(Photo courtesy of typecalendar.com) Thursday originates from Thor’s-day, named in honor of Thor, the god of thunder. Jeff Therriault Connector Editor We all seem to be able to grant solid identities to the days of the week: For many people, Mondays are like a smack in the face or a day of grumpiness. Friday is…
Russian royal Romanovs reemerge? A royal wedding.
(Photo courtesy Charles Maynes NPR) Members of Europe’s noble families gathered to celebrate Russia’s first royal wedding since the days of the imperial monarchy. Victoria Eluszkiewicz Connector Editor Romanov wedding? The Romanovs are back with glamor, and I am loving it. Grand Duke George Mikhailovich Romanov wedded Victoria Romanovna Bettarini. Duke George is the heir…
Viewing homecoming in a whole new light
(Photo courtesy UMass Lowell) Homecoming is a weekend students, alumni, family and friends alike to come together and celebrate UMass Lowell. Jessica Daniliuk Connector Staff After the mass amounts of work and stress that came with midterms, homecoming was a breath of fresh air. It was nice to be able to think about something that…
Balancing school with work as a college student is nowhere near easy
(Photo courtesy University of Colorado Denver) As of the second quarter of 2019, total outstanding student loan debt in the United States exceeded $1.6 trillion and represented the largest source of non-housing debt for American households. Kaitlyn Sullivan Connector Staff As a kid, I was always excited about attending college based on the portrayal of it in the…
The Woes of Hyperreality, one students opinion
(Photo courtesy V2_lab) Hyper reality is defined as an inability of consciousness to distinguish reality from a simulation. Jeff Therriault Connector Staff We exist in a world drenched in representational art. From birth we experience representations of reality on television, in cinema, books, paintings, theatre and elsewhere, every day of our lives. The unfortunate result of…
The burn out of the semester, how exhaustion coupled with a global pandemic is affecting students
(Photo courtesy Lucas Araiza/The Occidental) Student burn out is affecting a multitude of students this semester. Kaitlyn Sullivan Connector Staff As Midterm season comes and goes, I am sure that many students are experiencing the dreaded yet inevitable burnout. If you have been fortunate enough to have never experienced burnout, it is a state of constant…
Midterms already? How fast time seems to be going by for students
(Photo courtesy blog.cort.com) Midterms typically occur halfway through a college semester. Jessica Daniliuk Connector Staff As of today, we will be on our eighth week of school. It feels like we got here just yesterday, but we have been in school for seven weeks! When I was a freshman in high school someone told me…
The value of games that have fighting in them
Jeff Therriault Connector staff Too often I see people dismiss fighting games as merely something some people do to relax and have fun. Of course, playing fighting games like Street Fighter III: 3d Strike and Super Smash Bros. Melee for some casual fun is perfectly fine to do, but they have such potential to be…
