THE DIAMONDBACK THE DIAMONDBACK UNDETERRED After going undrafted, Stoglin eyes NBA summer league SPORTS | PAGE 8 WEBMASTER The Amazing Spider-Man is a modestly successful reboot DIVERSIONS | PAGE 6 TOMORROW’S WEATHER: Sunny/90s www.diamondbackonline.com INDEX NEWS . . . . . . . . . .2 OPINION . . . . . . . .4 FEATURES . . . . . .5 CLASSIFIED . . . . .6 DIVERSIONS . . . . .6 SPORTS . . . . . . . . .8 Our 102 ND Year, No. 152 THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND’S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER Thursday, July 5, 2012 BY LAURA BLASEY Staff writer When she first adjusted to college life at this university, Michelle Peters was armed with a list of things she couldn’t do. She couldn’t pull an all-nighter. She couldn’t eat whatever she wanted, whenever she wanted. She couldn’t drink alcohol like her peers did. The senior family science major has Type 1 Diabetes, a condition she has had since she was 6 years old. “There would be some nights I would have to stay up late to study or do other work, which would throw off my body in terms of when I would sleep or eat. It took some time to learn how to control my blood sugar levels when staying up very late or pulling an all-nighter,” Peters said. “But for the social part, that took a lit- tle more time. I had to learn how to judge the effects alcohol had on me.” Peters had a difficult transition to student life, but she shares those challenges with many of the 215,000 Americans under the age of 20 with diabetes, according to last year’s National Institutes of Health esti- mate. Many of those affected, how- ever, can now cross something off the list of things their condition prevents 7 teams eliminated from univ. athletics PHOTOGSARAH TINCHER/FOR THE DIAMONDBACK Men’s outdoor track only team to meet its first benchmark BY JENNY HOTTLE For The Diamondback The athletics department elimi- nated seven of its 27 teams Saturday, leaving more than 100 student-ath- letes without programs at this univer- sity to compete for next year, Athletic Director Kevin Anderson said. The announcement comes about seven months after university Presi- dent Wallace Loh accepted a work group’s recommendation that eight teams be cut to alleviate the depart- ment’s debt. Although the teams — men’s and women’s swimming and diving, acrobatics and tumbling, men’s tennis, water polo, men’s indoor and outdoor track and men’s cross country — were given until June 30 to meet a set of fundraising benchmarks to keep their programs for at least another year, all but men’s outdoor track were unable to do so. “[To] tell those young men and women that their programs could pos- sibly and will now be discontinued — it’s a sad day,” Anderson said Monday. Seventy-five of the 131 affected ath- letes will remain at the university next year, athletics department spokesman Doug Dull said, though some are still weighing transfer options. Students mixed on Supreme Court health care ruling Some relieved they can stay on parents’ insurance, others afraid of switching plans see HEALTH, page 3 BY SEAN HENDERSON For The Diamondback About a month after students left the campus for summer, two still perched on the steps of Cole Field House, drawn to Campus Drive by the bustling Farmers Market at Maryland. “I really like that I can just come here while I’m at school and get some fresh fruits and vegetables,” said junior dietetics major Julia Deutsch, one of the thousands of stu- dents, faculty and community members to visit the market this summer. Although its May 2 opening was long delayed, university officials said the mar- ket’s nine vendors have seen even more business since classes let out for summer — while they aren’t tracking attendance, Wellness Coalition spokeswoman Kate Maloney said vendors collectively brought in about $21,000 in their first month. Offi- cials also plan to hold additional promo- tions and performances, including a large- scale event when students return for the fall semester, Maloney said. On June 27, the sidewalk was bustling with students, faculty and community mem- bers as they lined up to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables, hearty local meats and deli- cious breads and pastries. The market features nine local vendors selling various fruits and vegetables, gour- met spreads, meats, breads and pastries. The weekly cooking demonstrations, such as preparation of grilled savory vegetables and a Monterey Jack cheese sandwich by Dining Services chef Larry Tumlin, also con- tinue to draw some onlookers. “It’s really good to see so many young kids Although the farmers market had a delayed May 2 opening, university officials said it has been more successful during the summer months. SEAN HENDERSON/FOR THE DIAMONDBACK see MARKET, page 2 Univ. business school working to improve national rankings With slumping national economy, officials seeking to ramp up slipping rankings, increase enrollment in new MS programs BY CHRISTOPHER HAXEL For The Diamondback The university’s once top-30 ranked business school has found itself strug- gling to maintain its competitiveness in recent years — but administrators and officials are intent on seeing it back on top. Between plummeting rankings and a 15-20 percent drop in applications to its full-time masters of business pro- gram, the school has struggled, like many other colleges, to cope with an unstable market as the economy recovers from the financial meltdown of 2008. And although the future of sev- eral new graduate degree programs are uncertain and the college is facing significant administrative turnover — including the impending departure of Dean Anand Anandalingam — officials maintain the school is prepared to improve its national standing over the next several years. But this university isn’t the only one facing this problem — applications to MBA programs have declined across the country. Anandalingam said even traditional “top-10” schools have seen about 5 to 7 percent fewer applicants because the opportunity cost of leav- ing the workforce for two years com- bined with the expense — about $85,000 at this university — of an MBA isn’t worth it as companies increasingly look to hire employees with specialized knowledge. In response, the school built a new career center and placed a renewed focus on alumni networking — but Anandalingam’s goal of making the university’s MBA program a top-20 The university’s business school has seen its national rankings slip over the past five years. ILLUSTRATION BY CAROLINE AMENABAR/THE DIAMONDBACK see BUSINESS, page 3 see CUTS, page 7 Officials say university suffered minimal damage; power restored within one hour after Friday’s storm left 2 million in Mid-Atlantic region in the dark Hundreds left without power after thunderstorm BY AMBER LARKINS AND REBECCA LURYE Senior staff writers Applebee’s was one of the few places that retained power Friday night. Juma Sellers, the bartender on duty when the restaurant’s power flickered, said he didn’t realize the rest of Route 1 and much of the state had experienced worse power outages after high-speed winds and rain ripped through the region, uprooting trees and leaving power lines dangling from wooden posts. More than 20 people died and more than 2 million Mid-Atlantic homes remained without power Monday afternoon, including more than 270,000 state residents. Over the weekend, university employees spent hours clearing debris from the streets; some roads off the campus were split by traffic cones to steer drivers away from halted construction zones. However, a combined heat and power system plan enables the uni- versity to generate power off the grid — within one hour, nearly ever y university building on the campus regained power, according to Facili- ties Management Director Carlo Colella. The university also saw minimal damage, he said; a few trees had to see STORM, page 2 An organic summer success University farmers market opening long delayed, but officials say nine food vendors seeing more success in summer months
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THE DIAMONDBACKTHE DIAMONDBACK
UNDETERREDAfter going undrafted, Stoglin
eyes NBA summer leagueSPORTS | PAGE 8
WEBMASTERThe Amazing Spider-Man is amodestly successful rebootDIVERSIONS | PAGE 6
Our 102ND Year, No. 152THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND’S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPERThursday, July 5, 2012
BY LAURA BLASEYStaff writer
When she first adjusted to collegelife at this university, MichellePeters was armed with a list ofthings she couldn’t do.
