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Monday, November 19, 2012

ESPN: Maryland Accepts Big Ten Invite, Plans to Leave ACC

The University's Board of Regents voted Monday to approve the move.

(Update, 11 a.m.) The University of Maryland's Board of Regents voted unanimously Monday morning to accept an invitation to join the Big Ten Conference and leave the Atlantic Coast Conference, ESPN reported. It's unclear when Maryland would make the move, but a buy out from the ACC could cost as much as $50 million, according to ESPN.  (Original Post, 5:30 a.m.) As soon as Monday the University of Maryland could end its 60-year affiliation with the Atlantic Coast Conference and join the Big Ten, according to a Baltimore Sun article. The Board of Regents at the university will meet Monday to discuss the move, thought Baltimore Sun reported it wasn't clear whether the board vote was necessary or if Chanvellor William E. Kirwan could decide …

Charles Roland Stevens III

12:42 pm on Monday, November 19, 2012

it's a step up: My concern is that they might have bitten off a little more then they can chew.   more ›

Friday, September 28, 2012

Undocumented Students Pin Hopes on Federal Deferred Action, State DREAM Act

As the election approaches, local students hope the DREAM Act will pass.

By Erin Durkin, Capital News Service Veronica Martinez-Vargas, a 19-year-old illegal immigrant from Salisbury, couldn't believe it when she turned in her application for the Deferred Action program enacted in June by the Obama administration. "It was overwhelming," she said.  The program either stops or prevents deportation proceedings for undocumented youths for two years and allows them to obtain a work permit. To apply, immigrants had to be under age 31 as of June 15, 2012, but at least age 15. They also must prove they entered the country before their 16th birthday and lived in the U.S. since June 15, 2007. Just 29 applications have been approved nationally, of more than 82,000 who applied since the program opened in August. It's …

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Liz Garcia

11:25 pm on Monday, January 7, 2013

You don't understand how hard it is to become legal in this country even if you do it the right way. That is why you have a bunch of immigrants breaking the law rather than paying thousands of dollars to go back to the same place you started. I'm adopted by an American citizen, yet I still don't have a social security but according to law my father is an American. Makes no sense to me, now I have…   more ›

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