Archive for January, 2009
The University of Maine Faculty Senate approved a response to University of Maine System Chancellor Richard Pattenaude’s restructuring plan – one that is critical of its implementation – during the Jan. 28 senate meeting.
“I believe [the plan] has very significant academic applications for all the campus and little, if any, demonstrated financial savings,” said Dianne Hoff, president of Faculty Senate.
In the third meeting of the General Student Senate, a resolution was passed that abolished the appeals procedure for employment termination within Student Government. A Fair Elections and Practices commissioner and a president pro tempore were announced.
On a night where little debate took place, senate voted on an act that changed the Employment Policies of Student Government.
For those of you who don’t know what JuicyCampus.com is, it’s a Web site that allows students to be completely anonymous and gossip freely. These posts usually discuss who is the hottest in each fraternity, who slept with whom, or which Student Government employee was a douche bag this week.
Break it up Report of a fight outside Androscoggin Hall brought officers to the front of the building at 10:25 p.m. on Jan. 25. A small crowd surrounded two intoxicated males who were yelling at each other. The officers separated the two and gave them disorderly conduct warnings.
On a basketball team comprised almost entirely of players with a Maine connection, Gerald McLemore is something of an enigma. Rather than attend a university on his native West Coast, the 6-foot-3-inch freshman travelled east to the University of Maine.
McLemore comes to us all the way from San Diego, Cal.
The brothers of Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) were welcomed back to campus on Monday evening as a university-recognized fraternity. SAE lost its charter more than three years ago due to alcohol-related violations and other actions that conflicted with police and views of Greek Life and the University of Maine.
One morning when I was three or four years old, I was the first in my house to wake up. I spied a cup of apple juice left out from the night before and set to sipping.
It was beer. I spat it out, repulsed and mad as hell.
A few years later, I either snuck or was graciously granted a sip of Sea Dog Blueberry Ale from a relative.
In getting to know “Merriweather Post Pavilion,” I made the mistake of keeping Animal Collective’s 2007 release in mind. Expecting to hear the jarring rhythms, deep-thumping dissonance and gripping vocals that had characterized “Strawberry Jam,” I was at first disappointed with the new record.
Everyone wants to travel the globe. David “Tavi” Merrill has actually applied for the job. The 25-year-old University of Maine student has his fingers crossed that he’ll become one of two STA [Student Travel Australia] World Traveler interns this summer.
“There’s one thing I haven’t done, but I’m dying to do,” Tavi says in his video application on YouTube.
A project to renovate Colvin Hall has finished. Originally estimated at $1.5 million, the 10-year project ended up costing $3 million. It added an extra floor to the originally three-story building.
