Category: News

At 5 a.m. on Saturday, March 24, fourteen USM students and Portland Campus Recreation Coordinator Tina Aldrich met at the Sullivan Gym to kick off…

Look out lawbreakers and recreation lovers. Starting in the fall of 2001, the University will be collecting higher fees for parking and recreation, and will…

Provost Joe Wood ordered a psychology professor to destroy the data he collected in violation of federal guidelines. The decision came after nearly two months…

Though the campus may have been quiet over spring break, the University became a battleground for a heated debate on the First Amendment. Members of…

Only 436 students out of 6,000 voted last week at the Student Senate elections. The number of ballots cast is down 195 votes in comparison…

A herd of eight wooden heifers mysteriously appeared on the lawn of the president’s house overnight last week. Michelle Pattenaude, wife of President Richard Pattenaude,…

A California businessman recently donated the largest cash gift in University history to USM’s Senior College. The gift prompted President Pattenaude to rename the Senior…

USM freshman Danielle Askin-Goodwin sat on the panel alongside some Portland High School students. The group discussed stories of school violence both in Maine and…

A committee from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) praised USM for strength, candor, passion and commitment after spending last week on…

Abraham Peck’s parents were married in the Lodz Ghetto in Poland and were separated six months later-his father to a work camp and his mother…

When it rains it pours. The Free Press recently won three awards at a regional conference in Boston. Just over a month ago, the paper…

Seventy-eight miles away in Daytona Beach, college students were sunning and sinning by the dozen, but in Melbourne, Fla., the word of the day was…

What’s your name? Sarah Byrnes Where is your home town? Camden, Maine. What’s your major? I’m a senior art education major. Why did you decide…

Stepping through the doors of any one of USM’s fraternities, one sees a worn-down building in which a group of young men live. But the…

Sheera LaBelle, R.N. University Health Services The more time you spend at your computer, the more you owe it to yourself to pay attention to…

One in five people in the United States has a sexually transmitted disease (STD). Two-thirds of these STDs occur in people 25 years old or…

A cartoon strip featuring a woman being butchered and cooked has sparked community outrage. University officials told The Casco Bay Weekly (CBW) not to deliver…

University officials are nearing the end of their investigation into the conduct of a psychology professor accused of violating federal guidelines in his research of…

Gorham Police arrested a former Phi Kappa Sigma pledge for operating under the influence of alcohol after he drove away from the pledge-pinning ceremony of…

The panel was assembled to discuss youth violence. By the time the discussion ended, the artist, police chief, counselor, and professors had fired a few…

The death penalty. Abortion. Internet censorship. Do you know the law and your rights? Ariel Ricci does. “Many people don’t understand their rights and how…

For six years, Julie Goell felt isolated as a Jewish student on campus. She kept her religion to herself until she could no longer bear…

THIS WEEK’S PICKS: tuesday Lecture, “Healthy Eating . Make it Your Choice!” noon to 1 p.m., Ice Arena Alumni Reception Center, Gorham; 7:30 to 8:30…

All photos and text by Bill Watt.