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Editor in Chief: Grace Blanchard
Business Manager: Griffin Lord
Marketing Manager: Logan Swift
Production Manager: Odin York
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News Editor: Caty DuDevoir
Culture Editor: Emme Aylesworth
Sports Editor: Michael Corrado
Opinion Editor: Maggie Shourds

05/13/2026

From the Maine Campus Editorial Board to you, we wish the graduating class of 2026 the best of luck in their fields. Go forth, “define tomorrow” and “seek blue horizons!”

🎥: Tyler Bridges

Several hours after Gov. Janet Mills suspended her campaign for the U.S. Senate and dropped out of the race, University ...
05/04/2026

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 running as a write-in candidate despite mounting odds — including the wave of endorsements Democratic frontrunner Graham Platner has received following Mills’ announcement. LaFlamme said her campaign centers on reproductive rights, universal preventative healthcare and efforts to uplift working-class Mainers as the only elected union leader in the race.

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✍️ & 📸: Elora Griswold
Photo description: Write-in candidate for U.S. Senate Andrea LaFlamme visited the Maine Campus newsroom on Thursday, April 30 in Orono, Maine, to discuss the top priorities of her campaign.

Since 1936, Maine Day has included a long-standing tradition of service across campus at the University of Maine. On Apr...
05/04/2026

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 year, over 50,000 meals were sent out, and this year over 80,000 meals were packed by 500 volunteers. Community members, organizers and volunteers spoke to the Maine Campus about the collective work required to prepare for the event.

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✍️: Arianna Perdomo
📸: Tyler Bridges
Photo description: Volunteers seal packages containing shelf stable food on Wednesday, April 29, 2026, in the track and field house of the Memorial Gym Complex in Orono, Maine that will be shipped to food banks all across the state.

Best of luck on finals this week! See more illustrations on mainecampus.con🎨: Tilia Baratta
05/02/2026

Best of luck on finals this week! See more illustrations on mainecampus.con

🎨: Tilia Baratta

Happy last day of classes, Black Bears. The newsroom will soon begin its summer hibernation, but thank you all for the g...
05/01/2026

Happy last day of classes, Black Bears. The newsroom will soon begin its summer hibernation, but thank you all for the great year!

As always, read our articles on the mainecampus.com
New articles Monday morning!

April 29, 2026 marks another year of Maine Day. While some still use it as a day of service, many students begin their t...
04/29/2026

April 29, 2026 marks another year of Maine Day. While some still use it as a day of service, many students begin their trek to the Avenue apartment complex for morning to night partying.

Read our Maine Day collections, covering the safety concerns of the event, student connection and opinion pieces dipping into our 150 years of archives.

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Slide 1: ✍️: Obie Casperson, 📸: Obie Casperson
Slide 2: ✍️: Aiden Livigni, 📸: Obie Casperson
Slide 3: ✍️: Meredyth Waters, 📸: Archive File
Slide 4: ✍️: Sebastian Blackwood, 📸: Phoebe Kuebler
Slide 5: ✍️: Jordan Thompson, 📸: Alex Melendez

The Maine Black Bears baseball split a two-game series against the UMBC Retrievers baseball on April 24 and 25 at Mahane...
04/28/2026

The Maine Black Bears baseball split a two-game series against the UMBC Retrievers baseball on April 24 and 25 at Mahaney Diamond, falling 3-2 in the opener before responding with an 8-5 win in the second game.

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✍️: Madie Macaulay
📸: Alex Melendez
Photo description: UMaine Black Bear's Gianni Gambardella pitching against UMBC on Saturday, April 25, 2026, in Orono, Maine.

Maine legislators approved a budget on April 9 that is designed to protect family planning and reproductive healthcare, ...
04/27/2026

Maine legislators approved a budget on April 9 that is designed to protect family planning and reproductive healthcare, providing millions in annual funding for those services, according to a press release from Planned Parenthood. The budget is part of bill LD 335, sponsored by Rep. Amy Kuhn, which was left as unfinished business by the legislature. However, the bill has taken a new shape in the form of a budget amendment, which means that Maine is on track to become one of the first states to build an allowance for reproductive healthcare into the state budget.

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✍️: Izzi Stubbs
📸: Benjamin Flannery
Photo description: Thursday, April 23, 2026. Bangor, Maine. The State of Maine's 2027 proposed budget will allocate nearly $5,000,000 to Planned Parenthood and Maine Family Planning in order to protect them from federal funding cuts.

The University of Maine’s Faculty Senate sent a letter addressed to President Joan Ferrini-Mundy, Chancellor Dannel Mall...
04/23/2026

The University of Maine’s Faculty Senate sent a letter addressed to President Joan Ferrini-Mundy, Chancellor Dannel Malloy and the Board of Trustees (BoT) on April 3 expressing dissatisfaction with university leadership. The document claims that university leaders have broken their commitment to shared governance through a lack of communication with faculty. This comes after all UMaine departments were asked to cut their budgets by 7%. Faculty and leadership expanded on key issues raised in interviews with the Maine Campus.

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✍️: Izzi Stubbs
📸: Elora Griswold
Photo description: UMaine’s Faculty Senate sent a letter to executive UMS members on Friday, April 3, 2026, including President Joan Ferrini-Mundy whose office resides in Alumni Hall in Orono, Maine. Pictured on Thursday, April 23, 2026.

Democratic U.S. Senate candidates David Costello and Graham Platner outlined their positions on tribal sovereignty and e...
04/21/2026

Democratic U.S. Senate candidates David Costello and Graham Platner outlined their positions on tribal sovereignty and education during a debate organized by the Wabanaki Alliance on April 16 on Indian Island in Old Town, which is home of the Penobscot Nation. The event was hosted by Penobscot Nation members and offered a chance to discuss non-partisan policy affecting Wabanaki nations and candidates’ plans to support those communities.

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✍️: Arianna Perdomo
📸: Hailey Green
Photo description: Graham Platner beginning his opening statement facing the audience at the Wabanaki Island School on April 16, 2026, on Indian Island in Old Town, Maine.

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