commission, established in 1973, aims to tackle issues facing female members of the campus community, such as advocating for a day care center for faculty and staff, said Scholnick, who has worked with the group for more than 25 years.

The group meets about three to four times per semester and holds an annual ceremony to honor female university leaders. Loh doesn’t directly communicate with the commission — his chief of staff Michele Eastman does instead. While he attends the annual awards ceremony, he doesn’t go to its regular meetings, Scholnick said.

Scholnick described the commission’s structure as “reactive, rather than proactive.”

“If there were a breaking issue, we could go to him and we would be heard,” Scholnick said. “A stronger role is always appreciated.”

Grigsby, who is also the staff adviser for this university’s NAACP chapter, said there are issues “every step of the way” – such as a need for better communication between the President’s Commission on Ethnic Minority Issues commission and the administration – but seeing ideas from the commission “not go anywhere” can be difficult.

Luke Jensen, director of this university’s LGBT Equity Center, was the first chair of the President’s Commission on LGBT Issues and has remained involved in the group.

While he doesn’t see the absolute need to place this commission under the president, Jensen wants to ensure the group has the authority to adequately address these issues on the campus.

“Whether or not we have these commissions, where they are located within the

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administrative structure in the university needs to be addressed in a larger context,” Jensen said. “We need to think very critically about their role and make them more effective.”

Jensen acknowledged the commissions’ connections to this university and the importance of the president’s office in ensuring campus involvement. But he added that there are university officials whose sole positions are related to diversity. “ T h e ro o t i s t h a t t h e commissions are under Dr. Shorter-Gooden — what is she doing to make sure these commissions are vital, noteworthy, and constructive?”

Jensen said.

The four commission chairs and Shorter-Gooden interact roughly once a month to address issues that encompass diversity in various aspects of the campus, Scholnick said.

However, she acknowledged that aside from advocacy efforts, the groups can’t enact or change policy on their own.

Cork said it can be frustrating for the commissions to make improvements on the campus without more support from the administration, as the president’s commissions don’t have the power to enact major policies.

“There are so many offices and people here doing amazing things, and if they’re constantly pushing up against brick walls … it’s infuriating,” Cork said. “I understand that the [president’s] title’s important, but … he could do more if he wanted.”

‘WE could’ve done things differently’ When Cork found out in an Aug. 31 email that the diversity council was no longer meeting, she felt both frustrated and relieved. While she wishes the council could have continued, she acknowledged

it wasn’t accomplishing much. to talk about diversity, but as “The administration had a the president, he said he can’t different vision than the stu- afford to be directly involved in dents who tried so hard to be every issue he’s been confronted [on the council],” Cork said “We with. Otherwise, there would could’ve done things differently.” be “hundreds” of president’s Loh created the council councils, university spokesman because of the campus reac- Brian Ullmann added.

Loh said if the council kept tion to the leaked email, which referenced sexual assault and operating under his authorused racial slurs to tell recip- ity, he would be undermining ients not to invite minority efforts by Shorter-Gooden, women to a rush party “unless who was also a member of they’re hot.” It prompted the former diversity council. about 100 students to host a Diversity efforts will now sit-in at Stamp Student Union continue to be taken on by and march around Fraternity this university’s Diversity Row chanting, “Hey, hey. Ho, Advisory Council, a group of ho. These racist frats have got students, staff and faculty led

by Shorter-Gooden. to go.”

This council offers But the council was never intended to be permanent or another outlet to discuss diversityparticurelated larly long issues, -lasting, and is according “where to Loh. the [diver“They’re sity] work formed for actually a specific happens,” purpose; Ullmann they do said. what Still, they’re Shortersupposed campus naacp president Gooden to do, they said the give me their advice, and it’s disband- president’s council’s purpose ed afterwards,” Loh said. “In hadn’t really been served.

“We need multiple ways all areas, whether it’s diversity or student affairs or academ- for students to share what ics, there are members of my they’re experiencing and to cabinet who have [a] respon- engage with administrators,” Shorter-Gooden said. “No, I sibility for that.”

Loh will form a president’s don’t think it was a problem council when there are urgent, that got a fix.”

And it won’t be fixed in the specific situations he wants to be involved with, such as the Com- near future, she added.

“There are going to continue mission on UMD and Big Ten/ CIC Integration, which stemmed to be big issues around inclufrom this university’s move from sion on this campus,” she said. the Atlantic Coast Conference. “We’re in a context nationally Another council was the Byrd and internationally that is disStadium Naming Work Group, tressing for many ... These are which was used to provide Loh ongoing issues.” with research on the possible renaming of the stadium, ul‘it makes us feel timately leading to its current more isolated’ name, Maryland Stadium.

Loh will still be meeting with Despite the existence of students and campus groups president’s groups tailored

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to women’s issues, LGBT issues, disability issues and ethnic minority issues, senior finance major Bria Sladden, who is also the president of the Black Student Union, said she has seen and experienced diversity issues at this university.

O n p a p e r, t h e c a m p u s sounds diverse and accepting, she said. But she’s never had a black professor teaching one of her business classes, and on multiple occasions, she’s been told she got into college only because she’s black. And when she heard the president’s diversity council had ended, she was “appalled.”

“Numbers say we’re diverse, but it doesn’t feel like members of minority or marginalized communities have much of a voice on campus,” Sladden said.

About 40 percent of nonforeign undergraduate students were minorities this fall, according to the Office of Institutional Research, Planning and Assessment.

Of those students, about 16 percent are Asian, about 13 percent are black and almost 10 percent are Hispanic.

T h e s ta te o f d ive rs i ty issues on the campus hasn’t seemed to improve in recent years, and it’s hard to be a student of color at a predominantly white institution, said Lauryn Froneberger, president of this university’s NAACP chapter.

“It feels like it’s not important with the absence of the administration,” the senior journalism major said.

“The university’s response … is neutral, detached, and it makes us feel more isolated and causes friction.”

Currently, this university offers several academic programs and campus resources encouraging diversity. It also hosts a Rise Above ‘isms’ campaign to promote respect and eliminate stereotypes, a n d t h e p ro g ra m o f f e rs

grants of up to $750 for biasand identity-related events or workshops, according to this university’s 2015 cultural diversity report. But members of the university community aren’t using this money, according to a Sept. 8 Diamondback article.

I n Fe b r u a r y, L o h a n nounced the start of the Maryland Dialogues, a series of events designed to bring together members of the university community to talk about issues in topics such as race, gender, sexuality and disability. And after University of Maryland Police used pepper spray this summer at a graduation party with predominantly black students, Loh addressed a letter to the campus community July 13.

“It helps that Loh has lived this experience as a man of color,” Shorter-Gooden said.

“He gets how important [diversity] is. I don’t see him as abandoning this issue at all.”

But to Cork, taking away the president’s student advisory council was a step back in combating problems related to diversity.

“When you start dismantling the infrastructure on this campus that people have fought so hard to have ... that’s messed up,” she said.

Sladden and Froneberger agreed there is a need for g rea te r a p p roa c h a b i l i ty, support and involvement f ro m t h e a d m i n i s t ra t i o n in order to tackle diversity issues, not just the president’s title tacked onto an initiative or event.

“We need more face time with the administration in a collaborative environment,” Froneberger said. “Loh is starting to do some of those things; I want to see a more human side of the administration. I want to know who is in charge of the university, and I don’t feel like I do.” jcampisidbk@gmail.com

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On Nov. 8, give us a break On Oct. 12, University of Maryland Presi- 8 remain unchanged. While the practice of dent Wallace Loh echoed the sentiments of transplanting school holidays to dates that a wide variety of student organizations on already boast canceled classes may not affect the campus, from MaryPIRG to Terps for holidays such as Columbus Day, which are Trump, when he tweeted “voting is critical not innately tethered to their assigned calto our democracy” (while also espousing the endar day, it does impact Election Day, as slightly less widespread belief that root beer students must still deal with the resulting floats are tasty). However, this university’s voting day obstacles. In essence, this unipolicy of maintaining regular class schedules versity is following the lead of most colleges across the country and peron election day appears to petuating one of the most contradict Loh’s seemingly our view common barriers students innocuous public service face in participating in our announcement. democracy.

