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Archive for January, 2011



Sunday, January 23rd, 2011, 10:50 pm in Sports
By Liam Nee

The 2011 NBA All-Star Game will be played just under one month from now on Feb. 21 in Los Angeles, Calif. at the fabled Staples Center, home to both the Los Angeles Clippers and two-time defending …


Sunday, January 23rd, 2011, 10:50 pm in Sports
By Charlie Merritt

The fantasy season has come to an end. Looking back, we realize there is no way to tell what free agent will hop aboard your squad and put your team on his back, leading you to …


Sunday, January 23rd, 2011, 10:49 pm in Sports
By Lucas Thomas

The Oakland Raiders and Tampa Bay Buccaneers squared off in Super Bowl 37 in what some people called “The Pirate Bowl.”
The game was the first Super Bowl in league history to feature the league’s No. …


Sunday, January 23rd, 2011, 10:48 pm in Sports
By Liam Nee

If there’s such a thing as a major league baseball team resorting to sloppy seconds talent past its prime in times of superstar-lacking desperation, the AL East may be in that exact situation.
Just days after the …


Sunday, January 23rd, 2011, 10:45 pm in News
Born-again gangster tells of racketeering, familial pressures and his way out
By Matthew Soucy

“I was bringing 8 to 9 million dollars a week into my operation. I had my own Learjet. I had a helicopter. I had a house in Florida, California and New York. I had 300 crazy …


Sunday, January 23rd, 2011, 10:38 pm in News
By Beth Kevit

Donald Farish, current president of Rowan Univeristy in Glassboro, N.J., is one of four men identified by the University of Maine’s board of trustees as candidates for the replacement of current president Robert Kennedy.
Boasting a …


Sunday, January 23rd, 2011, 10:38 pm in News
By Christopher Crosby

On Jan. 6, Gov. Paul LePage delivered on a campaign promise by rescinding an act, signed five years ago by then-Gov. John Baldacci, which forbade state officials from inquiring about the immigration status of applicants for …


Sunday, January 23rd, 2011, 10:37 pm in News
To remain one of 607 best institutions in world
By Chris Chase

The Maine Business School at the University of Maine has earned reaccreditation with the prestigious review body, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.
With this reaccreditation, the Maine Business School remains in a category comprised …


Sunday, January 23rd, 2011, 10:36 pm in News
Diverse group of power experts lecture at day-long annual conference
By Michael Shepherd

Nine energy experts spoke at the University of Maine on Saturday as part of a day-long event advertised as an opportunity to garner literal, non-political facts about alternative sources of energy.
The UMaine branch of the American …


Sunday, January 23rd, 2011, 10:33 pm in News
Jobs with Dining Services accessible but unattractive to many students, as some cite monotony and menial tasks
By Jennifer Vincent

In this economic climate, college students are struggling to find convenient employment more than ever before, especially if they lack the work-study to qualify for many university jobs.
A quick perusal of the Office of Student Employment …