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Climate change and Maine’s lobster industry

There’s a photo of me as a kindergartener dressed in a plaid jumper and tights. In one hand, I’m clutching a sign written in my messy child’s scrawl that says “Augusta,” and in the other hand, a red plush stuffed lobster. The photo is from a class play about the state of Maine. Each student recited a fact about our home state for the assembled audience of our families. In the photo of me from that day, I’m beaming with pride about getting to hold the lobster, one of the most important symbols of our state.

13 ways to escape the semester in Western Mass

We’re about to enter the twelfth week of the semester, which means that Thanksgiving break is so close we can smell the pumpkin pie. It also means we’ve been in the throes of midterms for a while now, so I thought I’d share my favorite places to disappear to both on and off campus when things get a little overwhelming.

How video games can change your life

The things you are introduced to as a child can set the trajectory for the rest of your life. While I’m not sure that I would introduce a child to video games at age 5, as I had been, nothing has set the trajectory of my life more than video games. My twin brother and I started playing video games at age 5. For two years, we only had one game: “Mario Party 5.” We also only had one video game console for those two years — one video game console, with one game, for two children.

Numbers cannot be our refuge from refugees

Migrant caravans are nothing new in U.S. history. In the past decade, the U.S. Border Control has arrested 5,042,872 people from Mexico and the Northern Triangle (made up of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador): 3,867,886 from Mexico, 446,220 from Guatemala, 378,080 from Honduras and 350,686 from El Salvador.