First-Time Non-Voters

BY BRIELLE HARDY Quick to take on the label of non-voters, many undergraduate students at the University of Maine opted out of being part of this presidential election. Given the amount of social media coverage that the candidates have received over the past 16 months, one would think that the demographic that uses social media […]

You’ve Done a Good Job, News

BY VICTORIA LEWIS Election Day is here and people are flooding the polls to make sure they are counted in this year’s election. Amidst all the energy and action surrounding the election, we might not notice just how the news has changed our point of view in making a choice on who would be a […]

A Political Hangover

BY JORDAN SPROUL Ever wake up on a strange couch with a spinning head wearing a vomit stained t-shirt? If not, congratulations on not being an adult in America, I envy you for many, many reasons. We Americans love our booze. Remember Prohibition, and how long that lasted? 13 years; that’s how long America managed […]

Your Vote Makes The Difference?

BY DONNA CHASON  By the time Election Day comes around in November, many people are so sick of hearing about politics that they don’t bother getting out to vote. During the run up to Election Day, citizens are bombarded with phone calls, signs, mail and volunteers knocking on their door. Many of them express their […]