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The University of Maine

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Umaine, Egyptian Students To Discuss Iraq Conflict, Susan Young Dec 2002

Umaine, Egyptian Students To Discuss Iraq Conflict, Susan Young

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To help them gain a better understanding of the causes and potential consequences of a U.S.-Iraq confrontation, a dozen University of Maine students will discuss the issue with their counterparts from the American University in Cairo on Dec. 9, [2002] beginning at 12 p.m. The students will discuss Middle Eastern issues – with a focus on the situation in Iraq – via a livevideoconference hook-up in the Soderberg Center in Jenness Hall. The discussion will also be broadcast to the university’s Hutchinson Center in Belfast.

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National Tribal Gaming Official To Speak At Umaine, Susan Young Nov 2002

National Tribal Gaming Official To Speak At Umaine, Susan Young

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A proposal by two Maine Indian tribes to build a $650 million casino in the southern part of the state has generated a lot of controversy. Casino advocates say gaming monies will enable the tribes to become self-sufficient while also boosting state revenues. Opponents, on the other hand, say such a facility would lead to increased crime in the area, take employees away from area businesses, and cost the state millions to treat people with gambling addiction problems. Governor Angus King even went so far as to say casinos would take money from the pockets of local people and create …

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Ocr Gender Equity Complaint Against Umaine Closed, Joe Carr Nov 2002

Ocr Gender Equity Complaint Against Umaine Closed, Joe Carr

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Citing progress toward achieving gender equity in intercollegiate athletics, the U.S. Dept. of Education Office of Civil Rights has closed its five-year-old complaint against the University of Maine.

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Code Of Election Ethics Served A Purpose, Co-Creator Says, Susan Young Nov 2002

Code Of Election Ethics Served A Purpose, Co-Creator Says, Susan Young

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While half the state's voters went to the polls Tuesday, many did so with reluctance, voicing their displeasure at a campaign season marred by attack ads and heated rhetoric. With one of the nastiest Maine elections in memory just ended, it may not seem like the state's Code of Election Ethics made much of a difference. Although the code did not stop candidates from attacking their opponents, the document, signed by all those running for federal office and the Blaine House, gave the public and the media a means to question tactics they found unacceptable.

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Great-Grandson Of Richard Wagner To Speak On Anti-Semitism In Germany, Joe Carr Oct 2002

Great-Grandson Of Richard Wagner To Speak On Anti-Semitism In Germany, Joe Carr

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The great-grandson of composer Richard Wagner, Gottfried Wagner, co-founder of the Post-Holocaust Generations Dialogue Group, will speak at 7 p.m. in Devino Auditorium, Corbett Business Building. His talk is sponsored by UMaine's School of Performing Arts, and the Departments of History and Modern Languages and Classics.

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Assistant Secretary For Aging To Announce Grants At Umaine On Oct. 18 [2002], Joe Carr Oct 2002

Assistant Secretary For Aging To Announce Grants At Umaine On Oct. 18 [2002], Joe Carr

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Josefina G. Carbonell, assistant secretary for Aging in the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, will be at the University of Maine on Friday Oct. 18 [2002] to announce three grants to be used for the development of a National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Action Plan. The UMaine Center on Aging, in conjunction with the Maine Center for Osteoporosis Research and Education in Bangor, will receive one of those grants.

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Umaine Franco-American Center To Host Meetings With Council For French Life In America, Nick Houtman Oct 2002

Umaine Franco-American Center To Host Meetings With Council For French Life In America, Nick Houtman

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The University of Maine’s Franco-American Center will host meetings October 4 [2002] to promote ties between the Conseil de la Vie Française en Amérique (Council for French Life in America), or CVFA, and Franco-Americans in Maine. At 2 p.m., the Center’s community council will meet at Crossland Hall with the CVFA administrative board, and Franco-Americans from throughout the state will meet with the board during a reception from 4 to 7 p.m.

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Major Women's History Researcher To Speak At Umaine, Joe Carr Oct 2002

Major Women's History Researcher To Speak At Umaine, Joe Carr

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“Feminist Reverberations: Critiques of Power and Forms of Resistance in the Age of Globalization” will be the topic of this year’s Howard Schonberger Peace and Social Justice Memorial Lecture at the University of Maine.

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Leading Scholars To Gather For "Girls Will Be Girls" Conference On Oct. 5 [2002], Joe Carr Sep 2002

Leading Scholars To Gather For "Girls Will Be Girls" Conference On Oct. 5 [2002], Joe Carr

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Six of the nation’s leading scholars on girls’ psychological development, health and education will gather at the University of Maine for a conference, “Girls Will Be Girls? Aggression, Sexuality and Body Image,” on Saturday, Oct. 5 from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at theMaine Center for the Arts.

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The African American 9/11, James Varner Sep 2002

The African American 9/11, James Varner

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Article from the University of Maine student newspaper The Maine Campus regarding America learning from the experiences of African Americans when responding to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

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Umaine Professors Study The Link Between Racial Prejudice And The Punishment Of Criminals, Gladys Ganiel Jun 2002

Umaine Professors Study The Link Between Racial Prejudice And The Punishment Of Criminals, Gladys Ganiel

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During the past 30 years, the criminal justice system in the United States has meted out increasingly harsher punishments for offenders, so that today the U.S. imprisonment rate is the highest in the Western industrial world. Research by two University of Maine sociology professors suggests that racial prejudice against African-Americans is one of the underlying factors in the creation of public policies favoring crime control.

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Pride Week About Acceptance For All, Kyle Webster Apr 2002

Pride Week About Acceptance For All, Kyle Webster

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Despite the dreary weather that has plagued the University of Maine this week, students have been seeing rainbows all over campus.

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Justice For All: Finding The Courage To Live Our Beliefs, Vladimir Skaletsky Apr 2002

Justice For All: Finding The Courage To Live Our Beliefs, Vladimir Skaletsky

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On March 16, 2000, a gunfight occurred in the West End neighborhood of Atlanta, Ga. A deputy sheriff fell to the ground, fatally wounded. On March 14, 2001, Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of firing the deadly bullet.

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