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The road to graduation
This is the first of a three-part series called “The road to graduation” which…
Security lacking at libraries
The University’s library staff is concerned for their safety and the safety of patrons…
New federal law limits Internet access
This week a new federal law prohibiting access to certain Internet material takes effect…
$2.2 million gift stabilizes OLLI’s financial future
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI), formerly known as Senior College, just received a…
Frat’s bonfire sparks neighors’ complaints
A spring cleaning bonfire party at Sigma Nu turned sour when Gorham police issued…
Croatian feminist visits campus
Feminism is alive and well in war-torn regions of the world. An event sponsored…
Detective Saindon promoted
Odds are, if you know Ron Saindon, something bad has happened to you. Saindon,…
Schmoozing in the name of art
Just around the corner from the defunct Stone Coast Brewery and in the same…
Wayne Keller
What is your name? Wayne Keller What is your major? I’m a sophomore electrical…
Health Beat
Sheera LaBelle, R.N. University Health Services The amount of ultraviolet radiation that strikes the…
Hitting the river
At 5 a.m. on Saturday, March 24, fourteen USM students and Portland Campus Recreation…
Students shell out
Look out lawbreakers and recreation lovers. Starting in the fall of 2001, the University…
Provost orders data destroyed
Provost Joe Wood ordered a psychology professor to destroy the data he collected in…
Debate shifts to First Amendment
Though the campus may have been quiet over spring break, the University became a…
Senate election draws fewer voters
Only 436 students out of 6,000 voted last week at the Student Senate elections….
Cows take over Pattenaude’s lawn
A herd of eight wooden heifers mysteriously appeared on the lawn of the president’s…
Senior college gets $2.2 million
A California businessman recently donated the largest cash gift in University history to USM’s…
Getting ahead of violence
USM freshman Danielle Askin-Goodwin sat on the panel alongside some Portland High School students….
University passes accreditation assessment
A committee from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) praised USM…
Center hopes to bring religions together in post-Holocaust study
Abraham Peck’s parents were married in the Lodz Ghetto in Poland and were separated…
The Free Press keeps winning
When it rains it pours. The Free Press recently won three awards at a…
Habitat for Humanity
Seventy-eight miles away in Daytona Beach, college students were sunning and sinning by the…
Meet Joe Student
What’s your name? Sarah Byrnes Where is your home town? Camden, Maine. What’s your…