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“A man’s gotta have a code.” — Omar Little, The Wire

“The difference between the ‘almost right’ word and the ‘right’ word is really a large matter — ’tis the difference between the light- ning bug and the lightning.” —Mark Twain

“Remember the waterfront shack with the sign FRESH FISH SOLD HERE. Of course it's fresh — we're on the ocean. Of course it's for sale — we're not giving it away. Of course it's here — otherwise the sign would be someplace else. The final sign: FISH.” —Peggy Noonan THE DIAMONDBACK THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND’S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPERS

THE DIAMONDBACK // intro and index // stylebook 2012 INTRO INDEX * From the editors — Reference this quick list of tagged entries —

Why style? IMPORTANT abbreviations 3 Style is inherently arbitrary. Immaculate AP and about/around 3 Diamondback style may be our holy grail, but that academic departments 3 standard is not based on the laws of physics. David accent marks 3 Foster Wallace referred to it as the arbitrariness of lin- arrested for 4 guistic sign, saying, “there's no particular metaphysi- black 5 Notes cal reason why our word for a four-legged mammal campus, university 7 that gives milk and goes moo is cow and not, say, charged for, charged with 7 prtlmpf.” We, as editors, yes, but also as everyday college/colleges 8 English speakers, decide how best to encapsulate lan- District of Columbia 11 guage as a written medium. Division of Information Technology 11 folio 14 This responsibility creates an everlasting tug of war last/next 19 between descriptive grammar – the way language is letters and sciences 19 actually used – and prescriptive grammar – the way like, such as 19 language should be used. However arbitrary these 40 names 22 pages of style are, they’re very prescriptive. We tell possessives 25 you how to refer to buildings, people, cities and insti- race 26 tutions. We provide dozens of grammar tips. We’ve Route 1 27 been specific; between this, your AP stylebook and that, which 30 Google News “Associated Press” searches, you should University Police 32 feel very well-resourced. AP DEVIATION We last edited this in summer 2012. The university composition titles 9 will change; what we write about will change. When a datelines 10 stylebook becomes an impediment, rather than a legislative titles 19 mechanism for clearly delivering news to readers, political parties 24 we’ve lost our way. titles 31 tomorrow 31 Consider this a living document. Learn it; question it; University Police 32 challenge it; take notes in it. We can always PDF it yesterday 34 again. SPORTS ACC Championship 3 Dan Appenfeller All-America, All-American 4 Assistant managing editor, 2012-13 athletic department, athletic director 5 Bob “Turtle” Smith Stadium 6 Mike King Byrd Stadium 6 Managing editor, 2012-13 Cole Field House 8 Comcast Center 8 Alex Knobel Eppley Recreation Center 13 Managing editor, 2011-12 NCAA tournament 22 Ritchie Coliseum 27 Rock and Roll, Part II 27 three-point, 3-pointer 31

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It’s bachelor’s degree, master’s degree and a doc- torate degree. Do not use M.S., B.S. etc. Use doctorate A instead of Ph.D. Use masters of business when you A mean MBA. Use editorial judgment if masters of busi- ness is mentioned repeatedly. Our goal is not to waste IMPORTANT space. abbreviations and acronyms: Use abbreviations See professor. of organizations with long origins in lede (SGA, BSU, ASU, HSU, MaryPIRG, RHA, NAACP, etc.). IMPORTANT Spell out on second reference and use the abbre- academic departments: Lowercase unless the viation on all other references: department name is a proper noun. Always take out The SGA elections took an unexpected turn as the the preposition of. Notes New Party swept all offices. Wrong: Department of Physics, Physics depart- This is the first time in Student Government ment, department of English. Association history the New Party has won the majori- Right: English department, physics department ty vote. Do not put the abbreviation in parentheses on any SPORTS reference. ACC Championship: Uppercase Championship to Avoid overuse of acronyms so the story isn’t describe a team winning it. But ACC championship alphabet soup. Try the club, the council, etc. game. Use periods if the abbreviation is fewer than three letters: U.S., U.N. ACC schools and divisions Wrong: The Student Government Association See addendum|ACC. (SGA) did something. Do not abbreviate names of cities except in quot- IMPORTANT ed material or headlines. When you do, use periods: accent marks: Don’t use unless in official title of the L.A. institution or person’s name. Abbreviate names of states only when they follow See addendums|âççéñts. cities: I love Charleston, S.C. I went to South Carolina. Use periods to abbreviate names of states with act, bill, law, statute: A bill is a piece of proposed two words: N.C., R.I. See AP state names for full list legislation. It remains a bill until it is passed by a leg- of state abbreviations islature and becomes an act. When an act is signed by See AP datelines for list of cities that do not an executive — the president, governor, county exec- require state identification. utive, etc. — it becomes a law. A statute must be passed by the legislature. IMPORTANT Capitalize legislative acts, but not bills: the Taft- about, around: Not interchangable. Do not use Hartley Act, the improved mini-dorm bill. approximately. Measure, mandate may be used to mean bill or Use about for quantities and time: proposed legislation, but do not mean law. About 2 a.m., he was shot... There were about 50 students at the rally. acting: Always use lowercase: former acting Gov. Use around when referring to spaces: Blair Lee III. He walked around the campus. See titles.

academic deans: Each college and school has a Adele H. Stamp Student Union: Use this formal dean, who reports to the provost. title only in a quote. When referring to a dean, use the title as listed in See Student Union. the faculty/staff directory. Use your own discretion with wordy titles. Adele’s: The restaurant in Stamp Student Union See colleges. where students can use meal plan points to pay. It’s named after Adele H. Stamp, the woman Stamp academic degrees: Mention only when significant. Student Union is named after. Only medical doctors get Dr. before their names on first reference. administration: Lowercase. Do not personify the

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THE DIAMONDBACK // stylebook 2012 administration. Administrators can say things, but the Wrong: He left at 7 a.m. in the morning. administration cannot. Be more specific when possi- Right: The Terps women’s soccer team’s game ble. The administration is singular, so it’s an it, not a starts at 7:30 p.m. they. A among, between: Among applies to several things; adopted, approved: ROAR: resolutions, ordinances, between applies to two: There were differences of amendments and rules are adopted or approved. Bills opinion among the copy editors. The biggest argu- are passed, laws are enacted. ment was between Ethan Rosenberg and Amanda Perez. adviser: Not advisor, unless it’s in a formal title. But it is advisory. amount, number: Amount refers to a non-numeri- cal or unspecified quantity, while number refers to a African-American: Use only in a quote. The quantity that can be counted. Much, little and less Notes Diamondback uses black to identify a person by his or refer to amount; many and few refer to number. her physical description. Identify persons by race only Wrong: There was a large amount of mistakes in when relevant. the story. (Use number.) Right: A large amount of water filled the base- African American studies: Not Afro-American ment. studies, the old name. The name of a university Wrong: Letters to the editor should be 600 words department and major. Note there is no hypen. or less. (Use fewer.) Right: He arrived in less than two hours. (Time is afterward: Not afterwards. not counted in whole numbers; therefore, 1 1/2 hours is less than two hours.) animal science and agricultural engineering building ampersand (&): Use only as part of official names: See buildings. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. airport: Capitalize if part of a proper name. Use the Anderson, Kevin: Athletic director. following on the first reference of local airports: Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood anxious, eager: These words are not interchange- Marshall Airport, College Park Airport, Dulles able. International Airport and Reagan National Airport. On If one is anxious, one is worried: The coach is anx- second reference use BWI, College Park Airport, Dulles ious about tomorrow’s game. and Reagan. If one is eager, one looks forward to something: The quarterback is eager to play. alcohol: Use often and liberally, but spell it correctly. approximately: Don’t use this ridiculously long SPORTS word unless it’s in a quote. Use about. All-America, adj., All-American, n.: Hyphenated. see about, around All-America refers to the actual team. All-American refers to a noun, such as a player. IMPORTANT See addendum|sports. arrested for: Never use this libelous combination because it convicts the person of the crime. Use Allen, David: J. David Allen, DOTS director, should arrested on (offense) charges, or preferably, charged be referred to as David Allen. Do not use the J. with: Wrong: The Diamondback’s editor in chief, alumnus, alumni, alumna, alumnae: Use alum- Yasmeen Abutaleb, was arrested for reckless driving. nus (plural alumni) when referring to a man who has (This convicts her of the crime.) graduated from a school. Right: The Diamondback’s editor in chief, Use alumna (plural alumnae) for similar references Yasmeen Abutaleb, was arrested on reckless driving to a woman; use alumni when referring to a group of charges. men and women graduates. Really right: The Diamondback’s editor in chief, Do not use alum. Yasmeen Abutaleb, was charged with reckless driving. a.m., p.m.: Don’t be redundant. It’s better to rewrite the sentence and use active

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voice unless the person charged is well known. University Police arrested Diamondback editor in chief Yasmeen Abutaleb on public drunkenness charges. B A See charged for, charged with. assistant, assistant to: These terms are not inter- backquotes (’): They should be used in front of a changeable. An assistant provost, for example, has year or word when appropriate. To get a backquote, more authority, prestige and salary than an assistant hold down the option, shift and right bracket keys, or to the provost. type an apostrophe twice and use the appropriate one. at-large, adj., at large, adv.: Hyphenate when used Example: The class of ’12 graduated last week. as an adjective: Smith filled the at-large seat in the Baltimore: When differentiating between the city and Notes legislature. The murderer is still at large. the county, use Baltimore city and Baltimore County.

SPORTS Baltimore Ave., Baltimore Blvd.: Only use in athletic department, athletic director addresses or quotes.

Baltimore-Washington International Airport: Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport on first reference unless in the lede. In the lede and second references, BWI. See airports.

Baltimore-Washington Parkway: Official name for Interstate 295, connecting Baltimore and Washington.

Baltimore/Washington region

The Barking Dog: “I love The Barking Dog because no one’s ever there,” said senior economics and gov- ernment and politics major Alex Knobel.

Bay Bridge: The bridge on Route 50 connecting Maryland’s Eastern and Western shores. Acceptable on all references.

because, since: The two are not interchangeable. Since is used in the context of time, because is used in cause/effect relationships.

Beltway: See Capital Beltway.

