Meet Brian Farrell, History major.
Got CLASS?
The Lewiston-Auburn campus at USM offers a program for students who have the desire to become educators. It is a non-traditional, undergraduate program called CLASS (Collaborative Learning and School Success) PDS (Professional Development School). It is an intensive four-and-a-half-year program available to undergraduate students interested in teaching at the K-8 level.
Ayuh, it’s winter
Fat, fluffy flakes falling lethargically from the sky as they do in a snow-globe. A roaring fireplace. Hot chocolate with plush marshmallows… Is this winter?
The holiday season
Guest column discusses alternative holidays to celebrate this winter season.
Count me OUT
Count me OUT is a weekly column written by members of the GLBTQA Resource Center.
Change your lights
Dudley Greeley, environmental and economic sustainability coordinator, has a mission. He swoops into University departments where cheap light bulbs dwell. He takes those bulbs that overheat an area. He deftly changes the dull energy-absorbing bulbs and replaces them with compact fluorescent bulbs. He’s the CleanLights Program man.
Sorority helps make Christmas merry for children around the world
Last week, members of the Alpha Xi Delta sorority put the finishing touches on a shoebox filled with tiny wrapped goodies for girls overseas ages 10 to 14. These young women are participating in Operation Christmas Child, a project of the Samaritan’s Purse. Operation Christmas Child is a project in which shoeboxes are filled with toys, games, school supplies, and hygiene supplies such as toothpaste.
Field hockey team ties USM record for wins
Despite season-ending loss in ECAC semis, Lady Huskies tied all-time school record for wins in season
The real McCoy
Having a high caliber wrestling coach like USM’s Ted Reese around has many benefits. The man has made a gigantic impact on wrestling in the state of Maine, starting programs at three high schools and bringing his passion for wrestling to the state. Last week Reese brought U.S. national team captain Kerry McCoy to Gorham.
Sports scores and schedule
Weekly sports summary, with scores and schedule for the upcoming week
Fatigued?
This week’s Health Beat focuses on fatigue, its causes and preventative measures
Classified Ads
This week’s classified ads
The power of choice! This week’s “Planet Digest”
Astronomy shows possibilities… you have the power of choice! … This week’s Planet Digest
Meet Joe Student
This week’s “Joe Student” is Ben Bays, biotechnology major
Breaking the law and then getting help
People don,t always make the best choices, especially on college campuses. For many students college is the first opportunity they have had to live alone and do what they please, when they please.
The Starving Artist’s mouth sets fire at Tortilla Flats
The soft glow of hot pepper lights strewn across the top of the bar, brightly colored wallpaper typically associated with Mexican culture and a Fiesta-Ware dinner set is exactly what you will have at Tortilla Flat. This out-of-the-way restaurant is located on outer Forest Avenue. While it may be somewhat hidden away, once found, it captures a fantastic Mexican flare.
Eminem proves talent in “8 Mile”
The great thing about “8 Mile,” the new film loosely based on the life of rapper Eminem, is the absence of incredible success. In a movie full of malcontent characters idling in the muck of life while their dreams escape them every day, a sudden attainment of their fantasies would seem false.
“Songs for a New World” travels to Corthell
Tony Award winning composer Jason Robert Brown’s hot off Broadway musical revue, “Songs for a New World” will be performed on Nov. 23 and 24 at Corthell Hall.
Letters to the editor
This week’s letters to the editor include a petition against fingerprinting in arts education programs and an invitation to an anti-war rally
World AIDS Day
This week’s “Count me OUT” column
Letters from the Editor
Executive Editor Elise Adam sololiquizes about Harry Potter
“Knows where she wants to go, but forgot her nautical chart.”
Staffer Talks this week
Senate Update
A report of this week’s happenings at the Student Senate meeting
Crime on campus
Report of crime on campus, culled from USM’s police logs.