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Check out the new and improved ElectSGA2012 website!  We’ve got information about all of our candidates available under the Candidates tab.  Read up on their platforms and visions for SGA!

Also, come out to see candidates in action! 
Tuesday, 11:30-1, Commons Main Street – Meet your Finance Board candidates!
Thursday, 11:30 -1, Commons Main Street – Meet your Senate candidates!

See you soon!

Associated Press

Did you celebrate Easter with Tim Tebow?

Well 15, 000 other people did.

Although less than the number expected,  droves of people headed to Texas to hear famed football player Tim Tebow discuss religion and professional athletes.

Tebow has become widely known for voicing his Christian beliefs and he even has his own recognizable prayer stance that can be seen on and off the field.

In his speech, Tebow criticized professional athletes for not being good role models. He also discussed his faith and encouraged others to be more outspoken about their own.

Should professional athletes looked upon as role models? Let us know what you think!

Each year, UMBC's Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Day (URCAD) gives hardworking undergraduate researchers from all disciplines an outlet for presenting the findings of their unique research projects. On April 25th, 2012, a handful of students from the Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Department (CSEE) will be part of that motley crew. Click on the photos below to learn about the research projects of a few CSEE students which you wont want to miss. You can also check out this complete list of CSEE students presenting research at URCAD this year.

Multiclass Datasets, Their Predictions, and Their Visualization

Wallace Brown and Alexander Morrow
Faculty Mentors: Dr. Marie desJardins + Dr. Penny Rheingans

Analyzing Social Media Data

Morgan Madeira
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Anupam Joshi

1 Corinthians 15:54-57 (NIV)

⁵⁴When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”

⁵⁵“Where, O death, is your victory?

Where, O death, is your sting?”

⁵⁶The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. ⁵⁷But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Reflection

Facing the reality of death is sobering. Anyone who has been at the side of someone who is dying knows it is not something light. Even though Paul here is taunting death, he is not taking it lightly. The opposite is true. He can say this because he is convinced that death has been disarmed and that its sting, sin, has been removed. Although we still face death, it is not something that has a hold on our lives as we have the hope that we will be raised to life again, clothed in bodies that will never face death again. This hope is guaranteed through Christ’s victory on the cross and demonstrated through His own resurrection. Death along with sin have been stripped of their power through the work of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Responding to the Transmission

This is the impact that Christ’s work has both now in this life, but also beyond this life. Death no longer has the final say for all who believe in Christ. This passage serves as a reminder to the extent that Christ’s victory affects our lives, but also as a triumphant battle cry. Let’s join in with the cry today as we embrace what Christ has done. As we continue to reflect on the cross and resurrection let’s declare the victory of our Lord over sin and death, a victory that we receive into our lives.