IMPORTANT black: Lowercase. Identify persons by race ONLY when relevant. African American is not acceptable unless it’s in a quote. See race. Black Student Union: Use BSU in the lede and Black Student Union on second reference and BSU on every other reference. When not used in the lede, use Black Student Union on first reference and BSU on

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THE DIAMONDBACK // stylebook 2012 every other reference. Use the before buildings that have no proper name: the physics building. blue-light phones Use all proper names associated with buildings. B Most buildings with proper names are followed by the Board of Regents: This 17-member board sets uni- word hall; Tydings Hall, Knight Hall, Francis Scott Key versity system policy, usually on the recommendation Hall, South Campus Dining Hall. of the university administration. There is one student Only use a last name in reference to a building, regent, who is selected from one of the 11 campuses. except for H.J. and J.M. Patterson halls. Use this identifying clause when referring to it: Dorms are also referred to as halls: Easton Hall, The 17-member board that sets university system poli- Annapolis Hall. Not Easton dorm. cy. Students should be identified by their dorm only if On first reference, it’s the Board of Regents; on relevant to the story, such as in a story about housing: Notes second reference, the regents or the board. Do not Jon Solomon, a Talbot Hall resident, or Talbot Hall res- refer to it as the University System of Maryland Board ident Jon Solomon. of Regents, unless there is another board of regents referenced in the story. business school: Not Robert H. Smith School of If wording requires that the title go first, it is capi- Business. Do not use donor names for academic talized; Regent Ann Hall, student Regent Stephen departments. Hershkowitz. See University System of Maryland. For list SPORTS of regents, see addendum|usm. Byrd Stadium: athletic facility located on Stadium Drive where football and lacrosse teams play their SPORTS games. Uppercase. On second reference, Byrd is Bob “Turtle” Smith Stadium: Uppercase. Not acceptable. The field is Capital One Field at Byrd Shipley Field. It’s where the Terrapins baseball team Stadium. But we say Byrd Stadium. plays. See addendum|sports. bookstores: Use University Book Center on first ref- erence and the Book Center on second. It is owned by Barnes & Noble. Use Maryland Book Exchange on first reference and the Book Exchange on other references. Do not use MBX. Use BookHolders on all references. brackets: Use when inserting material into quoted matter, deleting words made unnecessary by the material in brackets. Wrong: “I think he [Kirwan] is a snapperhead.” Right: “I think [Kirwan] is a snapperhead.” Leave in the spoken word if it is imperative to the quote and use parentheses: “I think that snapperhead (Kirwan) skirts the issues.” broadcast: The past tense is broadcast, not broad- casted. brother: Do not use to refer to a member of a frater- nity. Use member. See Greek. buildings: Uppercase if first word is a proper noun.

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Catholic Student Center: Use the center on sec- C C ond reference. centered on: Not centered around. Cambridge Community: Made up of these low- and high-rise dorms: Bel Air, Cambridge, Chestertown, centers: Lowercase, unless in a proper title or build- Centreville and Cumberland halls. Home of the ing name: the Computer Science Center. But use the College Park Scholars Program. center on second reference.

Cambridge Community Center: A multi-purpose chairman, chairwoman: Do not use chair. If you building including a North Campus convenience store. know a person’s gender, use the appropriate term. Notes Located in the middle of the Cambridge Community Capitalize before the name, lowercase after: George quad. McGowan, regents chairman; regents Chairman George McGowan. IMPORTANT campus, university: Campus and university are not chancellor: The university system’s chief administra- interchangable. Note that when campus is used as a tor. Capitalize only as a formal title before the name. noun, excluding within quotes, it should be preceded Chancellor Brit Kirwan. by the article the. Right: I walked around the campus. chapel The grounds of the University of Maryland, See Memorial Chapel. College Park should be referred to simply as the cam- pus or this campus: This campus houses about 8,000 Chapel Field: Lawn area in front of the chapel used students in dorms. When referring to the University of for concerts and band practice; use on all references. Maryland as an entity, use the university. Use the word university when referring to student groups, IMPORTANT teams, organizations, etc. The university administra- charged for, charged with: Never use charged for tion, the university jousting club, the university base- because it’s a libelous combination that convicts that ball team. If there is disagreement, see the managing person of the crime. Use charged with. editor or copy desk chief. Wrong: Charlie DeBoyace, a senior journalism See university. major, was charged for public drunkenness (This con- victs him of the crime.) Campus Recreation Services: Use CRS on second Right: Charlie DeBoyace, a senior journalism reference and in ledes. major, was charged with public drunkenness. It’s better to use active voice unless the subject is campuswide: No hyphen. well known: University Police charged Dan Appenfeller, a capital, Capitol: Capital is the city; capitol is the junior journalism major, with exposing himself in pub- building. The U.S. Capitol in Washington is uppercase. lic. Remember that capitol buildings usually have domes, See arrested for. and both contain the letter o. The U.S. Capitol is locat- ed in Washington, the nation’s capital. Annapolis is Chesapeake Bay: Note spelling. Use on all refer- the state capital, and its capitol is located downtown. ences.

Capital Beltway: Uppercase. Use on first reference city: Capitalize as part of a proper name: Kansas City, for the Washington-area beltway. Use the Beltway on New York City. But Baltimore city (if needed to distin- second reference. To avoid confusing the reader, avoid guish it from Baltimore County). The city can be used using the terms Interstate 95 or Interstate 495, on second reference for College Park. Avoid the City of because the Beltway uses both numbers. College Park. See highways. See datelines.

Career Center: Located on third floor of Hornbake city council: Capitalize as part of a proper name: the Library. Uppercase on all references. College Park City Council. On second reference, the

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THE DIAMONDBACK // stylebook 2012 council or the city council. Members of the council are name of an independent institution: Loyola College. council members, but their titles are capitalized and The colleges within this or other universities, show gender: Councilwoman Sherrill T. Murray. Note however, are lowercase and after the name: behav- C that council member is two words. ioral and social sciences college. For colleges and schools within this university, DO claim, acknowledged, admitted: These usually NOT USE THE DONOR NAMES. implies that you don’t believe the source. Don’t use Wrong: A. James Clark School of Engineering, this. Use said, contended, maintained or some other Philip Merrill College of Journalism, Robert H. Smith less slanted word, unless you need to convey that the School of Business person’s story is skeptical. Right: engineering school, journalism college, business school Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center: CSPAC See addendum|majors. Notes acceptable on second reference and ledes. College Park: When used alone, College Park class names: Most students are familiar with the refers to the city, not the university. course abbreviations, which when spelled out can be rather long. Follow this format: CHEM 103: General College Park Scholars Program: Began in 1994. Chemistry. Use scholars program on second reference. The program is for freshmen and sophomores and class standing: Most students here are freshmen only lasts two years. Housed in the Cambridge (not freshpersons), sophomores, juniors, seniors or Community on North Campus, the program includes graduate students, and they should be identified as 11 concentrations: Arts; Business, Society and such: Kara Rose, a senior journalism major; Rob Economy; Environment, Technology and Economy; Gifford, a junior English major; Adam Lilling, a chemi- Global Public Health; International Studies; Life cal engineering graduate student. Sciences; Media, Self and Society; Public Leadership; Students with double majors are identified with Science and Global Change; Science, Discovery and both majors listed in alphabetical order and separated the Universe; and Science, Technology and Society. with and: a senior biology and French major; a gov- ernment and politics and physics major. College Park Towers: An apartment complex com- Majors should be lowercase unless they are a lan- prising two high rises between Knox and Hartwick guage or an ethnic origin (English, African American roads, individually referred to as Knox Tower and studies, etc.): John Doe is a junior English and journal- Hartwick Tower. It should never be referred to as the ism major. Towers. Some students take more than four years to earn their undergraduate degree. They are seniors in their College Park Volunteer Fire Department on fifth year of college. There are no fifth-year seniors first reference. Use the department on proceeding ref- because that would mean they have been seniors for erences, unless doing so makes things unclear, or five years. another department is mentioned. See addendum|majors. Colombia, Columbia: Colombia is the South Code of Academic Integrity: Uppercase. The code American nation where there is an unbelievable is acceptable on second reference when only the con- amount of cocaine. Columbia is a city in Maryland, the duct code is mentioned in the article. university in New York City and the name of a space See Judicial Board, Judicial Programs shuttle that no longer exists. Office. SPORTS SPORTS Comcast Center: Home of the athletics department Cole Field House: The arena where the basketball near Lot 4. It opened for the 2002-03 basketball sea- teams played from 1955 to 2002. Cole is acceptable son. The arena or Comcast is acceptable on second on second reference. reference. It does not take a “the” in front of it: The game was played at Comcast Center. IMPORTANT college/colleges: Capitalize as part of the proper communication department: note that there is no

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“s“ on communication. ence. C business/company names: For the names of any corner: Do not use the redundant phrase at the cor- business or company, local or otherwise, use the fol- ner of when referring to a location. lowing references in this order: See AP entry company Wrong: The accident occurred at the corner of names; look up the business’s or company’s name in Knox Road and Route 1. this reference; refer to primary graphic in business or Right: The accident occurred at Knox Road and company website header. If style remains unclear, con- Route 1. sult a managing editor. Cornerstone Grill and Loft: Cornerstone is accept- compose, comprise, constitute: Compose means able on second reference. Notes to create or put together: He composed a song. The United States is composed of 50 states. council member, councilman, councilwoman Comprise means to contain, to include or embrace. It should only be used with a complete list Counseling Center: located in Shoemaker Hall. or an indefinite description. Comprise is active, fol- lowed by a direct object. The group comprises the county: Capitalize when part of a proper name: parts of that group. The construction is comprised of Prince George’s County, Baltimore County, Howard should never be used. County. But Baltimore and Howard counties. College Wrong: Johnny Marr, Andy Rourke, Mike Joyce Park and the university are in Prince George’s County. and Morrissey comprise The Smiths. Never use P.G. County. If used in a quote, use [Prince Wrong: The Smiths are comprised of Johnny Marr, George’s]. Use the county for Prince George’s County Andy Rourke, Mike Joyce and Morrissey. on second reference unless the story mentions other Right: The Smiths comprise Johnny Marr, Andy counties. Rourke, Mike Joyce and Morrissey. To avoid confusion, it’s usually better not to use county government: A nine-member body, the comprise at all. Prince George’s County Council legislates on such Constitute often is the best if neither compose nor issues as zoning, liquor licenses and tenant laws. The comprise is appropriate: Fifty states constitute the United council’s bills must be signed by the county executive, States. Five men and five women constitute the jury. who serves a four-year term. Council members are elected by district, serve for four years and meet in the AP DEVIATION County Administration Building in Upper Marlboro. composition titles See addendum|works. court cases: In italics. Use v. not vs.

comptroller: The state official in charge of the trea- court names: Capitalize them. Follow these exam- sury. The comptroller, like the treasurer, has a four-year ples: Judge John Smith of the U.S. District Court in term. The comptroller is elected and manages the Baltimore, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. state’s funds, while the treasurer is appointed by the The state court system has four levels, in ascend- General Assembly and is in charge of disbursing state ing order: the District Court, Circuit Court, the Court of money. The university system and the university have Special Appeals and the Court of Appeals. The Court their own comptrollers. of Special Appeals was created in 1966 to reduce the caseload on the Court of Appeals, the state’s highest co-op: Short for cooperative, this term refers to a court. The Court of Appeals hears cases on review business enterprise owned or operated solely for the only. benefit of those using the services. The Maryland Food Co-op in Stamp Student Union The Courtyards at the University of Maryland: sells sandwiches, bulk quantities of vegetarian foods Apartment complex off Route 193. Student housing and other items. Use the Co-op on second reference. community operated by Capstone. Formerly managed by Ambling Inc., at which point it was University The Cordish Companies: The development firm Courtyard, not plural. On all references, Courtyards is based in Baltimore that’s handling East Campus acceptable. Development. Refer to as Cordish on second refer- Right: Courtyards parking will be managed by