She couldn’t pull an all-nighter. Shecouldn’t eat whatever she wanted,
whenever she wanted. She couldn’tdrink alcohol like her peers did. Thesenior family science major has Type1 Diabetes, a condition she has hadsince she was 6 years old.
“There would be some nights Iwould have to stay up late to study ordo other work, which would throw offmy body in terms of when I would
sleep or eat. It took some time tolearn how to control my blood sugarlevels when staying up very late orpulling an all-nighter,” Peters said.“But for the social part, that took a lit-tle more time. I had to learn how tojudge the effects alcohol had on me.”
Peters had a difficult transition tostudent life, but she shares those
challenges with many of the 215,000Americans under the age of 20 withdiabetes, according to last year’sNational Institutes of Health esti-mate. Many of those affected, how-ever, can now cross something off thelist of things their condition prevents
7 teamseliminatedfrom univ.athletics
PHOTOGSARAH TINCHER/FOR THE DIAMONDBACK
Men’s outdoor trackonly team to meetits first benchmark
BY JENNY HOTTLEFor The Diamondback
The athletics department elimi-nated seven of its 27 teams Saturday,leaving more than 100 student-ath-letes without programs at this univer-sity to compete for next year, AthleticDirector Kevin Anderson said.
The announcement comes aboutseven months after university Presi-dent Wallace Loh accepted a workgroup’s recommendation that eightteams be cut to alleviate the depart-ment’s debt. Although the teams —men’s and women’s swimming anddiving, acrobatics and tumbling,men’s tennis, water polo, men’sindoor and outdoor track and men’scross country — were given untilJune 30 to meet a set of fundraisingbenchmarks to keep their programsfor at least another year, all but men’soutdoor track were unable to do so.
“[To] tell those young men andwomen that their programs could pos-sibly and will now be discontinued —it’s a sad day,” Anderson said Monday.
Seventy-five of the 131 affected ath-letes will remain at the university nextyear, athletics department spokesmanDoug Dull said, though some are stillweighing transfer options.
Students mixed on Supreme Court health care rulingSome relieved they can stay on parents’ insurance, others afraid of switching plans
see HEALTH, page 3
BY SEAN HENDERSONFor The Diamondback
About a month after students left thecampus for summer, two still perched onthe steps of Cole Field House, drawn toCampus Drive by the bustling FarmersMarket at Maryland.
“I really like that I can just come herewhile I’m at school and get some fresh fruitsand vegetables,” said junior dietetics majorJulia Deutsch, one of the thousands of stu-dents, faculty and community members tovisit the market this summer.
Although its May 2 opening was longdelayed, university officials said the mar-ket’s nine vendors have seen even morebusiness since classes let out for summer— while they aren’t tracking attendance,Wellness Coalition spokeswoman KateMaloney said vendors collectively broughtin about $21,000 in their first month. Offi-cials also plan to hold additional promo-tions and performances, including a large-scale event when students return for thefall semester, Maloney said.
On June 27, the sidewalk was bustlingwith students, faculty and community mem-
bers as they lined up to purchase fresh fruitsand vegetables, hearty local meats and deli-cious breads and pastries.
The market features nine local vendorsselling various fruits and vegetables, gour-met spreads, meats, breads and pastries.The weekly cooking demonstrations, suchas preparation of grilled savory vegetablesand a Monterey Jack cheese sandwich byDining Services chef Larry Tumlin, also con-tinue to draw some onlookers.
“It’s really good to see so many young kids Although the farmers market had a delayed May 2 opening,university officials said it has been more successful duringthe summer months. SEAN HENDERSON/FOR THE DIAMONDBACKsee MARKET, page 2
Univ. business school working to improve national rankingsWith slumping national economy, officials seeking to ramp upslipping rankings, increase enrollment in new MS programs
BY CHRISTOPHER HAXELFor The Diamondback
The university’s once top-30 rankedbusiness school has found itself strug-gling to maintain its competitivenessin recent years — but administratorsand officials are intent on seeing itback on top.
Between plummeting rankings anda 15-20 percent drop in applications toits full-time masters of business pro-gram, the school has struggled, likemany other colleges, to cope with anunstable market as the economy
recovers from the financial meltdownof 2008. And although the future of sev-eral new graduate degree programsare uncertain and the college is facingsignificant administrative turnover —including the impending departure ofDean Anand Anandalingam — officialsmaintain the school is prepared toimprove its national standing over thenext several years.
But this university isn’t the only onefacing this problem — applications toMBA programs have declined acrossthe country. Anandalingam said eventraditional “top-10” schools have seen
about 5 to 7 percent fewer applicantsbecause the opportunity cost of leav-ing the workforce for two years com-bined with the expense — about$85,000 at this university — of anMBA isn’t worth it as companiesincreasingly look to hire employeeswith specialized knowledge.
In response, the school built a newcareer center and placed a renewedfocus on alumni networking — butAnandalingam’s goal of making theuniversity’s MBA program a top-20
The university’s business school has seen its national rankings slip over thepast five years. ILLUSTRATION BY CAROLINE AMENABAR/THE DIAMONDBACKsee BUSINESS, page 3
see CUTS, page 7
Officials say university suffered minimal damage; power restored within onehour after Friday’s storm left 2 million in Mid-Atlantic region in the dark
Hundreds left without power after thunderstorm
BY AMBER LARKINS AND REBECCA LURYESenior staff writers
Applebee’s was one of the few places that retained power Fridaynight.
Juma Sellers, the bartender on duty when the restaurant’s powerflickered, said he didn’t realize the rest of Route 1 and much of thestate had experienced worse power outages after high-speed windsand rain ripped through the region, uprooting trees and leaving powerlines dangling from wooden posts. More than 20 people died and morethan 2 million Mid-Atlantic homes remained without power Monday
afternoon, including more than 270,000 state residents.Over the weekend, university employees spent hours clearing
debris from the streets; some roads off the campus were split by trafficcones to steer drivers away from halted construction zones.
However, a combined heat and power system plan enables the uni-versity to generate power off the grid — within one hour, nearly everyuniversity building on the campus regained power, according to Facili-ties Management Director Carlo Colella.
The university also saw minimal damage, he said; a few trees had to
see STORM, page 2
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Damage from harsh storms Friday, including on College Avenue, caused severe power outages across the region. Within an hour, the university’s power returned. SARAH TINCHER/FOR THE DIAMONDBACK
be removed and McKeldinLibrary and the Benjamin Build-ing suffered some roof damage.Colella said he will know the fullcost of the damage by tomorrow.
“The physical damage was rel-atively minor,” he said. “In com-parison to the rest of the commu-nity, where there was suchtragedies with trees fallingthrough houses and cars, the uni-versity was very fortunate.”
On the periphery of the cam-pus, some structures stayeddark. Pepco did not restorepower to South Campus Com-mons until early Monday morn-ing, prompting university offi-cials to open air conditioneddorms to house sweltering Com-mons residents Saturday andSunday nights.
But for many students, therush to find cool air and waterbegan Friday night.
Sellers was supposed to getout of work around 10 p.m., butcustomers began to flock to the
lit windows and air condition-ing in Applebee’s.
“People were attracted to uslike flies to a zap-it,” he said.
The restaurant was packedto its capacity of 150 people andhad more waiting in the park-ing lot in the triple-digit degreeheat, Sellers said. Saturday waseven crazier, he added.
