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Archive for October, 2010



Sunday, October 24th, 2010, 10:42 pm in News
By Jamison Cocklin

The recent recession to blame for yawning gaps between spending and revenues in Maine has ushered in a new era of fiscal responsibility for higher education in the state, and many schools are searching for new …


Sunday, October 24th, 2010, 10:39 pm in News
By Robert Stigile

For the leader of a student organization that promotes sustainability at the University of Maine, recent charges by the Environmental Protection Agency point to wide-ranging absence of ecological concern among the administration of a university that …


Sunday, October 24th, 2010, 10:37 pm in News
By Matthew Soucy

Attendees packed into the Wells Conference Center to listen to Nobel laureate Elinor Ostrom speak on Thursday as part of the Senator George J. Mitchell lecture series.
The crowd welcomed Ostrom with a standing ovation before she …


Sunday, October 24th, 2010, 10:35 pm in News
By Christopher Crosby

University of Maine Student Government presidential and vice presidential candidates squared off Thursday night in a live debate in the North Pod of the Memorial Union.
Michael Shepherd, editor in chief of The Maine Campus, moderated the …


Sunday, October 24th, 2010, 10:33 pm in News
By Heather Pilling

Curva Ultra Lounge was alive with music, hope and the color pink Friday night for Live for a Cure 2010.
The event was put together to celebrate the 23rd birthday of University of Maine fourth-year mass media …


Sunday, October 24th, 2010, 10:32 pm in News
By Beth Kevit

Fifteen University of Maine students visited Kansas City, Mo. from Oct. 20-24 for the 45th Annual Conference of the National Collegiate Honors Council. The conference’s theme was “Rhythms and Currents,” which drew on Kansas City’s jazz …


Sunday, October 24th, 2010, 10:30 pm in News
By The Maine Campus

Economy hits USB usurper
At 4:22 Oct. 18, a student reported the theft of a USB drive and nearly $3 in change from the student’s car. The student lost a key ring with the keys to the …


Sunday, October 24th, 2010, 10:26 pm in Style & Culture
By Kegan Zema

Once in a while, the Orono-Old Town-Bangor scene can grow tiresome and it’s time for a weekend away. Luckily, the University of Maine’s centralized location gives you plenty of options for getaways to a number of …


Sunday, October 24th, 2010, 10:23 pm in Style & Culture
By John Shannon

Because the University of Maine is located in Orono and not New York City, Los Angeles or London, professional insight from top-level actors and actresses is hard to come by. Hard, but not impossible.
London’s Aquila Theater …


Sunday, October 24th, 2010, 10:21 pm in Style & Culture
By Clint Snyder

There is a Mr. Hyde in all of us — at least that is the message the Penobscot Theatre Company tries to emphasize in their production of “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” which runs from now …