On Nov. 8, thousands Given the options stuof students will gather in dents have to avoid schedStamp Student Union to u l i n g p ro b l e m s, s u c h a s cast their ballots for the absentee ballots and early 2016 presidential election, voting, it is understandable braving long lines and anthis university would not noyingly optimistic fellow recognize the inherent value voters to participate in the fundamental responsibility of our democracy. in the cancellation of classes on Election Unfortunately, they will have to do so while Day. However, according to the U.S. Census also navigating the additional impediment of Bureau, only 38 percent of millennials aged 18-24 years old voted in the 2012 election. attending their usual class schedules.

According to this university’s holiday Because the vast majority of this universchedule, students will earn a holiday on sity’s undergraduate students fall within Election Day, which for 10 of the other 14 this demographic, this university should be recognized holidays, means students and actively taking steps to mitigate this trend. faculty will have off on the particular day If this university truly believes that “voting in question. However, this university has is critical to our democracy,” it should decided to observe the Nov. 8 holiday on follow the lead of Liberty University and March 15, a day already set aside as spring other colleges, and cancel classes on future break. As a result, class schedules on Nov. election days.

This university should cancel classes on Election Day to help students vote.

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For UMD Republicans, silence is not enough

COLLEGE DEMOCRATS EXECUTIVE BOARD @UMD_Dems Guest columnist

Over the past few weeks, our country’s election has been rocked by a series of revelations regarding the Republican Party’s nominee, Donald Trump. Access Hollywood tapes revealed Trump bragging about grabbing women’s genitals and forcibly kissing strangers without consent. Since the videos were released, 11 women have come forward with credible allegations of sexual assault.

Although on the tapes he brags about these disgusting acts and uses money, influence and power as justifications for them, Trump has vehemently denied the charges since they came out, saying his accusers are unattractive and even threatening to sue them.

Following these recent events, prominent Republicans across the country, from Sen. John McCain to Ohio Gov. John Kasich, have publicly disavowed Trump. College Republicans across the nation have renounced Trump, culminating with the College Republicans national chairwoman. The University of Maryland chapter of College Republicans has elected to not endorse any presidential candidate this election. However, this is not enough, and it sends the message the organization is complacent with Trump’s horrifying confessions and antics. We are not asking this university’s chapter of College Republicans to endorse Hillary Clinton or any of the third-party candidates. We believe that the organization needs to move from a neutral stance to a more assertive one, denouncing Trump.

This university’s chapter of College Republicans has thus far tried to have the best of both worlds. Its non-decision regarding Trump reflects a desire

to appeal to a wide base of Republicans. However, this appeal means that more moderate and compassionate members of the party are overshadowed by Trump’s hateful and divisive rhetoric.

By distancing itself from Trump, this university’s chapter of College Republicans would be standing in solidarity with the countless Americans he has insulted during this election cycle. The organization would be taking a stand against those who use Trump’s rhetoric as an excuse to bully and torment their peers.

For every moment that this university’s chapter of College Republicans refuses to denounce Trump, it’s turning a blind eye to the millions of Americans he has attacked over the course of his campaign. It’s ignoring frightened Muslim students who are wondering what a Trump presidency would mean for their family.

It’s ignoring Latin-American students who fear their families would be torn apart. It’s ignoring every woman who has ever suffered from sexual assault, as well as the women who fear that Trump’s definition of “locker room talk” will normalize rape culture and behaviors that degrade women.

It’s time for College Republicans to take action and stay true to its values. We know it’s capable of courage, not cowardice. It’s time the organization publicly disavowed a candidate who is the antithesis of what it means to be a true man, a true American and a true Republican. collegedems.umd@gmail.com

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The Boy Who Cried Voter Fraud

SAM WALLACE @thedbk Columnist

With less than three weeks remaining until the presidential election, Republican candidate Donald Trump has found a new favorite explanation for why he will likely lose the “rigged” e l e c t i o n . O n T w i t te r t h i s Monday, Trump expanded on his campaign’s previous comments on voter fraud, tweeting: “Of course there is large scale voter fraud happening on and before election day. Why do Republican leaders deny what is going on? So naive!”

Voter fraud is a fairly broad term, but Trump has made clear there are three specific types he worries about: widespread voting by undocumented immigrants, multiple voting in cities — in a rally in Colorado Springs, Trump pointed to Philadelphia, St. Louis and Chicago in particular — and the use of votes of deceased individuals. Are these valid concerns?

At a Wisconsin on rally Oct. 17, Trump based his claim of widespread voter fraud on two studies in particular. The first, conducted by Pew Research Center, showed “approximately 24 million — one of every eight — voter registrations in the United States are no longer valid or are significantly inaccurate.”

Another, posted on the Monkey Cage, The Washington’s Post’s political science blog, cited a study that extrapolated from an online survey that 6.4 percent of noncitizens voted in 2008 and 2.2 percent voted in 2010, proportions high enough to potentially tip close races.

On the surface, both these studies are troubling, and would seem to validate Trump’s claim.

But upon further examination, neither of them lend credibility to claims of widespread voter fraud. In the Pew Research Center study, the authors failed to find any evidence of voter registration errors actually leading to coordinated, widespread voter fraud.

T h e s t u dy p os te d o n t h e Monkey Cage is particularly troublesome because it seems to support the idea that noncitizens (which one could assume includes many undocumented immigrants) have had and could continue to have a large impact on the election. But here, many scholars doubt the authenticity of the results that come from an online survey due to its “modest sample size.” Even the authors of the study cited major methodological concerns about their work.

How often does voter fraud really occur? One of the most comprehensive studies, conducted by University of Loyola, Los Angeles Law School professor Justin Levitt, found just 31 credible cases of voter fraud over all primary and general elections taking place between 2000 and 2014. Drawing from elections at all levels of government, Levitt’s study includes more than one billion ballots.

To claim voter fraud exists on a scale large enough to determine an election would be, as Ohio Gov. John Kasich put it, “like saying we never landed on the moon, frankly.” Coordination on the scale to record

thousands of fraudulent votes in a particular state is not possible.

Trump’s claims are beyond just inaccurate; they are inc re d i b ly d a n ge ro u s. I n t h e short term, Trump’s insistence that everyday citizens should monitor polling places raises concerns about voter intimidation, especially in the primarily Democratic cities where he alleges fraud occurs. If violence results at polling stations as Tr u m p v i g i l a n te s co n f ro n t voters, Trump will share a great deal of the blame.

In the long-term, Trump’s insinuation that voter fraud will cost him this election erodes the very basis of American government: Elections are free and fair.

If Trump was the real winner of the election, would his supporters believe the election was rigged against Clinton?

It seems as if the reality of his impending loss has finally started to hit Trump, and he will attack anyone and anything he can in his attempt to win. Over the past several months his criticisms have moved from individuals (Senators John McCain and Marco Rubio), to groups of people (women, undocumented immigrants, Muslims) and now to the very basis of democratic government. Trump’s rhetoric about the voting system is wrong and dangerous, and his supporters should realize that the outcome of the election will ultimately be a result of just how low Trump has sunk in trying to win.

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Trump’s missing tweets REUVEN BANK @moneyindabank97 Opinion editor

On Oct. 23, The New York Times published a scathing 8,341 word compilation of Donald Trump insults, detailing all of the billionaire/well-varnished ham’s Twitter feuds over the past year. The report, as expected, is filled with an impressive variety of cutting edge satire, from when the Nazi propaganda enthusiast called Jeb Bush a “lightweight,” to when he addressed political analyst Mark Halperin as “sleepy eyes,” to that one time he called Jeb Bush a lightweight again. However, The Donald, busy defending America from bad hombres and beauty pageant weight gain, left a few names off his social media hit list. Therefore, I’ve taken the liberty of assembling a complete directory of people, places and things Trump has not yet insulted on Twitter, but really should consider targeting soon.

Raisin cookies: Raisin cookies are the Trojan horse of pastries, in that I’d rather eat an entire 50-foot-tall wooden horse than accidentally bite into one more goddamn raisin cookie thinking it contained chocolate chips.

Seventy-five percent of the Baldwin Brothers: Trump (John Miller if you’re nasty), faced with four Baldwin brothers to choose from, somehow decided to pick on Alec, the most talented and least droopy-eyed of the quartet. He left unslighted the power trio of Stephen, Billy and Edward, a group so foreign to the public eye that you didn’t even

realize there’s no Baldwin brother named Edward.

