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Campus Currents: Andrew Gerke
Articles about Andrew Gerke:
Monday, April 20th, 2009, 12:00 amFinishing his last drink
By Zach Dionne
var uslide_show_id = “8911d6e1-b439-4959-bd74-de2fa5e0f142″;var slideshowwidth = “300″;var linktext = “”;When Andrew Gerke told me in an interview he’d booked the Dropkick Murphys for a concert at UMaine, I said “cool” and wrote it in my notebook. The next thing he told me was that it was on a Thursday – and we started laughing about it being a thirsty Thursday with an Irish-punk band from Boston. Thursday, April 16th, 2009, 12:00 am
Andrew Gerke: “The kid lived for music”
By Zach Dionne
Most photographs of Andrew Gerke show him striking a wide-open smile. The possibility that these were artificial, “say cheese” moments fades as a true picture surfaces of the short life of the University of Maine alumnus. The stories his friends and loved ones tell paint Gerke as a spirited, driven man with passions as varied as his grins.
Thursday, April 16th, 2009, 12:00 amAlumnus Andrew Gerke dies in crash
By William P. Davis and Heather Steeves
University of Maine alumnus Andrew Gerke died Tuesday morning from injuries sustained in a car crash, according to a hospital spokesperson and university officials. According to a news release by Maine State Police spokesman Steve McCausland, Gerke was traveling northbound on the Maine Turnpike in Saco when he lost control of his 1987 Nissan 300 at 5:45 p.m.
Thursday, April 16th, 2009, 12:00 amOp-Ed: With death of a friend, a lesson in mortality learned
By Brett Sowerby
The death of a close friend gives us opportunity to reflect.
Monday, April 13th, 2009, 12:00 amAndrew Gerke, UMaine alum died this morning
By Heather Steeves and William P. Davis
UMaine alumnus Andrew Gerke died this morning from injuries sustained in a car crash, according a hospital spokesperson and university officials. According to a news release by Maine State Police spokesman Steve McCausland, Gerke was traveling northbound on the Maine Turnpike in Saco when he lost control of his 1987 Nissan 300 at 5:45 p.m. Thursday, November 13th, 2008, 12:00 am
VPSE fired after concert
By Heather Steeves and Zach Dionne
Ticket scanning malfunctions resulted in a line stretching around the track at Morse Field at the Dropkick Murphys concert on Thursday, Nov. 6. With the Field House as a first-time concert venue, other problems arose. More than a dozen recorded injuries and restroom issues were cited as reasons for the firing of Student Government’s Vice President of Student Entertainment Andrew Gerke. Thursday, November 13th, 2008, 12:00 am
Concert changes hands
By Zach Dionne
Vice President of Student Entertainment Andrew Gerke was fired Monday afternoon less than a week until O.A.R.’s performance at the University of Maine – shifting the control and planning of the second major concert of the semester. Abtin Mehdizadegan will assume the VP of Student Entertainment responsibilities for O. Monday, September 29th, 2008, 12:00 am
Two Concerts in Two Weeks
By Zach Dionne
The University of Maine will host two major bands in 11 days this fall – Dropkick Murphys on Nov. 6 and O.A.R. on Nov. 17. Both acts will perform in the Field House. “With these two groups, you’re covering everything. There’s not going to be a single student that won’t be able to go to a show and enjoy it,” said Vice President of Student Entertainment Andrew Gerke. Thursday, September 25th, 2008, 12:00 am
Editorial: Cheap tickets great for all students in Maine
By The Maine Campus
University of Maine students will pay just $10 to see Dropkick Murphys at the Field House on Nov. 6. The price is a welcome reduction from $14.50 for Guster in November 2006 or $15 for Rusted Root in the April 2007. Vice President of Student Entertainment Andrew Gerke also pioneered a deal for all college students across Maine to receive Dropkick Murphys tickets for $15 – $5 less than the $20 public fee. Monday, September 15th, 2008, 12:00 am
Dropkicks play UMaine Nov. 6
By Zach Dionne
University of Maine students will taste an early drop of St. Patrick’s Day with Boston-based Irish punk group Dropkick Murphy’s launching their fall tour at the Field House on Nov. 6. “They put on a hell of a show,” Vice President of Student Entertainment Andrew Gerke said in a Friday announcement of the first of two reported major fall concerts at UMaine.
