How newsworthy is the Bowdoin Christian Fellowship? What does the plight of a campus student organization at Bowdoin College have to do with news and issues related to the people and communities of central Maine?
The fact that this group of young students chose not to follow a Bowdoin College rule and has moved into a nice house across the street from Bowdoin’s campus may have deep meaning for some, but I suspect the population of those who really track the comings and goings of the Bowdoin Christian Fellowship is somewhat similar to the number of those following the University of New England’s Aquarium Club.
I have wondered for some time why the newspaper’s editorial board provides M.D. Harmon the position and ink that it does. In most cases, his opinions are fringe, his research is incomplete, and his conclusions, though predictable, are generally little more than rants against Barack Obama. But in the case of his Bowdoin Christian Fellowship article I’m left scratching my head.
It seems Harmon’s Oct. 4 column, “Bowdoin Christian Group Finds New Home,” should have been sent to the Bowdoin College newspaper for publication and, as for the keeping him as a guest columnist, I hope the newspaper’s editorial board considers just how valuable the service they are charged to provide is to our community before allocating space and ink.
Steve Ball
Windsor
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