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EDITORIAL Perhaps it simply feels like all I do is witness and talk about social injustice EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Sarah Tewksbury on campus because I hold a position at MANAGING EDITOR Johnna Ossie USM that makes me privy to the gos- NEWS EDITOR Jess Ward sip, rumormill and inner workings of the ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR Mary Ellen Aldrich university. Perhaps it is just in my face COMMUNITY EDITOR Dionne Smith all the time that I notice and understand SPORTS EDITOR River Plouffe Vogel what is happening on campus. Or per- haps what I perceive to be as an over- STAFF WRITERS Julie Pike, Jessica Pike, Maverick Lynes, Sarah whelming number of cases of hate and O’Connor, Sam Margolin, Kate Rogers, Jordan Castaldo, discrimination truly are increasing and Daniel Kilgallon, Cormac Riordan, Ben Theriault are harming the university’s community. We talk about it every single day in COPY EDITORS the Free Press office. USM is an insti- Cara DeRose tution that houses, educates and trains EDITORIAL BOARD: thousands of people every year. It is a Sarah Tewksbury, Johnna Ossie, Mary Ellen Aldrich and Jess place for learning and growth and hopes Ward to offer opportunities and experiences for every student that chooses to attend BUSINESS MANAGER Lucille Siegler and spend thousands of dollars to be a part of. Maybe I only just started hearing DESIGN AND PHOTOGRAPHY about the spread of hate when I started becoming more involved at the Free DESIGN DIRECTOR Orkhan Nadirli Press and this kind of situation has been happening quietly for years now, but I DESIGNERS can no longer remain silent and without Dakota Tibbetts, Eliza Bachkovsky a clear stance. Photo courtesy of Emma Donnelly I was just told that today there was a DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Bradford Spurr flier found on the outside of one of the A piece of computer paper taped outside a dorm on the Gorham campus was STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS James Fagan, Lauren Kennedy, Katelyn dorm buildings in Gorham. The flier found Saturday, Nov. 11. Rice reads, “It’s okay to be white.” To the au- guage being spread around the USM this particular flier. I denounce the one thor of the flier, you are correct. It is in FACULTY campuses. who crafted graffiti in the elevators on fact okay to be white. Not a single one of We are supposed to be at school to- the Gorham campus. I denounce the lack us walking around the planet made the FACULTY ADVISOR Dennis Gilbert gether, learning and bettering ourselves of action taken to promote a more inclu- choice to be their race or ethnicity. What through education. We are supposed to sive campus in Gorham. I do not support ADVERTISING is extraordinarily inappropriate is the be acquiring worldliness and growing any of the sentiments spread through connotation that those five words strung into mature adults that can interact posi- the chain of hateful hyperbole. I will To advertise, contact our Advertising Manager at together have. It is not what is said by tively and substantially in society. I have not sway from this position. I have also 207.780.4080 x3 and look at out advertising rates on our the words, but what is left to question no comprehension of how egregious and taken the stance that freedom of speech website. We reserve the right to reject advertising. We will not that is the true problem. Why does this pernicious language, threats and mes- includes opinions that you do not agree accept discriminatory ads. person feel the need to defend their race sages are continuing to prevail on the with and might even detest. However, in a public forum on the side of a build- USM campus. I have been sitting in on having access to freedom of speech, ing? Who is this person calling out, if meetings and conversations with admin- like we have the privilege to in the U.S., Interested in working with us? anyone at all? I have answers to these istrators, students and faculty members does not mean that someone can write or questions, as I am sure my peers and about what is happening and how to say threatening and hateful articulations Visit our website at www.usmfreepress.org for a listing of university administrators also do, but it available positions or email editor@usmfreepress with a stop it. While solutions are in the plan- with the possibility of inciting violence is not my place to answer questions such copy of your resume and cover letter to apply directly. ning stages and are not prepared to be and putting marginalized people at risk. as these. implemented, USM currently has a no The Free Press is a weekly student–run newspaper paid Since the beginning of the school tolerance policy for discrimination on for in part with the Student Activity Fee. One copy of The year, harmful rhetoric has been plastered campus. However, that can only go so Free Press is available free of charge. Up to 10 additional around campus calling out the most mar- far when we do not know who the culprit copies are available for 25 cents each at the office of The ginalized groups of people at USM, such is of spreading such abhorrent messages. Free Press, 92 Bedford St., Portland, Maine. as the LBGT+ community and mul- It is nobody’s place to call someone ticultural students. I am certainly and out for an identity trait, regardless of genuinely confused as to the frequency Cover Graphic: Orkhan Nadirli / Design Director what the trait is. My declaration is this: of graffiti and posters with hateful lan- I denounce the actions of the author of 4 NOVEMBER 13, 2017 | THE FREE PRESS News

Lauren Kennedy / Staff Photographer

Left to right: Nan Hayworth, Senator Susan Collins, Ivanka Trump and U.S. Treasurer Jovita Carranza form a tax Adviser to the President Ivanka Trump answers audience questions reform discussion panel. in Volk Packaging. Republican Female leadership gather at Volk Packaging Topic of discussion focused on tax reform policy changes

Sarah Tewksbury years since meaningful tax reform has hap- sense on pulling back overreaching regula- tioned her perception of the benefits to the Editor-in-chief pened.” The plan the Trump administration tions and a pretty aggressive deregulation current proposition for reform. has for the simplification of taxes is two- viewpoint--not all regulation is bad--but a “So when you think about what’s been With a backdrop of corrugated cardboard fold, according to Trump. The first goal is lot of regulation does not achieve the in- eliminated, it’s the loopholes, the things boxes, adviser to the President, Ivanka to enable businesses of all size capacities tended goal and places tremendous burden that the lobbyists have inserted over the Trump, joined Maine Republican Senator “to be competitive and thrive.” The second on business, particularly small businesses years and when you think about the things Susan Collins and U.S. Treasurer Jovita intention is to provide purposeful tax relief that doesn’t have the margin or the abil- that have remained, the credits that have Carranza in a warehouse to discuss tax re- to middle-income families. ity to deal with overreaching regulations,” remained intact, it’s those who have large form on Friday. Sitting in Volk Packaging The effects the changes to the tax code Trump said. “I think the combination of constituents but no lobbyist group in sup- in Biddeford, the three responded to topics will have on Maine was highlighted by deregulation with pro-growth policies porting families and that’s what we want to of discussion facilitated by former Repub- Collins, who contended that fair and equal coming out of the White House, workforce see in tax reform, not the credits that ben- lican representative Nan Hayworth from standards for workers and businesses will development, skills training, technical edu- efit very specific industries but the cred- New York. With just under 250 invited help promote the vitality of the U.S. eco- cation being priorities that we’re focused its that benefit the American people and guests at the forum, nomic system. “Given a level playing on as we think about developing the work- American families,” Trump said. “So I’m Acting as moderator and opening up the field, American workers will prevail every force to enable our American citizens to be very excited about where the debate is to- conversation, Hayworth introduced the time,” Collins said. able to thrive in the economy.” day. Hopefully the bill only gets enhanced panelists, each of whom detailed why tax During the scripted, hour long conver- Calls for bipartisanship came from all from this point forward and I think it is reform was such a significant aspect of sation Hayworth asked Trump, “Ivanka, I three panelists. Carranza distinguished that very consistent with the president’s goal their work. wonder if you could tell us just a bit more the issue is one that neither concerns only of supporting American working families.” Trump’s talking points were broad and about specifically how the administration Democrats or only Republicans, but one As attendees stood and applauded the focused on large-scope issues. Her first ob- envisions how you foster economic growth that requires a “unified effort to [reform exit of Collins, Trump and Carranza, con- jective during the forum was to highlight and how tax reform fits into that total pic- taxes] right.” Collins and Trump agreed sultation and debate considered the event the necessity of “streamlining, modern- ture?” Trump’s lengthy response honed in with Carranza and also stated that they felt to be productive and considered the con- izing and simplifying” the U.S. tax code. on the overall Trump administration’s di- tax reform policy changes would effective- tinuation of discussion about tax reform Noting that data has shown large percent- rection for deregulation of businesses, in- ly be made with bipartisan reaches across imperative to effecting policy change. ages of Americans as being confused and centives for companies to move business the aisle. believing taxes are too complicated, Trump ventures back to the domestic market and Bringing the event to a close, the three called for a substantial overhaul of current the development of the workforce. political advocates distinguished their sup- tax code, saying “it has been over thirty “I think the administration’s general port for the tax reform plan. Trump men- News THE FREE PRESS | NOVEMBER 13, 2017 5 Needle exchange program critical to Portland public River Plouffe-Vogel C, and other blood-borne pathogens. In ber of states with laws that either decrease and new way of offering HIV prevention. Sports Editor addition to providing clean needles, NEPs barriers to the distribution of clean needles The Portland NEP is the largest in the state, generally provide HIV/AIDS education, or altogether remove syringes from the list with Bangor close behind. There are also Needle exchange programs originated in STD testing, as well as abuse treatment re- of drug paraphernalia. The U.S. is the only NEP’s in Ellsworth, Machias, Augusta, and the U.S. in the early 1980’s, as a response ferrals. However, the use of federal funds country in the world to ban the use of gov- until recently Lewiston, which has since to the increased transmission of AIDs and for needle exchange programs has been ernment money for NEP’s and currently closed. Because Portland’s NEP is the larg- hepatitis B and C. Typically Needle-ex- banned since 1988, with a brief period of has one of est program, arguably the best funded and change programs, or NEPs, are communi- reversal between 2009 and 2011. Although the lowest rates of NEP’s availability in the has a knowledgeable, and dedicated staff, ty-based initiatives that allow intravenous federal funding is not available, in 2015, developed world. they continue to see people from all over (IV) drug users to exchange used syringes 16 states and the District of Columbia had Maine is one of the 16 states to authorize the state. They are the southernmost ex- for clean, sterile ones in an effort to stem provisions explicitly authorizing needle NEP’s . The first program started in 1998 the spread of HIV/AIDS, hepatitis B and exchange programs, while there are a num- as part of Portland’s public health initiative See NEEDLE on page 6

