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From the sports desk…
I cannot believe that we have come to the final issue of the year. It seems like only yesterday that I walked into The Free Press office and began writing about USM sports.
There are many highlights that I will fondly look back on as I remember this past school year.
Sports scores and schedule
A report of this week’s sports scores and upcoming schedule
Health Beat: The ABCDs of Melanoma
About one million Americans are diagnosed each year with skin cancer and of these, 40,000 will be diagnosed with melanoma – the most serious, and sometimes life-threatening, form of skin cancer. About 7,000 Americans will die every year from melanoma.
Meet Joe Student: Anthony Pergola
This week meet Anthony Pergola, who wants to visit the family’s home town in Italy or say “Eh?” in Toronto
Planet Digest: Summer 2003
Astronomy shows possibilities… you have the power of choice! Charlie Gould’s Planet Digest
Slow, jam-band has skill, no direction
Musicians Chris “Roadie” Rodahoffer (guitars), Kyle Lawrence (bass), and Wes Medeiros (drums), met during their time at Boston’s Berklee School of Music. This three-piece band mixes in loosely-based jams, country and bluegrass flavors, and simplistic vocal parts very much akin to the likes of the Grateful Dead and Phish.
Organic Ketchup?
I’m talking about a little place called O’Naturals. Yeah, O’Naturals, they just opened up a new store in Portland. And in all honesty, there isn’t anything little about the joint. From the high ceilings to their marketing plan, there are big things happening down on Exchange Street these days.
Nicholson has seen better days
Knowing what Nicholson is capable of, watching “Anger Management” becomes frustrating. Here he plays a great character with seemingly sinister motives (at least during most of the movie) and the filmmakers fail to recognize the potential they are throwing into the garbage. After starting off well, the film limps to an unsatisfactory conclusion thanks to the timidity of the script.
Inventive acts draw students to Spring Fling
Spring Fling features three days of events for students to enjoy right before finals. On Friday night, Loki, Parabellum, The Monolith, Po-Town Underground and Aries 12 created an all-encompassing compendium of rock and funk, performing sets until almost 2 a.m. “We like the funk,” declared Greg Rothwell, bassist for the jazz trio The Monolith.
Footprint: The canoe as professor
One of my favorite teachers over the years has been my canoe. As I paddle along I ponder the very long and wonderful history of this craft. That gets me asking questions about Native Americans, who, in turn, make me wonder about rivers as historic roads or trails.
Count me OUT: Domestic Violence
Domestic violence within the GLBT community is an important yet closeted issue because of the lack of tangible resources and the onslaught of the power and control these relationships may have.
Letters to the Editor…
This week’s letters to the editor responded to ongoing war talk and critique the Free Press’s coverage of Greek and Gorham life
Staffer talks: Up for it
My brilliant computer technician friend Ben had emailed me from his hub in oh so trendy Boston complaining about his lack of vision and goals. He had just completed the Boston marathon after recovering from a bout of gangrenous appendix. Just two months prior to running he was treated for his ailment on the operating table. With the completion of the race he was at a loss for his next grand adventure.
Letter from the Editor: A new Free Press regime
This is the last issue of the year, and oh so bittersweet. I am glad that I will be moving on, away from this job that has sucked a decade from my life like the machine in the pit of despair in The Princess Bride. However, there is quite a bit of sadness as I break up with The Free Press. I know that it was an unhealthy, codependent relationship, and ultimately, we can still be friends, but there is still a lingering feeling of a heavy heart as I begin to take things off the walls of my office.
Senate Update
A report of the happenings at the latest Student Senate meeting
Crime on campus
A report of crime on campus, culled from USM’s police logs
Students take back the night
Through her affiliation with the group Outright, Lyndon Cudlitz, Freshman Geo Science major, and member of the GLBTQA, helped coordinate the Take Back The Night rally. The event which took place last Friday in Congress Square gave people a chance to speak openly about their experiences with physical and sexual assault.
Darly Morazzini: 2003 Commencement Speaker
Graduating double major Daryl Morazzini is the student commencement speaker. He is receiving his degrees in philosophy and history and will be studying law at Yale next year.
Nominees surprised over Senate chair results
Student Sen. Joshua Dolby spend countless hours at the University office at 11 Baxter Blvd. He tidied the office, installed the new computer, was the coordinator for Student Legal Services, and served on several committees. He pressed flesh down at the Woodbury Campus Center. He shook hands and said hello and chatted up administrators.
“A celebration of graduation”
Graduation is the culmination of four, five, and sometimes six or more years of attending classes, preparing for finals, reading more than any person should be required to and striving, always striving to reach commencement. It’s more than just an event, it’s a milestone for most who participate.
Celebrated professore retires
John Bay, associate professor of economics, is retiring this year after 38 years of service to the University. He will be leaving USM after finishing the 2003 academic year. There will be a farewell reception for him on Wednesday, April 30 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
USM program provides free care in poor country
The next team of USM students, faculty and volunteers will make the twice-yearly foray to the north coast of the Dominican Republic July 19 for USM’s Health Outreach Program there.
Vandalism: the other price of cars on campus
This is what happened to sophomore media studies major Charles Ireland’s car. His was one of several cars targeted by a seemingly random rash of vehicle vandalism last week that resulted in three dented roofs and a smashed windshield.