It’s wintertime, a.k.a. stay-indoors time, right? I used to think so. I’d hustle from English class to calculus, calculus to history and then quickly home. I’d finish all my homework and housework and wonder what to do with myself (indoors of course). Movies? Museum? A book? Maybe visit a friend or go to the gym? Evading chilly temperatures and blustery arctic air was my winter lifestyle; I sidestepped the great outdoors at all costs and paid for it.
LifeStyle
“Honey, look what Apple is coming out with.” My fianc? Matt turned his laptop screen toward me.
“Hmm?” I slowly shifted my Vogue-focused gaze to the image on the screen.
“You know the iPod? Well this is an even smaller version called the Shuffle and they’ll be selling it for only like $100-$140 depending on how much memory you get.
You gonna love it like a pig loves corn! Aiee!
In a couple days prepare to smell something surprising on campus, something rare in Maine: C’est bon Cajun cooking! And where does one find good gumbo on campus? Only at WMPG’s 10th Annual Fat Tuesday Celebration and Cajun Cooking Challenge, cosponsored by Aramark and the Portland Events Board.
Punky’s is changing locations
Holy cow, where did Punkys go?
Punkys is undeniably one of the top eateries among USM students. Usually it’s worth the trip to their Forest Avenue location, despite the relative convenience of the Aramark cafeteria in the Woodbury Student Center. But as of last Tuesday, Punkys has served its last customer there, where it opened 10 years ago and will not re-open.
Question of the Week
Adam Demmons Junior
Meet Joe Student
Name: Yamato Yamaura
From the mountains
fear (f?r) : n. A feeling of agitation and anxiety caused by the presence or imminence of danger; v. To be afraid of.
Sometimes dictionary definitions are useless.
I could hear the wind before I felt it. It was like a locomotive approaching at 70 mph. I leaned hard against the rock, trying to protect myself from the blasts.
Letter from the Editor
Last week, a $1 million study sponsored by a group called John S. and James L. Knight Foundation made a lot of headlines when it found that, among other things, “more than one in three high school students said the First Amendment ‘goes too far’ in the rights it guarantees.
Water main bursts
For those students, faculty and staff who saw the water outside the Science Building please know: USM is not installing a new water park. A break in a water main created a small river on Falmouth Street and flooded the basement of the Sullivan Sports Complex on Monday.
Race, ethnicity and power
University Counseling Services and the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs will host a “Multicultural Forum” every Wednesday morning at Portland’s Woodbury Campus Center.
The forum, held from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. is titled: “Race, Ethnicity and Power.” Meetings will consist of films and informal group discussions.
Work study fraud prompts change in Athletics Department
Since the work study fraud in the Athletics Department first became public in late November of 2004, little has changed in the University’s monitoring process but the Athletics Department incorporated several new changes, including new manuals, more strict training processes and policies that emphasize that students caught violating work-study policy will be fired.
Don’t try this at home
First came the computer file, then filesharing and now: Copyright infringement lawsuits. Across the nation a whole generation of computer users attempting to pass information back and forth speaks the language of Napster, Kazaa or BitTorrent. While the act of filesharing breaks no laws, sharing copyrighted material like music or movies does.
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 Laura Liswood will deliver the keynote speech for the Fourth Annual Women in Public Life Forum.
In Brief
Two senators resign The second and third Senate meeting of the new semester both saw the resignation of a senior Student Senator. First Senator Amanda Smith resigned and then Senator Jeremy Collette. Ezekiel Kimball, Student Senate chair, remains the only senator from last year’s executive board.
Campus Crime
Jan. 25
Graffiti was found in the elevator of Dickey-Wood Hall.
USM police arrested Brian Kelly, 20, of Upton-Hastings Hall on a district court warrant for failure to appear in court. Kelly was transported to Cumberland County Jail.
A Resident Assistant reported that unknown persons took contents from an unlocked vending machine.
We’re watching you
The University of Southern Maine has installed 11 surveillance cameras on the Portland campus, with talks of more to come. A $36,000 Homeland Security grant funded the new equipment. A couple thousand dollars went to a computer system to monitor the cameras, $1,500-$2,000 was spent to improve USM Police dispatch equipment and the remainder was spent on CCTV (Closed Circuit Television).
Do it on campus!
HIV: It’s everywhere. As young people bombarded by every kind of media, we’re aware of the risks and we know we should get tested. But do we? With so many ways to get tested there’s really no excuse why we shouldn’t. Heck, you can order an HIV test online for 30 bucks that you don’t even have to send out to a lab.
Athletes busted for drugs
Four athletes on the women’s basketball team were recently suspended for using cocaine over the winter break. Amanda Bryant, Dawn Ross, Tiffany Jones, and Shannon Kynoch were all suspended for four games after admitting that they had used cocaine at a party.
Pipe burst in Portland Hall
Imagine where you would like to be at 5:51 on a Saturday morning. The answer probably would not be: standing on the sidewalk of Congress Street, half asleep in the freezing cold. This is where the 277 residents of Portland Hall ended up on January 22 after an early morning fire alarm.
Hill a large contributer for Lady Huskies
Career stats: Goals: 21 Assists: 16 Points: 37 Games played: 64 Penalties: 42 (for 84 minutes) Career highlights: “Being elected captain as a junior. I am extremely honored to have been given the leadership role as captain of our team for the 2004-2005 season.
Huskies blanked by Polar Bears
The Lady Polar Bears of Bowdoin College got off to a slow start Tuesday night. The nationally ranked girls had just one goal in the first period before exploding in the second for seven goals, five with under eight minutes left.
Sophomore goalie Jen Arno (Westford, MA) had an outstanding first period for the Huskies, making saves on the first 24 shots fired her way.
Sports Briefs
Women’s Basketball: USM posted an 85-62 win against Plymouth State University (PSU) in Little East Conference action in Plymouth, NH on Tuesday night. Junior Ashley Marble (Topsfield, ME) had a game-high 25 points and 14 rebounds to help the Huskies to their 13th straight win (15-2).