The pandemic is a good opportunity for schools such as Princeton University, which are welcoming at least one other grade cohort, to create a buddy culture aimed at supporting younger students and enlisting undergraduates in brainstorming healthy campus interactions and creative solutions to living and learning in a pandemic.
Judith Meyer
Judith Meyer is executive editor of the Sun Journal, Kennebec Journal, the Morning Sentinel and the Western Maine weekly newspapers of the Sun Media Group. She serves as vice president of the Maine Freedom of Information Coalition and is a member of the Right to Know Advisory Committee to the Legislature. A journalist since 1990 and former editorial page editor for the Sun Journal, she was named Maine’s Journalist of the Year in 2003. She serves on the New England Newspaper & Press Association Board of Directors and was the 2018 recipient of the Judith Vance Weld Brown Spirit of Journalism Award by the New England Society of Newspaper Editors. A fellow of the National Press Foundation and the Knight Center for Specialized Journalism, she attended George Washington University, lives in Auburn with her husband, Phil, and is an active member of the Bicycle Coalition of Maine.
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Feeling antsy? Join the club — nearly 2 million people on Facebook are pretending to be ants
While it might seem like just another internet oddity, the group might actually be fulfilling basic human needs — especially while people are isolated during a pandemic.
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Coronavirus pandemic work stress: How to hang on when your job is wearing you down.
Last week, I invited readers to share how coronavirus stress — not the virus itself, but the mental and emotional fallout of living and working through a pandemic — has affected them at work. Even if you’re able to work with minimal exposure to the virus and minimal disruption to your income, general anxiety and […]
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Q&A with Auburn Police Chief Jason Moen
A story published on July 12 that examined a five-year period of arrest data in Lewiston and Auburn did not include comments provided to the Sun Journal by Auburn Police Chief Jason Moen. The questions that were asked and his responses are below: Q: Considering U.S. Census figures estimated the Black African American (alone) population […]
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Point: Enough made-for-TV; make political conventions for the voters
The effort and coverage dedicated to party conventions could be better used to increase voter turnout by informing citizens about the races on their ballot and educating on the electoral process.
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Counterpoint: Keep the party going; why political conventions matter
A modern political convention isn’t about the folks watching at home. It’s a party for the party itself. And under the gala exterior, a lot of important activity goes on that’s never caught by TV cameras.
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Early Americans knew how to prioritize health
They knew then what we must remember now: Governments have a duty to secure the lives of the people first, and only by taking broad, decisive and research-based action with the support of the public can epidemics be overcome.
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Judy Meyer: No excuses for our lapse in reporting
Last Sunday, the Sun Journal published an analysis of arrest rates by race in Lewiston and Auburn and we failed to include comments that had been sent to us by Auburn Police Chief Jason Moen. We failed. It is a failure for which I take complete responsibility. Further, the story included a line noting that […]
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Repurposing and science — the way to go with COVID-19
While the outlook for therapies — for things that will save your life — is bright, the outlook for a coronavirus vaccine, so hoped for, is confused. Assuming that a vaccine is perfected, that it works on most people and across a range of mutations, the stage is set for chaotic distribution.