Crystal Ritchie

Crystal Ritchie, a junior public health sciences major and Spanish minor at the University of Maryland, College Park, is a lover of all things food, friends and Jesus. When she is not studying, she can be found hanging out with her 11 roommates or serving as a Younglife leader at Sherwood High School in Sandy […]

The Skateboarders of Sunnyside Skatepark

By Owen Hynes Sunnyside Skatepark in Beltsville, Maryland opened in 2012 and since then, a number of skateboarders from Prince George’s County, Maryland and its surrounding areas have gathered at the park to skate, practice, converse, relax, etc. The park has many features, which include, a 4-foot deep flow bowl, quarter pipes, rails and more. […]

Rachel Duggan

Rachel Duggan is a Senior English major at University of Maryland. College can be a stressful place, but Rachel has found her own hideaway from the loudness of College Park in her Varsity apartment. Rachel does a number of things to relax and reflect throughout the week.             Rachel may be an English major, but […]

Meet Autumn and Elena.

Photos by Rachel Hunt. The University of Maryland sees tens of thousands of students cross its campus each day. Sophomores Autumn Johnson and Elena Ugarte are just two of these students, connected only by their undergraduate status at this university. Ugarte is a student in UMD’s English Department and a member of the Honors Humanities […]

The Lube Center/Fall Festival

I’ve been a customer at The Lube center going on three years. Since taking my vehicle to the South Jefferson Street location, I have not taken my vehicle to any other location for an oil change. The staff there consistently manage to be friendly and efficient. They do a great job every time and I […]

Shannon Stokes

Shannon Stokes is a junior physiology and neurobiology student at the University of Maryland with the goal of becoming a physicians assistant. In her free time Stoke’s loves to paint, a hobby that she has turned into a way of making money by taking commissions for pieces from people she knows. Stokes lives in a […]

Alex Vazquez

Photos by Camryn DeLuca Alex Vazquez is a senior environmental science and technology major at the University of Maryland. In February of 2019, Vazquez started skateboarding. She recognizes the challenges in participating in a male-dominated sport. Vazquez said, “Learning to claim a space at the park and that it’s not okay for people to cut […]

Robert Wilson

Photos by Sage Levy Robert Wilson, 19, is a sophomore Architecture major in the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at the University of Maryland, College Park. Wilson is originally from Fredrick, Maryland. He has had an interest in drawing, art and architecture his whole life. Wilson is also a self taught guitar player and […]