Katy Perry’s love life: Just kidding, he already has.

Penguins: These tuxedoed freeloaders have been mooching off their adorableness for too long. It’s time they pulled themselves up by their chinstraps and learned to fly, or at least march without waddling.

Green grapes: We all know these sour, lychee wannabes are really just red grapes who got a little bit sea sick.

People who talk slightly too loud while on the phone in public: +2 bonus insults if they’re wearing a Bluetooth earpiece.

Those jackets that have vests made of leather, but sleeves made of cloth: The only people who can pull off this look are guys who want to seem dangerous, but also have bad circulation in their forearms and get kind of chilly.

Cricket: basically stamp collecting in sports-form.

Whoever named the Isle of Man: Did you just assume this self-governing crown dependency’s gender?

Wireless printers: In 2013, a team of electrical engineers at Harvard University reproduced the first ever document via a wireless printing device, and then printed it again when they spilled mac and cheese all over the top left corner.

This miracle of modern technology has not been replicated since. opinionumdbk@gmail.com

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ERIC OLSON, College Park City-University Partnership executive director, speaks in Jimenez Hall Tuesday. Seated, left to right, are SGA student affairs vice president A.J. Pruitt, former College Park Mayor Andy Fellows, Olson and SGA President Katherine Swanson. ornelle chimi/the diamondback

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Carly Kempler held a Town tainment hall, which is slated to @CarlyKempler Hall meeting on open sometime in the late spring Senior staff writer Tuesday, giving or early summer of 2017.

University of Maryland students an opportunity to ask questions and learn more about the future of College Park.

During the meeting, about 30 students — mainly involved in the Student Government Association— directed their questions to the panel guests, which included Eric Olson, executive director of the College Park City-University Partnership, former College Park Mayor Andrew Fellows, SGA President Katherine Swanson and A.J. Pruitt, the SGA’s vice president of student affairs.

As part of the Greater College Park and University District Vision 2020 initiatives, the University of Maryland, the City of College Park, the state and Prince George’s County are collaborating to transform this city into a top-20 college town by 2020, according to the College Park Partnership’s website.

“I just want people to know exactly what’s coming,” Swanson said. “I want their questions about our future of becoming a better college town to be answered, [and be] able to give feedback to the people who are working on these things directly.”

Topics included the city’s economic development and future amenities, parking, student housing, community-student relations and representation, as well as increased modes of transportation.

Pruitt opened the meeting by asking Fellows and Olson a variety of questions, specifically concerning the city’s lack of coffee shops — which is a common staple among many college towns — as well as the expensive rates of student housing.

Olson replied by listing upcoming College Park projects such as the Art House, which is opening sometime next year, the coffee shop and wine bar opening

lined a number of goals to work in housing and development, transportation, public safety, education and sustainability, and among those goals, we’ve accomplished a lot in not even five years.”

Students also opted to voice their concerns during the meeting, with some referencing potential gentrification in regard to retaining small businesses, housing expenses and the walkability of Route 1.

Other students said they had heard rumors about which restaurants, businesses and retailers will be relocating to College Park — including the potential relocation of the FBI headquarters to Greenbelt. And while it wasn’t mentioned at this meeting, Swanson said she’s had at least six people ask her about a Dunkin’ Donuts potentially opening on Route 1 closer to the campus.

“Everyone wants a Dunkin’ Donuts on Route 1 [near the campus],” Swanson said. “People want grocery stores, people [are] asking about the hotel, but mostly people know things are changing but they’re not sure what’s happening.”

In terms of student housing, both Fellows and Olson agreed there needs to be more affordable student housing, also adding that it’s something he hears a lot about from undergraduate students.

“It’s tricky because we have a market,” Olson said. “Increase the supply [and] the prices will come down, [but] we haven’t seen it all happen yet. … With real estate prices being so high [then] developers have to charge a certain amount; it’s a dance.”

Pruitt added that the city council’s relationship with students is not as strong as it could be. Sometimes it feels like the city’s leaders are more focused on what permanent residents want, and don’t consider students’ opinions and desires, he said.

“There’s a tendency to think of students as coming and going,” Fellows said, “but they come for a few years and then they’re gone. … It’s easy for elected officials to lose sight that they represent everybody including the short term residents equally.” ckemplerdbk@gmail.com Pruitt ended his questioning with an issue he said has not improved in this city: parking.

However, Olson countered this point and said parking has improved, citing the parking garage located in downtown College Park built about six years ago.

“The ultimate solution … we want to create the most walkable urbanized town possible,” Olson said. “When the purple line comes through it’s supposed to take 7-something thousand cars off the road.”

Despite these issues, Fellows and Olson said they believe College Park is well on its way to becoming a top college town.

“Things are going phenomenally in College Park,” Olson said. “Dr. Loh and the council agreed on the University District Vision 2020. … We out-

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Alex Carolan G e o r g e ’ s @alexhcarolan C o u n t y Council Vice Staff writer Chair Dannielle Glaros said thousands of Prince George’s County residents seek medical services in other Maryland counties.

The Riverdale Park resident did this herself when a p e d i a t r i c i a n re c o m mended that she take her children to Montgomery County for medical care a few years back, she said.

But the approval of a new medical facility in Largo could change that.

“What it means is we’re able to bring back some of our residents,” Glaros said.

On Thursday, Maryland Health Commissioner Robert E. Moffit recommended the approval of the new Largo medical facility, which is scheduled to open in 2020, Glaros said.

“That’s sort of the key step we were waiting for,” Glaros said.

M o f f i t ’s a p p r o v a l means the new facility obtained a certification of need, which the facility’s planners, Dimensions Healthcare System and the University of Maryland Medical System, applied for more than three years ago, Glaros said.

The 15-member health commission will meet to approve the facility at the end of this month, according to a Washington Post article.

a rendering of the proposed University of Maryland Medical Center hospital in Largo that will be voted on by a state commission late this month. image courtesy of dimensions healthcare Glaros said Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III will work with the project’s planners to transfer financial assets in the county to the project as the next step.

Construction is scheduled to begin late next year or in early 2018 and be completed by 2020, Glaros said.

“In general we’re incredibly excited, it’s absolutely critical that we provide more and more healthcare to our community,” Glaros said.

The purpose of the commission is to be sure the “hospital would be financially viable,” Moffit wrote in an email.

Moffit recommended that the hospital’s planners reduce the project’s cost by $100 million and specify “how they would achieve operational efficiencies, improve management and governance in the new hospital, and expand m u c h - n e e d e d a c c e s s to primary care in the County,” he wrote.

Additional ambulatory care, more rooms and surgical facilities are examples of services Glaros said will help grow the facility over time.

“We designed the facility so we could meet the health commission’s thoughts at this place in time,” Glaros said.

Medical centers in Cheverly,

Bowie and Laurel are not quite at the scale of the university medical system, which is what they are aiming for, Glaros said.

“And that’s part of where we’re trying to go,” she said.

Moffit wrote that the Prince George’s Health Center in Cheverly has struggled with financial and managerial problems and that the state of Maryland hasn’t adequately dealt with those issues through taxpayer subsidies.

With the Largo facility in the works, Glaros said there are plans to replace the Prince George’s Hospital Center in Cheverly with the new hospital in Largo.

This new location is five miles southeast of the current hospital in Cheverly, according to a Maryland Health Commission memo.

A u n ive rs i ty m e d i ca l system spokeswoman, Karen Lancaster, wrote the Largo facility pledges to offer “optimal patient care as well the responsible stewardship of community resources.”

“Our success will be further enhanced by our strong partnership with the University of Maryland School of Medicine,” Lancaster wrote.

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Lexie Schapitl sity of Mary- do so for a maximum of four se@lexieschapitl land revised mesters — ensuring that students Senior staff writer its differential who enter the university with tuition policy after a parent raised concerns that students with Advanced Placement credits would pay higher rates for more than the intended two years.

In 2015, this university announced plans to phase in tuition increases for business studnts, as well as engineering and computer science majors, over three academic years. During the 2015-16 academic year, juniors and seniors in these majors paid an extra $700 for tuition. This year, upperclassmen will pay an extra $1,400, and next year the tuition increase will be $2,800 per year, The Diamondback previously reported.

