December 15, 2014

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USM approves proposed univ Cole renovation Despite development freeze, state revenue deficit, university given go-ahead for construction

By Aaron Kasinitz and Ellie Silverman @AaronKazreports, @esilverman11 Senior staff writers

HAGERSTOWN — The University System of Maryland Board of Regents approved this university’s proposal to convert Cole Field House into a $155

tion will be done in two phases, said Brian Ullmann, marketing and communication assistant vice president at this university.

The project to repurpose the former million indoor football practice facility, entrepreneurship center and home of the Terrapins basketball sports medicine research center at a teams will be funded primarily through private donations and will meeting Friday.

With this approval, the university not result in increased student fees, plans to begin designing the facili- according to the proposal.

T hough u n iversity President ties in May 2015, start construction in December 2015 and complete the cole field house will be converted into a $155 million indoor football practice facility as soon project by June 2018. The construcSee cole, Page 2 as June 2018 after the system Board of Regents approved plans Friday. rachel george/the diamondback

DOTS to eliminate all U resident parking Loss of spaces to major development projects to cause shortage

By Lexie Schapitl @lexieschapitl Staff writer

professor james farquhar in the geology department studies the sulfuric compounds in both terrestrial and martian rocks. Nature ranked this university highly in its Nature Index for research.

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Looking for answers University achieves high ranking for its large number of research opportunities

By Joe Zimmermann @JoeMacZim Staff writer With new articles published in journals every week and scores of labs constantly at work, scientists at this university stay productive.

And a new ranking has found

that university researchers live up to that standard — when it comes to science research, this university is one of the most prolific in the world.

The Nature Index, published by the prestigious science journal Nature, ranked this university highly among universities and research institutions around the

world based on scientific productivity, or the amount of research output in science fields.

This university ranked 19th — right between Princeton and Cornell — among all U.S. institutions, and is the sixth-highest ranking public institution on the list, according to the index.

The index also listed this university as 35th among all institutions and 22nd among all universities in the world.

For Patrick O’Shea, vice president for research and chief research officer, this is a sign of the See science, Page 7

To compensate for anticipated parking space losses that could result from upcoming development projects, DOTS is preparing to eliminate on-campus resident parking by fall 2017, officials said.

Department of Transportation Services Director David Allen and other DOTS officials met with the Campus Transportation Advisory Committee on Friday morning to discuss the plan to limit the number of parked cars.

The parking elimination will take effect starting in fall 2016, when freshman and sophomore on-campus residents will no longer be able to park on the campus. The parking restriction will expand to apply to juniors See parking, Page 3

SGA assembles task force for spring lobbying

University Greek life investigated in hazing allegations

Tuition, intern safety bills will be priorities

Documents reveal recent reports of violence

By Taylor Swaak @tswaak27 Staff writer

By Darcy Costello and Sarah Dean @dctello, @sarahdeanjourn Senior staff writers Clemson University suspended its fraternities in September after a student’s death was allegedly linked to hazing.

The University of Virginia followed suit months later, when Rolling Stone magazine detailed an alleged gang rape in which two fraternity brothers instructed and encouraged a female student’s seven alleged rapists in a

fraternities at this university have avoided some of the national scrutiny paid to Greek life at other schools, but officials and documents indicate that this university still sees similar problems. rachel george/the diamondback sexual misconduct reports, alcohol fraternity house.

The media has seized on fraterni- and drug use and hazing allegations ties in recent months in response to at chapters nationwide. Meanwhile,

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this university’s fraternities have mostly stayed out of headlines — but Matt Supple, Department of Fraternity and Sorority Life director, said that could change.

“I’m not saying those things could never happen here,” Supple said. “Those are the kinds of incidents that could happen on any college campus, whether in Greek life or outside of it. They plague colleges and universities across the country.”

Although this university evaded national scrutiny this semester, it has dealt with similar issues in the past.

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Members of this university’s SGA plan to lobby in the upcoming Annapolis legislative session for more affordable higher education tuition and an intern protection bill.

Student Government Association President Patrick Ronk said the governing body lobbies every year but created a task force this semester to increase participation and lobbying presence in the capital.

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cole From PAGE 1 Wa l l a c e L o h a n n o u n c e d a campusw ide h i ri ng a nd construction freeze Wednesday, effective immediately, Friday’s approval commits this university to providing $5 million of the funds for the academic component of the project. State funds and expected Big Ten revenue will add $25 million each.

The state money will be given to the university in $5 million increments over the next five years, said Joe V ivon a , t h e s y s te m v i c e chancellor for administration a nd f i na nce. Vivona said the first installment of the payment should be made

by April.

“I wish we were doing this in better financial times,” Loh said at the meeting, “but remember that 84 percent of this is private funds, not state funds.”

The university plans to privately raise $90 million for the project, and has raised $40 million, Loh said, including a $25 million gift from former Terps football special teams player and Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank.

Plank’s donation will help establish the Academy of Innovation and Entrepreneur-

ship, to be housed inside Cole, for students to develop sports marketing ideas as a potential “feeder system” for Under Armour, Ullmann said.

Student Board of Regents member Raaheela Ahmed, a senior economics and finance major at this u n iversit y, wa s t he on ly member to vote against the proposal. She said during the meeting her vote would reflect the sentiment of the student population.

A h med voiced concer n over the project’s phases, the $4 4 m i l l ion pla n n i ng a nd i n it i a l con s t r u ct ion phase of the indoor practice facility and relocation of current programs and the $111 million second phase of constructing football operations and outdoor fields, the academy and the Center for Sports Medicine, according to Ullmann.

The university will evaluate its fundraising efforts at each stage of the project before moving onto the next phase.

“It will take three checkpoints before the academic component is addressed,” A hmed said during the meeting. “For me that is a big concern.”

Vivona said at the meeting that the university had not con sidered con st r uct i ng the academic portion of the

project first. The indoor practice facility would be at the base of Cole’s renovations and the innovation lab and sports medicine center would be added later, he said, because of the nature of construction.

M a ny boa rd members supported the idea that the project will yield significant academic benefits, and Tom McMillen, a Board of Regents member and former Terps basketball forward, called the collaboration “unprecedented” at the meeting.

“This is not trying to sugarcoat an important indoor facility with the veneer of a c a d e m ic s,” L oh sa id at the meeting. “This is a real integration.”

Student Government Association President Patrick Ron k sa id he recog n i z es t he academ ic side of t he project, but like Ahmed, he is concerned administrators overvalued athletics when forming plans for Cole.

Through discussions with student groups, Ronk said many are displeased by the potential displacement of clubs resulting from the Cole renovations. Ronk said he is working with university officials to form a task force to address these concerns.

“They can say it will have the [academy] for innovation and entrepreneurship in it,

this university plans to raise $90 million for a two-stage plan to convert Cole Field House, above, into an indoor football practice facility, Academy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the Center for Sports Medicine. Donations reached $40 million so far. rachel george/the diamondback they can say there’s going to be academic in it, but this is a football practice facility,” Ronk said. “Students know

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lobby From PAGE 1 was mostly restricted to [the president a nd d i rector of governmental affairs],” said Ronk, a junior government and politics major. “With this task force, we’ve created a group of us that is fully going to be in Annapolis, so every single day of the week, we will have an SGA member in Annapolis to lobby on the budget. … This hasn’t been the case in the past.”

