Portland’s new buffer zone ordinance is a lawful and efficient approach to protecting women’s…
Category: Perspectives
Americans like it hot, but turn that thermostat down
America needs to turn the heat down, starting with USM. Dorms are blazingly hot,…
Kidder and Sawyer: bike or walk your way to savings
Most ways you slice it, commuting via single occupancy vehicle seems less attractive than…
Stevens: Marijuana legalization doesn’t change much
While it is certainly nice that the city of Portland has shown its symbolic…
Bonin: LePage needs a lesson in collaboration
LePage thinks that it’s his responsibility to run Maine, not lawmakers’. Early last week,…
Congress fights battles without regard for citizens
Congress members are out of touch with the constituents they serve. This is apparent…
Unregulated drug imports not worth it: Maine’s new drug import bill is too dangerous
A first-in-nation law that allows prescription drug imports will risk Mainers’ lives, as it…
Theft reveals student safety as key USM priority
Within hours of learning about the theft of master keys on Tuesday, the Department…
Bonin: bike law trumps basic rights
The positive aspects of Maine’s new bicycle law, which promote safer cycling, are overshadowed…
Lajoie: Sneaky tactics hurt the U.S.
The United States has recently come under fire from states around the world for…
NFL needs more than rules to fix concussion epidemic
For years, the NFL has downplayed the issue of the concussions its players suffer…
Our opinion: online classes a positive force
The Babson Research group found that nationally there was a 10.1 percent increase in…
From the president: it’s time to move forward
Your reactions to the Sept. 23 launch of our process to set strategic directions…
Arel: On the Direction Package, invest in STEM, don’t dismantle it
The president and provost presented a new ‘direction package’ for USM last month. These…
Chann: On the Direction Package, it’s time to move for a shared vision
There is no doubt that the road ahead is uncertain and it is foolish…
Lajoie: The media got it wrong, speculating Maine Somalians terrorists
Late last month though, when a Twitter account deemed fake connected the deadly…
Lajoie: Dear GOP, you’ve made your bed, now lie in it
It didn’t seem like anyone expected Congress to push the U.S. into a dangerous…
Shelley: USM as a corporation, decoding the Direction Package
What is a “direction package”? If you are a student or faculty at USM,…
Comic: Direction Package
Cram: Obama’s education reform will keep us from being buried by debt
With the increasing difficulties college students and their parents are facing, President Obama has…
USM cripples all STEM programs by phasing out physics degree
My name is Derick Arel; I’ve been a full time student of the University…
USM President Theo Kalikow’s solutions aren’t creative enough
When President Kalikow retires next year, the Board of Trustees should appoint me as…
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…
Shelley: New “Teach” documentary is pure propaganda for the corporate-driven war on education
Last Friday night I watched Davis Guggenheim’s new “documentary,” Teach, which was broadcast in…