Readers Speak
Athletic director gets it wrong
I have read the recent articles in The Maine Campus on the Department of Athletics. Overall, I think they were done well, but you let the director of athletics get away with …
RE: Abbott offers consolidation as solution to budget woes
Any Mainer who cares about nonmillionaires should not vote for Steve Abbott. Electing him would put into the Blaine House a Susan Collins clone who, like …
Bear necessities: UMaine needs Public Administration
I am writing in response to the Academic Program Prioritization Working Group’s interim report, issued on March 24, which suggested the entire Department of Public Administration at the University of Maine …
RE: Academic cuts could cost millions in gifts
The criteria the committee used guided the cuts? Let’s be honest. The committee didn’t decide anything. Instead of one group looking at the whole university, they just published what …
Questions for UM administrators
We have an academic restructuring committee, and we have been told this is necessary to overcome the budget crisis. Yet, where is the administrative restructuring committee? It seems no accountability exists for administrators, …
RE: Obama to detractors: Bring it on (published online April 1)
Loans do not make college affordable. The cost of an education is unethical. As long as students flock to higher tuition institutions and loans are available, …
Future students will miss out
In three semesters, I will be graduating with degrees in both Spanish and secondary education. My time at the University of Maine has been great for many reasons, one of which is …
Cutting public administration is absurd choice
I hope the University of Maine decides not to completely cut the Department of Public Administration. You would think they would have pride in themselves for having the oldest program of …
RE: Plan would eliminate 16 majors, 80 faculty
Are you kidding me? We’re keeping sports programs, which add zero academic value to the school, but we’re getting rid of majors? No big deal; the arts can be …
In response to Virginia Sands’ op-ed, “Casino would preserve culture and benefit region financially” (March 22), I agree that the Passamaquoddy, who have pursued a tribal casino for 20 years now, deserve the opportunity, and that …