T he lobbying task force cu rrently includes si x members: Ron k, Governmental Affairs Director Luke Pinton, Chief of Staff Jonathan Levi, City Affairs Director Cole Holocker, Governmental Affairs Deputy D i rector Ja ke Kot ler a nd SGA repre sent at ive Kyle Vaughan.

Despite a n a nt icipated $300 m i l l ion shor tfa l l of st ate revenu e t h i s f i sc a l year, projected to grow to $650 million next fiscal year, a nd u n iversity P resident Wallace Loh’s announcement Wednesday of a campuswide h i r i n g a nd c on s t r u c t ion freeze, Pinton said the task force wants to ensure that tuition costs remain affordable for students.

The task force is also lobbying on behalf of a bill that wou ld protect i nter n s i n the state from harassment and discrimination in the workplace.

Ronk said Samantha Zwerling, former SGA president and 2014 university alumna, proposed the idea for the intern protection bill, which exists in Oregon, Washington, New York and New York City, to the state Senate president’s office last year after hearing about the bill’s 2013 passage in Oregon.

“She brought it [to the office] and she said, ‘I think this could be a really good bill for a delegate or a senator to introduce so that we can close these loop-

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from this university currently make up the Annapolis lobbying task force.

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there will be an SGA member from this university in Annapolis to lobby.

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are the main goals of the task force: affordable tuition and a law protecting interns from harassment. holes around intern harassment in Maryland,’” Ronk said.

Sen. Nancy King (D-Montgomery) and Del. Kathleen Dumais (D-Montgomery), sponsored the bill, which died in committee last year.

The bill would have allowed interns to seek protection from discrimination and harassment in the workplace. “[Interns] shouldn’t feel any less protected just because they’re working for a private company, often times at no cost to the company at all,” said Holocker, a sophomore government and politics major.

“As an important part of any business entity — or government entity even — interns should be protected from harassment like anyone else.”

To further increase the strength of their lobbying, the task force said it plans to market itself and get more students and groups involved, especially in large lobbying efforts such as the University System of Maryland lobby day, during which system students rally together, and Terrapin Pride Day, an annual lobbying day led by this university.

“We have a big lobby day with all of the schools [in this state] where we try to bring other students out, and we also have a big rally in Annapolis,

and we really want to keep doing that; we want to make it bigger and better,” Ronk said. “But we also want to include students in our dayto-day lobbying … making sure students can always come down to Annapolis with us.”

Holocker said increased student participation would give further validity to the causes the SGA supports.

“We need people who can share stories; while we have invested interest in this, we know that these things don’t on ly a f fect SGA ,” Holo cker said. “They affect every student on campus, and we need ever y st udent on-ca mpus who has a n engaged interest in this to join us and come to Annapolis, and that’s what this effort will do.”

Levi, a junior government and politics major, sa id these conti nuous meetings are the key to successful lobbying.

“Our faces are recognized,” Levi said. “We’re meeting with all the right people, all the necessary committees to move the bills forward. tswaakdbk@gmail.com

the department of transportation services plans to cut on-campus parking for student residents entirely by fall 2017. The restriction will first apply to freshman and sophomore on-campus residents starting fall 2016 to prepare for construction. tom hausman/the diamondback

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these restrictions will eliminate about 2,889 cars currently parking on the campus.

From PAGE 1 But these plans could change or evolve, depending on the a nd sen iors l iv i ng on the campus in fall 2017, Allen completion status of some of the projects, Allen said. said.

“T hat fa l l 2016 t i me “Pa rk i n g problem s a re simple to solve: more spaces frame, you can bet on that. o r fe w e r c a r s , t h a t’s i t . It’s beyond that where it’s Nothing in between,” Allen a bit more up i n the a i r,” said. “So if we can’t have Allen said.

Plans for the Purple Line more spaces, the option is and Academic Village, for fewer cars.”

The proposed renovation example, are uncertain, but of Cole Field House, which these proposals should be the Un iversity System of fi nalized within the next six Maryland Board of Regents months, Allen said.

“I f t hey don’t h app en, approved F r id ay, a s wel l as the construction of the then lots of things change,” Brend a n I ribe Center for Allen said. “We are planning Computer Science and In- on — depending on your pernovation, the Purple Line, spective — either the worst Academic Village and other case for parking or the best academic buildings could case for the institution and eliminate more than 4,400 the construction.”

If the construction projects spaces over the next several move forward as scheduled, years, Allen said.

While there is currently DOTS will lose an estimated a surplus of roughly 1,500 $1.67 million in yearly parking p a r k i n g s p a c e s o n t h e revenue, Allen said. To comca mpus, these spots w i l l pensate for that loss, Allen begin to decrease as con- said commuter parking rates s t r u c t i o n c o n t i n u e s , h e will increase, anticipating that said. To build an additional the current rate of $249 per garage on the campus would year will rise by 13.7 percent cost more than $100 million, in fall 2015, 14.5 percent in which Allen said would result fall 2016 and 17.3 percent in in debt the university could fall 2017.

Allen said on-campus resinot support.

A d d it io n a l ly, a l l re s i- dent students have the lowest dents living in the Univer- parking priority because they sity View, The Varsity and use cars less often than emother apartment complexes ployees and commuter stuwith designated Shuttle-UM dents do.

A small number of excepbus routes will be unable to park on the campus start- tions to the resident parking ing in fall 2016. Commuter restriction m ig ht a lso be parking availability will not m a d e, A l len sa id , wh ich will be determined either be affected, he said.

A llen said he estimates through student applica-

tions or in conjunction with Residence Hall Association criteria.

A l len sa id t he pa rk i n g situation is one of “pain and gain.” W hile current students, faculty and staff will experience inconvenience, the future payoff from these projects will be high.

Ariel Bourne, the CTAC RHA representative, said the committee is expecting a difficult transition period, but that can change over time.

“Freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors will be angry, but then as the years go on, freshmen in five years won’t even know they had parking in the first place,” said Bourne, a junior food science and government and politics major. “So it leads to a change in the mindset.”

Allen said DOTS will post an informational packet about the changes on its website and will update it as more information comes to light.

CTAC Chairwoman and A ssista nt Vice P resident of St u d ent A f fa i rs M a r y Hummel said construction poses a ch a l lenge, but it must be managed to better the university.

“I th i n k that students, f a c u l t y, s t a f f — t h e r e ’s going to be some pain for almost everybody through this process,” Hummel said.

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OPINION

EDITORIAL BOARD

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GUEST COLUMN

he University Student Judiciary is not a widely known campus group, but it probably should be. USJ comprises both undergraduate and graduate students, whose goals are to uphold the policies of the university and promote integrity, character and ethics (ICE, as we like to call it) on the campus.

Those who do know about us often don’t think fondly of us. Many know us only as the students who got them in trouble on the campus — the ones who punished them. But that’s just not the case. We are your allies. We only handle cases after they have been referred to us; we do not go searching for violations or trouble. It’s also important to emphasize that the judiciary does not write any of the code; that comes from the University Senate, which also includes student members. As cliche as it sounds, we don’t make the rules; we only enforce them. And we’re trained to enforce them fairly — to give you, as students, a fair chance to have your story heard by your peers.

