Archive for September, 2005
The mission of the Maine League of Conservation Voters is to make the protection of natural resources a priority for Maine voters, candidates and elected officials. State Rep. Emily Cain, D-Orono, is one of the most active members of this league and has earned top honors for her environmental voting record in the first session of the 122nd Maine Legislature this year.
Alternative Spring Break kicked off its fundraising season in silence Tuesday.
Cotton candy and free bowling passes to the Family Fun Bowling Center in Bangor were handed out to entice people into the silent auction being held in Memorial Union. The silent auction is one of many fundraisers ASB will be hosting this semester in order to raise over $20,000 needed for the five to six trips a year they run.
Add-drop time has come and gone for the fall semester. However, if you are still looking to pick up a class, Pop! Tech, a class on popular culture and new technologies, starts this Friday.
The class has been around for eight years and is taught by an array of professors teaching in all different areas at the University of Maine.
“Are you feeling the burn?”
Justin Kotchian, 21, a University of Maine student, said one of his friends and fellow smokers recently asked him this question.
Indeed, many student smokers are feeling the burn. With their wallets already drained by increased tuition, books, and of course, gas prices, they are now being faced with yet another financial strain: a $1 increase in Maine’s excise tax on cigarettes.
Police charge two men caught laying on railroad tracks
An officer on patrol on Pine Street in Orono noticed two males laying on the railroad tracks, appearing to be in each other’s arms. He shined a spotlight on the individuals and told them to come over to him.
A University of Maine student conduct officer kept Sigma Alpha Epsilon on the radar by suing the fraternity on Sept. 16.
David Fiacco has filed a lawsuit against the national SAE fraternity for emotional distress allegedly inflicted on him by SAE members.
Textbooks are the bane of my existence as a college student. They’re heavy, boring, expensive and generally useless. Textbooks are like the weights on the chains of my learning experience. Quite frankly, I’m sick of having to sell an organ every time I have to attach a new book to the myriad volumes I already own.
I’m going to drop a quick defense of Barry Bonds if that’s OK with you. You can keep or throw this out, but it’s a response to Brian Sullivan’s article on him Monday.
I am pulling out my Barry Bonds defense gloves for the last time. I am saddling up for my farewell tour.
A General Student Senate resolution passed last April that encourages student organizations not to associate with the American Red Cross because of accusations of gay discrimination which have caused concern over campus blood drives.
Associate Dean for Students Kenda Scheele held a meeting yesterday in the Bumps Room of Memorial Union to discuss how to handle this issue.
There are certain styles that are questionable from the first time they hit the runway or show up in the Allure in your mailbox. Think pleather. No one could have thought that one would last. Or straight-leg pants: OK, so Kate Moss and Sienna Miller are wearing them – for the rest of us who would look ridiculously disproportionate, I think we got over those when our parents finally agreed to buy us flares or bootlegs back in 98.
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