Archive for January, 2009
“Some people have no imagination. They’re mundane; they’re bored. They look around Bangor and see a movie theater, and that’s it. Then there are people who go out and make their own damn fun,” said Griffith Kelog, a substitute teacher at Orono High School.
“I think the inauguration today was a monumental step toward the change Obama was hoping for. He has worked hard to become the president of the United States, and now it’s time for Americans to work hard to do something worthwhile. He’s an inspiration to most young people.
Kicking cops During the snowstorm on Jan. 19, a University of Maine plowman radioed police to report a Dodge pickup stuck on the sidewalk in front of Lord Hall at 2:44 a.m. The driver approached the plowman on unsteady feet, asking him to dig his truck out of the heavy snow.
University of Maine students offer their opinions on the inauguration, some who voted for President Barack Obama, and some who did not. The inauguration was screened at locations all over campus: in classrooms, the union, and at computers and TVs elsewhere across the university. One student interviewed made the trip to Washington D.C. to watch Obama take the oath of office in person.
Six senators were confirmed to the General Student Senate during its last Tuesday meeting, as well as 12 members of student government President Owen McCarthy’s cabinet. Also during the meeting, University of Maine System Student Government President Sean Rankin reported a lack of involvement by other schools, saying he will demand the rest of the UMaine System Student Governments send him his representatives. He said if they aren’t sent, then he will “derecognize” the other institutions’ student governments.
University of Maine men’s basketball coach Ted Woodward always preaches that the most he can expect from his players is to go out and play hard for 40 minutes. On Monday, a raucous crowd at the Alfond Arena witnessed the Black Bears exceed those expectations, as they emerged victorious, 78-75, in a 50-minute double overtime win over the University of New Hampshire.
The Issue: The inauguration of our 44th president, Barack Obama.
What We Think: The challenges facing
the nation necessitate a temperance of hope, and a pragmatic approach.
President Kennedy may leave the University of Maine.
The University of Maine, pursuing vegetables and healthy foods, opened Nature’s Palate at the union marketplace on Jan. 14. The new venue serves pita bread, feta cheese and vegetables as well as fair-trade products and locally-grown foods. Prizes and announcements of the new food selections were given out during the grand opening.
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