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Students worry over loan rates, Pell Grants Interest rates likely to stay frozen, but many lose grants

BY FOLA AKINNIBI AND LAURA BLASEY Staff writers

Although lawmakers announced Tuesday they had reached a tentative agreement to prevent student loan interest rates from doubling this weekend, Congress has yet to pass a final measure.

Legislators are still in the midst of working out how to fund the $6 billion extension — which would go into effect July 1 — that would prevent rates from spiking from 3.4 to 6.8 percent for another year. But the news of a potential compromise comes just as more than 300,000 students prepare for reduced or lost Pell Grants, leaving many wondering whether they will be able to fund their education through graduation.

“It sends the message that you have to be rich to go to college, and just think if that were the case for all the

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Bakich accepts coaching job at Michigan After three years at helm of Terps team and one of best seasons in program history, coach moving on

BY DANIEL GALLEN Senior staff writer

Terrapins baseball coach Erik Bakich accepted the head coaching position at Michigan after three years in College Park, officials announced yesterday.

Bakich led the Terps to their best winning percentage since 2002, as they finished 32-24 and 10-20 in conference play. He posted a 70-98 record, including a 20-70 mark in the ACC. This season’s 32 wins are the secondmost in the team’s history. Bakich did not return calls for comment Tuesday and yesterday night.

“The University of Michigan represents a standard of academic and athletic excellence which will be upheld by our coaches and players every day,” Bakich said in a statement released by the Michigan athletics department. “Michigan baseball has a storied tradition and I am honored to lead this program back to winning

championships.”

Deputy Athletic Director Nathan Pine will lead a committee on a national search for the Terps’ next coach, the team’s third since 2001.

This year’s team garnered national attention after taking two of three games from UCLA and an unexpected 11-1 start to the season. The team, however, could not match its out-ofconference success in the ACC. The Terps were on the NCAA Tournament bubble and were ultimately left out of the 64-team field.

The loss of Bakich could have a significant impact on the program’s future, as he was a widely known recruiter whose 2010 recruiting class was ranked No. 25 by Baseball

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With the end near, fighting for one last swim Six swimmers from Terps squads likely last ones from university team to compete in Olympic trials

BY JENNY HOTTLE For The Diamondback

From the time she started swimming at 7 years old, Addison Koelle knew her ultimate goal was to make it to the Olympics. This week, she has her chance.

The senior government and politics major and five other current and for-

mer swimmers from this university are competing against the top swimmers in the country at the 2012 U.S. Olympic team trials in Omaha, Neb., which run from June 25 to July 2.

With the men’s and women’s swimming and diving programs on the chopping block — the team has raised only $184,716 of the $2.8 million needed to meet the team’s Satur-

day benchmark to continue on the university’s roster — team members said this is likely the last year a Terps swimmer will represent this university at trials.

However, Koelle is trying not to approach the meet as “the last time I’m ever going to jump in the pool or the last time I’m ever going to put a suit on,” she said.

Univ. will not see added funds after no agreement reached on gaming plan

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to Penn State — will swim in the 100meter freestyle, and Koelle looks to beat her personal record in the 200meter fly, after swimming the 100meter butterfly Tuesday. Recent graduate Alexa Hamilton will compete in the 200-meter breastroke tomorrow and recent graduate Ginny Glover

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Addition of county site would have generated millions University officials are preparing for another blow to higher education funding after state lawmakers failed to secure millions in revenue from a potential casino site in this county.

A work group of legislators could not each an agreement June 20 on a proposal, which included adding table games to state casinos, to build a sixth casino in the state. Some of the projected $223 million a year in state revenue the proposal would have generated would have provided muchneeded funding to the state’s public universities, according to state Sen. Douglas Peters (D-Prince George’s).

“That’s a significant amount of money that can be used for education,” Peters said. “I think that my biggest regret is that the voters did not get to decide this issue. I’ve spo-

Teammate Megan Lafferty, who is transferring to Arizona for her senior year, has made the biggest splash for the Terps so far, just missing the semifinals after coming in 20th place in the 100-meter butterfly Monday.

Today, junior John Hauser — a twotime ACC Men’s Performer of the Week last season who is transferring

A casino site in the county, similar to the new Maryland Live!, would have generated millions of additional dollars for state universities. State lawmakers failed to reach an agreement on the proposal. PHOTO COURTESY OF CARMEN GONZALEZ

ken to a number of people — some are for, some are against — but all were for putting it on the ballot to vote on it in 2012, and I’m disappointed that they

were denied that right.”

Casinos generate money for the

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Known for her honesty and expertise, colleagues and students often sought out Harriet Presser’s approval as a marker of quality work.

“She was a tough critic when you gave her ideas … but always sympathetic,” sociology department Chairman Reeve Vanneman said of Presser, a former university sociology professor.

Presser, the founding director of the Maryland Population Research Center, died of ovarian cancer May 1 in Bethesda. She was 75.

A faculty member since 1976, Presser was a leader in the field of demography, transforming how scholars worked on gender inequality, colleagues said. She received many accolades, including being named a distinguished professor, but one of her greatest accomplishments was creating the then-Center on Population, Gender, and Social Inequality in 1988 as a

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home for a “niche” collection of social demographers.

The center has grown over the decades to become a place for leading scholars to promote populationbased research in the scientific community. Through the Harriet B. Presser Research Fellowship in Sociology, she will continue to provide annual support to graduate

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THE DIAMONDBACK | NEWS | THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 2012

Univ., state launch program to address veterans’ mental health Maryland Veterans Resilience Initiative to form peer network for veterans, Lt. Gov. Brown announced last week

BY MAX GROSSFELD For The Diamondback

A coalition of university faculty, student veterans and state officials has formed to improve the mental health and peer support of veterans in the state, Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown announced last week.

