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Online and out of bounds -- social media and athletes a dangerous combination
WDBJ7 AnchorColleges and universities across the country are closely monitoring their student-athletes’ use of social media. The schools use methods from the honor system to outright bans on Facebook and Twitter accounts. The issue came to the forefront in...Tags: Sociology, Teaching and Learning, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Facebook, Twitter, Inc.
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Five Maryland schools make 'best value' list for 2012
Oops. Totally misread Kiplinger's chart. (Kudos to the University of Maryland, College Park for pointing out the mistake, even though the correction indicates the school slipped slightly in the ratings. Last year, the school ranked No. 5) Here's the...Tags: Teaching and Learning, University of Florida, Teaching and Learning, Education, College of William and Mary
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Ravens defensive coordinator Pagano thrives under pressure
The two-a-day practices were always fun because there was so much for an 8-year-old to do. There were cones to set up, tackling dummies to wrestle with, footballs to gather and water bottles to squirt. Young Chuck Pagano did it all for his father,...Tags: Jacksonville Jaguars, Lardarius Webb, Rob Gronkowski, University of Michigan, San Diego Chargers
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Opening of Mencken's papers 25 years after his death
It was H. L. Mencken's last party, and the invitation had been written more than 25 years earlier. I was among the invited guests at the Enoch Pratt Free Library on Cathedral Street to witness the opening of Mencken's final papers, which his will...Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), H.L. Mencken, Clarence Darrow, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Libraries
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Critics pounce on Coke, Pepsi health initiatives
Sodas, sports drinks and other sugary beverages are an unhealthy choice for kids, according to the nation's leading pediatricians' group, which strictly opposes the sale and advertising of the products in schools.
Yet Coca-Cola's Live Positively slogan...Tags: Food Industry, Obesity, PepsiCo Inc., Family, Companies and Corporations
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UNC Campuses Slated for New Fee, Tuition Increases
Associated PressUniversity of North Carolina students who pay in-state rates are facing a more than $400 tuition increase, despite President Barack Obama's warning that schools could lose funding if they don't find ways to keep costs down. The issue is especially touchy...Tags: University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Finance, Teaching and Learning, Teaching and Learning, Education
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It's about price, proximity
julieg@herald-mail.comChristian Howard started taking classes at Hagerstown Community College in the fall of 2010 under a program that enables high school students to earn high school and college credit at a discounted price. A graduate of Washington County Technical High...Tags: Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Online Advertising, Teaching and Learning, Boston College, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Rev. James A. Devereux, Jesuit provincial
The Rev. James Ashton Devereux, a Jesuit priest who served as provincial of Maryland Province, died of Parkinson's disease Dec. 19 at Manresa Hall in Merion Station, Pa. He was 83.
Born in Philadelphia, he was a 1945 graduate of St. Joseph's...Tags: Parkinson's Disease, Georgetown University, Roland Park, Education, Loyola University Maryland
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Instead of more care, better care
A silver lining in the dark cloud of the deficit reduction supercommittee's failure is that it gives Americans another chance to do the right thing to control health care costs. To save money, we must move beyond administrative fiat and put patients...Tags: Environmental Issues, Medicare, Government Health Care, Natural Resources, Politics
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Trial Begins for Man Accused of Killing UNC Student Body President
Associated PressOpening statements have begun in the murder trial of a Durham man accused of killing University of North Carolina student body president Eve Carson. 20-year-old Laurence Lovette Jr. is charged with first-degree murder in the 2008 death of Carson, a...Tags: Trials, Health, Health and Safety at School, Murder, Punishment
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Huguely speaks on police video, claims he just wanted to talk to Love
Jurors heard the words of George Huguely V for the first time during his murder trial Friday morning, when prosecutors played a harrowing video of his police interrogation, recorded hours after his former University of Virginia girlfriend, Yeardley Love,...Tags: Lawyers, here! (tv network), Murder, Lacrosse, College Sports
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