I hate NPR. OK change that. I hate some people who love NPR —…
Category: Perspectives
Can libraries survive the jump to digital?
Imagine, for a moment, that I’m a celebrity hugging a book in a…
How to win an Oscar
Are you one of the many people constantly worried that they aren’t getting the proper recognition…
Locked-up ladies, imprisoned potential
At age 12, Cecelia considered herself a tough chick. Raised in a working-class neighborhood…
Helping Hands: dirty talk, gay porn and open relationships
I’ve been told you should never keep condoms in your wallet. How can I…
LePage to environment: kiss my butt!
Republican ascendancy has already recalled a nice Chris Rock routine — good relationships may…
Maybe I’d start a riot, if I had the time
The other day I asked a friend what I should write my impending letter…
Caught in the commercial rabbit hole
“We need Pepsi. Lots of Pepsi.” What if Neo had uttered this line, rather…
Helping Hands: Loud neighbors, ménage à trois and infidelity on the road
Your Questions Answered by Lacey Rodham and Pete Plowers My neighbors have loud sex….
Taking cues from a party metal band
This week I decided to deviate from my routine of only writing straightforward news…
Student Body President Ashley Willems-Phaneuf welcomes students back
Now that classes are back in session, so is your 39th Student Government, and…
USM shouldn’t offer Coddling 101
A professor of mine last semester spent each class reading his slide show to…
Lessons learned from the death tooth
Over winter break, I permanently mutilated my body. I did not shoot my eye…
Should we be wary of wireless?
Less than a century ago, walking into a Sears to grab a new pair…
We need a governor with experience
One of my professors in a recent class made an interesting point about a…
Tired of the same old trends
In my short time so far at USM I have noticed there to be…
Twenty pounds later, rethinking the importance of body image
Around this time last fall, I wrote a piece about the girls I had…
America: A Marketing Machine
America: A place that you can never “tick off” your travel checklist, you can…
Buy food where the grass is greener
I am no vegetarian. I have spent countless hours researching factory farms and looking…
What Terry Jones taught us about the First Amendment
Terry Jones’ threat to stage a Quran-burning event this past week as a means of…
Unveiling America’s extremism
With the anniversary of 9/11 and a recent plan for an Islamic Community Center in Manhattan,…
Why I am a resident assistant
Sometimes it is hard to explain to people what would possess anyone to become…
Teaching, and learning, in Africa
Thinking about glacier-topped Mount Kilimanjaro gracefully overlooking the African landscape below, complimented perfectly by…
Reflecting on a decade in academia
By the time I graduate in December, I will have been a student as long as Tommy Callahan in “Tommy Boy.”