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THE UMASS LOWELL
Serving the Student Body Since 1976
April 4, 2017
Chancellor’s Forum panelists address student academic, financial success
In This Issue Sheeran impresses with ‘Divide’
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Students discuss masculinity through ‘Pulp Fiction’
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Final River Hawk Scores Team
Score
Overall Record
Softball at Hartford
W 6-0
8-13
Women’s Lacrosse at UMBC
L 18-7
6-3
Men’s Lacrosse at UMBC
L 10-6 2-9
Baseball at Maine
W 3-0
12-10
Hawkapella transcends eras with ‘Hatched’ Kathryn Leeber Connector Editor
Hawkapella, UMass Lowell’s premier allmale a cappella group, recently released their first studio EP. Titled “Hatched,� the collection consists of six covers of songs from various genres. The first song and lead single is a cover of Fall Out Boy’s hit “My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light ‘Em Up).� Hawkapella beautifully captures the various elements of the song all while utilizing only their voices. Christopher Kelleher provides the lead vocals for this track and does a stellar job of mirroring Fall Out Boy’s Patrick Stump’s vocal style in the original song. The supporting vocals and beats add energy and a distinctive tone to the song. The speed of the track is impressive, with the beats gradually picking up the pace. The next track slows things down with a calm and emotional rendition of Elvis Presley’s “Can’t Help Falling in Love.� Gabriel Paradis provides impressive lead vocals and the supporting singers follow the typical a cappella layered style to give the song a classic feel. Panic! At the Disco’s “This is Gospel� features lead vocals from Luis Enrique Diaz and John Kelley. The tone is slow at times, but the contrasting vocals do a great job of reflecting the pace of the supporting sounds. The vocal
Following a half-hour of mingling and dining shared among members of student leadership, the student body and UMass Lowell administration, Student Affairs administrators took the microphone for the Chancellor’s Open Forum that happens once a semester. On Tuesday, the four-person panel, alongside UMass Lowell Chancellor Jacqueline Moloney, addressed the student body directly in Moloney Hall on all matters pertaining to various topics, from advising to textbook pricing and much more. The Chancellor’s Open Forum was first introduced in September 2015 as a means of allowing
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Associate Vice Chancellor Larry Siegel speaks at the Chancellor’s Forum on Tuesday.
the chancellor and her administration to establish a direct line to communicate the on-going process of improving the student experience at UMass Lowell. It also allows time for students to openly bring
about their concerns and question the administration on what is being done to address them, or whether administration knows about them at all. “The purpose is to connect the students to the administration.
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River Hawks look to future at season’s end Brock Johnson Connector Editor
The River Hawks ended their season with a loss to Notre Dame in the Northeast Regional Final on Sunday, March 26, finishing with a 27-11-3 record overall. UMass Lowell will be bidding farewell to an accomplished senior class that will surely be missed on and off the ice. The class
includes defensemen Dylan Zink and Michael Kapla along with forwards Joe Gambardella and Evan Campbell. Zink and Gambardella were just named to the New England Hockey Writers All-Star team following the season. “[The seniors] helped strengthen the culture of success and to continue they had a hell of a
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A lot of times Student Government Association is seen as the middle man between the students and the administration. This forum gives the students the opening to ask direct questions to
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Tommy Panico, Tyler Mueller and John Edwardh celebrate a River Hawk goal.
legacy‌ Over their four-year career they had 11 trophies and that’s a heck of a testament to the type of character there is in that class. They’re all going to graduate on time and three of them are over 3.5 students. You can’t ask for better kids,â€? said UMass Lowell head coach Norm Bazin. “We’ve won a lot of games here and we have had a lot of success, but most importantly being able to have a good time and enjoy each other. I think it’s been a really fun ride,â€? said senior captain Michael Kapla. Along with winning the Hockey East regular season title, the River Hawks went on to win their third Hockey East playoff championship in the last five years. They also added their fifth Alumni Cup in a row and another trophy in the Ledyard Bank Classic. The River Hawks finished their regular season at 14-7-1 in Hockey East, a conference at the upper echelon of college hockey. â–ş See “Hockey,â€? page 8