Archive for October 19th, 2009
The week is full of political events and appearances. Among other noteworthy political events, the U.S. attorney general, Eric Holder, will be coming to the University of Maine on Friday. As the guest speaker of the …
By Natalie Cohen
For The Maine Campus
On Nov. 3, Maine voters will decide whether to keep or repeal L.D. 1020, the state’s same-sex marriage law.
Last May, Maine’s legislature passed the law legalizing same-sex marriage, but before the …
On Nov. 3, Mainers will vote whether to increase patients’ access to medical marijuana and authorize the state to create a system of distribution for the drug.
The citizen initiative was introduced by Jonathan Leavitt, coordinator for …
College students who pay for books, tuition or similar school expenses in 2009 now have the chance to deduct such items from their taxes when filing in 2010.
A new law, signed Feb. 17 by President Obama …
Mainers filing their taxes in 2009 who paid property tax or rent in 2008 may be eligible for a newly created credit that would go toward reducing the amount they owe.
Mainers who paid taxes or rent …
Michael Powers, a University of Maine alumnus, has been trolling campus since the first week of classes, armed with stickers, coffee mugs and menus. In what he refers to as “viral marketing,” Powers was spreading the …
The University of Maine’s Child Study Center is facing closure due to budget cuts announced last spring.
The center, which celebrated its 72nd anniversary this year, is one of the oldest established programs on the University of …
Lab larceny
A computer was reported stolen from a third-floor lab of Aubert Hall at 4:08 p.m. Oct. 14. The Dell Vostro 220, valued at $500, has been missing since Oct. 3. The case is under investigation.
Theft, …
In the Oct. 8 edition of The Maine Campus, Denise Bickford wrote about the pushy, neon sign-waving, radical evangelical group that came to the University of Maine on Oct. 7. Her message was one I can …
It’s better that the whole country learn to eat right than it is for the wealthy to dictate how the poor spend their food stamps.
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