The Maryland Veterans Resilience Initiative is a fourpronged program to better train mental health professionals, primary care physicians and community leaders, such as clergy, to care for veterans returning home. It will focus on setting up peer-support networks for student veterans across the region and creating an online, statewide survey to assess veterans’ needs. The initiative seeks to

GROUP from page 1 state’s general fund, which legislators draw on to address higher education needs ranging from keeping tuition rates low or funding facility maintenance and construction, said Sean Johnson, political and legislative affairs managing director at the Maryland State Education Association. About half the revenues generated by state casinos are allotted to the Maryland Education Trust Fund.

However, lawmakers in the work group said it was premature to approve another venture before other casinos in the state have launched. MGM Resorts International, which proposed opening an $800 million casino-hotel complex at National Harbor, may still receive legislators’ stamp of approval through a special session in July, but Peters said that would be unlikely.

Del. Sheila Hixson (DMontgomery), a member of the working group, said she

address the prevalence of mental health complaints among returning servicemen and women.

Family science professor Sally Koblinsky, who is helping lead the initiative, wrote in an email that six student veterans on the team will help create new groups at universities, establish buddy mentoring programs and connect students with academic, mental health and employment resources on their campuses and in their communities.

Although the university has a student-run group, TerpVets, senior Persian studies major Shawn Grove, who served in the army. said he was looking forward to the peer-to-peer network.

“When I came here, I feel

opposed the expansion because the group wants to first judge the success of the other approved casinos in the state — located in Baltimore City, Allegany, Anne Arundel, Cecil and Worcester counties.

Mar yland Live! casino, developed and owned by Cordish Cos., opened earlier this month in Anne Arundel County.

Managing partner Joe Weinberg said in a statement that he thought expanding gaming further would be unwise, considering other developers are projected to open casinos by the end of 2013.

Hixson said the group also opposed granting casino owners a tax cut on gaming revenues, from 67 percent to 50 percent.

“We find it hard to justify that we can’t take care of the people in Maryland, but we could take care of the casino owners,” she added.

Junior government and politics and journalism major Alex Glass, however, said a casino in the county could help compensate for the university’s tightening budget.

like I would have benefited from [the network], adjusting to university life and civilian life in general,” Grove said.

As thousands of troops return home from recent conflicts overseas — more than 28,000 have returned to this state from Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a press release — many are experiencing difficulty adjusting back into civilian life.

One in five veterans returning from those countries suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury, according to the release.

“This is going to promote the success of the students by normalizing that it’s OK to seek help for personal challenges,” said Tasha Vanterpool, the university’s veteran

student life coordinator.

She has found that one of the most important factors for student veterans succeeding is the support of their peers. The university’s Veterans Center is launching its own peer-support system and one day hopes to work with the Maryland Veterans Resilience Initiative.

In a recent Pew Research Center survey of 1,853 veterans, 27 percent of all veterans said they had a difficult reentry into society. However, among those who have served since Sept. 11, that number increases to 44 percent.

The Pew survey also shows 37 percent of veterans in this time believe they have post-traumatic stress disorder.

“A major goal of our project is to ensure that our State’s mental

health community, primary health care practitioners, clergy, and other professionals are prepared to deliver services that are

“Maryland’s veterans and their families have sacrificed so much for our country.”

ANTHONY BROWN LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

sensitive to military culture and the unique needs of veterans and their families,” Koblinsky wrote. “We hope our efforts will

make veterans’ mental health services more accessible and less stigmatized.”

The initiative hopes to have peer-support networks for veterans returning to college, especially community colleges, running within the next two years.

“Maryland’s veterans and their families have sacrificed so much for our country,” Brown said. “The demands of multiple deployments have placed significant stress on veterans and their families and contributed to the signature wounds of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars … Too often, health professionals are not adequately trained to treat these and other health issues that veterans face.” news@umdbk.com

“We find it hard to justify that we can’t take care of the people in Maryland, but we could take care of the casino owners.”

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In May, the University System of Maryland absorbed $5.3 million in cuts.

“I think overall the state’s fiscal policy is unrealistic,” Glass added.

Peters said although the revenue would have helped keep the state a leader in public education, he doubted an agreement would be possible.

“I think we can reconvene in January, and I think we’re still going to have the same issues,” he said. “Until they decide they’re ready to move forward with it, it’s dead.” news@umdbk.com

A casino opened at Arundel Mills Mall this month, but a state work group shot down plans for a casino in this county that would have provided additional education funding. PHOTO COURTESY OF CARMEN GONZALEZ

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STUDENTS from page 1 highly qualified people who have given so much to our countr y,” Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.) said, adding higher education isn’t something the United States can cut funding toward.

The Senate agreed on funding the extension by reducing federal subsidies on loans and requiring companies to pay more for federal insurance on pension plans.

But the changes in Pell Grants about to go into effect, which are expected to save $11 billion over 10 years, will eliminate 87 of the 5,550 undergraduate students from the program, according to Director of Student Financial Aid Sarah Bauder.

“A number of students are at the tipping point,” Bauder said, adding that many more may see reduced loans. “I’m not going to know the total impact until next year.”

Sophomore government and politics major Charmaine Wilson-Jones said she thinks several students are caught in the middle of election-year tensions.

“It was pretty unner ving,” Wilson-Jones said. “I just realized how much of it is controlled by partisan politics — it got ver y real and felt like they were just wanting to make each other look bad.”

Wilson-Jones said her biggest concern is what will happen going for ward — she hopes to go to law school, an ambition that may not be possible if she can’t access affordable loans.

University System of Mar yland Chancellor Brit Kir wan said while it’s relieving interest rates will likely remain at their current rate

“By declaring they’ve come to an agreement, they’ve basically agreed to postpone the decision. We’ll be right back at this again in another year.”

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next year, legislators need to find more efficient ways to help students finance their education.

“It’s a mixed message,” Kirwan said. “There is the very positive continuation of low Stafford loan interest rates, but looking out across to the future, I am very, very troubled by the inability of Congress to provide better loan circumstances for both undergraduates and graduates.”

