How did volcanic eruptions impact the flow of the Nile River and affect social unrest in Ancient Egypt? Joseph Manning, the Simpson Professor of Classics and History at Yale University, will explain in a free, public lecture at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30 in Room 100 of the D.P. Corbett Business Building at the University of Maine. […]
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Coaching football keeps former Mt. Blue standout Jordan Stevens in the game
Yale University co-defensive coordinator Jordan Stevens speaks with a player during a game. The Mt. Blue graduate and University of Maine standout coaches the Bulldogs’ linebackers. (Yale University photo) Football is what makes Jordan Stevens tick, and following his playing days, he found another passion to keep him in the game – coaching. After giving the […]
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College football: UMaine outclassed by Yale
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Joe Harasymiak’s assessment of the University of Maine’s 35-14 loss to Yale University at the Yale Bowl on Saturday afternoon was succinct and blunt. “We got our (butt) kicked,” the third-year Black Bears head coach said. It probably wasn’t a pleasant six-hour bus ride back to Orono. Quarterback Kurt Rawlings threw three […]
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Street Talk: At college campuses, it’s ‘The Crucible’ all over again
The world has gone nuts. There’s hardly anything more that needs to be said about it. The world is crazy, and it’s apparently out of our control now to bring it back. In Missouri, a group of students stomping their feet and screaming about phantom insults was enough to force a president and chancellor out […]
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Lewiston High grad competes on The Sing-Off Wednesday
A Lewiston High School graduate is set to perform on “The Sing-Off” two-hour premier Wednesday night at 9 p.m. as part of a cappella group, a. squared. Nimal Eames-Scott may be just another Yale senior taking final exams in December, but as part of an a cappella/techno production group, he plans to compete for a […]
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Three Americans win Nobel Prize in medicine for work on traffic-control system of cells
Three American researchers won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for their insights into the traffic-control system for living cells — discoveries that the awards committee hoped would lead to future treatments for epilepsy, diabetes and immunological disorders. The winners, who will share the $1.2 million prize, are James Rothman, 62, a cell biologist from […]
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‘Poopetrator’ puzzles Yale
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Yale University hopes to solve a case of whodungit by identifying the stinker who has been soiling students’ laundry by sticking human feces inside clothes dryers. The culprit has been dubbed the “poopetrator” and is being blamed for at least four incidents in the past month in the laundry room […]