Readers Speak
Dear friends at The Maine Campus,
Thanks so much for the way you covered the house fire my friends and I went through on Feb. 12 (“Orono building gutted by fire,” William P. Davis). It was …
The Issue: The 2010 United States Census, the forms of which began to be mailed out across the country on March 15.
What We Think: Though some find the census questions invasive, it has many benefits for students at UMaine.
Food review leaves a bad taste in mouth
I wanted to comment on the article in The Maine Campus about L’Apéritif in Bangor (Feb. 22, 2010).
Recently, local stores have been suffering and shutting down left and right. …
RE: “Beard Police — Facial hair protest causes angst”
I must admit “Beard Police” is getting old. It is one thing to talk about beards and have pride with your own, but it’s another to brag about …
“Hair”-raising déjà vu experience
In 1969, I was a junior at the University of California, Riverside. My friend and I drove 60 miles to Los Angeles to see “Hair.” It was a great show. Afterward, we made …
If you can’t say something nice, learn to critique at least
Critique is often confused with basic opinion. We easily disregard a movie or CD review because we think, “Hey, what do they know?” Many do not …
RE: Swine flu the latest in long series of federal, public overreactions
The plural of anecdote is not data. Just because one of your friends didn’t think it was that bad doesn’t mean it was that way …
RE: Student Government failed to pay executive
I just wanted to say that I am appalled by this article. I am a senator of UMSG and I feel that this should not have been published.
During our …
RE: Student’s capstone could lead to flora in fountain
Personally, as one familiar with the difficulty of maintaining student interests in such projects — and a big fan of the old fountain — I think it’s a …
Missed opportunity in recycling story
While The Maine Campus is a wonderful student newspaper, I feel Monday’s article entitled “UMaine tests new recycling plan” (Feb. 1) betrayed truly great student work in favor of stylized reporting. The …
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