Archive for April, 2006
For fans of the “Silent Hill” game series, I’m going to get directly to the point: the film adaptation of “Silent Hill” is a disappointment. A disappointment which will be added to the pile of other videogame-based movie crap, sitting only several notches above “Resident Evil,” “Doom,” and 1993′s “Super Mario Bros.
Who’s No. 3?
Normally, the question of ‘Who’s No. 1″ is asked but in this case, it’s trying to figure out third place that is so interesting.
When it comes to college sports, there is no question of which two are top dogs. In the fall, college football dominates TV screens from Miami to Seattle while basketball has the same effect in the spring.
Bangor man arrested on two alcohol charges
At 10:50 p.m. Saturday an officer was on patrol on College Avenue when he observed a vehicle traveling in the Stodder parking lot without headlights on. The officer continued to watch as the vehicle turned into the Penobscot Circle and began honking its horn.
I previously penned my conundrum of how people are content to simply vote according to party lines. Pundits and politicians have seemingly herded us into two separate categories in which no one can transcend their imagined boundaries. Unfortunately, this could be attributed to the fact that people haven’t learned about their political representitives or, in some terminally ill cases of Kool-Aid drinkers, they choose to ignore what’s going down with their favorite representatives.
The school year is almost over. What could this mean? No more fun events at UMaine until next semester?
Actually, now that Asian Heritage Month is nearly over, it is time to seriously party. In case you have missed out on any fun events on campus this semester, The Asian Student Association is hosting the Taste of Asia festival at Stodder Hall and Commons this Friday.
Beyond the usual aims of getting into shape and adjusting to life without last year’s seniors, the focus of the University of Maine’s spring football season has been installing the spread offense.
But senior quarterback Ron Whitcomb’s troops haven’t been the only ones benefiting from the updated offensive schemes.
Who says today’s youths aren’t interested in politics?
In keeping with a near 15-year tradition of Maine House of Representatives legislators from the Orono and Old Town areas being under age 30, at least two UMaine students are throwing their hats into the Augusta ring this fall.
A week after being reprimanded, the Student Women’s Association had its censure lifted by the General Student Senate on Tuesday night.
Last week the organization came under fire after an ad campaign and bake sale caused a bit of an uproar.
Because of the controversial actions, the GSS voted to censure the group and said it would be retracted if an apology was given within one week.
The Student Women’s Association had their hearts in the right place, but their heads in the sand with a recent wage gap campaign. SWA cited they were only trying to start conversation, prove a point and raise money for a good cause. Normally the acts of this fine organization should be, and have been applauded.
This Tuesday our Student Senate accepted the Role-Playing Game Society as the newest club on campus. In honor of these outgoing outcasts I’m going to base today’s column on the single most important object associated with the often-tyrannized world of RPGs, the d20.
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