Presidential-candidate hopeful Ron Paul to visit USM on Saturday
Faculty butt heads with administration over their role in restructuring
Posted on January 25, 2010 by Paul Koenig in News
In an emergency Faculty Senate meeting marked by significant tension between faculty and administrators, professors voiced concerns about their involvement in USM’s restructuring plan and the plan’s timetable.
USM President Selma Botman repeatedly told faculty they would only serve as advisers and would not help write the restructuring plan.
Student assaulted and robbed in Gorham
Posted on January 25, 2010 by From Staff Reports in News
A female student was assaulted and robbed by a man near the intersection of School and Church Streets in Gorham at around 2 a.m. while returning to the Gorham campus, according to a campus safety alert Monday afternoon.
Haitian earthquake strikes home
Posted on January 25, 2010 by Paul Koenig in News
Haiti has had the world’s attention since the 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck on Jan. 12.
Millions have turned to the television to watch the devastation caused by the quake and its subsequent aftershocks. Donations for relief have poured in from all over the world to aid the poorest country in the Western hemisphere.
Employee dies at work
Posted on January 25, 2010 by Dan MacLeod in News
Police say a USM employee was found dead in her cubicle in Luther Bonney Hall at around midnight on Monday, Jan. 4 by a custodian on their evening rounds.
Ann Brushwein, 59 of Portland, was a software support specialist for Computing Services. She had worked at USM since 1999.
Fewer students buying textbooks
Posted on January 25, 2010 by Faith Robbinson in News
Due to increasing options for acquiring textbooks, fewer students have used the USM Bookstore to buy their books.
According to Nicki Piaget, Director of the USM Bookstore, sales peaked three years ago and have been slightly decreasing ever since. Much of this is attributed to the new market for textbooks online.
FISOSE created to give forum for faculty
Posted on January 25, 2010 by Dan MacLeod in News
A group of professors concerned the administration isn’t taking student and professors’ concerns seriously formed a group at the end of last semester to act as a forum to discuss new ideas to restructure the university.
Faculty in Support of Student’s Education was created as an ad-hoc committee of professors from the Faculty Senate and Associated Faculties of the Universities of Maine, and born from the premise that decisions concerning university restructuring should be transparent and inclusive to students and faculty.
Internet rights and you: What’s at stake?
Posted on January 25, 2010 by Dylan Martin in News
Government and trade officials are currently working on agreements that may affect your future Internet use. Some of the outcome may be good, some of it bad. Here’s a peek into some of these issues.
How to Help
Posted on January 25, 2010 by Matt Dodge in News
In the wake of the earthquake in Haiti, massive amounts of donations have been funneling in to charity organizations.
Text message-based donation have emerged as a fast, easy way of making a donation – during last week’s NFL playoffs alone, text donations came pouring in at a rate of $500,000 per hour, according to The Red Cross.
