The Maine Campus

Since 1936, Maine Day has included a long-standing tradition of service across campus at the University of Maine. On April 29, the university celebrated its 8th year of the annual Maine Day Meal Packout (MDMP) event. The day of the event, hundreds of volunteers show up to pack meals distributed to Maine food pantries in a bid to reduce food insecurity across the state. Last y...

Several hours after Gov. Janet Mills suspended her campaign for the U.S. Senate and dropped out of the race, University of Maine adjunct professor Andrea LaFlamme spoke with the Maine Campus about why she remains committed to ru...

Before coming to Iceland, I thought I should learn some Icelandic. Logical enough, right? I started off with memorizing “já” (yes), “nei” (no) and “takk” (thank you). I was feeling confident. But things became much more difficult. 

First of all, online Icelandic lessons are hard to find. Duolingo offers Klingon and High Valyrian, but they don’t offer Icelandic. I ...

Jared Golden of Maine’s 2nd Congressional District cast the deciding vote on April 16 against a war powers resolution that would have formally instructed President Trump to cease ongoing military operations against Iran and withdr...

Sitting with the physician, I wonder if I should have held my friend’s hand. The doctor walked her through this medical choose-your-own-adventure book as I watched her shift in her seat, nodding along. The years of dysmorphia and the betrayal of her own body was coming to an end; she chose her route to girlhood during this hormone replacement therapy (HRT) meeting.