Southern Maine men ended their season in the first round of Little East conference playoffs Feb. 19 in a game against the UMass Dartmouth Corsairs. The Huskies started out very favorably with a 27-21 lead just short of halftime. They played hard throughout the rest of the game and remained in striking distance, however giving up the win to UMD with a score of 78-67.
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Sports for the Layperson
The NCAA, or National Collegiate Athletic Association, is a voluntary association of over 1200 schools. It is through this organization that colleges make decisions on athletic matters on a national level. They enact rules and guidelines used throughout college sports.
De-recognized sorority goes “underground”
A sorority that was recently de-recognized for hazing its pledges is actively recruiting new members.
Such activities violate the intent of the University sanction, but the sorority isn’t technically doing anything wrong, according to Rodney Mondor, assistant director for Student Involvement and Greek Affairs.
Dorm security revisited
University officials are trying to decide whether or not to expand coverage at the front desks of dorms following a series of dorm break-ins, including one in which a man was discovered in a women’s closet in Philippi Hall earlier in the month.
Currently on the Gorham campus there are security desk assistants working at the front desks of each residence hall every night between the hours of 7 p.
Westphal chosen as new chancellor
Joseph Westphal, a former official in the U.S. Department of Defense, will be the new chancellor for the University of Maine System, officials announced last week.
Westphal, who currently works as an attorney in the Washington D.C. area, was most recently the acting secretary of the U.
USM looks at expansion patterns
After recently purchasing another house on School Street in Gorham, the University now controls most of that street. It’s the fifth house USM purchased in Gorham in the past 15 years.
During that same time, the University has purchased 24 houses around the Portland campus, causing several neighborhood groups to complain to the city about overcrowding and parking problems.
Do you remember your worst Valentine’s Day?
Flowers, candy and cards, signed, sealed and delivered.
It’s that time of the month. The holiday that has a love/hate relationship with society. Valentine’s Day.
Girls fantasize what their boyfriend will give them, or frantically worry whether or not they’ll have a date by Feb.
Expanded UMS health insurance coverage
The University of Maine system is in the process of expanding its health insurance coverage to extend the same benefits to unmarried heterosexual couples that are now enjoyed by married couples and unmarried same sex couples. These benefits apply only to employees and faculty of the University of Maine System and their domestic partners, and not students and domestic partners.
USM offers spring break alternatives
The temperature drops, the snow arrives, winter returns and the University community begins to plan for spring break in March.
There are plenty of vacation opportunities for students to take advantage of this year. Advertisements are posted around promoting traditional spring break trips to places like Daytona Beach or Cancun.
Eating disorder awareness on campus
Jen Decker knows first hand the struggles of a woman with an eating disorder.
Hers started when she gained weight due to a medication she was on. Soon, she decided to go on a 500-calorie diet.
The junior social work major and event coordinator at the Women’s Resource Center said she felt good when she saw the numbers going down on the scale.
February to celebrate black history
February commemorates Black History Month, and the University is holding nine campus events to celebrate it. Even though Maine is one of the whitest states in the country, organizers want to make the campuses a welcoming atmosphere that celebrates, as well as understands, the diverse cultural, ethnic, and racial experiences of students and the surrounding community.
Health Beat
Eating Disorders –
The Basics
– Are you, or is someone you know, preoccupied with dieting, weight control, or body size?
– Do you fast or significantly restrict your diet in order to lose weight quickly or to avoid gaining weight?
– Do you feel “fat” even though others reassure you that you are of normal weight and size, or even “skinny”?
– Have you ever taken a laxative or made yourself vomit after a meal in order to avoid weight gain?
These behaviors are some of the most common and observable symptoms associated with eating disorders.
The driving force behind Busby
No one is talking.
Kelly Busby starts her motion by swinging her left arm. Five. Four.
With a twist of her wrist she brings her arm across her body and swirls the 20-pound weight over her head like a cowboy getting ready to lasso a calf. Three. Two.
The intensity builds as she lowers the weight to her mid section and explodes into a final full-body twist.
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
Be it our Puritan origins, or over 80 years of curse on our beloved Red Sox, New England sports fans are some of the most superstitious people on Earth.
Hence our pessimism.
The number one rule of the New England fan is to cheer our team, but never ever say out loud that they could win.
Campus SECURITY examined
Imagine returning to your dorm room one day, only to find that it has been broken into. Maybe the intruder is still in the room. Imagine the fear you’d experience at that moment, and from then on every time you enter your room.
That’s exactly what happened recently at Philippi Hall when two girls returned to their room around noon on Jan.
Baby’s death sparks memorial fund
It was five days before she turned four months old.
Katia Fiorentino’s first and only daughter went to bed with her mother like she always did. But she didn’t wake up.
Silvia Fiorentino Pires died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome the morning of Jan. 15, 2002, while in Italy with her mother.
Communication struggles with lack of faculty
Communication majors are worried a lack of faculty in that department could make graduating difficult.
“I love my major but it’s so hard to get into the right classes,” said Ben Stimets, a junior communication major.
The department and curriculum are friendly, but there are not enough faculty members for this popular major that is in high demand, Stimets said.
Forget the bike
To the Editor:
We don’t have a parking problem at USM’s Portland campus. We have a commuting problem.
Single occupancy vehicles have been congesting our parking lots for years. Now, all students might have to pay $4 per credit hour because of the selfish driving habits of some.
Naked Chicks
EDITOR’S NOTE: Kelly Michaud is the editor of the UMaine Orono student newspaper, The Maine Campus. The Free Press and The Maine Campus occasionally share stories that concern both schools.
If you see a naked woman running down the streets of Orono don’t bother calling the cops.
Pattenaude announces plan to cut $1.5 million
President Richard Pattenaude announced specific plans to cut over $1.5 million from the 2002/2003 operating budget late last week. University officials say the cuts put the University just above subsistence levels.
The move comes in response to a major increase in projected health care costs for the University of Maine System.
Getting off the streets and speaking out
Filthy, hopeless, unfit, dangerous. These are just a few of many stigmas homeless people face daily. The lack of education and awareness about homelessness breeds misconceptions.
But for 24 hours, homeless people will speak out to break the misunderstandings that surround homelessness.
Best and brightest come to Science Bowl
What is it called when two hydrogen atoms bond to the carbon atoms of a former double bond and energy is released?
What is the name for a fibrous protein that provides mechanical strength in cartilage, ligaments, tendons and bones?
Which numbering system uses a base (radix) of eight?
If you know the answer to any of those questions there are dozens of high school students across the state who’d like to be your friend.
Meet Joe Student
Name?
Jody Lew
Major and year?
Painting, senior
Age?
23
What’s the painting you’re working on?
We had to draw what we saw on the way home. It’s kind of a self portrait with the colors of this old-fashioned gas station on Route 112.
What are you using to make your picture?
Acrylic and charcoal.
Healh Beat
Tinea Pedis, or “Athlete’s Foot”, is a superficial fungal infection of the feet. It is the most common fungal infection affecting up to 70 percent of the population at some time. Fungal infections are usually enhanced by heat, moisture, and skin break down.