By June, WMPG is expecting to install a new transmitter and to be broadcasting digitally. Unlike existing satellite broadcast radio, such as XFM, WMPG will still be subscription free. The only change for listeners should be a higher quality for those with digital receivers.
Not your average, ordinary “Goat”
Brad Land’s memoir, “Goat,” published in 2004 by Random House, is a coming-of-age tale made extraordinary not by the fact that it is a story of a young man growing up, but rather by the culture of violence in which growing occurs. Land’s first brush with this violence comes when he is kidnapped and savagely beaten during a college party in his hometown of Florence, South Carolina.
A word or two of local review
Looking for a departure from your usual movie renting experience? Why not check out something more local than New York or L.A.? Videoport has a number of selections from area filmmakers making magic literally in your own backyard. Here are a couple of picks to start you out: HP Lovecraft’s “Nyarlothotep,” by Crawling Chaos Pictures, 2001.
Dogs and writers
It starts out the way any of my writing starts out: I’m pacing the apartment, music blaring, talking to myself while my giant, nine-year-old mutt Moonshadow looks on. The big dilemma this time out? What’s a suitable topic for Lifestyle this issue, since your favorite columnist and mine, Miranda, is taking a well-deserved week off?
Lying on her side, sprawled half-on and half-off of her dog bed, Moon watches me pace.
Question of the Week
Lindsay Carlson, Sophomore “I think it’s a good idea. I’d like to go to the games with my friends who like football. I’m surprised that USM doesn’t already have one.” Lindsay Flick, Sophomore “I don’t know a lot about football, but it would be good for the people who are into that.
Meet Joe Student
Name: Heidi McCarthy
Major: Nursing
Year: Senior
Age: 26
Where is your hometown?
Houlton, Maine in “The County”
Do you live on campus?
No, I live off-campus.
Staffers Speak
Have you ever stopped and just listened to the conversations around you?
“I hate my hair.”
“I’m never eating like that again.”
“Do you know how many calories are in one of those?”
“I’ve only been to the gym once this week. Can you believe that?”
“I’m getting wrinkles already.
letter From the Editor
FootPrint
The Maine Climate Campaign is an assembly of students from several Maine colleges and universities working on various fronts to enact stronger climate protection policies. Owing to my involvement with this campaign, I recently carpooled with some other USM students to attend the Third Annual Northeast Climate Conference held at the University of Vermont in Burlington.
Football at USM scores big time
President Richard Pattenaude announced the death of a bill that if passed would have forced the University to explore the cost of establishing a football team at USM. Fortunately, in this time of budget cuts, the Education Committee decided to encourage the school to consider the idea at a more appropriate time.
From the mountains
When the temperature is below zero, down jackets cease to be effective.
Forty-five minutes of standing still in these temperatures makes one contemplative. It is easy to see the appeal of television, microwaves and thermostats after hanging in a harness dodging chunks of ice for the better part of an hour.
Campus Crime
February 28 Somebody stole a hockey stick from the Pro Shop. March 1 Somebody threw plastic bottles from the fourth floor of Upton-Hastings Hall. March 2 The smell of marijuana was reported at Woodward Hall. March 3 Marijuana, placed inside of a hand dryer, nearly caused a fire in Payson Smith Hall.
In Brief
Look out for Tillotson
The USM Police Department sent out a campus-safety-alert for students on the campus to be aware of Eric Tillotson. Students who see Tillotson are asked to call USM police at 780-5211. Tillotson is described as 6’4″ with short wavy brown hair and blue eyes and is known to frequent the Old Port.
Demosthenes’ Corner
USM has a variety of illustrious speakers coming here every week. Here is a sample of some of them. This list is not all-inclusive and the number of listings is contingent on space. Changes The 33rd Student Senate meeting on March 18 has been cancelled. Featured Speakers Vintage U.
Student Senate kills ‘constituency’ proposal
After an hour and 22 minutes of extensive and contentious discussion, the 33rd Student Senate voted in favor of “showing support” for a proposal to create a referendum in the upcoming election that would allow voters to end constituencies in the USM Student Senate.
Hard times for USM commuters
The Portland campus parking garage, with its 1,150 car capacity, opened in January 2004 with good intentions and the promising slogan “We have a spot for you!” However, according to some faculty and some students at USM, those good intentions are not good enough.
Lady Huskies move on in NCAA tournament
In the first round of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) tournament play the Lady Huskies secured their 26th consecutive win of the season downing the Maine Maritime Mariners 83-67. Though the Huskies were favored to win in the opening round of play, the victory did not come easily.
Sports Briefs
Men’s Ice Hockey: USM won its first ECAC East playoff game in six years, defeating the Thoroughbreds of Skidmore College 6-1 last Saturday, February 26, in Gorham. Junoir forward Matt Mendoza (Rockland, MA) scored two goals for the Huskies while adding a pair of assists.
Husky Hero
Name: Trey Gadbois Sport: Indoor track and field Hometown: Portland, ME Year: Sophomore Major: Business Management/Communications Events: High Jump, Long Jump, Triple Jump and Hurdles Stats: 6’8 3/4 (High jump); 47’1 (Triple jump); 22′ (Long jump); 14.7 secs.
Salome’s Stars
ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Change is still dominant for Rams and Ewes, both in the workplace and their private lives. This is also a good time to look at a possible relocation if that has been one of your goals.
TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Doing things for others is what you do well.
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Bound for Z
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Portland Art Museum hosts renowned photojournalist
The Portland Museum of Art is featuring a selection of Photographer Margaret Bourke-White. The photographs are on display at the Portland Art Museum until March 20. Admission to the museum is free every Friday from 5 to 9 P.M.
Much of Bourke-White’s work revolves around discovering the beauty and art in industrial structures and factories that were built primarily for function and not form.