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…
Light up for the holidays
Amaris Torres Connector Staff The Lowell community came together to kick off the holiday season during the City of Lights Parade and Holiday Celebration on Nov. 29 with a day full of fun, food and activities for all. The parade started at 4:30 p.m. on Jackson Street, and every participant did an amazing job. Live…
Sammy Cupcakes
Sam Dangles preps and bakes thousands of desserts for UMass Lowell students at University Dining Commons in Fox Hall. (Photo by Marlon Pitter/Connector) Marlon Pitter Connector Editor “I’m gonna try to go the whole year without having a cookie,” said Sam Dangles.“I’m not really a sweets kind of guy.” Dangles, a Lowell native, wears his…
Food pantry aims to assist hungry students
Ayah Awadallah Connector Staff Some people begin their days stressed and hungry, not knowing where they are going to get their next meal or how they are going to pay for it. For UMass Lowell students who are in need of food, one solution may be closer than most would think. The food pantry located…
WUML Dance For Tots 2014 this Friday, Dec. 5
LOWELL − In planning their biggest show of the year, WUML has decided to rebrand this year’s “Rock for Tots” show as an EDM show. “Rock for Tots,” which benefits local charities for the holidays, is being rebranded as “Dance for Tots,” hosting a wide array of EDM artists. The show, which will be on…
An introspective approach to class introversion
Nicholles Klevisha Connector Staff For many students, public speaking is a dreaded prospect to be avoided, and that fear has translated into the context of the classroom. Professor Rita Sullivan of the English Department said she tells her students every semester that this fear will last unless they confront it. “If you’re not going to…
Reading and book signing: Andre Dubus III and Sandra Lim
Samuel Linstead-Atkinson Connector Staff The English department hosted a poetry and fiction reading as well as a book signing, featuring faculty writers Sandra Lim and Andre Dubus III. Lim read poems from her collection “The Wilderness” and Dubus read from his book of novellas, “Dirty Love.” The event was dubbed “Writers on Campus” and students…
UMass Lowell to host seventh Relay for Life
Lindy Reed Connector Staff UMass Lowell, as part of Colleges Against Cancer, is set to host its seventh Relay for Life event on April 10, 2015 at the Campus Recreation Center. The university community got a headstart at signing up for one of the American Cancer Society’s biggest events at the Relay for Life Kick-off…
