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Education gap begins early
Morgan State University President David Wilson makes a compelling argument that "receiving a quality education at the elementary and secondary level is a civil and moral right" ("Why education should be considered a civil right," May 13). I applaud his...
Tags: Human Interest, Personal Income
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Admit Coppin State University is a failed institution and close it
Your article on Coppin State University's new science building truly boggles the mind ("Science center may help Coppin close the gap," May 3). The state is spending $80 million for a building the university admits it does not have sufficient funds to...
Tags: Education, University System of Maryland, Colleges and Universities, Towson University, University of Baltimore
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Commencement speakers strive to inspire, entertain
Expectations are high for this year's commencement speakers at Maryland universities — an august crew that includes the Obamas and their team of writers as well as funnyman Bill Cosby and Hollywood director Jason Winer. But to stand out — or...
Tags: Stanley A. McChrystal, Government, Cal Ripken, Jr., Duke University, Notre Dame of Maryland University
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Report says GM leaving Morgan State's WEAA radio for Florida job
The Baltimore SunLaFontaine Oliver, general manager at Morgan State's WEAA-FM since 2007, is leaving to run public radio station WMFE-FM in Orlando, according to the Orlando Sentinel. Here's part of Sentinel TV Critic Hal Boedecker's report on the hiring of Oliver:...Tags: Entertainment, Orlando, Radio, Radio Industry
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Why education should be considered a civil right
I recently spoke at a seminar at Harvard on the theme of education as a civil right. Among other things, the seminar conveyed the urgency as well as the intractability of the problem of low college completion rates for certain groups of young people in...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Human Interest, Economic Inequality, Personal Income, Poverty
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Lionel A. Jones Sr., decorated Army officer
Lionel A. Jones Sr., a retired noncommissioned Army officer whose career spanned 25 years, died April 30 of cancer at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He was 76. He was born in Lancaster, Va., and moved to Baltimore in 1939. After graduating from Frederick...Tags: Vietnam, Hospitals and Clinics, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Awards and Prizes, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
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Mfume named chair of Morgan State board, signals Wilson will stay
Kweisi Mfume was named the new chair of Morgan State University's Board of Regents on Tuesday, more than three months after his predecessor was ousted amid a public battle over university leadership. Mfume quickly signaled that university President David...
Tags: NAACP, Education, U.S. House of Representatives, Kweisi Mfume, Colleges and Universities
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Open-meetings complaint filed against Balto. Co. Council over stormwater fee
A Pikesville man has filed an Open Meetings Act violation complaint against the Baltimore County Council, alleging that citizens didn't get proper notice of a meeting where they could have testified about the county's new stormwater fee. The council...
Tags: Lawyers, University System of Maryland, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics
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Edwards named interim city schools CEO
As city schools CEO Andrés Alonso steps aside, he's turning the system over to a close adviser he's trusted during some of his administration's most trying moments. Alonso's chief of staff, Tisha Edwards, will lead the system through the 2014 school...
Tags: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Cherry Hill, Juvenile Delinquency, Corporate Officers, Collective Contract
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Marc Steiner show moving to mornings on WEAA-FM
The Baltimore SunMarc Steiner will move his show to 9 a.m. weekdays starting May 13 on WEAA-FM, the veteran Baltimore talkshow host said Friday. "We're moving to 9 a.m. as part of a new news and information format," Steiner wrote in an email. "It's very exciting and...Tags: Marc Steiner
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Baltimore police choose new internal affairs leader
The Baltimore Police Department tapped one of its lawyers as the new head of internal affairs, saying Rodney Hill's experience as an officer and his recent turn as a prosecutor of police misconduct cases give him the credibility to lead a group charged...
Tags: Los Angeles Police Department, Montgomery County (Pennsylvania), Baltimore Police Department, Prosecution, Anthony W. Batts
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Digest: Greenwald finishes first overall at NOOD Regatta
Sailing Greenwald finishes first at NOOD Regatta Overcoming a field of 49 boats in the J/70 class, Bennet Greenwald of San Diego took first place aboard the Perseverance in the highly competitive division and was named overall winner at the Sperry Top-...Tags: Washington College (Maryland), Chris Johnson (baseball), Baseball, College Sports, The Washington Post
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