You definitely need to write more about the nightlife/party/entertainment events. For example, at the Flat Tuesdays Pub, at the Fishbowl Nightclub, at the UC Ballroom, at the Gameroom, or at the campus dorms, there is always something goin’ on, but many people simply never hear/read about it and then complain that “UMBC is boring because there’s nothing to do on campus”…
You guys should be held responsible for the exposure and coverage of the campus life here at UMBC, because The Retriever Weekly’ is the main source of information for campus students!

ok, point taken. I’ll pass your remark along to Arts – they’re the ppl who deal with your kind of stuff.

Thank You! )

cover stuff about Greek Life!

You should have a spotlight area where, every week a couple of student orgs in the same category could be interviewed to share info about their organization, upcoming events, and contact info. You guys would solicit these organizations and the orgs would be responsible for contacting you guys for the interview. That could help awareness of what types of student organizations are actually on campus and how much students can get involved in. Other than that, I am very pleased with The Retriever weekly and I think that it definitely has improved over the years!

A lot is two words.

Complained has an L in it.

You should try editing for grammar and punctuation, as a start.

The retriever puts the campus down a lot. I see from page articles putting Quadmania and Jest for Fun down. It’s ok to have those opinions, but are they front page news? It’s depressing to read the whiny articles that the events people put on are not as fun as they should be, or something. Be grateful there are any events at all.

Also, I agree with a student before me; some of the better events on campus go unnoticed. I hope the Retriever writes an article on how the SGA brought Pets on Wheels to campus during finals week!

I’d like to see more articles on administration as well, to get a better feel for how the campus is run.

And yes, you need a more hard-working editor. Every issue has glaring errors.

I think a lot of people would appreciate it if they could count on the Retriever Weekly to give them the news straight up and without a political spin.

I generally enjoy the Retriever Weekly, but the politically charged articles really ruin it for me. I honestly don’t care what your writers’ opinions are–I just want the news.

i’m kind of tired of seeing 3-4 articles in the same issue about the same topic (ex having more than 2 quadmania articles in the same issue). Try having some of those writers explore different stories and topics and PLEASE lose the redundancy!!

Overall, I like the Retriever Weekly a lot! I don’t think you guys should change anything! I just have a few minor suggestions:

1. Just like some people here already said, feature more articles about the “The Fishbowl”, because it’s like THE coolest spot around the campus, and always crowded with UMBC students!

2. Bring the weekly poll to the front page! This will encourage more people to go online and participate in order to have their voices heard.

3. Don’t listen to that “MG” guy who commented against opinion articles. I love the ‘political spin’ AS LONG as it represent students’ interests!

I like the Retriever Weekly… I think the articles should focus more on quality, less on quantity.

Usually the feature, front page articles are good. But a lot of times I see random articles about fashion or trivial opinions which seem like they are just there to fill up space. Often these articles are not as well written, or as not as interesting as the feature articles. I think this is why people complain that the newspaper isn’t good.

So basically don’t add pointless articles just to fill up pages! They bring down the quality of the meaningful articles.

you need to close and shut down.
just like all the other newspapers.
god, your rag isnt even fit enough for the homeless people who use them as diapers
stop wasting our money and get the hell out

fishbowl is not cool.

You don’t like it? U’re probably one of those nerds who spend all of their time playing videogames in their dorms rather than go outside to meet some REAL peopl!

Stop bashing Baltimore and start covering a the positive stuff in the city and around campus.

Thanks for commenting everyone!I’ll definately pay heed to the constructive criticism offered.