The time is upon us for the second decennial U.S. Census of the 21st century, and I for one am excited. It is the first time in many of our lives that we will have a chance to participate in the single largest population enumeration event conducted by our nation. The Census is important in defining population boundaries and determining residency densities, as well as in allocating proper resources to localities. Further, social scientists, statisticians, geographers, and other academics analyze census data regularly in their research endeavors. I know it’s nerdy, but the ability to analyze data conducted on such…
A recap of the past week’s posts
A recap of the past week’s posts
I have just stumbled across a facebook event advertising Third Eye Blind as part of SEB’s Quadmania this April 16-18. Tickets are $10 with a UMBC ID and go on sale at the Commons info desk Wednesday March 10 at 12pm. The show will be in the RAC and there appears to be no ticket limit listed on the facebook event.
This seems like it has potential. Personally I feel like this is an act that could appeal to a wide variety of students. Obviously you can never please everyone, but I’m going to go ahead and give SEB some major…
A recap of the past week’s posts
Sunaina Khandelwal of the SGA Senate sent in a notice that there’s open spots in the Senate!
Due to two vacancies in the current SGA Senate for Spring 2010, we are accepting applications for students that want to fill those spots for the Spring semester. Senators are usually elected during Spring each year, but we do not want to leave the seats empty and reduce our abilities to serve the student body.
If you’re interested, contact Sunaina Khandelwal, Speaker of Senate at khasun1[AT]umbc for any questions or to get an application. Application is also published online. The deadline to submit finished applications…
A recap of the past week’s posts
I’ve updated the weekly events post below to reflect the parking forums that will take place this week on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.
The Governor’s capital budget for FY2011 has been announced, and includes $37.4 million for the construction of the new Performing Arts and Humanities Facility, covering a broad range of subjects like Dance, Music, and Theatre. With this funding secured and plans to break ground this summer, the school is hosting student forums on parking (an issue we’ve covered before) to hear from the student body.
What experiences have people had in the last semester that might give fresh perspective on…
Got some free time, but not sure what to do with it? Check out a few of the things going on around UMBC this week.
Monday, February 1st
- Involvement Fest, 11AM-2PM Commons Mainstreet, Come meet the members of student organizations at UMBC and get involved
Tuesday, February 2nd
- Involvement Fest, 11AM-2PM Commons Mainstreet, Come meet the members of student organizations at UMBC and get involved
- Celebrate Black History Month by watching the movie Good Hair in the Patapsco lobby, 7PM
Wednesday, February 3rd
- Involvement Fest, 11AM-2PM Commons Mainstreet, Come meet the members of student organizations at UMBC and get involved
- Parking Forums, 6-7PM UC Ballroom. Come make your opinions…
A recap of the past week’s posts
