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on 25 of 34 free-throw attempts.

But a season-high 26 Terps turnovers helped a weary Duke group hang around. It wasn’t until guard Quinn Cook’s last-second heave met iron that the Terps secured their first win over Duke since March 2010.

Center Alex Len, playing before more than a dozen NBA scouts, proved critical in his team’s first true statement win of the season. The Ukrainian big man scored a team-high 19 points on 6-of-8

Within seconds of the final buzzer sounding Saturday night, signaling the Terrapins’ 83-81 win over Duke, fans stormed the court — and just as quickly, students poured out of apartments and dorms to a relatively under-control celebration on Route 1, in which one student was arrested, Prince George’s County Police said.

It was a far cry from the riot that ensued in 2010 after the Terps beat the Blue Devils at Comcast Center to tie for the ACC regular season championship title. At the time, police came to Route 1 in full riot gear, and 28 people — including 23 students — were arrested after officers punched, clubbed and pepper-sprayed the crowds. On Saturday night, however, police came without gear, and University Police spokesman Maj. Marc Limansky said the police were, overall, “proud” of the celebrations that ensued for about two hours. County police did not release details of the arrest yesterday.

“The behavior overall was impressive on the part of the students, for not creating a lot of problems and even interacting with police officers in the city,” Limansky said. “It was friendly, cordial, easygoing — I didn’t get a sense of an ‘us against them’ mentality. It was a very non-violent atmosphere.

It was celebratory; there was a feeling

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the terrapins men’s basketball team beat Duke, 83-81, at Comcast Center in what will likely be the last time the university hosts the Blue Devils. Fans immediately stormed the court and took to Route 1 to celebrate the victory. Students broke down a street light, lit small fires and crowd surfed. One student was arrested, Prince George’s County Police said, but officials said the night was a success overall. photos by charlie deboyace/the diamondback

Win vs. Duke keeps NCAA hopes alive Terps give win-starved fan base crucial victory

By Connor Letourneau Senior staff writer It was a must-win game in every sense of the term. The Terrapins men’s basketball team had a distinct lack of statement victories and no other current top-25 tests remaining on its regularseason slate. An upset over No. 2 Duke would be necessary to stay relevant in the NCAA Tournament discussion.

So before the Terps hosted the Blue

Devils on Saturday night, coach Mark Turgeon discussed passion with his players. He stressed pride, and he talked about the matchup’s significance to a win-starved fan base desperate to experience March Madness for the first time in three years.

The youthful Terps were listening.

They mustered enough magic to squeak out an 83-81 win, prompting students in a raucous home crowd of 17,950 to storm the court in jubilation. The victory

provided a needed boost to the Terps’ postseason resume and squelched a sixgame skid against the Blue Devils.

“I wanted to beat Duke. It means a lot,” said Turgeon, who may not get that opportunity at Comcast Center again given the Terps’ upcoming move to the Big Ten. “I know what it means to our fan base.”

Those fans started lining up along the hill outside Comcast at about 10 p.m. Wednesday, and celebrated into the night on Route 1. They mobbed the night’s heroes on Gary Williams Court, and guard Nick Faust said some girls even tried to kiss his jersey.

The Terps seemed to ride the crowd’s support all game, coming off a six-day break to play some of their most inspired basketball of the season. They shot 60 percent from the field, outrebounded the Blue Devils, 40-20, and connected

“We never quit; we never had a doubt we were going to win the game.”

MARK TURGEON

Terrapins men’s basketball coach

Students unsatisfied with city’s Valentine’s options Several restaurants still saw increased sales

By Annika McGinnis Staff writer For a day of love, students said College Park’s offerings on Valentine’s Day were a bit half-hearted.

On Thursday night, young couples sat over bowls of noodles and bubble tea at Ten Ren’s Tea Time. Down the street, a welldressed young man waited in Starbucks with a half dozen red balloons. Shelves in CVS were stripped bare, leaving just a few stray heartshaped boxes of chocolates.

“You better get in there — there ain’t much candy left,” a CVS worker told a man standing outside the store.

This Valentine’s Day, pairs of students trekked down to Route 1 for annual obligatory dinner dates.

Although several restaurants saw

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sales spike because of the holiday, many students said College Park didn’t offer adequate options for a romantic evening.

“For events like Valentine’s Day, I would guess [students] went to D.C.,” said Vinnie Madzone, a Cornerstone Grill and Loft manager, adding that sales weren’t higher or lower for the holiday. “There’s a few upscale places [in College Park], but they’re few and far between.”

Still, several restaurants reaped the benefits of the day of love. At Azteca Restaurant and Cantina, sales were “very, very, very much” higher — by about 90 percent, said manager Mario Orellana. He attributed the spike to a huge promotional campaign for the restaurant’s Valentine’s Day special: a two-person meal including a dessert,

cornel west spoke to a crowd of more than 300 people in the Grand Ballroom. He challenged students to take an active role in the fight on poverty, race and politics and to find their own names. fatimah waseem/the diamondback

Taking an active role Revered Cornel West speaks in Stamp

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with more than 300, Cornel West transformed into the African sankofa bird he spoke of — strong, reverent and refusing to move forward without

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Within three days of tickets becoming available, the highly-anticipated Thursday night event sold out. Audience members flowed into the Grand Ballroom, along with the Hoff Theater for a live video cast, to hear the nationally revered philosopher-activist-professor challenge students to become active voices of social change in the fight on poverty, race and politics.

“Drones dropped in Pakistan drop in D.C., too,” West said. “The blowback is in the soul of a nation. We haven’t lost so long as we have soul, so long as we share sweetness in the backdrop of reality.”

Dropping names of Dorothy Day, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., while juggling the philosophies of Plato and Socratic energy, West said finding one’s own name was the first step in creating change.

Born on July 2, 1953, the American philosopher, religions scholar and popular intellectual has authored more than 20 books, including Race Matters, which has sold about 400,000 copies.

