Archive for December, 2005
A long-time University of Maine professor has been nominated for a distinguished service award from the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association.
Walter Abbott, an associate professor of kinesiology and physical education at UMaine, was one of 14 people nationwide – and one of four from outside the field of athletic administration – to receive the award.
What’s a holiday season without toys?
This month, the University of Maine Black Bear Volunteers are working to avoid that possibility for greater Old Town-Orono area families with an innovative gift-giving program.
While many gift-giving programs like “adopt-a-family or child” give the recipients no choice in the gifts they receive, the Black Bear Volunteers’ program is designed to personalize a family’s holiday.
Christmas music resonated into the halls, setting the mood at the “Healthy Living” health fair sponsored by Peer Education on Tuesday in the Totman Lounge in Memorial Union.
“This [health fair] focused around illnesses that may be common but not well known,” said Aaron Sterling, a peer educator and the new vice president of Student Government.
Handicap accessibility is an issue everywhere people go and the University of Maine is no exception. Although about half of the buildings on campus are handicap accessible, there are still obstacles for students and visitors in wheelchairs.
Thomas Bennett, a fourth-year economics major who is in a wheelchair, said that getting around campus is not so bad until the winter weather starts.
Chris J. Allen is mad. If you read his opinion column in Monday’s issue of this publication, you know that. He asserts in his piece that members of Student Government have no interest in serving students; rather, he says they seek to advance their own careers.
Could the New England Patriots be on the verge of making another run in the playoffs? Although the last two games they played have been against sub-par teams, the Pats have still looked good. As the temperature drops, the chances of Patriots victories rise.
Rich Nagy, the defensive coordinator for the University of Maine football team for the last five seasons, will resign in order to take the same position at Murray State University, according to sources close to the team and MSU’s staff directory Web page.
UMaine’s athletic department declined comment and couldn’t confirm or deny Nagy’s departure or whether a resignation has yet been tendered, but on Monday former UMaine assistant Matt Griffin, who worked with Nagy in leading UMaine to the I-AA playoffs in 2001 and 2002, was named Murray State head coach.
Fox News strikes fear into the heart of Student Auxiliary Services, SAS, the entity that controls television programming at the University of Maine.
I’ve noticed since day one that crappy food wasn’t the only problem on campus. The news networks that we receive are fairly biased; CNN, CBS, NBC and MSNBC all qualify as fairly liberal stations.
It’s the week before Christmas, and you still don’t have a gift for your mother. This is crunch time, kids, when everybody’s busy, running around studying and working and sleeping and trying to fit Christmas shopping in and around all that. Long story short: You still haven’t gone shopping and you still don’t know what to get.
Teens in the Bangor area will have a safe place to explore art, music, theater and recreation when the Powerhouse Teen Center opens its doors next year.
The teen center is currently housed in the Salvation Army building on South Park Street in Bangor. Space concerns and funding limitations make it accessible only from 6 to 9 p.
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