Last Thursday, #USMFuture organized a march to get momentum going against cuts after vacation. The next day, President Kalikow announced that she had decided to reverse the non-program-wide faculty cuts.

Future remains unclear after Kalikow cuts back on cuts

By Kirsten Sylvain
Meaghan LaSala spoke at Thursday’s rally before the group marches down Congress Street.

#USMFuture pledges to keep it up

By Sam Hill
 
A cartoon from the Vol. 4 Issue No. 5, March 1, 1976

News Analysis: Same deficit, different decade

By Sidney Dritz
 
Recent graduate Phil Shelley (right) has been active in efforts organized by the #USMFuture group to oppose faculty cuts and call for funding reform throughout Maine’s public university system. The photo above was taken last Thursday at a rally in Monument Square, Portland, which culminated in a march. Shelley told the Free Press that he was concerned that the recent cuts could devalue a USM degree.

Recent grads discuss their level of career preparation post-USM

By Sidney Dritz, Kirsten Sylvain, and dakotawing
 
President Theo Kalikow at the first Direction Package meeting in November. The group worked to proposed a plan for defining the university's vision and tackling the looming $14 million shortfall. Since that time, Kalikow and Provost Michael Stevenson proposed the retrenchment of 12 faculty members. In a senate meeting today, the president reversed that decision.

President Kalikow surprises at senate with a reversal of all 12 faculty layoffs

By Kirsten Sylvain