When it rains it pours. The Free Press recently won three awards at a…
Center hopes to bring religions together in post-Holocaust study
Abraham Peck’s parents were married in the Lodz Ghetto in Poland and were separated…
University passes accreditation assessment
A committee from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) praised USM…
Getting ahead of violence
USM freshman Danielle Askin-Goodwin sat on the panel alongside some Portland High School students….
Senior college gets $2.2 million
A California businessman recently donated the largest cash gift in University history to USM’s…
04/09/01
Pledge break An anonymous caller to WMPG who threatened to break some of the…
Senate Update
Guest Speaker USM Police Chief Lisa Beecher addressed the Senate with an overview of…
Letters to the editor…
Cartoonist responds To the Editor: I just read your editorial in The Free Press…
What I really want to know
It’s that time of year when classes are winding down. All those projects and…
Fee increases need a closer look
University officials want to increase fees for students next year. While parking and Student…
Cows take over Pattenaude’s lawn
A herd of eight wooden heifers mysteriously appeared on the lawn of the president’s…
Senate election draws fewer voters
Only 436 students out of 6,000 voted last week at the Student Senate elections….
Debate shifts to First Amendment
Though the campus may have been quiet over spring break, the University became a…
Provost orders data destroyed
Provost Joe Wood ordered a psychology professor to destroy the data he collected in…
Students shell out
Look out lawbreakers and recreation lovers. Starting in the fall of 2001, the University…
Portland Student Life/Casco Bay Weekly
To the Editors: I am writing to publicly thank Helen Gorgas-Goulding and Portland Student…
My thoughts on Casco Bay Weekly
Matt Mower Now considering this most recent and pointless, stupid cartoon, I hope people…
Students shell out
Look out lawbreakers and recreation lovers. Starting in the fall of 2001, the University…
University addresses bicultural issues
Teresa LaFromboise, a counseling psychologist concerned with stress-related problems of ethnic minority groups, came…
Students head south for alternative spring break
While most of us are looking forward to much-needed time off during spring break,…
Students struggle with school violence disciplinary action
Editor’s note: We decided to include the following story despite the fact it occurred…
Fast and cheap
Although popular diet trends over the last few years have been swinging towards “healthier”…
Health Beat
Sheera LaBelle, R.N. University Health Services Kristie Green Alive Editor Can’t Sleep? Nothing is…
The Marriage of Figaro: Backstage
All photos and text by Bill Watt.