The judiciary operates within three frameworks, specifically, the Code of Academic Integrity, the Code of Student Conduct and the Department of Resident Life’s Residence Hall Rules. In order to address the cases that come to us, we have trained, designated members on different boards.

The central board is responsible for nonacademic cases of misconduct, the resident board handles cases of misconduct within the dorms and the Student Honor Council deals with cases of academic integrity. The judiciary also has an appellate board that hears all appeals of cases that did not result in suspension or expulsion (which are heard by the senate) and addresses XF petitions. Finally, our community advocates work within hearings to present all the evidence for a case and support the complaining party.

All of these boards work together to ensure that the university’s codes are respected and all parties’ rights are

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protected. If the university’s codes are not respected by the students, then they cannot be respected by anyone else. We want our degrees from the university to mean something, to be taken seriously. That means the academic and social integrity of the university must be upheld. We work to ensure that.

The best way the judiciary helps students is to help them learn from their mistakes. We know no one is perfect or above the codes, but we work to embody all the university upholds. We understand the gravity each action can have on a student and want to make sure others understand that as well.

Everyone makes mistakes; college is a messy time meant for learning and growth. Sometimes, part of a person’s growth requires that they meet us in a hearing to handle a case of misconduct. In that instance, our job is to ensure that the student learns from their mistake and receives the appropriate penalty in a fair, impartial setting. We don’t do it out of malice, but out of care for the student and for the integrity of the university.

Finals are an especially messy time of year for students. As you prepare, remember to act with integrity on your exams. Keep the Code of Academic Integrity and the judiciary in mind. It’s just not worth it to try to gain an edge through cheating — put in that extra bit of effort to study instead. It’s better to get a C than an XF on your transcript. No judiciary member wants to see a fellow Terp in trouble.

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STAFF EDITORIAL

A semester in review For the final edition of The Diamond- sense of solidarity that resonated across back this semester, the editorial board the campus. weighed in on the performance and responses of some of this university’s most influential individuals and groups.

Overall, this university has responded to sexual assault a lot better than other universities, such as nearby Johns University President Wallace Loh has Hopkins University and Catholic Unihad to face enhanced cybersecurity mea- versity of America, which have been sures, further issues with pedestrian under Title IX investigation.

This university, with its new Title IX safety on Route 1, contentious sexual assault policy changes, protests over office and an online sexual misconduct police brutality, a hiring freeze and the training course, takes sexual assault seridecision to overhaul Cole Field House ously, but when it comes to the way to address sexual assault, there’s been some in only one semester.

Nonetheless, he has been responsive room for improvement.

A new university sexual misconduct to student concerns and has aimed to find reasonable solutions - even if these policy has recently come under fire solutions aren’t the most popular. His for its controversial definition of what recent announcement of a campuswide this state terms “Sexual Assault II,” hiring and renovation freeze was tough defined in the university’s policies as to hear, but it comes at a time when the nonconsensual sexual contact rather state is slated to suffer a $650 million than “sexual assault.” Additionally, some revenue shortfall. As one of the largest have protested the policy’s violation of universities in this state, reducing dis- due process, as the determination of guilt cretionary spending will hopefully only needs to be determined through a make an impressionable change in state preponderance of evidence.

Regardless of individual opinion spending toward higher education, and only time will tell how long this freeze on the sexual misconduct policy, the policy’s inconsistencies with University will last, but let’s hope it’s short.

Loh’s respectable email following a System of Maryland policies raise congrand jury’s decision not to indict police cerns, and we expect the Title IX office, officer Darren Wilson in the shooting of the SGA, the University Senate and other unarmed black teenager Michael Brown, major stakeholders to reform the policy calling for open dialogue on issues of to make it more inclusive toward victims race and tolerance, was a welcomed call of “sexual contact.” for nonviolence during a time of heated tension. Though it would be unrealistic to request a university president to make Infamous for being one of the most brash political statements, Loh’s deci- disliked departments on the campus, the sion to respect the judicial process yet Department of Transportation Services promote nonviolent protest gave off a has managed to anger the university

Sexual Assault: B+

Wallace Loh: A-

DOTS: F

community all the way up until finals week.

The department’s decision in the beginning of the semester to crack down on overnight parking by ticketing residents who parked in commuter lots between the arbitrary hours of 3 a.m. and 5 a.m. seemed unnecessary. The alternatives suggested to residents, such as parking in private garages, was also a costly option. And the assumption that commuters who wanted to stay on the campus overnight could just park their cars in other lots, then move their cars back to commuter lots immediately the next morning was a bit insensitive to students’ safety, as they’d have to walk to their cars late at night.

Perhaps the biggest disappointment we faced with DOTS was when the department announced last week that it plans to eliminate campus parking for residents by fall 2017. As construction projects like the Purple Line and Academic Village go into effect, parking spaces will be eliminated, with all freshman and sophomore residents being forbidden from obtaining parking permits by fall 2016.

It’s understandable that increased construction will result in less parking spaces, but this move is impractical toward student needs, and adding additional parking spaces may be the most logical step to address a massive loss in spaces. Though this will add on extra costs (as the director of DOTS, for some reason, believes an additional parking garage will cost more than $100 million), it may be worth it when the alternative is forcing every on-campus resident to not have his or her car on the campus.

EDITORIAL CARTOON

L a u re l Fre s q u e z i s a j u n i o r classical languages and literatures and communication major and is an executive member o f t h e U n i v e rs i t y S t u d e n t Judiciary. She can be reached at fresquez@terpmail.umd.edu.

GUEST COLUMN

A letter to Chief Mitchell

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ear University Police Chief David Mitchell, We appreciate that you are continuing to work with the concerned student body regarding policing on our campus. We commend you for opening up to the campus community during this difficult time when the corrupt nature of our justice system is beginning to manifest before the eyes of those who can no longer deny it. Still, we, the Social Justice Coalition, find that our demands are not being completely heard or understood.

We continue to demand that all military weapons received from the 1033 program be returned. You have said that these weapons are required to protect the nuclear material on the campus, but a statement written by our university in 2005 states: “Our commitment to safeguarding this facility, with its specialized equipment and valuable research, is so great that our security measures substantially exceed the standard required by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a research reactor of this size.”

You also have said these weapons are needed in the event of a mass shooting on the campus. However, a study published in March by the Police Executive Research Forum contradicts the need for military weapons in response to an active shooter. The study analyzed 84 active-shooter situations since 2000 and recommended that the best equipment for active-shooter situations are handguns and low-powered rifles as well as defensive equipment such as body armor shields, but it found the best route is focusing on preventative measures such as mental health initiatives.

Body cameras are important, and we acknowledge that you have said numerous times that your officers want body cameras as well. However, we want more clarification as to

what you mean by a “reasonable amount of time” in regard to how long video recorded by the cameras would be accessible.

We realize that the creation of your Police Chief’s Advisory Council is a step in the right direction, but we still have concerns. We agree that it should be made up of students, faculty and staff, but we want more than just an advisory council. We want a board that will review police complaints and have legislative power to discipline or fire officers if necessary.

A common grievance brought up during the recent town hall meetings was that students are not comfortable submitting police complaints only to have them reviewed by others in the police department. We find that this specific demand corrects this grievance and improves police transparency.

