Red Sox closer Keith Foulke has started the season with what many see as a meltdown. Despite making six saves in seven opportunities, Foulke is 1-3 and his ERA is more than double his career average at 7.07. More troubling than those numbers, Foulke has allowed five home runs in only 14 innings pitched, compared to only eight in 83 innings last season.
Author: USM
Salome’s Stars
ARIES (March 21 to April 19) A seemingly stalled romantic situation could benefit from your reassurance that you want this relationship to work. And if you do, use a tad more of that irresistible Aries charm.
TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Going to new places and meeting new people appeals to both the Taurean’s romantic and practical side.
Lifestyle
I am graduating in one week. As you can imagine, it’s been something of a stressful time-scrambling to combat an acute case of senioritis, getting my school work done, trying to find a job, all the while attempting to figure out “what I want to be when I grow up.
Concerts, exhibits and festivals, oh my!
For those students who reside in the Portland area year-round, there will be no shortage of events to keep you busy this summer. Care to check out the Rockwell Kent exhibit at the Portland Museum of Art? No problem! Want to rock ’till you drop with Def Leppard? Rock on! Or maybe you just want to see Portland at its finest during the Old Port Festival.
How creative is Maine’s economy?
Spring is in the air. The flowers are in bloom, Back Bay is rife with runners wearing only the bare essentials, and USM is overflowing with students anxiously awaiting that magic moment when term papers are done and finals behind them. For seniors completing their degrees, the wonders of imminent summer are overshadowed by questions common to anyone at the final leg of a long journey: What happens next? Is that perfect job out there, the one that provides not only monetary rewards, but a higher sense of satisfaction, a feeling of fulfillment beyond simply being able to pay the bills and afford beer, pizza and the occasional romantic getaway?
For students graduating in arts-related fields, some of those questions may seem arbitrary at best.
Editor’s Picks for Summer
So you’ve got a whole summer ahead of you-here are a few of the freakish festivals offered around the state, for those weekends when beer and blackouts in the Old Port seem just a little dull.
Fiddlehead Art and Cultural Festival. If mimes unnerve you, this may not be the festival for you; or, you can take the opportunity to overcome your phobia of the perpetually boxed-in and perennially pale little monkeys.
Question of the Week
What fun and exciting plans do you have for the summer? Amy Nolan Music, Sophomore “I’m going the circus.” Kristen Onos Psychology, Sophomore “I plan on SCUBA diving.” Alex Petropoulous Flute Performance, Sophomore “Taking and giving flute lessons.” William Silva Fine Arts, Junior “I’m going to Germany for two weeks.
Meet Joe Student
Name: Charmaine Willis Major: Political Science Year: Sophomore Age: 20 What are you doing right now? I’m dancing at WMPG’s 70’s vs. 80’s dance party at USM. Do you know anyone from WMPG? Yeah, I work at the campus radio station. Is that what you want to do after graduation? Don’t know, maybe.
Letter From the Editor
Every year, The Free Press goes through a kind of ritual changing of the guard. The paper must be re-staffed as people graduate, burn out and move on. In my two-plus years here, I’ve watched the slow churning over of an ensemble cast of some of the most excellent people I’ve ever worked with.
Letters to the Editor
To the Editor:
Since I have been a student at USM, I have noticed that there are always negative statements about Greek Life. It’s either we don’t do anything, we don’t get along, we’re drunks, etc. Just because we all have different beliefs, traditions, different philanthropy ideas, etc, doesn’t mean we don’t get along.
From the mountains
In less than two months, I’ll be in Peru. I’ll be there for four weeks. I’m leaving on Independence Day. My palms get sweaty just thinking about it.
That’s a problem of mine. I don’t know if anyone really wants to hear about it, but my hands sweat a lot. Nine months ago it was worse.
An interview with this year’s student commencement speaker
Aaron Keller, a chemistry undergrad, will give this May’s student commencement address. Keller will graduate this December, and is working toward his goal as a high school science teacher. Chemistry will be his second degree. He obtained a B.A. in both philosophy and German from the University of Connecticut in 2000.
The Crypt Caf? and pints with Shakespeare
On the train from Paris to London, a student fainted. His best friend found him in the bathroom, curled around the toilet, looking as though he had decided to take a bit of a snooze right there on the floor. We woke him, poked him, assessed his damage and then promptly alerted a train conductor.
Campus Crime
April 25
A vehicle belonging to a resident of Portland Hall was burglarized.
Food coolers in Bailey Hall were broken into and some beverages stolen.
Obscene graffitti was found in the elevator of Upton-Hastings Hall. The perpetrator, a resident of the hall, confessed to police who are still investigating the case to determine the student’s punishment.
In Brief
Student groups add one to their number
The 34th Student Senate voted to recognize a new student group: the USM Mathematical Society.
“It’s pretty self-explanatory,” said Deborah Penham when asked to explain the purpose of the organization. “It’s a math club.
Students left out of UMA task force
Maine State Governor John Baldacci recently ordered the formation of a task force whose purpose is to create a plan for higher education in the Augusta area. The 10-seat committee was filled only last Friday. In the run-up to Baldacci’s appointments, many worried the task force was already drifting in the same direction that made the Strategic Plan unpopular-by not including all of the major groups involved.
Senate approves budget
The numbers are in, sort of, and the Student Senate budget for the 2005/2006 fiscal year is out, having received approval from both the 33rd Student Senate, and the newly seated 34th Student Senate. The projected $350,000 that make up the budget come from the Student Activity Fee, of which 70 percent is allotted to student groups by the Student Senate.
Letter from the editor
The Free Press hasn’t criticized the actions of the university’s administration very much this year. For the most part, I get the impression that the school does the best that it can and, considering the resources available, does a phenomenal job. Unfortunately, in the past year, there has been some slippage between the actual and perceived role of one of the university officials many work with most: Chris O’Connor, assistant to the dean of student life.
Husky Hero
Name: Melissa Bellemore
Major: Psychology
Year: Sophomore
Age: 20
Team: Women’s Track and Field
Events: Pole Vault/Jumps/Hurdles
Stats:
Bryant Invitational (4/9/05): 1st in pole vault (9-6) and Long jump (16-2); Corsair Classic (4/16/05): 1st in pole vault (11-0), 3rd in Triple jump (9.
Run for the children a success
The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee collaborated with a wide array of USM student organizations to put on the second annual 5k Run for the Children road race on Sunday April 17 in Gorham. The groups were able to raise over $2,000, more than twice the amount they made last year, for the Maine Children’s Cancer Program.
One Fan’s Perspective
As the end of the semester nears, students are busily finishing up the mountains of work this time of year brings.?This leaves professors scurrying to correct these assignments, giving us the grades we have worked to hard achieve.?This unenviable task of assigning a letter ranking to a body of work put forward by people who have worked very hard has been assigned to me this week.
Bound for Z
Hoopleville
Salome’s Stars
ARIES (March 21 to April 19) The Lamb is usually excited about taking on a new challenge. But if that’s a touch of doubt you’re feeling, maybe it’s you telling yourself to go slow on this until you learn more about it.
TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Accepting new commitments when you haven’t yet finished the batch on hand could be a bit rash.