Legislators urge students to speak up at USM EDTalks
Posted on December 09, 2013 by Bryan Bonin in Perspectives
While the future of education is a topic generating much debate at USM, getting involved shouldn’t be. The event, spearheaded by Student Body Vice President Marpheen Chann and sponsored by several other campus organizations, was a forum in which state legislators spoke about the future of higher education in Maine, fielding questions from the audience, […]
Buffer zone protects patients and protesters
Posted on December 01, 2013 by Bryan Bonin in Legally Maine, Perspectives
Portland’s new buffer zone ordinance is a lawful and efficient approach to protecting women’s rights to reproductive health care. Accounts of harassment and intimidation required intervention by the City Council through an ordinance restricting the space where anti-abortion activists can protest. Congress street in downtown Portland has become a virtual war zone in which patients’ […]
Editorial: USM’s future trumps press access debate
Posted on December 01, 2013 by , and in Letter From The Editor
Since the start of the Direction Package Advisory Board meetings in November, the group has questioned the admittance of the press at those meetings, though they are open to the public. In short, the openness of these meetings is of the utmost importance for the community’s involvement in decisions about the future of this university. […]
Americans like it hot, but turn that thermostat down
Posted on December 01, 2013 by alexandervandintel in Perspectives
America needs to turn the heat down, starting with USM. Dorms are blazingly hot, and by about mid-October, classroom windows close, and it feels like the thermostats are set to progressively hotter, whatever the current temperature. Moisture is sucked from the air while students dizzily try to concentrate on the professor during class. Sure, apparently […]
Boehner Undermines Democracy with Opposition to ENDA
Posted on November 19, 2013 by Bryan Bonin in Legally Maine
Speaker Boehner’s intolerance of ENDA’s presence in the House unveils a weakness in democracy. Much work has been done not only around the state of Maine, but around the nation to reduce discrimination in the workplace. The recent passing of a controversial bill in the Senate is a pivotal step in the advancement of legislation […]
Kidder and Sawyer: bike or walk your way to savings
Posted on November 12, 2013 by USM Free Press in Perspectives, Sustainability and ME
Most ways you slice it, commuting via single occupancy vehicle seems less attractive than alternative modes of transportation such as biking and walking. The financial savings alone should make you think twice about your transportation options but there are also great environmental impacts to biking or walking, plus you can exercise while getting to class. […]
Stevens: Marijuana legalization doesn’t change much
Posted on November 12, 2013 by USM Free Press in Letter to the Editor, Perspectives
While it is certainly nice that the city of Portland has shown its symbolic support for the legalization of marijuana, I believe your editorial of support for the measure does a disservice to your readers. Firstly, as our friends at The Maine Campus corrected themselves over a similar report over a decade ago (“Legal Affairs” […]
Bonin: LePage needs a lesson in collaboration
Posted on November 11, 2013 by Bryan Bonin in Perspectives
LePage thinks that it’s his responsibility to run Maine, not lawmakers’. Early last week, Governor LePage received a letter signed by 24 Maine Legislative Democrats apprising him that his recent actions in carrying out previous rhetoric, in which he mandated the state of Maine will be governed by him, not by legislative committees, is a […]
Congress fights battles without regard for citizens
Posted on November 11, 2013 by jensmith in Perspectives
Congress members are out of touch with the constituents they serve. This is apparent from the impasse in communication that caused the federal government to screech to a halt affecting millions of Americans. The abrupt halt in government was not really about the deficit: the deficit rhetoric was merely a guise for Republicans to try […]
A clarification from the Oct 28 issue:
Posted on November 06, 2013 by Kirsten Sylvain in Letter From The Editor
On Oct. 28, the Free Press reported that the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences is considering a possible reorganization. It has been brought to our attention that the article, “CAHS considers reorganization to offset costs,” blended together three issues, and that conclusion was not completely supported by our sourcing. From subsequent correspondence with […]