You have publicly criticized the actions of police officers in Ferguson, Missouri, but we are still waiting on an official statement from university President Wallace Loh and the administration not only condemning the actions of the officers, but also condemning the corrupt system that has allowed these injustices to continually occur and has allowed Darren Wilson and other police officers to escape charges.

We expect this will clarify our demands, and we hope to continue working harmoniously with you toward making this campus community safer for all people.

In solidarity, The Social Justice Coalition Jessy Jimenez is a junior economics major. He can be reached at jrjimenez1091@gmail.com.

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Facing parking armageddon PATRICK RONK

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his has been a transformative semester for this university. It has received the largest donation in school history to build the Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Innovation; the Department of Resident Life has announced plans to build a state-ofthe-art residential village near Knight Hall; and of course, the athletic department has unveiled a massive $155 million project to transform Cole Field House into an indoor football practice facility.

Combine these massive projects with the A. James Clark Hall for bioengineering, currently under construction, and the possibility of the Purple Line coming straight through the middle of the campus, and it’s easy to see how much this university is completely changing in front of our eyes.

While all of this development is fantastic and will catapult the university to new heights, it comes at a price. I learned that price this past Friday, when at the Campus Transportation Advisory Committee meeting I was told by the Department of Transportation Services that all resident student parking likely will be eliminated by fall 2017. My jaw dropped. Frankly, this is an unac-

ceptable outcome. As one administrator described it, we are facing parking armageddon.

The genesis of this problem was the adoption of the Facilities Master Plan in 2011, which set the admirable goal of reducing the demand for parking spaces on grounds by encouraging the use of public transportation. The plan assumed that the campus would lose about 3,300 spaces while reallocating freshman and sophomore spots for other uses. While we obviously hope to see less demand for parking over time as options such as the Purple Line come online, nobody expected these changes to occur as quickly as they have.

I want one thing to be clear, though: The planned elimination of resident student parking is unacceptable. When I give Maryland Images tours, one of the most frequent questions I get is what the parking options for students are. While I don’t think it’s a deciding factor in choosing a school, being able to have a car on the campus is comforting for a lot of students. For many upperclassmen, on-campus parking isn’t simply a luxury, it’s often a necessity.

How will students get to internships not located in Washington? How will the approximately 3,000 students who live in South Campus Commons and Courtyards apartments go to the grocery store? If students are forced to find offcampus parking in the city (with price

gouging galore, I’m sure), then what’s the incentive to even live in Commons or Courtyards? The travel options presented by current Shuttle-UM routes do not answer these questions, and making students pay higher fees for more bus options just adds insult to injury.

I’ve heard from many that while this decision will upset many current students, new students eventually will come to accept a new reality of no oncampus parking and just be OK with it.

It’s deeply troubling to me that some are willing to just wait out student concerns and complaints until the noise quiets down and a new round of students come in who just don’t know any better. I know it won’t be easy, but the university must come up with a way to save at least junior and senior parking on the campus. Barring students access to groceries, internships or the surrounding region is simply unacceptable. While I don’t have the answers right now, I will work tirelessly next semester to make sure that the university addresses these concerns. Beginning next semester, I will encourage the assembly of campus leaders, including students, staff, faculty and administrators, to address this problem and find long-term solutions.

Patrick Ronk is the Student Government Association president and a junior government and politics major. He can be reached at sgapresident@umd.edu.

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Winter beers are in season, including the bitter Winter Storm, the easy-to-drink Samuel Smith’s Winter Ale, the creamy Merry Maker Gingerbread Stout and the honey-and-cherry mix Mad Elf. Of all the varieties available at local liquor stores, how do you know which beer is right for you? james levin/the diamondback

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Winter has descended upon College Park, forcing students inside to study, huddle by heaters and procrastinate. Personally, I can’t wait to get back to an actual fire in an actual fireplace and just relax. Until then, I’ve resorted to trying out four seasonal winter beers — from bitter to sweet to tasty to creamy — all available in local liquor stores.

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It’s bitter, hoppy and warms you up almost as well as diving into a pile of puppies.

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This one is really, really, drinkable. I mean that in the good way and the bad. It’s a tasty, malty ale, but there isn’t much of an aftertaste. It leaves your mouth quicker than most beers I’ve had. All of this makes it easy to drink while doing other things, but it’s not that special on its own. It’s good but not great.

3 turtles out of 5.

Merry Maker Gingerbread Stout Do you like your beer dark, heavy and spicy? If the answer to this is a yes — and it should be — then you’ll probably like this one. It’s a good cream stout for fans of Guinness, full of rich flavor and a frothy head. However, its gingerbread flavor isn’t as pronounced as its name would lead you to believe. If you really want gingerbread, buy yourself some cookies. Sip this one

slowly with some actual cookies by your side and a roaring fire to your back for the best effect.

4 turtles out of 5.

Mad Elf Have you ever had a really delicious piece of candy, something cloying and sweet that’s still amazing while you’re eating it?

It’s only afterward that you sit in silence, feeling guilty for consuming something that might have had a bit too much sugar. That’s this beer. Mad Elf has honey and cherry, and while the drink itself is a pretty great ale and the honey mixes well, the cherry is a bit overpowering.

The drink is also on the pricier end, but if you want to reward yourself for an excellent (or at least finished) final exam, it’s a tasty drink that’s worth having on a cold day.

4.5 turtles out of 5. jraederdbk@gmail.com

If you love and have studied flamenco, director Carlos Saura (I, Don Giovanni) might have just made the perfect movie for you. If, on the other hand, you know nothing of flamenco and would like to learn more, consider looking elsewhere.

Flamenco, Flamenco offers very little support for newcomers to the form. No subtitles are provided for the lyrics; the only text comes from title cards that appear before each number, music video style.

Any notion that Flamenco, Flamenco is some kind of a documentary is just outright wrong. Flamenco, Flamenco is more akin to a finely produced taping of a stage show than an informative meditation on the flamenco genre. Ostensibly, the film charts the evolution of the form through its selection of performances, but I, as someone almost entirely unfamiliar with flamenco, could not appreciate such subtleties.

There’s a feeling throughout that one needs his or her phone open to Wikipedia to fully appreciate the images unfurling on the screen. The flamenco pieces curated by Saura are sometimes comprehensible and interesting without any context, but others simply don’t work within the confines of the film.

Yet, as frustrating as many stretches in the film are, I appreciated the rigor and the purity of the experience. Letting the dances and musical pieces speak for themselves demonstrates both artistic integrity

and respect for the genre on the part of the filmmakers.

I am clearly not the ideal audience for the film, but fans of flamenco will almost certainly find something to love.

The great cinematographer Vittorio Storaro (Rigoletto a Mantova) captures the performances with sumptuous texture and minimalistic lighting. Saura’s decision to rely on painted backdrops for the flamenco performances occasionally makes for some arresting collisions of stage lighting and gorgeous artwork, though the backdrops feel arbitrarily chosen just as often.

The sound mixing, crucially, is solid. Though the film can’t quite capture the feeling of actually seeing a flamenco performance, the soundtrack does an admirable job of balancing singing with the guitar and the tapping of shoes onstage.

