Archive for April 27th, 2009
After hearing Mainers’ opinions on L.D. 1020 – the legislative bill that would re-define marriage to legally include gay couples – Sen. Dennis Damon came to the University of Maine April 23 to tell students why …
A bill in the Maine Legislature would direct the University of Maine to grow marijuana. The bill, as a law, would direct UMaine to initiate a pilot project for studying the medical benefits of marijuana.
The bill …
Drunkenness on college and university campuses remains a problem, and the University of Maine is no exception.
“I don’t believe the University of Maine has a worse problem than other campuses of a similar size when it …
On April 4, Eric Whitman returned to his home on Water Street in Old Town. He checked his FirstClass account, threw a load of laundry in the dryer and left the house. Hours later, it was …
Steward sparks
Fireworks were set off in the Steward Quad at 1:50 a.m. April 24. According to police, Public Safety officers checked the area, but did not find anyone or any fireworks.
Fun for all ages
A metal princess …
It’s crunch time for University of Maine students. The semester is wrapping up and this Friday, May 1, is the last day of classes before finals. By Friday, students will be relieved or stressed – or …
President Obama has never professed himself to be the solution to all our problems. His detractors seem to think Obama has failed just 100 days into his presidency. The idea any president can fail that quickly …
President Obama was elected running on the promise he was going to be the one to come up with a plan to fix the economy. Almost 100 days into his presidency, all he has done of …
One of my Oregon friends lost his wife last Sunday. She was 26. She was kind and beautiful, and forever smiling. I knew her as a river guide, able to coolly direct a raft of 12-year-olds …
At a university, we operate on a different time span. One academic year spanned 2008 when Barack Obama was elected, and it was 2009 by the time our school began to grapple with 2008′s housing and …
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