Maryland College Park

"Terra Firma" at the University of Maryland College Park brings together the work of six women whose subject matter is women. Specifically, it deals with issues of concern to women through addressing itself to the subject of the body.The results range from the horrifying to the funny, in one case within the work of a single artist. Three pieces from a series of life-sized drawings on vellum by Faith Wilding deal with the issue rape and were occasioned by the rapes of women in the Bosnian War. "Forced Pregnancy Dress," "Raped Dress" and "Infected Dress" display repellent stains that speak graphically of the violence of rape; they are so repulsive that they are almost impossible to look at, and as such entirely appropriate to the subject.

Much of the coverage of the need for a special budget session of the Maryland legislature has focused on the political machinations of its leaders. That's understandable. But we should not ignore the impact on ordinary people if the legislature fails to finalize a budget. Major victims will be thousands of middle-income college students from every community in Maryland. The budget package proposed by Gov.Martin O'Malleyand endorsed by both houses of the legislature caps tuition hikes at 3 percent for this fall at all the public four-year campuses.

An article in Wednesday's editions of The Sun misidentified the plaintiff in a lawsuit challenging an affirmative action program at the University of Maryland College Park. Daniel J. Podberesky is now a student at the University of Maryland at Baltimore School of Medicine.The Sun regrets the errors.

I was born in Baltimore County, raised in Prince George's County, attended public schools in Prince George's, matriculated from the University of Maryland College Park, and received an MBA from Mount Saint Mary's College. I have worked my entire career, approaching 30 years, within the state, dutifully paying my share of state income and personal property taxes. And while some would tell me I am in the "1 percent," I know that I am only in that rarefied air as long as I am working.

Much of the coverage of the need for a special budget session of the Maryland legislature has focused on the political machinations of its leaders. That's understandable. But we should not ignore the impact on ordinary people if the legislature fails to finalize a budget. Major victims will be thousands of middle-income college students from every community in Maryland. The budget package proposed by Gov.Martin O'Malleyand endorsed by both houses of the legislature caps tuition hikes at 3 percent for this fall at all the public four-year campuses.

Chalk this up as another wacky use of Pinterest : Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley is promoting a contest on the hot website where Maryland entrepreneurs can pitch their startups by pinning 10 images to the governor's board . No kidding. There's been a ton of chatter this year in Maryland about supporting tech startups. The state raised $84 million from tax credit sales that will be used to fund early stage startups . And today, at the University of Maryland College Park, the Startup America initiative for Maryland is kicking off. There are all sorts of websites out there for entrepreneurs to pitch their startups.

On May 6, 2005, BARBARA JEAN ATWELL, dear sister of Florence Louise Waldman, Richard Nelson Atwell, William Layton Atwell, Thomas Wilkinson Atwell, Margaret "Peg" Stiles, Mary Katherine Nichols, Miriam "Mimi" Mathews. Barbara graduated from Elkridge High School in 1948 and the University of Maryland College Park in 1952. She is also survived by many adoring nieces, nephews and friends. A memorial service to celebrate Barbara's life will be held at a later date. Due notice will be provided.

Names in the newsKim Stauffer,registered nurse practitioner in geriatric and adult primary care, has joined Anne Arundel Medical Center's Health First medical group staff. A Severna Park resident, she has a bachelor's and master's degree from the University of Maryland.Claudia C. Hays, M.D.,has joined the group practice of Annapolis OB-GYN Associates. A resident of Annapolis, she is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Maryland College Park.Pub Date: 9/08/96

* Jennifer Landsman, 19, of Columbia, sophomore at University of Maryland College Park:They should give it to the teachers and countyworkers. I thought it was bad they didn't get their raises. It's unfortunate for the students (when the teachers voted to 'work to contract'). The county should do whatever it can to make it up to them. Teachers already don't get paid enough. They should get whatever they can.

