Category: Features

The happenings of hoodlums.

Hopefully not, at least in the sense that students having the option will presumably continue to attend law school or pursue other educational opportunities. Probably not, in that we may any day soon realize the ellusive “paperless office”. In recent decades, per capita paper use has increased at roughly three times the rate of population growth.

Name:

Molly Bean

Age:

Twenty-One

Year:

Senior

Major:

Social Work

Did you grow up in Maine?

Yea, I grew up in the Oxford Hills area.

What was your reason

for coming to USM?

I went to Farmington for two years as a history major and it didn’t feel right, so I came here for the social work program.

Where is your favorite place to study?

This week meet Michael Guerette, a physics major who lived on the Mediterranean this summer.

What’s in your stars this week? Salome’s Stars has an answer for you…

Music, spring break, and a dead dog all make an appearance in this week’s classified ads.

Name: Emily Oleksyk Age: 24 Major: Sociology Where are you from? Portland. Why did you choose USM? It was cheap and in town. You wanted to stay in Portland? No, actually, I moved back here and I was working for some people and I figured I might as well start taking classes.

Name: Chris Morrell

Year: Senior

Major: Geo-science

Answer: I think in the long run, if it makes sense financially, it might be a good idea. In the interim, it might be tough but if it’s better for the long term, than it’s a good thing.

Name: Ryan Lowe

Year: Junio

Major: Economics

Answer: It’s a good way to cut costs without losing professors.

From “I think it would be okay” to “that’s not freedom.” Find out what your fellow students are saying.

Name: Ross Kearney. Age: 22. Major: Philosophy. Where are you from? Standish. Why did you choose USM? It was cheap.

Name: Tracy Clermont

Age: 46

Major: Nursing

What do you think of the Student Senate newspaper program?

What do you think of the Free Press?

Name: Steve Atwood Age: 23 Major: Physics Where are you from? East Wilton, Maine What brought you to the area? Why did you choose USM? The price of the school. It was a lot cheaper than other schools I was looking at. I went to a few other colleges before I came here.

Name: Joseph Carter Age: 24 Major: Media Studies Where are you from? Caribou, ME What brought you to the area? What do you think of it? I wanted to get out of a small town and I wanted to find a city with more live music and more going on. Why did you choose USM? It had a good media studies program and it was the farthest south I could get and be in Maine.

How is your financial aid now and are you worried about future cuts?

Name: Amber Hardey Age: 27 Major: Environmental Science and Policy Where are you from? Houlton, ME What brought you to the area? What do you think of it? I came here to go to school, and I think it’s a lot better than Houlton. Why did you choose USM? Because I got a scholarship.

Do you know about the SAF referendum in the student senate, and if so, do you support it?

Name: Lisa Muzeroll

Age: 38

Major: Psychology

Where are you from? Waterville

What brought you to the area? What do you think of it?

I moved here for school, and I like it.

Why did you choose USM?

I went here for two and a half years in the late eighties.

Name: Joe Mancini

Age: 22

Major: Jazz Performance

Where are you from? Bennington, VT

What brought you to the area? What do you think of it?

I really wanted to get out of Vermont, and there’s a great music scene here. And the Sax teacher is awesome. There’s no country music here, either.

What brought you to the area? What do you think of it?

I came here because the school I was going to there really, really, sucked. And Portland is a good town. I like it here. There’s a lot more to do.

Why did you choose USM?

I wanted to stay in Maine and none of the other UME schools were where I wanted to go and the financial aid is better.

Name: Dan Duda

Year: sophomore

Major: Computer Science

Answer: I would probably see if I could climb out the ceiling through the tiles. If there were other people there, it might take me a little longer to get out because there’d be someone to talk to.

Name: Ryatoro Sano

Age: 18

Major: ESL

Where are you from? Japan

What brought you to the area? What do you think of it?

I like it here because the people are nice, but it’s too cold.

Why did you choose USM?

USM has a good ESL program.

What would you do to make life better for the USM student?

I need a smoking room in the buildings because it is too cold!

College: educational enrichment or four-year party?

It’s definitely for learning.