Senior journalism majorJulianne Pelusi was working atR.J. Bentley’s Friday nightwhen its power went out brieflyat about 11:30 p.m.
“Time stood still for a
minute,” Pelusi said.Down Route 1, a powerless
Looney’s Pub continued serv-ing patrons drinks, acceptingonly cash.
While some students venturedinto the heat out of necessity, oth-ers were on call. Zach Gilbert, ajunior public health major, was onduty as an EMT from 3 p.m. onFriday until 9 a.m. the next day.
After 11:30 p.m., the stationbegan to receive reports ofaccidents, house fires andfallen trees. A transformercaught fire and power lines
were exploding, Gilbert said.The outages scrambled 911
service for some and left thisand Montgomery counties withmandatory water restrictions.Gov. Martin O’Malley issued astate of emergency along withgovernors from West Virginia,Ohio, and Virginia, two of whomrequested federal assistance inthe storm’s aftermath.
The responders pulled a fewpeople from their cars after therain flooded the Capital Belt-way, Gilbert said.
Ron Bridges, a spokesman
for the Prince George’sCounty Fire Department, saidthe high temperatures createdadditional difficulties for fire-fighters and EMTs. In additionto fires, including a sparkingtransformer on GreenbeltRoad, the department receivedreports of wind blowing theroofs off at least five apartmentbuildings in the county, nonein this city.
“College Park was sort oflucky in that area,” he said.
University officials and farmers market vendors said the weekly market on the campushas seen strong attendance since opening in May. SEAN HENDERSON/FOR THE DIAMONDBACK
really involved with eatinglocal, fresh organic produce,”said local vendor ThomasHuggins, of Whipple Farms inRixeyville, Va.
Maloney said the universitycommunity has embraced themarket.
“We even heard from one ofour sellers that out of all themarkets they participate in,this is their highest grossingand busiest market,” Maloneysaid. “The summer is reallythe best time for fresh pro-duce in this area, so it’s greatthat our community membersare taking advantage of get-ting their hands on seasonalfruits and veggies.”
The market appears to havemade up for the absence of stu-
dents by attracting more facultyand community members.
“The stuff I’ve tried hasbeen excellent,” said RiannaVandergast, a postdoctoralresearch assistant, who vis-ited the market for the firsttime while on her lunchbreak. “They certainly seemto have good quality, as wellas selection.”
Each farmer grows or pro-duces their wares within 200miles of the campus, which Mal-oney said not only encouragesstudents to eat healthier but alsoprompts them to support local,sustainable businesses.
James Cecil, coordinator forfacilities and event support,said he has experienced first-hand the excitement the mar-ket has created on the campus.
“Everything is locallygrown and produced, and youget to interact with the farm-
ers that worked with every-thing, so that you know
exactly where it’s comingfrom,” Cecil said. “There’s nomystery to it.”
“It’s great that ourcommunitymembers aretaking advantageof getting theirhands onseasonal fruitsand veggies.”
KATE MALONEYWELLNESS COALITION SPOKESWOMAN
one has remained elusive.In the hopes of attracting top
applicants, the school is shiftingits focus away from the flagshiptwo-year MBA program andtoward the one-year master of sci-ence degrees in more specializedareas, Anandalingam said. Thisuniversity first offered anaccounting MS in 2008, followedby a finance program in 2010.Last year brought the introduc-tion of supply chain managementand information systems, and fall2013 will bring the initial cohort ofmarketing analytics.
The new MS programs followa disappointing few years for theuniversity’s MBA program. Theschool was considered a con-sensus top-25 program asrecently as 2007. When rank-ings from organizations such asBusiness Week and the FinancialTimes slipped more recentlyinto the 40s and 50s, studentssaid they saw the perceivedvalue of their degree dropbefore they even graduated.
The new MS programs aresupposed to present a newsource of growth and income.Anandalingam said the schoolis considering additional MSprograms in strategy and lead-ership and business analyticsand that, for the first time inrecent history, this fall will see“more MS students joining theSmith School than both full-time MBA and part-time MBAstudents combined.”
The addition of the new pro-grams means 500 more students— most of them paying between$45,000 to $55,000 per year — willbe enrolling in MS programs thatdidn’t exist until 2008 or later, gen-erating millions of dollars ofadded revenue for the school.
It also means the university isattracting more students straightfrom undergraduate programs,rather than those returning fromthe workforce who traditionally
enroll in MBA programs.Jenny Wu, who recently
earned an MS in informationsystems and now works as aweb analyst in Bethesda,earned her bachelor’s degreefrom this university in 2011.
“While I was still decidingwhat I wanted to do for gradschool,” she said, “my then-internship coordinator told methat to get the most out of anMBA program, it would be bestto have some full-time workexperience. Since I planned ongetting my masters right aftercollege, an MS seemed like amore fitting choice.”
More than 90 percent ofapplicants to the MS programsare international students, pri-marily Chinese students whocome to the United States afterearning an undergraduatedegree in China.
Bian Xiang, a dual MS/MBAstudent who graduated fromZhejiang Gongshang Univer-sity last year, said he knew hewanted to continue his educa-tion in finance.
“I made a list of the top 100schools in the U.S., and only 10offered the program I wanted,”he said. “The professors arevery good. They have real-world experience and sharetheir experience with us.”
What remains to be seen iswhether the new programs willdo anything to improve theschool’s reputation. Wu saidshe’s concerned students con-sidering an MS would turn tothe MBA rankings instead,which might obscure the truevalue of the degree.
Meanwhile, Xiang, like manyof his Chinese cohorts, chose thisuniversity because the businessschool offers an education at anaccelerated pace. He said hemight work one or two years inthe U.S. after graduation, but ulti-mately wants to return to China.
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At forum, students demand officials do more to prevent abuse Justice at Maryland hosts about 50 people at workers rights forum Friday; calls for additional measures
BY SEAN HENDERSONFor The Diamondback
Months after officials begantaking tangible steps to preventworkplace abuses on the cam-pus, a public forum Fridayafternoon showed universitycommunity members still havegrievances to air.
About 50 students, facultyand officials gathered in theNyumburu Cultural Center tohear detailed accounts ofwhat workers described asongoing issues of workerabuse, sexual misconduct andretribution against workerswho come forward to reportcomplaints against managersand supervisors. Althoughthe university implementedcomputer and Englishclasses, leadership trainingand revised grievance poli-cies this semester, some ofthe forum’s attendees calledfor additional solutions.
“This is a widespread problem,and it is a systemic problem thatpermeates all throughout thiscampus,” said Solomon Comis-siong, president of the Black Fac-ulty and Staff Association.
Members of the forum’shost, Justice at Maryland, saidthey will continue to push forofficials to implement morepreventive measures, such as a4 a.m. shuttle service. Groupmembers said the service,
which was cut due to budgetrestraints, gave workers a safealternative to walking acrossthe campus in the dark.
“The Facilities Manage-ment department has the vehi-cles in place right now, and so itwould really cost very little,”Comissiong said. “In exchangefor that [cost], you can preventwomen who check in at 4 a.m.from possibly being sexuallyassaulted or harassed.”
Beverly Malone, assistantdirector of the Department ofTransportation Services, saidshe was unaware of any plansto reimplement the service.
