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The Free Press Vol. 39, Issue No. 20, 04-14-2008

Sarah Trent University of Southern Maine

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Students “At the end of the day, when someone’s ox is being gored, people fi ght.” STAND for -Mark Lapping, interim provost action Suspension Brandon McKenney Staff Writer

Three USM students are con- threat lights fi res, cerned about genocide in Darfur. 26Programs Well, perhaps there are more than three, but in a year when in- volved students seem to be less inspires plans involved than usual, and facing a lack of general knowledge about BRANDON BY ILLUSTRATION MCKENNEYPHOTO what’s happening in Darfur, three are trying to reenergize a student Sarah Trent ties – on ‘probation,’ all but one These programs are being cuts and program evaluations to group dedicated to the issue. Executive Editor program has submitted a plan for evaluated under the cloud of the students. The USM chapter of STAND how they’ll address the issues current budget crisis, which, com- Students, several senators said, (Students Taking Action Now that put them on ‘the list.’ bined with near-weekly news of have been left entirely in the dark, Darfur), whose members include By threatening the suspension These issues include low more cuts, has a lot of university and are being given little voice in Alexandra Petropoulos, Aaron of 26 academic programs, interim enrollment – only 62 students employees feeling vulnerable. the decisions that affect their ev- White and Joe Cerny, is trying Provost Mark Lapping was trying graduated last year from all of the At last Friday’s Student Senate eryday life at this university. to build up some recognition on to “light a campfi re.” programs, combined – and trou- meeting, Lapping emphasized “We know the faculty better campus and in the community to Fires, indeed, have been lit. ble “working and playing well something he says he’s been than anyone,” said senator Jen get more people engaged. Computer science came up with with others,” said Lapping, citing trying to make clear since day Cote, yet aside from various sur- They’re optimistic that their an inch-high stack of documenta- “internal troubles” in the midst of one. veys and intangible feedback, stu- group and a string of events they tion supporting their program. which students found themselves “No full-time faculty will lose dents have no infl uence over what have scheduled over the next few Physics and chemistry students caught. He did not name specifi c their job,” he said. “We need fac- happens in the hiring or cutting of weeks will get students thinking all but rioted. Lapping received programs with this problem. ulty.” faculty or programs. about Darfur, the western-most earfuls of comments from faculty The Russian program is the “There’s a myth that faculty In the hallway outside the meet- region of the northeast African and students, notes or petition- only one which has not yet sub- will be reduced or asked to teach ing, senator – and physics major country of Sudan. like documents written by more mitted a plan, says Lapping, but more – it’s a scare tactic,” said – Sri Dhyana spoke with Lapping With aid from the government than one person, and, he says “the he’s extended their deadline be- Lapping. “It’s not happening.” about the myriad ideas she has for of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, occasional diatribe.” cause the department consists of While student senators asked how to invigorate her threatened the Arab militia, Janjaweed, has “At the end of the day, when only one faculty member. him questions that emphasized physics program, including ways conducted a scorched-earth cam- someone’s ox is being gored, Most of the plans, Lapping their frustrations with some of to reach out to the other sciences paign against non-Arabs, using people fi ght,” he said. said, trying hard not to roll his the administration’s decisions and increase involvement in the rape, starvation and mass murder Two months after putting the eyes, were prefaced by state- around the less-protected part- new student-run physics club. across the country. programs – including women’s ments saying, “if we get elimi- time faculty in recent “budget studies, the B.S. in economics, nated, life on earth would never cuts,” their real concerns focused See PLAN page 14 See STAND page 14 and LAC’s arts and humani- be the same.” more around the transparency of

Bridging religious divide Taylor-made for student body Brandon McKenney the fi eld of artifi cial intelligence, president Staff Writer but has garnered even more atten- tion as the father of Daniel Pearl, Matt Dodge the Wall Street Journal reporter News Editor A Jew and a Muslim walked murdered in Pakistan in 2002. into an auditorium. Following his son’s death, And they had a conversation. Pearl and his family founded the Ben Taylor could just wait in No joke. For an audience of more Daniel Pearl Foundation, whose the wings for his term to begin. than 700, the two men spoke of mission is to foster cross-cultural After the announcement of his building bridges between their understanding. landslide victory in last month’s grandchildren in a world where Both men feel that the issues student government elections, the fi ght over Israel has driven between the three Abrahamic Taylor could just kick up his heels them apart. faiths -- Islam, Christianity and on the Student Senate desk in the Akbar Ahmed and Judea Pearl Judaism -- have reached a cru- campus center offi ce. He could have been touring the world for cial point at which their confl icts coast until next semester, patting the past fi ve years acting as con- must be dealt with swiftly. himself on the back for earning duits for a dialogue between two Their conversations are meant 44 percent of the vote and enjoy a religions that desperately need to to act as a stepping-stone to fur- nice, stress-free month. talk. ther and encourage dialogue and He could. But that’s just not Ahmed is the world’s fore- action. Ben Taylor. most scholar on contempo- Last week, the men came to “I would just be bored if I wasn’t STAFF PHOTO BY BRANDON BY PHOTO MCKENNEY STAFF rary Islam and the former High USM’s Abromson Center for the involved” said Taylor, who has Judea Pearl (left) and Akbar Ahmed take a question from an audience member Commissioner of Pakistan to the third annual Douglas M. Schair spent the last week following cur- during a discussion in front of more than 700 in the Abromson Center. The two United Kingdom. rent the student body president, AJ were part of a dialogue on the issues between Judaism and Islam. Pearl is a professor of comput- er science at UCLA and known in See PEARL page 14 See TAYLOR page 5 2 Th e Free Press | April 14, 2008 ADVERTISEMENT

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“Gas prices have affected how much I drive, but the shuttle Part 1 of 3 bus is helpful. Traveling internationally is getting ucks harder because the S U.S. dollar isn’t worth as much because of adjusting exchange Looking for jobs in a recession rates in Europe.” Abigail Cuff ey “I’ve had to look into alternative fi cult to fi nd a summer job,” he says. Contributing Writer fi elds, such as administrative and busi- “There’s a labor shortage in Maine Miranda-May ness positions,” she says. And most anyways, and private sector jobs will Beaubien, Sophomore frustrating is that nothing seems to fi t help with this.” Environmental Science A local radio station is enticing its – she’s either over- or under-qualifi ed Colgan also doesn’t think that this listeners with encouragement for its for everything available. summer’s high gas prices will hamper latest contest: “What will it take to With the healthcare industry boom- tourism. stimulate your economy? A new tele- “I don’t really pay ing, she’s decided to switch to a more “This will only discourage long dis- attention to that stuff. I vision or maybe free gas for a year?” profi table career in dentistry. tance traveling, but encourage short Everywhere you turn, the buzz of just swipe my debit card “I’m currently looking for some- term traveling,” he says. whenever. I’m kind of recession is eminent. thing more stable,” she says. “I really This means that Maine might see Talk of an economic slump is all living in my own little wish that my professors had provided more travelers from Massachusetts, as world… I feel pretty over news headlines; “jobs slashed” me with more career options, and were opposed to Michigan or Kansas. and “pointing to a recession” have secure with the money I involved with my career placement. I However, he also recognizes that have saved.” become commonplace. don’t think I should have to seek them with prices forecasted for upwards of They’re not exactly encouraging out.” $4 per gallon this summer, “we don’t words for college students and soon- Seth Doyle, Junior Bethany says she wishes her advi- know what’s going to happen.” Media Production to-be grads. sors had discussed long-term career Statistics show that most gradu- According to the Associated Press planning. With Maine’s high unem- ates end up getting a job 50-100 miles in Washington, about 80,000 jobs were ployment rates, she has accepted that from where they graduated. With the cut in the month of March. The reces- one day she will have to be willing to economic slump, he says that most sion has caused a jump in unemploy- relocate. students will seek further education in “Since gas prices ment rates, up from 4.8 to 5.1 percent On the brighter side, local econom- their current fi eld, but won’t change continue to rise, I take over the same month. ic expert, professor Charles Colgan direction entirely. the shuttle-bus to class Those with jobs heavily affected of USM’s Muskie School of Public One recent graduate not worried instead of driving. are in the construction, manufactur- Service, offers some good news to the about her fi nancial future is Kara Lee, Necessities have begun ing, retail, fi nancial services and other economic situation. who left USM in 2007 with degrees in to cost too much, so I business service fi elds. He believes that “the recession will business administration and market- don’t buy as many video Housing market collapses, credit end by next fall because the Fed has ing. games and limit drinks crunches and off-balance fi nancial lowered interest rates, and Congress Kara was attended the USM’s when out.” systems are the culprit in all of this has passed the stimulus package.” annual job fair the month before grad- mess, and the results – including an Colgan recognizes that it is a “little uation, and something lined up fairly Steve Spampinato, estimated 7.8 million unemployed, harder to fi nd a job” in Maine, but not quickly. Junior are only making the fi nancial situation signifi cantly so. There’s defi nitely a When asked about the economic Media Studies worse. decline in employment, he says, but slump, Kara isn’t too concerned. All of this might just seem like eco- New England isn’t feeling the effects “I’m going to stay in Maine for a nomic jargon, but it could have devas- “I’m a horse instructor quite as hard as California or Florida. few more years, but eventually I’ll in the area and there tating effects for students entering the On the topic of summer jobs, move out of state, she says, “not be- work force this year. has been a huge lack Professor Colgan stresses that the pop- cause of the job crisis, but because of of business lately. One USM student feeling the ef- ulation in Maine increases the weather.” fects is Bethany Lynn, a 2007 gradu- Usually participants by fi fty percent during are up three times than ate with a criminology degree. this period. She says she spends 45 minutes a what it is now. People “It’s not are obviously cutting day looking for jobs online, adding dif- that the process “wasn’t what I ex- back on extracurricular pected.” activities to save Her fi eld has limited entry- money.” level jobs available to gradu- ates; most ask for a few years Kim Bragdon, Junior experience. It took Bethany two Biology months to fi nd a secure job in the fi eld of social work, but she “A co-worker told me has had to fi nd part-time jobs as that my summer job a waitress and nanny just to pay at USM was going to the bills. be cut because of the With budget cuts to the social budget crisis. I heard work fi eld in Maine, job open- they were installing ings are becoming even harder wireless internet on to come by. the buses, but they can cut my job? That just doesn’t make sense.”

