




After the shootings last month, Maryland's Student Government Association gave the HELP Center $1,500 so the center could increase its advertising.


"We are putting so much effort into this, and we are asking for phone bill money, and it's so hard to get it," Roper said. "Until someone dies."



By the numbers

The number of students requesting psychological, emotional and personal counseling at a sampling of university and college counseling centers in Maryland:

University of Maryland, College Park (Total enrollment: 37,631)

2007-2008: 1,466

2008-2009: 1,627

2009-2010: 1,609

2010-2011: 1,777

2011-2012: 1,986

Loyola University Maryland (Total enrollment: 5,978)

2007-2008: 249

2008-2009: 326