Archive for April, 2003
It is with a great deal of glee that I heard Fat Joe was not performing Saturday evening to close this year’s Bumstock festival. Don’t get me wrong, I was quite angry when the news was delivered that Fatty, as I eloquently dubbed him, was not going to be gracing the University of Maine with his presence.
Q: I like to ride my bike on the trails around town. It seems harmless enough, but I want to respect the property owners. What are the chances I’ll get in trouble for trespassing?
A: Trails crisscrossing many public and private properties in Orono and Old Town make the area surprisingly good for mountain bike riding.
Annoying. Wasteful. Excessive.
According to about 50 UMaine students who responded to a questionnaire on FirstClass last week, the credit card applications and advertisements placed inside bags at the University of Maine’s Bookstore are irritating and unnecessary.
The music and dramas of this weekend have left their indelible mark on the University of Maine campus and its students. People from all over came to experience the music and chaos that was Bumstock.
Jesse Cyr, a student of the University of Southern Maine, said that it is amazing that such a huge event takes place in such an unremarkable setting.
What a great decision by the Boston Red Sox to make the Portland Sea Dogs the team’s AA-affiliate. This is old news, I realize, but I hope Boston fans realize the ramifications of this move.
For starters, it brings the entire Red Sox farm system to the Northeast region.
The University of Maine softball team is on the outside looking in right now, but their view looks a lot better after they beat the University of Vermont twice on Sunday.
Maine is currently fifth in the America East Conference with a 7-7 record in league play.
Now that the dust has settled and the smoke has cleared, the playoff picture in the National Hockey League is starting to become clear.
The biggest shocks were obviously the elimination of the Colorado Avalanche and the Detroit Red Wings. With these two powerhouses out, this presents a chance for other teams to win the Stanley Cup and makes the Western Conference less of a threat.
In October of 2000 the University of Maine dedicated the Environmental and Watershed Research Facility to former Sen. George J. Mitchell in front of a statewide television audience. The list of 900 attendees read like a who’s who of Maine socialites, all gathered to hear speeches given by UMaine President Peter Hoff, former Maine Gov.
Thursday night’s talent show battle to decide which University of Maine act was best for performing at Bumstock was a success.
“What makes a successful event is not the numbers that attend, but the students that it reaches. And by just that this event was a huge success,” Kristin Rand, Campus Activities Board coordinator of the event, said.
The ghosts of Method Man and Redman haunted Bumstock field Saturday night, as drenched spectators waited in front of an empty stage for a rap act that never arrived.
Scheduled to begin his set at 11:15 p.m., headliner Fat Joe was still missing at 11:30 p.
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