Archive for December 12th, 2002
December is a beautiful month. Cold temperatures and a soft shroud of snow beckon skiers, snowboarders and other winter enthusiasts to the mountains. It is the perfect month for those who prefer the comfort of a warm fire huddle with loved ones at its hearth, sipping tea and hot chocolate for the duration of shortly-lit afternoons.
Imagine finding a place on campus that has a good menu and a posh d�cor — a real nice alternative to the usual fare. The University Club is such a facility. It is beautiful, has decent food, a nice atmosphere and the prices are very affordable. There is just one problem: It excludes students from membership.
*Music critics
The Dec. 9, edition of The Maine Campus included a review of the UMaine Jazz Ensemble and Combo by Schuyler Dean, and I am a member of both the ensemble and combo. Dean’s comments parallel a food critic tasting fine French cuisine and responding, “Needs ketchup.
Not to let the cat out of the bag, but this year I bought my brother a gift certificate to Burlington Coat Factory. It looks like a credit card with Christopher Lowell on the front. My brother has no interest in elegant window treatments. I don’t think he knows Burlington Coat Factory is more than great coats.
The end of each semester brings with it certain stresses. From studying for finals to bidding your friends adieu for a month, there is one stress that always has received a large amount of attention from the student body: book buyback.
Over the years, students have repeatedly felt jipped and sometimes even ripped-off by the book buyback system.
The end of the semester is almost here and we all know what that means. Well, besides exams and drinking copious amounts of … uhh … soda. It’s Christmastime, a season for joy and giving. Oh what the hell, we all know we want some cool stuff. So take this list and put it somewhere around the house, and dont forget to remind Mom and Dad how guilty they should be for sending their precious child far away to college.
“Jackass: The Movie” and “Freddie Got Fingered” are just some of the crappy movies we have to watch these days. But the Cine’fy Society wants to change all that.
“The name is Cine’fy. ‘Fy, like in unify, and cinema like in film. So our hope is to unify the film community by creating one organization that will bring them all together,” Vice President Adam Chittenden said.
Trees might not be trimmed, the halls may not be decked, nor is there enough snow on the ground, but it felt like Christmas last night as the Maine Center for the Arts hosted the 25th annual Yuletide Concert.
The show featured all of the choral groups on campus, featuring more than 300 voices in all, including Collegiate Chorale, University Singers, Oratorio Society, Black Bear Men’s Chorus and Athena Consort.
The University of Maine’s roller hockey club team recently traveled to Connecticut to take part in their first tournament as members of the newly formed East Coast Roller Hockey Association.
During the tournament, the team tied two games, against State University of New York-Brockport and Central Connecticut State University, and recorded two victories over SUNY Albany and Southampton College.
The University of Maine women’s hockey team will play its last game of 2002 this weekend after coming off a tough 3-2 loss to the Niagara University Purple Eagles.
“Every loss is a disappointment for an athlete, especially when you know that you were the better team that day,” senior forward Raffi Wolf said.
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