The Bangor Daily News included comments from UMaine political science faculty member Amy Fried in a story about the Maine GOP caucus controversy. Fried said caucuses are good for party building, but going to a primary would probably encourage more people to get involved. Contact: Jessica Bloch, (207) 581-3777
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Jonathan David Farley, a faculty member in UMaine’s computing and information science department, wrote an opinion piece in the Portland Press Herald about a high school coach in western Maine who resigned after posting to Facebook a questionable photo of himself. Farley argues we must establish the ethic in society that we retain the freedom […]
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UMaine student Marshal Wade was quoted in a Bangor Daily News story about the Camden Conference, which brings together people to discuss complex challenges facing the U.S. and the world. Wade, a sophomore studying political science who is taking a UMaine class built around the conference, said other countries seem to have the opportunity to […]
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UMaine political scientist Mark Brewer was quoted in an Associated Press story on the Boston Globe website about Sen. Olympia Snowe and her reelection campaign. Brewer said although the conservative enthusiasm in Maine’s recent GOP presidential caucuses probably didn’t go unnoticed by Snowe’s campaign, votes for libertarian Ron Paul and conservative Rick Santorum doesn’t necessarily […]
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The Lewiston Sun Journal has a story about Lanette Bryant of Dixfield, a third-year UMaine student majoring in sociology and minoring in women’s studies. Bryant graduated recently from Emerge Maine, a program for democratic women who have an interest in running for political office. Bryant said she plans to finish her degree, start a career, […]
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Websites for the Columbia Journalism Review and The National of Abu Dhabi each ran a column written by Justin Martin, a UMaine CLAS-Honors preceptor of journalism. Martin wrote in the CJR about a recent segment on the TV news magazine show 60 Minutes about the nation of Qatar, which Martin claimed contained inaccuracies and told […]
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Channel 5 (WABI) interviewed two UMaine students for a feature report about their colorful courtship – a proposal made on the front page of a local newspaper supplement. Engineering major Sean Carter of Ellsworth popped the question last week to math graduate student Rachel Rier of Lubec in The Weekly, a supplement to the Bangor […]
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Regional media covered Thursday’s announcement that James Page of Old Town, a UMaine adjunct professor of philosophy, has been named the chancellor of the UMaine System. The Portland Press Herald noted Page has been a member of the UMaine Board of Visitors and UMaine Foundation. In a Maine Public Broadcasting Network radio report, Page said […]
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The international news organization Reuters published an op-ed column by University of Maine political scientist Amy Fried and UMaine communication and journalism professor Michael Socolow about the controversial decision by Maine Republican Party leaders to conclude that Maine endorsed Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney as the GOP presidential favorite despite incomplete caucus results last week. The […]
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The Bangor Daily News published a feature story about two UMaine students’courtship and a very public proposal. Engineering major Sean Carter of Ellsworth popped the question last week to math graduate student Rachel Rier of Lubec in The Weekly, a supplement to the Bangor Daily News. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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