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Transportation Services. Right: Students at The Courtyards, which is obscenely far away from where everyone else lives, D complained about previous parking enforcement. D Dairy, the: Use the Dairy on all references. Located currently: Do not use unless a comparison is being in Turner Hall, the Dairy has operated since 1924. See made with a previous situation. July 11, 2012 story, “Satisfying everyone’s sweet tooth” for more information. cutlines: The first sentence is in present tense, unless a time word such as yesterday, in February etc. is given. AP DEVIATION Subsequent ones are in past tense. A good rule to follow datelines: Always capitalize the city name and use is not to merely describe the photo, but to add more AP style for the state if needed. Use a dateline when Notes information. Also, do not repeat information from the the reporter obtained most of the information for the headline and lede. A cutline should add new info to the story at that location. Do not use “Md.” if the city is package. located in Maryland, unless the city is also a famous Wrong: Nubs Remsberg holds a basketball. city, such as Hollywood, Md. Right: Junior journalism major Nubs Remsberg BALTIMORE – Students will pay $50 more a semes- and his team won the hall ball tournament yesterday. ter for tuition next year under a plan approved by the Board of Regents here yesterday. Refer to AP style for the cities in the United States that do not require states in the dateline.

dates: Spell out month only if it does not refer to a specific date. For a date including the year, be sure to add a comma after the year. Use the word “on” only when the date is written directly after a proper noun. School begins Aug. 30. I will drive to Maryland on Aug. 30.

Daycon: The university’s janitorial equipment provider, convicted in 2011 of violating federal labor laws. Student group Drop Daycon was formed in response to allegations.

days of the week: If it’s more than a week in the past or future, use the date. Don’t use a day and date together and don’t use last or next in front of a day or week.

dean: The administrative head of each college and school at the university. It should be lowercase if it’s after the name: Lucy Dalglish, journalism college dean; journalism dean; Journalism Dean Lucy Dalglish.

dean’s list: Always lowercase. It’s for students with a 3.5 GPA or higher for a given semester.

degrees: See academic degrees.

Democrat, Democratic Party: Capitalize on all references to the political party or its members. Do not capitalize democrat when referring to someone who believes in democracy. The word democracy is always

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lowercase unless part of a formal title. Do not use by D.C., unless Washington state is mentioned in the Democrat Party. story. D D.C. is preferable if being used as a modifier. Denton Community: Comprises four dorms, Right: D.C. Superior Court; D.C. Mayor John Doe; a Denton, Easton, Elkton and Oakland halls, and 251 D.C.-based law firm. North and the 24 Shop. Wrong: Washington Superior Court. Right: Bob Downs, of Northeast Washington; Loh departments, federal: Always capitalize, drop the was in Washington yesterday; The bars are better in of and flop the title. Use U.S. before the name if the Washington than in College Park. context of the story requires it. On second reference, D.C. is acceptable in Right: the Health and Human Services Diversions or non-political Opinion stories. Stories Notes Department; the State Department; the Defense from the city are given a dateline. When referring to Department. the state, use Washington state on first reference. Wrong: the Department of Health and Human Services. Diversity Strategic Plan: Officially called the “Stragegic Plan for Diversity,” this plan was adopted Diamondback, The: Use The Diamondback, not in December 2010 after hundreds of students protest- DBK. Do not italicize The Diamondback. The paper’s ed the ouster of black administrator Cordell Black in name refers to the diamondback terrapin, the univer- fall 2009. The plan aims to emphasize diversity in the sity’s mascot. It’s a turtle native to the brackish university’s development, and can be found under the waters of the Eastern Seaboard. The Diamondback provost’s website. Google “University of Maryland was the name of the newspaper before the university Strategic Plan for Diversity”; it’s the first result. made the diamondback terrapin its mascot. Italicize other newspapers. IMPORTANT See newspapers. Division of Information Technology: Not Office. Use DIT on second reference or in ledes. dining halls: There are three operational on the campus: the North Campus Dining Hall (located in Domain at College Park: An upscale apartment- Ellicott Community) the South Campus Dining Hall complex located between Mowatt Lane and Campus and 251 North, an all-you-can-eat buffet in the Drive scheduled to be completed in summer 2013. Denton Community. Domain at College Park on first reference. Use the Domain on proceeding references. Dining Services: Capitalize on all references. dorm, dorms: Use on all references. When referring directions: Cardinal directions are lowercase unless to specific dorms, use Denton Hall, Queen Anne’s Hall, they’re being used to refer to a specific region such as etc. It’s not Denton dorm. Do not use residence halls. North Campus or the Deep South. That’s what Resident Life wants to call them. Tell Resident Life that when they get a newspaper they distance: Measured in numerals. can call the dorms “residence halls.” Students call them dorms. district: Spell it out. Use with a numeral and upper- See buildings. case for both court and legislative districts: the 21st District. But refer to legislators by location rather than Dr.: Use on first reference as a formal title before the district: it’s County Councilman James Herl (D-College name of an individual who holds a doctor of medicine Park). Never use a district number as part of a legisla- degree. tive title. The exception to this is the College Park City Do not use Dr. as the title for someone who has a Council, whose members should be identified by dis- doctorate, such as a university professor. trict number: District 3 Councilman Robert Day. See legislative titles. drunken driving: Not drunk driving.

IMPORTANT due to/because of: The two are not the same. Due District of Columbia: Because of its close proximi- to is used: ty, the name of this city does not need to be followed after the verb “to be:” Dave’s success was due

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THE DIAMONDBACK // stylebook 2012 to... immediately after a noun: Success due to dili- E gence is admirable. E Don’t start a sentence with due to. é: Do not use except in the case of italicized foreign words and names. See addendum|âççéñts.

each other, one another: Each other refers to interaction between individuals. One another is used for interactions among more than two people. Notes East Campus: A 38-acre development that will even- tually occupy land from Paint Branch Parkway to the edge of Fraternity Row.

Eastern Shore: This refers to that part of Maryland east of the Chesapeake Bay, and is capitalized. The University of Maryland, Eastern Shore (UMES on sec- ond reference) is in Princess Anne. Eastern Shore is not a synonym for East Coast.

Eclipse: The name of the monthly black student news magazine. Not The Eclipse, just Eclipse. A Maryland Media publication.

edition, issue: Be careful to distinguish between the two. Newspapers publish one issue each day. Major papers publish several editions of each daily issue. The Diamondback publishes an issue, not an edition.

editor in chief: No hyphens. Do not refer to The Diamondback’s editor in chief as the editor or the executive editor. He or she is the editor in chief.

-elect: Lowercase and hyphenated: Gov.-elect Parris Glendening. Mike Tracton, Student Government Association president-elect.

Ellicott Community: Comprises three dorms: Ellicott, Hagerstown and LaPlata halls.

ellipsis (…): When used in the middle of a sentence, offset with spaces. He said he might like to go … and see a play. When used at the end of a complete sentence, put a period on the sentence and then use the ellipsis (one space on each side). He said he might like to go to the play. … He also said he preferred movies to plays. Ellipses that are single characters, not three periods. Use option + ;

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em-dash: Space on either side. Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Shift+option+hyphen. These are not to be used with (AFSCME) membership includes employees of both E datelines. An M-dash is not two hyphens (--). These types. are used with compilation taglines: — Compiled by Alex Knobel. They are also used in copy to accentuate important information or avoid putting an excessive number of commas in a sentence, but be judicious. Right: University President Wallace Loh delivered- his speech — his third in a month — in Stamp Student Union’s Grand Ballroom. Wrong: Jim Bach — a junior journalism major — Notes said he appreciated officials extending the South Campus Dining Hall’s hours. See datelines.

email: Use email for all references. When quoting from an email that has misspelled a word, correct it in [brackets] in the quote. Fix capital- ization and punctuation without brackets. See website, webpage.

emeritus: Use only when it is important that an offi- cial has been honored by the University system. For example, Wilson Elkins was named university presi- dent by the Board of Regents, and in a story about that vote, the term emeritus should be used. But in general, the emeritus status is irrelevant. Elkins, for example, can be called former university president.

eminent, imminent: Eminent means prominent; imminent means immediate.

Enclave, The: High-rise apartment complex on Route 1 opened in fall 2011.

SPORTS Eppley Recreation Center: The name for the Campus Recreation Center as of 2006. The multi-mil- lion dollar facility opened in January 1998. On first ref- erence, write out. On second reference, call it the ERC.

etc.: Never use in copy, unless it is used in a quote. Do not spell out et cetera.

ex-: Do not use as a prefix, except with ex-wife or ex- husband. Use former.

exempt, non-exempt: Exempt employees (execu- tive, managerial, professional positions) are paid a salary and are therefore exempt from minimum-wage and overtime laws. Non-exempt employees (clerical, maintenance, etc.) are paid hourly. American

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F fountain: Refer to the Omicron Delta Kappa fountain as the fountain on McKeldin Mall. Do not refer to as F the ODK fountain. faculty: A collective noun that takes a singular verb. So it’s the faculty is, the faculty supports, etc. When fraternities and sororities: Spell out the Greek referring to individual members of the faculty, use fac- letters: Alpha Chi Omega, not AXO or A Chi O. When ulty members. possible, just use the fraternity or the sorority on sec- ond reference. Do not use frat in copy; avoid in hede- fax: An acceptable term on all references for facsimi- lines. le. Use as a verb or as a noun. Also specify if the groups are fraternities or sorori- ties in the story: Alpha Phi Delta Theta fraternity, Notes faze, phase: Faze means to embarrass or disturb: Alpha Chi Omega sorority. The snob did not faze him. Use fraternity member or sorority member, not Phase denotes an aspect or a stage: The program has brother or sister. three phases. Organizations: Representatives of university fra- ternities make up the Interfraternity Council (IFC on federal, national: Lowercase unless it’s part of an second reference). official name: the federal government, the Federal Sororities belong to the university Panhellenic Reserve Board. Use U.S., not federal, before federal Association. Use the association on second reference. departments if the context of the story is unclear. Most hispanic and historically black university sorori- See departments, federal. ties and fraternities belong to the Pan-Hellenic Council. Use PHC, the council or the organization on FedEx Field: The Washington Redskins’ home field second reference. in Landover, Md. Sponsored by mail carrier Federal See Greeks. Express. Note the “E” is capitalized. Some sources use no spaces (FedExField) — our style is to use a single Fraternity Row: The entity where some campus fra- space as noted. ternity and sorority houses are located. Delta Tau Delta had a house on Fraternity Row. Capitalize: Fellows, Andrew: College Park mayor Never the Row or Frat Row, unless it’s in a quote or hedeline. fifth-year students: There is no such thing as a fifth-year senior. freshman: Plural: freshmen; singular: freshman. As See class standing. an adjective, use the singular: freshman class, fresh- man enrollment. The term first-year student is still not file sharing: File sharing is a noun. File-sharing is an in The Diamondback’s vocabulary. Nor is freshperson. adjective. Freshman 15: Note its capitalization and the use of flier: Not flyer when refering to paper advertisment a numeral. for an event. fuck: Do liberally and often, but write as “f---” IMPORTANT unless the editor in chief decides otherwise. folio: There are four elements to the folio: the date, See obscenities. the page number, the section and “The Diamondback.” The page number always goes on the outside (odd on right, even on left). From the fold, the order is DATE, SECTION, DIAMONDBACK. Thus, for an even page, left to right it would be: 2 ..... THE DIAMONDBACK | SECTION | DATE [fold] For and odd page, left to right it would be: [fold] DATE | SECTION | THE DIAMONDBACK ..... 3 Omit section if it is on the page with the flag or facing the page with the flag for the section it belongs to.

