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Univ partners with Uber for innovation plans Mobile ride-requesting company to provide Startup Shell renovation, student project funding By Ellie Silverman @esilverman11 Senior staff writer This university and Uber announced a partnership today that will support student startups through investments. The partnership includes $25,000 for Startup Shell, a student-run
startup group and registered nonprofit organization. Mackenize Burnett, a Startup Shell co-director, said the investment could help the organization renovate its current space in the Technology Advancement Program building near the Campus Farm. “There are couches and there are tables and monitors from people’s apartments,” said Burnett, a senior
government and politics and international relations major. “This investment from Uber means that we can invest more in our space as a whole and in a better infrastructure for our co-working space.” Renovating the space would have a positive impact on the organization because it would create an environment that encourages student development, said Jeff Hilnbrand, a Startup Shell co-director. Members See UBER, Page 3 president loh announced today a partnership with Uber to support student startups. file photo/the diamondback
One injured in robbery at Univ View Suspects at large after lobby bathroom attack By Katishi Maake @TheHavocRat, @dbkcrime Staff writer
guard melo trimble is helped off the court by a trainer after suffering an injury during the No. 4-seed Terps’ 69-59 loss to No. 5-seed West Virginia last night in the NCAA tournament
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Sour endings, sweet beginnings men’s basketball
women’s basketball
team defeated by mountaineers
Terps prepare to take on princeton
By Aaron Kasinitz @AaronKazreports Senior staff writer
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Melo Trimble lay facedown on the Nationwide Arena court kicking his feet. The Terrapins men’s basketball point guard, the local kid who captivated the nation and jolted a once-prominent program during his dazzling freshman season, had just run head-on into the shoulder of West
By Ryan Baillargeon @RyanBaillargeon Senior staff writer
Virginia forward Nathan Adrian midway through last night’s NCAA tournament Round of 32 contest. A hush fell over the crowd. The rest of the Terps stood near the bench staring as a trainer kneeled down by their star near the top of the key on the other end of the floor. But then Trimble climbed up and trotted over to the bench. He shook his limbs
When the Terrapins women’s basketball team steps onto the Xfinity Center floor as the top seed in the Spokane region of the NCAA tournament tonight, it won’t be playing a typical No. 8 seed. Princeton enters the bout as the only undefeated team left in women’s bas-
See men, Page 2
ketball, and the Tigers, ranked No. 13 in the latest Associated Press poll, have expressed dissatisfaction with their No. 8 seed for the tournament. Nonetheless, their seeding creates a heavyweight matchup tonight. And with all of the national attention Princeton has garnered since Selection Monday, the top-seeded Terps enter tonight’s game as the See women, Page 2
Researchers earn grant for human hearing studies Univ professors to look at ‘cocktail party’ effect By Joe Zimmermann @JoeMacZim Senior staff writer In theory, parties should be no place for conversation. There’s often music, background noise and crowds of people talking about different topics in close proximity. It’s a surprise partygoers can hear anything at all, yet somehow, people are able to focus on whatever
conversation they’re a part of and tune out the rest. This selective hearing is called the cocktail party effect and it has baffled researchers for decades, but one university professor received a $1.5 million grant to find out why it happens. “I’m interested in how the brain can do this,” said Jonathan Simon, a professor in the Institute for Systems Research. “First of all, how it can separate out the sounds, and second of all, how it can amplify the one See grant, Page 3
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The Prince George’s County Police Department responded to a robbery early yesterday morning at the University View, according to a university safety alert. Between 4:20 a.m. and 5:30 a.m., four men entered a restroom in the lobby of the View together, and one of the four allegedly assaulted another man and took his property. The suspect did not use weapons to carry out the crime, and the three men fled the scene in an unknown direction, according to the alert. The victim sustained non-lifethreatening injuries and is not affiliated with the university, University Police spokesman Maj. Marc Limansky said. The department is conducting an investigation of this case and asks individuals with any information regarding the incident to contact 911 or 301-772-4908. kmaakedbk@gmail.com
Students hike Appalachian Trail segment Group of 11 continues program to eventually cover entire trail By Grace Toohey @grace_2e Senior staff writer E l e v e n u n i v e rs i t y s t u d e n t s tromped up steep i ncl i nes a nd endured pouring rain, each carrying a backpack that weighed up to 50 pounds for days — but they did it with purpose. As a part of the fourth-annual Maryland Adventure Program spring break backpacking trip along the Appalachian Trail, the organization has
professor jonathan simon is studying how the brain naturally processes sound in noisy environments, focusing on certain sounds and ignoring others. enoch hsiao/for the diamondback
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SPORTS
OPINION
POPPER: FORGET LAST NIGHT
President Loh makes admirable effort to address hateful email P. 6
The Terrapins men’s basketball team’s season might have ended Sunday, but it doesn’t change what the program accomplished P. 10
STAFF EDITORIAL: Fight speech with more speech
DIVERSIONS
INSURGENT: NOT WORTH THE EFFORT Star quality can’t help the weak sequel to Divergent P. 6
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