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Route 1 traffic snarls many commuters Number of cars, though decreased, creates problems with construction, frequent stops

By Annika McGinnis Staff writer Yasmine Eshera often runs into her morning classes 30 minutes late — but not because she hits the snooze button too many times.

While the freshman bioengineering

major leaves her Clarksville house at 8 a.m., she frequently doesn’t arrive at school until 9:15 or 9:30, though the trip takes only a half-hour on clear roads.

Eshera is one of thousands of commuters who have to face the almost unbearable crawl of bumper-to-bumper traffic on Route 1 twice every day, often making

them late for classes because they spend hours on the road. Though average daily traffic has actually lessened in the past decade, the College Park City Council and State Highway Administration have plans to reconstruct Route 1 in the next several years in the hope of providing some relief.

But until then, traffic near the university is “ridiculous,” “frustrating” and “annoying,” commuters said.

“Most of my classes start at 9, so if I get there at 9:30, there’s only 20 minutes left of class, so sometimes there’s no point in going,” Eshera said.

“And one time I missed a meeting that was at 9 and had to reschedule it.”

In 2012, an average of 49,662 vehicles passed the intersection of Route 1 and Route 193 every day, according to the State Highway Administration.

Near the university’s Route 1 entrance

and downtown College Park, 35,500 vehicles drove past.

But that’s actually a slight decrease from last year and a substantial drop from a decade ago, according to the SHA. Traffic volume increased between 2006 and 2011, but in 2003, an average of 51,925 vehicles passed the Route 193 intersection daily.

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starting The next chapter Despite considerable potential, projected lottery pick Len could be NBA draft bust

Terps must depend on underclassmen to replace Len’s production in frontcourt

By Connor Letourneau Senior staff writer

JOSH VITALE

Yesterday was all about Alex Len. Television cameras, tape recorders and notepads filled the Comcast Center media room, all to capture some of the 7-foot-1 Ukrainian’s final words as a Terrapins men’s basketball player.

So when a reporter eventually asked Mark Turgeon how he plans to replace Len’s production next season, the second-year coach kept the focus on Len. He explained that he preferred to discuss his prized pupil’s strides the past two years, and proceeded to tout the sophomore center as the top selection in June’s NBA draft.

“He’s special,” Turgeon said midway through yesterday’s news conference.

“I talked with a couple NBA guys the other day with really high picks, and I just said, ‘Don’t mess it up. He could be No. 1.’”

But Len’s draft positioning won’t change the Terps’ circumstances. Whether the 19-yearold goes No. 1 or falls out of the lottery, Turgeon will be left with a sizable void in his frontcourt.

If the Terps hope to make their first NCAA Tournament in four years next season, they must replace Len’s 11.9 points, 7.8 rebounds and

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Alex Len. There has been no shortage of NBA draft busts, failures and disappointments over the years. NBA teams often draft players on potential alone, and oftentimes that potential never materializes into professional success.

Those first 10 players are 7-foot-something lottery picks — drafted since 2000 — who scouts thought had the talent to be elite parts of NBA frontcourts. But despite their considerable upsides, poor play and injury forced most of them out of the league after short, mostly unsuccessful careers.

That 11th name — Len — could be among the next to join the list. The now-former Terrapins men’s basketball center said yesterday he will forgo his final two years of eligibility and enter See vitale, Page 2

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New bus will take students to grocery stores

By Sandra Müller Staff writer Grocery runs are rarely a simple venture for car-less students who have to lug heavy bags to far-off bus

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Whole foods (above) and Beltway Plaza’s Giant and Target are accessible via Shuttle-UM, but students say service is inconvenient. An SGA-funded pilot route will shuttle students to Beltway Plaza on weekends. file photo/the diamondback stops or even wait hours if they miss the bus altogether.

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When journalism professor Mark Feldstein flew to Denver last week, he had one mission — to keep a fellow journalist out of jail.

Feldstein had penned an 18-page affidavit to support FoxNews.com reporter Jana Winter, who has refused to name anonymous sources she used in a follow-up story on the Aurora, Colo., movie theater shooting. Al-

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though the judge postponed the case until the summer, Winter could be held in contempt of court and sentenced to up to six months in prison if she decides to keep her sources confidential.

It’s a plight with which Feldstein empathizes, as the former CNN and ABC News investigative reporter has been threatened with prison time more than once for refusing to

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future From PAGE 1 2.1 blocks per game. And, perhaps just as importantly, they must make up for the contributions that rarely showed up in any box score.

Len helped the Terps finish the season with the nation’s 11th-ranked field goal percentage defense in a multitude of ways. He used his towering frame to alter shots, clear out the paint and crash the glass. He may have struggled with consistency much of the season, but his unique combination of length and athleticism could prove difficult to replicate.

“I was always talking about being a presence at the rim,” Turgeon said.

“That’s what I asked him to do, and he’ll take that with him.”

Turgeon likely will ask each of the Terps’ three pure post players on scholarship next year — rising sophomores Charles Mitchell and Shaquille Cleare, and incoming freshman Damonte Dodd — to help ease the transition into the post-Len era.

At 6-foot-9 and 230 pounds, Michigan transfer Evan Smotrycz could also log some minutes down low if needed.

But his deep touch — the rising redshirt junior shot 43.5 percent from beyond

the arc for the Wolverines in 2011-12 — should keep him along the perimeter.

So barring an offseason pickup, expect Turgeon to lean on three underclassmen to shore up the frontcourt. That’s quite an undertaking, considering Cleare and Mitchell logged less than 16 minutes per games last season, while Dodd faced prepschool competition in Virginia.

Cleare figures to be the pivotal cog in the team’s transition. For the Terps to compete in a crowded ACC next season, he’ll likely need to make significant strides from an up-and-down rookie campaign.

The Bahamian, who Turgeon regularly calls his physically strongest player, has the tools to anchor

the Terps defensively. His offensive game, though, still remains a bit of a question mark.

Cleare struggled with foul trouble and totaled just eight points in seven postseason games. On the year, he reached double figures just three times and averaged a meager 3.7 points and 2.7 rebounds per game.

But Turgeon remains confident Cleare can handle a sizable role. He often lauds the former top-30 recruit’s work ethic and has said more than once that Cleare’s “time is coming.”

