Archive for November, 2003
On Friday night the University of Maine men’s basketball team got introduced to one of the finest players in the Atlantic-10 Conference. Tim Picket, a Florida State Senior, who is figured to be a dark horse in the Conference Player of the Year battle, put on a strong display of his talent for the Black Bears.
The Black Bear football team didn’t close its season the way it had hoped.
This past Saturday, the Bears fell to UNH by a final score of 47-27, smothering the slim chances the team had for a large bid to the playoffs.
The loss made it the first to the Wildcats in four years, allowing New Hampshire to take ownership of the Brice-Cowell Musket.
Many people watch the developments in the Middle East on television or listen to reports on the radio, but not as many listen knowing they could be involved in the situations described. For one University of Maine student and nearly 500 members of the Maine Army National Guard, that scenario became real when they received notice on Nov.
About 350 drivers crossed through safety check-points Friday night when University of Maine campus road blocks were set to attempt to combat drunk driving.
UMaine Public Safety Lt. Jeff King said the department has seen an increase in Operating Under the Influence offenses this semester.
Everyone needs to feel valued and appreciated for what they do. It may not be all about wages but also about being respected and valued. Without students, there would be no University of Maine and without faculty, there would be no classes. I wonder if people realize what would be missing without the support of the knowledgeable staff on the front lines.
Several weekends ago, I went back to my hometown – China, Maine – to visit with my family and friends. While I was there, I stumbled across a letter from the headmaster of my former high school, where my brother is now a sophomore: Erskine Academy. This institution is a private school, and the only high school within 20 miles of my house.
* The athletic reality
I hope that this letter will open Marshall Dury’s eyes to the real world of student-athletes.
Dury’s view of student-athletes here in the University of Maine seems to be a little fuzzy, and I would like him to know that not all student-athletes get to register before the rest of their class.
The last game of the regular season, and possibly the last game until next fall, has great importance to the University of Maine football team.
Maine travels to conference rival New Hampshire for the 53rd “Battle for the Brice-Cowell Musket.”
The .65 caliber flintlock musket was jointly donated by the UNH and UMaine alumni chapters of Portland and was first awarded in 1948.
As the Bruins prepare for their games this week, they will have to take the message sent from their biggest fans and go into some physical games without their best enforcer.
Saturday night was the last Boston Bruins game, but the post-game show on Saturday wasn’t a review of the game.
If one was to flush the toilet bowl full of the hip-hop crap of today there would be some floaters. Those resilient musical turds, defiant at heart and determined by nature, w beat the clockwise vortex that tries to funnel them into the deep abyss of the watered-down underground hip-hop genre.
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