We all know that imminent, beautiful doom that comes with the dawning of a…
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President Cummings used first semester to repair and heal USM
By Bradford Spurr/Free Press Staff & Troy Bennett/Bangor Daily News Midway through the month of May…
First Somali Woman Police Officer in Portland
By Seth Koenig, Bangor Daily News Pious Ali — who was touted as the first…
Community Listings
Monday, January 25 Two Small Pieces of Glass University of Southern Maine Southworth…
USM Freshman Muna Adan is invited to join Portland’s Global Shapers Hub
By Meaghan Gonsior The Treehouse Institute, located in Portland, announced on December 3, 2015…
Police Beats
01/15/2016 Reading Books Deemed Illegal Unwanted person, Glickman Library. Officer located a person that…
Art exhibit looks at agression
By Amanda Melanson. On Thursday evening, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Glickman Library…
Poetry Corner: Last Goodbye
By Dustin Kelly Getting an injection of pure pain and misery It fries…
Film Review: The Revenant
By John Rocker Films can be put into several categories. Some can be mindless…
Advising Advice: Can you graduate in four years?
Can you graduate from USM in four years? Yes! Many students here have accomplished…
Film Review: The Hateful Eight
By John Rocker There’s one thing I want to establish before I begin this review….
Meet the Free Press team: Nicholas Beauchesne
Nicholas Beauchesne, who goes by Nick, is the Sports Editor at the University of…
Michael Berube chairs the AAUP investigation
Last week, a team was sent to USM by the American Association of University…
Senate works to retain and train new members
The student senate shot down a motion last week that would have changed the…
The Open Bench Project creates space for innovators
On Thompson’s Point in Portland is a warehouse that looks ordinary on the outside…
Hypnotist makes puppets out of students on stage
Comedian hypnotist Eric Mina wowed audiences at USM with an act that had USM…
‘We are on the verge of being censured.’: Faculty senate worried about possible AAUP sanction
In response to recent cuts by administration, as well as the threat of a…
Enrollment continues to decline this semester
Classrooms this spring semester will have 374 fewer students in them than last year,…
USM professors help The Phoenix rise from ashes
USM professors Ronald Schmidt and Jason Read have been filling holes left in the…
Obama proposes two free years of community college
Less than two weeks ago, President Barack Obama announced a proposal that would make…
A&C recommends: Concerning Violence film screening
By Dora Thompson Next Monday, you can take a journey into the depths of…
S(her)lock web series gives a fresh look to an old time classic
A team in the USM community is hard at work on a new web…
Invest in USM: An open letter and petition addressed to President Flanagan and the BoT
The following is the entirety of an online letter and petition opened in mid-November….
Simple science: What makes a snowflake?
By: Donald Szlosek Do you ever look out your car window and notice the…