Chris Guare, Junior History Not all the news is bad…

Despite the recession, some jobs remain necessary -- business, “I’ve limited spending professional services and healthcare are expected to add jobs as baby and started a savings boomers reach the age of needing assistance. account. I’m not really Growth in these fi elds was evident at USM’s annual job fair last week, Next week, part two will look at worried about my where a majority of available jobs were in the nursing, accounting and job since I have work management fi elds. how USM’s enrollment might be study.” With so much talk of unemployment, the job fair was a refreshing affected by the recession. reminder of the jobs still available in Maine. Eric Beaty, Junior The fair included a chance for students to participate in resume Electrical Engineering workshops and mock interviews, as well as meet with employee- seeking businesses. It included local businesses like L.L.Bean, Mercy Hospital and Wright Express, who are looking for eager students to join their workforce. 4 Th e Free Press | April 14, 2008 NEWS PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY JESSICA BY MEAKIN ILLUSTRATION PHOTO Mental health & campus safety one year after Virginia Tech The tragedy in Virginia has brought outrage, anxiety and a more streamlined approach to student well-being David O’Donnell That’s when a package ar- this “multimedia manifesto.” But Dr. Robert Small, the clinical But Small is weary of the ten- Sports Editor rived at NBC News headquarters, it did showcase a representative director of counseling at USM, dency for media memes to lead something that appeared to be a portion on their Nightly News operates on both the Portland and people into expecting the impos- bizarre spin on the “press kit” – broadcast that evening. Gorham campuses each week sible. With only cloudy and confl ict- videotaped monologues, still pho- “You had a hundred billion from offi ces that break sharply in “Whenever you put [this many] ing information about the killer, tographs, and a 118-page written chances and ways to have avoided look and feel from other depart- people in one place, there is going early coverage at Virginia Tech statement prepared by the shooter, today,” Cho detachedly states at ments. to be risk. The hardest part of last April focused on the victims 23-year-old Seung-Hui Cho. one point. “But you decided to From the waiting area to his this discussion is that bad things – their varied lives and harrowing It was unquestionably a method spill my blood. You forced me personal desk, there is no shortage do happen sometimes,” he says. fi nal moments. of reaching out, but an incompre- into a corner and gave me only of plant life and cushioned seat- “However, the well of commu- It told of people like Liviu hensible one. one option.” ing; in the waiting area, you’re nication and collaboration across Librescu, the 76-year-old profes- The package’s contents were The dominant angle on the invited not only to sit back and the different departments, focus- sor and Holocaust survivor who crafted while he had the deed Virginia Tech massacre was thus watch some television, but to do ing on the students’ best interests, pushed himself against a class- fi rmly in mind, at least in nature. cemented: how had this mentally so in a reclining easy chair. has never been greater.” room door to allow students an It is believed that he dropped it in ill, violence-obsessed individual April is the one-year anniver- If you talk to any administrator escape out the window. the mail after the fi rst two mur- managed to attend the University sary of Virginia Tech, and it has whose department was put under His and other stories offered a ders; and it was clearly designed for so long, and get to this point? always been the busy season for scrutiny in the last year – and few hint of contrast to the otherwise to play a part in the media circus The focus shifted away from anyone in this line of work. It’s were not – “increased collabora- bleak news, in which the US had following his death (he compares the school’s shambling response when hundreds of seniors look tion” is the single most-cited de- just witnessed the deadliest civil- himself to Jesus Christ through- to the incident itself, and onto the toward life after college, and hun- velopment. ian-shooting rampage in its his- out). way it had reacted to Cho’s long dreds more struggle to catch up Employees of the counseling tory. NBC would eventually decide history of alienated – and alienat- with end-of-the-year work. department meet weekly with And then, two days later, the against airing the bulk of what ing – behavior. It is no wonder that college is those in the offi ces of Student killer got a lot more vivid. anchor Brian Williams dubbed one of the most common places Life, Community Standards, and for a mental illness to make itself Campus Safety. known. Occasionally, says community Following the mental-health standards director Joseph Nelson, related Virginia Tech tragetdy that can involve weighing a matter and the more recent shooting at where an issue of conduct be- Northern Illinois in February, his comes one of mental health, and work is that much more impor- vice versa. tant. By all accounts, these meetings “We probably see in the range were already taking place before of 800 students over the academic April 2007. But since then, they year,” says Small. While some have been woven into the fabric come in with smaller-scale per- of the school, and even extended sonal growth issues, “on the other outside it. end of the continuum, we have For instance, a USM student students that get depressed and for who is admitted to a nearby hospi- various reasons want to die.” tal for psychiatric reasons is given He stresses that the number of the opportunity to sign a disclo- people that come to him in ex- sure form. treme distress is small, relative Doing so extends patient-doc- to the number that simply need to tor confi dentiality to the school’s talk out isolated problems. counseling center, allowing them He also points out that the ma- to become involved with the stu- jority of major cases that come his dent during and after their hospital way are from students at the tail stay. end of an academic career. It’s by no means mandatory, After last year’s tragedy at but it is a way of directly reaching Virginia Tech, Small’s fi rst order out to the student at the height of of business was to send a mass a personal crisis, and letting them e-mail to students and faculty reach out to counselors. aimed at reminding them how The idea behind it, and other open his door is. efforts, being that it beats passing He was on hand to help sort a few pamphlets in the hallway through the shock of the then- when, after-the-fact, troubled stu- unfolding event, but also anything dents return to campus. else that could affect the school’s nearly 11,000 students: the end of In Portland, University a romance, the persistence of di- Counseling Services is located sastrous study habits. in 105 Payson. In Gorham, fi nd Following the events last April, them in 110 Upton. They are open there is now an “involuntary with- 8-4:30 Monday through Friday. drawal” option available to USM Any student paying the health administrators which goes beyond fee (those enrolled in six or more the reach of conduct-based expul- credits) has already paid for his or sion. her fi rst 12 counseling sessions. It would be considered if a person were to cross the line from being a mental-health case to a potential safety threat. NEWS Th e Free Press | April 14, 2008 5 Campus Events

Tuesday April 15 Club Volleyball Team, Guys and Girls- Weekly meetings on Tuesdays and Sundays/ Hill gym-Costello Sports Complex, Gorham Campus/ 7-9 p.m./ For more information Please email Dani Netland [email protected].

Women and Spirituality- Women in leadership in their diverse religious com- munities discuss their paths to religious life, the mentors who encouraged them, how they have persevered/ Woodbury Campus Center Amphitheater, Portland/ 12:30-2 p.m./ For more information please call 780-4996 or 228-8093.

Model United Nations Organization Weekly Meeting- If you’re inter- STAFF PHOTO BY BRANDON MCKENNEY ested in global affairs and conference planning, please join us/ 217 Abromson Community Education Center, Portland campus/ 5-5:30 p.m./ For more infor- SGA President-elect Ben Taylor sits in front of a banner in the SGA offices in Woodbury Campus Center. The sopho- mation please email [email protected]. more became involved at USM before he even enrolled, and is looking forward to making change on campus.

Wednesday April 16 Ben Taylor looks toward his presidency Student Parent Brown Bag Lunch- Brown Bag lunch for Student Parents. Children invited. Featuring cookies, punch and tea/ Women’s Resource Center, From TAYLOR page 1 As senior student body presi- trait of a school, can also have Woodbury Campus Center, Portland/ 12-1 p.m. dent AJ Chalifour approached the positive long-term fi nancial ef- AJ Chalifour, getting to know end of his time at USM, Taylor fects. College Democrats Meeting- Regular meeting of the USM College more about his new role. saw his chance to affect change Reluctant to base his term on Democrats/ Woodbury Campus Center, Portland Campus/ 5-6 p.m./ For more In the conference room of the at USM, and head up the organi- unrealistic aspirations, Taylor rec- information contact Elizabeth Trask at [email protected]. student government offi ce, Taylor zation with which he had become ognizes the limits of his offi ce. seems comfortable. Dressed in a so familiar. “There are not a lot of tan- Thursday April 17 sweater, with the collared shirt Now that he’s won, Taylor has gible, measurable goals that can Meditation Club Meeting- Please come to our weekly open meetings to you’d expect in an elected offi - to decide what tone his impend- be set for a position like this,” he learn and practice methods for fostering peace in yourself/ 208 Luther Bonney, cial, his garb refl ects his casual, ing presidency will take. Last admits. Portland Campus/ 2:30-3:30 p.m./For more information contact yoorilawson@ personable approach to politics – year’s president, Andrew Bossie, Still, Taylor doesn’t let him- hotmail.com. all the required formality without focused his term on working with self get bogged down in the harsh any of the intimidation. administration and staff to reach reality of being the next student Thinking Matters- Student Research, Scholarship, and Creativity Symposium, Instilled with the “values of his goals and was a key force body president at a currently-re- including “Civic Matters,” featuring civically engaged student work/ Portland democracy” at an early age by his in creating Opportunity Maine, source-starved school. Campus (various locations)/ 2:30-8:30 p.m./ For more information visit http:// mother, a civics teacher, Taylor which fi nally came to fruition in Setting some “stretch goals,” research.usm.maine.edu/thinkingmatters. has long been involved in student January. Taylor aspires to generate in- government. Chalifour has defi ned his time volvement by getting students to Maine Pirg Meeting- Weekly meeting/ 7-8 p.m./ Woodbury Campus Center In his tenure at Windham High Student Involvement Desk, Portland. in offi ce this year through work- lend their unique talents to the School, Taylor served as a class ing more closely with students SGA, helping both the organiza- offi cer, and was eager to continue Gorham Events Board Meeting- Weekly meeting to plan events for the and student groups. tion and school grow as a result. Gorham campus/ SIAC(Husky Hut)-Gorham/ 7-9 p.m./ For more information his record of involvement after he Given these precedents, Taylor “There a lots of students with please contact [email protected]. shed the cap and gown. says that a good balance is impor- skills in specifi c things,” he says. Like many USM students, tant. Giving one example, Taylor sug- Taylor’s path to Husky-hood was “I think it’s important to be gests that “a marketing student Friday April 18 not a traditional one. accessible to students, and work could be a valuable resource if Thinking Matters- Student Research, Scholarship, and Creativity After graduating high school, with them to fi nd creative solu- they get involved.” Symposium, including “Civic Matters,” featuring civically engaged student Taylor went into the workforce tions to USM’s problems,” he Taylor hardly comes across as work/ Portland Campus (various locations)/ 8am-5pm/ For more information for two years, holding down a says. the fi ercely political type. check out http://research.usm.maine.edu/thinkingmatters/. full time job at Radio Shack to These problems, in Taylor’s His seems more like a panda earn money for college. opinions, are not as strongly tied bear with a propensity toward Student Senate Meeting- Weekly meeting/ Formal Lounge, Upton Hastings Living on Brighton Avenue at to the budget as some people chuckling. Hall, Gorham campus/ 2:30-4:30 p.m./ Call 228-8501 for more information. the time, Taylor always kept one think. The mustachioed president- eye down the road towards the The often-cited “community” elect is quickly learning that the Saturday April 19 Portland campus, and one foot in that USM lacks is not a problem presidential job requires a cha- STAND Student Group- Torch Welcoming and Public Support Walk/ the world of academia, getting in- that can only be solved with cash, meleonic ability to adapt to a Congress Square (595 Congress St.)/ 12-1 p.m. volved with students creating the he says. “There are lots of things crowd. Opportunity Maine program even we can do that the budget has “You need to be able to switch before he was enrolled at the uni- little implication on.” roles,” he says. “You can be casual versity. Getting people to sporting with students, but you need to put By the time he did enroll, he events, Taylor suggest, is a cost- on the formal face sometimes to was already involved with the free way to build community and deal with offi cial matters.” students who helped bring PIRG pride in USM. Hoping one day to pursue a (Public Interest Research Group) “We are an under-funded career in international diploma- back to Maine, and noticed that public university,” Taylor says, cy, Taylor is currently studying PIRG and student government “but the distinction between Russian and hopes to go abroad seemed to attract many of the public and private universities is his senior year. same people. all about the support that private Such a choice would mean a Though there is a lot of cross- universities get.” more limited role for Taylor in over between the groups, Taylor This support, Taylor suggests, student government, but he isn’t was at fi rst unsure of how to is intrinsically tied into alumni preoccupied with titles and rec- get involved, but seems to have pride for their alma mater, a trait ognition. fi gured things out quickly – the that can be a little harder to fi nd “That’s not what’s most impor- sophomore is serving this year as at USM. tant to me,” he says, “I just want vice chair of the student senate. Increasing community and to help address all these things pride, while in itself an appealing that could be better at USM.”

