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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, Morgan State University, U.S. House of Representatives, Colleges and Universities, Education
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Morgan State board votes against renewing president's contract
In a heated, narrowly divided closed-door meeting, Morgan State University's board of regents voted last week not to renew President David Wilson's contract, sources close to the board said Monday. The ouster comes amid a string of recent incidents...
Tags: Alexander Kinyua, Prosecution, Awards and Prizes, White House, Cannibalism
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For former members, life after Congress
Connie Morella served as an ambassador in Paris. Helen Bentley became a consultant to the port of Baltimore. Wayne Gilchrest opened an environmental education center on the Eastern Shore. Former members of Congress from Maryland, they rebounded from...
Tags: Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, Primaries, George W. Bush, Democratic Party
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Orioles manager Buck Showalter deserving of Baltimore Sun Marylander of the Year honor
The Baltimore SunIt was the Orioles’ final regular-season series in Tampa Bay -- three October games that preceded the team’s first trip to the playoffs in 15 years -- and I was sitting in Orioles manager Buck Showalter’s office in the visiting clubhouse...Tags: Matt Wieters, Adam Jones (baseball), Spring Training, MLB Most Valuable Player Award, Gold Glove Awards
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Morgan board reverses decision, extends Wilson's contract
Morgan State University's Board of Regents voted to extend the contract of the university's president for an additional year during a lengthy meeting Friday — reversing a contentious decision to seek a new president at the close of the academic...
Tags: Mary Pat Clarke, Harvard University, Robert W. Curran, Teaching and Learning, Northwood
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Patricia Cook-Ferguson, teacher and Balto. Co. NAACP president
Patricia Cook-Ferguson, a longtime Baltimore teacher and president of the Baltimore County NAACP known for wearing multiple hats in advocating for youth education and civil rights advancements, died Wednesday of complications from lung cancer. She was 56....
Tags: Randallstown, Coppin State University, Teaching and Learning, Lung Cancer, Baltimore County
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Marylander of the Year
In 1987, The Sun's editorial board decided to bestow upon the Johns Hopkins University's then-president, Steven Muller, a newly created award: Marylander of the Year. The distinction was meant to honor the person who "contributed the most to Baltimore and...
Tags: MLB Most Valuable Player Award, Lou Gehrig, James Rouse, Gold Glove Awards, NAACP
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Sobhani pulls radio ad amid backlash
Independent U.S. Senate candidate Rob Sobhani agreed to pull down an advertisement he began airing on black radio stations this week that attacked incumbent Sen. Ben Cardin after state Democrats complained Friday the spot was riddled with inaccuracies....Tags: U.S. Senate, Democratic Party, Justice System, Barack Obama, NAACP
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Former Md. Sen. Clarence Mitchell III has died
Clarence M. Mitchell III, who helped steer a sweeping desegregation measure through the General Assembly, died Thursday of cancer at Seasons Hospice at the Northwest Hospital Center. He was 72. Mr. Mitchell became the nation's youngest black legislator...
Tags: Abusive Behavior, Harry S. Truman, Local Government, Prosecution, George Davis
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Morgan president offers condolences to family in cannibal case
Speaking out for the first time about a gruesome killing allegedly committed by a troubled student, Morgan State University's president expressed condolences to the families involved but declined to discuss details of the case or the institution's history...
Tags: Alexander Kinyua, Prosecution, Teaching and Learning, Health and Safety at School, Students
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Charlotte speech gives O'Malley a shot at advancement, redemption
When Gov. Martin O'Malley takes the stage at the Democratic convention to give the most important speech of his political career, he'll have to deliver on one deceptively simple goal: He'll need to make people want to hear more. As an increasingly...
Tags: George W. Bush, Government, Hillary Clinton, Baltimore County, Martin O'Malley
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Afro-American newspaper honors paperboys and girls in anniversary celebration
For Marian Anderson Bell, selling copies of the Afro-American newspaper on Baltimore streets as a 12-year-old papergirl in 1945 felt like freedom. Now 79 years old, Bell reminisced Saturday about stashing away the pennies she earned to buy school...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Elijah E. Cummings, Newspaper and Magazine, Justice System, Museums
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