Adviser to the President Ivanka Trump answers audience questions in Volk Packaging. Republican Female leadership gather at Volk Packaging Topic of discussion focused on tax reform policy changes

Graphic courtesy of Portland Public Health 6 NOVEMBER 13, 2017 | THE FREE PRESS News

From NEEDLE on page 5 paying for HIV treatment, which can cost NEP in . Over 70 percent of the individu- change can be a hub to get things done, change program, where the majority of about $20,000 per patient annually,” said als who access the resources at the NEP from a simple exchange of clean needles Maine’s population is located. In 2009 Clinical Programs Director Dr. Caroline are uninsured. to housing applications or paper work. there were approximately 400 people in Teschke, MD in an interview with the Odlin-Platz and the other staff there have Harm Reductionist try to encourage and Portland’s program; that number doubled Portland Press Herald. “Drugs to treat done lots of community outreach to ensure empower people to do things that are saf- by 2011 and today there are over 3,000 in- hepatitis B and C are among the costliest the surrounding communities they are an er for their bodies and minds but only as dividuals in the Portland program, which on the market – as much as $1,000 per day asset and increase public safety. They do far as they are ready and willing to do so. sees around 1,000 annually. over a 12-week treatment cycle.” this through going to community forums, Harm reductionist recognizing that people Scientific evidence indicates that Community Health Promotions Special- giving educational presentations, setting are going to use substances. Odlin-Platz NEP’s are effective. Seven federally fund- ists Zoe Odlin-Platz, who has worked for up community sharps containers, and or- explained “ As a provider, it’s not about ed studies during the 1990s, conducted the Portland Needle Exchange Program ganizing clean up days. And she wasn’t pushing your agendas, not telling people by the Government Accountability Office since 2009 says, kidding when she said it was a place with what to do, or making people feel bad (GAO), the Center for Disease Control “We want to give people helpful infor- no closed doors. They go above and be- about the decisions they make. It’s about (CDC) and the National Academy of Sci- mation to keep them safe and empower yond to help anyone with all the resources presenting information, offering suggest- ences (NAS), all reached similar conclu- them to make some positive changes in they can access, ing, creating a space where people don’t sions that NEPs work in reducing HIV some of their use. Sometimes changes are “We do the best we can, methadone feel they are being further shamed or stig- spread among IV drug users, their partners small, like coming in more often, some- treatment, medication assisted treatment, matized and allowing a mutual space for and children. It was also concluded that times they are huge, like talking about counseling, or the most successful is link- further conversation.” they do not encourage increased drug use. treatment, housing, or getting linked up ing people with primary care. Primary care She noted how harm reduction can be A more recent study by the World Health with primary care.” doctors are becoming suboxone subscrib- applied to so many different things, like Organization(WHO) compiled the results People like Zoe work tirelessly to make ers. So we do a lot of referrals.” smoking cigarettes. For example, asking of over 200 such reports from around the the Portland NEP a priority as part of in- Suboxone is a medication prescribed to someone if they can smoke one less ciga- world and came to the same conclusions. dividuals drug use, safety and health. This help individuals curb their use. rette a week. By building on things little WHO also went on to say that NEP’s are includes exchanging for their friends or Odlin-Platz and many in her field em- by little in a way that someone doesn’t feel most effective when paired with additional family, also known as secondary exchang- brace the practice of harm reduction. She like they are doing something wrong, in- resource and support programs. ing. The NEP is part of Portland’s pub- explains that harm reduction professionals dividuals are often able to make dramatic From an economic standpoint, the cost lic health division. The city helps pay for have been asked to come to the table for changes. Zoe says her biggest goal each of supplies alone at the Portland clinic supplies and grants fill in the gaps. The the first time in a long time. From her per- day is “Trying to making people feel com- ranges from$15,000 to $18,000. This is Portland NEP has an STD clinic, a col- spective the state is at a point now with fortable, respected and safe, there is no inexpensive when compared to any health laboration with Maine Center for Disease substance abuse where everyone needs to power and control, you are equal in this care program that servers 1,000 people a Control, free testing, and a new collabora- work together. There needs to be a link space.” For her, it’s about having people year. tion with Maine-Medical, which will give between those who are actively using and leave with a smile. “The alternative to needle exchanges is residents valuable education experiences the community to keep things safe and and provide increased medical care at the help everyone get what they need. The ex- USM course enrollment no longer requires pin number Advisors no longer mandated to approve MaineStreet wishlists

Ben Theriault in 2017. Through this committee and through wait until the last minute to enroll. have some issues, such as requiring students to Staff Writer communication with advisers, a conclusion Waiting until the last the last two weeks for become more knowledgeable about their ma- was reached about the way USM students en- the pin to be lifted often resulted in students jors, it encourages personal responsibility and As students know, signing up for classes roll: the pin system is incredibly unpopular. not receiving desired classes or certain es- engagement in students’ path to success. can often be a process that can take days. The pin has been deemed a “barrier” to ef- sential criteria being ignored. Higgins hopes Higgins thinks this will change the way USM required advice from advising prior to ficient scheduling and has been eliminated, that with this change, students will select their students view advising. Instead of just being a enrollment. Academic advisers used to review meaning students now have the choice to be courses in a more timely manner and be more mandatory step in receiving schedules, it will courses, ensuring that they properly corre- solely responsible for their own schedule and satisfied overall with their schedules. be seen as an essential step in future planning. spond with the student’s intended major, and can enroll immediately after creating their Higgins is optimistic about this new situa- When asked about the enrollment process then they granted the student a pin number course wishlists without approval from their tion but she notes that it is an experiment that and the lifting of the pin system, USM fresh- giving them access to official enrollment. adviser. could yield a variety of results. Though she is man Scott Bertolini stated that “The process Failures in advising can bring large conse- Over the summer, the change was approved happy that advising policy is bending to the [of enrollment] was still confusing so I’m glad quences, often unseen by our students. “Sum- by the Office of the Provost, the Office of -En wishes of USM’s students, she has a couple a step I didn’t even know about was lifted.” mer melt” is a phenomena where aspiring col- rollment and Student Affairs, President Glenn reserves. With the pin lifted, it is expected that Despite this step being lifted, he had not en- lege students enroll in a university in the late Cummings and the Faculty Senate. Fall 2017 the immediate enrollment process will be easi- rolled in classes until he had met with his ad- spring and then by the time the fall semester is is the first semester where students have not er. However it may prove to lead to more com- visor. in session, they back out. This is an issue that been required to input a pin number passcode plications in the future. She acknowledged USM sophomore Jason Cooney mentioned is particularly prevalent amongst low-income into their MaineStreet accounts prior to reg- some concerns regarding students’ overall that he did not even know that this change had students, affecting a national average of about istering for the Spring 2018 semester. Direc- knowledge of their major. If the advising pro- occurred. He said, “While I think this new pro- 1 in 5 potential students. tor of advising Elizabeth Higgins speculated cess is skipped, certain special, lesser known cess is definitely easier, I worry that unfore- Nancy Griffin, Vice President of Enrollment that this change could create a lot of positive classes may go unobserved or classes may be seen issues may arise if an advisor is not met and Student Affairs, advocated for the creation change. She mentioned that prior to this new selected inefficiently, making meeting gradu- with. Regardless in the end it is up to personal of a Summer Melt Committee to help curb method, the pin system had loopholes. Two to ation requirements more difficult for students responsibility of students.” this issue. With new policy implementations three weeks before the last enrollment dead- in the long run. With this change, the USM administration at advising in regards to Freshman integration, line all the pins would be lifted and students “The office is still just as busy with back to hopes that students will redefine their value of the USM summer melt rate had dropped from could enroll without advising consultation. back appointments still being scheduled,” said advising and academic planning. 25% in 2015 to 13% in 2016 and now 11% She believed that this encouraged students to Higgins. She noted that while this change may News THE FREE PRESS | NOVEMBER 13, 2017 7 Election exemplifies historic results Question 2 passed with 59 percent of Main- ed by experience losses, meaning losses from has a democrat majority. Sarah O’Connor ers voting yes. It requires the state govern- expected outcome versus realized outcomes of History was made this election as Vi Lyles Staff Writer ment to provide Medicaid through MaineCare investments. People saw the state as liable to won as the first African American female for people under 65 whose incomes are less pay into the pension program. mayor in Charlotte, Virginia. Lyles won 58 In the past, Maine has had notoriously high than approximately $20,000 for an individual, In Gorham, the three-year seats of the percent of the vote, according to CBS News. voter turnout, with 72.8 percent of eligible or $33,000 for a household. Maine is the first school committee were filled by William Ben- She said in a press release following her win, citizens voting in the 2016 election, according state in which this vote has occurred. son, Kate Livingston, and Jennifer Whitehead. “It’s an incredible honor to be elected Mayor to US News. This election cycle has included LePage previously vetoed the Medicaid Dennis Libby won the one-year term seat on of Charlotte in such a historical election.” several polarizing topics, so it is no surprise expansion five times. He released a statement the school committee. Danica Roem is the first openly transgender that the Portland Press Herald reported that the after the vote saying, “Credit agencies are pre- In Portland, Jill Duson won the city coun- person elected and seated in a state legislature number of early voters has doubled in the state dicting that this fiscally irresponsible Medicaid cil at-large seat. Timothy Atkinson won the in the United States, according to the Wash- of Maine since 2015. expansion will be ruinous to Maine’s budget. school board district 4 seat, Marnie Morrion ington Post. She defeated Bob Marshall, one The Nov. 7 ballot had several controversial Therefore, my administration will not imple- won the school board district 5 seat, and Mark of the state’s longest serving lawmakers, who topics ranging from, a proposed casino open- ment Medicaid expansion until it has been Balfanz won the school board at-large seat. was sponsoring a bill that would have restrict- ing to Medicare expansion in Maine. The fully funded by the Legislature [of the Depart- The seat of the city council district 4 was taken ed where transgender Virginians could go to highly discussed Question 2 passed, but not ment of Health and Human Services]...I will by Justin Costa and for city council district 5 the bathroom. Roem kept her gender identity without pushback from Republican Governor not support increasing taxes on Maine fami- by Kimberly Cook. in focus during her campaign, and made it a Paul LePage. lies.” Therefore, there could be an extended 64 percent of voters voted no on the Port- priority to change the culture in Richmond, Question 1, which outlined the opening of delay of the implementation of Question 2. land rent limits, which would make Portland Virginia. a casino in York County, did not pass. 83 per- Question 3 passed with 72 percent in favor the first Maine city to cap rents, according to Roem was just one transgender candidate cent of voters voted no on the referendum. The of issuing $105 million in bonds for transpor- the Press Herald. 53 percent of the voters vot- elected on Nov. 7 because Tyler Titus, also question was designed to authorize the Maine tation infrastructure projects. The bond issue ed no on the neighborhood approval for zon- openly transgender, won a seat on the western Gambling Control Board to allow for a license also includes an estimated $137 million in fed- ing changes. Both motions for the elementary Pennsylvania school board, according to the to operate slot machines or a casino. It means eral and other funds. school renovations in Portland passed. Washington Post. that Shawn Scott, the majority owner of Ban- Question 4 passed with 63 percent of voters On a larger scale, the Nov. 7 election was a With high turnout from Democrats and gor Raceway, will not be the only eligible per- in support of increasing the time from 10 years big win for the Democrats, as both of the new- Repu blicans alike, this election season proved son for the license. Shawn Scott got question to 20 for the state to pay off the the Maine ly-elected Governors of Virginia and New Jer- to be a historic moment in Maine and U.S. his- 1 onto the ballot, which was worded so that he Public Employees Retirement System’s un- sey are democrats. Doug Jones won the senate tory. would be the only one eligible for the license. funded liabilities. These liabilities were creat- seat in Alabama, meaning that the senate now Veterans celebrate their community at USM Sam Margolin San Antonio, TX Jan. 4-6. The conference veterans and family members can be so over- tions I’ve had they have been super helpful Staff Writer helps student veterans collaborate nationally whelming sometimes. Being with people that and prompt answering. They do a lot to help and connect with more than 2,000 peers and have lived and experienced similar life situa- veterans connect with other veterans and the This past week, Veterans Day was observed advocates. tions is amazing and our veterans group here university.” through different events and ceremonies A flag raising ceremony on Gorham, Port- on campus is like a big family,” Chason said. The Veterans Services Office intends to sponsored by the Office of Veterans Affairs land and Lewiston campuses to honor those The Office of Veterans Affairs is located on continue to expand its support of USM’s stu- at USM. In 2016, USM was listed in the top who have served took place this week, as well the second floor of Luther Bonney and seeks dent veterans by continuing to partner with 25 military-friendly public universities in the as a veteran grave identification event that to help student-veterans and their dependents organizations across the state, but many chal- country by the publication Military Friendly. took place at Evergreen Cemetery in Portland. navigate their educational and financial ben- lenges still face these students. White cites that The Office of Veterans Affairs helps veterans, A parade on Saturday involving the whole efits. Stephen White, an MBA student gradu- a major challenge for USM’s student veterans service members and their families assimilate state starting at Longfellow Square will unite ating in 2019, is one of the team leaders in is the tendency for them to be treated as if they and navigate the combat-to-classroom pro- Maine’s Veterans in a display of honor and re- the office. White served in the Air Force from have no professional and real-world experi- gression.Student veterans at USM may utilize membrance. 2000 to 2005 and retired with the rank of Staff ence. this resource on campus, as well as participate Attending this year’s conference and serv- Sergeant. White says it is important for Uni- “A common critique among student-veter- in the numerous events held to honor their ser- ing food at the Thanksgiving lunch was Melis- versities to help their veterans become more ans is that they feel that their past experiences vice. sa Chason, a student veteran graduating later involved. are not held in high value in the classroom.” The Husky Veterans hosted 5th annual this year at USM. In the Army, she was an “Student veterans are an important and Green Zone trainings help familiarize peo- Thanksgiving Lunch Fundraiser, held in the all-wheeled vehicle mechanic and administra- valuable asset to USM, in our communities, ple on campus with the unique characteristics Woodbury Campus Center last Thursday. tor. Chason says that events like the fundraiser and for our country. When they are unsupport- of student veterans as a group. For student vet- There, members of the group served turkey, help veterans connect with other students on ed or impeded in their efforts to apply their erans with visible and invisible trauma from stuffing, and mashed potatoes to raise over campus, which is a common problem. substantial expertise in an academic setting, combat, Green Zone helps to train faculty to $1000 for the six student veterans who were “This event is also our way of being able to veterans tend to withdraw,” White said. treat student-veterans with dignity and respect selected to attend a national conference hosted give back to the community that so graciously Many student veterans who return might regardless of their disability status. by the Student Veterans of America (SVA). 10 helps us. Whether it be helping with homeless- have trouble finding the services that they Other events and ceremonies planned for percent of the profits will also go to the local ness, mental needs, and even financial needs at need in order to transition from military ser- the coming months organized by the Office chapter of Veteran Inc., a resource for home- times,” Chason said. vice to college. Aaron Lewis, a history educa- of Veterans Affairs and the Huskey Veterans less veterans. According to their website, the Chason also outlined the importance of vet- tion major graduating in 2019 and an Infan- are taking place at USM. Both offices plan SVA’s national conference, or NATCON, is erans services here at USM. She, along with tryman in the Army from 2011 to 2016, said to continue to partner and expand with USM the largest annual gathering of student veter- many other student veterans, find comfort in that the Office of Veterans Affairs guided him and other organizations across the state. To ans, and advocates in higher education in the the fact that USM can assist directly in the through his return home very easily. become involved and for a list of events, the world. This year’s conference takes place in needs of its veteran students and their families. “USM has great Veterans services. I have Husky Veterans’ Facebook page. “Trying to navigate educational benefits for never had an issue with them and any ques- 8 NOVEMBER 13, 2017 | THE FREE PRESS News