Additionally, the performances themselves are fine throughout. The dancing is both ably choreographed and performed, while the singing and guitar music range from good to possibly great.

Given such excellent technical execution, Flamenco, Flamenco is probably exactly the film Saura set out to make. I just couldn’t really make heads or tails of it. Maybe there’s a way to have made Flamenco, Flamenco broadly understandable without sacrificing the purity of the experience.

Maybe not.

All I know is that while I could appreciate the film, I was kept at arm’s length for its entire runtime. wzhangdbk@gmail.com

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science From PAGE 1 transformation this university underwent throughout the past several decades.

“We have taken our place among the great institutions of the world,” he said.

Though the university has taken time to build its reputation, O’Shea said, the flagship university of the University System of Maryland consistently excels in the sciences among other fields. O’Shea attributes this to the university’s emphasis on conducting research, hiring skilled faculty members and raising expectations for students.

“If you look at the data, we’re really doing a great job,” he said. “This is not by accident because we’ve been putting strong focus on the quality and impact of our faculty and student scholarship and research.”

T he Nature Index compiled the rankings based on the number of studies the institutions had published in the 68 most highly regarded scientific journals in the world from October 2013 to the end of September. This university published 731 studies in these journals during that year, according to the index.

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The researchers were interested in where the sulfur isotopes on this meteorite were from, and he and his colleagues determined they were Martian in origin, he said.

Karen Carleton, a biology professor, also said she has benefited from partnerships at this university. Her work with African cichlids, fish ranging from tilapia to colorful zebra cichlids, led her to collaborate with university neuroscientists.

She studies how vision can help these fish distinguish their own kind among more than 2,000 cichlid species in Lake Malawi. Carleton’s husband, Thomas Kocher, is also a biology professor who studies cichlids, and they decided to come to this university together.

“We wouldn’t have come here, but they made a really great offer,” said Carleton, who was a co-author i n a September Nature study.

“They built this whole fish facility that enabled us to do things we hadn’t been able to do before.”

In the Biology-Psychology Building lab, there are now hundreds of fish comprising 20 species, which Carleton and Kocher constantly keep up with and feed, even on Christmas Day. James McFarland, a biology post-doctorate researcher,

highly in the physical sciences subcategory, where it ranked ninth out of all national institutions, including NASA and the Smithsonian Institution.

Stuart Vogel, astronomy department chairman, said he was particularly pleased with the performance from the researchers in his department, which ranked second among public universities, he said.

There were so many publications in astrophysics journals that the Nature Index weighed such contributions less heavily to keep the entire index from being skewed toward space science, he said.

Vogel attributed the department’s success to the amount of federal funding it received for projects as well as its collaborations with nearby institutions. “[The ranking] recognizes the enormous amount of scientific activity that takes place at the university,” he said. “It’s a great environment in which we work, we have these strong collaborations with NASA Goddard — that’s kind of our advantage here. And these collaborations are mutually productive.”

James Farquhar, a university geology professor, was a coauthor on a study published in April in Nature that looked at fragments from a Martian meteorite that landed on Earth.

ricultural College — which eventually would become t h i s u n ive rs it y — i n t h e 1850s, he said he had wanted it be an institution that was second to none. Though it took time to happen, O’Shea said, the university has now realized this hope and has distinguished itself not only in science, but in the arts and other fields as well.

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“People want to be winners and they want to associate with winners. If you’re a top student, a top faculty member, a top athlete, you want to go to the top schools.”

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T he n at ion a l ra n k i n g s serve as a kind of “feedback lo op,”O’She a sa id . H i g h rankings draw successful resea rchers, who i n tu rn contribute to better rankings.

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greek From PAGE 1 After filing a public records request, The Baltimore Sun obtained this university’s disciplinary records for student organizations from 2011 to this year and released an investigation in November. The documents revealed a similar history of hazing at this university, including broken bones, hospitalizations and psychological trauma.

DFSL OVERSIGHT To prevent m ajor i ncidents from occurring in this university’s Greek life community, Supple said the department devotes its time to building relationships with student leaders in the Greek life system and encouraging them to monitor their conduct.

“That’s maybe something that other schools don’t have, is as much support from the university,” said Christopher Frye, the Interfraternity Council external affairs vice president. “We’re ahead of the curve.”

Now, the department is one of the largest staffs of its kind in the country with 21 employees, Supple said. But it wasn’t until the mid-1990s, when administrators began to focus on Greek life culture, that DFSL’s staff began to grow. At the time, the department was part of this university’s campus activities branch.

“They created a vision statement to close the gap between what they saw as chapters’ obligations — what they said they would be when they were created and what they actually were,” Supple said.

For yea rs, i n st itut ion s around the country tried to keep fraternities “at arm’s length,” Supple said, fearing liabilities for their universities.

“The national conversation has changed to, ‘OK, we either need to get rid of these fraternities completely or really need to support them more,’” he said. “At UMD, we’ve learned that it’s not managing, it’s partnering that’s essential.”

Still, incidents at this university do occur.

HISTORY OF INCIDENTS SINCE 2011 On Nov. 5, 2013, in the midst of the pledging process, a would-be Lambda Phi Epsilon member at this university suffered “demerits” along with his pledge brothers for a scuffed floor.

The punishment? “Lambda Punches” into a wooden board, spelling out the fraternity’s n a m e: fo u r p u n c h e s p e r letter, 64 total — or until he saw blood.

Doctors at the University Health Center the next day told the student his punches caused microfractures in his hands.

He was unable to drive or type, lost feeling in his right hand and portions of his forearm

and began showing symptoms of depression with night sweats and panic attacks, according to the documents.

At the time, Lambda Phi Epsilon was unrecognized by this university and seeking to establ ish a chapter on this campus as part of the United Greek Council. Once the allegations came to light, the council rejected the application, said Diana Kim, UGC president and senior behavioral and community health major.

Prior to the 2013 incident, the Office of Student Conduct received a complaint through the Department of Public Safety’s online submission form i n Apri l 2011 from a mother who described her son’s phy sic a l h a z i n g i n Lambda Phi Epsilon.

“He has terrible bruises on his buttocks and can’t even wa l k a nd has been i n bed since last night missing his classes,” the parent wrote.

“Apparently they have used wooden paddles to hit him a nd h is f r iends about 60 times and so hard. I would not consider this violence a ‘fraternity’ by any stretch of the imagination!”

Students at the time denied participating in or witnessing hazing activities, but based on the parent’s report and subsequent interviews, university officials recommended denying the chapter recognition when it applied in October 2011. The fraternity is banned and cannot recruit new members until 2019.

Lambda Phi Epsilon was not the only fraternity accused of hazing, according to the documents.

In April 2012, the Omega Psi Phi chapter at this university allegedly paddled its new members during their pledging process, sending one student to the hospital for injuries.

When he was first hospitalized, the student claimed to have suffered the injury from ironing a pair of pants while wearing them, but a doctor’s report said the story was inconsistent with his injuries. It was later revealed that he had been struck with a wooden padd le 20 ti mes over the course of two days.

In response, DFSL suspended recognition of the organization until fall 2020.

HAZING REACTIONS Student leadership at this university has zero tolerance for hazing, condemning chapters reported for the crime, according to Kim and Frye.

