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Morgan State University is a historically black college located in Baltimore, Maryland. The Methodist Episcopal Church founded Morgan State, then named the Centenary Biblical Institute, in 1867. It was renamed Morgan College in 1890 after Reverend Lyttleton Morgan, the first chairman of its board of trustees. The school became a public institution when it was purchased by the state in 1939 and opened to students of all races. The school was given university designation and the authority to offer doctorates in 1975 by the state. Morgan State is a founding member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and is a Division I school, but its football team is a Division I-AA team. The school is home...
Morgan State University is a historically black college located in Baltimore, Maryland. The Methodist Episcopal Church founded Morgan State, then named the Centenary Biblical Institute, in 1867. It was renamed Morgan College in 1890 after Reverend Lyttleton Morgan, the first chairman of its board of trustees. The school became a public institution when it was purchased by the state in 1939 and opened to students of all races. The school was given university designation and the authority to offer doctorates in 1975 by the state. Morgan State is a founding member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and is a Division I school, but its football team is a Division I-AA team. The school is home to the Morgan State University Choir and the "Maginificent Marching Machine," the school's marching band. Student activities include The Spokesman newspaper, The Promethian yearbook and 20 fraternities, sororities and social clubs. Famous Morgan State alumni include author Zora Neal Hurston and former U.S. congressman Kweisi Mfume.
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Girls basketball: Games to watch
(All times p.m.) Monday: St.Frances @ Arundel, 7 Dec. 17: Howard @ River Hill, 5:30 Dec. 22: Arundel @ Seton Keough, 6 Jan. 6: Joppatowne @ Fallston, 6:45 Jan. 7: Seton Keough @ St.Frances, 6 Jan. 13: Aberdeen @ Joppatowne, 6:45 Jan. 15: Digital... -
Handel with flair
Comfort ye who prefer Handel's Messiah just the way it was written in 1741. The version of the beloved oratorio being performed this weekend by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Morgan State University Choir may seem as if it has gone astray like sheep...Tags: Leonard Bernstein, Christmas, David Letterman, Rhythm and Blues, Faith Hill
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Arts calendar
fine art Museums American Visionary Art Museum 800 Key Highway. 410-244-1900. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesdays-Sundays. Permanent exhibits: Rotating selections from museum archives. Baltimore Museum of Art Art Museum Drive at North Charles and 31st streets....Tags: Music Theater, Maryland Science Center, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, College of Notre Dame, Towson University
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Morgan State survives scare from La Salle, 71-70
From staff reportsThe Morgan State women's basketball team - led by Corin Adams with 20 points - held off a late rally by visiting La Salle to win, 71-70, last night. The Explorers (4-4) set a school record for most three-pointers in a game with 13 and were down by 13...Tags: Chicago Bears
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Farming the Chesapeake
As watermen have done for decades, Ronny Jetmore guides his small boat into a creek off the Patuxent River to tong oysters from the bottom.
Oysters, once so bountiful in the Chesapeake Bay that their shells were used to pave roads, have become scarce...Tags: Calvert County, Population, Rivers, Agricultural Research and Technology, Aquaculture
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Reports: Weis returning; Morgan's Guyton honored
Charlie Weis will return for a fifth season at Notre Dame despite another disappointing year, several media outlets reported. WNDU-TV in South Bend, The South Bend Tribune and several other media outlets, citing anonymous sources, reported Weis will be...Tags: Brian Kelly, Joe Paterno, Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
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College basketball scores, schedule
Yesterday STATE MEN Richmond 78 … Coppin St. 67 Old Spice Classic No. 21 Georgetown 75… Maryland 48 Ortho Carolina Classic Wingate 86…Bowie State 79 Pride of Maryland 1st: St. Mary's 84…Johns Hopkins 81 3rd: Washington...Tags: Oral Roberts, Armed Forces, University of Connecticut, Defense, Ohio State University
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Morgan State falls to St. Francis (Pa.)
The Associated PressDevin Sweetney scored 19 points and Marquis Ford added 16 for St. Francis (Pa.), which never trailed in a 65-61 victory over Morgan State on Monday night. The Red Flash (3-4) ended Morgan State's 15-game home winning streak, dating back to a two-point...Tags: Chicago Bears
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Juanita B. Nicholson
Juanita B. Nicholson, a retired Baltimore public school educator who later was a member of the Baltimore City Planning Commission, died Thursday of a heart attack at her Pikesville home. She was 83. Juanita Brown, a great-great-granddaughter of slaves,...Tags: National Basketball Association, World War II, Colleges and Universities, Johns Hopkins University, Durham (Durham, North Carolina)
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Dayton tops No. 15 Marquette; Calhoun wins No. 780
From Sun staff and news servicesRob Lowery scored a career-high 21 points last night and Dayton used its depth and quickness to beat No.15 Marquette, 89-75, in the final of the Chicago Invitational Challenge in Hoffman Estates, Ill. The Flyers' 6-0 start is their best since they won...Tags: Chicago Bears, Iowa Hawkeyes, Jim Calhoun, Boston Bruins, Penn State Nittany Lions
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Warren's 25 points pace Mississippi in 78-70 win over Morgan State
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) _ Chris Warren scored 25 points and David Huertas added 22 points in Mississippi's 78-70 victory over Morgan State on Saturday. The Rebels (5-1), who trailed by seven points early in the second half, used second-half surges of 15-0 and...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Chicago Bears, Kevin Thompson
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Morgan no match in second half vs. Wis.-Green Bay; Coppin women routed
From Sun staff reportsChop Tang scored 16 points and had nine rebounds to lead Wisconsin-Green Bay past Morgan State, 71-54, yesterday in the Glenn Wilkes Classic in Daytona Beach, Fla. Tang converted all six of his free throws and Green Bay made 28-for-30 from the stripe....Tags: Coppin State University, Chicago Bulls, Armed Forces, Defense
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