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Ben Taylor, our next student with a shortage of sports writers (and CORRECTIONS body president, is a close friend. the advantage of my knowledge of How, therefore, can I make honest the game), I will not always have a In our story on stu- decisions about our coverage of him choice. dent performing in the as he enters his term? I will be assigning (and possibly USM Honor’s Recital And this week’s coverage of the writing, for the same reason) stories outing club (which I am proud to on the English department – because last weekend, “Honor’s announce has been named student the drama that goes on between its Recitalists,” we profi led organization of the year under the more than 50 faculty (of whom 21 “Alexis Hardy,” who does recent leadership of Eric Favreau) – are full-time) has been likened by musical theater. Her name am I justifi ed in running the article? university staff to a “pit of vipers,” is actually Alexis Handy. Is it wrong of me for choosing them and is reaching the point at which This was a writer’s error. over another club? Would it be fair students fi nd themselves caught in if I chose another instead, simply the midst of things (one of the major Our story “Ben Taylor because of my involvement? reasons some programs were put on takes SGA election by a And covering women’s lacrosse (and Mark Lapping’s evaluation list, if you land slide” (April 7) said sports in general) – as a former USM will recall). that this was the second athlete, I feel a special pressure to be My only hope – and a large part careful with coverage of the athletics of the confl ict – is that they let me year of online elections. department. graduate in peace, whatever happens. This was actually the While they understand that I cannot But, whatever happens, bear with fourth year. This was an ethically protect them from the us. We cannot cover everything. And editor’s error. media, I also feel dedicated to the we cannot cover everything perfectly This week’s paper and a handful lacrosse, ran the outing club, was student athletes with whom I share a or without confl icts of interest, no In the photo caption on of events in the past week have a student senator and have been sort of understanding. matter how hard we try. “Fans save Anime Boston reminded me how diffi cult it is to be involved with the board of student I feel like I have been able to We avoid them where we can. And 2008” (April 7), we said a student and a journalist at the same organizations, the honors program bring better coverage to the athletic we hope you trust our judgment when that the person shown time. and fi rst and foremost, the English department because, as an athlete, we can’t. was dressed as “Ryck.” It I’m not talking about the scheduling department. I understand its inner workings; I is actually “Ryuk.” This know the games and rivalries that confl icts between a 60-hour I know people. I know how systems was a copy editor’s error. workweek at the Free Press and a full work. I’ve been around – which, I warrant coverage because I used to course load – I’m talking about the think, allows the Free Press to cover play in them. various potential confl icts of interest things it might not otherwise have This is an ongoing struggle – and not The Featured Faculty with which student journalists had access to or knowledge of. one a student editor can ever escape. on April 7 on Bill Gavin grapple when they write about the And yet, as the one making the I guess I say these things in the was not by Liz Lugosi. university with which their lives are ultimate decisions on what does and interest of transparency. As our Sarah Trent It was by Laura Fellows. entwined. doesn’t go into this newspaper – as newspaper continues to become more Executive Editor This was a production As editor if this newspaper, it has well as being a writer of some of that and more professional, the pressure error. been very much to the benefi t of content – I am constantly faced with on us becomes that much stronger both myself and my staff that I have decisions that at any professional – and yet we cannot avoid potential spent the last fi ve years making newspaper would probably be confl icts. connections across campus. I played considered confl icts of interest. I will be writing stories on the women’s lacrosse team – because

COMMENTARY It’s Strimling. Not Stremling. Jeff Doucett e Portland West assists at-risk minimum wage, which is, above 92 BEDFORD STREET - PORTLAND, MAINE 04101 and poor children and families, all, a practical means of reinvigo- (207) 780-4084 [email protected] I appreciate Dustin Gilbert’s and owns some low-income hous- rating the slowing economy. As portrait of Dean Scontras’ candi- ing to aid its mission. Mr. Strimling notes, “Americans dacy for US Congress. It is via the industriousness who make less spend a higher EXECUTIVE EDITOR SARAH TRENT I am unaware of an effort made of Mr. Strimling and others that proportion of their income at the ARTS EDITOR JENNA HOWARD by Mr. Scontras to come to USM, as Portland West has been able to market, re-injecting that income NEWS EDITOR MATT DODGE many other candidates have done, overcome limited funds to provide back into the economy and pro- disempowered members of the moting economic stimulation.” SPORTS EDITOR DAVID O’DONNELL but I feel his presence would facil- itate an exchange of ideas benefi - community with a stepping stone A policy of “trickle down” PRODUCTION EDITOR JESSICA MEAKIN cial to the entire USM community. out of what is too often genera- economics, on the other hand, PRODUCTION ASSISTANT KATIE WILBER That being said, there is some tions of poverty compounded by a as President Bush’s tax cuts rep- PHOTO EDITOR BRANDON MCKENNEY false information and unsub- pervasive sense of hopelessness. resent, gives extra money over- stantiated arguments put forth Further, Mr. Strimling has been whelmingly to people who need WEB EDITOR BETHANY FLANNERY in the column that are worthy a senator in the Maine legislature it the least and have the least AD SALES JOSHUA GRISET of more earnest scrutiny. for six years. There, he has worked incentive to spend it quickly. BEN SKILLINGS First, one of Mr. Scontras’ oppo- to implement fairer taxes for the Mr. Scontras’ business acumen nents in the race was misidentifi ed middle class and the elderly. He could prove an important asset in BUSINESS MANAGER LUCILLE SIEGLER as Ethan Stremling. has worked with Senator Richard the effort to strengthen Maine’s ADVISOR KENNETH H. BRIEF His name is Ethan Strimling. Nass, a Republican, to reduce economy, but it is essential that This spelling error, repeated property taxes. Very clearly, the the capabilities of the market not throughout the column, is negligi- policies and programs Mr. Gilbert be exaggerated. Editorial & Advertising Policies ble, except that it appears indica- laments do not exist. Private fi rms are concerned tive of a superfi cial grasp of Mr. Throughout his career, Mr. almost myopically with maximiz- The Free Press is a weekly student–run newspaper paid for in part by Strimling’s career and candidacy. Strimling has demonstrated a keen ing profi ts; more ethical consider- the Student Activity Fee. • We have a gender-neutral language policy. • Mr. Gilbert’s remarks confi rm foresight and commitment to fi nd- ations seldom register. 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Up to 10 additional to live off the state, while at the cies that favor the very wealthiest nomic elites, well isolated from copies are available for 25 cents each at the offi ce of The Free Press, same time keeping those people in citizens. the plight their decisions cause 92 Bedford St., Portland, Maine. • The Free Press reaches an estimated poverty -- and keeping their vote.” Polarization of wealth in the others. 11,000 students of USM, their friends and families on the Portland and These claims are profoundly mis- US, after all, is currently at a Perhaps Mr. Scontras should Gorham campuses and in the Portland community. To advertise, contact informed and risible. level not experienced since just leave the boardroom more often, our Advertising Manager at 207.780.4084 x8. • We reserve the right to In reality, Mr. Strimling owns prior to the Great Depression. follow Mr. Strimling’s lead, and reject advertising, We will not accept discriminatory ads. • We welcome no low-income housing. What Moreover, college tuition has start connecting more consci- letters to the editor. They must be submitted electronically, include the au- Mr. Gilbert seems to be referring skyrocketed (at double the rate entiously with the issues most thor’s full name, school year or relationship to USM, phone number for to -- either dishonestly, or with a of infl ation) in the last several important to Mainers from all va- verifi cation and may not exceed 350 words without prior approval from disregard for the facts -- is that Mr. years, putting a college degree -- rieties of backgrounds. the Executive Editor. • The deadline for all submissions is Thursday at 4 Strimling has served as executive and upward social mobility -- out p.m. preceding the week of publication. Send submissions to freepress@ director of the nonprofi t Portland of reach for much of the public. Jeff Doucette is a senior politi- maine.edu. West for more than a decade. One of Mr. Strimling’s recent re- cal science major and a member sponses is a proposal to increase the of the College Democrats. PERSPECTIVES Th e Free Press | April 14, 2008 7 FROM THE RIGHT Letter to the Editor Where’s my “academic freedom?” Don’t generalize about the poor Dustin Gilbert whose views need to be “rem- Columnist edied.” Dear Free Press, When I was a junior in high school, a young English teacher, This letter is in response to “Don’t believe the hype around Democrats” published on April 7. I am a minority. When I go First and foremost I would like to thank you for allowing Mr. Gilbert to contribute to our school a graduate of Bates, was asked to into a class where I know politics supervise my history of fi lm class newspaper. It is very important for a publication such as The Free Press to contain varying view will be discussed, I usually come points, different ideas, and suggestions which allow its readers to obtain different perspectives on when my own teacher had to leave braced for debate. early one day. a myriad of issues. In an American government However, his most recent contribution is a fl awless example of the ignorance that is widespread My reputation as a Republican class last semester, however, I was known among my teachers throughout our country. wanted to see what would be dis- All politics aside, what he has stated in his article is offensive, oppressive, and rapaciously preju- and peers, but I had never talked cussed if I didn’t make my conser- with this guy. I’d never even had dice. He stated, “[Democrats]…keep pushing programs that allow low-income Mainers to live off vative presence known. the state…It’s a tactic that breeds laziness and dependency on government programs.” him for a class – but he knew of In the fi rst couple of weeks, stu- me. What is it that he is trying to say here? Is he saying that all low-income Mainers are lazy and dents brought up universal health- enjoy their fi nancial situation so much that they sit around all day doing nothing but freeload off No more than a minute in the care, Democratic nominees and room, and he had started in with the State? the common Bush bashes. His article projects this, and furthermore he is offending all students who attend the University his political opinions – aimed at I sat next to an old buddy from me. of Maine System including himself. high school and just listened. I bit He and ten thousand other students attend this publicly subsidized university. Does this mean that I told him I didn’t want to dis- my tongue on a number of occa- cuss politics, it was the end of the he is lazy and that the Democrats are trying to keep him in poverty because he attends USM? sions to keep the pact I had made If it were not for USM, I would not be able to further the education that will allow me to contrib- day and I was just thinking about to simply observe — though I did going to practice. ute more to the economy. I am very thankful for this. speak up once to point out that this I would like to suggest to him that in future articles he should not generalize about the poor. He But it didn’t stop. He began country is actually a Republic. blaming America for just about should educate himself about what it means to be poor in this country. The occasion that struck my And I would also like to suggest that he obtain some real-life, real-world experience before he every bad thing that was going deepest nerve was when the pro- on in the world. The world, as settles on becoming an advocate for this corporate libertarian populace he seems to be represent- fessor brought in his left-of-the- ing. this man saw it, was a result of center New York Times, which he America’s wrong doings. swore by. I couldn’t get a word in before Sincerely, He pulled this edition out and Matthew C. Hayden the guy was yelling – and in front showed the class the huge ad that of the whole class. Senior took up the whole center page. The History Major He was angry with me for what spot was purchased by moveon. he thought was wrong with this org and the title was “General Be- country! Tray-Us.” It was not only distasteful but The professor had a smirk on completely out of line and out of his face as he simply showed the sync with what the guy was get- ONLINE POLL: advertisement and read it aloud. ting paid for – being an English There was no real point to show- teacher. Where do you plan to live next year? ing it. It was something that just All professors and teachers have happened to catch his eye. opinions. But they’re getting paid It took all my strength not to to fairly inform and educate, not My parents’ house 21% walk out of class. to indoctrinate. Stating their opin- Later on, Rudy Giuliani put ions is one thing, but throwing out Moving/Transfering 17% his own advertisement in the propaganda and hatred of conser- same spot in rebuttal of moveon. Abroad 14% vatives, America and its military is org’s smearing of the honorable a whole separate entity. West End Portland 10% General. The next time you hear some- I got to class that day and waited thing like this going on in your USM Area 10% for this professor to pull out his classroom, remember that you sacred newspaper to show the Portland Suburbs 10% didn’t pay for an opinion. You class the Republican candidate’s don’t pay tuition dollars to Gorham Dorms 7% full-page ad. It never happened. hear why he or she dislikes our The Times never made another President. You’re paying for an Parkside/Downtown 7% appearance in class. honest education. I was disgusted at how this pro- East End Portland 3% fessor didn’t mind throwing this Dustin Gilbert is a compassion- piece of liberal propaganda out in Bayside Village 0% front of his class. ate conservative hoping to help his The worst part is that it’s not fellow students better understand This Free Press poll is not scientifi c and refl ects the opinions of only those internet users who have chosen to uncommon. Especially when there right-wingers. participate. The results cannot be assumed to represent the opinions of internet users in general, nor the public as a whole. are conservatives in the room

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throughout the country moving to rural areas. What I opinions. did was not exactly off the grid, but it was an alterna- The end result just stands for the multiplicity of view- tive kind of lifestyle. I was living within a system that points, how people can think about things differently I didn’t agree with and I was trying to do something - so that we can’t really nail everything down. positive within that. Does anyone in particular stand out as being an How long did you live there? inspiration to you for pursuing art? About seven years. It was an owner-built home that Buckminster Fuller. He was an honorary professor was designed based on the size of lumber that I could at Southern Illinois University when I was an under- scavenge. grad -- at that point in time he was talking a lot about building geodesic domes. He gave a talk in a class Wow, what did you do there? that I was in, and he was brilliant. He talked for hours I had electricity but not running water, and did without notes, just off the top of his head. His ability gardening, baking and all of those kinds of things, to think as a designer but also as a humanist -- that which started to eclipse my studio time, and I real- was very inspiring. ized that the studio time was important. There are lots of different outlets for creative and even intellectual So you see art as more than just self-expression? activity, but I do have a commitment to making visual I do, I see creativity and innovation as being basic art, so I went back to graduate school. But I learned impulses that are at the essence of any discipline, and something really important during that time that’s re- somebody like Fuller is drawing off a lot of different ally still a part of who I am. disciplines, and contributing in a way that brings these different sets of knowledge together.

