By Valerie Kazarian, Staff Writer During study and exam weeks, both Glickman Library in Portland and the Gorham library are offering extended hours, research assistance, study resources and even snacks to help students complete the semester. In addition, library resources can be accessed online at any time, day or night, from any computer. Tutoring can…
Author: USM
Working on Wellness: Dealing with holiday stress
By: Sarah Kelly, Staff Counselor, USM Health & Counseling The holiday season is often associated with words like peace, love and joy with idyllic scenes of family, food, festivity and cheer. However, for many the holidays can be a time of increased stress, sadness and grief. The holidays can increase feelings of loss, particularly for people…
Winter safety tips from USM Public Safety
By Noel March, Chief of Police Hello Husky Nation and congratulations to us all on a thus far very safe and very successful fall 2018 semester. We’ve already seen some early snow and ice in Portland, Gorham and Lewiston so I want to take a moment of your time to share some smart safety tips…
The life of a non-traditional student
By: Valerie Kazarian, Staff Writer Coming back to college after being a working professional was quite an education in itself. There are certainly some ways that I grew despite myself and some ways that I find I’m being held back. Relating to a professor, an authority figure, is different in school from working with a boss…
Arts and culture listings for week of December 4
Arts & Culture Listings Tuesday, December 4 Poetry Wordcount Fall 2018 7:30 p.m.- 9 p.m. USM Gorham Library and Learning Commons Seminar Room in Bailey Hall Free Wednesday, December 5 Dawnland Film Screening Event 5 p.m. Abromson Center, Hannaford Hall Free Thursday, December 6 A Taste of Culture: Uniting Education Through Cuisine 5:30 p.m. Southern…
Federal grant aids nonprofit organization
By: Jacob Forbes, Staff Writer Since 2013, USM has been partnering with Side x Side, a non-profit arts education program in Southern Maine that aims to integrate art into cross-disciplinary learning processes in local K-12 schools. The partnership has been placing USM students and educators in local public schools to help integrate the arts into a…
Guest editorial: Vote with your plate
By: Sam Margolin, USM Student With Thanksgiving just around the corner, understanding and appreciating natures bounty and the people who facilitate those harvests is more important than ever. The word harvest comes from the Old English word “haerfest” meaning “Autumn” and now signifies the reaping of crops and animal products at the end of the growing…
Working on wellness: A shot of prevention
By: Lauren Lindsay & Lisa Belanger, USM Alumna & Director of Health Services While at school, students come into close contact with one another. We have all seen someone sneezing or heard someone coughing and might not have thought anything of it. Yet, sometimes a sneeze is more than a sneeze and a cough is…
USM is a worthy investment of approved bond
By: Dakota Tibbetts, Design Assistant On Nov. 5, the day before the midterm election, I had a conversation with a fellow USM student. They expressed disagreement with the question four bond that would grant Maine universities $49,000,000 with over half of these funds going to USM. It confused me that a Maine university student, especially…
Sustainability and Me: 5 Easy Ways to Reduce your Dorms Carbon Footprint
By: Emma Sawyer, USM Eco-Rep I would like to begin this article by clarifying some commonly misunderstood and inappropriately synonymized terms. The first, global warming. Global warming is the gradual increase of the overall temperature of earth’s atmosphere. This averages out all extreme highs and lows that we experienced due to weather. The second, climate change….
