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How to Build a Championship Basketball Team

With Randy Monroe, Head Coach, UMBC Men’s Basketball Randy Monroe describes being a head basketball coach as “being a Tootsie Roll pop: he’s all good things rolled up into one. He’s the mentor;...

Posted: January 19, 2009, 7:11 PM

Herstory Lessons

The near success of Sen. Hillary Clinton and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in the electoral battles of 2008 made it an important year for women involved in politics. However, even before the 2008...

Posted: January 19, 2009, 7:08 PM

Discovery – Winter 2009

“Smog Blog” Tracks Air Quality When fires blaze across the Western United States, it’s just a matter of time until the resulting haze and dirty air plumes travel downwind to neighboring states –...

Posted: January 19, 2009, 7:06 PM

Ballot Boxers

Four UMBC alumnae who have made careers in politics and government look back at an electoral cycle that held landmarks and heartbreaks for women candidates. By Richard Byrne ’86 The year...

Posted: January 19, 2009, 6:59 PM

At Play – Winter 2009

Sound & Strength Imagine a few sounds: a squeaky door, the shredding of paper, a bowling ball falling down a staircase, and a persistent buzz. Then: a drum beat, some notes from a piano and...

Posted: January 19, 2009, 6:55 PM

Acting the Part – Matt McGloin ’05, Theatre

The list of required props for Irish dramatist Martin McDonagh’s black comedy The Lieutenant of Inishmore (2001) indicates just what murderous mayhem awaits its audience: “Dead black cat; Dead...

Posted: January 19, 2009, 6:53 PM

Abnormal Ambitions

Sondheim Scholar Ari Ne’eman has plunged headlong into the maelstrom of controversy over autism. His goal? To give autistics – including himself – a significant voice in the debate. By Mat...

Posted: January 19, 2009, 6:39 PM