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FREE Monday, Sept. 14, 2015 mainecampus.com The Maine Campus The University of Maine student newspaper since 1875 Vol. 133, No. 18 Sports Culture Opinion Field Hockey wins two of three B1 Auditions begin for UMaine play A12 U.S. could learn from others on refugees A6 Estabrooke opens as Residence Hall Josh Fabel Contributor After a couple of years of renovation, Estabrooke Hall finally opened up its third and fourth floors to residents on Aug. 30. The residence hall is open to third and fourth-year stu- dents at the university, as well as having one-third of the third floor reserved for honors students. With the opening of the new res- idence hall, many students will be pleased to know that the updated facility of- fers many features catered to them. Estabrooke Hall is go- ing to be one the busiest buildings on campus. It is home to honors College offices and classrooms and is also home to the uni- versity’s international and study abroad programs. The interior of the building is beautiful, especially the ballroom that is located on the first floor. Housing and Communi- cations Director Jennifer Perry said in an email that Estabrooke offers four dif- The third foor hallway of the newly constructed housing units in Estabrooke Hall. Josh Fabel, Contributor ferent types of rooms. The rooms made the new resi- and a deluxe single. The of features Perry also com- With the opening of ing options in the near fu- does add 97 more spots dence hall a first option for deluxe single might be a mented on were the bath- such a beautiful, histor- ture. on campus for students to many. The four different popular choice for many rooms. The bathrooms in ic building as a residence “There are no plans for live, with rooms reserved types of rooms are a tra- upperclassmen because of Estabrooke are single use, hall, it makes students additional campus housing for two residential assis- ditional double, two-room the full-size bed that comes and there are seven on each wonder if there are plans at this time,” Perry said, double, traditional single with the room. Another set of the two residence floors. for more on-campus hous- although Estabrooke itself See Estabooke on A2 UMaine supports OId Town Group to at Stillwater bridge meetings help students fnd research opportunities Hannah Chambers ta, Conner Lajoie, Isaiah Staff Writer Mansour and Matthew Moyet — Landry has University of Maine been recruiting students Research Student Asso- for URSA Minor since ciation for Undergrad- this summer. After de- uates (URSA Minor) is termining the types of revamping their orga- skills prospective mem- nization by working to bers are looking to de- match qualified students velop, Landry and his to exclusive on-campus colleagues seek to match research opportunities. students with professors Established by bi- who are doing similar ology student Anders work on campus. Nelson, the group ini- Through URSA Mi- tially intended to focus nor, members will build primarily on helping a resume and establish a biology students gain set of professional skills research opportunities. to successfully secure a When Nelson transferred research position. URSA Michael Wight addresses Old Town residents at the Old Town Public Library. Maggie Gautrau, Staff schools, chemical engi- Minor works with stu- Sam Shepherd the project. tory compliance, who was Most of our lots are fuller in neering third-year Samu- dents to develop general News Editor According to Brian attending on behalf of the the fall.” el Landry saw an oppor- leadership and communi- Reeves, bridge designer for University of Maine, said Many Old Town residents tunity to broaden URSA cation skills. On Sept. 9, the Maine the project, the bridges see that the numbers in the stud- believed that the bridge was Minor’s efforts. “Professors are look- Department of Transpor- about 16,600 cars per day. ies could be incomplete. unsafe, stemming from ob- “Right now, we’re not ing for a very driven stu- tation (MaineDOT) held a These numbers were found “I think there is some servations from below while really at the point where dent,” Landry said, add- preliminary public meeting through two separate stud- more vetting to be done, kayaking. Many cited that we have something ex- ing that although faculty at the Old Town Public Li- ies conducted in April and as some of the information concrete has been falling clusive to offer a stu- members have expressed brary to discuss plans re- July of 2015. The bridge may not be as complete as it from under it, leaving them dent,” Landry explained. positive feedback, there garding the pair of bridges also sees 25 walkers and 20 could be,” Aceto said. “We unsettled about the condi- “What we really want to are some limitations. near the Stillwater Dam. bikes daily. think that analysis should tion. One resident even said do is make this exclusive Landry explains that About 35 people attend- Residents immediately continue, and then reevalu- that he had seen “bridges in the sense that pro- professors prefer not to ed the meeting, including spoke out about how the ate.” in Iraq” that were in better fessors come to us with use a job search engine members of the town coun- numbers in the study could Michael Wight, the proj- condition. research opportunities, to fill research posi- cil and Old Town public be misleading, as the popu- ect manager for the Stillwa- After these comments, so that we can present tions, as it can be dif- works members. The pur- lation bump the university ter bridge project, has full Reeves explained that these opportunities to ficult to discern highly pose of the meeting was to gave the area would have confdence his projections bridges are not supported students.” capable applicants from educate residents of Old been invisible in July. were as accurate as possible. by the concrete on the other With the help of six average students. Landry Town on the preliminary Jeffery Aceto, assistant “I’m not stating that this side, but supported by rebar. undergraduate science hopes that URSA Minor assessment of the bridges director of facilities man- was an oversight,” Aceto He was blunt in saying that students — Cassandra will eventually establish and also to gather input on agement for construction said. “I just don’t think that Dechaine, Trevor Di- how the townspeople see administration and regula- those were our peak hours. See Bridge on A3 emer, Shania Evangelis- See URSA on A3 Tuesday High: 78° Wednesday High: 80° Thursday High: 81° Friday High: 81° Saturday High: 78° Sunday High: 75° Low: 58° Low: 58° Low: 58° Low: 58° Low: 57° Low: 51° Police Beat - A4 Opinion - A6 Diversions - A8 Reviews - A11 Culture - A12 Sports - B1 A2 • News The Maine Campus Monday, Sept. 14, 2015 Estabrooke her experience living in from A1 Estabrooke so far this year. Bourasseau thinks the best UMaine a target community part about living at Esta- tants. Currently, only 92 brooke large rooms and students live there. beds, but the bathrooms add a unique touch. for new music streaming app “The personal bath- rooms are also another big Anthony Panciocco “Trebel is for the col- factor that make it an awe- Editor-In-Chief lege student that can’t some building,” Bouras- afford to pay but wants seau said. A new music app called total control over what But with any new build- Trebel is looking to work they listen to,” Chief of ing, there are bound to be a it’s way into the cell Product Corey Jones said. “Overall, it’s a great few quirks. phones of University of “It’s the best free music building. I’d rath- “The only thing I don’t Maine students. download app out there er live here than like about it is that there Trebel began with five that lets users pick and anywhere else on are aspects of it that are schools and has since play their songs.” campus, even if it unfinished, such as certain looked to expand, inte- Users pay for songs by means walking too common areas and the pip- grating their app into 20 watching ads that play ing system,” Bourasseau new campuses. when songs are download- far distances.” said. Trebel Music, part of ed. Users are required to Despite this downside, M&M Media, is gearing watch for the duration of - Ana Bourasseau Bourasseau does keep a its content towards col- the ad, but will have the positive outlook on the lege students and encour- songs downloaded onto new residence hall. aging interconnectivity their phone upon comple- “Overall, it’s a great among its users by allow- tion. They earn coins that building,” Bourasseau ing them to see the most can be used to skip ads. said. “I’d rather live here popular songs and albums The app’s interface was Trebel’s App Store icon. than anywhere else on being played in their re- designed by the daughters Courtesy of Trebel Third-year student Ana campus, even if it means gions, as well as playlists of CEO Gary Mekikan, wanted to make the app Bourasseau talked about walking too far distances.” made by friends.