Bob Dickerson, a FacilitiesManagement worker, saidadministrators have not beenexpeditious enough in dealingwith reported complaints. Hesaid he filed a grievance andwaited more than four monthsto receive a response from theuniversity.
“It’s a stall tactic, which Ibelieve to be an unfair labor prac-tice,” Dickerson said, adding thathe thinks the university lacks thenecessary staff to handle employ-ees’ concerns.
Bill Pugh, the university’sassistant director for staffrelations programs, agreedthe department needs morepersonnel to respond toworker complaints.
“We’re doing the best we canwith the limited resources we
have,” Pugh said. “I am not satis-fied, no one in my office is satis-fied, and we’re pushing as hard aswe can.”
The forum — the first of sev-eral planned for this summer —came more than a year after theBFSA produced a 56-page reportdetailing allegations of sexualabuse, racial discrimination andverbal degradation. That reportprompted the university to followup with its own assessment ofworkers’ rights violations on the
campus and address reporteddeficiencies by creating trainingsessions and expanded work-related training for ESOL andbasic computer skills. In addition,officials modified several policieson how workers interact and filecomplaints with superiors.
However, Justice of Mary-land member Sisi Reid saidsome workers still face retalia-tion and bullying and feelunsafe on the job.
“I don’t think that the adminis-
tration is taking this issue seri-ously enough, and I don’t thinkthey see it as urgent,” Reid said.
Also in attendance at theforum were Chief Diversity Offi-cer Kumea Shorter-Gooden andDel. Aisha Braveboy (D-PrinceGeorge’s).
Braveboy, the chairwoman ofthe Legislative Black Caucus ofMaryland, said she plans tohold a meeting with universityPresident Wallace Loh to dis-cuss the issues raised at the
forum. She assured those inattendance that members of theGeneral Assembly are aware oftheir concerns and action isbeing taken to address them.
“This is one of those thingswhere you have to be impatient,”Comissiong said. “These arethings that have to do with thebasic welfare of what should bevalued members of the univer-sity campus community.”
Solomon Comissiong, president of the Black Faculty and Staff Association, addresses the audience at a workers rights forum Friday.He urged DOTS officials to reimplement a 4 a.m. shuttle to provide an alternative to walking. SEAN HENDERSON/FOR THE DIAMONDBACK
them from doing: getting healthinsurance.
On June 28, the U.S. SupremeCourt made a landmark rulingthat allows major changes to theway this country approacheshealth care to proceed.
In a 5-4 decision, the courtupheld most of the AffordableCare Act. The court’s liberalbloc ruled the legislation’sindividual mandate permissi-ble under the CommerceClause, and Chief Justice JohnRoberts ruled the mandateshould be classified as a taxand is thereby constitutionalunder Congress’ power to tax.
The act, also known as Oba-macare, mandates that all Ameri-cans must have an insuranceplan by 2014, either privately orthrough an employer, or face afine of $95 or 1 percent of theindividual’s yearly income,whichever is higher. By 2015,the fine will be $325 or 2 percentof the yearly income. For fami-lies, the penalty will be $285 perhousehold, and the penalty willrise each year.
Patients with pre-existing con-ditions and serious medicalproblems who might otherwisebe turned away because they areseen as a liability won’t have trou-
ble securing an insurance plan.The ruling ensures insurancecompanies have a legal obliga-tion to accept them.
“In the next couple years,another 30 million Americans,including more than 300,000people in Maryland, will gethealth care coverage throughthe implementation of thelaw,” said Vincent DeMarco,president of the Healthcarefor All Coalition, a group dedi-cated to expanding healthinsurance benefits.
Health care reform hadbeen a legislative focus sinceObama’s election in 2008. Thebill passed in March 2010 aftermonths of legislative wran-gling, but 26 states, joined bythe National Federation ofIndependent Business, filedsuit soon after its passage chal-lenging the constitutionality ofthe individual mandate.
“Like every other civilizedcountry, we are finally recogniz-ing health care to be a universalright,” said senior journalismmajor Will Friedman. “The factthat a conservative ultimatelyprovided a swing vote restoresmy faith in the system to be atleast a little bit nonpartisan.”
But among the cries of vic-tory, there are other voices, too.Although Peters has a pre-exist-ing condition, she said she isn’t asupporter of the plan.
“I can understand how unin-sured diabetics would at firstthink the upholding of Oba-macare is a great thing,” shesaid. “But because I am alreadyinsured through a great plan thatprovides coverage for all diabeticsupplies, I am not happy and Iam worried about how this planwill affect my current coverage.”
Peters said she was fortunateto get full insurance coverage,proof that plans do exist, even fora condition like diabetes. Hermother’s employer, Johnson &Johnson, offered a health careplan through Aetna that pro-vided complete coverage of all ofher diabetes expenses and couldbe extended if she needed it orcouldn’t find a job that offeredher similar benefits.
“Although I support theidea that all Americansshould have health insurance,Obamacare has a high proba-bility to hinder my own insur-ance plan,” Peters said.
Although she had an insur-ance plan that suited herneeds, she was still worriedabout Obamacare making itthrough the Supreme Court.A higher number of high-riskpatients supported by insur-ance companies concerns notonly Peters, but many Repub-lican leaders because theyfear lower-quality coverage ata higher price.
Locally, Del. Pat McDonough(R-Baltimore and Harford) saidhe fears the program’s impacton the economy, arguing theindividual mandate is a form oftaxation a struggling economycan’t afford.
“I think it’s going to kill a lotof jobs; a lot of small businessowners are already laying peo-ple off because of the costs ofObamacare,” McDonoughsaid. “I think Maryland is mov-ing too quickly and putting tax-payers in a potentially danger-ous situation.”
For now students will seeno changes in their healthcare service through the uni-versity, according to healthcenter officials. However,many await the full extent ofthe act’s impact nationally.
“I think the majority of peo-ple on campus will probablybe excited at first, but I thinka lot of people are misin-formed,” said sophomorejournalism and finance majorJimmy Williams. “They seethe ruling and think, ‘freehealth care!’ But once it goesinto effect, a lot of college stu-dents will see businessesdropping the health carebecause the tax will becheaper and their parents willlose coverage.”
We as Americans are eagerto call ourselves patriotic,wave the flag and repre-sent what America stands
for. Which is …It seems sometimes we forget. After
Sept. 11, the nation came together andremembered what it meant to be Ameri-can. About a month later, Congresspassed a law with the word “patriot” inthe very title — the Patriot Act.
This piece of legislation — which orig-inally passed in October 2001 by an over-whelming majority, 98-1, in the Senate— was meant to protect us from outsidedangers but threatens to undermine usfrom within. The law vastly broadenedthe government’s power to monitor,search, detain and place gag orders onAmerican citizens without warrant orprobable cause, potentially turning ourfree country into a police state. The lawpassed after less than a day of debate inCongress, despite its potential violationsof the Fourth Amendment, which pro-
tects us from unreasonable search andseizure, and the First Amendment,which protects our right to free speech.
Despite its infringements on our civilliberties, there is little public oppositionto this law. According to a 2005 Galluppoll, about 41 percent of Americansbelieve the Patriot Act is right and 21 per-cent believe it did not go far enough.Sure enough, Congress easily extendedthree provisions of the act that were setto expire in May 2011.
What Americans do have a problemwith is the Affordable Care Act, whichnarrowly survived last week when theSupreme Court ruled the law constitu-tional in a 5-4 decision.
