Nicholles Klevisha Connector Contributor “I didn’t know if I could write a book,” Laura Harrington said to an audience of young writers and university professors. Harrington has written across genres, produced plays, musicals, operas, and even the occasional radio drama. Winner of the 2008 Kleban for Most Promising Librettist in Musical and the 2009 MIT…
Missiles away: “Strike Suite Zero” revives space fighter combat
David MacDonald Connector Staff “Strike Suit Zero” is a game that attempts to emulate a genre that hasn’t had much life in it recently, the fighter combat one. It takes place many years in the future where humanity has achieved space faring status and war is being waged between Earth and the independent space colonies.…
Attention all dance lovers: check out EDM nights at Naga!
Andrea Larsson Connector Contributor Looking to take a break from all your studying? Or are you an EDM (electronic dance music) fanatic who simply loves to dance and have fun? If so, grab a couple friends and head down to Naga located on 450 Massachusetts Ave in Cambridge. The club features a large dance floor,…
Campus Police Log
Saturday, Feb. 22 11:50 a.m. Motor vehicle hit and run at East Campus Garage was reported. The damage was likely from the previous night. Sunday, Feb. 23 12:36 a.m. Motor vehicle stop on Salem St. Male was arrested for DUI and was transported to UML PD. Wednesday, Feb. 26 8:40 a.m. A disturbance was reported…
Found at SEA: Environment Matters
Eliza Calvin Connector Contributor Environmental awareness has expanded beyond the classroom, into the college community and the city of Lowell. The Student Environmental Alliance, or SEA, is a UMass Lowell club dedicated to promoting awareness and innovating ideas on campus and in the city of Lowell. The SEA’s president, Alicia Melvin, said she is committed…
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…
Goals are your GPS to success
Jim Graves Connector Contributor For those of you who don’t remember those “good old days” your teachers might refer to, it was a time when telephones had cords and rotary dials, and the car glove compartment was filled with stacks of folded road maps. The quantity of maps served as a testament to the many…
Parent-Students’ Problems Proclaimed
Hannah Tello Connector Contributor An increasingly significant yet consistently invisible student population has recently emerged. Parenting-students have doubled their enrollment in four-year universities over the last 20 years. The National Center for Education Statistics reports that 50 percent of nontraditional undergraduates (which themselves make up 56 percent of the entire population of college students) are…
