Archive for February, 2002

A man was issued a summons on the front steps of Hancock Hall Saturday, Feb. 23, at 12:30 a.m. As they approached the building, officers noticed a small group of people sitting on the steps. One man, identified as Andrew McMillan, 19, was seen drinking a beer.

People interested in being a police officer in one of Maine’s largest cities will now only need to be 21 years old, hold a valid driver’s license and have a high school diploma or equivalency to apply. Bangor Police Chief Don Winslow announced that the Bangor Police Department will be lowering its education requirements for prospective police officers because of a shortage of applicants for open positions.

People who are Web savvy know that with a couple of clicks and a few keystrokes you can travel anywhere in the world. That’s why people are lured to the Internet to purchase airline tickets. And with spring break only nine days away, the Internet may be the easiest place to book that last minute vacation.

It’s called respect and common decency, and so many people on this campus are totally lacking. Resident hall quiet hours are at 11 p.m. on all weekdays. For those of you who base your entire college existence on Thirsty Thursdays, this includes the day before Friday.

Comedian Dave Chappelle stroked it for all of us at, as he called it, “Bangor, Michigan,” last night at 9 p.m. Wearing blue jeans and a T-shirt, Chappelle casually presented off-the-hook funnies. Topics ranged from weed to war to Snickers to sex, and the audience was feeling him all the way.

And it comes down to this: two games, four points up for grabs. All to decide who finishes third in Hockey East, and who, possibly, finishes first. After two convincing wins over Massachusetts in its final two regular season home games, the University of Maine men’s ice hockey team (19-9-6, 13-5-4 in Hockey East) will head to Boston University to take on the Terriers (23-7-2, 15-5-2 in Hockey East) in the final two games of the regular season.

University of Maine men’s basketball forward Joe Campbell has been diagnosed with mononucleosis and will miss the Black Bears’ games this weekend in the America East Tournament. Campbell was found to have mononucleosis after an examination with team physicians on Tuesday.

One look at the wound on Danielle Howard’s left bicep might make you think she earned a trip to the 2002 Eastern College Athletic Conference Open Swimming Championships the hard way. The black and yellow soap bar-sized bruise Howard sports is the result of hitting the wall on the first lap of the 100-yard backstroke finals at the America East Championships.

And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, self-titled, Interscope Since 1995 And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead has been performing for audiences all over the nation. Known for their over-the-top stage antics which have been known to land lead singer Conrad Keely in a hospital bed, the band lives up to their one-of-a-kind name.

.Did anyone catch the Olympics’ closing ceremonies? I will admit to tuning in for a few minutes, in between episodes of Mr. Belvedere, when the lord of the Olympic rings attempted to close the games. As English was Jorge’s fourth language, he took about five minutes in between each word: “I.now..

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