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Remembering Art Gallery Harold Alfond features BY KELCY CUNNINGHAM Aberlardo Nor'easter Staff

Walking into the Harold Al­ Morell fond Center for Health Sciences, most students are thinking of the BY JAMIE THOMPSON test they are about to take or the Nor'easter Staff lab write-up they need to finish. However, they often forget that On November 30, the Art the building affectionately known Gallery at UNE unveiled its simply as Alfond would be non­ retrospective of photographs by existent if it weren't for the gen­ Abelardo Morell. Upon enter­ erosity of one individual, Harold ing the gallery, viewers are con­ Alfond. fronted by the massive "Book Through Alfond's charity, a Damaged by Water."The simple, $2.5 million gift for the fundrais­ straightforward title belies the ing campaign for the building, image itself: twisted, warped thousands of students have had book pages are pressed together the benefit ofusing the Center for in a labyrinthine formation. This Health Sciences and its numerous piece. is indicative of much of laboratories and lecture halls. The NORTH DAM MILL: Located on Main St. in downtown Biddeford, North Dam Mill may offer alternative to traditional on Morell's work in that the stark College of Osteopathic Medicine campus housing for UNE students black and white depictions of could not exist without this build­ everyday objects take on strange, ing, and it has helped UNECOM Mill buildings to offer off campus housing almost abstract qualities that defy to grow into what it is today. expectations. The Center for Health Sci­ MARISSA SIMOES in the market. past, Biddeford has been seen Already it is clear that defying ences is 80,000 square feet and Nor'easter Staff However, a possible solution mainly as a "service" community. expectations is what Morell is all provides learning space for un­ is in the works. The Biddeford Bubier believes that "We became about. Born in Havana, Cuba in dergraduate students, graduate With the recent influx of stu­ Mills, located in downtown Bid­ solely a service set of communi­ 1948, Morell started experiment­ students, and medical students. dents and a seemingly shorthand­ deford are being renovated and ties and a retail set of communi­ ing with photography at a fairly The fresh tissue lab housed there ed housing supply at the Univer­ transformed into apartments. For ties and the soul, ifyou will, of the young age. After toying with the is one of only three such labs in sity of New England, a glimmer many of these apartments, the communities disappeared. Part of styles of his favorite master pho­ the country. This building has had of hope for students searching for main target is students looking the theory that we are going to tographers·, Morell soon discov­ a large impact on the medical off campus housing is in the near for off campus housing. operate on now in Biddeford is to ered his own aptitude for making community in Maine, providing future. Biddeford City Manager reinject that soul." the ubiquitous unique. Through hundreds of primary care physi­ The 2008-2009 school year John Bubier, stated that such Qyite recently, the National his lens, even the most innocu­ cians, along with students work­ will set precedent at UNE, allow­ plans have been in the works for Historic Board announced that ous object can become a thing of ing at clinical sites throughout ing juniors and seniors to move more than two years now. Finally, there is enough material left in the mysterious beauty. the state. out of campus housing and into the plans are coming into shape. mills to be salvaged and turned This is evident in the works However, Harold Alfond is the real world. The main goal Bubier, other into residential and business ar­ chosen for the retrospective, the much more than the name on the The search for apartments in Biddeford city leaders and mill eas. Thus, setting phase two of the placement of which has been side of a building. He was born in convenient and prime locations owners are shooting for is a con­ plans into action. Over $170,000 carefully considered. Moving Swampscott, Massachusetts in has become more of a scramble nection between college students has been invested. through the gallery, viewers can Please see ALFOND, page 2 now that additional students are and the city of Biddeford. In the Please see MILL, page 2 Please see MORELL, page 2 The new year brings new leadership and direction to UNECOM

BYTYLER RAYMOND years, but has lacked the proper teaching in the OMM course Nor'easter Staff direction needed to make these as well as directing the physical dreams a reality. The college has diagnosis course, and as a fam­ It is truly an exciting time for been focused on curriculum mod­ ily medicine residency program the University of ew England's ifications, faculty recruitment and director at St. Lukes Bethlehem College of Osteopathic Medicine retention, research development, (PA). (UNECOM). Many would argue national recognition, and funding. Just prior to Gimpel's ap­ that we are at the most pivotal Finally, the time has come and pointment, President Ripich was point in the 25-year history of the the ball is rolling to make these excited to name Interim Dean college. With the guidance and changes happen. Jackie Cawley, D.O. as the new leadership of President Ripich, On December 11th it was vice president for clinical affairs. the school is rippin' it up in the announced that John R. Gimpel, This is a new university-wide po­ medical community and transi­ D.O., M.Ed., accepted the posi­ sition created in response to recent tioning into an elite school, pro­ tion of dean of the UNECOM development at the university, in­ John R. Gimpel, D.O., M.Ed. Jackie Cawley,D.O. ducing well-qualified healthcare and vice president for health ser­ cluding the addition of the Col­ professionals. Most importantly, vices. Dr. Gimpel is currently an testing for the National Board of lege of Pharmacy and the pursuit tion with a great deal of pride and these changes are having pro­ associate professor of family med­ Osteopathic Medical Examiners of a dental school. The purpose of compassion for the university. She nounced effects across the entire icine at Georgetown University (NBOME). He also served as di­ this position will be to integrate graduated from the UNECOM student body at UNE. and comes to UNECOM with rector ofambulatory medical edu­ clinical education across all of the in 1989. Since graduating, Cawley UNECOM has envisioned prior leadership experience as the cation at Philadelphia College of colleges at UNE. has served as the medical director specific changes over the past few vice president for clinical skills Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM), Dr. Cawley enters this posi- Please see UNECOM, page 2

