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>to the hockey team's woes.  However, for this observer anyway, it is
>comforting to know that at least some people, including prospective
>students and their parents, have included the former UMaine
>administration's handling of the Shawn Walsh debacle as a factor when
>making a decision on the worthiness of the school.
 
Being a UMaine graduate (87) and former Maine resident, I find it commical
to suggest that weather Walsh was fired or suspended 2 years ago had a
bearing
on the matriculation decisions of thousands of prospective students over
the past 8 years! I suggest people look no further than the funding crunch
the school has had to endure since 1991 and the fact that tuition (in-state)
has tripled from 1987 to 1997 as reasons for the decline in enrollment.
 
 
Steve Cosgrove
RPI
Troy, NY
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