UMaine student dead after longboard accident
University of Maine geology student Nicholas Golden, 22, passed away Sunday, May 19 due to injuries sustained from a longboarding accident.
On May 13, Golden, who was not wearing a helmet, was riding a borrowed longboard down …
700-plus participate in 6th annual Healthy High 5- and 10-K race
The University of Maine Division of Student Affairs hosted the sixth annual Healthy High 5K/10K race April 20, or “4/20,” a day associated with smoking marijuana.
The race originated as a way to provide students with an …
UMaine undergraduate students show off research projects
On Tuesday, April 16 the Wells Conference Center transformed for the fourth annual Undergraduate Research and Academic Showcase. Students from every academic college within the University of Maine participated in the event, sharing the research they …
Monday, April 22nd, 2013, 12:24 amUMSG works to reduce salaries
During their April 16 meeting, the University of Maine General Student Senate amended an act to reduce all executive, community association and representative board student employee salaries by 10 percent beginning next year.
For the past few …
Abbott names search committee to help find replacement for Whitehead
Director of athletics Steve Abbott and University of Maine President Paul Ferguson bought out the last year of Tim Whitehead’s contract on April 9, letting go of the coach who spearheaded the program for the last …
Monday, April 22nd, 2013, 12:22 amPolice Beat: April 22, 2013
Pot pals
The University of Maine Police Department received a report of a drug offense on the fourth floor of Androscoggin Hall at 10:09 p.m., April 14. Officers responded and found four males — three 19 year …
Hope festival looks to bring people together this Saturday
The HOPE Festival — an acronym for Help Organize Peace Earthwide — is scheduled to take place at the New Balance Student Recreation Center on Saturday, April 27, from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. Over 60 …
Monday, April 22nd, 2013, 12:20 amAuthorities look to put an end to ‘Chickenfest’
April at the University of Maine that means several things are fast approaching for students: final exams, summertime and Chickenfest.
Chickenfest is an annual underground music festival held in remote locations that are, more often than not, …
Blue Sky Project 1 year in existence, but disconnect remains between plan and student body
What is the Blue Sky Project?
Depending on who you ask, you could get a variety of different answers. But regardless of how much you know about it, the Blue Sky Project has the ability to bring …
UMaine student gives perspective of Boston lockdown from Cambridge hotel
While the city of Boston was on lockdown, as countless authorities pursued Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, one of two living suspects from Monday’s bombings of the Boston Marathon, a University of Maine undergraduate student witnessed the ordeal …
