Presidential-candidate hopeful Ron Paul to visit USM on Saturday
Report questions university finances
Posted on December 07, 2009 by Dan MacLeod in News
According to the independent analysis conducted by accountant Howard Bunsis, both USM and the University of Maine System have positive revenue streams, healthy cash reserves and low levels of debt.
USM employee found dead at work
Posted on December 07, 2009 by Dan MacLeod in News
Police have not established Ann Brushwein’s cause of death and are awaiting results from the Medical Examiner’s office in Augusta. They are not classifying her death as suspicious.
Students call for overhaul of UMS funding formula
Posted on December 07, 2009 by Dan MacLeod in News
A campaign to change the allocation of funding between schools of the University of Maine System may be gaining traction after the Faculty Senate voted unanimously on Friday to support the student-led resolution.
Former employees claim age bias
Posted on December 07, 2009 by Dan MacLeod in News
Six former USM employees say they lost their jobs because of age discrimination during the recent consolidation of student services.
Students to protest proposed cut of German studies
Posted on December 07, 2009 by Dan MacLeod in News
Supporters of USM’s German studies program are planning to protest on Wednesday the University’s intention to cut the major due to a lack of enrolled students.
Forum draws vocal crowd
Posted on December 07, 2009 by Matt Dodge in News
Students concerned with the effects of a mass restructuring of USM and the University System voiced their concerns last Thursday in a forum organized by the We Vote Coalition.
Workers stage protest at East End eatery
Posted on December 07, 2009 by Paul Koenig in News
Roughly fifteen people protested outside The Front Room restaurant on Congress Street in Portland last Friday night, after owner Harding Lee Smith refused to meet with employees and workers’ advocates who say he violated Maine and federal labor laws.
Letter from the Editor
Posted on December 07, 2009 by Matt Dodge in Perspectives
This newspaper has done more in defining my college experience than anything else I have been involved in.
