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My Time Is Your Time: A Tribute To Rudy Vallee, University Of Maine Rudy Vallee Tribute Committee

General University of Maine Publications

A document that provides the history of the Stein Song, the University of Maine school song, made famous by a Rudy Vallée recording that became a national hit in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Includes biographical information about Vallée and the schedule of events held in his honor April 23, 1988.

Lesbian Battering Working Group Memo, Women's, Gender, And Sexuality Studies, Lesian Battering Working Group

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Copy of a memo sent to the Maine Coalition for Family Crisis Services (MCFCS), a Coalition of Battered Women's Projects, from the Lesbian Battering Working Group associated with Spruce Run discussing the need to increase awareness of domestic violence in same-sex relationships, particularly in Lesbian relationships. The Lesbian Battering Working Group seeks to establish an official affiliation with MCFCS and seed money.

Women's Center Newsletter (December 1987), University Of Maine Women's Center Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.

Swimming, University Of Maine Orono, 1987-1988, University Of Maine

General University of Maine Publications

Three swimmers who did not swim last year will return. Mike Dillon (Houston, TX) will specialize in freestyle and fly, Scott Wescott (Portland, ME), in sprint freestyle, and Dan Edwards (N. Yarmouth, ME) in middle distance freestyle.

Explorations, Vol. 4, No. 1, Victor Konrad, Lauren Mckensey, Gregory White, Ken Norris, Lee-Ann Konrad, James J. Herlan, Kent Carter, Edgar Mckay, Alice Stewart, Robert H. Babcock, Howard Cody, Edward D. Ives, Rand Erb, George K. Griner, Alan S. Kezis, James D. Leiby, Victor Konrad

Explorations — A Journal of Research

Articles include:

Cover: Old Yarmouth Light, 1960, Cape Forchu, Nova Scotia. By and from the collection of Edgar McKay.

"The Borderlands Concept: a new look at U.S.-Canada relations," by Victor Konrad and Lauren McKensey

"Fundy Tidal Power Project," by Gregory White

"Canadian Poet: Ken Norris"

"Native American Life and Art: a celebration, November, 1986," by Lee-Ann Konrad

"The Montreal Canadiens: a cultural institution," by James J. Herlan

"U.S. and Canadian Executives: uses of formal and informal plans in top executive decision-making," by Kent Carter

"Our Cover Artist: bits and pieces of one man's Nova Scotia, by Edgar McKay The …

Field Hockey Media Guide, 1987, University Of Maine Athletic Media Relations

General University of Maine Publications

The University of Maine Field Hockey Complex is home to the Maine Black Bears. It features an all-turf playing surface, scoreboard and bleachers that seats up to 500 spectators.

Explorations, Vol. 3, No. 3, Tim Lyden, John Muth, James Leiby, Kevin Scully, Jayalakshmi "Jaya" Krishnagopalan, Ivar H. Stockel, Peter Wagner, Luanne L. Peters, Mark W. Anderson, Judy C. Gates, Cheryl Waltz, Paula Quatromoni, Douglas Kellogg, Kimberly Dagher, James Linehan

Explorations — A Journal of Research

Cover: Artwork by Marcia Spencer, University of Maine art student.

Articles include: "Characterization of Normal and Carcinogen Induced Neoplastic Cells of Teleost Origin," by Tim Lyden

"Attitutdes and Opinions of Maine Dairy Farmers," by John Muth and James Leiby

"Background: the quest for the eighteen month oyster," by Kevin Scully

"The Quest for the Eighteen Month Oyster," by Kevin Scully

"Measurement of Surface Tension of Kraft Black Liquor," by Jayalakshmi "Jaya" Krishnagopalan

"From the former student," by Jayalakshmi Krishnagopalan

"From the faculty advisor," by Ivar H. Stockel

"Aquatic Fungal Decomposers in Two Adjacent Maine Lakes of Different Acidity," by Peter …

Strip Offends Reader, Michael T. Johnson

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

I am writing in regard to recent episodes of the locally written comic strip, "Screwballs," that the Campus prints. The episodes that I am concerned with are the ones depicting the Wilde Stein Club members as evil, neo-Nazi monsters.

Screwballs "Wilde-Stench", Tom Higgins

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Four-panel comic strip penned by Maine Campus staff member Tom Higgins. Long-description follows: Panel 1. The scene is on a sidewalk in an outdoor setting. Pillowy clouds dot the sky. An academic-looking building is in the background. Walking past "Tank," a muscular, straight, white, cis-gender male with flat-top haircut is on a sidewalk is a line of knee-high, non-gender specific individuals dressed in leotards and tutus, carrying star-topped wands on their shoulders and wearing spiked helmets or Pickelhaube, worn by members of the German military during the second reich. One of the knee-high individuals is turned toward the character "Tank," …

Umaine Black Bear Baseball Media Guide, 1987, University Of Maine Athletic Media Relations

General University of Maine Publications

The University of Maine Black Bears Baseball media guide for the 1987 season.

