USM cuts arts, culture from CCE

Posted on March 30, 2009 by Matt Dodge in News

Last week, USM announced plans to eliminate its non-credit, personal enrichment courses offered through The Center for Continuing Education.

These courses, which target non-matriculated students, usually attract around 1,100 community members, but had been operating at a loss of $30,000 per year.

Mainers patience with Nestle dries up

Posted on March 30, 2009 by Karl Rawstron in Perspectives

Do you know Nestle? Maine does. Nestle bought Poland Spring in 1980. Now municipalities across the state are struggling for sovereignty against this billion dollar foreign corporation that wants their water.

The town of Fryeburg has been defending itself through 43 months of legal appeals.

The arctic as art

Posted on March 30, 2009 by Danica Koenig in Arts & Culture

Arctic exploration has always been a fascination in American culture. The Canadian poet F.R. Scott once wrote about the Arctic, “Hidden in wonder and snow, or sudden with summer, this land stares at the sun in a huge silence, endlessly repeating something we cannot hear.

Epicurean Epics

Posted on March 30, 2009 by Anne McCormack in Arts & Culture

Majestic maples over seventy feet tall overlook Connemara Farm’s landscape, generously shading in the heat of summer, and providing homes to robins and Baltimore orioles, as well as resting places for crows, ravens, grackles, sparrows, and sharp-shinned hawks.

Huskies living up to expectations

Posted on March 30, 2009 by Joel Neill in Sports

Climbing as high as seventh in national polls before even playing a game, the USM baseball had high expectations. But through the first 14 games of the season, they’ve lived up to all the hype.

After sweeping their nine games in Arizona, the Huskies returned to the East Coast riding a ten-game winning streak as they took on the number one team in the country, Eastern Connecitcut for a double-header on Saturday.

USM gets new VP

Posted on March 30, 2009 by Dan MacLeod in News

On April 6, Meg Weston will take over the position of Vice President of Advancement, USM President Selma Botman announced last week.

The VP of Advancement is one of seven vice presidents operating under the president of USM. The position is responsible for finding donors to help with large-scale projects and endowments for scholarships and academic programs.

Taxed for being gay?

Posted on March 30, 2009 by Taryn Yudaken in Perspectives

With April 15th just around the corner, gay and lesbian people are outraged. This day brings much discrimination upon same-sex partners. There are 1138 benefits of marriage that LGBTQ people do not receive, even if they are “legally married.” Although a gay or lesbian couple can officially marry in one of the (only two!) gay-marriage-friendly states, their relationship is not recognized by the federal government as that of two spouses.

The 32nd annual Honors Recital

Posted on March 30, 2009 by Meghan McCaffrey in Arts & Culture

The University of Southern Maine Music Department will be holding its 32nd Honors Recital in Corthell Hall on the Gorham campus Saturday, April 4th at 8 p.m. This recital will display nine of the music department’s most talented musicians performing solo pieces on their primary instrument.