Archive for May, 2006
Monday, May 1st, 2006, 12:00 am in Style & Culture
Bring on the MTV
By Ryan Clark
The minute classes get out on Friday, there is a good chance that students will flock to the library for something other than finals. Before multiple attempts at a last-minute cram session, students can check out an interactive village and meet some of their favorite bands behind Fogler Library as a part of the mtvU Campus Invasion Tour that will make its final stop of the year on May 5.
Monday, May 1st, 2006, 12:00 am in Opinion
Editorial
Green bikes to swarm campus Wednesday the brothers of Pi Kappa Alpha will release 50 green bikes to the UMaine community. For those not familiar with the program, Pi Kappa Alpha refurbishes old bikes and paints them green. They are free for students to use, but the agreement is that they stay on campus and are left where other people can find them.
Monday, May 1st, 2006, 12:00 am in Sports
Pats, Texans draft winners
By John Madore
After watching 10 straight mindless hours of the biggest crapshoot on Earth, the NFL Draft, I find myself looking deep into each team’s selections after day number one. Of course, everyone and their mother has an opinion when it comes to selection weekend.
Monday, May 1st, 2006, 12:00 am in Style & Culture
Sudoku solution
By The Maine Campus
Monday, May 1st, 2006, 12:00 am in Sports
A mean case of jockey jealousy
By Matthew Conyers
At some point, every childhood dream has to bite the dust. Mine went to bed in sixth grade when I realized that I didn’t have Eddie Matthew’s arm and Jim Lovell’s brain. It just wasn’t in the books. In the end, these dreams are the easiest to say farewell to.
Monday, May 1st, 2006, 12:00 am in Style & Culture
‘United 93′ portrays Sept. 11 attacks with realism
By Anthony Crabtree
Director Paul Greengrass has tackled what will most likely be the most controversial film of his career, “United 93.” While Greengrass has taken on projects before that dealt with tragic events, such as his 2002 film “Bloody Sunday,” this is the first time anyone has taken on a film project dealing with the actual events that occurred on Sept.
Monday, May 1st, 2006, 12:00 am in Sports
Heart on Her Sleeve
By Ryan Clark
Take a situation where your team is basically blowing every other team in the conference out of the water. Combine that with the notion that your team just lost the game and although life is still good, there is one person on the team who is more distraught about the loss than anyone else.
Monday, May 1st, 2006, 12:00 am in Style & Culture
Student creates new media exhibit as tribute to friend
By Pattie Barry
The image is candid: Several young women, swathed in traditional Arabic dress, stand smiling behind a deep-skinned U.S. soldier. He cradles an assault rifle as he kneels in front of them to pose for the photographer. The girl behind him, her head wrapped in a fringed lavender veil and her face touched with a gentle smile, extends her hand out over the soldier’s bleached-out army cap as if in blessing.
Monday, May 1st, 2006, 12:00 am in Sports
Raiders tab McMahan ‘Mr. Irrelevant’
By Matt Williams
For four years, Kevin McMahan and Montell Owens shared the football field at the University of Maine. Yesterday, the duo shared something even more special: joining the ranks of the National Football League. The Oakland Raiders tabbed McMahan, a receiver, as Mr.
Monday, May 1st, 2006, 12:00 am in Sports
13 questions
By Will Cleveland
This season has been a memorable one for the University of Maine softball team. It has already set a school record for wins in a season. Currently, the team sits in first place in America East. Senior pitcher Sarah Bennis, who leads the team in wins, has been one of the main reasons.