Differential tuition pricing goes into effect when a student completes 60 credits and achieves junior standing. But the university will now guaran-

advanced standing are not penalized, CFO Paul Dworkis said.

This update was presented to the Board of Regents at its meeting Friday.

Last year, a parent contacted the Board of Regents and its finance committee, concerned because her son had entered school with a significant number of Advanced Placement credits, which caused him to earn junior standing before his fifth semester at the university, said Mike Lurie, University System of Maryland spokesman.

In this case, it was unlikely the student would be able to graduate early given the courseload of his major, so he would be subject to more than two years of differential pricing, Dworkis said.

This went against the “spirit of the policy,” which intended to charge students after their

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sophomore years, Lurie said.

“They could be subject to five, six or seven semesters of increased cost … you could almost look at it as being punished for the success that you had,” Lurie said. “It felt to [this mother] like a standout student was being financially punished for the very things we want to see students do.”

The Board of Regents asked this university’s Division of Administration and Finance to revisit this aspect of differential tuition after its June 10 meeting, Lurie said. The department worked over the summer to come up with an acceptable solution to close this “unanticipated loophole” in the policy, Lurie added.

Students will still pay differential tuition once they reach the 60-credit threshold, but will no longer be subject to higher rates after four semester, Dworkis said.

A document from the Office of Financial Aid states that students with more than 60 credits would continue to pay differential tuition until they graduated.

“Four semesters is what we were agreeing to charge and that is what we’re ultimately going to charge,” Dworkis said. “I think

it’s a good solution that addresses that particular issue quite well.”

Moraya Boggan, a junior marketing major, said she began school with about 19 credits from Advanced Placement classes, but some of those credits did not fulfill major or other graduation requirements.

“If they would have used that to charge me more then I definitely would have been more upset about it,”she said.

Though Boggan said she understands the differential tuition policy, she would like to know specifically what the additional money goes toward. She added that the differential tuition charges — $700 per semester this year — are not insignificant and are “only going up.”

“We worked hard to get [into the business school] and then you’re making us pay more for it,” Boggan said. “Some people are already on financial aid, and it’s just like you’re increasing their debt.” lschapitldbk@gmail.com

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But not for the reasons one might expect.

“It wasn’t basketball s e a s o n ,” h e s a i d . “ N o co n ce r t , n o o n e l i n i n g up for tickets. They were lining up in the hope of receiving free dental care through a program.”

In partnership with the University of Maryland public health school, the program, called Mission of Mercy, aimed to provide dental services to underp r iv i l e ge d a n d u n d e rserved people in Prince George’s County.

In the span of two days, more than 1,000 people were served, Thomas said.

But more than 1,500 were also turned away due to the program’s lack of time and money.

T h e p rog ra m w i l l return to the University of Maryland’s campus in September 2017, he said d u r i n g t h e Fo u r C i t i e s m e e t i n g We d n e s d a y night, in which city staff from College Park, Greenbelt, Berwyn Heights and New Carrollton met to discuss local issues and initiatives.

M i s s i o n o f M e rc y, a national Catholic organization, has programs in Arizona, Texas, Pennsylvania and Maryland.

The College Park location is the largest of Maryland’s four programs, Thomas said.

The 2014 program had 1,800 volunteers, including 650 dentists, and delivered $1.2 million in free dental care to people in College Park and its surrounding area. “ T h e re we re p e o p l e l i n e d u p a s ea rly a s, I th ink, 4 o ’clo ck in th e morning,” said College Park Mayor Patrick Wojahn. “One thing that it really demonstrated was that there’s a very strong need for dental services for low-income people.”

Greenbelt has a health care provider that subsidizes some dental services, but for many residents it’s simply not enough, Greenbelt Mayor Emmett Jordan said.

STEphen thomas, director of the Center for Health Equity, speaks at the Four Cities meeting in the Greenbelt Municipal Building on Wednesday. tom hausman/the diamondback “It seems like the system is broken in that respect,” he said.

The planning committee for the 2017 event met for the first time last week, said Thomas, who attended the Four Cities meeting to advocate for the program.

Jordan suggested that the Four Cities sponsor vouche rs f o r a p re - s c re e n i n g session prior to Mission or Mercy, as well as publicize the program online.

However, even with prescreening, Thomas acknowledged the program may still have to turn people away.

“I think that question of how we serve those who can’t fit in is something we’ll wrestle with,” said Greenbelt councilwoman Leta Mach.

The program relies heavily on volunteers, donations and contributions, Thomas said. “ T h e re ’s n o t h i n g l i k e d e n t a l p a i n ,” h e s a i d .

“There’s nothing like the inability to smile.”

The city staff present at Wednesday’s meeting also discussed issues within each of the cities, as well as public concerns about the lack of notifications and communication regarding permits.

Cities often require residents to file permits to reserve city spaces such as city hall or rooms in a community center or to make structural changes on their properties.

“We truly believe in the initiative that people should h a ve a o n e - s to p s h o p ,” Jordan said. “They should b e a b l e to ge t a p e r m i t , and when they come to the county they should be able to know what they need to get from the municipalities so that we have that and it’s readily available.”

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light up the dark Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight has the potential to change a creatively stagnant movie industry “Who is you, Michael Errigo Chiron?”

One man @M_Errigo a s ks this of Senior staff writer another as they wait for a tea kettle to boil in a small apartment’s kitchen. It’s the question at the center of Moonlight , a new film written and directed

by Barry Jenkins, and it’s the line that can best serve as a possible description of what this movie is about. While its scope may be large — touching on themes of identity, masculinity, homosexuality, friendship, family, time and love — one thing about Moonlight remains very clear even after a single viewing: It is, quite simply, a masterpiece.

The movie follows the life of one man, the aforementioned Chiron, and it is broken up into three acts: One in childhood, one in high school and one in adulthood.

In childhood, Chiron, called “Little” and played by newcomer Alex Hibbert, is quiet and different from a lot of the kids in his Liberty City neighborhood just outside Miami.

He is sensitive and likes to dance in P.E. class. He has few friends outside of the outgoing Kevin (Jaden Kiner).

One day Little meets a man who takes him for something to eat. That man is Juan, played powerfully by Mahershala Ali, a local drug dealer who makes a living off of the high population of addicts in the area, a number that includes Little’s mom (the alwaysstrong Naomie Harris). Juan takes Little under his wing but not in a typical, youngprodigy-peddles-drugs-formoney type of way that we by

often see in movies. This is a film that never falls victim to a trope like that. Juan simply loves this boy. He looks at him and listens to him and is kind to him. And to Little, that’s everything. Juan teaches him how to swim.

In high school, Chiron, now trying to go by his birth name, is played by Ashton Carter who, like Hibbert, is making his acting debut here in stunning fashion. Still quiet, even more gangly and awkward now, this older Chiron exists with a permanent uncertainty.

When he and Kevin end up alone together on a beach one night, there is an opportunity for some kind of clarity. Some kind of comfort.

The adult versions of these two characters, in act three, are some of the most complex men you’ll find on any screen.

Chiron, now going by “Black,” is played by Trevante Rhodes and Kevin is played by Andre Holland (read our interview with the two actors on page 9). Holland is a known commodity as he regularly shines on the Cinemax show The Knick. His powerful turn here is no surprise. But Rhodes is relatively unknown and it’s his quietly thunderous performance that will stick with you. He doesn’t speak much, but his facial acting is masterful, each change in countenance packing its own punch.

In his eyes you can see Little and Chiron both staring back at you, still scared inside those muscles and gold chains.

While his last film, Medicine for Melancholy, was an exciting debut, this is the movie that will make Barry Jenkins famous. Moonlight is

the type of work that makes you gasp at the fact that one person both wrote and directed it. Jenkins had some help with the script, though, as it is an adaptation of Tarell Alvin McCraney’s unproduced play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue. The beauty of the writing is that it is minimal, yet the entire film crackles with emotion. Chiron barely speaks in all three stages, and Moonlight finds a way to utilize silence both as a haven from words that sting and a weapon made up of the unsaid.

Visually, Jenkins’ work here is exceptional on all levels. In the shaky cam that follows Little as he is chased through a field by a group of bullies — the blue of the sky, green of the grass and black of the boy blending together in motion — or in quieter moments spent capturing the nuance of his character’s faces, from the sweat that builds on their brow to the beginnings of a tear that begin to emerge in their eyes. This kind of precision, in addition to the performances Jenkins gets from this ensemble cast, makes for an experience that can leave you breathless.

