While technology offers many resources that facilitate the learning process, it can equally slow it down. We’ve all been there: there’s an assignment due through blackboard…
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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…
When students are asked what UMBC is, they often start by describing it as a small research university. Yet, UMBC is classified as a liberal…
College is often portrayed as this financial nightmare where students spend thousands of dollars that they don’t have and years of their lives, in order…
Every semester, students have to meet with their assigned advisors before they can register for classes they want to take next semester. While these meetings…
The new Course Materials Initiative was created at UMBC to provide students with “affordable” course materials, which include online textbooks and ancillary materials. If a…
Flat Tuesdays is UMBC’s very own bar located on the second floor of The Commons. During the day, the environment is chill, full of studying…
Students have the power to advocate for their grades. It’s very easy to overlook the fact that students can attend office hours and talk with…
In his final State of the Union, President Barack Obama did an excellent job at addressing the progress he has made throughout his eight years…
Recently, the news and social media have become saturated with reports and opinions on the horrible attacks in France that were perpetrated by ISIS. People…
The headache of registering for classes has always been an issue for students. After getting past the typically useless advising meetings, students are left to…
There has been an average of 156 school shootings per week since 2013. Although the underlying causes vary, one thing can be said for certain,…
Overcrowding and harsh sentences in the federal prison system have dramatically escalated in the past few years. While one third of the Justice Department’s budget…
UMBC’s new event center construction should be underway this coming winter. As a relatively new university that is undergoing serious changes, construction is constantly happening…
The College for All Act that was proposed by presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders is geared towards increasing the accessibility of education for high school…
The number of incarcerated people in America has more than quadrupled since 1980. As a result, a handful of states have turned to private prisons…