Archive for January 28th, 2002

A three-foot balsam wreath, once decorating the A-frame of the Wilson Center at the University of Maine, now hangs on a memorial sight near Ground Zero, the disaster sight of Sept. 11. Joanne Whitehead, the center’s campus minister, organized a weekend trip for representatives from the Wilson Center during semester break to pay their respects and hang the wreath.

The General Student Senate held a special meeting Dec. 14 to inaugurate its new officers. On the agenda were the yearly recap addresses by the outgoing president and vice president, swearing in ceremonies for the incoming president and vice president and approval of the new vice president of Financial Affairs.

Some students may not be aware of the fact that there is a single person who presides over the entire University of Maine System – the chancellor. Right now, there is no one filling that position on a permanent basis. This past week, two of the candidates for the chancellorship, Joseph Westphal and Richard Croft, visited the UMaine System schools.

Earlier this month, Orono Town Council members decided to table the decision of whether to grant Ushuaia nightclub’s request to renew the club’s liquor and special amusements licenses. Councilors said they had questions to ask club owner Alex Gray, regarding nudity and underage drinking at Ushuaia.

Memories of John Johnson I am writing in appreciation of the article written by Rachel Kennedy in the Dec. 13 edition of The Maine Campus. The article concerned the recent loss of a fellow student here at the University of Maine. That person is John Johnson.

Let me paint you a pretty little picture. It’s a brisk afternoon weekday and I’m wasting away in front of my Playstation, attempting to pull off one more impossible move in Tony Hawk Two. I’m just a few short moments from victory when suddenly-a knock on the door.

With the advent of yet another semester and the remains of a winter break long departed, a tidal influx of cherub-cheeked co-eds return to campus. Clad in mail-ordered Abercrombie sweaters, sporting wallets heaving with Best Buy gift certificates and still digesting the last of Grandma’s fruitcake, such scholars of higher education are once again at their “home away from home.

Imagine a world where nothing is as it seems. Where pretzels can kill in a single swallow and the media actually cares. This was the case on the evening of Sunday, Jan. 13 and the mind- numbing days after. On the second Monday in the month of January, conventional media focused an unruly amount of time on stories that really didn’t matter.

Garth Brooks once said “I’ve got friends in low places,” but Garth has never been to Orono’s newest low place-the Staar Club. Located in the basement of the University Inn Academic Suites at the corner of College Avenue and Main Street, the Staar Club opened last Friday with local blues band The Nightcrawlers headlining the bill.

With blankets of snow and dropping temperatures, one of the last things that comes to mind in this winter wonderland is a traditional New Orleans style Mardi Gras celebration. Well not anymore. On Tuesday Feb. 12, York Commons and the University’s Franco-American Centre will collaborate to put on a Mardi Gras dinner at York Commons.

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