It’s a movie that should be seen by the masses but probably won’t (no matter how many awards may come its way in February). In addition to the fact that it doesn’t have any superheroes or robots, some may dismiss it as a gay thing or a black thing or an indie thing or an artsy thing.

‘Not my thing.’

But what Moonlight does transcends all of the dismissive labels a wider public may stick it with. Big picture, it sets a precedent for what kind of stories can be told about the black community through cinema.

This isn’t a movie about slavery, civil rights or life on the streets. It’s much more

complicated than that. And on a more specific level, Moonlight not only serves as a redefinition of what a black male character can be on the big screen, it paves the way for new views on masculinity itself. Masculinity is complex and nuanced and constantly evolving and difficult and wild and tough and tender. Chiron is all of these things, as honest of a character as you’ll ever see.

Late in the film, an adult

Chiron drives his souped-up façade of a car down a Florida road blaring a chopped-andscrewed version of a popular hip-hop hit.

“I’m a classic man,” the stereo proclaims.

T h e d r ive r l eave s h i s window down and the music makes its way into the night, crisp and loud, impossible to ignore. merrigodbk@gmail.com

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feature | a trip to meet 50 cent

50 Cent walks into a liquor store Two reporters voyage to Hyattsville to see the “In Da Club” rapper promote his new liquor, Effen Vodka Motherf---in’ Patrick Basler P.I.M.P. alert: CameronNeimand 50 Cent is in @DBKDiversions the building.

We l l , o n Staff writers Saturday, anyway. And the building was Hyattsville’s newest liquor store, Town Center Wine & Spirits, where 50 himself stopped by to sign some bottles of #EFFENVodka and take photos with fans.

I t m i g h t h ave s l i p p e d under your radar — unless you’re uniquely tuned in to local liquor store happenings or have dedicated the past 10 years of your life to following the G-Unit leader’s every move. But for the dozens of people lined up against the glass storefront, the chance to meet 50, and buy a $25 bottle of vodka, was too good to pass up.

Hugh Monahan, a University of Maryland alumnus by

and one of those eagerly wa i t i n g i n l i n e , s a i d h e thought 50 would be able to give him “some direction in [his] life, just personally and business-wise.”

Phani Dama, owner of Town Center Wine & Spirits, has been a 50 Cent fan for years — so having the rapper at his brand-new store was the perfect way to celebrate its opening.

“Effen Vodka has a special p ro m o t i o n , so we go t i t through that, and he’s going to be doing pictures, signing and everything,” Dama said.

It was 3:30 p.m. when the rapper arrived, making a beeline past rows of alcohol toward the store’s back corner, where he was guarded by two cardboard cutouts of a much thinner 50 Cent. He donned Effen Vodka gear from head to toe, displaying an unwavering commitment to brand

loyalty.

A kid wearing a yellow h o o d i e , u n fa ze d by 5 0 ’s stardom, sat behind the cash register. To his right was DJ Majestic, long braids sway i n g a s he spun 50 Cent classics such as “Candy Shop.”

The kid in t h e ye l l o w hoodie — likely still in elementary school — innocently groove d . He w a s a t t h e age where he probably still thinks the song is about a candy shop.

The store itself is wellorganized, with bottles of liquor grouped into their respective categories, something Dama takes pride in. “ We wa n te d to c rea te a store where anyone can

come in. So we wanted a local store where it looks good, it’s sharp, it’s not shabby,” Dama said.

We were granted early e n t ra n c e to the event and grouped with t h e o w n e r ’s son, Mehul, and his friend L o u i s Lyl e s, both 16. Shopping carts full of various Effen Vodka flavors already autographed by 50 Cent himself sat in front o f u s . T h o s e w h o p u r - chased a bottle (such as co-author of this article, Cameron Neimand) were given their flavor of choice and sent in line to take a picture with 50. For those not yet old enough to purchase alcohol (such as the other co-author of this article, Patrick Basler), the

The flash went off. We weren’t ready. And just like that, it was over.

instructions were to take a bottle, strictly for the photo-op, and return it to the shopping cart once the picture was taken.

A police/security officer of some sort pointed to the mat we were standing on.

“This is your demarcation line,” he said, an attempt at crowd control in a slightly bustling store.

We were asked not to cross the line for the sake of “the process.” Ultimately, we did anyway, heading into the separate line to wait and take our photo with 50. We attempted to Snapchat photos of him, but a much more official looking police officer wasn’t having it.

“No photos,” the man in uniform said.

The Effen Vodka team explained that they would be handling the pictures, and that we could see them once they were uploaded to the

Effen Vodka Facebook page.

Based on a brief glance of the page, we guessed it takes about two to three weeks for the team to get the photos posted.

Finally, it was our turn.

Equipped with $25 Effen Vodka bottles, we were put on either side of 50 Cent. We both shook his hand and, to personalize the situation, Cameron told 50 that his mom bought him the clean version of The Massacre as a kid.

A n i c e s t o r y, b u t 5 0 couldn’t hear it over his own music, which was still being played loudly by Majestic.

The flash went off. We weren’t ready. And just like that, it was over.

But, hey, we kinda met 50 Cent … and we have an autographed bottle of cucumber-flavored Effen Vodka to prove it. diversionsdbk@gmail.com

interview | the stars of moonlight

An interview with the stars of Moonlight Andre Holland and Trevante Rhodes discuss how they played the complex Chiron and Kevin in Barry Jenkins’ film by

Late in the

Michael Errigo n e w m o v i e @M_Errigo Moonlight, Senior staff writer two m e n s i t fa c i n g e a c h other in a diner booth. One or two other patrons of this Florida hole-in-the-wall mill about, but we watch this pair, their faces, as a song pours out of the jukebox. “ H e l l o s t ra n g e r,” t h e woman in the song goes. “It seems so good to see you back again. How long has it been?”

Each man says nothing with their words but their eyes speak in paragraphs.

They stare at each other as the music plays and we, the audience, are left paralyzed by their faces.

It is exceptional acting, rare acting, and it’s moments like these that make Moonlight one of the year’s best films (read our review on page 8). In that scene, Trevante Rhodes plays Chiron, the movie’s main character, and Andre Holland is his childhood friend, Kevin.

Both actors were recently in Washington and sat down with The Diamondback to talk about the film.

DBK: Both of you were in such a unique position in this movie because it’s told in three parts and you were just in act three. I could see the younger versions of both of these characters in your faces but how much did you pay special attentions to the young versions of your character in parts one and two?

Or did you just try and start with a clean slate to create who this man is at this point in his life?

Trevante Rhodes: Well we wanted to get an idea of … the younger version, but Barry [Jenkins, the film’s director] didn’t allow us to do that.

He forbid it, actually. He didn’t want us to mimic the

younger versions or anything like that. He really wanted to depict how we change drastically throughout our lives by picking three specific points in these people’s lives. He did that in choosing three different actors. I personally think it was the most ingenious decision. It was really about capturing the essence of who the person was as opposed to us looking or acting alike.

DBK: I actually first heard about this movie a while ago because you (Andre) did a podcast with Andy Greenwald about your work on (the Cinemax show) The Knick and I’m a huge fan, so I was listening to that and at the end of that podcast you said you were working on this movie Moonlight , and it was something you sounded so excited about.

So how early on could you tell that this film was going to be different?

Andre Holland: Yeah when I first read it I knew. I knew it was going to be special.

Because I read a lot of things, man, and most of it you read the first 20 or 30 pages and then you kind of fall asleep and then you read a few more and it’s like, ‘C’mon let’s get to the point.’

And I usually read with a notebook beside and take a few notes like, ‘Okay, this scene doesn’t work because of this,’ or, ‘I think it should say this,’ and by the end I look at the notes I’ve made and ask, ‘Well, do I really want to have all of those discussions to try and fight for these things?’ But then I read this script and I didn’t have a single thing about it to say. I just thought, ‘This is exactly as it should be.’