University officials worr y that without adequate aid options available, minority students may be dissuaded from attending the university. Chief Diversity Officer Kumea Shorter-Gooden said Pell Grants and financial aid are “absolutely critical for students from underrepresented groups.”

Even students who may be able to rely on low interest rates aren’t out of the clear.

The potential compromise to keep loan interest rates at 3.4 percent comes with a tradeoff: Repayments must begin with graduation, rather than allowing students a sixmonth grace period to find employment. Additionally,

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graduate students will no longer be eligible for subsidized loans starting this fall.

Even if passed, the proposed solution will only freeze the interest rates for one year, and that, business teaching fellow Cliff Rossi said, is the agreement’s fatal flaw.

“By declaring they’ve come to an agreement, they’ve basically agreed to postpone the decision,” Rossi said. “We’ll be right back at this again in another year … it’s no solution in my mind.”

Earlier this month, system officials met with Vice President Joe Biden to discuss a commitment to educating students about financial aid options and keeping higher education affordable.

That vision may be fading, however, as federal constraints will make it harder for students to manage loans, even with the right education.

“I think I always understood that there were a lot of risks associated with taking the loans out,” said Rachel Pacella, a senior journalism major who uses federal loans to pay for her housing.

“I’m still cautious, but I think finding a way to finance education is one of the biggest challenges for people my age,” she added.

Kir wan said those who will be most affected in the system will be graduate students. Graduate degrees are becoming increasingly essential in the working world and he worries that students won’t be willing to pursue the degrees that some professions require because they can’t afford it.

“I’m ver y worried about what will happen a year from now,” Kir wan said. akinnibi@umdbk.com, blasey@umdbk.com

CHANGES TO PELL GRANT AND LOAN REQUIREMENTS Following these changes to Pell Grant requirements, 87 undergraduate university students will lose the federally funded grants.

Q Students must have a high school diploma or GED certification Q Students can receive grants for only six years, down from nine Q Grants are limited to $4,860, down from $5,550 Q Families making $23,000, rather than $30,000, are expected to contribute to

their students’ tuition Q Graduate students are no longer eligible for federally subsidized loans

PRESSER from page 1 students in the sociology department.

Vanneman said Presser pushed gender equality to the forefront at a time when it was often missing from discussions of sociological issues.

“She brought a hard-nose, rigorous feminist perspective to ever ything she did, always tempered with a good sense of humor,” Vanneman said.

She also made an impression in the classroom, Vanneman added. Former students wrote in to show their respect before her memorial ser vice June 10. Many of them mentioned Presser’s sharp sense of humor that, while entertaining, always had an underlying point.

Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and raised in Miami, she received her bachelor’s degree from George Washington University in 1959 and her master’s in sociology in 1962 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She earned her doctorate in sociology in 1969 from the University of California, Berkeley.

Sher yl Presser, her daughter, said one of her fondest

memories of her mother was their trip to Barcelona, Spain a year after she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer.

It was the 2008 men’s final at Wimbledon and Rafael Nadal, a Spaniard, was one set away from beating Roger Federer; the sports bars in Barcelona were teeming with fans.

Between rain delays, Presser and her daughter hurried from the sports bar to the hotel and eventually to their room to watch the match, the longest men’s final in Wimbledon history, and eventually celebrate the win.

Sher yl Presser said her mother taught her to persevere and show strength, whether under pressure from society or illness.

“What I think of most … is how she did not let the low probability of success in any endeavor ever stop her from trying to achieve a goal,” Sheryl Presser said. “She forged ahead despite the odds.”

Philip Corfman, Harriet Presser’s partner of 32 years, noted she worked hard to support herself and was always upbeat and positive.

“She looked on the better side of life,” Corfman said.

“She was not a sourpuss.”

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“She did not let the low probability of success in any endeavor ever stop her from trying to achieve a goal.”

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would often travel together when she was speaking in various countries for work.

One of her favorite trips, Corfman said, was to Australia to work with the countr y’s national university.

Although she balanced a busy schedule, Presser made time for friends and family; she especially enjoyed playing a version of the game Rummy, “May I?” and reminiscing with friends from her grade school years.

Presser is sur vived by her partner Philip Corfman of Bethesda and her daughter, from a previous marriage, Sher yl Presser of New York. news@umdbk.com

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But university leaders aren’t the only ones who now have an added responsitudents have little reason to be optimistic these days. We’re repeatedly told we’re entering one of the worst job markets in history; national and bility. Students should be prepared to speak up, write letters and travel to Washstate leaders seem to be in perpetual gridlock on every issue; and stu- ington and/or Annapolis to send the message that this lack of leadership is detrident loan debt has reached an all-time high, exceeding credit card debt. mental and ultimately puts the country at risk by not adequately preparing the It’d be nice to say things will get better, but political leaders and recent events next generation for the job market.

According to U.S. Census Bureau data, those with college degrees can expect have given us little reason to believe they will. Although congressional leaders to earn nearly twice that of high school graduates. Even announced Tuesday they had reached a tentative deal to though a college degree’s importance is reiterated time prevent student loan interest rates from doubling, it only and time again, legislators aren’t providing students with came after months of petty debates on how to fund the $6 billion bill. The news arrived on the heels of a slew of The congressional decision to the tools they need to graduate.

While these sorts of efforts may sound trite, students changes to the Pell Grant program — changes that will effectively reduce or eliminate the grant for hundreds of prevent a hike in student loan have already proven that their voices matter. In April, after thousands of students on July 1. interest rates is no indicator the state General Assembly failed to agree on a budget package, a “doomsday” budget went into effect, which would Additionally, the freeze on student loan interest rates is only good for one year, meaning the same debates will of future support. Students have triggered millions of dollars of statewide cuts, includmost certainly resurface in only a few months. There are and university officials should ing $50 million to the University System of Maryland. Gov. Martin O’Malley berated legislators for their failure to comno long-term solutions in the works (at least that we can clearly see), so students are left with several stopgap depend on their own proven promise and provided no indication he would recall them to to work out an alternate budget package without measures, hoping each year they’ll find a way to finance advocacy efforts to keep costs Annapolis already having reached an agreement. However, students that coveted college degree. still voiced their discontent, including staging a rally on Any promises at this point are empty words, and studown in the long run.

