Lindy Reed Connector Staff UMass Lowell’s Mock Trial team is nothing to mock. The team recently competed in the Mock Trial Regionals at Saint Anselm’s College in Manchester, N.H., and came home with a 4-4 record and an Outstanding Witness Award. This concluded their competitive year with the university’s best record yet. The Mock Trial…
VSA rings in Vietnamese New Year
Marlon Pitter Connector Editor The UMass Lowell Vietnamese Student Association (VSA) and the Lowell community came together to celebrate Tet in the Cumnock Hall auditorium Saturday afternoon. The event kicked off the Vietnamese New Year with music and dance performances from both members of the student association and Lowell’s Vietnamese community. VSA photographer John Tran…
UMass Lowell, internships and you
Cole Fitzgerald Connector Contributor As students hit the workforce after college, many entry-level positions now ask for experience from recent graduates. With the help of English Department Internship Coordinator Diana Archibald and the Office of Career Services, UMass Lowell students can earn internships and gain the experience many employers look for. As internship coordinator, Archibald’s…
Lockhart to Lowell: An interview with the Boston Pops’ conductor
(Photo courtesy of Stu Rosner) Regina Alongi Connector Editor “I don’t listen to music,” Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart disclosed in an interview with The Connector. “I listen to music all the time for work and the last thing I want to hear is more music!” Naturally, when your full-time job is studying music, why…
Students make New Year’s resolutions
Rebecca Gates Connector Contributor New Year’s Day is a holiday known for two things: a day off from work and resolutions. People make a variety of resolutions and inevitably fall into one of two categories: the ones who keep their resolutions and the ones who don’t. What about the students at UMass Lowell? What type…
Louria gives UMass Lowell huge Christmas present
(Photo/Christopher Tran/Connector) It may not have been on everybody’s Christmas list, but Michael Louria’s overtime goal over the Maine Black Bears was certainly well appreciated at the Tsongas Center Saturday night. Though it was a hard-fought, tight hockey game, UMass Lowell was finally able to triumph 3-2. “They made it difficult to transition and…
River Hawks stay undefeated in Hockey East, beat UConn 6-4
(Photo/Christopher Tran/Connector) Last Wednesday night was a great night for underclassmen. Three freshmen scored, including Chris Forney’s first goal of the season, in a 6-4 victory over the UConn Huskies. Despite giving up five power plays, the UMass Lowell River Hawks were able to tie up the special teams battle with two goals apiece, including…
The end was nigh: ‘End Days’ at the Comley Lane Theater
Nicholles Klevisha Connector Staff The Steins have been fragmented ever since Arthur, a worker in one of the buildings that fell down during 9/11, withdrew from his family into a deep depression. His wife, Sylvia, has become a born-again Christian, and a 16-year-old Elvis impersonator is trying to court their Goth daughter whenever milk cartons…
