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Tuesday Dec 22 | PalmBeachDailyNews

Preservationist has grasp on island history

Jane Day holds a Triton shell that was altered by humans. A sample radio carbon date from the artifact was A.D. 660, suggesting Lucayan Indian activity in the northern part of the Bahamas much earlier than previously documented.

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Related Topix: Italy, World News, Palm Beach, FL, Miami, FL, University of Miami, Florida Atlantic University

Sun Dec 20, 2009

University Business

Six Maryland Schools Part of Federal Gender Discrimination Probe

A federal civil rights agency investigating possible gender discrimination in college admissions will subpoena data from more than a dozen mid-Atlantic universities -- including several Maryland schools, such as Goucher College, University of Maryland Eastern Shore and Loyola University -- officials said Thursday.

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Related Topix: University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Fri Dec 18, 2009

The Baltimore Sun

Md. colleges deny bias in admissions practices

Area colleges and universities, reacting to a federal civil rights agency's investigation into possible discrimination against women in admissions, said Thursday that gender is only one factor in determining the makeup of each year's freshman class.

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Related Topix: Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore County, MD, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Washington College

Wed Dec 16, 2009

WMAR

A Christmas Classic Comes to Life

Although it is based on the traditional Nutcracker Suite, the ballet is specifically geared for children.

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Related Topix: Arts, Ballet

Mon Dec 14, 2009

Examiner.com

Twenty-six colleges named 'Sustainability Leaders'

Despite budget-breaking revenue losses and widely fluctuating energy costs, many colleges and universities became greener during the last year.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., College of William and Mary, Harrisburg Metro, Carlisle, PA

Sat Dec 12, 2009

The Baltimore Sun

Md. senators propose 3 for district judgeships

Ellen Hollander, 60, of Baltimore, a judge on the Maryland Court of Special Appeals since 1994, was the pick to replace longtime District Judge Andre Davis, who moved to the federal court of appeals last month.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Benjamin Cardin, Democrat, Maryland, Barack Obama, Baltimore Metro, Reisterstown, MD

Thu Dec 10, 2009

The Daily Times

Reviewing the valedictorian program

In September, the Worcester County Board of Education began to review the valedictorian and salutatorian recognition program, determined by class rank.

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Related Topix: Worcester County, MD, University of Maryland College Park, Yale University, Salisbury University, University of Delaware

Wed Dec 09, 2009

Buildings

A New Building Type for U.S. Campuses

Located at the heart of Goucher College's Baltimore campus is the new Athenaeum, a groundbreaking facility that's unlike anything most U.S. colleges and universities are building today.A A Designed by RMJM, the Athenaeum is the new sustainable flagship building on Goucher's campus, weaving together the various threads of life at the college in one ...

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Tue Dec 08, 2009

The University of North Carolina Press

Empirical Futures

Since the 1950s, anthropologist Sidney W . Mintz has been at the forefront of efforts to integrate the disciplines of anthropology and history.

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Related Topix: Anthropology, Illinois, Trinity College, Amherst College, University of Connecticut

Sat Dec 05, 2009

Cumberland Times-News

Colleges making SAT scores optional; not locally

Standardized tests will remain a requirement for admission to Frostburg State University, officials there say, despite a nationwide trend toward test-optional college admission.

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Related Topix: Standardized Testing, Education, Frostburg State University, Wake Forest University, Maryland, Salisbury University

City Paper

Making History

Baltimore writer Madison Smartt Bell used to joke that his work was dictated by demons.

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Related Topix: Baltimore Metro, Towson, MD, US Military, US Marine Corps

Thu Dec 03, 2009

Campus Press

Low zombie turnout at CU

The Zombie Apocalypse has spread to the University of Colorado, and there's only one weapon that can save humanity now - a balled-up sock.

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Wed Dec 02, 2009

Business Leader

USGBC Maryland Announces Call for Nominations

The US Green Building Council, Maryland Chapter is pleased to announce a call for nominations for the 5th Annual Awards Celebration, which will be presented at the Athenaeum at Goucher College on Thursday, January 28, 2010.

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Related Topix: Energy

Tue Dec 01, 2009

Rocky Mountain Collegian

Mmmmmmm ... brains: Zombie apocalypse contaminates campus

Junior accounting major Will Seligman, center, attempts to tag freshman mechanical engineering major Brandon McDowall, right, and sophomore biochemistry major Max Mitrani, both of whom are "humans" during the week-long "Humans vs.

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Sun Nov 29, 2009

Yuma Sun

New life for classic holiday ballet

What could possibly make a classic even more fun than the perennial favorite it has already become, but to add a new twist to a holiday treasure.

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Related Topix: Arts, Ballet, Yuma, AZ, University of Arizona

Wed Nov 25, 2009

Poynter

If NBC's Teaming Up with Sources on War Criminal Stories, Independence is Compromised

The arrest and deportation proceedings of a Maryland college professor have led to questions about whether an "NBC News" crew is inappropriately teaming up with sources in a "To Catch a Predator" style package of stories on war criminals.

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Related Topix: Towson, MD

The Martha's Vineyard Times

On Their Way: LTJG Elise Chapdelaine

Elise Chapdelaine was born and raised in West Tisbury, but since 2002, when she graduated from Martha's Vineyard Regional High School, she has traveled far and wide, and she is about to see the world.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Navy, US News, Camp Pendleton, CA, US Marine Corps

Tue Nov 24, 2009

TPM Cafe

Goucher College Bans Speakers It Deems Anti-Israel --Also, How Joe Lieberman Became A Rightwing Crank

Anyone who still doubts the Walt-Mearsheimer thesis should check this out. It is a piece by Rabbi Brian Walt who was scheduled to participate on a panel called "Palestinian Human Rights: Your Involvement" until Goucher's President banned the session from taking place.

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Related Topix: Israel, Middle East, World News

Sat Nov 21, 2009

The Baltimore Sun

Class explores the proper handling of animal rescues

It's not the kind of thing most people have to deal with, but if you're ever faced with a 1,500-pound horse stuck in a ditch, its legs buried in mud, there's only one way to get it out.

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Related Topix: Baltimore County, MD, Towson, MD

Wed Nov 18, 2009

City Paper

Quick Sketches

EXQUISITE CORPUS The title that curator Laura Amussen picked for the debut exhibition in Goucher College's swank new Silber Gallery slyly calibrates the brain for its content.

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Related Topix: 9, Photography

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