College Park Starbucks baristas strike for new contract, better working conditions
The protest was part of a nationwide strike that consists of more than 3,800 baristas from about 180 stores and began on Nov. 13.
UMD SGA urges university to become sanctuary campus
Becoming a sanctuary campus would limit the university’s cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.
UMD SGA members named in Students Supporting Israel Instagram post file conduct complaints
The post shared the names and pictures of SGA president Dhruvak Mirani along with two representatives who sponsored a resolution calling to ban IDF soldiers from campus.
UMD SGA reaffirms commitment to equity after racism allegations
The announcement comes after former diversity, equity and inclusion committee chair Mofi Solarin said she experienced microaggressions and racism from SGA leadership.
UMD SGA to begin impeachment investigation into student body president
The motion passed after SGA members claimed president Dhruvak Mirani exceeded his authority by firing a director for her behavior during a conflict.
UMD SGA to ask university to rename rooms titled after US defense, military companies
The University of Maryland SGA passed a resolution calling on this university to rename four rooms in the engineering school and one room in the computer, mathematical and natural sciences college
Trump signs government funding bill, ends longest shutdown in US history
The 43-day shutdown left many Americans without food stamps and furloughed hundreds of thousands of federal employees.
UMD SGA condemns student-hosted event with IDF soldiers, demands university issues apology
The resolutions come weeks after this university’s Students Supporting Israel chapter hosted three Israeli Defense Forces soldiers at an event on Oct. 21.
UMD SGA encourages College Park City Council to pass early lease ordinance
The ordinance would prohibit landlords from asking tenants to release their apartments until 180 days before their current lease expires.
UMD president disappointed in SGA’s timing of boycott, divestment and sanctions bill vote
Darryll Pines wrote in a memo that he was disappointed SGA held a vote for a boycott, divestment and sanctions resolution on the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur.