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From midterms to runway: UMD student’s crochet business goes viral
A sea of vibrant hijabs filled Howard University’s Blackburn Ballroom. All eyes were fixed on the runway, where models wore flowy modest clothing, including colorful crochet pieces designed by University of Maryland student Sarrah Ewing. Ewing first learned to crochet at 10-years-old after being introduced to the craft by her mother. Now, she owns Stardust Stitchez,…
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‘All Day for Gaza’: UMD community gathers to mourn Gaza’s martyrs
More than 50 University of Maryland community members gathered to honor the deaths of Palestinians at the Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) “All Day for Gaza” event on Tuesday at McKeldin Mall. The event consisted of sit-ins, teach-ins, speeches and art demonstrations with small white flags placed by organizers to represent Palestinian martyrs killed…
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Hundreds of UMD graduate workers rally for union, protest wages
In her first year as an international graduate worker, Judith Rakowski told people she was practicing intermittent fasting. In reality, she wasn’t able to afford more than a meal a day. The University of Maryland’s Graduate Labor Union (GLU) says Rakowski is far from the only graduate student suffering from food and housing insecurity. At…
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The rise of MENA country specific cultural organizations at UMD
Within the past year, four new country-specific cultural clubs within the UMD Middle East and North African (MENA) community were formed. Despite many of these clubs fitting under broader cultural clubs such as the Organization of Arab Students (OAS) or Faces of African Muslims (FAM), many students felt that these clubs were essential. Cultural clubs…
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UMD students protest university career fair for ties to human rights violations
Dozens of students gathered to protest the inclusion of Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and other defense contractors at the University of Maryland’s STEM and engineering career fair on Thursday. The protest, organized by UMD’s Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter, was at the Engineering Fields across from The Hotel, where the career fair was…
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Inter-org MSA potluck bring over 100 students and several UMD clubs together
From maqluba, a traditional Levantine rice dish, to ful, a popular Sudanese and North African bean recipe, an array of cultural dishes from several ethnic clubs at UMD filled tables outside at the Nyumburu Amphitheater yesterday for the Muslim Student Association’s inter-organizational potluck and picnic. 11 cultural organizations including the Pakistani Student Association (PSA), Egyptian…
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Local small business owners compete in ‘Pull Up & Pitch’ event
Dozens of small business owners came to the University of Maryland’s Stamp Student Union on Saturday to deliver 60-second pitches at Black Girl Ventures’ “Pull Up & Pitch” event, where they competed for thousands of dollars for support of their ideas. The event, which is held at venues across the country and has partnerships with…
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UMD opens Unity Center, a space fostering inclusion and diversity
The University of Maryland opened the Unity Center earlier this month as a space designed to foster diversity and create an environment centered around inclusion and belonging across communities. Located in the Cole Field House, the Unity Center is a representation of years of student advocacy and collaboration with the university. According to the UMD…
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From ICE detention to job termination, activists Mahmoud Khalil and Karen Attiah speak out in D.C.
Activist Mahmoud Khalil and writer Karen Attiah addressed a crowd of over 100 people at Busboys and Poets — a chain restaurant with the goal of inspiring social change — in Washington D.C. on Thursday night. The two spoke in conversation ranging from Khalil’s time in ICE detention and Attiah’s recent termination from the Washington…
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UMD SJP to donate funds obtained in $100k settlement against UMD
After obtaining a “historic” settlement from the University of Maryland following a court ruling that found free speech violations, UMD’s Students for Justice in Palestine chapter has begun planning a path forward. The SJP chapter will soon begin the process of obtaining the $100,000 sum owed by UMD in an agreement reached this summer, which…
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