Moon watch
Even though we’re concentrating on the planets, don’t forget to observe the Moon this week as it passes through the waxing gibbous phase. The Moon was full on Saturday, April 27.
Planet watch
For the first time in decades, you can still see all the naked-eye planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn) in the western evening sky.
Aries (March 21-April 20).Family relations and home decisions will offer calm acceptance. Early Tuesday, expect a significant change in attitude from loved ones as past mistakes or mild disagreements slowly fade. Previous financial concerns or home obligations are accented.
AmeriCorps looking for students
Only one application was received for a program seeking a minimum of 12 USM students to be community service leaders in 2002-2003 through the AmeriCorps Education Award Program.
Undergraduate students who sign up receive a federal grant of $1,000.
Elections for executive board
Elections for the executive board of next year’s Student Senate were held at Friday’s meeting. The executive board members of the 31st Student Senate are as follows: Leah Wentworth, chair; Tyler Stanley, vice-chair; Jessica Roy, parliamentarian; Gretchen Chesley, secretary; and Mike Norton, treasurer.
To the Editor:
As a two-year Executive Editor of the Free Press from 1989 to 1991, I viewed the Student Senate as adversarial and petty. As the Student Senate Chair from 1991 to 1992 I viewed petty wars with stupid people closer than I would ever have chosen to be to them.
Name?
Janessa Emmerton
Age?
22
Major:?
Music performance
Year:?
Senior
Are you enjoying the beautiful weather we are having?
Uh-huh. Yes I am.
Do you get to spend a lot of time outside?
Not as much as I’d like to. Only because I have to practice for my music recital on Saturday.
A kickball game held last Thursday that put teens against USM “celebrities” is just one of the examples of activities offered through the Parkside Youth Empowerment Program. The program was created as a collaboration between the Parkside Community Policing Center and USM’s Department of Social Work.
“I was once told that if you’re a freshman and you want the teacher’s attention you should sit in the front row. Since then I sit near the front, but not the front row.”
-Sarah Russo, undeclared, sophomore
“I like the wall to lean on because sometimes the class gets long and I need to sleep.
Monday, April 29
The Fourth Annual Ten-Minute Play Festival, a performance of 10 ten-minute student productions, through Student Performing Artists, 8 p.m., the Main Stage at Russell Hall, Gorham campus (subject to change to the Lab Theater, downstairs in Russell Hall) $1.
Students and visitors might have noticed a colorful difference as they enter the Gorham campus from School Street.
Students in a design class are painting the first large mural on campus.
For a while Michael Shaughnessy, chair of the art department has felt the plain wall which stands in front of the Brooks Student Center should be livened up a bit.
Provost Joe Wood introduced a plan late last week to increase the use of peer review in the classroom among faculty members.
“It means here’s a wakeup call to remind us that along with the rights we have to frame our courses is a responsibility,” said Wood, who had a message distributed to faculty members last Friday.
Two Free Press staff members filed formal complaints against commuter Sen. Benjamin Hoffman last Thursday.
The complaints allege a “pattern of conduct unbecoming a member of [this] esteemed organization,” as indicated on a cover letter submitted to the Senate and administrative members by Executive Editor Steve Peoples on behalf of the aggrieved Free Press staff members.
The formerly free on-street parking available to students at the Portland campus parking on Brighton Avenue and Falmouth Street has recently been eliminated.
The USM community has not responded well.
“Talk about adding insult to injury!” said Madeleine Winterfalcon, administrative assistant of American and New England studies.
To the Editor:
Upon reading the latest Free Press, I was shocked but unfortunately not surprised to read that there had been a sexual assault on Sunday April 14 on an off-campus location.
What did surprise me was that right after that statement, Sgt. Ron Saindon of the Gorham Police Department attributed rises in assault and criminal mischief to the weather.
Two weeks into the academic year the world changed forever.
Terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners the morning of Sept. 11, guiding them into both towers of the World Trade Center and into the Pentagon. Thousands died in what was the worst terrorist attack against the United States ever.
The USM Police Department is reviewing the current escort policy for next fall. It plans to make changes that will emphasize safety issues rather than escorting students who do not feel like walking.
Some police officials say the service has been overused in the past, while some students say an escort is needed because of the lack of parking near residence halls late at night.
The second sexual assault in less than a week was reported late last week and ended in the arrest of a student living in Dickey Hall.
Provost Joseph Wood recently initiated plans for a “revolutionary” culture change for academics at USM.
In a message to department heads, Wood outlined plans to cut $75,000 from the University’s overload and part-time faculty budgets, asking faculty to re-evaluate the ways in which resources are being used.
The Department of Theatre presents the final production of the 2001-02 season-multi-medi@tion- a student-created performance piece directed by faculty member Assunta Kent.
“multi-medi@tion” is an original work created by students in Assunta Kent’s theater class, THE 399-Devised Theater.
Thanks to the talent of its filmmakers, “Changing Lanes” avoids triteness and finds itself in a unique category: The gutsy studio movie. It delves deep into the human soul and finds some truth about us all. And like any true exploration of humanity, the film finds both dark and redeeming characteristics.
What are your plans after graduation? Get a job, go to grad school, pay some bills? Senior theater majors Matt Cary and Matt Curtis probably have a better answer than most grads. The two plan to drive cross-country to Los Angeles to start their careers in the film industry.
Maine finally has a professional sport, and it is women’s football.
The Maine Freeze is in the Eastern Division of the NWFL (National Women’s Football League). The league was formed in August 2000, but this is the first season for the Maine Freeze.
USM is represented on the team by three students, an alumna, and a professor.
Baseball
4/13 @ Plymouth State – W 2-0
4/14 v. UMass Boston – W 2-1
4/16 v. Endicott – W 9-4
4/17 v. St. Joeseph’s postponed until Apr. 22 at 5 p.m. due to thunderstorms
4/18 v. Salem State – W 9-1
Women’s Lacrosse
4/13 v. Western Connecticut
L 10-7
4/15 v.
Poison Ivy
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