All dorms should have air conditioning. We shouldn’t remove it from Cumberland Hall. The university must finally prioritize the wishes of its students and make plans to install air conditioning in all on-campus dorm rooms. Ravi Panguluri April 18, 2022
UMD’s Cumberland Hall to lose its air conditioning starting summer 2023 The work will begin in the summer of 2023. James Cirrone April 10, 2022
UMD workers are essential. The campus community must fight for them. UMD can’t keep treating its service and maintenance staff as disposable. Allison Cochrane July 27, 2020
UMD takes more steps to help housekeepers working without AC The union that represents the housekeepers is "cautiously optimistic" that the situation will be resolved soon. Angela Roberts July 15, 2020
As housekeepers fall ill without AC, UMD announces new measures to improve conditions The union that represents UMD workers remains unsatisfied. Angela Roberts July 11, 2020
UMD shut off AC in many dorms to combat moisture. Housekeepers are falling ill without it. The union that represents workers on campus says it has heard from several employees who have sought medical attention after working without air conditioning. Angela Roberts July 8, 2020
A.C. is still out in five UMD academic buildings over a week after outage The outage occurred on Sept. 30. Eric Neugeboren October 9, 2019
UMD needs to do more about its air conditioning problems Why was so little done when UMD buildings lost air conditioning? Kevin Hu October 7, 2019
We placed heat sensors in every UMD dorm without A.C. Here’s what we found. The heat index in one dorm hit 101 degrees on Sept. 12. Diamondback Staff October 7, 2019