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Plan proposes merging colleges to save

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

The committee in charge of redesigning the academic structure of USM released the first draft of their plan last Monday, calling for reducing the number of colleges from eight to five - eliminating three deans' positions and eight department heads in the process.

Some faculty senators uneasy about proposal

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Bob Heiser set the tone at last Friday's faculty senate meeting with his introduction: "Bob Heiser, school of business and who knows what else."

UMaine bans tobacco, will USM follow?

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

The effectiveness of the tobacco policy here at USM is being questioned after University of Maine Orono adopted a Tobacco-Free Campus Policy last week.

Students, employees take part in protest

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Over 150 students, faculty and staff packed the Woodbury Campus Center Amphitheatre on Thursday for a teach-in, where two panels of speakers expounded on the crisis of funding public universities.

Oakhurst in, Hood out in Gorham

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Residents in Gorham will now be filling their cups and cereal bowls with Oakhurst milk instead of Hood. USM's food service provider, Aramark, decided to switch milk to Oakhurst Dairy in their effort to be more environmentally conscious. Retail locations on the Portland and Gorham campuses already sell Oakhurst Dairy products.

Coffee By Design wins "overwhelmingly"

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Coffee By Design beat out Wicked Joe and the current - and much maligned - Pura Vida in two taste tests during the last week of January.

Students fight for voting rights

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Nybol Bol moved to the US from Sudan in 1994. Now she's a shift manager at McDonald's, where each week the state and federal government deduct taxes from her pay.

But because Bol isn't a citizen, she can't vote.

The Leftovers Take Europe: Part II

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

October 19. Dublin. Originally this was supposed to be a day off. Who needs those? We were only on day 3 and didn't quite need one yet, especially when a day off usually just becomes an excuse to not take it easy. Plus, we would be taking an overnight ferry from Liverpool (the home of The Beatles) to Dublin, Ireland, a place I have always wanted to see.

Album Review: Broken Bells

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Around the USM campus you have probably seen ads for the new collaborative band Broken Bells. This highly advertised band is a techno/indie collaboration between the Shins' James Mercer and award winning producer and self proclaimed auteur musician Danger Mouse, of Gnarls Barkley.

DIY Punk Night at Hastings

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Last Friday night at the bottom of Hastings Hall, something unusual and loud occurred from 7 pm to almost midnight. You'd think an RA would serve a warning, or even a fee for all the noise complaints from above, but they knew better than to mess with the young punks putting on a rock show in Hastings Formal Lounge.

Book Review: Little Bee

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

"Little Bee," by Chris Cleave, is the "story of two women," as it says on the back cover, and how their "lives collide" at two points, two years apart. The back cover implores the reader not to spoil the book for others because "the magic is in how the story unfolds.

Movie Review: From Paris, With Love

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

From Paris, With Love follows James Reece , played by Jonathan Rhys Meyers(August Rush), an employee at the U.S embassy who dreams of one day becoming a Bond-like secret agent. He is given the opportunity to show his worth by being partnered with Charlie Wax, John Travolta(Taking of Pelham 123), an eccentric American spy with an unorthodox approach to his job.

The Extra Point

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Six years ago when the Red Sox won their first World Series in 86 years, the team didn't have any flashy, over-paid players who cared only about themselves. They had a group of hard-nosed guys who would crash through a wall to make a catch, or lay down a sacrifice bunt in the bottom of the ninth; as long as it was going to help their team a win.

Husky Hero: Andrew Debethune

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

FP: What is your major?

AD: I am an Athletic Training major.

FP: What has your experience been like in your three years here at USM?

AD: I'd describe my experience here at USM as rewarding. The Athletic Training major is a difficult one, especially because of the 150 clinical hours we are required to do each semester.

Men's Track ends season with a bang

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

The USM men's indoor track and field team finished second out of the 66 teams competing in the Eastern College Athletic Conference's Division III Championship which was held at Smith College in Northampton, Mass. on Friday and Saturday.

Southern Maine was locked in at fourth place after the first day of the two-day meet.

USM baseball starts 2010 season at 2-0

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

The USM baseball team was back in action this weekend after an outstanding 2009 season that saw the Huskies go to the Division III New England Regional Tournament for the second consecutive year. USM opened their 2010 season with a 7-3 win over Old Westbury on Saturday, and a 15-4 win over Albertus Magnus at the Baseball Heaven Complex in Yaphank, N.

Women's basketball ends season with loss to No. 1 Amherst in NCAA Tournament

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

The USM women's basketball team is known for their great program and it showed this year as they played in NCAA tournament for the 16th straight season. After their last two seasons were cut short in the first round of the NCAA DIII tournament with loses to Brandeis and Emmanuel, the Huskies earned a first-round, 74-63 win against Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at LeFrak Gymnasium on the campus of Amherst College on Friday.

Morin and Ulrich become All-Americans

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

After garnering the title as the first two national qualifiers in one season in USM wrestling history last weekend at the New England Wrestling Association Championships, senior Mike Morin (Fryeburg) and junior Matt Ulrich (Garfield, N.J.) amazed the Husky faithful once again as they both claimed All-American honors at the 2010 NCAA DIII Wrestling National Championship this past Friday and Saturday in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Letter from the editor

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Last week, amid the flurry of gathering last-minute quotes for stories, rushing to get photos and tracking down local politicians, I formed a band with four musicians with whom I had never played and wrote and performed a live set of original music.

Our Opinion

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

The University of Maine System continues to eye online courses as a cost-saving, accessible way to pursue a degree, with the Board of Trustees having expressed it's aim of eventually moving 1,000 programs online, system-wide.

With advances in technology and the Maine's high-speed internet infrastructure, the computer can now viably stand in place of the classroom as our primary venue of higher education.

The "F" word: A Feminist Perspective

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Up until the age of about six years old, I didn't understand the concept of being a "girl." I hated dresses and the color pink, but I loved playing in the yard and collecting bugs with my best friend, Jonathan.

The Demise of USM's College of Education and Human Development

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

The Reorganization Design Team has proposed to dismantle the College of Education. Not merge it or transform it. Get rid of it.

On March 4, I attended the teach-in in support of the Nationwide Day of Protest in Defense of Public Universities organized by our Faculty Senate Committee on Academic Freedom.