Archive for September, 2003
Edward “Sandy” Ives, who retired from the University of Maine in 1999 after 44 years on the faculty, first in English and later in anthropology, will present at the Page Farm and Home Museum’s next brown bag lecture. The speech is scheduled for noon on Wednesday, Oct.
University of Maine residents have been challenged to save energy and they will reap the rewards as part of the CommonCents Residence Hall Electricity Challenge.
The three winning residence halls who reduce their electricity use the most will be rewarded in cash prizes.
A Maine educator has been named executive director for a collaboration working to improve teaching and learning at schools throughout Penobscot County.
The Penobscot River Educational Partnership: A Professional Development Network has named Owen P. Maurais as its new leader.
The words of Wayne and Garth echo through my head everyone morning as I make my daily approach to campus: “game on.” It is time to play the parking game.
The grand prize of the parking game is to find a parking spot and arrive to class on time. There is a very meticulous set of rules any driver must play by, but I’ll clue you in on my own set of rules.
The band steps on stage, clad in store-bought Gap-Goth attire; the flock of middle class, teenybopper fans sway to and fro amongst a sea of human flesh. The PAs kick in releasing a barrage of generic, pop-like songs and somewhere far away, you can almost hear Sid Vicious turning over in his grave.
Landlocked in South Africa is a small, mountainous country by the name of Lesotho (Loo-SOO-too), where the people are Besotho (Beh-SOO-too) and they speak Sesotho (Ses-SOO-too). Located at the same latitude as Florida but in the southern hemisphere, the climate is nothing like that of Florida.
The University of Maine field hockey team swept their weekend series in Rhode Island this past weekend. On Saturday they defeated the University of Rhode Island 3-2, and on Sunday they narrowly escaped with an overtime victory over Providence College 2-1.
Senior Karly Bundy scored on a penalty corner for Maine with just 1:32 left to play at URI.
*The real Atkins diet
I am writing about the recent article in the Health Spot section of Style in The Maine Campus, titled “The Lies of Dr. Atkins.” First I would like to get some lies about the article out of the way.
The�Atkins diet is a low-carbohydrate diet, not a no-carbohydrate diet like this article would�lead one to believe.
Experts in media law, academics specializing in the study of journalism and working reporters will gather at the University of Maine Wednesday, Oct. 29, for an afternoon forum exploring current issues concerning the relationship between the media and government.
In a game that marked the official halfway point of the University of Maine men’s soccer season, the Black Bears escaped Alumni Field with a crucial 3-2 win over Sacred Heart University. The game served as a key victory for the Black Bears who were coming off a 3-0 defeat at the hands of Harvard on Wednesday afternoon and were looking to get back to .
