Archive for February, 2003
Thursday, February 27th, 2003, 12:00 am in News
Topsham resident charged with OUI following cross-campus joyride
By Matt Shaer
University of Maine Public Safety arrested an 18-year-old from Topsham this weekend when he attempted to drive his damaged car drunk through campus. Burke Hazard was charged with OUI and summonsed by Old Town police for leaving the scene of a property damage accident after he was pulled over by Public Safety near the Maine Center for the Arts Saturday night.
Thursday, February 27th, 2003, 12:00 am in News
Student Senate Notes
By Meredith Holt
The following events took place at the Tuesday, Feb. 25 meeting of the General Student Senate: * The Senate allocated $30,000 to Bumstock to bring one headlining act to Bumstock weekend. Money previously allocated to bring the musical group Jurassic 5 to Bumstock was returned to unallocated funds because plans fell through.
Thursday, February 27th, 2003, 12:00 am in News
Police beat
By Cate Tiller
* A man was injured following an incident with a cow at Witter Farm Feb. 20. The man was stepped on several times by a heifer. The man fell down while holding on to the heifer, when the heifer went back on the cattle trailer. When police arrived the ambulance was already there.
Thursday, February 27th, 2003, 12:00 am in Sports
Men’s hockey closes regular season hosting BU
By Jeff Mannix
For the second year in a row, the University of Maine men’s ice hockey team will play an important two-game series with the Boston University Terriers to close out the regular season. Last year, the Black Bears needed a sweep at BU to gain second place in the Hockey East standings.
Thursday, February 27th, 2003, 12:00 am in Sports
Women’s hoops wins 16th straight
By Becky Sturtevant
Twelve University of Maine women’s basketball players combined to put 72 points on the board and the Black Bears held off the University of Albany, 72-45, in their second-to-last home game Wednesday night. The victory was a total team effort, as head coach Sharon Versyp subbed frequently and used 11 players in the first half alone.
Thursday, February 27th, 2003, 12:00 am in Style & Culture
Acoustic songwriter bares soul at Java Jive
By Alex Lehning
Adam Richman bared his soul in an intimate acoustic performance Tuesday night. The solo guitarist wore his heart on his sleeve and made sure the audience knew it. The Pa. native and Washington D.C. transplant delivered one of the finer performances in the recent history of the weekly Java Jive music series.
Thursday, February 27th, 2003, 12:00 am in Style & Culture
Local comics battle for ‘funniest person’ title
By Kristin Saunders
Local comics will face off tonight the Battle of the Comics at 9 p.m. in the University of Maine Stillwater Canal Co. Pub. The seven comedians will all compete in the first round, and the top three will move on to the finals for a chance at the cash prize and the title “UMaine’s funniest person.
Thursday, February 27th, 2003, 12:00 am in Style & Culture
Liner Notes
By Chris Gorman
Last week, I began my list of the top 10 anti-love songs of all time, stopping at number six. Now, I present the rest of the list. Without further ado, here are the top five anti-love songs of all time. 5. Johnny Cash — “Delia’s Gone.” Yeah, there are a lot of sad love songs in the Cash catalog, but nothing so wonderfully evil as this gem.
Thursday, February 27th, 2003, 12:00 am in Opinion
Hoff addresses ‘brain drain’
By The Maine Campus
A disturbing statistic appears in this issue of The Maine Campus: Maine has the fourth-highest tuition in the country. After you wipe the tears from your eyes, it’s time we address the issue of the Maine’s “brain drain.” We commend University of Maine President Peter Hoff and Gov.
Thursday, February 27th, 2003, 12:00 am in Opinion
What about after the war?
By Vrishali Javeri
People in Washington, D.C., want to take Saddam Hussein out while the world is protesting. Are they protesting because they love Saddam? I don’t think so. There is no love lost for Saddam among most of the opponents of the war as far as I can tell. Part of the unease and ambivalence to the proposed regime change in Iraq is that the Bush team hasn’t answered about what comes next.