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grades: Use one uppercase letter for grades: G A,B,C,D,F,W,XF. For more than one, add a lowercase G s: As,Bs Put in quotes. gay: Use as an adjective meaning homosexual; how- graduate student: Use this format: Smith is a grad- ever, gay male and lesbian are preferred nouns. Both uate student in biology. words are listed as potentially libelous words, so be sure the source understands that they will be used. Grand Ballroom: Refer to this on first reference as Never use gay to mean happy or cheerful, as it can be the Student Union Grand Ballroom. On subsequent misinterpreted by the reader. references, call it the Grand Ballroom. See Pride Alliance. Notes grant, loan: Grants are gifts; loans must be repaid. GED: On all references, can be used as a noun. Greek: Do not use as a noun meaning fraternity General Assembly member or sorority member, except in quotes and See state government. headlines.

genus, species: Set in italics, capitalize the genus Green Line: Uppercase in reference to the Metrorail but not the species: Homo sapiens. On second refer- line that runs through College Park. ence, abbreviate the genus: H. sapiens. See Metro.

girl: All female university system students are Great Expectations: A $1 billion private fundrais- women. In general, use woman once a female has ing campaign started by former university President turned 18. Dan Mote in 2006. Originally scheduled to be a five- year campaign concluding in 2011, it was extended to girlfriend, boyfriend: Implies a romantic relation- 2012, reaching $900 million in January 2012. Refer to ship when written as one word. Avoid, unless rela- as the Great Expectations fundraising campaign on tionship can be proven. To all female members of the first reference and Great Expectations on proceeding staff: Do not use girlfriend in the absence of a roman- references. tic relationship. greenhouses: Use university greenhouse on first god, God: Capitalize when referring to a specific reference, the greenhouse on second reference. deity of a monotheistic religion: The Almighty, God the Father, Holy Spirit, Allah. Use lowercase personal pronouns: he, him, thee, thou. Use lowercase gods and goddesses in references to deities of polytheistic religions or in reference to “false” gods: He made money his god.

Good Samaritan policy: Enacted by the University Senate in 2010-11, this grants students immunity from university sanctions if they call for help in the event of alcohol-related emergencies. Proponents are seeking to expand the policy to cover drugs.

governor: The state’s chief executive. It’s Gov. Martin O’Malley, but in quotes:“I voted for Governor O’Malley,” he said. (Governor is spelled out if it pre- cedes only the last name.) On second reference, use only the last name or the governor, except in quotes.

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THE DIAMONDBACK // stylebook 2012 H name is the B’nai B’rith Hillel Foundation. Hillel Center: The building that houses the Hillel H group, just off the campus on Mowatt Lane. The cen- hall: When referring to dorms on the campus, it’s ter includes a kosher dining center. Hillel on second uppercase: Queen Anne’s Hall. For more than one hall reference. Do not use Jewish Student Center. use lowercase: Queen Anne’s and Ellicott halls. Use dorms, not residence halls, unless it’s in a quote. Hoff Theater: The university movie theater located See buildings. in Stamp Student Union. Note the spelling of theater. Use the Hoff on second reference. Hanukkah: This is our correct spelling of this eight- See theater. day Jewish Festival of Lights celebration. Notes holiday, holy day: Use holiday. Official holidays, Harrison Laboratory: Uppercase; the lab is accept- such as Washington's Birthday and Thanksgiving Day, able on second reference. are capitalized.

Hartwick Tower homecoming: Lowercase. See College Park Towers. honorary degrees: All references should specify he, him, his, thee, thou: Personal pronouns refer- that the degree is honorary. ring to a deity are lower case. See god, God. Honors Program: University Honors Program on first reference, honors program on all others. It health center: University Health Center on first ref- includes the living-and-learning programs: Digital erence, health center on all others. Cultures and Creativity; Entrepreneurship and Innovation; Gemstone; Honors Humanities; Integrated height: 6-foot-4 (preferred in sports stories) or 6 feet, Life Sciences; and University Honors. 4 inches. Hornbake Library: Houses the non-print media sec- Help Center: Uppercase. A hotline where students tion, as well as the career center and department of can talk to trained peer counselors. Do not confuse letters and sciences, as well as the Maryland Room. with the Counseling Center in Shoemaker Hall. Use Hornbake on second reference. here: In general, here refers to the University of Hornbake Plaza: Uppercase. Use on first reference Maryland, College Park. If the story has a dateline, to describe the concrete area outside Hornbake here refers to the place named in the dateline. After Library, the microbiology building, the plant sciences the first few paragraphs of a datelined story, avoid building and the biology and psychology building; the using here. plaza is acceptable on other references. highrise, n.; high-rise, adj. hospital: Use University Hospital to refer to the inde- pendently operated private medical institution in highways: Use these forms: Maryland Route 214, downtown Baltimore. Interstate 95 (I-95 on second reference.) In general, avoid route designations unless neces- Humans vs. Zombies: A two-week game involving sary: It’s New Hampshire Avenue not Maryland Route Nerf guns and arm/headbands in which one “zom- 650. But U.S. Route 1 is always Route 1. bie”attempts to infect all of the humans. Refer to See Route 1. April 30, 2012 story, “A FIGHT TO THE FINISH.”

Hill: Capitalize when referring to South Hill or North Hill on the campus.

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individual studies: The correct term for create-a- Jewish Student Union: JSU is acceptable in the majors that students develop for themselves. Do not lede if it’s the first reference. In all other cases, use use whatever the student calls it. Individual studies is JSU on second reference and spell out on first refer- Notes housed in the letters and sciences college. ence. Interfraternity Council: The organization at the Johns Hopkins University: Johns, not John. No university that fraternities belong to. Use IFC on sec- apostrophe. This private university is in Baltimore. ond reference. Johns Hopkins is acceptable on second reference, See fraternities and sororities. unless there may be confusion between the university and the hospital. Internet: Uppercase on all references. Not Net. journalism college: Not Philip Merrill College of Interstate 95: Use only in reference to the interstate Journalism. highway that stretches from New England to Florida. See donor names. I-95 is acceptable on second reference. But refer to the Washington area Beltway as the Capital Beltway Judicial Board: Uppercase. A hearing panel made regardless of its route designation. up of students trained by the judicial programs direc- See Capital Beltway. tor. Use Judicial Board on first reference, and the board or the panel later in the story. Avoid Jud Board italics except when necessary in tight headlines. See addendum|works. See Judicial Programs Office.

its/their: Its is for a singular entity: The women’s judge: See court names. basketball team lost its game. Their is for a plural entity or people: The Terps lost their game. judgment: Not judgement.

Judicial Programs Office: Uppercase. Use the judi- cial office on all other references. The judicial programs director heads this office, which falls under the student affairs division. Students accused of conduct code violations must appear before the office director or a student panel for a dis- ciplinary hearing, which could lead to a range of sanc- tions or acquittal. Currently, these hearings are closed to the public thanks to the Buckley amendment, which guards the confidentiality of student records. See Code of Student Conduct and Judicial Board.

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THE DIAMONDBACK // stylebook 2012 junior, senior: Abbreviate as Jr. and Sr. only with the full name, and do not precede with a comma: Tom K Madigan Jr. Use only if the person uses it himself. K Drop the Jr. or Sr. (or III, etc.) on second reference. If necessary, distinguish between father and son, use Keep Me Maryland: A nonprofit organization the elder Madigan or the younger Madigan. launched in March 2009 designed to gather donors to See class standing. fund students with financial difficulties. Added the ability to donate using dining points and Terp Buck in Justice at Maryland: A faculty and student group November 2010. founded in fall 2011 after reports surfaced of work- place abuse among university staff. It’s unofficial Kennedy Center: Acceptable on all references for leader is Solomon Comissiong, president of the Black the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Notes Faculty and Staff Association. Use Justice at Maryland on all references. kinesiology: Note the spelling. A department in the public health college. It offers two majors: physical education and kinesiology. Course abbreviation: KNES.

Kirwan, Brit: The chancellor of the University System of Maryland should be referred to as Brit Kirwan — this differs from other newspapers.

Knight Hall: The journalism building, but not the journalism building. see buildings

Knox Box apartments: The term for the box-like houses just off campus on Guilford and Knox roads. Knox Box(es) or “the apartments” acceptable on sec- ond reference depending on the context.

Knox Road: A road just off the south side of the campus where various fraternity and sorority houses are located as well as various College Park businesses and off-campus housing.

Knox Towers See College Park Towers.

kosher: Lowercase.

kudos: It means credit or praise for an achievement. The word takes plural verbs.

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lesbian: Use this term to describe homosexual L females. L See gay for expanded style rules. lady: Do not use to mean woman. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered See AP entry. Alliance See Pride Alliance. Lady Terps: Do not use. See addendum|sports. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Staff and Faculty Association: Capitalize, and use the IMPORTANT association on second reference. Notes last/next: Not necessary to convey the notion of most recent. McKeegan was arrested last Tuesday is IMPORTANT redundant; McKeegan was arrested Tuesday is better. letters and sciences: Not a major. John Doe, who’s If it happened two Tuesdays ago, write the date: Feb. enrolled in letters and sciences, said... 5, not last Tuesday. The same guideline applies to months of the year. If liaison: Watch spelling. the month falls within 12 months of the publication, omit next or last. Context will dictate whether the lieutenant governor: The state’s second executive event is in the past or future. in command. As a formal title before the name, capi- When appropriate, use past, a more specific term. talize and abbreviate: Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown. In a Right: The Terps won their past three games. quote, capitalize as a formal title before the name and Wrong: The Terps won their last three games. spell out. Lowercase and spell it out on all other uses.

