Last week in the story about Adam Gopnik’s visit (“National writer highlights local artist in Portland visit,” Feb. 11), we said that Bernard A. Osher was the philanthropist who funded both the lecture series and USM’s Osher Map Library. While Bernard is indeed the philanthropist who gave to the Portland Museum of Art, it is actually his brother, Harold Osher, who, along with his wife Peggy, has given generously to USM.
In the story titled “USM presidential candidates finish their campus visits” (Feb. 11), we used the word “faction” in a description of the university staff, senate, and constituent groups that met with the candidates. This was a poor choice in words, as we certainly did not intend to apply a word with derogatory connotations to those groups.