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duke From PAGE 1 shooting, grabbed nine rebounds and blocked three shots. Len also teamed up with center Shaquille Cleare to stifle national player of the year candidate Mason Plumlee, who bullied Len three weeks ago in Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Plumlee finished with easily his worst stat line of the season.

The senior forward totaled just four points and three rebounds while shooting 2-of-7 from the field in his 33 minutes.

“We just tried to play physical with him,” said Len, who topped the 12-point mark for the first time in six games Saturday. “He’s one of the best players in the ACC, but I think it worked.”

The game was one long prizefight. Both teams continuously exchanged blows, trading leads 10 times and evening the score on five occasions.

Such was the case the entire first half. The Terps weathered a stellar shooting display from Seth Curry — the senior guard made his first six shot attempts en route to a game-high 25 points — and entered the break with a 35-34 lead.

The Terps (18-7, 6-6 ACC) pounded the ball inside early in the second half, piecing together an 18-9 run that secured a 10point edge with about 15 minutes remaining. But Duke (22-3, 9-3) responded with a 7-0 rally of its own, and Turgeon called a timeout midway through the half to regroup.

Unlike past games in this rivalry, no Terps collapse arrived.

A Seth Allen layup gave Turgeon’s squad an eight-point edge with 1:56 left, and the Terps staved off a furious Blue Devils comeback bid down the stretch.

After Jake Layman hit one of two free throws to capture an 81-78 lead with 26 seconds remaining, the freshman forward made

a crucial error on Duke’s ensuing possession. Layman fouled guard Rasheed Sulaimon on a three-point attempt, and Sulaimon hit all three free throws to tie the game at 81.

Turgeon called a timeout and drew up a play for Len. But Allen, who finished with 16 points and eight turnovers, saw an opening and drove through the lane. Cook hit him on the arm, sending the rookie to the charity stripe with the game on the line.

Allen flashed a wide smile, took a deep breath and sank both attempts. Allen later said he wasn’t too concerned during the nationally televised moment. Turgeon had asked each player to attempt 500 free throws during the Terps’ extended hiatus, and Allen had hit 427 of them. All that was left between the Terps and solace was Cook’s last-second miss.

“We felt like we needed a big win and this was it,” Allen said. “Going into the locker room after the game, everybody was just relieved.”

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Shortly after 9 p.m., a student climbed onto the Route 1 and Knox Road street sign, took his shirt off and threw his hands up to raucous cheers from the crowd, and when he climbed down, police escorted him away from the area.

A few minutes later, students broke down a lamp post in front of Smoothie King at the intersection of Route 1 and Knox Road, prompting police to man the area until it was cleaned up to protect crowd revelers from live wires.

Shortly after the lamp shattered in the middle of Route 1, students chanted “F--- that lamp” and “Bring the horses,” a nod to the 2010 riots when officers lined the streets on horseback. Although police had 10 park police horse trailers at the ready, they stayed parked on Calvert Road.

While relations between police and students soured after 2010 — county police officers Reginald Baker and James Harrison faced trial last year for beating then-21year-old John McKenna, a university student at the time — this year, everyone was celebrating together, Limansky said.

“It was a different feel down there. In the past, we’d come out in our riot gear,” Limansky said. “We came without gear, shook hands, talked about the game — it was a good feeling.”

The celebrations started when hundreds gathered around a university-sanctioned bonfire at about 8:40 p.m., where students chanted “F--- Duke” and “Let’s go, Maryland” while groups of county and university police stood nearby. After about 10 minutes, students started flooding Route 1, kicking and slapping signs by the Campus Drive and Regents Drive intersection before making their way toward Knox Road.

“This is amazing,” said Ryan Cottrell, a junior fire protection engineering major. “This is the thing you do at Maryland — take part in this atmosphere.”

Fans climbed onto the guardrail from Potbelly’s down to Bank of America while students hoisted one another and crowd surfed in

a lamp post rests on the ground near the intersection of Route 1 and Knox Road Saturday night after students celebrating the Terrapins’ win knocked it down. charlie deboyace/the diamondback the middle of Route 1. One female student sitting on someone’s shoulders flashed the crowd.

While some students tried to start fires, police quickly broke up most attempts. Firecrackers sporadically went off during the twohour celebration; a male student was rattled by one that came within inches of his ear. Students also took turns waving around a flare for a couple of minutes and set a small newspaper fire in front of Ratsie’s.

At about 10 p.m., a student set a roll of toilet paper on fire and threw it into a nearby crowd.

Terps guards Dez Wells and Logan Aronhalt and forward Charles Mitchell jumped onto the guardrail in front of Yogiberry at about 10:20 p.m. and led the crowd in celebratory chants before police instructed them to step off the rail.

Many students called the experience “amazing,” but one student, who sat in a tree for a few minutes in front of Shanghai Cafe, was less than impressed by the celebrations.

“Riots used to be better at Maryland,” said Mark, a junior computer science major.

The boisterous celebration was enjoyable for students and fans, but explains why this university is rated No. 1 on Brobible’s “10 Most Hateable Fan Bases in College Basketball,” said freshman Tim Riddlestorffer, a freshman government and politics major.

The crowds dissipated by 11 p.m. when police reopened all streets.

It was a memorable night, many students at the celebrations said, especially because Saturday likely marked the last time the Terps will host the Blue Devils at Comcast Center. The teams only meet once in the regular season next year after Pittsburgh and Syracuse join the

MORE ONLINE POST-DUKE EVENTS THIS WEEK: DANNY AVILA AT CLUB JOSEPHINE Let’s be honest: After this weekend, no event will compare to the madness that followed the men’s basketball victory over Duke on Saturday night. I won’t sugarcoat it; if you weren’t in College Park, you totally and completely missed out.

Students rushed the court while bar goers rushed Route 1. Although the flash mob at the game proved how spirited and cool we are, the chaos that ensued after the game also reinforced the idea that Maryland basketball fans are the most obnoxious.

While we can all replay the night over and over again in our heads and on YouTube, we’ll need something to do besides talk about how awesome our school is.