“Sisters and brothers just don’t haze. There’s so many things wrong with hazing, and I’m so adamant about making sure all of my organizations don’t haze,” Kim said. “Any type of hazing allegation we take very seriously.”

This university created a task force two years ago dedicated to the subject, and in the spring, the group will present its policy recommendations to the University Senate for a vote, said Andrea Goodwin, student conduct director.

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Goodwin’s office works closely with DFSL to educate students about hazing, she said.

“If we suspect hazing is happen i ng, we’l l ca l l the students together and talk with them about the specific allegations we’ve been made aware of,” Goodwin sa id. “Even i f they won’t acknowledge that it is happening, we tell them to put a stop to it immediately.”

Student perceptions of the incidents vary, Supple said.

For some, the idea of hazing ta kes t he for m of forced alcohol consumption or requ ired completion of humiliating tasks. For others, these activities look more like beatings or brandings.

I n a n effort to deter hazing, Frye said the university provides chapters w ith d i fferent ways to promote brotherhood, including bonding activities or alternative programming for new members.

A student walks along Fraternity Row. Fraternities at this university have been accused of hazing in the last few years, resulting in two chapters losing their charters, and university officials said they are working to avoid a national incident. rachel george/the diamondback In addition, Supple said his department provides education for Greek students to look for signs of hazing, raises awareness that hazing is illegal and informs students on how to report it.

“We talk a lot about culture a nd the pervasiveness of harm,” Supple said. “With any

campus you throw out there, if there’s an unaddressed alcohol culture or an unregulated party culture, those things will likely cause trouble.”

Simply establishing rules and regulations will be unsuccessful in a university setting, Supple said.

“Obviously, we need to hold

chapters accountable, but if we just punish them, then the incident already happened,” Frye said. “So, what can we do to build a culture change?

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“He’s just a smart player,” Turgeon said. “He finds holes.

He got to the rim. I thought he defended well; I thought he communicated well.”

Even when Smotrycz isn’t scoring, forward Jake Layman said his presence can still benefit the offense. The lanky forward shot 36.7 percent on 3-pointers last season, and his ability to make plays on the perimeter causes defenders to step away from the basketball and treat him as a threat.

Smotrycz hit a key three Saturday to extend the Terps’ lead to four points midway through the first half.

“He really stretches the floor for us,” Layman said.

“He opens things up for Melo and me, for driving lanes. He’s such a smart player for us.”

Turgeon said he isn’t sure how the starting lineup will shake out once Smotrycz has returned to full health and gets back into game shape.

Such decisions will become even more tricky with Wells expected to return near the end of the month.

against VMI on Nov. 30, and the next day, made their first appearance in the Associated Press Top 25 since 2010.

After a loss to then-No. 7 Virginia without Wells and Smotrycz in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, the Terps rattled off three straight wins while overcoming a series of sluggish starts to cement a 10-1 start to their 2014-15 campaign.

Last year, Turgeon was at a loss for words when trying to pinpoint his team’s problems. This season, with more injuries and less experience, the Terps have played to a level at which the fourthyear coach doesn’t have to address any issues.

They’ve won the games they were expected to win.

And now, the No. 19 Terps have a legitimate chance to enter conference play in a worse-than-expected Big Ten at 12-1 with three wins over Power 5 teams — the third possibly coming next week at Oklahoma State in their first true road game of the season.

Plus, Smotrycz returned for

forward evan smotrycz flips in a layup during the Terps’ victory over USC Upstate.

The senior finished with 10 points and six rebounds. christian jenkins/the diamondback But what Turgeon would say is clear — and his players te n d to a g re e — i s t ha t Smotrycz’s intelligence adds value to the Terps.

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THE DIAMONDBACK | SPORTS | MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2014 ated from Aberdeen, she moved onto the campus. Then-freshmen Lexie Brown and A’Lexus Harrison were already at school, and Shatori Walker-K imbrough and Jones joined them to round out Frese’s freshman class.

“We knew that we were the only freshmen in the country that were at school so early,” Brown said. “We felt a little ahead of the curve. We bonded through that.”

Jones never got a final summer at home with her friends, but it didn’t bother her. She had been making sacrifices for basketball her entire life.

Still, Jones had to cope with her torn ACL. She had never suffered a significant injury that prevented her from playing basketball.

“I was like, ‘I don’t know if I’ll be able to play this year. I might have to redshirt,’” Jones said. “But they made me push through.”

About six months removed from surgery, Jones mostly watched as her teammates participated in the Terps’ first workout. Gradually, though, Fowler started to ease Jones in with specialty workouts designed for the 6-foot-3 center.

Jones transformed from someone “afraid” of the workouts when she first saw them to someone willing to do anything to get in better shape.

“The best part about her was that anything we asked her to do, she did it,” Fowler said. “She didn’t have a huge training history when she got here, so it was like starting from ground zero.”

RISE AND GRIND center brionna jones sets herself in the post during the Terps’ 85-67 victory over South Florida on Nov. 19 at Xfinity Center. The sophomore scored six points in the win. christian jenkins/the diamondback

JONES From PAGE 12 and signed in November.

“I was kind of worried what the coaches would think when they found out I tore my ACL, but they were fine with it,” she said. “I called them and they just told me to get ready for when I come here.”

Jones did more than just rehab, though.

When she arrived on the campus as a freshman, Jones started a new diet and participated in extra training workouts with Katie Fowler, the director of bas-

ketball performance. Coach Brenda Frese was unsure whether Jones would be ready for the start of the season, but the Terrapins women’s basketball center played in all 35 games.

Now, almost two years removed from her knee injury, Jones has lost between 30 and 35 pounds through her healthier eating habits and a more rigorous training regimen, and her hard work is paying dividends.

“One of the biggest transformations I’ve ever seen,” Frese said.

SETTLING IN A few days after Jones gradu-

Before Jones even got to this university, the Terps had her make adjustments to her diet. During the recruitment process, Jones cut back drinking soda and juices, the first step in the process.

Then when Jones arrived at this university, she met with Fowler for a more in-depth discussion about what she should and shouldn’t be eating.

“We worked on making healthier choices, like going to the grocery store and getting Greek yogurts and salads,” Fowler said. “Ditching carbs that she may not need from sandwiches, so maybe throwing a bun off here or there.”

The Terps also asked Jones to come in for extra workouts twice a week

starting in October 2013.

Like with everything else they asked her to do, she agreed.

“I knew I wasn’t in as great of shape as I could have been in or should have been in,” Jones said. “So I came in and worked hard with Katie in the morning.”

But the Terps didn’t want to make it seem like a punishment. So when Jones would make the trek to thenComcast Center at about 8:30 a.m., she wouldn’t be training alone.

Former assistant coach David Adkins, former intern Sean Ehlbeck and Fowler all participated in the workouts with Jones. And she did the 45-minute to hour-long workouts on an empty stomach, which Fowler said allowed her to burn calories at a faster rate.

“You really started to see the pounds drop off,” Fowler said.

BACK ON THE COURT The progression from possibly redshirting to potentially being ready for conference action to playing in the Terps’ opener came to fruition in Tampa, Florida, on Nov. 8, 2013.

Jones came off the bench to score eight points and pulled down eight rebounds in 20 minutes of action against South Florida.

