Archive for April, 2009
The University of Maine Faculty Senate learned ways the university could cut costs and grappled with problems in a proposed incomplete-grade form during its April 22 meeting.
Faculty Senate members became frustrated with a proposed incomplete-grade form …
A Long Road, indeed
A police officer was patrolling Rangeley Road when a vehicle failed to yield and turned left in front of him, entering the Collins Center for the Arts Parking Lot at 1:09 a.m. April …
Here is my embarrassing admission for the week: I watched the Miss USA pageant last Sunday.
My roommate and I criticized the women, picked our favorites and hoped one of them would trip on stage. We made …
After the coverage last week of tea parties protesting big government and the liberties and freedoms that the bureaucracy looks to take away, it is clear why the “drive-by” media doesn’t understand what real dissent is …
“Over.” “Hammered.” “Crisis.” “Dragged.” “Suffers.” “Slams.” “Sting.”
As I peruse the headlines of major news sources during a Google search of “recession,” these are some of the words that jump out at me. It’s not surprising, considering …
William P. Davis was correct in his assertion that Major League Baseball players’ salaries are what the market will bear (“ Do athletes deserve the money?“, April 20, 2009). Yet, he took this fact and tried …
Yesterday, we heard both sides of the same-sex marriage debate make their case in Augusta. Those arguments have convinced us that marriage equality, as it is proposed in Sen. Dennis Damon’s bill, LD 1020, poses no …
The backyard of 66 Park St. looked like a hurricane of small children had swept through Wednesday. Half-empty green paint bottles littered the lawn, and several bicycles lay on their side. It looked like an art …
It’s hard to deny that each spring brings a movement to the University of Maine, a mobilization that rejuvenates the campus and the earth.
Celebrated annually since April 22, 1970, Earth Day has become a way for …
The University of Maine’s Green Team hauled a 7.5-by-4-by-4-foot box into the Memorial Union at 9:30 a.m. on Earth Day, April 22. The display represents the amount of fuel an average student uses per month: 123.6 …