If you’re looking to liven up your thirsty Thursday, Deniz Koyu is photo by georg roske from danny avila official performing on Thursday night at Club To read more of Becky Kaminsky’s post, Josephine on The Generation Wild Tour. Danny Avila, dBerrie and Mikael check out The Diamondback’s student blogs at diamondbackonline.com.

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ACC, and university officials aren’t anticipating the conference will schedule favorable home games the year before the university leaves for the Big Ten. “This is a once-in-a-lifetime experience,” said Connor McDermott, a sophomore neurobiology and physiology major. “I’m glad I was a part of it. It’s something I’ll tell my kids about.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

The Terps still have plenty of work ahead of them before locking up an NCAA Tournament berth. They’ll likely need to win at least five of their final six regularseason games — including four road tests — and notch at least one ACC tournament victory to move off the bubble and into next month’s 68-team field.

But Saturday night wasn’t just about keeping the Terps’ postseason hopes alive. It was about passion. It was about a rivalry that’s become a bit one-sided in recent years. It was about giving a hungry fan base something worth savoring.

“We talked about pride and passion, and playing with those two things tonight, for us and for our fans,” Turgeon said of his pregame speech. “Our fans were just tremendous. We never quit; we never had a doubt we were going to win the game.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

center alex len blocked three shots, grabbed nine rebounds and scored a team-high 19 points during Saturday night’s game against the Blue Devils. charlie deboyace/the diamondback

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Cornel West spoke to about 300 people on the importance of becoming active voices of social change in the fight on poverty, race and politics Thursday night. The philosopher-activistprofessor presented before a packed audience in the Grand Ballroom at Stamp Student Union, and was broadcast to the Hoff Theater for a live video cast. fatimah waseem/the diamondback

WEST From PAGE 1 Involved politically with Democratic Socialists, West, the grandson of a preacher, is a former professor at Princeton University and Harvard University.

“I tell my students when they come to my class: ‘You’re coming to learn how to die,’” West said.

Let your preconceptions die, let your dogmas die and experience death through rebirth, West said.

And it seemed the audience did. With each point, the audience erupted into applause, whether he was calling for Main Street to take on the responsibility of corruption on Wall Street, discussing the prison industrial complex as a “Jim Crow Jr.” or exploring stereotypes against American Muslims.

“We’ve got mega-churches with mega-money, but not mega-humanity,” he said in one of the high points of his speech.

“Why is the weight of an American baby more than the weight of a baby in Pakistan? Why do we call for a deep schooling and not a deep education?”

His expansive message also struck a chord at home. He pressed students to support workers’

rights, a cause groups on the campus have taken up in response to cases of intimidation, termination of employment, sexual assault and harassment and other forms of retaliation, according to separate reports by the President’s Commission on Ethnic Minority Issues and student-faculty coalition Justice at Maryland. Before the event, PCEMI presented West with a letter detailing many

of those issues and urged him to further research workers’ treatment on the campus.

“We cannot be on top of every issue. We cannot live a life of echoes. But we can lift every voice,” West said. “We can be originals among a generation of copies.”

But even with each wave of clapping hands, West and the audience acknowledged talk was not enough — they also must walk the walk. In one of many repeated calls to “the people in this room” — as if they were separated by a different dimension of ideas — West said activism was a hard and difficult route.

Several students challenged him to explain how they could turn words into action.

“We have a projector in the basement, we’re sitting in a big room.

How do we not move on?” one student asked.

Change is “messy” business, West said, and one that necessitates connecting issues and joining organizations.

“You’re not going to get everybody. Twelve out of 100 churches joined Martin Luther King Jr. in the March of Churches,” he said.

And though some said the cycle of history churns out the same issues of corruption, poverty and violence again and again, West said they should remember the capacity for human greatness. Living life in

the service of others and not for a paycheck can reverse a history of looking through the lens of conquerors, not the lens of the indigenous, he said.

“I was never told to be successful. I was told ‘Live a life of greatness: quality in the service of others,’” West said.

West addressed each student who asked a question with “brother” or “sister,” his very gestures and facial expressions conveying the language of love he stood by, creating what he called “a renaissance of compassion, gentleness and tenderness.”

“Love is what justice looks like in public,” he said.

For West, a devout Christian, that public face came very clear.

“I am a Christian. I am a Muslim. I am a Jew. There is an anti-Semitic inside of me. There is a white supremacist inside of me,” he said, illustrating that he, too, had to begin his journey with personal introspection.

At times sifting between three dimensions — past, present and future — and occasionally chiming to the blues, West flew past “superficial spectacles” and a “celebrity-crazed culture” all while being grounded in a current reality.

“Words create worlds.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

Ovo simply veggie accented its usually bare tables with candles on Valentine’s Day to add romance. Sales increased 50 percent, said owner Derrick Chang. charlie deboyace/the diamondback

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manager David Strafer said was because groups that typically come in on Thursdays didn’t show up.

This year, College Park restaurants also served fewer couples and more to groups of students, said managers at Ten Ren’s Tea Time, Ovo Simply Veggie and Applebee’s. For instance, sophomore studio art major Allison Callahan went to Cafe Hookah with a group of friends who weren’t in relationships.

“She got sex on the beach … the flavor of single people,” Rainforth, her friend, said jokingly.

Several students disappointed with College Park’s date options chose to go into Washington instead, including junior psychology major Zoe Klein. Klein went to Eighteenth Street Lounge with her boyfriend and another couple.

“It had live music — it was really cool,” Klein said. “College Park — we’re here all the time.

We wanted something different.”

Jaclyn Turner said if she had a Valentine’s Day date, she’d also prefer going downtown.

“D.C. is just a more fun place to go and nicer,” said Turner, a freshman American studies and journalism major. “Route 1 is more casual.”

Even some dates who managed to track down a good place for a meal ran into other limitations of shopping off the campus.

Sophomore studio art major Steffanie Espat and freshman aerospace engineering major William Collins had a nice dinner at Pho Thom on Route 1, but Collins had trouble with another Valentine’s Day staple: buying flowers.

“I got screwed over,” he said.

