By: Corey Johns
Senior Staff Writer
Sometimes it’s as simple as hitting shots from the line for a win. UMBC went 18-for-20 (90 percent) from the free throw line in their 61-56 victory over Toledo. Free throw shooting has been the key all year for the Retrievers. In wins the team made 80 percent of their shots [...]

By Erica Balanc
CADILLAC RECORDS [R]
I thought we were done with biopics of musicians from the past, but apparently not. Now we’re profiling the record label Chess Records, with Adrien Brody playing the founder, Leonard Chess,  Beyonce Knowles playing performer Etta James, and Mos Def playing Chuck Berry. In the trailer there is a group of [...]

–posted on behalf of Quinn–
Q. This is year is my first Thanksgiving ever being 21. While not the only
part, drinking is a big part of my family’s way of celebration for the
holidays. I’ve never joined in before because I just felt awkward about
it, particularly in front of my [...]

Early today women’s basketball made two changes to their lineup. Senior guard Chantay Frazier is no longer a member of the 2008-09 roster as she withdrew from UMBC due to family matters to go back to her hometown of Carthage, Miss. Head coach Phil Stern expressed his condolences as he addressed the Frazier leaving.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with [...]

Sick of your relatives? Content to put off that final paper/project/exam? Then glue yourself to the TV this weekend; there are plenty of options!
Thanksgiving: Thursday November 27th 2008:
A&E: Cold Case Files / The First 48
Animal Planet: Blue Planet: Seas of Life
BBC America: Gavin and Stacey
Bravo: Kathy Griffin Standup / Real Housewives
Cartoon Network: Chowder
Comedy Central: Reno [...]

A new application called “Carpool” on facebook is helping students find rides home with other students in their school or area. The application was built by Zimride which was started in 2007 and has since become the most popular ridesharing network in North America. In the span of 4 months approximately 25, 000 thousand rides [...]

By: Corey Johns
Last year it was the big five leading UMBC to victory, and this year it is the big three, and they are proving to be just as good as UMBC is now 3-1 and the winner of the Tyler Ugolyn Columbia classic. Jay Greene, Darryl Proctor, and Richard Flemming carried UMBC over the [...]

Volleyball fell to the Binghamton Bearcats 15-25, 25-17, 18-25, 25-14 and 10-15 in the America East Tournament Semi-Finals. Junior Ashley Oscars led the team with 17 kills, junior Kira Giles had 49 assists and freshman  Alyssa Lang had 14 kills and led the team with 15 digs in the loss. Lang also won the AEC Rookie of the Year award [...]

Duff Goldman, star of the Food Network’s Ace of Cakes reality show and UMBC alum ‘97, gave a talk tonight serving as the finale to Global Entrepreneurial Week.  Duff spoke about his booming cake business in Baltimore and reminisced on his time spent here at UMBC as a history major.  He explained that his success [...]

US News and World Report has named UMBC president Freeman A. Hrabowski III to its 2008 list of America’s Best Leaders.
Here’s a link to the full story: http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/best-leaders/2008/11/19/americas-best-leaders-freeman-hrabowski-university-of-maryland-baltimore-county.html

The article discusses Hrabowski’s background, going back to his days as a “fat, nerdy, African-American kid with a weird name growing up in segregated Birmingham,” to his civil [...]