“I’m just excited to get back in the gym and see what we can do next year,” Cleare said after playing just six minutes in an NIT win over Alabama.

“I know what I’m capable of doing.”

Mitchell, meanwhile, has already showcased much of his game. The burly Atlanta native earned consistent playing time throughout his freshman season — he averaged 5.5 points and 5.4 rebounds in 15.7 minutes per game — and emerged as the Terps’ most efficient offensive rebounder. He earned many of his points off tip-ins and often nagged opposing big men on defense.

With Len and forward James Padgett now gone, Mitchell’s role figures to steadily increase. And unlike Cleare, he’ll need to make fewer offseason adjustments to provide the necessary impact next season.

As for Dodd? Turgeon has publicly lauded the Centreville native for making crucial improvements during

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VITALE From PAGE 1 the 2013 NBA draft. He’s a projected lottery pick — just like the physical 7-foot specimens before him.

But he shouldn’t be. Despite his talent and potential, Len has all the signs of an NBA draft bust.

Few mock drafts, if any, have Len falling outside the top 14 picks on June 27. And with his size, defensive prowess and ability to stretch the floor on offense, it’s no surprise he’s expected to come off the board that high.

Those skills only seem to exist on paper, though. It’s easy to say what the Ukrainian big man is good at, but it’s much harder to actually see it on the court. Len averaged just 11.9 points, 7.8 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per game in his sophomore season; relatively unimpressive numbers for a guy expected to sign a multimillion-dollar contract this summer.

Despite possessing improved post moves and a solid mid-range jumper, Len scored 15 points or fewer in 28 of the Terps’ 38 games this season, finishing with single-digit totals in nearly half of those contests. He’s 7-foot-1 and has the tools of a dynamic rebounder and rim protector, but he topped the 10-rebound mark only four times and blocked more than three shots in a game just six times.

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a prep year at Massanutten Military Academy. After spending four seasons facing unheralded competition on the Eastern Shore, the 6-foot-9, 240pound center has emerged as a key member of a team that starts five highmajor recruits.

He may still need to refine his offensive game to earn significant playing time next season, but Turgeon’s early reports suggest Dodd can step into the rotation. A summer spent with strength coach Kyle Tarp — who played a pivotal role in Len adding 30 pounds of muscle last offseason — should only help.

“Damonte will be fun to coach, and he really has big upside,” Turgeon said when Dodd signed with the program in November. “His best years on the basketball court are ahead of him.”

Such seems the case for the Terps’ entire trio of remaining frontcourt players. And that makes Len’s decision to bolt for the riches of the NBA considerably less daunting.

The Terps have talent. Now it’s time for that talent to develop.

“This is just the beginning [for this team],” Len said after the Terps’ season-ending loss to Iowa in the NIT semifinals. “This team can be special next year.”

Center Alex Len (No. 25) declared for the NBA draft yesterday. Center Shaquille Cleare (left) will be one of the players charged with replacing his production. file photo/the diamondback Len finished the season ranked No. 5 in the ACC in rebounding, but he wasn’t among the league’s top 25 scorers. Len may have been the conference’s most talented player, but the All-ACC honorable mention member didn’t perform well enough to make the first, second or third teams.

Sure, Len did elevate his game when matched up against some of the nation’s most talented post players. He exploded for a career-high 23 points and 12 rebounds against potential No. 1 pick Nerlens Noel and then-No. 3 Kentucky in the Terps’ season opener, and he outmuscled ACC Player of the Year candidate Mason Plumlee in a win over then-No. 2 Duke, posting 19 points and nine boards.

That success against top competition should have translated into domi-

nance over weaker foes. But instead, Len seemed to play down to the size of his opponents.

He scored merely four points against 6-foot-8 Ryan Anderson and 6-foot-7 Eddie Odio in a Feb. 19 loss at Boston College. He scored just 19 combined points in two losses against a Virginia lineup that featured no starter taller than 6-foot-8. And in three games against 6-foot-9 freshman Devin Thomas and lowly Wake Forest, Len averaged just 9.3 points.

Some might argue Len’s tendency to play up to the level of his opponents bodes well for his future of matching up against the NBA’s premier frontcourt stars. But based on his overall performance this season, those games against the Wildcats and the Blue Devils were outliers, not the norm.

Simply put, Len was not the dominant player he should have been for the Terps. Exactly 10 of the 20 7-foot lottery picks since 2000 played in college in the U.S., and those 10 players averaged a combined 16.5 points and 9.5 rebounds per game in their final collegiate seasons — more than four points and one rebound more than Len averaged this year.

All 10 of those players — including former NBA All-Stars Chris Kaman and Brook Lopez — averaged higher scoring totals than Len in their final college seasons, and nine of them grabbed more rebounds per game.

The numbers don’t tell the whole story, either. Despite his substantial frame, Len never looked as big on the court as he was in real life. He routinely allowed smaller defenders to push him

off the block, routinely lost the ball in traffic and routinely settled for a fadeaway hook shot instead of going hard to the basket.

Coach Mark Turgeon said yesterday the NBA game will suit Len better than the college game did, and Len said he’s looking forward to not facing double and triple teams every time he touches the ball. The Ukraine native will turn 20 years old before the draft, so Turgeon is excited to see how much his former center will grow by the time he’s 23.

But unless Len can play more aggressively, use his immense physical talent and live up to his potential over the next four years, he might find himself struggling to get off the end of a team’s bench or, even worse, toiling away in the D-League.

ESPN NBA draft analyst Chad Ford said professional teams love Len’s size and offensive potential and covet his abilities as a rebounder and shot blocker. But questions remain about his inconsistency, and Ford said some are concerned about whether he is as aggressive and tough as he needs to be to excel at the next level.

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feldstein From PAGE 1 reveal anonymous sources. Serving as an expert witness in court last week, Feldstein hoped to communicate the costs of forcing Winter to name the two law enforcement officials who helped her report that alleged gunman James Holmes sent his psychiatrist a notebook filled with violent drawings just a few days before the July shooting.

Not only is Winter doing her job as a journalist, Feldstein said, but similar cases set a harmful precedent.

