Baltimore Campus News: Students return

This is the first of what will be a semi-regular feature of what’s going on at all the college campuses in the Baltimore area.

As students return to campus, the editor of The Spokesman at Morgan State has a column of advice for both new and returning students.

At UMBC, the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity has been suspended from campus for 3 years.

From The Retriever Weekly:

At the hearing, Casini and SAE District President Jim Sakers admitted that SAE providing [sic] alcohol to minor prospective members at a recruiting event. Furthermore, the Hearing Board found sufficient evidence that the fraternity pledged students who were ineligible because of their academic standing.

Also, the letter explains that the board found evidence that SAE prospective and current members engaged in sexual acts with an exotic dancer and that SAE “provided the financial means, and logistical arrangements, for this prostitution to occur.”

The fraternity can ask that the suspension be lifted early in Fall 2008 if certain conditions are met.

At Towson, a housing and parking crunch has resulted in shifting around parking and making certain areas commuters-only. The school is also looking at expanding its shuttle route to more destinations including off-campus housing.

From The Towerlight:

Residents and commuters can no longer park in any free space they find.

Lots and garages across campus have been designated for commuters or residents only.

Parking and transportation services created these policies in hopes of decreasing congestion during peak parking hours, which are from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The Quindecim at Goucher has some of the standard beginning of semester guides and articles that most of the other papers have. They also provide a behind-the-scenes video of the construction of The Athenaeum on campus.

The News-Letter at JHU hasn’t published any content other than on their blog since last spring and The Greyhound (Loyola) still has the April 24 issue online. I couldn’t find a web edition of The Courier at Coppin or The Villager at Villa Julie. The Free Press at McDaniel doesn’t apparently publish until mid-September but all they appear to have online is advertising information.

If I missed any newspaper sites somehow, please send me the link or include it in the comments below.