Archive for May, 2003
First appeared Feb. 27, 2003
A year ago I would not have imagined that I would be excited to graduate from the University of Maine. The thought used to terrify me. Now, I am not only excited to graduate, but I am actually dying to don my cap and gown and pose for pictures with my grandparents.
First appeared on April 21, 2003
University of Maine students are dramatically unimpressed with the campus recreational facilities and support a new facility, even in the face of a substantial fee, based on a series of recently published survey results.
Brailsford and Dunlavey, a consulting firm from Washington D.
First appeared on April 10, 2003
Controversy and conflicting stories are plaguing the investigation regarding a “rave” that occurred more than one week ago in an abandoned textile mill on Shore Drive in Orono. The rave, titled “Elysium” by attendees, took place on Saturday, March 29, and went into Sunday, March 30.
First appeared on March 6, 2003
Higher education at the University of Maine is projected to be cut by nearly $1 million due to the expected $1.1 billion shortfall for Maine’s 2003 fiscal budget.
“Budget cuts cause us to delay filling vacancies when they occur, or even eliminate the positions entirely,” UMaine President Peter Hoff said.
First appeared Oct. 10, 2002
“Corey is Omnipotent, Omnibenevolent, Omniscient. Corey is the greatest possible being. Corey is God of the universe and has created an avatar of himself on Earth.”
These are some of the statements of belief that can be found at Coreyanity.
First appeared Nov. 7, 2003
When a University of Maine student ran out of her reseidence hall room Tuesday afternoon to go vote, she grabbed her Maine Card and a green Citibank credit card flyer as proof that she lives on campus. But at 3:35 p.m., she became the first in a long line of University of Maine students to have their votes challenged by Orono poll watchers at Doris Twitchell Allen Village.
“Come on you hormonal f**k-ups, how are you doing?”
This was the warm greeting offered by comedian John Fuglestan as he opened for comedian Darrell Hammond last Wednesday at the Maine Center for the Arts.
The venue was packed with students who had come to see the Saturday Night Live comic Hammond, who is best known for his impressions of Bill Clinton.
First appeared Sept. 9, 2002
Although no one was injured in a fire at a fraternity house on Wednesday, Sept. 4, it sparked an investigation into thefts and safety code violations at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house.
The fire, which occured at 3:18 a.
First appeared Oct. 3, 2002
Orono police are still searching for suspects in the assault of Michael Curtis that occurred on Sept. 22. A University of Maine student, Jarred Barnes, has been arrested in conjunction with the incident for withholding evidence.
* Where’s the techno?
I know the headliner of a music festival is a big deal, but the blatant pass over of the DJ tent in the two-page spread on Bumstock in the April 28 issue of The Maine Campus was quite disappointing.
When I left my residence around 6:30 p.
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