Students rally on mall for social change
The Maine Peace Action Committee and other campus organizations held Progress On The Mall on Thursday.
The event, which included a rally and camp-out, saw members from groups including the Student Women’s Association, the Sustainable Agriculture Enthusiasts, …
Police Beat for April 23, 2012
Drink to the clink
The University of Maine Police Department received a report of underage drinking in a fourth-floor room of Somerset Hall at 11:48 p.m. April 19. An officer found a group of people in the …
Parents of late UMaine student TJ Dodge still seek closure
The parents of late University of Maine student Timothy James “TJ” Dodge Jr. arrived at the Old Town police station on Monday to find out more information about their son’s death last Tuesday. His parents, Pam and …
Thursday, April 19th, 2012, 2:10 amUMaine President Paul Ferguson to be officially inaugurated
The inauguration celebration of University of Maine President Paul Ferguson officially concludes on Thursday at 10 a.m. at the Collins Center for the Arts.
The inauguration, which will formally install Ferguson as president after nearly a year …
Vice president of General Student Senate announced for fall
Sen. Chris Protzmann, in line to become the University of Maine’s student body president next academic year, announced at Tuesday’s General Student Senate meeting he would be selecting Sen. Sam Helmke as his vice president for …
Thursday, April 19th, 2012, 2:03 amGovernment Oversight Committee delays decision on legislators’ letter about Casella, Juniper Ridge
After a meeting of the Maine Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee was postponed until a week from its original date of April 3, the group hasn’t decided what action to take on a letter submitted by a …
Thursday, April 19th, 2012, 1:59 amUMaine revamps on-campus housing in response to declining enrollment
University of Maine Housing Services is making changes to on-campus living in an attempt to keep students on campus and ease the decreasing enrollment that has been occurring for the past three years.
To deal with the …
Community Supported Agriculture project returning to Orono
After a year’s hiatus, the University of Maine’s Community Supported Agriculture project will resume in June.
The Student Agriculture Enthusiasts and the Black Bear Food Guild sponsor the program and do the work needed on the farm.
Last …
Police Beat for April 19, 2012
Hilltop heist
The University of Maine Police Department received a report of a theft in the Hilltop quad at 2:07 p.m. April 13. A black L.L. Bean backpack and a MacBook laptop, left unattended from 6 to …
Family of TJ Dodge, sophomore killed in crash, wonders if death was suicide
ROCKLAND — No one knows why Timothy James Dodge Jr. was driving on Route 2 in Old Town at 5:15 a.m. last Tuesday.
His family and closest friends can’t figure out why “TJ,” a sophomore psychology student …
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