“The only two places selling flowers were CVS and Stamp. I went to CVS and there weren’t any left. ... There were a lot of people in there. There were a lot of bare shelves.”

So, he “apologized” and didn’t give her flowers, Espat said, laughing. “[College Park] should have more flower places.”

appetizer and main course for $75, according to Orellana. The restaurant also decorated for the holiday.

Azteca wasn’t alone. At Ovo Simply Veggie — where staff placed candles on each table to create a romantic atmosphere — sales increased 50 percent, and the night was the busiest so far for the new restaurant, said owner Derrick Chang. Plato’s Diner was packed with couples as well, said manager Arturo Kopatich, and at Ledo Restaurant, sales increased 15 percent, said manager Susan Marcos.

Even Bobby’s Burger Palace saw about a 7 or 8 percent increase, manager Aaron Augenbaum said.

Although students found places to go in the city, many were disappointed with their choices.

“They have a lot of restaurants on Route 1 but not a lot of date places,” said Meghan Murphy, a sophomore neurobiology and physiology major. Though she said her date at Hanami Japanese Restaurant was “phenomenal,” it’s more or less the only place she goes for dates in the city.

Kate Rainforth, who went to Kiyoko Express Restaurant with her boyfriend, said she was also disappointed with the experience.

“They didn’t even have up decorations; it was kind of sad,” said the sophomore accounting and criminology and criminal justice major. “I would probably go to D.C. next year.”

Though some city restaurants enjoyed spikes in sales, others stayed the same or even saw fewer customers.

Several eateries on Route 1 appeared almost deserted Thursday night.

At Ten Ren’s, business was “pretty normal, just maybe only like $100 more than our regular Thursday,” said manager William La. Jason’s Deli had about a 35 or 40 percent decrease — about $800 less than normal — which newsumdbk@gmail.com

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aturday night’s men’s basketball victory over Duke was nothing if not inspirational. Beating our archrival for the first time in almost three years galvanized the university community and led students to flood the downtown streets in predictable jubilation. Whispers of a potential riot had spread across the campus long before students stormed Gary Williams Court, and it wasn’t clear how students and police officers would respond if the celebration escalated. By the end of the night, when the bonfire was long extinguished and Route 1 was cleared, we were left with one main impression: Now that’s how you celebrate.

In addition to the men’s basketball team, we’d like to congratulate both the Prince George’s County police officers at the scene and the students themselves for the (mostly) successful postgame celebration. There were a few dubious moments — one student was arrested for disorderly conduct; a small fire was lit; a light pole was broken and signs were ripped (or students attempted to rip them) from the ground on Route 1 — but on the whole, the celebration was refreshingly benign. Police officers took the necessary precautions to avoid any escalations, and students avoided purely destructive behavior.

Most readers are likely familiar with what happened the last time the men’s basketball team defeated Duke at the

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Comcast Center: 2010 — a victory tarnished by brutality. County police officers dressed in full riot gear, ready to fight off raucous students. When fans hit the streets, it became clear the excessive precautions escalated the tension and led both students and officers to confront each other in ugly fashion.

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Police officers deserve credit for handling the Route 1 celebration with class and appropriate caution. culminated in 23 student arrests and one notable instance of severe police brutality when two officers were caught on video beating an unarmed student, essentially unprovoked. In total, the county was forced to settle a civil lawsuit worth $2 million with former student John McKenna, as well as another nine settlements worth $1.6 million. The reputations of the county police department, College Park and this university were tarred, and three years later the psychological wounds from that night led many to fear what would happen if a riot broke out Saturday night.

But these fears were quickly dispelled during the celebration, as county officers did their jobs admi-

rably and effectively. Similar to 2012’s game, officers used appropriate precautions and avoided provocation.

Officers stationed more than 10 park police horse trailers on Calvert Road and blocked off Route 1, never having to bring them any closer to the celebrations. By 11 p.m. the streets were cleared, and students dispersed as the celebration moved indoors.

In the end, it was less a riot than a public display of communal pride and ecstasy. The few destructive moments during the celebration were unfortunate and condemnable, but thankfully the police managed to keep things in line while also maintaining students’ trust. As city councilman Marcus Afzali noted on Twitter during the celebration, at one point students were even taking pictures with the police officers, smiling arm-in-arm.

The picture embodied just how far we’ve come since that unfortunate night three years ago.

Instead of encouraging resentment among students by overreacting when fans began crowd surfing and screaming in the streets, officers remained a restrained and calming presence on Route 1. Order was maintained, and the celebration was ultimately a unifying force as it should have been three years ago. We hope this trend continues and students and officers alike continue to build on their strengthened relationship.

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Keep your money; say no to the gas tax Drivers are already burdened enough

ANDREW DO Driving down Route 1, you may have noticed a gallon of regular gas was priced at $3.85. Of that $3.85, 18.4 cents goes to the federal government and 23.5 cents to the state government — bringing the total tax on one gallon of gas to 41.9 cents. If there were no taxes on gasoline, we would only be looking at paying $3.43 per gallon — a substantial difference when you drive on a consistent basis. But there is a reason for those taxes — they fund various transportation projects. The money is used to repair roads, set up new projects for improving traffic and locally, a light rail project: The Purple Line meant to connect New Carrollton to Bethesda through College Park.

It is understandable the government has such a tax, but what Gov. Martin O’Malley has proposed for the last few years — further gasoline tax increases when the price is almost $4 a gallon already — is taking it too far.

O’Malley has been proposing a tax increase of 2 percent each year for the next three years. In the end, it would add more than 20 cents for the current Maryland average gallon on top of the already 41.9 cents the government collects.

The truth is, everyone, even those who claim to be environmentally cautious (like me), still drive a gasoline-fueled car — even the governor still rides in his gasguzzling SUV. Almost everyone will be burdened by this tax.

If this country wants to lower its energy costs and be energy in-

dependent, it needs to explore all its natural resources, in addition to investing in other means of energy, such as harvesting energy from green algae. But if we wait around for innovation to hit us, we can just watch oil prices spike in the meantime. Until this country can lower its prices on gas, the government should not be adding to the already high prices with an increase in taxes.

