Archive for October, 2008
Hundreds of guests flooded the University of Maine Oct. 23 and 24 for Climate Change 21, an environmental festival and interactive forum.
More than 500 people registered for the two-day conference held in Wells Conference Center, making it a full house. Gov.
WMEB, the University of Maine’s student-run radio station, is celebrating Halloween a night early with their Triple Creature Feature concert tonight. Three local acts will perform at the Keith Anderson Community Center in Orono at 9 p.
In Columbus, Ohio this Tuesday, one of Sen. John McCain’s supporters that we’ve heard so much about asked whether a “vote for [Sen.] Obama is a vote for the death of Israel?” Samuel Wurzelbacher – better known as “Joe The Plumber,” was campaigning with McCain that day in Columbus and responded, “I’ll go ahead and agree with you on that.
With four games remaining in the season, the prevailing thought among University of Maine football fans is that if the team wins out, they will make the playoffs. That would be a tall task considering two of those games are against division rivals – a road game against No.
This Election Day will be the first time many University of Maine students will be able to vote in a presidential race. With little time left until ballots are cast, some students still have questions about how to declare their choice.
Luckily for first-time voters, Maine has same-day registration.
The University of Maine women’s swimming and diving team displayed some impressive talent this weekend when they hosted a dual meet against Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) and Northeastern University. The Black Bears defeated CCSU 184 to 109, but lost to Northeastern 198 to 91.
Stephen Cooper, Mike DeVito and Matt King all starred for the University of Maine football team. Cooper and King were both All-Americans, while DeVito was an All-Conference pick. All three have gone on to play professionally. Besides their impressive football resumes, all three also hold something else in common – they redshirted their first year.
The three seniors on the University of Maine women’s soccer team made sure their last regular season match on Alumni field was a memorable one.
Senior forward Christine LaBelle netted her team leading fifth goal of the season, and senior goalkeeper Jasmine Phillips recorded her 35th career shutout to lead UMaine to a hard fought 1-0 victory over the University of New Hampshire Thursday on Senior Day in Orono.
Drink too much? Officers responded to the first floor of Androscoggin Hall when someone reported a man urinating in the hallway. At 2:11 a.m. on Oct. 24, a witness identified Michael Cannavino, 18, Orono, as the man who urinated on the hall carpet. During questioning, the officer noticed Cannavino was intoxicated and issued him a summons for possession of liquor by consumption.
In preparation for this special edition of The Maine Campus, our news team spent more than a month researching the candidates on their positions and histories. Part of this time was spent contacting congressional candidates in attempts to set up face-to-face interviews.
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