Decaying leaves and cigarette butts carpet the ground next to a smoking receptacle behind Luther Bonney Hall. But next week prepare to see that smoking receptacle moved to a new "designated smoking area."
"I want to hear whether or not we're winning the war on terrorism," said Phil Caper, one of the 20 directors of the World Affairs Council of Maine (WAC). This was a common sentiment among the approximately 90 people who had come to listen to Charles Dunbar, professor of international relations at Boston University and former ambassador from the United States to Yemen and Qatar, address the WAC during last Tuesday's breakfast briefing titled "The War on Terror 2005-2008: Possible coming attractions," at the Double Tree Hotel in Portland.
The Albert Glickman Family Library at the University of Southern Maine and several staff members at USM sponsored a panel lecture and discussion titled, "Did the Internet Influence the Election?" The panel spoke on the seventh floor of the library on Tuesday, November 9, at 7 p.
The USM faculty senate voted down a motion of "no confidence" in the Chancellor, according to an e-mail from Roxie Black, Faculty Senate Chair. The motion was voted on at the Senate's monthly meeting last Friday, November 5th.
Between the experience and the connections often developed by being involved in a university community, some wonder why there are not more students actively joining student groups.
USM has a variety of illustrious speakers coming here every week. Here is a sample of some of them. This list is not all-inclusive and the number of listings is contingent on space.
The law firm Chadbourne & Parke LLP has donated $100,000 towards the construction of a new building for the Muskie School of Public Service, the University announced on Wednesday. The firm made the donation in honor of Edmund Muskie, a senior partner at Chadbourne & Parke from 1981 to 1996.
Woman sexually assaulted.... President publishes update.... Greeks write letters for charity.... Egalitarian establishment earns encomiums.... Sports section introduces new column....
Several ballot initiatives, national, state and local election results served as a reminder of the different worlds the two University of Southern Maine campuses are located in despite their proximity to one another. In the presidential election, the City of Portland voted overwhelmingly for Senator John Kerry by a 71.
The days following Kerry's concession speech were tough for 49 percent of the U.S. With Bush referring to his narrow victory as a "mandate" and smugly enforcing a one-question rule at his victory press conference, there seemed no salve for the prospect of being ignored for another four years.
Nov. 3 Someone lost a diamond ring valued at $2,000 on the Portland Campus. Nov. 4 A male subject was being violent in Upton-Hastings Hall about 11 p.m. A person was injured when the wind blew a sign over which struck the person. Nov. 5 Police arrested a person for disorderly conduct in Upton Hastings Hall.
