According to the 2015 United States transgender survey, 31% of transgender people said that they were denied equal treatment, verbally harassed and/or physically attacked in a retail store, theater, restaurant or hotel when the staff or employees either knew or perceived the person was transgender.
Reporting Sexual Assault for UMD students
According to UMD’s Campus Climate Survey results from Sep. 2016, UMD students who have experienced sexual assault have largely felt uncomfortable reporting it and/or were unsure of who to report it to other than the police.
Community members help save UMD's Land Lab
A petition was started to save UMD’s Land Lab in the fall semester. The College of Liberal Arts was considering a number of departments in the budget cuts, and closing UMD’s Land Lab was one of the most likely possibilities.
Safety Accessories
Many students are living on their own for the first time while attending college, and personal safety can become more important of an issue than it may have been previously.
Having a sense of security when living independently can impact a student’s experience in school.
UMDPD Sergeant Chris Shovein discussed the pros and cons of popular safety accessories and ranked them in the order of effectiveness and practicality for college students.
On Jun. 13,1985, Nathan Fields got into his car and drove around the block. He was on his way to the local coffee shop.