In January, UMBC lost an integral piece of their community: Walter Sherwin, a man who taught for over 40 years and had an immeasurable impact…
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On Sunday, Jan. 25, two users added hateful and vulgar comments to a myUMBC post by The Retriever describing the increase of on-campus hate crimes…
“Sing it just how Cardi B. would, but clean.” Despite these instructions, the first audience competitor was very engaged in his performance and accidentally dropped…
Recently, UMBC had a heartbreaking reminder of the intolerance and hate that still exists in the community in the midst of an extremely fractured and…
After a performance, the rest of the group stormed the stage, and began a chant: “FASA is … FAMILY! FASA is … FAMILY!” The group…
“I thought, oh my God, women can be gay? I didn’t know that until college.” Kate Drabinski of the gender and women’s studies department offered…
How can you tell if your student organization is making a difference on campus? Sometimes, people come out and tell you. “I’ve even gotten personal…
In the weeks leading up to URCAD, the well-known undergraduate research day, the physics department had their own symposium — this time, targeted towards graduate…
“I knew I shouldn’t have eaten before this,” said sophomore financial economics major Joshua Pitaniello, as he vomited into a bush. On Wednesday, March 29,…
According to Patrick Dawson, director of the Albin O. Kuhn Library, what is the most under-used resource in the facility? Computers? Printers? Multi-media equipment? All…
How does a performance group proceed when their stage is on the chopping block? They find a new stage. The Musical Theater club, which performs…
If you went to collect trash on campus, what would you expect to find? Food waste and soda cans? During any given clean-up, eco-conscious students…
Correction: A previous version of this article incorrectly listed the titles of Janae Cruz and Hallie Crawford. Their titles are Coordinator for Student Engagement and…
First impressions can be overrated. During his first semester at UMBC, transfer student Kristofer Castro decided that he disliked a student from a lab on…
The Women’s Center is no ordinary office space.Visitors are not greeted by white boards, desks and hard-backed chairs, but by overflowing bookshelves, wall paintings and…
Americans are not the only ones speaking out about the election of Donald Trump. On Saturday, Jan. 21, the day after the inauguration, protests took…