The Terrapin Times is the independent, student-run, right-of-center newspaper of the University of Maryland at College Park. Our goal is to challenge the prevalent left-wing orthodoxy of the faculty, administration, and powerful and politically connected student groups. The Terrapin Times will provide a voice for underrepresented students and thought at the University of Maryland.

We will devote our pages to the following conservative and libertarian principles:

• We stand for unlimited freedom of speech,the defense of academic freedom, and diversity of ideas.
• We will hold the administration accountable on how they spend our money and serve student interests.
• We will value individual merit before diversity and we dissent from radical multiculturalism and all forms of collectivism.
• We will maintain that students be given the rights as well as the responsibilities of adulthood, and defend student interests against attempts to restrain them.
• We will strive to build a campus community of which we all can be proud.

The Terrapin Times is not affi liated with any other publication related to the University of Maryland, College Park.