This law extends health coverage to30 million Americans, prohibits insurersfrom denying coverage based on pre-existing conditions and gives youngadults the security of remaining on theirparents’ plans through age 26. Republi-cans in Congress have promised to con-tinue the fight to repeal the law, adamant
that government should not force allAmericans to pay for health insurance.According to a recent New YorkTimes/CBS poll, two-thirds of Ameri-cans feel the same way.
So it is OK for the government to vio-late our civil liberties, monitor our com-munications and search our homes, butif it tries to make sure we all have healthinsurance, we cry socialism?
Defenders of the Patriot Act saythat being in the middle of a war onterror calls for extreme measures ofprotection. But how can it ever beacceptable to violate the Constitutionthat makes us the great nation we’reproud to be? And how can we try to
reject progressive legislation guaran-teeing our citizens health care?
A 2009 American Journal of PublicHealth study found nearly 45,000Americans die each year due to a lackof health insurance — two and a halftimes more than reported in a similarstudy conducted by the Institute ofMedicine in 2002. Does this not callfor extreme measures?
It seems that during a time when vio-lence and fear rule, we have forgottenhow to care for one another. As a worldleader of freedom, democracy andhuman rights, the United States shouldbe a nation that respects its citizens, notone that strips away their liberties andallows them to die because they can’tafford a doctor’s visit. So after thisFourth of July, let’s remember what itmeans to be patriotic.
Madeleine List is a sophomorejournalism major. She can be reached [email protected].
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By now, anyone who has ever had any affiliation with this university hasheard about the athletics department’s budget debacle. The departmentfound itself buried in a monstrous debt and sought to balance it by eliminat-ing eight teams — seven of which were officially cut this weekend.
Let’s recap to how we got here. Long story short, university President Wallace Lohcharged a work group, called the President’s Commission on Intercollegiate Athlet-ics, to examine the department’s budget, which hadappeared balanced for several years. However, that was onlybecause the department regularly tapped into reserves —which had been completely depleted. The department facedan $83 million debt and a projected deficit of about $4.7 mil-lion in fiscal year 2011.
The commission recommended eight teams be elimi-nated: men’s indoor and outdoor track, men’s cross country,men’s and women’s swimming and diving, men’s tennis,acrobatics and tumbling and water polo. Loh accepted therecommendation, along with Athletic Director Kevin Anderson’s proposal that theteams be given until June 30 to raise the money needed for eight years of competition.But that task — which entailed raising millions of dollars in just seven months —proved to be too tall an order, and every team but outdoor track fell short of its goal.
What we’re left with now is a 20-sport athletics department — it can no longer boastit’s one of the largest in the ACC, but it’s certainly a model that’s more sustainable.While Loh and Anderson aren’t to blame for the financial situation — the problem hadbeen festering for years and they walked into it a little more than a year ago — theynow have the opportunity to reform the department and ensure we aren’t in a similarmess a few years down the line. And that opportunity shouldn’t be taken lightly; thecommunity deserves to know exactly how the department is changing, and it’sabsolutely critical that the reform process moving forward is transparent.
Loh and Anderson have already taken a huge step in making the tough decision toeliminate the sports. It wasn’t an easy decision, but downsizing the department wasthe right move. With 27 sports, the university ranked last among the ACC’s 12
schools in spending per student-athlete.The department’s financial problems aren’t unique to this university. According to
data culled by USA Today from the NCAA, only 22 of 227 Division I public universi-ties’ athletics departments turned a profit last year.
The university could be at the forefront of reforming an ineffective college ath-letics model. Most athletics departments are spending more than they earn, and
efforts to generate revenue have largely been unsuccessful.Officials have said it’s difficult to institute change withoutthe help of other institutions, but the university has alreadybeen a pioneer in athletics by adding more women’s teamsin years past to remain Title-IX compliant.
But now it’s time for another model. Until the departmentsees a surplus, spending should be conservative. At this uni-versity, the decline in football and men’s basketball ticket salescontributed significantly to the debt. If programs lack provenrevenue streams, spending should not increase.
The commission outlined how the department should balance its budget by 2015and begin generating a profit again, but much of it is contingent upon more successfulfundraising and increased ticket sales — all measures that may or may not work.
Additionally, the department shouldn’t take on any more projects that requiremoney from the operating budget. The new, state-of-the-art turf field was fundedentirely by private donors, and until the department has a surplus again, all projectsshould be privately funded or held off on until there is adequate money without need-ing to go into reserves. The last big project, Byrd Stadium’s Tyser Towers — whichadded 63 luxury suites and flat-screen TVs and was completed in 2009 — cost $50.8million and has failed to pay itself off due to low demand. With a weak national econ-omy, there’s no reason to believe large projects will help the department right now.
The university is on the right track — a smaller department hopefully won’tleave funds stretched so thin. But the elimination of the seven teams isn’t theend; there’s still a long road ahead, and we certainly hope we’re made aware ofall the necessary changes to come.
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Congratulations sweety,I’m so proud of you forgraduating summa cumlaude! Wait? What?
You’re moving back home?!” Itisn’t dif ficult to fathom similarreactions happening acrossAmerica, as college kids becomealumni and decide to move backhome. Call them what you will —boomerang kids, man-children,deadbeats — but this new phe-nomena of children graduatingand moving home is a purelymodern occurrence.
Many traditionalists, aka olderpeople like your parents, see thisas a horrendous consequence ofa newer generation. However,this new manifestation of adultmay breed fantastic positiveresults and a better platform for aperson to succeed.
With that said, what will notbreed a generation of innovativeand hard-working individuals isallowing a recent college gradu-ate to come home, not work,watch television, sleep all day,play Call of Duty all night andparty whenever the opportunitypresents itself. If this is or will beyou, go get a job.
At the same time, the millen-nial generation is presented witha unique opportunity. The cultureof “everyone goes to college” isentirely modern; rewind a gener-ation or two ago and only a smallproportion of the populationattended university. When peopleturned 18 and graduated highschool, many plunged head firstinto the abyss of the real world,no matter how immature orunready they were. Society andtheir parents thrust them intolife’s spotlight, even if they hadstage fright.
Now, kids are graduating fromuniversities and moving backhome for indefinite amounts oftime. There are significant advan-tages to this. Our generationalready has the leverage of thebachelor’s degree our predeces-sors lacked, but another gainfrom this is the chance to emo-tionally mature.
Through life, you never stopmaturing as a person. New knowl-edge will present itself throughexperience won from trials andtribulations, triumph and failure.This ensures men and womenwill forever evolve as people.
Think back to 30 or 40 yearsago when an 18-year-old was toldto sink or swim. The water wasinfested with sharks and you hadan 18-pound steak across yourneck. People got married and hadchildren much earlier. Therewere significant consequences tothis, as divorce rates skyrocketedand fractured families harmedtheir children psychologically,making their prospects for lastingmarriage very bleak.
Now, graduates are putting offmarriage and children, which isnot necessarily a bad thing. Whynot emotionally mature andbecome financially stable beforerushing into tying the knot likemany did in the past? It’s easierfor people to search for a job thatwill pay better and leave them sat-isfied when they have the secu-rity of a roof over their heads,food in their stomachs andclothes on their backs.
