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Climate change tops the university senate’s priority list

By James Cirrone The university senate held its monthly meeting last Tuesday, and the university’s policies for tackling climate change dominated the conversation. At the start of the meeting, Senate Chair Pamela Lanford informed her colleagues that President Wallace Loh would not be delivering his state of affairs address that day, since he was in a conference at the White House. Lanford jokingly “offered condolences” … Continue reading Climate change tops the university senate’s priority list

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Student organization works to ban fracking in Maryland

Anti-fracking organizations held two events this week to promote the banning of fracking in Maryland in light of National Day of Action. The Student Sustainability Committee at the University of Maryland screened a fracking documentary titled “Triple Divide” on Tuesday. The documentary is directed by the founders of Public Herald, an investigative journalism company that focuses on the true effects of the energy industry. “It … Continue reading Student organization works to ban fracking in Maryland

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