LEED: Stands for Leadership in Energy and like, such as: Use like in comparison and such as Environmental Design. Use the acronym in all refer- when preceeding examples. ences modifying the certification, but acronym should be explained in story. living-learning program

legislative titles: Use Rep., Sen., Del. and Dels. as Loh, Wallace: University president. On first refer- formal titles before one or more names in regular text; ence, university President Wallace Loh. He previously spell them out as titles in quotes. Spell out and lower- served as provost of the University of Iowa; he case representative, senator and delegate in other assumed his current position in November 2010. uses. Add U.S. or state before a title if necessary to long pole: And short stick as nouns in lacrosse sto- avoid confusion: U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and ries. Hyphenate as adjectives. Do not use longstick- state Sen. Roger Manno (D-Montgomery) both favor man. Just sounds weird. tax increases. Identify the party and the state (for U.S. senators Looney’s Pub: A Route 1 bar under The Varsity. and representatives) or the county (for state legisla- Looney’s is acceptable on second reference. tors and senators) like this: Del. Anne Kaiser (D- Montgomery); Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.). Refer to AP entry for state names for proper abbreviations. For legislative leaders, capitalize before the name. Do the same for majority and minority leaders.

lengthy: Use long where possible.

Leonardtown Community: The apartment dorms behind Fraternity Row. New Leonardtown is brick; Old Leonardtown is blue. Specify OId or New Leonardtown only if location is important.

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store located at Route 1 and College Avenue. Use M Book Exchange on second reference. M Maryland Classified Employees Association: MCEA is acceptable on second reference. Some classi- M&T Bank Stadium: Formerly PSINet Stadium. fied employees here belong to this union. Located in Baltimore, this is where the Baltimore Ravens play. On second reference, stadium is accept- Maryland Media Inc.: No comma. The for-profit able unless another stadium is mentioned. publisher of The Diamondback; Eclipse, a black stu- dent newspaper published monthly; Mitzpeh, a “M” circle: The “M” circle at the intersection of monthly Jewish student newspaper; and the Terrapin Campus and Regents drives can be used to refer to yearbook. Notes the big M that the university constantly plants with The board of directors consists of the four student flowers. Use “M”circle on all references. editors in chief, two at-large students, the corpora- tion’s general manager and a varying number of jour- M Club: Athletic department foundation consisting of nalism faculty members and outside professionals. former Terps athletes. The board elects the editor in chief of each publica- tion, sets budgets and decides which publications may M-dash be members. See em-dash. Use Maryland Media on second reference. Do not use MMI. magazines: Use italics. See addendum|works. Maryland Pride uniforms: University athletic uni- forms prominently featuring Maryland flag patterns. majors: Lowercase, except when a proper noun: a First unveiled in a Sept. 5, 2011 football game junior journalism major, a sophomore English major. between the Terps and Miami. Refer to as the jerseys Note the spelling of theatre in theatre major. If a stu- or the uniforms on proceeding references, unless the dent is a double major, list them alphabetically. context makes it confusing. See class standing and addendum|majors. MaryPIRG: Use on all references for Maryland Public mall: Refer to the one between McKeldin Library and Interest Research Group. MaryPIRG is a group, with a the Main Administration Building as McKeldin Mall on chapter at the university, that “stands up against spe- first reference, then the mall. The one in downtown cial interests when they threaten our health and safe- Washington is the National Mall. ty.” It lobbies in Washington and Annapolis, and it’s clear as mud exactly what the group does. marijuana: Use often and liberally, but spell it cor- rectly and don’t use pot on second reference. Use master’s degree: Do not use M.S. weed and other slang terms only in quoted material. See academic degrees.

Maryland: Generally use state instead of Maryland: McKeldin Library: Use this on first reference and state police, state highways, biggest in the state. Use McKeldin thereafter, unless there is confusion with Maryland only if state would be confusing. McKeldin Mall. The library is acceptable in such cases, Wrong: Representatives from Virginia, Delaware or if other libraries are not mentioned in the article. and the state attended the conference. Right: Representatives from Virginia, Delaware Memorial Chapel: Memorial Chapel on first refer- and Maryland attended the conference. ence. The chapel is acceptable on second reference. Never use Maryland to mean the university sys- The university chapel contains the main chapel and tem or this university or campus. Never use Md., after the smaller west chapel. The chapel is non-denomina- a city in the state, unless the city is also a famous city, tional. such as Hollywood, Md. See campus. Metrobus, Metro: Acceptable on all references for the bus and subway branches of the transit system Maryland Book Exchange: The off-campus book- operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area

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use C.D. Mote Jr. Also note capitalization of university Transit Authority. Use Metro when referring to the rail President (when used before his name). For those curi- system or the stations: College Park Metro Station. ous, the C stands for Clayton. M Use Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority when referring to the administration, officials or the Mr., Mrs., Ms., Miss: Do not use them except in organization as a whole. Use WMATA on second ref- quoted material. erence. Blue Line; Blue and Orange lines; Blue Line See titles. bus. MTECH: This acronym for the Maryland Technology meet and confer; meet-and-confer process Enterprise Institute is used in ledes and second refer- Middle Atlantic states: The U.S. Census Bureau ences (if first reference is not in lede). Using the insti- tute is acceptable too. Note the lack of lowercase Notes says this group consists of New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. Informal references often include letters. Delaware. Maryland is considered a Southern Atlantic state. Muslim Students Association: MSA on second reference, or if it’s in the lede. middle initials: In general, do not use them, except in police stories; when there is no other way to distin- MVA: Acceptable on second reference for Motor guish between two people with the same last name; Vehicle Administration. or when it is an accepted part of a person’s name, as in George C. Scott or T.S. Eliot. Exceptions are if a per- son used as a source for a story specifies that he or she uses a middle initial; in bylines, if a writer prefers to use a middle initial; and on the editorial page, where columnists and or letter writers may wish to list their middle initial as their middle name.

midterm elections

miles per hour: The abbreviation mph (no periods) is preferable on all references. Avoid per.

minority: The term refers to blacks, Jews, Hispanics, Asians, etc., but not to women, who constitute a majority of the U.S. population. Use women and minorities when referring to both groups. Do not use minority to mean members of a minor- ity group. Never use references to race unless there is a compelling reason to do so.

mishap: Spilled milk is a mishap, a hit and run is an accident.

Mitzpeh: The Maryland Media Inc.-owned monthly Jewish student newspaper. Italic. Use on all refer- ences. It’s Mitzpeh, not The Mitzpeh.

more than, over: These words are not interchange- able: The plane flew over the city. There were more than 40,000 fans in the stadium. Over expresses a physical relationship; more than refers to an amount.

Mote, Dan: Former university president. On first ref- erence, former university President Dan Mote. Don’t

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next N See last/next. NITE Ride: The university is confused as to which style N it wants to use, but this is our style. n: If you come across an n in copy, it is most likely meant as a bullet. Put it in Wingdings to create the North Campus bullet (n). It should be the same font size as the copy. North Hill: Comprises these dorms: Anne Arundel, IMPORTANT Dorchester, Queen Anne’s, Somerset, St. Mary’s and names: If a story refers to two or more people with Worcester halls. Prince Frederick Hall is scheduled to the same last name, refer to the first person men- replace Caroline, Carroll and Wicomico halls in fall tioned by their last name in all references after the 2014. Notes first reference. Always refer to the second person mentioned by their first and last names: number: Amount refers to a non-numerical or Sandra Forester makes good coffee. So Forester unspecified quantity, while number refers to a quanti- made the staff drink three pots each. Unfortunately, ty that can be counted. Much, little and less refer to Forester’s mother, Lorene Forester, couldn’t brew her amount; many and few refer to number. way out of a paper bag, so Lorene Forester just Wrong: There was a large amount of mistakes in smoked a lot of cigarettes. the story. (Use number.) In movie or TV reviews, use first name of charac- Right: A large amount of water filled the base- ters on second reference. ment. See middle initials. Wrong: Letters to the editor should be 600 words or less. (Use fewer.) Natatorium: The pool in the ERC. On first reference Right: He arrived in less than two hours. (Time is use Eppley Recreation Center Natatorium. not counted in whole numbers; therefore, 1 1/2 hours is less than two hours.) National Institutes of Health: Not Institute. It has 11 component institutes, with headquarters in Number 1 Liquors: On all references or use the Bethesda. NIH is acceptable on second reference. liquor store on second reference.

National Organization for Women: For, not of. Nyumburu Amphitheater: Outdoor venue next to NOW is acceptable on second reference. the Student Union. nationalities Nyumburu Cultural Center: Nyumburu is the See race. Swahili word for “freedom house.” It’s pronounced nim-BORE-oo (three syllables, not nationwide: No hyphen, one word. four).

SPORTS NCAA tournament: The only time we capitalize Final Four, Elite Eight and Sweet 16 is in reference to the men’s NCAA basketball tournament. They have it copyrighted just for that tournament, so all other uses are downstyle, including the women’s NCAA basket- ball tournament. Note “tournament” is lowercase. new record: Redundant. A record, by definition, breaks the old record. newspapers: Uppercase The, if that is how the paper refers to itself: The Baltimore Sun and The Washington Post. Only The Diamondback is not italicized. The Sun and The Post acceptable on second reference.

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over O O See more than, over. IMPORTANT obscenities, profanities, vulgarities: If they are used, only the first letter should be written, followed by the appropriate number of dashes. These are the only three wordswe censor, unlesstthe editor in chief or managing editor says otherwise: f--- Notes c--- n----- Diversions and Opinion stories are more lax with printing the full word for lesser obscenities (ass and damn are always acceptable; shit is usually acceptable — check with a managing editor though); News and Sports stories should not use unless in quoted materi- al.

of, for: In titles, attempt to eliminate these preposi- tions. Wrong: Dean of the College of Journalism Right: journalism dean (or Journalism Dean if used before a name) Do not use of, for in reference to university or SGA positions; e.g., Administrative Affairs Vice President Rob Specter.

OK, OK’d, OK’ing, OKs.: Not okay, okayed. Try to use approve instead.

omnibus: SGA’s final legislative session each semes- ter ties up loose ends and often results in some restructuring of the association.

ongoing: Try to avoid this useless word. Everything is ongoing.

only: Make sure it’s placed next to the word it modifies and try to avoid in News and Sports. Wrong: He only lived for two hours after the acci- dent. This is wrong because it means that all he did is live for two hours. Right: He lived for only two hours after the acci- dent. But, ideally, only should be avoided, because it implies an editorial judgment; it means the writer thinks there should have been more. He died two hours after the accident would be better.

