Archive for May, 2002
The most powerful and magical words in the English language are swears. Swears are an absolutely necessary part of our vocabulary that, like all other parts of English grammar, must be properly used: a skill that is lost on most of the population. Most people toss around swears like a man feeding pigeons with bread crumbs.
First appeared Oct. 18, 2001
One of the members of the University of Maine field hockey team is making a national mark this season and is one of the key contributors to the team’s success.
Senior back Morgan Brady has 23 assists in her college career. She also is also first in the nation with 12 assists this season, and tied UMaine’s record for assists in a game with three on Oct.
First appearedApril 25, 2002
The University of Maine is facing the possibility of having to cut three varsity sports to make up for a budget shortfall.
The Athletic Budget Advisory Committee, formed in April 2001 to generate ways to trim at least $487,000 over the next two years in the Athletics Department at UMaine, recently released a report outlining measures that the department may take.
Tuesday I was watching the news like the good student of journalism I am and saw something that simply blew my mind. The lead story on this particularly well-respected news channel was “American kids gather Christmas presents to send to Afghanistan children.
In the real world, problems must be solved. It seems at UMaine, however, that parking problems are only meant to be discussed. While new lots have been built at a great aesthetic loss to the campus, enrollment has increased enough to offset any parking relief.
First appeared March 4, 2002
The curtain did not fall on the University of Maine Theatre Department. Instead, its script will be rewritten to include changes that will help staff attempt to solve the problems that a semester-long review of the program tried to pinpoint.
First appeared Oct. 1, 2001
For those connected with the University of Maine, Shawn Walsh will always be known as “coach.” For those who knew him best, he will be remembered as husband, father and friend.
With more than 1,000 family, friends, players and colleagues in attendance, Maine hockey coach Shawn Walsh was laid to rest on Saturday in Bangor.
First appeared Jan. 31, 2002
Student Government’s ad hoc fees committee took the first steps toward increasing students’ say on setting the fees and possibly reducing them with a five-question survey done in conjunction with the student government elections that took place last semester.
First appeared Sept. 13, 2001
Sorrow. Fear. Outrage. Disbelief. Horror. The silence of the deserted mall in the middle of the morning was surpassed only by the silence of about 150 students, packed into the Information Booth lobby of Memorial Union.
First appeared Sept. 27, 2001
Success was not simply a matter of luck for University of Maine men’s ice hockey head coach Shawn Walsh. It was his meticulousness, perseverance, intelligence and of course, his motivation to succeed, that made Walsh successful, said the man who was responsible for hiring Walsh.
Bangor Daily News