Archive for March, 2007
Recently, I was walking through my local food market when I spotted a familiar face staring back at me on a strawberry Fruit Roll-Ups box: Spider-Man. He was looking at me saying, “Buy this product. I, Spider-Man, personally endorse it.” Well, how can you pass that up? Even though I haven’t had a Fruit Roll-Up in years, Spider-Man and his upcoming third film told me to buy this product, which I did.
St. Louis bus fees seem outrageous
Joy over the University of Maine hockey team’s second straight trip to the Frozen Four may be short lived for some Black Bears fans, who must have been discouraged by the eye-popping $640 price tag on UMaine’s fan bus trip to St.
Police break up loud party
On March 17 at 10:03 p.m., officers were notified of a loud party on High Street in Old Town. When the officers arrived, they located the residents of the apartment, Andrew Connolly, 21, and Richard Price, 21. The party attendants were told to leave.
From March 14, 1968
Review Board decides on students’ complaints
By Melanie Cyr
The Free Speech and Assembly Review Board recently concluded consideration of complaints made by the Students for a Democratic Society. Their complaints concerned university administration actions during their February 6 protest against a Dow Chemical interviewer on campus.
After four years of war, what have we learned? This was the dominant question asked by Professor Douglas Allen at Thursday’s Socialist and Marxist Studies lecture series. “The situation in Iraq today is unbearable,” he said. “The U.S. occupation in Iraq is part of the problem and not part of the solution.
The University of Maine softball team spent the weekend in Piscataway, N.J. at Rutgers University. On Saturday, the Black Bears split a doubleheader with the hosting Scarlet Knights, then on Sunday they defeated St. Peter’s College by a score of 2-0. The team improved their record to 15-15 on the season.
The University of Maine men’s rugby team is in the middle of their spring season after an impressive fall season where they went 9-2 and came in third place in the Northeast region. Unlike the fall season, the team plays in many small tournaments instead of having regular season games every week.
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Motzko knows best, or at least it certainly felt that way Friday night.
After watching his team get smacked up for four goals and tossed around by the University of Maine men’s ice hockey squad, the St. Cloud State head coach didn’t have to be prolific.
The Maine Campus All-Region Team: Michel Leveille, Billy Ryan, Kevin Jarmen, Mike Lundin, Bret Tyler and Ben Bishop.
Honorable Mention: Brent Shepheard.
The Real All-Region Team: Michel Leveille, Matt Anderson, Kevin Jarmen, Mike Lundin, Bret Tyler and Ben Bishop.
If Massachusetts is destined to be the University of Maine’s next big hockey rival, then they should consider themselves served notice. It’s a simple message, one that the Black Bears have shared with the other big rival, New Hampshire, countless times: You can have Hockey East, but we will whoop you when it really matters.
