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Archive for April 10th, 2011



Sunday, April 10th, 2011, 10:13 pm in Opinion

A letter to the editor in the Nov. 11, 2010 edition of The Maine Campus claimed racism was the root cause of long lines and “draconian” security measures at a Ludacris performance at the University of …


Sunday, April 10th, 2011, 10:06 pm in Opinion
By Pardis Delijani

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 …


Sunday, April 10th, 2011, 10:05 pm in Opinion
By Sarah Mann

As I introduced a friend to the wonderfully addictive television show that is Showtime’s “Dexter,” I didn’t stop to think about what that meant.
I was recommending a show where the hero is a murderer. While he …


Sunday, April 10th, 2011, 10:05 pm in Opinion
By Madelyn Kearns

There are few other delicacies in life better than Saturday morning cartoons. As delicious as a discount box of chocolates and requiring the same half-conscious devotion in their consumption, a good dose of cartoons feeds the …


Sunday, April 10th, 2011, 10:04 pm in Opinion
By Linette Mailhot


Sunday, April 10th, 2011, 9:36 pm in News
Director says University of Maine facility to further burgeoning Maine industry
By Matthew Soucy

The expansion under way at the University of Maine’s AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center will play a pivotal role in the center’s deepwater offshore wind project.
The 35,000-square-foot expansion will provide laboratories and equipment that will …


Sunday, April 10th, 2011, 9:32 pm in News
Is first openly gay major-party hopeful
By Michael Shepherd

Fred Karger can’t shy away from a fight.
The Republican activist from Laguna Beach, Calif., became the first candidate to declare for the 2012 United States presidential election — even beating President Barack Obama to the punch …


Sunday, April 10th, 2011, 9:31 pm in News
Athletes, coaches, tour guides roll out red carpet to give fifth-graders a taste of the college experience
By Jennifer Vincent

More than 200 fifth-grade students from all over Maine had an opportunity to interact with University of Maine athletes, coaches and students Friday during the first annual Black Bears of Tomorrow event.
Black Bears of Tomorrow is …


Sunday, April 10th, 2011, 9:30 pm in News
Search procedures match fall’s Ludacris show; incidents few in Field House
By The Maine Campus

Approximately 1,900 tickets were sold for Thursday’s Girl Talk concert in the University of Maine’s Field House, and of the nearly 2,000 concert-goers, only a handful ran into trouble with members of the University of Maine …


Sunday, April 10th, 2011, 9:26 pm in News
GSS denials put men’s ice hockey club at financial risk
By Christopher Crosby

The University of Maine Student Government has again shot down a second request from Men’s Club Ice Hockey for additional funding, leaving members disgruntled over a perceived “hypocrisy” among the organization’s policies.
On Oct. 26, the General …