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Journalism dean search: Dean candidate brings experience in newsroom, but lots of controversial history
Part of a Stories Beneath the Shell series covering the appointment to dean of the University of Maryland’s journalism school. First published Saturday, March 25, 2023 in Stories Beneath the Shell. She’s doubled the number of reporters of color in her newsroom. She capitalized the “B” in Black before anyone else. She turned her newsroom…
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UMD powwow showcases Native ‘resilience,’ brings communities together
First published March 14, 2023 in Stories Beneath the Shell. by Olivia Borgula Early Saturday morning, Adele H. Stamp Student Union filled with organizers in matching T-shirts weaving between chairs, attendees greeting old friends and dancers carting hangers of regalia into make-shift dressing rooms next door. In the center of the room, a circle of…
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Joy on display at inaugural Black Prom
First published Feb. 27, 2023 in Stories Beneath the Shell. by James Matheson The Office of Multicultural Involvement Community Advocacy hosted its inaugural Black Prom Sunday in the Adele H. Stamp Student Union’s Grand Ballroom to celebrate the final days of Black History Month. Students got to dine on beef wellington, dance in flowing ball…
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UMD students, staff mark first anniversary of Ukraine invasion with vigil
First published Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023 in Stories Beneath the Shell. In the midst of happy students basking in the unusually warm February weather, dozens of Ukrainian students were rather more somber, standing around the McKeldin Mall sundial to mark the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Thursday. “It’s been a year of…
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Black Monologues event amplifies Black voices through poetry
First published Feb. 21, 2023 in Stories Beneath the Shell. By Marissa Yelenik “Some people have the privilege to dress down, to have wilder hair colors, to have visible tattoos and still be perceived as ‘professional enough,’ I do not,” said senior biology and anthropology major Nina St. Hillaire, performing an entry from her journal. …
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PSA from then to now: How the group has evolved and what it hopes to achieve
First published Dec. 16, 2022 in Stories Beneath the Shell. By Minnie Stephenson In 2015, McLaine Rich, a University of Maryland student at the time, was sexually assaulted. To make matters worse, she found out that she and someone else she knew had been sexually assaulted by the same person. “I was like, OK, well…
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Computer Science Department Reckons With Sexist Culture
First published Dec. 9, 2022 in Stories Beneath the Shell. by Morgan Leason and Joel Lev-Tov More than three-quarters of the University of Maryland Computer Science Department’s undergraduate students are men. “It feels like everyone will think you’re dumb,” said Arwen Ferro, a female sophomore computer science major. “Men in the department act like women…
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The Nine is overselling luxuries
First published Oct. 15, 2022 in Stories Beneath the Shell. by Lucy Hubbard A new luxury apartment building for University of Maryland students claims to “redefine luxury living.” But according to some residents, the luxuries are exaggerated – at best. “They definitely tried to sell the apartment as much as they could,” junior marketing major…
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UMD restricts scooter parking, causing problems for some
First published May 13, 2022 in Stories Beneath the Shell. by Kirstin Nichols More than two months ago, the University of Maryland Department of Transportation Services said that Veo e-scooters and e-bikes may only be parked at designated e-scooter parking areas, bike racks, or covered bike parking areas. It enforces that through a new geofence…
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How a Labyrinth Helps Terps Destress
First published May 12, 2022 in Stories Beneath the Shell. by Fatema Hosseini Round and round, I walk through the labyrinth. At each turn of the labyrinth, my mind lets go of a stressful thought, and each turn of it brings in a comforting one. Feeling the wind ruffling through my hair on the University…
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UMD plans to include “X” as nonbinary gender mark option in IT system
First published Tuesday, May 10, 2022 in the Diamondback. One letter can make all the difference for nonbinary students. The University of Maryland has committed to implementing an “X” gender marker — indicating that a person is neither male nor female — by 2026 as part of a huge overhaul of its student information systems…
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David C. Driskell Center unapologetically embraces Black art
First published April 28, 2022 in Stories Beneath the Shell. by Kirstin Nichols Deep in the heart of the Cole Student Activities Building is a space dedicated to highlighting Black and African Diaspora art, the David C. Driskell Center. “What the Driskell Center does is allows an individual to walk in regardless of their background…
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