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The Official Newsletter of The University of Maryland's Black Student Newspaper
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Welcome and thank you for subscribing to The AfterShock! For The Black Explosion's 55th anniversary, we are launching an official newsletter, sent directly to your email every Thursday at 5 p.m. Check out our latest news stories below, along with some BE newspapers from our founding year, 1970.
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Mofi Solarin, former co-director of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion committee of the University of Maryland’s Student Government Association, made public comments about the Nov. 4 altercation that led to her firing. Solarin alleged the actions against her are indicative of racism in the SGA’s ranks.
“The sequence of events and the broader semester-long pattern reflect a culture where my reactions are scrutinized while the provocations against me are minimized or ignored,” she stated in an email sent to the SGA legislature Nov. 18. Solarin alleged that the altercation and her termination “weaponized stereotypes about Black women being ‘aggressive.’”
The statement refers to a Nov. 4 altercation between Solarin and Mateo Rojas, the co-director of the SGA’s Research and Technology committee. Mirani notified Solarin of her dismissal via email on Nov. 11, alleging that her actions during the altercation violated SGA policy.
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🔗: Read more on this story here
✍️: Ashna Balroop, Razak Diallo, Sophia Parkins
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The 2026-2027 Free Application for Federal Student Aid, released Sept. 24, has some University of Maryland students concerned about the decrease in financial aid under new changes as tuition and campus living costs continue to rise.
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🔗: Read more on this story here
✍️: Neneh Burnside
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The Maryland Terrapins lost their seventh consecutive game on Nov. 22 in a 45-20 loss to the No. 18 Michigan Wolverines in their final home game of the season.
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The Terps played their last game against Michigan State on Nov. 29 in Detroit, losing 38-28.
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🔗: Read more on this story here
✍️: Christian Jackson
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Today in Black Explosion History
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This month 55 years ago, the second volume of The Black Explosion came out, including poetry, sports and of course Black student news. BE was founded in 1970 by student Patricia Wheeler because of a lack of representation in The Diamondback.
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In the volume, the new BSU president outlined his goals. The quote of the month was from Julian Bond, the only Black member of the Georgia legislature, about how Black Americans may have to resort to violence if the hoped-for coalition between white and Black students was not reached.
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According to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's website, Bond served the Georgia House of Representatives for four terms, organizing Georgia's Black Caucus.
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Bond went on to become chairman of the NAACP in 1998, where he served for 11 years. Bond described the position as "the most powerful job a Black man can have in America."
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December 2025 Quote of the Month:
“The civil rights movement didn't begin in Montgomery and it didn't end in the 1960s. It continues on to this very minute.”
— Julian Bond, 1940-2015
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That's all for this week. See you next Thursday!
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