Archive for April, 2011
Every two weeks, one of the 7,000 languages in the world disappears forever. By the end of this century, it’s projected that at least half of them will be gone.
This trend was the focus of a …
Two speakers from a national nonprofit organization aiming to educate and empower young people to become activists for social justice came to the University of Maine on Tuesday for two forums to discuss unnoticed gender privileges.
The …
Members of the University of Maine community gathered in the FFA Room of the Memorial Union on Tuesday to hear District 19 State Representative Emily Cain, D-Orono, explain how to get more involved in public policy …
The University of Maine has raised over $150 million from private sources since a fundraising campaign began in 2005.
Campaign Maine was launched just after Robert Kennedy became UMaine’s president and is the largest fundraising campaign in …
Working it out
The University of Maine Police Department received a report of an assault at the Student Recreation and Fitness Center at 5:56 p.m. April 15. According to UMPD Sgt. Bob Norman, two males were involved …
Occupying the former residence of local greats Bootiddy and The Rustic Overtones, Orono-based band Frank and the Redhots have had quite the shoes to fill.
But with packed shows, original tunes and an eccentric sense of humor, …
PORTLAND — Attention recent initiates to the following Iron and Wine has rightfully earned — Sam Beam is not the brand name of an imaginary beer-whiskey hybrid.
Sam Beam is the bearded musical genius behind the recording …
Death is a tough subject — apparently it’s not one complicated enough to stop one student from writing and producing her own play on the topic.
“She Looks Good in Black,” which opens tonight in the Black …
Listening to Explosions in the Sky can be very discouraging.
When the titillating sounds flow out of your headphones, it is a reminder that you will never be as good at anything in life as these men …
The trailer for “Hanna” promises a far different picture from the actual film. Directed by Joe Wright, the craftsman of “Atonement” and “Pride and Prejudice,” “Hanna” is far more art film than action thriller, resulting in …
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