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Tag: University of Maryland

Maryland photojournalism student's tripod mistaken for gun, prompting school lockdown

News
April 4, 2014September 5, 2018 Casey McDermott

What a child thought was a gun inside a Baltimore-area school turned out to be a piece of photo equipment that a journalism graduate student was using.

Tagged Maryland, photojournalism, recent-news, University of Maryland

'Porn policy' rejected by University of Maryland's Board of Regents

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November 16, 2009September 5, 2018 Michael Edwards

The University of Maryland's Board of Regents hasdecided not to implement a proposed "porn policy" thatwould have required films screened on campus for entertainment purposes to havean educational element.

Tagged University of Maryland

'Porn policy' under review at U. of Maryland

News
October 19, 2009September 5, 2018 Michael Edwards

The University of Maryland is seeking input fromstudents on a new "porn policy," which the school's Board ofRegents plans to vote on Friday, Oct. 23. Some students feel the restrictions in the policy would infringe upon their First Amendment rights.

Tagged Maryland, University of Maryland

U. of Md. bans use of names of alleged assailants at rape-awareness event

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October 5, 2007September 5, 2018 Maggie Beckwith

Sexual assault victims participating in the Clothesline Project at the University of Maryland cannot write the names of alleged assailants on shirts they plan to hang around the campus, university officials said this week.

Tagged College Park, Maryland, University of Maryland

Md. opens athelete parking ticket records

Uncategorized
December 1, 1998

Information about unpaid parking tickets of student athletes and coaches as well as information about related NCAA violations must be open to the public, Maryland's high court ruled in December.

Tagged , access to public records, Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, Maryland, parking ticket records, reports, University of Maryland, Winter 1998-99

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