Archive for March, 2009
Advocating use of native knowledge and research, an Oklahoma Native American and professor visited the University of Maine on March 17 to spread his message of tribal communities taking the initiative in saving the planet.
Dan Wildcat is the director of the American Indian Studies Program at Haskell University and a Yuchi member of the Muskogee Nations of Oklahoma.
Have you ever wondered how you would fare against some of University of Maine’s finest athletes? Or, have you ever thought you could survive one of those brutal TV obstacle courses?
If so, this Wednesday in the Field House is your opportunity to see what you’ve got.
Witness the majestic return of one of the vanguards of the French black metal revolution, Blut Aus Nord. Nominally a sequel to their 1996 epic, “Memoria Vetusta II: Dialogue With The Stars” is not so much a back-to-the-roots album as it is the marriage of their original style with recent experimental offerings.
The fear sold by religion is not worth buying into.
A lively session of the General Student Senate took place with a performance by the University Singers and a speech by University of Maine System Chancellor Richard Pattenaude, who answered questions regarding rising tuition, UMaine’s flagship identity, recruitment of potential students, FirstClass and the university’s future.
In case you think March Madness is a “football or baseball” tournament like one of my unfortunately misinformed professors, it is not. It is the single most exciting time of year for any reasonably avid sports fan.
If comedy is an art, Paul Rudd and Jason Segel in “I Love You, Man” rank among Monet and Picasso. This film delivers laughs relentlessly, and while it’s not the most civilized production, it’s simultaneously clever and delightfully juvenile. Even in the opening credits, “I Love You, Man” reaches a level of hilarity that comedies of its kind work twice as hard to manage.
The Issue: WMEB is expanding its broadcast power.
What We Think: Students and Maine communities will both benefit from this move.
The University of Maine community was notified of a single incident of tuberculosis March 20. While the person infected has been treated, the Maine Centers for Disease Control is investigating if anyone else on campus might be at risk of infection.
