Archive for October 9th, 2008
Sitting in my media criticism class, I often find myself fascinated with the wardrobe choices of my professor, Laura Lindenfeld.
Normally, she springs into class wearing black and white, two great contrasts. But with every outfit, she adds a splash of color.
At Tuesday’s meeting of the General Student Senate, an accusation was made against The Maine Campus that we feel needs to be addressed. A senator representing the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences accused The Maine Campus of being involved in the theft of a sandwich from Memorial Union, saying that the newspaper could have prevented the theft from occurring.
For some, skipping class is a way of college life. Others are attendance stalwarts, refusing to miss even the slightest element of a course. Whether playing hooky is an epidemic or an isolated problem, nearly all students have taken part – of 50 University of Maine students questioned, 48 said they have skipped a class.
No Manny Ramirez for the Boston Red Sox? No problem. A league-worst record in 2007 for the Tampa Rays? No problem, as well.
On Friday night, the AL Wildcard winning Red Sox and AL East champion Rays will play game one in an unlikely American League Championship Series matchup.
This past Saturday, the University of Maine women’s rugby team earned a monumental win against in-state rival Colby College, trouncing them 53-0.
A team that has consistently proved to be a tough force, the Black Bears dominated – their defense shut out the Mules and prevailed for their second win of the season.
Ever since I began following politics, the Bush administration has always startled me. Throughout the years, President George W. Bush has played the “front page fearful figure.” He couldn’t stomach it when the House first rejected his $700 billion financial bailout of the U.
The University of Maine club football team’s league season is over, even though it feels like it just began. On Sunday, the Black Bears lost to the Brockton Buccaneers 27-13.
The Black Bears were competitive in the first half, leading 7-6 in the second quarter.
Looking back, the storm of an inauguration that President Bush received is fitting for what followed. It certainly didn’t help our president to have his initial means of entry into office seriously contested by direct questioning in the Supreme Court and indirect questions in the mind of every voter.
Heading into a mid-season game against Delaware, with the same record, the University of Maine football team would generally be happy.
However, the Blue Hens – after losses to FBS opponent Maryland and two FCS top-25 teams (Furman University and UMass) – sit at 2-3 overall and 0-1 in the Colonial Athletic Association.
Banking, health care, augh!
Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama met Tuesday night in a “town hall” style debate. I put “town hall” in quotation marks because the debate was disappointingly structured – viewers could have benefited from a little more back and forth between the senators and a little less from Tom Brokaw.
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