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Prescribing change for pharmaciesDeparture of staff forces 3,000 to area businesses
At the end of the month, students will no longer be able to pick up prescription drugs from the campus pharmacy at Cutler Health Center. That, according to Cutler Health Center Interim Director Richard Young, is because the university pharmacist has decided to leave the practice.…
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GSS says no to dramaDenies allocations for Maine Masque NYC trip
After more than three hours of intense debate, the General Student Senate denied all funding for the Maine Masque's proposed trip to New York City. The group had requested $1,300 to pay for transportation for their three-day visit, which will include Broadway plays, museum visits and a tour of New York University.…
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Not that black and whiteIn America's whitest state, racism can be subtle
While the word 'racism' conjures up ugly memories of segregation, it can also come in subtler forms, according to the University of Maine students who make up the 7.1 percent of non-White students.
"I think not all remarks I have heard can be considered racist, but instead pure ignorance," said UMaine student, Laila Sholtz-Ames.…
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Pods beam classes around the worldProfessors use interactive Web lectures
Imagine sitting in a class with a small group of students, listening to your professor. Pretty common, right? Now imagine that your professor is 3,000 miles away, at a festival in Switzerland or introducing a guest speaker in Singapore, in real time, and asking for feedback.…
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Fatal Error's robust robot invades Boston tournamentUMaine Robotics Club to compete with 130-pound machine
They advocate all-night stays in the lab on an annual basis, and playing with giant robots. They are the University of Maine Robotics Club.
Ryan Foley, a fourth-year mechanical engineering major who founded the campus robotics club in 2006 and is its vice president said, "We meet 3 p.…
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Sleep out against rapeFraternity raises money for local response services
The brothers of the Beta Eta Chapter of Beta Theta Pi will host their 15th annual Sleep-Out Against Rape this weekend at the University of Maine. The event runs from 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23 through 6 a.m. the 24th.
Students and members of the community are welcome to join the brothers on the front lawn of the Beta House at 12 Munson Road to show support for rape victims and the Rape Response Services of Bangor.…
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Police Beat
Call for arrest
Officers responded to a 911 hang-up from a call box outside York Hall at 3:37 a.m. on Feb. 16. On the scene, they located Scott Seeley, a 21-year-old non-student from Biddeford, who admitted to pushing the 911 button because he thought it would open the door.…
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