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…
Concussion crisis in ice hockey
Former New York Islander Dan LaCouture visited UMass Lowell (Photo courtesy of the New York Times) Michaela Hyde and Alexa Hyde Commissioner of Hockey East, Joe Bertagna, and a nine-year veteran of the NHL, Dan LaCouture, visited UMass Lowell on Thursday, February 25 to speak to students regarding the ongoing concussion crisis in ice hockey.…
Anime Club sponsors event dedicated to Pokemon
Shane Foley Connector Editor On Saturday, February 27th, the world will be celebrating Pokemon. It will be 20 years since Pokemon Red and Green was released in Japan, and many festivities are planned for the holiday. One such festivity will be a Nintendo Direct for Pokemon that will occur the day earlier in the United…
Taking a look at PairWise, nothing has been guaranteed
Sophomore C.J. Smith has been the River Hawks leading scorer this season. (Photo by George DeLuca/Connector) Kyle Gaudette Connector Editor When it comes to who makes the NCAA tournament come mid-March, NCAA rankings mean absolutely nothing. They are perfectly fine numbers to slap next to a university’s name. That’s exactly how the NCAA draws in…
UMass Lowell, St. Jude’s up all night for good cause
Executive Board members: Marty McGarrigle, Zachary Zuber, Caitie Horan, Kristina Murray, Allison Saffie, Kelly Horan, Sammy Marshall, Sara Mathieu & Marty Tierney. Courtesy of Greg Mahan Mike Paige Connector Staff UMass Lowell held its second annual Up ‘til Dawn event put on by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital on Nov. 14. Through fundraising and fun…
Boston Calling live blog: May 23
Boston Calling day 2 – May 23 12:55 – Krill / 1:25 DMA’s / 2:10 MØ / 2:55 Run The Jewels / 3:45 Tove Lo / 4:40 Gerard Way / 5:45 Marina and the Diamonds / 6:50 St. Vincent / 7:55 Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals / 9:20 My Morning Jacket Tweets about…
Tsarnaev charges and verdicts
Illustration by Jane Flavell Collins/file VIA AP Details of all charges can be seen here. A break down of the 30 charges Dzhokhar Tsarnaev faces in relation to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings. COUNT 1 (Death Penalty Charge) — GUILTY Conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction, resulting in death COUNT 2 (Death…
‘Bloodborne’ review
Brendan Jacques Connector Staff “Bloodborne,” the newest creation by the mad geniuses at From Software, is the rare breed of game that demands your full attention at all times. At no point did I ever feel safe, with every corner of the desolate city of Yharnam potentially being home to new monstrosities and traps, each…
