Illinois uses second-half spurt to hand Maryland its first Big Ten loss
This is Mark Turgeon’s first season in the Big Ten, but he’s been a head coach in power conferences since 2007. So the…
UMD researchers’ computer beats ‘Jeopardy!’ star Ken Jennings at trivia
The score was 300-160.
After going big, women’s basketball wins big vs. UMBC, 71-45
Terrapin women’s basketball coach Brenda Frese recognized the need for a change after uncomfortably close wins against Appalachian State and Loyola earlier last week. She…
Culture shock in reverse
It was the moment I had been dreaming of for six months of studying abroad. Whenever I felt lonely, whenever I missed my family, whenever…
Need for Speed
“Need for Speed plays it relatively straight and entirely bland. Desperately grasping at some emotional or narrative foundation to its “cars go fast” plot, it…
Music-streaming service Spotify tries to rebound from massive losses in payments to record labels
The Diamondback's Matt Schnabel discusses the prospects of Spotify, which is trying to improve its outreach and available options in order to gain money.
Univ. study examines phone use
Those inseparable from their cell phones, beware: Using a mobile device may actually lessen your desire to help others, a new university study has found.