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Archive for November, 2011



Thursday, November 17th, 2011, 12:10 am in Opinion
By Mackenzie Rawcliffe

There are few things more personal than those we put in our mouths.
From school lunch nutrition standards to the use of pesticides and genetically modified seeds, nothing gets people heated up faster than trying to tell …


Thursday, November 17th, 2011, 12:07 am in Opinion
By Ryan Campbell

On Nov 12, the Arab League voted to suspend Syria from further involvement with the Arab-state coalition until the bloodshed soaking the country ceases.
Just days after the announcement, King Abdullah II of Jordan called for Syrian …


Thursday, November 17th, 2011, 12:04 am in Opinion
By Beth Kevit

UMaine occupiers may have gotten it right — if you don’t set up camp, police can’t ransack it at 1 a.m.
If you return to your dorm every evening, you won’t have a tent city for sanitation …


Thursday, November 17th, 2011, 12:01 am in Opinion

Iran’s nuclear program should not be met with military aggression
I read a very disturbing political column about Iran’s nuclear program in The Maine Campus on Nov. 10.
As the article was written by a fourth-year political science …


Wednesday, November 16th, 2011, 11:59 pm in Opinion
By Beth Kevit


Wednesday, November 16th, 2011, 9:09 pm in Sports
By Joe Sturzl

The biggest game of the University of Maine football team’s regular season is upon us. It’s time to defend the Brice-Cowell Musket.
After UMaine beat the University of New Hampshire last year to reclaim the traveling trophy, …


Wednesday, November 16th, 2011, 9:07 pm in Sports
By Jesse Scardina

Waiting to see who would come out of the University of Maine men’s hockey team’s locker room after their 4-3 loss to the University of Massachusetts Lowell on Saturday night, one wondered how the players would …


Wednesday, November 16th, 2011, 9:05 pm in Sports
By Charlie Merritt

The University of Maine men’s basketball team opened the season with a win, beating the University of Maine at Machias 113-49 in the Pit.
Led by sophomore center Alasdair Fraser’s double-double, senior guard Gerald McLemore’s shooting stroke …


Wednesday, November 16th, 2011, 8:59 pm in Sports
By Joe Sturzl

You’ve heard this from every teacher or professor you’ve ever had. Your parents probably conveyed this piece of advice to you in some way, shape or form over the years. Every sports movie ever made relies …


Wednesday, November 16th, 2011, 8:57 pm in Sports
By Liam Nee

The University of Maine women’s hockey team hosted a two-game series against Niagara University last weekend at the Alfond Arena, shutting out the Purple Eagles on Saturday afternoon and drawing in overtime on Sunday afternoon.
On Saturday, …