It’s no secret the state is short on funding for the big programs and projects it wants to accomplish, such as the Purple Line. However, with the rising price of gasoline reaching almost $4 a gallon, the proposed tax increase would hurt the already fragile economy. College students who drive spend hundreds of dollars a month on gas — an increase in the price of gasoline will only add to that burden.

State taxpayers shouldn’t be punished because the government can’t fund its projects. The governor and legislators have had their hands caught in the cookie jar, borrowing money from the Transportation Trust Fund to finance projects other than transportation projects.

Now that the Purple Line needs funding, the governor and legislators are making the middle-class taxpayers pay the price for their gross mismanagement.

As much as the Purple Line would benefit the green initiative and, eventually, students who commute from Bethesda to College Park, the state needs to rearrange its current funds to pay for it, not place the burden on college students and middle-class Marylanders.

Andrew Do is a senior biochemistry major. He can be reached at doandy09@yahoo.com.

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Exotic service trips are a costly treat We’re shelling out money to feel good about ourselves when the need for volunteers is just as urgent in our community LAUREN NURSE Hey! How would you like to go on a vacation service trip this spring break? For a few thousand dollars, you can hammer some nails, give piggyback rides to impoverished children and add an expensive line to the “community service” section of your resume, all while soaking up the hot Caribbean sun. Sounds great, right?

Trips like these are incredibly alluring, offering an exotic destination along with a feel-good opportunity for deep-pocketed participants. But why do people see doling out huge sums and flying halfway across the world as the best way to make a difference? Any volunteer work is good, if not great. Yet we must consider who these expensive overseas community service trips are really serving. College campuses are rife with energetic young people enthusiastic about creating positive social change, and in our excitement to change the world we can overlook the poverty in our own local communities.

La st se m e ste r, I vo l u n te e re d through America Reads*America Counts at a local elementary school

where more than 70 percent of the children were signed up for free and reduced-price lunches, a widely accepted poverty indicator. The time, expense and effort it took to get there?

Ten minutes in a university-provided minivan. By consistently mentoring underperforming kids a few hours a week, we were able to make a quantifiable difference in academic performance over the course of a semester.

This kind of volunteer work allows both the participant and the community to benefit in ways that are impossible to imitate in a few days overseas.

We were able to follow the kids as they progressed over time, sharing their initial struggles and celebrating their later successes. The real beauty was in the consistency. I cringe at the cliche, but imagine how a couple of hours a week can add up over the course of one, two or three semesters.

I will not deny that loading up into a minivan to ride a few miles past Baltimore Avenue certainly lacks a glamorous appeal. We are not headed to a tropical rainforest in South America or beaches near Cancun. These locations draw the “oohs” and “aahs” of parents looking for something for their students to do during their week off while the most immediate realities of local poverty become dusty and forgotten about. We frequent

Washington on the weekends for the array of world-renowned cultural attractions, many of which we can enjoy free of charge. Yet come spring break, we forget about the homeless man living across the street from the Smithsonian we just visited and instead look toward an expensive and exotic locale.

This university encourages us to “think globally.” As the international community grows increasingly connected, this is an essential tool for success in a diverse world.

The world is fascinatingly beautiful, and there will never be a shortage of problems to solve, children to feed and diseases to cure. I am proud of my fellow Terps seeking to be agents of change. But in our zeal we cannot forget about the needy scraping by in College Park or Washington. We cannot forget about the hungry, the homeless and the sick who suffer in obscurity on the immediate outskirts of our comfortable college bubble.

I believe there should be a greater emphasis at this university for the kind of long-term, local volunteering that leaves a quantifiable and lasting impact.

Lauren Nurse is a freshman government and politics major. She can be reached at laurennurse93@hotmail.com.

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s a student, I find it troubling that the University Police crime alert I received regarding the Feb. 12 murdersuicide simply stated, “Shooting reported off campus at the 8700 blk of 36th Ave. Suspects seen in a tan Honda Odyssey.” I realize the police may not have had enough details to send out at the time, but the way the alerts were handled in this situation was simply careless.

As students living in a crimefilled area, we become numb to alerts regarding robberies, shootings and break-ins. Such incidents are almost daily occurrences.

I hardly even notice the sound of a siren anymore. But when a fatal shooting involving students occurs, I want to know right away.

Please, UMD Alerts, step your game up and keep us informed.

We have an effective alert system in place — utilize it. This was unacceptable.

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n the wake of the recent armed robberies on the campus, many have prognosticated about what is wrong with the police presence in College Park. The Feb. 11 staff editorial, “More than a campus issue,” however, misses the mark when describing the image problem of the Prince George’s County and University Police.

We often briefly touch on many students’ sentiments that police enforcement should be focused on crime prevention, rather than enforcing the legal drinking age or investigating noise complaints from parties. The issue at hand runs deeper than a few busted parties — the police lost the trust of many in the campus community after the 2010 Duke riot and have since failed at all efforts to restore our confidence.

It appears to many that the local police departments are only proactive when it comes to hassling students on (and off) the campus, making many feel like interlopers, rather than the integral part of the community that we are. Until the police departments make it a priority to reach out to students before a violent crime occurs near the campus, it will be impossible to repair this vital relationship.

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orn today, you know what is right and wrong, and you insist that others live according to the ideals and standards that you have developed as a result. You are never one to vacillate in any way when a moral issue is at hand -- whether or not you are on the “popular” side. The greatest single strength you have is the ability to believe in yourself wholeheartedly; your self-righteousness is perhaps unequaled by anyone else born under your sign. You have an air of importance about you, and you carry and conduct yourself accordingly. There are those who think you are simply a blowhard, but you back up your bearing and confidence with action.

You are never one to choose quantity over quality, though whenever you can enjoy both at once, you will do so! You must, of course, guard against over-indulgence, which can result in ill health both mentally and physically -- and emotionally, when it comes to love and romance.

