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Season of Change

The University of Maine at Presque Isle’s women’s soccer team faced what could have been a major setback mid-season. Last season former coach, Trevor Parent, announced his resignation. Rallying together after the announcement,...

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Behind the Photograph

  What if we had never seen a photo of the soldiers raising the American flag on Iwo Jima? What if Jack Ruby shooting Lee Harvey Oswald had never been captured on film? What if the images of the twin towers falling on 9/11...

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Don’t Touch My Hair

Jemima is 10 years old. She points to the computer screen, tapping on a black sweatshirt with bold, white letters. “This is the one I want. It says, ‘Don’t Touch My Hair.’ I get tired of telling people to stop.” Today, Jemima’s...

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The Mother of UMPI

There’s nothing any greater than a mother figure. Nancy Nichols seems to fulfill that role for many people.  Nancy started working as an administrative specialist at the University of Maine at Presque Isle in 2011 and has...

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Photos That Stood Out

Who hasn’t taken a picture?  Most everyone has some form of social media and has taken a photo and posted it and has received praise for how good it looked that day.  Well, for photojournalists, that isn’t always the case.  They...

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