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Maryland Regents Reject Porn Policy
November 17, 2009
Rule would have required screening process for all films shown on campus.
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University of Maryland Diversity Plan Faces Sharp Critiques
October 28, 2009
Students, faculty, and staff voice concerns about the school's new plan.
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Porn Film Screens at Maryland Anyway
April 16, 2009
Students screen part of an adult film despite threats of cut in funding from the state legislature.
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Maryland Cancels Porn Film Screening
April 3, 2009
Officials capitulate to state legislature, which threatened to withhold funding if film was shown.
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Maryland Raises $80,000 to Help Students Stay
March 27, 2009
A fundraising campaign started this month has raised money for students facing economic hardships.
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Racial Graduation Gap in Maryland Widens
March 11, 2009
State reports 25 percentage point difference between black students and the rest of the student body.
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Maryland Accepts More Out-of-State Students
February 26, 2009
A drastic dip in nonresidents, who pay 3 times as much as in-state students, would hurt the budget.
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Maryland Universities Accept More Transfers
February 4, 2009
The number from two-year colleges to four-year universities increases 16 percent in five years.
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Maryland Regents OK Unpaid Leave
December 15, 2008
Higher-salaried employees will take involuntary unpaid leave to help state offset its budget deficit.
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Maryland Will Comply With State's Involuntary Unpaid Leave
December 9, 2008
The employee furlough would save the state $40 million and chip away at $200 million budget shortfall.
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Two Maryland Students Improperly Placed on Terror Watch List
November 25, 2008
State police had been spying on dozens of activists over the course of 14 months.
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America's Best Leaders: Freeman Hrabowski, University of Maryland-Baltimore County
November 19, 2008
America's Best Leaders: Freeman Hrabowski, University of Maryland-Baltimore County
Nation & World - America's Best Leaders
More Schools Impose Hiring Freezes
November 7, 2008
Cornell, Brown, and the University of Michigan Health System among institutions trying to save cash.
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More Pain for College Endowments
October 27, 2008
Northwestern, Wisconsin, Maryland, and Seattle post substantial losses. Michigan and Princeton do OK.
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Maryland Gives Free iPhones and iTouches
September 4, 2008
133 students pilot a program studying the collaboration between learning and the newest technology.
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Cougar Sighting at Maryland
July 31, 2008
Public-safety officials have sent out a campus alert for the nonindigenous animal.
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Maryland May Cut Late-Night Study Service
July 17, 2008
Students rally in defense of program, which may fall victim to rising journal subscription prices.
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Title IX Takes On Science
July 15, 2008
Federal agencies are taking stock of sexual discrimination in science and engineering departments.
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Teens Take Part in a College 'Catapult Camp'
July 9, 2008
Ah, the joys of summer camp: campfire songs, s'mores, and trebuchets?
Education - On Education
What They Do When You Ask for More
April 10, 2008
A look at how one state school handled three aid appeals.
Education - Paying for College
Maryland Investigates Possible Hazing Incident
March 10, 2008
After putting one fraternity on probation for hazing last month, the University of Maryland is investigating another hazing incident.
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Maryland 'Cuddler' Attacks Two Women
March 4, 2008
Two women were assaulted by the city "cuddler" near the University of Maryland campus this weekend.
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Obama Energized From Weekend Sweep
February 11, 2008
Clinton and Obama wrap up campaigning for tomorrow's Potomac primary.
Nation & World - Campaign 2008
Trail Mix
December 11, 2007
Boys in dorms like to punch each other for fun; the University of Maryland has seen a huge drop-off in its recycled mug program
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Trail Mix
December 3, 2007
Foam-sword-wielding warriors at the University of Texas try to make a point; University of Maryland students worry about a university police recruitment video; a South Carolina student invents the Bookah Bear
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