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Comedian Nick Offerman has parlayed his success on NBC’s Parks and Recreation into profits for his stand-up tour, explaining how he relates to Ron and how he’s completely different

By Eric Bricker Staff writer A rg uably the breakout character of NBC’s Parks and Recreation, mustachioed libertarian parks director Ron Swanson has become a pop culture icon — a paragon of ironic manliness and the subject of memes, T-sh i rts a nd I nternet worship aplenty.

Rather than running from his fame, h o w e v e r, a c t o r a n d c o m e d i a n N i c k O fferman seems to have embraced Swa nson’s re d-blo o d e d A m e r icana charm.

Throughout the actor’s one-man show, American Ham, which played two soldout performances at the Warner Theatre in Washington on Friday, it could be hard at

times to tell where Offerman ended and Swanson began.

Both men, for instance, hate vegetarians and love woodworking. Both men despise Jerry Gergich. Both men have impressive mustaches and wild sex lives.

Yet Offerman was able to point out a few differences between them.

“Ron Swanson always wears a clean white T-shirt,” Offerman explained. Nick Offerman, on the other hand, “prefers to show a little chest bush.”

A meandering mix of stand-up, music, motivational speaking and what a TED Talk would sound like after two glasses of whiskey and a bong rip, Offerman’s show was originally designed for the college-lecture circuit.

“I thought about it, and f--- yes, I have things to tell Ohio State,” he growled.

Though ostensibly centered around Offerman’s 10 tips for living (ranging from, “Eat red meat” and, “Always carry a handkerchief” to, “Use intoxicants” and, “Maintain a personal relationship with Jesus … if it gets you laid”), American Ham is really nothing more or less than a leisurely, profane and deeply hilarious walk through the actor’s views on life and marriage in modern America.

Dressed in a faded American flag shirt and strumming a g u i t a r, O f fe rman spoke

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directly to the packed house, creating a sense of intimacy at the enormous venue.

“T his is my sanctuary,” he explained. “I’m sorry that I’m about to befoul this beautiful, beautiful theater.”

His eclectic, pleasantly ra mbl i ng monolog ue of fere d up ever y t h i n g from nuggets about his sex l i fe w it h act ress Mega n Mu l la l ly to a country western number about smoking weed with a hitchhiking Jesus. Along the way, he detoured into topics ranging from photo courtesy of thoughtcatalog.com h is v iews on sma rtphones (he doesn’t care for them) to hallucinogenic drugs (always hide Play-Doh for yourself, he advised) to Ben’s Chili Bowl (“Over here,” he said, gesturing to his colon, “is Bill Cosby and a chili half smoke pushing down on me. This section over here is Founding Farmers”).

Offerman also took advantage of the Washington venue to address his political views, which skew substantially further left than Ron Swanson’s; the actor joked around with an imaginary Vice President Joe Biden, railed against former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, praised his home state of Illinois for passing gay marriage legislation and took shots at the Bible and evangelical lawmakers.

“I have a little thing I’d like to start spreading around. Maybe you guys can help make it popular around here,” Offerman said. “It’s called ‘separation of church and state.’

“People call the Bible the good book,” he continued. “I think it’s an uneven book … You know what’s a good book? The motherf---ing Hobbit. There and back again, motherf---ers!”

From there, Offerman launched into an extended reverie on Elrond, elf genitalia, bisexuality and lembas bread. It was a strange moment in a show full of them, a chance for a character-actor to go off-script and share his basest thoughts.

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CAVALIERS From PAGE 8 at the nine-minute mark.

“We know Virginia’s a threepoint shooting team, so they can come in and get right back in the game,” Thomas said.

“We just have to lock in and come out strong again.”

Virginia, a predominantly half-court offensive team, couldn’t keep up with the Terps’ running game. The Cavaliers were dealt a huge blow in the

HAWKS From PAGE 8 second straight hat trick leading the way. Cooper also added two assists, giving him 11 points just two games into the season.

Even with all that offensive firepower, the defense wasn’t outshined. The Terps tallied 16 clears in 21 opportunities, won the groundball battle, 38-20, and goaltender Niko Amato saved eight of 10 shots.

The Terps (2-0) dominated

VITALE From PAGE 8 and running them in practice until they were too sore to go anymore.

“I stripped guys of being captain this week,” Turgeon said. “I’m the captain.”

He took ownership of the team. And it worked. For one of the first times since ACC play began in early January, the Terps looked like the team Turgeon

opening minutes when guard Kelsey Wolfe, their secondleading scorer, went down with a knee injury and did not return.

From there, the Virginia offense was disconnected, letting the Terps run up and down the court with little resistance.

“There is no transition defense when it comes to a team that’s that athletic,” Virginia coach Joanne Boyle said.

Guard Ataira Franklin scored 14 of the Cavaliers’ 19 secondhalf points and finished with a team-high 21 points, but it

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wasn’t enough, as no other Cavalier scored more than seven.

The Terps shot 52.8 percent from the field and 44.4 percent from three-point range, their third highest mark of the season. And they did it with the second subpar performance from Hawkins in three games. The senior played only 17 minutes and fouled out with 4:09 left, scoring four points and grabbing four rebounds.

In her absence, though, Thomas put on a performance in which she nearly matched

her highest scoring output as a Terp, and Howard scored 12 points and had eight rebounds in 30 minutes off the bench.

Center Alicia DeVaughn scored 14, while Rutan added 11 points and seven rebounds.

The Terps’ second straight blowout win since a loss at No. 5 Duke one week ago carried some extra cache for Frese, too. The 11th-year coach’s twin sons, Tyler and Markus, turned 5 years old yesterday, adding cause for some extra celebration around the program.

“[I’m] proud of this team for giving us the big gift in terms of the finish here at UVA,” Frese said. “I couldn’t have scripted it any better.”

TERPS NOTE: Forward Tierney Pfirman, who dislocated her kneecap Jan. 19, returned to action for the Terps yesterday.

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ORANGE From PAGE 8 certainly earned a spot in the NCAA Championship discussion moving forward.