McKeldin Mall. On May 7, O’Malley announced lawmakers dents should accept the unfortunate truth that it’s pointless to count on political leaders to help fund their education or, at the least, even would soon meet again in Annapolis, and at a special session the next week, they ease the burden. This editorial board feels there’s no use in calling on legislators agreed on a budget with modest cuts to state institutions. Students have a powerto come to some sort of agreement. That’s why it’s time for students and univer- ful voice — especially in an election year — they just need to use it more often.

University leaders and students have proven they’re capable of changing sity leaders to take matters into their own hands.

To prepare for the impending changes, the university should provide more things for themselves. Politicians have continuously disappointed their conscholarship opportunities for students so they don’t have to rely so heavily on stituents, and likely will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. Even federal loans to finance their education. Private donors have stepped up to fund a though this is a state university, it does not need to remain entirely dependent on state-of-the-art turf field and a new multi-million dollar president’s residence in legislators working out squabbles. Students have far more influence than they the last year — now that these projects are nearly complete, officials should redi- realize, and university leaders can certainly raise money when it’s needed. After rect their efforts toward raising the same sort of money to pour into student all, what’s the point in fundraising for new projects if there aren’t students who can reap the benefits? scholarships and financial aid.

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Nature: Documentaries of perfection

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ut of all the things human beings are making these days — computers, cars, trash, war, 3-D printers, dubstep — nature documentaries deser ve mention in any conversation about which is the best.

Top documentaries such as Planet Earth and Blue Planet use the best technology available, capturing nature’s rarest and most secluded events, sometimes placing cameramen in life-threatening situations.

When all the editing is said and done and voiceovers and score are added, the final product is the highest form of art anyone is making, blowing literature, music, painting and other film out of the water in terms of quality.

The high-definition close-ups of bizarre bugs, rare birds and obscure species on the brink of extinction virtually erase the distinction between tangible reality and 2-D imager y.

These documentaries turn exotic beetles into glossy pieces of candy and other wise unimaginable specta-

JAKE DEVIRGILIIS cles — hidden in the depths of impossibly gigantic oceans — into real-life mythical creatures.

But even more radiant than the picture is the intricacy, efficiency and perfection of the action. The onscreen events — from the microscopic world of insects to the seas of massive marine mammals — are, quite literally, perfect. There is no wasted motion, no unsolvable problem. Sometimes these events take place beyond human understanding, and even the narration mar vels at these mysteries either too complex or too simple for us to grasp.

Despite the best people have to offer in the world of art, nature documentaries reveal that, while in the world of humans life may imitate

art, when it comes to nature, all imitation pales in comparison. The reality is far more interesting than any other representation of it.

When I think of the art that consistently pleases me the most — French impressionism, classic American literature, world-class basketball, solo acoustic folk music — none of it has the impact of what really goes on all the time all around us. With macroscopic photography techniques, dedicated crews and high-definition screens, the world I’m missing while sitting at a computer and typing this is brought into my home.

And like the best art, nature documentaries carr y a powerful message, too. Without saying much, these films have us walking away with a feeling that perhaps something is wrong with our view of nature, our view of conser vation, our view of the environment.

This world was here before us, with myriad life forms intersecting in beautiful harmony. Tampering

could skew the balance of something perfect, but blatant disregard for all the life that shares this planet with us seems impossibly arrogant. Just as, in my eyes, we humans have failed to best the earth, whether in terms of aesthetics or efficiency, we are at a critical point in our histor y where we need to seriously rethink how we act on the earth. And we are totally blowing it.

We’re at a point where there is a non-trivial chance Manhattan could be underwater in the next 100 years.

And it’s hard enough to convince anyone to reduce carbon emissions. How can we convince anyone that killing bugs could bring on a world we don’t want to live in? I suppose we can’t (because I’m simply speculating), but Microcosmos certainly made me think twice before swatting flies. There’s a perfect cycle that, once gone, we can’t put back together.

Jake DeVirgiliis is a senior government and politics major. He can be reached at devirgiliis@umdbk.com.

Instagram: Loving the art of social media

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ait, let me Instagram this.” That’s pretty much all I’ve heard this summer since I’ve been home. Whether I’m out with friends, family or even just by myself, it’s all about Instagram.

Instagram is a photo-sharing service only available on mobile devices, letting users experiment with different filters to make their photos appear artsy to their friends. But why has it become such a phenomenon? Why isn’t sharing pictures on Facebook and Twitter with friends enough?

For me, I like being creative. I like to doodle. I like to write. I like feeling relatively artsy. Instagram can make that happen. What would just be a normal picture turns into a canvas to mix colors or focus, something that Facebook and Twitter applications do not let you do.

Ever since social media became “a

thing,” if someone isn’t up to date with it, he or she is considered behind. Or at least, I consider them behind. I’m a person who checks Facebook, Twitter, my email and Instagram multiple times daily. What can I say, I like to be in the know.

I guess it’s my journalism major need-to-know-all-the-news-at-once type of personality that makes me that way, but at what point will social media outlets get too out of hand?

Think about reality shows for a minute and how they started: Candid Camera began in 1948. Where are we now? We’re Keeping Up with the Kardashians. The same goes for social media: Computers were only just developing in the 1950s, and 60 years later people are “liking” photos of their friends on a website.

These changes happened over a number of decades, but since the creation of Facebook in 2004, social media

DAVID OLIVER has skyrocketed in its popularity.

Social media, because of its intense use in today’s society, is always going to change. People are always going to want to check out a new app, a new website or a new blog. In that sense, social media will only get out of hand if the world continues to get more out of hand.

