Believe it or not, you can find conservatism in some pretty strange places. I read Dustin Gilbert’s original letter to the editor very closely.
When I introduced myself in this column, I tried to describe some of the many facets that make up who I am.
A mother and English major, gay and very close to being 45, deep within me beats the very conservative heart of a woman whose oldest brother was a police officer who was shot and later died of his injuries.
Dressed in jeans, a white T-shirt and a dark sweater, carrying a briefcase, face obscured by a beard, Alex Peppe resembles a normal neo-hippie 20-something grad student about to teach a lab. He was once a lab instructor, but Peppe is not anywhere near normal.
Men’s Basketball
Seniors Drew Coppenrath (Barnet, VT) and Jamaal Caterina (Portland) were named to the Little East Conference (LEC) all-conference team. Caterina earned a spot on the first team, and Coppenrath on the second and also the all-defensive squad.
Leaning against the wall in one corner of the Gorham art gallery are six paintings, all in various stages of completion. There’s also a record player and a comfortable old yellow chair speckled with paint.
Empty coffee cups, album covers, and paintbrushes are strewn about the drop cloth surrounding an easel, and stale tortilla chips crunch underfoot.
Monday March 10
Free Press Budget Meeting – Weekly meeting to assign stories/ 92 Bedford Street, Portland Campus/ 5-6 p.m./ For more information email Sarah Trent at [email protected].
Safe Zone Project Session- Join us to learn more about the LGBTQ community at USM/ 10-11:30 a.
If you happened to wander through Bailey Hall around lunchtime on Friday, Feb. 29, you had to weave through a crowd of students (one of them dressed as the Husky) lounging in the lobby with plates of Aramark pasta salad and sandwiches.
These students – including the Husky – were gathered for “Change ’08,” a day-long summit for student leaders to reflect on what’s wrong with their USM experiences, and what they might do to make them better-for everyone.
Last week I found myself on the wrong side of the tracks, so to speak. I was covering the men’s basketball playoff game at UMass-Darmouth: innocent enough. But as I took my seat in the relatively quiet gym during the final seconds of the Keene State/Rhode Island College game, the atmosphere began to change.
Once in a while, when I’m hyping a great new band or a generally unheard of musician to a friend, they’ll ask (to paraphrase): “Tyler, how do you find out about all this music I’ve never heard of?”
I used to get this question more often, when I was more active in seeking out strange or unknown artists.
I’m a registered Republican. How’s that sit with you? My guess is that it just made at least one person turn to the next page. So much for being open-minded.
To be completely honest, I am a compassionate conservative, which means I’m a person who believes poverty is a top priority and those in it should be taught how to get out of it.
It’s August in the Ein Beit Ilma refugee camp in Israel’s West Bank. Argentina is playing Nigeria in the World Cup. “Listen man,” says an Israeli soldier to his lieutenant, an Argentina fan “here and there, this house and that house, they’re all the same, but here they have a TV, man.
It has been a record setting post-season for the USM men’s indoor track and field team.
Two weeks ago, the team broke three school records at the NEIcAAA championships, including best-ever results in the 4×400 meter relay and the 800 and 5,000 meter runs.
Belgian beers are generally regarded with high esteem by drinkers and critics alike. After finding a niche for this style of brewing in Maine, Allagash has carved out its own prestige in the beer community, and their Dubbel Ale holds up this tradition.
Coming in at seven percent alcohol by volume and sporting a very dark pour, it’s certainly nothing to scoff at.
I am writing in response to Dustin Gilbert’s “From the Right” column in the March 3, issue of The Free Press, entitled, “Manning gave up his freedom.” Gilbert’s rant is but the latest in a long and tiring series of simplistic and uninformed right-wing written attacks on political prisoner Tom Manning, his supporters, and the organizers of his art exhibit, “Can’t Jail the Spirit.
Standing in front of the trophy case in the School of Business office, you might think we have a dynasty on our hands. Trophies fill the display case, each proclaiming the accomplishments of SIFE. It’s impressive, but it raises a question.
