Dr. Khalil Habib stands before his class in a suit coat, blue Oxford, red tie and pressed khaki slacks. The sun generously beams through the windows lining a classroom on the second floor of O’Hare Academic Center. The building overlooks a vast, green lawn extending to the historic Newport Cliff Walk and drops down to the clear blue of the Narragansett Bay.

For the band, The Maine, whose breakout debut album, “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop” sold over 100,000 copies since its release in 2008, the year 2010 is a year of fresh starts-a new record label, new album and a headlining summer tour.

This year, the band signed with Action Theory Records, a subset of the major label, Warner Brothers.

ATHENS, Greece- Greece’s decision Friday to accept an international bailout package staved off an immediate bankruptcy crisis, but the euro risks further instability if Athens and other European capitals fail to bring down their enormous budget deficits, analysts said.

A few steamy showers run, toilets flush, and half-awake college girls prep themselves for morning classes. Crisp morning air fills the Miley Hall second floor bathroom and blends in with the smell of sanitizer and soap.

Maria Lourdes Goncalves is busy at work sudsing the bathroom with a green and yellow sponge, and grunts as she scrapes down the walls of the vacant showers.

It’s 11:30 p.m. on a Sunday night and the sidewalk outside of Lupo’s in Providence, R.I. is crowded with fans of Artist vs. Poet listening to acoustic songs performed by a few of its band members. After their performance with We The Kings and The Maine, Artist vs.