Jessica Kergo Connector Contributor This past Friday, the Association of Students of African Origin, the Haitian American Student Association and members of the Art Student Union all joined together at University Crossing for a mutual cause; raising awareness for AIDS in Africa. The event was titled “No Face, No Race” and it aimed to educate…
Anime Club sponsors event dedicated to Pokemon
Shane Foley Connector Editor On Saturday, February 27th, the world will be celebrating Pokemon. It will be 20 years since Pokemon Red and Green was released in Japan, and many festivities are planned for the holiday. One such festivity will be a Nintendo Direct for Pokemon that will occur the day earlier in the United…
Bowers Street fire displaces 19 residents
9 Bowers St. as seen from Whiting Street Friday afternoon. (Marlon Pitter/Connector) Marlon Pitter Connector Editor A multi-family home near University Crossing caught fire Friday afternoon, displacing 19 residents. Fire crews were called to 9 Bowers St. around 3 p.m., where a fire damaged the roof and multiple levels of the building, according to Lowell…
Marty Meehan recaps eight years as chancellor, looks toward future as UMass president
Marlon Pitter Connector Editor In less than a month, UMass Lowell Chancellor Marty Meehan will take over as the next president of the University of Massachusetts system. Since becoming chancellor in 2007, Meehan has been at the forefront of transforming UMass Lowell into a nationally ranked university with additions of new buildings, such as University…
Student Environmental Alliance set to raise climate change awareness
Marlon Pitter Connector Editor The Student Environmental Alliance (SEA), partnered with the Climate Change Initiative (CCI), is set to spread awareness of climate change with the “Make a Change for Us” event Wednesday night in University Crossing. The event is designed to make students more aware of the dangerous side effects of climate change and…
‘Orange is the New Black’ author discusses realities of prison
Robert Shaffer Connector Contributor Being a middle-class, college-educated woman from Massachusetts, Piper Kerman imagined that her stay in a women’s prison would be a terrifying experience. While Kerman’s time in prison was harsh, to her surprise, she found a world she never knew existed. “The last thing I expected on my first day of prison…
University Crossing: Is it bridging the gap?
Heather Hamilton Connector Contributor The completion of the new student center, University Crossing, marks an accomplishment that was 27 years in the making, according to Assistant Dean of Students Mary Connelly. “Part of it was finding the right location,” she says. Connelly says the university tried to buy the space earlier for the College of…
Senator Warren speaks at UMass Lowell
(Photo/Christopher Tran/Connector) David Rudderham Connector Editor A large crowd gathered at the new University Crossing building on Friday to see one of the country’s senators speak on the current state of politics and financial distress in America. Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat that has made a name for herself by focusing on issues such as…