“That was really neat last year watching her play and perform, because when you look back to the kid that came in, you didn’t even know if she was even going to be able to play,” Fowler said.

Still, Jones didn’t feel fully recovered from her knee surgery until about halfway through last season. While Jones played in all of the Terps’ nonconference games, the plan was to have her fully prepared come the start of conference play Jan. 5.

The center had her breakout performance two games later when the Terps hosted Syracuse. Jones dropped 18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for her first career double-double.

“After that Syracuse game she had, I think she was good for the rest of the year because she had a monster game,” Brown said.

Five games later, when the Terps traveled north for a rematch with the Orange, Jones found herself in the

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“My first start was when it all came together,” Jones said. “I wasn’t expecting to start that game, and then when Coach [Frese] told me, I just put everything in perspective.”

Jones went on to start in all but one of the Terps’ last 14 games and earned starts in all five of the Terps’ NCAA tournament games.

SEEING IMPROVEMENTS Now a sophomore, Jones is in the best shape of her life. And she’s become the top scoring option down low for the Terps.

“Just giving us a true low post presence,” Frese said. “A scorer and the ability to bang down low.”

After averaging 6.9 points and 4.5 rebounds last season, Jones has improved to average 10.9 points and 6.3 rebounds. Beyond her boosted scoring output, Jones has remained on the floor for longer stretches this season.

Her playing time has increased by nearly four minutes per game this season, a number that could grow as the Terps play more competitive contests. And her athleticism presents a mismatch on the floor.

“You look at a lot of other big girls in the country and you see a lot of big girls that are not in shape or are slow,” Brown said. “The fact that Bri can get up and down the court for a lot of possessions at a time gives her an edge on a lot of posts.”

Frese said Jones has a laid-back personality, but she doesn’t let that define her on the court or in the gym. And by buying into Fowler’s workout plan and diet, Jones pulled off an impressive transformation as a freshman.

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WRESTLING

Struggles continue against conference competition Three storylines to watch for Terps over winter break

By Kyle Stackpole @kylefstackpole Staff writer After dominating lowerlevel competition in its sweep at the Terrapin Duals on Nov. 2, the Terrapins wrestling team has faltered against some of the nation’s premier teams.

In their four duals against ranked teams, the Terps were outscored by an average of 26.75 points. And though the Terps traditionally dominate George Mason, a mediocre performance from the middleweights led to a 17-16 defeat on Nov. 9.

Still, coach Kerry McCoy’s squad has time to rectify its recent struggles.

Here are a few storylines as the Terps move forward in their inaugural Big Ten season.

GRAPPLE AT THE GARDEN For the second straight season, the Terps will compete in the Grapple at the Garden

at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 21.

The Terps experienced mixed results at last year’s event. They suffered a 31-9 loss to Cornell before pulling out a one-point win against Rutgers.

This year, the team will wrestle Duke, a former ACC rival, and Hofstra.

“We want to try and keep some of those … competitions that we’ve had throughout the years,” McCoy said after practice on Dec. 2. “We want to try to find a way to get as many of those old, competitive things going as we can.”

MYERS TO RETURN McCoy said he expects Spencer Myers, who joined the football team prior to this season, to return to wrestling about a week after the Terps bowl game against Stanford on Dec. 30.

On the gridiron, Myers has played in all 12 games but has made just 18 total tackles as a

defensive lineman.

Meanwhile, on the mat, Myers is one of the more accomplished wrestlers.

At 285 pounds, Myers is a three-time NCAA qualifier and a two-time ACC champion. In his first year with the program, the Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, native became the first true freshman at this university to earn All-American Honors.

While Myers will have to get back into wrestling shape once he returns, the veteran coach believes the redshirt senior will benefit from his time away from the mat.

“The mental break that he’s going to have from football is going to be really good for him,” McCoy said during media day Oct. 7. “That will really help him to re-engage and get excited to get back in.”

In his absence, the Terps have been overmatched in the heavyweight division, as 285-pound wrestlers Ryan Kail and Sean Twigg have a combined record

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senior Katy Dodds performs on the bars during the Red vs. Black scrimmage Friday night at Xfinity Pavilion. The Terps open their regular season Jan. 9. alexander jonesi/the diamondback

“The increase in the level of gymnastics is great for us because scores are relative,” Nelligan said. “They’re relative to your opponent, so we’re seeing higher-level opponents [which] should translate into higher-level scores.”

The program is also excited about the additions of its four freshmen, Abbie Epperson, Dominiquea Trotter, Evelyn Nee and Rachel Gurnett. Epperson, along with senior Stephanie Giameo, was re-

of 3-6 in team competition.

“Odds are, he’s going to be our guy and come back in, but the other guys … are both Maryland kids that are both hungry,” McCoy said at media day. “But if [Myers] does what he’s capable of doing, he should be our guy.”

POTENT OPPONENTS The Terps have wrestled against four consecutive ranked squads, but the level of competition won’t let up going forward.

In their last 11 regular-season duals, the Terps will face seven teams currently ranked in the top 25. And they’ll host No. 1 Iowa on Feb. 6 and No. 2 Minnesota two days later.

“We probably have the toughest schedule in the country,” 133-pound Geoffrey Alexander said after the Terps’ 42-3 loss to Nebraska on Nov. 16. “You’re going to take your lumps and you’re going to take your beatings, but it’s just how we bounce back and react to that.”

cently named to the Big Ten’s Gymnasts to Watch list.

The newcomers are expected to contribute in multiple events from the start of the season. Additionally, Leah Slobodin is slated to make an impact as a redshirt freshman after missing all of last season due to injury.

Along with the Terps’ yo u n g ta l e n t , t h ey a l s o boast “the most experienced team” the program has ever seen, Nelligan said. Featuring six seniors and four juniors, the Terps believe they have a strong blend of youth and seniority.

133-pound wrestler Billy Rappo works to pin an opponent during the Terps’ 17-16 loss to border-state rival George Mason on Nov. 9 at Xfinity Pavilion. marquise mckine/the diamondback Even against stout opposition, Alexander and 141-pound Shyheim Brown have wrestled well early on. After a 25-2 mark in open competition a year ago, Alexander is 6-1 this season.

Meanwhile, Brown has lost one bout in 11 matches.

Brown, an NCAA qualifier last season, praised Alexander for helping him in practice.

“I had to battle in the hand fighting, and I can definitely thank my teammates for pushing me in the room like Geoffrey Alexander,” Brown said. “Wrestling him in practice, you’re bound to get tired, so I can definitely thank him for that,”

After a fast start on vault and bars in their Red vs. Black intrasquad dual on Dec. 12, the Terps hit a rough patch during their floor and beam rotations to finish the night.

Nelligan said his team has the right mental makeup and determination, however, to work through mistakes in preparation for their seasonopening tri-meet against George Washington and West Virginia at Xfinity on Jan. 9.

“We have to train hard from the first minute of practice to the last minute of practice, and then it will be the same in the meets,” Nelligan said. “If you

can push yourself for the full three- to four-hour practice in the gym, two-hour meets shouldn’t be a problem.”

That extra motivation in practice, in addition to the reminder on the board hanging in the practice gym, will be on the Terps’ mind entering their first Big Ten season.

“It’s a big year for us,” Giameo said. “I mean, entering the Big Ten, it’s going to be great competition. I’m just looking for us to accomplish things we’ve never accomplished before.”

