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Drawing plans for a changing campusUM will build parking garages, demo buildings, remove roads to become greener
Imagine if The University of Maine had a parking garage. Now add an Orchard Trails-type apartment complex, hundreds of trees and a windless mall and you are close to UMaine's master plan.
Wednesday night, two representatives from Sasaki Associates - the firm hired to produce the plan - gave a presentation to the public.…
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Campus-wide tobacco banPlan will be implemented, the question is when and how
Plans which would prohibit having any kind of tobacco product on the UMaine campus, including chewing tobacco were presented to the General Student Senate Tuesday night.
Sue Bernier, a representative from the Tobacco Free Campus Committee spoke at the meeting.…
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Hazing study: largest of its kind74 percent of varsity athletes say they have experienced hazing
The National Study of Student Hazing was recently released by Associate Professors Mary Madden and Elizabeth Allen, with the College of Education and Human development at the University of Maine.
The study is the largest and most comprehensive of its kind to date.…
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UMS budget cut rejected by state legislature
The Maine Legislature's Appropriations Committee released a budget proposal Friday which attempts to close an estimated $190 million shortfall.
The proposal calls for a cut to the University of Maine System (UMS) of $4.1 million.
Earlier this month Governor John Baldacci, as part of his proposed budget fix, called for a $7.…
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Teaching about IraqU.S. veteran joins teach-in about war
When Brian Clement joined the Army after high school as a motor transport operator, he had high hopes for his future and quickly adopted the motto, "you call, we haul, that's all." His dreams were drastically altered after being deployed to Iraq in 2004.
"I had the intentions we could change things and get out," he said.…
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Terrorism: from Africa to UMWorld-renowned experts present thoughts on a global conflict
The University of Maine welcomed two internationally- renowned U.S. foreign policy experts on March 17 in a forum titled "The Roots of Terrorism: From the Horn of Africa to Pakistan," hosted by the School of Policy and International Affairs (SPIA).
The forum, held in the Buchanan Alumni House, featured Ambassador Mark Bellamy, a senior fellow in residence in the Center for Strategic and International Studies' African and International Security Programs and Bruce Riedel, a senior foreign policy fellow in the Brookings Institution's Saban Center for Middle East Policy.…
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Civil engineering hydraulics lab recieves donation of $100KPittsfield company endowment to pay for upkeep of machine
The University of Maine civil engineering hydraulics lab received a $100,000 donation. Kleinschmidt Associates, a local energy and water resource consulting firm based in Pittsfield, gave an endowment that will allow the lab in Boardman Hall to use the interest earned each year for upkeep.…
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Lip hair and democracyGlobal politics, seen through the lens of peach fuzz
Rebecca Herzig studies unwanted facial hair, particularly its removal, a process that for many women reads like the warfare from a science fiction novel: a never-ending battle waged by chemicals, bolts of electricity and laser beams.
Tragically, this banal ritual has real victims.…
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Mainers left in dark, need DRecent study from UMaine researchers says people in less sunny environments need vitamin D-rich foods
Mainers may be at an increased risk for cancer because of low vitamin D levels during the wintertime, according to a recent national study done by researchers from the University of Maine.
The Federal Government standard recommends that the average American consumes 200 international units of vitamin D each day, or about two glasses of fortified milk.…
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Police Beat
Football player accused in carjacking case
University of Maine football player Bryan Grier was charged with felony theft, robbery and reckless conduct following an alleged carjacking in Portsmouth, NH and has been ordered to seek mental health counseling.…
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