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Morgan State University is a historically black college located in Baltimore, Maryland. The Methodist Episcopal Church founded Morgan State, then named the Centenary Biblical Institute, in 1867. It was renamed Morgan College in 1890 after Reverend Lyttleton Morgan, the first chairman of its board of trustees. The school became a public institution when it was purchased by the state in 1939 and opened to students of all races. The school was given university designation and the authority to offer doctorates in 1975 by the state. Morgan State is a founding member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and is a Division I school, but its football team is a Division I-AA team. The school is home...
Morgan State University is a historically black college located in Baltimore, Maryland. The Methodist Episcopal Church founded Morgan State, then named the Centenary Biblical Institute, in 1867. It was renamed Morgan College in 1890 after Reverend Lyttleton Morgan, the first chairman of its board of trustees. The school became a public institution when it was purchased by the state in 1939 and opened to students of all races. The school was given university designation and the authority to offer doctorates in 1975 by the state. Morgan State is a founding member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and is a Division I school, but its football team is a Division I-AA team. The school is home to the Morgan State University Choir and the "Maginificent Marching Machine," the school's marching band. Student activities include The Spokesman newspaper, The Promethian yearbook and 20 fraternities, sororities and social clubs. Famous Morgan State alumni include author Zora Neal Hurston and former U.S. congressman Kweisi Mfume.
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Bernstein's 'Mass'
Leonard Bernstein wrestled much of his life with issues of religion, politics and social conscience. He poured a combustible mix of feelings about those topics into a huge "theater piece for singers, players and dancers" called Mass, composed for the...Tags: Classical Music, Marin Alsop, Leonard Bernstein, Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
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Classical music schedule
SEPTEMBER SEPT. 6 Guitarist Ana Vidovic; An die. SEPT. 7 Organist Jonathan Moyer; all-Messiaen; Cathedral. SEPT. 7 Harmonious Blacksmith; An die. SEPT. 9 Mobtown Modern; Lang, Spangler, Wolfe; Contemporary. SEPT. 11 Pianists Julian Lawrence...Tags: Placido Domingo, Amedeo Modigliani, Cole Porter, Glenn Gould, Catonsville
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Weaving a web of biking trails
He has tried bicycling on the roads, but Gene Bayer learned his lesson long ago: You can't size up what a motorist is thinking.
"I've been hit twice," said Bayer, president of the Baltimore Bicycling Club, via cell phone as he pedaled along the BWI Trail...Tags: Epidemics and Plagues, Frederick Law Olmsted, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Illnesses, Cycling
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Billick invests in sports radio station
Former Ravens coach Brian Billick has become an investor and partner in sports talk radio station WNST (1570AM). Billick last night announced his partnership with station chief executive Nestor Aparicio and pledged to help bring a product that would cater...Tags: Diet, Illnesses, Fenway Park, Jim Thorpe, Tommy Bolt
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Cardin to discuss issues tomorrow at Morgan
U.S. Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin is planning a town hall meeting tomorrow Sept. 3 at Morgan State University to discuss issues facing the next president and Congress. The Democrat plans to discuss such topics as the environment, energy independence, the...Tags: Benjamin L. Cardin, Government, National Government
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September Social Calendar
Baltimore Sun reporterThursday, Sept. 4 "Salsabration" Benefits Fuel Fund of Maryland Business casual/festive attire Havana Club, 600 Water St. 6 p.m. Tickets $55 in advance, $60 at the door Call 410-821-3022, Ext. 107 or go to www.fuelfundmaryland.org Friday, Sept. 5 "Polo...Tags: American Visionary Art Museum, Film Festivals, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Academy Awards, Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
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Running Ravens sites isn't a snap
Tony Lombardi's answering machine ends with the message, "Remember, do what you love and love what you do." Which pretty much sums up why the now-47-year-old Perry Hall man quit his job leasing equipment to corporations three years ago to go full time...Tags: M&T Bank Stadium, Mass Media, Newspaper and Magazine, Radio, Popular Music
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Poised for growth
Special to The Baltimore SunRoger Plunkett, recently named the assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction for Harford County's public school system, recalled the defining moment that led him to school administration. He was working on a master's degree in journalism at...Tags: Ellicott City, College Park, Curricula, Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities
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Home economics
Special to The Baltimore SunWhen DeWitt Doss moved to Maryland in 2006 to accept his first teaching position with Baltimore City public schools, the Niagara Falls, N.Y., native wasn't looking to buy a home. His chief concern was educating young people. "I love helping the kids,"...Tags: Property, Apartments, Randallstown, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Fires
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Bears look to go retro
Forty years ago, Morgan State won eight of its nine football games. Fans were unimpressed. That defeat, by a single point, was Morgan's first after 25 straight victories.
Coach Donald Hill-Eley says it's time to rekindle the legacy of the 1960s.
"This...Tags: Chicago Bears, Ray Lewis
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Michael Cryor steps out from behind the scenes
A rare undercurrent of emotion crept into the voice of Baltimore's Michael Cryor - the only black state party chairman in the nation - as he spoke to Maryland convention delegates the morning after the nomination of the nation's first major-party African-...Tags: Medicine, Executive Branch, Diseases, Government, Elections
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