Since the closure of USM Equity, Inclusion, and Community Impact (EICI) office and EICI, some are concerned about the future of USM for marginalized students, faculty, and staff.
Discussing Section 230, how it effects social media, AI, and the users of these platforms. This article includes a Change.org link to petition for the attention of Maine lawmakers for the implementation of laws that give more individuals rights over their online personal data.
A review of Zootopia 2, the sequel to Zootopia, and a massive box office hit. This movie is surprisingly smart, funny, and emotionally resonant, blending humor with tough topics.
Jared Lennon, Arts & Culture Editor
• December 12, 2025
Joan (Elizabeth Olsen), a recently deceased woman, is faced with the impossible choice of spending eternity with either her husband of 65 years, Larry (Miles Teller), or her first love, Luke (Callum Turner), who died in the Korean War and has waited 67 years for her in the afterlife. With great scenic design and overall aesthetics, mixed with genuinely funny moments and real thought-provoking questions about love and life, Eternity is one of the best films of 2025.
Jared Lennon, Arts & Culture Editor
• December 12, 2025
Rian Johnson’s Knives Out franchise returns for a third installment with a limited theatrical run, followed by its official streaming release on December 12th. Wake Up Dead Man takes a darker turn for the franchise, keeping its moments of levity and laugh out loud moments, along with an incredibly complex murder mystery that may even stump Benoit Blanc.
A spoiler-free technical and playability review of the popular new choice-based video game, Dispatch. A new kind of choice-based experience emerges from the ashes of Telltale Games through AdHoc Studio.
Deering High School student Joel Andre and his family were detained and separated by U.S. immigration authorities in November. Four members of the family are currently being held in Texas and New York, and their future remains uncertain. The situation has been particularly difficult for friends and community members who have known the family since they arrived here in 2022.