LAST month the University of Maryland College Park held a contest in which students were asked to rewrite Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address," incorporating contemporary issues. The speeches had to be 272 words (the same number as Lincoln's). This year's winner was Teresa Shirlen, a senior at the University of Maryland College Park. Here is her entry:"The American Address"Tenscore and seventeen years ago, a grand nation was conceived and dedicated to the proposition that all are created equal.

Chalk this up as another wacky use of Pinterest : Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley is promoting a contest on the hot website where Maryland entrepreneurs can pitch their startups by pinning 10 images to the governor's board . No kidding. There's been a ton of chatter this year in Maryland about supporting tech startups. The state raised $84 million from tax credit sales that will be used to fund early stage startups . And today, at the University of Maryland College Park, the Startup America initiative for Maryland is kicking off. There are all sorts of websites out there for entrepreneurs to pitch their startups.

WEATHER Today's forecast calls for rain and a high temperature around 53 degrees. It is expected to be mostly cloudy tonight with a low temperature around 36 degrees. TRAFFIC Check our updates for this morning's issues as you plan your commute. FROM THE WEEKEND... State Police arrest six members of Occupy Baltimore : Maryland State Police arrested six members of Occupy Baltimore Monday evening for allegedly trespassing on the state-owned site of a proposed juvenile detention center in East Baltimore.

A lab at the University of Maryland College Park was damaged by an electrical fire Monday afternoon that was extinguished by firefighters, Prince George's County Fire Department spokesman Mark Brady said. With the Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday, there were a limited number of people in the J.M. Patterson Building on Regents Drive, and they were evacuated safely, he said. No chemicals or hazardous materials were involved, although the Fire Departmentn's Hazardous Materials Team was alerted as a precaution, he said.

A 21-year-old man has been charged with robbing a student at knifepoint last week on the University of Maryland College Park campus, but a second suspect remains at large, campus police said Sunday. Isaiah Graham of Riverdale in Prince George's County was being held by Washington, D.C., police on unrelated robbery charges when University of Maryland police found evidence linking him to the attack Thursday evening on the College Park campus, according to a university police news release.

University System of Maryland Chancellor William E. "Brit" Kirwan, who is in the midst of gathering input on the question of whether the University of Maryland-College Park and the University of Maryland-Baltimore should be merged, says it would be a shame if politics took primacy over the interests of higher education. Too late for that. The issue came up in the most political way possible - with Senate President and top College Park booster Thomas V. Mike Miller waltzing into the Budget and Taxation Committee this spring and inserting language that appeared to require the merger.

There are a lot of potential advantages and few disadvantages to the idea floated this week by Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller to merge the University of Maryland-College Park with the University of Maryland-Baltimore. The two institutions' missions are completely complementary, and together they would form a real national research powerhouse. That would bode well for the institution's ability to attract grant money and top academic talent. Yet because of the nature of UMB, such a merger would be unlikely to upset its students or alumni, who are prone to identify with their schools as part of the University of Maryland — no geographic modifier needed.

Class 4A No. 1 Broadneck (19-0) vs. No. 10 North Carroll (18-3) Time: 11 a.m. Outlook: Broadneck will try to write the final chapter to its remarkable season. The Bruins will rely on pitcher Kourtney Salvarola to win the program's first state championship. Salvarola is 11-0 with a 0.90 ERA. She is also Broadneck's leading hitter, batting .620. The Bruins blew out C.H. Flowers (Prince George's County), 14-0, in the state semifinals. Ashley Thomas led the way with a two-run homer. North Carroll has also put together an impressive season, winning the Carroll County league crown and advancing to its first state final since 2002.

Dr. Robert L. Gluckstern, a physicist and educator who served as chancellor of the University of Maryland, College Park, died of lymphoma Wednesday at his Baltimore home. He was 84. Born in Atlantic City, N.J., and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., Dr. Gluckstern graduated from Boys High School at 16. He was captain of the math team and could regularly be found tackling math problems and theorems, said Elizabeth M. Nuss, his wife of 23 years. He sent one such theorem to Albert Einstein, said his son, Steven M. Gluckstern.