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Liz Lerman to leave dance troupe in July
This summer, MacArthur Award-winning choreographer Liz Lerman will leave the Takoma Park, Maryland troupe she founded in 1976 to pursue solo projects in dancing and writing.
The company, now called the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange, will revert to its...Tags: Wesleyan University, Takoma Park (Montgomery, Maryland), Colleges and Universities, Dance, Maryland
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Apartment rents rise as homeownership sinks
Apartment complexes in the Baltimore region are raising rents as a muted economic recovery and a foreclosure crisis have discouraged homeownership — and added to the ranks of renters.
Rental costs rose more than 6 percent to about $1,120 in the...Tags: Real Estate Agents, Property, Apartments, San Francisco, Research
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Fannie and Freddie are crucial to the rental market, too
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have been the underpinnings of American homeownership for decades, but now, thanks to their role in the collapse of the housing market, they are being targeted for massive reform or elimination. But as leaders in Congress and...Tags: Rentals, Maryland, Condos and Houses, Fannie Mae, Vehicles
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Movie review: 'The Social Network,' about Facebook founders
Special to The SunAcross far too many stretches of our moviegoing lives, we see movie after movie without seeing one that really moves. At once stealthy and breathlessly paced, "The Social Network" scoots at a fabulous clip, depicting how its version of Facebook founder...Tags: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (movie), Sociology, The Social Network (movie) , Rashida Jones, Andrew Garfield
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Philip D. Curtin
The Washington PostPhilip D. Curtin, a retired Johns Hopkins University professor and a historian of the African slave trade who was instrumental in changing the way schools teach the subject, died June 4 at Chester County Hospital in West Chester, Pa., of pneumonia. He was...Tags: Senegal, The Washington Post, Johns Hopkins University, Diseases and Illnesses, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Lincoln Gordon
Abraham Lincoln Gordon, a former educator and diplomat who during his tenure as the ninth president of the Johns Hopkins University led the way in 1970 in bringing co-education to the university's Homewood campus, died Saturday in his sleep at...Tags: Corruption, London (England), Government, Robert Gordon, Diplomacy
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Loyola joins SAT-optional colleges
Loyola College's Jesuit tradition calls for it to serve students who did not start with every economic, social or geographic advantage.
Widespread research, meanwhile, shows that standardized tests such as the SAT and ACT favor those from privileged...Tags: George Mason, University of Maryland, College Park, Examinations, University of Texas at Austin, Salisbury (Wicomico, Maryland)
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Pushing hard, with no excuses
Top administrators in the Baltimore City school system were used to staff meetings with fluid agendas that left time for all to speak.
But now, Andrés Alonso was presiding. And class was in session.
When I send you an e-mail, the schools' new chief...Tags: Employment Opportunities, PTA, African Americans, Health and Safety at School, Minority Groups
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Two men, one vision
Sun Architecture Critic"What obstacles will you overcome today?" The spirit and mission of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture - as well as its sometimes difficult journey toward a June 25 opening - are neatly encapsulated in a...Tags: Druid Hill, Death, Walters Art Museum, Cambridge (Middlesex, Massachusetts), Gloucester (Gloucester, Virginia)
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Not a cure-all
Sun reportersMany heroin addicts trying to break the grip of drugs and crime turn to a health center on West Saratoga Street for help. Some come asking for an orange pill they believe might be a "wonder drug" for treating their problems. Nearly 200 have gotten it....Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Elijah E. Cummings, Medical Services, Recreational Substance Use, Judges
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The coming housing crunch
Sun reporterThe Baltimore metropolitan area stands ready to add more than 200,000 jobs over the next 25 years, propelled by the huge economic engine of the nation's capital and the growing demands of talent-hungry employers. But it won't have enough homes for all...Tags: Government, Death, Health and Safety at School, Public Officials, Carroll County (Maryland)
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