Archive for February, 2004
Now, not later Nader
Independent sets bipartisan presidential race aflame
Ralph Nader, a veteran presidential nominee who ran in the 2000 Presidential election under the banner of the Green Party, announced on Sunday that he will once again make his bid for the Presidency, but this time as an independent candidate.
*Are you kidding me?
After reading Mike Servis’ column against same sex-marriage in The Maine Campus on Feb. 23, I was appalled. I can understand, although I strongly disagree with, people wanting to keep the traditional definition of marriage as being between just a man and a woman.
Men overboard
A good captain is supposed to be the last one to abandon ship, and to help his crew weather any storm.
Justin Brown’s resignation as president of the General Student Senate has left the rest of the senators without a leader in a critical time of transition.
Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, is a time to eat, drink and indulge oneself before the fasting period of Lent, a Catholic tradition, begins. This celebration takes place in different communities around the world, and is best known in the U.S. for the celebration in New Orleans, a community with a large French-speaking population.
From a script that draws directly from the scriptures of the Holy Bible and various Catholic writings, Mel Gibson directs “The Passion of the Christ,” a movie as much about love as it is about suffering. “The Passion” details the last 12 hours of the life of Jesus Christ (James Caviezel) in a violent, bloody fashion.
Tricia Penley still isn’t used to seeing her profile etched in pastel in the new children’s book, “A Mother’s Dream.”
“It kind of freaked me out when I saw the pictures,” Penley said with a laugh during an interview last week. “One looks exactly like my profile.
Non-student acts dominated the show during The Project’s third night as the Portland-based group 4 Fold and the Boston-based duo Alex Rosenblatt and Colin Graebert advanced to the semi-finals.
The two acts beat out four other groups or individual performers in front of a crowd of about 50 Tuesday evening in Memorial Union.
Where does one turn when faced with a personal crisis? Rape Response Services offers victims help and a friend.
On Friday evening the brothers of Beta Theta Pi spent the night locked out of their house and in the snow, to raise money and awareness about Rape Response Services.
An election for the Residents on Campus organization originally scheduled for Wednesday has been canceled. Dean Wilbur, a second-year electrical engineering and technology major, will assume the position of president, as former candidate Adam Jones dropped out of the race.
*A female student was issued a summons for illegal possession of alcohol by a minor Sunday around 12:30 p.m. An officer on patrol outside Wells Commons approached three individuals near the building’s exterior, and spoke with two males and a female. The woman was holding a white foam paper cup and was trying to hide it from the officer, according to police.
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