Since President Theo Kalikow announced the layoffs of twelve faculty members on Friday, March…
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Students for #USMFuture demand funding reform for UMaine System
Two weeks after over two hundred students stormed the law building to protest faculty…
Students push back against proposed program cuts
The difference between the faculty members who were laid off last Friday and the…
Students continue to organize after denial of bill at state house
Update: March 27, 6:27 p.m. Students who proposed a bill to analyze the distribution…
Muskie students respond to cuts
Earlier this evening, nearly 40 students from the Muskie School of Public Policy met…
Doyle on 2014 election: Maine needs a plan to serve students in longterm, and Cutler’s will do it
This letter was contributed by Andrew J. Doyle. The University of Maine system has…
Conte: Cuts not just a budget issue, also a human issue
My name is Martin Conte. I have resided in the great state of Maine…
Over two hundred students protest university budget cuts, sit-in
Update: 9:00 p.m. After nine hours of demonstrating, starting at the Law Building and…
Chann: Vote of ‘no confidence’ came too soon
This letter was contributed by Marpheen Chann. I applaud my fellow student government colleagues…
Ward: Students should support admin efforts, work with what they’ve got, stop protesting
This letter was contributed by Dustin Ward. Dear Free Press, I want to first…
Hunter: This is not my USM
Dear Free Press, Like most students and alumni I have been watching the events…
Lacy: We’re fighting for our right to learn
Dear USM Administration, My name is Caleb Lacy. I am a 4th year Theater…
Parry: USM pulled out of rip-tide but tossed into furnace by admin actions
Dear Provost Stevenson and Board, Now I’m no economics or mathematics major, but it…
Student senate votes no confidence in USM president and council
The student senate voted no confidence tonight in President Theo Kalikow and her council…
President Theodora Kalikow to students: Faculty Layoffs
The following is an email sent from Kalikow to current students at USM. It…
Faculty from London to New York show support in letters for USM faculty laid off
The following is a compilation of letters written from faculty from a variety of…
Faculty Senate votes to reject first round of cuts
In a special meeting of the Faculty Senate in response to the series of…
President gives official notice of termination to 12 despite protests
Just after 3:00 p.m. on Friday, President Theo Kalikow sent out an email officially…
Linebaugh: Stop the cutting now
This is a letter was written by USM alumni Wade Linebaugh. Dear Provost Stevenson,…
More than 100 gather in law building to protest faculty cuts
A group of more than 100 students have gathered on the 7th floor of…
Provost calls meetings for the morning, lay-offs of 11 to 12 faculty could follow
Tomorrow morning more than 10 USM faculty members will climb to the seventh floor…
Shelley: Corporate language on USM’s “changes” strange and depressing
This article was contributed by USM graduate Phil Shelley. Last week, I received a…
Rood: ‘new direction’ doesn’t mean the same direction as before
Dear USM, I am shocked and appalled at the level of disrespect you have…
Students and faculty concerned about cuts, not vision
University President Theodora Kalikow hosted an all-campus meeting yesterday morning to discuss the future…