By Josephine Andoh
Gill Grilling Company is a catering company that focuses on serving fraternities and sororities. Continue reading A glimpse into Gill Grilling: How an alum’s catering company provides for Greek life
Sounds of chatter, laughter and rain drops filled Old Town on Wednesday as each of the University of Maryland’s panhellenic chapters gathered to leave painted handprints on banners and pledge to keep their community hazing-free. Continue reading ‘These Hands Don’t Haze’: UMD’s Panhellenic Association and Office of Student Conduct participate in Hazing Prevention Week
By Mackenzie Prince The University of Maryland’s fraternity and sorority community came together the week of April 6, raising funds and highlighting their philanthropic efforts through the annual Spring Fest celebration. The UMD Panhellenic Association and Interfraternity Community hosted the series of events, which took place from April 6 through April 10. Participating chapters were divided into eight teams, working with around four other sororities or … Continue reading UMD’s Greek Life celebrates Spring Fest
By Ceoli Jacoby Summer 2020’s political climate led institutions across the U.S. to consider their role in creating and upholding racist power structures. Among them were Greek Letter Organizations (GLOs) on college and university campuses — many of which still lack diversity in recruitment and membership and remain cost-prohibitive for low-income students. Many marginalized racial and ethnic groups have formed their own GLOs. At the … Continue reading UMD Greek Life lacks diversity, data shows
by Elana Mutnick Environmental sustainability isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when someone thinks of Greek life. But that’s exactly what Epsilon Eta, a co-ed fraternity, is dedicated to. Its leaders say it’s breaking stereotypes of what Greek life is, since it’s dedicated to helping the environment. Senior environmental science and technology major Isabelle Van Benschoten was looking for a group to join … Continue reading UMD fraternity focused on environmental sustainability
by Matthew Kiras There’s a new kid on the block in Fraternity Row, dedicated to non-white Greek life organizations. The Department of Fraternity & Sorority Life is planning the space in the building that once housed Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity at 4 Fraternity Row. It’s going to include office spaces, programming spaces, dining spaces and a suite for one staff member who lives in the … Continue reading Planned Agora House to serve as space for non-white Greek Life
By Hannah Ziegler The Preventing Sexual Assault (PSA) student group at the University of Maryland hosted its annual Occupy McKeldin week from April 25-30 to raise awareness and support survivors of sexual assault on campus. PSA canceled Occupy McKeldin last year due to the coronavirus pandemic. This year the event took place virtually and featured 18 speakers across five days of activities. The theme of … Continue reading PSA’s annual Occupy McKeldin elevates marginalized victims
By Ceoli Jacoby As the university returns to pseudo-normalcy following last month’s sequester-in-place order, many students are pointing fingers at Greek life as a significant source of COVID-19 spread. Over the past two weeks, redditors flooded r/UMD with their takes on the matter – one user sparked a 92-comment debate under his post, titled “Fraternity member here: we ARE the problem.” Another post, declaring “Greek … Continue reading Playing by different rules – how Greek Life gets away with COVID noncompliance
By Jalen Wade On Wednesday, April 17, campus organization Preventing Sexual Assault (PSA) held its fourth annual Occupy McKeldin event. The goal of the eight-hour event is to provide an outlet for survivors and listeners to learn, share and promote advocacy against sexual assault. Speakers in attendance helped educate the crowd on the importance of knowing how to prevent sexual assault. According PSA’s Facebook page, … Continue reading Occupy McKeldin recognizes prevalence of sexual assault on college campuses
by Lynsey Jeffery Students celebrated Passover on Monday and Tuesday at Maryland Hillel with a range of different seders. Passover, a Jewish holiday celebrated in spring to commemorate the exodus of Jewish Israelites from slavery in Egypt, brings together family and friends to participate in a seder— a ceremonial dinner that follows a symbolic order. Maryland Hillel offered five different seders on Monday and Tuesday … Continue reading Hillel provides students a place to celebrate this Passover