I see social media as a way for people to express themselves. People vent about their days, talk to their friends and comment on the world’s problems. As financial crises continue to escalate, as people continue to rebel, as violence continues

to wreak havoc, people want to share their opinions.

I follow people on Twitter and Instagram ranging from my friends to celebrities to organizations and news agencies, among other resources.

Social media helps connect me to the world that I cannot see in front of me.

Particularly for college students, we have a tendency to get so enmeshed in our own little bubble that we forget about the rest of the world. Instagram does more than Facebook and Twitter — it lets us see the world through others’ eyes, which was the next logical step in social media technology.

So, the next time people want to Instagram you, just let it happen.

And if you say no, they’ll probably do it anyway.

David Oliver is a junior journalism major. He can be reached at opinion@umdbk.com.

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n June 14, The Diamondback published the guest column “Finding a lasting solution.”

The author, Emily Carroll, described a conversation she had at 4:30 a.m. on October 28, 2011 in Hornbake Library with a housekeeper who said she was sexually assaulted and physically injured during an early-morning shift a few weeks earlier.

Immediately upon reading this column — which was when I first heard of the aforementioned incident — I initiated an investigation that included engaging University Police. As part of the investigation, all housekeeping staff members who worked in Hornbake Librar y last October were inter viewed. Inquiries were also made to representatives of Housekeeping Ser vices, Facilities Management, and the Human Resources department.

No one we spoke with indicated any knowledge of such an incident; to date we have found no other evidence to corroborate the incident described in the guest column. University Police are holding their inquir y as closed pending further information.

I also took the reported incident as an opportunity to clearly restate to everyone in Facilities Management that sexual assault, sexual harassment or any other form of sexual misconduct will not be tolerated; such unconscionable behavior is prohibited by university policy, as well as state and federal law; the standard university sanction for sexual misconduct or assault is termination from university employment, and timely reporting is vitally important to preventing future incidents.

We are deeply committed to ensuring all employees in Facilities Management work in a safe, supportive and respectful environment. We currently are engaged in a number of steps designed to help us better ensure that all units in Facilities Management provide such a work environment. Critical to that goal is that our employees feel confident they can safely and securely report sexual assault or other abuse or misconduct, that such reports will be thoroughly and fairly investigated and appropriate disciplinary action will be taken if wrongdoing is discovered.

In the Facilities Managementwide communication that this incident prompted, I emphasized to our staff then, and reiterate now, that their health and safety is our paramount concern. Furthermore, anyone who is a victim of, or witness to, sexual assault, misconduct or sexual harassment is strongly encouraged to immediately report the incident. I reminded our supervisors that they have a legal requirement to report any such incident and noted to all that this university strictly prohibits retaliation against any person filing a complaint or cooperating in the investigation of such a complaint.

Finally, I reminded our staff, and would like to remind everyone in our university community, of the various resources for reporting sexual assault misconduct or harassment or obtaining counseling for victims, such as University Police, the Sexual Assault Response and Prevention Program and the Sexual Assault Center at Prince George’s County Hospital, among other resources.

Carlo Colella is the associate vice president of Facilities Management.

He can be reached at ccolella@umd.edu.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 7) — You should be able to close the gap between you and a rival this week. He or she will have to learn something new about you. (Sept. 8-Sept. 22) — You may not know at first just how to include another in a very personal project, but ultimately it will all work out.

treatment from you this week may be a mystery, but a certain someone will be in your good graces. (Nov. 8Nov. 21) — You know how to say the right things at the right time — and you’ll use this to your advantage many times.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 7) — An unexpected challenge comes your way. Make sure you know just what is being asked of you! (Dec. 8Dec. 21) — You may be thinking too much about something that simply cannot be done; focus instead on that which can and must be done!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 6) — You’ll get a taste of something that suits you very well, and you’ll want to have more of it very soon. Seek opportunities this week. (Jan. 7Jan. 19) — You’ll have the chance to prove that you can play with the big boys this week. A dream may come true.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 3) — The quality of your work must not suffer because you are not enthusiastic about the work you are assigned. (Feb. 4-Feb. 18) — Take care that you don’t expect others to do things in only one way; you can learn from diversity and variety.

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ARIES (March 21-April 4) — Getting things done in the right order this week is as simple as “one, two, three,” and you know just where to start — and when. (April 5-April 19) — You’re looking far and wide for the answers that are, in actuality, very close at hand. Let them come to you!

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SLAUGHTERHOUSE - FINE Ty Segall’s latest is rock at its rawest — and best

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It’s fitting that the new record by San Francisco garage-rock artist Ty Segall is named Slaughterhouse because it’s unlikely you’ll hear an album this start-to-finish meaty all year. It’s a four-course meal for punk carnivores, along the lines of swimming in a delicious, piping-hot tub of extra chunky chili. It’s a feast for our famished rock-and-roll souls.

Unlike 2012’s other punk near-masterpiece, Japandroids’ anthemic, wistful sophomore effort Celebration Rock, Slaughterhouse is brawny, beefy and catchy as hell. It occasionally sounds like the smirking, psychedelic rockers Thee

Oh Sees with touches of early Velvet Underground grime peppered in, but any further comparisons are undoubtedly unnecessary. It’s its own brash animal.

Because the whole album melds together into one, long track of awesomeness, choosing favorites is difficult. But, if pressed, the onetwo punch combination of “The Bag I’m In” and “Diddy Wah Diddy” stands out the most.

The former is a screechy cover of a Fred Neil folk tune, with Segall’s wailing voice fighting for space over a bombarding mound of hissing guitars and distorted drums that strut with straightforward, surf-tune propensity.

“Diddy Wah Diddy,” on the other hand, sputters and spirals past its boogie realm like blues-rock on cocaine. And nearly two

minutes into the song, Segall decides to crash the freight train into the water. “Who cares?” he shouts, before kicking up the feedback and ending the tune, rather abruptly. It feels spontaneous and raw, the sound of a group that still screws around in the garage, drinking cheap beer and blasting punk rock through busted speakers.