Breakdown of student activity fee Police Beat Selections from the Distribution of funds split between groups USM Department of Jess Ward and the amount of credits Ahlquist says the Univer- is reserved for the individu- Public Safety police log News Editor the student is enrolled in, sity can do little to control al group appeals. Sept. 27 to Oct. 10 with full-time students at where the money is spent. During election cycles, Every semester, college the Gorham and Portland Entities, such as the in which students run for students everywhere take campuses paying the most Board of Student Orga- senate positions and polls 10/10/2017 on the task of paying their at $55 per semester. The nizations (BSO) and the are conducted, Ahlquist school bills. Between tu- USM website describes the Gorham Campus Activities says that he tries to hear the When the muse calls, art students must ition, housing, meal plans fee as helping to “support Board (GCAB), oversee students’ opinion on the Ac- and transportation, stu- various educational, cul- various groups on cam- tivity Fee. answer dents are 31 percent more tural, and social activities.” pus. Ahlquist clarifies that “We can get a rough idea Unwanted person, Robie Art Department. likely to require loans than The fee itself is used to “There’s a difference be- from students, by putting Officer advises that there are people in the Art they were in 2007, accord- fund student organizations tween student groups and up polls during the election Department after midnight asked to leave. No ing to USA Today. Despite and events both on and off the student government en- season we have,” Ahlquist crime, Closed. financial aid packages and campus. However, the web- tities... [entities] get their explained. “Last year we scholarships, students are site does not specify what budget directly from us, asked the question ‘would often left burdened with process is used to determine and then they get to decide you be interested in rais- 10/07/2017 debt. Harvard University the allocation of the funds, what to spend it on.” Stu- ing your student activity conducted a study on stu- or what administrative of- dent groups not overseen by fee ‘x’ amount of dollars, if What’s an unusable amount? dent debt, and found that 42 fice is responsible for over- entities, on the other hand, it meant you didn’t have to Drug violation G8 parking lot. Summons issued percent of millennials are seeing its use. submit their budgets direct- pay directly for printing?’” for possession of a useable amount of Marijuana impacted by student loans, Jeffrey Ahlquist,Student ly to the Senate. These polls are intended to along with 58 percent of all Senate Treasurer, says the FoA budget must be sub- shed light on the needs of by a minor. Cleared and closed. college graduates. Activity Fee is controlled mitted and voted on by the the student body, as to in- Each cost created by a by the Student Senate, senators after a student rep- sure that funds are allocated 10/04/2017 university affects its stu- which distributes the funds resentative makes a case according to those needs. dents, however, these fees to student groups and enti- for their request at a for- However, Ahlquist said Forward this to three people in three may seem ambiguous in ties at USM. mal meeting. Entities that they are mostly unsuccess- their purpose, leaving stu- “We don’t have a say run various groups and are ful in garnering attention hours dents unaware of where in whether or not it gets raising money for a specific from students and that “not Harassment complaint, Report of harassing their money is being spent. raised,” he says, “That’s event may also submit these a lot of people vote in our emails. No crime. USM’s bill features one all stuff that’s done by the requests, as GCAB did this elections... last year during such item, called the Stu- University itself.” How- October for its upcoming the cycle, I think it was less 9/27/2017 dent Activity Fee. The fee is ever, other than altering National Association for than 300.” determined by the program the specific cost of the fee, Campus Activities Confer- This suggests that the stu- ence. dents who supply the Activ- Too many late fees Ahlquist explained that ity Fee each year are not Disruptive person, Glickman Library. Officer there are rules in place to giving input effectively, and warned a subject not to return to the library. No insure that the money is Ahlquist is not sure how to further issues. Closed. spent well. fix that. He expresses a de-

