Archive for January 30th, 2003
War is something few people want, and those who want it least are the most certain that it is coming soon.
President George W. Bush gave his State of the Union address Tuesday evening spoke on both foreign and domestic concerns he looks to focus on in the coming months.
It would seem that the University of Michigan was hiding a dirty little secret. According to The Washington Times, Carl Cohen, a liberal professor, opened the floodgates.
Cohen, once head of the ACLU chapter in Michigan and currently a professor at the University of Michigan, filed a Freedom of Information Act request from the university and discovered rampant reverse racism occurring.
*Too late for “Big A”
Recently, the Millinocket region of Maine has been economically crushed because of the closing of the regions largest employer, Great Northern Paper Company. More than 1,100 GNP workers are presently laid off and several other sources of employment will become threatened because of the ensuing overall economic depression in the area.
Last spring I had my first near-death experience. I took a nasty fall on a set of stairs that left two large bruises on my thigh and lower stomach region. To this very day, I still have a dent in my thigh from that nearly fateful fall. But it wasn’t the fall that nearly killed me.
News stories about medical coverage and fair access to prescription drugs are hard to miss. Chances are, you’ve changed the channel or turned the page, but the recently debated MaineRx program is certainly worth thinking about.
The MaineRx program makes prescription drugs much cheaper for people with low incomes.
Parliament
Funked Up, The Very Best of Parliament
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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