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Thursday, November 19th, 2009, 1:53 am in Opinion
Letters: Fort Hood, ‘DJ Hero’ and write-in votes
By The Maine Campus

The need for Fort Hood insight The University of Maine should be a center of critical thinking. Mr. Warsame, author of the op-ed “Fort Hood is a great opportunity for anti-Muslim sentiment,” would do well to do …


Thursday, November 19th, 2009, 1:44 am in Opinion
Readers Speak: Best of Web comments
By The Maine Campus

RE: IPhone users are insufferable geeks Why call only iPhone users insufferable geeks? I believe BlackBerry, or “CrackBerry,” users were the first to hold that distinction. They’re the ones who live and die by push email, constantly …


Monday, November 16th, 2009, 1:00 am in Opinion
Readers Speak: Best of Web
By The Maine Campus

RE: Dean Loredo’s position cut Does there really need to be a dean of students, an associate dean of students and a senior associate dean of students? What do these people actually do for their generous benefits …


Thursday, November 12th, 2009, 1:59 am in Opinion
Letters: Rape voyeurs
By The Maine Campus

This story [“California rape voyeurs ...” Nov. 5] disgusts me beyond words. There is something mentally wrong with everyone who stood by allowing such crimes to happen and continue. The behavior of the offenders and the …


Thursday, November 12th, 2009, 1:57 am in Opinion
Readers Speak: Best of Web comments
By The Maine Campus

RE: Dean Dana inhibits dialogue … Dean Dana’s remarks as chronicled in the Nov. 5 Maine Campus showed true leadership. He is doing his job very well. This issue of discrimination through rights to marriage is very simple. …


Monday, November 9th, 2009, 2:46 am in Opinion
Readers Speak: Best of Web comments
By The Maine Campus

RE: Wilde Stein remains vigilant … I’m just curious why there is a LGBTQIA flag being hung and not an American flag? Aren’t we all American? Why was that flag not hung in order to unite the campus …


Monday, November 2nd, 2009, 1:28 am in Opinion
Readers Speak: Best of Web comments
By The Maine Campus

RE: Letters: Same-sex couples are ‘incompatible’ A “no” vote is a vote against God. Period. This is the first time in our country’s history that a demonic agenda has forcefully torn at the psyche of Maine voters …


Thursday, October 29th, 2009, 2:00 am in Opinion
Letters: Same-sex couples are ‘incompatible’
By The Maine Campus

Same-sex couples are ‘incompatible’ It baffles me that so many proponents of Maine’s same-sex marriage law feel it is an issue of discrimination and nothing more. It’s much more than that. L.D. 1020 focuses on changing the …


Monday, October 26th, 2009, 12:51 am in Opinion
Letters: No on Question 5
By The Maine Campus

We ‘can do better’ than Question 5 On its face, Question 5 — concerning medical marijuana – sounds like a good idea. But people should read the entire bill before giving their support. The bad of this …


Thursday, October 22nd, 2009, 3:26 am in Opinion
Letters: Food stamps
By The Maine Campus

Kudos on food stamps advice The op-ed “Food stamp detractors are out of touch” in the Oct. 19 edition of The Maine Campus was excellent. Thank you, William Davis, for hitting the nail on the head when …

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