Bright ideas, big questions

At 11 p.m. Tuesday, most lights remained on inside the Patuxent Building. Many people suggested turning off the lights in campus buildings at night to…

Cambridge calling

Ethan Schaler, a senior mechanical engineering major, won one of 14 Churchill Scholarships to the University of Cambridge.

Drake in the rain

The rain had devolved into a drizzle by the time the buzz reached its peak at 8:30 on Saturday night. Drake was due on stage as the headliner of the first-ever Landmark music festival and his scheduled performance had loomed over West Potomac Park all day.

Poor retention rates on the rise

After years of proclaiming poor graduation rates as the university’s “Achilles Heel,” Provost Bill Destler said last year’s freshman retention rate is a definitive sign…