UMaine Slang

Know the slang, know the school. The following is a list of things you really need to know before coming to UMaine. The more of these words you know, the better off you'll be.

581-SNOW

The digits to dial when school may be cancelled, but most likely it's not.

Andro

Androscoggin residence hall

Bananas

The mascot Black Bear

Bumstock

Annual spring concert for students

Burby's

Burby and Bates Liquor Store

Cutler

The campus health center

DPC

Donald P. Corbett business building

DTAV

Doris Twitchell Allen Village, apartment residence hall

Fogler

Raymond H. Fogler Library

Gov's

Governor's Restaurant

Heritage House

Sigma Chi's former fraternity house turned University office building

LAS

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences located in Stevens Hall

Maine HELLo

First-year move-in day

MCA

Maine Center for the Arts

O-HOP

Orono House of Pizza

Ooshies

Usuhaia's Club

Patch

Edith Patch Hall, apartment residence hall, also formerly known as DTAV II

RAN

Registration Authorization Number, obtained from advisor for course registration

RA

Resident Assistant

RD

Resident Director

ResLife

Residence Life and Programs

Rita's

Margarita's Mexican restaurant

SAPS

Substance Abuse and Prevention Services

S-Cubed

Residence hall sections designated for engineering students only

Scumberland

Cumberland residence hall

The Hill

Knox, Oxford, and Somerset halls

The Mall

The grass plain stretching from the Field House gym to Fogler Library

The Campus

The student newspaper

The Mill

Georgia-Pacific paper mill in Old Town

The Retum

Fay Highland Arboretum, located on College Avenue

TheftWay

Expensive local market named Thrift Way

The Union

Memorial Union, the student center

The Village

Former residence apartments in York Village, now offices

UMO

University of Maine at Orono, UM acronym before it became the flagship campus

UMS

University of Maine System, not to be confused with USM

USM

University of Southern Maine; a part of UMS

Wallace

The swimming pool in the Field House gym

Work-study

Federal program which allows students to work for tuition credit