Adelphi

ADELPHI -- Moments after New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton took the podium at a Maryland Democratic Party fundraiser last night, she made a very clear political promise about the state's future - before being interrupted with a question about her own. "You're going to have a new governor and lieutenant governor," she said to a crowd of about 250 attending the event in Adelphi. "You're going to have a new senator." Then a woman yelled from the audience: "We're going to have a new president, too."

Prince George's: Adelphi Three killed, one hurt in shooting Three men were killed late Friday night in Adelphi, Prince George's County police said yesterday. Police received a call at 11:59 p.m. reporting the sound of gunshots; when they arrived in the 1900 block of Erie St., they found four Hispanic males lying on the street. Three were pronounced dead at the scene, and the fourth was taken to an area hospital; his condition was unavailable. Police said they are searching for four or five Hispanic males wearing dark clothes.

On Friday, June 16, 2006, CLIFFORD LEROY CARTER, age 57, quietly at his home in Baltimore, MD. Born in Columbus, OH on May 15, 1949 to Roger Carter and the late Dorothy Willis Carter. He is survived by countless loving relatives and friends. Celebration of Life on Friday, June 23, 2006 at 10 A. M at Eglise Baptiste du Calvaire, 10002 Riggs Road, Adelphi, MD. Interment George Washington Cemetery. In care of Thibadeau Mortuary Service. Memories may be share online at: www. Inter Faith Funerals.

Artist Jeremiah Stermer was doing the speed limit one night 30 years ago when the car in front of him suddenly pulled a U-turn right into his motorcycle's path. The motorcycle hit the driver's-side door, flinging Stermer off and sending him flying over the car's hood into the curb on the far side of the street. THE ELEGANT SURREALISM OF JEREMIAH STERMER / / Arts Program Gallery of the Inn and Conference Center, University of Maryland University College, 3501 University Blvd. E., Adelphi / / Through June 18 / / 301-985-7937.

Adelphi Hometown -- Towson Current members --Alex Sophocles, vocals and guitar; Ryan Keaton, vocals and guitar; Kevin Lichtfuss, bass; Tom Haller, drums Founded in --2004 Style --New Age psychedelic Influenced by --the Doors, the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Dungen Notable --Adelphi hopes to start recording its first full album in April, Sophocles said. Lichtfuss joined two years ago, just before the band signed to Drive-Thru Records. Since then, they've been playing out and finding their sonic niche, Sophocles said.

ADELPHI - On a recent morning, 3-year-old Jennifer Medina could be seen in her classroom singing songs and learning skills aimed at readying her for kindergarten. Her mother, Daisy Medina, 29, of College Park, was upstairs in a classroom of her own, learning skills aimed at readying her for the GED exam. The scene, where parent and child attend school side by side, is common at the Judy Hoyer Family Learning Center in Adelphi, part of a statewide network that just marked its fifth year since being signed into state law. Each "Judy Center" is a one-stop shop for services including adult education, Head Start programs and health support, intended to help low-income and disadvantaged families prepare for their children's entrance into school.

It has become one of the recurring story lines in higher education, as inevitable as the professor-student affair: A president at an upwardly mobile university comes under fire for excessive spending of college funds on his house or travel, or other luxuries. This time it's American University, the 11,000-student private college in Northwest Washington. President Benjamin Ladner is under scrutiny for spending about $600,000 in university funds on, among other things, a car and driver for his wife's errands, trips to Europe for his personal chef, and extravagant parties for his family, according to a university investigation.

Division I First Team Michelle Allen Vanderbilt Sr. A Amy Appelt Virginia Jr. A Lindsay Biles Princeton Jr. A Kelly Coppedge Maryland Sr M Gail Decker James Madison Sr. M Michi Ellers Georgetown Sr. D Nikki Lieb Virginia So. D Katie Norbury Princeton Sr. D Heidi Pearce Johns Hopkins Sr. M Elizabeth Pillion Princeton Jr. M Theresa Sherry Princeton Sr. M Meredith Simon Notre Dame Sr. A Lana Smith Dartmouth Sr. A Elizabeth Tortorelli Penn...

On February 25, 2004, CHARLOTTE GRAGNANI; beloved wife of the late Francis L. Gragnani. Preceded in death by her sister Virginia Seitz and brother Erele Baldwin. She is survived by a host of friends. Private Services and Interment at Ft. Lincoln Funeral Home, 3401 Bladensburg Road, Brentwood, MD. In lieu of flowers please send all charitable donations to St. Marks Catholic Church, 7501 Adelphi Rd., Hyattsville, MD 20783

It is one of the great curiosities of Maryland higher education, right up there with that extra "s" in Johns Hopkins: Just where, exactly, is Adelphi? Adelphi is the impressive-sounding address of the University System of Maryland, invoking all the wisdom and authority of a Greek oracle. Administrators and faculty at 11 campuses refer to orders from "Adelphi" the way State Department staff speak of "Foggy Bottom" or the CIA refers to "Langley." As it turns out, though, the Adelphi address is somewhat of a fraud, if a well-intentioned one. And its invention is a telling tale of the emphasis that higher education often places on perception over reality.