By Justin McKinney, Staff Writer It was a tight game men’s lacrosse but they managed to hand the Norwich Cadets their first loss of the season and remain undefeated all-time as they won 9-8. The Cadets were hot early on in the game as they netted two straight goals in the first quarter. However, Matt LaFond stood strong in the cage for the Corsairs as … Continue reading Men’s lacrosse sail past Cadets
By Justin McKinney, Staff Writer Since 1993, the U.S. government has recognized Scientology as religion for tax purposes. The religion of Scientology takes millions from people every year and while they literally run many into bankruptcy, many of the religion’s leaders pull in over half a million dollars a year each. The fact that Scientology is allowed to take tax cuts like the Catholic Church, … Continue reading Is Scientology causing more human rights issues?
By Justin McKinney, Staff Writer Superhero movies have been the titans of the 21st century in the movie industry, becoming their own genre and grossing billions of dollars. Of these films, Marvel Comics has been the leader, with dozens of well-received films and a detailed layout of about 25 movies from 2010-2020. We’re approaching the end of the Marvel line of blockbusters, and Avengers: Infinity … Continue reading Avengers: Infinity War begins official production
By Justin McKinney, Staff Writer The Corsairs men’s basketball season comes to a close following the 85-67 loss in the LEC semifinals against Keene State. Entering the LEC tournament with the third seed locked down after a 17-10 regular season, the Corsairs swept Rhode Island College off the court, and out of contention in their opening 86-67 victory in the quarterfinals. Nick Portelance was the … Continue reading Men’s basketball rout Falcons, clinch three seed
By Justin McKinney, Staff Writer It was a tough opening weekend for the men’s lacrosse team as they fell a goal short to Curry College, with a final score of 13-12. UMass Dartmouth captain and goalie, Matt Lafond, had a great performance with a save percentage of 58, but it was not enough to push the Corsairs past a high powered Curry attack. Donavan Prozinski … Continue reading Tough start as lacrosse lose to Curry 13-12
By Justin McKinney, Staff Writer Twitter has reportedly come up with a new system for blocking users and filtering out what they deem as “low quality” tweets in order to help put an end to online harassment. While I can agree online harassment is an issue, however blocking users and tweets that the company says are low quality are stupid. It may sound harsh but … Continue reading Twitter attempts to silence trolls
By Justin McKinney, Staff Writer Two and half years ago Josh Williamson published his first issue of Nailbiter. Now, the comic series is one of the most successful horror comics in the past ten years, has twenty-nine issues, and five trade collections in print. However, on March 1 issue thirty will hit shelves and the series will sadly come to an end. Williamson claims that … Continue reading Nailbiter, a comic that delivers mystery, thrills, and chills
By Justin McKinney, Staff Writer UMass Dartmouth men’s basketball continued surging on Saturday as they downed the Eastern Connecticut State Warriors by a blowout score of 96-70. Not only was the win a huge statement, but it also created a three way tie atop the Little East Conference with ECSU, Keene State, and of course UMass Dartmouth. It seemed as though the Corsairs were destined … Continue reading ECSU has no answer for strong Corsair attack
By Justin McKinney, Staff Writer On Wednesday, February 1, UMass Dartmouth played host to the South Coast Food Security Forum in which professionals from around the state came together in order to discuss strategies on how to fight hunger in the state of Massachusetts. The forum was spearheaded by Ellen Parker, Executive Director of Project Bread, Massachusetts’ largest organization committed to fighting hunger and also … Continue reading South Coast food security forum rocks UMassD
By Justin McKinney, Staff Writer In every Super Bowl there are winners and losers, and the same can be said about the commercials that play in between the game, some gaining their own claim to fame over the years. Every year there are commercials that make you laugh, some that make you cry, and some that just leave you wondering why anyone thought they were … Continue reading The best and worst Super Bowl commercials