In the past, surviving on yourown often forced people into ameager apprenticeship, low-skilled labor, a factory job or join-ing the military. That was theirchoice, and the demands of lifemade job searching and findingother alternatives dif ficult, sincechild-rearing as a young, marriedparent is difficult.
The boomerang kid generationis not a failure of children, par-ents or society. Rather, it’s an evo-lutionary output resulting from asociety that believes in the idealof college education. Most impor-tantly, it’s a good thing, so let’snot be so quick to demonize aslower, yet effective progressioninto the real world.
In the comfort of their parents’home, graduates are not quicklyslapped with the bat of life. Well,let’s face facts, we all will be hitwith it. At least now we haveheadgear to brave the blow.
Marc Priester is a sophomore financeand government and politics major.He can be reached [email protected]
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DAN APPENFELLERDEPUTY MANAGING EDITOR
MARIA ROMASOPINION EDITOR
NADAV KARASOVASSISTANT OPINION EDITOR
Have you ever wonderedhow countries cooperateand conduct importantbusiness together? Or
what it’s like to participate in adebate with other dignified officials?Being interested in politics, theseand other musings had crossed mymind before, so I jumped at theopportunity to visit the UnitedNations along with other studentsand alumni as part of the U.N. Inter-national Day Against Drug Abuseand Illicit Trafficking on June 26.
As the outreach director for thisuniversity’s chapter of Students forSensible Drug Policy — an interna-tional nonprofit organization ofyoung activists that was granted con-sultative status by the U.N. Eco-nomic and Social Council last year— at the General Assembly’s the-matic debate on drugs and crime asa threat to development. There wereabout eight of us who could attend,hailing from chapters at colleges andprofessional schools across thecountry. Our organization’s execu-tive director, Aaron Houston — a for-
mer lobbyist in Washington — wasthere as well, making the experiencefeel even more “professional.”
After clearing security, we proceededto one of the giant rooms inside the U.N.complex’s conference building, whichhad vast rows of conference tables andchairs and a translator/microphone boxand headset at each seat. There werealso name placards at each spot; thefront half of the room was reserved fordelegates from member nations, whilethe back half of the room was reservedfor non-governmental organizations likeours. We took seats in our designatedarea as the room filled with suit-donningindividuals. At 10 a.m., the programcommenced with the official launch ofthe 2012 World Drug Report, a publica-tion of the U.N. Office on Drugs andCrime, and opening statements from
the president of the General Assembly,the U.N. secretary-general, the execu-tive director of the U.N. Office on Drugsand Crime and others.
The opening session was followedby an in-depth panel discussionfocused on the challenges countriesface in controlling drug use, produc-tion and trafficking. It also looked atideas for developing initiatives thatcombat drug abuse while bolsteringthe community and alternative indus-tries. Following the statements by theexpert panelists, delegates from thefloor had a chance to speak about thestate of drugs, crime and develop-ment in their countries.
An early panelist defined drugaddiction as a psychological disease,and another speaker highlighted theeconomic importance of allowingrecovered addicts back into societyand the workforce. After a two-hourlunch break, the debate resumed withanother lengthy session, focused oncrime reduction and the importance ofworking as an international commu-nity to combat illicit activity-relatedcrime. All of the speakers agreed
drugs and transnational organizedcrime are connected and wreak havocaround the world. Most also high-lighted that producer nations and con-sumer nations have different, yetshared, responsibilities in combatingcrime and reducing drug abuse. Vari-ous member countries shared strate-gies for dealing with drug production,trafficking and abuse within theirnation; some use force and strictpenalties to discourage drug use,while others are trying more humani-tarian measures such as rehabilita-tion, education and decriminalization.
Although none of us had a chanceto speak on behalf of SSDP, I was satis-fied by the fact many nations areadopting a public health view of drugaddiction and focusing on endingdrug-related corruption. This experi-ence taught me that with cooperationand policy analysis, even groups aslarge and diverse as entire nationscan unite to address global issues.
Lauren Mendelsohn is a juniorpsychology major. She can be reached [email protected].
Our ViewWith seven teams officially
gone, the athletics departmentneeds to carry out a realisticand conservative approach.
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Drugs and crime: A visit to the United Nations
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 3) —Think of the week ahead in morecompetitive terms and you’ll be ableto overcome many of the obstaclesthat spring up in your path. (Feb. 4-Feb. 18) — Someone may be trying tofool you into thinking that things arenot the way they really are — but youknow better.
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A lot of summer block-busters have unoriginal plots,but The Amazing Spider-Mantakes this to another level. Stopme if you’ve heard any of thisbefore. Boy (Andrew Garfield,The Social Network) meets girl(Emma Stone, The Help). Boygets bitten by radioactive spi-der. Boy turns into Spider-Man. Boy’s uncle (MartinSheen, Seeking a Friend for theEnd of the World) says some-thing about responsibility andexits stage dead.
Okay, so Sam Raimi’s Spi-der-Man admittedly didn’thave Curt Connors (RhysIfans, Anonymous) as TheLizard, and the love interestwas a dif ferent character. YetThe Amazing Spider-Man, areboot of the franchise, can’thelp but feel a bit too similar tothe original.
That’s both good and bad.The good news is that
director Marc Webb ((500)Days of Summer) packs hisSpidey origins tale with aston-ishingly ef fective characterwork. Acting across the boardis significantly improved overRaimi’s original.
Garfield is a far superiorPeter Parker and Spider-Man.His interpretation has anintensity and an endearinggoofiness that puts TobeyMaguire’s comparatively
wooden turn to shame.Garfield’s Parker is unmistak-ably a teenager — filled withrecklessness, naivete andanger — but you still wind upcaring about and rooting forhim by the film’s end.
Stone’s Gwen Stacy has moredepth than Spider-Man’s ratherdreary Mary Jane. She bringsboth feistiness and wickedbrains to the table, emerging asevery bit Parker’s moral andintellectual equal.
And Sheen? Of course he’sgreat. His Uncle Ben feels lesslike a narrative contrivanceand more an actual father fig-ure. While the particulars ofUncle Ben’s death scene arevirtually identical across bothfilms, The Amazing Spider-Man’s is far more affecting, ifonly because Sheen makes uscare about Uncle Ben.
The bad news is that Webb isfar less gifted at directingaction. When compared to therelatively graceful and thrillingaction set pieces of the origi-nal, the reboot can’t help butfeel inadequate.
The way shots are care-lessly and clumsily strungtogether suggests that Webbdoesn’t really know what he’sdoing. We don’t get actionscenes. We get sequences ofpeople jumping onto thingspunctuated every otherminute by a hey-look-at-me bitof gee-whiz camera work. It’sdistracting, especially during
the ill-advised first-person seg-ments in the finale.
There’s no flow or rhythm tothe way these fight scenes arecut together. Worse still is themessy, nauseating quality ofthe Spidey swingingsequences. Whereas Raimiopted for smooth pans inter-spersed with long shots of Spi-der-Man making his waythrough New York, Webb’scamera has a certain lurching,jittery feel to it coupled with lib-erally applied (to a fault) slow-motion that breaks immersion.
It’s also a damn shame thatConnors doesn’t get the samelevel of character work as theprincipals. His character arc is,basically, an unintentionallygoofier, less coherently moti-vated spin on Doc Ock fromSpider-Man 2.
