Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity and Rethink College Park are hosting the first information session on East Campus since the selection of Foulger-Pratt as the University’s development partner. In attendance at tomorrow’s information session will be V.P. of Administrative Affairs Doug Duncan, and both Richard Perlmutter and Bryant Foulger of Foulger-Pratt. This event will be the [...]
Shuttle-UM announced Friday that its shuttle tracking system is now fully operational. Called Shuttle Trac, the system allows for real-time bus arrival information accessible via telephone, the web, a plasma screen in the Union, and bus-shaped monitors located at many bus stops. Though the system’s inaugural run back in November suffered from serious glitches, the [...]
The University announced yesterday its appointment of Douglas M. Duncan, former Maryland gubernatorial candidate (2006) and former Montgomery County Executive (1994-2006), as the Vice President of Administrative Affairs. He replaces John D. Porcari, who left the post in December to join the incoming O’Malley administration as the Secretary of Transportation. Among other things, Duncan will [...]
The Off-Campus Student Association is hosting a forum on tenants’ rights in College Park (off campus). The forum will be Wednesday, March 28, from 4:00 to 5:30 pm in the Margaret Brent Room in the Union. Both Legal Aid lawyer Jim Jones and College Park code enforcement officer Jeanne Ripley will be in attendance to [...]
The University’s interim V.P. of Administrative Affairs, Frank Brewer, spoke about the East Campus Development Initiative today at the Graduate Student Government meeting. So far, the university has received several proposals from numerous developers on how to redevelop the thirty-eight acre site. If all goes well, he expects the evaluation committee to recommend a development [...]
After being forced to walk in the street due to the lack of cleared sidewalks, we were pleasantly surprised today to spot a City code enforcement officer documenting the violations. According to College Park City Code § 141-5, It shall be the duty of every owner or occupant of any property within the City of [...]
As we have reported before, the University of Maryland isn’t the only university redeveloping its own land to make its campus more livable. Today the New York Times reports on central Arkansas’s Hendrix College, which plans to develop 130 acres into an urban, mixed-use village. Their reasons for developing the land are similar to Maryland’s [...]
The intersection of Paint Branch Parkway, Campus Drive and Baltimore Avenue (Route 1) is notorious for its long backups and massive breadth. In just a few years the State Highway Administration will hopefully reconstruct Route 1 from downtown College Park all the way to just beyond the Beltway. One solution the state could implement at [...]
