Archive for April, 2005
The University of Maine softball team dropped two games on Saturday to first place Albany. The Black Bears, who were outscored 10-1 in Saturday’s doubleheader, sought revenge in Sunday’s game, and revenge is what they got.
The Black Bears beat the Great Danes 9-5, on their best hitting effort of the season.
The University of Maine continues its search for a new women’s basketball coach. While the search committee, led by UMaine Athletic Director Patrick Nero, has no official deadline for finding a new coach, the committee would certainly like to find one by the end of May.
Lecturer Tim Wise made it clear he was only at the University of Maine last Thursday night to speak about the issue of white privilege because he is Caucasian, and has been fortunate since even before he was born. Had he been an African American or of any other race, he probably would not have made it this far.
At 8:15 a.m. in a studio classroom at the University of Maine’s Class of 1944 Hall, walls of waving mirrors reflect students dancing in synchronized movements. The dancers are quiet, but the beat of instructional music and shifting feet bellow off the metal ceiling.
While serving as interim president for the University of Maine this spring, Robert Kennedy traveled to Florida on a fundraising mission. What he didn’t know going into the trip is he would experience something that would convince him the permanent presidency was the right job for him.
Eleven years ago, the guest speaker of the first Annual HOPE Festival, Helen Nearing, urged people to “live simply and frugally with an eye to the needs of others to come.” Since then, the festival has expanded to feature over 80 organizations.
“Each year, organizations have participated in the spring festival by sharing information, selling buttons, T-shirts and other products and encouraging participant involvement,” said HOPE Festival Coordinator Ilze Petersons.
For all the problems that are scrutinized regarding college students, perhaps the most pressing and ultimately damaging one is often overlooked. Binge-drinking and alcohol consumption as a whole is generally considered a normal part of being a student. However, this senseless act of quasi-fun has served to ruin many a night and indeed many a life.
* Hoff’s horizon
With all the hoopla surrounding the appointment of Robert Kennedy as the University of Maine’s new president, I thought I would take a minute to say thank you and provide a few personal thoughts from midcoast Maine on our outgoing president, Peter Hoff.
Monday, April 25, 2005
Counseling workshop
Kyriacos Markides will lead a spirituality workshop at 12:15 p.m. in the Coe Room, Memorial Union. For more information, contact Rex Norris at 581-4145.
Bible study
The Wilson Center will host a Bible study at 4 p.
The board of trustees co-generation subcommittee had their first meeting last Friday at the University of Maine System office in Bangor. With over half of the 60-day proposed time-frame already passed, the clock is ticking for those opposing a co-generation at the UMaine to get their side heard and seriously considered.
