Working at the campus Starbucks comes with its fair share of perils, like explosive flaming cookies. Earlier this week, Haley Hermach was preparing a cookie for a customer. A mere 6 seconds...
October 11, 2016
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Paul Oh for The Retriever Late night: it’s something that some UMBC students take for granted. Who doesn’t love a tasty (and sometimes nutritious) meal at night? It’s like late night snacking but...
October 11, 2016
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Courtesy of Bentley Corbett-Wilson Last week, The Retriever sat down with former SGA vice president, Valerie Parks, and spoke about her time in office. This week, we followed up by meeting with...
October 11, 2016
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Courtesy of Wayne Lutters Wayne Lutters of the information systems department reigns as one of only two UMBC instructors that have a perfect 5.0 rating on ratemyprofessors.com. The...
October 6, 2016
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Courtesy of Lindsay Dixon For Lindsay Dixon, a 39-year-old student majoring in history, the decision to go to college was inspired by her family. A mother of two and a Michigan native, her move...
October 6, 2016
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Courtesy of Valerie Parks When someone brings up the topic of SGA, many of UMBC’s students and faculty may immediately think of the heated scandals that have plagued the campus in recent years....
October 6, 2016
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Shannon Carney for The Retriever A banner hangs in the commuter lounge in the commons boasting that 14 percent of UMBC’s students are “adult learners,” students over the age of 25 obtaining their...
September 30, 2016
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8:19 AM
Adam Ng for The Retriever Most students come to college with a general idea of what they wish to do with their life, planning out the next four years in advance to try and keep these important...
September 28, 2016
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Shannon Carney for The Retriever If you walk through campus with Ashleigh Kristensen, a senior majoring in social work and minoring in gender and women’s studies, you will likely be stopped by...
September 28, 2016
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Retriever File Photo Over the summer, UMBC said goodbye to Mesquite Grill and hello to a new fast food option in The Commons: Pollo. As its name suggests, Pollo (“chicken” in Spanish) focuses on...
September 28, 2016
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