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The Pine Needle, February 1947, Pine Needle Publications, Rip Haskell, Lawrence C. Collier, Bill Horner, Jean Miller, Shirley B. Speers, Joe Tillem, K. Bridges, Lloyd Shapleigh, Bill Brennan, Barbie Patten

General University of Maine Publications

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Both a humor and literary magazine, The Pine Needle was a University of Maine student-produced periodical that began publication in the fall of 1946, the first post-World War II semester that saw GIs returning to campus.

The Needle reflected an edginess and rebellion not found in previous UMaine student publications. While …