Walking around the University of Maryland, one might notice numerous stickers advertising different causes, clubs, and businesses in the local area. Walk by the same spot enough times and you’ll see some stickers have been removed by the university. At which point, a new sticker might take it’s place.
Through the course of the 2024 fall semester, I began a project to visually document the stickers that had been placed around campus.
University of Maryland policy states: “Affixing stickers or any materials designated to be permanent or semi-permanent on any surface within the University’s purview is prohibited.” [Source]
Lamp posts on less central pathways tend not to have their stickers removed.
Areas like the Heritage community quad see a lot of stickers removed.
A sign posted by the Department of Transportation Services (DOTS) had been vandalized to say “Continue Skateboarding Cycling or Scooter Riding.” A torn sticker from the University of Maryland Skateboarding Club is placed beneath the omission.
Among others, a sticker from Feed the People Mutual Aid on the stairs leading up towards the South Campus Dining Hall.
Stickers placed onto a bollard near the architecture building.
While out collecting pictures for this project, my girlfriend was out tagging so I documented it.
View of the sunset with a few stickers on a light post. “Dominion” is a film focused on the harm of animal agriculture.
While not a sticker, some tags take the form of advertising for various companies.
Election season means a lot of political tagging occurs. There was a noticeable number of stickers for former Governor and Senate nominee Larry Hogan.
A number of the Larry Hogan stickers were scratched out. There’s also a sticker for the musical artist, Lil’ Dicky.
A sticker from the Revolutionary Communists of America was concealed by a Hogan sticker, only for both to get scratched out.
Sticker of former D.C. Spirit coach Ben Olsen attached to a parking warning sign behind an apartment building.
A posting that had fallen or been removed from a stoplight post had a new resident in its place: a jolly figure presenting a thumbs up to pedestrians.
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