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P phase: See faze, phase. phone numbers: Area codes in parentheses. P (301) 314-8200 Panhellenic Association: PHA is acceptable on second reference. photocopy: Use to mean copy on a photographic See fraternities and sororities. copying machine, such as a Xerox machine. Xerox is a trademark, not a verb. Pan-Hellenic Council: Most hispanic and historical- ly black fraternities and sororities belong to the PHC, photo credits: CHARLIE DEBOYACE/THE DIAMOND- which is acceptable on second reference. Use the BACK; JOHN SMITH/FOR THE DIAMONDBACK; PHOTO council for variety. If Pan-Hellenic Council and COURTESY OF BLUE MOON Notes Panhellenic Association are used in the same story, make the difference clear. Physical Plant: Uppercase. Use in all references to See fraternities and sororities. the department that repairs and maintains things on the campus. Engineering and architectural services, parking lots: Use Lot 1 or Lot BB, for example, on formed in 1985, took over the old Physical Plant all references. Parking garages are referred to by their department’s design and construction responsibilities. names (Mowatt Lane Garage, Regents Drive Garage, etc.). The University College parking garage is referred pick-up, pick up: Pick-up is the noun and adjective. to as such. Pick up is the verb. parking garages: There are five parking garages on picket: A noun or a verb. Picketer is not a word. campus: Terrapin Trail Garage (formerly known as the Arena Garage), Regents Drive Garage, Stadium Drive pill: Do not capitalize. Use birth control pill on first Garage, Mowatt Lane Garage and Union Lane Garage. reference. Use the pill in later references. pass/fail pledge, pledges: Old term for members of the Greek system in the process of gaining acceptance peer-to-peer into a house. Not acceptable. Use new members. See rush, Rush and fraternities and sorori- Pell grants: Named after U.S. Sen. Clairborne Pell (D- ties. R.I.), the grants for tuition and expenses are given to students by the federal government based on need. plus-minus grading: Not plus/minus grading. See grant, student loans. police: It’s University Police, Prince George’s County people, persons: Don’t use persons. Police, state police. Do not use department. On second references, use police unless more than per: Avoid it, except in sports references. Use a or an one police agency is involved, in which case use or replace it altogether: The committee meets 12 University Police, county police, state police. times a year. The expedition traveled an average of 12 The U.S. Park Police supervise the parks in miles a day. The wind blew at 40 mph. Washington (as well as Greenbelt Park and B-W Parkway and certain other federal lands in the perfect: An absolute. Something cannot be more capital’s Maryland and Virginia suburbs), and usually perfect than something else. Either it’s perfect — supply estimates of crowds at downtown demonstra- without flaw — or it isn’t. tions. Attribute crowd counts to them. period: Should always go inside quotation marks. policymaker, policymaking But its placement varies with parentheses. AP DEVIATION Ph.D., Ph.D.s: Use doctorate instead, except in quot- political parties: Capitalize the formal name of a ed matter. Do not refer to people who hold this party, and the word party: Republican Party, degree as doctor. Democratic Party, Communist Party, Monarchist Party,

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Old Line Party. A description is lowercase: the conser- If someone teaches in more than one department, vative party. When referring to an officeholder: Rep. list the departments in alphabetical order: Ian Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) went to Danielle Newman’s high MacKaye, math and physics professor. P school. This differs from AP style. Check the current faculty/staff directory for official See Student Government Association. titles.

IMPORTANT protester: Not protestor. Use demonstrator and/or possessives: Use AP style. activist later in the story.

presently: This means soon, which is a preferable prove, proved, proven: Use proven only as an substitute. Use currently or now to mean now. adjective; a proven cure. Proved is the preferred past tense: Nothing was proved. Notes President Obama: Capitalize, and do not use Obama’s first name on first reference. Use Obama or provost: Lowercase. Use in reference to administra- the president, lowercase, thereafter. tive provosts. Under the academic reorganization of 1986, the academic affairs vice president is also a president: On first reference, we refer to current uni- provost. versity President Wallace Loh as such. On second ref- See titles. erence, use Loh or the university president, but not the president. publications: See magazines, Maryland Media Only those presidents widely believed to be Inc. and newspapers. important get their title uppercase and before the name: President Obama. But: Brandon DeFrehn, punctuation: Think of it as a courtesy to your read- Student Government Association president; Michael ers, designed to help them understand a story. Refer Wein, College Republicans president; or David Clark, to AP style for usage standards, but be aware that juggling club president, unless construction makes the specific entries in this stylebook could deviate from sentence awkward. that agency’s rules. See titles and Loh, Wallace. Purple Line: A proposed light-rail system that would president’s residence connect communities in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties. Pride Alliance: Formerly the Lesbian Bisexual, Gay and Transgendered Alliance. Use Pride Alliance on all references. See gay.

Prince George’s County: Use on first reference. P.G. County is NEVER acceptable. Use the county on second reference if no confusion will result.

prior to: Use before.

profanity See obscenity.

professor: Never abbreviate unless you’re desperate for a headline. Lowercase, whether used before or after the name: Denny Gulick, a university mathemat- ics professor; philosophy professor John Rawls. Omit assistant or associate professor unless relevant to the story. Specify whether a faculty member is an instructor, a lecturer or a professor. Only associate professors and professors are tenured.

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THE DIAMONDBACK // stylebook 2012 Q R R quotation, quote: Use quote. IMPORTANT race: Identify persons by race ONLY when relevant. quotation marks: For specific questions, refer to Refer to AP style. AP style. Note that for quotes within quotes, the period or radio station: Use campus radio station WMUC on comma is inside both sets of punctuation: “The chan- first reference and WMUC thereafter. Never use ’MUC. cellor told me, ‘I want more money,’” Loh said. See WMUC. Use FM when using 88.1. When a quote carries over into the next para- Capitalize call letters and separate them from the Notes graph, end the first graf with a quotation mark if the station band with a hyphen: WTOP-AM, WHFS-FM. If graf’s last sentence contains a partial quote. For the station has a popular name, put it in parenthesis example: Loh said he is “happy-go-lucky.” after the call letters: WWDC-FM (DC 101.) Use the sta- “That’s the way I’ve always been,” he said. tion thereafter unless several stations are named in If the quote is a full sentence, drop the end quotes the story. from the first paragraph. Always start the next graf with quotation marks: Loh said, “I’m just a happy-go- range: Use only when referring to a continuous scale. lucky kind of guy. Beware of false ranges. “That’s the way I've been since I was young.” Wrong: Course offerings ranged from history to science. (There is no scale along which courses can quotes: It should go without saying that quoted mat- fall.) ter must be absolutely accurate. If you think quoted Right: Temperatures ranged from 30 degrees to content in a story is mistyped, factually inaccurate, 90 degrees. Reaction ranged from lukewarm support or otherwise questionable, call the reporter. Do not to enthusiastic praise. edit quotes without using brackets. real/really: Real is an adjective, really is an adverb. Quran: Note spelling. Not Koran. Right: The Clubside isn’t a real newspaper. Wrong: Carrie Melago dances real well.

rebut, refute: Rebut means to argue to the contrary: He rebutted his opponent’s argument. Refute means to prove wrong and hence almost always implies an editorial judgement. Refute should be replaced by rebut, deny, dispute, reply to or respond to.

recreation services See Campus Recreation Services.

re-elect, re-election: This adheres to the following rule: Separate prefix and root word with a hyphen if the two adjacent letters are the same.

regents, board of See Board of Regents, addendum|usm.

reign/rein: Check AP style if you are not sure of the difference. A king reigns over a country; A rider pulls on a horse’s reins.

relevance: Relevance is a word; relevancy is not.

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Republican, Republican Party: Capitalize both there is not a space in R.J. words in all references to the political party or its members. Avoid GOP. See political parties. Robert H. Smith School of Business: Don’t use. R See business school. residence: Don’t use this long term — use house, apartment, dorm or whatever else it is. Be specific. SPORTS Rock and Roll, Part II: Use in quotations to refer to residence hall: Do not use this wordy term for the the song chanted at athletic events. Do not refer to it word dorm unless it’s in a quote. as the “You Suck” song. See dorm. Rock N Roll Hotel: Music venue in Washington. Residence Hall Association: Use RHA on later ref- Notes erences. Use the acronym on first reference if it’s in room numbers: Lowercase: room 3112 of the the lede and spell it out on second reference. Do not Stamp Student Union. Never use a letter prefix to a use the acronym in parentheses on first reference. room, such as T-300 Skinner Building. The T refers to the campus’s letter code for the building and therefore resident: People who live in dorms are dorm resi- is redundant. dents. People who live in the state are state residents, not necessarily citizens. Rossborough Inn: The oldest building on the cam- pus. George Washington ate there. Use the Inn on sec- resident assistant: On first reference, lower case ond reference. resident assistant. RA is acceptable on second refer- ence. The plural is RAs. Rosh Hashanah: Our spelling for the Jewish New Year. It falls 10 days before Yom Kippur in September resident director: RAs must report to resident or October. directors. Be sure to distinguish from the resident life director, who is in charge of all the campus’s dorms. IMPORTANT RD is acceptable on second reference. The plural is Route 1: Only abbreviate in headlines (Rt. 1); always RDs. use the numeral. When referring to the efforts to rede- velop Route 1, use redevelopment, not reconstruction. Resident Life Department: The administrative office When using block numbers, add a landmark to give that runs the dorms. The head is the resident life director. the reader context. (Not resident life office director). On second reference, Resident Life or the department is acceptable. rush, Rush: Do not use. Use recruitment instead. Also, do not listen to. resume: For both the verb to continue and the pro- See pledge. fessional document.

reverend: Use the Rev. before the name, and the reverend or the person’s last name on other refer- ences. Also, on all references for Rev. Rich Abdill.

RFK Stadium: Uppercase on first reference; RFK or the stadium thereafter. The Washington Redskins used to play here; they moved to FedEx Field in Landover, Md., in September 1997. Somehow, D.C. United (MLS) still plays here.

SPORTS Ritchie Coliseum: Don’t forget the t.

