Closing a Camden Yards staple Baltimore’s Sports Legends Museum, which sits right in front of Oriole Park at Camden yards, has closed. The non-profit museum…
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UMBC hosted the Imagining America National Conference from September 30 to October 3, gathering together 400 scholars, artists and community leaders from across the nation to…
On October 1, the UMBC Police Department released the 2014 Clery Report, an annual report detailing a college or university’s crime statistics and protocols available…
A hearing in Baltimore decided the order of the six trials for the police officers being charged in connection with the death of Freddie Gray.…
Finland On Friday, Finland adjusted its forecast for the number of expected asylum-seekers to reach the country in 2015 from 30,000 to 50,000. The change…
Egypt President Abd al-Fattah al-Sisi pardoned 100 prisoners on Thursday, in light of the major Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha. Among the pardoned individuals were two…
Leading Orgs, UMBC’s student organization officer retreat, was held this past Saturday in The Commons’ Skylight Lounge. The retreat was jointly hosted by Student Life…
In an effort to keep UMBC students informed, The Retriever has been attending weekly Student Government Association Senate meetings on Monday nights. While each meeting…
This fall, some sororities have chosen not to accept any new students until the spring semester, which has caused some confusion to prospective pledges. One of…
Vape while you can Nancy Young, the vice president of student affairs, attended the SGA Senate meeting last Monday, the 14th. During the meeting, Young outlined…
Egypt Ministers of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s cabinet, led by Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab, submitted their resignation to the president on Saturday. Sisi ordered…
After years of being the number one “up and coming” university in the United States, UMBC has been named fourth on the U.S. News’ list…
Pastor Jamal Bryant, who read the eulogy at the funeral of Freddie Gray, has announced that he is running for congress. The head of the…
Egypt Six soldiers, including four American peacekeepers, were wounded in two explosions caused by improvised explosive devices in northeast Sinai on Thursday. Pentagon official Captain…
There have been subtle structural changes to the UMBC pond, including removing the water altogether. Rusty Postlewate of UMBC’s Facilities Management has been sending out…
During the summer, senior English major Kelly Purtell began ordering her textbooks, including Geoffrey Chaucer’s “House of Fame” from Amazon.com. “Three books were packaged together…