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From basement beats to sessions at Stamp: how JAM brought casual music practice to UMD

By Yonathan Shimelis It’s past sundown and the Adele H. Stamp Student Union is quiet — except for the harmony of music pouring out of the Baltimore Room, where passing students may hear a guitar, drums, piano or even a cowbell. Inside is Jammin’ at Maryland, a club that provides a space for members of the University of Maryland community to play music, whether they … Continue reading From basement beats to sessions at Stamp: how JAM brought casual music practice to UMD

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‘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

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