Archive for March, 2003
Though the University of Maine softball team was in the midst of a rain storm in New York, the team remained in what can only be described as an offensive drought.
Before Saturday’s game was called due to rain, the Black Bears were down 2-0 in the bottom of the second inning in the first game of their doubleheader against the University of Binghamton.
For players in the NBA, this is the time of year they play for. For some teams, such as the Los Angeles Lakers, it’s a chance to show doubters that the last three years were not a fluke. For teams such as the Sacramento Kings and Detroit Pistons, it’s time to show those same doubters that they are the teams to beat, with only a handful of games until the NBA playoffs.
I’m about to express an opinion that is as common on college campuses as beer drinking on a Friday night. Fraternities and sororities are about as smart an idea as being blindfolded while driving in New York City.
The Greek idea is most damaging in its exploitation of community, rooted in a foundation of elitism.
I was slightly amused when I heard that the cafeteria in the Capitol building changed the name of its french fries to freedom fries. It had all the earmarks of a cute filler story on a slow news day. It was a quirky diversion illustrating how ridiculous anti-France fervor has become.
* GSS not to blame
Recently, I picked up the latest copy of The Maine Campus, I started by thumbing through to see if they printed the story on the outcome of the Residents On Campus Elections. I was expecting to see a short article on the fourth page with a headline “ROC Election turnout falls short, but elected officers seem unfazed,” but I saw nothing of the sort.
Instead of “Goodbye Earl,” it looks more like “Goodbye Respect” after the Dixie Chicks lead singer, Natalie Maines, made the politically charged statement, “Just so you know, we’re ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas.”
The statement made clear the group’s stance against the war in Iraq.
When University of Maine professor Terry Hughes stands in front of the Union with his anti-abortion placards, he commands attention from passers-by. Hughes may not get a positive reaction from many of the students who cross his path, but he’s firm in his convictions and beliefs, and his solitary protest defines the American ideal of freedom of speech.
“The Recruit,” an intense film about the inner workings of the CIA, graces Spotlight Cinemas at a time when the safety and protection of our nation and its people is something on everyone’s mind.
The film allows its viewers to visit every aspect of this organization, or an alleged version of it, depicting everything from the intense training of its members to the complicated webs of deceit that occur within the agency.
Orono Community Theater will perform two one-act plays this weekend at the Orono Community House on Bennoch Road.
“Out at Sea,” written by Slavomir Mrozek, will be followed by “Scenes from ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream,’” written by William Shakespeare, on March 28, 29 and 30.
Almost everyone knows what a mullet is. For those of you who don’t, it’s the mother of all haircuts: short in the front, long in the back. It may best be described as “business up front, party in the back.”
The mullet has many different forms and has been adapted to each decade since the 70s.
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