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Husky highlights
Golf takes third Junior Adam Belleville (Ludlow, Mass.) scored an 80 to lead the Huskies golf team to a third place finish amongst eight teams competing at the 2006 Terrier Invitational at the Samoset Resort in Rockport on Tuesday, September 12. The Huskies finished with four players who all placed around 80-84 for a total…
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USM student’s safe haven
Ann Conley may see only 20 students a day, but as a nurse practitioner and director at University Health Services, Conley may be one of the most important people students could encounter at the University of Southern Maine. “Health Services is a bridge between the school nurse and the traditional health care office.
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Husky hero
Why did you choose USM? Well I can’t say that USM was my first choice, but when the college search and acceptance period started to get rocky USM seemed like a good choice because it has good English and Music programs and I thought I would have a good opportunity to play soccer.
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Offensive woes plague women’s soccer
The USM women’s soccer team welcomed St. Joseph’s College and the Coast Guard Academy into town this weekend looking to find some offensive firepower on their home turf, but left with two losses, no offensive answers, and an unexpected defensive question mark.
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Local shake
Late night eating in Portland just got a lot better. Meet Vignola. The Italian-inspired Old Port restaurant serves dinner seven nights a week until midnight and cocktails until close. And unlike most late night grub, Vignola serves up affordable dishes guaranteed to satisfy even the foodies in your entourage.
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Letters to the editor
A grammar lesson My name is Catherine and I’m crazy nuts about correct grammar and spelling. I don’t understand how something like ‘lawLaw enforcement’ can make it through a spell check. I graduated from USM as an English major and find this sort of thing in my school’s paper a little embarrassing.
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This column is funny
This Column is Funny is a weekly look at the least important parts of college life. Every decade or so, we are faced, as a generation, with a gravely important issue. When our parents were in college, they had to take sides and stand up for their beliefs on everything from the Civil Rights movement…
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China’s Supreme Court judge at USM
Judge Jianli Song, one of the youngest members of China’s Supreme People’s Court, said Thursday that corruption remains a widespread problem in his nation, especially in local courts. Song discussed China’s changing justice system, speaking to a group of University of Maine Law School students and faculty.
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A hate crime at USM
Tuesday, September 12th on the USM Gorham campus a hate-crime was reported to the USM Police Department by a young man who reported being verbally harassed and later chased by a group of male students. He was sitting in the Brooks Dining Center with some friends, when a second group of students sat nearby and…
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You gotta check them out
You know how there is this one artist or album that everyone would love if they just gave it a listen? This column addresses those bands and even asks for your suggestions. With the birth of this column, my friends came up to me and demanded that I take on The Decemberists, an indie rock…
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Army of Shadows
Although it’s been 35 years since its original release in France, L’Arm?e des Ombres (Army of Shadows), has been sent across the sea to American audiences. It was completely worth the wait. Jean-Pierre Melville, French director of the ’50s and ’60s, was the master of the “gangster” genre, a style of film that mimicked American…
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These days
My age, 23, puts me at 18 when the planes hit the twin towers. While I watched the them burning on television my father called me. “When they call you [for the draft], join the Navy,” he said, because it seemed so sure that the entire world would soon be at war.
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Still can’t jail the spirit
Portland’s Victory Garden Project organized a protest march on Friday, September 15 starting at Woodbury Campus Center and ending on Congress Street. The rally, in response to President Richard Pattenaude’s decision to have Thomas Manning’s art exhibit, “Can’t Jail The Spirit,” removed from campus, boasted the banned artwork.
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Sport your spandex
Picking out clothes when you’re a teenager should be fun; part of self-expression and all that good stuff my guidance counselor told me about. But where I grew up, self expression was out, Abercrombie was in. The year was 1996. It was August before my 6th grade year, and if you weren’t wearing a label,…
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Media Whore
Media Whore is a weekly column that offers commentary on the state of popular media. On the 9th of this month, LA’s Daily Breeze website noted, “Gripping drama, fluffy sitcom added to fall line-up.” A similar description could have accurately described what the President, Vice President and other propagandists brought to the 2006 season of…
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The jelly donut series
Sometimes I am encouraged by perceived progress in our State department’s relationship to the great ‘otherness’ that is the rest of the world. The relaxing of sanctions imposed on Libya, a commitment to dialogue with North Korea (DPRK), good relations with China and Russia are but a few examples of this trend.
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This week in history
BEIRUT, LEBANON – A member of the Islamic Jihad drove a truck loaded with over 1100lbs of powerful explosives up the main drive of the US Embassy building. The driver maneuvered through the guards’ gunfire and to the front of the embassy building, where it exploded.
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Candidate for governor disturbs the peace
The Hannaford Lecture Hall buzzed with the chatter of attendees Thursday, September 14 when a voice boomed near the front row. At 7:55 a.m. conversation stopped and everyone’s attention focused on a bearded man with a cane, a service dog and a bullhorn who turned from talking to a debate organizer to address the crowd:…
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Badfish: Appropriate Name
Josh Schlesinger Arts and Entertainment Editor Bradley Nowell is dead, get over it. Last Saturday I attended the Badfish concert at the State Theatre. Badfish is a tribute band to reggae/rock legend, Sublime. After hearing a few of Badfish’s songs, a lot of ethical questions started to emerge in to my head.
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Homecoming gets home fires burning
Anne Hobby Contributing Writer A bonfire. A woman’s soccer game. A drive-in movie. A trivia competition. An 80’s dance. These are just a few of the events scheduled for this year’s homecoming, USM’s largest to date. It will definitely be better than last year’s said to Sarah Dionnen, a residence assistant on the Gorham Campus.
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USM student heads south for Katrina relief
Erik Eisele Staff Writer The Budget box truck parked in front of 102 Bedford St. slowly filled with toilet paper, children’s books, Slinkys and hair care products Wednesday evening. At 6 PM donations were still arriving. Brian Farrell, the man in charge of the collection effort, pushed back his departure to Massachusetts’ Camp Edwards to…
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Husky Highlights
Men’s soccer team beat by the Rhode Island College Anchormen The men’s soccer team lost to Rhode Island College 1-0 in a Little East Conference match played Sept. 18 at the USM soccer field. Senior Kyle Teixeira (Warren, R.I.) scored the only goal of the match.
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The Ski and Ride Club wants you! Yes, you!
Molly Lovell Sports Editor Calling all skiers and snowboarders, get your equipment ready because USM’s ski and ride club is gearing up for another season of wintry fun. Beginning in November, the club will travel every weekend to Sunday River or Killington in Vermont as well as to locations in New Hampshire.
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A slow start spoils Huskies chances
Jeff Bilodeau Staff Writer USM’s volleyball team lost Tuesday to Bates College at Costello Gym in Gorham. The Huskies went down for the fifth straight time dropping their record to 2-6, while the Bobcats improve to 2-6. Bates took the first two matches easily, as the Huskies struggled to work as a team.
