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Campus Currents: Student Deaths
Articles about Student Deaths:
Monday, September 14th, 2009, 2:13 amFormer student’s body found in Orono
By Dylan Riley
The body of former UMaine student Collin Bates was found Wednesday in Orono, and police have ruled his death a suicide. Friday, May 1st, 2009, 10:11 am
Women sentenced in connection with Lyford death
By William P. Davis and Dylan Riley
Two women were sentenced after pleading guilty to furnishing a place for minors to drink. Monday, April 20th, 2009, 12:00 am
Finishing his last drink
By Zach Dionne
var uslide_show_id = “8911d6e1-b439-4959-bd74-de2fa5e0f142″;var slideshowwidth = “300″;var linktext = “”;When Andrew Gerke told me in an interview he’d booked the Dropkick Murphys for a concert at UMaine, I said “cool” and wrote it in my notebook. The next thing he told me was that it was on a Thursday – and we started laughing about it being a thirsty Thursday with an Irish-punk band from Boston. Thursday, April 16th, 2009, 12:00 am
Andrew Gerke: “The kid lived for music”
By Zach Dionne
Most photographs of Andrew Gerke show him striking a wide-open smile. The possibility that these were artificial, “say cheese” moments fades as a true picture surfaces of the short life of the University of Maine alumnus. The stories his friends and loved ones tell paint Gerke as a spirited, driven man with passions as varied as his grins. Thursday, April 16th, 2009, 12:00 am
Brian James: “The outdoors is where I want to be”
By Rhiannon Sawtelle
There’s a hole in the University of Maine community. It extends to Presque Isle and to the Maine Air National Guard base in Bangor. It reaches deep into the hearts of students, soldiers and a close-knit family. Brian James, 22, died this weekend in a snowmobiling accident in Aroostook County – doing what he loved, in a place he loved.
Thursday, April 16th, 2009, 12:00 amAlumnus Andrew Gerke dies in crash
By William P. Davis and Heather Steeves
University of Maine alumnus Andrew Gerke died Tuesday morning from injuries sustained in a car crash, according to a hospital spokesperson and university officials. According to a news release by Maine State Police spokesman Steve McCausland, Gerke was traveling northbound on the Maine Turnpike in Saco when he lost control of his 1987 Nissan 300 at 5:45 p.m.
Thursday, April 16th, 2009, 12:00 amOp-Ed: With death of a friend, a lesson in mortality learned
By Brett Sowerby
The death of a close friend gives us opportunity to reflect.
Thursday, April 16th, 2009, 12:00 amBrian James dies in snowmobile accident
By William P. Davis
University of Maine student Brian James died from the result of a neck fracture in a snowmobile accident Saturday night, according to Sgt. Tom Ward of the Maine Warden Service. James, 22, was a third-year public administration student and a member of the Maine Air National Guard.
Monday, April 13th, 2009, 12:00 amAndrew Gerke, UMaine alum died this morning
By Heather Steeves and William P. Davis
UMaine alumnus Andrew Gerke died this morning from injuries sustained in a car crash, according a hospital spokesperson and university officials. According to a news release by Maine State Police spokesman Steve McCausland, Gerke was traveling northbound on the Maine Turnpike in Saco when he lost control of his 1987 Nissan 300 at 5:45 p.m. Monday, April 13th, 2009, 12:00 am
Student Brian James died after snowmobile accident Saturday
By William P. Davis
Updated
University of Maine student Brian James died from the result of a neck fracture in a snowmobile accident Saturday night, according to Sgt. Tom Ward of the Maine Warden Service. James, 22, was a third-year public administration student and a member of the Air Force Reserve.