“Constitutionally, if a sire for increased student student group wants money involvement, but as of now they can take up to $250 per does not have a particular Police Beats are edited for grammar and style. person, provided that they plan to make that happen. fundraise 20 percent of the “If we had more testi- cost” he said.“You have to monials from students who have some sort of invest- use our resources, I think ment in it in order for us to that would incite students give money.” to come forward,” says Ahlquist estimates Ahlquist. that the total Activity Fee Students who are inter- amounts to approximately ested in proposing projects $400,000. Not including on campus, or are interested stipends, this year’s cur- in hosting events, can find rent budget has allocated a resources on the Senate total of $310,000 between website. After filling out the Business Office, the Ex- the necessary forms, stu- ecutive Branch, the Senate, dents may submit them for and the five student entities approval and advocate for on campus, as shown in the their ideas before the Sen- budget spreadsheet. An ad- ate. ditional $45,000 is classi- fied as ‘unallocated,’ which Data by Jeffrey Ahlquist, graphic by Eliza Bachkovsky 9 NOVEMBER 13, 2017 | THE FREE PRESS Remembrance / 10 Arts&Culture Movie Talk / 12 Trip of a lifetime: a student perspective on culture Costa Rica, where I was met by twenty- improved infrastructure and created more and body language. Collaboration taught Liz Trudel Contributor three student strangers and five mentors, jobs. I journeyed to Costa Rica in the me that if my generation can come together all of whom became family to me in a hope of making a difference in the lives as like minded individuals, we can launch A few summers ago, I traveled to short span of time. We lived in a small, of a community less fortunate than mine. meaningful initiatives whether social, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, on a mission trip underserved community, two hours outside Wanting to enrich my knowledge amidst political, or environmental and solve many with Global Leadership Adventures (GLA). of Liberia and an hour from the closest a new culture and language, the children, world problems faced today. GLA is an organization that mentors high city of La Cruz. We lived among the Tico especially and members of the community Traveling from the USA, a fully school students on service-learning trips to people. We faced the poverty, the social, changed my life immensely. Volunteering industrialized nation, to an underprivileged developing countries. Each mission trip is the political and the environmental issues abroad completely turned my life upside community in Costa Rica, I experienced focused on humanitarian and conservation of Costa Rica firsthand. We spoke with down, teaching me valuable life-lessons. distinct cultural differences that changed initiatives. I traveled solo to Liberia, local leaders and worked with community It also taught me a lot about myself as a my entire outlook on life. The United members to complete several projects that human being. States has become a nation focused on The community needed a safe place for and obsessed with tangible objects, driven children to play and grow; we refurbished by greed, making money and consuming a run-down playground, making it vibrant products. We compete with our neighbors and safe. We built a small kiosk for local to have the latest smartphone, the most women to sell snacks and handmade crafts expensive car, the trendiest clothing and to earn extra money. The playground was the largest home. Costa Ricans live by the renamed Conciencia Cuidemos—Park of motto, “Pura Vida,” or “Pure Life.” Costa Dreams. I engaged with a multitude of Rican citizens value the conservation young children, who taught me how to of wildlife and the preservation of the play the Latin American version of many natural wonders of our earth. They value beloved childhood games. I learned that we one another and help others in any way don’t have to fully understand words, that they can—including strangers. Most even though there is a language barrier, two importantly, they value the creation of cultures can still form meaningful bonds meaningful bonds and relationships with and friendships through smiles, laughter, their peers. I learned that money truly can’t buy happiness; the best things in life come free to us, and richness cannot be gained by wealth. The most valuable thing in life is not a sports car or a diamond ring, but it is the people that we share our lives with, and the beautiful memories which we create. A local refugee camp in the region housed over 300 families together in one building. The refugees came from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cuba, Honduras and Somalia. Families had been fleeing corruption in their home countries and were desperately seeking to enter Nicaragua when that country sealed its borders, refusing them entry. Playing with the children here opened my eyes. They owned so little, yet found so much joy in what they did have. I’ve learned to truly value the privileged life I live and to be grateful for the limitless opportunities I was born into, opportunities that some children may never see in their lifetime. Traveling to Costa Rica gave Photo courtesy of Liz Trudel my life purpose and meaning. My heart Liz Trudel made many friends during her aches knowing that I am here in the USA while people are suffering in other places trip to Costa Rica. She especially enjoyed of the world. As human beings, we know looking after some of the children. (Left) that there are human crises and suffering Trudel sits with one of the little boys outside. elsewhere, but it doesn’t truly affect our (Above) One of the little girls poses with hearts until we personally know the people Trudel for a photo. who suffer. Photo courtesy of Liz Trudel 10 NOVEMBER 13, 2017 | THE FREE PRESS Arts & Culture Time of remembrance A show of resilience than a lecture about prejudice, the film is a Cara DeRose The forgotten aspects of Thanksgiving Copy Editor concise expression of a sadness familiar to most. Depner stars as the film’s unnamed desperately trying to pull together its many Kate Rogers With the right director, a low-budget leading woman, who manipulates her Staff Writer diverse peoples into a common national film can pack a big punch. Haley Depner, appearance in order to win the girl who’d identity.” Like a lot of public views on a 22-year-old biology major and aspiring rather have a leading man. Thanksgiving is right around the corner Native American history, Thanksgiving is filmmaker at USM, proved that last The lead binds her breasts. To the tune and elementary schools around the country a glossy romanticized version of the story Tuesday, Nov. 7, when her short film “I’ll of Nat King Cole’s “L-O-V-E,” she cuts are pulling out their turkey themed activities meant to represent America’s diversity and Be Your Man” was screened at the juried her hair short, gels it down. She dons a and Native American history lessons. Center supposed inclusivity. Nasty Women Film Event in New Haven, fitted smoky brown jacket. With these few pieces made of inedible corn and squash are For a long time, the American education Connecticut. adjustments, she transforms from a smitten going to decorate tables in celebration of a system taught very little about the atrocities “I’ll Be Your Man” was one of 17 films college student into a suave 1950s playboy. legendary coming together of two cultures. committed against Native Americans. selected for the event, which took place The spitting image of classic Hollywood But Native Americans aren’t just history Generally, it focuses on the ‘good’ parts. at an “old” house near Yale University, masculinity, and a lilac bouquet in hand, lessons, and Thanksgiving isn’t the whole Kids learn about Squanto, who helped according to Depner. Around70 people she knocks at a door, which the girl, story--or even the true story, depending on create an alliance between settlers and the attended the reception and opening Danielle, opens. Danielle is unimpressed who tells it. When they are caught up in the Pokanoket tribe. They learn about how screening on Nov. 7, Depner included, and deems the effort “childish.” holiday spirit, are people remembering that? Native Americans helped the early pilgrims and the films were show in two rooms on “You said you needed a man!” the lead Do they even know? by teaching them how to plant corn and different floors of the house. The 17 films says. “Why can’t I be your man?” The first Thanksgiving--though it working alongside them. They learn about were selected from a pool of undergraduate Nothing penetrates more than a tale of wasn’t called that, and was not repeated or Sacagawea who helped Lewis and Clark, and graduate New England student talent, unrequited love, especially in a film made celebrated as a holiday until decades later- and watch the Disney movie Pocahontas and each one contended with the racism, for no more than three dollars. As president -was in 1621. The Wampanoag tribe came (which is not in any way historically sexism and homophobia the worst of of the USM Film Club, she recruited two together with the pilgrims in Plymouth to accurate). Topics like the Trail of Tears America has reared. students from the club to help produce “I’ll celebrate a first successful harvest after the were touched upon, but not much else was A fleeting minute and thirteen seconds, Be Your Man” on such a small budget. tribe had assisted the pilgrims in growing required. Problems with Native Americans “I’ll Be Your Man”’s brevity allows its Colin Cundy, a senior communication and it. There were at least 140 men present, were discussed as a thing of the past. story to pierce like an arrow without the with women and children not counted in Thanks to mass-media, Native Americans viewer ever feeling like a target. Rather See FILM on page 11 the primary sources. They ate venison, not have been in the public eye lately. The Dakota turkey and certainly not pumpkin pie. The Access Pipeline protests started conversation three day event did symbolise peace between about respect for Native American land. the two groups of people, and the peace did Bernie Sanders during his campaign made continue on afterwards. a point to give voice to Native American But only for about 10 years. More settlers activists. Viral speeches from activists spread came to America and a plague brought with awareness of America’s history of breaking them wiped out nearly half of the Native treaties with Native Americans and the population. There was grave robbing, treaty- existence of sacred land that was taken and breaking and mass-murder by English never returned. Lies perpetuated by tradition settlers. This animosity continued well into are being spoken out against, like the calling the 20th century, with Native American for Columbus day to be Indigenous People’s land being claimed and stomped over with day. Teachers are becoming more aware little regard. The Native Americans were and trying to teach Thanksgiving more eventually funneled into reservations and accurately and respectfully. More and more, left with only small fractions of what they Native American voices are being heard. once had, and with their population severely But every November, Americans stuff depleted. Even today, reservations on themselves and watch Punkin Chunkin on Happy Hour average are some of the poorest areas in the the science channel and go Black Friday Monday-Friday: 3-7pm country because it is so difficult to achieve shopping and many of us still forget two economic growth. very important things. The first: that Native Late Night Sun-Thurs: 9pm-Close Most Native Americans today see American blood was spilled in order for the Thanksgiving as a day of remembrance civilization that allows us this decadence and mourning. To others, like Jacqueline to come into being. The second: that Keeler, a member of the Dineh Nation and Native Americans are still marginalized FREE BOWL OF the Yankton Dakota Sioux, it is a celebration communities in America, still real people of survival. Keeler told Time Magazine who still hold true to their culture and for an article about the true origins of the traditions and are not just a caricature or holiday, “Thanksgiving tells a story that is gaudy decoration. convenient for Americans...I recognize it as In conclusion, this is not all to say that a chance for my family to come together as Thanksgiving shouldn’t be celebrated. WITH PURCHASE OF ENTRÉE!* survivors, pretty much in defiance.” The season and the holiday are a good Queso,South Portland According to the website for the Manataka opportunity for remembrance and respect. 420 Maine Mall Road • Portland, ME 04106 American Indian Council, the “contemporary Take time to learn about your fellow citizens 207-774-3983 mix of myth and history about the “First” and your nation’s history, connect with those *Dine-in only. Limit one offer per table, per visit. Expires Dec. 31st, 2017. around you, and have a wonderful holiday. Thanksgiving at Plymouth developed in the Aloha: FREE QUESO W/PURCH 1890s and early 1900s. Our country was Arts & Culture THE FREE PRESS | NOVEMBER 13, 2017 11 Super Slimey, product of a quality collaboration Young Thug and Future work together on their new mix tape matter where you go. Bradford Spurr Photography Director Nonetheless the native Atlanta duo have created a pretty cohesive project in SUPER SLIMEY. 13 songs, 40 minutes, In a release that came relatively out of the blue, one feature. Long gone are the days of epic albums, Atlanta rappers Future and Young Thug have created a unraveling over hour plus run times. Maybe it’s the culture collaborative effort that should squash all of the rumors of instant gratification, but albums nowadays seem to be of ‘beef’ and strife between the two. Both artists have put more easily digestible consumed in parts, while plugging out projects this year, Future came out with two projects and unplugging your phone from your car, constantly HNDRXX and FUTURE, Young Thug releasing a full connected. So first things first, standouts from the album length album Beautiful Thugger Girls and a joint release are definitely substantial enough to carry the project as a with producer Carnage, Young Martha. whole. “All da Smoke,” a Future heavy track stays steady A trademark of both rappers, regardless of their with a simple beat and few breakdowns. The line from seemingly self-referential styles, is that they both have a “All da Smoke” that plays best is Future’s “Pyrex, cook pretty astounding rate of output. Both men are tirelessly it up like Kyrie, trade you off (let’s go)/ Green and white working on several projects of their own while also like Celtics, don’t play with me, play with a fork (play being heavy hitters as features on others work. This point with a woo).” Next, “Cruise Ship” sees a pretty natural became the center of the alleged dispute between the two sounding Thugger go sans significant auto tune to craft after one of the biggest producers in the game right now, one of the best choruses on the entire project. The chorus Metro Boomin, said that his and Future’s sheer volume starts with Young Thug quickly spitting “Dip and dab of work was greater than everyone else’s saying that, in a out the bag (dab out the bag)/ I got crips on Old Nat/You Photo courtesy of Epic/300/Atlantic series of tweets, “All I’m saying is, I wish that everyone want problems for somethin’,” and then transitions into Recording Corporation would put out more quality music over the quantity. It’s a talking about the places he came from and how he’d still is a great example of how these two rappers work well marathon not a sprint.” be alright if he didn’t get big from rapping, “If I wouldn’t when collaborating. My personal favorite track is a Young Now although Future has made the perpetual release have rapped, I’d still be rich (still rich)/ Three million Thug heavy piece in “Killed Before.” He starts with of projects his “thing” that is hardly something that one dollar house, came from evictions (hood rich).” Directly “Everyone know I’ve been killed before/ I’ve been bent can associate or give to an individual. There are plenty following “Cruise Ship” is the album’s standout single, like a centerfold,” Thugger has been beaten and abused, he of other rappers that value quality over quantity. Long “Patek Water,” featuring the nimble Offset of Migos knows what it’s like to be down and out. But he persevered before Gucci Mane made his incredible reemergence into fame. Offset’s second half of his verse is incredible, he and found success. He has money now, he has his cars, the mega-machine of Hip-Hop popular culture he was switches his flow in a matter of seconds between his line and that’s enough to squash the haters and people trying putting out several fair to middling efforts a year that delivery, “Hop on the wave and drown, my mama been to detract from his good fortune. Young Thug and future featured an array of local producers and talent that helped Cartier bracelet down (mama)/ Uh, face it down (hey), might not be in the same league as Big Boi and Andre to put the Atlanta trap rap scene on the map following in dirty my soda, I hate the brown (oo)/ Hold it down ‘cause three stacks but they work well together and they put out a the tremendous footsteps left in the wake of rap super the plug is illegal (plug)/ Ridin’ ‘round with a dub and a new project practically every other month. So sometimes group Outkast. What Andre 3000 and Big Boi did for rap eagle (brrt)/ I heard the money get evil, prayin’ to God to quantity can outshine quality, sometimes it helps if the music alone, forget about Atlanta rap, could be the topic keep me from demons (God).” “Drip on Me” is another music is great too but that’s just an added bonus. of an entire post alone, but their presence is always felt no highlight, a cut that shows the strengths of both artists and

