Fox Hall hosts over 800 first-year students. (Mariah Alix/Connector) Mariah Alix Connector Staff Housing selection for students, with options from University Suites to the Inn and Conference Center, started last Wednesday and runs through this week. Two of next year’s most notable housing changes are the additions to Riverview Suites and that next year will…
S.I.S.T.E.R.S. talks ‘Vaginas’
Mariah Alix Connector Staff On Weds., April 8, Fox Common Nightlife hosted S.I.S.T.E.R.S.’ production of “The Vagina Monologues” by Eve Ensler. The play consists of a series of monologues based on interviews of women of all ages, races and sexual orientations. Readers included Tonia Greene, Leslie Garcia, Ashley Cochran, Nicole Hamel and Lucky Thatch.…
Hawkapella presents fifth annual Night of A Cappella this Saturday
Lindy Reed Connector Staff UMass Lowell’s very own all-male a cappella group, Hawkapella, will be hosting their Fifth Annual Night of A Cappella concert this Sat. April 18 in Maloney Hall at University Crossing. The best part? This concert is free. Hawkapella hosted their last concert two weeks ago in University Suites. They performed a…
English dept. presents ‘Lady Windermere’s Fan’
UMass Lowell’s Theatre Arts Program will be presenting “Lady Windermere’s Fan” in the Comley-Lane Theatre at Mahoney Hall this week. The play, having been first published in 1893, is Oscar Wilde’s first hit comedy. It centers around titular character Lady Windermere who thinks her husband is having an affair with another woman. After she confronts…
Latin culture on display with Rumba Latina
Shane Foley Connector Editor Rumba Latina has traditionally been recognized as LASA’s signature event. It is also an event that has been growing in notoriety. A celebration of Latin culture, the organization has continuously made efforts to make each Rumba Latina better than the previous one, and this year’s might be the biggest one ever.…
LeVar Burton to speak at 2015 commencement
UMass Lowell is excited to announce LeVar Burton as the commencement speaker for the class of 2015. Burton is best known for his roles as Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge in “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and young Kunta Kinte in the 1977 television miniseries “Roots,” along with being the executive producer and host of long-running…
Hawkapella showcases talent during hour-long concert
With nicknames like Eric “Love Shack” Miller, Joe “Fresh Prince” Royal and Sam “Birdfeeder” Allen, how could you not love Hawkapella? Hawkapella recently hosted an hour-long concert that alternated between vocal performances of popular songs and informational slides from a PowerPoint presentation that briefly summarized the history of a certain type of music. An all-male…
UML student breaking into EDM world
Mariah Alix Connector Contributor At UMass Lowell, we often hear stories of students going off into the world as successful engineers. Little do we focus on those succeeding within the arts. Andrew Garcia, a sophomore at UML, is currently thriving within the music business. Garcia is a DJ dominantly in the Boston area. He works with…
