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THE UMASS LOWELL
Serving the Student Body Since 1976
December 9, 2014
In This Issue
Students compete to solve real-world problems
How to Get Away with Murder
A review of the ABC television show
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New Year’s Resolutions
Students plan to better them selves in 2015
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Hockey recap
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Final River Hawk Scores Team
Score
Overall Record
M. Basketball vs. Cornell
L 60-71
M. Ice Hockey vs. Maine
W 3-2(OT) 10-3-3
W. Basketball vs. Providence
L 54-66
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Food pantry aims to assist hungry students Ayah Awadallah Connector Staff
Some people begin their days stressed and hungry, not knowing where they are going to get their next meal or how they are going to pay for it. For UMass Lowell students who are in need of food, one solution may be closer than most would think. The food pantry located in the Fox Hall Mailroom on East Campus attempts to help students get the food they need to make it by. Many would associate people with these needs as being poor and uneducated, but few are aware that people with these needs are students of UMass Lowell. Students experiencing hunger and homelessness work closely with Stephanie Block, an assistant professor of psychology at UMass Lowell. “They tell us that they are living in a tent, or in a car, or they are couch-surfing, and we work with them with the goal of finding something more permanent,â€? Block said. According to Block, when she joined UMass Lowell in 2011, she paired with Professor Doreen Arcus, who was already working with students that aged out of foster care and were dealing with food and housing needs. They created a new club on campus called the NAVIGATORS to help students “navigateâ€? the college system and get the support they need. Block also worked alongside Julie Nash, associate dean in the College of Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Debra Finch, a professor in the business school at UMass Lowell, and Jane Andrews, wife of Dean Frank Andrews. â–ş See page 11
Sections Genaral ....................... 2 Campus Life.................. 8 News............................. 3 Continuations...............10 A&E ..............................5 Sports.......................... 11
Team 18 (above) poses next to their project, a solar powered vehicle. Scott Silbernagl (right) explains the “Snooter Magruder,� a robot designed to help people in everyday life with simple tasks.
Photos by Dave Rudderham/Connector
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SGA: Student opinion and tobacco-free enforcement Tyler Cote Connector Staff
In this week’s senate meeting, the Student Government Association wrapped up the semester, doing so in quite a fashionable way. Everyone dressed in their holiday ugly sweaters as they conferred on topics to approach in the spring semester while closing the books on others. President Amanda Robinson and the members on the board thanked the senators for the hard work they put in this semester then opened discussion about what they could improve upon. Something that was brought up by a number of senators was capturing the needs that the students have. It was agreed that they tend to speak in terms of personal cases and wish they were
more informed in terms of what the majority of the student body wants. Phillip Geoffroy, a senior political science major and University of Massachusetts Lowell student trustee, wants the SGA to “stray away from imposing [our] personal views� into decisions. Cody Case, a sophomore political science major, proposed the idea of comment boxes set up around campus as a way to get the concerns of students to the senate. “The idea of suggestion boxes has been brought up before and maybe we could revisit that,� he said. The idea had positive feedback and was put on the agenda for the next semester. In a shortened meeting, Robinson spoke on behalf of the tobacco-free act that is currently in place that she
played a vital role in passing. “I spoke with officers and public relations about enforcement of having a tobacco free campus,� she said. She mentioned the possibility of a “hot-line� where students can email a location where smoking is happening and the situation will be taken care of by the UMass Lowell Police. These were merely stepping stones according to the board, and it will also be one of the top priorities when the senate meets again in January. At the end of the meeting, the senate concluded with holiday fun and reminiscing over a successful semester with high goals to meet in the coming months before May 2015.
Shady XV album review Andrew Haverty Connector Contributor
Since the release of “The Slim Shady LP� in 1999, Shady Records has spent the majority of its existence at the top of the charts with only six out of the 22 major studio releases not reaching Platinum status. With the release of “Shady XV,� Shady Records celebrates its past success with a collection of greatest hits and embraces the present and future of the label with 12 brand new, original
tracks featuring the label’s current acts. Fifteen years after the birth of Eminem’s wildly popular record label, it’s hard to not get excited
Trice, and other related acts that built me into the rap & hip-hop fan that I am today. That being said, it’s pretty difficult to not set such a
about such an ambitious project. I grew up listening to Eminem, D12, Obie
high standard for Eminem and his band of lyrically talented emcees. It’s easy to get
caught up in nostalgia from tracks that take me back to when I first started listening to hip-hop, and it’s hard not to be disappointed by the occasional lack of effort brought to the table by such a well-rounded group of artists. The current gang is all here: Yelawolf, D12, Slaughterhouse, Bad Meets Evil (a combo of Eminem & Slaughterhouse member Royce Da 5’9�), and the real Slim Shady himself.
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