• Zoom Meetings & Our Minds

    A letter from the Managing Editor by Timothy Randall With the 2020 Election coming up I’m sure I’m not the only one feeling a bit stressed. Especially with the Fall semester starting amid the COVID pandemic and the recent death of RBG, it has been quite a wild ride and no one is just eating… Read more

  • Rank Choice Ballot Sample

    by Tim Randall Reporting for the Associated Press on September 22nd, David Sharp informed readers that “Ranked choice voting will be used for the first time in a presidential race in the U.S. under a ruling Tuesday by the Maine Supreme Court, which concluded that a GOP-led petition drive intended to prevent its use came… Read more

  • Dangerous Discussions

    By Alex Griffin The United States has always relied on voting to elect officials. There have been changes over the years as to who is eligible to vote, but today all citizens of the United States can vote. It’s always been an individual vote by ballot, essentially a secret ballot, so nobody is obliged to… Read more

  • So Many Decisions to be Made

    By Clayton Hoyle “We have the spirit of the nation basically on the line, the character of the next president also on the line. People who don’t vote now— I can’t even wrap my head around that, especially in this election.” – Luke Nadeau expressed in an interview. After talking with Luke Nadeau, William Penrod,… Read more

  • CMP Corridor won’t be on the November ballot

    “The New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC)” by Tim Randall What would be undeniably fatal to many miles of undeveloped forests and countless ecosystems in Maine? Central Maine Power’s “The New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC)” proposal to carry renewable hydropower from the Canadian border through Maine to Massachusetts through a 145-mile corridor. On August… Read more

  • A Photographers Perspective: Street Art

    Story & photographs by Tamiya Joseph, contributor   I have been doing photography for the last two and a half years. I have always been a curious person. Photography for me is a huge scavenger hunt and the most accurate representation of my artistic exploration. I have waves of emotions that mix with my art. I… Read more