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 > _____ > >Do you Yahoo!? >Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney ><http://launch.yahoo.com/video/?1093432&fs=1&redirectURL=http://launch.yahoo >.com/promos/britneyspears/> Spears _________________________________________________________________ Add MSN 8 Internet Software to your current Internet access and enjoy patented spam control and more. Get two months FREE! http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/byoa