Archive for February, 2004
* Spring Break begins Saturday, Feb. 28
The University of Maine’s Safe Campus Project, Substance Abuse Prevention Services and Public Safety have released the following tips for keeping safe while away on Spring Break.
Dehydration
Alcohol and increased exposure to the sun dehydrate the body.
At the polls this November, Orono residents will have two candidates to choose from to serve as their state representative. Peter Fullerton, a University of Maine senior and political science major, is running as a Republican candidate against incumbent Jonathan Thomas, a Democrat.
Remaining funds half of Spring ’03
Student groups planning to petition Student Government for funding this semester may want to bank on other plans. As of Tuesday’s senate meeting, available funds are $43,668, just slightly more than half the figure that remained to be allocated last year at this time, according to Ross Bartlett, vice president of financial affairs.
After Tuesday night’s duel between Beantown rivals Northeastern and Boston University, Northeastern head coach Ron Everhart made one comment that resonated all the way to the woods of Orono. When the well-regarded coach left the podium, after his team’s 82-68 beating at the hands of the Terriers, one thing seemed already etched in his mind: The Huskies’ Thursday night game was almost a must-win.
With just four regular season games remaining, the University of Maine men’s ice hockey team will travel to the Tsongas Arena in Lowell, Mass., for a match up against the UMass-Lowell River Hawks.
UMaine comes off of an important sweep of Providence at home, allowing them to stay in the hunt for the Hockey East regular season title.
With Starbucks popping up on every corner of America, some might say local coffee shops are screwed. Try telling that to entrepreneur Norman St. Michael, who has submitted an application to open the Heavenly Angels Coffee Shop, a topless coffee house, in Madison.
My home Diocese of Arlington, Va., has now joined the trend. Nine priests from there have been accused of the sexual assault of minors. It’s about time, I was starting to feel left out.
In all honesty, I don’t know what to think about this. I know some of these men.
As Black History Month comes to a close, a variety of student groups on campus are presenting one of the largest celebrations in Maine. Solidarity, a concert featuring Jimmy Varner of Los Angeles, also known as Soul, and his daughter Gabrielle, will take place tonight at 7 p.
Hoping to see the likes of Something Corporate or Chevelle at this year’s Bumstock festival? Unfortunately neither band will be attending. Something Corporate will be nowhere near the area of University of Maine in April, and Chevelle wanted more than the Bumstock Executive Committee could afford.
The University of Maine men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams concluded their seasons with a successful showing at the America East Championships last weekend. The Black Bear men snatched sixth place while the women took fifth in front of a capacity crowd at Wallace Pool.