“Any time you jail a reporter merely for doing her job, you send a First Amendment chill across the country to other journalists and other sources,” he said.

“The public doesn’t get the information it needs in order for a democracy to function in a healthy way.”

Holmes’ defense attorneys claim Winter’s story will taint the jury pool and prevent a fair trial, but Feldstein said the information is no longer relevant.

“Her story ran last summer — it might have had an impact at the time, but to me it seems kind of crazy to go after a reporter who wasn’t an eyewitness to the shooting and has no knowledge of his guilt or innocence,” Feldstein said. “The jury is prejudiced by the horrible nature of the crime itself.”

While court will not reconvene for a few months, the case may already be hurting Winter’s career, said journalism professor Diana Huffman, who teaches media law. While few students will encounter a highly publicized case like Winter’s, Huffman said prospective journalists should be careful about granting people anonymity.

“Now people are afraid to talk to her — the great reporting she has been able to do before is ruined now,” Huffman said.

“It’s going to be very difficult for her to get people to talk to her again.

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never know whether or not a reporter will be willing to go to jail to protect you,” Huffman added.

Winter is one of the only reporters in several years to face jail time in a contempt case, said journalism college dean Lucy Dalglish. This state has a shield law that allows reporters to protect confidential information, but there is no national shield law, and many students may find themselves in states that offer little protection to journalists. To avoid similar situations, Dalglish said, reporters and sources should discuss how a court order could impact any agreement about confidentiality.

“You shouldn’t be making promises like this wildly,” Dalglish said. “You should know a little bit about First Amendment rights and journalism ethics. Making a promise not to identify someone is very serious.”

However, students said they can imagine scenarios in which using anonymous sources would be unavoidable.

“They seem to be necessary sometimes,” said Zoe Sagalow, a freshman business and journalism major. “What might have happened if Woodward and Bernstein hadn’t been allowed to keep Deep Throat anonymous?”

Freshman journalism major Emily Schweich agreed that if a journalist promises to withhold a person’s name, he or she shouldn’t betray the source’s trust.

“When reporters must make a choice between including relevant information from an anonymous source or not reporting the information at all, I think it’s best to reveal the information,” Schweich said.

So far, Fox News has encouraged Winter not to give up the names, Feldstein said.

“Here in America, we don’t put reporters in jail, we put criminals in jail — at least that’s the way it’s supposed to be,” Feldstein said.“Dictatorships are the ones that imprison journalists, not democracies.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

Finding a better way to help others heal UMB researcher pioneered cancer treatment

By Savannah Doane-Malotte Staff writer When Angela Brodie was working in a U.K. hospital more than 30 years ago, surgery was the only treatment for breast cancer.

“I thought, ‘There must be a better way to do this,’ ” said Brodie, a scientist at the University of Maryland, Baltimore’s Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center. “There must be an alternative way to treat breast cancer that is equally effective, if not more effective.”

This thought is what led Brodie to spearhead the development of aromatase inhibitors, the most widely used class of drugs that help prevent recurrence of breast cancer in postmenopausal women by 40 percent, as well as dramatically reducing the need for a mastectomy. Her groundbreaking research earned her an American Association for Cancer Research fellowship at the recently created AACR Academy.

The program recognizes scientists for discoveries that lead to progress in cancer research, said Michael Powell, AACR program administrator.

“We wouldn’t have such high cancer cure rates without a lot of these discoveries,” he said. “We wanted to honor the best scientists in the field for their groundbreaking research and for the amazing things that they have done for the human race.”

The AACR fellowship was created to honor the best scientists in the field of cancer research, as well as to create a brighter future for the AACR Academy by ensuring it’s driven by a team of brilliant cancer researchers, Powell said.

Brodie is one of 106 fellows chosen by the AACR’s directors and officers and inducted April 5 at the AACR Annual Meeting in Washington.Some of the newly inducted members include James Watson, whose research has linked cancer progression to the presence of antioxidants, and Frank McCormick, the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center director.

“Hopefully this will help the academy garner some more awareness and support for cancer research. We want these great minds to get together and maybe even come up with new research areas,” Powell said.

Brodie developed the idea for the breast cancer drugs during her time at a National Institutes of Health training program in Massachusetts, when she and her husband, an organic chemist, began discussing the possibility that reducing estrogen would cut off fuel for the cancer

route 1 is infamous for its crawling traffic, students and business owners say, though the number of vehicles on the road has declined since 2003. file photo/the diamondback

TRAFFIC From PAGE 1 Ifeanyi Uzoukwu, a junior English major, said construction on Route 193 and vehicles stopping in front of University View still contribute to bringing traffic to a crawl. The speed camera near Rita’s Italian Ice worsens the slowdown, Eshera said. And freshman Kadija Kamus, who’s enrolled in letters and sciences, said it can take more than 10 minutes to move past a certain point on Riggs Road solely because of cars merging into her lane.

Coming from Montgomery County, it takes Kamus about 25 minutes to get to school at a “good time” and about 35 minutes at a “bad time,” she said.

“That’s your bad time?” Eshera asked her incredulously.

On exam days, commuters have to leave even earlier — sometimes hours beforehand, Uzoukwu said.

“If I have a class at 10, I shouldn’t have to leave my house at 8. It’s not that far from College Park,” Uzoukwu said. “I always walk in feeling a little bit embarrassed because everyone else in the class sees me come in 15, 20 minutes late, and there’s nothing I can do about it.”

City businesses are also negatively affected, said Lea Callahan, owner of the city’s ZIPS Dry Cleaners location. She said year-round residents in the area usually avoid College Park because of the “horrific” traffic.

“They don’t want to sit in the car and not get anywhere,” Callahan said.

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Angela Brodie, of UMB medical school, helped develop a breast cancer treatment. photo courtesy of umm.edu cells. This hormone manipulation would hopefully inhibit the production of aromatase, an enzyme that plays a key role in the production of estrogen.

Once Brodie moved to this state, she found a London college that agreed to test whether the aromatase inhibitors would work as a drug.

It was extremely difficult to get volunteers for the clinical trials, Brodie said, as nothing like the drug had ever been tested before. The trial results proved her theory correct, however, and aromatase inhibitors are now recognized as the best treatment for postmenopausal breast cancer.

