Campus Currents: Andrew Gerke
The University of Maine has repeatedly been ranked between No. 1 and No. 3 by the Princeton Review for having the most things to do on campus nationwide.
“Of all the colleges, we’re always in the top,” said Gustavo Burkett, director of Campus Activities and Events at the university.
The General Student Senate unanimously confirmed Sen. Justin Labonte and former Sen. Andrew Gerke into office at Tuesday’s meeting. Labonte was selected for vice president of financial affairs and Gerke will fill the vice president of Student Entertainment position.
In a relatively last-minute decision, the Sigma Phi Epsilon Rock Against Rape concert was moved from their planned location – the Lord Hall parking lot – to the field house of the Memorial Gym.
Co-producer of the event Andrew Gerke – a senior environmental engineering major – explained, “The field house was the backup all along.
For Tom Gallo, bassist of Rock Against Rape performer Violet Nine, sexual violence is an issue that hits close to home. Several members of his family have been victims of sexual assault, and when his mother was very young she barely escaped the same fate when a man broke into her house.
Quickly becoming an annual tradition at the University of Maine, the increasingly popular outdoor rock concert Rock Against Rape will return for its fifth year next Friday, thanks to the efforts of the sponsoring fraternity, Sigma Phi Epsilon.
“This year is probably the biggest group we’ve ever booked,” said event director Andrew Gerke, in reference to this year’s headliner, Florida-native alterna-rock band Anberlin.
As in the past, this year’s Bumstock will be free for students. However, public admission will be $20, a $10 raise from last year’s cost. In addition, non-students will have to accompany a student if they wish to attend UMaine’s signature music festival, in an effort to cut back on the number of non-students in attendance, said Derek Mitchell, vice president of Student Entertainment.
The Field House was a surreal experience this Friday night: a giant, spider-like bungee-jumping station throwing people up to the ceiling, a huge mechanical bull throwing them to the ground, and two stages front and center throwing out sound. The Winter Carnival and Battle of the Bands collided, bringing together heavy metal, classic rock, punk and laser tag.
To the joy of those displeased with Bumstock in years past, UMaine’s signature festival is getting a face-lift.
The concert, which began as a multiple-day event, will return to its festival roots as it spans the weekend of April 21 and 22 next year. Tentatively, the event is planned to begin around 7 p.
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