Archive for October, 2008
Tuesday’s General Student Senate meeting went by a lot faster than the other ones I’ve been to this year. Despite its speedy pace, GSS still managed to pass a controversial resolution. Its purpose was to endorse the Power Vote campaign on campus. Oh, you haven’t heard of it?
From what I could gather through researching the campaign, the point of Power Vote is to motivate the youth vote to consider the energy and climate change platforms of candidates first and foremost.
The University of Maine women’s rugby team finished their season with a hard-fought battle against Wellesley College at Lengyl Field last Saturday. While the team fell by a score of 36-17, the team played hard, despite the loss of key players from the starting lineup.
The General Student Senate will have a new president next semester. This was announced at Tuesday’s meeting. Student Government President James Lyons announced that he would not run for re-election.
Lyons spoke briefly to the senate and did not elaborate on why he would not seek another term.
It’s almost Halloween, and the college-aged community set is wondering how to enjoy the night, as trick-or-treating may be out of the question. Here’s an idea – pop in one of these old-school horror flicks, sit back, and enjoy.
Sen. John McCain recently stated that the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN – an organization aimed at registering low-income and minority citizens to vote – “may be destroying the fabric of democracy.” The real threat to the “fabric of democracy,” is the purging of voter rolls across the nation that will result in thousands of legitimate voters being turned away from the polls on election day.
Nearing the halfway point of the NFL’s regular season, the 2008 season has provided viewers with a sense of unpredictability. The league is seeing a shift in the balance of powers at the top.
Tennessee is leading the league with seven wins and teams like Indianapolis and San Diego are sputtering along with sub-.
Orono’s abandoned Webster Mill is overdue for a cleaning. The asbestos-laden building and the surrounding lead-and-arsenic-sullied soil are potential health threats, and the Orono Town Council is taking action to decontaminate the site.
At a special meeting on Monday night, the council unanimously approved a motion to apply for a Brownfields Grant from the federal Environmental Protection Agency.
Swedish thrashers The Haunted always seem to have an album release close to Halloween. Coincidence? Maybe. Is “Versus” a good album regardless? Positively. It’s an album fans of the group may approach with trepidation – 2004′s “rEVOLVEr” is a masterpiece of fury and speed, volcanic riffs and a rejuvenated band; 2006′s “The Dead Eye” is an experimental waste masqueraded in slick production.
The current economic crisis has hit everyone hard. With most Americans cutting back on spending, car sales and donations to charities have plummeted. At the same time, the demand for help from charities that assist low-income and homeless citizens has increased sharply.
After a nearly three-week hiatus, the University of Maine men’s and women’s cross country teams are ready to get back to competition. The teams will return to action this weekend at the America East conference championships in Baltimore, Md.
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