What kinds of art do you do now? I’ve been working on setting up an interplay between Do you feel it’s important to have a balance visual art and geographic information systems, and so between the rural and the technological sides of JAN PIRIBECK in some ways what I do is a form of digital mapping things? -- a broader way of defi ning that would be cultural Absolutely, I like those extremes. I don’t have a bias cartography. towards high-tech or low-tech, and I believe that you ART DEPARTMENT It could be mapping some very personal feelings have to fi nd a balance. Let’s face it, if there’s an ice or perceptions about a place, and sometimes I map storm like we had, and the lights go out, you’re not CHAIR opinions. going to be using your computer but you can still pick up a stick and dip it in mud and draw. How long have you been in Maine? Since the early 1970’s. I moved here immediately Have you mapped any opinions lately? after graduating (undergrad) and was part of the back- Lately I have not. But I did a project with students Which of the two campuses (Portland and Gor- to-the-land movement, and built a little place out in where we went out and looked at the neighborhood ham) do you like better in terms of the general the woods. where I live, and used principles of design and rated atmosphere? different locations in the neighborhood according I can’t choose. That sounds like a cop-out and maybe A place in the woods? to those design principles -- so that’s where I took it is. They’re different in the way each functions and That was a time when people were disillusioned with the point data and made these very colorful contour in the feel, so I’m back and forth, and can appreciate the Vietnam War, and there were a lot of young people maps that you can read and see how they refl ect those what each has to offer. DON’T EntertainmentArts STAY HOME 9 Th e Free Press | April 14, 2008 “LAST EASTER” & GET JAZZED

APRIL 14 If you’ve got kids, siblings, or friends who never quite grew up, you might just enjoy a family con- cert by Matt Loosigian, which is part of the Week of the Young Child. This event is sponsored by the USM Child and Family Centers. 4:30 to 5:15 p.m./ Woodbury Campus Center Amphitheater, Portland campus/ 780-4125

APRIL 15 The North Star Cafe presents a poetry reading in the Port Veritas Spoken Word Series, entitled “Women in poetry.” This night will feature USM poetry teachers Annie Finch and Betsy Sholl, as well as Barbara Kelly & Roller Girl. Free/ 7 p.m./ 225 Congress St., Portland/ 699-2994

APRIL 16 The Old Port Acting Studio will be holding an acting workshop to celebrate their grand open- ing. Spring acting classes begin on April 21. The workshop is free/ 7 to 9 p.m./ 386 Fore Street #501, Portland/ 408-5061

APRIL 17 Bowdoin college presents the Maine Jazz Showcase featuring The Frank Mauceri Quin- tet, and Steve Grover’s Garden Above Trio. Not only does the show feature some well-respected Maine jazz artists, but it is also a benefi t for An-

STAFF PHOTO BY BRANDON BY PHOTO MCKENNEY STAFF drew D’Angelo, a Brooklyn-based saxophonist Comedian Bob Marley performs for a packed audience in Gorham. He loves performing at colleges, and has been to who has been diagnosed with cancer. Admis- USM almost every year for a long time, depending on where he’s been living. sion is free, but there will be a table for dona- tions/ 7:30 p.m./ Studzinski Recital Hall, Kanbar Auditorium, Bowdoin College/ 798-4141 Th e Bob Marley Show APRIL 18 USM theater’s fi nal major production of the year begins tonight. “Last Easter,” directed by Tom Power, is a play by Bryony Lavery which touches whole problem, we just have to get Rupaul to run. David O’Donnell on issues of death and God as it follows a ter- Sports Editor I just do goofy stuff. I try not to get preachy or anything. There’s nothing wrong with that, but the minally ill woman and her friends in a dark but biggest mistake you can make with an audience is if humorous search for healing. Cost is $12 for the Last Thursday, comedian Bob Marley performed they don’t believe you, you’re screwed. general public, $8 for seniors and USM faculty a free stand-up set at the Brooks Student Center in Fortunately for me, they believe me as a goofy, and staff, and $5 for students/ 7:30 p.m./ Rus- Gorham. I caught up with him afterwards to talk dumb white guy. sell Hall, Gorham campus/ 780-5151 a little about leaving Los Angeles, remembering Maine college life, and not being able to get into his One who’s back living in Maine. APRIL 19 own shows. Yeah. I lived here when I started, then I was in The Sixth Annual Maine Deaf Film Festival will Boston for two years, then LA for 11. I moved back How often do you try to make it to USM? be held at USM, and can be an informative and almost three years ago. I’m still working a lot out entertaining way to spend your afternoon and I come, gosh, it seems like once a year now. It there, I go out next month for a show on E! and one depends on where I live, like when I lived in LA I evening. Films vary in length and cover differ- on CBS. ent topics such as deaf history, deaf fi lmmak- didn’t come much. But I always try to do it, cause And I’m doing a sequel to Boondock Saints this ers, stereotypes, humor, and more. This event you know, it’s USM, it’s Portland, I’m from here. summer. So I go back and forth. I don’t do as much road is free for USM students with student ID’s/ 1 to Do you perform at many colleges? work because I’ve got three kids, but I’ve been 11 p.m./ Luther Bonney Auditorium, Portland Colleges, I like to do ‘em, when I fi rst started pretty lucky. It’s a wicked crapshoot. campus, with a reception in between sessions -- oh gosh, I would do like 40 or 50 a year. And at the Woodbury Campus Center Amphitheater/ then when I moved to LA I stopped doing ‘em all Does your act change a lot when you go out of 780-4582 together. state? It’s weird because I’m 41. I don’t feel like I discon- Oh yeah, some things, but not everything. Anything APRIL 20 nect with them, because I never made my set about that’s super-specifi c about Maine you can’t do. being, you know, an older person. I just make it Come out and support the USM Chorale as they That’s a big question, people are like “how do you sing at Immanuel Baptist Church. This perfor- about whatever’s funny. work anywhere else?” And I’m like, well, I’ve got I still feel like I connect with them. Some guys get mance will be conducted by Robert Russell, and 13 CDs, there’s probably 11 and a half hours of selections will include parts of Mendelssohn’s to a point where they’re doing a lot of political stuff, stuff. Every album has 15- 20 minutes about Maine, and they can’t connect with the audience as much. “Elijah.” $10/$5/ 2 p.m./ 156 High St., Portland/ and the rest is stuff I can do anywhere. 780-5555 It’s just that when I’m in Maine, I really try to put Have you ever done political material? my fi nger on the pulse of all the folks here. It’s fun. Some. The only political joke I’m doing right now It’s like joking around with your family. is, I say people can’t decide if they want to elect a woman or a black guy. I think we can solve the See MARLEY page 13 10 Th e Free Press | Apri1 14, 2008 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT STAFF PHOTOS BY BRANDON BY PHOTOS MCKENNEY STAFF Student Designer Elissa Levin’s apartment floor is shown covered with fabric remnants as she scrambles to get her pieces ready for the WMPG Annual Fashion show. Th e ups and downs of Showing offBy Jenna Howard WMPG’s fourth annual fashion show

