Nybol Bol moved to the US from Sudan in 1994. Now she’s a shift manager at McDonald’s, where each week the state and federal government deduct taxes from her pay.
But because Bol isn’t a citizen, she can’t vote.
Letter from the editor
Last week, amid the flurry of gathering last-minute quotes for stories, rushing to get photos and tracking down local politicians, I formed a band with four musicians with whom I had never played and wrote and performed a live set of original music.
Our Opinion: We didn’t log on for this
The University of Maine System continues to eye online courses as a cost-saving, accessible way to pursue a degree, with the Board of Trustees having expressed it’s aim of eventually moving 1,000 programs online, system-wide.
With advances in technology and the Maine’s high-speed internet infrastructure, the computer can now viably stand in place of the classroom as our primary venue of higher education.
The “F” word: A Feminist Perspective
Up until the age of about six years old, I didn’t understand the concept of being a “girl.” I hated dresses and the color pink, but I loved playing in the yard and collecting bugs with my best friend, Jonathan.
The Demise of USM’s College of Education and Human Development
The Reorganization Design Team has proposed to dismantle the College of Education. Not merge it or transform it. Get rid of it.
On March 4, I attended the teach-in in support of the Nationwide Day of Protest in Defense of Public Universities organized by our Faculty Senate Committee on Academic Freedom.
The Leftovers Take Europe: Part II
October 19. Dublin. Originally this was supposed to be a day off. Who needs those? We were only on day 3 and didn’t quite need one yet, especially when a day off usually just becomes an excuse to not take it easy. Plus, we would be taking an overnight ferry from Liverpool (the home of The Beatles) to Dublin, Ireland, a place I have always wanted to see.
Album Review: Broken Bells
Around the USM campus you have probably seen ads for the new collaborative band Broken Bells. This highly advertised band is a techno/indie collaboration between the Shins’ James Mercer and award winning producer and self proclaimed auteur musician Danger Mouse, of Gnarls Barkley.
DIY Punk Night at Hastings
Last Friday night at the bottom of Hastings Hall, something unusual and loud occurred from 7 pm to almost midnight. You’d think an RA would serve a warning, or even a fee for all the noise complaints from above, but they knew better than to mess with the young punks putting on a rock show in Hastings Formal Lounge.
Book Review: Little Bee
“Little Bee,” by Chris Cleave, is the “story of two women,” as it says on the back cover, and how their “lives collide” at two points, two years apart. The back cover implores the reader not to spoil the book for others because “the magic is in how the story unfolds.
Movie Review: From Paris, With Love
From Paris, With Love follows James Reece , played by Jonathan Rhys Meyers(August Rush), an employee at the U.S embassy who dreams of one day becoming a Bond-like secret agent. He is given the opportunity to show his worth by being partnered with Charlie Wax, John Travolta(Taking of Pelham 123), an eccentric American spy with an unorthodox approach to his job.
The Extra Point
Six years ago when the Red Sox won their first World Series in 86 years, the team didn’t have any flashy, over-paid players who cared only about themselves. They had a group of hard-nosed guys who would crash through a wall to make a catch, or lay down a sacrifice bunt in the bottom of the ninth; as long as it was going to help their team a win.
Husky Hero: Andrew Debethune
FP: What is your major?
AD: I am an Athletic Training major.
FP: What has your experience been like in your three years here at USM?
AD: I’d describe my experience here at USM as rewarding. The Athletic Training major is a difficult one, especially because of the 150 clinical hours we are required to do each semester.
Men’s Track ends season with a bang
The USM men’s indoor track and field team finished second out of the 66 teams competing in the Eastern College Athletic Conference’s Division III Championship which was held at Smith College in Northampton, Mass. on Friday and Saturday.
Southern Maine was locked in at fourth place after the first day of the two-day meet.
USM baseball starts 2010 season at 2-0
The USM baseball team was back in action this weekend after an outstanding 2009 season that saw the Huskies go to the Division III New England Regional Tournament for the second consecutive year. USM opened their 2010 season with a 7-3 win over Old Westbury on Saturday, and a 15-4 win over Albertus Magnus at the Baseball Heaven Complex in Yaphank, N.
Women’s basketball ends season with loss to No. 1 Amherst in NCAA Tournament
The USM women’s basketball team is known for their great program and it showed this year as they played in NCAA tournament for the 16th straight season. After their last two seasons were cut short in the first round of the NCAA DIII tournament with loses to Brandeis and Emmanuel, the Huskies earned a first-round, 74-63 win against Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at LeFrak Gymnasium on the campus of Amherst College on Friday.
Morin and Ulrich become All-Americans
After garnering the title as the first two national qualifiers in one season in USM wrestling history last weekend at the New England Wrestling Association Championships, senior Mike Morin (Fryeburg) and junior Matt Ulrich (Garfield, N.J.) amazed the Husky faithful once again as they both claimed All-American honors at the 2010 NCAA DIII Wrestling National Championship this past Friday and Saturday in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
USM students, employees, take part in nationwide protest
Over 150 students, faculty, and staff packed the Woodbury Campus Center Amphitheatre on Thursday for a teach-in where two panels of speakers expounded on the crisis of funding public universities.
The event was part of the nationwide March 4th Day of Action to Defend Education, in support of California collegs students, who have protested a 32 percent tuition hike.
Vanessa Nash, a freshman living on campus
Vanessa Nash graduated from Hampden Academy last year with a clear plan. She only applied to USM and its competitive nursing program.
Restructuring proposal calls for fewer schools, deans
The committee in charge of redesigning the academic structure of USM released the first draft of a plan on Monday, which calls for reducing the number of colleges from eight to five, eliminating three deans’ positions and eight department heads in the process.
Brian Greene, sophomore, social work
Brian Greene isn’t like most students at USM. For one thing, he’s a 55-year-old sophomore.
Dylan Webber, sophomore, undeclared
“I don’t really have any idea what I want to do,” said Dylan Webber, an undeclared sophomore. “It’s easier to come here, knowing what you want to do.”
Malika Umarova: The Uzbekistani dentist
As a girl growing up in Uzbekistan – a country where unmarried women rarely travel abroad – Malika Umarova dreamed of getting a world class education and then returning to her home country to improve public health. Umarova is a 24-year-old first year graduate student in the Muskie School Health Policy and Management master’s degree program.
Jelena Price: full-time worker, part-time student
Jelena Price has been working full-time since starting college, first waiting tables at Olive Garden and now working in collections for TD Bank. She enrolled in USM after graduating from Westbook High School in 2005 and plans to graduate with a Spanish degree this May.
How did we get here? The history of USM
A convoluted evolution over the course of 207 years led to what we know today as USM.
USM evolved haphazardly through the years, morphing according to the needs of the day, and only took the name the University of Southern Maine in 1978.
The school began when the Gorham Academy was founded as a preparatory school for boys in 1803 – when Maine was still part of Massachusetts – on what is now the modern Gorham campus.