UMBC submits ROTC application
By Andrea ThomsonAfter nearly three weeks of campus-wide debate including two town hall meetings and meetings with the SGA, GSA, and Faculty Senate, UMBC President Freeman Hrabowski and Provost Arthur T. Johnson made the application to the Department of Defense for Army ROTC host site status. A few other schools had been offered this application and it was necessary for UMBC to make its application as soon as possible if it wanted to have the best chance at having its application accepted. In a notification e-mail sent out to the UMBC community President Hrabowski and Provost Arthur Johnson apologized for the ... Read More
Smoking Bans: Public Protection or Lemon Laws?
By Brian Tschiegg
The smoking bans that have recently been put in place in Maryland and Virginia have been hailed as a step forward in making the world safer for non-smokers, but do smoking regulations really solve the problem or do they make it worse? Smoking bans and regulations are supposed to protect non-smokers from secondhand smoke and the health dangers associated with smoking. Smokers are now cloistered to smoking areas located outside of buildings and restaurants.Of course, any smoker will tell you that these regulations are unfair, and who can blame them? Lighting up in the middle of December can be an ... Read More
The best places in Baltimore to visit this summer
By Katrina Cohen
I have spent all of my 20 years suffering the summer humidity of Baltimore. This experience is the only authority I have in creating a “best of” list for summer food, events, or activities. So I really don’t have any authority, and the list that follows is extremely biased. This list is also not exhaustive, since I am indecisive and included only the categories for which I could actually select a winner (and even then, you’ll notice there’s one tie). Best SmoothiePlanet Produce/Earth’s Essence, Belvedere Market at Belvedere Square, southeast corner of York Road and Northern Parkway.Sometimes (these are not ... Read More
Kimener selected eighth overall in MLL Draft
By Corey Johns
When the Chicago Machine drafted Terry Kimener with the eighth pick in the 2008 Major Leage Lacrosse Draft, he became the third ever UMBC alum drafted into the MLL, joining Brendan Mundorf and Drew Westervelt. Kimener was drafted the highest a UMBC player has ever been taken.“It feels awesome being picked in the first round of the draft,” Kimener said. “They said this is one of the best classes, if not the best, to come out of college so I feel good just to be selected.”This season Kimener earned second team All-America honors. He led the team with 48 points ... Read More
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