Archive for September, 2008
White and green Celtics attire dominated the normally blue and white venue of Alfond Arena last Wednesday.
Students and locals alike attended a presentation of the 2008 NBA Championship trophy to the public in what was a two-stop road trip to Maine. Earlier in the day, the trophy was on display in Portland before being transported to Orono.
How the mighty fall
Every week on his ESPN radio show, Scott Van Pelt runs a segment called “Winners.” In the piece he eschews conventional wisdom, picking against the most popular college football lines in Vegas. This week, the laughable lines his system coerced him into taking included: unranked Oregon State over No.
Facing the No. 1 team in the nation, the opposing team must open up the playbook and pull out all the stops to get a victory.
On Friday, the University of Maine men’s soccer team hosted Bryant University. It was a dreary setting, but UMaine’s play brightened up the day as it found the back of the net four times en route to a 4-0 victory.
With the win, the Black Bears improved to 3-4-1 on the season, while Bryant dropped to 1-7-1.
In Friday’s debate, the public learned a lot about how the presidential candidates can carry themselves, but what about the issues? Both McCain and Obama can get heated about what they’re talking about. We need to see more than that. We need to see exactly where they stand on the issues that matter to the public.
Environmental issues were addressed with a mixture of arts and science on Saturday. More than 70 faculty members and students gathered in Minsky Recital Hall for the University of Maine Initiatives for Environmental Challenges, sponsored by the Maine Fulbright Founding Board.
Troy Brown didn’t belong playing professional football. At least, that’s what many believed on Draft Day in 1993. An eighth-round pick out of Marshall, Brown surprised everyone when he earned himself a spot on the roster of the New England Patriots. But always the overachiever, he surprised everyone even more by what he came to be before his recent retirement, Mr.
Big Brother is watching you, and he’s in the shape of the ominous “Eagle Eye,” a computer surveillance program that probably knows your favorite brand of deodorant.
D.J. Caruso’s new film is an intense affair posing implications about the computer espionage age.
Whoever said punk is dead must have never been to eastern Maine. On Friday, Sept. 26, it was apparent the same radical punk rock scene born in the back alleys and seedy dives of New York and London is alive and well in the Bangor area. A punk rock show, organized by a group of University of Maine students called the 105 Collective, transformed the Worker Center in Brewer into a hub of music, culture and activism.
The University of Maine receives a discount on the gasoline it buys. Those savings are continually given back to the university, despite aging UMaine Facilities Management vehicles driving up maintenance costs and departments sometimes filling up cars and trucks at more expensive public gas stations.
