Archive for December 6th, 2001

What are you doing at 7:30 p.m. this Saturday, Dec. 8? The answer is-learning how to contra dance. On the second Saturday of each month the Marsh Island Band performs at the Orono Community Center on Bennoch Road, next to the post office. Joe Dupere, a computer programmer here at the University of Maine, has been the caller for the Marsh Island Band for three years now.

Enough is enough. The County bashing must stop. For you out-of-staters, the County in question is Aroostook County (think north), known to all Mainers as “the County.” Being from Presque Isle, the “Star City” of the County, I’ve been the target of ridicule and punch line of countless County jokes.

The term veteran usually applies to a player who has been around awhile; someone who has seen her fair share of action. Sophomores do not usually fall under the veretan category, but the University of Maine women’s basketball team defies the rule by boasting three “veteran sophomores.

The men’s volleyball team is looking for members. Practice times are on Mondays from 7:30 to 10 p.m., Tuesdays from 6 to 8 p.m. and on Thursdays from 7:30 to 10 p.m. For information contact Kurt Milligan on FirstClass. Blade Society practices on Tuesdays and Fridays from 6:30 to 8:30 p.

Friday, Dec. 7 Women’s hockey vs. Wayne State 2 p.m. Men’s hockey vs. Boston College 7 p.m. Women’s basketball vs. Stetson at Stetson Tournament – Deland, Fla. 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec.

Charles Frank Burlingame III was the pilot flying American Airlines Flight 77 on Sept. 11. Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon with 64 people onboard. It is believed Burlingame helped divert the plane from its original destination-the White House-by literally fighting off the terrorists in the cockpit.

WREATH STOLEN Just about one year ago Hannah Corbeil, a fourth-year forestry major, was shot to death in her apartment in Orono. In May, Hannah’s friends and family planted a small flowering tree in her memory beside the Woodland Preserve alongside Rangely Road.

In just a few short weeks people in most of this country will no longer be able to talk on cell phones while driving. The Senate passed this law, which will be enforced early next year because they felt using a cell phone while in an automobile is distracting and dangerous.

The holidays are officially here. Welcome back to stuffing, eggnog, sugar cookies and big tall glasses of holiday cheer. Welcome back to a Thanksgiving dinner gluttony, a Christmas Eve spent with the family and a New Year’s Eve to remember. But most of all, welcome back to all those little pet peeves lurking around every corner.

Every spring at the University of Maine students look forward to Bumstock weekend. The two-day event allows students to relax, forget about their studies and be entertained by live music. While most students haven’t even given Bumstock 2002 a thought this early in the year, the Bumstock Committee is busy planning for every aspect of the event.

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