(Photo courtesy of Instagram) Instagram page of @Bidness_nonya. Jennifer Thim Connector Staff This past week, actor Channing Tatum of 21 Jump Street and Deadpool & Wolverine quickly became the internet’s topic of the week for allegedly commenting on pop culture gossip posts through a burner account on Instagram. The comments, involving Tatum and his ex-fiancé,…
Nepal flash flood and climate change
Aaliyah Afolabi Connector Editor On Aug. 26 of this year near the Nepal-Tibet border, swept a devastating flash flood that killed more than one hundred people, with hundreds missing and displaced. Leading up to this sudden event, it is said that this was triggered by the partial collapse of a glacier sitting at the top of the Langtang Lirung peak of…
UMass Lowell’s Meet the Firms accounting event
Phoenix German Connector Contributor The Meet the Firms event on Tuesday, September 22, 2026, at UMass Lowell, was a great way to go to see different public accounting firms and find a lot of amazing opportunities that they have to offer. The duration that I was there was not much, but nevertheless the event was still…
On Generated AI flyers on Campus
(Photo courtesy of Jennifer Thim) AI Flyer posted in North Campus of UMass Lowell. Jennifer Thim Connector Staff AI flyers and posters. It seems like they are everywhere now, with this campus being no exception. As someone on South Campus, I have only walked past two generic AI flyers on my way to O’Leary Library’s…
Overworked, Underpaid, and Undervalued – Why This International Workers’ Day Matters at UMass Lowell
(Photo courtesy of Judith Aquino) Signs made by union members as part of the UMass Lowell Unions United action on Faculty and Staff Appreciation Day in 2025 Najifa Tanjeem, Ava Peters, Adri Jackson Connector Contributors Last semester, a UMass Lowell graduate teaching assistant (TA) had to choose between filling a prescription and paying rent. She chose rent. This…
The embarrassment of Chris Kempczinski and the decline of fast food
(Photo courtesy of msn.org) “After McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski went viral for his Big Arch taste test, other fast-food executives decided to join in on the fun.“ Aaron Preziosi Connector Editor By now everyone has seen the video of McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski trying the new Big Arch sandwich, if one could even call the miniscule morsel he extracted…
The messages we absorb: misogyny in media and its wider impact
(Photo courtesy of bostonglobe) “The shameless retooling of Kevin Can Wait” Amy Lam Connector Staff Imagine a husband in the kitchen wearing an apron and rubber gloves to clean the house and watch their children for a day which ends in a disaster. The husband cannot cook, feed his children, or wash the dishes properly.…
How capitalism warps personal value
(Photo courtesy of Sarah Rice from The New York Times) “Charles Meynier’s painting cycle ‘Apollo and the Muses,’ 1798-1800, in the neoclassical gallery at the Cleveland Museum of Art Jesse Nguyen and Olivia O’Sullivan Connector Editor and Connector Staff Have you ever felt guilty about having a hobby? Or do you ever get that weird…