But, at the end of the day,these flaws are forgivable.When was the last time a sum-mer action movie focused moreon the drama than cheapthrills? The Amazing Spider-Man is nothing if not a com-mendable effort to breathefresh air into the franchise.
As stellar as Raimi’s firsttwo Spider-Man films were,there’s always room forimprovement, and The Amaz-ing Spider-Man suggestsimmense potential for suchimprovement in Spidey’sfuture cinematic forays.
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that would probably do betterplaying in Europe,”NBADraft.net founder AranSmith said last week.
While it’s not an idealchoice for a player whogrew up with NBA dreams,many U.S. players haveforged successful careersoverseas. Former TerpDave Neal played for theUlster Elks of the IrishSuperleague from 2009 to2010, playing well enough toearn player of the monthhonors in February 2010.
For Stoglin, giving up on thatNBA dream isn’t an option.Even if he doesn’t make anNBA roster this summer, hesaid he has no intentions of pur-suing a career in Europe.Instead, he hopes to use anoverseas team as a springboardto better prepare himself forwhat the NBA holds.
“I have a lot of people over-seas that have tried to get incontact with me,” Stoglin saidlast week, “but that’s notwhat I want.”
What Stoglin wants is thechance to prove his worth toan NBA team. He showedthroughout his college careerthat he has the ability to be a
go-to scorer — he averaged21.6 points per game and wasthe ACC’s leading scorer —and he knows he has what ittakes to play the point at theprofessional level.
The results of Thursday’sNBA Draft don’t concernStoglin. If anything, his NBAdream is far from over. All heneeds is for a team to give hima shot.
“My mentality stays thesame: I want to continue towork hard and get better,”Stoglin said. “Once I get theopportunity, my game willspeak for itself.”
After almost 10 months ofworking with Bakich, Miltoncertainly knows what theTerps are facing and what hecan do to rectify a situation thatmay seem bleak.
“I sat in a dugout for over2,000 Major League Baseballgames in my career,” Miltonsaid in a release upon his hir-ing. “You learn a little bit aboutbaseball that way. I think I canadd a lot to this program. … Ihave more knowledge thanjust pitching; it’s all aspects of
the game and I think I can addthat to this program.”
Hiring a former major leagueplayer back to his alma mater tocoach with little experience isn’tsomething new in college base-ball. Last summer, Nebraskahired longtime pro player DarinErstad to take over its program.In his first year, Erstad led theHuskers to a fourth-place finishin the Big Ten.
So while the athleticsdepartment continues itsnational search for a newcoach, the right man for thejob could already be in CollegePark.
Bakich sure thinks so.
“[Milton] also has theabsolute perfect mentality forhead coaching,” Bakich said.“He’s a guy that is a very evenkeel mindset. I think he’ll be agood consistent role model forthese players. One of the rea-sons I was excited about get-ting him on board was that hehas done what every collegeplayer wants to do.
“I think Eric Milton isabsolutely the right guy for thejob, and I hope he gets thatopportunity because I thinkhe’s going to take the programto the next level.”
To continue competing at theuniversity, the teams wouldhave had to raise between $3million and $11 million — themoney needed to compete foreight years. While some teamswere given a set of benchmarksto meet instead, only outdoortrack, which raised $888,000,met its first deadline.
The team, led by coachAndrew Valmon, who will alsobe taking the men’s nationaltrack team to London later thismonth, must raise $1.88 millionby Dec. 31 to continue compet-ing through 2014.
For junior swimmer Ander-son Sloan, Saturday’sannouncement was all toofamiliar.
“I’m disappointed,” saidSloan, who transferred fromClemson after it announced itwould cut its swimming pro-gram. “But it wasn’t looking toohopeful even in February andMarch. Even then, we kind ofknew it was going to happen.”
The teams’ eliminationscome after the commissionfound the athletics department,which appeared to have a bal-anced budget over the last sev-eral years, faced a deficit pro-jected to reach $4.7 million infiscal year 2011 on top of an $83million debt.
“The whole rationale of allthis is we do want to emphasizeexcellence, both in athleticsand classroom performance,and so there’s now moreresources to invest in theremaining teams,” Loh said.
“It’s no longer possible to doeverything for everybody, solet’s have a somewhat smallerprogram, but what remains isgoing to be absolutely at the topnational level.”
But this university’s depart-ment isn’t the only program tocut teams. According to TheWashington Post, athleticsdepartments at nine out of 10public universities that com-pete in “big-time sports” spentmore than they made last year,and more than 200 varsityteams have been cut fromNCAA Division I programs inthe last five years.
“The problem has beenexasperated by the fact thatstate funding for universitieshas been declining when itshould have been going up,”University System of Mary-land Chancellor Brit Kirwansaid. “This has created a realcrisis of sorts for intercolle-giate athletics and for the uni-versities supporting theirintercollegiate programs.
“Long-term, we have to finda way to reign in the costs ofintercollegiate athletics pro-grams. Trying to fund theseprograms at their current lev-els is just incompatible withwhat’s happening at our cam-puses as they try to meet theircore academic missions,” saidKirwan, who is also the co-chairman of the Knight Com-mission on IntercollegiateAthletics.
Kirwan added that universitypresidents and the NCAA con-ferences must work toward “amore rational fiscal model,”which Anderson said the uni-versity’s department has
already begun developing.The university is compiling
a strategic plan to balance thebudget by 2015, whichincludes ramping up fundrais-ing efforts and garnering astronger football and men’sbasketball fan base to boostticket sales. If the university isable to accomplish thosegoals and maintain spendingat its current level, “we will bea better and stronger pro-gram,” Anderson said. But thedepartment will not immedi-ately see more money fromcutting the seven teams, sinceaffected student-athletes’scholarships and coaches’contracts will still be honored,Anderson added.
Some affected athletes arefinding ways to continue rep-resenting the Terps. Severalmembers of the acrobaticsand tumbling team tried outfor and made the university’sspirit squads, said RoseDiPaula, an athletics depart-ment spokeswoman.
But other athletes said theydecided they were done com-peting altogether.
“I kind of considered trans-ferring again, but veryroughly because I didn’t wantto go through the wholeprocess again,” Sloan said,adding he will try and getinvolved with a study abroadprogram since he’ll have morefree time.
“If you’re on a sports team,you don’t have time to do that,”he said. “So, I’m going to tryand see what else is out thereand see what else I can do.”
Men’s swimming and diving was one of seven teams officially eliminated Saturday tohelp ease the athletics department’s $83 million debt. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK
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Pitching coach Sean Kenny (left) has been asked to join Erik Bakich’s staff at Michigan.Kinney helped the Terps post a 3.21 team ERA last season. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK
8 THE DIAMONDBACK | THURSDAY, JULY 5, 2012
Summer league updatesEighteen Terps baseball players are competing
in summer leagues across the country. For fullupdates on their results, visit TerrapinTrail.com.Sports
TRACK AND FIELD
Profit falls,finishes 16thin heptathlon
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Former Terps guard Terrell Stoglin will reportedly play for the Toronto Raptors’ summer league team in Las Vegas this month. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK
After going undrafted, former Terps guard readies for chance with RaptorsBY JOSH VITALE
Senior staff writer
After a disappointing end tohis Terps career, TerrellStoglin was looking forwardto to being selected in Thurs-day’s NBA Draft.
