GSA President Dustin Jackson, 21, has found the UDM campus to be accepting of gays. "One thing you should know about me is that I try to be open and honest," said Jackson. "I am definitely gay and out as far as on campus and haven't had any issues so far." He has encountered bad situations beyond the campus, though, such as being called names and receiving nasty looks. (1) comment
The Gay Straight Alliance has risen and fallen and risen again repeatedly over its ten years at the University of Detroit Mercy. As of December, the group is back in action after a period of inactivity. The lapse was a result of several of the group's leaders leaving UDM to study abroad last year. (0) comments
March 17 is the deadline for UDO annual Dudley Randall student poetry contest. The contest is named after the late Dudley Randall, a poet who also worked in the campus library and who also judged the contest until his death in 2000. Prof. Claire Crabtree knew Randall personally. (1) comment