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Author: Rebecca Scherr

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Public urination should not be prosecuted as indecent exposure

Too much nuance in indecent exposure cases leads to unnecessary enforcement.
  • Rebecca Scherr
  • November 30, 2022

Soaring insurance costs are unfair to the UMD student body

To prevent exploitation, this university must make insurance prices more manageable for students.
  • Rebecca Scherr
  • November 16, 2022

Grading for accuracy is archaic. It’s time for labor-based grading.

Through its assessment of effort, labor-based grading is a fair way to grade UMD students
  • Rebecca Scherr
  • November 8, 2022

Don’t develop the Paint Branch Preserve. Lower rents instead.

Locals are opposed to developing the Paint Branch Preserve. We must listen to them.
  • Rebecca Scherr
  • November 2, 2022

Amicus briefs should be independently fact-checked

Courts should be impartial. Biased amicus briefs strip them of their credibility.
  • Rebecca Scherr
  • October 28, 2022

TAs are essential to university operations. It’s time they’re paid like it.

All university TAs deserve to be paid minimum wage — at least.
  • Rebecca Scherr
  • October 19, 2022

Given the practical experience they provide, all clubs should grant course credit

Earning course credit for Mock Trial is good. All clubs granting it would be great.
  • Rebecca Scherr
  • October 12, 2022

Dahmer series did not consult victims’ families. This practice must stop.

The entertainment industry must be in contact with victims’ families before production.
  • Rebecca Scherr
  • October 4, 2022

Victims of prosecutorial misconduct should be able to sue their prosecutors

The precedent from 'Imbler v. Pactman' must be overturned.
  • Rebecca Scherr
  • September 27, 2022

RAs should not have to choose between financial aid and reduced room and board

Current laws harm financial aid prospects for RAs, and they must be changed.
  • Rebecca Scherr
  • September 21, 2022
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