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T U E S DAY, A P R I L 1 4 , 2 015 ANNAPOLIS 2015
Hogan’s first Sine Die proves eventful Univs will need to administer sexual assault surveys, ride-sharing apps to face increased regulations
party lines, and the Democratic majority passed a spending plan that Hogan criticized for not providing enough funding to the state’s pension fund and not doing By Jon Banister General Assembly passed several enough to reduce the deficit. No additional money was granted @J_Banister bills and finalized a 2016 budget Senior staff writer that drew opposition from Hogan to the University System of Maryland from the original proposal, so the and Republicans. system will face a $47 million deficit After a lengthy standoff on the budget The first legislative session of Gov. next year, likely necessitating the that does not require Hogan’s signaLarry Hogan’s term ended with an eventful Sine Die yesterday as the ture, lawmakers remained split along projected 5 percent tuition increase.
Despite the tumultuous budget battle that dominated Sine Die, the legislature still passed amended versions of Hogan’s initiatives on charter schools and stormwater management, as well as other bills addressing campus sexual assault, ride-sharing apps, fracking, alcoholic beverage sales and marijuana paraphernalia. See ANNAPOLIS, Page 3
turning off the Television
City renews bike share plan search After year on hold, officials are reaching out to find options for area
LGBTQ, Asian-Pacific American group leaders host talk on media stereotypes
By Josh Magness @josh_mag Staff writer Students and city residents interested in borrowing bikes for leisure and travel might be able to take advantage of a joint local and university bike share program as early as this fall. College Park and this university sent out a request for proposal on April 10 to several bike share companies to see which might be interested in coming to the area, said Anna McLaughlin, this university’s Department of Transportation Services spokeswoman. Since last spring, the city and the university have been working on va r iou s lega l a nd procu rement approvals as well as the requests for partnership with bike share companies, such as Capital Bi kesha re a nd Socia l Bicycles, McLaughlin said. “It’s a slower process than we See BIKESHARE, Page 2
By Jess Nocera @jessmnocera Staff writer Identifying as a lesbian, senior Madeleine Moore said she always used queer TV and movie characters as guides on how to live her life, and that was the one way she felt she should carry her queer identity into that of the public eye. “Growing up as a young, queer person, I clung to Glee like rubber does to glue,” the community health major said. “I felt like I had to portray these stereotypes on Glee.” This university’s LGBTQ and Asian-Pacific American leaders hosted a brown-bag event yesterday titled “Minorities in the Media: How LGBTQ/APA Characters are Nataly Cruz-Castillo (left), a junior government and politics major, speaks at an event that addressed how LGBTQ and Asian-Pacific American characters are portrayed on TV and in movies yesterday in Stamp Student Union. MICA APA community organizing student intern Alicia Loh listens. stephanie natoli/the diamondback
Student group finds spiritual purpose in Eppley pool
Funding increase planned for cameras By Eleanor Mueller @eleanor_mueller Staff writer
By Jeremy Snow @JeremyM_Snow Senior staff writer Impact umd members baptize a female student in the Eppley Recreational Center pool. The group has used the pool in lieu of an official baptism pool since 2013. photo courtesy of allison blansett shook my core. I never experienced campus service with Impact UMD, anything like that in my life. It was an on-campus apostolic ministry so powerful that I didn’t know how group, Ayegbusi said she wanted to to handle it.” After her spiritual awakening at a See BAPTISM, Page 3
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City officials plan spending ahead of budget approval
Impact UMD baptizes 10 people this year so far
Junior Mary Ayegbusi said she had an epiphany on March 25, and she was baptized four days later — not in a church, but in the Eppley Recreational Services public pool. “One Wednesday, I was filled with the Holy Spirit,” the philosophy and sociology major said. “That just
state Senators meet to weigh outstanding bills on the final day of the legislative session in the State House in Annapolis yesterday. capital news service photo by james levin
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The city’s proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year includes no significant changes to its spending habits, with the exception of increasing funding for minor projects. “It’s very much in line with the way we did things last year,” District 2 Councilman P.J. Brennan said. “We’re funding everything at about the same levels.” Although the budget does not include resident tax increases, the
city’s expected revenue increased almost 10 percent from a state transportation grant and income from speed-camera ticketing. As a result, the city proposes spending more than $16,000,000 in fiscal year 2016, a 7.41 percent increase from fiscal year 2015. “It’s really not an earth-shattering budget,” said Cole Holocker, the City Council student liaison. “It maintains what the city’s been doing.” T he few except ion s i nclude an increase in funding for security cameras, as well as money for the launch of a council internship program, Holocker said. “There was the addition of seed money for a council internship See BUDGET, Page 2
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