USM Thursdays begin at Bleachers By Scott Marcoux Art and Entertainment Editor A chance to socialize with other faculty and staff members, a good deal on chow, and the day's sports highlights. Welcome to USM Thursdays at Bleachers. Bleachers Sports Bar and Restaurant, almost a part of the Portland campus for years, now offers two-for-one appetizers for USM faculty and staff 5 to 7 p.
People whizzing down Forest Avenue may miss it, but Brea Lu Cafe does exist, and serves breakfast all day! The small brick building sits alone at 428 Forest with a banner running down its side that reads "BREAKFAST" in large red lettering. Inside the cafe are high tin ceilings and plenty of old varnished wood.
"A Beautiful Mind" is one of those "high quality films" that the studios hold until the end of the year for the purpose of gaining little gold men. Oscar is king in Hollywood this time of the year. Some of these studio films are very good and deserve the praise they desperately seek, but others are usually jumbled messes that show evidence of too many fingerprints.
