A few students (full-disclosure: author created the video) from UMBC have entered a music video contest sponsored by popular iPhone application creator Smule. The contest was inspired by their wildly successful iPhone application “I am T-Pain” which has been featured on national television. The concept of the contest is simple: make a parody video of…
Filed under: Features | Comments (2)Two former Retrievers, Brendan Mundorf and Drew Westervelt were recently selected to be apart of the 23-man roster to represent the United States in the Federation of International Lacrosse World Championship in Manchester, England from July 14-24, 2010. After Mundorf graduated in 2006, and Westervelt graduated in 2007, the two were drafted in successive years…
Filed under: Sports | Comments (0)UMBC has been named the #1 up-and-coming National University in the United States by U.S. News and World Report. The ranking of universities by the bi-weekly magazine is determined by an annual peer assessment survey, and is the most widely quoted of its kind in the United States. For a full list of the top…
Filed under: News | Comments (9)UMBC Chief of Police Antonio Williams could be leaving UMBC if he is selected to be the new Chief of Police of Gainesville, Florida. Williams, 45, became Chief of Police at UMBC in 2007 and is now one of five finalists vying for the Gainesville Chief of Police position. “My goals and aspirations are quite…
Filed under: News | Comments (0)UMBC announced information regarding this year’s Homecoming celebration in an e-mail to the campus community. This year’s theme will be “Retriever Fever.” The current event schedule includes: Campus bonfire Student talent show Athletic alumni games 5K “Dawg Chase” around Hilltop Circle Tailgate Family activities Men’s soccer (vs Longwood University) Comedian Demetri Martin (star of “Important Things”…
Filed under: News | Comments (7)UMBC’s research capabilities are just about to get bigger. UMBC was recently assigned the resources of University of Maryland’s Biotech Institute’s (UMBI’s), Institute of Fluorescence (IOF). Many UMBC faculty members already have strong connections with the IOF. In addition, UMBC will be further developing research programs in the environmental and genomic sciences by establishing a…
Filed under: News | Comments (0)George Alinsod, the former manager of construction services at UMBC, was charged today for bribery and fraud. He will serve concurrent three year prison terms and pay $206,069 in restitution to UMBC. Alinsod would solicit bribes from contractors and subcontractors and steer construction projects to them. Once they had the contract they were allowed to…
Filed under: News | Comments (21)UMBC has again succeeded in failing to put the safety of its student body first. Walking to class tonight at around 7 p.m., I noticed that Academic Row was uncommonly dark, even for nighttime. It seems that the powers that be did not see fit to pay the electric bill for certain parts of campus…
Filed under: Opinion | Comments (33)There have been rumors swirling around about President-elect Obama’s choice for Secretary of Education with UMBC president Freeman Hrabowski rumored to be in the running. However UMBC spokesman Mike Lurie has indicated that President Hrabowski “has no interest”. Lurie also said that “[Hrabowski is] quite happy at UMBC and not interested in that option as…
Filed under: Opinion | Comments (0)Posted on behalf of Helen Zhang National AIDS Awareness Day is this Monday, December 1st. The Social Work Student Association is sponsoring free HIV tests at the Commons on 12/1 or 12/4 between 1:00p.m. and 5:00 p.m. I haven’t seen much advertisement regarding free HIV testing, so I want to get the word out that…
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