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…
‘August: Osage County’ turns up the heat
Brendan Jacques Connector Editor “Dissipation is actually much worse than cataclysm.” These are the words that best encapsulate the message of “August: Osage County,” a play that was put on by the UMass Lowell Theater Arts Program this past week. People may fear and loathe destruction, which comes in an instant and leaves its scars…
What UMass Lowell is doing to prevent shootings
David Rudderham Connector Editor Faculty and students assembled in a small room with police officers to learn how to defend themselves should there ever be a tragic shooting at UMass Lowell. In that very room everyone learned the horrible truth that you are vulnerable anywhere you are on campus. The course did not just deal…
New University Gallery exhibit focuses on environmental issues
Photo Courtesy of Jacob Boucher Jacob Boucher Connector Contributor It seems like every day there is more news about California. The droughts they are enduring are the worst in over one thousand years, and more and more often the issue of water scarcity is brought up because of it. But this is not solely a…