Presidential-candidate hopeful Ron Paul to visit USM on Saturday
Red Medicine’s debut does DIY right
Posted on February 27, 2011 by Jakob Battick in Album Reviews
Red Medicine’s eponymous debut album is a progressive and razor sharp trek through the last twenty years of experimental rock music.
These University of Maine at Farmington kids cut a wide swath through the legacies of math-rock …
USM to host forum on the effect of the revolution in Egypt
Posted on February 27, 2011 by Noah Hurowitz in News
USM will host “Egypt Now,” a symposium on the ongoing revolution in Egypt and its ripple effects on the region and United States foreign policy on Tuesday, March 1 at the amphitheater in the Woodbury Campus …
The ‘surrealist madness’ of Portland’s Id M Theft Able
Posted on February 26, 2011 by Jakob Battick in Album Reviews
Id M Theft Able, arguably Portland’s most prominent noise musician, has a swirling blur of a sound that is as disorienting as it is fascinating.
He builds massive sonic barrages out of samples from discarded twenty-five cent …
E.P. McKnight’s ‘I Question America’ performed at USM
Posted on February 24, 2011 by Amanda Pleau in Arts & Culture, Theatre
E.P. McKnight performed a one-woman play about the story of Fannie Lou Hamer, an important player from the civil rights movement at USM on Feb. 16 in celebration of Black History Month. Hamer’s story is captivating, …
LePage to hold town hall meeting in Westbrook tonight
Posted on February 18, 2011 by Noah Hurowitz in News
Gov. Paul LePage will hold a public town hall meeting tonight at the Westbrook Performing Arts Center, fulfilling a campaign promise to hold monthly meetings in each of Maine’s sixteen counties and to meet with local …
Helping Hands: dirty talk, gay porn and open relationships
Posted on February 14, 2011 by Lacey Rodham and Pete Plowers in Perspectives
I’ve been told you should never keep condoms in your wallet. How can I be prepared for unexpected sex? – John
It is true: all the heat and pressure in your wallet can really damage a condom’s …
Campus Safety Project on mission to promote safe sex
Posted on February 14, 2011 by Els Lunding in News
The USM Campus Safety Project has embarked on a month-long series of events aimed at raising awareness about consent, safe sex and sexual assault among students.
“The Campus Safety Project hopes to inspire a sense of safety …
LePage to environment: kiss my butt!
Posted on February 14, 2011 by The Free Press in Our Opinion, Perspectives
Republican ascendancy has already recalled a nice Chris Rock routine — good relationships may be boring, but then the only exciting relationships are bad ones. You never know what’s going to come up any given day …