MORENEWS MEN'S BASKETBALL: ART GALLERY: Features new exhi OPINION: SHUTTLE SERVICE: Learn about the safe, conve­ Off to an exceptional start Story Page 8. bition entitled 'Wall Envy: A Passion SURVEY: Political survey results. nient and eco-friendly shuttle bus Page 2. Spotlight on Alex Toregas Story Page 8. for Collecting' Story, Page 11. Page 13. "I HAVE A DREAM": Martin Luther King,Jr. ALSO: Due time for aquatic limelight Story Page 9. ALSO: Explore Maine Women EDITORIAL: contributions remembered Page 3. Annual bench press competion Page 9. Writer's Colleciton Story, Page 11. Mark of the beast. Page 14. 2 NEWS NOR'EASTER NEWS WEDNESDAY,JANUARY 16,2008 MILL living off campus has been trans­ MORELL CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 portation. A possible solution Bu­ CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 bier offers is the Biddeford shuttle Discussions now revolve buses and taxi service that would easily discern a progression of around three main mills, the Lin­ potentially only charge students a themes. On the first floor are sev­ coln Mill, Riverdam Mill and the flat rate of three dollars. eral works from Morell's book North End Mill. The plans seem Bubier, Conte and others see project, including the particularly to be directed towards the stu­ integrating students into down­ enchanting Alice's Adventures in dent age group, with residencies town Biddeford as a very positive Wonderland series. being mainly doubles, between move for the city. It would not In "Down the Rabbit Hole," 1000-1200 square feet with full only create a better environment, a cut-out illustration of the White kitchens. with eclectic businesses and res­ Rabbit peers into a hole cut deep The North End Mill has seen taurants opening to sustain the through .a dictionary. Alice and a lot ofimprovement and has made students' demands, but also to friends sit at a dictionary table, major steps towards this process. create a "college town." Bubier complete with tablecloth and tiny Each of the three buildings are claims that a lot ofwhat they need tea service in "A Mad Tea Party." finished projects, the upper floors now is to know what the students These images are a delight, and are to be offices and residencies. need. just like Alice, you will find your­ There are 42 two-bedroom apart­ These new mills not only self lost in their wonderful world! ments, which theoretically could have residencies they also offer Upon emerging from the enJ ABERLARDO MORELL house 84 students. dance, yoga, boxing studios, the closed environment of the Alice "BOOK DAMAGED BYWATER": A select piece from the Aberlardo Morell Even though the project is Union House Cafe, other retailers series, viewers must change their collecion on display at the UNE Art Gallery indeed being aimed at students, and restaurants-perfect for col­ perspective for "Book Stacks in scura images. A camera obscura is blurred the lines between distance UNE has remained uninvolved lege students. a Very Large Space." Rows and essentially a box with a pinhole in and intimacy. Morell's photo­ fiscally and contractually. Daryl Conte claims that the UNE rows of bookshelves filled with one side that allows light to pene­ graphs show us the sad reality of Conte, associate dean of students . housing staff does whatever it thousands of books provide a trate, thus projecting an image on urban life, in which a person can maintains that UNE is not form­ can to provide support in obtain­ striking contrast to the photo­ the opposite side. Morell's camera virtually disappear among mil­ ing a contract or agreement with ing off campus housing. He says graphs that precede it. When obscura is not a little box, however lions of other souls. the mills but is working to de­ that there is "Plenty of off campus viewing the Alice photographs, - he uses entire rooms. "Camera This retrospective offers a velop relationships in which the housing available. It may not be you feel as though you are a Obscura Image of Times Square great perspective on Morell's il­ housing staff and administration a prime location or a utopia but character in the book, moving in a Hotel Room," shows a drab, lustrious and fascinating career. can help funnel students down to it will be somewhere to live. And throughout the tiny world Mo­ featureless room embellished by Keep an open mind, and when find housing in downtown Bidd­ hey, if a student wants to live with rell has created. But upon seeing the neon chaos of Times Square. you leave, you will find yourself eford and possibly Saco. me and will take care of my dog, "Book Stacks," you are no longer Buildings slide down the walls, looking at the world in an entirely A major concern for students it's done." a participant; you are an observer. advertisements glow on the white different way. preparing to relocate to Maine Morell simultaneously invites you of the bedspread, and the lines of The exhibition will be open UNECOM into his images while reminding traffic are suspended on the ceil­ until January 27, 2008. For more CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 and both he and Dr. Cawley are currently involved with the stra­ you that you are merely looking at ing. information, contact Gallery Di­ of the school's medical center, tegic planning process for UN­ a photograph hanging on a wall. These images are particularly rector Anne Zill at 207-221-4499 overseeing its clinical operations. ECOM. Cawley and Gimpel The second floor of the gal­ evocative today, in an age where or [email protected]. , She has also served as president hope to bring the guidance and lery holds Morell's camera ob- technology and industry have of medical staff at Maine Medi­ command needed for the college cal Center. Recently, Cawley left to move forward in the proper this prestigious position to return direction. They will surely be Shuttle bus offers eco-friendly convenience to her alma mater as interim dean tremendous assets for the entire BY JEFF DENONCOUR ofUNECOM. UNE community and their col­ Contributor Dr. Gimpel plans to arrive on laboration looks to offer a bright campus by June 1st. He is already future for the college. Since September 4th, 2007 ALFOND ation center and academic build­ the wheels on the UNE Shuttle CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 ing at St.Joseph's College; the ice Bus have been going round and arena, athletic center and senior round from the Campus Center 1914 and was active in sports residential complex at Colby Col­ to downtown Biddeford, and the throughout his youth. Alfond lege; the student center at Maine Saco train station. Currently, the never attended college and in­ Maritime Academy; the center City of Biddeford, the Maine stead worked for Kesslen Shoe in of cancer care at MaineGeneral State Department of Transporta­ Kennebunk, Maine. In 1940, he Hospital; and the athletic center tion, and UNE pay for the shuttle launched his first shoe company at Thomas College, among many service making it free to riders with his father, Norrwock Shoe others. (Portland Press Herald) with a valid UNE ID. The shut­ Company, a business that made Sadly, Alfond passed away on tle bus runs daily with extended mid-priced leather shoes. In November 16th at the age of 93. hours on the weekends and al­ SHUTTLE BUS: Bus en route to pick up students on a winter night 1958,Alfond started Dexter Shoe He was currently residing in Palm lows you to stop anywhere along instance, Bebe's Burritos on Main the impacts vehicles have on the Company, a company that, at its Beach, Florida, but was in Maine its route by pulling a stop chord. Street offers a happy hour special local habitat and wildlife. peak, manufactured over 36,000 receiving medical care at Maine­ For those that don't have a from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. and sells The more the shuttle is used, pairs of shoes daily. (Portland General Hospital at the time of vehicle on campus the shuttle ser­ drinks and appetizers at half price the more it will benefit UNE and Press Herald) his death. Alfond had been bat­ vice is a free and easy method of to students with a UNE ID. There the local community. But too lit­ The Harold Alfond Founda­ tling cancer for the past two de­ transportation. It serves as a way are also a variety of ethnic restau- tle ridership will eventually put an tion was established in 1950 and cades. (Portland Press Herald) to seek employment opportuni­ rants such as the Jewel of India, end to the shuttle bus on campus. has distributed more than SlOO Even in death Alfond is still ties, volunteer at a local event, go Thai Siam and the Sushi Place. This may increase the chances of million, much of it benefiting giving. Starting January 1st, 2009, to the movies or to eat, and par­ For students ·of age the shuttle is a new parking lots being built, re­ Maine, especially Central Maine every baby born in Maine will be ticipate in community activities way to have a drink without driv- sulting in more land being cleared, and Waterville, where Alfond eligible for a $500 payment that in the Biddeford/Saco area. For ing. which degrades the beauty of our lived for many years. The founda­ must be used towards college. This those that do have a vehicle, tak­ The shuttle also runs on school. If you would like to see tion receives over a thousand re­ program aims at helping to edu­ ing the bus means you don't have biodiesel. This provides students, the shuttle system stay on campus quests for donations a month, and cate more people and to contrib­ to drive, spend money on gas, or staff and faculty a way to reduce and reduce your own emissions, I Alfond himself had sole discre­ ute to the high cost of a college find a parking spot. Though you carbon emissions by traveling to encourage you to take the shuttle tion on the recipients. He chose education, something Alfond felt might not be able to control the town in a vehicle that likely burns bus the next time you need a hair­ only those organizations that was very important. (FOXNews. radio, the shuttle makes getting a cleaner fuel then what's in their cut, want to eat out, or get a candy have important missions and are com) to town a memorable experience own car. At today's gas prices, a bar from thelocal 7-11. well run. Usually, the donation is Harold Alfond was a father, and you definitely won't get a commuter traveling to Biddeford If you feel that the hours on only made when the charity has husband, friend, and business­ speeding ticket. could save about 50 miles per the shuttle system do not agree raised an equal amount of money. man. However, his generosity Riding the shuttle allows you week by parking at the train sta- with your schedule, or if you have (Kennebec Journal) spoke volumes about his charac­ to interact with other riders and tion and riding the shuttle back any recommendations on how the Alfond's contributions can be ter. He will be greatly missed by explore Biddeford and Saco. The and forth to campus. The savings system can run better, feel free to seen on many buildings through­ the University of New England twin city area offers many stores will add up. Using the shuttle also email the UNE Environmental out Maine. Buildings bearing his community and beyond, and will for errands, restaurants for dining, reduces congestion on the roads, Council at uneec.une.edu or con­ name include the student recre- always be remembered. and other landmarks to visit. For stress on parking lots, and lessens tact a USG representative. WEDNESDAY,JANUARY 16, 2008 NOR'EASTER NEWS NEWS 3 Georgia including India Arie A dream remembered who went on to create a plati­ num-selling album and perform BY KATIE EDWARDS the University of New England, in an international concert tour. Nor'easter Staff what was then known as St. Fran­ Troutman will give her keynote cis College, thus his movement is address on January 30 at noon Martin Luther King, Jr. was an important part of our school's in the Ludeke Auditorium. At one of the main leaders in the history. This year the university 5 p.m. later that day she will aid civil rights movement and the will commemorate his efforts in in a discussion entitled "Socrates youngest person ever to receive its 22nd Annual Martin Luther Cafe: Racism and Oppression in the Nobel Peace Prize, which he King, Jr. Celebration with the our Community?" in the Cahner's earned through his non-violent theme "Constructing Democ­ Lounge. The next day two work­ attempts to end segregation and racy". Donna Gaspar, coordinator shops will be held in Alexander 7: racial discrimination. King was of Multicultural Affairs, has or­ "Initiating Conversations: Tools a Baptist minister and became a ganized for two residencies from for Change" from 1:00 p.m. to civil rights activist by leading the the Highlander Research and 3:30 p.m. and "Engaging Com­ Montgomery Bus Boycott and Education Center in New Mar­ munities through the Arts" from founding the Southern Christian ket in Tennessee to inspire the 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Leadership Conference. students and faculty from both The celebration will also fea­ In 1963, King led a march the University campus and the ture students and faculty in the to Washington and delivered his Westbrook College campus. The Citizenship program reading to "I Have a Dream" speech which Highlander Center has a long SPEECH: Martin Luther King,Jr. giving his famous "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963 younger students in local school many believe is responsible for history with the civil rights move­ and after-school programs. Any raising the nationwide notice of ment and has been affiliated with with youths from minority back­ Rooms. Later that night she will student, faculty or staff mem­ the civil rights movement. Five many activists including Martin grounds and before joining the lead a workshop called "Leader­ ber interested in volunteering years later in 1968 King was as­ Luther King, Rosa Parks, Pete Highlander Center she worked ship for Activism" at 6:30 p.m. in can contact Megan Rochelo at sassinated in Memphis, Tennes­ Seeger, and Ralph David Aber­ to end oppression, racism and the Multi-Purpose Rooms where [email protected] or 602-2513. see, but his efforts were memori­ nathy. violence in the education systems dinner will also be served. A presentation by the Pihcintu alized when Martin Luther King Elandria Williams will be the and prisons. She will help lead a Children's Chorus of Maine will Day was established as a national speaker for the University cam­ discussion on Tuesday, January Anasa Troutman will be the key­ open the events at the Westbrook holiday in 1986 and celebrated pus. Williams has been involved 22 at 7 p.m. in the St. Francis note speaker for the Westbrook College Campus. The Say It Loud every year to not only remember in activism since she was young Room entitled "Socrates Cafe: College campus. Troutman is Spoken Word Ensemble will also his efforts, but also to continue by organizing the banning of Racism and Oppression in our not only an activist, but an art­ perform. For more information of them in hopes of finally ending the Confederate flag and ending Community?" The following day ist as well. She began her career the Highlander Center visit high­ oppression all over the world. race riots in high schools in East she will give her keynote address working with soul music singers, landercenter.org and for Socrates In May of 1964, King visited Tennessee. She has been working at noon in the Multi-Purpose writers and musicians in Atlanta, Cafe visit www.philosopher.org. UNE SECURITY BLOTTER Student concerns shared with administrators NOVEMBER 26 - JANUARY 11 BY TYLER RAYMOND These curriculum changes is committed to increasing sala­ Nor'easter Staff require a joint effort from the en­ ries across the university because November26 December9 tire COM faculty in order for all we are currently around only the • Report of furniture stolen • Found the vault unsecured in There has been recent unrest the courses to be truly integrated. 25th percentile when compared from South Hall Lounge Payson-Smith Art Gallery at among medical students with a Next year, anatomy will most to other universities across the 12:50 p.m. shared feeling of alienation from likely be lengthened and will country. November27 the administration. run through December in paral­ Lastly, I asked Dr. Caw­ • Cigarette Container in front December12 At a meeting with Dr.Jackie lel with the other fall semester ley where she would rank UN­ of Ketchum Library was on • COM student injured in Al­ Cawley on November 28th, the courses. As a result, courses will ECOM among the other osteo­ fire. Smoke was coming out. fond lab accident students expressed uneasiness be restructured and this will in­ pathic medical schools. "We are I put water on the container regarding abrupt changes in the clude a much-needed collabora­ in the middle of the pack," she and asked facility to clean out Decemberl5 curriculum and lack of communi­ tion between the preclinical and responded. "It is becoming more the container Student needed to get into cation to the student body. It was basic science education. and more difficult to stay com­ • Dispatched to Marcil Hall his room. Someone was decided to administer the final Dr. Cawley went on to dis­ petitive with other schools and if for a strong suspicious odor sleeping in his room written examinations for all six cuss another concern of students, we remain stagnant and are not classes in one day to the first year which is the lack of a post-tenure looking into the future, we will November28 December20 students, and this decision went review process for the faculty. Dr. fall further behind." • Three students were trapped • Resident reporting damage unannounced for several weeks Cawley agreed that the faculty Cawley explained that it is in Featherman elevator done to her vehicle in Lot 5 into the semester. The students should be measured just as the stu­ going to take a lot of time, trust also voiced concerns that their dents are measured with exams. and commitment with one an­ December! December21 opinions were not being consid­ "People should be held account­ other to move forward in the new • Housekeeper in Featherman • Found ACHS East Pent­ ered or weighted appropriately in able for what they are supposed direction set forth by President Hall found that alcove inte­ house and roof door propped the decision-making process. to be doing. A post-tenure review Ripich. rior door got egged, 3 or 4 open Dr. Cawley sat down with us process would not be punitive, According to Cawley, the times. Ceiling got hit, walls in an effort to shed light on some but would encourage individuals school is in the process of evalu­ and glass door. It took a good January4 of the issues facing the students to further participate in their area ating its core competencies and hour for housekeeper to clean • Stella Maris had exterior wall at UNECOM. "We are working of expertise," said Cawley. evaluating what it does really well. up the mess. Ceiling tile still damage done at rear of the to integrate the first year courses The school is in the process Currently, the strategic planning has egg on it building better so that students are think­ of devising a plan so that each process is focused on improving • A parent called to say there ing more about human structure faculty member will have specific the curriculum design and set­ was a smell of gas in her January6 and function," said Cawley. "For objectives. These goals will in­ ting a research agenda, as well as daughter's room • Found numerous adminis­ example, we want students to take clude teaching hours, committee adopting a set of standards for trative doors unlocked and the upper extremity in anatomy involvement, interviews, research communication and structure in December4 propped open in Decary Hall and think about it from the cel­ grants, and publications, and will the school's day-to-day opera­ • Admissions Office reports at 10 p.m. lular level all the way up to the be tailored to meet the dynamic tions. receiving strange phone calls physical exam and osteopathic skills for each individual. With the new year and over the weekend January8 manipulative treatment." I asked Dr. Cawley how the new leaders comes a promise for • Report of damage done to The first year courses have school e:x;pects to retain the cur­ change at the college, change that December8 UNE vehicle, White Jeep # always been segmented from one rent faculty and manage to attract has been long awaited and consid­ I found snow pictures on 971 another and the school is in the new faculty with such a process in ered necessary since graduating its eight plus vehicles. I wiped process of extending anatomy place. Cawley said, "We would first class 25 years ago. Students them off so they would not Januaryll through December so that it can like to tie this into compensation can be assured that this change is be noticeable. • Faculty Staff vehicle hit the coincide with other courses. The and give higher raises to those right, however it is obviously far • BB Rifle spotted in dumpster Commuter sign at the Petts hope is to enable students to re­ faculty membc1s who do really from an easy adjustment. behind Alexander at 11:15 Health Center member the material better and well and meet the11 goals for the a.m. improve scores on the board ex­ year." • Work-study student struck -University ofNew England ams. She said that the president her head on car door Department qfSafety and Security

