S/T, released by Contrapposto, is some of the strangest electronic music to come out…
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USM students zip their lips for the National Day of Silence
Students at USM and across the world will join in a vow of silence…
Roman decadence thrives in The Great Beauty.
Whether he is walking down a cobble stoned street, dancing to pulsating electronic music…
Heroes and misfits and jazz
Heroes + Misfits, released by up-and-coming jazz pianist Kris Bowers, exemplifies the emerging trend…
Sign of the rhymes: Poetry serves as a medium for change
Poetry reading has evolved from coffeehouses and dusty leather bound books into packed bars,…
Spring enrollment drop surprises administrators
Enrollment numbers for spring 2014 have come in lower than anticipated by the USM…
CAHS talks consolidation, considers proposals to reorganize
Retrenchment and program cuts aren’t the only changes in the College of Arts, Humanities…
Colleges cope with retrenchment of faculty
Since President Theo Kalikow announced the layoffs of twelve faculty members on Friday, March…
Students for #USMFuture demand funding reform for UMaine System
Two weeks after over two hundred students stormed the law building to protest faculty…
Students push back against proposed program cuts
The difference between the faculty members who were laid off last Friday and the…
Students continue to organize after denial of bill at state house
Update: March 27, 6:27 p.m. Students who proposed a bill to analyze the distribution…
Muskie students respond to cuts
Earlier this evening, nearly 40 students from the Muskie School of Public Policy met…
Doyle on 2014 election: Maine needs a plan to serve students in longterm, and Cutler’s will do it
This letter was contributed by Andrew J. Doyle. The University of Maine system has…
Conte: Cuts not just a budget issue, also a human issue
My name is Martin Conte. I have resided in the great state of Maine…
Over two hundred students protest university budget cuts, sit-in
Update: 9:00 p.m. After nine hours of demonstrating, starting at the Law Building and…
Chann: Vote of ‘no confidence’ came too soon
This letter was contributed by Marpheen Chann. I applaud my fellow student government colleagues…
Ward: Students should support admin efforts, work with what they’ve got, stop protesting
This letter was contributed by Dustin Ward. Dear Free Press, I want to first…
Hunter: This is not my USM
Dear Free Press, Like most students and alumni I have been watching the events…
Lacy: We’re fighting for our right to learn
Dear USM Administration, My name is Caleb Lacy. I am a 4th year Theater…
Parry: USM pulled out of rip-tide but tossed into furnace by admin actions
Dear Provost Stevenson and Board, Now I’m no economics or mathematics major, but it…
Student senate votes no confidence in USM president and council
The student senate voted no confidence tonight in President Theo Kalikow and her council…
President Theodora Kalikow to students: Faculty Layoffs
The following is an email sent from Kalikow to current students at USM. It…
Faculty from London to New York show support in letters for USM faculty laid off
The following is a compilation of letters written from faculty from a variety of…
Faculty Senate votes to reject first round of cuts
In a special meeting of the Faculty Senate in response to the series of…