Archive for December 8th, 2008
Airport security checkpoints, Thanksgiving, “High School Musical 3″ and Bangor Car Care commercials are what won Joe Burnham the title of Last Comic Standing on Friday night.
At the annual University of Maine stand-up comedy contest Burnham proved to be too much for fellow finalist Chris Drozell.
Percy Clarke has been manager of the University of Maine’s e-Sports arcade since its inception in 2004, always conducting himself with amiability and a smile.
“To me, a quarter’s a quarter. If you lose one today, another one tomorrow, that’s 50 cents,” Percy said, sitting on a bench in the Memorial Union game spot. This is his domain, and this simple sentiment regarding the refund policy embodies his attitude toward his job: sweat the small stuff, pay attention to detail, serve the patrons.
Campus kidnap scare A University of Maine student’s mother received a phone call from an unidentified male claiming he kidnapped her daughter from campus on Nov. 25. The caller demanded money for the daughter’s safe return. The mother reported the call to the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department at 3:20 p.
Rising salt prices have incurred greater cost for the university and may make it difficult for the University of Maine to keep the roads clear. UMaine says its road salt and sand stockpiles are adequate for the coming winter. The grounds crew also has new equipment to battle snow in the coming months.
Earlier this semester, I wrote an article calling for the disembowelment of America’s major financial institutions. My main point was that we should not be rewarding the “multi-billion dollar companies who so thoroughly screwed the American people,” but I also called our major banks “bloated,” and I might have said something to the effect that the bailout wouldn’t actually – you know – work.
The UMaine football team was picked to finish fourth in their division and that didn’t bother them. Despite a barrage of injuries and a slow start, the senior-laden Black Bears finished strong, garnering their first playoff berth since 2002.
Nine Black Bears scored in double figures and Troy Barnies grabbed a career-high 20 rebounds as the UMaine men’s basketball team defeated the University of Maine at Presque Isle Thursday night at Alfond Arena.
Residents on Campus attempted to satisfy the large demand for its Quebec trip, but there were too few tickets for students, some of whom waited up to four hours in line. 263 students are going to Quebec on the trip. Others are disappointed they waited for nothing.
‘Tis the season to shoot your eye out, drop the f-bomb and show a bully who’s boss. At least that’s the lesson 1983′s “A Christmas Story” teaches us. In this crass flick, there are no sugary morals or emphasis on family values. It is Christmas, dressed down – way down.
A University of Maine student attempted to Rick Roll the Student Government presidential election with widespread write-ins. Jesus, John McCain and Rick Astley, among others, got votes for Student Government president, alongside Vice Presidential elect Ross Wolland. Despite the attempt, write-ins were used less than last year.
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