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Category: Our Opinion
Our Opinion: Paging Provost Stevenson
The ghost in the machine at USM has a name, and I think we…
Our Opinion: USM has cause to celebrate for now …
Certainly there’s a reason to celebrate at USM since last Friday, but let’s not…
Our Opinion: Vote Erin Carlson for student body president
The polls are open for the student elections for another day of voting, and…
Our Opinion: Boosting involvement a two-way street
Student elections are right around the corner, and you may be thinking to yourself,…
Our Opinion: Students need to speak up on university issues
With the budget deficit, there are going to be changes at USM, whether we’re…
Our Opinion: Make USM a metropolitan university and succeed
At the Direction Package Advisory Board meeting last Friday, there was a lot of…
Our Opinion: It’s okay to be single on Valentine’s Day
With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, singles everywhere are rolling their eyes and…
Our Opinion: Policy is the problem
In our editorial last week, we brought up concerns about the safety of students…
Our Opinion: Ensuring student safety
USM has seen more than its fair share of breaking news this week.From the…
Our opinion: yes on 1 is in the best interest of students
Marijuana legalization is good for Portland and good for students. Marijuana penalties are notoriously…
LePage insults Mainers by reviving Romney gaff
LePage is bringing back a failed strategy with his latest inflammatory comment. “About 47…
Our Opinion: Cutting physics is not the answer for USM
Last Thursday’s announcement that the physics department will be cut due to low enrollment…
Our Opinion: Student Life a bright spot at USM
Even though in recent months USM has lost manpower and some serious cash, welcome…
New education reforms challenge academic traditions
In an attempt to address steeply rising tuition and housing costs, President Obama announced…
Our opinion: Reflecting on success in a year filled with obstacles and stress
There is only one week until finals, the weather is better than it has…
Our opinion: Non-traditional sources, be careful where you get your news
After the Boston bombing last week, we had coverage streaming in the newsroom nonstop,…
Our opinion: It’s time for the facts
We’ve been arguing a lot here at The Free Press lately over, you guessed…
Our Opinion: USM students should support recent faculty vote to work-to-rule
I went to the University of Southern Maine’s Glickman Library today on a mission….
Maine should vote for marriage equality
It’s rare that the country gets too worked up about voting in Maine. Though…
LePage to environment: kiss my butt!
Republican ascendancy has already recalled a nice Chris Rock routine — good relationships may…
The hype about laptops
For some students, laptops are an integral part of classroom experience, others find them…
Preventing suicide at USM
We commend USM for taking a new initiative toward suicide prevention. However, we feel…