My co-workers took me to this place in downtown Baltimore called "Nightshift". It was awesome.
Haven't been there in about 14 years.
What school, Donasay? Hopkins? University of MD Baltimore?
I lived in [ame="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Catonsville,+MD&sll=39.335658,-76.614532&sspn=0.023334,0.038624&ie=UTF8&ll=39.268145,-76.68766&spn=0.090238,0.154495&z=13&g=Catonsville,+MD"]Catonsville[/ame], just outside of Baltimore for about 10 years and worked in Baltimore City for some time as well. Was born in Catonsville, actually and spent a good bit of my childhood there since my grandparents lived there as well.
Canton, Fells Point and Federal Hill are decent areas but pricey! The area near Hopkins U. and just north isn't bad either.
Aside from that, as Redskins pointed out (which was good advice for a suburban DC Redskins fan
) there are good areas to live in that are a quick hop. So I'll throw out Catonsville, Halethorpe, Arbutus, Linthicum, Elkridge, Hanover, Glen Burnie, Rosedale, Parkville, and Cockeysville for consideration. Besides the Light Rail that runs into Baltimore, you have 295, 83, and 95 making it pretty quick to get into town.