Archive for 2004
Thursday, December 9th, 2004, 12:00 am in News
Community calendar
By The Maine Campus
Thursday, Dec. 9, 2004 Men’s discussion group The Catholic Student Organization, in conjunction with the Newman Center, will host a Men’s discussion group to discuss issues of importance to students. The groups are student-led and the topics are picked by students.
Thursday, December 9th, 2004, 12:00 am in News
Police beat
By Kyle Webster
Gannett dispute leads to summons A man was issued a summons following an altercation in front of Gannett Hall at 12:06 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 5. Officers responded to the hall following a fight in progress report. En route, they received word that the original fight had stopped; however, a new fight had developed.
Thursday, December 9th, 2004, 12:00 am in News
Conference studies sustainable living
By Matt McEntee
Last Thursday, a conference was held at the Hutchinson Center in Belfast to promote the ideas of sustainable living, ecovillages and ecopeace. Speakers came from as far away as the United Kingdom and the Democratic Republic of Congo. There are some six billion people in the world, according to the United States Census Bureau.
Thursday, December 9th, 2004, 12:00 am in Sports
Return to the Hub
By Matthew Conyers
Boston has not been a kind place for the University of Maine men’s ice hockey squad in the past 10 months. Dating back to last April, the Black Bears have strung together a troubling three-game losing streak in Beantown. With the first loss coming in the National Championship game, the streak has since escalated this season with defeats coming against Boston University and Northeastern in November.
Thursday, December 9th, 2004, 12:00 am in Sports
Black Bears to grapple in CT
By Ryan Clark
With last weekend’s sweep of Northeastern University, the University of Maine women’s hockey team will look to continue their recent success against Quinnipiac on Saturday and Sunday. The two-game set against the Bobcats will be the Black Bears last game until Jan.
Thursday, December 9th, 2004, 12:00 am in Sports
Trouble in South Bend
By Kyle Fortinksy
And the 2004 award for college football’s Most Selfish and Unnecessary Personnel Move goes to … the University of Notre Dame. Congratulations, just last week your beloved Fighting Irish fired head coach Tyrone Willingham after three seasons of pacing the sidelines.
Thursday, December 9th, 2004, 12:00 am in Sports
URI Invitational allows for golden opportunites
By Katy Vanorse
This past weekend, the University of Maine men’s and women’s swim teams competed in the Harold Anderson Invitational held at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, RI. The invitational, in which the Black Bears have not competed for the past few years, saw UMaine take advantage of a championship atmosphere and many swimmers came away with first-place finishes.
Thursday, December 9th, 2004, 12:00 am in Sports
New era for NASCAR
By Katy Vanorse
Another NASCAR season has officially come to an end. I’m pretty sure that you may not be as disappointed as I am, but if you are somewhat interested in the results, here’s the rundown of the final top ten standings: NASCAR Nextel Cup Champion: Kurt Busch 2) Jimmy Johnson 3) Jeff Gordon 4) Mark Martin 5) Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
Thursday, December 9th, 2004, 12:00 am in Sports
Patriots corner
By Matthew Williams
Week 14. If there’s one player in the NFL who circled this date when the schedules were released last spring you can bet your bottom dollar it was Corey Dillon. The Patriots’ star running back will get a shot at his old team, the Cincinnati Bengals, this weekend at Gilette Stadium.
Thursday, December 9th, 2004, 12:00 am in Sports
Exploring the hockey world outside of Alfond
By Eric Gullickson
There are Division I college hockey programs outside of the Hockey East. Despite what east coast citizens may think, college hockey spans from Maine all the way to Colorado. With leagues like the Atlantic Hockey league, Central Collegiate Hockey Association, College Hockey America, Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Hockey League and the Western Collegiate Hockey Association making up the men’s Division I, the NCAA hockey league is nationwide.
