“It was entirely possible that one song could destroy your life. Yes, musical doom could fall on a lone human form and crush it like a bug. The song, that song, was sent from somewhere else to find you, to pick the scab of your whole existence. The song was your personal shitty fate, manifest as a throb of pop floating out of radios everywhere.
Author: USM
Scores & Athletics Schedule for the Week
Schedule
TUESDAY, OCT. 28
Field Hockey at St. Joseph’s at 3:00 p.m.
WEDNESDAY OCT. 29
Women’s Soccer at Colby at 3:00 p.m.
Men’s Soccer at Salem State at 6:00 p.m.
Women’s Volleyball vs. Colby at 7:00 p.m.
SATURDAY NOV. 1
Women’s cross-country at Little East Championships, Westfield, Mass at 11:00 a.
Crime on Campus
Oct. 17
Matthew J. O’Brien, age 20 of Gorham was arrested obstructing a public way after blocking an emergency vehicle near Philippi Hall.
Oct. 17
Michael Hamilton, age 19 was arrested near Wood Hall for failure to comply with a request from USM Police to disperse.
Briefly…
The Annnual Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics Essay Contest is open to all full-time college Juniors and Seniors and offers rewards of up to $5000. The deadline for submission is Dec. 5, 2003 and winners will be announced in Apr. 2004. Author Elie Wiesel is on the panel judging the contest.
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Jack Duffy
Destinations
Monday
Spoken word
“Soapbox Monday” gives everyone a chance to get up on stage and speak their pieces for up to three minutes. It’s held every Monday from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Acoustic Coffee, 32 Danforth Street in Portland. For more information call 774-0404.
Briefly…
Internationally known author to lecture on academic equality
Peggy McIntosh, an internationally recognized author and consultant, will be giving a free lecture in 301 Bailey Hall on Thursday, Oct. 16 at 4:30 p.m. The topic of the lecture is “How Privileged Systems Undermine U.
USM defeats UMass-Dartmouth
In Little East Conference action last Wednesday, at The University of Southern Maine’s Hill Gymnasium, the women’s volleyball team challenged the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth (UMD) to a competition that took a full five sets to decide. USM took the final set, taking the 3-2 win.
Ghosts, witches, murder, and more in SPA’s “Macbeth.”
Treachery, murder and magical mayhem abound in Student Performing Artists’ production of William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth,” opening on Thursday, October 23, just in time for Halloween. From witches and vengeful ghosts to murder plots and live swordplay, “Macbeth” seems like a perfect show for the Halloween season.
Letter from the Editor
Last week The Maine Campus (UMaine Orono’s newspaper) reported that their student senate created a resolution which was “a thinly veiled attempt to affect the content of The Maine Campus.” The resolution would’ve required The Maine Campus to hire a faculty adviser, which they haven’t had for three years.
Carving pumpkins with SNO
Have you ever wondered what it is like to beat a Guinness World Record of 23, 727 jack-o-lanterns lit at once? The record is held by Keene, NH and this Saturday the Life is Good Pumpkin Festival will attempt to break the record. The USM Student Nurse Organization (SNO) is a sponsor of this event and has reserved space for pumpkin carving in Woodbury Campus Center in Portland from 9 a.
Tim Hofmann
Corrections
Issue 4 Sept. 29
On page 5 at the end of the senate update it was stated that the PumpkinFest will take place at Camp Sunshine on Oct. 25. The Pumpkinfest will benefit Camp Sunshine but be held at Deering Oaks Park on Oct. 25
The Free Press aims for accuracy in all areas of our paper.
Dungy leads his Colts into familiar territory.
Tony Dungy, the coach of the undefeated Indianapolis Colts, has been having a disturbing recurring dream this week. In the dream, Warren Sapp unexpectedly bursts out of Dungy’s birthday cake and proceeds to smear icing all over Peyton Manning’s face and uniform.
New book filters out the flakes
“The Flake Filter”
By Toby Unwin
2003, Element Limited Corp.
156 pp.
$19.95
Time is money. To succeed in life, we need to use every second we have to maximize profit.
Unfortunately, the world is swarming with unreliable people — flakes — who obstruct our moneymaking potential.
USM Footprint
Rachel Carson, author of Silent Spring and The edge of the Sea, spent summers in Southport, Maine from 1951 until 1963. A tidal salt pond in nearby New Harbor was a cherished spot. Thanks to the Maine Chapter of the Nature Conservancy, which Rachel helped found, this beautiful tide pool is now part of the Rachel Carson Salt Pond Preserve and is open to the public.
Greek advocacy group brings opportunity to USM
Dimitra Toothaker, a lively little woman with bright blue eyes, asks one of the students in her Modern Greek class to read a paragraph out of the textbook. Somehow, he renders meaning from the alien script, slowly translating sentence after sentence.
“Neh,” Toothaker says, which is “yes” in Greek.
achewood
Crime on Campus
Sept. 24
There was a report of harassment and possible stalking on the Gorham campus. The case is under investigation.
Sept. 26
Michael McQuade, 19, of Gorham, was issued a summons to court by USM for criminal mischief. He has been charged with setting off a fire extinguisher in Philippi Hall.
Bagel shop seems like heaven
Mr. Bagel
601 Forest Avenue, Portland
775-0718
You can’t miss Mr. Bagel! Even if you’re flying down Forest Ave., your eyes will certainly be drawn to the giant plywood bagel guy on their building. A little forewarning, he’s serving up one seriously large-and-in-charge bagel, which he seems pretty happy about; what can I say, pal? The smile on his face is infectious; saddle up partner.
Staffer Speaks
As I sit before my computer and write my “Staffer Speaks” column, many thoughts are going through my head. I could write about George Bush and his faults as President, but I won’t.
I could write about the farce that we know as the California recall and the race for Governor.
Potential mergers for College of Arts and Sciences programs
Interim Dean Luiza Deprez has asked the Communication and Media Studies (MES) programs to evaluate their majors and consider merging. The Geosciences and Environmental Science and Policy (ESP) programs are also being targeted for a merger. With over $450,000 cut last spring from the academic affairs budget and $200,000 of it from CAS colleges within the University have had to make concessions to meet shrinking budgets The faculty of these programs are in the initial stages of brainstorming what these mergers could look like.
Jewish High Holidays pass uneventfully at USM
The 2003 Jewish High Holiday season will pass unnoticed by the vast majority of USM students. The High Holidays began on September 26th and will end on October 6th; it is a time for Jews to reaffirm their faith and bond with their religious community.