Archive for February, 2008
Originally printed in March 8, 1951
If this female moose could know that she is advancing the cause of science, she’d undoubtedly be very happy. Actually, she doesn’t care, because she’s dead. Performing the autopsy is Dr. J Franklin Witter, professor of animal pathology.
This past weekend the women’s hockey squad traveled south to take on the powerhouse University of Connecticut. Unfortunately, the University of Maine Black Bears haven’t been able to pick up points toward the end of the season, as they dropped both games.
On Saturday afternoon, UMaine only notched two goals as they lost 7-2.
Members of the history club can usually be found in Stevens Hall, the epicenter of all that is history- related. Tucked away in the Stewart Room, their 20-member club discusses what’s next on the agenda in way of trips and events to put on and who will drive the minivan to the next location.
Last Wednesday afternoon, baseball was the furthest thing from most people’s minds as temperatures hovered around the freezing mark and snow covered most of the surface at the Mahaney Diamond.
Sitting in his office in the Mahaney Clubhouse, University of Maine Head Coach Steve Trimper was preparing for the spring trip that would to begin over the weekend.
It was standing room only in the North Dining Room of Memorial Union on Tuesday night for the third and final qualifying round of Java Jive: The Project. The talent has been competitive so far in this acoustic music contest, with the first qualifying round yielding three solo semi-finalists in Jason Pote, Rachel Joyce and Erik Schwab.
Maine Attorney General G. Steven Rowe visited the University of Maine on Feb. 26 as part of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center Distinguished Maine Policy Fellow Program.
In his opening statement, Rowe cited Maslow’s hierarchy of needs to represent the importance of the Clean Air Act.
No stalking for you
A male student dining at the Union Marketplace at 6:06 p.m. on Feb. 25 reported an individual at the marketplace who was in defiance of a protection order the complainant had against him. Officers located the individual at Cumberland Hall and identified him as Gene Kim, a 19-year-old non-student from Millinocket.
Tuesday’s meeting of the General Student Senate was a night of last-minute requests from groups seeking funding before spring break this Friday.
Three different groups put forward main motions for funding. These are financial requests, which do not initially go through the Executive Budgetary Committee.
Campus-wide tobacco bans, which have been proposed to the University of Maine Student Government and President Kennedy, are leaving students with mixed emotions.
The Tobacco-Free Campus Committee, co-chaired by Lauri Sidelko, has submitted a modification on the current tobacco regulation which, if accepted, could eliminate all tobacco use on campus as soon as next year.
The cost to attend the University of Maine will rise again this year, but by how much is unknown.
In November, the University of Maine System (UMS) requested a budget increase of $8 million to maintain the same level of service in light of increasing costs.