Even though Stoglin’sname wasn’t one of the 60called, he isn’t deterred.Instead, he thinks his shot atplaying professional basket-ball is far from gone. Eventhough he didn’t get picked,his spirits remain highbecause while one of his
doors to the NBA might haveclosed, he sees many morethat are still open.
“I was disappointed,”Stoglin said Friday. “But at thesame time I have good thingsgoing for me right now. I stillhave a lot of options.”
While the Tucson, Ariz.native didn’t intend on enter-ing the draft a few months ago— he assured Terps fans in aMarch tweet that he’d bereturning for his junior cam-paign — he ended up submit-ting his name for the drafthours before the deadline.
The decision came one daybefore Athletic DirectorKevin Anderson announcedhe and former guard MychalParker faced one-year suspen-sions from the university forviolating the student-athletecode of conduct.
And although most playersdream of hearing their namescalled on draft night, it maynot always be the most effi-cient route to playing profes-sionally. Drafted players can-not choose which team theyplay for, while undrafted play-ers have the opportunity to
try out for the team of theirchoosing.
Stoglin has already takenadvantage of one of thosepost-draft opportunities. Sev-eral news outlets reportedearlier this week that Stoglinwill take part in the Las VegasSummer League as a memberof the Toronto Raptors.
But it won’t be an easy ros-ter for Stoglin to make. TheRaptors already boast a glut ofguards — Jose Calderon, Jer-ryd Bayless and DeMarDeRozan are holdovers fromlast season, and the team
drafted Washington guardTerrence Ross as the No. 8overall pick last week — andare looking to bolster the posi-tion even more during freeagency. The team also offeredfree agent guard Steve Nash amulti-year deal.
Even if Stoglin doesn’tmake Toronto’s final roster,he’ll still have playing options.Those options just won’t beexactly where he’d like themto be.
“He’s treated as a player
Former Terp fails toqualify for London
Stoglin left waiting on NBA
BY JENNY PAULSONFor The Diamondback
Heptathlete Kiani Profit missedqualifying for the 2012 SummerGames on Saturday after clipping ahurdle at the Olympic trials inEugene, Ore.
The misstep came in the first ofthe heptathlon’s seven events,effectively ending the former Ter-rapins track and field star’s firstOlympic pursuit.
“Unfortunately when you clip ahurdle in the first event of seven,it’s an uphill battle after that,” saidRoland Desonier, a Terps track andfield assistant coach. “But shehung in there and fought hard.”
Profit, who set numerousTerps records in her collegiatecareer, competed in the 100-meter hurdles, high jump, shotput and 200-meter dash on Fri-day. She then returned to Hay-ward Field on Saturday for thelong jump, javelin throw and 800-meter run.
The Pasadena, Calif., nativeranked third in the 800-meter runwith a time of 2:13.35, and finished16th out of 20 athletes with 5,564total points.
That’s more than 200 pointsfewer than the 5,800 required toautomatically qualify for the Lon-don Games. Hyleas Fountain(6,419 points), Sharon Day (6,343points) and Chantae McMillan(6,188 points) will represent theU.S. in London this summer.
Despite her disappointing finish,Profit achieved two personal bests.She threw a distance of 40 feet, 4inches in the shot put, and threw129 feet, 8 inches in the javelin.
But Profit isn’t letting this year’strials deter her.
She will compete in MexicoJuly 6 – 8 for Team USA at theNACAC (North American, Cen-tral American and Caribbean)Under-23 Championships in theheptathlon, and will then return toCalifornia to train for the 2016Olympic trials.
“No matter what,” Profit said, “Iwant to go to the Olympics.”
Erik Bakich (above) said he supports the Terps’ decision to name Eric Milton, an 11-yearMLB veteran and university alum, the team’s interim coach. FILE PHOTO/THE DIAMONDBACK
BASEBALL
With Bakich gone, Terps hire MLB veteran as interim coachPitching coach will likely take same position at Michigan
BY DANIEL GALLENSenior staff writer
In the midst of a nationalsearch to find former coachErik Bakich’s replacement, theTerrapins baseball program hadlittle wait for an interim replace-ment. On Thursday, less than 24hours after athletics depart-ment officials announcedBakich was on the move, thedepartment named volunteerassistant Eric Milton interimcoach.
Milton, who joined the Terpsin September to work with theteam’s pitchers and catchers, isa former Terp with no previouscoaching experience. He did,however, spend 11 years as apitcher in the major leagues,compiling an 89-85 record withfour teams.
“My goal when I came herewas to help develop our playersfor professional careers andbuild a winning tradition at myalma mater,” Milton said in arelease. “That goal remains thesame.”
Milton was unavailable forcomment Tuesday.
As an interim coach, Miltonenters a difficult situation for aTerps team many thought wason the rise under Bakich. Twoof the top pitchers on the team,right-hander Charlie Haslupand left-hander Jimmy Reed,are currently debating theirfutures after being drafted bythe New York Yankees earlierthis month.
Additionally, pitching coachSean Kenny, a native of Ann
Arbor, Mich., appears poised tojoin Bakich at Michigan.Bakich said Monday he offeredKenny a position on his staffand expects him to accept. TheTerps’ 3.21 team ERA this sea-son was their lowest in recenthistory, and the pitching car-ried a sometimes anemicoffense through stretches ofthe schedule.
There’s also the possibility ofany number of recruits choos-ing to pursue their collegiatecareers elsewhere followingBakich’s departure, as well ascurrent Terps who may opt totransfer to another school.Bakich’s recruiting classes,including a No. 25-ranked 2010class, were instrumental instocking the program withfresh talent.
Bakich’s ability to sell the uni-versity to prospective playerswas key in making the longtimeACC doormat attractive to toptalent, and it remains to be seenhow many players were eithersold on the school or just soldon Bakich.
Despite the uncertainty sur-rounding the program, currentand former Terps haveexpressed their approval at thedecision to move Milton tointerim coach.
“Great news for #terpsbase-ball,” outfielder Charlie Whiteposted on his Twitter accountshortly after the announcement.
Former right-hander SanderBeck, one of the most publiclyoutspoken Terps at the time ofBakich’s departure, tweeted,“Absolutely a step in the right
direction for #Maryland base-ball. Great, great news.”
In an interview with The Dia-mondback on Monday, Bakichsaid he supported Milton takingover as coach.
“I think Eric Miltonabsolutely 100 percent shouldbe the head coach at Mary-land,” Bakich said. “He’s a for-mer player. He’s someone whotakes a tremendous amount ofpride in his alma mater. Heknows the struggles. He knowsthe limitations. And he’s a guywho will absolutely roll up hissleeves and understands thatprocess right now.”
Those limitations, whichinclude dwindling funds, arekey for the future of the Terpsbaseball program. During histhree years in College Park,Bakich’s use of his own timeand energy to raise money fromdonors was instrumental in theimprovements to the program.
And although he successfullytackled those challenges, theprogram’s — and department’s— limitations proved to be toomuch to keep Bakich around.
“Unfortunately, the athleticsdepartment is just in a really dif-ficult situation,” Bakich said. “Iunderstand and am sensitive tothat, but we did have a lot of dia-logue. At the end of the day, itwas just a really difficult situa-tion with the current circum-stances financially that the ath-letics department are in, and sowe weren’t able to come to anagreement.”