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JANUARY16 FEBRUARY12 MONDAYS: 2/11/08 FRIDAYS: Spotlight on Belize 1/21/08 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM 1/25/08 Focus Nation Event Martin Luther King,Jr. Holiday Location: St. Francis Room WC Bingo 11:00 AM -1:30 PM 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Location: St. Francis Room TUESDAYS: Location: Alexander 07 Real Money-Personal Finance 1/22/08 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM 2/1/08 I2H2 CHP Film Series: Away Location: Sutton Lounge MSEd Add/Drop begins From Her 5:15 PM - 8:00 PM 2/12/08 Location: WCC - CHP Lecture 2H2 CHP Film Series: Motor­ SATURDAYS: Hall cycle Diaries 5:15 PM - 8:00 PM 1/19/08 Men's Ice Hockey Game Socrates Cafe: Racism and Op­ Location: WCC - CHP Lecture Basketball Doubleheader 8:30 PM - 10:30 PM pression in our Community Hall 1:00 PM- 5:00 PM Location: Biddeford Ice Arena 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Location: UC - Campus Center UNE vs. Keene State College Location: St. Francis Room Basketball Doubleheader UNE vs. Salve Regina (Women 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM 1:00 PM; Men 3:00 PM) 2/2/08 Add/Drop period ends Location: UC - Campus Center Basketball Doubleheader - UNE vs. Endicott (Women 6:00; Swim Meet - AWAY AWAY 1/29/08 Men 8:00) 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM Location: Gordon College Location: Western New England College WEDNESDAYS: Men's Ice Hockey Game Women 1:00 PM; Men 3:00 PM 1/23/08 Focus Nation Event 8:30 PM - 10:30 PM Basketball Doubleheader -AWAY 6:30 PM - 10:00 PM Location: Biddeford Ice Arena Men's Ice Hockey Game Time: 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM Location: St. Francis Room UNEvs.MIT 8:30 PM - 10:30 PM Location: Eastern Nazarene Location: Biddeford Ice Arena Women 6:00 PM; Men 8:00 PM David Sandmire, M.D. Sabbatical 1/26/08 UNE vs. Bridgewater State Col­ Presentation 8th Annual Alumni Basketball lege Men's lee Hockey Game - AWAY 5:30PM - 7:00PM Games (Men and Women) UNE vs. Bridgewater State Col­ Location: St. Francis Room 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM 2/9/08 lege Location: UC - Campus Center Basketball Doubleheader - 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM 2/6/08 Gym AWAY Location: Bridgewater, MA 1:00 PM- 5:00 PM WC CHP Career Fair Basketball Doubleheader Location: Roger Williams Uni­ 1/30/08 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM 1:00 PM- 5:00 PM versity I2H2 Martin Luther King Event Location: Finley Recreation Cen­ Location: UC - Campus Center Women 1:00 PM; Men 3:00 PM 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM ter UNE vs. Anna Maria (Women Location: WCC - CHP Lecture 1:00 PM; Men 3:00 PM) Men's Ice Hockey Game Hall Basketball Doubleheader - AWA UNE vs. St. Joseph's College 5:30 PM - 9:30 PM Swim Meet - AWAY (ME) Spotlight on Mexico Location: Wentworth Institute of 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM 8:30 PM -10:30 PM 12:00 PM -1:00 PM Technology Location: Roger Williams Uni­ Location: Biddeford Ice Arena Location: St. Francis Room Women 5:30 PM; Men 7:30 PM versity Note: Mexican Cuisine Provided SUNDAYS: THURSDAYS: 1/17/08 Basketball Doubleheader - 1/20/08 Women's Basketball Game - AWAY Focus Nation Event AWAY 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM 11:00 AM-1:30 PM 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Location: Regis College Location: St. Francis Room Location: Framingham State Col­ Women 6:00 PM; Men 8:00 PM lege 1/27/08 2/7/08 Men's Ice Hockey Game 1/24/08 CORE: "Happiness is a Warm 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Focus Nation Event Dumpster" Location: Biddeford Ice Arena 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM 12:00 PM -1:00 PM UNE vs. Bryant University Location: St. Francis Location: UC Campus Center Multipurpose Rooms 1/31/08 WC Student Wellness Seminar 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Location: Wing Lounge WEDNESDAY.JANUARY 16, 2008 FEATURES NOR'EASTER NEWS 5 Weird UNE: Encore from the afterlife at Biddeford City Theater

BYTYLER GOWEN & as a dramatic place to play horse more times. With her beloved MANDYWERTMAN shoes. Yet, Biddeford City The­ three year old daughter in the Nor'easter Staff ater would reopen once again, audience watching her, Gray and in 2005 announced the goal performed the song the audi­ Tucked back within down­ of staying open year round. This ence loved so much; "Good-Bye, town Biddeford is a small the­ proved especially profitable for Little Girl, Good-Bye," giving ater that has withstood the tests the theater, which drew an au­ it all her heart and leaving the of time since its construction in dience of over 9,000 patrons in stage. The audience wanted more, 1840. Though first used exclu­ 2007. another encore was demanded by sively as a resource for the city Currently the theater does their cheers, but offstage Gray government, the opera house around five productions a year, was seen to place her hand over opened twenty years later, begin­ in which the typical season lasts her heart and wilt to the ground. ning the history of Biddeford from March to October, and Stage hands quickly carried her City Theater. rents out space when the stage is to her dressing room. Seem­ On December 30th, 1894 not in use. Since it's the theater's ingly ill, the audience would not the entire building burnt to the off-season, we were able to gain get their encore of Eva Gray, but ground. However, it was rebuilt a tour for this month's edition of the play had to go on, and that it 'bigger and better', and was even­ "Weird UNE", learning the his­ did. An hour later, after the show tually reopened two years later on tory behind the playhouse as well was finished the players returned January 20th. Yet, in the 1930's as the legend of a performer who to their prized singer's side, only performances took a downfall, still walks the halls. to find her dead in her dressing and the building became a movie This dramatic spirit is known room. The last song the soprano house playing films that were to all who inhabit the theater would ever sing would be a tragic TYLER GOWEN, NOREASTER NEWS commonly called 'talkies'. Even regularly as Eva Gray; a 33 year goodbye to the daughter she left Weird UNE: Mandy Wertman (left) and Tyler Gowen (right) outside Biddeford City movies weren't enough to keep old opera singer who died on behind. Theater this building alive though, and it Halloween Eve in 1904. Gray It was this ghost story that fore Halloween, we decided to ing the stairs we soon met with was forced to close in 1963, espe­ was a soprano soloist who was sparked our interest as the Ghost go anyway, knowing that there our tour guide Andrea at the box cially due to the competition that traveling with the Dot Karroll of Eva Gray has been seen by would be much more to learn office, who agreed to take time 'drive-ins' presented. The aban­ Repertoire Company. The night players and stage hands ever from the ancient theater than just out of her work day and show us doned theater would stay closed before Halloween the singer per­ since that fateful night in 1904. ghost stories. Upon entering the through the theater. until 1978, during which time formed two songs, which were so Though sightings seemed to con­ theater we were met with an an­ The old wooden doors opened City Hall filled the stage with well received that she was asked centrate around the anniversary cient spiraled staircase comprised from the lobby, leading into an sand and simply used the theater to perform the second song two of her death date, the night be- of a deeply aged wood. Climb- Please see THEATER, page 6 The infamous Bob... President Forbes UNECOM '11

