Student athletes have priority registration for the Fall ’09 semester, as part of a pilot program initiated this spring.
The program allows student athletes to register for classes in advance of regular appointed scheduling so that they will have more time to focus on their studies and sports.
For those ignorant to the powerhouse cable show called “Rescue Me,” may your houses be adorned with immense shame.
The show focuses on a crew of New York firefighters that are forced to deal with the trauma of September 11th in both their professional and personal lives.
Pre-dawn walks with Caleigh to the top Peacock Hill reveal a neglected orchard, with rows of apple trees, naked and gnarled, silhouetted against the inky sky. Deer are back on the move as is evidenced by distinct tracks on the side of the road and barely visible trails through the woods.
Last Wednesday, the problem of health care coverage in the U.S. was debated at the Woodbury Campus Center by USM graduate nursing students as part of National Public Health Week. Nursing and non-nursing students, professors, health care providers and members of the public were all in attendance.
Puzzle answers for the 4/20 issue of The Free Press.
When Alex Stigas moved to Portland she didn’t know many people, so she decided to find an activity that would get her out of the house and into the company of new friends.
Now she spends every Tuesday and Thursday doing just that. Except, instead of joining a book club or social network, she spends two nights a week banging heads with fellow Portlanders in the often misunderstood sport of rugby.
Never has a sleepy beach town looked so good. The production team Mint Films produced their longest film to date, “The Transition of Minor Skies,” a film about the clashing of familiar comfort with the possibility of change.
Written and directed by Jeff Griecci, the film follows the lives of Hunter and Dom (played by Ian Carlson and Parker Newton) in a sleepy beach town.
In the past couple weeks there have been major steps forward for equal rights advocates around the nation-namely Iowa and Vermont. We now have four states that grant full same-sex marriages: Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa and Vermont. The D.C. council also recently voted to grant marriage rights to same-sex couples in the nation’s capital who have married elsewhere.
If you were on the Gorham campus last Wednesday night, you might have seen and heard roughly fifty people marching around campus, shouting chants like Survivors unite! Take back the night! This event, called Take Back the Night (TBTN), is a national march aimed at raising awareness of violence against women.
Last year at this time the USM men’s lacrosse team had mustered only two wins against eight losses. But this year has been a much different story. Led by a senior Preston Gilbert (Saco) and sophomore Tim Bryant (Peterborough, NH), the Huskies have settled to a respectable 5-5 mark on the season following Saturday’s heartbreaking loss to UMass Dartmouth 9-7.
2009 has already been a great year for music, and we’re not even half way through. Over the final few weeks of this semester, I will review my favorite musical releases of this year so far. First off, Animal Collective…
Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavillion
Animal Collective is perhaps one of the most hyped up bands in the indie music world, but rightfully so.
Imagine solar photovoltaic collectors on the roof of every major USM building in Portland, Gorham and Lewiston-Auburn, providing enough electricity to meet USM’s needs and often enough to sell to Central Maine Power Co.Imagine the PV collectors get put there without any significant outlay of funds by USM, and provide electricity at a fixed price for the next ten to twenty years that is competitive with what USM pays today to CMP for our electricity.
The final version of next year’s budget proposal passed through the Student Senate on Friday night with a heated debate over the future of GTV, the student run television station located on the Gorham campus.
“Will we be leaving them out to dry if we take away their funding?” Senate Treasurer Christopher Hopkins asked.
UMass Dartmouth put up an early two goal lead against USM in Little East Conference lacrosse action and never looked back. The Corsairs maintained their lead despite the best efforts of the Huskies to post a 9-7 victory Saturday.
The Huskies climbed to within one goal four times in the match, including the final moments of the third quarter, but couldn’t get over the hump.
I am writing in response to the letter to the editor in the March 9th Free Press by “Hourly Employees.” Believe me, I know first hand the impact of USM’s financial situation and can empathize with the “author” regarding some of the decisions that have been made.
For anyone who has grown up playing baseball in the spring in New England, they can tell you that it’s not the most ideal weather for America’s favorite pastime.
With ball fields covered in late winter snow and beaten up by early spring rain storms, it’s difficult for the northern high school and college baseball teams to practice on their normal playing surfaces before the season kicks off.
Last year our Easter feast was cooked outdoors in the mild air full of chattering bird sounds. Peter masterfully grilled a butterflied leg of lamb slathered with a blend of lots of fresh minced garlic and coarse mustard. Asparagus, baby red potatoes, ruby beets, and sleek carrots all got roasted on the grill.
The only thing that nearly stopped Josh Grennie from getting the USM College Republicans group off the ground was the fact that he was the only member.
In the weeks leading up to last November’s national elections, the USM College Democrats were in full force around campus, bolstered by the hugely successful grass roots Obama campaign.
Alongside an intense passion for a sport, almost always comes a sense of self-identification. When I say I’m a skier, I don’t simply mean that I enjoy sliding down hills on the snow. It means something deeper. It means that I enjoy the culture surrounding the sport, I appreciate its history, and I have let the sport permeate my concept of self-identification.
Lately, I’ve been trying out a new album choosing system. I go to the CD’s and I choose an album randomly. Sometimes, the outcome of this system isn’t what I’d like it to be, but it works 90% of the time. I try to go to the bargain bins, and look for interesting music that I’ve never heard before.
“We have an ant on Mr. Spiky” Mayleen Farrington says to her daughter as she carefully pushes aside a leaf on the barbed plant to give Maya a better looks at the insect crawling over the four-foot-tall, prickly looking plant.
As greenhouse manager, a work-study position the 40-year-old biology senior has held for two years, Farrington looks over one of the most unique and least-known spaces on the Portland campus.
Men’s Tennis
Men’s Tennis rolls past UMass Boston
USM’s men’s tennis team, led by a senior Derek Stevenson (Raymond) and junior Josh Warren (Hermon), blanked UMass Boston in LEC tennis action 9-0 last week. Both Stevenson and Warren picked up singles victories while grabbing a first doubles match together.
The term bromance has recently appeared in our culture to describe a certain relationship; a bromance is when two men are best friends and are deeply involved with each other.but not in a homosexual manner. The word is a combination of brother and romance.