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Monday, April 15th, 2013, 3:30 am in Opinion

The firing of University of Maine men’s hockey head coach Tim Whitehead has figuratively pushed the “Restart” button on UMaine athletics, finally confronting a problem that became fully apparent during a year of sub-par performance across …


Monday, April 23rd, 2012, 12:51 am in Opinion

Fire — both humankind’s most beloved discovery and hottest foe. For it, we have struck flint; by it, we have bent metals and roasted chicken; and with it, we have maintained the light and warmth required …


Thursday, April 19th, 2012, 12:55 am in Opinion

If there’s one take-away lesson from last week’s apparent death by suicide of University of Maine sophomore psychology student Timothy James Dodge Jr., it’s that college students are in a vulnerable place and life isn’t getting …


Sunday, April 15th, 2012, 11:57 pm in Opinion

Remember when you could go anywhere and be anyone?
Could you ever forget going twice as high as a butterfly in the sky just by cracking open a book?
The wonder of reading transplanted itself into our generation …


Thursday, April 12th, 2012, 12:46 am in Opinion

Warning: Disturbing wordage ahead.
Words can be coined as 25-cent, they can see stars and they can cut deep. Yet few words can compete with the damage done by the Genocide Awareness Project’s scaffolding of gruesome imagery …


Monday, April 9th, 2012, 12:34 am in Opinion

A gaggle of gigabit gurus has assumed formation, intent on facilitating the migration of faster network service to locations nationwide.
That need — the one for speed — has been offered potential sate by the Gig.U project, …


Thursday, April 5th, 2012, 12:49 am in Opinion

Explosive news, detonated Wednesday afternoon by University of Maine administrators, has left members of the Sigma Nu fraternity shell-shocked.
Following an investigation into the fraternity’s misconduct — specifically instances of underage drinking at the house — UMaine …


Thursday, March 29th, 2012, 12:29 am in Opinion

Your third grade teachers meant what he/she said about letter-writing — it has the potential to really go the distance.
A group of 10 state legislators put to parchment its grievances about the business practices of Vermont-based …


Monday, March 26th, 2012, 12:08 am in Opinion

For decades, artists have declared the human body to be the best canvas, but it was only in 2006 that party planners truly took the testimony to heart when Dayglow was officially born unto us.
The result …


Monday, March 19th, 2012, 12:50 am in Opinion

Some locations are primped and primed for massive quantities of blue.
The ocean is known for its vast, deep blueness. Pepsi cans claim cobalt as boldly as PepsiCo asserts paramount refreshment.
And as far as university settings go, …