Last December, Brian Gray, a UMD student, was driving along Belair Drive on his way to his final examinations when his Chevy Beretta was struck by a speeding police cruiser. The impact hurtled Gray's vehicle nearly 85 feet from the collision site, and the 20-year-old died on the scene.
Gray’s mother, who was driving behind her son and bared wi...
You’re sitting in a Chinese restaurant, and two armed men burst through the door demanding money from the clerk. What do you do?
Run? Cry? Hide? Put your jujitsu lessons to good use?
All of these are acceptable answers; laughing, however, is not.
On August 6th, two 17-year-olds entered the Chinese Cuisine carryout in Northeast Baltimore an...
We’ve heard a lot about Somali pirates over the last several months, but mostly they’ve been laughed off as people imagine bearded guys with striped bloomers, gold teeth, and swords running around on sailboats screaming “Argh!” They may in fact be yelling “Argh,” but they wield AK-47s, not swords. Now a University of Maryland professor, Jana Sha...
In case you haven’t realized this yet, the climate is changing all around the country, and no one really knows why.
Nope – not even scientists, as some blame global warming and others point to El Nino.
Regardless of the cause for these climate shifts, it’s clear that the effects are already being felt, especially in Maryland.
Maryland, w...
Sandwiched between your friendship requests and your poke from that creepy guy down the hall, you may find something a little more ominous.
Colleges like University of Maryland and UCLA are working on projects that use Facebook and MySpace to keep students in the loop when it comes to emergencies.
The Chronicle of Higher Education explains:...
As if Apple wasn’t everywhere already, it may be invading your campus soon.
More and more colleges are choosing to hand out iPods and iPhones to incoming students. School officials claim it has to do with integrating technology with education and all that, but there may be an ulterior motive.
The New York Times explains:
While schools emph...
The Loyola College in Maryland is changing its name to Loyola University Maryland in late August, which has ruffled the feathers of many alumni who feel the switch would put the “corporate image in front of [the school’s] principal role of educating men and women.”
The Baltimore Sun contacted Loyola’s president and found out why the board of t...
Scranton, Pennsylvania is home to many wonderful things -- Dunder Mifflin, the Houdini Museum and of course, Scranton University where this year’s Universal Cheerleaders Association Camp was held. University of Delaware’s hysterically wimpy mascot, YouDee the fighting Blue Hen, took home two first place titles this year.
The not-so-fearsome ma...
The War in Iraq has been a drain on American economy, it has been a major issue in this year’s presidential election and it has even sprouted many musical concerts in honor of those brave men and women fighting overseas. If there was any doubt before that the war is a major part of the American lifestyle, here’s more proof . . .
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