Archive for April 3rd, 2006
Student reactions to the controversial proposal to replace the existing ash trees on the University of Maine mall with swamp white oaks have been varied.
Many students have expressed concerns that the new choice of trees will be subject to disease and the acorns produced will generate problems for barefoot students and skateboarders.
Last month’s 2006 Women’s History Celebration, sponsored by the women in the curriculum and women’s studies program, was considered a success by event organizers.
The program of events was expanded from last year’s to include a wide variety of presentations, documentary films, music, discussions and a modern art exhibit by photographer Lauren Shaw.
In one of the men’s bathrooms in Nutting Hall, amongst the traditionally rowdy odes to various bodily functions and drawings of illegal substances and beer, is a random drawing of a pair of lips inside a picture frame. It’s this kind of thing that might make someone wonder about the social space of the bathroom stall.
Monday
UMaine Hockey Rally
12:15 in the Marketplace of Memorial Union.
Tuesday
Front Page 2
Web authoring application training. Registration required. Admission fee. 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.of the computer classroom of the Raymond Fogler Library. For more information, contact Gretchen Gfeller on FirstClass.
Sitting down to interview six of Orono’s artists all at once is a daunting task, but it is also exhilarating. That’s because these six artists are all friends who enjoy and appreciate each others’ work and ideas. They share those ideas freely. I met them one evening after viewing their work, a collection called “Small Movements,” which was exhibited at the Harlow Gallery in Hallowell last month.
The University of Maine baseball team enjoyed an undefeated weekend, sweeping a double-header against Maryland Eastern Shore on Saturday and getting a win and a tie at Deleware State on Sunday afternoon.
The non-conference victories improve the Black Bears to 14-9-1 on the season.
False 911 phone calls have become a major concern for Public Safety officials.
The department receives many 911 calls in which the caller hangs up without speaking to the dispatcher.
An officer is obliged to respond to each one, which can prevent them from being at an actual emergency.
The Ten Bucks Theatre’s rendition of Alan Ayckbourn’s comedy “Bedroom Farce” at the Brewer Middle School Auditorium was one of the most comedic and entertaining plays to be performed locally this school year.
Directed by Elaine DiFalco Daugherty, the Orono Middle School’s drama coach, the play featured a cast deep in variety and background.
MUSIC
“A Walk Between Two Worlds”
Jam Session with Cuban musician Pablo Menendez
4 p.m.
Monday, April 3
North Pod, Memorial Union
The Project: Semi-finals
8 p.m.
Tuesday, April 4
Memorial Union
Lost on Liftoff, Still Standing, Soundbender
8 p.m.
Wednesday, April 5
Ushuaia
$8
ENTERTAINMENT
Late Night in the Union and Hawaiian Dance Party
9 p.
While some students spent their spring break hitting the slopes in Colorado or sipping margaritas on the shores of Acapulco, one student had something a little different on her agenda.
Freshman Whitney Thurston spent a week of her spring break helping Katrina victims rebuild in the hard hit city of Biloxi, Mississippi.
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