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Looking for a New Life in the U.S.
Illaria Dana, Education Major I am embarrassed to say that I know very little about refugees in Maine. When I began this article, I knew almost nothing. I had taken a course called History of American Education with Professor Marguerite MacDonald. We had studied about cases in Supreme Court that had limited the accessibility… Read more
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How Modern Food Production is Contributing to Climate Change
Elizabeth Barrett, Liberal Studies/Psychology In the past few decades, climate change has been a hot topic. Whether you believe in it or not, climate change is real, and it has been proven time and again that the processes we as humans use to make our daily lives easier are damaging the planet. There have been many… Read more
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All Your Movies; Actor Shia Labeouf Attempts to Call Attention to the Passive Public from a Movie Seat
By Illaria Dana, Education Major It’s Wednesday night, and actor Shia Labeouf has been streaming himself in real time onto the Internet for 29 hours and 40 minutes. He is watching all of his films in reversed chronological order from the most recent films to the oldest. He is in the Angelika Film Center,… Read more
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White House Backs Civil Rights Law Protecting LGBT People. Now What?
By Paul L. Young After months of threat and damage assessment and downright vacillation, the Obama administration last Tuesday endorsed amendments to the 1964 Civil Right Act that would guarantee federal protection against discrimination for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. The Equality Act would extend the Act’s anti-discrimination enforcement to persons on the… Read more
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News from The Broccoli: Reporting this semester with honesty, integrity, and broccoli
Seven-year-old boy a “twerk” prodigy, internet sensation By Garrick Hoffman, Liberal Arts Major BROOKLYN, NY – Michael Ryan, 7, of Brooklyn, never thought he’d have his own viral video, let alone endorsement from Miley Cyrus. “It was like I made a wish for the Make a Wish Foundation and it came true, but without… Read more
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The Refugee Crisis and Why the United States is Making a Big Mistake
By Ashley Berry, Liberal Arts – Political Science Major The refugee crisis is one that has been on the forefront of people’s minds recently. Although the crisis of the refugees has been going on for much longer, it is just since the November 13th terror attacks in Paris that everyone has started to pay attention. The… Read more
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