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A day isn’t enough to prepare for exams. Give us a Reading Week

Minor variations in the academic calendar are evidently acceptable to this university.
  • Dhruvak Mirani
  • April 6, 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

We don’t need prisons to hold frail criminals. Compassion for them costs nothing.

Sick and elderly prisoners can’t cause any more harm.
  • Kyra Freeman
  • April 4, 2023

The ADS process is hard enough. UMD requiring documentation only makes it worse.

Requiring documentation for ADS requests complicates an already-difficult process
  • Vrisha Sookraj
  • April 3, 2023

The Syed verdict is contentious. Letting it be used as precedent is dangerous.

Adnan Syed’s experience was unjust. Using his case as precedent will cause the to repeat.
  • Ravi Panguluri
  • April 3, 2023

Target is important to life in College Park. It shouldn’t be closed.

If Target is closed, another business should (and will) come in and take the business.
  • Joey Barke
  • March 31, 2023

Safe Harbor Laws protect minors forced into prostitution. Why hasn’t Maryland passed one?

Victims of human trafficking deserve a safe harbor, not fear
  • Imaan Shikoh
  • March 30, 2023

Public dollars belong in public schools, not private ones

By giving some students the option to attend private schools, legislators lose their imperative to responsibly oversee the implementation of the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future.
  • Dhruvak Mirani
  • March 30, 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.
  • Medhanit Desta
  • March 29, 2023

Don’t gamble on sports bets

Sports betting isn’t better than gambling. Maryland must protect its consumers.
  • Kyra Freeman
  • March 28, 2023
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