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

Smotrycz returns to action in win over USC Upstate Teammates, coaches praise senior’s smarts after 10-point performance

By Aaron Kasinitz @AaronKazreports Senior staff writer Terrapins men’s basketball point guard Melo Trimble noticed something different about Saturday’s game at Xfinity Center, and it wasn’t just the 11 a.m. start time or South Carolina Upstate’s swarming zone that made the contest unique.

During breaks in the action, as Trimble pondered the previous plays and aimed to diagnose the Spartans defense, the freshman had a new voice in his ear offering thoughts.

That advice, Trimble said, was what he appreciated most about having senior forward Evan Smotrycz back on the floor Saturday.

“It was a big lift,” Trimble

“HE REALLY STRETCHES THE FLOOR FOR US. HE OPENS THINGS UP FOR MELO AND ME, FOR DRIVING LANES. HE’S SUCH A SMART PLAYER FOR US.” JAKE LAYMAN

Terrapins men’s basketball forward said. “Evan’s smart. He thinks of stuff we wouldn’t think to do.”

Smotrycz’s leadership and his 10 points and six rebounds helped the Terps to a 67-57 victory over USC Upstate. Afterward, Smotrycz provided the program with another boost when he said his injured foot felt relatively good and expressed optimism about his health moving forward.

After fracturing a bone in his foot several weeks before the season began, Smotrycz missed the first five games.

He returned for a win against Monmouth on Nov. 28 but then aggravated the injury against VMI two days later.

“It’s tough,” said Smotrycz, who started 28 games last year and averaged 11 points and six rebounds. “I’ve talked with coach [Mark Turgeon] and kind of the whole staff about trying to have a good attitude and letting that reflect on to my teammates and stay upbeat through it because there’s a lot I can’t control.”

The nagging injury was tough for Smotrycz personally,

but it also left his team without one of its three returning starters and a 6-foot-9 sharpshooter for eight of the first 10 games this season.

Guard Dez Wells, another senior and the team’s leading scorer the past two seasons, broke his wrist in a Nov. 25 win over Iowa State, leaving the Terps without two key contributors.

But in Smotrycz’s second try at a return to action, he got through 18 minutes unscathed and showed glimpses of his talent. Though Turgeon said Smotrycz probably wouldn’t return to full form for another month, the fourth-year coach, like Trimble, mentioned the value of his experience and knowledge after Saturday’s win. forward Evan smotrycz dribbles the ball up the court during the Terps’ 67-57 victory See smotrycz, Page 9 over South Carolina Upstate on Saturday at Xfinity Center. christian jenkins/the diamondback

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Center Brionna Jones turns toward the hoop during a 103-43 victory over Division II Goldey-Beacom in an exhibition Nov. 1 at Xfinity Center.

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CHanging her ways With new workout regimen, Jones sees increased on-court production

By Ryan Baillargeon @RyanBaillargeon Staff writer In her first game back from winter break as a high school senior, Brionna Jones stole the basketball and sprinted to the other end of the court.

Jones jump-stopped in the paint,

letting a pursuing defender fly past her.

But when she attempted to go up for a layup, her knee collapsed.

“When it first happened, I was hoping it was anything but my ACL because my brother had just went through it the year before,” Jones said.

An MRI later confirmed what Jones feared: a torn ACL in her right knee. The

injury ended her senior campaign and a dominant career at Aberdeen, where she had been named the All-Metro Player of the Year the season before.

Still, Jones had her college career to worry about. She had verbally committed to this university in July 2012 See JONES, Page 10

Unless it loses to a 4-5 Oakland team on Dec. 27 at Xfinity Center, the Terrapins men’s basketball team will emerge from nonconference play without a single damning loss.

So what does that mean?

Well, for one, it marks a much better start than last season for coach Mark Turgeon. The 2013-14 Terps dropped several games to middling teams in their first 12 games of the season.

It started with a defeat to Oregon State at home in the third contest of the year. The Beavers finished the season 16-16 and lost in the first round of the College Basketball Invitational.

Three weeks later, the Terps fell to George Washington on a buzzer-beater — a game characterized more as a missed opportunity than a bad loss, as the Colonials finished the regular season 24-8 and qualified for the NCAA tournament.

But then later in December, the Terps dropped a home contest to Boston.

The Terriers went on to win 15 of 18 games in the Patriot League to earn a bid to the National Invitation Tournament. But it was a game Turgeon expected to win, and the result left the coach grasping for answers.

“I don’t know,” Turgeon said

Coach mark turgeon marches near the bench during a victory over USC Upstate on Saturday. christian jenkins/the diamondback after the loss. “That’s the perplexing thing.”

This season, despite the extended absences of forward Evan Smotrycz and guard Dez Wells because of injury, the Terps have avoided a letdown while compiling a series of impressive victories that will almost certainly come into play come the postseason — namely November wins over Arizona State and then-No. 13 Iowa State at the CBE Hall of Fame Classic in Kansas City, Missouri.

In Wells’ first game on the sideline, an admittedly shaken-up squad held off Monmouth for a five-point victory behind 24 points from guard Melo Trimble. The Terps then handled business See popper, Page 9

GYMNASTICS | SEASON PREVIEW

Nelligan eager to prove team fits in new conference With most experienced group in his tenure, coach says Terps will remain competitive in first Big Ten season

By Callie Caplan @CallieCaplan Staff writer Many of the Terrapins gymnastics team’s goals for the upcoming season are listed on a large dry-erase board on a wall along the vault runway in its practice gym in the public health school. Written at the top is the squad’s ultimate objective: maintaining a “big mindset.”

Like the university’s other athletic teams, Terps gymnastics is making

the move to the Big Ten this year.

What makes this sport’s transition unique, however, is that the team was previously a member of the East Atlantic Gymnastics League, not the ACC. The Big Ten represents a significant increase in competition, but coach Brett Nelligan believes his team has the talent and depth to make a significant impact.

“We want to make our name in the Big Ten,” Nelligan said. “We’ve always had a feeling that we were

a big team in a small pond, and we felt like we never got the respect we deserved. Now we’re in a major conference, and we finally feel like we’re in a place where we belong, and we want to show everyone that we not only belong there but that we’re a team to be reckoned with, a team to be feared in the Big Ten.” Nelligan’s confidence in his gymnasts has them brimming with anticipation for the possibilities awaiting in the new conference.

“With the talent we have on this

team this year, I want to win a Big Ten Championship, and I want to make it to nationals,” senior Katy Dodds said.

“We’ve never made it to nationals in my four years here, so that’s like the ultimate goal.”

Several prominent Big Ten programs are scheduled to travel to Xfinity Center this winter, where the Terps are undefeated in competition since Feb. 18, 2012. The Terps are set to face Minnesota on Jan. 15 and Michigan on Feb. 7 — ranked No. 17 and No. 8 in the country, re-

spectively, in the preseason Gyminfo coaches’ poll — in dual meets. The format of duals marks a shift from the larger meet structure in the EAGL conference.

Though the Terps will take on EAGL teams this season — the program schedules meets years in advance — the slate of Big Ten and nonconference teams on the Terps’ schedule provides the team a chance to improve upon last year’s scoring.

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