Archive for November, 2004
For a little over one month, the University of Maine men’s ice hockey team has searched for consistency. On Sunday, after splitting the past four weekend’s series, the Black Bears got back into a groove when they disposed of underrated Providence College 8-4.
The University of Maine volleyball team’s bid to go from worst to first fell one match short on Saturday when the University of Albany captured the America East championship by defeating the Black Bears 3-2.
UMaine led the match 2-1 but the Great Danes were able to force game five, which was the first time in championship history a match has gone five games.
Canadian native Stephanie Walker met with members of the University of Maine community to discuss her candidacy for the dean of libraries position. She is currently the university librarian at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and spoke recently at a candidate information session.
Student organizations joined together on Wednesday in Memorial Union to demonstrate the unequal distribution of food in the world.
The hunger banquet helped commemorate World Hunger Awareness Month, which is dedicated to learning more about world and local poverty and taking a stand against hunger and inequality.
Two people were arrested following an incident on Sixth Street at 7:52 p.m. Friday, Nov. 12. Officers received information from the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office that Joshua Young, 24, was living with Robyn Hynes, 25, in Old Town. This was a violation of bail conditions based on a situation that happened in Waterville in September.
The “Of The Month” awards have been announced for the month of October. Benjamin Martin, nominated by Cathy Marquez on behalf of the Career Center, has been named Student of the Month. The Program of the Month was Greek Week, nominated by Kathleen O’Brien.
Monday, Nov. 22, 2004
Power yoga
Campus Recreation will host a power yoga class from 5 to 6 p.m. in the All Purpose Room of Memorial Gym. For information, call Paul Stern at 581-1082.
Intervarsity Bible study
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship will hold its southside Bible study at 8 p.
Changes in the residence halls and University Bookstore are just some of the reasons that the University of Maine has been recognized by the Tobacco-Free Maine Foundation. The foundation honored UMaine with an award for being a collegiate leader in promoting tobacco-free lives on Thursday.
Kelly Estremera began her new job as the pharmacist at Cutler Health Center last month and she is bringing plenty of new ideas. Estremera is looking for an easier way for students at the University of Maine to purchase medication.
“We wanted to come up with another form of billing, and we have the administration behind us, helping us and supporting us,” Estremera said.
Posting a sign on a door that implies that overweight women are eyesores is rude, childish, disrespectful and shameful, but it is not sexual harassment, as Rachel Krautkramer pointed out in her opinion column “Sexual equality comes with a price” published in Thursday’s edition of The Maine Campus.
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