BYMARISSASIMOES& away on an iceberg in the Saco BY MARISSA SIMOES AMANDA SIMMONS River. Luckily, he was there to Nor'easter Staff Nor'easter Staff call the fire department. Maybe a little more out of his element, he With a hint of a British ac­ It is nine o'clock and you're is also the dance club advisor. cent and an amiable disposition, · all the way across campus, in the Bob wakes up and comes Class President of the University back parking lots. The ground is to work five days a week to deal of New England's College of Os­ icy and it's snowing. You have with UNE students. He carts teopathic Medicine class of 2011, no intention of walking through us around campus, tends to the Tom Forbes, jokingly warned, the common nor'easter grounds burnt popcorn fire alarms, and "I'm just not that serious! I met to your dorm. Who you gonna he even lets students into their someone walking over here and call? Bob Pinetta! As one on the rooms when they are locked out. told them I was on my way to do university's finest security guards, Yet, he still enjoys being around an interview and they told me: Bob is here to help the students. students. "Bob is here for the try to be somewhat serious with Just being around campus, stu­ university," he joked, referring to her. Don't make us look like, class dents have come to know Bob. himself in the third person, "If I president, class clown." However, Whether it has been to give a EMELINE EMERY, NOREASTER NEWS didn't like the university then I it was his dedication and devotion MARISSA SIMOES, NOREASTER NEWS BOB PINETD\.: UNE Security Guard TOM FORBES: MSI Class President safe ride or to answer one of the wouldn't be here." both to medicine and UNE that numerous security calls, Bob is he's a true fan of the pin stripes; In his free time Bob enjoys overcame his aptitude for silli­ to be from, but I'm really lucky to always there. of course, the Yankees, despite golfing, coaching, and hunting. ness, and became evident. be here. I love it here." Bob started working at the the Red Sox aura around campus. He enjoys going to the university Since his days as an under­ After his successful four university in 2002. Before, work­ Bob is known to be a very funny gym. But most of all, he truly en­ graduate at the University of Ver­ year stint at UVM, where he was ing at the university Bob was man. He loves to joke around and joys fishing. During the summer mont, Forbes knew medicine was president of his fraternity and of a government man. Though he laugh, but don't be mistaken! Oh he spends his time in and out of his true calling. Studying radio a dean's committee, Forbes took a may not be able to exactly say no, he can be very serious and fishing tournaments. He enjoys oncology and biomedical tech­ period of five years off before ven­ what his job implied, this only intimidating, especially with his boating down the Saco River, nology, he began paving the way turing into medical school. He increases the mystery that is Bob. thick, New York accent. which actually drew him to the for a promising future that would put his knowledge of radio on­ However, he has proven to be Bob works security on cam­ university, with his seven year one day include studies here at cology to work at Mass General well qualified for the University pus year round. He shift starts at old granddaughter who could the University of New England. Hospital for four of those years. of New England. 2pm and finishes at 10pm; he is fish the pants off some pros. When Forbes was sixteen He did clinical work with cancer If you've ever spoken to Bob, on duty Tuesday through Satur­ When Bob first started working years old, his fashion designer patients four days a week and re­ you'll quickly realize that his ac­ day. Bob is a dedicated employee at the university, he was part of parents moved their family to the search one day a week. Forbes re­ cent in unmistakable. He's a New who enjoys his job. When he was the stripe bass research program United States. Ever since then called, "It was a great way for me Yorker, born and bred on Long asked what he didn't like about here. He caught an infamous, he has been traveling back and to test the water as far as, is this Island. As a child, Bob and his fa­ the job he simply said, "I like ev­ great fish they named, justly so, forth visiting family and keeping what I want to commit my life to ther use to hunt and fish in Maine. erything about the job. I like to "Bob."The fish was tracked from in touch with his roots. He spent doing?" Mass General proved to They've been coming up here for wake up and come to work. The the university down to New Jer­ the rest of his youth in Cohas­ be an amazing experience, "and I over 40 years. Throughout school, job is never the same. It's always sey and back to the university a set, Massachusetts. After spend­ got to see the best and the worst Bob was always into athletics. interesting." In one of his most few times. Bob hopes that he can ing half a lifetime in England cases from all over the world seen Currently, he is the fishing club memorable security saves, Bob catch the fish again someday. and half his life as an American, by some of the best doctors in advisor. In a New England world, saw a few students almost float Please see, BOB, page 6 Forbes believes, "it's a great place Please see FORBES, page 6 6 FEATURES NOR'EASTER NEWS WEDNESDAY,JANUARY 16, 2008 THEATER FORBES really well and participation has CONTINUED FROM PAGE 5 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 5 been huge. People are so ready and willing to sign up for things. auditorium that seemed to be The world and I was standing We're willing to stick around and frozen in time. Though not com­ next to them while they were do­ help each other out. It's not like pletely original, Andrea told us ing it." at the end of the day everyone that the entire theater has been The fifth year, Forbes headed scrams. " renovated to look as it did the day out across Europe. Starting in his Forbes claimed that one of it opened. We were brought along native England, Forbes took an the most memorable experiences the many rows of seats and up extensive- road trip, visiting thir­ he has had thus far would be his onto the well aged stage, which teen countries in three months! Gross Anatomy Lab. He had looked out at the audience seating "I hit as high up as Prague and as done previous Gross Anatomy that seemed to glow in a lonely low as Morocco and made a huge work at UVM, but here it was dark amber light. The stage itself, circle," Forbes explained. It was different, "Here, you're in teams with its rafters hanging haunt­ a once in a lifetime opportunity of four. My team was amazing. ingly above, gave a feel reminis­ and, for Forbes, it was an oppor­ You explore and identify every­ cent to Phantom of the Opera. TYLER GOWEN, NOREASTER NEWS tunity that he could just not pass thing, together. You spend hours Qyickly, we left the low lights Balcony Seating: Inside Biddeford City Theater up. and hours together. I'll always of the stage and wandered to the fore us. Our hearts quickened as an ancient opera house gives you. Forbes considered his time remember digging around and fateful dressing room where Eva we descended the steps towards Over the past 140 years the off as one of the best decisions trying to remember things. It was Gray was found dead. darkness. The dimly lit basement, local theater has been through an he could have made. For future the team environment that made One light hung eerily in the where many of the actors spend untold amount of history, every­ generations of students hoping the biggest impact. It'll always center of this well worn dressing their time during performances, one passing through the theater's to pursue careers in the medical stand out." In addition to this, it room, with white paint cracking was truly disturbing as the prop doors having a story of their own. profession, he advises, "Don't rush is the students and faculty that along the walls. A large mirror workshop rests directly beneath This month we got an inside look into it. Take your time. You'll have made his days a lasting ex­ lined one wall, adding the haunt­ the stage. Work tools and sawdust at some of these stories, especially know as a person when you're perience. ing feeling as one would practi­ covered the entire area. St'anding that of the deceased singer, Eva actually ready for something like On the very rare occasion cally expect to see the reflection beneath the floorboards of the Gray, who may still be lurking this." After a successful life thus that he has spare time, Forbes of a shadowy figure looming be­ stage, with a chilling breeze that through the halls and hiding in far, Forbes was certainly ready. really enjoys snowboarding. "I hind them in this creepy room. A only a basement could provide the rafters. Next time you're in He applied to both allopathic might have missed class once or chilling draft drifted through the passing faintly over us, it was time downtown Biddeford, stop by the and osteopathic medical schools twice," he joked. Other than that, room we stood in; the last four for our tour to end. Andrea led us theater and watch a show. Who but after interviewing at UNE, "it music is his other passion, citing walls Eva Grey would ever see back to the stage, soon leaving us, knows, maybe a certain soprano seemed like a good fit."The deci­ bands like Radiohead and the alive. but not before giving us permis­ will join you. sion was made and he soon came Flaming Lips as his favorites. Leaving the funereal feeling sion to continue our wanderings to call the University of New In a world where stress is an of the dressing room behind, we alone. For the next half hour or so -Have weird stories or legends of England his home. everyday occurrence, Forbes' out­ then ventured for the basement. we traveled throughout the bal­ your own that you want us to in­ Now that he has been here going and sometimes funny per­ We passed through the hallways conies admiring the sculptures as vestigate? Send your suggestions for one semester, he realized, "I sonality is exactly what is needed covered in the graffiti of people's well as taking in the bizarre feel­ to: [email protected]. like it a lot here, it's exactly what I to survive. "You have to learn cop­ names that had been there be- ing that being completely alone in edu imagined it to be. It's like a more ing mechanisms now, it'll make intricate extension of my under me well rounded , an! ov:;all, BOB never last. Well, Bob's resolution a great university, no doubt about graduate years but with people much happier in the long run," CONTINUED FROM PAGE 5 is to retire in four years time. By it. People will be proud of the who have much more similar Forbes said. then, Bob will be leaving UNE. University of New England, and interests as I do. We're all in the As of right now, Forbes plans In the future, Bob hopes to He has made his decision and he they should be." Bob will miss the same boat together here. It's in­ on pursuing a career in surgery in go smelting (ice fishing) with the is sticking to it. university and the university will tense and it's hard but we're all the future. But for now his main fishing club after winter break. Even though Bob will be miss him. After all, you know you doing it together." goal is to "figure out what I'd like Keeping in the holiday spirit leaving, he thinks it's good for go to UNE when you hear Bob's As class president, Forbes to do as far as medicine. I have a Bob decided his new year's resolu­ him to grow in the upward direc­ loud, accented voice saying, "Ya has come to know the MSI class rough idea that I want to do sur­ tion would not be like most peo­ tion, and he is proud to say that need a ride?" UNE is going to be intimately. "Our class is great. gery but I think it will all come ple, claiming to give up chocolate he was part of the university. "I at a loss when Bob finally leaves I'm not going to compare us to from collective experiences I have or that they will lose 10 pounds. can't wait to revisit the univer­ us, but for now "it is what it is," as any other classes," he joked with within the next 3 years, I'll have They make resolutions that will sity in ten years. It's going to be Bob would say. a wink, "but we're getting along to decide." Celebrate. Remember. Fight Back.

~ RELAY FOR LIFE

March 29 - 30, 2008 University of New England Sign Up Onllne: http://main.acsevents.org/rflmeune WEDNESDAY,JANUARY 16, 2008 NOR'EASTER NEWS FEATURES 7 Wiggle Wiegle Bookstore offers literary bliss

BY MARISSA SIMOES positive move for Biddeford. We mind to new things, other ways Nor'easter Staff talked about how Biddeford is of thinking. That is what reading growing and changing and we does for you." Hidden deep within down­ were so impressed. We agreed The bookstore offers Bidd­ town Biddeford, a little piece that Biddeford needed it. People eford brand new books at afford­ of literary bliss exists. Soft mu­ are like, 'why Biddeford' and we able prices. Eighty-five percent sic plays, the ·powerful aroma of say, why not Biddeford?" of the books are overstocks, or pressed pages envelopes you. As Mr. and Mrs. Weigle have books bought from warehouses you walk through the heavy white always been dedicated to books. after they have been given back to door a world entirely separate Mrs. Weigle, a librarian and book the publishers and resold at dis­ from Biddeford welcomes you. conservator also works in her counted prices to the warehouses. It is a sensation only a bookstore studio, 'In a Bind Studio', where On these overstock books, prices can offer. she binds and makes books in range from 45% to 90% off retail For a little less than a year, the back of the store. Mr. Weigle price. The remaining 15% of the Wiggle Weigle Books has sat works at the Riverton Branch books are from vendors and in­ on 25 Alfred Street, just min­ Library in Portland, holds book clude best sellers and newer re­ utes from the University of New discussion group meetings and leases. On top of the overstock England's University Campus. owns a separate bookstore in Old discounted price, the Weigle's of­ Opened on April 16th, 2007 by Orchard Beach that is open dur­ fer an additional 10% discount to Steve and Anastasia Weigle, the ing the summer months. Mrs. students, teachers, librarians and JOHN LOWERY, NOREASTER NEWS bookstore offers a plethora of Weigle commented, "We're book home schooling parer.ts. WIGGLE WEIGLE BOOKS: Storefront window of Wiggle Weigle Books new books at unbelievable prices. collectors, we love to read. It was Since its opening, the book­ a group of students meet to so­ books and choosing the one Anything from children's books a natural continuation ofwhat we store has invited the community cialize and more importantly, to that really struck you, you head to new fiction, from art books love to do." And, they have done to share in its splendor. Free wi-fi write. With their laptops, she to the register. You're greeted by to cookbooks, from classic lit­ it well. and a pot of coffee are available says, they laugh, they talk and Steve and Anastasia Weigle with erature to psychological thrillers As you stand in the store, and anyone is welcome to use they write. This Thursday evening a friendly smile and an ample can be found within the beauti­ the overwhelming sense that the space. "We're certainly happy get together began in November amount of book conversation. fully quaint brick walls ofWiggle the store and all the papered in - to open up the store to people during National Writers Month, You reach for the heavy white Weigle. habitants are truly loved. Where who need to use the space," Mr. in which a group of ten (includ­ door and as you leave, passing A year ago, the streets ofBid­ does this profound love for books Weigle continued, "If you have a ing about six UNE students) the newspaper stand equipped deford were Weigle-less. That was come from? Mrs. Weigle pro­ club that wants to use the space, gathered to try to write an entire with not only local papers but when the Heart of Biddeford, a fesses that it lies in the written we're not just here to sell books. novel in thirty days. It was so in­ your Nor'Easter News as well, volunteer organization dedicated word's ability to open one's mind, We want the community to feel triguing, that the group couldn't you realize how satisfying it is to improving the town, stepped to take one away from the harsh like this is their store, we want to resist returning. The Weigle's to indulge in the written word. in. Mrs. Weigle recalls, "We got a reality of the real world, "You connect to the community." insist that no~, everyone is wel­ Suddenly it strikes you that it is call from the Heart of Biddeford learn so much about the real Students are especially wel­ come to join, anyone with an in­ entirely true when the Weigle's looking to bring in a bookstore world through books, you learn comed into the warm arms of terest in writing. say, "This store will always be to anchor their downtown. They to articulate, to open your mind. Wiggle Weigle. Every Thursday After searching endlessly here. It has to be, we're not going thought a bookstore would be a Books and words open your evening, Mrs. Weigle explains, through the great selection of anywhere." Holiday~dopt a Family' Valentine's Day BY MARISSA SIMOES something to the parents. This Nor'easter Staff way, the children get to see mom and dad get something. We al­ For the past seventeen years, ways try to ask parents what they UNE has been involved in a would like but they often resist generous program dedicated to asking for things for themselves." bringing a little bit of Christmas The idea of little children de­ cheer to those who are less fortu­ lighted to see their parents open nate during the holiday season. a present with delight on Christ­ Through Adopt a Family, the mas is heart wrenching. UNE community was able to give On a holiday based on char­ a little bit back. ity and generosity, the UNE com­ The program was run by munity always seems to step up a core group on the University to the plate. Bogue described her campus, including Carrie Bogue, astonishment at the campus'will­ Ellen Parsons and Lucille Smith. ingness to help, "I guess it amazes Every year different people do­ me about the people's generos­ nate their time and efforts to help ity. Year after year we worry that organize the Adopt a Family pro­ people won't contribute especially gram. It is usually run through due to the rising gas and oil prices. the group, UNEfied. This holiday But the students, staff, and faculty season, five families were helped. always come through." Included in this was a little girl This year in particular, a last :February 14th is tlie Day, being taken care of by a grand­ minute collection was gathered parent, a combination family with for a local gentleman who needed Is there something you'd fike to say? six children, a mom with two sons help this holiday. The last minute and one gentleman. and incredibly charitable gesture 13e it {ove or he it liate, The gifts donated to the fam­ allowed the gentleman to have a Nor'easter News can he tlie y{ace. ilies were usually what they ask good Christmas with the contri­ for, lists were gathered by a UNE bution of a few new outfits, which .Jvleet .Jvlarissa, tlie 17th ofJanuary, contact or an organization in di­ he would not have been able to rect contact with the family. Gifts afford. Rig/it outside tlie caf, over in 1Jecary! usually include things like coats, The Adopt a Family program boots, clothing, gift certificates to is an amazing outreach from the local food and clothing stores, and UNE community to those who toys for the children; all of which are truly in need. Look for the do not seem like luxuries to those program next holiday season and Come get 2 Valentine's Day lollipops for a dollar and of us more fortunate. One year, a see if you can make a difference in leave a message for your Valentine or tell the world of your family asked for comforters and the lives of a family who other­ bitter aloneness. Messages will be published in the February blankets because they couldn't af­ wise would have no joy on these edition ofNor'easter News on 1/13/08 ford them. special days. Send in your message to [email protected] Bogue said, "We do give or fill one out Jan 17th by the caf during lunch and dinner!

