Merrill College-Photojournalism

Photo Assignment #1, Fields

Junior Natalie LaRosa teaches a high intensity interval training class at the University of Maryland in College Park, Md. on Feb. 4, 2020. LaRosa is a certified group fitness instructor and teaches several classes at the university's recreation center.

Members of CHAARG work on classwork before taking part in a high intensity interval training session at the University of Maryland in College Park, Md on Feb. 4, 2020. CHAARG is a women's fitness organization that holds weekly workouts on Tuesdays.

Sophomore Emma Newell completes push ups during a high intensity interval training workout at the University of Maryland in College Park, Md. on Feb. 4, 2020. Newell is a part of the executive board for CHAARG, a women's fitness organization on campus.

Participants in a high intensity interval training session complete different exercises at each station at the University of Maryland in College Park, Md. on Feb. 4, 2020. The workout was created by junior Natalie LaRosa, a certified group fitness instructor.

Junior Alex Wood takes a group picture after finishing a high intensity interval training session at the University of Maryland in College Park, Md. on Feb. 4, 2020. Wood is the president of CHAARG, a women's fitness organization on campus.

Photo Assignment #1, Akerman

Students lined up in rows at the start of class to follow what instructor Juan Aistry did on Monday, Feb. 3, 2020. Starting off the class this way allows for students to get comfortable with what will be taught later on.

Instructor Juan Aistry lets the class practice the moves he has taught them on Monday, Feb. 3, 2020. Aistry would play and pause the music constantly to correct and help certain students.

Students used different types of shoes to learn at Bachata Mondays on Monday, Feb. 3, 2020. The beginner class is not the most intense so the shoes are not the most important element.

Students raise their hands to let instructor Juan Aistry know whether or not they know a certain dance on Monday, Feb. 3, 2020. These students were part of the beginner class.

Maryland's Latin Dance Club instructor Juan Aistry teaches students a new dance during a Bachata lesson
on Monday, Feb. 3, 2020. Bachata lessons are offered every Monday at beginner and intermediate levels.

Photo Assignment #1, Shulman

Iris Yourick double checks the Monopoly instructions in the Hagerstown Hall fourth floor lounge on Tuesday, Feb. 4th, 2020. The rules were heavily contested during the friendly game night.

Hagerstown Hall fourth floor residents participate in a game of Monopoly in the lounge on Tuesday, Feb. 4th, 2020. The floor-wide game night only had a handful of people present.

Sam Chuzhin puts his head in his hands in the Hagerstown fourth floor lounge on Tuesday, Feb. 4th, 2020. His friend had made a terrible joke, and Sam was laughingly showing his disapproval.

The tokens were placed on the "Go" spot of the Monopoly board Tuesday night, Feb. 4th, 2020. Five Hagerstown residents had chosen their tokens individually, and the hamburger token created minor disputes.

A Hagerstown resident balances work and play during the Hagerstown fourth floor game night in the lounge on Tuesday, Feb. 4th, 2020. Several students continued to do homework while others were playing games.

Photo Assignment Biamon #1

Sophomore Alexsis Rubio scores a 9.572 for the Maryland Terrapins for her floor routine Sunday, Feb. 2 2020. Rubio's performance allowed the Terrapins to take a lead during the meet against Illinois.

The Maryland Gymnastics team prepares for their meet against Illinois Sunday, Feb. 2 2020. Their season is proving strong, as they have only lost one meet so far.

Senior Kirsten Peterman sticks the landing after her bar performance Sunday, Feb. 2 2020. Peterman scores a 9.675 for the Maryland Terrapins.

Senior Tiara Wright sticks the landing after her beam performance Sunday, Feb. 2 2020. Wright scores a 9.850 for the Maryland Terrapins.

Photo Assignment #1, Tuerk

Martha Klein, a volunteer at the Smithsonian Institute for Natural History, gestures with a plastic model of a tarantula to local elementary school students on February 4, 2020. Students from several schools wander in and out of the live tarantula feeding presentation.

An elementary school student raises his hand to ask a question during a live tarantula feeding exhibit at the Smithsonian Institute for Natural History on February 4, 2020. Smithsonian volunteer Martha Klein says feedings occur every hour on weekdays from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. with different spiders.

Smithsonian volunteer Martha Klein displays preserved tarantula exoskeletons to local elementary school students at the Smithsonian Institute for Natural History on February 4, 2020. Klein says that tarantulas molt about once a year.

Smithsonian volunteer Martha Klein answers a local elementary school student's question during a live tarantula feeding exhibit at the Smithsonian Institute of Natural History on February 4, 2020. Klein says she has been a volunteer at the institute since 2003.

Rosie, a mature Chilean Rose Hair tarantula, wanders her terrarium at the Smithsonian Institute for Natural History on February 4, 2020. She is fed dried crickets once a week as part of her diet.