Student activists should use Makerspaces. UMD should make them more visible.
Makerspaces could be activist resources if UMD advertised them better.
UMD graduate students are now required to have health insurance
The school announced the change last week.
Graduate assistants need collective bargaining rights
OUR VIEW: Collective bargaining rights would let them improve a flawed system.
Nearly all UMD dorms lose heat and hot water after power outage
The outage occurred early Wednesday morning.
UMD’s Miguel González-Marcos remembered as “a true scholar and a great human being”
He died last month at age 59.
“The more spots, the better”: UMD RHA recommends adding more e-scooter parking to campus
The resolution would add at least ten scooter parking zones to campus.
“A welcoming community”: City Council expresses support for accepting refugees into the city
Council members agreed to send a letter to the Secretary of State at their Tuesday work session.
At emotional hearing, father of Jordan McNair testifies for bill named after son
The proposed legislation would create a council to advise the University System of Maryland on student-athlete concerns.
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.
Terp Thon is a good cause, but it should operate differently
Money is good, but action is better — Terp Thon needs a change.