Archive for September, 2009
James Wieland, a former University of Maine student, was sentenced for aggravated invasion of computer privacy to 18 months in prison with all but 30 days suspended.
The University of Maine administration and faculty plan to take campus academics and turn it on its head.
The Academic Program Prioritization Working Group, or APPWG, has been created and charged by UMaine President Robert Kennedy this …
The departments of new media and journalism and mass communication will share an addition to Stewart Commons, which should be completed by fall 2011.
The University of Maine is taking extra precautions to prevent the outbreak of the H1N1 virus. Hand sanitizer has made an appearance around campus and stop signs warning of flu symptoms greet students and faculty as …
The University of Maine held its Sustainability Solutions Initiative kick-off event — a lecture on universities’ roles in the state’s sustainability — Sept. 24 with keynote speaker and former governor Angus King. The initiative will result …
The University of Maine hosted its first Out of the Darkness community walk Sept. 27, an event which is a part of a larger effort taking place in more than 200 communities nationwide to help raise …
Students afraid to walk alone around campus no longer have to worry when their friends aren’t around.
The Community Service Corps, a group of work study students employed by campus security, provides an escort program for students …
Marijuana Altima
An officer on foot patrol stopped a black Nissan Altima with his flashlight when he saw the car driving around on the sidewalk in front of Fogler Library at 10:57 p.m. Sept. 23. He informed …
There are many reasons to support marriage equality in Maine, but I worry that it may not survive the people’s veto process.
The state government is not a bunch of evil, pot-bellied, cigar-chomping politicians who laugh maniacally whenever taxes are filed.
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