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Thursday, December 14th, 2006, 12:00 am in News
By Randy Perkins

Students summonsed for rope burning, alcohol

On Dec. 9 at 1:38 a.m. an officer was on patrol with two RAs in Penobscot Hall when they overheard a male in the hallway talking to another male. One male said to the other, “Meet me in my room and we’ll burn a rope.


Thursday, December 14th, 2006, 12:00 am in News
By The Maine Campus

Thursday

Chemistry Seminar

“Molecular Mechanisms of Biological Responses to Environmental Agents: Allergens and Arsenic” will be presented by Julie Gosse of Dartmouth Medical School as a department of chemistry special seminar. The seminar will be held at 11 a.


Thursday, December 14th, 2006, 12:00 am in News
By The Maine Campus

In the Dec. 11 issue of The Maine Campus, there was an error in the story titled “Bangor NAACP holding Kwanzaa celebration.” Kwanzaa was first introduced in 1968, not 1978 as stated in the story.

In the Dec. 11 issue of The Maine Campus, there was an error in the story titled “Deschenes becomes new Off-Campus Board president after uncontested race.


Thursday, December 14th, 2006, 12:00 am in News
By Emma Potvin

Members of Alternative Spring Break pitched tents in front of the University Bookstore on Sunday as part of the second annual ASB Camp-in for Crossroads.

They arrive in Memorial Union when it opens at 8 a.m. and staff their campsite until around midnight.


Thursday, December 14th, 2006, 12:00 am in News
By Pattie Barry

The University of Maine’s graduation and retention rates could use “a hair of improvement,” according to the University of Maine’s provost. Brainstorming approaches to this issue was the purpose of discussion in the first “town meeting” for the university community, held on Tuesday afternoon in the Totman Lounge.


Thursday, December 14th, 2006, 12:00 am in Opinion
Insight gained after hunt for Christmas tree
By Alyssa Franzosa

Feeling compelled by a meth-like rush of holiday joy, my roommate Kristin and I decided to get a Christmas tree for our new apartment. We went in search of the perfect tree. To us, that meant the saddest, weakest, most decrepit little sapling we could find.


Thursday, December 14th, 2006, 12:00 am in Opinion
Change in bus schedule could help serve student population
By Pattie Barry

One reason I love it here at the University of Maine, though it may seem like a small one, is the BAT. I cannot say enough wonderful things about this program. A flash of my student ID takes me to any destination in the Bangor area, 100 percent free of charge.


Thursday, December 14th, 2006, 12:00 am in News
By Brian Sylvester

After a tumultous campaign, the FEPC announced that Priyanth Chandresekar has been certified as president of Student Government during its last regular meeting of the semester.

“The students voiced their opinions in the first ballot and did exactly the same in the second,” Chandresekar said.


Thursday, December 14th, 2006, 12:00 am in Opinion

General Student Senate

Members of the Undergraduate Student Body,

Recently, University of Maine Student Government, Inc. held our annual Executive elections. Several weeks before this though, at a regular meeting of the General Student Senate, it was questioned whether ample time was allowed for potential candidates to be notified of the election, take out petitions to run, and submit them.


Thursday, December 14th, 2006, 12:00 am in Sports
By Adam Clark

Coming into this indoor track-and-field season, both the University of Maine men’s and women’s squads were predicted to be in the middle of the pack of America East. Even with last weekend’s defeat at the hands of New Hampshire in the season’s first meet, the Black Bears still have lofty goals.