Ever the realist, though, Reese isn’t willing to let yesterday’s win mean more than it deserves.

“We’re not content,” Reese said. “It’s a long season and a long journey; this is a good starting point.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

in nearly every aspect of the game Saturday, just as they did against Mount St. Mary’s four days earlier. The victory over Hartford (0-1) gives the defending national runners-up two double-digit wins, one more than they had in all of 2012.

But the Terps aren’t celebrating and don’t seem content simply starting the season well.

“You don’t put as much into the early season games as you do to the games later on because teams are going to evolve,” coach John Tillman said. “To

come out and start fast and win two games is great, but now we have to continue to improve and address some areas.”

The team’s sobering attitude after a blistering start to the season could be a product of recognizing its next opponent: No. 1 Loyola. It didn’t take long after polishing off the Hawks for the Terps to shift their focus to the team that beat them in last season’s national championship game.

“We wanted to start the season off well and I think we

have,” Blye said. “But we got to continue to build on that because our schedule is going to get a little tougher next week.”

By the time the Terps boarded the bus ride home from Hartford, they already had a collective idea of what will be important for them to continue that success.

“Staying hungry,” midfielder John Haus said. “In the past few years we’d go on a little winning streak, but then the next game we’d not come out with the same energy and passion and focus that we needed to come out with.”

That focus and hunger has been present early on.

Tillman said the results against Hartford and Mount St. Mary’s aren’t critical, though. The focus during the Terps’ first two games was preparing for another run at a national championship.

And that’s where the early leads and easy victories may not be so beneficial. Sure, a fast start may have been crucial to the team’s success on Saturday. But two insurmountable halftime leads mean the Terps haven’t been tested yet. They

haven’t had to sweat during a game’s key moments.

At some point soon — likely on Saturday — the Terps may find themselves in a closely contested thriller. Are they ready for it?

“There’s a couple different ways to look at it. One is if you get some really close, competitive games early, you know that will get you ready,” Tillman said. “The other is you get some wins, some confidence and you get into a rhythm.

That can be a positive thing, too.”

envisioned this season.

They shot 60 percent from the field and held Duke to less than 46 percent. They crushed the Blue Devils on the glass, outrebounding them, 40-20.

And they took advantage of their opportunities from the charity stripe, making 73.5 percent of their free throws while attempting 13 more than their opponent.

They performed well as individuals, too. Only one player — guard Logan Aronhalt — shot

worse than 50 percent from the field as the Terps tied their fifth-highest single-game scoring output of the season.

Center Alex Len bounced back from a string of rough games to total a team-high 19 points and nine rebounds. Guard Seth Allen scored 16 points and made a slew of clutch plays down the stretch. And forward Dez Wells added a game-high seven assists to a balanced nine-point, seven-rebound night.

And the best part? They defeated the nation’s secondranked team on a night where they were far from perfect.

Forward Jake Layman finished with an efficient eight points on 3-of-6 shooting, but his boneheaded foul at the 16-second mark allowed Duke guard Rasheed Sulaimon to tie the game with three free throws. Allen might have made some crucial baskets late in the game, but he turned the ball over a season-worst eight times.

Overall, the Terps coughed up the ball 26 times, three worse than their previous season high.

Turgeon acknowledged the shortcomings after the game.

He said the Terps weren’t ex-

traordinary by any means; they played to their level. It’s one thing to keep up with Duke, he added, but it’s another thing entirely to beat them. On Saturday, his guys were just good enough to secure the win.

“That one was for Coach,” Allen said. “We know he wants it so much, and he told us for us to be successful, the players have to want it more than he does. Tonight, I felt it was that way or equal.”

On Saturday — for maybe the first time this season — Turgeon got what he wanted. His coaching should no longer be questioned, and his family shouldn’t have to endure fans’ criticism.

Yes, there have been times this season when it’s seemed Turgeon and his team haven’t been on the same page. But that’s part of a young group’s growing pains. Seven players in the Terps’ 10-man rotation are underclassmen and six are in their first season in College Park. It was clear the secondyear coach was going to need time to get his team to match his expectations.

Turgeon has said all season the Terps have the pieces to be good; they just weren’t good yet.

Against Duke, they might have finally proven they are.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY Mike Krzyzewski Duke men’s basketball coach

“If it was such a rivalry, they’d still be in the ACC. Obviously they don’t think it’s that important, or they wouldn’t be in the Big Ten.”

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Fast start keys 16-4 blowout Blye nets five in win at Hartford

By Aaron Kasinitz Staff writer The key to the Terrapins men’s lacrosse team’s convincing 16-4 victory at Hartford on Saturday laid in the game’s first few minutes. The No. 2 Terps had more talent and depth than the Hawks and knew they could put away their opponents easily if they kept Hartford from gaining confidence early.

It’s the same blueprint they followed during a 23-6 blowout in the season opener against Mount St. Mary’s on Tuesday. The Terps jumped to a 7-0 first-quarter lead in that game and never looked back.

The Terps had just as much success Saturday. Attackman Owen Blye started the scoring when he found the back of the net a little more than a minute into the game. Attackman Kevin Cooper and midfielders Jake Bernhardt and Mike Chanenchuk all quickly followed suit, giving the Terps a 4-0 advantage with seven minutes still remaining in the first quarter. The Terps built a 9-1 lead before halftime and cruised to the 12-goal win.

“Going into the game, we wanted to bring energy, bring focus,” Blye said.

“We knew their crowd was going to be intense if we let them stay in it, so we tried to come out and establish ourselves in the first five minutes.”

Their success wasn’t limited to the early minutes, though. The Terps poured it on all game, with Blye’s career-high five goals and Cooper’s See HAWKS, Page 7

Coach mark Turgeon embraces forward Charles Mitchell near the end of the Terps’ 83-81 upset victory over No. 2 Duke at Comcast Center on Saturday. He was a bit emotional after the win. charlie deboyace/the diamondback

After Terps’ resounding win over rival Duke, Turgeon’s coaching should no longer be in question JOSH VITALE Mark Turgeon got a bit choked up as he fielded questions in a crowded news conference at Comcast Center on Saturday night.