Dreaming and designing

“This is going to look just right,” says Elissa Levin as she wraps a navy blue sash around her body and skips a couple steps across her hardwood living room fl oor, which is covered in pieces of fabric. It’s just after midnight, three days before the WMPG fashion show benefi t, and the Lights, camera… 22-year-old political science major is busy The runway, raised about fi ve feet off putting the fi nishing touches on a piece the fl oor, follows halfway down the right- that she’s designed for the event, held last hand wall of SPACE Gallery before turning Friday at the SPACE gallery. and jutting into the crowd, who is standing The young designer is passionate about Direction from downstairs around the catwalk on both sides for the sewing. She’s dressed in a frilly black knit- In the basement of SPACE on Friday fourth annual WMPG fashion show. ted top with a large black and white skirt night, Elissa Levin and twenty other design- The event, as planned, is packed to that grazes her knees. The skirt is belted ers are fi nalizing their fi nishing touches for capacity, something that organizer Paul and her hair is pinned. presentation in the fashion show. They’re Drinan has come to expect. It’s late, but she looks like she could be all visibly sweating. He’s been helping with the show since ready for an appearance at a chic cocktail Backstage, Levin is pinning and spray- it’s beginning in 2005, and has taken on bar. Her personal style, she says, is some- ing the brown locks of USM photography more and more with each show, this year thing that infl uences her work. student Sarah Reece, attaching tulle here directing and producing the event. Levin’s goal is to create beautiful pieces and there. His background in event management, without wasting anything. Ready to call it a night While most of the models got their hair he says, has included working at the Oscars The entire bottom-half of a black party- and makeup done by professionals from in L.A. and Civic Center-sized functions dress is bulging with what looks to be hun- “This was the best show yet, by far,” says Akari, who were on-hand to doll up models with thousands of people involved. dreds of pieces of colorful scraps. Drinan, the event producer at the end of the a few hours before the start of the show, The former professional model has been “They’re all old tee shirts,” she says with night. He credits new theatrical lighting for Reese arrived after they’d packed up. trained for the runway, and has walked a smile. “I really believe in using what’s making the show really punch. “In terms of “This dress is so full of color and ex- catwalks in nearly every major city in the lying around, instead of consuming more attendance and the production itself, best citement,” Levin instructs as she wraps country, so he took it upon himself to train and more. Art should not be wasteful.” show yet.” and teases pieces of the model’s hair, “but the models who wanted pointers during the WMPG’s own Goober (Michael Levin returned to USM last semester you’ve really got to work it with your walk, after she spent two years in Cape Town, week before the show. Manning) and Caitlin Corbin stepped up come out with so much energy, because Downstairs, designers comb their South Africa, where she got much of her on the day of the event to DJ the evening’s without it, the dress won’t scream like it models for any fl aws in their garments or inspiration. show, something Drinan commends. should!” pace for the catwalk; champagne comes She has given names in African dialects Confusion during planning had left a Sarah agrees with a squeal of excite- out and toasts are made between designers to each of the three pieces she is putting hole in the program, leaving music in the ment. Clearly, she’s thrilled to be ‘work- and models; groups of women are lacing in the fashion show. The piece made up of air until the last minute. ing it,’ and it’s almost time to take to the corsets and talking about quick clothing so many scraps she calls Emasithandane, The audacious, self proclaimed “pro- catwalk for a quick-run through before the changes or feverishly debating between which means, ‘we must all love each other’ moters of awareness and discussion under- doors were opened to the public. shoes. in Gauteng. represented in mainstream media,” WMPG The 8 p.m. dress rehearsal is the fi rst Photographers sparkle the gallery with It also happens to be the name of a has done it again, holding a bustling gala time the models are taking to the runway fl ashes. Run-lists are corrected, and the children’s home in South Africa, to which that represents local designers and the art and learning their place in the run-list for lights go down over the crowd. they produce, from their hearts and hard- Levin plans to donate the proceeds of her the 9 p.m. show. dresses if she sells them. wood fl oors. ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Th e Free Press | April 14, 2008 11 Summer in the city? Job search, apartment search, my digital hitchhike toward New York City Tyler Jackson evant to my studies, but at this Columnist point, I’ll wash dishes. I’ll hand out fl yers. I’ll be a telemarketer. I’ll work in a kennel As I write this column, which of rabid dogs. I will do anything was due about two hours ago, I am full-time, short of prostitution. a stressed out student. I know I am The whole idea started this not alone. winter while freezing my ass off The semester is coming to an alone here in Portland. My girl- end, the rest fi ercely uphill. friend was in a tropical paradise On top of my classes and an in- for two months and I decided that dependent study, the $250 speed- this summer, I needed a change. ing ticket I got a few days ago isn’t Badly. sitting well with my empty pocket We came up with the basics of book, and I’m attempting to fi gure the idea — I’d sublet my place, out my summer. apply for a nice, paid, media-re- I have faith that it will work out lated internship, we’d get a room if I persist, but damn, things are for June through August after her PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY KATIE WILBUR KATIE BY ILLUSTRATION PHOTO not moving forward. semester was up and we’d live I am trying to work and live happily through the summer. with my girlfriend in New York There were obvious hurdles we But as of now, all I’ve received Monster.com is cluttered and tain me through a summer in that City. knew we’d have to consider. I’m a is one polite rejection letter from confusing. Craigslist is hard to city. That is what I want; I’m willing broke musician and she’s a broke the internship I wanted most. search. I pray that when the fall semes- to do anything to make it happen. fi lmmaker. I know we’re all starv- Some of the apartment search I have to say, however, that my ter starts up, I’m sitting in the same I’ve applied to at least fi fteen ing artists at heart, but New York has been entertaining. biggest complaint of all would be chair writing a happy follow-up jobs and internships, put my cur- is where I want to be after gradua- One potential roommate said, the following: where do employ- “How I Spent My Summer” ar- rent room up on Craigslist for tion, and it ain’t cheap. “I’m so laidback that my blood ers get off with their unpaid in- ticle for the Free Press. sublet and asked at least ten people I spend so much time crafting pressure is dangerously low.” ternships? But until then, hear this (yes, about a room in New York for the individual cover letters, stretching “The tenant must love cats,” I’ve seen countless full-time, this is a cry for help): if you are summer. the stretchable details of my expe- he went on. “Hmm, actually, as of life-demanding internships that reading this and have any ideas or So far, I got nothin’. rience and qualifi cations. this afternoon the cat’s gone miss- offer nothing. Sometimes not connections that could lead this And having to do everything I really try to make them look ing, so scratch that.” even credit, sometimes “unlimited poor writer in any sort of positive online, I feel like it’s that much pretty — I mean, I would hire The apartment search seems espresso!” Very cute. direction, please, please, let me harder to literally put my foot in me. more hopeful than the job search, I don’t know about their pro- know. the door. but it is implausible to sign onto spective interns, but I don’t have At fi rst, I fi gured it would be any sublet without having a job fi ve grand kicking around to sus- ideal to pursue an internship rel- secured beforehand. Sixth Annual Maine Deaf Film Festival Jenna Howard Betts, educators and members of love ever fall his way? British Cultural and technological Arts Editor the deaf community. Sign Language and English sub- changes since the early days of The festival will include fi lms titles will be included. Hollywood enable the deaf to from all over the world, ranging in Director Wayne Betts, Jr. tell their own story in their own As a deaf child, Wayne Betts Jr. s style from suspense to documen- presents “The Deaf Family” and language and in their own way. watched E.T. for the fi rst time, and e tary, animation, drama, comedy “A Permanent Grave,” two fea- As a result, what has come to be knew instantly that he would be a r and romance. ture fi lms including ASL and called the “New Deaf Cinema” fi lmmaker. f The fi lms have been chosen by Subtitles. has emerged. After years of education, includ- t a committee that includes many The fi rst is a movie sitcom that Films will be interpreted for ing time at Rochester Institution USM ASL students and faculty. follows a family from job-hunt- both hearing and deaf audiences of Technology’s School of Film l This year, “Nice N Ezy,” a 1 ing to pyramid money-making as appropriate. and Animation, he has reached his p minute fi lm, presents a comical schemes, holier-than-thou preten- lifelong goal. He’s even founded a s warning about the consequences tious people to obnoxious “grass- The fi rst fi lm session shows multimedia production company. of taking drugs at discos. roots” folks. from 1-5 p.m. on April 19. The Betts will be the honored guest a “Loveless, Lonely and a Loser,” “The Deaf Family” gets the second session is 6:30-10:30 p.m. speaker at this year’s Maine Deaf e a nine-minute English fi lm shows deaf community to poke fun at Both are in USM’s Talbot Hall in Film Festival, held for the sixth us poor, clumsy Adam. No matter itself in hysterical situations. Luther Bonney Hall, Portland. year at USM next week. - what he does to try and impress The second fi lm is a drama An open reception with refresh- The USM Linguistics - the woman of his dreams, it just about a high school teacher who ments will go on from 5-6:30 p.m. Department and the American G won’t work. makes a grave mistake that could in the Woodbury Campus Center Sign Language Club of Maine will aWayne Betts Jr., a 25 year-old film- Supported by his two best turn his life upside-down. Amphitheatre. Tickets are free for host the annual Deaf Film Festival tmaker and creater of Mosdueux, his friends – whom girls adore – Adam Each genre offers opportunities USM students, and can be bought own production company, will be this Saturday, April 19. The fes- - begins his hunt to fi nd his very for the deaf artists who made them for the entire day or half day by speaking and showing films at the tival will feature eight hours of own lady. Cursed with misfortune to present original statements the general public. sixth annual Maine Deaf Film Festival fi lm, videos and discussions by on Saturday. and bad luck, will an accidental about the deaf experience. 12 Th e Free Press | Apri1 14, 2008 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Where to go . . . By Jenna Howard Latvia Brianna Allen, a senior art reserved -- and this was hard to major at USM, was abroad last understand for me.” spring. For the price of USM tu- It took her three months before ition, she studied in Riga, Latvia. she could say, ‘I have friends She says the insight she gained here!’ but when she fi nally academically, culturally and per- could, she says she has never felt sonally was “exponential.” more confi dent in the thought. Her fi rst impression: “it’s cold. Latvians, she says, are “altruistic It’s dark. No one smiles. No one and sincere, but you really have seems friendly -- It could be the to prove yourself.” least welcoming feeling I have Brianna’s advice to students every felt.” going abroad? “Always know Her fi nal thoughts: “I have where you are coming from, PHOTOS PROVIDED BY MARY JONES MARY PROVIDED BY PHOTOS never met more genuine people where you are and where you are as I have here. Latvians are very going. Literally.” Italy Students do roam Mary Jones, a USM photog- forget. I encourage anyone who raphy student, spent last year in has the same opportunity to take Italy, at an international design it without hesitation. You will Studying abroad at USM school in the heart of Florence. not be disappointed.” Chantel McCabe Why go through the process? are there, but neither are manda- She says that she knew from high school that she wanted to study Staff Writer “Students want cultural growth, tory. career goals, more diverse expe- A concern for some student abroad. riences, to expand their resume, travelers is safety. Sinclair assured “My dream fi nally came true It is, in fact, a small world. learn about their ancestors and that USM takes this seriously into on September 6 of 2006 when And with the many options some just want to travel,” Sinclair consideration. “The offi ce works I landed in the beautiful city of available through international and said. with the students to fi nd safe and Florence, Italy,” she says. She domestic study abroad programs This year, popular destina- comfortable programs to suit each spent her entire junior year study- at USM, traveling that world has tions for USM students were individual.” This is one of the fi rst ing art, traveling from country to never been more convenient. Italy, France, and Latin America, things covered at the student’s pre- country and meeting all kinds of Each year, hundreds of students however, this varies every year. departure orientation. people. go through a somewhat lengthy Changes in the cultures around Another concern is often price. “My taste buds were almost process to apply to study in other the world have inspired people Sinclair pointed out “there are all always pleasantly surprised and parts of the world. Courtney to travel to more unusual des- price ranges, depending on the my camera got the workout of a Albin, who is studying in Rome tinations, such as Hungary and programs and the length of time lifetime,” she says. this semester explains that “you Dubai. spent, and where you go. The “The experience changed me have to apply, get recommenda- Both summer and semester programs that are within U.S. bor- forever; it challenged my bound- tions, submit transcripts, choose time spans are available. With ders make it very affordable and aries as an individual, giving me classes, apply for scholarships, some traveling programs offered still provide a very different cul- the courage to face the world. etc. It’s like applying for college through USM’s summer program, tural experience.” There are many Those nine months I will never all over again.” students don’t have to make the programs to which you pay USM Kimberly Sinclair, the as- travel plans, they participate in tuition rates, and to which your fi - Chile sociate director in the Offi ce a planned package of travel and nancial aid applies, as well as non- of International Programs and study. The popular choice last year USM programs that offer a variety Rob Ellis, a third year political swore that it was strange how National Student Exchange, says was to go to Thailand for a course of price ranges and scholarships. science student, spent last semes- Americans drank at funerals. that only some of the programs about Theravada Buddhism. Some programs offer intern- ter in the southern hemisphere. She’d seen in a movie. Also, that USM works with require As far as knowing other lan- ships. For example, there are While Mainers were heading I mean, it’s not like Portland, interviews before you can be ac- guages, this is not a necessity in many opportunities for students into winter, his home in Santiago, Maine. There have been many cepted. order to study abroad—not all in the school of business for inter- Chile was quickly heading into military coups, windows are Once you are accepted, the ex- programs require you to speak the national training. They allows stu- summer. barred and there are fences ev- change program process is simple. language of the country to which dents to go to the business capitals Encouraged by a growing need erywhere.” All the classes you take abroad are you are traveling. There are pro- of the world, like China and India. for Spanish speakers in America, But Chileans, he says, are wel- based on the same credit system grams offered in countries like Service learning has also become he wanted to travel to a Spanish- coming and friendly, despite the as USM. Housing options, both England, Scotland, Australia and increasingly popular—there is an speaking country. Chile seemed fences and bars. on- and off-campus or with host New Zealand where English is the annual trip to Belize through the ideal. “Also, everything is so lax, I families, are researched to fi t your offi cial language. social work program, as well as “I was enrolled in an intensive, could be 45 minutes late for class, needs and convenience and even If you choose to go to a non- trips to the Dominican Republic Monday through Friday Spanish and it would be no big deal,” he food plans can often be arranged English-speaking country, there through health sciences. course, and I took a class in Latin says, and things were sched- depending upon the university are usually at least several classes Albin, from her current home in American culture,” he says. It uled late in to the night. “Soccer you decide to attend. offered in English. The offi ce en- Rome, describes her experience. was his fi rst Spanish class ever, games, which were huge, did Before students embark, USM courages you to have some prior “From the hundreds of people and it was certainly an immersion not get underway until 10:45 at planners help them compile a language lessons, and ask that you I’ve met to the natives within the experience. Knowing so little at night, and school would start for budget of expenses. take a language course while you countries—and the multiple coun- fi rst was quite a barrier, he says, young children at 1:00 in the af- tries I have seen, I have learned “but then you realize that you ternoon.” more than I could ever have imag- can get dropped in the middle of ined in a classroom in Maine. I’m somewhere and survive.” taking some core requirements He learned to navigate the 2007-2008 SHOWS here. One is art history, another is city and the culture with the help history, so I’m in Rome and actu- of his host family, a 30-some- Directed by Thomas Power April 18–27 ally get to see the Coliseum and thing mother and her 6-year-old Written by Bryony Lavery 7:30 p.m. April 18, 19, 24, 25, and 26 the Roma Forum, etc. It is fasci- daughter, and on fi eld trips with 5 p.m. April 20, 23, and 27 nating. All in all, the process is his Latin American culture class. long and at points tedious, but in He spent more than an hour the end I can’t imagine being any- each morning commuting to where else. It makes you grow as school on metro and bus lines a person. I’m living in an Italian for more than an hour through residential area with four other Santiago. Americans but the entire apart- Ellis found several things ment is Italians. I have no choice surprising about Chile. “People but to try and fi t in.” think everything they’ve seen Albin has been to Venice in American fi lm is true about and Florence, skydived and Americans. My host mother skied in Switzerland, traveled to Prague and will soon be going to Greece, Sicily, Capri, Tuscany, For more information, visit USM’s Spring Russell Hall, USM Gorham campus and Amsterdam. She encourages Study Abroad Fair on Tuesday April 15th from $12; $8 seniors/USM employees; $5 students others to step up and take part Reserve your tickets today! in one of these fulfi lling experi- 4-7 p.m. at the Brooks Dining Center, USM (207) 780-5151, TTY 780-5646 ences. Gorham. www.usm.maine.edu/theatre ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Th e Free Press | April 14, 2008 13 DVD BATT LE Sketchy artists

