By Elaine Donnelly
Extending sexual misconduct to combat units
Independent voices from the TWT Communities

The Maryland athletic department's financial woes have grown greater and graver in the past two decades.

Maryland is set to follow the money to the Big Ten and end a nearly 60-year affiliation with the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Maryland is considering pursuing a move to the Big Ten, according to multiple published reports, with an announcement possible this week.
The University of Maryland's decision to stay in the Atlantic Coast Conference or join the Big Ten comes down to tradition versus money.

Late last month, the University of Colorado made national news with its decision to segregate students who hold concealed carry permits in their own dormitory. CU's latest announcement on the subject -- it floated a different idea in April -- comes in response to its stunning defeat at the Colorado Supreme Court in March 2012.
Now that the Minnesota Vikings will get their new stadium, the worrying can begin over a gambling expansion designed to pay the state's share of the $975 million project.
After a plan to build the Minnesota Vikings a new home cleared its final hurdle Thursday in the state Senate, the team executive who spent much of the past decade lobbying for the nearly $1 billion stadium could hardly contain himself.
A University of Iowa investigative committee said Wednesday the school should scrap an intense workout that left 13 football players hospitalized, conceding that whatever triggered their injuries remains a mystery.

University of Iowa leaders promised Thursday to investigate what caused 13 football players to be hospitalized with an unusual muscle disorder following offseason workouts.
University of Iowa leaders are ordering an investigation into what caused 13 football players to be hospitalized with an unusual muscle disorder following offseason workouts.

What a difference a generation makes. While their 1960s-era parents rallied for free love at home and against the Vietnam War half a world away, California students pitched a fit last week over a pocketbook issue - college tuition increases. This is the consequence of the irresponsible overspending of former flower children that has tarnished opportunities for achieving the American dream.
YPSILANTI, Mich. — Three Eastern Michigan University administrators, including the president, have been forced out, months after top school officials were accused of covering up the rape and slaying of a student by publicly ruling out foul play.
YPSILANTI, Mich. — Three Eastern Michigan University administrators, including the president, have been forced out, months after top school officials were accused of covering up the rape and slaying of a student by publicly ruling out foul play.