Archive for November, 2006
Thursday, November 30th, 2006, 12:00 am in Opinion
Editorial
Professor’s award benefits UMaine Move over lobsters and baked potatoes – the state of Maine has a new claim to fame. Two weeks ago, University of Maine professor Eric Landis received the Professor of the Year title from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education and the Carnegie Foundation.
Thursday, November 30th, 2006, 12:00 am in Opinion
What is the Meaning of Life?
By Brian Sylvester
Over the course of our recent Thanksgiving break, I tried to isolate and identify the Meaning of Life. This was an ambitious undertaking which failed spectacularly. I am no closer to knowing the Meaning of Life than Michael Richards is to getting a stand-up gig at the Apollo.
Thursday, November 30th, 2006, 12:00 am in Style & Culture
What’s goin’ on
By The Maine Campus
MUSIC School of Performing Arts Jazz Concert 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 30 Hauck Auditorium Students free, public fee Opera Workshop 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2 Minsky Recital Hall, Class of 1944 Hall Students free, public fee Collegiate Chorale Performance 2 p.
Thursday, November 30th, 2006, 12:00 am in Style & Culture
What’s the buzz?
By J. Astra Brinkmann
Utopia doesn’t have to exist solely within the confines of a textbook. Idealism has been driving an activist-turned-artistic Maine-born collective for six years, and it’s thriving. Representatives of the Beehive Collective, which encourages the reproduction of its uncopyrighted works, found themselves educating and entertaining for two hours in Neville Hall at the University of Maine last night.
Thursday, November 30th, 2006, 12:00 am in Style & Culture
New Writing Series celebrates author’s 100th published work
By Thomas St. Pierre
The Backwoods Broadsides Chaplet Series, established in 1994 by University of Maine English lecturer Sylvester Pollet, published poetry from various local and international contemporary authors in pamphlet form. This past summer, Pollet completed the project after publishing his 100th piece.
Thursday, November 30th, 2006, 12:00 am in Style & Culture
Smooth acoustic-soul-rock fills Union tonight
By Jen Bashford
Turn down the lights. Go get yourself a slow sipping drink. That’s where you’ll want to be when the smooth soul of Ryan McCalmon “washes over you,” according to the performer’s Web site, http://www.ryanmccal-mon.com. Hailing from Portland, Maine, McCalmon will bring his emotionally charged “Acoustic-Soul-Rock” fusion to the Frequency at Memorial Union tonight at 8 p.
Thursday, November 30th, 2006, 12:00 am in Style & Culture
WMEB top 20
By The Maine Campus
1 The Blow Paper Television 2 Depeche Mode The Best of … 3 My Chemical Romance The Black Parade 4 Beck The Information 5 Hot IQs Dangling Modifier 6 Klaxons Xan Valleys EP 7 Tom Waits Brawlers, Bawlers, and Bastards 8 Rotary Downs
Thursday, November 30th, 2006, 12:00 am in Style & Culture
James Smith: Australian for comedy
By Zach Dionne
This Friday at 9 p.m. will mark one of the final chances this semester to laugh until it hurts as James Smith, the funniest product of Australia since Foster beer commercials, comes to Memorial Union for a free evening of comedy presented by The Maine Attraction.
Thursday, November 30th, 2006, 12:00 am in Style & Culture
Saturday concert to revitalize Orono’s music scene
By Pattie Barry
It’s not often that the Orono music scene is infused with fresh energy – especially from an old source. WMEB DJs and Orono scene veterans Patrick Anderson and Beth Farnham, better known as DJ Clarity, hope to change that. This Saturday night at the Blues Cafe, the pair are bringing back many of the old names in progressive electronic music from Orono for a “rebirth” of the music scene.
Thursday, November 30th, 2006, 12:00 am in Style & Culture
Student filmmakers get red carpet treatment
By Eryk Salvaggio
Film director Werner Herzog once said he would climb into hell and wrestle the devil himself to make one of his films. Luckily, that may never be necessary for filmmakers at the University of Maine. The Maine Channel is reaching out to student filmmakers by providing a budget and a showcase for short films as part of its first annual student film festival.
