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UMD’s counseling center needs revamping. Here’s a cost effective way to do it.

Greater access to therapy on campus would give students struggling with mental health an outlet.
  • Joey Barke
  • April 5, 2024

Maryland is running low on substitute teachers. UMD’s education majors can help.

To properly show teachers our appreciation, we can help give them the time off they deserve.
  • Sam Krakower
  • April 5, 2024

We live in a data-driven world. Departments should use it to improve TA experiences.

Teaching is a cultivated art and efforts to grow assistants’ skills should stem from department experience.
  • Ben Dodge
  • April 4, 2024

Dining Dollars encourage overconsumption and enable high prices. Let’s abolish them.

Even the smallest victories in cutting costs can be huge in college students' day-to-day lives.
  • Rohin Mishra
  • April 2, 2024

A public database of hazing and sexual assault incidents will make Greek life safer

A more detailed public record would make Greek Life safer and stifle unsubstantiated rumors.
  • Isabella Cusack
  • March 29, 2024

Clearer GPA standards, support will solve computer science’s admissions issues

Computer science was over enrolled, but these new admissions rules don’t add up.
  • Ben Dodge
  • March 29, 2024

UMD must empower our creatives through a summer worldbuilding program

A landmark investment in student creativity would show the world it's no accident so many great fiction writers are Terps.
  • Joey Barke
  • March 27, 2024

Biden’s path to victory goes through Democrat mobilization, not moderate pandering

Biden's brand must be rousing enough to motivate apathetic voters and forceful enough to establish a rift between him and Republicans.
  • Joey Barke
  • March 14, 2024

An expanded Big Ten alliance could be a game changer for equitable university policy

The Big Ten Academic Alliance is impressive, but the universities involved have a responsibility to do better.
  • Isabella Cusack
  • March 13, 2024

If Resident Life workers want UMD to listen to their demands, they must unionize

A union for Resident Life staff would serve as a beacon of hope on a campus marred by exploitation.
  • Rohin Mishra
  • March 11, 2024
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