Prince George’s County Council member resigns after new executive role nomination
County Executive Angela Alsobrooks’ recently nominated Turner to be the next executive director of the county’s ethics and accountability office.
UMD workers advocate for living wage, right to unionize
The labor picnic brought together members of United Students Against Sweatshops, Fearless Student Employees, the American Association of University Professors and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 1072.
South Campus Commons reverts to one community assistant per shift, cuts hours
CAs learned at their monthly staff meeting earlier this month there would be one community assistant stationed at each service desk, a cut from the two CAs that had worked at service desks since the start of the fall semester.
Intersectionality takes focus of UMD PSA’s annual Slut Walk
PSA co-President Amanda Sherman said she wanted this intersectionality to include more people of color, the LGBTQ+ community, low-income students and international students.
It’s Time to BeReal: UMD Club Tennis hosts BeReal fundraiser
BeReal required the club members to download the app, if they did not have it already, and tell friends to get the app.
Students who don’t qualify for UMD’s limited COVID isolation housing express frustration
Students who live a six to eight hour drive away from the university have to go home if they test positive for COVID-19 and live in on-campus housing, according to the HEAL line.
‘Free labor’: UMD students want fair pay for staffing concession stands
Clubs responsible for beer carts earn about six percent of sales, while organizations that run a food stand gain about 12 percent of sales because they have to make the food they sell.
UMD President Darryll Pines announces university land acknowledgement
The land acknowledgement will be visible in the Yahentamitsi Dining Hall.
UMD employees share frustration with removal of mask mandate
The university's mask mandate has been lifted since Aug. 29.
UMD to lift classroom mask mandate
The decision comes just days before the start of this university’s fall semester.