From FILM on page 10 relationship. media studies major, helped with camera “She couldn’t handle the comments, so work, and former USM student Kristina it didn’t work out,” she said. McDermott played Danielle. While not The memory inspired Depner’s Happy Hour a member of the club, Jordan Stowell, fascination with the idea of people Monday-Friday: 3-7pm another communication and media studies changing themselves to become desirable major, did sound. to another person. “I’ll Be Your Man” is Late Night Sun-Thurs: 9pm-Close Other filmmakers at the Nasty Women a film about cross-dressing to be what Film Event had bigger budgets and another person wants you to be, and how seasoned actors. But Depner had something wanting to be loved informs the process. equally personal and universal to say, The Nasty Women Film Event in New FREE BOWL OF based on a love lost during her childhood Haven was one of 50 exhibitions across at a homeschool co-op in New Hampshire. the United States scheduled for this An assignment for a visual storytelling year. In the wake of Trump and growing class last fall was an opportune excuse to intolerance, Depner saw the event as make this memory into screen-worthy art. critical to the resistance movement against “There was this girl in high school I the present administration. WITH PURCHASE OF ENTRÉE!* liked, but people were making really nasty “It was cool to be screened alongside Queso,South Portland comments to her about how she was nice those other films, “ she said. “The message 420 Maine Mall Road • Portland, ME 04106 to me,” Depner said. “They were saying [of equality] really matters because of 207-774-3983 she shouldn’t be nice to gay people, people Trump and the pain he’s caused.” *Dine-in only. Limit one offer per table, per visit. Expires Dec. 31st, 2017. who were going to hell.” Aloha: FREE QUESO W/PURCH These comments, according to Depner, Photo courtesy of Haley Depner ultimately prevented them from having a 12 NOVEMBER 13, 2017 | THE FREE PRESS Arts & Culture A&C Listings

Third in the series hits theatres Monday, November 13

Book Discussion: Immortal Life of Henrietta The movie we’ve all been waiting Thor Lacks Daniel Kilgallon USM Portland Campus Staff Writer Glickman Library 325 (Contains Spoilers) Starts: 4:00 p.m. / Ends: 5:30 p.m. For better or worse, the Marvel Cinematic Universe Tuesday, November 14 (MCU) has been continuously dominating the global box office and it doesn’t look USM Vocal Jazz Ensemble like that is going to change USM Gorham Campus anytime soon. With three Corthell Concert Hall feature films released this year Starts: 7:30 p.m. and another three scheduled for next, the powerhouse franchise will contain a Wednesday, November 15 whopping twenty movies by the time that 2018 comes to a close. Thor: Ragnarok marks Let’s go to Japan: Culture Talk the seventeenth installment USM Portland Campus of the series and the third Wishcamper 102 chapter of what has become Starts: 4:00 p.m. the Thor trilogy. Despite exceptional performances by Photo courtesy of Marvel Studios Chris Hemsworth, I believe event known as “Ragnarok.” of escaping Sakaar so he can it was almost comparable to Thursday, November 16 that this particular character Managing to escape and take return to his homeland and losing a loved one.” All of has suffered from some of the the crown that grants Sulfur save his people. the characters play their part Language Express weakest standalone movies power, Thor decides to return I had a blast with Thor: in successfully maintaining USM Portland Campus of the franchise. 2011’s Thor to his home planet. During his Ragnarok from start to finish this tone throughout the entire is an average origin story at absence, Thor’s brother, Loki and the strong use of humor film. In my opinion, this Woodbury Amphitheatre best and 2014’s The Dark (Tom Hiddleston) has been really stood out to me here. was completely necessary Starts: 11:30 a.m. / Ends: 1:30 p.m. World is a forgettable film ruling Asgard while assuming Up to this point, I would have in accurately portraying the which I think stands out as the appearance of their father, considered Ant-Man (2015) particularly obscure world one of the few bad movies Odin (Anthony Hopkins), to be the funniest movie in of the titular comic book that the series has to offer. who has relocated to Earth. MCU, but I can confidently character. Friday, November 17 Heading into the theater last With the throne of the say that has changed. Overall, I would say weekend, I had high hopes Asgard vulnerable, a new Ragnarok is practically a that Thor: Ragnarok was Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn that Ragnarok would function threat emerges in the form straight comedy, handling a home run for Marvel, as State Theatre in providing a fresh story for of Hela (Cate Blanchett), it’s ridiculous subject matter it was absolutely hilarious the shared universe and much the Asgardian goddess of in a way that was quite self- and full of fresh, exciting 609 Congress Street needed justice for “the God of death. As seen in the trailers, detrimental. This is something action sequences. This film Starts: 8:00 p.m. / Ends: 10:00 p.m. Thunder.” she ends up breaking Thor’s that the first two Thor movies understood what it’s universe With the exception of a hammer, Mjolnir, and failed to do, taking the content has become; an episodic mid-credits appearance in last proceeds to send him and way too seriously for it’s own series of movies that exist Saturday, November 18 year’s Doctor Strange, Thor Loki through a wormhole. good. Ragnarok avoids this to entertain. Ragnarok’s has not appeared in the MCU They find themselves on a completely, largely through lighthearted approach really Twelfth Night (or What you Will) since Avengers: Age of Ultron planet called Sakaar, which the use of sarcastic dialogue worked here and the result USM Gorham Campus (2015). He left Earth to search is ruled by “the Grandmaster” from new and returning was one of, if not, MCU’s for Infinity Stones but has (Jeff Goldblum). Thor characters. For example, funniest movie to date. Fans Russell Hall Main Stage not been successful in his becomes imprisoned here Thor explains the loss of his of this series can’t miss out Starts: 7:30 p.m. endeavors. At the beginning and is forced to partake in a hammer to the rock warrior on this flick and I can happily of this movie, we see Thor gladiatorial contest in which Korg, who responds by say that Thor finally got the captured in the lair of a demon he faces his former ally, the saying, “It sounds like you movie he has deserved for a named Surtur, who threatens Hulk. With Hela poised to had a pretty special and long time. Want to submit an event? to destroy his home planet ruin Asgard forever, Thor intimate relationship with [email protected] of Asgard in a catastrophic must overcome the challenge this hammer and that losing 13 NOVEMBER 13, 2017 | THE FREE PRESS Canadian Perspective / 14 Let’s Talk About It / 15 Perspectives Puzzles / 16

