By Jennifer Baxter
RHA and GSG oppose SGA bylaw amendments, the School of Business receives helpful funds and Writing for Change hosts their “Telling True Stories” showcase! Read about it in this week’s newsletter. Continue reading TOP-SHELLF: UMD comes face to face with change from local students, SGA and funding for AI
By Elizabeth Faragi
UMD’s RHA and GSG said in a letter sent to the SGA that rewriting their terms so quickly when inconvenienced will set a bad precedent for future leaders. Continue reading RHA, GSG oppose SGA bylaw amendments after election disqualifications
By Elizabeth Faragi
According to a campuswide email sent by the Elections Commission, an SGA Continuity Committee will be established to continue SGA operations until a special election is held in the fall. Continue reading UMD student body left in uncharted territory following SGA election disqualifications
By Jennifer Baxter
Read about the student response of a vigil bringing attention to the violence in Sudan, the distribution of 175 SmarTrip cards through SGA and the 2026 SGA election disqualifications in this week’s newsletter. Continue reading TOP-SHELLF: SGA election disqualifications, transit support and vigil for Sudan shape campus news
By Abigail Bender
SmarTrip cards can be used to pay fares on Metrorail and Metrobus, and to park at Metro-operated facilities, according to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, or WMATA. Continue reading SGA distributes 175 SmarTrip cards to undergraduate students
By Elizabeth Faragi
The University of Maryland’s SGA Elections Commission disqualified both the JusticeUMD and RollTerps tickets, the only tickets this year, from the 2026 SGA elections. Continue reading JusticeUMD, RollTerps tickets disqualified from 2026 UMD SGA Elections, leaving uncertainty
By Abigail Bender
McKeldin Library, Geary F. Eppley Recreation Center and Glenn L. Martin Hall are some of the 10 campus buildings and areas that could be renamed. Continue reading UMD community reacts to potential SGA referendum on renaming notable campus spaces
By Andrew Mollenauer The University of Maryland’s Student Government Association proposed capping student organizations’ spending funds to $20,000 per academic year, spurring an uproar from notable engineering clubs. The bill proposal, submitted by SGA’s financial affairs committee on Sept. 25, would be an unprecedented change to the funding of student organizations on campus. The legislation will be voted on Wednesday, Oct. 2. While all of … Continue reading Proposed funding cap elicits pushback from engineering clubs
By Ilana Williams For many students balancing schoolwork and a social life, the energy source powering the University of Maryland campus may be the last thing on their minds. But clean energy is a priority for the Sustainability Committee, the Student Government Association group that monitors UMD’s Climate Action Plan progress. And some committee members are not happy with the university’s plan for a new … Continue reading UMD says NextGen will power its future. Some say its plan is not sustainable.
By Jordyn Taylor With final exams approaching, and still no change made by the University, students continue to advocate for pass/fail and additional academic accommodations in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the election and civil unrest. The university sent out a campus wide email on Nov. 16 announcing that the deadline to withdraw from a course will be extended until Nov. 30. Students immediately responded … Continue reading UMD students continue the fight for pass/fail grading system
