almost if not all of the students who go there that I know of call it
UMaine, as well as my friends out here, when we go to discuss who played
over the weekend they always ask "how did UMaine do?" I can't think of
anyone besides maybe my mom (who was there in the 70's) who still calls it
UMO...and she only does sparingly

-Russ Lombard


>From: "Chesley, Clair" <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Maine Hockey Discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Official Maine colors
>Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 18:17:48 -0500
>
>My daughter who now goes to Maine calls it UMaine which is think is the
>currently accepted name by students at least.  I still go by UMO as I did
>when I was there many moons ago.  Although a friend who also went there
>calls it U M Zero, (in a loving sort of way.)
>
>Clair
>-----Original Message-----
>From: james acheson [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 6:13 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Official Maine colors
>
>I ws there when the DAILY Maine Campus was trying to come up with a name to
>replace UMO... Univeristy of Maine near Vesazie sticks out in my mind as
>the
>best alternative... heh
>
>
>
>Aaron Hermes <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>In a message dated 11/3/2003 1:14:29 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>[log in to unmask] writes:
>
>
>
>The original official Maine colors (no, I will not be forced to call the
>place "UMaine", which is entirely too "cutesy" for my tastes and my history
>with the university!)
>
>
>
>I don't think "Maine" is a problem... It still just irks me a bit when it's
>"UMO."  In fact, I believe "Maine" may be preferred...
>
>Then again, I'm a recent grad, who wasn't there during the "UMO" era (of
>course, the REAL UMO era ended about 12 years before most people thought it
>did...).
>
>aaron
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