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U researchers seek solution to quantum challenges
Intern protections bill moves forward SGA testifies at Senate committee hearing By Jon Banister @J_Banister Senior staff writer
ANNAPOLIS — A bill to protect interns
of Delegates and is gaining momentum in the Senate, where students testified in a hearing regarding the bill Tuesday. The bill would give unpaid interns the same recourse as paid employees to file complaintsregarding discrimination and sexual harassment, though they would not be able to sue for monetary damages.
from discrimination and harassment moved forward in this state’s House
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Scientists struggle with large equipment size STATE SEN. NANCY KING (right) speaks at a Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee hearing on March 3 as SGA legislature speaker Aiden Galloway (left) and SGA President Patrick Ronk listen. jon banister/for the diamondback
NUCLEUS OF CHANGE
Jessica Mathews (left), Ambassador Thomas Pickering (center) and Suzanne Maloney (right) discussed U.S. foreign policy in Iran at the Sadat Forum yesterday.
Iran nuclear negotiations subject of policy debate at forum on Middle East By Lexie Schapitl @lexieschapitl Staff writer Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stood before a joint meeting of Congress yesterday and declared that a deal with Iran regarding
its nuclear program would be “a bad deal — a very bad deal” and would lead to Iran securing a nuclear weapon. Hours later, experts at a forum at this university discussed emerging international negotiations concerning Iran’s nuclear program and the issues surrounding a long-term deal the United States and its allies are working on. “I think we’ll all agree that the topic of this forum could not be more timely,” said Gregory Ball, the behavioral and social sciences college dean. Shibley Telhami, this university’s Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development, moderated the discussion. Telhami said Netanyahu gave a “forceful speech in which he
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made it very clear … that he opposes the kind of deal that is likely to emerge.” While details of a deal have not yet been made public, three panelists weighed in on what could result from current negotiations. Jessica Mathews, a member of the Iran Project and former president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, said some Iranians oppose a deal because they would profit either politically or economically from isolation, while others believe the country would be better off if a deal is achieved.
By Joe Zimmermann @JoeMacZim Senior staff writer Research from the Large Hadron Collider, the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator, has yielded many significant findings, including the Nobel Prize-winning discovery of the Higgs boson particle. But for a facility that works with such minute particles, it takes up a huge amount of space, spanning 27 kilometers across France and Switzerland. University researchers suggest that, while there will probably always be a need for massive particle colliders, there could also be much smaller projects that produce significant scientific research through interdisciplinary application of computer science. “We’ll never replace particle colliders,” said Stephen Jordan, a member of this university’s Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science, “but a lot of times these [quantum projects] are just sort of table-top projects t h at ta ke pl ace w it h a few researchers working together in one small room.” By apply ing knowledge from quantum information science to physics, scientists can find new and precise ways to deal with ongoing challenges facing science, according to a January report co-authored by university researchers. The researchers are looking at how quantum information science is interacting with high-energy physics, sa id Ca rl Wi l l ia ms, a member of QuICS and the Joint Quantum Institute. QuICS and JQI are two labs in the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies. “We want to see how that is enabling us to ask new questions about the nature of black holes, the fabric of space time and other very deep
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‘It’s not the end of their story’ Just Kids Partnership speaks to class about youth incarceration By Katishi Maake @TheHavocRat Staff writer Kevin Reverley was 15 years old when he was arrested and charged for attempted murder, before being convicted and sentenced to four years in prison. While incarcerated, he learned about the Just Kids Partnership, a nonprofit organization that advocates for policies that would decrease the number of youths tried as adults and would allow youths convicted as adults to be held in juvenile facilities. “Being a part of this shows us that everybody has a motivation; it just
depends on how you use it,” said Reverley, who was raised in Baltimore. “There’s a place and organization for everybody that wants to better themselves, better their environment and better their community.” Upon his release, Reverley became more involved with the group, and yesterday night he shared his story with students in UNIV399Y: Youth Grassroots Leadership at an event held in Commons 1. Along with other Just Kids organizers, he and another person formerly incarcerated as a youth spoke about the organization’s fight to stop the automatic deferral of youths to the adult criminal justice system. “Youth voice is important, especially with issues dealing with youth,” Just Kids youth organizer Rashad Hawkins said. “We found it challenging but more effective to work in a youth-adult partnership.” In this state, 14-year-olds can be charged as adults with first-degree murder, rape and sex offenses. People ages 16 and older can be charged as adults for a longer list of offenses, including first-degree assault, seconddegree murder and firearm crimes.
Adventure program scores outdoor event grant
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$3,000 award will allow MAP to expand By Taylor Swaak @tswaak27 Staff writer This university’s Maryland Adventure Program will be able to offer students additional outdoor events at lower prices thanks to a $3,000 grant from The Outdoor Foundation and Aramark. Amanda Even, the MAP assistant director who worked on the grant application, said the money will help increase student awareness and involvement in the program. “With the grant, we hope to inspire more students to recreate outdoors, and also to engage new audiences who might not commonly recreate outdoors to do that,” Even said. “And also, throughout that, [help] to develop a passion in others to take care of the natural world and our public lands.”
students learn to paddle in Eppley Recreation Center with Maryland Adventure Program. photo courtesy of amanda even T he Outdoor Foundation and Aramark chose five schools out of about 30 applications to receive the $3,000 g ra nts, sa id Stasia Raines, director of marketing and communications for The Outdoor Foundation. The winning universities — Colorado State University, University of Arizona, University of California Merced, University of Utah and this
university — were announced Dec. 15, with the money intended for use this semester. “[ T he O utdo or Fou nd at ion] really focuses on engaging young people and really focuses mainly on the college market,” said Raines, adding that this is the first time the two organizations have paired
SPORTS SEIZING OPPORTUNITIES
OPINION
In her fourth season as a member of the Terps women’s basketball team, guard Brene Moseley has seen inconsistent minutes. Still, she’s found a way to produce. P. 8
The need for policies that properly meet public priorities P. 4
BULMAN: Drug policies
DIVERSIONS
ART IS EVERYWHERE A glimpse inside five campus art galleries P. 6