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Editorial

Posted on Thursday, October 30th, 2003, 12:00 am

The trend begins?

After quite some time, Student Entertainment managed to satisfy the student body’s thirst for talented, well-known acts by bringing Maroon5 and Gavin DeGraw to campus. The overall enjoyment and talent presented by the headliner kept those in the crowd entertained from beginning to end.

The fact that tickets were only $8 for students only added to the appeal of this, one of best concerts at UMaine in recent memory. Our utmost congratulations goes out to Kate Trinward and the rest of Student Entertainment for succeeding in doing their job, that of keeping the student’s entertained while not forcing them to dip too deeply into their pockets. Our challenge is merely that you keep this up and not settle for cheap comics and musical acts, simply to fill a night. We would encourage Student Government and Campus Activities Board to continue in this pattern.

Our right to know

“The Raymond H. Fogler Library created the William S. Cohen Papers Forum to raise awareness about the diverse research material in the collection and to provide a forum for public discussion of current affairs,” according to the library’s Web site. This year’s forum focused on protecting the free flow of information following Cohen’s 1973 proposed shield law, providing some rights to subpoenaed journalists pressured to disclose their news sources.

In light of the Freedom of Information Act and embedded journalists reporting in Iraq, Wednesday’s forum proved a timely and pertinent discussion that illustrates the program’s potential to meet its stated goals. Speakers from all over the country were brought to the university as part of this event, showcasing the inititative of library representatives to make available what could have been just another under-used collection of research materials. We look foward to next year’s forum and the opportunity for educated debate it will provide.