Ye spotting in Frederick starts dialogue on hate speech, antisemitism

By Ben Strober Ye, the disgraced rapper formerly known as Kanye West, was spotted in Frederick County, Maryland, on Monday, November 28th. “Seeing Kanye in Frederick just seemed unreal to me,” Gabby Alfano, a sophomore student from Frederick, said. Ye’s presence became public knowledge when a Twitter image surfaced of him dining at Matsutake Sushi & Steak on Buckeystown Pike. Earlier that day, Ye walked … Continue reading Ye spotting in Frederick starts dialogue on hate speech, antisemitism

‘One part of the process’: Bias trainings teach students, faculty to confront hate

By Yonathan Shimelis From the murder of 1st Lt. Richard Collins to the 2017 discovery of a noose in Phi Kappa Tau’s fraternity house, The University of Maryland has a history of hate bias-related incidents. But these incidents are not a thing of the past. UMD Bias Incident Support Services’s latest annual report saw 79 hate bias incidents logged and 113 reports received. BISS, a … Continue reading ‘One part of the process’: Bias trainings teach students, faculty to confront hate