Holiday celebrations, free stuff
The Portland and Gorham campuses are both holding holiday-related celebrations this week.
On Dec. 10 in the Woodbury Campus Center in Portland from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., there will be free food for the first 200 students who arrive and a jazz concert provided by the Portland Events Board.
“My advisor is great! She’s very helpful and informed!”
“On the two occasions I have visited my advisor he has been helpful and seems concerned with my education and how I am doing.”
“I find that my advisor has been a big help with selecting classes that will keep me on track in my major.
ALL MONTH
Art Exhibit
USM student/artist/micrographer Kay McKay is showing her artistic micrphotographs of a selected variety of organic and inorganic materials. They are on exhibit at Casco Bay Frames at the Hannaford Shopping Plaza, 295 Forest Avenue, Portland for the rest of the month.
The USM men’s and women’s cross county teams hosted the NCAA Division III New England Regional Championships, Sat. Nov. 15 in Cumberland. It was not an ideal day to wear shorts and tank-tops but the blustery conditions did little to deter the close to five hundred runners from more than 70 schools across New England that traveled to Twins Brooks Recreation Center to compete for the New England Division III crown.
What brought you to the area- what do you think of it?
I knew that I wanted to stay in the Portland area because of my community involvement here.
Why did you choose USM?
I wanted a school where I could go part-time, be involved with the school, and still continue with my involvement in the community.
What do you get when you cross blistering, improvisatory rock/reggae/funk with enough marijuana to choke a Rasta? That’s right, you get moe. at the State Theater! With rock overtones and ripping, unforgiving solos, the band’s Nov. 8 show captivated the audience for nearly four hours, only to leave them pleading for more.
Throughout the years, I’ve let go of a lot of things: teddy bears, blankets, clothes, cars, friends and boyfriends. Some I did with resoluteness and strength; others I let go of accidentally, almost as if I weren’t paying attention, and they wandered away.
The University of Southern Maine field hockey team recently won the Little East Conference (LEC) tournament with a 3-1 win over top-seeded Keene State. With the win, the Huskies earned automatic qualification into the 2003 NCAA Division III Championship.
USM student Sean Demers first fell in love with acting in the sixth grade and has since decided that it is all he wants to do. So, when the cast and crew for the HBO movie “Empire Falls” arrived in the small northern town of Skowhegan, Maine, Demers planned to attend what he dubs the “cattle call” – a massive audition for movie extras.
How do you know when you’ve given someone a good present? Usually, good presents are distinguished by having a lot of thought put into them. They say to the recipient, “I know you.” It is easy to tell when you give this kind of present. The three best presents I have ever given share another unique feature: although they differed in almost every way, they were all gifts of time, rather than gifts of stuff.
Saridel Hel says he attracts a lot of attention with his “spectrum analysis rig,” a grey pushcart with a wooden board bolted vertically to its side. The board holds a white bubble the size of a softball about eight feet in the air. Hel, a senior economics major, uses an iBook and maps of campus’s buildings, along with the cart, to do what he calls a “spectrum inventory” of the campus, shop-talk for the research he is doing to prepare for the introduction of wireless networking at USM.
A fire broke out on the eighth floor of Dickey Tower early in the morning of Friday, Nov. 7. The USM police and Gorham Fire Department have determined arson was the probable cause. The exact cause of the fire is confidential because the investigation is in progress.
The University of Southern Maine women’s volleyball team ended its season on Nov. 8, with a 3-0 loss to Plymouth State in the Little East Conference (LEC) tournament semi-finals. USM, playing without team leaders Cat Lewis and Mandy Desert, struggled to fend off Plymouth State’s strong attack and was knocked from the LEC tournament in straight sets.
What values?
To the Editor:
First, let me say that I am not a liberal nor a conservative. I actually hold fast to many of the values that the Republican party supposedly espouses, such as individual responsibility, limited government, fiscal responsibility, etc.
The Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity recently put a down payment on their house despite financial setbacks last spring that nearly had the national charter derecognizing their chapter.
“It’s a better opportunity for them than renting,” said Dean of Student Life Joe Austin.
Kay McKay’s photographs are filled with mystery. With their brilliant colors, soft edges and partially formed figures, they seem like something out of a vivid dream that is equally fascinating and hard to explain. What makes them even more remarkable is how they were taken.
George McFly was a pathetic, cowardly man. Behind a breathy stuttering voice and a debilitating fear of rejection, he allowed himself to be bullied and pushed around. However, George’s life changed one night in 1955. In the school’s parking lot, during the Enchantment Under the Sea dance, George’s nemesis, Biff, was assaulting George’s future wife, Lorraine.
Next spring, The University of Southern Maine will hold its first student research, scholarship and creativity symposium called “Thinking Matters” on the Portland campus. This will be an annual event where students from all academic disciplines can present and receive feedback on papers or posters.