In May 1991, the Women’s Center Committee of the President’s Commission for Women met to find the best way to go about establishing a place…
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As the 50th anniversary approaches, so do all of the events that commemorate this auspicious moment in UMBC’s history. However, one drawback that remains the…
UMBC is not a typical college. It is exemplified by innumerable, extraordinary qualities that turn it bright red in the blue sea of higher education…
The Student Government Association’s election board chair, Robert Caverly, sent an email yesterday, May 5, stating that the election board had voted to invalidate the results of…
While the transgender bathroom bill, House Bill 2, has been nearly universally arraigned by the media and celebrities alike (the UK even issued a travel…
Explain your main platform and how you will implement it. Mona: Our platform is based off the three C’s: campus health, campus communication and campus…
What we consume at UMBC is often a mystery: True Grit’s provides healthy greens, but students don’t know where those eats are sourced from. UMBC’s student run…
The Student Government Association is currently considering a new approach to voting. Rather than the standard majority wins voting system, the instant run off voting…
One of the most enduring and damaging arguments to come out of academic pantsuit feminism is that women who choose to present themselves as objects…
On Feb. 24, the gender and women’s studies department hosted its ninth Joan S. Korenman Lecture in Albin O. Kuhn’s Library Gallery. This year featured Alice…
Crafting the SGA budget, which currently sits at a value of just over one million dollars, is a process which requires collaboration amongst many different…
On Feb, 9, a spotlight shone on one of UMBC’s faculty diversity initiatives, the Postdoctoral Fellowship for Faculty Diversity. “Developed by the Executive Committee on…
On Feb. 4, UMBC Chief of Police Mark Sparks informed the student body via email that the UMBC Police Department would undergo on-site assessment to…
On Feb. 10, Democratic legislators in the Maryland General Assembly proposed a bill to prohibit guns from college campuses. The legislation, brought forth on a…
Early in January, Baltimore County Councilman David Marks of District 5 proposed a bill that addressed the recurring issue of disruptive party houses. The bill…
We seem to live in an age of increasing risk management and overly protective safety precautions and, as a result, many educational institutions are taking…