“The clinical trial results were very encouraging, and it wasn’t long until companies were developing similar drugs,” Brodie said. “I feel very fortunate that my research has turned out to benefit people.”

Brodie deserves the fellowship, said Dr. Kevin Cullen, director of the University of Maryland Baltimore’s Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center.

“She has contributed more to breast cancer research than anyone in the world has in the last 25 years,” he said. “She made this discovery and developed this drug when people didn’t believe in what she was doing.”

Despite her success, Brodie’s research days are far from over. Her next step is looking into the mechanisms of the aromatase inhibitors, as some women became resistant to them after many years of treatment. Brodie is also working with other scientists to develop an analogous drug to prevent and treat prostate cancer.

“I am hopeful that this will be just as fruitful as her breast cancer research,” Cullen said. newsumdbk@gmail.com

Government Association voted to launch a weekend shuttle program that will connect several areas of the campus with the Beltway Plaza in Greenbelt, a shopping center featuring a Giant and a Target.

The SGA’s legislative reserves will finance the program’s approximate $2,900 cost, which, according to the Department of Transportation Services, will fund a driver, fuel and one hour of pre- and post-operation maintenance each day, said Ryan Heisinger, SGA academic affairs vice president. However, DOTS Director David Allen said a regular weekend shuttle service will not be feasible without increasing the student transportation fee.

“The SGA needs to figure out if they want that fee to be increased,” he said.

A slightly larger fee would be a reasonable price to pay in exchange for a regular weekend shuttle service to grocery stores, several students said.

“This can be very beneficial to students,” said Maddy Lyon, a sophomore communication major who lived in University View her freshman year. Lyon said she often ordered food online because there was no easier way to buy it.

Several members of the SGA — which runs the WTF UMD page — had agreed students lacked access to grocery stores, prompting them to meet with DOTS to find a solution, Heisinger said. The temporary shuttle bus, chartered by DOTS, will service South Campus Commons, the View, Courtyards and The Varsity each Saturday and Sunday for the next four weekends between noon and 4 p.m. Each loop will take roughly 40 minutes, said Matthew Popkin, SGA speaker of the legislature.

The SGA chose the specific bus stops based on student feedback, and they are spread throughout the campus and surrounding area to ensure every student has access, he added.

Although DOTS will not include the arrival times for each location in its NextBus service, the SGA plans to use social media to publicize the bus schedule, making it easy for students to plan their trips,

city councilman Fazlul Kabir. The city population is increasing — there were about 5,800 more residents in 2010 than in 2000, according to the U.S. Census Bureau — and more people are driving along Route 1 to get to newer attractions such as the Hyattsville arts district.

The State Highway Administration is planning a project that would reconstruct all of Route 1 from Interstate 95 to College Avenue, said SHA spokesman David Buck.

The proposed project would transform the road into four lanes with a middle median and sidewalk and bicycle lanes on the sides, rather than the current fivelane road with a center turn lane.

Though project planning began in 1998, the administration only got design approval for the first phase of the threepart project — between Route 193 and College Avenue — in February 2012.

These plans will hopefully be finished in 2015, Buck said.

Constructing the first phase, as well as beginning the other two, would require $150 million to $200 million more than the $10.1 million currently secured. But with the recently passed gas tax, more money will be available, Buck said.

To help alleviate traffic, the city council recently introduced the Route 1 Ride, an extensive bus service with stops from IKEA to south College Park, Kabir said. The city council will also establish a Capital Bikeshare program through which residents can rent bicycles and return them to any of the system’s stations around the city.

Other suggestions include bettersynchronized traffic lights, so drivers aren’t constantly stopped by red lights, and “superstop” areas for public transit

buses so they don’t block the main traffic flow. But this would depend on negotiations with private property owners, Kabir said.

The city also hopes to increase awareness of routes other than Route 1, Kabir said.

“For example, to get to UMD or downtown from the Beltway, you don’t really need to take Route 1; you can take Kenilworth [Avenue],” he said. “Many people don’t know. When they think of coming to UMD, they think Route 1 is the only way to take it. But that actually takes longer.”

Encouraging more staff to live in the city, rather than commuting, would also improve traffic, Kabir said. About 50 percent of city workers commute alone, based on 2007 to 2011 Census Bureau estimates. Only about 9 percent carpool, 12 percent use public transportation and 21 percent walk.

This year, the university hopes to create a housing inventory, which would arrange cheaper housing options for faculty in the city.

The traffic problem is personal for Kabir: He lives in north College Park and said he should be able to get to evening council meetings at City Hall in less than 10 minutes. But he has to leave a halfhour beforehand.

“It’s a pain to get to UMD or downtown from the Beltway,” he said. “It’s only less than two miles, and it shouldn’t take that long.”

For Callahan, it’s simply annoying.

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“The SGA needs to figure out if they want [the student transportation] fee to be increased.”

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Department of Transportation Services director Popkin said. As of last night, the post announcing the shuttle on the WTF UMD Facebook page had garnered more than 220 “likes,” while the page itself has more than 2,200.

Madison Groenings, a sophomore communication major, said as Hagerstown Hall resident, she did not like eating in the dining halls or shopping at stores on the campus, which offer far pricier items than stores off the campus. A shuttle to Giant would have enabled her to buy fresh foods easily, she said.

However, some students said the new program is unnecessary because DOTS already provides shuttle services to stores off the campus. During the week, the 110 bus, which travels from Regents Drive to the Seven Springs Village apartments, stops at the Shoppers store on Cherry Hill Road and MOM’s Organic Market on Rhode Island Avenue. On Saturdays, the 133 line serves Prince George’s Plaza, which has a Target.

But none of these options help students who have to carry their purchases from the bus stop at Stamp Student Union to their South Campus Commons apartment, Heisinger said, adding the SGA launched the program to explore whether there is a need for a long-term solution. The SGA plans to survey riders and keep track of ridership for its eight days of service.

The SGA will work to find a sustainable source of funding if the pilot program proves the necessity of a permanent weekend grocery shuttle, Heisinger said.

However, he added DOTS could help fund a similar shuttle if it cut other “unnecessary” expenses — specifically, he cited DOTS’ “Why I Ride” campaign, a video contest that offers the winning student, faculty or staff member the equivalent of one semester of in-state tuition. An SGA bill on this week’s agenda condemns that initiative, which Heisinger said is a waste of the department’s limited funds.

