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Archive for October 26th, 2009



Monday, October 26th, 2009, 2:16 pm in News
By Dylan Riley

The TABOR Now campaign, a group advocating voting “yes” on Question 4 in Maine’s November ballot, filed a complaint with the state Ethics Commission against the city of South Portland.


Monday, October 26th, 2009, 1:59 pm in News
By Dylan Riley

The University of Maine confirmed a student has a case of swine flu on campus today.


Monday, October 26th, 2009, 1:10 am in News
By William P. Davis

Parties on both sides of Question 3 are deadlocked on the best way to efficiently fund public education in the state of Maine.
Question 3 on Maine’s Nov. 3 ballot would repeal a law requiring school districts …


Monday, October 26th, 2009, 1:09 am in News
By Michael Maffei

The University of Maine used to provide students with a free music download option, but the agreement made between Ruckus Network Inc. and UMaine last year ended during the summer when the online music service went …


Monday, October 26th, 2009, 1:08 am in News
By The Maine Campus

Maine Attorney General Janet Mills will come to the University of Maine’s Foster Student Innovation Center on Thursday, Oct. 29 to spend lunch with students and tour campus.
The lunch event with students will be held at …


Monday, October 26th, 2009, 1:06 am in News
By Dylan Riley

Passage of Question 4 on the Nov. 3 ballot would approve a citizen initiative called the Taxpayer Bill of Rights, also known as TABOR II, which would limit what state and local governments can tax and …


Monday, October 26th, 2009, 1:05 am in News
By Grady Kelly

Question 6 on Maine’s Nov. 3 election ballot is a $71.25 million bond issue — money that would be used for upgrading railroads, airports, bridges and similar parts of state infrastructure.
Unlike the major campaigning and controversies …


Monday, October 26th, 2009, 1:04 am in News
By Kaitlynn Perreault

The Socialist and Marxist Studies Series welcomed a Hoftstra University professor to the University of Maine on Thursday as part of the Howard B. Schonberger Peace and Social Justice Memorial Lecture Series. The lecture guest spoke …


Monday, October 26th, 2009, 1:02 am in News
Service group creates unique connection with Central America
By Jessie Darkis

Concrete, global change is the mission for the Central American Service Association (CASA). Anyone can volunteer time, but CASA has a different goal.
The group consists of students who are looking to utilize their own interests and …


Monday, October 26th, 2009, 1:01 am in News
By Aislinn Sarnacki

Disappearing vehicle
A student who parked her car in the Dunn Hall Parking Lot on Oct. 21 returned the next day at 11:21 a.m. to find it was not in the place she parked it. She thinks …