Here's a brief update on a few UMBC-related happenings since mid-December: UMBC’s chess team placed second among 28 teams competing in the Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship in...
January 25, 2011
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10:06 AM
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The little town in southern North Carolina featured a small collection of chain hotels, the usual fast food joints and an industrial plant that had contaminated the groundwater with its waste. I...
January 20, 2011
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8:17 AM
I think this piece by David Brooks in The New Yorker is a little choppy, maybe because it's a boiled-down version of a forthcoming book. But it contains some useful ideas for people with major...
January 18, 2011
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9:06 AM
The buses rolled into the Skycroft Conference Center at around 11:15 last Monday morning. 43 UMBC students, most of whom did not know each other before boarding, walked hesitantly down the steps...
January 16, 2011
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A beautiful sight on The Commons' 2nd floor: two rivals for UMBC's affections enjoy a brief, fragile coexistence. But it will not last--probably not even past today. Farewell, Coke machine. I...
January 5, 2011
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A few weeks ago I had a minor health scare: an anomaly during a routine checkup that could have been serious but turned out, after 11 days of waiting to see a specialist, to be nothing...
December 29, 2010
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1. Baltimore Sun Says: Change UMBC's Name 2. April Fool: Towson SGA Declares War on UMBC 3. Real People Profiles: Robert H. Deluty, Ph.D. 4. Don't Lie for Me 5. Real People...
December 19, 2010
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The culmination of Project Black and Gold, August 23, 2010 They appeared on campus in August, just ahead of the wave of new and returning students and the rush of Welcome Week: black and gold...
December 16, 2010
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I’m asking some of the people you might encounter on the UMBC campus, including students, faculty, staff and alumni, to answer a few questions about themselves and their...
December 15, 2010
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10:52 AM