NEWS
October 8, 2009
There are any number of good reasons why college students shouldn't spend much time watching screenings of pornographic movies on school property or reading racy sex columns in the school newspaper. But it's not the job of college administrators or state lawmakers to make those decisions for them. There may indeed be little journalistic value in "The Bed Post," a sex column that appeared in The Towerlight, Towson University's student newspaper. Aside from its questionable taste, it violated many of the standards student publications traditionally are supposed to teach aspiring young reporters and editors, such as the necessity of judging what is worthy of coverage as news and a willingness to stand behind the facts in a story.
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By Childs Walker | July 31, 2009
There are two distinct pictures of Morgan State University campus media adviser Denise Brown. One is that of a passionate advocate for student speech, guiding the student newspaper and yearbook to substantial improvements over the past six years. But the other, painted by school administrators, is that of an undisciplined employee who flouted authority and misused privileges. Those pictures are directly at odds in the wake of Morgan's recent decision not to renew Brown's contract, a move that outraged students and caught the attention of organizations that defend campus speech.
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By Gadi Dechter | September 6, 2006
Zainab Alkebsi, 18, writes for the student newspaper at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, which she attends on a full academic scholarship. Rockville native Allison Kaftan, 25, is pursuing a doctorate in English at George Washington University. Jeff Majors, 33, studies computer programming in Houston. If they weren't deaf, they would simply be high-achievers. But when the average American deaf 18-year-old reads at just a fourth-grade level, these students' accomplishments are as noteworthy as their secret to success is controversial.
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By Laura Barnhardt | April 15, 2003
Administrators at the Catonsville campus of the Community College of Baltimore County briefly blocked distribution of the most recent edition of the student newspaper, which featured an editorial critical of their hiring practices. A college official denied that the action was an attempt to censor the student publication, Red and Black. But the editor of the monthly newspaper says basic press freedoms were impinged. "This newspaper doesn't belong to the administration. It belongs to the students," said David Morey, editor in chief.
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BY A SUN STAFF WRITER | March 20, 2003
COLLEGE PARK - About 40 students gathered outside the offices of the University of Maryland's student newspaper yesterday to protest a cartoon it ran Tuesday about the death this week of an American woman acting as a "human shield" in the Gaza Strip. Rachel Corrie, 23, a student at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash., was killed Sunday as she tried to stop an Israeli bulldozer from destroying the home of a Palestinian physician. Witnesses said Corrie, a North Carolina native, knelt in front of the machine, which kept coming and crushed her. The Israeli military said the driver didn't see her in time.
NEWS
January 12, 2003
George Van Brunt Cochran, 70, an orthopedic surgeon, mountaineer and former president of the Explorers Club in New York, died Monday in Ossining, N.Y., of complications from Parkinson's disease. In 1957, Dr. Cochran made his first important expedition, exploring the Homathko Snowfield in the Coast Range of British Columbia and making his first ascents of four peaks. In 1967, he led the Cape Dyer Arctic-Alpine Expedition to Baffin Island, and from 1967 to 1990, he headed six expeditions to Ellesmere Island in Canada.
NEWS
July 24, 2002
Sarah L. Cooper, a retired educator who taught English and journalism at Eastern and Western high schools, died of heart failure Monday at Broadmead retirement community in Cockeysville. She was 95 and a resident of Mount Washington until 1990. Born in Baltimore and raised in Windsor Hills, Sarah Levin was a niece of Henrietta Szold, the West Baltimore intellectual who founded Hadassah. She was a 1924 graduate of Western High School and earned her bachelor's degree from Goucher College in 1928.
NEWS
May 12, 2002
Assembly's folly creates crisis in transportation I was disappointed but not the least surprised to read the self-congratulatory political pabulum submitted by Del. Maggie McIntosh on behalf of the General Assembly's House Democratic Caucus ("State's Democrats progressive, prudent," Opinion Commentary, May 1). The Assembly's "prudent" fiscal management transformed a $1 billion state surplus in 2001 to nearly a $1 billion deficit in less than one year. As a consequence of its "discipline" the state does not have enough revenue to adequately support many needed programs, including one of the state's fundamental obligations - investment in transportation infrastructure.
NEWS
May 13, 2001
Who are the best teachers? Students at Anne Arundel Community College have had their say. Recognized this year by the AACC Student Association were three faculty members who received teaching excellence awards and an adviser for work with the student newspaper. The winners are: Louis L. Aymard Jr. of Stevensville, professor of psychology, who received the Teaching Excellence Award for full-time faculty. Among the nomination comments: "A gifted teacher who cares about all of his students."
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By David L. Greene | April 21, 2000
EMMITSBURG -- Mount St. Mary's College, a Catholic school in the placid hills of Frederick County, finds itself embroiled in a constitutional debate -- not over freedom of religion, but over freedom of the press. In February, college officials sent a letter of reprimand to William M. Lawbaugh, faculty adviser to the student newspaper the Mountain Echo. Lawbaugh was told his expected pay raise of $3,800 would be withheld until he proved he would "serve the college as a responsible teacher of journalism."