“I’m gonna race again, I’m gonna win.”
The words of Brian Farrell’s father stumbled off the hospital room walls and found their place inside Brian’s head, and the heart monitor beside the bed began to etch its sound across his eardrums: a long line.a beep.
Twelve students will perform in this year’s honors recital, out of dozens who were nominated. The annual recital – in its 31st year – features the USM School of Music’s most talented students in solo performance. They’re nominated by faculty and then chosen by a panel of judges made up by faculty and outside guests.
“When I am an old woman I shall wear purple with a red hat that doesn’t go and doesn’t suit me.” -Jenny Joseph
I have three dogs.
One of them, Princess, always showed the potential to be a great dog, even after she ate the seat belt in our car. We could see the potential there.
It all began on a boat, while Louraine Rudolph was cruising around one of Maine’s numerous bays.
“I was sitting there on the boat and looking at one of the most beautiful places in the world and knew we have to save this,” said Rudolph, a sophomore theater major.
That idea spurred a dream that is now becoming a reality. Rudolph is now the executive director of “One Blue Pearl,” a non-profit organization looking to save the world one person at a time.
“Our mission is to educate people about offsetting their carbon output,” said Rudolph.
The organization is still in developmental stages but was officially incorporated in Maine on January 3 of this year.
The primary function of the SAAC, Student Athletic Advisory Committee, is to discuss and resolve issues for USM athletes. But the SAAC does much more than that. They’ve become one of the most active community service groups on campus.
“We have a huge focus on community service, especially to the children in our greater community,” says Shannon Kynoch, a senior social work major.
On April 12, the USM School of Music will host their 31st annual honors recital. Each year, a jury of faculty and outside guest judges select six to twelve of the finest solo performers the school has to offer.
“She or he can be a freshman, senior-it doesn’t matter.
College Democrats
There are a couple of errors in the article “College Democrats” (3/17) which deserve published correction in the interest of accurate reporting and an informed student body.
First, in the discussion reported on by David O’Donnell, “economic equality” was never mentioned as a value held by any group member.
“My name is Daniel Pearl. I am a Jewish-American from Encino, California.”
In his last moments, Daniel Pearl could not escape the horror he had spent the better part of his journalistic career spotlighting.
Following those forced final words, Pearl would be slain by his captors, a group of Islamic militants inside Pakistan.
The women’s lacrosse team grabbed its first win of the season in a 20-3 trouncing of St. Josephs last Wednesday night. The win brought the Huskies to a 1-5 overall record going into the weekend.
Sophomore Jessica Knight (Alfred) and Freshman Kristy Kendrick (Waterboro) combined for 11 goals.
April 7
There will be a book-signing at USM with Suzanne Strempek Shea, winner of the New England Book Award for Fiction in 2000. Shea taught in the Stonecoast MFA program, and has written five novels. Check out her latest, “Sundays in America – A yearlong road trip in search of Christian faith,” which was written after visiting churches all over the US.
Dean Scontras was born and raised in Southern Maine, the youngest of seven children.
He graduated from Sanford High School in ’87 and the University of Maine in ’91.
Despite being told that he was too small to play football, he played as a varsity wide receiver his freshman year at Sanford – and didn’t win a single game.
In the final days of March, Portland’s snowfall total topped 100 inches for the season – that’s 30 above the yearly average, and a marked departure from last year’s mild winter.
So far, this has been the 14th snowiest in the city’s history, and USM has experienced plenty of delays, cancellations and annoyances.
Baseball
Huskies take 8 wins in
Arizona
4/5 – Of the 16-game opening to their season, the Huskies have only lost four, including one very close match to Wheaton on Saturday, which ended 5-6. They started the season in Arizona with three losses in a row to William Paterson and Suffolk, but rallied to finish their spring break trip with only one more loss – and eight wins.
Two under-the-radar, new-release DVDs engage in head-to-head combat. You don’t have the time or money to go to the theater. Here’s some help sorting through that daunting wall at the front of your friendly, local video store.
The Amateurs
Raygun Productions
Starring Jeff Bridges, Tim Blake Nelson, Glenne Headly
Andy Sargentee, a struggling divorcee and parent, comes to the conclusion that the only way to finally do something with his life is to get his entire small town to produce hardcore pornography.
Aries
March 21-April 20
Must…go…Facebook
You may feel especially drawn to your Facebook account this week. The stars align, telling you to network, network, network. Go with it. (And love it when you get all kinds of happy birthday wall posts).
This week, throw a costume party.
Monday April 7
Free Press Budget Meeting- Want to write? Want to tell us what we should be writing? All are welcome./ 92 Bedford Street, Portland Campus/ 5pm-6pm/ For more information email Sarah Trent at [email protected].
Mock Interviewing with Employer Representatives- Students will meet with employers individually to practice their interviewing skills.
Spring break: to most college students it means minimal activity and maximum inebriation, but to athletes at USM it means something a little different.
Whether it’s a trip to New York to finally play on a grass field or a cross-country trek to Arizona where cacti and baseball rule the day, athletes and coaches from USM spend their spring breaks away from the classroom, but still with the university.
After high school, most of my friends – scratch that, all of my friends – went off to college. I started a band.
Didn’t turn out to be much of a long-term commitment; we broke up after a highly tumultuous year of only a handful of concerts, a couple of demos and one radio session to show for it.
Sitting at home over February break, I was flipping through the channels until I landed on the news, which was reporting on the shooting at Northern Illinois University.
Listening in awe to the details that were being given, I was immediately brought back to when I flipped through the channels at my grandfather’s house close to nine years ago.
On March 23, seventeen USM students took off on a weeklong spring vacation down south.
Instead of going the typical tanning-on-the-beach-in-Cancun route, these students worked with Habitat for Humanity International and ventured on an Alternative Spring Break (ASB) trip to Slidell, La.
This is not a public service announcement, just a cautionary tale: be weary of betting on sports.
No, I didn’t squander away thousands of dollars in student loans to write this column, but I did put myself into a precarious situation at the hands of my own curiosity.
There is a buzz in the musically-inclined city of Portland, and it is one of pain. The city is hurting for a medium-sized music venue. Hurting badly.
The State Theatre formerly served as the provider of quality entertainment to Portland. It wasn’t as big as the Civic Center, but bigger than any club or bar.
How long have you been teaching?
At USM since 1968, so just about 40 years. When I came I was the only member of the department – we now have eight people, plus some part-timers, and we’re a pretty robust department.
What’s your favorite thing about teaching?
Convincing students that questions are more important than answers, and that each answer should lead to a question.
While many students took the MTV route and spent their spring break stumbling through the sand at such seaside destination as Cancun and Daytona Beach, others donated their time to build houses.
Seventeen USM students and one advisor traveled to Slidell, La.