Archive for March, 2006
Cops nab two separate offenders at nightclub
At 8 p.m. March 17, an officer on patrol in the Ushuaia parking lot noticed several males in a parked vehicle. The officer approached the vehicle to check on the individuals. Upon making contact with the men, the officer could detect the smell of burning marijuana and alcohol.
Albany, N.Y – All week, the University of Maine men’s hockey team heard about the scoring prowess of Harvard.
They couldn’t escape it.
They would log on to a college hockey Web site and there it was. Turn over a newspaper and sure enough, some column was detailing the Crimson’s hot streak.
Arroz con pollo anyone? Empanadas con carne, alfajores or churros? How about some inspiring Latin poetry, or a little salsa music to get your hips swinging and your toes tapping? University of Maine students, faculty and area residents came together last Friday night to do just that, celebrate Latino Heritage for the ninth consecutive year.
Despite a low turnout, opinions were strong at Thursday’s Campus Planning Committee open forum on proposals for campus beautification projects.
About 20 faculty, staff and students attended the forum and heard plans for a new plaza near Barrows Hall as well as the Campus Arboretum’s proposed replacement of the mall trees.
Committee decides to rock UMaine
For the first time in years, the Bumstock committee made a tough decision that benefits UMaine students. They decided to divert a significant portion of the Bumstock budget to bring mtvU’s Campus Invasion to UMaine.
Declining attendance and rising costs have put the university behind the eight ball on the issue of Bumstock.
Maybe the clock won’t strike midnight after all.
For those wondering what I am getting at, it’s an old expression in college basketball referring to a Cinderella team. Cinderella teams are those schools that have a good run but like the character herself, they have to leave the ball early.
Is hazing a cultural phenomenon?
Two University of Maine researchers are intent on answering this question by examining the extent to which hazing occurs and the forms it takes across a range of student organizations in post-secondary institutions.
Elizabeth Allen, assistant professor of higher education and leadership and Mary Madden, assistant research professor presented the results of a pilot study they conducted last spring to a group of UMaine students and faculty.
Sitting in the kitchen of the orphanage, Anita Maria and I sipped tea and watched the Santiago news. Watching TV every night with the ladies who ran the home in Chile was a good way to practice Spanish during the three months I volunteered there. As we watched the news, which was mostly about the war in Iraq that had just begun that week, there was a story on the Chilean equivalent of the State of the Union address which had taken place that day.
MTV invades the University of Maine this spring with the help of bands Motion City Soundtrack, Straylight Run and Hellogoodbye. The May 5 event is the last date on the Campus Invasion Tour presented by mtvU, MTV’s college-targeted channel, and admission will be free for UMaine students.
MUSIC
Emma’s Revolution Concert
folk performers Pat Humphries and Sandy Opatow
7 p.m.
Tuesday, March 28
Minsky Recital Hall
Three Bands Concert
7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 28
Maine Center for the Arts and Hudson Museum
Soul Lemon
10 p.m.
Tuesdays
Blues Cafe, Orono
Roost
10 p.
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