USM bids spring students welcome
To kick off the spring semester, several students donned bright blue and yellow scarves to signal to new students that they were welcome ambassadors fRead More…
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University and faculty union near agreement
An agreement on faculty union contracts may be closer than it has been in two and a half years after a tentative agreement was reached in November.
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Top 12 Portland Twitter Accounts That Matter
There are many ways to use Twitter. Some use it to catch up with friends, while others follow news and events, and unfortunately, there are also some Read More…
National Review: The Head and the Heart stay too still
Let’s Be Still, released by The Head and the Heart, is buried in the folk/rock sound that has become so common with indie music. The tracks on this Read More…
Quick Hits
Men’s Soccer
USM blown out by Keene St. 6-1
The USM team was dominated by Keene St. on Nov. 2 by a score of 6-1.
The team gave up fourRead More…
New software giving women’s team edge
Film editing allows women’s basketball to improve practice
With a successful season behind them, the women’s basketball team is ready for anotherRead More…
Off the battlefield, drone technology helps out
Unarmed Aerial Vehicles, more commonly known as unmanned drones, have become an integral part of the U.S. military. Their use dates back to U.S involvRead More…
Local Picks: Local Twitter Accounts
There are many ways to use Twitter. Some use it to catch up with friends, while others follow news and events, and unfortunately, there are also some Read More…
Rwandan recounts genocide in own country
In April 1994, violence quietly spread through a small little-known African nation, quickly transforming it into a massive graveyard. Nearly two decadRead More…
Food drive being held by theatre workshop
The students of USM’s theatre workshop, a required course in the theater major, are holding their annual food drive. From now until Feb. 28 donationRead More…
Pleau: My own private project runway
It started with a trepidatious walk into the Sullivan Fitness Complex. I gave the front desk attendant my student ID, attempting to nonchalantly pass Read More…
Ventures into the blogosphere
My blog nearly ruined a date once, along with an Emmy-winning cinematographer overeager to protect his reputation. We were having the standard “getRead More…
Portrait of the playboy as a young maverick
How high does the denigration of Hugh Hefner’s public image rank on your list of injustices in the world? I’ll go out on a limb and assume somewherRead More…
Drinking like it’s your job – and on it
It started innocently enough. I was living off of St. John Street, right next to Pizza Villa. If you’ve never been there, Pizza Villa is awesome.Read More…
V-day vexes not only the lonely
I was grabbing a coffee at the Amarak in Luther Bonney when I saw it. “Nuttin’ but Love,” a featured Valentine’s Day blend from Coffee by Design. Read More…
Kiss or tell: the journalist’s dilemma
When a childhood friend recently asked me to be in her wedding, I was quick to accept. Then I did what anybody would do next — rented “27 Dresses.” Read More…
The playoff pride of Maine
For some, Matt Stairs’ pinch-hit home run in game four of the 2008 National League Championship Series, besides maybe the length of the monstrous blRead More…
Affleck best behind the camera
The newest Ben Affleck-helmed feature “The Town” is a solid piece of narrative filmmaking that showcases the strengths of an incredibly talented cRead More…
How do you play it cool when you’re addicted to your phone?
Once, in a drunken haze, I told an ex that I loved him like I love my iPhone. I wish I wasn’t addicted to my iPhone. I keep it within reach allRead More…
Moss is hit-or-miss, but Washington is a powerhouse
With week three of games in the books, let’s take a look at who led your fantasy team to glory and who left you in the basement of your league. TRead More…
Brains for your ears
What could be more intense than thousands of blood thirsty, brain craving zombies? The Devil Wears Prada’s new “Zombie EP.” Sprouting from frontRead More…
This just in: NFL players majoring in crime
All-American honors, first round draft pick, five-year 50 plus million dollar contract, impressive first year, face of the franchise, vehicle crash, dRead More…