Campus officials announced in early April that undergraduate students can no longer sign up for Google Apps and that the service will eventually be phased out completely – an exceedingly rare and potentially unprecedented move, according to Google.
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Google: UMass discontinuing Google Apps service potentially unprecedented
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Rape crisis center petitions for involvement in conduct code review
A campus rape crisis center is petitioning that a member of their staff be added to a special commission which will review the student conduct code and present recommended changes to the code by mid-November.
Tags: Everywoman's Center, Jean Kim, University of Massachusetts
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UPDATED: 12 hospitalized, including ‘large number’ of UMass students, for severe intoxication at campus party, area hospital forced to close ER
A dozen people were hospitalized and treated for severe intoxication after becoming ill during an on-campus dance party Saturday night into Sunday morning, according to campus officials.
Tags: amherst, Blackout Weekend, Cooley Dickinson Hospital, emergency room, intoxicated, Mullins Center, northampton, Turn It Up Party, University of Massachusetts
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Student conduct code review to consider minimum penalties for serious offenses, victim appeal process
A special commission, created in response to the University’s admission that it improperly sanctioned a student who allegedly confessed to an on-campus rape, will consider establishing minimum sanctions for serious offenses and allowing for victims to appeal sanctions.
Tags: amherst, breaking the silence, Christina Willenbrock, Jean Kim, Jo-Anne T. Vanin, rape, sexual assault, UMass, University of Massachusetts
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Amherst man pleads innocent to running over, pointing gun at another man in fight over woman
An Amherst man pleaded not guilty today to charges stemming from an incident yesterday in which police said he intentionally drove a car into another man before pulling out a gun and chasing the man into the woods where he punched and kicked him in a dispute over a woman.
Tags: Alpine Commons, amherst, Amherst Police Department, assault, gun, Jyming Chea
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Apple’s iPad arrives at UMass, UStore offers demo
Apple’s newest toy, the iPad, launched Saturday nationwide and debuted on campus Monday after the University Store reopened from Easter weekend.
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Loved ones mourn sophomore found dead in dorm
Nora Ruchman’s friends and family mourned her death yesterday, remembering the 19-year-old sophomore’s compassionate demeanor, sense of humor, and her contagious smile.
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UPDATED | Driver found not responsible for hitting UMass alum in crosswalk
Local police will not file charges against the driver of a vehicle that struck and seriously injured a recent University of Massachusetts graduate who was crossing a stretch of highway in Sunderland where at least four other pedestrians have been hit by cars in the past five years. Contrary to a prior version of this story, state police are not conducting a separate investigation into the incident.
Tags: Casey Patterson, Route 116, Sunderland, traffic accident
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Interim vice chancellor takes over post permanently
After serving for nine months on an interim basis, Jean Kim was appointed the first permanent vice chancellor for student affairs and campus life in over two years, according to an announcement made yesterday by the University of Massachusetts.
Tags: Jean Kim, Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs and Campus Life
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UMass spends record $489 million on research in 2009
After a record $54 million rise from 2008, research spending hit an all-time high of $489.1 million at the University of Massachusetts last year, according to an announcement from UMass yesterday.
Tags: Jack M. Wilson, research spending, UMass
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