Editorial: Let’s place responsibility where it truly belongs

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At Tuesday’s meeting of the General Student Senate, an accusation was made against The Maine Campus that we feel needs to be addressed.

A senator representing the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences accused The Maine Campus of being involved in the alleged theft of a sandwich from Memorial Union, saying that the newspaper could have prevented it from occurring.

The senator in question seemed to be speaking out of a concern stemming from the removal of the Student Legal Services column from our publication, an issue that all parties involved are working to resolve.

We would like to point out that we do not feel it is the responsibility of the student newspaper or any other news source to dispense a sense of right and wrong to their readership. The theft of a sandwich from the Union, or any other crime on campus, has nothing to do with The Maine Campus, nor should it. It is the responsibility of every student to follow the dictates of law and conscience, and any advice that may be provided through The Maine Campus should be seen as a reiteration of those dictates and not as their primary source.

Editors’ note: While we understand and sympathize with the sensibilities of some readers who may be offended by today’s front-page photo, we feel that it highlights an ongoing and contentious issue that matters to students. While not all images are easy to look at, The Maine Campus feels that often it is necessary to look anyway, with the intention of sparking constructive debate.

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