Category: News

One open senate seat filled…. Disorientation and artificial gravity…. Information Day…. W.W. 4…. WMPG wins awards…. WMPG’s next begathon…. Ethically speaking…. More politicians to visit USM….

The new USM logo is causing a stir around campus, centering on the displaying of the new logo and who is paying for the changes. The Student Senate is currently looking into whether or not the Office of Marketing and Brand Management (MBM) is being excessively aggressive in their enforcement of the logo guidelines.

Jennifer Finney Boylan, author of “She’s Not There,” is your average middle-aged mom who has spent a life in two genders.

“It’s everything, stupid!” read a bumper sticker seen at USM and is one contention that spells out the intensity of this year’s presidential election. Chris Heinz is voting for his stepfather and Democratic presidential candidate, John Kerry. He spoke at USM on Monday, September 27.

Steffen Morin, a junior women’s studies major and Andrea Thompson McCall, assistant dean at the Office of Student Life and the Interfaith Chaplain, helped to build a Sukka on Friday outside the Woodbury Campus Center in honor of the Jewish holiday Sukkot.

The University of Maine System (UMS) Board of Trustees (BOT) unanimously approved the University of Maine Strategic Plan proposal on Monday following more than an hour of community commentary. About 30 protestors demonstrated outside the meeting, asking for a delay in the vote, while speakers representing students, faculty and community organizations brought their views to the Board.

In an e-mail addressed to the 33rd Student Senate, Gabriel Markley resigned as student senator and parliamentarian, effective last Monday. On Thursday, Senator Asher Platts also announced his resignation online.

Last weekend, Sigma Nu held the 25th Anniversary of the purchase of their house. The anniversary celebration was also meant to honor Jim Degrandre, who helped significantly in the purchasing of the house. Many of Sigma Nu’s 481 alumni gathered last Saturday for a barbeque and get-together.

Images of apples dipped in honey and small pieces of bread being tossed into water don’t come to mind when most people anticipate celebrating a new year. This is, not unless one is celebrating Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.

Miguel Camejo, Ralph Nader’s running mate, spoke at USM’s Luther Bonney hall on Monday. The independent party’s vice presidential candidate delivered a passionate speech to the 50 or so people packed into the 5th floor classroom. He covered the gamut of issues, from gay marriage to foreign policy.

Hannah Dunphy, 17, speaks at a candlelight vigil was held in Monument Square on Tuesday night for the victims and refugees of the current conflict in Sudan.

The USM crime report.

Student senate’s online forum…. Political Author to visit USM…. WMPG hosts new civil rights show…. Free tax cap forum at Muskie…. Environmentally-concious movie in Bailey….

Hundreds of new students are now eating at Gorham’s finest dining hall, located right in the Brooks Student Center. The question is are they enjoying what they pay to eat?

Amid serious practical concerns from the faculty and staff of its constituent universities, the chief governing body of the University of Maine System (UMS) will decide on a major change in the system’s organization today. Among other things, the plan includes merging the University of Maine at Augusta with USM.

For over five years now, V.I.P. Charter buses have been shuttling students between Portland and Gorham. This year, the volume of students far exceeded the carrying capacity of the shuttle buses.

The Stonecoast Masters in Fine Arts Creative Writing Program is getting a permanent full-time director. Since its conception, interim directors have cared for the program. On September 1, celebrated poet Annie Finch stepped in as the permanent director.

Library acquires social movements and women…. Gym complex gains chair…. Free food still a possibility…. Red Cross still wants your blood…. College fair yet to come….

The University could be undergoing major changes depending on the outcome of the Board of Trustees’ vote on Sunday regarding the System’s Strategic Plan. While the plan gives broad details and goals, it is up to the presidents of the universities to implement them.

It is not a stretch to claim that most college students are dirt poor, and finding affordable food for preparation in the dorm can be difficult at times. One might be used to having home-cooked meals prepared by parents, but when the semester starts, it is a different ballgame.

Between 10:30 p.m. on August 30 and 7:30 a.m. on August 31, four cars at Portland Hall and one car in Gorham were broken into. According to Penny Belanger, a USM Police detective, “They look for anything that looks convenient, that they can break into easy.”

People often think of a dorm room as a provisional space, a disposable and transitory closet that also has windows and a bed, but a little foresight can go a long way toward making even the meager space allotted in a USM dormitory more useful.

For the greater part of the last 15 years, Kenneth W. Fitzgerald worked for the University’s Facilities Management as a building and grounds management worker. On the Portland campus, he was well-liked by all who knew him. Fitzgerald died unexpectedly of a heart attack on Thursday, June 24, 2004. He was 68 years old.

A hacker broke into the computer system that manages accounts and purchases at the USM Portland campus bookstore on August 30, causing a complete system crash.