This Week at Winchester Traveling Tips Julie Pike Staff Writer

After my trip this past weekend to Rome, I’ve realized that every time I travel something has to go wrong. I sup- pose that is just a part of travelling to a foreign country, but so far every trip I’ve taken has fallen in that pattern. Whether it be a delayed flight, a cancelled flight, or diffi- culties just getting to the airport, there’s always been some part of my journey that has been stressful. So far I’ve taken all of these experiences as a lesson learned. Every time something goes wrong I will know how to prepare for it in the future. With my experience traveling around Europe I’ve learned some tips to make the journey easier, and I want to share these with you. First of all, don’t have the expectations that everything is going to go perfectly as planned. It’s hard to make sure everything happens on time, as public transportation can’t always be trusted, and there’s always a chance for a de- layed flight. If you don’t have high expectations than it can make it easier to deal with problems as they arise. Make sure you arrive at the airport with plenty of time to spare, for that chance that something could go wrong. For most flights it’s a safe bet to arrive two hours in advance. This means make sure whatever transportation you are taking to get to the airport there will get you there on time. Make yourself familiar with where the bus or train stops are, and where they will depart from or arrive at the air- port. Take it from me who has spent an hour trying to find Julie Pike / Staff Writer a bus stop for a bus that was supposed to take me to the (because who wants to buy an actual travel pillow?), hand The Student Travel Guide. It’s a great option for students airport. That happened to me in Rome where I missed sanitizer, sunglasses, tissues, hair elastics, and lots of who are looking for the most affordable options. The book two buses to the airport because I couldn’t find the stop. snacks. Sometimes you won’t have a chance during your covers every major city in Europe, outlining the major at- No one at the station knew where it was or simply didn’t journey to stop for food, so it’s a good idea to have some- tractions, affordable hostels and hotels, and cheap places speak English and couldn’t help me. thing to fall back on. I’d also suggest bringing an empty to eat. Although it may be old fashioned I’ve always found it water bottle, to fill up once you get through security. One more thing that is super important to be aware of easier to have a paper copy of everything I need, instead When I travel I like to plan and find out as much as I before your trip is how the public transportation works in of relying on a ticket on my phone. Phones can be faulty, can about where I’m going ahead of time. I’ll make a list whichever city you’re traveling to. Every city is different sometimes they won’t scan properly so it’s a good idea to on my phone of any important addresses, the times of my and takes some time to figure out how to get around using print it out beforehand. This includes bus or train tickets, flights, and figure out how and when I need to get to the buses, trams, or the underground. Most major cities usu- as not every bus driver will accept an electronic ticket. airport. ally offer a one day pass, for one or multiple days, which I’ve come close to being kicked off of a bus before for not I also like to make a general plan of different places and is often the most affordable option, especially if you plan having my ticket printed out. sights to see, just to make sure I get to see everything I on using public transportation often. Most day passes in- If you’re travelling internationally it helps to bring a want to. It’s also helpful to find out what everything costs clude unlimited travel on any of the modes of transporta- copy of your passport, birth certificate, and social security that you plan on doing, as well as the times that places are tion within the city. number with you. I haven’t had to resort to using any of open. The more time you spend ahead of your trip doing These are just some of the tips that I’ve picked up on these luckily, but you never know if something could go this research, the less you have to do once you’re there. in my experiences so far. I’m sure I’ll experience more wrong and you lose your passport. Passport checks at the This way of traveling however isn’t for everyone, it’s trouble in the future trips I have planned, but at least now I airport doesn’t always go smoothly. Some passport control just something I suggest to make things less stressful and know to expect it. Although I speak of how stressful some officers have needed extra proof from me to show that I’m more enjoyable. I know many people who like to travel of my trips I’ve been on, the experience I’ve had in new a student in the UK, and have asked to see my acceptance without any plans, and just figure out what to do once they places completely outweighs the negative side to travel- letter, which I now know to always bring with me. get there, and that way can work out just as well, I’m just ing. Not many people can say I was sitting in front of the As far as things you should bring with you on the plane, an organized person who enjoys planning my trips. Trevi Fountain just a few days ago. there’s a few items that are an essential for me: a sweat- A lot of my research that I do beforehand is taken from shirt, gum, a book, headphones, a portable phone charger, the Let’s Go guidebooks. The only book that I brought an extra piece of clothing you can ball up into a pillow with me from the states was the Let’s Go Europe 2017: 14 NOVEMBER 13, 2017 | THE FREE PRESS Perspectives

Student Perspective One Canadian’s favourite differences between two countries

Maverick Lynes shock. from, I’m from Edmonton, Alberta. The but I thought that was just common courtesy. Staff Writer For the past few weeks I have been deal- most baffling question I have been asked is Let me extend a thank you to everyone for ing with an elbow injury that has highlighted if Alberta is its own country. Now, I do not not asking me questions such as, “Do you I am a Canadian living in the United States a certain reason I am missing home: Canadi- pride myself on my American geography live in an igloo?” or “Do you own a polar of America and when people ask me if it is an healthcare. I know America is divided on knowledge by any means. However, if you bear?” You may laugh in disbelief but I as- any different, I say no. To be honest, I say this issue, but speaking as a Canadian, I love told me you lived in one of the fifty states, sure you that somewhere, someone has that no because I don’t feel like going into detail it. I’m not saying our universal healthcare is I would not be confused enough to ask what idea in their mind. about how our two countries vary. In reality, perfect because it is not. However, in Canada country that is. It’s cold in Canada. That is a fact. It is it is different. nobody dies because of their lack of health Some of the people I have talked to at not live in an igloo cold. However, it is cold To start off, yes, I say words differently. insurance. It provides people who may not USM have asked me if Canadians are as nice nonetheless. I hope you all are not taking the However, I do not have the stereotypical Ca- be as fortunate as you the care that they de- as everyone says. Yes, they are very nice, not weather we are experiencing in Maine right nadian accent Americans think all Canadians serve as human beings, which is something I all of them, but most of them.In Canada it now for granted. Back in my hometown, have. Different parts of Canada have differ- hope everyone can support. Yes, the average is illegal to use hate speech, which I believe it started snowing a month ago. It has also ent accents. It would be like me assuming wait times for medical care in Canada are helps promote being genuinely kind to one been consistently -20 degrees Celsius. For everyone in America talks like they are from much longer, which is a downfall, but when another. I think it is favorable because it those of you who do not know, is -4 degrees the deep south. With that being said, yes I I went to the emergency room at Maine provides the realistic view that your actions Fahrenheit, which means it is really cold say, “eh” sometimes and I have come to em- Medical Center, I still waited from 10 p.m. and your words can be truly menacing. I back home and I am grateful to be here. The brace it. to 3:30 a.m. for stitches that only took fifteen would also say it gives the community more other day it snowed here on campus, for only For those of you who do not know, in Can- minutes. I thought the wait times in America strength to stand up for each other when they a little while and at night…people still went ada, we do spell words differently, such as, were supposed to be shorter! I was very dis- see such unjust acts. into a bit of a panic. Just be thankful you are favorite/favourite, color/color and neighbor/ appointed. Everything I thought I knew was One of the biggest differences I have no- not a little further north. neighbour. Basically we like using U’s or a lie. ticed is that when you’re driving in Canada Like many of you, I am proud of where I maybe you just like neglecting them? This As a Canadian at USM, I have also been and somebody lets you into their lane, it is come from. Though I chose to move across change has been really fun for me since I am asked if I speak French, which I do not. a country code that you wave to thank that the border for my education and the ability an English major. To my professors, it is not Quebec is the main province that has French person. WHY DO PEOPLE NOT WAVE to play NCAA college hockey, that doesn’t that I don’t know how to spell, it’s just that Canadians and they are very far away from HERE? Just a wave to say thank you, it takes mean I don’t love my country, because I do I’m foreign. Thank you for being so under- where I live. little energy and only a second. Maybe that’s and I have a tattoo on my back to prove it. standing through this very drastic culture While we are on the topic of where I’m the Canadian in me aggressively coming out, Editor Opinion How not to apologize for sexual assault Comedian Louis C.K. issues a statement about his past Johnna Ossie too late, is that when you have power over gress St. at night with my roommate. I re- the car, he pulled away newspaper that Managing Editor another person, asking them to look at your member that we were laughing hard, as we was covering his lap to reveal that he was [penis] isn’t a question. It’s a predicament often were together. A car pulled over, and masturbating. My mom described being in TW: Contains explicit descriptions of for them. The power I had over these wom- a man called out to us. He was asking for shock, not knowing what to do or how to sexual violence en is that they admired me. And I wielded directions to the interstate. I took a step to- respond. As one woman who came forward that power irresponsibly.” ward his car to tell him which way to go, said to the New York Times, “You want to Amidst weeks of sexual assault and ha- There’s a laundry list of problems with looked in and realized he was masturbat- believe it’s not happening.” rassment claims against a variety of pub- C.K.’s so called apology, starting with the ing. I had no idea what to do. I looked at C.K. describes what the women expe- lic figures, comedian Louis C.K. issued a fact the the words “I’m sorry” are never said him and said, “Oh.” He looked back at me, rienced as a “predicament,” which is one lengthy “apology” last week addressing the within it. C.K.’s attempts to lessen the im- pulled away and drove off. I didn’t think to of the grossest understatements I’ve ever New York Times story in which five wom- pact of his actions by adding that he never get his license plate number or to remember heard. What the women went through was en came forward accusing C.K. of “sexual showed someone his penis without “asking what he looked like. I didn’t think to write abuse and lasting trauma. What women go misconduct.” Specifically, that C.K. mas- first,” is a disturbing attempt to imply some down what kind of car he was driving. All I through is years of trying to reconcile what turbated in front of women or requested to, sort of consensual act. What happened be- could think was that this man had, for some happened to them. His need to mention and in one woman’s case, began masurbat- tween C.K. and the women who came for- reason, felt the need to manipulate me into several times throughout the statement how ing during a phone call in which she was ward is a clear abuse of power of privilege, seeing his penis. My friend and I kept walk- admired he is is equally queasy-making. inviting him onto her show. C.K. confirmed and one that many women will recognize ing home and didn’t talk much about what Waiting to apologize for something until in his statement that the allegations were as common. As many (if not most) women had just happened. Things felt heavy. you’re forced to doesn’t imply remorse, true. already know, having any man, let alone a When I told my mother what happened, it implies cowardice. Though some have The beginning of C.K.’s statement reads, man in a position of power, suddenly ask she recalled a similar experience she had praised C.K. for addressing the issue, this “At the time, I said to myself that what I did to pull out his genitals is going to illicit when in her 20s and travelling through Eu- “apology” is no apology at all. It’s a self was okay because I never showed a woman shock, fear, confusion and likely a freeze rope. She was alone, waiting for a friend serving, desperate, last ditch attempt to sal- my [penis] without asking first, which is response. to come meet her. A man in a car called to vage a sexual predator’s public image. also true. But what I learned later in life, When I was 21, I was walking on Con- her to ask a question. When she approached Perspectives THE FREE PRESS | NOVEMBER 13, 2017 15

