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THE UMASS LOWELL
Serving the Student Body Since 1976
September 27, 2016
Chancellor’s Celebration of Music showcases faculty talent
In This Issue ‘Atlanta’ brings new life to FX
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Kathryn Leeber
Connector Contributor
Therapy dogs help students relieve stress
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Final River Hawk Scores Team
Score
Overall Record
Volleyball vs. Hartford
L 3-2 5-10
Field Hockey vs. Hofstra
L 4-3
Men’s Soccer at Bryant
W 1-0 7-0-1
Women’s Soccer at Air Force
L 2-0
3-4
2-4-2
Volleyball loses to Hartford in five sets Hannah Manning Connector Editor
UMass Lowell volleyball had an aggressive start on Saturday night where they won the first two sets, but ultimately lost their seventh straight game to Hartford in five sets. Their record fell to 5-10 overall, while snapping Hartford’s five-game losing streak. In their first America East matchup of the 2016 season, the River Hawks fought tooth and nail against an energetic Hartford team. There were thirty-nine tie scores and fifteen lead changes in the five sets; the Hawks and River Hawks couldn’t stay off of each other’s backs. Despite the unsatisfactory result, freshman outside hitter Madi Bell had a career night. She totalled sixteen kills and nineteen digs. Bell had 29 percent of the team’s total kills for the night, and only sophomore libero Lindsey Visvaldis had more digs than her at 22. The River Hawks had at least ten kills in each of their sets, with fifty-five overall. The first set appeared to foreshadow an early doom for the River Hawks. They dug themselves into a massive hole, trailing Hartford 11-6. But they were able to reassert themselves in the game by ending plays short. They scored five straight times to tie Hartford at thirteen. The River Hawks, to the rapturous joy of
Faculty members, students and colleagues of the music department put on quite a show at the Chancellor’s Celebration of Music, covering many genres including classical, folk, pop and blues. On Friday, professors, staff and students put their talents on display at Durgin Hall. To kick off the event, Sovann Khon played a piece titled “Laolik Bey Chon� on the tro sau, a Cambodian instrument. It is a stringed instrument that sounds a bit like a violin. With a large Cambodian population in Lowell, having Professor Sovann Khon perform was very special. He is a master
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Friday evening’s musical talents were on display at Durgin Hall on South Campus.
dian ensemble and works with the Angkor Dance Troup. Following Khon, Professor Alan Williams, the chair of the music department, performed with his folk band Bird-
musician, specializing in Mahori, which is the traditional folk music of Cambodia. In addition to knowing many instruments, Khon directs Vong Pleng Khmer, the UMass Lowell Cambo-
song at Morning. Faculty members Christopher Lee and Andrew Fordyce played percussion with the group. They were also joined by the Lowell String Quartet, which â–ş See “Weather,â€? page 3
UMass Board of Trustees discuss growth of university system Megan Dillon Connector Contributor
The Pawtucket Room at the Inn and Conference Center was packed with officials to discuss the matters of growth and continuation in the development of the UMass system. Prominent members of the board as well as observers, administration, and, surprisingly, students of the neighboring Merrimack College all sat waiting for the meeting to begin.
After come small talk, the meeting commenced at 9:02 a.m. Wednesday morning. The board began with excessive flattery of the universities. UMass Amherst is flourishing among some of the best private schools in the country, UMass Lowell is rising through the ranks and has become the second fastest growing university in the world, UMass Boston has had more applicants than ever, as well as UMass Dartmouth’s new Courtesy of UMass Lowell
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Sections News.............................3 Campus Life..................6 A&E.............................. 4 Sports........................... 7 The Inn and Conference Center hosted Wednesday’s meeting.
graduate programs, and the UMass Medical school is better than ever. Student member of the board of trustees, Lindy Reed, gave a lovely speech. She mourns the loss of recent shooting victim, Terence Crutcher, talked about growing up with her mother, and her path to college, as well as why she chose Lowell over exclusive private schools. Once everyone was buttered up, they could start ripping off the band aid, in order to expose the wound that is the budget planning process. They talked about bargaining with the union workers within the UMass system, as well as a tuition increase, in order to reach a goal of 293 million dollars by the year 2019. Part of this tuition increase as it applies to UMass Lowell students, is our transition to Division I athletics, as well as a tuition increase by a 2.5 percent. They also talked about how certain budget cuts may affect different universities. However, the board did not only â–ş See “Board of Trustees,â€? page 3