•• 8 NOR'EASTER NEWS SPORTS WEDNESDAY,JANUARY 16, 2008 Exceptional start for UNE Men's Basketball BY RAMIN EDMOND (TCCC) player of the week, and Nor'easter Staff Eastern College Athletic Con­ ference (ECAC) player of the Riding a three game winning week for December 10th-16th. streak going into break, the Men's These awards came for his efforts Basketball team (5-4) is flying on December 11th in a 66-65 high after already matching the home win against the Univer­ number of wins achieved all last sity of Southern Maine Huskies, season. "It's a good start," Men's when Simpson made 12 of his 14 Basketball Coach Jason Mul­ field goal attempts and finished ligan stated, "I'm proud of the the game with a season high 26 guys' effort and accomplishment points. He also led the team with thus far." A good start indeed, for six rebounds, six assists and three this program hasn't had a better steals. start since the 1988-1989 season. Although Simpson's concus­ "We believe,"has been their battle sion was a major concern at the cry all season long, and with the time, the most severe injury to school's best start in the past 18 plague the team this season was years, this team has fans believing when freshman guard Franco in it once again. The road hasn't Foti shattered his nose in prac­ been easy for the Nor'easters, tice a week before the team's first however; they've had their fair game. He was unable to play the share of adversities along the way. first four games and flew home to On December 1st, in a three New York where he was treated point loss at home against the at Giants Stadium. A specially Wentworth Institute of Technol­ made mask, which is similar to ED SZALAJESKI, EJS PHOTOGRAPHY ogy, after hitting two free throws MEN'S BASKETBALL: UNE guard Jakyri Simpson looking to score against the University of Southern Maine Huskies that of Detroit Pistons Guard to put the Nor'easters up by two Richard Hamilton's, was made by points with seven minutes left in dizzy to continue and fell onto his the team not too long after, and "we were winning and in control the same doctor as Hamilton's for the game, Jaykyri Simpson col­ back, silencing the 250 attending did not miss any games. "I knew of the game at that point. Any Foti to wear when playing for the lapsed on the court sending the fans. it was bad when he had asked time a player like Juice (Simpson) duration of the season. The mask team's athletic trainers rushing The athletic trainers deter­ me what time practice was after goes out it's a blow to the team." is molded to the structure of his onto the floor to aid him. Earlier mined that Simpson had suffered the game," Coach Mulligan ex­ Simpson, who may be the face and serves to protect him and in the game, Simpson had been a concussion from the blow. He plained. "Thankfully he was able strongest all around player on the be as little of a distraction as pos­ elbowed in the temple, but tried sat out the rest of the game hold­ to get back as soon as he did." team on both ends of the court, sible. Foti has played in the team's to shake it off and continued to ing his head, and was later taken When asked how the injury ef­ finished out December win­ past five games and has been a play. It was not until he shot the to the hospital for a CAT scan. fected the turn out of the game, ning two awards for The Com­ good contributor off the bench as two free throws that he felt too He was luckily able to return to the first year head coach answered monwealth Coast Conference Please see BBALL, page 10 Spotlight on volleyball great, Alex Toregas BY SCOTT TRESSELT In 2000, Toregas was award­ Nor'easter Staff ed the Gatorade Player of the Year and was recruited by many top Among the ranks of the vol­ Division I programs. She decided leyball team is Alex Toregas, she to play for Maryland's volleyball has, and hopefully will continue program on a scholarship. Ulti­ to be, an important player on the mately, she did not really like the Women's Volleyball team here at commitment which was expected the University of New England. of her while at the University of The road Toregas has taken that Maryland and also wanted to has put her here has been long pursue the field of science. With and is very unique. this in mind, she stopped playing It started in her childhood Division I volleyball and attended when she would come up to visit other schools. her grandmother on her mother's It was at Montgomery Col­ side in Ogunquit, Maine. It was lege that Toregas achieved an there that she ultimately fell in associate degree in Biology. In love with this state. Unknown to her off time she rekindled her Toregas at the time was the jour­ love of horses, becoming the as­ ney her life would have or even sistant manager of a stable that that she would end up going to held 50 horses. She said that in school in Maine. the summer she would give rid­ Entering high school in the ding lesions, run summer camps District of Colombia at George­ and run a horse show program. town Day, Toregas was interested Toregas also competed in the in a multitude of sports. Her first Washington Bridal Trails associa­ year there she was the goal keeper tion (WBTA), where she won the for her school's soccer team in the High Point Jumper and Sports­ fall, swam for her school in the manship award along with many winter and then played lacrosse in other events. Being an equestrian JOHN NASH, SPORTSWORW PHOTOGRAPID the spring. The following year she is something that Toregas has WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL: Commonwealth Coast Conference player of the year, Alex Toregas goes up for the spike against Salve was urged to play volleyball and grown up with all of her life start­ Regina ended up loving it. In the winter ing at age seven. England College along with the word soon got around that she Toregas has not regretted a she played basketball, and in the AfterToregas acquired an as­ University of New England she had played for Maryland and by single moment and has decided spring, track and field where she sociate degree, she was interested decided to attend the Univer­ chance bumped into the Karol to come back for another year to held the record for the high jump in pursuing her education more. sity of New England. Having no L'Heureux at orientation who take care of some unfinished at her school. Showing interest in both New ambition to play volleyball here, persuaded her to play. Please see TOREGAS, page 10 WEDNESDAY,JANUARY 16, 2008 NOR'EASTER NEWS SPORTS 9 Due time for aquatic limelight