Student Perspective Medicaid expansion Emma Donnelly last year’s election, people would either be Contributor more inclined or less inclined to vote, but after listening to these stories I knew I had In 2010 when the Affordable Care Act to do to whatever it took to get people to was enacted, the states were supposed to the polls. expand Medicaid. 19 states did not, and The turnout for the election was out- Maine was one of them. Despite passing standing and exceeded my expectations. Thanksgiving is coming up and honestly it’s stressing me out. I’m excited Medicaid expansion five times in the state In Saco and Biddeford, where I knocked to be home, see friends from high school and have a good time, but I’m also legislature, Governor LePage vetoed it ev- doors the last few months, Question 2 dreading the family meal more than usual. I love my family but they can ery single time. This means 70,000+ Main- passed by thousands of votes. That was my ers have been left without health insurance first real feeling of victory before it was be overwhelming, and for whatever reason, probably just the stress and because the governor refused to accept confirmed Question 2 passed. Then, when commotion of the holidays, everyone gets so tense and I feel like I have to play $500 million from the federal government. laying in bed refreshing my phone, my peacemaker. There are always a lot of wonderful moments, too, but I guess I partner got the Associated Press notifica- It is unacceptable to leave thousands of just feel extra aware of it because I’ve been so focused at school. Any advice Mainers uninsured, so we got Medicaid ex- tion that Maine officially became the first pansion on the 2017 ballot. state in the nation to pass Medicaid expan- with how to self-manage this? Starting on November 8, 2016 (Election sion by ballot initiative. We passed by 18 holidays really stress people out. Everyone is Day), I began working on this campaign pts, 59% yes 41% no. I was in shock for a Johnna Ossie Managing Editor on edge. Your aunt is mad at your uncle for with Mainers for Healthcare. It began by few hours, honestly. not helping with the cooking, your teenage sitting at Kennebunk town hall for some- The next day when scrolling through cousins are watching football too loudly, your where between 8-12 hours, I can’t even Twitter, I saw people like Cecile Richards Oh, the joys of family. At my family’s mom keeps putting spit on her thumb and try- remember, collecting signatures to get it (President of Planned Parenthood Fed- Thanksgiving dinner a few years ago, my aunt ing to rub off a freckle that you’ve had for 20 on the ballot. We had volunteers all over eration of America), websites like Politico came up to me, looked me up and down, and years. Your great uncle keeps saying some of Maine at the polls to get the 68,000 signa- and the Associated Press, and major news said out loud to seemingly no one and every- the most bigoted things you’ve ever heard and tures we needed to put a citizen’s initiative sources like the New York Times report- one, “Johnna’s got more tattoos and piercings when you try to intervene your dad tells you on the ballot. A few months later, I found ing about this campaign. I am so humbled, because she never wants to get a job!” This to leave poor Uncle Jim alone. I’ve been navi- out we got it on the ballot, and we were go- lucky, and proud to be a part of this ground- isn’t the first time my dearly loved aunt has gating holiday dinners for 26 years now and ing to be Question 2. breaking initiative. something absurdly rude to me at a family I’m barely an expert, but I will tell you some Since August 2017, I’ve knocked doors, The reason I am writing about my expe- gathering. My family is also known for crack- things that have helped me to survive. made phone calls, registered people to rience with the Yes on 2 campaign is be- ing incredibly insensitive jokes at my expen- The first thing I do when I get to my grand- vote, gave out literature, done social me- cause it is just one example of the potential sive, conservative politics and in the past, I’m parent’s house is hug my nana (because she’s dia blasts, and more to make sure that we we have as voters to make a significant im- told, drunken brawls. I looked at my aunt and the best) and then ask her what I can do to got out the vote for November 7, 2017. At pact. We are able to overturn a governor’s said calmly (I had learned at this point that help. If I’m hauling chairs up from the base- the doors, folks would tell me their stories veto, and change the lives of thousands, fighting is useless), “I have a job, and I’m not ment or mashing an obscenely large pot of po- of being uninsured and the sacrifices they just by exercising our right to vote and really concerned about what you think about tatoes, no one has space to ask me when I’m had to make to take care of their loved ones participate in our democracy. If you ever it.” My aunt was flabbergasted, seemingly in getting married or comment on the fact that and keep them alive. Everyone I spoke to think that voting doesn’t matter and your shock that I had dared to respond to her criti- I’ve gained weight since they last saw me. would benefit from Medicaid expansion vote doesn’t count, just look back on vic- cism. She turned around and stormed into an- Staying busy is key! or know someone who did. I was unsure tories like these, and realize your potential other room where I could hear her loudly com- If your family is white and, like me, you how the turnout would be because it’s an for impact. plaining about how rude I am. My nana, the have a racist uncle Jim/Paul/Steve, it’s a whole “off” election year, and in my mind, after true hero of this story said, “You weren’t a real gem when you were that age, either.” At this new ballpark. You’re going to have to talk to point in the story, my aunt stormed out of the Uncle Jim Paul Steve and you’re going to have house and (I’m really not kidding) sat in a field to say something when he says something rac- where we could all see her through the win- ist. You just have to. It’s hard. Your mom will To submit a letter to the editor dow throughout the entirety of Thanksgiving be upset with you for “causing trouble” when dinner. When we were done eating she came “everything was going so well!” but you still in, took her food and left. At Christmas, she have to. There’s actually a lot of guides online please email your letter to came up to me and hugged me like nothing for how to talk to your white family about rac- had ever happened. This September, my aunt ism that have been helpful for me in preparing [email protected] got her nose pierced. for these kinds of conversations. You don’t need to play peacemaker for your Next, if you have one, find your cousin that adult family. You just don’t. It doesn’t really you really like. I’m lucky to have a cousin the matter the circumstances. If it’s too much for same age as me who is pretty great, and if I Letters to the editor should not exceed 500 words you, let them fight their own battles. If your can engage him in conversation people gen- and the Free Press reserves the right to edit for Aunt Sue and your Aunt Linda are fighting erally leave us alone, except to say “Look at over the temperature a turkey needs to reach, those two!” and keep moving. If you can, grab length. Content should not be harmful to the USM let them. If your dad and grandpa are fight- that cousin and go for a walk. Rant about your ing about property rates in Portland, leave the fight with Uncle Jim Paul Steve. Get out of community. The Free Press reserves the right not to room. Leave the house. Take a break. the house and get some fresh air that doesn’t publish submitted letters. I love my family very much, and I’m also smell like roasting vegetables for a minute. It incredibly stressed out by them. It sounds like will help. you are in a similar boat. For some reason, the Bathrooms make good hiding places. 16 NOVEMBER 13, 2017 | THE FREE PRESS Perspectives

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Word Search Search for the list of words in the grid of letters. Grab a pen and circle each word as you find them. Theme: Thanksgiving bread carrots casserole cider corn cornbread cranberry gravy peas pie potatoes pumpkin salad squash stuffing turkey turnip yam Cryptogram Q’GX ZXHPN DK H WPHSN SXA WHSU QS FDIRZXPS BHCQKDPSQH USDAS HF FHS HSNPXHF GHICR. Every letter in a cryptogram stands for another letter. Use the And here is your hint: hint to crack the code. Z = H 17 NOVEMBER 13, 2017 | THE FREE PRESS USM Community Page Bowdoin professor deliberates over research Convocation continues as crowd fills Hannaford Hall for W.E.B Du Bois lecture Sarah Tewksbury Editor-in-chief and West in the United States. Purnell, along with colleagues was challenged in the court case Roberts v. City of Boston Jeanne Theoharis and Komozi Woodward, are calling their in 1850. Ruling in favor of the City of Boston, the court set “What is the history of racism outside the south?” anthology of essays The Strange Careers of Jim Crow: North a precedent later cited by the Supreme Court in the ruling of Keynote speaker Dr. Brian Purnell posed this question and West. Plessy v. Ferguson, which rooted “separate but equal” into to introduce his research. Spread out in Hannaford Hall The driving question that Purnell has explored through his American history. Monday night, roughly a hundred students, staff, faculty and investigation has led him to look for the history and pattern Calling for a more intense scrutiny of the emergence of community members listened to the presentation. Organized of racial discrimination outside of the South. During his racial discrimination, Purnell asked audience members to by the Gloria S. Duclos Convocation committee as part of presentation, Purnell noted that so many scholars today have intensify their curiosity and start to look deeper at the ways in the continuing conversation about race and participatory to get deep into the study of race in the U.S. before they arrive which segregation was influenced by the North. democracy, Monday’s event was titled, The Strange Careers of at the conclusion that the North was a place of origin for Jim “Racism outside of the South is so hard to understand,” the Jim Crow North: Race and Participatory Democracy North Crow segregation. As defined by the Smithsonian Institute, Purnell said. “Yet it is so important to study and research. We of the Mason Dixon Line. The evening was the second annual Jim Crow is the term used which groups laws passed that were need to put American liberalism under an incredibly critical W.E.B Du Bois Lecture on Race and Democracy as well. discriminatory towards black Americans at the close of the microscope.” Purnell, the Geoffrey Canada associate professor of nineteenth century. As a continuation of the discussion of the Convocation Africana Studies and History and Director of Africana Studies According to Purnell, six million blacks left the South topic, the lecture fulfilled its purpose of providing historical Program at Bowdoin College, was brought to USM to discuss between 1910 and 1970 in search of economic opportunity context to the origins of racism. Bringing the notion of the groundwork for the upcoming collection of original and class mobility. Traveling to the North and the West these intersectionality through the study of race and democracy to essays he has been working on. Its relevance to USM’s citizens were reportedly legally restricted through segregation, USM is a core principle of both the W.E.B Du Bois lecture current Convocation topic brings a perspective that has not regardless of their location in the U.S. Purnell provided and Convocation. been delved into yet during the year long discussion. The examples of Northern extralegal racial violence such as the perspective is of racism as being inherently rooted in the North exclusion of blacks from the same public education that whites received in Boston during the late eighteenth century, which