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My Kid Could Paint That The Mark of Cain A&E Indie Films Microcinema DVD Directed by Amir Bar-Lev Directed by Alix Lambert

Marla Olmstead is the alleged child prodigy who not only produces works In gritty and un-cinematic fashion, The Mark of Cain enters deep into of art beyond her years, but abstract ones at that. Prior tovs. her, that kind of Russian prison life to explore the long and complicated history of its tattoos. expression was uncharted territory for a child prodigy. Over the last century, inmate body art slowly evolved to the point where a per- At age four, Marla was a renowned modern painter with work that sold son’s skin told a lot about their life story. for up to $25,000 a piece. By age fi ve, her career started to unravel after an The new stuff, laments one elderly convict, is “rubbish.” He proudly dis- expose by 60 Minutes which cast doubt on her abilities. She could never plays fading portraits of Stalin, Lenin and Engels on his own chest, grazed by seem to perform on camera -- not even hidden camera. his bushy white beard. It is a stroke of luck that director Amir Bar-Lev was around from the very While the practice is forbidden in prisons, that hardly phases the tattoo art- beginning, originally to document her rise to fame. Instead, he’s there in the ists. Their guns -- constructed out of an electric razor, pen, and guitar string living room as Charlie Rose informs the nation that Marla’s parents probably -- etch “ink” made by melting boots down into soot, and mixing the soot with provide her with more than just love and encouragement. the urine of the recipient. But her success and the documentary raise more questions than just The fi lm seems equally infatuated with the state of Russian prison life as whether or not these people are con artists. It’s not even clear who is to it is with tattoos -- seeing the prisoners lose this tradition, however unsanitary be blamed for the family’s deeply uncomfortable position: themselves? The and gang-related, is just another illustration of how the institution is rapidly media? The bitter gallery-owner who fi rst propped up Marla to jab at the deteriorating. Cells designed to hold about two dozen people are overfl owing larger art community? with up to 50; tuberculosis is rampant. The only person who evades suspicion is Marla herself. That she hasn’t Russia’s post-Soviet economic troubles have clearly made for a rough low- completely blown her parents’ cover is a matter of luck and obliviousness, er-class life, and I doubt that there’s any more startling a refl ection than these not deceit. With her innocence as a backdrop, My Kid Could Paint That is a jails. Some may accuse us of coddling criminals over here, but it’s diffi cult to rich, heartbreaking look at the life-cycle of a human interest story. see how this kind of destitution could lead to anything positive. And while the complex body art makes for a very curious custom, the hole it appears to be leaving is just as unsettling. Th e Winner… As My Kid Could Paint That mother Laura Olmstead says in the fi lm, her family unintentionally handed the fi lmmaker pure “documentary gold.” They had something interesting no matter what was done with it. It’s even more impressive because you don’t come away feeling like you’ve just sat through a very special episode of To Catch a Predator. 

35&&%2).'&2/- STAFF PHOTO BY BRANDON BY PHOTO MCKENNEY STAFF Comedian Bob Marley at the Brooks Student Center in Gorham. Although we let him in, he once found himself locked out of his own show. !NINVESTIGATIONALMEDICATIONFORMIGRAINESIS INDEVELOPMENTANDWEARECURRENTLYENROLLING Bob Marley brings the show back to Maine PARTICIPANTSFORACLINICALRESEARCHSTUDY From MARLEY page 9 The thing I like about comedians is that they’re 9OUMAYBEELIGIBLEIFYOU accessible and approachable, they’re not like rock s!REYEARSOFAGEOROLDER And you went to UMaine Farmington? stars and actors. s3UFFERFROMMIGRAINES Yeah, ‘92, health major. Community health educa- An actor could be a waiter the day before, and s#URRENTLYTREATYOURMIGRAINESWITHBUTALBITAL tion (laughs) -- so now I’ve been a comedian for 17 then he could audition for a part and be huge in six CONTAININGMEDICATIONSSUCHAS&IORICET¸ years. months. I did it my junior year in college and just kept go- For a comedian, there’s no way that’s gonna hap- 3TUDYPARTICIPANTSRECEIVE ing. I started in the spring, and I was doing it pretty pen. Ninety-nine percent of them are so humble, s3TUDY RELATEDTESTING much every week in my senior year. because you take such a beating on the way up s-ONITORINGBYHEALTHCAREPROFESSIONALS I would drive from Farmington to Boston and do through. s3TUDYVISITSANDSTUDY RELATEDHEALTHCAREATNOCOST shows down there -- I was always crankin’. s0OSSIBLECOMPENSATIONFORTIMEANDTRAVEL I showed up at Orono one night and went to go into Do you still take a beating? the show room, and the guy at the door was like Yeah, you still have shows that are awful. -IGRAINE#LINICAL2ESEARCH3TUDY “hey, the show’s not open yet.” And I went, “hey, I did a show about a year ago for General Electric, I’m the comedian.” and it paid really well, and I was like “oh, this’ll be He didn’t believe me. So I went into the hallway fun.” So I get down there in the room, and I start and just sat down. Thirty minutes after the show was going -- and there’s nothing. &ORMORE supposed to begin, he fi nally comes over, “so you’re I started laughing at one point because there was no INFORMATIONPLEASE really the comedian, aren’t you?” way all of this could miss. So I fi nally get to look out at the crowd -- and they’re all Japanese. Not CALL  What were some of your comedy idols back in Japanese-Americans, but from Japan, and none of college? them spoke a lick of English. I loved the old guys -- Buddy Hacket, Don Rickles. I stopped the whole show, I said “who booked me?” &IORICET¸ISAREGISTEREDTRADEMARKOF7ATSON0HARMACEUTICAL )NC Guys like Seinfeld and stuff, they were just coming This lady raised her hand. I asked, “did you see a up through at the time. And now I’ve met most all tape of me?” She says “yeah.” And I’m like, “was I those guys, you know. juggling?” 14 Th e Free Press | April 14, 2008 NEWS Pearl and Ahmed Departments present plans to avoid suspension From PROGRAMS page 1 evaluations is that he sees little She was partially involved happening to administrative of- in the plan created by the phys- fi ces. Plans open a dialogue to ics program, which she says got That programs are seeing people involved who had never the fi rst cuts – or the most pub- Provost Mark Lapping said said anything before. licized ones – he thinks is a that he was pleased with the cre- Eric Favreau, a sophomore mistake. ativity of the responses that pro- promote peace senator and geoscience major, “There are so many dupli- grams were able to make to the said that although students cate administrative offi ces, threat of suspension. The Free were not involved in creating ones that have the same goals Press is being given the chance While he realizes that most stu- the plan to revive his depart- and do similar things,” he says. to review the 26 programs’ pro- From PEARL page 1 dents will never be able to have ment, faculty took time during “Offi ces have no relation to stu- posals – but not until next week. Memorial Lecture on Genocide such an experience, he wishes his classes to tell students about dents. Faculty (and programs) In the meantime, Lapping was and Human Rights. peers would take a stronger inter- their action plan. do.” able to share some abbreviated Toward the beginning of the est in these issues. “Geoscience found out that And even worse, he says, is ideas of a handful of programs: discussion, Ahmed characterized “Watching the news would be they actually make money for that even the offi ces that have the view of Islam in the West as a a start,” he said. “And after that, the university,” he says, “we’re a lot to offer students do very Statistics “gross misunderstanding.” taking advantage of discussions the largest geoscience program little advertising, and are known - working more with local The two also noted that there like this here on campus.” in New England.” to a minority of students. “Even professionals and professional are dangerous misperceptions In a similar vein, Pearl says not Favreaus beef with all the fi nancial aid and scholarships – development coming from all sides. to underestimate learning more proposed cuts and program nothing is advertised.” - working with several identifi ed They cited a 2006 study by the about your own culture. fi rms to connect learning with real-world applications Pew Research Center that found He says more people need to Where’s it going Suspension would mean Westerners view Middle Eastern read and learn about these cul- - extending across the UMaine from here? that no new students could be system to offering USM math to Muslims as violent and intolerant tures, and then to go out into the admitted to the program, but fanatics. world and engage with others. Mark Lapping, teamed the four Maine schools without the university is required to math degrees The same study also found that “Talk and express yourself,” with a committee made up of see all existing majors through a majority of the Middle Eastern says Pearl. “Go to other coun- four members of the Faculty to their graduation, no matter Environmental Safety & Muslim world sees Westerners as tries, like my son Danny did. Senate, will evaluate the plans how long that takes, and selfi sh and immoral as well as vio- Spread friendship, smile and make provided by each program. Health cannot cut tenured faculty. - came up with private funding lent and fanatical. friends.” By July 1, they will “have a On the faculty senate com- These are just a few of the The end of the event gave the list of programs I think should mittee that will work with myriad deep-seeded mischaracter- audience the chance to ask ques- be suspended,” said Lapping. Arts & Humanities (LAC) lapping are four professors, - offering degree as a comple- izations against which Ahmed and tions. One question, regarding He does note, however, that including Bruce Clary (public Pearl are fi ghting. foreign policy decisions our next this list will be very short. tion-degree at York County policy and management), Jerry Community College When the two men fi rst took to president might make, brought Suspension, he said, is a LaSala (physics) and Tara the stage fi ve years ago, they faced Ahmed to a point about his home yearlong process. It is so long, Coste (leadership). Lapping some hesitation. country of Pakistan. in part, because the adminis- could not confi rm the name of They explain that people were Ahmed explained that the ma- tration must involve the fac- the fourth member. fearful that the discussions would jority of aid the U.S. gives Pakistan ulty and staff unions. erupt into shouting matches, but goes toward weapons that are both men, who are now close often used against Pakistani civil- friends, have made sure they ians. This country, a key U.S. ally remain level-headed even when in a torn region, is full of people STAND seeks to educate on Darfur genocide they disagree. who hate Americans – it’s not a “It shows a disrespect for the au- very good investment, Ahmed de- “It’s kind of amazing how ing for help and independence dience when you have an agenda,” scribes, if you’re buying hatred. From STAND page 1 much people still don’t know from the regime for years. says Ahmed. “It dismisses the au- In order to turn this around, he While the U.N. doesn’t call about Darfur,” says Petropoulos. In the central African nation dience.” suggested that the next presiden- the Darfur confl ict a genocide, The three students hope that after Congo, local armed militia They follow two rules during tial administration place stipula- saying in 2005 that “genocidal hearing the stories of the two groups are fi ghting attacks from their dialogue. First, no issue is tions on the billions it gives to intent appears to be missing,” refugees, people won’t be able to the Congolese government. The taboo. Second, to have respect at Pakistan. If they earmark it for the Coalition for International ignore the problem anymore. confl ict resembles what hap- all times. schools and books – the country Justice says that more than STAND will also be acting pened in Rwanda in the 1990’s Senior Jeremy Smith, a politi- has a deep-rooted value for edu- 400,000 have been killed and 2.5 as USM representatives to a between the Hutu and Tutsi peo- cal science major, was impressed cation – it would not take long to million displaced. human rights rally on April 19 in ples, is deeply rooted in the his- by the two men and their demean- change attitudes. Last week, STAND screened Monument Square. tory of the country and has so far or. “I thought both of them were Both men agree that progress The Devil Came on Horseback While the group has been con- claimed roughly 4.5 million lives extremely well informed and the has been made in recent years for on the Gorham campus. The fi lm centrating on educating others in according to the International whole idea of the discussion was Muslim-Jewish interactions, citing is about a photojournalist who their on-campus events, the rally Rescue Committee. interesting,” he said. the Saudi Arabian king’s invita- spent more than a year in the is where the real action begins. While it’s going to take more Smith has a greater understand- tion to a group of rabbis to partici- Darfur region. Although the USM chapter is than three USMers to enact ing of the issues than a majority of pate in an interfaith dialogue in his This Tuesday, April 15, the concentrating only on Darfur, the change, STAND hopes their up- his peers – after high school, he country. The Saudi king also met Portland campus will welcome national movement is also push- coming events will be a start. spent time in the West Bank and with Pope Benedict last year. two Darfur refugees as guest ing for action in Burma, Congo Spreading the word about in the Balatta refugee camp. He According to Pearl, these are speakers following a short and other confl icts around the their group to other departments wanted to get a fi rst hand experi- signs that there is a shift toward a STAND presentation on the world. and students on campus, they’re ence of what was going on in the “change of climate.” issues. In the Southeast Asian nation trying to spread their message Palestinian territories. The event, “Darfur: The of Burma (offi cially called across and get their peers in- Facts,” will be a chance for stu- Myanmar), a Buddhist-majority volved. dents and community members nation, the regime in power is “We hope that people are re- to hear from the refugees, who using its military to control and sponsive to it,” says Petropoulos, live in Portland and have experi- disrupt the lives of civilians. The “and that they realize they really enced the genocide fi rst hand. Burmese Monks have been push- should know more -- and do more.”

