Wesleyan University

New Lemony Snicket book a disappointment

2012-10-22 03:00:00

I have great respect for Daniel Handler, creator of the wildly popular Lemony Snicket books (and a fellow alum of Wesleyan University), but I couldn't help but feel let down at his newest: "Who Could That Be at This Hour?" When I was finished with the...

Sixteen years later, Jeffrey Maier revisits infamous moment in Yankee Stadium

2012-10-09 14:44:00

The most despised child in the history of Baltimore sports is all grown up. And, if his beloved New York Yankees falter, he'd like to see the Orioles win the 2012 World Series. Yes, Baltimore — 16 years later, Jeffrey Maier soon could be in your...

George McGovern at 90

2012-07-20 00:00:00

Being a losing presidential candidate is like what Mr. Dooley said about vice presidents: "It isn't a crime exactly. You can't be sint to jail f'r it, but it's kind iv a disgrace. It's like writin' anonymous letters." So it has been, unfairly, for former...

Lemony Snicket reborn!

2012-02-09 09:36:00

Lemony Snicket has been on the shelf (figuratively speaking) for too long, as author Daniel Handler took a break from the wildly popular, 13-book A Series of Unfortunate Events series. So it's good news to hear that Snicket -- and Handler (a fellow alum...

Brother James Kelly, president of Mount Saint Joseph High School

2011-12-06 10:50:00

Brother James Kelly, president of Mount Saint Joseph High School for the last decade, died of prostate cancer early Saturday at his order's residence in Irvington. He was 64. In a letter he wrote to students and parents in October, he quoted the...

James Dowling 'Jay' Cherry Jr.

2011-09-06 00:00:00

James Dowling "Jay" Cherry Jr., a former associate professor and chairman of the department of speech at the old Mount St. Agnes College who also gave one-man performances of historic Unitarians, died Aug. 24 of congestive heart failure at Timothy House...

Pfefferkorn-de Messieres wed

2011-09-15 07:54:56

Candace M. Pfefferkorn and Michel E. de Messieres Joan and Louis Pfefferkorn Jr., of West Friendship, announce the marriage of their daughter, Candace Marie Pfefferkorn, to Michel Escande de Messi�res, son of Susan and the late Olivier de Messi�res, of...

Frederick W. Glassberg, community developer

2011-09-18 19:46:01

Frederick W. Glassberg, a one-time Rouse Co. executive who became a prominent real estate and community developer in Howard County, died Sept. 15 at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Columbia of complications from Parkinson's disease. He was 77. A native of...

College news for Columbia residents

2011-07-07 06:59:00

The following students, both of Columbia, earned a degree in May from Cornell University, in Ithaca, N.Y.: Adam Yozwiak earned a Bachelor of Science in engineering; and Olumayowa Dayo earned a Bachelor of Science in human ecology. Marian Creasy, of...

For Pitcairn's family, a journey from happiness to grief

2011-10-01 15:01:00

Gwen Pitcairn drove slowly through the cemetery in Tequesta, the small Florida village where she raised her three children. She stopped in front of her son Stephen's grave. More than a year after his death, it still was marked by a makeshift memorial,...

Edward Standish "Brad" Bradford Jr., Boys' Latin headmaster

2011-11-15 09:19:00

Edward Standish "Brad" Bradford Jr., a career educator who had been headmaster of Boys' Latin School during the early 1980s, died Thursday from complications after surgery at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He was 83. The son of a businessman and a...

Liz Lerman to leave dance troupe in July

2011-01-24 08:50:00

This summer, MacArthur Award-winning choreographer Liz Lerman will leave the Takoma Park, Maryland troupe she founded in 1976 to pursue solo projects in dancing and writing. The company, now called the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange, will revert to its...

'River of No Return,' Coming to Wesleyan University

2013-04-26 07:56:00

The Wesleyan Writers Conference takes place June 12 to 16, with a special one-day event on June 15, at Wesleyan University, Middletown. Faculty members include Amy Bloom. More information and book events

2013-04-26 00:00:00

Students studying outside Olin Library at Wesleyan University

2013-04-25 13:37:00