“There are much better ways to use [DOTS] funding than just throw money into marketing initiatives,” Heisinger said. “That money can be used for services that are useful for all students.” newsumdbk@gmail.com

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DOTS sees little impact from state gas tax increase

By Bradleigh Chance Staff writer W h i l e s t u d e n ts, fa c u l ty and staff may suffer at the pump with the state’s new gas tax, the university largely escapes the 4-cent-per-gallon increase.

It’s one of the benefits of being a public university and an entity of the state. The Department of Transportation Services expects to spend just $15,000 more on gasoline next year because of the tax, which the General Assembly passed this legislative session. That isn’t much in the scheme of DOTS’ total budget, officials said.

“The [$15,000] projected increase represents approximately 1.6 percent of our fuel budget [of $948,000],” said Darryl Johnson, DOTS associate director. “Unfortunately, very few unexpected expenses could be regarded as a ‘drop in the water,’ so we will have to adjust.”

DOTS spent slightly more than $1 million on fuel last year, but had more charter buses in its fleet at the time.

The department has a total of 65 vehicles on the campus, including buses, cars and vans.

Most of the gas goes into supporting bus services. The smaller red transit buses hold 120 gallons of fuel and the larger black coach buses hold 180 gallons, Johnson said. newsumdbk@gmail.com

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Getting our community houses in order T

he housing developments surrounding the College Park Metro station possess the same allure as the station itself — they’re moderately convenient, relatively safe and entirely forgettable.

Entering College Park by way of the Green Line provides visitors with a first impression hardly befitting the nearby campus community: With little more to enjoy than a parking garage and scattered buildings, it’s easy to forget the area’s potential as a major gateway to this university.

The majority of the Metro stations in Prince George’s County — excluding Prince George’s Plaza — share similarly uninspired environments, and state lawmakers have taken notice.

On the last day of the state’s latest legislative session, lawmakers passed a bill to dramatically reduce or, in some cases, eliminate the school fa-

cilities surcharge imposed on new residential construction, provided the development is within a quarter mile of a Metro stop or other specified areas.

The intention is clear and is one this editorial board can stand behind: Promote strategic development in transit-heavy areas. It may not have a transformative effect on its own, but as part of broader development initiatives across the city, especially university President Wallace Loh’s campus community renovation plans, residents should welcome the bill as yet another sign of progress.

If Gov. Martin O’Malley signs off on the measure, it would reduce the surcharge, which currently ranges from $8,762 to $15,020 per permit, by 50 percent for multifamily housing.

For studio and efficiency apartments, the fee would be eliminated entirely. From the time the bill would be

implemented this October until the surcharge reduction expires in 2018, College Park residents would likely

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Putting time and effort into developing housing near the county’s Metro stations is a financial risk that hopefully will prove beneficial for the overall aesthetics of the entire community. see a long-overdue surge in attractive housing developments near the city’s Metro stop.

To be clear, as the school facilities surcharge’s name suggests, reducing or eliminating the fee would significantly hamper construction efforts

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for Prince George’s County schools.

If this bill passes and goes into effect this October, revenue from the school facilities surcharge would drop by a projected $14 million — money that would otherwise go toward construction or renovations in county schools.

The next five years would likely significantly slow construction in county schools, proving this initiative would by no means be a clear-cut success.

However, as various officials have asserted, the benefits of these transitoriented developments would be as worthwhile as they are substantial.

The likely development projects and subsequent taxes generated from the bill are expected to provide a net gain of $13 million for the county. Even without a guarantee that this money would be reinvested back into school construction, reenacting the surcharge by 2018 would hopefully lessen the burden schools may face in the

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Silly mistakes that make us human EZRA FISHMAN Last night, for the fourth time in three weeks, I sent a professor an email with only the words “Hey, Professor (name).” Four times I’ve done this — and with multiple professors. Each time, it was regarding a serious topic of discussion.

Why would I ever do this?

Like most things in my life, it started with a Facebook addiction. I spend far too much of my free time on Facebook — posting, commenting and generally procrastinating as much as humanly possible. On Facebook, when composing a message, the “enter” key sends the message, while pressing “shift” plus “enter” at the same time creates a line break. The same command works for Microsoft Office within bulleted lists, and after years upon years of working with both, my brain naturally assumes “shift” plus “enter” creates a line break.

And it does — except on Canvas.

On Canvas, “shift” plus “enter” sends the message, while “enter” inserts a line break. It’s the exact opposite of most other formats, and it gets me every time. After a few days of abso-

lute shame for prematurely sending an important email, I forget about it and then prematurely send another.

It’s such an easy thing to fix, so why don’t I learn? Why is it so hard to remember not to press the “shift” key? If I didn’t use Facebook so much, I would never have thought to use it in the first place. What’s keeping me in this vicious cycle of embarrassing emails?

I like to think the answer is human nature. Life is full of little mistakes we make again and again. Our brains register the mistakes, but we refuse to update our actions to prevent those mistakes from happening again. We get so locked into our habits that we just can’t adapt.

Another example: When I met my friend Tanya freshman year, I pronounced her name incorrectly. Now, almost three years later, she’s one of my best friends, but I still can’t pronounce her name properly and probably never will. A girl in a group project of mine calls a guy in our group by the wrong name at least once every 10 minutes, even after we correct her. She’s probably going to be stuck making that mistake forever. No matter how many times we ask, are corrected or sit through long rants about remembering names, we still get them wrong. We can’t avoid

coming half-decade. Hopefully this proposal can prove that first impressions can bear significant rewards.

Developing the area surrounding the Metro station aligns well with campus revitalization efforts, including the multimillion-dollar plans to reconstruct Route 1 to help alleviate congestion and widespread development proposals to reshape the downtown commercial landscape.

For the prospective students, parents and faculty members who first approach this university by hopping off the Green Line, offering an inviting and built-up environment would no doubt help improve perceptions of the city and county. Instead of solely being a point of access to Washington, College Park must prove itself an exciting destination in its own right. For that to happen, the city and county are wise to embrace such measures.

it — it’s how our brains function.

