In one of the more disgusting crime stories we’ve heard in some time, Amanda Hess reports that Montgomery County police are looking for a man who allegedly ejaculated on the arm of a student while she sat in a library on the Takoma Park campus of Montgomery College. According to an advisory released by the Takoma Park police, the subject “walked past” the woman “and ejaculated on her arm,” then “[stood] behind her with his…
Brian K. Johnson We mentioned Montgomery College President Brian K. Johnson’s troubles in yesterday’s roundup, and now today comes word that Johnson has been fired by the school’s Board of Trustees. Here’s the statement from the board: “We, as a Board, have decided to make a change in the leadership of the College. The Board voted not to renew Dr. Johnson’s contract. We also voted to place Dr. Johnson on administrative leave, with pay,…
Starting today, Montgomery College has banned tobacco anywhere on its campuses, including outdoor areas far away from any buildings. In the Post’s lengthy story on the decision, the two sides of the smoking debate muse on whether this sort of policy will become standard on most college campuses around the country over the next few years. Anti-smoking and health advocates see this sort of policy as the inevitable next step. Others think it’s going…
>> What’s more fun than gathering your friends to go see your very own art on the wall of a gallery? The Wall Mountables community event kicks off this week, so we hope you’ve pulled that painting/photo/whatever out of the closet and prepared it for the limelight. The first installation date was last night, but you’ve still got tonight, 3 to 8 p.m., and tomorrow night, 3 to 6 p.m., to grab a space of…
Washington, if you need to get the election out of your system, why not get in touch with your inner science geek? As reported on NPR yesterday, the planet Mercury will make a relatively rare transit of the sun today. If you can find a (miraculously rain-and-cloud-free) place to watch safely today, from 2:12 p.m. until sunset, you will be able to see the little black dot of Mercury, among a lot of fainter black…
MONDAY >> DCist Martin just saw Chris Robinson walking down M Street, so if you weren’t lucky enough to snag Black Crowes tickets for last night or tonight’s sold out shows at the 9:30 Club, you could hang out in Georgetown and hope to catch a glimpse. >> “Old Blind Dogs at the Institute of Musical Traditions” was just bulky enough to grab our attention through the mass of concert listings. Some further digging revealed…
A rundown church used in the filming of 1999’s “The Blair Witch Project” near Burkittsville, Md., has now been incorporated into South Mountain State Park, the AP, via WTOP, reports. The church in question, the Ceres Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, was part of a $785,000 transaction to preserve more than 31 acres adjacent to the South Mountain Civil War battlefield. If you think back to the good ‘ole 1990s, “Blair Witch” created a made-from-scratch…