Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Our 105TH Year, No. 115
Ex-Duke guard Sulaimon commits to Terps Sharpshooter was first player dismissed by coach Mike Krzyzewski in 35 years Devils this winter sparked national controversy, has committed to using @AaronKazreports his final year of eligibility playing for Senior staff writer the Terrapins men’s basketball team. Former Duke guard Rasheed Sulaimon intends to graduate from Sulaimon, a versatile sharpshoot- Duke over the summer and will be elier whose dismissal from the Blue gible to play for the Terps immediately. BY AARON KASINITZ
Sulaimon’s addition is the latest high-profile move the Terps have made this offseason, and many pundits have labeled the team a national-title contender. But some university students already have expressed concerns about Sulaimon, citing a report from the Duke student newspaper, The Chronicle, which detailed two sexual assault allegations against
the former five-star recruit. No criminal charges have been filed against Sulaimon, and Duke’s investigation into the allegations found a lack of substantial evidence. Terps head coach Mark Turgeon said this university put together its own investigation into the allegations before offering Rasheed Sulaimon celebrates during Sulaimon a roster spot. a Terps loss to Duke on Jan. 26, 2013.
see SULAIMON, page 3
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12 students, alumni earn study grants U Fulbright scholars mark 72 in 5 years BY CARLY KEMPLER @CarlyKempler Staff writer
The Fulbright Program awarded 12 university students and recent graduates Fulbright grants for the 2015-16 academic year to conduct research, study or teach abroad, as well as immerse themselves in an international community, said Leslie Brice, this university’s National Scholarships Office coordinator. The recipients — who include five seniors, two graduate students and five recent alumnae — will be traveling to nine different countries to either explore educational developments in their respective fields or teach English at schools and universities, according to a university news release. The Fulbright grant program is the U.S. government’s flagship international educational exchange program and is open to undergraduate seniors, graduate students and recent alumni, according to the news release. The program awards about 8,000 grants each year, with about 1,600 going to U.S. students. “Generally, [the students who apply] have shown an interest in international work and would benefit from that kind of cross-cultural engagement,” said
A University Police officer wears a VieVu body camera. Gov. Larry Hogan will sign a bill today to allow use of police body cameras across the state. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK
Gov. Hogan will sign bill allowing body cameras BY JON BANISTER @J_Banister Senior staff writer
Gov. Larry Hogan will sign a number of bills into law this morning focusing on improving the state’s law enforcement practices, business climate and college access. The bill signing had been scheduled for April 28, but after the riots in Baltimore,
see FULBRIGHT, page 2
Hogan spent most of the past two weeks meeting with community groups in the city and waiting for the situation to cool before returning to his normal schedule. The two-part bill signing will take place Tuesday at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m., according to a news release. Hogan will sign a number of bills aimed at improving law enforcement practices, a contentious topic following the death of Freddie Gray and the ensuing unrest in Baltimore. To improve police accountability, Hogan will sign a bill to allow police departments across the state to use body cameras. The
practice had come into question because recording audio of someone without their permission is against state law, but this bill creates an exemption for body cameras, allowing officers to intercept oral communication. Sarah Love, spokeswoman for this state’s American Civil Liberties Union, said the ACLU is “disappointed” in the bill, because it doesn’t require police to notify people that they are being recorded. “One of the reasons people want body see BILLS, page 2
200 gather to mourn Lowell Ensel
2 univ teams aid NASA initiative
Sophomore dies after medical emergency
Groups aid search for habitable exoplanets
BY GRACE TOOHEY AND KATISHI MAAKE
@grace_2e, @TheHavocRat Senior staff writers
Freshman year, sophomore economics major Nazar Bedi and her friends played a game called Lowellingo, a combination of bingo and Lowell Ensel’s quirks — everything from shouting “Kobe” before he shot anything into the trash can to his classic dance moves and listening to the same Kanye West songs. “Lowell is one of a kind in so many ways,” Bedi said last night at a memorial for Ensel, a sopho-
more film studies and government and politics major who died earlier yesterday. Ensel was aboard a Shuttle-UM bus on Campus Drive at about 1:49 p.m. when University Police received a report of a student who needed medical attention, according to University Police spokeswoman Sgt. Rosanne Hoaas. Prince George’s County Fire/ EMS units responded to the scene at 1:55 p.m. to find Ensel in critical condition and having trouble breathing, said Mark Brady, chief spokesman for the county Fire/ EMS department. Paramedics started performing CPR on Ensel upon arriving at the scene and continued for 25 to 30
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Students gather on McKeldin Mall last night to pay tribute to Lowell Ensel. SUNG-MIN KIM/THE DIAMONDBACK
minutes as they transported him to Washington Adventist Hospital in Takoma Park. He was still in critical condition see ENSEL, page 2
Two teams from this university are helping NASA in a search for habitable planets outside the solar system. NASA selected groups from 10 universities and two research institutions to take part in the Nexus for Exoplanet System Science initiative to look for planets that could support life outside the solar system, according to the agency’s website. “NASA has taken a number of
different proposals and put them together to make this institute,” said astronomy professor L. Drake Deming, who is leading one of the research projects at this university. “We proposed an idea about the atmospheres of extrasolar planets.” Deming is working with two graduate students who are studying astronomy, Ashlee Wilkins and Holly Sheets, to gather data about these exoplanets — planets that orbit stars outside our solar system. They are analyzing Kepler space observatory data to extract information that could provide a framework for how planets and other stars interact. see NASA, page 3
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