So what can we do? We can’t stop the stupid mistakes — we can barely even limit them. How can we keep stupid mistakes from becoming stupid problems that require stupid solutions?

I don’t think we can. I’m not a psychologist (or a psychology major), but everything I’ve come to understand about human nature and the human brain leads me to believe our brains are extremely stubborn and set in their ways. We know better, and we think our brains should know better too — but they don’t. No matter what we do, we’re going to make the same stupid mistakes — and, over time, even more stupid mistakes. It’s just how we are.

All we can really do, then, is accept the mistakes for what they are — a symbol of our awesome humanity.

Yes, we are beings of infinitely many stupid mistakes and constant silly failures. No, we might never be able to pronounce that name or use that website correctly. But most importantly, everyone else has similar issues. It’s what makes us the imperfectly perfect beings we humans truly are.

he April 11 Diamondback article titled “Obama’s proposed 2014 budget aligns with many university goals” discussed President Obama’s recently released budget. The article noted that many areas of the federal budget were related to education and college affordability, and that Obama had made many strides with this proposal toward keeping college tuition affordable for students.

However, there is another aspect of affordability that was not mentioned explicitly: the issue of student loans.

Subsidized Stafford loans have long provided a way for students to pay for their education by borrowing money in the short term and paying it back over time. The disadvantage, of course, is borrowers have to pay back their loans with interest. For the past several years, interest rates on subsidized Stafford loans have been held to a low 3.4 percent rate, thanks to a 2007 college affordability plan that reduced the rate from 6.8 percent.

This past spring, that plan ended and interest rates were set to revert back to the 6.8 percent rate, which would have added $1,000 in interest for every loan taken out by about 10 million borrowers across the country.

However, students mobilized, using photo petitions, rallies, news conferences and letter-writing campaigns to tell Congress they could not afford to see interest rates double overnight.

Thanks to their work, a one-year extension was passed to keep the rates at the lower 3.4 percent rate.

But here we are, one year later and no closer to a comprehensive, long-term plan for student loan interest rates.

Once again, the rates will double to 6.8 percent on July 1 unless Congress takes action, and students still cannot afford to see that happen. But we know that student voices have power, and because of that, I have been working with my organization, MaryPIRG, as well as with many other student leaders and administrators on the campus to make sure Congress knows how this increase will affect us as students.

A week ago today, MaryPIRG held a rally on the mall to share our stories and urge students to continue to fight for affordable interest rates. We heard from Charmaine Wilson-Jones, a sophomore government and politics major and Student Government Association diversity director, who said the price of college almost prevented her from attending at all.

“How many potential inventors, doctors, scientists, presidents will we lose as a society because we are not willing to give them an opportunity to pursue a higher education? How many people like me will drop out of college because they have taken out the maximum number of student loans?” she asked.

Even the university administration has concerns about the future of student loans. Linda Clement, Student Affairs vice president, expressed her support for our efforts, saying, “I remember a time where college debts used to be forgivable because education was a social good. Now the debts are all pinned on the individual. The unfortunate part is that it affects everyone’s end game where people choose majors and careers to pay back these loans rather than following their dreams. [University] President [Wallace] Loh, the university and I fully support this rally, fully understanding from both a personal perspective and everyday encounters the burdens of student loans.”

Loh’s budget has great intentions for the short-term prospects of college affordability, but we must remember to consider the price down the road for both current borrowers and future students. So we will continue to push Congress and the president for a better solution, one that keeps college affordable not only for us but for our younger siblings as well. We will continue collecting your voices and stories at studentloanstoriesumd@gmail.com, and we will continue to ask for a solution that won’t double our interest rates come July 1.

Lianne Berne is chapter chairwoman of MaryPIRG at this university. She can be reached at lberne@terpmail.umd.edu.

Ezra Fishman is a junior accounting and finance major. He can be reached at ezra.fish@gmail.com.

To Cole Field House, with love BEN KRAMER You are the reason I fell in love with this university. As a child, I watched some of college basketball’s most historic games from your red seats. I remember watching the Terp-O-Meter rise to signal the increasing boisterousness of your passionate fans. I remember watching Steve Francis and Juan Dixon bring an arena to its feet.

And I remember a legendary coach — a coach who gave you renewed life after painful sanctions signaled possible death — pump his fist to send an unequivocal message: Have pride in Maryland basketball.

You defined pride for almost 50 years.

You hosted some of college basketball’s most memorable games. We upset six top-ranked teams on your court. You remain the only on-campus venue to host two NCAA Final Fours. You helped college basketball break the color barrier when in 1966, Texas Western, the first college basketball team to start an entirely black lineup, upset an all-white Kentucky team on your storied floor to win a national championship.

From the time of your birth, students filled your seats to cheer on their team, my team. They applauded some of the nation’s finest players and some of our country’s most legendary coaches. While I was not a student at the time, I was always there, cheering along with them. I routinely painted my

face, I wiped your floor as a ball boy, and I joined thousands of others to make you the loudest stadium in the country.

Now, more than a decade after you closed your doors to basketball, the memories I made with you remain vivid.

I still remember frequently making the short drive around the Capital Beltway to visit you. But it was not you I was really going to see — it was the team you hosted, the history you helped make.

My dad instilled in me a sense of this history from the time I was young. After all, he loved you, too. He met you when he was a student here. I cannot say how long ago that was, because I fear he might read this letter. But I am certain he was always the one who screamed loudest. Man, he had passion, and he passed that passion on to me. When you

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helped our beloved Terps reach their first Final Four in 2001, we immediately booked our tickets to Minneapolis. And while that year ended in heartbreak, the following year — fittingly, the final year of your life — ended with euphoria.

We finally did it. That year, we were the best. We made history.

We celebrated our first national championship by inaugurating a new home on the other side of the campus.

It was larger and fancier. It held more students, and more loyal alumni could pay to fill its seats. But it was not the same. It wasn’t you.

Now I am a student. I miss you, but I still yell and scream and carry the passion my dad passed on to me. But

I fear others do not share my passion.

I fear my peers do not appreciate the history you helped make, the program you helped create. I cringe when I see a roaring crowd pack Comcast Center to see us play Duke or North Carolina, because I know that is how it used to be at every game. You would not stand for an empty student section or for an emotionless crowd.

