Punk rock fundraiser Lowell Transitional Living Center to host benefit concert for homeless
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THE UMASS LOWELL
Serving the Student Body Since 1976
September 1, 2015
Men’s soccer drops No. 21 Monmouth University in season opener
In This Issue Opening week events
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FKA Twigs album review
Kyle Gaudette Connector Editor
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In what proved to be a thrilling game at Cushing Field on Friday night, the River Hawks men’s soccer team held on to defeat Monmouth University by a final of 1-0. The game had a feeling of
Field hockey opens season with victory
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ranked opposition. Red-shirt freshman Paul Beatty was the source of the only goal in Friday’s bout. Beatty broke away down the right side of the pitch, and the ball found him with just one defender to beat. A slick little juke move between his legs
to play in the first half, and gave Lowell the lead it would never surrender. Coach Christian Figueroa’s team seemed to pick up right where it left off last season. The squad finished the 2014 campaign with a 5-0-1 record against all but
Final River Hawk Scores Team
Score
M. Soccer vs. Utah Valley
L 0-2
1-1-0
Volleyball vs. Maryland Eastern Shore L 1-3
0-4
Volleyball vs. Rider
Overall Record
L 1-3
M. Soccer vs. 21 Monmouth
W 1-0
0-3 1-0-0
Freshman move-in kicks off school year Lindy Reed Connector Staff
Freshmen filled East and South campuses Friday and Saturday as UMass Lowell’s movein commenced, officially kicking off the year for thousands of incoming students. Anthony Repetti, a freshman computer engineering major moving into the 17th floor of Fox Hall, said he had a frustrating move-in experience Saturday afternoon. When asked about move-in, he summed it up in one word: “Awful.â€? “Climbing the stairs sucked. I had to carry some of the stuff up,â€? Repetti said. That was his only complaint, but his father added that the two-hour wait was brutal. Neither seemed too thrilled about the remaining wait to get from the lobby of Fox Hall to the elevators. Sarah Andrews, mother of Sabrina Andrews, who was meeting her roommates and therefore unavailable for comment, said, “Move-in has been mostly smooth sailing. The space in the room is what she’s having issues with.â€? Andrews said that her daughter was in a quad on the 12th floor. “It’s been very organized and orderly, and the staff has been extremely helpful and friendly. It’s been a long wait, but I was expecting it. With 800 kids moving into one â–ş See “Move-in,â€? page 3
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Junior forward Wuilito Fernandes dribbles against a Monmouth defender during Friday’s match.
a heated rivalry, with the intensity only growing as the match progressed. Tempers certainly flared, but it was the River Hawks who came away victorious against their
gave Beatty the time and space he needed to bury a shot in the bottom-right side of the goal behind Monmouth keeper Eric Klenofsky. The goal came with 8:39 left
one conference opponent during that stretch. The soccer teams’ recent success has not gone unnoticed, and the big win tonight has â–ş See “Soccer,â€? page 8
‘Momentary’ meeting with a legendary ‘Master’: Albert Hammond, Jr. of The Strokes on his new solo album, songwriting, and drug addiction Regina Alongi Connector Editor
The album is titled Momentary Masters. Where did it come from and does the album have an overlying theme or meaning to you personally, opposed to the interpretation someone could get from it? “Momentary Masters� came from this three-minute quote of Carl Sagan talking about the universe. It’s something that I used as a form of meditation and I was listening to it a few hours before I had to decide the name of the album. And those words kind of just struck me; just a gut reaction. I always try to go with that gut reaction – it’s a good thing to reference when doing things creatively, or just in general, really, in life.
And yeah, it has some overall meaning to me. It changes as I change. I’ve written words on this record that, months later, I’ve come back to and will have a different meaning to me. But I feel like it started out just trying to understand the different people I was, and trying to describe that in a universal emotion of interaction between people. Kind of like how your shadow works in your life. I got into a lot of different shadow work, and, I don’t know, it went from there. These were just like trigger points. You find other things through it when you’re writing; the melodies lead you somewhere else. Right. There are some songs, looking through the lyrics, that seemed like they reflected your
life, both with The Strokes and in your own personal struggles. Two songs I’d noticed specifically, “Caught By My Shadowâ€? and “Coming To Getchaâ€? seemed like they could be interpreted as things you’ve gone through with the band? Yeah, that’s what’s so fun. If you look at my life and you know stuff I’ve been through, you can relate it and relate to it. But, at the same time, as you’re writing it, ten different thoughts come to your head. People always ask me if certain stuff is referencing to the band and things in my life and‌ though sometimes it can feel that way, it’s not entirely the only way it can be seen. Things are said in a universal way. â–ş See “The Strokes,â€? page 4