Dear editor,
Today in the Dining Hall on the Gorham campus, I was reminded about how much work we still have to do for certain populations on the campus to feel fully part of the community.
A group of students walked by the table I was staffing and one was telling a joke.
Joel C. Theriault
News Editor
Opportunity Maine campaigners returned to USM on Oct. 1 to unveil the Opportunity Maine tax credit card, a form of identification for recent college graduates enrolled in the newly established program and a physical reminder to sign up for the tax credit in January, when it becomes effective by law.
After two straight seasons playing in the NBA summer league and with a year spent playing in Europe under his belt, Nik Caner-Medley, a Deering High School and University of Maryland standout, was recently cut by the NBA’s Sacramento Kings.
So, what?
One of Portland’s native athletes was playing professionally and no one seemed to care.
Music columnist
If you want to know where popular music will be in five years, just pay attention what Radiohead is doing right now.
The quintet of trailblazers from Oxford, England have done it again. The band that signaled the blend of electronic music with alternative rock has now made the first move towards an entirely new system of marketing music.
Budget cuts hit where it hurts, bad
To the editor,
I am extremely saddened to find that English lecturers Jura Avizienis and Margaret Reimer, favorite staff members of mine and many of my friends, found themselves without renewed contracts last week. It appears that in order to eradicate the position of lecturer, the English department will move forward without these valued faculty members rather than offering them longer-term positions.
Bob Dylan fans that went to see him play Oct. 4 at the Cumberland Country Civic Center most likely left disappointed. Though opening acts Amos Lee and Elvis Costello had the crowd animated and lively, their efforts were diminished by a dismal performance by Bob Dylan himself.
A night of speed dating, sponsored by The Free Press and the Portland Events Board (PEB), was held at Portland’s Woodbury Campus Center on Oct. 5. The event was free for all students and included an award-winning locals DJ Shade, and hip-hop act Lab 7.
Jeff Farnham, a senior business major and PEB president, said the goal of the free event was “To get people interacting with each other and get people communicating more.
Columbia was right, mostly
Dear Editor:
Angelique Carson is exactly right that “USM should follow Columbia’s example” in providing a free speech forum for Iran President Ahmadinejad’s appearance (“The real meaning of academic Freedom, Oct. l”).
But from the perspective of a career in academe and close attention to Washington’s and the U.
Let academic freedom stand
Dear editor,
I was concerned and confused after reading a “letter to the editor” posted in the (Sept. 24 edition) of the Free Press on the topic of academic freedom. (“What is taught in the classroom has it’s limits,” by Jason Lavoie)
First off, I am in support of having “uniform policies” at USM, something mentioned in last weeks letter.
Oct. 22
Philosophy Symposium Meeting-Weekly meeting/ Philosophy House, 47 Exeter Street, Portland campus/ 3 p.m.-4 p.m.
Circle K Meeting-Weekly meeting of USM chapter/ Husky Hut, Brooks Student Center, Gorham campus/ 8 p.m.-9 p.m./ Send an e-mail to Maria Zamboni at maria.
David Kreps
Sport: Men’s Soccer
Position: Goalie
Year: Sophomore
Hometown: Agawam, MA
FP: Why’d you come to USM?
Kreps: I originally went to Orono and played soccer, but we lost every game and I didn’t play at all. We got a new coach, and he told me in March that there wasn’t going to be a spot for me on the team.
I first met Gary Thayer last year-as the robot Bender from Futurama, dressed in an elaborate homemade Halloween costume that included silver dryer pipes, a huge cardboard suit, and silver gloves bigger than his head. Something told me that he had a creative streak that surpassed all the ghosts and French maids at the party.
Kelly McCormick, 20
Third Year, Linguistics Major
We found Kelly on the Portland campus, humming 80’s pop song ‘Two of Hearts,’ so we pulled her aside, and asked if she wanted to be famous.
FP: So, tell us a little about yourself. And your song.
McCormick: I’m Kelly McCormick, Portland-dweller, I’m twenty years old.and a half.
Oct. 14
Can’t you smell that smell 9:58 p.m.-Someone at the School of Law reported a strange odor.
Oct. 13
My drugs have been violated 11:20 p.m.-Police responded to a drug violation outside Dickey Wood Hall in Gorham. No one was at the scene on the officer’s arrival.
Monday, Oct 22
It’s Game Night at Styxx, so I don’t really know what you’re waiting for. Go play.
Free/ 21+/ Styxx/ 3 Spring Street/ Portland/ 828-0822
Tuesday, Oct 23
Get naked. The Naked Truth Project will be at Flatbread tonight to answer all your questions about consumer products, toxins, and “green” alternatives.
TOMBSTONE, Arizona-The story of one of history’s most famous Wild West gunfights is clouded with many rumors and differing accounts.
Wyatt Earp, formerly marshal of Kansas City, moved to the silver mine town in 1879 with his wife and brothers, Virgil, US Marshal and Morgan, to barkeep at the Alhambra saloon.
Golf
Huskies finish first,
four under par
10/5 – Led by junior Brent Profenno (Standish) and freshman Andrew Slattery (West Minot), the Huskies took first place in their second home match of the season. The pair combined to shoot a three-under-par 67 at the Sable Oaks golf course in South Portland to help the Huskies beat out St.
Golf
10/1 – USM Fall Classic 6th place
10/5 – Southern Maine Cup 1st place
10/7-8 – Husson Invitational 7th place
Field Hockey
9/29 – USM 1, Westfield State 0
10/2 – USM 1, Salem State 0
10/4 – USM 2, St. Joseph’s 1
10/6 – Keene 3, USM 2
10/11 – USM 1,
Opponents names written in capital letters means the game will be played at home
Monday October 22
Golf @ NEIGA Championships, Brewster, MA tba
Tuesday October 23
Golf @ NEIGA Championships, Brewster, MA tba
Women’s Soccer @ Bowdoin 3:30 p.m.
Field Hockey @ Bowdoin 5 p.
The leaves are turning and the weather is clear. It’s sunny and the temperatures are in the 70’s. It’s October in Maine, and starting this weekend, we have our first vacation of the year.
Joining the annual rush of leaf-peepers might seem a little kitschy, this is the most beautiful season in vacationland, so why not get out and enjoy it? From Oktoberfests and county fairs to rolling rivers and autumn scenery, take a break from classes and schedules this weekend, get outside, and try to remember the way life should be.
The Main stage at Russell Hall was sweltering Wednesday night, a product of the day’s heat and blazing stage lights. Student Kristen Peters, assistant stage manager, pointed out between scenes, “We need to light this differently, he couldn’t be reading by that light if it were 1:00 in the morning.
Last week President Ahmadinejad of Iran was invited to not only visit, but speak at Columbia University in New York City. The President suggested to thousands of listeners that the Holocaust was not fact, but theory. He further submitted that Iran, the entire country, contained no homosexuals.
Barack Obama, the Democrat presidential candidate from Illinois, stirred the biggest crowd reaction in his speech at the Portland Expo last week, when he pledged affordable college education to all Americans.
“That’s our future right there,” he said, “and they shouldn’t be saddled with $50,000 or $70,000 worth of debt.
It is both exciting and enlightening to find that social media sites like MySpace and Facebook aren’t being exclusively used to show off personal preferences, arrange booty calls, and form nonsensical groups like “I Secretly Want to Punch Slow Walking People in the Back of the Head.