This week a new federal law prohibiting access to certain Internet material takes effect…
Year: 2001
Security lacking at libraries
The University’s library staff is concerned for their safety and the safety of patrons…
The road to graduation
This is the first of a three-part series called “The road to graduation” which…
Sedaris: A dog-gone funny writer
Fans of humorist David Sedaris were treated to an evening at The State Theatre…
Cheers to me rich land-lubbers
With its elegant fireplaces, hardwood floors sweeping views of Casco Bay and antique d?cor,…
Sex, STDs, and college students:
One in five people in the United States has a sexually transmitted disease (STD)….
Health Beat
Sheera LaBelle, R.N. University Health Services The more time you spend at your computer,…
The ties that bind
Stepping through the doors of any one of USM’s fraternities, one sees a worn-down…
Meet Joe Student
What’s your name? Sarah Byrnes Where is your home town? Camden, Maine. What’s your…
Habitat for Humanity
Seventy-eight miles away in Daytona Beach, college students were sunning and sinning by the…
The Free Press keeps winning
When it rains it pours. The Free Press recently won three awards at a…
Center hopes to bring religions together in post-Holocaust study
Abraham Peck’s parents were married in the Lodz Ghetto in Poland and were separated…
University passes accreditation assessment
A committee from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) praised USM…
Getting ahead of violence
USM freshman Danielle Askin-Goodwin sat on the panel alongside some Portland High School students….
Senior college gets $2.2 million
A California businessman recently donated the largest cash gift in University history to USM’s…
04/09/01
Pledge break An anonymous caller to WMPG who threatened to break some of the…
Senate Update
Guest Speaker USM Police Chief Lisa Beecher addressed the Senate with an overview of…
Letters to the editor…
Cartoonist responds To the Editor: I just read your editorial in The Free Press…
What I really want to know
It’s that time of year when classes are winding down. All those projects and…
Fee increases need a closer look
University officials want to increase fees for students next year. While parking and Student…
Cows take over Pattenaude’s lawn
A herd of eight wooden heifers mysteriously appeared on the lawn of the president’s…
Senate election draws fewer voters
Only 436 students out of 6,000 voted last week at the Student Senate elections….
Debate shifts to First Amendment
Though the campus may have been quiet over spring break, the University became a…
Provost orders data destroyed
Provost Joe Wood ordered a psychology professor to destroy the data he collected in…