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Here’s what it’s like for a UMD employee working in quarantine and isolation housing

...says, the work is manageable, even if it’s dangerous. When staff are working, residents are supposed to move to another area in the building. But sometimes, Walker and other workers...

Clara Longo de Freitas
October 2, 2020

Everyone deserves affordable housing. Yes, even in College Park.

...buildings comes with assumptions about who you are and what you can afford, even if those assumptions aren’t necessarily correct. Some students have to take out loans to afford to...

Maya Rosenberg
September 28, 2020

Health Center administers flu shots as influenza season overlaps with pandemic

By Ryan White For The Diamondback Last week, the University Health Center began administering this year’s influenza vaccine during an event called Flu-Palooza. Held outside the health center building’s emergency...

Freelance Reporter
September 28, 2020

Flooding continues to plague College Park. Here’s why the problem isn’t going away.

...their rooms and onto the streets. But for other residents, the downpour was anything but fun: basements filled with sewage, water damage destroyed cars and university buildings flooded. Located in...

Jonathan Tercasio
September 28, 2020

Inside Denton Hall, one week after UMD ordered “enhanced health precautions”

...as groups of people walk in and out of the building’s doors. Some wear party clothes, others struggle to walk in their stilettos. Kay sighs. It’s been over a week...

Clara Longo de Freitas
September 28, 2020

Maryland men’s basketball secures four-star 2022 guard Paul Lewis

...Arlington, Virginia, native is head coach Mark Turgeon’s first 2022 recruit, building off of an impressive 2021 class which ranks No. 11 in the country, per 247Sports. The No. 19...

David Suggs
September 27, 2020

UMD students spent a year fighting for more free period products. They’re still waiting.

...when she saw empty tins offering tampons and pads for 25 or 50 cents in a chemistry building bathroom. The dispensers looked like they hadn’t been touched in years, she...

Chloe Goldberg
September 25, 2020

UMD, Towson tenants join Maryland delegates at state house in fight to terminate leases

...build these on-campus apartment buildings, has bound students to their leases for the year. Now, nearly four weeks into the semester, news of the battle has reached the ears of...

Jonathan Tercasio
September 24, 2020

UMD Black Faculty and Staff Association shares concerns about COVID policies at town hall

...were saying it’s not a quarantine building,” Walker said. “They want to run it almost like a quarantine building.” Elsa Barkley Brown, an associate professor of history and women’s studies,...

Lyna Bentahar
September 24, 2020

Amid pandemic, Rosh Hashanah looked different for many Jewish students this year

...currently under enhanced health precautions, Backman said. After reaching out to the university’s Department of Resident Life, Backman got permission to stand outside of the building and blow the Shofar,...

Freelance Reporter
September 23, 2020

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