At 5 a.m. on Saturday, March 24, fourteen USM students and Portland Campus Recreation…
Category: News
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…
The ties that bind
Stepping through the doors of any one of USM’s fraternities, one sees a worn-down…
Health Beat
Sheera LaBelle, R.N. University Health Services The more time you spend at your computer,…
Sex, STDs, and college students:
One in five people in the United States has a sexually transmitted disease (STD)….
Cartoon prompts community outrage
A cartoon strip featuring a woman being butchered and cooked has sparked community outrage….
Investigation nears end
University officials are nearing the end of their investigation into the conduct of a…
OUI arrest follows dry fraternity’s pledge ceremony
Gorham Police arrested a former Phi Kappa Sigma pledge for operating under the influence…
Video game violence
The panel was assembled to discuss youth violence. By the time the discussion ended,…
Know your rights
The death penalty. Abortion. Internet censorship. Do you know the law and your rights?…
Isolation leads student to new spiritual outlets
For six years, Julie Goell felt isolated as a Jewish student on campus. She…
Destinations
THIS WEEK’S PICKS: tuesday Lecture, “Healthy Eating . Make it Your Choice!” noon to…
The Marriage of Figaro: Backstage
All photos and text by Bill Watt.