Archive for November, 2003
Monday, November 24th, 2003, 12:00 am in News
A ‘D’ won’t cut it anymore
By Pattie Barry
The University of Maine System’s Board of Trustees unanimously approved the adoption of a universal credit transfer policy last Monday. The policy, which will be implemented in the fall of 2004, requires that all course transfers for credit from any school into the University of Maine System must have a grade of C- or better.
Monday, November 24th, 2003, 12:00 am in News
Orono mulls over disorderly house ordinance to target repeat offenders
By Rick Redmond
Disorderly properties and what to do about them was the sole item on the agenda when 11 members of the Orono Town Council met last Wednesday. The council drafted an ordinance on the first of October with the proposed purpose to “protect the health, safety, and welfare of the residents of the Town of Orono by eliminating the proliferation of properties harboring occupants who disturb the peace and tranquility of their neighborhoods.
Monday, November 24th, 2003, 12:00 am in News
UMaine community calendar
By The Maine Campus
Monday, Nov. 24 * Richard MacKinnon, former head of the IBM Cambridge Scientific Center, will present “Defining Yourself: Living Your Life and Preventing Some Bad Things” at 2:10 p.m. in 115 DPC. * A free belay seminar will be held 6-8 p.m. at the Maine Bound Adventure Center.
Monday, November 24th, 2003, 12:00 am in News
State holds fate of dairy industry
By Diane Belanger
Got milk? Don’t bet the farm on it. Maine dairy farmers are accustomed to waiting for the cows to come home. Nowadays, they also wait for politicians in Augusta to decide if the state’s milk industry is worth keeping – and at what price. That decision also has ramifications for the University of Maine.
Monday, November 24th, 2003, 12:00 am in News
Former soldier wages collection campaign
By Pattie Barry
Reservist and former active-duty member of the United States Navy Shirley Benton is organizing a drive to collect soccer balls, footballs and other care package items for the armed forces overseas in Iraq. Benton asked the University of Maine and area elementary schools for help collecting the items after a friend at the Pentagon told her he would be flying to Iraq with a USO show in December, hoping to bring six pallets of soccer balls and footballs with him on the plane.
Monday, November 24th, 2003, 12:00 am in Sports
UMaine tied for first in Hockey East
By Jeff Mannix
The University of Maine men’s ice hockey team had a strong weekend on the road, garnering three of a possible four points in Hockey East play. The Black Bears tied 1-1 at the University of Massachusetts Friday night, then beat Providence College 3-2 Saturday.
Monday, November 24th, 2003, 12:00 am in Sports
Lady Black Bears take historic game from PC
By Matt Hritz
The proverbial monkey was lifted off the back of the University of Maine women’s hockey team this weekend as the Black Bears defeated the Providence College Friars 3-2 on Sunday for the first time in school history. Maine lost on Saturday by a score of 2-1.
Monday, November 24th, 2003, 12:00 am in Style & Culture
Beauty and Magic
By Aerin Raymond
The lights go down and all of a sudden the crowd enters a large junkyard. Oversized tires and trash cover the stage. Slowly, cats creep and crawl to their marks. Based on T.S. Eliot’s 1939 book of poetry, “Old Book of Practical Cats,” “CATS” uses his poems to portray a beautiful musical looking at the lives of a group of junkyard cats.
Monday, November 24th, 2003, 12:00 am in Style & Culture
Yamato taps into primal rhythms
By Jesse Davis
Music, comedy, culture. The Maine Center for the Arts had it all in one event this past Friday with the Japanese drummer group, Yamato. From the very beginning of the show, it was obvious why the MCA decided to bring the group here, and why so many people came out to see it.
Monday, November 24th, 2003, 12:00 am in Style & Culture
A cappella groups continue tradition of talent, humor at fall music concert
By Derek Francis
Some things are consistently remarkable – Mom’s cooking, David Bowie albums and the Maine Steiners. This past Friday and Saturday, the University of Maine male a cappella group, the Maine Steiners, performed two outstanding shows in DPC 100. Most everyone on this campus has at least heard of this group.
