Wicked Halloween featuring Above & Beyond October 30, 7:00 p.m. Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell – 300 Martin Luther King Jr. Way Hosted by NV Concepts, Wicked Halloween at the Tsongas Arena features the EDM trio Above & Beyond. They have been ranked as high as #4 on the World DJ charts and have performed…
Roommate Wars Part III: The Cheater
Melissa Almonor Connector Editor To live on campus means to endure a tiny room with one other person, your roommate. Now my friend Serena lived in a quad her Sophomore year and shared a room with Tanya. The best thing about a quad is that there is a common area, so one doesn’t have to…
Roommate Wars Part II: The Dirty Girl
Melissa Almonor Connector Staff To live on campus means to endure a tiny room with one other person, your roommate. My friend Blaire and her roommate got along pretty well. They went to the dining hall most nights and frequently took runs around campus together. However Meredith had a cleanliness issue. Meredith was the girl…
‘The Evil Within’ second opinion
Brendan Jacques Connector Staff “The Evil Within” is the type of game that the industry desperately needs right now. Every great horror video game franchise from the past ten years, from “Resident Evil” to “Silent Hill,” has lost sight of its roots with either too heavy a focus on action or a deluge of terrible…
A look back in history: ‘Hybrid Theory’
Benjamin St. Pierre Connector Staff On Oct. 24, 2001, one of the most influential and popular albums of all time was released. It has currently sold over 27 million copies worldwide, and is the best-selling album of the 21st century. What album is this, you ask? None other than “Hybrid Theory” by Linkin Park. Think…
Celtics season preview
Henry St. Pierre Connector Staff Brad Stevens’ first year as the Celtics’ head coach went as essentially everybody had expected out of a rookie coach. The Celtics finished with an abysmal 25-57 record last year, a season when nobody expected them to contend anyway. The record landed Boston one high draft pick, something the Green…
Indie Game Spotlight: ‘Gone Home’
Brendan Jacques Connector Staff For the longest time, movies have been trying to capitalize on the popularity of video games by adapting them to the big screen. This has almost always failed, either because those involved didn’t really care about what made the material popular or just couldn’t find anything interesting to do with…
Freshman perspective: UMass Lowell after seven weeks
Meghan Driscoll Connector Contributor Starting college is like trying a new food. Everyone can tell you different things about it, but you have to experience it for yourself. So, here I am, giving you my perspective of what it’s like to be a freshman this year at UMass Lowell. Moving in to my residence hall,…