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moonlight tells the story of Trevante Rhodes’ Chiron (top) and how his relationship with childhood friend Kevin (Andre Holland, bottom) changes over the course of their lives. photos via youtube movie is based on], I’ve said this before, but I’ll say it again: Tarrell is my favorite playwright. I’ve known about his work for a long time and he uses language in a way that nobody else that I know does. He’s a yo u n g b l a c k b oy f ro m the Pork ‘N’ Bean Projects in Miami and I put him up there with Shakespeare, with Oscar Wilde, with the best of them. He’s on that level in my opinion. So I’ll do anything that he invites me to be a part of.

DBK: Trevante, in so much of your performance I was stunned by just your facial acting. Just subtle changes in your countenance said so much. How much of that

was you trying to react to the moment, and how much of it was Barry telling you, ‘Okay try and look like this’?

Treva n te R h o d e s : T h e wonderful thing about Barry Jenkins is that he lets you live. He doesn’t say I want you to do this. He just let us be, in the space. When I booked the role I called him to ask about certain characteristics and he told me, “I wrote them and now I’m washing my hands of them.

He’s for you. Any and everything you want to do — he’s yours. I’m going to be there to help you stay within the realm of where we need to be but this space is for you guys.” So there was never a moment where he said ‘Look

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like this.’ We just understand that [Barry] is someone that likes to linger and he gives us free reign to pre- and postthe scenes to get into it. A little improv here or there.

And he would just tell us, ‘I’m in your grill right now so make it count.’

The actors I admire the most are the ones that don’t really have to say anything but you get everything you h ave to ge t , j u s t f ro m a look or whatever it may be.

That’s the best acting. So to have a director who put that much faith in us to where he put us in a position to do that is huge.

DBK: This is a movie about how the younger versions of ourselves can shape us, and since I’m from a college paper I sometimes ask: What were you both like in college and how do you think that shaped the actor you are now or how you approached this movie?

Andre Holland: In college I was terribly shy. I was in an acting program at Florida State University, and I had come from Alabama so I just never felt like I was good enough or smart enough or

talented enough, so I felt like I had to scrap and fight to earn my place. But shy is the big thing.

I think I still am shy and probably always will be an introspective kind of person.

But I think that’s one of the reasons why I love acting so much is because it gives me an opportunity to let go of that and dive into somebody else’s experience.

Treva n te R h o d e s : Fo r me, I was a college athlete.

[Rhodes ran Track & Field at the University of Texas].

I think being an athlete you have to have this kind of persona of tough. And we were good so success was this thing that was always there.

And in the movie, Chiron has Juan as this embodiment of success. That’s what winning is and succeeding is.

I’ve always been able to put what I think success is in my mind and reach for it. So the fact that Chiron did the same thing, putting Juan up on a pedestal, I can relate.

Questions and answers were edited for length and clarity. merrigodbk@gmail.com

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10 | SPORTS

Turgeon adjusts coaching method

Coach Mark Turgeon said practices have been longer as the new-look Terps learn the sixth-year coach’s system. file photo/the diamondback Maryland Kyle Stackpole m e n ’s b a s @kylefstackpole ketball coach Senior staff writer Mark Turgeon stopped practice the other day, recognizing an opportunity to teach freshman guard Anthony Cowan Jr. Turgeon, who played point guard at Kansas from 1983 to 1987, showed the 6-foot freshman an option he could go to when trying to feed one of the frontcourt players in the post.

“He was showing Ant how to do a wrap-around pass,” forward Damonte Dodd recalled during Big Ten media day Oct. 13. “He was like, ‘It’s not going to be like how I used to do it,’ but he was trying to teach it.”

These kinds of moments have been more common this by

season for the sixth-year coach, who brought in six freshmen and a graduate transfer to join guard Melo Trimble, the only returning starter from last year’s team.

“We got a lot of young guys, so practices have been a little bit longer than they’ve probably wanted them to be,” Turgeon said at the team’s media day Tuesday. “We’ve had some late nights in this building, but it’s been good.”

Last season, Turgeon had a veteran squad. He didn’t need to teach as much.

The Terps’ backcourt consisted of guards Rasheed Sulaimon, a graduate transfer from Duke, and Trimble, who started all 35 games as a freshman the season before.

Add in forwards Robert Carter

Jr. and Jake Layman, a junior and senior, respectively, and then-freshman Diamond Stone was the lone Maryland starter without ample experience playing college basketball.

When the younger players made mistakes, Dodd said his older teammates provided advice.

Now a senior, Dodd has taken on a leadership role along with Trimble, and both players have assisted Turgeon in getting Maryland’s freshmen adjusted to the college game.

Turgeon said the veterans, along with the assistant coaches, were especially important in helping out during the summer when Turgeon served as an assistant coach for the U-18 men’s national team that cruised to the FIBA Americas Championship.

He then spent September on the

recruiting trail before joining the new-look group.

“Oct. 3 was really the first day I was around the guys as far as coaching goes, so that puts you behind,” Turgeon said. “We’re kind of overloading them, but we’re teaching, and it’s fun.”

Freshman Kevin Huerter played for Turgeon this summer, but he’s one of three rookies, along with Cowan and forward Justin Jackson, whom the team expects to make immediate contributions. Duquesne graduate transfer L.G. Gill will also see action in the frontcourt, meaning four of Maryland’s potential contributors have yet to play in a Terps uniform.

Despite the bevy of fresh faces, Turgeon has enjoyed the teaching process, even more so because the team’s been “coachable,” “receptive” and “unbelievably competitive” in practice.

Turgeon said this season also marks the first time in his sixyear head-coaching career at Maryland that he’s distrubuted each of the Terps’ scholarships — there were 13 this season.

“It’s made our practices tremendous,” Turgeon said. “We keep track of who wins and post it and things like that, so it’s really helped.”

Trimble said because of the work the Terps put in this summer, the squad is ahead of where it was at this stage the past two seasons. Should M a r y l a n d s t a y h e a l t h y, Turgeon thinks they could be “very good” by the start of Big Ten play.

But the veteran coach understands the improvements his team needs to make to reach that level. He’s been encouraged by what he’s seen thus far.

“After the first week I thanked them. After the third week I thanked them because they’ve been great to coach,” Turgeon said. “They’ve been bringing it every day. So it’s a very coachable team, a lot of good pieces.” kstackpoledbk@gmail.com

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For second consecutive year, Maryland volleyball upsets Ohio State The Maryland volleyball team has struggled to close out tight sets throughout the season. As a @danbernsteinUMD result, it suffered a couple of tough Staff writer defeats earlier in Big Ten play.

At home against then-No. 24 Illinois and thenNo. 16 Michigan, the squad lost despite holding match points.

So when the Terps finished the first frame against No. 19 Ohio State on Wednesday night with an 8-4 run, libero Kelsey Wicinski leapt in celebration. The set victory came with standout outside hitter Gia Milana hitting negative, as outside hitter Liz Twilley and middle blocker Hailey Murray contributed four and three kills, respectively.

While Milana struggled throughout the contest, others emerged to propel the team to a 3-2 victory, marking the second consecutive year Maryland has upset the Buckeyes.

“Those Illinois and Michigan matches were heartbreakers,” Twilley said. “We knew we had what it took [to complete an upset], so we just came out and tried not to think about the results of those matches.”

Twilley, who had struggled last weekend in a win over Rutgers, led the team with 13 kills and notched six blocks in the match. She said it was “a great feeling” to have a rebound performance after she “wasn’t happy with how [she’d] been playing the past couple by

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STACKPOLE From p. 14 process. “That’s what it comes down to a lot of the time.”

Potential recruits want to see freshmen play because that signals a chance to contribute right away. They’ve seen that with this Terps te a m , b u t m a k i n g freshmen available to speak to the media will also prove their roles

won’t differ in any way from those of older teammates.

This tactic will require the rookies to answer some tough questions, such as ones about Harrison’s fumble against Michigan State and Pigrome’s ineffective outing in the Terps’ 31-10 loss to Minnesota, and it’s reasonable to think first-year players may not handle the situations well.

Still, these players can provide valuable insight into a team that’s had success in Durkin’s first season. kstackpoledbk@gmail.com

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Bates’ strong performance in net helps Terps beat UVA The MaryAndy Kostka l a n d f i e l d hockey team @afkostka relied on goalStaff writer keeper Sarah B a te s t h ro u g h o u t Tu e s day’s 2-1 victory over Virginia, the No. 3 Terps’ third straight win against a top-10 opponent.

The No. 8 Cavaliers outshot coach Missy Meharg’s squad, 19-6, but the redshirt junior buoyed the backline with a career-high eight saves in the victory.

