MARYLAND: A PORTRAIT IN FACTS AND FIGURES
TEXT BY TOM VENTSIAS | MAP BY MARTI BETZ
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The South Campus Dining Hall is just one of more than 30 locations to grab
a bite to eat on campus. Dining Services will serve more than million meals during the fall and spring semesters. And feast your eyes on this: last year, they ordered 124,152 heads of lettuce, 82 tons of tomatoes, 48 tons of chicken tenders and 186.5 tons of french fries.
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The top of the steeple on Memorial Chapel is the
highest point on campus...just barely. It is six feet higher than the
top
of the light towers at Byrd Stadium.
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Each year, about 25,000 gallons of University of Maryland ice cream, available in 14 delicious flavors, is sold at the Dairy and in the campus dining halls.
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Providing for public safety 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week, are 78
sworn police officers who work from the police
department located here. University police filed 653 criminal charges in 2001.
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Each fall, about 1,200 new tulip bulbs are planted in the "M" circle. After flowering the following spring, the bulbs are replaced by 3,500 warm-weather annuals (usually begonias or marigolds) that bloom until frost.
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This is one of four parking garages were you can park if you're a commuter
or visitor. There are about 18,500 parking spaces
on campus. But don't forget to feed those meters—almost 115,000
parking citations were issued last year.
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Almost 8,500 undergraduate students live on campus, many of them in eight-story high-rise residence halls like these.
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The new 470,000 sq. ft. Comcast Center is the largest building on campus. It's home to the Terrapin men's basketball team, defending NCAA National Champions. Go Terps!
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Did you know that this spot is the highest ground
elevation on campus at 196 feet above sea level?
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Many of the 34,000 students and 11,800 faculty and stuff at Maryland take
advantage of this state-of-the-art Campus Recreation Center. It is just one of 270 buildings at Maryland that combined total more than 11.6 million square feet of interior space.
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The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, almost
17 acres in size, features six performance halls, a variety of academic classrooms, a performing arts library and 103 new Steinway pianos, the largest single order ever placed with Steinway & Sons.
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There are 12-plus miles of paved roads that carry
vehicular traffic and bicycles across the university's 1,200-acre campus.
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The ODK fountain holds almost 31,000 gallons of
recycled water. Last year, water consumption for the entire university was 593.6 million gallons, an amount that would fill the ODK fountain about 19,000 times.
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Don't forget to turn off the lights when you leave for the day—the
university used 239,210,00 kilowatt-hours of electricity in 2001.
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The university recycled 1,963 tons of commodities last year for a recycling rate of 20.64 percent.
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Like any large metropolitan area, the university needs to dispose of its
garbage. Last year, 7,633 tons of trash and 2,970
cubic-yards of construction and demolition debris were removed from
campus.
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The university has more than 100 miles of underground cable that carries
voice and date communication to offices and classrooms, residence halls and research labs. Each of Maryland's 38 classroom buildings has wireless access, with wireless coverage also available in "common" outdoor areas like McKeldin Mall and Hornbake Plaza.
