Archive for January, 2006
You all have read the same old drone – that our privacy is constantly being invaded on the Internet. Bank accounts, Social Security numbers, e-mail addresses and even your browsing preferences are all for the taking, and, for the most part, we’re the ones handing it over on a silver platter.
This Thursday at the MCA, Mark O’Connor’s Hot Swing takes the stage at 7 p.m. O’Connor, born in Seattle, Wash. in 1961, takes the swing style that was popular 30 years before his time and makes it new again.
The swing music of the 30s is based on jazz, but employing a larger band, with less improvisation and simpler harmonic and rhythmic patterns.
The University of Maine women’s basketball team just keeps rolling – in the wrong direction.
The Black Bears never led in the contest as the Boston University Terriers rolled over UMaine, handing them their eighth-straight road loss yesterday afternoon, 81-62.
It’s a new year. A new semester. Heck, it’s practically spring out there, which is a totally new twist on January. All that spring in the air has turned my head to new adventures, especially exciting new ideas for this column.
Last semester, everyone read about how to live like a queen on a limited budget.
BOSTON – Northeastern head coach Greg Cronin wasn’t looking for anything spectacular.
Heck, he knew who his opponent was and what they were capable of. His objective was simple: Extend a 13-year old streak. That’s all he wanted.
But on Saturday night, even that proved too difficult for the hard-luck Huskies.
Guests or residents?
In the Letters to the Editor section of the Jan. 26 edition of The Maine Campus, Christopher Miner states: “Remember, we are guests in Orono, not the ruling class of residents.” Mr. Miner was commending the Orono Town Council’s decision not to renew Ushuaia’s liquor and entertainment licenses.
With graduation less than four months away, University of Maine students have a chance to get a jump start on the job search process.
The Career Center will host its annual career fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday.
The event, which will be held in the university’s field house and Memorial Gymnasium, will host more than 100 companies and organizations.
Even when classes are over, faculty members still find a way to contribute to the university community.
With multiple faculty, professors and members of the Orono community in attendance, the Fogler Library held a tapas bar on Thursday in the University Club, located on the second floor of the library.
Three University of Maine students are making history in the town of Orono by running for town council in the March 12 elections. Never in the Town Council’s history has a student currently attending UMaine been elected to the seat, though approximately half of the registered voters in Orono are UMaine students, according to Orono’s registrar of voters Susan Hart.
The other day, I went to Blockbuster and rented “Mad Max,” “Waterworld” and “28 Days Later.” What do all those movies have in common? They all take place in a post-apocalyptic world. Why did I rent them? Because I want to get an idea of what society is going to be like in 15 years, minus Tina Turner, bad acting and zombies.
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