Screwballs Comic: "Toke N' Choke", Tom Higgins

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

A four-panel black and white comic strip drawn and authored by Tom Higgins expressing ethnic, black male stereotypes.

Long description.

Panel one: In the foreground is one of the usual white, men characters. The man has a long, rectangular nose and long, flat-top hair style. A speech bubble over his head says, "Hey man, did you get th' stuff?" He is looking in the direction of a black man wearing a striped Zoot suit and black fedora who has opened a door and is walking into the room, toward the white character. The black character is drawn as if he …

Group Says Time Has Come For Celebration, Mike Laberge

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

For the members of the newly formed Afro American Association, celebrating Martin Luther King's birthday on campus was an idea whose time had come.

Heterosexuals Are Vulnerable To Aids, Robert Zeller

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

This letter is in resposne to two articles printed in the Daily Maine Campus on December 12, 1986.

Screwballs Comic: "Pretty Kitty", Tom Higgins

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

A four-panel black and white comic strip drawn and authored by Tom Higgins expressing sexist gender stereotypes.

Long Description.

Panel one depicts two white, men characters from the mid-chest up as they stand behind a brick wall. In the foreground, a young, white woman character with exaggeratedly large breasts and unrealistically small waist, strides past the two male figures with a purse over one shoulder. The woman is dressed in short-shorts and a tight tube-top that exposes her midriff and décolletage. The woman hair is styled in a short, 1980s punk pompadour.

Behind the wall, the two, college-age men lean …

Marriage Paradox, Jennifer Girr

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Marriage statistics may have left some women thinking the only license they will ever hole is a driver's license. For the past 12 months the airwaves and bookshelves have been innundated with "facts" about women and marriage. Last year, a sociologist named Neil Bennett from Yale, found a college woman who is still single by the time she was 30 would have only a 20-percent chance of ever tying the knot.

Screwballs Comic "Rude Awakening", Tom Higgins

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

A four-panel black and white comic strip drawn and authored by Tom Higgins depicting a homophobic athlete. Long Description.

Panel one depicts two figures in bed in a darkened room. In the background there is a shelf lined with trophies that speak to the macho, athletic background of the room's primary male occupant. The athletic male figure is depicted seated in bed, bare chested with a blonde crewcut. He is looking at a sleeping bearded figure next to him in confusion. The athlete's confusion is emphasized by a short series of question marks and an exclamation mark hanging over his …

Explorations, Vol. 3, No. 2, Maryann Jerkofsky, David H. Clark, David Ebitz, Alan Davenport, David C. Smith, Erodgan Kiran

Explorations — A Journal of Research

Cover: Edmund G. Schildknecht, Seated Figure, 1929, oil on canvas, 30” x 25”, acc. no. 85.6.31, bequest of Edmund G. Schildknecht

Articles include:
"Reyes Syndrome Under Attack at UMaine," by MaryAnn Jerkofsky

"Maine Service Abroad: Using Labor Market Results for Planning Education and Training in Developing Countries," by David H. Clark

"Feeling and Form: Four American Paintings in the University of Maine Art Collection," by David Ebitz

"We Stand Corrected," Volume 3, Number 1, of EXPLORATIONS

"Confessions of a Comet Huckster," by Alan Davenport

"H.G. Wells: Socialist, Feminist, Polymath, Educator and Hero," by David C. Smith

"Supercritical Fluids and …

Naming The Violence : Speaking Out About Lesbian Battering Survey, Women's, Gender, And Sexuality Studies, Joyce Grover

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Letter from Joyce Grover, Chair of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence Lesbian Task Force, requesting members of Spruce Run to respond to a survey about services provided to lesbians experience domestic violence. The document includes a summary of responses from Spruce Run.

Catalog For 1987-1988, University Of Maine, Office Of Student Records

General University of Maine Publications

This University of Maine catalog for the 1987-1988 academic year includes sections for the Academic Calendar, Correspondence, General Information, Academic Information, Financial Information, Admissions, Abbreviations and Symbols, College of Arts and Sciences, School of Performing Arts, College of Business Administration, College of Education, College of Engineering and Science, Aerospace Studies (Air Force ROTC), Pulp and Paper Technology, School of Engineering Technology, Naval Science (Navy ROTC), College of Forest Resources, College of Life Sciences and Agriculture, Division of Life Sciences, School of Human Development, Division of Agricultural Sciences, Special College-wide Courses, Programs, and Minors, Military Science (Army ROTC), Technical Division, School …

Era Of Transition: The University Of Maine 1984-1986, University Of Maine

General University of Maine Publications

A scanned version of a University of Maine report that includes a President's Report by Arthur M. Johnson along with reports on enrollment and planning, finances, academic affairs, external affairs, research, student and administrative services, and athletics.

Summary Report Of The Task Force On Preparing Ourselves For A Changing World, Dale W. Lick

General University of Maine Publications

A 3-page summary of the university mission statement, objectives, and recommendations for future action of the Task Force on Preparing Ourselves for a Changing World at the University of Maine during the administration of University of Maine President Dale W. Lick in 1987.