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College Park is the home of the University of Maryland's flagship campus. Located along U.S. Route 1, it is served by two freeways and the Washington Metro system's green line.
College Park is the home of the University of Maryland's flagship campus. Located along U.S. Route 1, it is served by two freeways and the Washington Metro system's green line.
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Maryland observatory to hold open house
Maryland WeatherFrom The Sun's print editions: Baltimore Sun reporter Candus Thomson offers this guest post: Don’t have a dog in this year's Super Bowl fight? Learn about the heavens from the experts. The University of Maryland Observatory is having an open......Tags: Super Bowl
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'America's Got Talent': UM's Gymkana troupe makes next round
Reality CheckOn last night's America's Got Talent, it was all about YouTube -- acts that had impressed enough on video to get voted into the auditions. Among the acts making that cut was Gymkana, a gymnastics troupe from University of......Tags: Colleges and Universities, Elections, America's Got Talent (tv program), YouTube
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Why inspect for possible tornado damage?
Maryland WeatherFROM TODAY'S PRINT EDITIONS:Bob Anbinder, in Pikesville, asks why the weather service rushes to inspect possible tornado damage in Maryland: “There wouldn’t seem to be much to be learned whether there was or wasn’t a tornado … [A]...Tags: Weather Reports, Pikesville, Tornadoes, Maryland
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Campgrounds: The Forgotten EV Infrastructure
KickingTiresWhile writing a piece on the Tesla Roadster last summer, a Tesla representative mentioned that Roadster owners could recharge the all-electric vehicle at campgrounds and that the entire country was already outfitted with this rudimentary recharging...Tags: Hybrid Vehicles, Colleges and Universities, Nissan, Auto Trends, Tesla
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Why we overeat
Dining@LargeOne reason we overeat, scientists say, is the fear of death. This makes perfect sense to me; I see no reason why they wasted any more time trying to prove it. But to test the hypothesis, researchers asked subjects to......Tags: Health and Safety at School, University of Maryland, College Park
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'America's Next Top Model' back for 14th season
Reality CheckIt’s the 14th season of America’s Next Top Model, and we’ve basically seen it all. We all know what to expect — sob-story beauties, stank attitudes, dramatic transformations and extra loads of self-absorbed antics from creator/...Tags: Hair and Nails, Duke University, Maryland, Houston, Perez Hilton
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Chicago students excel at National History Day competition
Earlier this year, I told you about Chicago Academy High School sophomores, Le'Asia Williams, Summer Braxton and Hannah Modjeski, who were preparing a performance for the Chicago Metro History Fair. Their skit was based on the Idlewild resort, an...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning, Students, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, Music Industry
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Protest motto: soup's on!
WASHINGTON -- When authorities got wind of a demonstration planned for Monday outside the Food and Drug Administration's offices in College Park, Md., they fortified their defenses. A motorcycle and nine police vans, ominously marked "Homeland Security,...
Tags: Mushrooms, Genetic Engineering, Whole Foods Market, Food and Drug Administration, Foods and Beverages
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Hungry for a group to safely deliver leftover food to charities
On a recent evening, students at Pomona College feasted on chicken pot pie, steamed veggies, biscuits and rice. And, as is often the case, there were plenty of leftovers in the dining hall, enough for about 100 extra meals. Those leftovers, however,...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Charity, Standards, Health and Safety at Work, Biology
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A longtime addict wants out; he needs helping hand
HERE'S DARRYL Logan. Here's a 45-year-old lifelong Baltimorean, a graduate of one of its venerable independent schools - and a longtime drug addict. He seems like a bright guy. He's certainly a congenial conversationalist. And he's one of our estimated...Tags: Timonium, University of Maryland, College Park, Schools, Sales
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College Park needs lesson from N.Y. on community
SOMEWHERE IN another lifetime, my friend Ron Matz, the television newsman, attended his first class on his very first morning as a freshman at the University of Maryland's College Park campus. The course was held in an auditorium. There were roughly 500...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Vehicles, Teaching and Learning, Students, Tornadoes
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Rejecting 31,000 gun deaths as a fact of life
There are so many violent tragedies every day — I'm thinking specifically about the deaths of young people, and particularly those by gun — it's impossible to process it all, much less give our hearts to it. If we tried, our heads would burst....
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Colleges and Universities, Personal Weapon Control, Howard County, University of Maryland, College Park
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