Nina Petropolous UML Student UML’s Solution Center has listed the preliminary residential housing rates for the 2015 – 2016 academic year. With increases of over 300 dollars for the traditional triple/quad style set-up, it may be time for students to explore other options for college housing. Last year, students at the ICC found themselves not…
Op. Ed: #UnitedInBlue
Andrew Tuminelli UML Waldo The past few years as a UMass Lowell fan have been absolutely amazing. I along with hundreds of others have been able to watch the best teams in UMass Lowell hockey history. I have seen them win the Hockey East regular season title, win the Hockey East Tournament two years in…
Letter to the Editor
Phil Geoffroy Student Trustee The September 23rd edition of the Connector featured an article that discredited the new campus bookstore and dubbed it a “flop.” The article unfairly presented the implication that style was placed before student convenience in the construction of the new, state-of-the-art shop. I do not believe that the bookstore deserves to be…
Let me tell you something you don’t know
UMass Lowell Greek Life Lately on social media, Greek life at UMass Lowell has been attacked. And I don’t just mean insulted, I mean slandered. False accusations of rape have been thrown around via anonymity on YikYak. Comparing girls to animals, accusing fraternity men of drugging women, and everything in between. Let me start by…
UMass Lowell killed South Campus
Marlon Pitter UML Student South Campus, once a hub of social interaction and everything great about college, whose beauty could put most college campuses’ aesthetics to shame, is dead. McGauvran Hall, the heart of South for student organizations, art majors and enthusiasts, and individual students alike, was cruelly put out of commission this fall at…
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…
#Smashproblems
Shane Foley Connector Editor Nintendo’s Super Smash franchise has made a name for itself by being innovative. They practicaly invented the “all star fighting game” franchise with their first release, “Super Smash Bros” in 1999 for N64. They added an adventure mode in “Super Smash Bros Melee,” for the Gamecube. In the Wii’s “Super Smash…
Letter from the Editor
To UMass Lowell, Believe it or not, we’ve almost made it through another hectic year at UMass Lowell. We all begin the year wondering how we will traverse the uncertain territory between September and May. However, we scratch our heads, packing our bags at semester’s end, asking where the time has gone. The same can…
