At 7:00 pm on Wednesday night, the UMBC Retrievers battled the Great Danes of Albany in front of 3,381 supporters, the fourth largest crowd in school history. The student section was filled to the rafters, staying on its feet for most of the game. The atmosphere was truly amazing and fun to be part [...]
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I’ll admit it, I’m a bit of a perfectionist, but I also like to make a good impression on people when they are reading anything that I’ve written. There are people who say Americans are so dumb we can’t even speak our own language, let alone write it, and I’m sure texting and instant messaging [...]
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When the campus reopened on Monday, the Sodexho opened some new food options in the commons. It replaced the wraps stand with a Sushi stand and the Smoothie stand with “Earth Origin” a salad stand that makes items with “organic and free range / hormone free products”.
Many students were happy to see these changes, [...]
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As is obvious the submission deadline, for Prove It is over. There were 22 submissions.
Co- Create UMBC, David Hoffman (Coordinator for Leadership and Engagement Initiatives) blog, has details on all the proposals submitted.
The winner will be announced in March.
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Alrighty. First off, welcome back everyone. I hope everyone’s break was fun, or relaxing, or financially prosperous, or whatever you wanted it to be.
Secondly, since our induction into myUMBC Headlines, I know we have a lot of new visitors. Welcome! I’m really glad to have so many new readers, it’s really… it’s just awesome. Thank [...]
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TRW is currently looking to hire a new webmaster. If you have experience with web application development using PHP and mySQL, and have the ability to modify existing PHP applications and CMS, you should check it out. To apply, email a resume and cover letter to Matt Basch (mbasch at retrieverweekly dot com) [...]
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I gotta be honest: I’m really excited about Wednesday night. The last time we did this tailgating event, we had a fraction of the readership we currently have, and the event was a huge success. Being that this game doesn’t fall during the most stressful part of the semester, lots more people are [...]
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Welcome Back to UMBC for the spring semester. As is typical for the spring semester, there will be Welcome Week, from January 28th-February 1st. During Welcome Week, UMBC puts on a number of events to get people back in the spirit of school, as well as to help new students adjust to UMBC. In [...]
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Collier Jones and the rest of the myUMBC team have recently announced new features now available on myUMBC. There are several upgrades, all of which can be read about in full on the myUMBC blog, but the one I’m most excited about is the new Facebook integration. Basically, this will allow myUMBC users [...]
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I know a lot of people are upset that VISA is no longer an accepted form of payment. Naturally everyone is entitled to feel however they want to feel, however, I feel it’s important students at least hear an official response from the Bursar’s Office’s, to hear their perspective on this matter.
From: garrido@umbc.edu
Subject: [...]
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