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VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: Characterizing himself as mentally and physically ready for the next step, Georgetown’s Greg Monroe said Saturday that he’ll declare himself eligible for the 2010 NBA draft, bringing to an end his star turn for the Hoyas after two seasons. The decision comes one month after Georgetown’s promising season ended with a […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: Regents of the University System of Maryland on Friday morning approved a tuition hike for the first time in four years, signaling the end of the state’s semi-historic freeze. Tuition will rise 3 percent in the state university system, the first increase since 2005. In-state tuition and fees at the University […]
VIA WTOP: A female Georgetown University student was sexually assaulted a few blocks away from school early Friday morning. Georgetown University’s Department of Public Safety says in happened around 2 a.m., in the 3300 block of Prospect St. NW. The student, who lives on campus, says a man came up behind her, put his hand […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: The car belonging to D.C. Principal Brian Betts was found in the District, Montgomery County Police Captain Paul Starks said Saturday morning. The car was found in the 3900 block of Fourth Street SE. Police had been searching for it since Betts, 42, was found dead Thursday in his Silver Spring […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: President Obama is urging Congress to approve a D.C. voting rights bill, just as one is scheduled to come before the U.S. House of Representatives next week. Although Obama has long indicated he supported giving District residents a vote on Congress, some advocates have accused him of being too silent on […]
Prince George’s County Police Chief Roberto Hylton joins Bernie McCain to discuss the University of Maryland incident involving officers and students following the University of Maryland basketball team victory over Duke this year. two officers were suspended after a video showed police repeatedly striking a student with batons.
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: None of the students or parents were really sure why they were sitting in the Benjamin Banneker Academic High School auditorium Thursday morning. Each principal, counselor or keeper-of-the-secret told a slightly different story: It’s an information session on scholarship opportunities. It’s a final meeting to go over details of their Gates […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: The Washington Teachers’ Union has asked a D.C. a Superior Court judge to re-open its lawsuit challenging the legitimacy of the teacher layoffs Chancellor Michelle Rhee ordered last October because of what she described as a budget crunch. Union president George Parker and American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten said […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: Montgomery County detectives are investigating the death of District middle school principal Brian Betts as a homicide, county Police Chief J. Thomas Manger said Friday afternoon. “At this point we don’t believe he was a random victim,” Manger said. “We suspect it is a homicide. We are investigating it as such.” […]
After a 14-1 conference mark in the regular season, the Bowie State softball began its quest for a fourth straight conference championship with a 5-3 victory over Johnson C. Smith in the quarterfinals of the CIAA Tournament in Petersburg, Virginia. The Lady Bulldogs have established themselves as the premiere softball program over the last three […]