Amanda Krotki is a former News Editor for The Retriever. She is now a Content Manager for CMN, Inc. My Retriever years took place in the…
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Grant Huang is a former Staff Writer and Assistant Features Editor. He currently works as a healthcare compliance consultant. There was a summertime murder-suicide, a…
Jamie Smith Hopkins is part of the class of ’98. The first time I visited the Retriever’s office, resume clasped in one hand, I thought the…
Though UMBC won’t soon lose its title as a STEM school, the Arts Departments are pulling out all the stops to commemorate and celebrate UMBC’s…
Mike Klingaman is an enterprise reporter for The Baltimore Sun. He was one of the founding members of The Retriever. It wasn’t much to look at,…
The UMBC men’s basketball team have struggled the last few seasons. Since 1986-87, the team has had five winning seasons. The team has not won…
Currently over 400 UMBC students are representing UMBC out in the fields, courts or pools. While we focus on all of these skilled athletes of…
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan created a firestorm of controversy when he recently announced an executive order that ensures all Maryland public schools open after Labor Day…
Before Meghan Trainor existed, The Beatles and The Supremes were the true pop stars. It’s crazy to think it’s been 50 years since the doors…
I remember sitting at the freshman convocation ceremony over two years ago. I vividly recall my nervousness and uncertainty about what the next four years would…
In May 1991, the Women’s Center Committee of the President’s Commission for Women met to find the best way to go about establishing a place…
Though UMBC is not known for its athletic excellence, there have been two teams in particular and a handful of athletes that have rattled up…
Although UMBC is a small university, it is taking big steps towards providing the strongest education possible for its students. Discovery and discussion sections are effective team-based…
Every year since 1907, Baltimore Magazine releases a list of what of the best Baltimore has to offer. Its “Best of 2016” edition pinpoints Baltimore’s best…
Have you been in a lecture hall where your desk was falling apart and the paint was chipping? Were you praying to Vishnu that you…
By now, you’ve probably been informed that this year marks UMBC’s 50th anniversary and while this is fine and dandy, there is another special anniversary…