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PHOTOS: A Deadly Virus Is Killing Maryland's Turtles, Salamanders And Tadpoles

HuffingtonPost.com | Arin Greenwood | Posted 02.15.2012

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WASHINGTON -- What can you do to help stop a ravaging virus from spreading farther in Maryland's turtle population? As the Washington Post reporte...

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New Social Networking Site Aims To Help Students Achieve Their Goals

Posted 05.25.2011

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Is Towson senior Steven Weinstein the next Mark Zuckerberg? He may have his finger on the next big thing in social networking: A site designed to help...

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Towson Paper Hopes To Take Legal Action Against Newspaper Thieves

The Huffington Post | Danielle Wiener-Bronner | Posted 05.25.2011

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The editor-in-chief of Towson University's student paper is hoping to take legal action against those responsible for the disappearance of nearly 3,00...

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A New Breed Of Weed? Students Get High Legally With Marijuana Alternatives

thetowerlight.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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During the middle of the summer, Towson University junior Bill, who requested to not have his real name revealed, was caught with drug paraphernalia i...

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Abe Cahan, Towson University Junior, Found Dead In Home

thetowerlight.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Towson University junior Abe Cahan died Thursday, Sept. 23, according to his father. Police were called to Cahan's Towson Woods apartment at 1:43 p.m....

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Towson University Officially Smoke-Free

thetowerlight.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Towson is officially smoke free, and some students and faculty may take this time to cut back or even kick the habit. Vice president for student af...

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College Media Censorship: Year in Review

Dan Reimold | Posted 05.25.2011

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College media censorship has a lot in common with Mystique. The mutant supervillain associated with the X-Men is best known for her duplicitous shape-shifting aimed at doing harm.

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Scantily Clad 'Skinterns' Make Employers Recoil

Baltimore Sun | Posted 05.25.2011

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In Washington, D.C., where they've never quite forgotten Monica Lewinsky, a name has evolved for the scantily-clad summer staff: "skinterns." "It's s...

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Maryland Schools Face Steep Budget Cuts

The Towerlight | Posted 05.25.2011

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While Towson University was "hanging their hats" on a roughly $2 billion statewide budget cut in December and expecting around $16 million to be taken...

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Towson Students Offer Thoughts on Professor Fired for Racial Slur

The Towerlight | Posted 05.25.2011

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Allen Zaruba, a professional artist and adjunct art professor who has taught at the University for 12 years, was fired last Thursday after being repor...

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Towson University Snowball Fight Draws Hundreds

The Towerlight | Posted 05.25.2011

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More than two feet of snow blanketed Towson this weekend, but it didn't stop students from dressing in their warmest gear to participate in a campus-w...

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Fighting to erase the "R" Word

The Towerlight | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rianna Stokes, a Towson junior, is doing her part to promote the pledge, "Spread the Word to End the Word" sponsored by Special Olympics and Best Budd...

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Michael Steele: Meet Amanda Duzak

Dave Zirin | Posted 05.25.2011

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At a student dialogue Tuesday, recent grad Amanda Duzak told Steele that her mother was unable to afford medication, and died recently of cancer. Steele turned his back on her, and the crowd applauded.

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