Kevin Gibbons-O’Neill, Athletics, on WJZ-TV Channel 13
Kevin Gibbons-O’Neill, assistant athletic director, joined the Retriever mascot and a small group of Retriever fans to sing the weekly “Manic Monday” tribute on the WJZ-TV Channel 13 “Morning Edition” program. The group promoted future athletics department community events, including a fundraiser on Feb. 17 to advance cerebral palsy research. The appearance can be viewed by entering “Manic Monday” (dated Feb. 11) at http://wjz.com/video/?cid=5.
Donald Norris, Public Policy, in the Washington Post
The divergent fates of Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee in the Virginia and Maryland primaries spoke to the differences between GOP politics in the two states. “The Virginia Republican Party is much more conservative than even the conservative wing of the Maryland Republican Party,” Donald Norris, professor of public policy, told the Washington Post. The article, “Different GOP Politics, Rules Help Shape Md. and Va. Contests,” ran on Feb. 13.
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/12/AR2008021203438.html?referrer=emailarticle&sid=ST2008021300157
Evan Perlman, Public Policy Graduate Student, in the Baltimore Examiner
Evan Perlman, vice president of external affairs for the Graduate Student Association, said many UMBC graduate students oppose unionization despite support for it among graduate students at other Maryland public universities. “We have a really good relationship with our administration, and if we start unionizing, that would create antagonistic negotiations,” Perlman told the Baltimore Examiner. The article, “Graduate Students Fight for Right to Form a Union,” appeared on Feb. 12.
www.examiner.com/a-1215293%7EGraduate_students_fight_for_right_to_form_a_union.html
Tom Schaller, Political Science, in the News
Associate Professor of Political Science Tom Schaller assessed Hillary Clinton’s best strategy for winning the Virginia primary. “Virginia is much closer than Maryland is, in demographic terms, to the border and Southern states she carried last week,” Schaller told the Los Angeles Times. The story, “Obama Favored in Democratic Primaries,” appeared on Feb. 12.
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-potomac12feb12,1,1605350.story?ctrack=2&cset=true
Schaller told the Buffalo News that the “Potomac primaries” had the potential to favor Democrat Barack Obama because Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia have large numbers of well-educated, upper-income Democrats and African-Americans who have tended to favor Obama. “I’ve been calling it a home game for Obama,” Schaller told the newspaper. The article, “Clinton Team Fights the Perception of a Faltering Campaign,” ran on Feb. 12.
www.buffalonews.com/home/story/274247.html
Schaller told the Associated Press and the international Indo-Asian News Service on Feb. 12 that Maryland was ideologically suited for Obama and his message of change from the Bush and Clinton administrations.
www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2008/02_12-40/GOV
www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=49f60dec-c519-4bcf-85df-6f6d812ad747&ParentID=287125ee-0592-49b7-afb7-c18a2495a8fe&&Headline=Obama%2c+Clinton+locked+in+tight+Potomac+battle
Writing for The Guardian (U.K.), Schaller noted that “few states are as favourable to Obama’s candidacy” as Maryland. The column, “More Wine Than Beer,” appeared on Feb. 11.
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/thomas_f_schaller/2008/02/more_wine_than_beer.html
Schaller’s latest column for the Baltimore Sun addressed the contentious 4th Congressional District race in Maryland between incumbent Albert Wynn and challenger Donna Edwards. In advance of the Feb. 12 primary, Schaller wrote that Wynn’s “voting record … reflects contempt for voters in his district and the opinions of many Marylanders.” The column, “Ugly Politics in Maryland’s 4th Congressional District,” appeared on Feb. 8.
www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.schaller08feb08,0,2016964.column
Looking ahead to the Virginia primary, the New Republic wrote that it “can be seen … as a contest between pundit Tom Schaller’s Virginia (wherein Democrats win by strengthening the Obama coalition of blacks and upscale whites) and political consultant Dave ‘Mudcat’ Saunders’ Virginia (wherein they win by peeling off working-class rural whites -- and by swearing. A lot.) The column, “Split Dominion,” ran on Feb. 7.
http://tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=280357a1-02a8-4168-b000-ad83d7f2475c
