Two words could sum up the scene at UMBC on Friday afternoon around twelve
o’clock: mass exodus. UMBC, a school known for being on of the last schools to
close due to inclement weather, did so Friday when they closed campus at
1:00 p.m. Hundreds of students fled UMBC as snowflakes fell from the sky as
the one of [...]

By Nayana Davis
Staff Writer
On Friday, November 6, Mama’s Boys President, Raif Karerat, welcomed a packed lecture hall of UMBC students and guests from neighboring universities to the sixth annual “Festivus Acappellius” fall concert.
Raif, also serving as the Master of Ceremonies, proceeded to introduce the opening act, UMBC’s female acapella group, the Stilettos.  The girls were [...]

In an issue that hits newsstands this Friday, Time Magazine names Dr. Freeman Hrabowski one of the Ten Best College Presidents in the U.S. President Hrabowski stated, “This recognition reflects the campus’s success and the high quality of the academic experience here.” He added, “It’s an honor for each of us to be a [...]

By Derek Roper
Staff Writer

Switchfoot showed us “Stars” and that we were “Meant to Live,” and then dropped out of orbit. These singles from their two albums, The Beautiful Letdown and Nothing Is Sound, were appropriately played ad-nauseum on the radio. But the band hasn’t really gone anywhere (have they?). Sure, they had those two albums (the names escape me [...]

Normally, we print the solutions to the previous week’s crossword and sudoku puzzles in the print edition of The Retriever Weekly.  We mistakenly printed the current week’s answers in Issue 3.  The answers to the crossword and sudoku puzzles from Volume 44, Issue 2 are available after the jump.
Would you be interested in getting the [...]

The UMBC Review, the campus journal for undergraduate research, has extended its deadline for submissions to Monday, September 21. The journal is peer-reviewed and seeks student research from all disciplines to be published in its 2010 edition. If you have completed research in the past or even just written a good academic paper, visit the [...]

Many did not know that our own former Director of Facilities Management, Richard Butler, was battling cancer. Butler’s death last week was the second death this summer to reach the UMBC community, the first being the passing of Juliana Schamp on August 3. Butler began work at UMBC in 1980 as an Associate Director and [...]

Two words could sum up the scene at UMBC on Friday afternoon around twelve
o’clock: mass exodus. UMBC, a school known for being on of the last schools to
close due to inclement weather, did so Friday when they closed campus at
1:00 p.m. Hundreds of students fled UMBC as snowflakes fell from the sky as
the one of [...]

Check out UMBC's page about the US News & World Report America's Best Colleges Guide: http://bit.ly/6mSqE #
Are there enough UMBC tweeps to make UMBC a trending topic? I think @UMBCFreebo needs to lead this initiative! #
I'm always down for free food! RT @umbcinsights Mark your calendars for Convocation on Monday, August 31, 3:30 p.m. [...]

RT @bcollierjones UMBC students. Prepare to have your head blown. #
Bravo and Disney are baaaaaaaack!! #
http://twitpic.com/ee5jv – Cute new parking permits with REAL retrievers are in!! #