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 Stella Henretta
The vigil commemorated the ongoing conflict and served as a reminder that the people the war has affected are human beings like everyone else. Continue reading UMD Sudanese Student Organization vigil brings awareness, solidarity amid ongoing violence in Sudan
By Stella Henretta
Many UMD Iranian and Iranian American students and faculty have offered different perspectives on the United States’ military intervention in Iran, and expressed fear over family who are under constant threat of foreign attacks. Continue reading UMD Iranian community expresses war concerns, fear over families’ safety
by Franklin Zessis “Things could’ve been much, much worse” without former President Donald Trump’s Abraham Accords, which several Arab countries normalize relations with Israel, Israeli journalist Barak Ravid said at a talk at the University of Maryland on Tuesday evening. “Without the Abraham Accords, we wouldn’t be having this conversation,” he said. Ravid — a CNN political and foreign policy analyst and Axios reporter — … Continue reading Israeli journalist says Trump’s foreign policy changed Middle East for the better at talk
by Daryl Perry Over 200 chairs. Over 200 hostages. Each chair on the University of Maryland’s McKeldin Mall on Nov. 9 represented one person Hamas holds hostage in the Gaza Strip. Dina Bash, a senior psychology major, said she hoped that the event would remind people of world events, “even though it’s half way around the world.” “The war is still happening,” she said. “[240] … Continue reading Empty chairs on McKeldin honor Israeli hostages
by Joel Lev-Tov CLAIM: Protesters at a pro-Palestine protest on Nov. 9 shouted antisemitic slogans and chalked messages calling for a second Holocaust. SBS ASSESSMENT: Partially true. Two eyewitnesses confirmed that students shouted slogans calling for revolution and event organizers confirmed that someone chalked a message reading “Holocaust 2.0,” but emphasized that the author meant to compare the war in the Gaza Strip with the … Continue reading FACT CHECK: Were antisemitic slogans shouted at a UMD pro-Palestine event?
by Eve Sampson Over fifty University of Maryland students – some Ukrainian and Russian – gathered in front of McKeldin Library Thursday evening for a vigil in support of Ukraine. The event aimed to bring campus attention to the nation’s plight. “Slava Ukraini!” shouted members of the crowd. “Glory to Ukraine!” “Heroaim slava!” others responded. “Glory to the heroes!” It’s a traditional Ukrainian Army greeting … Continue reading UMD students hold vigil for Ukraine