BYTYLER GOWEN back to the swimmers. Though Nor'easter Staff there are fewer students on the team, as compared to previous Though the UNE Swim years, it does not seem to matter Team has been competing at the as the swimmers are just as suc­ varsity level since 2004, it still cessful as ever. Roy says that it's doesn't have the following it de­ all about having the right people, serves. Bobby Cochrane, a captain and that means having good ath­ of the men's swimming team, is letes who are committed students no stranger to this lack of recog­ as well as teammates. "We're defi­ nition, stating that, "USA swim­ nitely evolving," Roy states, going ming has about 200,000 youth in­ on to say that she knows her cur­ volved, which is about the same as rent swimmers are definitely hard any other sport. I've been swim­ working, goal oriented, and will­ ming since I was six, so I'm used ing to do what it takes, "While to not having the spotlight. It just the official season starts in early comes with the territory." While October, the captains start day the swimmers are used to living one. This speaks volumes about outside the public eye, it may just the dedication of the team; will­ be time for their achievements to ing to get started before I'm al­ be highlighted. lowed to." The women's team truly has "We're one team with one an outstanding record, something common goal," Captain Bobby rarely seen at UNE. As of mid Cochrane says about the men's December the girls held a record and women's team, which work of six wins and one loss. They also together in practices. This cross won an invitational meet at Re­ gender unity the team displays gis College in Massachusetts, and definitely adds to their strength while The Commonwealth Coast ED SZALAJESKI, EJS PHOTOGRAPHY in the water, as well as their en­ Conference does not technically SWIM TEAM: UNE swimmer Ali Wagner swimming at recent swim meet joyment of the sport. "It's a really recognize swimmers, since there for the past four years as the write my workouts during class," herty, a former varsity swimmer good club," Stuart Carruthers, a are only six competing schools aquatic director, and just last fall Roy said in reflection of her first and UNE graduate. She also notes freshman swimmer, says, "lots of out of the required seven, UNE became an adjunct faculty mem·· year coaching. This dedication to the swim team's success in com­ camaraderie. It'd be nice to have girls informally placed second. her, teaching an exercise and sport swimming has carried through parison to her own college swim a few more guys though." It is While their success may seem ex­ performance class. However, her to her career at UNE, "We train career, "You go back four years, no true that the men's club team has ceptional, the team credits this to coaching career began during her hard five days a week and com­ one had heard of us. Duel meets dwindled to only a few dedicated their hard work, dedication, and senior year as an undergraduate at pete on Saturdays." now, teams know who we are." swimmers, but what they lack in highly qualified coach, Kate Roy. Virginia Tech, having 200 swim- This practice ethic is backed Coach Roy, however, gives numbers they make up for in Kate Roy has been at UNE, mers under her direction. "I'd by Assistant Coach, Cassie Do- the credit of the team's success Please see SWIM, page 10 Pouliot looks to repeat in annual men's bench press competition BY SCOTT TRESSELT high school gymnasts in the state Nor'easter Staff of Massachusetts four years ago, and was a member of UNE's On February 1st, UNE power lifting team last year, but will be holding its annual men's interestingly enough, as an Ap­ bench press competition. The plied Exercise Science major, he event, which takes place during believes the classroom is where the USG Lock-in in the campus he has made most of his gains. "I center, was won last year by then don't think the power lifting team junior, Joshua Pouliot. Weighing has helped me too much, I mean in at just over 145 pounds, Pouliot it definitely has, but the classes I put up 23 repetitions of his own have taken here, especially Heath's body weight and maxed out at class, where you learn how to per­ an impressive 260 pounds. After sonal train, have really helped me finishing in second in both his to learn more exercises and the freshman and sophomore years, right scientific principals to lift he now looks to finish his tenure and gain more muscle." at UNE with a repeat oflast year's Professor Heath Pierce, who victory. Pouliot speaks of, is renowned for "It's pretty important to me," his work in the field of personal BENCH PRESS: UNE junior,Joshua Pouliot trains for annual bench press competition Pouliot said of the event. "I didn't training. As a certified strength es. He usually performs 3-8 repe­ saying, "if they want to win, since in the standings. win anything in soccer, and in ten and conditioning coach, he has titions on the bench for muscular I'm defending champ, they're go­ Pouliot expressed his feelings years I want to have achievements worked with several professional strength, rather than doing higher ing to have to take me out."Then towards Tresselt, saying, "Scott to look back upon, such as win­ athletes including New England repetitions which would work on simply stating, "it's not happen­ Tresselt is one of my good friends ning the competition twice." Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, endurance. "I'm not training spe­ ing." Tresselt, however, had his here. We were on the soccer team Pouliot, who just recently and PGA tour golfer Phil Mick­ ·cifically for this competition'', he own prediction saying, "I'm going together, and I love the kid. This finished his fourth year of soc­ elson. Professor Pierce has also explained, "Scott Tresselt is, and to beat Pou (Pouliot), and he's not is just a friendly competition be­ cer at UNE, believes teammate worked with several U.S. presi­ he's not even doing legs. Its cheat­ going to talk to me for at least tween me and him, and I wish Scott Tresselt will be his biggest dents including current President ing if you don't do legs and just a week. You can tell him not to him luck, but I'm definitely going adversary going into the compe­ George W. Bush. Pouliot said of perform bench exercises." bring his family because he's go­ to beat him." tition, but still remains confident the UNE Professor, "he is defi­ The two longtime soccer ing to get embarrassed just like Both competitors strongly he can win. "I like my chances this nitely someone I have learned a teammates have taken an ex­ when I beat him in intramural urge UNE students to either at­ year," he explained. "I was pretty lot from." tremely competitive tone when soccer." tend or take part in the compe­ .confident going in until I found Pouliot is just getting accus­ speaking of this event. Both have Tresselt and Pouliot had tition. Tresselt is rumored to be out another senior (Tresselt) is tomed to some new power exer­ refused to share how much they been on opposing teams through­ weighing around 185 pounds and doing it with skills comparable cises in order to build size and weigh currently, and how much out UNE's intramural soccer sea­ putting up a maximum weight of to mine, but I'm still pretty con­ strength. His regular workout they have recently been benching, son. In a game against each other, 300 pounds, and with almost a fident. I think I'll be able to make routine consists of grip strength however, each remains confident which decided which team would month left to prepare, this should gains going into the competition and forearm work outs where he he will be able to defeat the other. be ranked first in their division, prove to be a great match to to help my chances." puts padding over µie bar to make Pouliot shared how he feels about Tresselt scored two goals over watch. Pouliot was one of the top it wider during his bench exercis- all the contenders of this event Pouliot's one. to take the top spot J 10 SPORTS NOR'EASTER NEWS WEDNESDAY,JANUARY 16, 2008 BBALL the state of Maine's rookie of the count the different statistical cat­ CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8 week for November 12th-18th. egories his players lead the state Men's volleyball at UNE During that time, Thompson av­ of Maine with. Jaykyri Simpson as a freshman. eraged 19 .5 points and 3 steals leads all Division III basketball BY JOHN-MICHAEL CASCIO of students on campus. Foti's injury left the team in 2 games. The very next game players in the state of Maine with Nor'easter Staff "I think Daryl coming to with just eight players on the ac­ after the award was announced, 5.5 assists per game. Although the team as a new coach was a tive roster during the time of his Thompson put on an encore in a that is an impressive achievement, As many of us know, the necessary improvement," said absence. Because of this, Coach losing effort against Colby Col­ it is definitely a whole lot easier University of New England offers sophomore Justin Maddox. "He Mulligan was forced to dig out lege. He dropped 27 points off the when you consider the weapons an excellent women's volleyball is a very good coach and always his old Division I Olivet Naza­ bench to compliment a game high he has around him. Senior and team, which did very well in con­ knows what he is talking about." rene University basketball shorts 7 rebounds, while shooting 7 for second year captain, Isaac Stick­ ference play this year. However, Having a good coach is a from his closet, and take part in 5 10 from three-point land. Coach ney, is first in field goal percent­ the university also offers a men's big part of a good team, having on 5 drills with his team and as­ Mulligan described his return in age, while junior guard Steve club volleyball team for all to play a good captain is another major sistant coach. The lack of numbers the second semester as "just a shot Belmonte is first in three-point on. This team was started to give part that every team needs. The had caused the team to fatigue in the arm, and a total boost for percentage and fourth in steals per the men a chance to compete in senior member of the team, Matt late in games. Coach Mulligan our team." He also added "it was game. That combination leads to tournaments and matches against Cribbin fills this role quite well. believes the biggest example of a huge lift for us early to have a an even more impressive offense other colleges. "He is an excellent captain to this was their first loss of the year freshman play so well. He is really with Johnnie Jefferson averaging "It is a good opportunity to the team," said Maddox. "Cribbin against Bowdoin College (7-2), a great shooter and will be a great 20.1 points per game, good for get out and play a competitive knows a lot about the sport and in their third game of the sea­ player for the next four years." second in Maine. Chas Rentrope sport," said sophomore Brian helped us prepare very well when son. "Once we hit that 35 minute The team is shaping up to be a completes the starting line up as Bisson. "Even though it is not we were new to the team." mark, we just died out," Mulligan contender for the conference title what Coach Mulligan describes a varsity sport, it can still get as The team is open to new described. coming off of winter break. With as "the x-factor of this team." He competitive as one." members who are looking to learn The lack of depth on the the starting five of Johnnie Jef­ also spoke of Chas as "a guy that Club volleyball just recently about volleyball and be a crucial team has definitely been their ferson, Isaac Stickney and Jaykyri will help us in every area such as went through a coaching change part of the team. The team can biggest concern, but help is on Simpson leading the way, Steve hitting a big shot or getting a big in the past year. Last year, Timo­ be seen practicing weeknights in the way. On January 23rd, 6'7" Belmonte stepping up at the point rebound or steal to help us win." . thy Robinson coached the team, the gym and if interested, you sophomore Greg Swartzenberg and Chas Rentrope doing a little After a dismal season last but has changed this year to Daryl may contact Daryl Conte or Matt is expected to return to the team of everything as shooting guard, year, the hope for this season was Conte, who is the assistant dean Cribbin directly. along with 5'10" freshman guard this team is playing even better just to improve, but with the team Matt Thompson, who played in than their record shows. "I would playing the way it has out the been able to walk on it but some­ the first five games of this season. take my starting five over any that gate, the first year coach and his TOREGAS time gets tired and cannot engage Thompson made some noise in his we play," Mulligan stated about CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8 players have fans believing in big in any lateral movements. She is first few games with the team in his team's ability. It's hard to argue possibilities for the remaining 16 business. The team quickly adopt­ hoping to have surgery early in November winning an award for against that when taking into ac- games. ed her, giving Toregas the nick­ 2008 so she can make a full six SWIM more swimmer Allison Leopard "Swimming is definitely my pas­ name 'Grandma,' only matching month recovery and start training CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9 said, "We have a great coach, sion." And it is this impassioned her age, and definitely not her in June. Toregas is looking for­ great work ethic, and everybody bunch of athletes who truly de­ athletic abilities. ward to next season and says the As for the rest of this season, the gives 110% in practice." Though serve some well earned spotlight This year however, she tore team is looking strong and will team is positive about the out­ the training is rigorous and the for a change. her ACL in the last match of the definitely be a force to contend look. "I think we have a really compet1t10n intense, Leopard last point of the last game of the with. great season ahead of us," sopho- states that she competes because, regular season. Since then, she has TheSunALWAYS shines·at A Day at the Beach Tanning 284 MAIN ST. BIDDEFORD NEXT TO McARTHUR LIBRARY Student Discount 283-2749 10%oFF Any Package ID required

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BY JOHN LOWERY century postmodernist attitude art related to Monhegan Island Nor'easter Staff towards art and its place in our between 1940-1970. culture. The foundation that Day's When asked to comment on The University of New Eng­ collection of artists has provided his collection, Day said, "I loved land Art Gallery, located in on is the platform upon which the the idea that I could own a piece the Westbrook College Campus artists in Astrachan's collection of art. I could touch it, I could will be holding an art exhibition have crafted their works. hang it where I wanted to." But it entitled "Wall Envy: A Passion Growing up in New England, wasn't just the paintings that Day for Collecting." The exhibition, Day says he was "Born inquisitive, was after. Artists would say to which opens February 5th, will having been raised in a house that him, "These are my children and feature select pieces from the re­ was full of generations of stuff" they have no life unless they are nowned collections of John M. Day's grandmother would take liberated." Day explained that, Day and Gary D. Astrachan. him to the Portland Museum of "You get to a point where you say The collections differ chron­ Art when he was young and as he to yourself, this isn't stuff anymore, ologically with Day's collection got older he would go to galleries its one tiny brick in a huge wall of ending in the mid 1970's and As­ and ultimately fell in love with art. American art and over time you trachan's beginning in the 1990's Day began to collect art early on, begin to collect the stories about and subsequently reflect entirely not knowing that he would even- the art and it is those stories that different generations of art and - tually become a serious collector. help to animate the art. As a col­ entirely different cultural climates He spent his first fifty dollars on lector you become a protector of with their own sets of concerns. Harrison Bird Brown's, "White the art, the artist's papers, and its In spite of this, these collec­ Mountains," a painting that re­ history." tions come together and comple­ minded him of where he grew up. As an art teacher and histo­ ment one another at certain points. He then went to Monhegan Island rian, Day also tries to make art Day's collection of artists have in and was inspired by the paintings real for his students. Day believes a sense laid the foundation for of that area and started to acquire that, "Teachers model their be­

20th century modernist abstract one painting after another. Today, havior, and they model their craft. JAMES FITZGERALD art, while Astrachan's collection Day's collection is considered the the better." Day often talks to his BLACKHEAD WITH SCHOONER: Select piece from Day's collec­ reflects a more contemporary 21st definitive national collection of Please see ART, page 12 tion. Featuring an Imperial Chinese calligraphy ink on paper; 16.5" x 12.5" Restaurant review: Jewel of India Artist's books have BY JOHN DUMONT Nor'easter Staff a lotto say BY JAMIE THOMPSON Jewel oflndia is a small res­ Nor'easter Staff taurant conveniently located on Alfred Street in Biddeford. For Many treasures of literary the review I brought my girl­ history reside on the Westbrook friend, Mandy Rancourt, because College Campus at the Maine it is simply depressing to go out to Women Writers Collection eat alone. (MWWC). The MWWC is an