What is SIFE?
The Students in Free Enterprise, or SIFE, is one of the largest student non-profit organizations in the world, with over 1600 participating colleges in the U.
Year: Sophomore
Major: Psychology
Sport: Women’s track
FP: How did you feel when you broke the 17-year-old record for the 400 meter indoor race in NYC last weekend?
Emily: I felt pretty proud, that record has been standing for a long time, so it was exciting to break it.
When it was announced this summer that the Rustic Overtones were getting back together, the future of As Fast As was immediately thrown into doubt. Surely, AFA frontman and Rustic keyboardist Spencer Albee couldn’t pull double-duty with two of Portland’s biggest bands.
Though Planeside is from New York City, the Portland music community has openly accepted them as an honorary “local band.”
Vocalist/guitarist Dave Harris, bassist Ken Hirasaki, and drummer Craig Sala has been performing in Maine longer than most local bands have lasted, and they continue to stay fresh, attract large crowds, and put on some of the most energetic live sets this side of New England.
Tax season is upon us. With April 15 looming ahead, it’s easy to get overwhelmed with talk of W-2’s, 1040’s, and other number-letter combinations of seemingly endless paperwork.
Most students avoid the “pen-and-paper” route towards their federal income taxes, opting increasingly for tax-prep software, e-filing, and online preparation.
So you were born in Syria? What was it like growing up there?
Well, in the old days of Syria when it was not crowded and chaotic in terms of its politics and regional tensions, the people were quite involved with their lives. There was quite a deal of excitement about the future of the country, especially in the 1950s.
After a season of winning, the women’s basketball team took a hit in the conference championship game, losing in overtime to Eastern Connecticut, 60-65. They will likely still continue to the NCAA tournament, but have to wait until late Sunday night for the announcement of teams getting at-large bids.
The loss drops their record to 25-3, and breaks a streak of 11 consecutive Little East Conference championship wins. USM has been to the NCAA tournament for the last 13 years in a row, and have gone 21 times since joining the NCAA in 1985.
What made this year different?
“In the past, we’d go to the LEC’s thinking ‘we’re gonna win,'” said senior Shannon Kynoch (South Burlington, VT)after their semi-finals win against Keene.
“This year it was a lot tougher, we’ve had to work that much harder. It wasn’t going to be a walk in the park.”
Vibrant performers, energetic drumming, handmade crafts, exotic foods, and a passionate speaker were housed in the Woodbury Campus center last week for the “Main Event” of the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs.
The day featured a guest speaker from Dartmouth University, Peter James Morgan, who, along with his extensive research about Native Americans in the abolitionist movement, spoke about the history of African American and Native American heritage in New England.
Change. Change is good; change is hard.
I am not a person who does well with change.
You wouldn’t guess it – I somehow managed the move from high school in Minnesota to college here, 1500 miles away.
I dealt with the even larger leap across the dateline when I spent a semester living in tomorrow, a.
Earlier this month, Provost Mark Lapping released a list of 26 academic programs to be put on “probation,” facing evaluation in light of the current budget crisis.
With a deadline of April 1 to present a comprehensive plan of reform, departments and their members have been scrambling to meet the expectation, and are trying to make sense of this forewarned, though unprecedented move.
Under the pressure felt only in overtime at the center of a darkened gymnasium on a mat lit by a single brilliant spotlight, sophomore Mike Morin took down top-seeded Jake Tyler of Springfield College and felt the ref holding his hand high in the air.
In the win, Morin, a sophomore from Fryeburg, became the third USM man ever to advance to the national Division III wrestling tournament. He qualified at 165 pounds and led his team to eighth place in the New England Wrestling Association championships held in Gorham last week.
Morin joins the ranks of Adam Farrington, who qualified at 174 pounds in 1999 and 2001, and teammate Steve Valastro (junior, Montgomery, NY), who qualified last year at 133 pounds.