It’s not a perfect record. “Fuzz War,” the final track, is noisy nothingness; it’s 10 minutes of ponderous guitar noodling. But overall, Slaughterhouse contains barely any filler. Segall, the intrepid butcher, cuts us a fine, juicy Porterhouse with only the faintest traces of gristle. It’s a lean, rare meal that leaves you wanting more. essner@umdbk.com

REVIEW | SEEKING A FRIEND FOR THE END OF THE WORLD

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BY WARREN ZHANG Senior staff writer

The absolute end of the world is a topic very rarely dealt with in movies, mostly limited to obscure art-house flicks or austere Soviet science fiction films.

Mainstream apocalyptic cinema generally deals in stories about survivors grasping onto a faint, desperate hope, a reprieve from the impending deaths or a way to prevent the extinction

event altogether. Yet Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, the new end-of-the-world comedy starring Steve Carell (Crazy Stupid Love), has none of that.

Writer-director Lorene Scafaria (Childrens Hospital), responsible for writing the overly cutesy Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, should be commended, then, for being ballsy enough to make the most mainstream movie about a very definite apocalypse ever.

An opening montage establishes Dodge (Carell) as a man who has already given up hope.

Hope that his runaway wife will ever come back, hope that he’ll find love any time soon and hope that there’s salvation in store from a large asteroid on a collision course with earth.

In the midst of his final, morose days, a young, emotionally addled neighbor Penny (Keira Knightley, A Dangerous Method) stumbles into Dodge’s life, bringing with her a misfiled love letter from Dodge’s high school sweetheart.

When an uncontrollable riot breaks out in the city, Dodge

decides to go off and reconnect with his first love, dragging Penny along on the pretense of finding her a pilot to take her back to her parents in England.

The story then shifts, as you may assume, into your standard road trip yarn, albeit one tinged with apocalyptic despair and spectacularly morbid humor. It’s unfortunate, then, that the trip deflates the wickedly entertaining momentum of the first act.

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World opens with such a stunning assault of horrific gags that the shift into slower, more introspective filmmaking is quite jarring.

The slower second and third acts of the film aren’t helped by Scafaria’s disappointingly rote direction. The bland visual style isn’t noticeable during the jokea-minute opening, but it becomes distracting during the lengthy road trip part of the film.

There’s something terribly disheartening about the way the movie was put together, as if Scafaria simply went along checking off story beats and your standard rom-com tropes and cliches. Scenes have no real rhythm or flow, just jumping from one conversation to the next as the story dictates.

I have no doubt that the

screenplay for the movie is magnificent — you can still see the brilliance and eloquence of character beats despite the poor, hasty execution — but this material is cr ying out for a better interpretation, one with a fresher, more exciting and more dangerous spin on the story.

As it stands, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World works like gangbusters when it’s going for comedy. As a drama, the film falls flat, never quite presenting its heart in a sincere or convincing way. chzhang@umdbk.com

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Officials await city’s redesignation as sustainable community Participation in statewide program encourages cities to invest in economic renewal, business growth

BY DAVID OGANEYSAN For The Diamondback

City officials hope to expand efforts to encourage business growth beyond Route 1 by renewing the city’s status as a sustainable community next month.

While the state planning department is still reviewing applications to the Sustainable Community program, a statewide community revitalization initiative, officials said they are confident in their plan to strengthen the city’s communi-

ties and attract and retain business in College Park.

Through membership in the program, the city can continue to apply for state grant money for renewal projects, and city officials said they hope to pursue projects at the College Park Metro Station and commercial areas beyond Route 1.

“The goal of the program is generally focused on creating a sustainable community that enables people to work near their homes, shop locally and so on,” Economic Development Coordinator Michael Stiefvater said.

Over the last decade, Stiefvater said the city has received about eight grants through the program, which has about $4.5 million in funding to allocate each year.

Several students said they are excited to see more areas of the city receiving makeovers.

“It will be nice to see College Park look better aesthetically,” sophomore finance and information systems major Stanley Li said.

The city won a grant most recently in February for $75,000 to demolish three

vacant buildings on Route 1.

Stiefvater said that project should take place within the next six months to a year, but he hopes to secure additional funding to begin projects in key areas of the city, including the College Park Metro Station, the Hollywood commercial district and industrial areas near the College Park Airport.

Stiefvater said Route 1, as the “main artery” of the city, would still be a priority in applying for grants.

Through a rigorous application process, officials detailed

their plan for housing, economic development and economic sustainability in the city and outlined their focus for future funding opportunities.

“We are most interested in property acquisition at this time, but there are a few other options on the table,” Stiefvater said.

By carrying out this year’s initiatives — demolition of vacant buildings — officials said they hope to make the city more attractive to new business owners and build a strong foundation for growth. “[The buildings have] been

sitting there vacant, in some cases for quite a few years, so there’s been issues having them developed for a few reasons,” Stiefvater said. “We hope to make it more appealing.”

Freshman Olin Akisoglu, who is enrolled in letters and sciences, said the city should continue pushing economic sustainability, as he believes there is high demand for jobs in the area.

“Any expansion in the commercial sector would be great for the community,” Akisoglu said. news@umdbk.com

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MacRae, who gained YouTube fame in 2007 after he made an informative web video on impressing the ladies for askromeo.com, had a chance at redemption Tuesday night on Tosh.0, but not before viewers had a chance to hear more of his advice.

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For Annie Fittin, a 2011 alumnus who swam in the 2008 trials and took this year to train in between student teaching, this year’s trials are “the final step in my swimming career.”

Like Koelle, Fittin began swimming at about 7 years old, practicing twice a week until she got acclimated to the sport.

“My parents made me try all different sports,” Fittin said. “But I wasn’t very good at anything else. I was clumsy and afraid of the ball. So I chose swimming.”

