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For college freshmen, campus life can be lonely amid pandemic restrictions


For college freshmen, campus life can be lonely amid pandemic restrictions
Social distancing, online classes and mask wearing add to the stress of being a new student in Maine, and some campus counseling centers are seeing different and more acute complaints because of the coronavirus.
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Sarah Hirschorn, a first-year student from Boston, studies at Brooks Dining Hall on the University of Southern Maine’s Gorham campus on Feb. 8. USM started allowing students to sit at tables and in booths this month, with one person at a table or booth.
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University of Southern Maine freshman Sarah Hirschorn was excited to arrive on campus in January for her first semester of college. After attending a different school in Massachusetts last fall, Hirschorn decided to leave when that school’s all-online classes weren’t working for her. ....

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Blood donation opportunities offered Feb. 1-15 statewide


Blood donation opportunities offered Feb. 1-15 statewide
Red Cross urges blood donation to maintain supply amid pandemic.
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PORTLAND The American Red Cross typically has a tough time keeping the blood supply strong during the winter months when inclement weather and seasonal illnesses can impact donors. This year the pandemic adds in another challenge in keeping the blood supply strong. The Red Cross is urging healthy individuals to make an appointment to give blood or platelets this month, according to a news release from the Red Cross.
Every day there are thousands of patients who rely on lifesaving blood donations people like Leslie Johnson. In 2005, a farming accident left Johnson with broken bones and massive bleeding. In the first 24 hours after the accident, she received 10 units of blood and platelets. Additional transfusions and surgeries followed. ....

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