Go-go music is the unifying force D.C. needs
Views expressed in opinion columns are the author’s own. Washington, D.C., is not just a city of marble monuments, museums and government buildings. It’s a beautiful, vibrant place full of...
SGA needs to support more programs like the Student Crisis Fund
...for it. It’s time the SGA annually sets aside money for the Student Crisis Fund, building upon its strong decision this year to provide for more students in need. Students...
Santa has landed: College Park Airport adapts annual Winter Fly In amid pandemic
...holiday crafts during the event and could view Santa’s plane land from inside the aviation museum, but the building is now closed to the public due to COVID-19 restrictions. On...
Many support creating a North College Park community center, but the fight isn’t won yet
...council meeting, Mitchell said it would still make it harder for the city council to justify building the center. Additionally, the city is dependent on Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning...
Students share stories, provide recommendations on community relations with UMPD
...bring more transparency and community building to University Police. To improve these relations, Djampa said the police could simply hold more town halls and advertise them to students. “If they...
UMD SGA backs student-led fight to free on-campus apartment tenants from their leases
...university administrators to work with MEDCO, the state-run private entity that currently owns the apartment buildings, to develop a policy that will allow tenants to review and opt-out of their...
College Park Council discusses pricing, flooding concerns with new Knox Road apartments
...would be made up of two nine-story buildings located across the road from each other, replacing the three brick properties on Knox Road. Building 1 would be behind South Campus...
About 150 UMD students referred to student conduct office for testing noncompliance so far
...— not the time they do so or their location within the building, according to the data policy. The data from the campus building locking system and Wi-Fi network about...
Notes from the newsroom: Introducing the Equity Committee
...dissection and rebuilding of The Diamondback’s culture. That is what the Equity Committee is working to do. And we want to continue these conversations with our readers. This committee and...
UMD’s diversity education requirements may be revamped soon
...as well as the murder of Collins and the swastikas and anti-LGBTQ slurs that have been found drawn inside of campus buildings and dorms. A 2018 survey about the climate...