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Monday, March 14th, 2011, 4:25 pm in News
By The Maine Campus

AUGUSTA — The University of Maine System board of trustees has confirmed Paul Ferguson, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, as the University of Maine’s new president.
Ferguson was approved by …


Monday, February 21st, 2011, 4:44 pm in News
Union restriction, she fears, could spill into Maine
By Michael Shepherd

A Maine state representative is en route to Madison, Wis., where protests fighting possible limitation of collective bargaining rights for state employees have crippled government and education, leaving thousands of Wisconsin’s state employees off the job …


Friday, February 18th, 2011, 3:20 pm in News
By The Maine Campus

ST. PAUL, Minn. — University of Maine President Robert Kennedy will not serve on the University of Minnesota board of regents upon leaving the UMaine presidency in June.
In December 2010, Kennedy was announced as a finalist for …


Saturday, February 12th, 2011, 11:21 pm in Sports
Nyquist scores fastest goal in UM history on way to 4-2 win
By Jesse Scardina

It took just less than one month for the University of Maine men’s hockey team to make it back to the win column, but they did just that, beating the University of Vermont 4-2 at Alfond …


Friday, February 11th, 2011, 10:40 pm in Sports
'Disappointing' loss leaves UMaine winless in last 6 games in season's home stretch
By Jesse Scardina

Winding up winless in New Hampshire last weekend, it must have felt good for the University of Maine men’s hockey team to return to the friendly confines of Alfond Arena in a series they were heavily …


Saturday, February 5th, 2011, 10:25 pm in Sports
Nyquist misses open net with chance to win in final minute as UNH steals series
By Jesse Scardina

DURHAM, N.H. — In a crushing finale to a weekend series against the rival University of New Hampshire, the University of Maine men’s hockey team lost in the final minute to the Wildcats 5-4.
The Black Bears came …


Sunday, January 30th, 2011, 4:16 pm in News
By Beth Kevit

A bomb threat was found written on a banister in a Cumberland Hall stairwell Sunday, Jan. 30. A resident assistant from the building found the threat and alerted the University of Maine Police Department.
The building was …


Saturday, January 29th, 2011, 11:25 pm in Sports
By Jesse Scardina

One night after blowing a two-goal lead, the University of Maine men’s hockey team couldn’t preserve an immediate 1-0 lead, as Boston University fought back to earn the 1-1 tie and take three points from the …


Saturday, January 29th, 2011, 1:59 am in Sports
Also sets UMaine indoor mark in Boston
By The Maine Campus

BOSTON — University of Maine junior indoor track athlete Corey Conner ran the nation’s fastest Division I 5,000-meter race this season late Friday at the Boston University Terrier Classic, according to me.milesplit.com.
Conner, a distance runner from Townsend, …


Friday, January 28th, 2011, 11:47 pm in Sports
BU rallies to come-from-behind win in rough-and-tumble affair
By Jesse Scardina

In a back-and-forth game that featured tons of action — illegal and legal, before and after whistles — 16th ranked Boston University got the best of the No. 13 University of Maine, coming from behind to …