Kara Rose is a reporter for Capital News Service. She is a collegiate correspondent for USA TODAY College and an assistant managing editor for The Diamondback. She previously interned at USA TODAY and the Prince George’s Sentinel. She will graduate from the Philip Merrill College of Journalism with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a certificate in LGBT studies in May 2012. She can be reached at kararose08@gmail.com and followed on Twitter at @kararose_.