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On the night of May 19, 2017, two days away from graduation, 2nd Lieutenant's Richard Collins, a Bowie State University student, was stabbed to death on the University of Maryland's campus while waiting for his Uber. Two years later, former student Sean Urbanski is is awaiting trial on hate crime and murder charges in connection Collins' death, and is set is to go to trial July 22nd, 2019. Even prior to Collins' death, racial tensions have were high at the University, with several incidents tarnishing the University's reputation.
The Lt. Collins Timeline is a special project by The Diamondback, the University of Maryland's independently run student newspaper, created with the goal of highlighting not only the events leading up to the Lieutenant's death, but what the University has done since his untimely passing to address campus hate crimes and promote an environment where students of all backgrounds feel safe and accepted.
Reference: UMD student charged in connection with stabbing near Montgomery Hall
- Provide a comprehensive overview of events leading up to Collins’ death, and events following it in an effort to refresh everyone's minds before Urbanski‘s trial
- Analyze the University’s action leading up to and after Collins’ death
- Call attention to a tragic death and emphasize the insurmountable level of concern students of color at the University have expressed
One one side, this dual timeline tracks University events, while on the other, the timeline follows the mechanics of the trial and other legal developments.
- Navigate timeline from menu
- Differentiate between event types
- Responsive — collapsible timeline
- Navigate timeline with arrow keys on keyboard
- Number of page views
- How long users are staying on the site
- How many events are being read / scrolled through ?