The Baltimore Student Exchange Program provides the opportunity to be a super student Ashley Parks Staff Writer parks5@umbc.edu The Baltimore Student Exchange Program is available…
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Cannabis should not destroy a youth’s future By Tahsin Khan Senior Staff Writer tkhan3@umbc.edu Full legalization is the necessary step to stop the detrimental, judicial…
The big prize winner of the Homecoming Poetry Slam Jamie Heathcote Contributing Writer heatjam1@umbc.edu Taking home the first place prize from the Homecoming Poetry Slam…
I Loved Nature and I Liked That Brandon Foster Staff Writer brafos1@umbc.edu Brendan Chittick talks television, travel and diversity. What is your name, major,…
Thanksgiving break isn’t enough to decompress By Holly Vogtman Staff Writer hollyv1@umbc.edu Some schools are adding a Fall break or are lengthening Thanksgiving break. UMBC…
UMBC shows same dedication to arts and humanities as it does to STEM By Allison Opitz Contributing Writer opitz1@umbc.edu Though many were initially taken aback…
Team-based learning only works in an ideal world By Aviva Zapinsky Contributing Writer avivaz1@umbc.edu According to many professors, team-based learning is more effective than lecturing.…
Why this misguided practice needs to go By Gideon Shrier Contributing Writer gshrier1@umbc.edu UMBC has required academic advising for years – but does the policy…
Grant fund a living roof for Admin building Griffin Baltz Contributing Writer griff8@umbc.edu Through a $1 million grant from the France-Merrick Foundation, UMBC has begun…
Ahmed Eissa Senior Staff Writer aeissa2@umbc.edu United States After much criticism, President Obama said on Thursday that he may designate a point person to…
Course redesigns to improve online course resources for professors and students Manisha Vepa Contributing Writer mvepa1@umbc.edu The UMBC Department of Information Technology is working to…
Screening service allows student self-evaluation Griffin Baltz Contributing Writer griff8@umbc.edu The Counseling Center on campus has incorporated a new mental health screening service on their…
Rasheeda Johnson, a UMBC alumna, is this year’s Otani Award recipient Sarah Preis Features Editor spreis1@umbc.edu Gerontology student Rasheeda Johnson was chosen to receive the…
Zachary Canter Contributing Writer canter1@umbc.edu Massive Open Online Courses or MOOCs provide students with alternative ways of learning. With over 300 courses offered by the…
Nimasha Fernando nfernan1@umbc.edu Staff Writer Google is introducing a new way for patients to receive medical information on the internet from actual physicians through video…
Trigger warnings encumber deep discussion By Sara Khan Contributing Writer khan17@umbc.edu A movement to have “trigger warnings” has been spreading rampant among colleges and universities.…