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Archive for November, 2011



Saturday, November 19th, 2011, 9:04 pm in News
By The Maine Campus

Twenty-one University of Maine students were displaced after a Saturday evening fire at the Stillwater Village Apartments, according to a university spokesman.
The blaze left fire damage in three units and smoke damage in nine more, according …


Saturday, November 19th, 2011, 6:36 pm in Sports
By Joe Sturzl

Turnovers were the name of the game in the University of Maine football team’s 30-27 loss to the University of New Hampshire on Saturday afternoon, as both teams threw for three interceptions and lost one fumble …


Friday, November 18th, 2011, 1:30 am in News
By Kylie Keene

Members of Occupy UMaine say their once-a-week rallies are important steps in bringing student debt in check and showing “solidarity” with those comprising the worldwide Occupy movement. Broadcast journalist Kylie Keene reports.

Members of Occupy UMaine say …


Thursday, November 17th, 2011, 1:07 am in News
Letters sent to landlords, university, but hurdles in communication may leave residents unaware
By Beth Kevit

Some Orono landlords are reluctant to discuss a letter from the Orono-Veazie Water District alerting them that the water supply contains a potentially dangerous chemical.
The chemical is “a byproduct of chlorine disinfection which forms when chlorine …


Thursday, November 17th, 2011, 1:04 am in News
Campus cracking down on cigarettes after trial period
By Jamison Cocklin

The University of Maine’s Tobacco-Free Campus initiative, which went into effect last year with a trial period calling for voluntary compliance, will be fully implemented Jan. 1, 2012, under a policy of strict enforcement and mandatory …


Thursday, November 17th, 2011, 12:59 am in News
Demand sparks rush to furnish fowl for local families
By Matthew Soucy

BANGOR — A Bangor food pantry is counting on more donations for its Thanksgiving food drive after an unusual amount of families requested turkeys for the upcoming holiday.
Bill Ray, executive director of Manna Ministries, a social …


Thursday, November 17th, 2011, 12:55 am in Style & Culture
By Kayla Riley

As Captain Jack Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill once said, “Any officer who goes into action without his sword is improperly dressed.”
Similarly, anyone who goes to the University of Maine without having heard The Mad Jacks perform …


Thursday, November 17th, 2011, 12:53 am in Style & Culture
Student musicians perform lineup of classical compositions
By Hillary Nason

On Tuesday, University of Maine students performed a night of Chamber Music in Minsky Hall. They performed a classical repertoire written by a well-selected handful of famous composers.
“Sonata No. 1” by J.B. Loeillet, with movements Lento …


Thursday, November 17th, 2011, 12:47 am in News
By Robert Stigile

Rushing between classes in the course of the daily grind on the University of Maine campus, it is easy to become distracted by the Stevens Hall cupola or the hundred-year-old brick walls, forgetting the world that …


Thursday, November 17th, 2011, 12:45 am in Style & Culture
By Alex Tranchemontagne

Rachel Bee Porter is an up-and-coming photographer who has captured people’s attention across the world and, as part of The University of Maine Intermedia MFA program’s 2011-2012 Visiting Artist series, she gave a lecture titled “It’s …