Bates’ previous best was six saves against Michigan on Sept. 30 — her first major action of the season. Since then, she has established herself with five starts and has posted a Big Ten-best .795 save percentage this season.

Her performance in the cage highlighted the Terps’ defensive efforts against Virginia.

“I’ve worked really hard in the offseason,” Bates said. by

wild From p. 14 That set up Wild’s penalty kick in the 106th minute after Rozhansky got tripped in the box. Wild connected on two of his three penalty kicks entering Tuesday, and on the attempt he missed, Wild followed up his shot to score.

This time, however, he kicked the ball over the goalpost.

The 5-foot-10, 172-pound striker stood motionless with his hands over the back of his head for about five seconds after the miss.

As Wild walked toward the

“It’s good to see that hard work pays off.”

Maryland surrendered the most shots of the season to the Cavaliers, so Bates was active from the start.

With about 20 minutes remaining in the first half, Virginia had an open opportunity from the top of the circle, but Bates steered it aside with a pad save.

“I felt like my balance was really on point today which helped with taking the amount of shots which they took from the top of the circle,” Bates said.

Virginia managed to capitalize on a miscommunication between Bates and defender Carrie Hanks. The two Terps collided as they scrambled to make a clear on one of Virginia’s seven p e n a l ty co r n e rs, l eav i n g forward Riley Tata a yard out to finish the loose ball for the Cavaliers’ only goal.

In the final stretch of the match, last-ditch attempts

from Virginia put extra pressure on Bates and Maryland’s defense. With about 15 minutes remaining, Bates denied Tata a chance for a second score with a high glove save. Hanks forced another attempt from Tata to go wide.

Soon after, Bates dove to her right, reaching the ball with the edge of her glove, to keep out Virginia’s sixth penalty corner.

Forward Linnea Gonzales also contributed to the Terps’ defensive stand while protecting their 2-1 lead. She shadowed Virginia’s leading scorer, Tara Vittese, throughout the second half.

“The whole last 20 minutes I put [Gonzales] right on [ Vi t te se] ,” Me h a rg sa i d .

“They’re very much a program that likes their superstars to play the ball most of the time.

I thought [Gonzales] was phenomenal defensively on [Vittese], and, of course, held on to the ball with the stall.”

Gonzales limited Vittese, her U.S. U-21 Women’s National Team teammate, to one shot in the second half after Vittese logged four in the first half. Meharg’s tactics were similar to how she used defender Courtney Deena on then-No. 1 Connecticut’s Charlotte Ve i t n e r, t h e fo rwa rd who leads the nation in scoring, during the Terps’ win Sunday.

It again proved effective for the Terps to earn another top-10 win.

“We just have a really confident backfield, and there are a couple of people that can rotate in there,” forward Emma Rissinger said. “We all know as forwards and mids that our defense is going to be really strong and stop the ball, so we can rely on them.”

opposite side of the field, Sejdic gave him a hug. His other teammates encouraged him by saying, “We’re a team.”

L e s s t h a n o n e m i n u te later, Wild got vengeance.

Midfielder Eryk Williamson sent a cross into the box, and Wild headed the ball past Blue Hens goalkeeper Todd Morton for his 14th goal and sixth game-winning goal, both of which lead the Big Ten. As he ran toward the flag post, Wild raised his index fingers toward the sky before his teammates corralled him with hugs.

Tuesday marked Wild’s first hat trick with the Terps and the third of his career.

“Gordon has been clinical on his last couple of penalties,” Cirovski said. “We all cheered him up because we thought there’d be another chance. He was ready for his next chance. That’s what a good forward has to do. You have to file the last one and get ready for the next one.”

Wild has also stepped up in high-pressure situations in past contests. Against Penn State on Sept. 18, the Terps trailed, 2-1, with seven minutes remaining. Wild

scored twice — including in overtime — to lead Maryland to victory. Wild also scored the gamewinning goal with 45 seconds remaining in Maryland’s 2-1 win over Georgetown on Sept. 2. “ G o rd o n i s a g rea t p l a y e r, a n d I l o v e playing with him,” Williamson said. “I kind of expected it from him because he’s scored so many goals this year. It’s kind of like, ‘Oh, there’s Gordon again.’”

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he admitted he doesn’t wear them in games. He doesn’t From p. 14 use contacts, either.

He’s worked on his hand “I go out there blind,” Opara placement and shedding said. blocks. He does a drill with The Terps assistant who a hula hoop to simulate relays signals from the sidebending around tackles line wears a bright shirt, so and guards on rushes. He’s Opara knows where to look. studied film to understand And if he has trouble seeing, backfield sets and antici- as he did during the rainy pate opponents’ moves. second half against Florida “A lot of the things the International, Opara asks a guys told me is you’ve got teammate for the call. to be as versatile as posIf he wore contacts, Opara sible, so whatever coach would be afraid they’d fall out.

Buh, coach Durkin need The coaches haven’t forced me to play to help the team him to because “they just let win, I’ll do it,” Opara said. me do me,” he said.

“If they want me to play T h a t’s t h e t ra i t O p a ra quarterback, I’ll do it.” most appreciates about the Nga ko u e v i s i te d t h e new regime. Former coach Terps a few weeks ago and Randy Edsall’s rules were watched Opara practice. stricter, but Durkin encourThe Jacksonville Jaguars ages the players to show their rookie marveled at the personalities. improvements from one So Opara sings in the locker of the players he arrived room, dances at practice and with in the 2013 class. pulls the occasional prank.

“He was like, ‘Wow, I Earlier this season, he got can’t believe how much a text message from one of of a better player you’ve the program’s class checkgotten to be,’” Opara re- ers, who keeps track of the membered. “They try to players’ attendance. After tell me that I’m just as Opara resolved the mistake, good as they are, if not h e c o p i e d t h e m e s s a ge , better, so I just try to pick changed his name to Ukantheir brains.” du’s and pasted it in the This season, Opara is team’s communication app, tied for sixth on the team calling out his fellow lineman with 29 tackles, 13 more for the alleged infraction. than he logged last year in “ H e ’s a l w a y s j o k i n g his first action as a Terp. around,” Cockerille said. “I He’s teamed up with de- mean, Kingsley’s Kingsley. fensive lineman Azubuike He’s just an overall funny Ukandu to fortify the front dude.” seven coaches have lauded Despite tough coaching, for limiting run-heavy high expectations and his offenses. professional goals that have “He’s a big, strong ath- m a te r i a l i z e d d u r i n g h i s letic guy that oftentimes breakout season, that kind requires two or more block- of leeway made Opara grin e rs,” l i n e ba c ke r S h a n e as he disclosed his plans after Cockerille said, “which his interview. frees up for me and Jermaine He was going to celebrate [Carter] in the back end.” one of his favorite times of the But Opara can’t see the week: cheat day. gaps he creates too clearly.

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The redshirt senior’s season started slow after he led the Terps’ receiving game last season, but he’s heeded the coaches’ challenge to become a better run blocker. His efforts have paid off. In the past two games, while the Terps’ rushing game has flourished, Jacobs has also recorded a combined 19 catches despite instability at quarterback with Perry Hills’ shoulder injury. Jacobs said he values wins over individual statistics, but his success has helped the Terps move one win from a bowl game.

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years Maryland had two running backs surpass 100 yards in the same game.

The freshman arrived at Maryland as a four-star wide receiver out of DeMatha Catholic High School, but he’s shined on the defensive side of the ball seven games into his college career. Ellis earned his first start against Minnesota and has garnered praise from the staff for his work ethic and attention to coaching in practice. He’s one of the underclassmen earning playing time in the Terps’ injury-ravaged secondary.

Quarterback Perry Hills’ return against the Spartans sparked offensive success, as the Terps’

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Despite injuries depleting the secondary, Maryland has allowed one opponent to surpass

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passing yards once through seven games. Indiana’s high-flying attack is the next challenge.

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QB Richard Lagow The redshirt junior has powered Indiana’s offense, which ranks as the second-best passing unit in the Big Ten, averaging 289.6 yards a game.

He’s been efficient in the Hoosiers’ wins — he completed 61.5 percent of his passes in a win against Michigan State — but he threw two interceptions and passed 59 times in last weekend’s loss to Northwestern.