It was understandable. After all, his Terrapins men’s basketball team was barely 30 minutes removed from its 83-81 upset win over No. 2 Duke.

It was easily the most significant victory in the second-year coach’s College Park tenure. He had a right to be emotional.

But it wasn’t the win over the hated Blue Devils that had him fighting back tears. It wasn’t the joy he felt seeing his beloved student section storm the court in celebration after the final buzzer sounded, either.

It was his family.

“It has been a hard week on my family, hard on my son last week. He had to leave the stands because the fans were so hard on his dad. So this is for them,” Turgeon said after the game. “I take a lot of pride in my coaching. I don’t do a lot of things well, but I like to think I can coach a little bit. And I haven’t done a very good job.”

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It’s hard to fault fans for criticizing him a week ago. Turgeon’s squad had one of its most lackluster showings of the season, falling flat in an ugly 80-69 loss to Virginia. It was the type of performance the Terps couldn’t afford if they hoped to maintain any chance of securing an NCAA Tournament bid.

But Turgeon is right; he can coach. And that’s exactly what he did leading up to Saturday’s matchup with the Blue Devils. He worked his players particularly hard last week, putting them on the line for a combined 7,000 free throws See VITALE, Page 7

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Terps solidify place among nation’s best Team notches 19-11 win at No. 2 Syracuse

By Joshua Needelman Staff writer

Forward ALyssa Thomas scored a game-high 27 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, recording her 15th double-double of the season in a 73-44 win. charlie deboyace/the diamondback

Virginia no match for Terps Thomas paces team as Hawkins struggles in 73-44 rout of Cavs

By Daniel Gallen Senior staff writer

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — With the shot clock winding down midway through the second half, Katie Rutan fumbled a pass from Chloe Pavlech, the ball deflecting toward the backcourt. The Terrapins women’s basketball guard chased it down, turned and heaved up a desperation shot from beyond NBA range with a Virginia defender’s hand in her face.

As the shot clock above the basket hit double zeros and the buzzer sounded, Rutan’s shot swished through the net.

The 3-pointer gave the Terps a 30point lead and was indicative of how the evening went. The No. 7 Terps blew out Virginia as they won their second straight game, 73-44, in a Play 4Kay

Pink Game for breast cancer awareness at John Paul Jones Arena yesterday.

One game after forward Tianna Hawkins led the Terps in a blowout win over Clemson, forward Alyssa Thomas was the Terps’ go-to scorer. The junior All-American scored 27 points on 12-of-18 shooting and grabbed 13 rebounds — her 15th double-double of the season — to lead four Terps in double figures.

“She just makes the game look so easy when we know it’s not,” coach Brenda Frese said.

Virginia (15-10, 7-7 ACC) hung around early, not quite letting the Terps (21-4, 12-2) get away despite a fast start from Thomas and center Malina Howard. The Cavaliers trailed by 10 at one point in the first, but went

on a 10-2 run to climb within two with 7:10 remaining.

As they have for a good portion of the season, though, the Terps closed the first half strong, kept the momentum through the 15-minute halftime intermission and opened the second half with more hot shooting. With 4:06 remaining in the first half, the Terps led 29-25. When Virginia scored its next basket, there was 13:39 remaining in the game and the Terps led 49-28.

Overall, the Terps went on a 20-0 run that spanned halftime and outscored the Cavaliers, 31-5, between the 4:06 mark of the first and when Rutan’s buzzer-beating 3 gave the Terps their largest lead of the game See CAVALIERS, Page 7

Prior to the Terrapins women’s lacrosse team’s matchup with No. 2 Syracuse, Cathy Reese downplayed the importance of the matchup. It would be just another game, the seventh-year coach insisted.

But the No. 4 Terps’ 19-11 win over the Orange yesterday wasn’t just another victory. It helped solidify Reese’s squad as one of the best teams in the nation.

Heading into halftime with a slim 8-6 advantage, Reese urged her team to calm down and focus on the task at hand. After all, Syracuse edged the Terps in a 10-9 thriller in College Park last season. No lead is safe against the Orange.

The Terps jumped to a fast start in the second half, rattling off three unanswered goals. They never looked back and cruised to the road rout.

“It was a great win for our program today,” Reese said after the game.

“The girls came out and competed hard. I’m proud of our effort today.”

Midfielder Taylor Cummings wasted little time at the Carrier Dome, tallying the game’s first goal just 11 seconds into the contest. Attacker Halle Majorana found the back of the net four minutes later to give the Terps a 2-0 lead.

The Orange hung tight with the Terps and took a 3-2 lead midway through the first half. The two teams continued to exchange blows until midfielder Katie Schwarzmann broke the 6-6 tie with 3:33 left in the half.

After another Cummings goal 30 seconds later, the Terps entered the

half with a two-goal lead. “[Cummings] did awesome,” Schwarzmann said. “She came out and took it to the cage.”

Cummings picked up right where she left off after the break, notching her third goal and first collegiate hat trick with 29:05 left in the half.

Schwarzmann and attacker Alex Aust added tallies, giving the Terps an 11-6 cushion.

And the Terps never stopped attacking the net.

“You’re never comfortable against a team like that,” Reese said. “We saw them come back in the national semifinal last year and we know what they are capable of.”

After trading goals with the Orange, the Terps (2-0) pieced together another 3-0 run midway through the second half.

While the Terps’ offense delivered a noteworthy performance, the efforts of goalkeeper Kasey Howard shouldn’t go unnoticed.

The senior held a high-powered Syracuse (1-1) offense to a meager 11 goals. In the midst of a starting goalie competition with Abbey Clipp, the Annapolis native anchored the Terps’ defense with 11 saves. Following Howard’s strong first half, Reese let her finish what she started and play the entire second half.

“She did great today,” Reese said. “It says a lot for her to step up against Syracuse.”

The Terps made a statement with their complete display. The season may be young, but Reese’s team has See ORANGE, Page 7