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UMS refuses to hand student info to RIAA
The University of Maine System has refused a request from the Recording Industry Association of America to produce names of students who allegedly downloaded copyrighted materials.
The system has also opted not to forward the RIAA's pre-litigation letters offering settlements to those students, although the schools those students attend will inform their students of the letters and give them a chance to pick up the letters if they so choose.…
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Trip to Ecuador heals wounds
Spring Break is a time for students to relax and catch that second wind to help them finish the semester strong. One group of University of Maine students chose to forgo the festivities of spring break to volunteer with the group MEDLIFE to help give medical attention to underprivileged people of Ecuador.…
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Police beat
Police break up loud party
On March 17 at 10:03 p.m., officers were notified of a loud party on High Street in Old Town. When the officers arrived, they located the residents of the apartment, Andrew Connolly, 21, and Richard Price, 21. The party attendants were told to leave.…
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A break from the normUMaine students find service is more valuable than vacation
During their recent spring break, more than 60 University of Maine students skipped traveling to Cancun or California to lie out in the sun, and instead gave their time to help those in need. What they participated in is called Alternative Spring Break (ASB), and has been a regular event every March at UMaine for the past 10 years.…
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Community calendar
Monday
Animal communication
Marty Leonard of Dalhousie University will present "Can you hear me now? How animals communicate in a noisy world" as part of the Department of Wildlife Ecology Seminar Series at noon in Room 204, Nutting Hall.
Preparing for publication
Nathan Stormer will lead a workshop titled "Preparing a piece of academic writing for publication in the Humanities and Social Sciences; for graduate students," starting at 3:30 p.…
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Lecture blames Iraq violence on U.S. warAllen: Pre-emption gives war a new status
After four years of war, what have we learned? This was the dominant question asked by Professor Douglas Allen at Thursday's Socialist and Marxist Studies lecture series. "The situation in Iraq today is unbearable," he said. "The U.S. occupation in Iraq is part of the problem and not part of the solution.…
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Old news: from the archives of The Maine CampusThis week: The agents of orange
From March 14, 1968
Review Board decides on students' complaints
By Melanie Cyr
The Free Speech and Assembly Review Board recently concluded consideration of complaints made by the Students for a Democratic Society. Their complaints concerned university administration actions during their February 6 protest against a Dow Chemical interviewer on campus.…
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