Archive for March, 2004
Q: What are some of the intellectual property rights issues involved in the university’s use of the anti-plagiarism program Turnitin.com?
A: According to a poll in the U.S. News and World Report, approximately 85 percent of students in college believe that cheating is crucial for success.
Following a statewide trend set by school districts consolidating in the struggle to make fiscal ends meet, the University of Maine System is mulling over major reorganization of its current campuses with the aim of boosting academic programs, cost efficiency and new technologies, according to an article in today’s Maine Campus.
Maine was well represented during the annual Hockey East regular season awards, which honor the top players in the conference.
The Hockey East Rookie of the Year award was given to Michel Leveille, whose success came as a surprise to many this season. Leveille had a Hockey East-leading 32 assists, placing him second in the nation in the assist category.
For students thinking about starting their own business or being their own boss, the Entrepreneurship Fair at the University of Maine was the place to be on Thursday.
The fair was sponsored by a number of companies from around Maine, the UMaine’s Target Technology Incubator, Student Government and the Office of Research and Economic Development.
* Rear-end collision?
I am writing in response to the lecture we received last week by Nathanael Saintcyr in his March 18 article in The Maine Campus titled, “Probing for facts behind a taboo topic.”
I will let the headline of my letter speak for itself.
Opening the UMS door
What the UMS officials who designed the recently unveiled strategic plan for Maine’s state schools (see UMS overhaul, page 1) made up for in foresight, they lost in transparency – the plan was conceived and designed under a tent of relative administrative secrecy.
Just past the painted and repainted red door and the contrasting green “open” sign, the musty smell of used records hits customers like a wave of nostalgia. Rows of records line the walls on three sides. In the middle is an island of compact discs. Posters for dozens of artists paper the ceiling and the sight of car wheels rolling down Main Street in Orono at eye level outside only adds to the underground, independent feeling of Dr.
The University of Maine baseball team experienced a tale of two games Saturday. The Black Bears tangoed with the New York Institute of Technology, split the first doubleheader on the weekend, after two drastically different decisions. Maine used an offensive explosion to convincingly win the first match 8-1, but fell one run short of a dramatic comeback in the second contest of the day.
Representatives from the Maine Peace Action Committee, the Sustainable Energy and Economy network and the American Friends Service Committee were among the speakers who addressed the United States’ and university’s role in the rebuilding Iraq at Saturday’s teach-In.
I’ve been a little confused about a few things lately. When did the United States of America start to sympathize with terrorist groups? Did I miss a memo or something? The White House has released a statement regarding the assassination of Sheik Ahmed Yassin, saying they are “deeply troubled” about the incident.
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