Sorority Sisters Pull
Together to Push Away Cigarettes
COLLEGE PARK - Sorority sisters in the
University of Maryland at College Park participate in a quit-smoking contest organized by
the University Health Center. The sorority that stayed most smoke-free for a month would
take home a $500 prize. The contest was a reponse to a spring survey of 1,000 sorority
sisters on the College Park campus that showed 65 percent smoked, almost half on a daily
basis. Go to Story.
Hundreds Rally to Denounce Racist Hate Letters at UMCP
COLLEGE PARK - Hundreds of students and faculty members
rallied on Nov. 17 at the University of Maryland- College Park to denounce
"particularly repellent" hate mail that was sent to black leaders and
organizations on campus. Campus police say they have no leads in the case, the sixth
incident of a racially motivated intimidating letter that has been recorded at College
Park since September, 1998. Go to Story.
Reward Fund Grows in Racial Hate
Mail Case
WASHINGTON - A reward fund grew to $10,900 for information on the anonymous author of
racially charged hate mail directed at black students and student groups at the University
of Maryland at College Park. Campus President Clayton Mote Jr. started the reward fund
with a pledge of $1,000 of his own money. The fund snowballed after that, with a $5,000
pledge coming from Prince George's County Executive Wayne Curry. Go to Story.
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