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  Is anti-patriotism a fair method of protest?

  Nina Mahaleris

  San Francisco 49ers quarterback, Colin Kaepernick, has recently become heavily scrutinized by both the media and the American public after his refusal to stand forthe national anthem out of protest against systemic injustice. His actions have now erupted a nation-wide debate about what exactly is acceptable as “peaceful protest.” In fact, it can be said that the movement as a whole was ill-conceived. Should we, the American public, allow and encourage this type of anti-patriotism?

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  An indictment of the system

  Jonathan Petrie

  This past week, the nation was hit by a shock wave. Donald Trump, the former host of NBC’s “The Apprentice,” was elected president of the United States. People are wondering, “how could this be?” This is a man who openly used race-baiting rhetoric, endorsed xenophobic policies, insulted disabled reporters and performed so many more ridiculous acts I probably could not fit them into this piece. So how could this guy have possibly won?

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  Kaepernick saga telling of America's racial divides

  Jacob Posik

  Sometimes it’s just best to keep your mouth shut, follow suit and do the right thing. Perhaps nobody is as unacquainted with this valuable life lesson and in need of such conscientious advice as Colin Kaepernick, the San Francisco 49ers quarterback who refused to stand for the national anthem during a pre-season football game because of our country’s alleged mistreatment of minorities, in his own words. Prior to a pre-season bout against the Green Bay Packers last week, Kaepernick sat on the bench while our country’s anthem played. After the contest, Kaepernick was asked by NFL media reporters on his decision to remain seated while the song played.

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  Hispanic Heritage Lecture Series highlights diversity in conservation jobs

  Ashley Sarra

  In the Arthur St. John Hill Auditorium in Barrows Hall on Oct. 6, 2016, a group of Hispanic employees working for the Natural Resources Conservation Services (NRCS) discussed their work throughout the state of Maine. This presentation, titled “Hispanics Helping People Help the Land Throughout Maine” was a part of the Hispanic Heritage Lecture Series for 2016. This was the last event in the series, but was very different than its predecessors, talking less of diversity and more about the workthe group did.

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  The Presidential election affects sports

  Griffin Stockford

  Athletes have always played a significant role in politics. They often appear at campaign events for politicians, in hopes of helping to sway voters by showing their support for a candidate. Athletes’ political actions, such as Colin Kaepernick’s kneeling protests, become national news because of players’ notoriety and thus the influence they have. Just last week, Bill Belichick and Tom Brady were being forced to address allegations that they expressed to Donald Trump their support for his presidency. Donald Trump’s presidency likely won’t affect the sports industry as a whole. It’s simply too large and too wealthy. But his presidency will affect the way athletes, whose sports consist largely of minorities, view the presidency, particularly when it comes to visiting the White House.

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  Bare minimums in activism do nothing for a cause

  Sam Tracy

  Your safety pins don’t matter. There has been a recent rise in a silent protest to Donald Trump’s racist, xenophobic, sexist and homophobic rhetoric that involvespinning a safety pin onto your shirt. It started off as a gesture of kindness and a message to the marginalized people, saying: “hey, we’re here and we’re not with them. ”By pinning your shirt, you have a quiet way to show you do not support Trump’s harmful messages and you are a safe person to talk with.

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  Whitewashing in Hollywood silently affects our children

  Sam Tracy

  The reaction to the 2016 Oscars, which birthed the trending topic #OscarsSoWhite on Twitter, highlights a serious problem in our country — a lack of representationfor non-white communities. Watching a movie in the 1950s is still somehow reminiscent of today. We have put an end to blackface, the practice of coloring a white person’s face with paint to fill the role of a historically non-white character without hiring an accurate representative. Yet major blockbuster films did not commonly hire non-white characters for major roles until just recently. Our movies now typically feature a white cast, with the exception of a few minor roles played by people of color. For the second year in a row, the Oscars failed to recognize the comparatively few roles played by minorities. By doing so, the institution feeds into an endless cycle.