Dionne Smith / Community Editor Brian Prunell, a professor at Bowdoin College, giving his W.E.B Du Bois lecture in Hannaford Hall, talking about Jim Crow in the north and its many forms of racism and segregation against the black community. Photo courtesy of Oxford University Press 18 NOVEMBER 13, 2017 | THE FREE PRESS Students talk about feeling safe on campus Community Administration gets criticism for responses of past events Events Dionne Smith Community Editor students who were present during the sometimes doesn’t. Muriel doesn’t feel protesting on campus and stated that, like the administration has been giving ■■ Monday, November 13 The halfway point of the semester “I don’t like the way that the protest good responses to the controversy on has passed and these past two was handled, and it made me extremely campus, pointing out that Cummings, Open Forum with President Cummings months have had their fair share of uncomfortable that the man had a with his lack of response to these USM Portland Campus controversial events. So far there has weapon, and nothing was done.” She events, and his lackluster apology for Freedom of Expression Space been transphobic graffiti, Matthew stated though, that she feels generally what he said during Convocation, is Starts: 3:30 P.M. Bourgault, the traveling preacher, safe on campus around other students, not doing as good a job as she wishes arriving on campus to spread his though the thought that she could be he would. Muriel said that she feels the ■■ Tuesday, November 14 hateful rhetoric, Glenn Cumming’s targeted has crossed her mind due to safest when she is in a community of use of derogatory slang during the being a lesbian and Hindu, though not like-minded individuals and feels that Feed Hope: USM Hunger Banquet first Convocation event, and a few frequently she can relax and be herself, noting the USM Portland Campus weeks ago there was homophobic Michael Laforte, a 19 year old Women and Gender Studies building Glickman Library graffiti located in the Robie/Andrews freshman who is currently an as being one of those communities, Starts: 5 P.M. / Ends: 7 P.M. elevator. Over these two months it undeclared major, was also a member referring to it as a safe space for her. feels like each week is something new, of the crowd during Bourgault’s visit. While for herself she doesn’t feel ■■ Wednesday, November 15 and according to some students, with Laforte feels that the administration unsafe with her gender, sexuality or each event comes with a lackluster needs to be improved based on religion, she expressed that she feels how they handled the situation, but worried for her friends and other USM Blood Drive response from our administration. So USM Gorham Campus with these events, just how safe do the generally feels safe around other people because they can be at risk students. “Any amount of safety I to be called out or targeted with the Brooks Students Center students feel while on campus, around Starts: 11 A.M. / Ends: 4 P.M. their fellow students and how safe do have is from the students and not from seemingly frequent, hateful graffiti. the staff,” Laforte stated. Laforte is a “I’m not happy, to put it mildly.” they feel with the administration? ■■ Thursday, November 16 WIth the mixture of events, it is no member of the Queer Straight Alliance Muriel stated. surprise that there are students that where students talk about the events While there are a good amount of Language Express do not feel completely safe while on that have been happening on campus students who do not feel as safe as they USM Portland Campus campus. Jasmine DeMoranville, an 18 such as the transphobic graffiti, could, there are also many students year old freshman majoring in general though Laforte feels that though there who do feel safe around the students Woodbury Amphitheater linguistics had no real relationship are definitely questionable people and the administration, regardless of Starts: 11:30 A.M. / Ends: 1:30 P.M. with the administration, but now on campus, they tend to stick to the the events and what other students ■ feels that after the way the protest shadows and don’t show any outward see as a lacking response from the ■ Friday, November 17 with Bourgault was handled, she aggression except for vandalism and administration. Gricia Bondonga, a 19 mostly has a bad relationship putting up the hateful graffiti. year old freshman majoring in finance, Winter Wonderland with the administration. Katie Muriel, a 25 year old feels that she is safe on campus and Maine Mall DeMoranville was a senior double majoring in doesn’t feel that anyone will attack 364 Maine Mall Rd. member of the criminology and women her or is talking behind her back. She Starts: 10 A.M. group of and gender studies, believes that USM does a good job states that she with inclusion for all students with ■■ Saturday, November 18 s o m e t i m e s areas like the multicultural center, and feels safe believes that both the students and the Season of Light a n d administration doesn’t give her any Portland Public Library unease. She says that she has yet to 5 Moniment Sq. feel like she’d be called out for her Starts: 1 P.M. / Ends: 4 P.M. gender or religion. From the students, it seems that ■ they feel most unsafe and mostly ■ Sunday, November 19 disappointed with the administration and how they have been responding 4th Annual Back Cove 6 Hour to the various events that have been Fun Run and Food Drive happening all semester. The students Back Cove Trail System feel that the administration needs to be Portland more involved by asking students and Starts: 8 A.M. / Ends: 2 P.M. student groups what they would like to see from them. “Reach out to these communities that are being targeted, at the very least to get input.” Laforte stated. The events that have transpired have seemed to not completely break the trust of the students, but they do wish that administration would step up and do more for the students of the Want us to include your event? USM community. [email protected] 19 NOVEMBER 13, 2017 | THE FREE PRESS Wednesday Wednesday Friday Saturday Saturday Women’s Men’s Basketball Women’s Ice Wrestling Men’s Ice Hockey Basketball Hockey @ University of @ University of @ Norwich @ Springfield @ Norwich New England New England University College University Sports 5:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 8:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m. Winter athletics preview highlights teams Intercollegiate athletes off to a shocking start for winter season River Plouffe Vogel Sports Editor

With this past Friday and weekend finally feeling like mid-November, it’s time to look ahead at a winter packed full of USM athletics. 2017 has already proved to be a fan- tastic year for a number of our sports programs, and a re- building year for others. This year both men and women’s hockey is underway, along with wrestling and soon to be followed by men and women’s basketball. The cross coun- try team’s just finished up their season, hosting NCAA re- gionals in Gorham this Saturday. Behind 2017 LEC (Little East Conference) coach of the year Ryan Harkleroad, the men’s team placed tenth out of 54 teams for an outstand- ing finish to the season. Along with cross country, the vol- leyball team lost in the postseason to Eastern Connecticut, finishing an outstanding season with a record to 20-10.

Women’s Ice Hockey The women’s ice hockey team is currently 2-3 in their young season, winning three of their last four games after dropping the first two of the season. Their most recent win came Saturday against Salve Regina. More importantly they are 2-2 in conference play and should be a force to be reckoned with for any team this season. The hockey sea- Photo courtesy of USM Athletics son is long, spanning from November to February, and this team is young with no seniors and only four juniors, so we Women’s ice hockey team beat Salve Regina 1-0 Saturday, Nov. 11. (Above) USM sophomore Grace Simmons. should only expect them to get better. The team is coached by John Lauziere, who is in his twelfth season with the goes until March. This means there is plenty of time to team. Lauziere graduated from USM in 2002. The assis- make improvement and adjustments. The team is coached Indoor Track and Field tant coach is Cassandra Sherman, former USM standout by former wrestler Mike Morin, who was a two time All- The indoor track and field seasons are technically under- who graduated in 2016. Their next game is Friday, Nov. American at USM. This is his third season as head coach. way, with athletes for both the men’s and women’s team 17 at Norwich College. already training. However the season doesn’t start until Women’s Basketball mid-december. Those who participated in cross country Men’s Ice Hockey The women’s basketball season starts this Wednesday, are just finishing their season and rest is crucial. Both It has been a rocky start for the men’s ice hockey team, Nov. 15 at the University of New England. The team had a the men’s and women’s team have been nothing short of losing their first two games by six points or more. This was subpar season last year and is hoping to turn things around dominate in indoor track and field. Last year the men’s followed by an exciting game against Skidmore, which and continue their winning ways. Over the years, USM team won the Little East Conference Championships, and ended in a overtime draw and finally a third loss this past women’s basketball has won an incredible 21 Little East the Alliance Championships. The women’s team, behind Friday. This team has a lot of depth and a tough schedule. Conference Championships. The team has a lot of experi- coach George Towle, have won an unprecedented seven- As previously mentioned the season is long as well, with ence and a roster full athlete’s. The team is coached by teen consecutive LEC Conference Championships, from plenty of time to turn things around. Often it’s just about Samantha Allen, who is in her third season as head coach. 2001 to 2017. Truly an outstanding accomplishment and finding which lines play best together and developing the testimony to Towle’s program. chemistry of the team. The men’s ice hockey team is coached Men’s Basketball by Ed Harding and this is his fourth season as head coach. The men’s basketball team had a fairly successful sea- As will all USM sports programs, the more support son last year, finishing 10-16 but making it to the quarter- the better. The winter season can feel long and when the Wrestling finals in postseason play. The team’s starting five should school and community show out for the sports programs, The USM wrestling team dominated its first match of look dramatically different this year, as it lost a lot of key that usually return the favor with outstanding play. We the season winning 37-9 against Bridgewater College on players from last years team. This year there are only two can always expect our student athletes to perform in both Nov. 4. This team is crazy young, with over ten freshman seniors on the team, but it should mean we can expect this the classroom and out on the field, court or in the arena, on the squad and super talented. Last year the team had a team to grow and develop over the following seasons. Karl however our cheers and presence show them we care and National Champion in Dan Del Gallo, and we should ex- Henrikson is in his fourteenth season as head coach of the appreciate their hardwork and effort on and off the field. pect to see a number of the wrestlers to be at nationals in men’s basketball team. March. Wrestling is incredibly demanding and the season W R I T E R S W A N T E D !

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