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Wednesday, September 21st, 2011, 10:30 pm in Opinion
By Frank Booker

In a recent informal survey, a student was asked which news stories she had been following lately.
“I haven’t been following any,” she said. “I don’t have a TV right now.”
According to Suzanne Choney, writing for MSNBC.com …


Wednesday, September 21st, 2011, 10:29 pm in Opinion
By Ryan Campbell

The Middle East is a volatile region showing no signs of improvement — and things have gotten even worse since Palestinian authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced he would go to the United Nations to seek statehood.
Palestine, …


Wednesday, September 21st, 2011, 10:27 pm in Opinion
By Anthony Jackson

I recently attended my first University of Maine women’s soccer game.
As it is my junior year here and I have been to literally every other sporting event on campus, I thought now was as good a …


Wednesday, September 21st, 2011, 10:25 pm in Opinion
By Amanda Greenberg

As we enter the fourth week of classes, I find it difficult to set a solid routine.
Though my class schedule is pretty straightforward and set in stone, I still wake up every morning having to look …


Wednesday, September 21st, 2011, 10:25 pm in News
Cain: Students 'vindicated' after Webster 'witch hunt'
By Michael Shepherd

AUGUSTA — At a Wednesday press conference, Maine’s secretary of state said an investigation turned up no cases of voter fraud from a list of out-of-state students created by the chairman of the Maine Republican Party.
A …


Wednesday, September 21st, 2011, 10:23 pm in News
By Jamison Cocklin

The University of Maine’s Somerset Hall is home to more than just college students this semester.
In an effort to bolster Orono High School’s International Program, an agreement approved last October by the Orono School Committee and …


Wednesday, September 21st, 2011, 10:22 pm in Opinion
By Billy Kramer


Wednesday, September 21st, 2011, 10:19 pm in News
By Robert Stigile

Emerging from the metal door that leads to the cooler at Burby and Bates, Assistant Manager Rich Murphy holds aloft an oversized dark blue can and explains his newest creation, much like a father would comment …


Wednesday, September 21st, 2011, 10:15 pm in News
By Beth Kevit

A website touted by the University of Maine Career Center for years as a source of post-graduation employment information is increasing its services for current students.
CareerLink, powered by software company symplicity, has expanded to include the …


Wednesday, September 21st, 2011, 10:09 pm in News
By Lauren Reeves

This January, the Maine Business School and the Foster Center for Student Innovation will join forces to assist the Maine Business Challenge, the brainchild of three recent University of Maine graduates.
The Maine Business Challenge will enable …