Archive for September 18th, 2006
Hello boys and girls! Welcome to the University of Maine! For those of you who are new here, let me be the first to tell you that you have a lot to look forward to in the upcoming year. UMaine is an excellent institution with plenty of things to do and see, and you will no doubt remember this year as one of the best of your life for a long time to come!
For the rest of you: prices went up for everything, we’re down to two dining commons- don’t bother eating lunch, you’ll never get through the line-the trees on the mall are still there, and you still can’t order a pizza from off campus with dining funds.
Couple arrested for assault
At 12:56 a.m. on Sept. 3, officers were sitting across from Ushuaia watching the front door. They observed a small group of people exiting the building. Two members of the club’s staff threw Rashard Turner, 23, to the ground and held him.
After almost six months of construction, the Student Recreation Center is on schedule to be opened in the fall of next year. The center, which will be the largest construction project undergone by the University of Maine, has adhered to its $26 million budget; only one-half of a percent of the planning has changed since the beginning of the process.
Last June, University of Maine researchers launched a torpedo-sized glider into the Atlantic Ocean on a mission to collect information about the ocean. Almost 5 feet long, the device-nicknamed Nemo – slid below the surface off of Seal Beach at Acadia National Park and began its journey along the coast of Maine.
Typically, the first quarter of a game is the time when you get your feet wet and try to get into a rhythm. Saturday night, the University of Maine tackle football club was not typical by any standards.
They jumped out to a 32-6 lead at the half and cruised to a 44-6 win over division rival Exeter on Morse Field at Alfond Stadium.
Monday
Registration
Last day to drop courses for refund.
SCUBA Class
SCUBA certification class will be held in the Memorial Gym complex from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Register at Maine Bound.
Games Night
Bingo in the Memorial Union from 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.
MUSIC
Java Jive – Open Mic Night
8 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Tuesday, September 19
Memorial Union
Rock Against Rape
Live bands, speakers, and information tables
8 p.m. – 11 p.m.
Friday, September 22
North Athletic Fields (field between softball and ROTC tower)
Trumpet/piano/violin recital
Performed by Jack Burt, Laura Artesani, Anatole Wieck and guests
7:30 p.
Construction began on the new Student Innovation Center just over a year ago. The center is scheduled to celebrate its grand opening on September 28. University of Maine President Kennedy will be on hand at the opening to welcome students to the new center, which grew out of the Target Technology Center in Orono.
Quickly becoming an annual tradition at the University of Maine, the increasingly popular outdoor rock concert Rock Against Rape will return for its fifth year next Friday, thanks to the efforts of the sponsoring fraternity, Sigma Phi Epsilon.
“This year is probably the biggest group we’ve ever booked,” said event director Andrew Gerke, in reference to this year’s headliner, Florida-native alterna-rock band Anberlin.
The University of Maine men’s soccer team fell to 0-8 Sunday afternoon, failing to get their first win of the season during their two game trip to California where they lost 5-1 to California Polytechnic and 3-0 to California State Fullerton. The games were the last two before conference play starts at home against Binghamton next Saturday, and would have been an important confidence booster for the very young team had they pulled out a win.
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