Rivals.com

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Seven Springs Village: Apartment complex located S on Cherry Hill Road where many of this university’s students live. Use Seven Springs on second reference. S Sabbath: Not Shabbat or any other spelling, except in quotes. Shanghai Cafe: See Shanghai Tokyo Cafe. It’s right there, look! Santa Fe Cafe: A bar, which closed after the spring Shanghai Tokyo Cafe: A restaurant below the 2010 semester, that was located on Knox Road. It View. Do not confuse with Shanghai Cafe. hosted concerts and had lenient ID policies. Don’t use an accent here. Shuttle-UM: Operated by the Department of Transportation Services. Notes SAT: Acceptable on all references for the Scholastic Assessment Test. It used to be the Scholastic Aptitude since Test. Its plural is SATs. See because/since. Satellite Central Utilities Building: Provides utili- sizable: Not sizeable. If you have to use it — the ties to several South Hill dorms. The title is confusing, word large will usually do — spell it right. so don’t use it; call it the South Hill utility building instead. Do not use the acronym SCUB. Smithsonian Institution: Not Institute. Individual museums are capitalized: Gallery of Art, Museum of scheme: If you do not mean to imply secrecy or Natural History. ingenuity, do not use scheme to mean plan or project. Right: Norton devised a scheme to bolster the song titles: Use quotes. University of Maryland Eastern Shore. See addendum|works. schools: Capitalize: Eastern High School, Loyola sophomore: Note the second o. College, Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania. But don’t capitalize this university’s south architecture school or public affairs school. See direction, regions. See college. South Atlantic States: Maryland is one of eight senate, Senate: Use Senate, capitalized, to mean South Atlantic states. The others are Delaware, the U.S. Senate or the state Senate. Precede with U.S. Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, or state on the first reference if necessary to avoid Virginia and West Virginia. confusion. Use senate, lowercase, on second references to South Campus the University Senate. See University Senate. South Campus Commons: Apartments on South Campus. Refer to to individual buildings as Commons Sept. 11, 9/11: Either is acceptable. 7, etc. series: Do not use any form of punctuation, including South Campus Dining Hall: Uppercase. Use dining a comma, immediately before the and or or in a series. hall on second reference. Use commas only with offset clauses that have their own nouns and verbs, or when the last item includes a South Hill: Comprises these dorms: Allegany, conjunction. Annapolis, Baltimore, Calvert, Cecil, Charles, Frederick, Wrong: The boys, girls, and dogs went to camp. Garrett, Harford, Howard, Kent, Montgomery, Prince Right: The boys, girls and dogs went to camp. George’s, Talbot and Washington halls. Right: The boys went to camp, the girls went home, and the dogs got lost. special days and events: Observances such as As a noun, series is both singular and plural. Don’t try Greek Week, Black History Month, Christmas Day, or anything crazy like “serieses.” President’s Convocation should be capitalized.

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speeches: Capitalize first word of the title and put student activities fee: Not activity. The fee is the title in quotes: The speech, “Putting the world mandatory for all full-time undergraduates, and the into perspective,” was boring. total collected each year is allocated to student S groups by the SGA. This money goes into the student spokesperson: Do not use this term. Use activities fund. spokesman or spokeswoman insted of whatever offi- See student groups. cial title an organization may bestow. Student Entertainment Events: Use on first refer- spring break, winter break: Not Christmas vaca- ence, except in the lede. Use SEE on second reference. tion or Easter break. Note the uppercase E’s in SEE. Student Entertainment Events, it is the student concert and entertainment Springhill Lake Apartments: An apartment com- board. Formally SEE Productions and Student Notes plex in Greenbelt. Use Springhill Lake on second refer- Entertainment Enterprises. ence. Do not use SEE in jumplines, lest we end up with See SEE, Page 3. Stadium Drive Garage: Uppercase. Student Government Association: Use SGA in STAR Center: Spell out on first reference as the lede and spell out on second reference. If not in the Student Test and Referral Center, unless it’s in the lede, the first reference should be spelled out. Use lede; in that case use STAR Center and spell out later. SGA thereafter. A the is necessary when using the Use the center thereafter. This SGA-run service kept acronym as a noun. copies of sample examinations and other study mate- Legislators should be identified by area: Joe Jones, rials. It stopped operating in spring 2006 because of a South Hill legislator. Other SGA legislative areas: funding issues. North Hill, Denton Community, Ellicott Community, Cambridge Community, Greek, commuter, at-large. STARS: Student Activities Reporting System. A group Lowercase titles and put after the name, such as: meant to register and catalog student groups. Daniel Cones, SGA president. If you must put the title before the name it follows the normal title format. Stamp Student Union See titles. See Adele H. Stamp Student Union. The SGA’s structure is outlined by its constitution. Constitutional amendments require the approval of state government: The General Assembly compris- the SGA legislature at two meetings, and can be es two houses; the Senate and the House of blocked by student petition. Delegates. Members of the Senate are senators; mem- The SGA bylaws outline the procedures the SGA bers of the House are delegates. may use in carrying out its functions. Bylaws may be On first reference use Senate or state Senate and changed at any meeting by a two-thirds majority of House of Delegates. the legislators present. As a result, the bylaws tend to The Senate president heads the Senate; the speak- change fairly often. er heads the House. Student Judicial Board: The board and the panel state’s attorney’s office: Note apostrophe place- are acceptable on second reference. Use Jud Board ment. only in headlines when nothing else will fit. See Judicial Board and Judicial Programs statehouse: It’s in Annapolis. Office.

state police student loans: Be careful to distinguish between the See police. different types of loans available to students. Stafford Loans are low-interest loans made by statewide: No hyphen, like campuswide. But it’s uni- lending institutions (banks, savings and loans, credit versity-wide and system-wide. unions, etc.), but are guaranteed, or covered by the federal government if the borrower doesn’t pay back Strategic Plan: A 10-year plan approved every the loan. Staffords are first sent to the school, which decade by the Board of Regents to improve the uni- pays the borrower’s tuition and fees before releasing versity system. Last approved in December 2010. the rest of the loan to the student.

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National Direct Student Loans are federal funds loaned by the school the student is attending. PLUS loans, which have a higher interest rate than T GSLs, are made by lending institutions to parents of T students. PLUS loans are sent directly to the borrower. teaching assistant: TA is acceptable on second ref- Loans, unlike grants, must be repaid. erence. The plural is TAs. Do not use graduate assis- See Pell grants. tant or GA.

SUV: acceptable on all references for sport utility teen, teenage, teenager: Note the lack of vehicle. hyphens. system-wide: Note the hyphenation for this adjec- TV: TV can be used as a noun or an adjective. Note tive. Same goes for university-wide. the lack of periods. For TV stations, use station call let- Notes ters with the channel in parentheses: WRC-TV (Channel 4).

Terps/Terrapins: Never singular except when direct- ly before person’s name as the sole identifier, Terp Stefon Diggs.

Terp Bucks: Dining plan supplement usable at cam- pus convenient stores.

Terrapin Club: The university’s sports booster club. Use Terrapin Club, a university athletics booster club, on first reference.

Terrapin Express: A points plan where money is put onto the student ID card. It’s separate from the meal plan and can be used in any dining hall, the North Campus convenience store, McKeldin Library, student union eateries and other locations.

Terrapin Israel Public Affairs Committee: Spell out on first reference, use TERPAC on second refer- ence.

Terrapin Trail Garage: The parking garage near the Comcast Center, formerly known as the Arena Drive Garage. Includes Lot 6.

that: Drop this word unless its presence makes the sentence clearly correct. When in doubt, keep it in. Wrong: Loh said that he would make a statement tomorrow. Right: Loh said he would make a statement tomorrow. Right: Loh said that statement would be made tomorrow.

IMPORTANT that, which: These two words usually introduce clauses that modify nouns. If the information in the clause is essential to identify the noun, use that and

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do not use commas. titled: This word can usually be omitted. Never use If the clause provides information that is not entitled to mean titled. Entitled means deserving. essential to identify the noun, use which and enclose T the clause in commas. AP DEVIATION Right: Ethan Rosenberg’s car, which was in Lot 1, titles: Titles of campus and university system person- was hit by a bulldozer. (Here, the reader already nel should be lowercase after the name, with these knows which car is being discussed, so the clause pro- exceptions: President Wallace Loh, Chancellor Brit vides information that is not essential to the Kirwan, Provost Ann Wylie and, when necessary, sequence.) Regent (name). Right: The car that was in Lot 1 was hit by a bull- Titles of government officials and heads of state dozer. are also capitalized before the name: President Wrong: The car which was in Lot 1 was hit by a Obama, Pope Benedict XVI, Gov. Martin O’Malley, Notes bulldozer. Mayor Andrew Fellows, Rep., Del. or Sen. Jones (party – district, county or state). Cabinet members, minis- theater: Use theatre only when it is part of an offi- ters and military officials are also introduced with cap- cial title, such as Folger Theatre. This university also italized titles. calls its students theatre majors. Otherwise, use -er. Other campus and university titles should follow Capitalize only when referring to a specific place: Hoff this format: Linda Clement, student affairs vice presi- Theater, but the Student Union’s movie theater. dent. If titles must come before the name they are capitalized. their/they’re/there: Their is possesive. Their dog is If more than one person holds the same title, pre- sick. cede with a: Clifford Foust, a history professor; Chris They’re means “they are.” They’re going to Elder, a committee member; David Fram, a regent. Hawaii next week. Courtesy titles: Do not use Mr., Mrs., Ms or Miss. There refers to location. The ball landed over Instead, use the first and last names on the first refer- there. ence (no middle initials, unless the person is generally referred to that way, as in George C. Scott). Use only think, feel: Someone might say he thinks sex is the last name on later references, unless that name is good. The reporter does not know what he really shared with someone else in the copy. If two or more thinks. members of the same family are named, use Mr. and Wrong: Loh thinks the university deserves top-10 Mrs. for parents and first names for children. status. See middle initials. Right: Loh said he thinks the university deserves Use Dr. before a name only if that person holds a top-10 status. medical degree. Do not use feel for think, because it describes the See doctor. physical touching of an object. Use believe instead. Wrong: Loh said he feels the chancellor made the top 10, top-10: Don’t spell out 10 in specific, pub- correct decision. (This implies that Mote fondled the lished lists. chancellor.) Wrong: The top ten teams make the playoffs. Right: Loh said he believes the chancellor made Right: This radio station plays top-10 songs every the right decision. night. Right: This university should be in the U.S. News SPORTS top 10. three-point, 3-pointer AP DEVIATION time: Use a figure followed by a.m. or p.m., except tomorrow: One m. Refers to the day AFTER publica- for noon and midnight. Do not use 12 a.m., 12 noon tion. or 12 midnight. Do not use zeros for times on the hour: “It’s 7 toward: Not towards. a.m., but my watch reads 7:20.” In quotes, add a.m. or p.m. in brackets, unless the The Towers at University Town Center: On first time of day is made clear in the context. Always use reference. Subsequent references use the complex or figures. the apartments, but not The Towers or UTC. This is an apartment complex located in Hyattsville that is

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THE DIAMONDBACK // stylebook 2012 entirely for students. It houses students from several universities, including this university. The apartments are individually owned and then leased to students. U U Transportation Services, Department of: Up on all references. This department now manages both Undergraduate Student Legal Aid Office: parking and shuttle service. DOTS is acceptable on Uppercase, on second reference the office unless second reference, as is the department or another office is mentioned. Transportation Services. When referring to Shuttle-UM (or Metro) lines, use the following guidelines: unique: Cannot be qualified. Things cannot be more or Junior journalism major Mary Clare Fischer took less unique. the Green Line to Stamp. Purple and Orange line dri- vers would not accept her because she was causing a university: Refers to the entity, not the grounds. Notes public disturbance. People are university officials or university students. Avoid using this university. Use the university when Twitter: Use Alex Knobel said on Twitter rather than more than one university is mentioned. Do not use @alexknobel said unless the handle is important to College Park or Maryland in reference to the university. the story (@fakewallaceloh). Note that university is down in university President Wallace Loh. Right: Jones has always dreamed of attending this university. Wrong: Jones walked around the university before deciding to enroll. (Should be the campus.) Right: university President Wallace Loh, university administration Wrong: campus students, campus administration See campus.

university-wide: Note the hyphen. Same goes for system-wide.

