These UMD students are phone-banking for Georgia’s runoff Senate elections
Georgia’s two seats will determine which party has control over the Senate for the next two years.
A criminal justice professor will take the helm of the UMD Senate in a time of uncertainty
Lanford officially stepped down at a virtual meeting Wednesday.
UMD Senate holds first virtual meeting after coronavirus-related delays
The body passed three pieces of legislation.
Forgiving student loan debt should be a priority during the coronavirus pandemic
Students need relief during the pandemic. Leniency on their loan payments would help.
At heated hearing, UMD grad students fight again for unionization rights
“I don’t think we need to keep waiting,” one student said.
Maryland bill that would’ve allowed minors to consent to vaccination fails
It would have allowed "mature" 16-year-olds to consent without parental permission.
UMD Senate works to close loophole in smoke-free campus policy that allows vaping
Under current UMD policy, smoking is defined as inhaling burning material — not inhaling vaporized aerosol.
This Maryland bill would make it legal for motorcyclists over 21 to ride without helmets
Some motorcyclists at the University of Maryland support the proposed legislation.
“Our son’s legacy”: Parents of Richard Collins take to Annapolis to back hate crime bills
The bills would amend Maryland’s hate crime statute to include crimes that are partially hate-based.
UMD Senate struggles to recruit more grad students
Fewer than 20 graduate students applied to run for a position.