The first thing I noticed about archive within the Abplanalp Li­ JAMIE THOMPSON, NOREASTER NEWS the restaurant was, of course, the brary holding the books, manu­ WORD PLAY: From the Allison Cooke smell of curry. There was no host­ scripts, and personal artifacts of Brown collection ess to seat us. It is a cattle call kind hundreds of Maine women. On each page is a verb either of restaurant. Even though there Some of the most unique stamped with bla,ck ink or hard was no hostess, the waitress took items in the collections are the stamped with no ink. The black our drink orders quickly enough. artist's books. The MWWC has words are the universal traits, I was not impressed with the recently acquired two artist's such as cook, intend, organize, atmosphere. I found the walls books by acclaimed Maine Art­ and touch. The hard stamped depressingly bare. There was too ist Allison Cooke Brown. Brown's words are the ghostly presences much white on the walls and not ELISE TURCOITE & YAMAIRA RIVERA, NOR'EASTER NEWS work is inspired by her "domestic of that societal code Brown wants JEWEL OF INDIA: Owners ofJewel oflndia, Prem &Meena Sharma enough Indian decoration. The life, both in subject matter and to break away from. These are the decorations they had were typical sphere a little more exotic and size meal they gave me was per­ content," she says. words that tell women and girls of an Indian restaurant; includ­ much more enjoyable. It took fect for my appetite. There was The world of women is also what they are supposed to do: ing several sculptures of elephants them a while to prepare the food nothing left over to have to lug featured heavily in her work, from comply, mask, obey, and stifle are and paintings of scenes in India. before we were served, but when around in a Styrofoam box after­ stereotypes of proper behavior to examples. When we first came in, there was it was ready it was well worth the ward. the intimate realm of everyday Brown subverts the outdated no music, which made the restau­ wait. As for the meal itself, I was activities. Growing up, Brown concept of "women's work" by rant unbearably dreary. We also The Chicken Tikki Marsal pleased. It was appetizingly fra­ struggled with the rigid ideals of creating an object that represents sat by the door, so we were con­ is served in two parts: a bowl of grant. The sauce was very strong femininity that she faced every the domestic duties that women stantly getting a cold draft. chicken in warm curry sauce, and and moderately spicy. It was per­ day, through "an implied creed of were once expected to carry out. Yet, the service was fast. an elliptical plate of Indian rice. fect when mixed with the rice. the necessities of good behavior." This underscores the control Soon after our drink orders, the It is a do-it-yourself type of meal: The heat was distributed evenly Her piece, "Cuff: Dress Up," was that women now have over their waitress took our food orders. We the customer can mix the rice and around the plate, but every once born out of her desire to identify own destinies, in that Brown was had a difficult time pronouncing sauce on his own. I am glad the in a while, I got a chewy grain of the positive aspects of that creed, able to impart her own message our meals, but she knew what we meal came like this. The sauce has rice. and to simultaneously "break through the creative choices she wanted. Mandy got the Chicken a very strong, spicy flavor, and ifl The Chicken Briyani was from the mold" that she fell into made. Briyani, and I got the Chicken poured it all on the rice, the meal served all in one plate. Mandy was as a young girl. Not all of Brown's work has Tikki Marsal. The waitress was could have been too strong. I was pleased with her meal as well, ex­ The piece is exquisitely craft­ such specific associations, how­ friendly with helping us with our able to mix the sauce and the rice cept for a bone she found hidden ed, consisting of delicate slips of ever. "Word Play," the other new order, helping score the restaurant to my likeness. in her rice. paper strung onto hinged wire. book in the collection, is a small extra points on service. I was extremely satisfied with Overall, I was pleased with When wrapped around the wrist, bookcloth-covered box contain­ While waiting for our food, the size of the portions served. the restaurant. I would say that the book becomes a decorative ing 218 glassine envelopes, each someone turned on some Indian Most restaurants serve gigantic if you have an urge to eat Indian accessory, calling to mind the holding a verb laser-printed in music, which made the atmo- meals that are enough to satisfy food, Jewel oflndia is the way to dramatic frilled cuffs and collars black or red ink on decorative Andre the Giant's appetite. The Q:O. of the Victorian era. Please see MWWC. oal!e 12 12 A&E NOR'EASTER NEWS WEDNESDAY,JANUARY 16, 2008 MWWC random," Brown says. Thus the ART and provides inspiration and en­ relies on his visual talents to help CONTINUED FROM PAGE 11 reader is allowed to make his or CONTINUED FROM PAGE 11 thusiasm on a basic, vital way." Zill determine what arrangement her own interpretations of the He sees art "Not as meaning, be­ will have the strongest impression paper. The black verbs are positive words, adding yet another dimen­ students about collecting art and ing about, standing for, or repre­ on viewers. Zill trusts in Calla­ attributes and the red are negative sion to this complex and fascinat­ tells them that, "You don't own . senting something, but rather as han's sensibility and the two work attributes. ing work. the art, you're simply paying a needing to do something, to effect together to craft inspiring exhibi­ Brown, who is a self described Even though the ideas behind price for the temporary posses­ change in the viewer." tions. list maker, explains that the piece each book are very different, both sion of that art and you have a Discussing the unusual col­ started "with my discovery of highlight the importance of com­ moral obligation to pass it on to As a collector of art, Astrachan laborative nature of this particular my father's stamp collection and munication. These works encour­ the next generation." These are is primarily interested in, "Get­ exhibition Zill said, ''.Any credit unearthing boxes and boxes of age a dialogue between artist and powerful words that resonate with ting art out there for people to see that I get will be better if I en­ the envelopes he used to arrange reader, past and present. Brown students, from a man that clearly and experience, making art hap­ list the talents of the people with them." Brown became interested hopes that her work will open up models his craft. pen as an event, since it is the one whom I'm doing the exhibition. in the concept of categorization new channels of communication Art has also played an influ­ positive, transfiguring and revo­ By turning it over to the collectors and list making in association between people, to exchange ideas ential and formative role through­ lutionary force in our society for to help make important creative with the hundreds of envelopes about the way we once were and out Astrachan's life. "I've always producing deep transformation." decisions, the exhibition becomes she found. who we hope to become. been interested in and passionate The pieces in his collection that collaborative and makes a stron­ "I purposely did not arrange For more information please about art since I was a young kid," will be presented in this exhibi­ ger impression with the viewers." the 'pages' alphabetically to en­ contact MWWC Curator Cally he explains. "My mother loved tion re'present work he has gath­ Zill, Callahan, Day and As­ courage rummaging through the Gurley at 207-221-4324 or cgur­ both music and fine art and hung ered just within the last several trachan all worked together to words and pulling them out at [email protected]. prints, reproductions, posters and years. Astrachan said, "This work hash out the fine details of this the occasional original all over the represents the avant-garde or cut­ exhibition in an effort to leave a house and my oldest sister was an ting edge aspect of my collection. lasting impression with viewers. Fun for all at the Children's artist! I was therefore always sur­ These pieces still move and excite The group developed an interest­ rounded by the appreciation for me towards the intersection of ing arrangement in which Day's Museum of Maine and the making of art. Attending my professional, creative, writing, collection will be presented on the high school just blocks from the scholarly life, and my art collect­ 1st level, Astrachan's collection BY KATIE DUNBAR Gardener and the Boston Mu­ ing life in a way that supercedes on the 2nd level and a common Nor'easter Staff seum of Fine Arts, I ended up my feelings about possessing, ac­ meeting ground on the lower level, going to foreign films and haunt­ quiring or owning art per se." As­ displaying select works from both The Children's Museum of ing the galleries· there." Astrach an trachan sees "The making of art collections. It is this common Maine in nearby Portland is not never really thought of himself and meaning, creating, fabricat­ ground that will help to elucidate exactly where one would imagine as an "art collector" and just sort ing and doing, in whatever form the ways in which the collections a college student spending much of fell into this role in the early it may take, as the royal road to play off each other. Ultimately, the time. However, this museum is 1990's when he bought a house the process of individuation, the ways in which the two collections not just for kids. and first began to acquire pieces becoming of whoever and what­ approach each other and play off The museum is a great place for the empty walls. Prior to that, ever it is, that one is supposed to each other, despite being entirely to spend the day with younger he had a small collection of works be in this life." different types of collections, is siblings. If students are parents from artist friends, and some The unusual aspect of this truly the most fascinating aspect themselves, this is the perfect pieces for which he had bartered exhibition is the tremendous of this rare exhibition. place to take your toddler or with artists during the early days amount of collaboration happen­ The exhibit will be on dis­ young child. Also, with its ideal of beginning his private practice ing between UNE Art Gallery play from February 5th through location and affordable member­ KATIE DUNBAR, NOREASTER NEWS in psychoanalysis. Director Anne Zill, the Prepara­ March 30th at the Art Gallery on ship pricing, it could be the per­ cery store, complete with a work­ In 1992, Astrachan got his tor Kevin Callahan, and the two the Westbrook College Campus. fect getaway from campus. ing cash register; a fire truck with first real taste of collecting when collectors. Zill commented on the The opening reception will be on The museum holds a maze of safety information and a fire pole; he was struck by a seemingly Art Gallery and what goes into an February 5th, from 5:00 to 7:00 interactive exhibits, that are not there is even a vet's office that kids impossibly large abstract paint­ exhibition saying, "It takes years to p.m. An opportunity to speak only educational to young minds, can play in. Our Town also has a ing hanging in a storefront stu­ develop a show and collaboration with John M. Day is scheduled but also fun and exciting for all car shop and a cow kids can milk. dio window in Eastport, Maine, is critical to successfully plan." on February 7th, from 5:00 to who take part. There is the popu­ For younger kids, there is the and became grabbed on a "Very Zill tries to create exhibitions 6:30 p.m., and for Gary D. Astra­ lar spaceship with a mission kids Toddler Park, a soft and fuzzy strong, visceral level." He came to that are relevant to the students, chan on February 9th, from 3:00 can engage in, and it overlooks place designed for kids who are know the artist and learned the faculty and staff at UNE and re­ to 5:30 p.m.. Both collectors will the rotating exhibit (which is three and under to explore and process and stories behind the lies on the people around her to also be available on March 22nd, currently focused on wildlife and engage in. Complete with de­ artwork. That kind of enlivening make important creative deci­ from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. As a re­ nature, with several animal speci­ velopmental learning toys and a discovery and exploration has re­ sions. Zill said, "Collaboration is minder, all exhibitions and events mens and touch pads that make place for adults to supervise, there mained an important part of his my middle name," and considers are free of charge and open to animal calls). Nearby is the Tree is plenty of fun for all. passion for art: "Understanding Preparator Kevin Callahan to be the public. Art Gallery hours are House that kids can climb up in Outside there is entertain­ the choices, decisions and strate­ her 'right arrn', so to speak. As Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and and view the same area. ment for all ages at the Ship Yard gies used in the creation of im­ preparator, Callahan is respon­ Sunday, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., and On the same level, dubbed where during warmer weather, ages." Astrachan describes col­ sible for the design, installation, Thursday, 1:00 to 7:00 p.m. the "Explore Floor," there are sev­ kids can play outside on a pirate lecting as "An obsession as well as de-installation, lighting, trans­ For more information, con­ eral activities including a small ship or one of the other struc­ a passion.""The important point," portation, construction of display tact Art Gallery Director Anne rock climbing wall and a water tures. Families can also eat out­ he says, "is that art furthers and cases, pedestals and all the other Zill at 207-221-4499 or azill@ exhibit. There is also "Have A side at the picnic tables. deepens one's own creative space features a well-equipped museum une.edu. Ball," which displays physics and There are also several pro­ and process, that it enhances life must have. In addition, Callahan motion, twisting and winding grams at the museum. Crafts, several balls through the museum. cooking, and a variety of other there are still things to explore - Sudoku There is even an open aquarium activities are available everyday, as I pushed the buttons and played with the lights in the spaceship that kids can see ocean life and focusing around the arts, sciences, 6 8 s 1 even touch the animals. L.L. and cultural topics. Also, there is and put on a mask in the Dress­ I I ! Bear's Discovery Woods is also story time in the Book Nook - Up Theater. I would recommend 2 I 7 i 3 featured, which has a Ranger Sta­ a quiet place where kids can read the museum to anyone, especially tion where kids can learn about and look at a variety of books in ifyou are with a kid and can let go 1 I 4 2 6 of your inhibitions to become one ! the wildlife and the environment English, Braille, Spanish, Rus­ 1 3 6 in Maine. sian, and several other languages. yoursel£ Swing by the museum Downstairs there is the After spending the day at the on Free Street in Portland, open s 4 2 Dress-Up Theater where kids can museum with a friend and her every day but Monday until 5:00 act out their favorite stories with a young son, I found myself feel­ p.m., or find out more by calling 2 I 6 9 vast collection of costumes, sound (207) 828-1234. I ing like a little kid myself. All 3 s 2 9 effects, and props. This is also 3 6 2 7 4 1 9 8 5 I the nooks to hide in, things to 9 7 4 2 8 5 6 I 3 where many programs take place, climb on, and the enormous va­ 9 3 5 The solution 1 8 5 9 3 6 2 4 7 and kids can engage in a variety of riety of stuff to look at and play 7 1 3 4 6 9 5 2 8 for last month's I 8 4 6 5 1 2 3 7 9 6 I 1 I 9 7 other activities. with, made this museum unlike I I Suduko puzzle 5 2 9 8 7 3 6 4 On the main floor ofthe mu­ any other. With an atmosphere 1 6 5 8 3 2 4 7 9 I The solution for the Suduko puzzle seum is Our Town, a special place of fun and encouragement to get 2 3 7 I 9 8 4 5 6 will be publishedin the next issue of for kids to explore. There is a gro- involved, I soon discovered that 4 9 1 6 5 7 8 3 2 Nor'easter News NOR'EASTER NEWS 13 WEDNESDAY.JANUARY 16, 2008 OPINION NO R'EASTER NEWS UNE Political Survey Results Established 2007 *All responses are from members of the UNE community (faculty, staff, students) *Results come from approximately 350 submissions via surveymonkey http://my.une.edu Phone: (207) 602-2888 11 Hills Beach Road 1. Which of the following candidates would you most likely vote for in the 2008 Presidential [email protected] Fax: (207) 602-5931 Biddeford, ME 04005 Election?

