Fox Hall houses over 800 freshmen each academic year. (Photo by Lindy Reed/Connector) Lindy Reed Connector Staff Freshmen filled East and South campuses Friday and Saturday as UMass Lowell’s move-in commenced, officially kicking off the year for thousands of incoming students. Anthony Repetti, a freshman computer engineering major moving into the 17th floor of Fox…
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Kappa Delta Phi fight back against campus violence
The Campus Recreation Center on East Campus plays host to the Brazilian jiu-jitsu classes between the club and the Kappa Delta Phi sorority. (Photo courtesy of Daniel Rodriguez.) Marlon Pitter Connector Editor The Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu team is using the form of martial arts they practice to give students on campus the increased ability to defend…
From UMass Lowell to Barcelona
Arnaldo Rivera Connector Contributor I had seen the bold lettering many times before. I even, on a daily basis, strolled passed the elusive doors of this office. I held a premature conviction that what lay beyond those very borders were ideas too unrealistic to entertain. In my heart, this mystical area was reserved for students…
Students in midst of housing selection
Fox Hall hosts over 800 first-year students. (Mariah Alix/Connector) Mariah Alix Connector Staff Housing selection for students, with options from University Suites to the Inn and Conference Center, started last Wednesday and runs through this week. Two of next year’s most notable housing changes are the additions to Riverview Suites and that next year will…
S.I.S.T.E.R.S. talks ‘Vaginas’
Mariah Alix Connector Staff On Weds., April 8, Fox Common Nightlife hosted S.I.S.T.E.R.S.’ production of “The Vagina Monologues” by Eve Ensler. The play consists of a series of monologues based on interviews of women of all ages, races and sexual orientations. Readers included Tonia Greene, Leslie Garcia, Ashley Cochran, Nicole Hamel and Lucky Thatch.…
Hawkapella presents fifth annual Night of A Cappella this Saturday
Lindy Reed Connector Staff UMass Lowell’s very own all-male a cappella group, Hawkapella, will be hosting their Fifth Annual Night of A Cappella concert this Sat. April 18 in Maloney Hall at University Crossing. The best part? This concert is free. Hawkapella hosted their last concert two weeks ago in University Suites. They performed a…
English dept. presents ‘Lady Windermere’s Fan’
UMass Lowell’s Theatre Arts Program will be presenting “Lady Windermere’s Fan” in the Comley-Lane Theatre at Mahoney Hall this week. The play, having been first published in 1893, is Oscar Wilde’s first hit comedy. It centers around titular character Lady Windermere who thinks her husband is having an affair with another woman. After she confronts…
Latin culture on display with Rumba Latina
Shane Foley Connector Editor Rumba Latina has traditionally been recognized as LASA’s signature event. It is also an event that has been growing in notoriety. A celebration of Latin culture, the organization has continuously made efforts to make each Rumba Latina better than the previous one, and this year’s might be the biggest one ever.…
