The University of Southern Maine Women’s basketball team is approaching the final month of play in February and has only six games left in the regular season. With its fourteenth straight win and an impressive Little East record of 8-0, the team is ranked second in the nation.
Bound for Z
USM FOOTPRINT
After tiring of walking the length of the long parking lot in the bitterly cold Maine winter, I decided to blaze a trail in the virgin snow, creating a shortcut to Bailey Hall, in which my class was held. Lifting my feet above the surface of the shin deep snow and then setting them down, I made a line of footprints from the edge of the lot to the adjacent, shoveled walkway.
Kucinich proposes tuition-free universities
A somber but hopeful speech:
Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich called for tuition-free public universities, explained his proposed federal Department of Peace, and preached the importance of love to a packed house of supporters and onlookers in a hastily arranged campaign visit to Portland’s St.
New police cruisers not friends of the earth
The University Police Department recently made a request to purchase two new Ford Crown Victoria Police Cruisers. According to Craig Hutchinson, vice president of Student Life, the Ford Explorer in Gorham and the Ford Crown Victoria in Portland are both beginning to have maintenance problems and need to be replaced.
“Man Out Of Time” dares and succeeds
If you’re thinking about looking for a job in the corporate world after graduation, you just might think twice after reading Michael Hogan’s first novel “Man Out Of Time.” Through the eyes of the book’s narrator, Hogan paints a frank and utterly convincing picture of a company culture where getting ahead has little to do with talent, intelligence, or even hard work, and everything to do with social connections and a sharp grasp of office politics.
USM Athletics Schedule, Scoreboard, Trivia, and Sports for the Layperson
Sports Schedule
Wednesday Feb. 4
Women’s Basketball at St. Joseph’s, 5:30 p.m.
Men’s Basketball at St. Joseph’s, 7:30 p.m.
Friday Feb. 6
Men’s Ice Hockey at New England College, 7 p.m.
Women’s Ice Hockey at Holy Cross, 7 p.m.
Women’s Indoor Track at State Championships, 6 p.
HEALTH BEAT
Why Worry about Gonorrhea?
According to the Maine Bureau of Health, as of Nov. 28, 2003, there has been a 68 percent increase in reported gonorrhea cases in this state over the past year. There has also been an increase in gonorrhea cases at University Health Services.
Staffer Speaks
Dear car,
Do you remember the day we first met? It was a dry August day in Portland, Oregon. You were humbly parked next to a green Dodge Dart with a 350, a four-barrel and a blower. I remember how you shone in the sun, and though you were only a cheap four-cylinder Toyota, I fell in love and took you home.
USM building nation’s largest cell library
The walls inside the Wise Laboratory of Environmental and Genetic Toxicology are crowded with incubators with labels like “Sea lion kidney” and “Human liver.” On one wall is a large tank of liquid nitrogen, accompanied by a graduate student peering into a microscope.
Down with SCHLOCK & AWFUL
The grocery list of America’s problems compiled by the Democrats includes issues you would expect a true politician to hit upon such as the economy, which made me all the more sickened by the State of the Union Address wherein Bush made “steroids in sports” and “preserving the sanctity of marriage” out to be the most pressing issues facing us today.
Briefly…
USM to host city council candidate debate.
Peter O’Donnell and Kenneth Cole III, both candidates for an at-large seat on the Portland City Council, will hold a public debate in the Luther-Bonney Auditorium on Feb. 3 at noon. For more informaion call 780-4200.
An Asian Excursion
I had been traveling for a few months when I decided to head to Sumatra, Indonesia. Indonesia was cheap, challenging and less touristy. When I arrived at the first bus station, I met five other backpackers who I ended up traveling with for a month. One of them was a Norwegian named Caroline who I really hit it off with.
Meet the Democratic candidates
Dennis Kucinich-Ohio Congressman
Former mayor of Cleveland
Voted against the war in Iraq
If elected he plans to:
Withdraw from the WTO and NAFTA
Provide single payer health care for all
Repeal the “Patriot Act”
Decrease military spending
Increase education funding
Protect a woman’s right to choose
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John Kerry-Massachusetts Senator
Vietnam Veteran
Voted for war in Iraq
If elected he plans to:
Institute a “service for learning program” where
students can earn the equivalent of four years of
tuition for two years of volunteerism.
Letters to the Editor
Give up on Dan? Never
To the Editor
You’d think I’d just give up on Dan and his warped sense of reality. But once again, his blinded view of our President makes me step up to the plate and dish it back.
The State of the Union Address. Who can you trust? Howard Dean? The man is a racist who couldn’t stand up to Al Sharpton’s questioning about blacks serving public office while Dean ran Vermont.
Election mumbo jumbo demystified
Like the evolution of the word caucus, the processes for choosing a presidential candidate have also evolved. Caucus originated from the Algonquin word caucuso, translated to mean counsel, elder or the gathering of tribal chiefs. Caucus results across the nation are being tallied indicating the gun smoke is clearing on the presidential nomination race.
Corrections
Last issue p 1- The classified senate was omitted from the list of contributors to the president’s action plan called “Transforming USM.”
Last issue p 12- Ed Szalajeski was credited for the “Bacchae” photo. The perfectly peachy picture, was taken by Chris Jovanelli.
Question of the Week
Name: Jonathan Read
Year: Junior
Major: Accounting
Answer: Dean’s a wacko. He would never have a chance in the national election. Kerry had a chance in the national election, but he’s farther left than Ted Kennedy, which scares me. Edwards or Lieberman have the best chance of winning.
Crime on Campus
Jan. 23
An unmarked police car’s windshield was smashed by objects thrown from students’ rooms on the second floor of Upton Hall.
More thefts reported in the Gorham field house.
USM Police served a summons on William T. McKinnon for criminal mischief.
Men’s Ice Hockey Team Review
The University of Southern Maine Men’s Ice Hockey team heads into the second half of the season with a challenging schedule ahead of it. The Huskies will play East College Athletic Conference (ECAC) opponents in all its remaining games, except for one.
Meet Joe Student
Name: April Mulkern
Age: 22
Major: Media studies/theatre
Hometown: Biddeford, ME
What brought you to the area – what do you think of it?
Basically Portland is one of the most perfect cities I’ve ever been to. I think its slowly metemorphisizing into a really great arts community.
Destinations
Monday
Band
Tarpigh will perform at 8 p.m. at the Stillhouse Studio Theater, 108 High Street, 2nd floor, Portland. Call 879-5498 for information. A $5 donation is suggested.
’80s night
The Alehouse, 30 Market St. in Portland, presents “Vinyl Revival” with TVC (Tim’s Vinyl Collection).
New records: rap, rock and folk
Mike Errico – “Skimming” (Velour Recordings)
I have terrible news: Mike Errico has released his debut CD. But that’s not the worst of it–he’s also coming to Maine next week. The rock singer/songwriter, a native of New York City, seems determined to spread his music, apparently oblivious to its detrimental effect on listeners.
SAF structure change-wise fiscal management
For years student government’s struggle with the fluctuating Student Activity Fee (SAF) has threatened the stability of the programs it funds. This year the senate is proposing a change in the system. Rather than fight to raise the fee every six to eight years they’ve proposed a yearly increase according to inflation rates called indexing.