Meghan Driscoll Connector Contributor Starting college is like trying a new food. Everyone can tell you different things about it, but you have to experience it for yourself. So, here I am, giving you my perspective of what it’s like to be a freshman this year at UMass Lowell. Moving in to my residence hall,…
‘Gone Girl’ review
Tyler Cote Connector Staff Based on the bestselling novel by Gillian Flynn, “Gone Girl” was released in theaters and it surpassed its high expectations. A combination of a riveting crime drama, psychological mind-bender and a psychopathic anecdote, the love story between Nick and Amy Dunne is one that is worth the over-buttered popcorn and three-dollar…
In case you missed it: ‘Year Zero’ at the MRT
Benjamin St. Pierre Connector Staff From Sept. 11 to Oct. 5, the Merrimack Repertory Theatre in Lowell was home to “Year Zero,” a play by Michael Golamco. Set in Long Beach, Calif. in 2003, the play chronicles a short time in the lives of four Asian youths, whose personalities are each a little different and…
‘You’re Dead!’ kills it
Henry St. Pierre Connector Staff Steven Ellison, known as Flying Lotus, is a Los Angeles-based experimental musician and producer, and is also a rapper under the stage name Captain Murphy, who appears on this album. It’s difficult to place a genre on “FlyLo” because his sounds transcend one specific label. He’s not just hip-hop, or…
SGA elects two senators
Malinda Reed Connector Contributor On Wednesday, Oct. 15 at 4 p.m., Student Government Association senator elections ended and the fight for senator of each candidate’s college came to a close. Out of five senator races, two were contested. Those two races were for the senatorial positions for the College of Engineering as well as the…
Connector 10/21 PDF
Our paper is now a PDF online too!
South Campus dining 2016: a first glimpse
Samuel Linstead-Atkinson Connector Staff As South Campus residents and patrons become accustomed to the crumbling balconies and the shouted jargon of construction workers, many questions remain regarding the outcome of this project and what the impact on campus will be. The building formerly known as McGauvran Student Center is to be repurposed to include new…
Speaker event: Louis Menand talks Warhol
Samuel Linstead-Atkinson Connector Staff Students, faculty and enthusiasts alike attended a presentation led by the writer and academic Louis Menand. The talk detailed the influences and education of Andy Warhol. The artist and his association with the pop art movement inspired the Kerouac Literary Festival to host this event. Menand began by linking Andy Warhol…