Lorrayne Carroll, English: “She’s really involved with individual students. She makes you feel welcome and she has a wealth of knowledge.”
Kristina Soboleski, English, junior
Elizabeth Peavey, public speaking: “She’s the most enthusiastic, well-spoken professor I’ve ever had.
Name?
Theresa Mary Rowe
Major and year?
Psychology, freshman
Age?
19
Where are you from?
Camden
Why are you majoring in psychology?
I really enjoy helping other people.
What do you want to do with your degree?
Become a guidance counselor, or maybe a clinical psychologist.
“A Beautiful Mind” is one of those “high quality films” that the studios hold until the end of the year for the purpose of gaining little gold men. Oscar is king in Hollywood this time of the year.
Some of these studio films are very good and deserve the praise they desperately seek, but others are usually jumbled messes that show evidence of too many fingerprints.
People whizzing down Forest Avenue may miss it, but Brea Lu Cafe does exist, and serves breakfast all day! The small brick building sits alone at 428 Forest with a banner running down its side that reads “BREAKFAST” in large red lettering. Inside the cafe are high tin ceilings and plenty of old varnished wood.
USM Thursdays begin at Bleachers
By Scott Marcoux
Art and Entertainment Editor
A chance to socialize with other faculty and staff members, a good deal on chow, and the day’s sports highlights. Welcome to USM Thursdays at Bleachers.
Bleachers Sports Bar and Restaurant, almost a part of the Portland campus for years, now offers two-for-one appetizers for USM faculty and staff 5 to 7 p.
Tuesday
Diaspora lecture “The Diaspora as a Blessing in Disguise? Sephardic Trade Networks in the 16th and 17th Centuries,” by Willem Klooster, reception and lecture to celebrate the opening of the exhibit “Exodus and Exile: The Spaces of Diaspora” (see Ongoing).
Aries (March 21-April 20) Social triangles may require diplomacy over the next three days. Watch for gossip, romantic speculation or unexpected invitations. For many Aries natives, new relationships will be controversial and slightly humorous.
Taurus (April 21-May 20) Loved ones will ask probing questions.
Imagine an explosion in space so powerful that it is exceeded in power only perhaps by the Big Bang genesis. Fathom an explosion which produces more energy in a few seconds than the entire Universe emits within the same time frame.
Comprehend an event one hundred times more powerful than the mighty supernovae eruptions.
You’re 6 years old, walking down the street with your dad when two men walk by holding hands. Your father mumbles something as they pass and you ask daddy why he is suddenly upset.
This is an example of the kind of everyday occurrences people deal with, explained Sarah Holmes resource coordinator of GLBTQA Resource Center.
Maine has been a proven national leader in progressive legislation in the past on issues such as health care and campaign finance reform.
The state has once again taken a step ahead of the game. In the first week of the new year, the Maine Department of Education signed a four year, $37.
To the Editor:
We the 30th Student Senate, recognizing the diversity between pencil and pen users, hereby encourage the existence of pencil sharpeners in the classrooms and facilities of the University of Southern Maine. We regard the pencil, and as we have all made mistakes before, the eraser as a valuable resource during our academic training at USM.
To the Editor:
Whose faculty salary is $68,000 a year? I wish it were true!
Most faculty members’ base salaries are below their years in age. The fact is that UMS faculty salaries rank 47th in the nation.
Overall, the seven campus average faculty salary is $51,896 with the Orono faculty receiving the lion’s share with an average salary of $55,200.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second installment of a three-part series in which members of the USM community discuss their concerns regarding the part-time faculty situation featured in a Dec. 3 article by Steve Allan.
This week’s column is by Donald Anspach, president of the full-time faculty union.
Parking is a problem at USM.
That may be the understatement of the year.
The administration has been saying for years that it’s working on a solution. The school has not-so-patiently been waiting for the day when parking isn’t a 20-minute headache.
That day has come.
In 1979, Audrey Jankucic made a decision that changed her life.
The USM sophomore received an invitation to join the Phi Mu sorority, and she accepted.
From that moment on, Jankucic devoted her time and energy to the philanthropy of Phi Mu.
Earlier this month she donated funds to create a sorority scholarship, called the Phi Mu Leadership award.
The University of New Hampshire doesn’t have one. Neither does UMaine Orono.
Their campus operators didn’t even recognize the word.
An ombudsman [om-buds-man] is somebody who tries to work out problems the easy way, according to Nolan Thompson.
“When there’s tension, people can sometimes step on each other’s toes hard,” Thompson, who works as USM’s ombudsman.
Thursday, Jan.10
A suspicious e-mail was received asking the receiver to set up an account so someone overseas could transfer money into an account.
USM police said it may be a possible scam.
The case was referred to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which traces any overseas e-mails.
Florence Aliardo wants to go home. She wants to graduate from college, and see her family again. But, most of all, she wants to return to Kenya to save children’s lives.
Aliardo, who immigrated to America from Kenya at the age of 17, is a student at USM. She is learning English and working to become a matriculated student through the English as a Second Language (ESL) program.
Full-time students will pay almost three times more to park at USM next year, according to a plan released by University officials late last week.
The proposed $4 per credit hour fee will force a student taking 12 credit hours to pay $96.
The following year the fee will double, costing a full-time student at least $192.
Six inches at its thickest point, and as thin as glass in other places, intrepid reporter Stanley, left, punches through the ice on Pettengil Pond in Windham as Wright, waits to clear the hole.
More than ten holes were used for fishing traps last week. On Wednesday afternoon, the prize catch was a brown trout that Tyler gutted and sliced into steaks while a dog named Sam looked on, below.
By Elise Adams
Alive Editor
Deep in the depths of the Sullivan Gym, past the stairs and on the brink of the emergency exit, is a hall lined with oddly tiny doors like a scene from Alice in Wonderland. Behind each door is a court. Behind one door with a waxy window is the squash court.
Editor’s Note: We sent staff writer Tyler Stanley out into the cold wilds of Windham to get the scoop on an alternative winter sport and he came back with this fish story…
Pettengil Pond is a little close to the Windham Super-Center Wal-Mart, but a peaceful alternative to the streets of Portland indeed.
Your lab partner is out with mono. You have a history paper due in 2 days and have barely begun your research. Your computer has crashed three times today and you’re about ready to explode. But before you do something dumb like punch a hole through a wall, take a deep breath, count to ten, and take a look at the list below.
Finding the
Planets
MERCURY will reach the greatest elongation point on January 11. Currently, you’ll find Mercury low in the west-southwest. After sunset Mercury is always elusive and hard to observe. This month’s Mercurian apparition is no different. Mercury will be lost in the evening twilight by the middle of the month.