The Valentine’s Day dance
Valentine’s Day is here. In an attempt to get in the spirit of that hallowed Hallmark holiday, I’ve been doing some research on works of art inspired by the 14th of February. Googling until my fingers nearly bled, my findings were surprisingly slim. There were movies, most notably “Valentine,” “My Bloody Valentine” and two mysterious flicks entitled “My Funny Valentine” (2000) and “Funny Valentine” (2002), neither of which were carried by any of the local video stores.
USM director/playwright in spotlight at regional awards
In a recent competition in Rhode Island, USM’s Theater Department won the Costume and Set Design categories. Corey Anderson, Kate Law and Jerome Wills received the awards. Another student, David Branch, came in third out of over 200 fellow actors in the Irene Ryan Acting Competition.
Question of the Week
Dave Burnham
Junior
“I think they’re all bad. damned Dif you do, damned if you don’t.”
Brenda Crane
Administrative Assistant
“I’ll tell you about my worst Christmas present ever…the year my husband ran out to LaVerdieve’s Christmas Eve and bought me a cheap set of knives.
Meet Joe Student
Name: Richard West Age: 19 Major: Health Fitness What do you like about USM? It’s close to home. Laid back, not too big, because it’s smaller you get to know people. What year will you graduate? 2007 Where is your hometown? South Portland, Maine. Do you live on or off campus? On the Gorham campus.
Academic ethics at USM
So, as the semester continues at USM, many of you will begin to write papers and take exams. This tradition is quite stressful, often leading to student behavior that is questionable, provocative, and unethical.
I have been told that I teach the largest-enrolled three-credit course at USM called Introduction to Communication (COM 102J).
FootPrint
USM students, faculty and staff are working to “green” USM’s campus, but we’re not alone. USM is a founding member of the Green Campus Consortium of Maine, a group of a dozen Maine colleges, universities and a number of state and private agencies that meet every six weeks to share information on how to become more sustainable institutions.
From the mountains
Most people who have been mountaineers for any length of time have friends who have died climbing. Many of my friends have more dead partners than they have fingers. I have been lucky in that regard throughout my outdoor career, with only one death and a couple major injuries among my partners.
Student body to get president
The 33rd Student Senate will halve the powers of the Student Senate chair over the next few weeks with the creation of a new student leadership position on campus: Student body president. Last Friday, the Senate voted in favor of the proposal, with one senator abstaining.
Love, loneliness and war at 21
In a world where relationships are traded in at regular intervals for newer, happier, sexier versions of themselves, it seems as though enduring love is difficult to find. According to Florence Dubay, a 32-year high school teacher, it is especially true of students going off to college.
A community mourns
Dean Emeritus Edward Godfrey, or “Ed” as he preferred to be called, passed away on Wednesday, January 12, after battling various ailments for the previous four months. He was 91.
Godfrey came to Southern Maine as the founding dean of the re-established law school.
Virus protection for all
In the next few weeks, USM will be giving students, faculty and staff free copies of Norton antivirus for PC and Mac computers, free of charge. No increase in student fees or tuition is expected because of this offer.
Computer viruses are much more likely to spread when many computers are linked together, as they are at USM.
Campus Crime
Feb. 3 A laptop computer and other items were stolen from the 15 Chamberlain Ave. Feb. 4 A vehicle parked near Dickey-Wood Hall was written on with a black marker. Feb. 5 A female returning from a party at Sigma Nu called police after she took a puff of what she thought was a cigarette and someone told her the cigarette contained “marijuana and cocaine.
In Brief
33rd Student Senate fills five more chairs
New senators appointed two months before elections
Two months before elections, the 33rd Student Senate appointed five new senators on Friday, February 11, filling two commuter and three residential seats, all of whom currently plan on running for a seat next semester.
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.
Featured Speakers
Admiral Gregory Johnson, US Navy, a native of Westmanland, Maine, will give an evening presentation, “21st Century Security Challenges,” on Thursday, March 3 at the Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress St.
Bookstore hacker(s) found . . . in Romania
When a hacker broke into the computer system that manages accounts and purchases for USM’s Portland bookstore last semester, computing technologies staff figured it was a random act and they were right.
According to Stephen Houser, director of database applications, the individual, or group, broke into the system and then posted an email onto a bulletin board owned by the perpetrator(s), which talked about the hacking.
Couples working at USM
For some people the thought of living and working with their significant other is almost too much to bear, but for others it is a natural and desirable progression in their relationship. Dudley Greeley and Nancy Artz, and Doug Cook and Elisa Boxer, are two couples who presently, or have in the past worked together.
Marble a force for USM
Name: Ashley-Lynn Marble Age: 20 Hometown: Topsfield, Maine Parents: Butch & Marcelle Marble Year: Junior Major: Sports Medicine Position: Forward Uniform #: 23
Sports Briefs
Women’s Ice Hockey: The Lady Huskies bowed to nationally ranked Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 6-1 last Saturday, January 29. Junior Kari Rabaten (Brookhaven, NY) scored three goals for the Engineers, who improved to 16-3-0 on the season. Sophomore Caitlin Tassone (Woburn, MA) scored for the Huskies on a breakaway with just over three and-a-half minutes to play n the game.
Lady huskies keep rolling
USM jumped out to an early lead and didn’t look back crushing St. Joseph’s College 79-45 at home on Wednesday. The game was never close, as the Huskies coasted into their fifteenth straight victory.
USM was up 21-5 with twelve minutes remaining in the first half when the Monks clamped down on defense, holding the Huskies scoreless for the next five minutes.
Huskies down rival St. Joe’s
The men’s basketball team retained possession of the Costello Cup this past Wednesday after beating rival St Joseph’s College 83-69. Each year, the winner of the game takes possession of the coveted Costello Cup until the teams face each other again the next season.
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Realistic Valentines
Salome’s Stars
ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Your natural Arian leadership qualities make you the person others will follow in tackling that important project. But don’t get so involved in the work that you neglect your personal life.
TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Aspects favor sorting through your possessions, both at work and at home, to start giving away what you don’t use, don’t need or don’t like.