As she grew up and tried different sports, as well as theater, Fittin realized her passion was swimming, and she knew she wanted to be an Olympic swimmer.

Now, Fittin and her teammates’ practice schedule is much more intense, with twoa-day practices three times a week, in addition to lifting weights four times a week, dry land practices and a twoor three-hour practice on Saturdays, Fittin said.

“I’ve been training for as long as I can remember for Olympic trials, trying to accomplish that one goal I set when I was really little,” Fittin said.

More than 1,800 swimmers who met the qualifying times released by USA Swimming are vying to make their own Olympic goals come true this year. Up to 26 men and 26 women — the top two swimmers in each event, plus four more in the 100- and 400-meter events — will go to London.

It won’t be easy. American swimmers hold more than a quarter of all world records, according to USA Swimming, and the person in a nearby

lane just might be Michael Phelps or Natalie Coughlin.

“It’s going to be pretty crazy, but it’s just another meet,” Koelle said before trials. “We’re all there to swim.

You don’t want to get distracted by who’s in the lane next to you or it will really psych you out. But it’s a great honor to share the same pool with some of the fastest swimmers in the world.”

Instead of focusing on the swimmers in the pool, Koelle is challenging herself to stay out of her own way. It would be easy to overthink things, with Saturday’s athletics deadline looming.

“For me, this is going to be my last meet, and I could have had another year,” Koelle added. “So it’s kind of bittersweet, but it’s a great way to go out. We’re going to try to go out with a bang at trials.” news@umdbk.com

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THE DIAMONDBACK | SPORTS | THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 2012

STOGLIN from page 10 On April 29 — the last day underclassmen can declare for the NBA Draft — Stoglin entered his name into the draft pool. A day later, the team announced that he, along with teammate Mychal Parker, had been suspended one year for a violation of the university’s student-athlete code of conduct.

Those events ended an upand-down Terps career for Stoglin. Though the explosive guard averaged an ACC-best 21.6 points per game — nearly 12 points more than any other player on the team — he was sometimes criticized, and even benched, for poor shot selection and inadequate defense.

But even without the extra year or two in college to hone his skills, Stoglin doesn’t think the suspension will affect his draft stock.

“That’s what I initially thought,” Stoglin said. “But I believe that everything happens for a reason, and I’m happy in the situation I’m in right now.”

Aran Smith, the president and founder of NBADraft.net, said he hasn’t heard much buzz about the former Terps guard potentially being drafted tonight.

“If he returned [to the Terps], he would’ve had a chance to better his stock,” Smith said. “But I don’t really think that much hurt his draft stock. I don’t think his draft stock was all that high to

begin with.”

The reasons for the perceived lack of interest from NBA teams, Smith said, are concerns about his size and inability to play the point guard position. Though he’s listed at 6-foot-1, Stoglin spent most of his Terps career off the ball, serving more as a scorer than facilitator.

Last season, Stoglin averaged more than 16 shot attempts and fewer than two assists per game.

“He’s more of a scoring threat than he is a lead guard.

He’s not viewed as that big-time talent that you can allow to take over the scoring load,” Smith said. “He’s not viewed as being a complete guard at this point.”

Stoglin, though, does not buy into those concerns. He

believes that his penchant for volume scoring and low assist totals were simply products of his team last season, not an overall representation of him as a player.

“I’m a point guard, to the fullest,” Stoglin said. “It makes me upset that people try to label me as a 2-guard when I’m barely 6-foot. I can score, but I also can pass; I just never had the opportunity in college to show my passing ability because of the situation we were in last year. I was recruited as a point guard, and I’ve been a point guard my whole life.”

He said teams have taken notice, too. Stoglin has worked out for 10 NBA franchises — the New Orleans Hornets, Milwaukee Bucks, Philadelphia

76ers and Utah Jazz, among others — and he said he’s received “positive feedback” from each of them.

“The teams that worked me out, they brought me in for a reason,” Stoglin said. “They tell me that they see my versatility, see how my first year [with the Terps] I could pass and how I had to score my second year, so I did that. They say they want to see my game, and that’s why they want to bring me in because they want to see what kind of person I am.”

Of course, Stoglin understands there’s still a strong chance he won’t get drafted tonight. Most industry projections, including Smith’s latest mock draft, don’t have the guard going anywhere in the draft’s two rounds.

Either way, though, Stoglin will have options. If he goes undrafted, he’ll have the opportunity to play in a summer league with hopes of latching on to a roster before the start of the season. He could also play overseas for a few years and try to come back to the NBA later.

But right now, Stoglin isn’t thinking about what could happen if he doesn’t get picked, and he’s hardly concerned with what could’ve happened had he not been suspended.

He’s just patiently waiting to hear his name called.

“I bring playmaking to a team, passion, I play my role well and I bring a lot of heart,” Stoglin said. “That’s all I got.”

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a calm outlook, however.

When she was a junior in high school, she was preparing for a race in which one of her competitors was dubbed the favorite. Profit let the hype affect her nerves, and she fell over the first hurdle.

Her mother still has the videotape, but Profit refuses to watch it.

“I don’t buy into the hype anymore,” Profit said. “I don’t dwell on what other people are saying.”

Profit does not believe in downtime. Desonier, who also serves as her throws coach, often has to force her to take a day off.

“Although she is small in size, Kiani is colossal in her heart, mind, strength and abilities,” said Assata Cowart, a Temple alumna who is training daily with Profit in preparation for the Olympic trials.

If Profit achieves her longtime dream, she won’t simply be known as a great college athlete.

She’ll be an Olympian. She’ll be in the same company as the greats: Gail Devers, Jackie JoynerKersee and, yes, even Joanna Hayes.

