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Higher education

    Supporters participate in a march organized by Salisbury University LGBTQ groups, almost a month after an alleged hate crime took place on campus, at Salisbury University on Monday, Nov. 11, 2024 in Salisbury, MD.
    At Salisbury University, an alleged hate crime shakes LGBTQ+ students’ sense of safety
    The news shook an already-tenuous sense of safety on the Eastern Shore campus.
    Salisbury University in 2022.
    Fraternity expels Salisbury University students charged in attack
    Sigma Alpha Epsilon expelled the Salisbury University students who are accused of being involved in an alleged hate crime, the organization said.
    Salisbury University in 2022.
    5 more Salisbury students charged after man said he was lured to apartment attack
    Twelve total Salisbury University students have been charged in an attack, which police said was captured on video, that is being investigated as a hate crime.
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    Raised in the era of Trump politics, young voters never envisioned a Harris win
    Unlike the first time Donald Trump won the presidency, the mood on college campuses in deep blue Baltimore is more or less business as usual.
    Singer Beyonce performs at the Staples Center on July 13, 2009 in Los Angeles, California.
    Addressing youth voting one concert at a time
    #iVoted, which works in conjunction with Johns Hopkins University’s SNF Agora Institute, produces free concerts as an incentive to get young people to vote.

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    Tech billionaire Elon Musk appeared in a private talk with cadets in August, despite his active campaign to support former President Donald Trump's campaign to regain the White House.
    West Point welcomed Elon Musk, while Annapolis canceled a Trump critic. What’s the difference?
    Where was the outrage when Elon Musk, weirdly dancing supporter of former President Donald Trump, spoke at West Point? It’s a stunning contrast to the cancellation of a lecture by historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a Trump critic, at the Naval Academy.
    Campus photos of Washington College, in Kent County.
    Maryland college changes logo, citing ‘difficult to read’ cursive
    A “highly stylized” version of George Washington’s signature has been replaced — at least in part because it was difficult to read for prospective students.
    The Brigade of Midshipmen watches Navy football roll over UNC Charlotte in Oct. 19, 2024 at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis.
    If Trump wins, the right-wing thought police will come for the Naval Academy
    Deep within Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s 925-page roadmap for the next Republican president, its authors say they want the service academies scrubbed of anything and anyone deemed insufficiently pure of thought.
    A group of singers with the Morgan State University Choir performed three songs Stevie Wonder during his stop at CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore.
    The Morgan choir performed with Stevie Wonder. They had just days to get ready.
    A group of Morgan choir singers performed with Stevie Wonder at CFG Bank Arena earlier this week. The whole plan came together in just days.
    Gov. Wes Moore, Sen. Ben Cardin, County Executive John Olszewski Jr., and others stand for the National Anthem at the October 7 Baltimore Community Commemoration event at Beth El Congregation in Pikesville, Md.
    Live updates: ‘We stand with you,’ Moore tells Beth El Congregation
    Banner reporters are covering how the Israel-Hamas war is impacting communities in Maryland.

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    Students gather at McKeldin Mall on the University of Maryland campus on Monday, October 7, 2024, for an interfaith vigil organized by Students for Justice in Palestine.
    Hundreds gather peacefully for controversial University of Maryland Gaza vigil
    The controversial event hosted by Students for Justice in Palestine was ultimately a peaceful one, despite the contentious road to get here.
    Last year, five people were shot on the campus of Morgan State University during homecoming week celebrations. This year, security is more strict.
    Ahead of homecoming, Maryland universities ramp up security with drones, license plate readers
    Following the string of shootings during homecoming celebrations in recent years, campus police departments are implementing additional security measures and protocols.
    Someone wearing a blue and orange marching band uniform plays a trumpet on a football field in front of the rest of the marching band.
    Morgan State marching band to play in Rose Parade, ‘the granddaddy of them all’
    The Magnificent Marching Machine was invited to the Pasadena Tournament of Roses, leaving it just one invite shy of the Triple Crown of parade events.
    The judge ruled Students for Justice in Palestine can hold their once-canceled vigil so long as they comply with university rules.
    University of Maryland can’t cancel Gaza vigil, federal judge rules
    A federal judge on Tuesday granted a University of Maryland student group’s request for an injunction — with a few conditions.
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    Federal judge to hear arguments Monday over University of Maryland’s Oct. 7 vigil cancellation
    The suit accuses the University of Maryland, the University System of Maryland Board of Regents and Darryll Pines, president of the University of Maryland, College Park, of “engaging in unconstitutional content-based discrimination.”

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    Administrators told students they had “been receiving pressure from groups inside and outside of” the university to cancel the event but “they were committed to protecting the free speech of students,” according to the lawsuit.
    Students sue University of Maryland over canceled Gaza vigil
    A student group is alleging in a federal lawsuit that the University of Maryland has violated its First Amendment rights.
    An anti-affirmative action group that won a landmark 2023 Supreme Court decision sued the Naval Academy for considering race in its admissions.
    Naval Academy on trial over race in admissions: What you should know
    The case marks latest effort by Students for Fair Admissions to eliminate race-conscious policies in higher education.
    The new health professions building at Towson University moves most of the College of Health Professions programs into one building for the first time in the university’s history.
    From high-tech simulations to rooftop gardens: Towson’s $192M health professions building by the numbers
    The new building at Towson University includes simulation labs that feel like walking into the wing of a hospital or a primary care office.
    A student group called University of Maryland Students for Justice in Palestine said the school canceled a reservation it had to hold a vigil at McKeldin Mall at the University of Maryland, College Park.
    Maryland public colleges limit events on anniversary of Oct. 7 Hamas attack
    The University System of Maryland — which oversees the state’s public colleges — will not allow special events on Oct. 7 unless they “support a university-sponsored Day of Dialogue.”
    Andrea Rodriguez Avila wearing glasses and a powder blue suit jacket while holding an award.
    Family of Rice University student killed remembers her as academic achiever, caring leader
    Andrea Rodriguez Avila was found dead in her residential hall on the campus of Rice University in Houston. The family of the 21-year-old issued a statement, saying her "precious life was lost to horrific violence."
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