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  Response to "Kaepernick saga telling of America’s racial divides"

  Sarah Witthauer

  The Sept. 6. 2016, edition of The Maine Campus included a degrading opinion piece rife with the perpetuation of crippling stereotypes that have had an enormous effect onthe African-American community. Editor Jacob Posik’s piece “Kaepernick saga telling of America’s racial divides” not only included gross generalizations of the African-American community but also displayed an alarming apathy towards police brutality and the lives and valid concerns of his fellow Americans. This piece dangerously spews racial rhetoric that is offensive and has no place for a liberal school campus.

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  Islamaphobia is not the answer

  Alan Bennett

  Members of a major world religion are required to register their affiliation and ordered to wear badges of identification. They are tracked. Their places of worship are put out of commission. They are shamed in public for being who they are, and no one offers them help in even the more dire situations. The year is 2015, and Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, has recently suggested all American Muslims should “absolutely” be required to register theiridentities in a database, for monitoring purposes because, in his words, “Our country has no management.”

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  Student Activism Involvement Increases as 2016 Election Moves Forward

  Mary Celeste Floreani

  Despite the fact that the 2016 Election Day is still more than a year away, involvement and political activism among the student body has been strong. It’s hard to walk across campus without being asked to sign a petition for an added proposition to the statewide ballot. While neither of Maine’s senators are up for reelection this cycle, Maine’s Second Congressional District promises to be hotly contested after the district held for 20 years by Democrats was lost to Republican newcomer Rep. Bruce Poliquin in 2014. In addition to the statewide elections, 2016 is shaping up to be one of the most contentious presidential elections in decades.

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  The University of Maine News article on "UMaine Plaza to Honor Martin Luther King Jr., Coretta Scott King"

  University of Maine

  This University of Maine News article on the "UMaine Plaza to Honor Martin Luther King Jr., Coretta Scott King," posted on October 29, 2008, includes the grand opening of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King Memorial Plaza. The Plaza is located next to the Memorial Union on the university campus. The article includes a statement from Robert Dana, UMaine's dean of students.

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  The University of Maine News article on "Women in the Curriculum, Women's Studies Program Announce Spring 2008 Lunch Series"

  University of Maine

  This University of Maine News article on "Women in the Curriculum, Women's Studies Program Announce Spring 2008 Lunch Series," posted January 31, 2008, includes the topics and speakers featured in the Lunch Series and the dates of each. One of the topics being "Women of Color: The UMaine Experience," co-sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Programs.

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  Maine Campus_Responses to racist attack

  Harold Kamanyi, Dale W. Lick, Gretchen Lahey, and Jamal Williamson

  Letters to the editor in the University of Maine student newspaper The Maine Campus regarding a racist attack on two Black University of Maine students.
  

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  Letter from Dr Thomas Aceto to Gerry Herlihy and Jim Harmon on Recruitment of Black Students to the University of Maine

  Thomas D. Aceto

  A letter from Dr Thomas Aceto, Vice President of Student Affairs at the University of Maine, to University of Maine faculty Gerry Herlihy and Jim Harmon, on December 19, 1979 on the recruitment of Black students amongst Maine communities. Recruitment was focused on athletics and networked through Reverend Charles Burt.

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  Letter from Dwight Rideout to Thomas Aceto on Recruitment of Black Students at the University of Maine

  Dwight L. Rideout

  A letter from Dwight Rideout, Dean of Student Affairs at the University of Maine, to Dr Thomas Aceto, Vice President of Student Affairs at UMaine, dated September 11, 1978 on accepting every Black applicant to UMaine. He states the names of the people who served as resources for Black student recruitment.

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  Minority Student Enrollment Sheet at the University of Maine, April 13, 1977

  University of Maine

  This sheet shows data for the minority students enrollment at the University of Maine and what college they were accepted and whether they were full-time or part-time students. This came sheet is from the Office of Registrar at the University Maine Orono from April 13, 1977. The groups included on the sheet are 'Black', 'Indigenous', 'Oriental' and 'Spanish-Sur'.

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  Changes in University of Maine's Employment of Women and Minority Groups From 1975 to 1976

  University of Maine

  These two pages are statistics of changes in employment at the University of Maine from May/June 1975 to October 1976. The statistics show the changes of women and minority groups, specifically 'Black', 'Oriental', 'Native Americans', and 'Spanish-Sur'. It shows the job positions and the number of new hires and/or former employees.

