On Thursday the America East Conference announced their men’s and women’s coaches polls and preseason all-conference teams. While it may only be October, and it is where you rank in March that matters, the one huge surprise of the announcements was that women’s basketball guard Michelle Kurowski was left off the preseason coaches poll despite…
In honor of Best of Baltimore Week we are taking UMBC student votes on their personal Best of Baltimore. Please fill out whatever categories you want, and if you want to give us a Best of best short story, it may make it into our printed edition next week. The tally totals of Our Best…
It is so much to ask to watch the Baltimore Ravens season opener in the Sports Zone of the Campus of a Baltimore university? Apparently it is. UMBC may not have a reputation for being the sportiest campus around, but not showing the Ravens Monday night game in the Sports Zone of the Commons is…
Having a 4-8 record did not prevent the Retrievers from packing the All-America East Conference teams once again. With a 3-2 conference record, finishing in second place, seven members of the team earned All-AEC selections. With 16 goals and 19 assists senior Kyle Wimer led the Retrievers in points and extended his scoring streak to…
Emily Jackson Staff Writer Ever since Governor O’Malley implemented budget cuts, Maryland universities have had to scramble to make some adjustments in utilities, such as classes and awards. Aside from lessening faculty morale, UMBC has not suffered much impact, according to UMBC’s Vice President of Research, Dr. Geoffrey Summers. The University receives most of its…
The results of the Undergraduate Student Elections that ran from April 19 through the 21 are in. Yasmin Karimian and her running mate Richard Blissett were elected as President and Executive Vice President respectively by a 94.4% of the undergraduate vote, while 5.6% voted for write-ins. William Joyner was elected Vice President for Student Organizations…
Kyle Wimer and Mike Camardo have been nominated for the America East Conference Men’s Lacrosse Player of the Year. Wimer leads UMBC with 30 points off 12 goals and a team high 18 assists. He was a pre-season first team All-American by Inside Lacrosse and currently leads the nation with a 29 straight game scoring…
Two year men’s lacrosse captain Bobby Atwell left the team last week for personal reasons according to UMBC athletic officials. Atwell was a preseason third-team All-American despite missing all of the 2009 season with a torn Anterior Cruciate Ligament, and said he felt 100 percent on the field in an interview with Alexander Pyles of…
I walked into The Retriever Weekly meeting the other day and apparently, Dark Horse Comics (of Hellboy fame) sent TRW three comics, an unbound graphic novel, and the first couple pages out of another series. To be honest, I’ve been kind of playing favorites lately, mostly with DC Comics (of Batman repute). They may not be comic blockbusters but these issues contain really good stories.
By Ingrid Garcia Staff Writer On Thursday night, April 8th, Bartleby and SEB cosponsored a ‘Rap Battle’ in the Commons Sports Zone. Three empty mikes held the stage for about twenty minutes as one of the Commons staff members announced that only one person had signed up to compete. The winner would get two free…