• Tech Talk: F.lux

    F.lux is a free application that alters the color temperature of your screen from a bright, beaming blue to a calm, relaxing reddish hue. This application was created by both Michael and Lorna Herf. F.lux is available for Windows, Mac, and iOS operating systems. You can download F.lux for free off of the F.lux website. Blue light emitted… Read more

  • Tech Talk: Don’t Fear the Penguin

    How a Linux Live CD Could Help You in a Pinch. So: first week of the new semester and your computer decides to take a dump. You boot it up, a vague error message message flashes across the screen: you start to feel sick. You need a computer, you realize, especially for the workload you have to… Read more

  • Portland Minimum Wage Referendum Shot Down

    Illaria Dana, Education Major The Portland Minimum Wage Referendum that sought to increase the minimum wage from ten dollars per hour to fifteen dollars per hour was voted down on Tuesday, November Third. Advocates for the referendum stated that workers need to be making a living wage, one in which they could pay rent ormortgages, support their families,… Read more

  • Lock Them Up, Throw Away the Key? How the Maine Corrections Department is Slighting Rights of Prisoners and Self-Betterment Efforts of Addicts

    By Illaria Dana, Education Major The Maine Corrections Department is proposing to amend the conduct policies for inmates. According to the Portland Press Herald, “The proposed rules mostly seek to amend existing policies for adult and juvenile inmates related to commonly prohibited acts such as destruction of property, fighting, displaying gang symbols and possessing contraband. “But they also include… Read more

  • Education is Freedom

    By Ashley Berry, Political Science Major “‘Let us pick up our books and our pens,’ I said. ‘They are our most powerful weapons. One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world.’” Most people know, or should be familiar with, Malala Yousafzai. She is the picture of the importance of education. At the age of… Read more

  • Even War Has Rules

    By Ashley Berry On the morning of October 3rd, 2015, an American AC-130 gunship started a relentless aerial attack on the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan. The attacks started at 2:00 am and ended between 3:00-3:15 am. This barbaric act violates The Geneva Convention and the United States must be held responsible for their part… Read more