My classmates never knew you, but I did. This is me trying to tell them how it used to be. This is me hoping they will join me in making it that way again.

Ben Kramer is a sophomore government and politics and history major. He can be reached at bkramer1@terpmail.umd.edu.

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orn today, you are always at your best when you are following your instincts and doing things in a way that is uniquely your own. This doesn’t mean, of course, that you are incapable or unwilling to learn from others and from what they have done before you; on the contrary, that kind of information always comes in handy for you -- but you are not one simply to play “copycat” and do what others have done simply because it has a proven track record. Rather, you will learn from it, and then proceed to do a similar or related thing in a way that is your own and that cannot be imitated.

There is always a risk to doing things your own way, and the truth is that you’re sure to attract more than your share of criticism -- largely from those who are jealous of you and your ability to remain true to yourself no matter what. You let such criticism roll off your back -- though you are not immune to the occasional sting.

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Staff writer Eric Bricker talks to indie folk band Ivan & Alyosha about its upcoming DC9 show, while senior staff writer Zachary Berman previews Snarky Puppy’s Baltimore show. For more, visit diamondbackonline.com.

REVIEW | YEAH YEAH YEAHS’ MOSQUITO

LIVING UP TO THE BUZZ

Mosquito, the latest album from alternative mainstay Yeah Yeah Yeahs, is just as good as the hype machine would have you believe — and maybe even better

By Eric Bricker Staff writer Yeah Yeah Yeahs seems incapable of making a bad album. After a stunning debut, 2003’s Fever to Tell, the band eluded a sophomore slump with the similarly impressive Show Your Bones and threw fans an enrapturing changeup with 2009’s It’s Blitz! And Tuesday, the band triumphed once again with the release of its fourth studio album, Mosquito.

I won’t lie: Before listening to the album, I prepared myself for a letdown. After all, the media hype perpetually surrounding the trio had risen to all-new heights after it reportedly slayed when playing four new tracks at March’s SXSW. I hadn’t seen the performance — my budget ruled out the possibility of a trip to Austin, Texas — but I took Mosquito’s buzz with pretty much the whole shaker of salt.

How could Mosquito possibly equal Fever or It’s Blitz!, two of the past decade’s defining alternative records?

Nevertheless, I was willing to absolve the band if Mosquito offered just a fraction of the group’s former brilliance.

Ultimately, no forgiveness proved necessary — or maybe I had just pardoned the band from the album’s opening moments. Mosquito lives up to its more-than-considerable hype, delivering the band at its best — eclectic and electrifying.

Originally billed as a lo-fi depar-

ture from It’s Blitz!’s ’80s dance floor revivalism, Mosquito largely marks a return to Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ postpunk roots. The New York-based trio’s sound has always had a layer of grime obscuring its art school polish, so listeners won’t necessarily be able to distinguish the album’s atmosphere from Fever. Still, Mosquito is undeniably lo-fi, albeit a different brand than current indie darlings Cloud Nothings’ and Japandroids’ minimalist approaches. Whereas the latter might as well record on a string tied between two cans, Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ recording technology is more the sonic equivalent of the potato clock you made in sixth-grade science class.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ critics often deride the band’s persona as mere posturing, calling out the trio as conservatory students playing rock stars. If that’s the truth, it’s an affectation the group would do well to keep up. While its uppercrust roots may sometimes show through, Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ early appeal lies primarily in the scuzzy, sleazy sound of its debut.

W h i le Mosquito isn’t quite the raw,

raunchy Fever — the unrelenting, punkish fusillade featured on the debut has been diluted over the past decade — fans of the band’s earlier work will likely prefer it over the glitzier It’s Blitz!

Called a “soul” album by frontwoman Karen O, it seems fitting the record’s opening song and leadoff single lay in its jazziest number, “Sacrilege.” Arguably Mosquito’s most radio-friendly track, “Sacrilege” manages to incorporate funky riffs and a backing gospel choir into the band’s signature

danceable sound, though it never feels forced or overwrought.

On track No. 2, the trio switches gears without warning, with a slinky, subdued nod to New York in “Subway.”

Karen O’s wraithlike crooning over rumbling train tracks and guitarist Nick Zinner’s haunting, wandering chords prove a brilliant match.

The group’s alleged return to its roots manifests itself fully with the title track. Karen O’s squawks and howls, Zinner’s squealing guitar and Brian Chase’s straightforward drumming — it’s all there, conveniently packaged into a catchy garage-rock zinger.

The rest of the album proves similarly diverse, with the intriguing, reggae-influenced “Under the Earth,” “Area 52” — a bratty, brash ode to extraterrestrials — and “These Paths,” a track that would have sou nded equally at home on It’s Blitz! On “Buried Alive,” produced by former LCD Soundsystem front man James Murphy, Karen O and Co. toss in a verse from veteran Bronx rapper Kool Keith.

Mosquito’s final quarter is its l e a s t a b ra s i v e ,

as the band showcases its softer, fuzzier side. Title notwithstanding, “Despair” is an upbeat call to optimism despite a “wasted life.” On “Always,” the band more or less photocopies a leaf from Best Coast’s book in a beach-ready love song. This lovestruck Karen O wasn’t prominently featured on past albums, but perhaps her 2011 marriage has tempered her former raunch into something a bit more domestic. Whatever the reason, somehow, it works.

And then, at last, there’s “Wedding Song.” A gorgeous ballad reminiscent of “Maps,” the Fever-era hit single that largely defines Yeah Yeah Yeahs, “Wedding Song” continues the band’s penchant for including one such staple on each record. Mildly cliched lines (“You’re the breath that I breathe”) manage to sound remarkably inventive coming from experienced lyricist Karen O. “Wedding Song” is both simplistic and wonderfully expressive, a true songwriting triumph for the band.

Overall, fans who go into Mosquito hoping for a rehashed Fever are doomed to mild disappointment. The band has evolved since 2003, and its direction has changed. Mosquito can’t be faulted for not mirroring its predecessors; anyone with marginally receptive ears will agree Yeah Yeah Yeahs has delivered yet another future classic. diversionsdbk@gmail.com

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STATLINE Terps baseball shortstop Blake Schmit’s line in a 4-3 win at Virginia Commonwealth

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Schmit keys comeback win at VCU Terps erase two-run deficit in eighth inning, notch 4-3 nonconference win

By Daniel Popper Staff writer The Terrapins baseball team has had its share of struggles against conference foes this season — the group has lost six straight series to open ACC play — but it has been equally dominant against nonconference opponents.

