100 years of Greek life
Ask the average university student what Greek life means to him or her and you’ll get a range of answers — from friendship to…
In memory of his sister’s death, Swope leads baseball’s fundraising efforts
Matt Swope finally broke down, and tears streamed down his face as he sat next to his sister Janie Means’ hospital bed in 2008. The…
NO REDEMPTION
When the Terrapin football team walked off the field in Blacksburg, Va., last season, the score told the entire story of an embarrassing loss against…
KASINITZ: Virginia Tech win served as Terps’ turning point, boost into Big Ten
The Terrapins football team’s 27-24 overtime win at Virginia Tech on Nov. 16 didn’t quite define its season. No, the Terps’ 7-6 campaign that culminated…
Mind games: Mental health on campus
As Thanksgiving approaches, students get excited for a weekend of relaxation, family bonding time and good food. But once Monday comes around, it’s back to…
CAROLINA BLUES
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — When the Terrapins men’s basketball team traveled to the Dean E. Smith Center to play North Carolina last January, its players…
Bloodied but not broken
Alex Shinsky was supposed to be a star for the Terrapins men’s soccer team. TopDrawerSoccer.com ranked the midfielder as the No. 1 recruit in the…
Maryland women’s basketball meets former ACC rival Duke in Sweet 16
Laurin Mincy remembers sitting down with her dad to watch the 2006 NCAA women’s basketball national championship game. An eighth-grader at the time, she also…
ART REVIEW: The architect as curator in Building Museum’s “Garden” show
Organized by Senior Curator G. Martin Moeller Jr. — an architect by training — the show chronicles garden design by partners Wolfgang Oehme and James van Sweden. On view are photographs of and plans for garden creations ranging from van Sweden’s home garden on the Eastern Shore to the plaza flanking a Federal Reserve annex building in Washington.
What do you want to be when you grow up?
Whether it was an astronaut, pop star or professional athlete, we all had big aspirations for our professional lives.