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Sunday, January 6, 2013

Weird News: A Sex Video for Trial, ‘Fifty Shades’ in College and a Stolen Church Donation Jar

Patch rounds up weird news headlines from across Maryland.

Church Donation Jar Stolen: Howard County Crime Roundup The donation jar was stolen and a filing cabinet was ransacked after an unknown person or persons broke into Full Gospel Baptist Church in Ellicott City. Report: Prosecutors Say Sex Video Shows Phylicia Barnes, Accused Murderer Lawyers say the 16-year-old honor student was shown "intoxicated" in a video with her accused killer, according to news reports. Area University to Offer 'Fifty Shades of Grey' Class in 2013 Undergraduate offering to be part of American Studies program at American University. Group of Teens Robs Man of Beer in Brooklyn Park Anne Arundel County police are seeking information about robbery late Monday in Brooklyn Park involving several juvenile suspects. Blog …

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Church Donation Jar Stolen: Howard County Crime Roundup (in Ellicott City Patch), Report: Prosecutors Say Sex Video Shows Phylicia Barnes, Accused Murderer (in Ellicott City Patch), Area University to Offer 'Fifty Shades of Grey' Class in 2013, and 3 more ›

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Friday, January 4, 2013

Area University to Offer 'Fifty Shades of Grey' Class in 2013

Undergraduate offering to be part of American Studies program at American University.

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  Fifty Shades of Grey, E.L. James' best selling trilogy, can be found on countless Kindles, Nooks and nightstands across the nation, and starting this spring, in American University's (AU) classrooms as well, states a story in the Eagle, AU's newspaper. The American Studies program in the College of Arts and Sciences at the university, located just across the Maryland boundary in Washington, will offer the undergraduate course. The course description promises to explore the "interplay of sexuality, health, public relations and marketing," describing the topics to be studied as including "feminism, addiction, social media marketing and sexual expression versus sexual repression." The course will be taught by Professor Stef Woods, who pens …

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Craig

12:07 am on Thursday, January 17, 2013

Gasp! Whips and chains! Oh no! So barbaric (this is continuing from our enlightened posts on another Patch piece about banning spanking). We must ban whips and chains! And ban 50 Shades! In all seriousness though - I agree with you: pretty dumb idea for a class, regardless of who it's trying to appeal to. Still though, I'm just glad Americans are reading SOMETHING in this day and age.   more ›

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