Archive for The Maine Campus
Thursday, February 25th, 2010, 2:31 am in News
Learning English far from home
By Macey Hall
Twelve Japanese college students will spend three weeks at the University of Maine learning English and taking in American culture. The students from Hirosaki University arrived Monday.
UMaine and Hirosaki University students can attend each other’s school …
Thursday, February 25th, 2010, 2:00 am in Style & Culture
Trend Watch: Spring into action with Army jackets and more
By Macey Hall
With weather hopefully getting warmer, it is time to say sayonara to our down North Face and Patagonia jackets for another year. Unfortunately it’s not warm enough to lie in the quad in a tank top, …
Thursday, February 25th, 2010, 1:58 am in Style & Culture
Film Review: “Shutter Island”
By Kyle Kernan
“Shutter Island” is Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio’s fourth and best collaboration yet. Scorsese blends hard-boiled film noir with gothic terror in his most eloquently horrifying work yet.
The first thing we see in “Shutter Island” is …
Thursday, February 25th, 2010, 1:57 am in Style & Culture
Mind & Body: Healthy options for your wallet and body
By Jaclyn Stevens
Let’s face it — when the average person is in college, he or she doesn’t have extra money. With this in mind, it is pretty safe to say only a miniscule amount of those greenbacks to …
Thursday, February 25th, 2010, 1:48 am in Opinion
Letters to the editor
By The Maine Campus
“Hair”-raising déjà vu experience
In 1969, I was a junior at the University of California, Riverside. My friend and I drove 60 miles to Los Angeles to see “Hair.” It was a great show. Afterward, we made …
Thursday, February 25th, 2010, 1:43 am in Sports
Ex-UM star Carlisle thriving in NBA
By Michael Pare
When told the news of his displacement from the University of Maine’s top 10 career assists leaderboard by Junior Bernal earlier this year, Rick Carlisle, current coach of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks and former player for …
Thursday, February 25th, 2010, 1:42 am in Sports
Column: Apology not accepted
By Mike Brusko
With the most anticipated public apology in sports history last Friday, every media outlet has given its mandatory evaluation of Tiger Woods’ speech. So it only seems logical to throw in my two cents. If you …
Thursday, February 25th, 2010, 1:41 am in Sports
Column: Too many events, getting away from tradition hurts Olympics
By Michael Pare
With every Olympiad that passes, it becomes clearer the Olympics have transcended their original intentions in order to incorporate a host of ideals non-specific to the spirit of the games. Every two years, I am told …
Monday, February 22nd, 2010, 2:26 am in News
New SMA president hopeful for group’s future
By Jennifer Vincent
Changes in leadership and a new dedication to community involvement may be enough to keep the University of Maine’s Student Men’s Association in good standing with Student Government.
Over the course of the year, and especially during …
Monday, February 22nd, 2010, 2:25 am in News
Guest lecturer outlines how to get straight A’s
By LeeAnne Duda
A Harvard University professor came to the University of Maine to teach students through his lecture, “How to Get Straight A’s in College.”
Jonathan Farley, who was invited to UMaine by the computer science department, is giving …
