Archive for November, 2001

Tom Harnett, Maine assistant attorney general, discussed the rise in hate crimes in Maine at a meeting of the Greater Bangor Area NAACP Sunday, Nov. 25. There have been more situations of harassment and hate crimes directed at people of Middle Eastern descent since the terrorists attacks on Sept. 11.

The Student Government Legal Services at the University of Maine recently joined forces with David R. Miller, who is associated with Theodore S. Curtis Jr. in the general practice of law in Orono. Miller graduated from UMaine in 1993 with a degree in English and a concentration in creative writing.

The following events took place at the Tuesday, Nov. 27 meeting of the General Student Senate: Michael Benson was appointed sergeant-at-arms by Matthew O. Gagnon, vice president of Student Government. The duty of the sergeant-at-arms is to take people out of the room such as unruly and out-of-order senators or non-senators when a closed session is to be held.

Chi Omega is sponsoring “Bowl for Wishes,” Saturday, Dec. 1 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. The bowl-a-thon is to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation, a national organization that grants wishes for children with life-threatening illnesses. Chi Omega is looking for teams of four or five to take part in the event, which takes place at Old Town Bowling Lanes on Center Street in Old Town.

A man was issued four summonses following a string of incidents that led Public Safety to a Talmar Woods apartment Sunday, Nov. 11. Public Safety was informed by an unnamed party that a person living in Talmar Woods was storing multiple stolen items there.

Keeping with the university’s dedication to research, two anthropology professors are being sent to Australia in January to continue research they began while employed at the University of Utah. The professors, Rebecca and Doug Bird, are continuing research that focuses on the Mardu Aboriginal people of the Western Desert region of Australia.

Dan Hodgkins, a University of Maine student, holds his arm up after giving blood Wednesday, Nov. 28. The blood drive continues today from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. at Wells Commons. Currently, blood supplies are low according to the American Red Cross. Christine Olson, a third-year women’s studies student, makes a square for the Peer Educators AIDS quilt in the Memorial Union yesterday. The quilt is in honor of World AIDS Day, which is Dec. 1. The quilt will be presented to University of Maine President Peter S. Hoff and displayed in the Union next week. Those wishing to make squares for the quilt may do so at the Peer Educators booth in the lobby of the Union today from noon until 3 p.m.

“You don’t have to smile when you say thank you.” So, to God and to all of you, thank you. Thank you for all of the wonderful things in my life: for my family members who are still with me, for my friends near and far, for my body working the way it should, for the opportunity to learn and for the gift of constantly finding out how to love.

Music. Everywhere you turn, music. On TV, on the radio, blasting from cars, over the speakers at Union Central, in the dorms. Everyone listens to music, from rap to reggae, rock to alternative, punk to ska, but somehow the music scene on campus is often overlooked.

Misplaced props, forgotten lines and panicked exits and entrances: such are the joys of producing a play. “Noises Off,” a British comedy by Michael Frayne explores the experience of trying to put on a sensational performance with sub-par actors. This comedy will be opening in Hauck Auditorium on Dec.

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