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New University of Baltimore freshmen will be offered free tuition
In its move to serve four years of undergraduate education, the University of Baltimore is offering free tuition to all freshmen enrolled in fall 2007, according to The Sun, a Baltimore, Md., newspaper.

Administrators said the scholarships should increase interest in the institution’s first freshman class in 30 years. It previously served only graduates and third- and fourth-year undergraduates. Cost for the program could run to be $900,000 without financial aid, the newspaper reported. An anonymous donor has contributed money for the program.

University of Utah says no to guns
Despite a state law passed in August that would permit concealed weapons on campus, the Board of Trustees at the University of Utah banned the practice, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education.

State Sen. Michael Waddoups, a Salt Lake City Republican, sponsored the bill in protest to the university’s 30-year gun ban, which he called an attempt to usurp legislative authority. The board voted to disregard the law until a state or federal court can hear their case, the report said.

The ban applies only to students, professors and staffers.
—Andrea Sarisky

 
 
 


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