Hockey is a game that relies on momentum. You have to be able to counter-act every good move your opponent makes and create a good opportunities right away; any sudden mistakes will be detrimental to the objective of winning the game. It’s like chess on ice.
Author: USM
The Vagina Monologues and V-Day
If USM women’s vaginas could dress up and talk, they would wear diamonds and stilettos and say things like “wrong hole!” and “slower!”
The questions that spawned these responses were asked to those who attended the annual production of The Vagina Monologues, sponsored by the Women’s Resource Center and the Student Senate.
In support of the arts & humanities program at LAC
February 13, 2008
Dear Dr. Wood, Dr. Lapping, and the entire USM Community,
I’m a graduate student in the American & New England Studies program here at USM, as well as a research assistant for Dr. Donna Cassidy and Dr. Ardis Cameron. It has come to my attention that several programs have been put on a “list” of programs that might be cut from USM’s offerings.
Budget woes go statewide
Taking a page from the USM playbook, the State of Maine is being forced to make cuts as it faces a budget crisis of it’s own. Since about 33 percent of USM’s budget comes from the state allocation, USM’s own predicament is potentially about to get worse.
In January, Gov.
Huskies lose in playoffs, succeed where it counts
The men’s basketball team may not have won the conference championship, but if you consider achieving team goals a triumph, than the Huskies had an extremely successful close to their season.
Coach Karl Henrikson and his team aspired from the start of the season to accomplish three things: to end the season with a winning record and to both host and win a playoff game.
DON’T STAY HOME
March 3
Naked Shakespeare will be presented at The Wine Bar, the hip café in downtown Portland by Acorn Productions. If you missed the recent Naked Macbeth event at USM, you must see what the fuss about being naked is all about. Free donation/ 8pm/ The Wine Bar/ 38 Wharf St.
Free Press lacks conservative viewpoints
I’ve attended USM since the Spring of 2006 and have picked up the Free Press on many more than one occasion while on the Portland campus. Before I turn a page in the Free Press I know which political party’s agenda and talking points I will read about in the opinion/perspective section.
The evolution of Sri
Sri Dhyana, a physics major in her final year at USM, is a non-traditional student. And that is an understatement.
On this particular evening, Dhyana is relaxing at her home with a glass of white wine, Pink Floyd’s Echoes playing softly in the background.
Cause I wanna drive the Zamboni
Stefan Black walks into the ice arena with a confident swagger, giving off the impression that he owns the place. He looks relaxed and certain, and hums a tune as he makes his way down to the rink.
In a way, Black does own the ice.
No, he’s not a star hockey player or the head coach.
The Bravery looks good, rocks out
The Bravery headlined at The Station last Saturday, foreshadowing the March release of The Sun and The Moon Complete, an addition to their 2007 The Sun and The Moon. The show also featured Headstart, Cult Maze, Your Vegas and Switches.
We arrived to The Station late and unfortunately missed the first three bands, but were just in time to catch London’s own Switches.
From the Right
If an Iraq war veteran planned and executed bombings and bank robberies, then murdered a USM professor and was charged, prosecuted, and sentenced to a term of x number of years resulting in life in prison, would you want his name and story to be glorified in police stations?
How about his artwork?
What if the artwork showed that he truly was a thoughtful man and the lives he took were because of unjust or unfair doings to himself and his peers? I say absolutely not-with an exclamation point.
Close battle vs. rival New England College ends difficult season
The hockey season ended Saturday night for 18 dedicated Huskies. After a painfully close match at New England College that ended 3-4, the women’s hockey team finished their season 7-18-1.
Just one week before, the Huskies had a pair of games against the Pilgrims, winning the first 3-2 at home, but losing in Henniker, NH 2-10.
Adam Ayan worked with Rolling Stones, now USM students
It’s a little-known fact that one of Maine’s greatest musical resources is also one of USM’s greatest resources. His name is Adam Ayan. Grammy-award winning Adam Ayan. That’s right.
Adam Ayan is a world-renowned sound engineer. And he teaches his passion to USM students as an adjunct music faculty member.
Breaking Tradition
“Do you want to know what YOUR child said to me today, while you were at school?!”
There are no more dreaded words to me then these.
Bring on the analytical papers, the mumps epidemic, group projects, and even the rapidly approaching 45 and I can handle it; but when my partner meets me with those words at the door.
Transportation fee at work, V.I.P. buys new buses
At a multi-campus school like USM, transportation can become a major part of one’s life. The average student might spend as much time on a bus every week as they spend in a single class.
The shuttle between Portland and Gorham plays many roles for the students who ride it: rolling study lounge, mobile student center, and a gas-saving alternative to driving yourself.
HUSKY HIGHLIGHTS
Men’s
Basketball
Caterina commands Huskies into Semifinals of the Little East tournament
USM Senior Forward Jamaal Caterina (Portland) broke his single game scoring record with 33 points in a win over Eastern Connecticut in the first round of the Little East tournament.
Nailing It
Three USM students walk into a bar – a photographer, a sculptor, and a painter.
From here, things get increasingly comical, because they’re meeting with John Bisbee, currently exhibiting his intense welded structures – made up entirely of nails – at the Portland Museum of Art.
LETTER FROM YOUR STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT
My Fellow Students:
My American Political Thought class recently discussed the labor struggles of the 1880s and the large labor unions that came out of them. During our current financial crisis at USM, unions such as this have taken great lengths to ensure that no tenured or tenure-track faculty will be laid off as the administration tries to find money to cut from the budget over the next few years.
Bomb threat trial delayed
The absence of a key witness in one of USM’s bomb threat cases has delayed court proceedings in the trial of former student Geneva Benner of Thomaston.
USM police chief Lisa Beecher, listed as a key witness for the trial, has been on medical leave since Nov.
MIKE ON SPORTS
Intramural basketball isn’t for the faint of heart.
Wednesday night in the Sullivan Gym, I found this out first hand.
And while my fondest memories of intramurals from high school include goofy uniforms and shoddy officiating, my newly-acquired impressions are vastly different.
Movie Review
It’s hard to go wrong with Jack Black and Mos Def starring in your film, and Be Kind, Rewind is a perfect example of that. The latest effort from Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine, Science of Sleep) follows the same style of his previous work, but adds new dimensions of humor and reverie.
Featured Faculty
What do you like most about teaching?
I really love it when you’re in a classroom and it just comes alive, and I love it when a student who’s been struggling has a breakthrough, like in a workshop situation and everybody sees it, or when a student writes to the next best level.
World Over Imports leaves campus corner empty
The USM Portland campus covers a large area; from the Glickman Library to the Law School, most of the buildings in between are used and owned by USM. One exception however, is on the corner of Bedford Street and Forest Ave.
Until recently, World Over Imports was located in the large brick and white building across the street from the Glickman Library and behind the Woodbury Campus Center.
I have “Bubble Maineia”
Have you been getting bored of the same old drinks?
You wake up every morning and try not choke and die on that nasty pulpy OJ your roommate insists on buying.
Come lunchtime at the Brooks Student Center you buy a Vitamin Water.
Why? Because everyone drinks Vitamin Water! It’s a flavored alternative to water! “WHOA COOL!” Also, the hip people who make it write funny things on the side of the label! “EVEN COOLER!”
Vitamin Water is owned by Coca-Cola; a giant corporation.