Plans for new housing at UMass Lowell continue

  • Written by Eric Howes

  • With Chancellor Meehan’s commitment to increase residential occupancy by 50 percent, plans to build new residence halls are rolling forward.

    November 27, 2007 0

    Newborns for the New Year

  • Written by Liane Amico

  • Being the season of giving, UMass Lowell’s Wiseguys Service Club will be sponsoring a drive on campus which aims to support newborns from over 500 local families in the Merrimack Valley.
    According to acting President of the club, Sarah Varnerin, the drive, supported by the Lowell Wish Project Foundation, is accepting donations of all kinds to help fund Newborns for the New Year.

    November 27, 2007 0

    River Hawks starting week divided by two close games

  • Written by Jessica Provan

  • The River Hawks defeated Southern New Hampshire University 59-57 Thursday night after an intense competition that ended with one shot determining the game. They led the half 53-21, after shooting a .500 on the floor, but SNHU quickly caught up in the second half, making 20 points to the River Hawks’ 4 points.

    November 27, 2007 0

    Smoking out unhealthy habits

  • Written by AE Editor
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    • For its second straight year, the Community Health Education Club celebrated the American Cancer Society’s Great American Smokeout. With free roses and information about quitting or helping others quit, the club’s booths were the only spots of sunshine on an otherwise rainy Thursday afternoon.

    November 27, 2007 0

    Hunters prepare to play the mating game

  • Written by Tim Donovan

  • As the mating season for deer begins to heat up, more and more hunters turn to scents and calls to entice a burly buck into walking past their stand. While there are many imitation scents available, at least one scent product, doe-in-estrus urine, is exactly what it sounds like.

    November 27, 2007 0

    Nanotechnology

  • Written by Krista Perry

  • The mere mention of nanotechnology is enough to make any arts and humanities student quiver in their boots, but Dr. Todd Avery, an English Professor, is setting out to change that.
    In conjunction with the English Department and the National Science Foundation Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center—the Center for High-Rate Nanomanufacturing (CHN), Avery has organized a conference called Nanotechnology, Literature, and Society that will take place on December 6 and 7.

    November 27, 2007 0

    How Sweep It Is: Roebothan Leads ‘Hawks over Merrimack

  • Written by Tony Patronick
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    • Junior forward Mark Roebothan registered his first career hat trick, spearheading a relentless Lowell attack in a 6-2 victory over Merrimack College last Saturday.
    Lowell’s second conference win of the young season, both coming against Merrimack, places the River Hawks in a tie for fourth in a very muddled Hockey East.

    November 27, 2007 0

    Bus drivers Behaving badly

  • Written by Krista Perry
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    • Perhaps the day-time shuttle bus drivers at UMass Lowell are trying to perfect their ability to multi-task behind the wheel, but it is coming at the expense of safety.
    Reports of bus drivers not wearing seatbelts, eating, talking on cell phones, reading, and writing while driving, shocked North Reading Transportation Terminal Manager Jodie Dolan. She said their introductory training should have covered the bases when it comes to distractions behind the wheel.

    November 27, 2007 0

    Lowell Poetry Network

  • Written by Eric Howes

  • On Sunday, Dec. 2, the Lowell Poetry Network (LPN) will be hosting a poetry reading from a few of its members at the Whistler House on Worthen Street from 2 until 3:30 in the afternoon.

    November 27, 2007 0

    Movies with Mike: Beowulf

  • Written by Mike Gormley
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    • Beowulf has received an incredible amount of hype these days from moviegoers. Most of the criticism lies in contrasting the epic poem with the movie. This is a valid form of criticism, but it forces one to lose sight of the movie. This review will ignore the existence of the anonymously authored epic tale because theatre audiences are probably less informed than the average English major. It’s about the movie this time.

    November 27, 2007 0

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