Club Lacrosse

Posted by Nathaniel Buechler on April 11, 2012
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The Sports Program at UMBC is something that isn’t always recognized. That’s why when I spoke to one of the Club Lacrosse Players, I made sure to do my part in highlighting their success. Club lacrosse is rising, winning more games, making an even more accomplished name for themselves, and becoming the talk of the town.
Here’s what they did just this year!
1) UMBC Club Lacrosse won on the Frostburg Freeze Tournament in November and won 2 games (against NYU and American) at the Beltway Bash earlier this month (and Beltway Bash coordinators predicted that they would win in our division)
2) NCLL (UMBC’s conference) ranked the UMBC team in the top 10 pre-season preview
3) They won most of their fall season, in addition to taking a stronghold of the spring season
4) They designed their own uniforms, and were finalists in a contest for their short designs. Recently, they also won a decals contest.
To sum it up, UMBC Lacrosse is gaining fame, winning more and more games, and the public is noticing them to a greater extent.
Twitt

Ethics

Posted by Nathaniel Buechler on April 7, 2012
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What defines a good set of ethics? It isn’t like you get a box when you’re born, and are told only use what is in this box. They aren’t like breadcrumbs that you pick up along your trip. Or are they?
Some people seem to develop their ethics as they learn. Others have them from the beginning. And, even others have them to begin with, and continue to develop them throughout their entire life. The reason that this post is incredibly important to you is because of the increasingly growing amount of decisions that you must make.

You have to decide who you want in power with the election season picking up. You have to decide what choices you want them to make. Of course, these decisions are not going to cause a major difference at the moment, but in fact they will cause dramatic difference in your very way of living. Here’s an analogy I heard the other day:

A smoker isn’t going to be affected at the moment from smoking one cigarette. But, in fact, after smoking for an entire lifetime, they will be affected. Drastically.

So think you yourself. Does my choice matter? I think it does. I think you should choose the person who follows the rules.

Twitt

Holi Hungama 2012

Posted by Nathaniel Buechler on March 12, 2012
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Holi Hungama is a Hindu Festival that celebrates culture and color. I went to this festival after learning about this from my friend Arjun. He’s the Co-President of the Hindu Student Council, and I offered to work with him at making this event great. You see, I’m the President of the Visual Arts Council of Majors (VisCOM). We helped to design some of the promotional material. One of my members, Brigit, designed the banner that you might have seen in the commons along with the tickets, and she also came up with the original concept for this flier.

Holi Hungama

We had a little bit of of a rough start, as this was one of the first designs we created for another group on campus. But, I wanted to express my thankfulness publicly for two reasons:

1. I’m very grateful for the opportunity that Arjun, Brigit, and the rest of our respective organizations (and partnering organizations) gave us.

2. Holi Hungama was not only educational and enriching, as Dr. Hrabowski mentioned at the event, but it allowed us to truly form the foundation for further collaborative projects.

Holi Hungama had it’s third annual event this spring, with 11 organizations that they have been working with, some from outside the UMBC community! VisCOM was able to help the Hindu Student Council create a film, too, since we have a good relationship with UMBC Filmmakers Anonymous. (If you’re interested in learning more about any of these groups, let me know by sending me an E-mail: politicsfromnate@gmail.com)

Overall, the ballroom was filled with happy students, and the night turned out great!

Twitt

Putin is President

Posted by Nathaniel Buechler on March 7, 2012
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Here are some links. I won’t tell you whether I think this is a good or bad. How do you feel about this?

Here’s my favorite article about how Putin received 107 percent of the vote.

—Learn about Russian Politics, and Putin—

Protests

Putin Shrugs

Russians Fear Politics

Putin’s Sister

Observers Slam Russian Vote

Russia’s Syria stance

Russian Protesters fear Putin will get tough

Twitt

Does School Spirit exist at UMBC?

Posted by Nathaniel Buechler on March 6, 2012
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Do you have school spirit? Does school spirit even exist at a place like UMBC? Rate your choice on a scale from 1 to 10. Remember, there isn’t a right or wrong answer.

UMBC may not be a traditionally spirited school, but I find that school pride comes in different forms. Perhaps, this is because of the high research background, the vastly different culture, or some other intervening cause. Here’s how you might rank your experience:

If you have no idea what school spirit is at UMBC, then you might rate your answer as a 1. If on the other hand, you have a pretty clear explanation of school pride, then you might rate your answer as a 10. Explain how you rated the level of school pride you have at UMBC.

Starting tips and things to think about…

Why did you make the decision to go to UMBC?
What choices do lead you to UMBC?
How do you spend your spare time?
Would you improve something about UMBC if you could?
Where did you come from before?
Where do you think you want to go after UMBC?

Twitt

UMBC and our Festivals

Posted by Nathaniel Buechler on March 5, 2012
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This is one of my favorite times of the year. No, it is not because the weather is getting warmer (which by the way I love!). It is rather because of all the wonderful festivals that the students at UMBC plan.

Part of being such a diverse school means that a great variety of different festivals exist. I just learned of a few more going on this year that I had no idea about. In fact, I did not realize that we had the ability to do so many festivals in just a short period of time! I think, overall, it shows the level of motivation that each student can bring to UMBC as a community

Here are the groups that I know of that usually have festivals, and I know I’m missing a whole lot of them so let me know what I miss:

Hindu Student Council
Caribbean Student Council
Filipino-American Student Association
Hong Kong Student Association

And here are a few groups that have big events:

SEB
SGA

So, what did I leave off? Let me know, and feel free to promote your events right here!

Twitt

Secret Spots – Student Org Space

Posted by Nathaniel Buechler on March 4, 2012
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Secret Spots aren’t actually unknown. They are simply sports on campus that are less known. I’ll keep this series running for a while. If you know of any areas I might not know about, then feel free to inform me. Otherwise, enjoy and try to track this spots down so that you can see them in person. Why do you think some of these locations aren’t as known?

 

I’ve spoken to students, and they don’t know where this is. It seems only students involved know where the Student Org Space is.

Twitt