Month: November 2022

Campus Life & Events, News, Sports

UMassD Football Captures First MASCAC Championship in Blowout Victory

(Image via @umassdatheltics / Instagram) Volunteer Writer: Nick Stabila Email: nstabila@umassd.edu UMass Dartmouth won its first Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) title on Saturday, November 12th after a 46-21 victory at Plymouth State (8-2, 6-2 MASCAC). The Corsairs were led by junior QB Dante-Aviles Santos, who had another spectacular game. Aviles-Santos completed 26 passes for 316 yards and three touchdowns. This performance was good … Continue reading UMassD Football Captures First MASCAC Championship in Blowout Victory

 
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Science & Tech

What’s Become of the Monkeypox Virus?

(Image via media.npr.org) Volunteer Writer: Brendan Flaherty Email: bflaherty1@umassd.edu Remember when Monkeypox was the talk of the town, being called the new Coronavirus and had everyone panicking all over again? Well, what happened to that? The CDC has been consistently putting out new information regarding the state of Monkeypox, including graphs of its cases, and general statistics. They have reported a total of 28,797 U.S. … Continue reading What’s Become of the Monkeypox Virus?

 
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News, Science & Tech

Astronomer Removed from Leiden University

Volunteer Writer: Mckenzie Ferrari Email: mferrari@umassd.edu On October 18th, 2022, Leiden University – located in the Netherlands and one of Europe’s largest research institutions – released a statement declaring that an unnamed professor was suspended from the university for “subject[ing] various colleagues to intimidating and unacceptable behaviour for a longer period.”  Multiple staff members at Leiden University filed complaints with the institution’s independent behavioral committee; … Continue reading Astronomer Removed from Leiden University

 
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Business

Popular Cryptocurrency Exchange FTX Exposed for Misleading Users

(Image via http://www.businessinsider.com) Staff Writer: Julian Cassady Email: jcassady@umassd.edu This article is not financial advice On November 9th, users of the popular cryptocurrency exchange, FTX, lost a collective $6 billion. An exchange is a place where you can use money to buy equities like stocks, bonds, and as of recently, cryptocurrencies. Buyers are paired with sellers on the exchange, making equities incredibly easy to trade. … Continue reading Popular Cryptocurrency Exchange FTX Exposed for Misleading Users

 
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Campus Life & Events, News

The SGA’s New Sequel to Shake the Ship: Leadership Forum

Editor-in-Chief: Roxanne Hepburn Email: rhepburn@umassd.edu On Thursday, November 10th at 7PM, Umass Dartmouth’s Student Government Association held the first-ever Leadership Forum, which is the new follow-up event to Shake the Ship. The main topic up for discussion during this event was the disastrous distribution of budgets to clubs for the 2022-2023 year and the use of SPFs to counteract empty club bank accounts. About a … Continue reading The SGA’s New Sequel to Shake the Ship: Leadership Forum

 
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Campus Life & Events

UMassD Labyrinth Project – Will it Get the Jumpstart it Needs from New University Leadership?

(Photo via http://www.seattletimes.com) Volunteer Writer: Ray Davis Email: raymond.davis@umassd.edu NORTH DARTMOUTH, MA – Imagine that you are hustling to class, and you come across an expanse of stone inviting you to slow down and stop in for a while. What you were imagining is a labyrinth! A committee made up of faculty and staff across many departments on the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth campus has … Continue reading UMassD Labyrinth Project – Will it Get the Jumpstart it Needs from New University Leadership?

 
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Arts & Entertainment

Remembering Takeoff

(Image taken from: http://www.pinterest.com) Volunteer Writer: Sydney M. Cayer Email: scayer@umassd.edu Kirshnik Khari Ball, professionally known as Takeoff, was shot and killed outside of a private party in downtown Houston.   The rapper known as Takeoff, who was a member of the Migos, was 28 years old at the time of his death.  The police said the shooting happened at a private party outside of … Continue reading Remembering Takeoff

 
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Arts & Entertainment

Disney+ Introduces a Slew of New Star Wars Content

(Image taken from: http://www.starwarsnewsnet.com/2021/09/lucasfilm-11-new-star-wars-disney-plus-shows.html) Volunteer Writer: Brendan Flaherty Email: bflaherty1@umassd.edu With all the new STAR WARS content being added to Disney+, There are a lot of reactions to go through.  Within the past few months, we the viewers have been promised and have received multiple new forms of STAR WARS content to take in.  For starters, we got the release of the Obi-Wan Kenobi Show, … Continue reading Disney+ Introduces a Slew of New Star Wars Content

 
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Arts & Entertainment

Henry Cavill Departs from The Witcher

(photo via Netflix) Staff Writer: Kamryn Kobel Email: kkobel@umassd.edu On October 29th, Netflix announced that famed actor Henry Cavill will be stepping down from his role as Geralt of Rivea from the acclaimed Netflix series The Witcher.  This was announced on The Witcher’s Twitter account, as well as on Cavill’s Instagram. Both posts reveal that The Hunger Games actor Liam Hemsworth will be taking on … Continue reading Henry Cavill Departs from The Witcher

 
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