Trouble For Shawne Merriman

Shawne Merriman, the former Maryland star and current San Diego Chargers linebacker, is being sued for $10 million by a pair of College Park restaurant owners. The owners claim Merriman broke an agreement to pay $195,000 for partial ownership of the restaurant. Apparently Merriman expressed interest in purchasing part of the bar/restaurant, but backed out after he signed a contract. Frankly I'm not sure how that caused $10 million worth of damage, but it's probably not a good sign that his attorney is already late in filing a response to the suit.

In other Maryland news, the University created the world's largest strawberry shortcake for it open house. The 16 by 24 foot cake, which was a big hit with students, was in honor of the school's 150th anniversary. The cake is obviously part of Maryland's strategy to target the intelligent stoner demographic for their upcoming freshman classes.

University of Oklahoma students were not quite as pleased with the new large object on their campus. As the 2006 class gift, the seniors gave a giant rock. That's right, a rock. The rock is a replica of the 1906 rock, the first class gift ever given. In 1906 a bunch of students found a large gravestone and decided to engrave it and put it on campus. If the rock is as good as this artist's rendition then...well...it sure is rocklike...and gray. Not only are students complaining about the usefulness of the rock, but the rock isn't even in a part of campus where any of them go. Frankly, I think the class should have just gone a step farther and left a flaming bag of poop in front of the door to the student center.