“She’ll be sorely missed,” said Andrew Valmon, Profit’s college coach and the 2012 U.S. Olympic track and field team’s men’s coach. “But she’s going to move on to another chapter of her life. The sky is the limit with her.”

from page 10

Erik Bakich (left) accepted the head coaching position at Michigan yesterday. He built a reputation as a strong recruiter during his three years in College Park, and helped the Terps to an 11-1 start last season. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK

BAKICH from page 1 America — something that had never been accomplished before for the Terps.

“I would like to congratulate Erik and thank him for the job he has done in laying a foundation for success over the past three years,” Athletic Director Kevin Anderson said in a release.

Michigan mutually parted ways with former coach Rich Maloney on May 22 after Maloney’s 10th season in Ann Arbor, Mich. He led the Wolverines to the Big Ten Tournament seven times and

the NCAA Tournament four consecutive times, but their last appearance came in 2008.

“Coach Bakich is regarded as one of the top recruiters and developers of talent in collegiate baseball,” Michigan Athletic Director Dave Brandon said in the release. “His leadership and enthusiasm will be critical in restoring our baseball program to a championship level.”

Bakich was also instrumental in numerous upgrades to Bob “Turtle” Smith Stadium, obtaining new uniforms, renovating the locker room and an indoor pitching and hitting facility located beyond left field.

than 10 minutes after the announcement.

Former Terp and current Baltimore Orioles minor league pitcher Sander Beck wrote on his account: “Love my teammates. Hope to see you all back in the fall. Now is the time to stick together.

Just another challenge to conquer.”

“While we’re sorry to see Erik go, we are confident we can bring in someone who will represent our values at Maryland and who can continue the positive momentum we have built in our program,” Anderson said.

But seemingly the most important aspect of Bakich as the Terps’ coach was the mindset he instilled in his players.

He led with a mantra of “believe” and had “Omaha” — the site of the College World Series — stitched into the back of all the players’ hats. The Terps repeatedly said they thought they had the talent and attitude to advance deep into the NCAA Tournament despite a 40-year absence.

Some of his players took to Twitter yesterday to express their disappointment.

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Since joining the Terrapins in 2008, Profit has been named to three All-America teams and has broken numerous program records. And although each record was unique, assistant track and field coach Roland Desonier vividly remembers one in particular.

“At the NCAA Indoor Championship, Kiani went into the 800 in seventh place,” Desonier said.

“That girl came out of the pentathlon in second place. It was just amazing. She broke the school record for the pentathlon.”

Profit is perhaps best known for finishing the pentathlon 800 meters in 2:09.67, a collegiate record.

But such marks were hardly Profit’s proudest moments during her days in College Park.

She said her greatest accomplishment was coming back from a torn hamstring last year — an injury that kept her sidelined for the 2011 outdoor track season.

“Ever since she was little, she was never a quitter,” Youvet Profit said. “If she’s behind, she’ll do all she can to get to the top.”

The difference between Profit and her competition? An unrelenting focus and determination. She said she never gets anxious or emotional about her meets and takes everything one day at a time.

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Academic teams announced Three Terrapins baseball players and five Terrapins men’s lacrosse players garnered All-ACC Academic honors this week. To read more, visit TerrapinTrail.com.

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Stoglin awaits NBA Draft Despite projections, former Terps guard says he expects to get drafted

BY JOSH VITALE Senior staff writer

Heptathlete Kiani Profit will compete at the Olympic trials in Eugene, Ore., this weekend. JENNY PAULSON/FOR THE DIAMONDBACK

After breaking records, Profit aims for London Heptathlete set for Olympic trials

BY JENNY PAULSON For The Diamondback

When Kiani Profit was 14 years old, her uncle, Junior, gave her a newspaper clipping with a photo of an overjoyed Joanna Hayes. Hayes had just won the 100-meter hurdles and was about to take home the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Junior crossed out Hayes’ name and wrote, “Kiani Profit.”

Profit has had that picture on her wall ever since. It’s served as a constant reminder of where she hopes to be, of the Olympic success she aims to achieve.

“That newspaper article was her inspiration,” said Youvet Profit, Kiani’s mother.

“Kiani wanted to be like her.”

Profit, who enjoyed a record-breaking Terrapins

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track and field career the past four seasons, will get that chance this weekend when she competes in the heptathlon at the 2012 Olympic trials in Eugene, Ore. Of course, the Pasadena, Calif., native is no stranger to Olympic competition. She visited Russia with the USA Junior Youth World team as a teenager, and was named Athlete of the Year as a senior at John Muir High School. Profit also finished third at the California state high school meet in the 300-meter hurdles — an impressive mark considering California is widely considered a hotbed for sprinters.

“She’s a legend out here in Pasadena, but she doesn’t let that get to her head,” Youvet Profit said. “She’s very humble and down to earth.”

see PROFIT, page 8

On March 21, Terrell Stoglin posted 35 characters to his Twitter account that surely excited a Terrapins men’s basketball fanbase desperate for an NCAA Tournament berth.

“Back for another season Terpnation!”

After a rough season under first-year coach Mark Turgeon, Stoglin — and a nationally ranked recruiting class — seemed poised to help end the Terps’ two-year postseason drought.

But three months later, Stoglin isn’t in College Park getting workouts in at Comcast Center. He isn’t preparing for his junior season with the Terps in his hometown of Tucson, Ariz., either.

Instead, Stoglin is at the Impact Basketball Academy in Los Angeles, training alongside other NBA Draft prospects in the hopes of hearing his name called at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., tonight.

“My expectations are very high,” Stoglin told The Diamondback Monday. “I’ve been getting great feedback from the teams, and I expect to get drafted.”

While it was clear Stoglin had planned throughout his Terps career to one day enter the NBA Draft, few could have expected it would come this early. Though he flirted with the idea following last season’s 17-15 finish, Stoglin ulti- Guard Terrell Stoglin has worked out for 10 NBA teams and said he feels confident he’ll be selected mately decided he would during the NBA Draft tonight. He led the ACC in scoring last season. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK return for another season under Turgeon.

That soon changed.

see STOGLIN, page 8