UMD must enable local businesses to brew change in the coffee landscape Stop selling coffee from companies that don't reflect our university's values. Isabella Cusack January 30, 2024
UMD employees seek more remote working options, specific telework policies Supervisors have ultimate discretion to approve or deny telework for their employees. Sasha Allen October 8, 2023
‘A small win’: Maryland advocates praise passage of bill expanding gender-affirming care The state legislature passed the Trans Health Equity Act this session, which would require Maryland Medicaid to expand its coverage of gender-affirming treatments if Gov. Wes Moore signs it into law. Marijke Friedman April 12, 2023
The ADS process is hard enough. UMD requiring documentation only makes it worse. Requiring documentation for ADS requests complicates an already-difficult process Vrisha Sookraj April 3, 2023
Grading for accuracy is archaic. It’s time for labor-based grading. Through its assessment of effort, labor-based grading is a fair way to grade UMD students Rebecca Scherr November 8, 2022
Taxing students won’t fix crime. Community-based violence intervention programs could. The College Park City Council should not tax students to fund policing measures. Dalia Mustafa October 26, 2022
RAs should not have to choose between financial aid and reduced room and board Current laws harm financial aid prospects for RAs, and they must be changed. Rebecca Scherr September 21, 2022
Transgender Americans struggle to vote. Changing voter ID laws can help. Voter ID laws create harmful barriers for transgender Americans. Lei Danielle Escobal April 26, 2022
Transgender health equity bill fails to pass Maryland General Assembly The bill would've required Maryland's Medicaid program to cover gender-affirming care. Hannah Ziegler April 14, 2022
From the Newsroom: Next steps toward a more equitable newsroom The Diamondback has a long history dating back to 1910. Through successes and shortcoming, The Diamondback has always sought to better itself. Over… Zoe Pierce January 28, 2022