Universities permitted to block military recruiters over discrimination issue
Under the First Amendment, universities may now block military recruiters without losing federal money, as reported by Adam Liptak on November 30 in the New York Times.
According to Liptak, the ruling found recruiters could be kept off university campuses due to First Amendment rights, which allow educational institutions “to protest the Defense Department policy of excluding gays from military service.”
It is unclear if this will affect any USM policies regarding recruiters on campus. According to USM President Richard Pattenaude in an email “It is way too early to forecast the meaning and impact of this complex decision.”
Committee to make recommendation for new dean
A 15-member search committee will finish sifting through applications and plans to recommend a candidate for the position of Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences on December 20, following finals week.
According to Betty Lou Whitford, dean of the College of Education and head of the search committee, the committee reviewed approximately 75 applications.
The CAS Dean’s Search website (http://www.usm.maine.edu/cehd/CAS_Deans_Search_2004/CAS-deans-search.htm) lists the top four candidates, each of whom will give a presentation at the Glickman Family Library between November 29 and December 10. The website also includes the curriculum vitae of each candidate.
City and UHS to offer anonymous HIV testing
Portland’s Department of Health and Human Services Public Health division and University Health Services have partnered up to bring anonymous HIV testing to the Portland Campus.
Students can access the testing every other Monday at the UHS offices on the Portland Campus from 10 a.m. to noon.
“There are more and more young people who are testing positive across the country,” said Noel Bonam, Portland’s program coordinator for the HIV/STD program. “It’s important for young people to know their status.”
For more information call Portland’s University Health Services at 780-4211
Business Student receives award
Andrei C. Adams, a student at University of Southern Maine, received the Beta Gamma Sigma scholarship for his superior performance in the study of business. Beta Gamma Sigma awarded Adams, a resident of Lovell, ME, a $1,000 scholarship to continue his education in 2004-2005.
In its continuing tradition of recognizing student excellence in the field of business, Beta Gamma Sigma and its member deans will award more than $100,000 in scholarships in 2004-2005, the largest amount ever awarded by the honor society within a single academic year. Since 1988, the Society and its member deans have awarded nearly $900,000 in scholarships to outstanding business students.
Scholarship recipients are chosen from colleges and universities around the world who embody the ideals set forth by Beta Gamma Sigma: honor, wisdom and earnestness.