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With the semester’s workload at maximum capacity, students migrate from their dorms to the library, to The Commons, to wherever their studying safe haven may…
Think back to your junior year of high school, around this time of the year. By the time the bus took you home, it was…
Freshman Rachel Szpara has no ordinary dorm room. Underneath her loft bed is not a laundry basket or food storage, but a multi-level wire cage…
A change of major brought Matthew Hunt, a 30-year-old junior majoring in social work and minoring in history, to UMBC. Originally a business major at…
Earlier this month, the Women’s Center hosted an event in their returning women program to help adult learners navigate the complicated expectations of professional attire. Marie…
It’s that time of the semester where students decide which classes to take next semester only to find that a courses they need have already filled up. UMBC’s…
Lorrie Yinger, an adult learner who is a junior majoring in social work, met with me in the lobby of the library. Just before our…
Students, professors and community members alike turned up in large numbers to the Post-Election Forum — a space to hear various perspectives on the future of…
While citizens of the United States contend with a turbulent and divisive president election season, South Korea is also shrouded in political scandal that junior…
A rather funny phenomenon exists on the UMBC campus. As you walks further and further up Hilltop Circle, the architectural structures gradually get nicer and nicer. Though the University erected…
In between classes, Idrissou Adam, a junior majoring in social work and minoring in sociology, received a call from his mother in their home country…
“I told the Peace Corps to put me in the most difficult position they could, and they did,” said Masters of Arts in TESOL candidate,…
“We want to create a community for students of any dietary preference to get together, socialize and learn how to create positive change for animals,…
Regardless of one’s preconceived beliefs about college Greek life, it is hard to deny the healthy flow of philanthropy and charity that comes from sororities…
On election night, Nov. 8, the Commons was teeming with students and faculty, prepared, excited or nervous for the results of the 2016 presidential election. As…