University Book Center See bookstores.

University Courtyard: The old name for The Courtyards. See The Courtyards at the University of Maryland.

University Hill Apartments: A graduate housing complex at Adelphi Road and University Boulevard (Rt. 193) that’s really called Graduate Hills on all refer- ences.

IMPORTANT AP DEVIATION University Police: Contrary to proper grammar, use “are” with University Police because it sounds better. University Police are looking for the suspect.

University Senate: A body composed mostly of fac- ulty, some students and some classified employees and staff. It makes recommendations on academic and faculty concerns to the president. The senate (lowercase) is acceptable on second reference. Do not

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use Campus Senate or College Park Campus Senate. On first reference, capitalize the name of senate committee. V U Use the committee or the panel on second refer- ence unless other committees are included in the Varsity, The: Apartment complex on Route 1 north story. of the University View. University System of Maryland: When referring Verizon Center: Formerly MCI Center. The home of to the 13-institution University System of Maryland, the Washington Wizards (formerly the Bullets) and the use the University System of Maryland on the first ref- Washington Capitals located in downtown erence, and the system on later references. The old Washington. Does not take a “the” in front of it. Use University of Maryland was reorganized by a state bill the center on all other references. Notes in July 1988 and includes 11 campuses and two research facilities, with College Park as the flagship vice chancellor: Lowercase and after the name, but campus. The system name was changed from if necessary before a name, capitalize. University of Maryland System in July 1997. See titles. Do not use University, Maryland, UM, U. of M., USM or University of Maryland to mean the system or vice president: Never hyphenate. Lowercase and the campus. after the name, but if necessary before the name, cap- On second reference, lowercase, university italize. system. See Board of Regents. For list of all member institutions, see addendum|usm.

University system campuses See campuses.

University View, the: Two-building apartment complex on the 8200 block of Route 1. If specific buildings are referenced, use the University View and the University View II.

Unstoppable Starts Here: A completely unneces- sary university slogan adopted in 2009. The rebrand- ing effort cost $250,000.

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THE DIAMONDBACK // stylebook 2012 W X X Wawa Food Market: Only the first ‘W’ is capital- x: In lumber measurements, 2x4. ized in Wawa. Wawa is acceptable on all references. XF: No quotations. Failure of a class due to academic dis- Washington honesty. See District of Columbia. X-mas: Do not use this term. Use Christmas. we: Other than in quotes, the only use for we is on Y the editorial page, and then only when emphasizing X-ray the view of the newspaper. Avoid overuse.

Web: Use Internet. Capitalized when standing alone because it refers to the World Wide Web. World Wide Web on first reference; the Web on second. See website, webpage. Y Z website, webpage: One word, lowercase. year-round When possible, use brand name and not URL (Google, Yahoo, Facebook). If site is not easily recog- years: Set off with commas if part of a complete nizable, write Rivals.com — do not include www. date: Jan. 18, 1994, was the first day of classes. But Notes When quoting from a website that has misspelled do not use commas when talking about months: The a word, correct it in [brackets] in the quote. Fix capi- report will be ready in April 1994. talization and punctuation without brackets. Use a backquote only when deleting the 19. The See email. 1980s, the ’60s. Use 2012-13 in reference to academic years, bas- winter term ketball seasons and other periods that span portions of two years. WMUC: On the first reference, use student radio sta- tion WMUC 88.1 FM and WMUC thereafter. Do not use MUC. Don’t italicize. AP DEVIATION yesterday: Use this to refer to the day before an Women’s Health Center: The Women’s Health article’s publication. This deviates from AP style, Center is located in the Health Center. Use the center which says to name the day. on second reference if no confusion will result. Yom Kippur: The holiest of the Jewish holidays. It means day of atonement, and takes place in September or October. Z

Z: We don’t have any style rules yet that start with Z. You can use this space for notes.

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nates with a city department(s) to complete the task. Though he or she is very influential in city matters, he CITY or she cannot vote on any city issue and is selected by * the council. Guide to the City of College Park Information accurate as of July 2012 The city has several departments, each headed by a director who is selected by the council: The City of College Park is run by a council form of City Finance Department - Steve Groh, director government, ruled by a mayor and eight council mem- City Planning Department - Terry Schum, director bers. Use the City of College Park in the first reference City Public Works Department - Robert Stumpff, direc- to the city government; use College Park in the first tor reference of the city in a geographic or physical City Public Services Department - Bob Ryan, director Notes aspect. Use city in all second references. The finance and planning departments are always lower case unless preceding a director’s name. Public The city is divided into four districts, with two council Works and Public Services are always capitalized. members for each district. The mayor represents the entire city. They are elected every two years. There The council has a non-voting student liaison, selected must be a majority vote of the council on most issues. from a pool of applicants by representatives from the The mayor does not vote on most issues unless there council and the Student Government Association. is a 4-4 tie or if the council is voting on budget mat- ters. A council member can abstain from voting, which For more information on the City of College Park, visit would lead to a result such as 5-2-1. http://www.collegeparkmd.gov/index.php.

The elected city officials are: Mayor Andrew Fellows District 1: Fazlul Kabir and Patrick Wojahn District 2: Bob Catlin and Monroe Dennis District 3: Robert Day and Stephanie Stullich District 4: Marcus Afzali and Denise Mitchell

The council can be cited as the council or council members. A specific council member is cited as District 1 Councilman Patrick Wojahn or District 4 Councilwoman Marcus Afzali. The mayor is cited as Mayor Andrew Fellows but when used in conjunction with the council, the word remains lower case. The mayor and council met last night .

The council meets every Tuesday except the fifth Tuesday of the month. The council first meets at a “worksession,” where it discusses agenda items and hashes out something that will win a majority vote. The council rarely takes a vote during worksessions, unless a “special session” is called or if it is a budget item. The council then meets the following Tuesday for a “council meeting,” where it votes on agenda items. A “public hearing” sometimes precedes a council meeting, during which residents can testify for an agenda item that the council will vote on that night.

The city manager is the administrative leader of the city. The city manager is Joe Nagro. The city manager is in charge of all of the city’s departments. The coun- cil assigns him or her a task, which he or she coordi-

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THE DIAMONDBACK // addenda // stylebook 2012 ACC USM * Guide to ACC schools and football divisions Guide to the University System of Maryland and the Board of Regents ATLANTIC DIVISION: Maryland Terrapins University System of Maryland Colleges and Florida State Seminoles Universities: Boston College Eagles Bowie State University (Bowie State acceptable on Clemson Tigers second reference) N.C. State Wolfpack Coppin State College (Coppin State acceptable on Notes Wake Forest Demon Deacons second reference) Syracuse Orange (to join July 1, 2013) Frostburg State University (Frostburg acceptable on second reference*) COASTAL DIVISION: Salisbury University (Salisbury acceptable on sec- Virginia Tech Hokies ond reference*) Miami Hurricanes Towson University (Towson acceptable on second Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets reference*) North Carolina Tar Heels University of Baltimore Virginia Cavaliers University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB on sec- Duke Blue Devils ond reference) Pittsburgh Panthers (to join July 1, 2013) University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC on second reference) University of Maryland (refer to it as the university. Use this university if unclear.) Not University of Maryland, College Park. The College Park has been dropped from the official name. Flagship. University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES on second reference) University of Maryland University College (UMUC on second reference)

University System of Maryland Research Centers: University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (Center for Environmental Science on second reference) University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute (Biotechnology Institute acceptable on second refer- ence)

*unless there is confusion between the city and uni- versity.

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Board of Regents 2012-13 members MAJORS * James Shea, Chairman Barry Gossett, Vice-Chairman Gary Attman, Treasurer Guide to majors at the University of Maryland John Young, , Assistant Treasurer Tom McMillen, Secretary Please note that in copy, all majors are lowercase with Thomas Slater, Assistant Secretary the exception of those including proper nouns Norman Augustine (English, American studies, etc.) The official name for Patricia Florestano each major is listed below. Louise Michaux Gonzales Notes Linda Gooden accounting Earl Hance, ex officio aerospace engineering Orlan Johnson African-American studies Francis Kelly Jr. agriculture David Kinkopf agricultural and resource economics Frank Reid III agricultural and veterinary dedicine Paul L. Vance agricultural science and technology Steven Hershkowitz, Student Regent American studies animal sciences anthropology Arabic studies architecture art education art history astronomy atmospheric and oceanic science

behavioral and community health biochemistry bioengineering biology business

cell biology and genetics Central European, Russian and Eurasian studies chemical engineering chemistry Chinese civil engineering classical languages and literatures communication computer engineering computer science criminology and criminal Justice

dance dietetics

early childhood education ecological technology design economics education

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Japanese Jewish studies journalism kinesiology landscape architecture landscape management letters and sciences (enrolled in) linguistics marketing materials science mathematics mathematics education mechanical engineering microbiology music music education natural resources management

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stylebook 2012 \\ addenda \\ THE DIAMONDBACK * PEERS WORKS University of Maryland designated “peer” Follow these styles for titles of works — universities and corresponding websites — Italics, no quotes University of California, Berkeley almanacs www.berkeley.edu ballets books University of Michigan CDs Notes www.umich.edu collections of poetry comic books University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign comic strips www.uiuc.edu dictionaries encyclopedias University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill foreign words www.unc.edu law reviews long musical compositions with distinctive names University of California, Los Angeles long poems published separately www.ucla.edu magazines medical journals movies newsletters newspapers — except The Diamondback operas oratorios paintings photographs plays radio and television series record albums sculpture uniform resource locators (URLs)

Roman, no quotes books of the Bible computer operating systems computer programs, like for word processing and spreadsheets games historical documents such as the Declaration of Independence Internet browsers musical compositions named by number or key names of websites online services sacred religious books

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“Roman, quotes” articles booklets âççéñts chapters * dissertations episodes of radio and television programs Instructions on how to get each accent — essays exhibitions French headlines à Option + ` then a lectures â Option + i then a monographs ç Option + c pamphlets é Option + e then e reports è Option + ` then e Notes short poems ê Option + i then e short stories ë Option + u then e songs î Option + i then i speeches ï Option + u then i theses œ Option + q ô Option + i then o û Option + i then u « and » Option [+ shift] + \

Spanish á Option + e then a é Option + e then e í Option + e then i ñ Option + n then n ó Option + e then o ú Option + e then u ü Option + u then u ¿ Option + ? ¡ Option + 1

Italian à Option + ` then a è Option + ` then e ì Option + ` then i ò Option + ` then o ù Option + ` then u

German ä Option + u then a ë Option + u then e ö Option + u then o ü Option + u then u ß Option + s

For capital letters, use the above but hold down the shift key as well.

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