Archive for September, 2009
Attorney General Eric Holder’s investigation into torture lacks a wide enough focus to punish those truly responsible.
Collections to fund anti-equality ads have no place in church.
The Issue: A new group will rank and evaluate academic programs with an eye to cut costs.
What We Think: Despite statements otherwise, this seems like another group created to find programs to cut.
Free the weed
Regarding Kegan Zema’s thoughtful Sep. 24 op-ed; If health outcomes determined drug laws instead of cultural norms, marijuana would be legal. Unlike alcohol, marijuana has never been shown to cause an overdose death, nor …
RE: Indie films hit Orono
Actually, it is not correct that indie films have not been available in this area.
River City Cinema in Bangor has been running these types of films at various venues in the Bangor …
Tens of thousands of organic farmers, health food vendors and residents from all over New England flock to the Common Ground Fair in Unity, Maine, every year to see demonstrations of everything from basket making to herb growing.
Fall weather didn’t stop people from gathering behind the University of Maine Field House for Sigma Phi Epsilon’s eighth annual Rock Against Rape. The concert, which raises awareness about sexual assault, featured Portland-based headliners Headstart and …
We live in a mostly shaven world. For those of us who make the choice to sport beards, mustaches or sideburns, it’s important to have someone to look up to. Even though the Beard Police is …
In the original 1980 version of “Fame,” there is a scene in which Coco, an aspiring dancer and actress, follows a man claiming to give her a screen test to his apartment. While there, she is …
