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.
Introducing.
Biology
Sophomore
What do you think of your major?
Technically I’m a bio major, but that’s not what I want to be. I want to get into the nursing program, but that’s kind of impossible. I’m doing some bio and some nursing classes.
What’s the best environment to do homework in?
Anywhere really, except if it’s really really loud.
Student elections approach, ads abound
Posters have already started popping up on campus – student leaders are using copycats of beer and credit card ad campaigns to say that they want you (insert classic shot of Uncle Sam) to run for student government.
But what is student government?
The USM Student Government Association (SGA) consists of two branches: the 21-member Student Senate and the Student Body President.
HUSKY HERO
Year: Senior
Major: Athletic Training
Sport: Men’s Track
FP: How many sports did you play in high school?
Adam: I did soccer and indoor/outdoor track
FP: When did you start to become really serious about pole vaulting?
Adam: I started to pole vault my first year of high school, I followed in my big sister’s footsteps.
Upcoming Campus Events
March 3
Free Press Budget Meeting – Weekly meeting to assign stories. Looking for new writers to help with Apartment & Housing Guide to come out in April/ 92 Bedford Street, Portland Campus/ 5pm-6pm/ For more information email Sarah Trent at sarah.trent@yahoo.
Husky Scoreboard
Men’s Basketball
2/16 – Rhode Island College 79, USM 72
2/19 – Plymouth State 54, USM 53
2/23 – USM 75, Western Connecticut 65
2/26 – USM 79, Eastern Connecticut 69 (Little East quarterfinal)
2/29 – Umass Dartmouth 75, USM 69 (Little East semi-final)
Men’s Hockey
2/16 – Connecticut College 3, USM 1
2/22 – New England College 3, USM 2
2/23 – Saint Anselm 4, USM 2
3/1 – New England College 5, USM 2 (ECAC quarterfinal)
Men’s Indoor Track
2/16 – Little East Championships – #1 Keene State 169, #2 USM 148.
Senior night
Friday’s game versus Eastern Connecticut meant more to the women’s basketball team than most — it was senior night.
Senior night, usually one of the last home games of the season, is one of the toughest moments in an athlete’s career. It signifies the end: unless you’re going professional, which few Division III athletes do, your career as an athlete is over.