Entering last night’s game against Virginia Commonwealth in Richmond, Va., the Terps were 14-4 against nonconference teams, including 6-1 in midweek games. And coach John Szefc’s squad continued its winning ways against the Rams with a 4-3 comeback victory.

“That was one of our more feel-good wins of the year,” Szefc said. “[We] showed a lot

of mental toughness, a lot of resolve. No matter what sport you’re talking about, if a team can come from behind and win, that’s just a mark of mental toughness.”

The Terps (20-17) trailed, 3-1, with runners on second and third and one out in the 8th inning when shortstop Blake Schmit ripped a game-tying double to left field. Center fielder Charlie White then walked before right fielder Jordan Hagel advanced the runners one base with a ground out.

First baseman LaMonte Wade was the next to deliver, hitting a sharp ground ball to third base that VCU (16-18) third baseman Joey Cujas mishandled, allowing Schmit to score the gamewinning run.

Despite freshman closer Kevin

Mooney loading the bases in the bottom of the ninth inning, the Terps pulled out the victory and their 20th win of the season.

Though the Terps’ pitching staff surrendered three earned runs, Szefc commended the group’s performance. Lefthander Alex Robinson started on the mound, throwing five innings of six-hit ball. Lefthander Robert Galligan and right-handers Jared Price, Bobby Ruse and Kevin Mooney allowed a combined two hits and no earned runs over the final four innings.

“Our pitching was outstanding today,” Szefc said. “Alex gave us a really good start. He made some big pitches to get some big outs when he had to. Then we got great bullpen efforts. The

whole group was outstanding.”

Schmit was the hero of the night, though. The transfer from Des Moines Area Community College has emerged as one of the Terps’ most consistent all-around players, providing a steadying presence after the departure of longtime shortstop Alfredo Rodriguez. He’s started 36 of 37 games this season, and is batting .271 with two home runs, tied for the team high.

“What [Schmit] has done for this program is he’s firmed up the shortstop position,” Szefc said. “If you don’t have a firm shortstop position, you’re in a lot of trouble. We’re lucky enough that he was able to come in here as a JuCo guy and be a steady player at short. That’s very important.”

shortstop blake schmit hit a game-tying double in last night’s 4-3 Terps win at Virginia Commonwealth. He is batting .271 in 37 games (36 starts) this year. file photo/the diamondback Even with their struggles in the ACC, the Terps’ dominance in the midweek games and nonconference series has kept their postseason hopes alive. Szefc’s team is currently ranked No. 37 in the NCAA RPI ranking, and its near-perfect record against nonconference opponents is a major reason for that.

“We just try to show up and play hard every day,” Szefc said. “Teams that are a workin-progress like ours, we’re just trying to be the same team every day. We’re trying to come out and get after people and play hard no matter the outcome.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

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Aust stars in Terps’ Senior Day victory

Attacker Alex Aust had seven points in the Terps’ 17-8 win over Dartmouth, notching six goals and one assist. She now ranks third in program history in assists. christian jenkins/the diamondback

Attacker’s 96 points rank 2nd nationally

By Joshua Needelman Staff writer Almost midway through the second half of the Terrapins women’s lacrosse team’s 17-8 Senior Day rout Sunday, attacker Alex Aust corralled the ball near the Dartmouth crease and stared down her defender.

With her parents watching from the crowd, the senior sent her defender reeling with a quick juke move, then fired the ball into the back of the net.

It marked her third tally in less than three minutes and her sixth score of the game — the same amount the then-No. 14 Big Green had totaled at that point.

The dominant effort was nothing new for the Sterling, Va., native, who is second in the nation with 96 points.

“She has such a presence on the field,” coach Cathy Reese said. “She’s such a confident player. She understands the game. When you combine her game sense with her skills and athletic ability, she’s very difficult to stop.”

Aust has been the most consistent member of a star-laden Terps offense as its leading scorer. Aside from a twopoint outing against Towson on March 26 and a one-goal effort against North Carolina on April 6, she hasn’t totaled fewer than three points in a contest this season.

On Sunday, she added an assist to her six scores. The helper marked the 120th of her career, giving her sole possession of third place in program history.

And the ACC has taken notice. Aust was awarded ACC Offensive Player of the Week for the third time this season.

“She’s so dynamic,” midfielder Katie Schwarzmann said. “She can score. She can assist. She’s a huge threat on offense for us.”

Despite Aust’s gaudy stat lines, she isn’t content.

Following the Dartmouth m a tc h u p , t h e s e n i o r l a mented the performance in the Terps’ previous contest against Princeton. She said she struggled to be efficient against Tigers left-handed goalkeeper Caroline Franke, even though she notched three goals.

“I tried to put an emphasis on [scoring] today,” Aust said Sunday. “Focusing on finding the back of the net, scoring, faking. She was a really good goalie. I respected her.”

Aust was elected one of the Terps’ three captains before the season. Through her success, she remains ambitious. So has the rest of the team.

Throughout their undefeated campaign, the No. 1 Terps have maintained there is still work to do to reach their ultimate aspirations.

After a game at Virginia Tech on Saturday, the Terps will head to Chapel Hill, N.C., for the ACC tournament the next weekend.

In each of Aust’s three seasons, the Terps have come home with the championship, and Aust will hope to stay perfect in the conference finals in two weeks.

But the ACC Championship isn’t the Terps’ ultimate goal.

From the beginning of the season, the Terps have made it clear they hope to make an impact in the NCAA tournament.

After winning the national championship in Aust’s freshman year, the Terps have fallen short in the sport’s final weekend two years in a row. But now, as the leader of the team, Aust won’t settle for anything less than the title.

“Maryland always has great teams,” Aust said. “But I think it’s a little different this year.

We are such a strong, tight-knit group. We are really trying to go far in the tournament.” sportsdbk@gmail.com

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THE DIAMONDBACK | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2013