Archive for March 30th, 2001

Maine baseball’s Mike Collar took home America East Rookie of the Week honors last week for his performance thus far on the season. Collar is 3-0 after Maine’s southern trip with a 1.25 ERA. …

It’s not official yet, but it doesn’t look good. Nomar Garciaparra, who just two weeks ago graced the cover of Sports Illustrated, might have surgery on his wrist and is expected to be out at …

Over three decades ago, the government created the Higher Education Act (HEA) to create opportunities for higher education. It’s conception brought us Perkins Loans, Pell Grants, PLUS Loans and Work-Study Programs. Ironically, in 1998, a revision …

I love this university but I have a difficulty or two concerning the intellectual climate, especially in our pluralistic age which claims to eschew sacred cows: there is definitely some holy cow you-know-what on this campus. A …

We the men of the third floor of Hancock Hall are united in a belief in the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Some of these rights having been threatened by the discourtesy …

I did absolutely nothing exciting over spring break. Well, I did go to see a couple movies, crying my eyes out at “Sweet November,” but that’s beside the point. Overall, there was nothing too exciting about …

Governor King has recently changed his position on the minimum wage, now supporting a raise from the current $5.15 an hour. The new proposal would increase the wage in two increments to $6.25 by 2003. While …

Would you like to supersize that Wal-Mart? Following the state’s approval, the Bangor planning board will consider plans for a new Wal-Mart nearly double the size of the current Bangor location. The proposed development at the corner of Gilman Road and Stillwater Avenue is slated to be big enough to fall under local statutes and also state laws according to City of Bangor planning division staff. At the Bangor planning board’s March 20 public hearing, local citizens split on this issue. Some raised objections to Wal-Mart’s use of Third World labor, the environmental impact of developing the site and its presumed economic impact.

President George W. Bush announced yesterday in a nationally televised press conference that he intends to bypass the sanctions of the Kyoto Treaty on Global Warming until an updated, U.S. friendly plan can be introduced. Bush said …

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