He’ll look to challenge Maryland’s defense that has been stout against opposing quarterbacks, but is missing multiple starters to injury.

DL Niles Sykes The redshirt sophomore paces the Hoosiers defense with three sacks this season, including two last Saturday against Northwestern. He’s also recorded 16 tackles. Containing Sykes will be a priority for the Terps offensive line, which kept Hills upright in his return from a shoulder injury. Coaches praised the players’ efforts and hope the success continues while the Terps’ try for their first conference road win.

ON THE RECORD “We believed in [Hills], and he can get the job done. He’s had some ups and downs throughout his career and been criticized and all that, so it’s great to see him come along.”

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DBK PREDICTIONS KYLE STACKPOLE: 31-24 INDIANA Maryland’s bid for bowl eligibility will have to wait another week as the Terps can’t complete their comeback against the Hoosiers.

CALLIE CAPLAN: 27-24 MARYLAND The Terps clinch bowl eligibility in Durkin’s first year as quarterback Perry Hills continues to lead a balanced offense to a tight victory.

“We’ve got two losses, and now I definitely know what it’s like to lose, and I’m kind of sick of that, and we just don’t want to have that happen ever again, and just keep on having the weeks of practice that we’ve been having and keep on pushing forward.”

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Opara balances production, fun during breakout season Redshirt junior fortifies front seven as starter on defensive line Before the Maryland football coaching staff arrived in the offseason, defensive lineman K i n g s l e y O p a ra we i g h e d 3 1 5 pounds, about 26 percent of which the redshirt junior estimated was body fat.

But upon working with strength a n d co n d i t i o n i n g coa c h R i c k Court, whose constant energy resonated with Opara’s enthusiasm and goofiness, he developed a new training and diet approach.

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The Jacksonville, Florida, native has recorded 29 tackles, seven for a loss, emerging as a starter who defensive coordinator Andy Buh thinks is one of the Terps’ most complete defenders.

“We can keep him in in pass-rush situations as a big guy and not miss a beat,” Buh said. “Other guys in that position, not so much. Some guys are just first- and seconddown guys. Some guys are just third-down guys, passing situation guys. Opara is both.”

When Opara, sitting at a round table in Tyser Tower, heard about Buh’s compliment, his eyes perked up.

“It’s pretty cool,” Opara said. “I honestly didn’t know he said that, but I just try to, like, be versatile.

That’s it.”

Opara watched former defensive linemen Yannick Ngakoue and Quinton Jefferson leave College Park for the NFL after last season.

Darius K ilgo, also a defensive lineman, took the same route a year before that.

The players serve as an inspiration for Opara — “My dream, of course, is to play in the NFL one day,” he said — and they’ve given him tips to improve his skills.

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defensive lineman kingsley opara cut out carbs and sweets and followed his coaches’ instruction to become a force for the Terps up front. The first-year starter has 29 tackes this season. photo courtesy of maryland athletics

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forward gordon wild (right) scored his Big Ten leading 14th goal of the season in overtime to push the Terps past the Blue Hens. reid poluhovich/the diamondback

TERPS GONE WILD Forward Gordon Wild notches a hat trick in 3-2 win over Delaware

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By Kyle Melnick | @kyle_melnick | Senior staff writer

e s p i te re c o rd i n g a h a t t r i c k a ga i n s t D e l awa re on Tuesday night, Maryland men’s soccer forward Gordon Wild struggled.

Coach Sasho Cirovski was upset with Wild’s effort in the first half, so the veteran coach sat the sophomore for the beginning of the second half. In overtime, Wild missed a penalty kick that would’ve won the game.

Still, Wild stayed positive. As a result, he scored the game-winning goal to lift No. 1 Maryland to a 3-2 win.

“That’s my job, to help the team score goals,” Wild said. “I had a feeling I let the team down on my PK. [It] shouldn’t have happened. I’m glad I could redeem myself a little bit and get us the win.”

Entering Tuesday, Wild led the Big Ten with 11 goals after transferring from South Carolina Upstate this past spring. Yet the German wasn’t happy with all of his performances. He wanted to make a bigger impact off the ball.

Wild helped Maryland get out to a quick start Tuesday, though, scoring in the fourth minute. Midfielder Amar Sejdic passed into the box, and Delaware midfielder Carlos Perales tried to clear the ball. Wild blocked

Perales’ strike and kicked the ball into the bottom-left corner of the net.

But in the 23rd minute, Wild jogged back on defense after the Terps turned the ball over. Blue Hens forward Guillermo Delgado scored moments later to tie the match at one.

At halftime, Cirovski told Wild, forward Sebastian Elney and midfielder Jake Rozhansky they didn’t play with enough intensity in the first half, so he replaced them with forwards George Campbell and DJ Reeves and midfielder Keegan Kelly. In the 61st minute, Wild checked back in.

“The first half was not the right effort,” Wild said. “George and DJ, they’re quality players.

When they step in, they show this kind of effort and they earned to play. I accept that. As soon as I came in, I just tried to prove myself that I’m also able to step up and [show] effort.”

In the 73rd minute, Delgado scored again off a counter attack. But Wild responded with his own goal about three minutes later to eliminate Maryland’s upset scare. Defender Chris Odoi-Atsem sent a cross into the box to Wild. After positioning himself in front of Delaware defender Carlos Perales, Wild back-heeled the ball into the goal.

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Freshman Lorenzo Harrison has been Maryland football’s most effective running back this season, and a trend that continued in the Terps’ 28-17 victory over Michigan State on Saturday night.

Dodging Spartans defenders throughout the game, Harrison rushed 17 times for 118 yards and one touchdown, a performance that earned the DeMatha Catholic High School product his first Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor.

But in Tyser Tower at Maryland Stadium on Tuesday for one of the team’s two weekly media availability sessions, no reporters prepared to ask Harrison about his success. Coach DJ Durkin hasn’t made Harrison available to speak to the press all season. In fact, none of the freshmen have spoken publicly since media day Aug. 16.

Shielding freshmen from the media is a common practice across the college football landscape, so Durkin’s policy isn’t surprising. But with a class that’s made significant contributions for the Terps, who sit one win away from bowl eligibility entering Saturday’s game at Indiana, making these players available to the media could have a variety of benefits.

Maryland fans like reading stories about breakout performers, and two players who h a ve wa r ra n te d a t te n t i o n so far this season arrived in College Park this fall. Media outlets have still pursued these stories, covering the triumphs of players such as Harrison and quarterback Tyrrell Pigrome, but the articles lack the voices of the actual subjects.

Through seven games, Harrison leads the Terps in carries (65), yards (502) and touchdowns (five) and is on pace to break the school’s freshman single-season rushing record, which former running back LaMont Jordan set in 1997.

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Then there’s Pigrome, an electric athlete who’s shown flashes of brilliance this year, most notably in the Terps’ game with Central Florida on Sept. 17. After replacing injured quarterback Perry Hills in double overtime, he won the game on his first snap, avoiding several Knights defenders before trotting into the end zone for a 24-yard score.

Each of these players have been the focal point of the Terps at times this season, so they should be able to answer questions about their performances.

For senior running back Kenneth Goins Jr., the freshmen’s impacts have been a surprise. He redshirted his first year and said many players in his class did the same.

“It’s pretty amazing to see that they can come in right away and play,” Goins said. “Just like ‘You were in high school, like, seven months ago, and now you playing against college people.’”

When Goins was a rookie, it wouldn’t have made sense to speak with him and his fellow first-year players because they weren’t on the field.

But this year is different, as Durkin said 12 to 15 freshmen have played significant snaps. It’s rare to have this many first-year players contributing, he admitted, but Durkin added they’re playing at a high level and “don’t look out of place.”

“This playing time is valuable moving forward,” Durkin added.

“We’re rotating guys at every position. That’s how you build a program the right way.”

Preparing for the future doesn’t appear to be a potential problem for Durkin, who’s already garnered praise for his recruiting ability. The Terps have one five-star recruit — defensive end Joshua Kaindoh — five four-star players and 19 commits overall for 2017, a combination good for the nation’s 13th-best recruiting class, according to 247Sports. Ohio State and Michigan are the only Big Ten teams ranked higher.

“The name and playing time,” running back Ty Johnson said of highlights in the recruiting process. “That’s what it comes down to a lot of the time.”

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