While interviewing USM senior defenseman John Lounsbury, you’d never know he’s made the All-League team, been the Huskies’ captain for the past two seasons, or that he is single handedly credited for bringing back the winning ways to USM. Lounsbury, a communication major and Winthrop, MA native, was appreciative of the high praise, but felt there were a lot more guys on the team that should be thanked for the turnaround.
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Chamber Singers receive funding from Student Senate
The USM Chamber Singers received $3,900 to help pay for their European tour in the summer of 2005. The amount requested will cover approximately 11 percent of the airfare for the 39 students going on the trip.
Before the Senate assembled, Senate Chair Ezekiel Kimball, Parliamentarian Adam Mirmelli and Senator Mike Barton met with USMCS President Elisa Haveles to discuss whether or not the request would come into conflict with a proposal passed last semester, which prevents the Student Senate from using the Student Activity Fee to “support the activities of an academic class or University administrative functions.
Welcome to the swamp
When most people think of Mardi Gras, they imagine Bourbon Street: Copious amounts of alcohol, wild music and all the debauchery that results from such a volatile mixture. This past Tuesday, WMPG hosted its 10th annual Fat Tuesday (the English translation of Mardi Gras) celebration in the Woodbury Campus Center.
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The Valentine’s Day dance
Valentine’s Day is here. In an attempt to get in the spirit of that hallowed Hallmark holiday, I’ve been doing some research on works of art inspired by the 14th of February. Googling until my fingers nearly bled, my findings were surprisingly slim. There were movies, most notably “Valentine,” “My Bloody Valentine” and two mysterious flicks entitled “My Funny Valentine” (2000) and “Funny Valentine” (2002), neither of which were carried by any of the local video stores.
USM director/playwright in spotlight at regional awards
In a recent competition in Rhode Island, USM’s Theater Department won the Costume and Set Design categories. Corey Anderson, Kate Law and Jerome Wills received the awards. Another student, David Branch, came in third out of over 200 fellow actors in the Irene Ryan Acting Competition.
Question of the Week
Dave Burnham
Junior
“I think they’re all bad. damned Dif you do, damned if you don’t.”
Brenda Crane
Administrative Assistant
“I’ll tell you about my worst Christmas present ever…the year my husband ran out to LaVerdieve’s Christmas Eve and bought me a cheap set of knives.
Meet Joe Student
Name: Richard West Age: 19 Major: Health Fitness What do you like about USM? It’s close to home. Laid back, not too big, because it’s smaller you get to know people. What year will you graduate? 2007 Where is your hometown? South Portland, Maine. Do you live on or off campus? On the Gorham campus.
Academic ethics at USM
So, as the semester continues at USM, many of you will begin to write papers and take exams. This tradition is quite stressful, often leading to student behavior that is questionable, provocative, and unethical.
I have been told that I teach the largest-enrolled three-credit course at USM called Introduction to Communication (COM 102J).
FootPrint
USM students, faculty and staff are working to “green” USM’s campus, but we’re not alone. USM is a founding member of the Green Campus Consortium of Maine, a group of a dozen Maine colleges, universities and a number of state and private agencies that meet every six weeks to share information on how to become more sustainable institutions.
From the mountains
Most people who have been mountaineers for any length of time have friends who have died climbing. Many of my friends have more dead partners than they have fingers. I have been lucky in that regard throughout my outdoor career, with only one death and a couple major injuries among my partners.
Student body to get president
The 33rd Student Senate will halve the powers of the Student Senate chair over the next few weeks with the creation of a new student leadership position on campus: Student body president. Last Friday, the Senate voted in favor of the proposal, with one senator abstaining.
Love, loneliness and war at 21
In a world where relationships are traded in at regular intervals for newer, happier, sexier versions of themselves, it seems as though enduring love is difficult to find. According to Florence Dubay, a 32-year high school teacher, it is especially true of students going off to college.
A community mourns
Dean Emeritus Edward Godfrey, or “Ed” as he preferred to be called, passed away on Wednesday, January 12, after battling various ailments for the previous four months. He was 91.
Godfrey came to Southern Maine as the founding dean of the re-established law school.
Virus protection for all
In the next few weeks, USM will be giving students, faculty and staff free copies of Norton antivirus for PC and Mac computers, free of charge. No increase in student fees or tuition is expected because of this offer.
Computer viruses are much more likely to spread when many computers are linked together, as they are at USM.
Campus Crime
Feb. 3 A laptop computer and other items were stolen from the 15 Chamberlain Ave. Feb. 4 A vehicle parked near Dickey-Wood Hall was written on with a black marker. Feb. 5 A female returning from a party at Sigma Nu called police after she took a puff of what she thought was a cigarette and someone told her the cigarette contained “marijuana and cocaine.
In Brief
33rd Student Senate fills five more chairs
New senators appointed two months before elections
Two months before elections, the 33rd Student Senate appointed five new senators on Friday, February 11, filling two commuter and three residential seats, all of whom currently plan on running for a seat next semester.
Demosthenes’ Corner
USM has a variety of illustrious speakers coming here every week. Here is a sample of some of them. This list is not all-inclusive and the number of listings is contingent on space.
Featured Speakers
Admiral Gregory Johnson, US Navy, a native of Westmanland, Maine, will give an evening presentation, “21st Century Security Challenges,” on Thursday, March 3 at the Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress St.
Bookstore hacker(s) found . . . in Romania
When a hacker broke into the computer system that manages accounts and purchases for USM’s Portland bookstore last semester, computing technologies staff figured it was a random act and they were right.
According to Stephen Houser, director of database applications, the individual, or group, broke into the system and then posted an email onto a bulletin board owned by the perpetrator(s), which talked about the hacking.
Couples working at USM
For some people the thought of living and working with their significant other is almost too much to bear, but for others it is a natural and desirable progression in their relationship. Dudley Greeley and Nancy Artz, and Doug Cook and Elisa Boxer, are two couples who presently, or have in the past worked together.
Marble a force for USM
Name: Ashley-Lynn Marble Age: 20 Hometown: Topsfield, Maine Parents: Butch & Marcelle Marble Year: Junior Major: Sports Medicine Position: Forward Uniform #: 23