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www.ppnne.org PUZZLES Th e Free Press | April 14, 2008 15 UPCOMING GAMES Opponents names written in capital letters means the game will be played at home Monday, April 14 Men’s Lacrosse @ New England College 4 p.m. Women’s Lacrosse vs. BATES 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 15 Softball vs. UMASS BOSTON (double-header) 3:30 p.m. Men’s Tennis @ Bridgewater State 3:30 p.m. Baseball vs. BOWDOIN 4 p.m. Women’s Outdoor Track @ Bowdoin Invitational 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 16 Men’s Outdoor Track @ Holy Cross Decathlon 12 p.m. Softball vs. ST. JOSEPH’S (double header) 3:30 p.m. Baseball @ Colby 4 p.m. Thursday, April 17 Men’s Outdoor Track @ Holy Cross Decathlon 12 p.m. Baseball vs. ST. JOSEPH’S 3:30 p.m. Softball @ Bowdoin (double header) 3:30 p.m. Men’s Lacrosse vs. PLYMOUTH STATE 4 p.m. Men’s Tennis @ Colby 5 p.m. Friday, April 18 Women’s Outdoor Track @ Bowdoin TBA Saturday, April 19 Women’s Outdoor Track @ Bowdoin 11:30 a.m. Baseball @ Plymouth State (double header) 12 p.m. Women’s Lacrosse @ Castleton State 1 p.m. Softball vs. EASTERN CONNECTICUT (double header)1 p.m. Men’s Outdoor Track @ State Championships (Colby)1 p.m. Men’s Lacrosse vs. MITCHELL 2 p.m. Men’s Tennis vs. MITCHELL 2 p.m. Sunday, April 20 Baseball vs. WHEATON 1 p.m. S PORTS W RITER Interested in Sports? Writing? The Free Press is now hiring sports writers. Inquire at 92 Beford Street, Portland between 9 and 1. 16 Th e Free Press | April 14, 2008 ADVERTISEMENT SPORTS Th e Free Press | April 14, 2008 17

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From OUTING page 20 “A lot of these trips are hour and a half car rides, and that’s a HIGHLIGHTS “We had a blast. Some of my good way to meet somebody you don’t know. The bond only greatest friends are people here in the outing club,” he says. gets stronger as you’re hiking.” The goal now is to see that -Clymer Berry Baseball more of them come from Gorham, Huskies earn key split where they’ve recently expanded with Eastern Connecticut their presence. Outings are always organized to pick students up from 4/11 – Sophomore Mark both campuses. Schmidt (Gorham) pitched 5.2 “A lot of these trips are hour innings in relief of an injured and a half car rides, and that’s a Collin Henry (Penobscot) to good way to meet somebody you help lead USM to a 4-2 victory don’t know,” says Berry, whose over conference rival Eastern job it is to secure equipment. “The Connecticut. Schmidt allowed bond only gets stronger as you’re only two hits and one run and hiking.” improved his record to 4-0. But if you can’t make it for any The Warriors came back to of the team building, members win the night-cap of the dou- still want to see that you have the ble-header 9-6. Junior short- means to get outdoors. stop Chris Burleson (Portland) They’re working with the rec- powered the Southern Maine reation department to keep a attack in the fi rst game with a well stocked “gear closet” to double and two singles, while provide things like backpacks, junior Ryan Pike made things crampons,and ice axes -- anything interesting in the second that might not make it into the av- Eric Favreau, the outing club’s current president, on a winter hike in the Bigelow mountains last semes- SARAH BY TRENT PHOTO STAFF game with a grand-slam in erage dorm room -- for anybody ter. Favreau has big plans for the club, including getting more involved in Gorham and introducing the the eighth inning. The Huskies who needs them. outdoors to freshman orientation. are currently 15-7 overall and Another valuable resource is a 4-2 in conference play. pair of memberships to the Maine Rock Gym. For $20 paid to the Adding adventure to orientation club, any student is welcome to Men’s Indoor use the passes throughout the David O’Donnell The fi rst OCAT trip, offered outdoors-oriented fl oor, but school year, as long as someone Sports Editor next year to students moving will give the club, who is pair- else hasn’t already claimed them into the “outdoor experi- ing with residential life in the Track for that day. ence” fl oor of Dickey-Wood endeavor, the chance to work Haggerty and Hutchin- It’s not a bad deal, considering When you think of “new stu- Hall, will connect 24 incom- out some kinks in the hopes of son get LEC Awards one trip on your own, including dent orientation,” you’re likely ing freshmen with six veteran offering trips to more students rentals, costs the same amount. to imagine a packed gymnasi- outing clubbers. They’ll divide in later years. 4/11 – Senior Adam Hag- um full of name-tagged fresh- into groups – one will head to OCAT is an obvious effort gerty (Hermon) and coach men. North Conway, another to the to drum up interest in the orga- Scott Hutchinson were both UPCOMING Maybe they’ll separate out Bigelow mountain range, and nization; it’s also aimed at the honored for their perfor- EVENTS into groups for a power point the third to the Rangely Lake larger community. mances in this winter’s season presentation or two. region. Berry sees it – and the club by the Little East Conference. APRIL 18-20: Rock climb- Trust games, anyone? After three days of backpack- – as an excellent way to bridge Haggerty, one of the top ing, Acadia In an effort to reach out to a ing, the groups will return to that too-often unspoken gap pole-vaulters in New England, new class of USM students, the their vans and head for Sebago around USM between those took home fi eld athlete of the APRIL 25-26: Biking/ Southern Maine Outing Club Lake, where they’ll reconnect, straight out of high school and year honors while third-year camping trip is trying to supplement the camp out and share their expe- older commuter students. coach Hutchinson was named school’s offi cial offerings with riences. He also thinks it’s a good coach of the year. Haggerty MAY 12-13: Whitewater a new program all their own: an After a night on the water, grassroots effort toward im- was twice named fi eld athlete rafting Outing Club Adventure Trip, or they’ll head back to USM, proving retention, an area that of the week by the LEC and OCAT. where classes begin just a has been a struggle for USM in defended his pole-vault title Contact usm.outing.club@ “We’ve been hearing a lot couple of days later. recent years. for the fourth consecutive gmail.com for more details. from people about how orienta- In this fi rst incarnation, the “If you make friends quick- year. Hutchinson garnered tion is…lacking,” says Favreau. trip will be aimed squarely at ly in your freshmen year,” he his second coach of the year “We want to get people excited the already-converted students says, “you’re a lot more likely honor after receiving the from the very beginning.” who have signed up for the to want to stay.” same distinction for his work with the men’s cross country squad. The two helped lead the Huskies to their fi rst ever Puzzle answers from Maine state championship. page 17 Huskies secure crucial win Women’s Lacrosse versus UMass Dartmouth Huskies plunder Achor- Double-overtime victory brings women to 3-1 in conference women 4/10 – The women’s lacrosse Sarah Trent The Huskies upped those sudden-death overtime period, team opened with an 11-7 Executive Editor numbers on Saturday, when they which came after the fi rst six- halftime lead and stymied a beat their rival at home in double minute overtime in which each late-game rally by the Rhode overtime, 10-9. team earned one goal. Island College Anchorwomen UMass Dartmouth always The game was fraught with Albert had two goals in the proves to be a season-deciding to secure a win in confer- penalty troubles, including fi ve win, and senior Justene Dorr ence play. Senior Justine Dorr opponent for the women’s la- penalties and several yellow (Gorham) led the team with three. crosse team. The Huskies and (Gorham) led the pack with cards. Other points came from freshmen three goals and two assists the Corsairs usually end up as Head coach Sue Frost was not Mary Vaughn (Brunswick) and the middle pair in the Little East while freshman midfi elder pleased with the calls, some of Kristy Kendrick (Waterboro), and Kristy Kendrick (Waterboro) Conference, and have met each which were on what she called sophomore Jess Knight (Alfred). other for the fi rst round of play- contributed three goals and “beautiful checks,” but was proud Senior goalie Katie Quartuccio assist of her own. Freshman offs three of the last four years. that her team pulled through and (Poughkeepsie, NY) had 13 Over those four years, USM attack Mary Vaughn (Bruns- took the win. saves. wick) also had a hat-trick has won only two games to “We stepped it up and got over With the win, the Huskies im- UMass Dartmouth, including a including two key goals that what was going on,” she said. prove to 4-6 overall and 3-1 in the helped Southern Maine build regular season win in 2005 and The game winning goal conference. They have one four the fi rst fi rst-round play-off win their four-goal half-time came from junior Caitlin Albert of the last fi ve games. They play advantage. in recent history last year. (Scarborough) with less than 50 next on Monday versus Bates in seconds left on the clock in the Gorham. 18 Th e Free Press | April 14, 2008 SPORTS MIKE ON SPORTS HUSKY HERO Homeless Huskies Interview by John Forestell Mike Tardiff than one, it was, as Flaherty told Columnist the Portland Press Herald, a Kristina Grondin game of survival. These stories aren’t uncom- I know a few Huskies who are mon. Year: Senior looking for a good home. This I’ve drove by Fitzpatrick Major: Health Sciences isn’t a classifi ed ad: they play Stadium one blustery night and Sport: Softball baseball, softball and lacrosse. saw the women’s lacrosse team Their fi elds, wet and brown, are pummeling St. Joseph’s. so far unplayable. Last week the softball team, After the long snowy winter borrowing fi elds in Standish, FP: How long have you been playing softball? and with fi elds that take forever came away with a double-header Kristina: Since I was 9 years old. to dry, our athletes have been sweep of Salem State. forced to travel all over -- to play Not only is it impressive that their home games. our players can compete under FP: Did you fall in love with it right from the The softball team has used St. some of the most adverse condi- start, or did someone push you towards it along Joe’s and the University of New tions, but there is something to the way? England as surrogate homes, be said of the community’s will- Kristina: When I fi rst started out playing, my parents baseball heads to fi elds in South ingness to rally behind our teams said that I didn’t like it, but about a year went by Portland, and the lacrosse teams and give them a place to play. (without playing) and I got back into it and started have hosted their opponents on I hear often enough that USM playing on a little league team and as I got older I the turf fi elds at Deering High sports sometimes get snubbed by played ASA ball (and) it became my favorite sport. School and Portland’s Fitzpatrick the city of Portland or the local Stadium. FP: Do you have any rituals you go through media, and while that might And it’s no small wonder how hold a few teaspoons of water, FP: What other sports did you play growing up? before a start? these games have been played in the fact of the matter is that it’s Kristina: I danced, played tennis, basketball, gym- Kristina: I listen to hip hop and reggae music, it gets Maine at all. A lot of kudos have pretty impressive that our teams nastics and cheerleading. me pumped up. Also when my parents are around to go out to the athletic programs can fi nd local places to play with my mother “gives me the power” and I play awe- for being as resourceful and re- some! relatively few problems. silient as they are. Arguably the most trying part FP: So what made you want to stick with softball After all, it’s not easy playing of playing spring sports is that, into your later years? FP: “Gives you the power?” spring sports in southern Maine. for teams like the baseball and Kristina: I just got more involved with the sport, I Kristina: She holds my hand and she says “I’m giv- Even when the snow stops fl ying softball team, a large chunk of played on a lot of summer teams. I had to choose ing you the power” and it works. and the fi elds are clear, the winds games are played in short suc- between softball and the other sports and I just grew howl and the temperatures are, cession in unfamiliar places. to like softball more than the others. I stuck to it FP: Do you play any other positions besides well, less than tropical. Through our athletic adminis- pretty much all through school; I put a lot of hard pitcher? The other day I watched the trators’ willingness to collaborate work and dedication into one sport in the off-season Kristina: Yes I played every position in my career baseball team absolutely battle with and/or compensate differ- so I could be the best I could be when the season growing up so I know them all, (but) for USM right it out in a home/South Portland ent entities in order to get games came back around. now I broke my fi nger in Florida so i just DH when game against Husson College. I’m not pitching. played, this element is mitigated, The cold air made me and the at least a little. ink in my pen pretty lethargic. I By not continuously postpon- FP: What is the fastest you’ve ever hurled a wanted to climb into the backseat ing games or canceling them softball? FP: Is there anything you want USM to know of my car and start a small fi re. outright, coaches and people like Kristina: I believe right now I throw high 50’s, low about the “real” Kristina Grondin? But the players and coaches athletics director Al Bean are en- 60’s. Kristina: I’m very dedicated to softball and a fun handled the game with a great suring that our players are given person to be around. I come off as being shy but it’s deal of resolve. Even though the shy ones you have to watch out for! the best opportunity to succeed. they were playing on a fi eld not This should not go without their own, a fi eld that didn’t have notice. a scoreboard or an abundance of With any luck the school will seating, the Huskies battled for win the Powerball and our fi elds the entire three and a half hours will can be modernized with a (which, to me, seemed like nine heavy dose of artifi cial turf. Husky Scoreboard and a half). But until then, the MacGyver- When Husson tied the game in like capabilities of our coaches, Men’s Tennis the ninth inning, Coach Flaherty players and administrators will Baseball 4/6 – UMass Boston 5, USM 2 rallied his troops and took home do just fi ne. 4/6 – Rhode Island College 3, USM 1 4/8 – USM 6, Rhode Island College 3 a hard fought win. In more ways 4/6 – USM 7, Rhode Island College 1 4/10 – USM 9, Thomas 0 4/9 – USM 11, Husson 10 4/10 – USM 13, Salem State 2 Men’s Lacrosse 4/11 – USM 4, Eastern Connecticut 2 4/6 – Western Connecticut 14, USM 4 4/11 – Eastern Connecticut 9, USM 6 4/8 – Colby 10, USM 5 Softball 4/10 – UMass Boston 9, USM 6 4/10 – USM 8, Salem State 7 Women’s Lacrosse 4/10 – USM 12, Salem State 2 4/7 – Curry 16, USM 10 4/10 – USM 16, Rhode Island College 13

