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Crime report comments on student safety: Deputy chief speaks out on lower crime rates

Al Gentile Connector Editor Deputy Chief Ron Dickerson, head of the UMass Lowell Police Department, released to The Connector the crime analysis report for the year 2013, which shows all reported cases of crime against students. Looking over the results compared to last year across the categories of motor vehicle theft, burglary, aggravated assault, robbery

Weezer breaking up? ‘Say it Ain’t So’

Al Gentile Connector Editor After reading a story from 2010 per The Guardian reporting on an offer made to Weezer to break up for $10 million, I initially reached for my wallet to donate before realizing the story was almost four years old. You can imagine my dismay. vably one of the worst albums ever

Students, officers speak out on student safety

Al Gentile Connector Editor Students, officers speak out about safety Every student remembers those text messages warning them about attacks that have just taken place. Through social media, students and news consumers at large are able to receive information about events minutes after they occur. Yet, the stories behind them, and what students can do,

“We’re back!” Market Basket returns

Al Gentile Connector Editor “Everybody keeps saying it’s going to be taught in schools,” says Fletcher Street Market Basket General Manager Scott Ivers. Late Wednesday night, a deal worth $1.5 billion brought control of Market Basket, a staple for decades to the citizens of Lowell and New England, back into the hands of Arthur “Artie