Archive for February, 2011
Apology to Readers
The Maine Campus regrets to inform readers that instances of plagiarism have been identified in several political columns written by Pardis Delijani. Thirteen of her 15 columns contained varying amounts of lifting from national …
There are certain skills you acquire over the course of an education, both academic and hard-knocks style —you learn the outrageous mathematical theorem for doing something you’ll never have to actually do in real life.
You …
I’ve never watched 3-D television. Nor did I splurge on seeing “Avatar” or “Alice in Wonderland” in one more dimension than I’m used to when watching movies.
Getting that out of the way, I still believe …
Last Thursday I attended the Renewable Energy Meeting held at the University of Maine and finally witnessed the politics that rule our lives firsthand.
I observed as 20 representatives from the University of Maine System laughed and …
An ordinance allowing the backyard raising of chickens in Medium Density Residential zones passed by the Orono City Council in 2010 has generated much interest in homegrown poultry in the town.
The specifics and challenges of raising …
From the trove of secret military and diplomatic cables released by the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks comes the revelation that Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest crude oil exporter, may not have enough reserves to prevent global oil …
Out of the 50 applicants for the University of Maine’s presidency, only five were women and one a minority.
The names of the final candidates for the presidency, which will be vacated by Robert Kennedy in June, …
BANGOR — With bookshelves piled to the ceiling, and every inch of space filled with stacks both meticulous and haphazard, Lippincott Books seems so firmly entrenched in its Central Street, Bangor location that one can’t imagine …
The University of Maine AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center has received a patent for a new method of increasing the strength of wood used in bridges, roofs and other structures.
The patent is for a strategy …
