You say tomato, I say Salmonella. Between 1996 and 2008, 14 of 84 produce-related outbreaks of food-borne illness were linked to tomatoes, according to a report released by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2009. Although the popular fruit was proven innocent during the Salmonella scare of 2008, in which 1,440 people fell ill [...]
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UMass professor studies Salmonella scare of 2008
Tags: "Food and Drig Administration", "Lynne McLandsborough", Salmonella, tomatoes
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Maturing Minutemen
Following the recent victory against St. Bonaventure, UMass coach Derek Kellogg admitted his Maroon and White team are growing up.
Tags: Anthony Gurley, Basketball, Derek Kellogg, Minutemen, NCAA Tournament
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Men’s hockey rebounding towards conference
Despite a slow start, the UM’s hockey team has begun to rebuild itself with a 6-0 win over Vermont.
Tags: Boston College, Don Cahoon, Hockey, Minutemen, Northeastern
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Turnovers holding UMass women’s basketball back
The Massachusetts women’s basketball team saw recent struggles in its most recent 76-48 loss to Atlantic 10 powerhouse Temple. UMass (6-15, 2-4 A-10) tied its season low in points and turned the ball over 32 times to the Owls (14-6, 5-0 A-10). “It seems to me like when our offense begins to struggle, every other [...]
Tags: minutewomen, Mullins Center, Sharon Dawley, Women's Basketball
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Northeastern next for Minutemen of Hockey
Massachusetts hockey coach Don Cahoon called a timeout with eight minutes, 53 seconds left in the second period after his team gave up its second two-goal lead in the game against Northeastern. His message to his team, down 4-3 after surrendering three goals scored in less than two minutes, was that the game would be [...]
Tags: Danny Hobbs, Don Cahoon, Hockey, Minutemen, Northeastern
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State of the Union, uninspiring at best
President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address this past Tuesday was uninspiring at best and can be more accurately described as an yet another act of Obama, with his eyes set on 2012, trying to secure himself as a part of the American center. Even though he may have stood behind the health care [...]
Tags: "space race", "State of the Union", Obama, Point-Counterpoint
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UMass swimming and diving split up
The Massachusetts swimming and diving teams will split up this weekend and compete in separate venues for the Dartmouth Invitational. The swimming team will travel to a new facility in White River Junction, Vt., while the divers will go to Dartmouth to compete. Both the men’s and women’s teams are coming off of convincing victories [...]
Tags: "Atlantic 10 Championships", diving, Russ Yarworth, Swimming
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Minutewomen basketball heading to St. Bonaventure
The Massachusetts women’s basketball team will look to pick up a much-needed conference win off of a short road trip to St. Bonaventure this Saturday. The Minutewomen (6-15, 2-4 Atlantic-10) are coming off a tough loss at home to conference opponent Temple (14-6, 5-0 A-10), in which they were beaten, 76-48. The 28-point loss was [...]
Tags: "reilly center", Cerie Mosgrove, minutewomen, Sharon Dawley, Women's Basketball
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Minutemen basketball return home to face Rams
The Massachusetts men’s basketball team is returning home on Sunday afternoon after a week that featured travel woes, practice in an airport with a shoe instead of a ball and a win against Atlantic 10-opponent St. Bonaventure. Now that the smoke has cleared, UMass returns back to the Mullins Center with a victory under its [...]
Tags: "Marquis Jones", Basketball, Freddie Riley, Men's Basketball, Mullins Center
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