BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//91 Calendar - ECPv6.17.4.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:91 Calendar X-ORIGINAL-URL:/calendar X-WR-CALDESC:Events for 91 Calendar REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260917T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260917T170000 DTSTAMP:20260910T122225Z CREATED:20260910T122225Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260910T122225Z UID:10013080-1789659000-1789664400@umaine.edu SUMMARY:2026 Constitution Day Lecture DESCRIPTION:“Stop Calling America An Experiment” \nAmerica\, like a 7th-grade science project\, is an experiment. Right? Wrong! This image of America as an experiment crowds out recognition of the many ways the American Founding and its creation of a republican form of government were the antithesis of experimentation\, grounding its political and moral principles instead in time-tested customs\, rituals\, and institutions embedded in the constitutional heritage of England and the ethical texture of Christian civilization. America\, properly understood\, is not a product of experimentation but a product of inheritance. The point is not to rehash the “rights of Englishmen versus natural rights” or “creed versus cultures” debates\, but to show how the deluge of overtures to the American “experiment” in light of the Semiquincentennial distorts Americans’ political psychology. A modest proposal\, then: Before we call America an experiment\, let’s first call it an inheritance. \nGregory M. Collins\nLecturer in the Program on Ethics\, Politics\, and Economics\nYale University URL:/calendar/event/2026-constitution-day-lecture/ LOCATION:Hill Auditorium\, Barrows Hall\, University of Maine\, Orono\, ME\, 04469\, United States CATEGORIES:Lectures & Seminars GEO:44.8922637;-68.6714486 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Hill Auditorium Barrows Hall University of Maine Orono ME 04469 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Barrows Hall\, University of Maine:geo:-68.6714486,44.8922637 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260917T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260917T180000 DTSTAMP:20260910T123057Z CREATED:20260910T123057Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260910T123057Z UID:10013182-1789664400-1789668000@umaine.edu SUMMARY:French Club DESCRIPTION:French discussions and activities. URL:/calendar/event/french-club/2026-09-17/ LOCATION:Williams Hall\, Orono\, 04469\, United States CATEGORIES:Student Activities ORGANIZER;CN="Department of Modern Languages and Classics":MAILTO:um.mlandc@maine.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260917T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260917T200000 DTSTAMP:20260727T151929Z CREATED:20260327T190600Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260727T151929Z UID:10007432-1789669800-1789675200@umaine.edu SUMMARY:SAT Prep Matters DESCRIPTION:Dr. Mary Smyth’s SAT Boot Camp has been used successfully to prepare students to take the SAT for many years. Students practice taking short sections of the test\, and are relaxed and well-rested\, so they are able to absorb the lessons and practice at their best. Using lessons that she writes herself\, Smyth has helped many students through their own hard work improve their SAT scores by 100-200 points. URL:/calendar/event/sat-prep-matters-7/2026-09-17/ CATEGORIES:Conferences & Workshops,Lectures & Seminars,Online Events END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR