Taylor Carito Connector Staff With the chance to address student concerns ahead of this year’s elections, Student Government Association presidential candidates James Christopher and Sim Dy, as well as student trustee candidates Jesse Kruszka and Lindy Reed, will take to the podium Thursday night in O’Leary Library for the SGA debate. After beginning official campaign…
The history of the mills and evolution of Downtown Lowell
The Boott Mills Museum is a repurposed building that was originally built in 1835 (Courtesy of Boott Cotton Mills Museum) Taylor Carito Connector Staff Just over one hundred years ago Lowell was one of the homes to the boom of industrialization in New England. Textile and cotton mills lined the city’s now downtown streets, crowded…
UMass Lowell cuts vacant posts, freezes others to fund $2M reduction
Marlon Pitter Connector Editor After seven months as the new leader of a rapidly expanding campus, UMass Lowell Chancellor Jacquie Moloney currently faces her toughest challenge at the university’s helm. Moloney, as executive vice chancellor under then-Chancellor Marty Meehan, spearheaded UMass Lowell’s growth in recent years with the opening of 12 new buildings and a…
UMass Lowell mock trial team moves on to national qualifiers
Jacob Boucher Connector Staff Two weekends past at Boston College, the UMass Lowell mock trial team won by advancing from regional to national competition. With an impressive 5-3 record, the best score a UMass Lowell team has gotten at the Boston College Regional Tournament, UMass Lowell advanced to national qualifiers in Delaware, the Opening Round…
Diving deep into North Campus tunnels
The North Campus tunnel system serves an effective means of avoiding harsh New England weather. (Photo courtesy of UMass Lowell) Shayna Vigliotta Connector Staff The pedestrian tunnel system beneath North Campus has long been a means of intercampus travel, as well as a defining feature of the architecture there. While the tunnels are older than…
Update on smoking policy and enforcement
Taylor Carito Connector Staff Just a mere two years earlier, students on campus faced clouds of smoke upon exiting buildings, walking through the gazebo on south campus, and outside their dorms. Ashtrays and littered cigarette butts could be found in every entryway. The option to smoke was everywhere, but those who didn’t were left to…
Journalist gives audience scoop on black media
Ethan Michaeli, pictured here, is the author of “The Defender.” (Photo courtesy of Kevin Nance/Chicago Tribune) David Rudderham Connector Editor What would be the solution if it was your job to distribute a newspaper that defends black rights and culture at a time where the south was still under segregation laws? The answer: use the…
Steve Almond talks writing at UMass Lowell
Steve Almond is the author of “Against Football: One Fan’s Reluctant Manifesto.” (Photo courtesy of Jesse Costa/NPR) Jacob Boucher Connector Staff Kerouac Writer-in-Residence and celebrated author Steve Almond hosted a reading of his work in O’Leary 222. Almond is best known for his works “Candyfreak: A Journey through the Chocolate Underbelly of America,” the Paterson Prize-winning…
