On a cold and rainy afternoon, UMD junior Megan Forcia found herself ripping open bags of leaves and dumping them onto the ground. After questioning why she was even outside in the rain, she remembered that the average age of farmers in the U.S. today is 60-years-old.
By Olivia Krenz
Azrin Awal first decided to run for Student Association when she realized a lack of representation for marginalized groups of students on UMD’s campus. By changing former policies, such as the bereavement policy, and increasing SA interaction with the student body, Awal is planning to make UMD’s campus climate more inclusive.
“We want to create a campus life that is inclusive and diverse for everyone,” Awal said.
By Megan Mulcahy
What do you think of when you see the colors black and yellow? You might think of the Pittsburgh Steelers or maybe a taxi cab. For UMD marketing and graphic design student Jacob Krump, he sees an aesthetically pleasing honey bee sitting on an abstract, delicate rose petal. Not only does the honey bee represent art for Jacob Krump, but it represents the declining bee population.
By Allysa Marral
For the hardships that come with college, UMD Health Services provides on campus counseling for just about everything. Mental health, in particular, has become a hot topic on campus.
"The severity of health issues that students come to college with has really increased," said Jean Bairbeau-Thoennes, Associate Program Director and Counselor at UMD Health Services. "Students are dealing with a lot more stressors, such as funding the cost of college on their own, so students are taking more credits and are working to try to balance it out."
UMD offers a scuba diving course every year taught by Elmer Engman, who has been diving for almost 49 years.
“The Open Water Scuba course is for someone who may know a little or nothing at all about scuba diving,” course instructor Elmer Engman said. “The class covers snorkeling and scuba equipment, physics as related to water pressure, diving safety and the diving environment.”
