Archive for February, 2009
Students often associate college life with alcohol and blurry nights of binge drinking, but the dangers of alcohol are real and often underestimated.
“I don’t believe the University of Maine has a worse problem than other campuses of a similar size when it comes to alcohol-related incidents,” said Chief of Police Noel March.
We’re still a month away from opening day, and it has probably been the weirdest offseason in recent memory. Here is just a quick synopsis. We saw record contracts – CC Sabathia (largest for a pitcher). We also saw the Yankees throw around close to a half billion dollars during a time where the rest of the country is in an economic collapse; we saw future Hall of Famers and former all-stars unsigned due to that aforementioned economy, and we had the latest and possibly most damaging chapter of the Steroid era.
Re: EMMC purchases Cutler
Re: Turn off the TV and talk to a real woman
A California woman gave birth to octuplets and they’re all making good progress. Good for them.
Forty-six years after Congress passed the Equal Pay Act, making it illegal for women to be paid less then men for doing the same job, female college graduates earn an average of 76 cents for every dollar made by their male peers with the same degree and working the same hours.
Ever since she laced up her first pair of skates at the age of seven, Genevieve Turgeon knew that hockey was where she wanted to be. Turgeon was always an active kid participating in soccer and tae kwon do, but there was something special about hockey that grabbed her interest.
The Issue: Sen. Collins refusal to talk to campus media.
For most albums, the initial track is an indicator of how the rest of the songs are going to play out. With Lily Allen’s “It’s Not Me, It’s You,” the first number is witty, poignant and just a bit foul. It sets the expected pace for a CD from the doe-eyed, foul-mouthed Londoner.
A highlighter-pink splotch of color visible from half a mile away was the first indication that Tim Berry was walking up Route 2. A massive orange and pink Victorian-style skirt offset by an equally outrageous woman’s hat moved briskly from side to side as Berry came closer, powering his way up a hill.
The University of Maine Athletic Department honored 258 student-athletes on Feb. 15 at the 20th Annual Scholar-Athlete Recognition Awards Ceremony, the highest number of student-athletes to be recognized in the past 20 years of scholar-athlete recognition.
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