An art project at the University of Maine in Farmington has resulted in an online uproar. An art student decided to cover the floor of the Student Center in American flags, and when outraged students and veterans showed up to pick the flags up, the University called the cops.

This kind of crap is happening all
over college campuses, but this time a student named Alex Willette was on the spot with a camera. His YouTube video and pictures of the confrontation have found their way all over the country, and the outrageous behavior of UMF faculty is now the subject of scorn from Maine to Montana. Willette's diligence with his camera work, and his subsequent posting of it on the Maine College Republican blog and AsMaineGoes is a great example of how potent the world of new media has become. It's going to be a rough day for the UMF switchboard I'm afraid...

Here's a rundown of some of the first wave of the online coverage:

Original post - AsMaineGoes

Maine CR Blog

Stop The ACLU

Grizzly Groundswell

ARRA New Service

Fort Hard Knox

Gateway Pundit

Stix Blog

Thurber's Thoughts