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d a winning week - Men take one of two in important k d m contest vs. Eastern Connecticut Matt Dodge USM’s 15 hits included a sixth r News Editor inning homer by senior Eddie Skeffi ngton (Everett, Mass.) and four runs in the seventh to seal the t The Huskies improved to an r victory. impressive 15-7 after a busy week, The Huskies split a Friday - earning three wins in their last four o doubleheader in an important games. A robust offense delivered conference pairing agaist Eastern - 41 runs over the four-game week, s Connecticut, winning the fi rst with the defense keeping oppo- game 4-2. nents in check by allowing only Sophomore left-hander Mark M 24 runs. y Schmidt (Gorham) entered On Wednesday against Husson the game in relief for injured l College, an offensive battle went t sophomore starter Collin Henry the Huskies’ way as the hot bat (Penobscot) during the forth of sophomore Chris Burleson s inning. Schmidt sparkled during (Portland) lit up on Husson’s pitch- a 5.2 inning relief stint, in which s ing, earning him four runs, includ- h he allowed only two hits and one ing two doubles and a triple. run. A late offensive spurt by the t In the nightcap, the Huskies Husson in the top of the ninth couldn’t rally back after falling was soon quelled by the Huskies d behind to Eastern Connecticut 5-0 in the bottom of the inning as in the fi rst three innings. f junior Ryan Gaffney (Salem, NH) - Ryan Pike offered a glimmer reached second, setting up junior of hope in the eighth with a grand Ryan Pike (Saco) who singled off slam during the fi ve run inning, - the left fi eld wall to bring Gaffney e but Eastern Connecticut reliever home and close out the game. Chris Wojick dashed any come- - Thursday brought a 13-2 trounc- s back hopes with a solid closing ing of Salem State as the visiting performance. Huskies exploded in the second The Huskies play at home this inning, scoring eight runs off eight week on Tuesday versus Bowdoin - hits and a walk. m BRANDON BY PHOTOS MCKENNEY STAFF and Thursday in a doubleheader Freshman Pitcher Nick Hahn (Guilford, CT) throws to a Husson College batter. The team had a handful of wins last versus St. Joe’s. eweek, improving to 15-7 overall. - n

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Michael Tardiff people try wrestling and give it up “I’m never at 100 percent. Staff Writer in no time, Atlas has since taken There is always something wrong “Wrestling is the greatest Robinson under his wing, opening with me, whether itís a black-eye many new doors for him. or a bruise. But I’ve gotten used entertainment. Nothing else can sell “I’ve traveled all over the to it.” When Luke Robinson saw The country wrestling. I’ve been to “People always ask me what’s out arenas 52 weeks a year.” Rock step into a WWE ring in Georgia, Alabama, Florida and Las going on and I tell them not much, -Luke Robinson eighth grade, he was sold. Vegas,” he explains. “I’ve wres- even though I’m always traveling Now 23, the senior business tled against the Honky Tonk Man and training. But that’s what the major is living out his childhood (former WWE Intercontinental lifestyle of a wrestler is,” he says. dream. Champion).” “It’s great.” He’s a professional wrestler. Pursuing his dream doesn’t Despite the traveling he’s been Last week, he sat in the Luther afford him much free time. able to do, most of the time you Bonney computer lab studying Working with Atlas, he’s devel- can fi nd him wrestling in smaller videos, explaining to me the nu- oped a regimen that includes venues like at the VFW Hall in ances of great wrestling. weight lifting, calisthenics, and Old Town or at the Farmington “This was when less was more,” in-the-ring-training, plus an as- Fair. he says, pointing to a YouTube sortment of unexpected habits like Whether the crowd is 100 or video of the Ultimate Warrior bat- shaving his body hair and spend- 1,000, Robinson says he loves the tling the venerable Hulk Hogan in ing ample time in the tanning entire experience of wrestling. Wrestlemania. “That is just great bed. But for the six-foot-one, 210 This spring will mark a new showmanship.” pounds man, it’s just part of the chapter for Robinson. Getting his But what could possibly draw a business. business degree this May, he will former three-sport all-state athlete And it’s the part he loves the meet his parents’ only prerequisite to a sport as maligned as profes- most. to chasing his dream of fame in sional wrestling? “That’s the best part about the squared-circle. “Wrestling is the greatest en- wrestling. It’s all about marketing, He won’t be the only wres- tertainment,” he says. “Nothing branding and self-promotion,” he tler with a degree, he points out. else can sell out arenas 52 weeks a says, pointing to a digital image “What people don’t realize is that year. Nothing else can reach that of his t-shirt logo. Itís modeled a lot of big name wrestlers like the broad of an audience.” after a Jack Daniels label and has Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin If you’re still skeptical about his moniker, The Future Legend, have college degrees and are very wrestling, Robinson can tell you written in a classic script. involved in the whole creative all of the industry’s strong suits: But it’s not all glitz and glam- process.” what cities are doing to get wres- our. Wrestling is hard work and As soon as he walks across that tling to come to their venues, the Robinson has the wounds to show stage, Robinson plans to head to diversity of the industry’s revenue for it. Florida and wrestle at the WWE’s streams, and the wide net that his He tells stories of getting the development facility, moving him profession casts. wrong end of a forearm shiver one step closer to his ultimate But how does a guy from and having his ear sliced open goals. Auburn get introduced to the by an opponentís boot, an injury “I want to get to the top and world of pile-drivers and body- that landed him 14 stitches and a make millions so that I can slams? shower of his own blood. come back to my house on the After wrestling against his “People don’t realize that the [Androscoggin] river,” he says. buddies in his parents’ basement, ring is a steel frame with two-by- When or whether Robinson which he adorned with makeshift fours and just a little bit of pad- will make an appearance on RAW props and lighting, Robinson ding with canvas on it, and the remains to be seen, but if enthu- made the best of his one shot at ropes are made of steel wire cov- siasm and passion are criteria, it cracking into the business he met ered with plastic and taped,” he appears that he’s well on his way with Lewiston’s wrestling hall-of- explains. to laying the smack down some- famer, Tony Atlas. I ask about the shiner perched where. ROBINSON LUKE PROVIDED BY PHOTO At fi rst skeptical of Robinson’s under his right eye, which he Student Luke Robinson poses for the camera on the ropes of a wrestling ring. dedication, because so many hasn’t yet mentioned. This 23-year-old is getting a degree at USM because its the only way his par- ents will let him follow his dream to become a professional wrestler. Remembering Doc Costello Branching out

assistant coach. The USM Outing Club gets bigger, better In his 37 years at USM, Costello dutifully wore almost every hat in the David O’Donnell skydiving, and though it has a ro- to a cabin in Greenville for some athletic department, coaching almost Sports Editor tating cast of students who slip in skiing, hiking and snowshoeing. every sport at the school before and out for individual trips, it has One winter climbing trip took becoming athletic director in 1955, a a core of between eight and ten them to North Conway, where This semester, Eric Favreau job he held until 1990. members. they initially set out to reach three took over as president of the He and others would love to see separate Mountain peaks. Hardly content to give up the USM Outing Club, one of the hardwood courts for a desk, Costello the club become more than just a The fi rst day, they met with university’s most active student tight-knit group, and expand into strong winds (approximately 60 continued to coach both the men and organizations. women’s basketball teams even after a full-fl edged campus resource. miles per hour) on their way up The group, which has an email According to Clymer Berry, an Mt. Washington, forcing them becoming athletic director. list-serv of nearly 500 students, He is the only coach in NCAA offi cer in the organization, reach- back down. has grown by “leaps and bounds,” ing out to other groups and secur- An attempted re-do the next history to win 200 games with both he says, but he admits that imple- men’s and women’s teams. ing funding are two of Favreau’s day was met with a mix of hard, menting his larger vision for it is strengths. wet snow, to the point that they Credited with establishing the fi rst sometimes a struggle. Matt Dodge collegiate soccer program in the state, “Because of how involved could hardly see one another. It’s not a major overhaul that Eric is in student government and On their third and fi nal try the News Editor Costello was also a founding member Favreau has in mind. of the Little East Conference. other clubs, it has really allowed next morning, they got to the very “I think there has always been us to have some new connec- same point on Mt. Washington as An important and historic member of In recent years, he’s been known a spirit of the outing club that’s to hang around the building that tions,” Berry points out. they had reached the fi rst day. The the USM community, Richard “Doc” not going to change,” he says. Favreau and company have wind, however, had increased by bears his name, the Costello Sports Costello, passed away last Monday “I’ve just thought we need to tried to make the most of this an additional 20-30 mph. Complex in Gorham, shooting hoops at the age of 79 in his Gorham home start reaching out to new people, semester, in typical outing club And yet to hear Favreau tell and chatting with Huskies 60 years after battling cancer. and empower them to start climb- fashion. it, it sounds like one of the high- Born in 1928 in Burlington, NJ, his junior. ing mountains on their own.” Early on in the semester, there lights of his school year. he came in 1953 to what was then His funeral was held this past The club organizes outdoor were a series of winter hikes Gorham State Teachers College as Saturday in Gorham at St. Anne’s activities, including hiking, around the area. Over February Catholic Church. canoeing, rock-climbing, and a physical education teacher and break, they took a leisurely trip See OUTING page 17