Police address illegal drinking
Formed in February 2007, the Northern Kennebec Underage Drinking Task Force (NKUDTF) works to address issues of illegal alcohol use in the area.
Alex Murry
Contributor
Perea battles visa delays
Professor Saul Sandoval Perea, visiting instructor to the Government Department, taught his first class this week, after experiencing delays in changing his student visa to a work-eligible visa.
SGA
SGA evaluates bylaws, dorm president election policy
Members of the Student Government Association (SGA) struggled to agree on structural reevaluations within the organization during their meeting on April 24.
LGBT
Students go to SPARK Summit
Five Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) students were invited to attend the nationally recognized Sexualization Protest: Action, Resistance, Knowledge (SPARK) Summit in New York City.
SGA
Security talks to SGA
Student Government Association (SGA) members met to review old policies and initiate new clubs Sunday, September 26. Jed Wartman, SGA faculty advisor and Associate Dean of Students and Director of Campus Life, oversaw the meeting, and Head of Security Jeff Coombs also attended.
New state law targets distracted drivers to make Maine roads
Drivers beware: the carefree days of texting, talking, eating and reading at the wheel are over. As of September 12, Maine has joined the 21 other forward-moving states that have deemed some form of distracting driving illegal. What makes it different though, is that Maine, unlike the others, has not only set limits on cell phone use-the most commonly outlawed distraction-Maine has also included many other activities under the new law. Among them are watching TV or videos, brushing teeth and even curling one's hair. As the author of the law, Maine State Senator Bill Diamond told Capitol News Service, "We cannot focus on just cell phones, people are doing all sorts of things."