Alex Sponseller UML Student A very relevant discussion at UMass Lowell is the safety on campus and the surrounding areas. Recently there have been multiple incidents involving UMass Lowell students and the level of concern is rising. Though UMass Lowell is located in some shady areas, it is surprising that students continue to be involved…
Summarizing Rowing
Lucas Brown Connector Contributor The UMass Lowell Rowing clubs season is drawing to a close. There are only two races left in the season for the only River Hawks actually competing on rivers, the two biggest races; The New England Rowing Championship and the Dad Vails Regatta in Philadelphia. Where we last left off, our…
Why spring break isn’t much of a break
Sarah Pacht Connector Staff The term “spring break” evokes images of tropical locales, bikinis, drinking and partying on the beach. But it can be so many other things. Spring break is meant to be, as the title implies, a break from classes in the spring. Time to put the books aside, de-stress and recharge your…
What UML Rowing Is and Why It Might Float Your Boat
Lucas Brown UML Student I would like to take a moment to explain what rowing crew is and why you, the reader, should care. Or at least be a little more interested in our school’s flourishing program. Crew is, by its simplest definition, rowing boats competitively. People have been racing row boats since we have…
Going up: an elevator to awkward interaction
Eliza Calvin UML Student Imagine a metal box hurtling through the air in which you are trapped, surrounded by strangers. It is not a stretch, from that perspective, to see how my phobia of flying has translated into a fear of the O’Leary elevators. I could walk, and have, the many flights of stairs leading…
Composition Corner
here I’ll give tips and tricks to aspiring songwriters and composers. This week, I’ll be talking about solo instrument composition. In most cases, for example orchestral strings, wind instruments, bass instruments and voice, harmonic accompaniment isn’t available on your instrument. Composing something interesting and challenging is quite frankly a difficult task. In the Baroque era,…
Free At Last
Daniel Uk UML Student In the end, said Martin Luther King, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. For Silence is the obstacle in the midst of human progress, and the adversary of change. My community is in disarray and shouts for me in her time of…
Saving the music scene
Alexander Gentile UML Student Have you ever wondered where your favorite musical artists came from? Assuredly they one day picked up an instrument or decided to start singing in the shower, and thought to themselves, “I’m ready to give something to the world.” They spent years practicing, met other musicians that helped to develop a…
