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Fraternity Phi Kappa Sigma has been de-recognized from the national chapter until it is able to pay its full liability insurance payment, Robert Caswell said in an interview with the Portland Press Herald Friday.

A report of crime of campus, culled from the USM police logs

A report of the happenings at the latest Student Senate meeting

“Monk” commences

USM has until June 30 to remove $450,000 from its budget for the 2002-2003 fiscal year. This budget cut is the final of three cuts last year, totaling $2.8 million. Before the end of his term, Governor Angus King signed a budget curtailment order cutting the University of Maine System’s budget by $1.85 million.

Haji wants to become a success. He wants to drive a BMW that he bought from his doctor’s salary. He wants the American Dream. Haji was just one of the 7000 people at the “Many as One Rally” at Bates College in Lewiston. The rally was in defiance of the nearby Neo-Nazi rally calling for the expulsion of all Somalian’s from Lewiston led by the World Church of the Creator.

Associate Professor of Criminology Dusan Bjelic left the United States Saturday for Baghdad with a group of 31 other academicians from across the country on a “Humanitarian Mission in the Interest of Peace.”

A report of crime on campus, culled from the USM police logs

A report of the latest happenings of the USM Student Senate

Last week, members of the Alpha Xi Delta sorority put the finishing touches on a shoebox filled with tiny wrapped goodies for girls overseas ages 10 to 14. These young women are participating in Operation Christmas Child, a project of the Samaritan’s Purse. Operation Christmas Child is a project in which shoeboxes are filled with toys, games, school supplies, and hygiene supplies such as toothpaste.

Dudley Greeley, environmental and economic sustainability coordinator, has a mission. He swoops into University departments where cheap light bulbs dwell. He takes those bulbs that overheat an area. He deftly changes the dull energy-absorbing bulbs and replaces them with compact fluorescent bulbs. He’s the CleanLights Program man.

The Lewiston-Auburn campus at USM offers a program for students who have the desire to become educators. It is a non-traditional, undergraduate program called CLASS (Collaborative Learning and School Success) PDS (Professional Development School). It is an intensive four-and-a-half-year program available to undergraduate students interested in teaching at the K-8 level.

Dec. 1 marked World AIDS Day, a day on which people around the world mourn those claimed by the disease and educate people about it as well. With such startling statistics, education about HIV and AIDS is still needed.

Former U.S. Senator George Mitchell spoke last week at the conference , “Is Peaceful Co-Existence Possible?” sponsored by the World Affairs Council and USM. Mitchell, former senate majority leader. also served as special advisor to President Clinton in the Northern Ireland Peace Accords.

Where does free speech end? This volatile question is being asked across the U.S. in every possible context. The American Civil Liberties Union’s Website notes the First Amendment exists “precisely to protect the most offensive and controversial speech from government suppression.”

For every university there is a library. Regardless of their majors, almost all college students are expected to do at least some form of research during their college careers, and a library is the best place to do this.

Weekly report of crime on campus, as per USM PD’s crime logs.

The USM Surplus Store is an avenue for everyone from students to the general public to purchase old department property at a fraction of the original cost. Reminiscent of an indoor lawn sale, the Surplus Store is home to everything from used office furniture to fully-operational telecommunications equipment.

Weekly news briefs.

When students return from winter break some will be busy getting textbooks, setting goals and organizing for their spring semester; others will be circling in their cars around the Portland campus in a total panic because they paid no attention to the construction schedule. The obvious is that the Bedford Street lot will lose 350 spaces, leaving only 175 spaces available for parking. Parking will be tough. People might be a little bitter. The quiz below is designed to give you valuable information to possibly help navigate the parking situation.

Sarah Wolpow travels from New Gloucester every Tuesday. She carpools with a neighbor, who drops her off at the Portland campus. She gives him $2 for gas money every week. After her night class, she catches a ride home with a classmate who only wanted $10 for gas for the semester.

Affiliated with the Kiwanis, Circle K is the largest collegiate service club in the world. Its mission statement stresses its “dedication to the realization of human potential.” To achieve this goal, Circle K members commit themselves to servicing their community in as many ways as possible.

Many students may not be aware of it, but USM has representatives from various parts of the country and from all over the world. Although USM may not be the most culturally diverse college in the nation, the University is making a valiant effort to improve the school’s cultural spectrum.

University Health Services along with University Counseling Services offers cessation and counseling groups to the USM community waiting to quit, but Drew felt he would not fare well in a 12-step program. He wanted to create his own challenge.