2 UM football players charged after alleged fight, BB-gun incident
Correction: In an e-mail Monday night to The Maine Campus, University of Maine Police Chief Roland LaCroix corrected an initial report from Lt. Robert Welch to say BB guns were used instead of pellet guns, as initially reported. …
(36)Part-time faculty union to enter mediation with system over contract
Labeled an “invisible unit” by one member, the University of Maine System’s part-time faculty union, known as PATFA, has recently seen its nearly seven-month-long contract negotiation process with the system office falter and stall, meaning the …
(4)System budget chief Wyke one of three vying for chancellor position
One of the candidates for chancellor — the one now in charge of the University of Maine System’s finances — would push to increase system-wide efficiency if selected for leadership.
Rebecca Wyke, a two-time graduate of the …
Doctoral student appointed to first Maliseet tribal representative seat
AUGUSTA — Standing in the governor’s cabinet room in the Maine State House on Jan. 4, David Slagger set aside his golden eagle feather and strip of braided sweet grass to sign his name and become …
(1)Arizona administrator candidate for University of Maine System chancellor position
Faculty chair says Hay 'impressive,' but struggled communicating during tumultuous financial times
Among many at the University of Arizona, Meredith Hay isn’t the most liked higher education administrator.
One of three finalists for the University of Maine System’s chancellor position, Hay served as provost at Arizona’s flagship institution from …
UMaine football’s amazing 2011 season ends with 35-23 loss to Georgia Southern
And just like that, it was over.
One of the most successful seasons in program history for the University of Maine football team came to a close after a 35-23 defeat in the Football Championship Subdivision quarterfinals …
The Maine Campus, BDN launch partnership
The Bangor Daily News and The Maine Campus have begun a partnership aimed at strengthening student journalism in Maine.
The BDN will provide training, web hosting and development services for the The Campus, and the two newspapers have …
Firm alleges UM contract process shows favoritism
A Portland-based company vying for the University of Maine’s single-stream recycling contract attached a cover letter with its June bid, saying the university’s request for proposals effectively precluded it from bidding.
The university denies many of Portland-based …
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrated in Old Town
A group of elementary school students flocked to the Old Town YMCA on Martin Luther King Jr. Day to celebrate history and diversity during a day of teambuilding.
University of Maine student athletes helped staff the day …
Learning about America the fun way
Conversation Partner Program pairs foreign students with English speakers to improve on language
New Year’s resolutions, such as promising yourself to eat healthier and go to the gym more, are often and easily broken. College is a …
Students take to the skies with UM flying club
BANGOR — It’s a bitterly cold Sunday morning on the first weekend of winter break, a day when most University of Maine students have either headed home for the holidays or settled down for some much …
(2)Video: Cheney to serve 7 years for UM student’s 2010 hit-and-run death
BANGOR — A South Berwick man will serve seven years in prison with four years probation for the death of University of Maine student Jordyn Bakley, 20, of Camden, on Jan. 30, 2010.
At the conclusion of …
UMaine football routs Appalachian State 34-12
For the first time since 2002, the University of Maine football team picked up a playoff victory, defeating Appalachian State University 34-12.
The Black Bears’ five touchdowns all came on plays of 20 yards or more, showcasing …
Groups from all over head to All Points North
Over 30 acts played at two-day festival
When local bands, DJs and reggae, jazz, and rock musicians alike converge to draw crowds to a corner of town for a two-night music festival, all signs point north.
Kingman’s, a Old Town bar, welcomed a total …
For the record
Bangor Bull Moose prepares for Record Store Day, an international celebration of independent music shops
With the dawn of the digital age, fans of traditional music formats are right to fear the death of physical copies of music and real-life record stores.
iTunes, Spotify and similar services make it so convenient to …
Crossdress for success
Drag Show concludes Pride Week
The Memorial Union transformed from meeting place and eatery to an elaborate runway surrounded by people waiting to be wowed by professional and student drag queens and kings alike for the University of Maine Drag Show …
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Tales from Dayglow: A wild night, from inside and out
With a 45-foot tall stage, giant video screens, music, lights and paint, Dayglow transformed the normally unadorned Field House into a hedonistic paradise on Wednesday night.
Billed as “the world’s largest paint party,” the buzz surrounding Dayglow …
Maine Live Music Summer Preview
Free Range Music Fest – April 28 in Belfast
Just $18 (or $12 for kids) will get you an all-day pass to the Free Range Music Fest, with stages on eight different venues around town. Over 30 …
Prisoner-penned play soon at Pavilion
Cluchey’s ‘The Cage’ a drama about struggles of dominance in prison life, opens this weekendAmerican playwright Rick Cluchey’s dark drama “The Cage” opens this Friday at the Cyrus Pavilion Theatre. The play centers around the lives of prisoners as they struggle for dominance over one another.
The play has only ever …
How I Hear It: Greatest era for music fans happening now
Resources for music discovery make modern day best time for listeners to develop unique tastesHow can anyone argue the ’60s and ’70s weren’t the best eras for music?
Jimi Hendrix was redefining how every guitarist after him approached the instrument, Black Sabbath was inventing heavy metal, and a certain four blokes …
Film Review: ‘The Lucky One’
Plot sometimes thin, but grown-up Efron thrills as leadBy now, renowned romance novelist Nicholas Sparks has played out just about every plotline imaginable to fit within the vanilla, boy-meets-girl confines of what he does best.
Seven of these crowd-pleasing stories have made their ways to …
CD Review: The Running Gags, “Yeah, No”
Maine rockers unify variety of influences on cohesive discThe Running Gags is what happens when music is not placed into just one genre.
The band embraces “no rules” punk, hard rock, pop-punk, reggae and ska. However, the music of this quintuplet can be easily related …
Percussion Ensemble plays unique rhythm pieces
Performers' instrumentation included lighters, trianglesThe Percussion Ensemble performed a show in Minsky Recital Hall on Tuesday night.
Made up of 12 percussionists and one conductor, professor Thomas Martin Wubbenhorst, the group played a variety of instruments from snare drums to xylophones …
Student production rooted in ’90s humor
The laugh-out-loud comedy “5 Women Wearing the Same Dress” opens this Thursday in the Cyrus Pavilion Theatre and promises to bring back warm memories from the ’90s.
The play is written by Alan Ball, the Academy Award-winning …
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