Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Current Events Quiz Hints

Read about the replacement of Ted Kennedy's Senate seat...

Maine teacher brings what to a school!? Read here.

A new green development in your local area. Read the article and obtain more info.

An unanticipated turn in a terror plot investigation: read here
Make sure to find out what this original incident in 2008 is (in Mumbai, India), if you don't know about it already!

A "whacked out" UMaine student gets charged

Check the latest on UMaine sports news here, and here: support the Black Bears!

Same sex marriage still a prevalent issue on the East Coast--read about the developments in NY.

Non-citizens living the American Dream? Doesn't sound like it.

What are we drinking!!?

Allocating effort to one side takes effort out of the other. The same rule applies to the battle against AIDS.

Can't stop it: the world seems to be getting warmer (while snow blizzards are approaching Maine :))

(Image retreived from NY Times)

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Current events 12: HINTS (part 2)

Obama is addressing the nation right this minute!! (8:12 p.m. right now) Find out what he had to say, on CNN.

Maine's tax increase: Read about it.

Black Saturday? Read about what happened throughout Maine the day after Black Friday.

Good news for cash-less, hungry UMaine students and faculty (including myself). Read about it.

Read about what happened at the UMaine General Student Senate Meeting yesterday, on The Maine Campus.

Watch what happened in Russia recently.

Current Events 12: HINTS (part 1)

Check out this article concerning a new role of Twitter! How relevant this is to our past class discussion!

H1N1 still dominates the news, this time with some unnerving story. Watch this.

"This situation is my fault." That's what he said. Read and watch about it here.

As Maine recently discussed gay marriage rights, other parts of the world are also discussing homosexuality from a legal angle. Read what is happening in Uganda, that shocked many.

Read about the recent story on these unexpected guests at the White House.