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While college students rightfully bemoan unpaid internships as a manipulative institution, at our university, the seats we sit on are made by prisoners being paid as little as 17 cents per hour....
June 15, 2020
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12:00 PM
The aftermath of George Floyd’s murder has left many of us feeling shocked and angry at the officers and the racist system as a whole. For many of you, utilizing the Black Lives Matter hashtag on...
June 13, 2020
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9:01 AM
A month ago to the day that I am writing this, I texted my friends reflecting on the idea that one day this experience, living through a global pandemic, will be part of history. At the time I...
May 4, 2020
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9:30 AM
While reading tweets from my friends about how it does not matter what you eat or drink during quarantine, I debate whether having lunch is a good idea. I stare at my fridge and my pantry before...
May 4, 2020
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9:15 AM
Even before my first week at The Retriever had ended, I quit. Julia Arbutus holds the first issue and the second to last issue she published. Photo by Madeline Arbutus. It was freshman year. I...
May 4, 2020
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9:01 AM
I never thought I would miss staring at the back of people’s heads for an hour and fifteen minutes, but right now, I would give anything to be in a University of Maryland, Baltimore County...
April 20, 2020
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10:00 AM
As students continue to adjust to the pressures and expectations of online classes, and articles with headlines that praise professors’ responses to their students’ struggles begin to surface...
April 17, 2020
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6:55 PM
When I heard the news that COVID-19 had been upgraded to pandemic status only three weeks ago, I was sitting around The Retriever’s conference table with my colleagues. We knew it was going to be...
April 6, 2020
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11:30 AM
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit Maryland, the University of Maryland, Baltimore County’s Residential Life told students that the cleaning staff would be disinfecting the common spaces using an...
April 6, 2020
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11:00 AM
The views expressed in this article are the views of the author. March 12, 2020 2:32 a.m. GMT: In your dorm room at the University of Brighton in Brighton, England, you are awake. It has...
March 30, 2020
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11:15 AM