Archive for January, 2003
Thursday, January 30th, 2003, 12:00 am in News
Police Beat
By Cate Tiller
* Two minors were caught drinking alcohol from unmarked containers just after midnight Jan. 24. Public Safety received an anonymous complaint about underage drinking on the third floor of Penobscot Hall at 12:28 a.m. An officer arrived to find a large group making noise in the hallway.
Thursday, January 30th, 2003, 12:00 am in News
UMaine professor headed to Bosnia on Fulbright
By Katrina Freedman
Shannon Martin, an assistant professor of journalism at the University of Maine, has received a Fulbright Scholar Award for teaching and research at the University of Sarajevo in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The Fulbright Scholar Program was founded by the U.S. Congress in 1946, and focuses on strengthening U.
Thursday, January 30th, 2003, 12:00 am in Sports
NBA draft standards declining
By Jim Doughty
Scene: Huddled in front of my living room TV, watching the 2004 National Basketball Association draft. The NBA commissioner: “With the first pick in the 2004 NBA draft, the (insert terrible NBA team here) select Tommy Wilson, guard, from Middlebury Junior High School.
Thursday, January 30th, 2003, 12:00 am in Sports
Win streak to 9 for UMaine women’s hoops
By Eric Russell
The University of Maine women’s basketball team increased its winning streak to nine games with a 59-37 win over Boston University at Case Gymnasium in Boston Wednesday night. The Black Bears improved to 13-4 on the season and a perfect 6-0 in America East Conference play.
Thursday, January 30th, 2003, 12:00 am in Sports
Junior Heon sparks contagious confidence
By Becky Sturtevant
The University of Maine women’s basketball team gets by with a little help from its friends–each other. The tight-knit group has won eight straight games and boasts a 5-0 conference record (12-4 overall), making the Black Bears the only undefeated team in the America East conference.
Thursday, January 30th, 2003, 12:00 am in Sports
Moore, Howard relish break at World Juniors
By Jeff Mannix
University of Maine men’s hockey freshmen Jimmy Howard and Greg Moore had a unique opportunity over winter break this year. Both players were selected to play for Team USA at the World Junior Hockey Championships in Halifax and Sydney, Nova Scotia from Dec.
Thursday, January 30th, 2003, 12:00 am in Sports
Black Bears, Wildcats wage hockey battle in N.H.
By Jeff Mannix
If you would like to see a men’s hockey game between the University of Maine and the University of New Hampshire mean something, you’ll be in heaven this weekend. The Black Bears go on the road this weekend to play two games in the Granite State — one in Manchester, one in Durham — against the Wildcats and first place in Hockey East on the line.
Thursday, January 30th, 2003, 12:00 am in Style & Culture
Bringing a record back home with a kiss
By Erin Morgan
If you’re looking for something romantic to do on Valentine’s Day, grab someone you love — or just someone to suck face with — and head down to the University of Maine Field House. This may seem like an absurd place to bring a date on V-day, but in 1996, on this fateful day of roses and romance, 1,420 people gathered at UMaine’s Alfond Arena to try and break the world record for the most couples kissing simultaneously.
Thursday, January 30th, 2003, 12:00 am in Style & Culture
On the brink
By Alex Lehning
Singer-songwriters often come in two different breeds — those who bare their soul on their sleeve and those who only try to. While it was easy to recognize the first Java Jive act of the semester as two talented musicians, they also seemed to try too hard.
Thursday, January 30th, 2003, 12:00 am in Style & Culture
Sound bytes
By The Maine Campus
Parliament Funked Up, The Very Best of Parliament Universal The funk era of the mid-70s might be a time some of us would like to forget. But funk is essential to the music we listen to now. George Clinton and Parliament were the ultimate representation of what funk was all about.
