Romy Jones ’10 in the Baltimore Sun
The Baltimore Sun noted that Romy Jones ’10, who graduated from Anne Arundel Community College in December 2007 with a 4.0 grade-point average, was among 27 community college students named to the All-Maryland Academic Team and nominated to the All-USA Academic Team. The article, “Anne Arundel Education Notes,” ran on June 1.
www.baltimoresun.com/news/education/k12/bal-ar.ednotes01jun01,0,5146533.story
Ari Ne’eman ’10 in New York Magazine
New York magazine profiled student Ari Ne’eman ’10, the president of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network. The feature article, “The Autism Rights Movement,” appeared in the May 25 issue.
http://nymag.com/news/features/47225/
Tom Schaller, Political Science, in the News
Associate Professor of Political Science Tom Schaller’s latest column for the Baltimore Sun called on voters to focus on the substance of the issues in the presidential race and to ignore the media’s tendency to create “convenient caricatures” of the candidates and their personalities. The column, “Let’s Reject Candidate Caricatures and Focus on What Matters,” ran on June 4.
www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.schaller04jun04,0,46307.column
Schaller participated in a roundtable discussion for Salon on the influence of white racism on the Democratic presidential race between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. The transcript includes a link to an audio component of the 40-minute discussion. The written piece, “What Role Did Race Play with White Democrats?” ran on June 3.
www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/03/roundtable/
The day after Obama claimed an historic victory as the presumptive Democratic nominee, Schaller joined the National Public Radio program "To the Point" to discuss the end of the primary election. The interview aired on June 4.
www.kcrw.com/news/programs/tp/tp080604obama_claims_histori
Schaller discussed with National Public Radio’s "All Things Considered" the upcoming contest between Obama and John McCain, the presumptive presidential nominees, for votes in the West. The story aired on May 30.
www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91007278
UMBC in the News
The University System of Maryland Board of Regents joined Gov. Martin O’Malley and President Hrabowski at UMBC on June 4 to announce a tuition freeze for in-state undergraduate students during 2008-09. The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore Examiner, Washington Post, WBAL Radio, Fox-45, WJZ TV and WBAL-TV reported on the development. Links to this coverage, where available, are below. UMBC student Katie Dix ’10 is pictured in the June 5 print edition of the Sun.
www.baltimoresun.com/news/education/college/bal-md.tuition05jun05,0,1365084.story
www.examiner.com/a-1425515~Maryland_freezes_in_state_tuition_for_third_year_at_public_universities.html
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/04/AR2008060401359.html
http://wbal.com/stories/templates/news.aspx?articleid=7413&zoneid=2
