If SGA wants to represent students, it must embrace an opt-out lottery system
While a lottery system cannot always avoid poor outcomes, it gets us closer to actualizing our true democratic ideals.
UMD’s antisemitism and Islamophobia task force must foster dialogue to fight ignorance
This university has a responsibility to answer division with conversation and ignorance with knowledge.
Lifting trans ban in women-only chess tournaments promotes inclusivity in all sports
If we allow transphobic rhetoric to enter spaces having nothing to do with physicality, then we lose important ground.
The US Senate must give the foreign surveillance act stronger privacy protections
More federal agent training and increased watchdog funding would make the act more effective.
Children make mistakes. They shouldn’t pay for it with their lives.
Punishment should be used as a method of holding people accountable, not abusing them.
Maryland must revamp health care policy to save prescription drug coverage
Reference based pricing can save retirees money and help Maryland restore its current prescription drug coverage.
Congress dropped the ball on current NIL practices. Shoot for better standards
If we want to attract more collegiate stars, the least we can do is make sure they’re all treated equally.
UMD needs to harness innovation and use storm windows to protect students
If the university invested in storm windows, it could save students from the consequences of its own housing policies.
