Survey offers chance to voice opinions on campaign and election conduct With the spring semester now underway, the Student Government Association (SGA) has begun…
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UMBC police respond to reported assault involving firearm, issue campus-wide alert UMBC police are urging students and faculty to be on the lookout in the…
UMBC proves successful in protection against cyber attacks With cyber attacks against universities on the rise, online college security systems, including those at UMBC, work…
Why our administration should dodge the trend of mandatory attendance UMBC’s lectures are currently in the province of the professor – to decide whether or…
The University System of Maryland (USM) Board of Regents has appointed Robert Caret as the fourth chancellor of the University System of Maryland, effective July…
Frequent delays in construction pose a hassle to students Few would argue that enhancement of our facilities isn’t a good thing, but could the campus…
UMBC lacks adequate care for walkways in inclement weather Even after many construction and improvement projects to better draining conditions on UMBC’s campus, some areas…
Minority religions not given off for their holidays Getting rid of mentions of any religious holidays in regards to school breaks doesn’t actually fix the…
Removing references to religion in schools’ breaks for the best It is impractical to close public schools for all religious holidays. There was a recent…
Frank Warren’s PostSecret Lecture started mental health conversation, let’s continue it Mental illness is a prevalent issue on college campuses, and it is important to…
United States On Friday, President Barack Obama announced his nomination of Ashton B. Carter, a physicist and former deputy defense secretary, to replace Chuck Hagel…
The killing of Michael Brown has spurred the whole country to demonstrate in the streets, and, at UMBC On August 9, 2014, police officer Darren…
Evacuation causes concern among students and staff At around 6:10 on Tuesday December 1st, the entire Commons building was evacuated and the fire department was…
Meet your new co-worker, Aiko. She speaks fluent Japanese and is made entirely of silicone. Every year Japan hosts a Consumer Electronics convention, allowing companies…
Egypt On Saturday, an Egyptian court dropped charges against former President Hosni Mubarak and seven other senior ex-officials over the killing of over 230 protesters…
On December 16th, 2014, DJ-duo Flosstradamus will be performing at the 9:30 club in Washington D.C. Flosstradamus is a two-man band consisting of Chicago-based DJ’s…