An SGA committee wants to make reusable bags free at UMD convenience stores This program would make the $7 bags free, but they’d have to be returned. DBK Admin December 31, 0999
UMD ranks No. 11 on top Peace Corps volunteer-producing schools list The university went up to No. 11 on the Peace Corps’ annual list for top volunteer-producing large universities from No. 18 last year. DBK Admin December 31, 0999
“A big kid with a bigger heart”: UMD community mourns death of student Alec Spear Spear died on Saturday, his mother said. He was 20. DBK Admin December 31, 0999
With hate symbol ban not possible, UMD Senate considers alternatives The proposed campuswide ban was said to limit First Amendment rights. DBK Admin December 31, 0999
After placing freshmen in the apartments last year, Resident Life aims to draw older students to Leonardtown With more freshmen in need of housing last year, Resident Life put about 125 of them in the Leonardtown apartments. DBK Admin December 31, 0999
UMD Police charge D.C. teen as adult in baseball bat assault incident Sterling Dennis Walker, 16, faces first- and second-degree assault charges. DBK Admin December 31, 0999
Broken sprinkler causes flooding in School of Public Health The first and ground floor hallways were flooded, as well as several rooms. DBK Admin December 31, 0999
UMD, College Park officials to discuss 2020 plans at upcoming Diamondback panel The College Park-University Partnership’s Vision 2020 reimagines the city as a college town attractive to university employees, faculty and their families. DBK Admin December 31, 0999
UMD MaryPIRG gathers more than 600 petitions supporting the Pell Grant program MaryPIRG plans to tweet the student photo petitions in the form of a collage to Maryland’s U.S. senators. DBK Admin December 31, 0999
UMD officials say a campuswide ban of hate symbols would limit First Amendment rights This university bans hate and intimidation symbols at athletic events. DBK Admin December 31, 0999