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Teach abortions. Knowledge is never a negative, but inexperienced doctors are.

Learning how to perform abortions doesn’t necessarily mean doctors will perform them.
  • Medhanit Desta
  • May 2, 2023

UMD is drab. This university needs a fashion degree to make it chic.

To make D.C. a fashion capital, UMD needs a fashion program.
  • Medhanit Desta
  • April 25, 2023

A Purple Line internship partnership could make up for annoying construction

MDOT needs to offer UMD students internships with the Purple Line project.
  • Medhanit Desta
  • April 12, 2023

UMD should help other universities establish a free menstrual product program

Free menstrual products on campus was a start. Now, UMD should help other universities.
  • Medhanit Desta
  • April 5, 2023

Subsidizing all student loans is a cheaper fix than Biden’s debt relief initiative

Unsubsidized loans are unfair because students can’t pay what they don’t have.
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  • March 29, 2023

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