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  University of Maine's Equal Employment (E.E.O) Comparative Data on Employment of Minority Groups employed by the University

  University of Maine

  Three sets of data from between the years 1975-1977 on the University of Maine's employment and minority professionals. The first page is the E.E.O Comparative Data at UMaine from the years 1975-77 on the percentage of women and members of a minority group that were granted tenure. The second page states the ethnicity/race and how many of the 'minorities' who are classified employees, women in 'traditionally male jobs categories', and the number of disabled and flow employee. The third, and last, page is the goals for June 1977 and percentage of minority professionals at UMaine in each division at the university. It also included the turnover potential from 1973-77 and whether the professionals retired, resigned, and the growth in career.

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  Letter from Winthrop C. Libby to Harold Westerman on Recruitment of the Maine Black Communities to the University of Maine

  Winthrop C. Libby

  A letter from Winthrop Libby, University of Maine President, to Harold Westerman, Director of Physical Education and Athletics, on the recruitment of members of the Maine Black community to the University of Maine. UMaine Chancellor Donald McNeil gave Timothy Wilson, football coach at UMaine a leadership role in recruiting Black students.

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  Letters from Martin Luther King Student Union to Chancellor Donald R. McNeil

  Donald R. McNeil

  Letters regarding members of the Martin Luther King Union at UMaine, feel a lack of support in the state of Maine. They proposed a "Black in Maine, Getting Together" meeting to bring the statewide Black community together.

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  Telegram from Senator Edmund S Muskie to UMaine President Winthrop C. Libby

  Edmund S. Muskie

  Telegram from U.S. Senator Edmund S Muskie to UMaine President Winthrop C. Libby, sent February 11, 1971, with the contents from a telegram from Afro-American Society of Bowdoin College to Senator Edmund S Muskie. The telegram discusses the lack of recruitment of Black students and faculty amongst the University of Maine and the defunding of the Martin Luther King Scholarship.

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  Correspondence between Assistant Chancellor Stanley L. Freeman and President Winthrop Libby on Draft of Discrimination Policy

  Stanley L. Freenman Jr., Winthrop C. Libby, and Ronald F. Banks

  Letters regarding the formation of a University of Maine blanket non-discrimination policy draft in light of the Civil Rights movement. Assistant Chancellor Stanley L. Freeman, on April 24, 1970, wanted President Winthrop C. Libby's comments and suggestions on the statement. President Libby states on April 28, 1970, areas where the University of Maine does not comply to the blanket non-discrimination policy draft. Ronald Banks, Assistant to President Libby, on April 28, 1970, gives the final policy on discrimination statement.

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  Black Symposium_Correspondence Between W. Linwood Chase and Stephen Hughes on Appreciating the Symposium on Black America

  W Linwood Chase and Stephen T. Hughes

  A letter from University of Maine alumnus W. Linwood Chase, Class of 1920, to Stephen T. Hughes, Student Senate President at the University of Maine, sent on January 14, 1969 in regards to an interview Stephen Hughes gave on "The Distinguished Lecture Series" featuring the Symposium on Black America. W. Linwood Chase hoped that the symposium would bring attention to the problems of Black America.

  Stephen Hughes letter in response to W. Linwood Chase on January 17, 1969 sends thanks and best wishes and appreciated the encouraging remarks on the Symposium of Black America.

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  Black Symposium_Letter from Maine Governor Kenneth M. Curtis

  Kenneth M. Curtis

  A letter response from Maine Governor Kenneth M. Curtis on February 12, 1969, to a Ruth E. Willey in regards to the Black Symposium to be held at the University of Maine in 1969.

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  Black Symposium_ Invitation Letter from Stephen Hughes to James Forman to the Symposium on Black America

  Stephen T. Hughes

  A letter from Stephen Hughes, University of Maine, on January 6, 1969 inviting James Forman, member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), to participate in the Symposium on Black America hosted by the University. The letter gives details of a tentative date and plans for the Symposium and what the University intends to pay for Forman's participation in the event.