Archive for January, 2009
As we face our growing energy crisis, we must accept one thing: There is no such thing as clean coal, and there probably never will be.
When Oleksandr Shepchenko was young, his father gave him his first camera. Because film in Ternopil, Ukraine, was so expensive, Oleksandr took only a few photographs, mainly of his family. He put down his camera after running out of film, but the creativity sparked by his first snapshot was never extinguished.
The University of Maine System office could be moving to remake student services and academics. On Jan. 11, Chancellor Richard Pattenaude announced a plan to restructure the system to avoid future deficits, a plan some faculty and staff members are concerned is proceeding without input from the University of Maine departments it affects.
On Nov. 2, the University of Maine men’s hockey team upended Hockey East rival and second-ranked Boston College.
It was the biggest win since the end of 2006 for the storied Black Bear hockey program which is in the midst of rebuilding with younger faces.
On Jan. 22, Jonathan Zappala urged us to remember Bush’s achievements. I keep looking, but I got nothing.
Federal agency’s warrantless surveillance of U.S. news organizations and journalists, the media’s role as the fourth estate is jeopordized.
Every Friday, The Maine Attraction brings a national comedian to the University of Maine. On Jan. 23, Nore Davis spoke his mind on college, gas prices, his family and relationships. His charismatic performance was a blast, but his humor also shined off-stage in a post-show interview.
There’s a nook in Memorial Union called the Jazz Corner – the Lidral Duo have a thing or two to do with that. The husband and wife combo play in the lounge at Union Central, Karel Lidral on saxophone and Terry Lidral on piano. For 21 years the two have played together in musical groups of various incarnations, existing mainly as a duo, but sometimes adding their son on percussion.
As the 43rd president of the United States, George W. Bush had both the highest and lowest approval ratings in the history of the office. In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, he had ratings of more than 90 percent. In recent years, his rating fluctuated around a third of that number.
Patten, Maine has a population of nearly 1,000. Thirty-eight students graduated from the senior class in 2006. One was Owen McCarthy.
He credits this small-town sensibility for the interpersonal skills he runs his presidency on.
McCarthy, a third-year student majoring in biological engineering, won the vote for student body president in December and is executing his first weeks in office this semester.
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