Maine Perspective, v 10, i 5

The Maine Perspective, a publication for the University of Maine, was a campus newsletter produced by the Department of Public Affairs which eventually transformed into the Division of Marketing and Communication. Regular columns included the UM Calendar, Ongoing Events, People in Perspective, Look Who\u27s on Campus, In Focus, and Along the Mall. The weekly newsletter also included position openings on campus as well as classified ads. Stories include Peter Hoff\u27s response to a 16-member Blue Ribbon Panel\u27s recommendation that UMaine\u27s institutional culture must be fundamentally changed in order to improve student recruitment and retention; the approach of major renovations to the Memorial Union; a visit to campus by Thor Heyerdahl; and the creation of the ALANA Student Center in an effort to strengthen and support diversity on campus