Archive for October 31st, 2005
Well, I guess it’s official: I’m a moron.
I was sitting in the Union yesturday, before the windows that offer a lovely view of the mall, with a deliciously expensive cup of chai steaming next to me, reading The Maine Campus, when I received the grim news.
In a recent opinion article, Michael Hartwell suggested that evolutionary scientists are “squashing” the intelligent design movement (ID) with politics and not science. Contrary to Mr. Hartwell’s claims, even a cursory review of events shows that these political scuffles are waged by ID advocates parents, teachers, educational associations, rights advocates, and politicians.
Criticizing free speech critic
When I read Aaron Smith’s editorial “Don’t Push Your Political Ideals On Me,” I chuckled quietly to myself. It was silly. I respect his right to have an opinion, but found it foolish that he was complaining about others expressing their’s.
The “spirit” of Halloween in UMaine classes
What’s the deal with going to class on Halloween? After all, who really enjoys going to class on Oct. 31? At The Maine Campus, we feel, any professor who holds class on Halloween should have to dress up.
Imagine professor Doug Allen dressed as Dick Cheney, or Michael Palmer dressed as the devil.
The University of Maine’s swimming and diving teams split a meet against the University of Rhode Island on Saturday at Wallace Pool. The women’s team came out on top by a score of 177-123, while the men were defeated 153-146.
Leading the way for the Black Bears were four ladies who won two events each: junior Tal Shpaizer took the 100 and 200 back events, senior Shelby Setlage won the 100 breast and the 200 IM, freshman Colleen Miller won the 200 and 500 free.
Sunday witnessed one of the best goalkeeping careers in Black Bears history come to a close in one of the worst ways.
A second after giving up a goal on a penalty kick, University of Maine keeper Chad Mongeon was shown a red card, ending the senior’s career as the men’s soccer team allowed three unanswered goals in losing to Stony Brook 3-2 at Alumni Field yesterday.
The first time my dad saw Boston Bruins goalie Hannu Toivonen play, he said, “This guy is flopping around like a dolphin. Where’d he come from?”
My brother told my dad that he had played for the Providence Bruins last season and was Andrew Raycroft’s back up this year.
AMHERST, Mass. – This time there was no last second goal. No questionable penalty. No errant bounce of the puck. This time fortune was on their side.
For the University of Maine men’s ice hockey squad it’s been a long time coming.
After an entire season last year, full of heartache, the Black Bears seem to have finally coerced luck back onto their side for now.
It didn’t hit her until the game was over. Then, Shaunessy Saucier realized she will never play on her home field again.
Saucier, one of the four seniors on the University of Maine field hockey team, had hoped her team would win on Sunday, and be able to host the America East tournament.
Three weeks of hard work and the rigors of preparing for an Atlantic-10 football game with nothing to show for it. But this team wouldn’t hang its head or change its habits. They simply kept working.
Finally, despite giving away a 13-0 lead, it paid off as the University of Maine football team outlasted the Delaware Blue Hens 25-15 Saturday at Alfond Stadium.
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