Archive for March, 2011
The University of Maine’s General Student Senate voted unanimously to try Student Body President Nelson Carson for impeachment at its regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday.
The trial will be held March 29 to decide whether removal from office …
AUGUSTA — At a time when education reform proposals are being floated by new Republican leadership at the State House, University of Maine System officials say they have struck a positive note with Gov. Paul LePage …
In an effort to reduce the amount of waste sent to landfills and cut costs, the University of Maine is planning to adopt a campus-wide, single-stream recycling program by the start of the fall 2011 semester.
The …
The University of Maine Police Department, in cooperation with the Orono Police Department, arrested a Bangor man on Tuesday afternoon for a recent theft that occurred at the Student Recreation and Fitness Center.
UMPD Detective Bill Flagg …
Along with flowers, springtime in Maine brings along a full bloom of potholes.
The story around the University of Maine this year is no different. Numerous potholes have opened up across campus and in surrounding neighborhoods, creating …
The nervousness was palpable on Sunday as six young women lined up in the multipurpose room of the Student Recreation and Fitness Center.
They were auditioning for the D-Fusion dance crew — a group that members say …
Reducing energy costs and finding new ways to generate both heat and electricity are among the top priorities for Maine.
Residents of Maine, the state purported to be one of the most oil-dependent in the country, were …
Gov. Paul LePage and Chandler Woodcock, commissioner of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, have begun an initiative to replenish Maine’s deer population.
LePage has stated his firm belief that deer hunting is an integral …
Scammed scientists
A banner worth an estimated $600 was stolen from a hallway in the Department of Physics and Astronomy in Bennett Hall sometime before 7:11 p.m. March 18.
Plumb dumb
At some point between 5 p.m. March 18 …
Going down in flames certainly isn’t a pleasant experience for the engulfed, but it can be captivating to witness — and what a terrible, colorful blaze Student Body Nelson Carson has set.
The tales describing Carson’s shortcomings …
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