Faculty Editorial: What to take away from the Midterm Elections
By: Ronald Schmidt, Associate Professor of Political Science I’m a political science professor, but lately, elections keep surprising me and others in my field. Last Tuesday, at least, was a pleasant surprise. Not because the Democratic Party had a good night; all stereotypes aside, there are plenty of Republican, Independent and generally conservative political scientists. The…
Faculty create course to help students after college
By: Ayden Carpenter, Staff Writer Four USM faculty designed a new course to help students transition into life after graduation. Launching into Life After College, a new core class, will begin next semester with a pilot course. David Bantz, a professor of computer science, put together a team of professors that worked on a project researching…
Update from the Student Senate at USM
By: Alexander Holderith, Student Senator Hey Huskies! I’m Student Senator Alexander Holderith and I’d like to inform you about some recent projects, happenings, and plans regarding the USM Student Government Association (SGA) that you may be interested in. First, the Student Senate elections concluded on Oct. 18 and eight new senators were elected. The new additions…
Extraordinary professors receive emeritus status
By: Valerie Kazarian, Staff Writer USM recognizes extraordinary contributions of its employees, usually upon retirement, through awarding the status of emeritus. At least fifteen years of service, contributions to a field of study, commitment to the university and to teaching and the respects of students and faculty are among the criteria considered as the university reviews…
Community events
Community Events: Saturday, Nov 24 A Story with Santa Maine Historical Society 489 Congress St, Portland Start: 10 a.m. End: 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov 24 The ‘Courtney’ Necklace Workshop Caravan Beads 915 Forest Ave, Portland Start: 10 a.m. End: 12 p.m. Saturday, nov 24 Full Moon Ghost Tour Bell Buoy Park (between Flatbread…
Podcasts to listen to on the ride to school
By: Jacob Forbes, Staff Writer Whenever you find yourself on the Husky Line going between Gorham and Portland, a decision process ensues. Shall you be studious and read notes for the upcoming class? Get your homework done just before class? Do you a feel a nap tapping on your shoulder as you scan the familiar…
Arts and culture listings
LISTINGS Monday, November 19th Love Warriors Unite: Yoga for Sustainable Activism Portland Community Squash 68 Noyes St, Portland Starts: 5:30 p.m.PM / Ends: 7 p.m.PM Price: Free Tuesday, November 20th Cirque Musica Cross Insurance Arena 1 Civic Center Sq, Portland Starts: 7:30 p.m.PM Price: $60-$95 Wednesday, November 21th Tarots for Beginners Leapin’ Lizards 449 Forest…
Upcoming Events 11/17-11/24
Saturday, November 17th Women’s Ice Hockey vs. Salem State 1 – 4 p.m. Gorham Ice Arena Men’s Basketball vs. University of Maine Presque Isle 3 – 6 p.m. Costello Gym Sunday, November 18th USM Youth Ensembles Fall Choral Concert 3 p.m. State Street Church, 159 State St., Portland Monday, November 19th Home for the Holidays:…
Women’s Soccer finishes record season
By Cullen McIntyre, Staff Writer The Women’s Soccer season will be one to remember for the Huskies. In Head Coach Seth Benjamin’s first season with the team, the Huskies won a record 14 games, while losing just five and tying one. The team had a great performance all season, scoring 45 goals in 20 games…
Weekly Events Highlights 11/8 – 11/15
From Maureen Puia, PR/Events Promotion Associate November 9 Join USM Women In Leadership for breakfast, networking and a panel discussion on self-care in a crazy world on Friday morning, 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., at Glickman Library. Friday night on the Gorham Campus is the femme-fatale inspired Faculty Concert Series, “Women in Song, The XX Factor,”…
Letter to the Editor: Vote no on Question 4
By Michael Robinson, USM ‘20 Dear Fellow students, If, like me, you have received numerous emails from USM, USM President Glenn Cummings, the Student Body President, alumni and others attempting to tell you how to vote, you may be wondering, what is so important about Question 4 and why is it “a once-and-a-lifetime investment?” Well…
Guest Editorial: All work and no play still won’t pay off your student loans, but a game show might
By Katie Letellier, USM ’20 In July truTV aired a new game show called “Paid Off.” The show consists of three contestants competing to win prize money. The catch is that each contestant has a crippling amount of debt, student loan debt, that they are hoping to pay off or at least lower a bit…
Working on Wellness: Living the “Good Life” in College – Try a Little Positive Psychology
By Garry Wickerd, Ph.D., Doctoral Intern, USM Counseling Services When mental health practitioners such as psychologists and therapists tell other people what they do, sometimes they get comments such as “are you going to analyze me?” This type of reaction hits at the core of what psychology represents in the minds of most people –…
Letter to the editor: A message from the Student Body President
By Katelyn Seavey, Student Body President Fellow Huskies, I write to you as your Student Body President to remind you that this Election Day, we have an incredible opportunity to support USM by voting Yes on Question 4, which is the University of Maine System infrastructure bond that will invest $25.2 million directly in improving…