Archive for April, 2009
The Maine legislature is offering Mainers a chance to have their say on L.D. 1020, a marriage equality bill that would permit same-sex couples to marry in Maine. There will be a public hearing all day April 22 at the Augusta Civic Center about L.D. 1020. An estimated 200 people are expected to speak on the bill.
The Maine Campus will live stream Wednesday’s forum in its entirety, as well as interviews and reporting. The coverage will start at 8:45 a.m. and will last until the forum is over.
Why cut from education before the military?
Fans packed into the University of Maine’s Experimental Black Box Theatre last weekend to see the gruesome production “The Pillowman.” With no more than 100 seats in the theater, audience members spilled onto the floors gasping and laughing through every moment.
The University of Maine softball team is nearing the end of the regular season and is in hot pursuit of an America East playoff position. This weekend they took a step toward improving their chances, taking two of out of three from the University of Hartford Hawks over the weekend at Kessock Field.
The University of Maine system office is often accused by faculty and administrators of being too large and has come under fire recently for trying to consolidate Information Technology, administrative and human resources services.
In order to humanize our campus, we need to cut technology.
Lady Gaga is blasting from the speakers as a 6-foot-10-inch, 300-pound woman wearing a sequined dress struts in front of a gigantic crowd lip synching, “Puh-puh-puh-poker face, puh-puh-poker face.” For a moment, everyone forgets where they are and the hyper-sexual act of this beautifully large woman seems completely normal.
The regular season goal for the University of Maine baseball team is to finish the America East Conference with the top record. The reward would be hosting the conference tournament in late May with the winner advancing to the NCAA Regional.
In their second week of conference play, the Black Bears have put themselves in a good position to battle for the top spot, sweeping a four-game series from the University of Maryland Baltimore County at Mahaney Diamond.
When the University of Maine baseball team finished play last season on May 17, it marked the end of a disappointing season. The Black Bears finished in last place in the America East conference and failed to qualify for the conference tournament. When the short college season ended, less than three months before the regular season began Feb.
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