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UMD shouldn’t undo years of musical training by denying practice rooms

A necessary solution for Liszt-less students.
  • Tara Davoodi
  • September 19, 2023

Campus Village Shoppes is a community cornerstone. Unneeded apartments can’t replace it.

For College Park to maintain its charm, Campus Village Shoppes must stay alive.
  • Tara Davoodi
  • September 13, 2023

Congress needs fresh blood. It’s time for elderly incumbents to step aside.

Without term limits, octogenarian representatives cannot do their best for society.
  • Hunter Craig
  • September 7, 2023

SCOTUS already weakened affirmative action. A Virginia high school case could destroy it.

An unfavorable ruling could be a dangerous step towards a white-centric education system.
  • Tara Davoodi
  • September 6, 2023

Constructing a better College Park needn’t involve maximum mobility blockades

Construction is who we are and maybe who we’ll always be, but the current state of College Park is ridiculous.
  • Lynelle Essilfie
  • September 3, 2023

To foster interdisciplinary learning, UMD must reformulate its strict major requirements

Students aren’t defined by their majors. This university should tailor course requirements to reflect that.
  • Jessica Ye
  • August 30, 2023

Closing Knox Road to cars is the key to reimagining public spaces in College Park

To take back our city, College Park legislators must close off Knox Road to cars
  • Tara Davoodi
  • August 21, 2023

PGCPS must stop spying on their students and opt for data-backed laws

Performative legislation will not protect PG County students. Increased mental health services and stricter gun laws will.
  • Rohin Mishra
  • August 8, 2023

Growing women’s soccer is about more than just equal pay

Cross-dimensional investment in women’s soccer delivers the goal of gender equality.
  • Tara Davoodi
  • July 25, 2023

Climate change sentences incarcerated people to death. Air conditioning is the easy fix.

Heat on its own isn’t why people are dying — it’s the refusal to do anything to mitigate it that’s indefensible.
  • Rohin Mishra
  • July 18, 2023
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