Posted on April 30, 2008 by treeveins
The other day I sort of rediscovered all the great things Google offers. I’ve taken to Calendar, Documents, their Web History feature, and Google Reader especially, all of which are totally awesome. During my perusing, I realized something with public Google Calendars. I’d always known you can search for public calendars, but [...]
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Posted on April 30, 2008 by uu_stringer
Let me start by saying that I am new to UMBC and the opinions below are based from my observations.
Since I have been attending UMBC one thing that I have found upsetting is what appears to be a lack of Professor responsibility and accountability. I feel that Professors have as much if not [...]
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Posted on April 30, 2008 by RALPH?
I was in a hurry when I was on my way to a meeting this afternoon so I didn’t get a chance to appreciate the art that was happening all over the place. There were art students everywhere acting in small plays, playing guitar, drawing and even performing monologues. I was fascinated and I wish [...]
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Posted on April 29, 2008 by uu_stringer
The UMBC Cleftomaniacs (the awesome co-ed group on campus) will be hosting their very own concert on May 3rd in FA306 from 3-5pm. Other performers include the UMBC Mama’s Boys and Towson’s Purrfect Pitch.
For more information, you can check out the Facebook event “Sex, Drugs and A capella”
Thanks!
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Posted on April 29, 2008 by uu_stringer
For a variety of reasons, I feel that the current UMBC campus does not adequately support its Greek organizations. As a member of a Greek letter organization, I often feel isolated from students and campus administrators and professors who seemingly feel that Greek organizations tarnish UMBC’s reputation. I [...]
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Posted on April 29, 2008 by uu_stringer
UMBC’s Resident Student Association would like to invite everyone to come to the Town Hall Meeting on Tuesday, April 29th from 6:45 pm to 8:45 pm in Lecture Hall 6 in the Physics Building. The Town Hall Meeting will be a forum for students to ask questions of some of UMBC’s student organization’s representatives, [...]
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Posted on April 28, 2008 by IBeCheerful
This event takes place Tuesday April 29th. That is tomorrow (or today if you are reading this tomorrow).
From facebook event posting (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=10524324540)
What is it?
Come out and support the Susan G. Komen Foundation and the fight against Breast Cancer!
Admission is Free!! Donations are being accepted at the door. Ask friends and families for donations, and [...]
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Posted on April 28, 2008 by Short
I didn’t know him well but he was the person who always said hello and stopped to talk if you wanted to talk. Most people say hello as a formality and don’t expect to stop and have a conversation, he didn’t mind the latter. He was genuinely interested in everything you said. [...]
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Posted on April 27, 2008 by RALPH?
Now one week after Quadmania 2008 there are a lot of opinions and ideas floating around about the annual event. Before we go any further, I (treeveins here) want to make it clear that UU gives major props to SEB and how much time and effort they put into planning Quadmania. I think [...]
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Posted on April 24, 2008 by treeveins
OFFICIAL RESULTS
2008 STUDENT ELECTION
TOTAL VOTES CAST IN THIS ELECTION: 1,844
Percentage of Undergraduates Voting in Student Elections, 2008:
UMBC: 19.5%
U. Md. College Park: 15.3%
SGA SENATE
Top 11 candidates have been elected:
Jennifer Kent: 819 votes
Brian W. Frazee: 708 votes
Chidinma Ukonne: 588 votes
Amber Spry: 586 votes
Neketa Kakar: 562 votes
Aditi Srivastav: 558 votes
Sunaina Khandelwal: 540 votes
Gabriel Rettaliata: 533 votes
Rahilla A. Tarfa: [...]
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