Jan. 23
An unmarked police car’s windshield was smashed by objects thrown from students’ rooms on the second floor of Upton Hall.
More thefts reported in the Gorham field house.
USM Police served a summons on William T. McKinnon for criminal mischief.
The University of Southern Maine Men’s Ice Hockey team heads into the second half of the season with a challenging schedule ahead of it. The Huskies will play East College Athletic Conference (ECAC) opponents in all its remaining games, except for one.
Name: April Mulkern
Age: 22
Major: Media studies/theatre
Hometown: Biddeford, ME
What brought you to the area – what do you think of it?
Basically Portland is one of the most perfect cities I’ve ever been to. I think its slowly metemorphisizing into a really great arts community.
Monday
Band
Tarpigh will perform at 8 p.m. at the Stillhouse Studio Theater, 108 High Street, 2nd floor, Portland. Call 879-5498 for information. A $5 donation is suggested.
’80s night
The Alehouse, 30 Market St. in Portland, presents “Vinyl Revival” with TVC (Tim’s Vinyl Collection).
Mike Errico – “Skimming” (Velour Recordings)
I have terrible news: Mike Errico has released his debut CD. But that’s not the worst of it–he’s also coming to Maine next week. The rock singer/songwriter, a native of New York City, seems determined to spread his music, apparently oblivious to its detrimental effect on listeners.
For years student government’s struggle with the fluctuating Student Activity Fee (SAF) has threatened the stability of the programs it funds. This year the senate is proposing a change in the system. Rather than fight to raise the fee every six to eight years they’ve proposed a yearly increase according to inflation rates called indexing.
The long-awaited parking garage, with its 1,150 new spaces, is fully operational this semester. Aside from a few glitches in the garage’s layout and traffic signs, faculty, staff and students alike are responding with relief at a guaranteed parking spot on Bedford Street.
I went to my first game in Foxboro on opening day in 1985. My beloved Patriots played the Green Bay Packers, and I was lucky enough to get down on the field with my father and meet some of the players. I remember being completely awe struck by the likes of Irving Fryar and Mosi Tatupu.
Universal’s new romantic comedy “Along Came Polly” starring Ben Stiller and Jennifer Aniston is not funny and hardly romantic. Its sub par acting and disappointing script make for a long ninety minutes.
In the movie, Rueben (Ben Stiller), a risk assessor for an insurance company, marries Lisa (Debra Messing), a real-estate saleswoman.
So the other day I was visiting my father and something didn’t seem quite right. He was quiet, inattentive and short-tempered. He had bags under his eyes and his skin was unusually pale. I took him out to dinner, just the two of us, to find out what was wrong.
Members of a committee tasked with raising the Student Activity Fee (SAF) have expressed optimism with their plan after speaking with President Pattenaude last week. They have decided to index the fee to the inflation of the U.S. dollar. If all goes according to plan, the committee will bring the proposal to the senate for approval, and students will vote on the issue in March.
A Pap test or smear, is a screening that examines the cells of the cervix to detect abnormalities that could potentially lead to cancer. The test was named after Dr. Papanicolaou, who developed the test in 1940. Having a yearly Pap test has been shown to reduce the rates of cervical cancer by about 70 percent.
Once upon a time, music was original. Before the carbon-copy releases ushered in by MTV and radio conglomerates, there came the inspiration on which these popular sounds were based. With their new self-titled LP, Billy Talent harks back to those days by putting a new spin on punk rock music.
Last summer I took my three-year old daughter strawberry picking at a nearby farm. It was a hot day and I didn’t think she’d last more than a half hour. She did. Looking at her fruit-smeared face, the checkout people joked that they should have weighed her before and after, and added the difference to our bill.
Discussions are underway in Augusta to decide the fate of the University of Maine System’s current budget and annual state appropriation. Of the $34 million proposed in budget cuts for state agencies, the governor has earmarked $7 million of that to come from the University of Maine System.
Sports Schedule
Tuesday Jan. 27
Women’s Basketball vs. Plymouth State, 5:30 p.m.
Men’s Basketball vs. Plymouth State, 7:30 p.m.
(LIVE on WMPG 90.9 & 104.1FM and www.wmpg.org beginning at 7:15 p.m.)
Women’s Hockey vs. Bowdoin, 7 p.m.
Wednesday Jan.
“Urgent News of the Past” is a new column in the Free Press. Each week we will dig into our archives to bring you highlights from a different year. This week we feature news from 1967.
The President gave his State of the Union Address this past Tuesday. On most fronts he had only good things to say about the state of things in America. According to Bush, America has allies, the economy and employment rates are both strong and schools are improving thanks to his No Child Left Behind Act.
USM Action Plan
President Pattenaude busied himself responding to many questions and concerns from the faculty senate this past Friday after pitching his newest “USM Action Plan” entitled “Transforming USM.”
Included in the proposal are plans to implement new programs that could potentially include a BA in liberal studies, sports management and others.
To the editor,
I have a question/comment for the free press –
I would expect a little more out of a college newspaper when it comes to opinions from both sides of the spectrum. The question of the week regarding the Mass. same sex marriage law lists 6 opinions.
This week saw a series of kick-off meetings for the third annual Student Business Plan Competition. The competition encourages students from all fields of study to design a feasible business plan with the idea of starting their own business. The competition is open to any team of at least two members with at least one student attending USM or Southern Maine Community College.
Dec. 28
USM Police found a car parked in the Sullivan Gym parking lot in Portland with a window smashed. Nothing was stolen from the car.
Dec. 30
A student reported a hit-and-run on their parked car in the Portland campus center’s parking lot. The car was parked and suffered a dent in a fender.
Name: Mike Caggiano
Year: Senior
Major: Business
Answer: I was in Montreal and we ran into a dominatrix on the sidewalk and she got out a whip and started whipping a guy. Then she had a dry smoke container and she was whipping the guy and spraying it at the same time.