“I decided that I wanted to do something that would bring UMBC students to Baltimore. A lot of times, Baltimore is not ‘out of sight,…
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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…
This week, I sat down with Sally Shivnan, who has been teaching creative writing at UMBC since 2000. Shivnan, in addition to being a beloved English…
UMBC is often criticized by its own students for a perceived lack of student life and for a campus that falls silent after 5 p.m. For…
Scattered throughout The Commons this past weekend, you could find groups of women with their hair curled, boots laced and makeup perfected. These women were doing…
Although most students are still getting back into the swing of things, many are already concerned and on the lookout for internship and job opportunities…
At the very top of the Fine Arts building, you can find Tamara Bhalla typing away on her laptop, preparing syllabi and lectures. In addition…
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…
In the wake of recent political events, UMBC students have proven themselves as activists. This activism is gaining traction through the social media accounts of…
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…
Last semester, The Retriever sat down and interviewed two of the many phenomenal faculty members who have careers in writing at UMBC, Lia Purpura and…
From the Commons loop on an abnormally warm winter’s afternoon, you can see the orange-vested workers take off their hard hats, grab their bags and…
Last week, the Retriever had the opportunity to speak with one of the campus’s most highly acclaimed and student-praised staff members: Michael Fallon. This week, we…
“We’ve ran out of seats. What a great problem to have,” Jess Myers, Director of UMBC’s Women’s Center, said as she looked into her lounge…
Students from all academic backgrounds perform music from around the world and throughout time in the Collegium Musicum and Gamelan ensembles. Collegium, a small ensemble,…
“We’re all at a turning point in our lives where we can throw away everything we’ve been taught and adopt new ideas, or we can…