Nor'easter News is a student-run monthly publication dedicated to Joe Eiden 0.6% Mike Huckabee 1.2% Ron Paul 5.0% providing news and information relevant to the UNE community. Edi­ Hilliary Clinton 15.6% Duncan Hunter 0.3% Bill Richardson 0.3% torially independent of the university and its administrators, Nor'easter Chris Dodd 1.5% Alan Keyes 0.0% Mitt Romney 5.0% News pursues such content freely and throughly, following profes­ John Edwards 3.5% Dennis Kucinich 1.5% Tom Tancredo 0.0% sional journalistic standards in writing and reporting. Nor'easter News Rudy Giuliani 15.3% John McCain 4.4% Fred Thompson 0.3% is committed to serving as an open forum for thoughtful and diverse Mike Gravel 0.3% Barack Obama 39.2% Other 5.9% discussion and debate on issues of interest to the UNE community. 2. Which of the following party woulc you consider yourself to be affiliated with? Editor-in-Chief University Liaison John Lowery Ashley Walsh Democratic 47.6% Libertarian 3.8% Green 4.1% Republican 24.1% Managing Editor Executive Business Director Independent 15.9% Other 4.4% Tyler Gowen Tyler Raymond 3. What issue do you think requires the most attention from politicians and lawmakers?

News Editor Layout Editor War in Iraq 34.3% Economy 6.0% Jim Cormier Megan Cadigan Global warming 25.1% College loan interest rates 4.3% Immigration 7.4% Other 5.4% Features Editor Copy Editor Marissa Simoes Hannah Merce Healthcare 17.4%

Sports Editor Advertising Manager Scott Tresselt Denise Giuvelis 2008: The year for change, or so we hope BYDIANE GREEN feel requires the most attention a Democratic candidate. Trailing A&EEditor Administrative Advisor Nor'easter Staff from politicians (34.3%). Hillary Obama in the UNE survey and Katie Dunbar Daryl Conte Clinton and Rudy Giuliani are the national polls is Clinton, for­ It seemed as though 2008 also favorite candidates for those mer first lady and a senator since Opinion Editor Faculty Advisor would never come, but here it at UNE; Clinton with 15.6% and 2001. Clinton is criticized by op­ Diane Green Josh Pahigian is at last! For the last two years, Giuliani with 15.3% of the votes. ponents for being wishy-washy presidential hopefuls have been Global warming is also a perti­ and indecisive. Clinton votes in Photography Editor Photography Advisor actively campaigning in an at­ nent issue for students and faculty accordance with her Democratic Emeline Emery Edward Bilsky tempt to secure our votes in the at UNE, trailing the Iraq War by party 97.1 % of the time. Clinton upcoming election. Republicans only 9.2% of votes. has vowed to pull troops out of have tried to distance themselves It was of no surprise to me Iraq, and for the last couple years, Staff Writers from the Bush Administration that Obama is the number one her votes have shown she is in fa­ Guilherme Barbosa Katie Edwards and its many quandaries, and candidate at UNE. Not only does vor of a set withdrawal date. If one the Democrats, well let's just say Obama promise to withdraw all is looking at resume and experi­ John-Michael Cascio Craig Gibson they're counting on the last eight troops within a year, he has been ence as deciding factors, Clinton years to speak for them. Candi­ a strong advocate for alternative is certainly the person for the job. Kelcy Cunningham Amanda Simmons dates have had to state their po­ forms of energy. According to na - She has been known to change sitions on many different issues: tional polls, Obama is the favorite her mind from time to time, but John Dumont Jamie Thompson Iraq, immigration, healthcare, candidate of college students and one must wonder-is a change of global warming, the economy, younger generations. It appears as mind or a change of heart, really Ramin Edmond Mandy Wertman religion, national debt, privacy is­ though Obama has much to offer, so appalling? If a person, even a sues, torture--to note a few. It's specifically, but not exclusively, politician, decides that they are no wonder the race started ahead to college students and young wrong, shouldn't we want them The material contained herin is the property ofNor'easter News and appears of schedule! people. In April of 2005, Obama to change their minds? Perhaps at the sole discretion of the editors. The editors reserve the right to edit all Everywhere you go, you're sponsored his first Senate bill, the the media should focus more on material The opinions expressed in Nor'easter News do not necessarily reflect apt to see a presidential candi­ "Higher Education Opportunity the events surrounding Clinton's the views of the editors. date's name on a bumper sticker through Pell Grant Expansion changes, rather than a general ac­ or plastered on a telephone pole. Act". This bill increased the maxi­ cusation without much insight. SUBSCRIPTIONS ADVERTISING As it would appear, many of us mum amount ofPell Grant awards Giuliani is the leading Re­ Domestic subscription rates are E-mail noreaster.ads@mail. une. already know who we would like to $5,100, thus helping many publican candidate of the UNE S50 for a full year and S30 for a edu or call (207) 602-2888 for to see replace George W. Bush. In needy college students across survey with 15.3% of .the votes. semester. E-mail noreaster.edi­ advertising rates and a production December, students and faculty the nation. Obama has promised Giuliani is best known as the [email protected] or call (207) schedule. members at UNE were asked to to lower loan-interest rates, and former mayor of New York City, 602-2888 for more information. participate in an online political budget more money into social and has used the tragedy of 9/11 survey consisting of three basic programs. As a junior U.S. Sena­ as proof of his leadership skills. questions: who are you likely to tor from Illinois, Obama has been Undoubtedly, New York City vote for, what political party are criticized for not having much needed a strong leader in a time you most likely to vote with, and experience in the political arena. of such tragedy, but it seemed to what issue do you think requires This inexperience may prove to be me that Giuliani spent more time the most attention from politi­ useful as a new president; Obama appearing on national television cians and lawmakers: (approxi­ won't be tainted by lobbyists or and posing for photographs, than mately 350 students and faculty corporations. Obama won't have he did at ground zero. When members responded to this sur­ as many seasoned alliances with firefighters and volunteers were vey). The majority of those who other politicians that might influ­ denied by insurance companies responded are in support of Ba­ ence his decision making process. for healthcare due to 9/11 relat­ rack Obama for president (39.2% Obama is a fresh face, something ed illnesses, where was Giuliani? of votes). Obama has been one this country needs. When ·giving speeches, Giuliani candidate to openly oppose the 47.6 % of those who an­ fails to mention that the NYC Iraq War, which happens to be swered the survey stated they the very issue students and faculty would be more likely to vote for Please see CHANGE, page 14 14 OPINION NOR'EASTER NEWS WEDNESDAY,JANUARY 16, 2008 CHANGE Although I can find desirable CONTINUED FROM PAGE 13 qualities in some of the presiden­ Voices in the crowd: tial candidates, no candidate is Fire Department has openly op­ shocking, impassioned, or moti­ How do you feel America should change posed Giuliani for president, and vating enough for me. I feel they the International Association are spending far too much time of Fire Fighters has launched a battling the media and each other, .in policy or structure? collaborative campaign against when really they should be speak­ Giuliani. I suppose Giuliani has ing solely to the public. This is our qualities some may find redeem­ country. It's our money, our jobs, ing; he is hard-headed, persua­ and environment in which we ex­ sive, and bossy. He reminds me ist, that is at stake this election. of a younger, more liberal George Luckily, there is still time to see W. Bush. Giuliani is a progressive a broader view of our candidates. Republican candidate in that he Even with these reservations, just supports gay marriage (or did at knowing that at my university, the one point), and he has claimed students and faculty members are to be pro-choice, but he has not planning to vote for candidates convinced me that he will end the who have vowed to end the war Iraq War or actively pursue alter­ and to curb the effects of global native forms of energy. Giuliani's warming makes me feel bet­ "Foreign affairs "Pollution levels "Educational bud­ entire platform is 9/11. He is at­ ter about the future of America. tempting to rope us in the same I suppose we can only hope that and immigration and alternative geting-no consoli­ way Bush did to win a second whoever we elect fulfills their term; utilize the face of tragedy to promises and lives up to our ex­ policies" forms of fuel." dation of schools!" gain support through patriotism. pectations. I, for one, am not falling for it. -Natalie Scruggs, Class of2011 -Chris Andrews, Class of 2011 -Becky Enright, Class of2011 Mark of the beast Rudy Giuliani for President BY DIANE GREEN database, the government will be BY CRAIG GIBSON in the race for president this year. the deadly attacks and spent sev­ Nor'easter Staff able to track your movements, Nor'easter Staff He has been known to flip-flop eral hours personally helping out both physically and fiscally. There on a few issues. All of these can­ at ground zero. He stood as the Is freedom just a word of po­ have been some concerns raised With the approval rating of didates are very charismatic and voice of the city. litical propaganda? We are sup­ regarding the privacy of citizens our Republican president current­ good public speakers-which is Giuliani draws much criti­ posedly fighting a war for free­ in relation to the Real ID, as it is ly at 32%, the Republicans would good considering the most com­ cism from strong Conservatives dom; we are losing lives, taking very possible someone could hack have a presumed uphill battle to monly heard complaint about our because he supports same sex lives, forfeiting adequate health­ into the federal system containing take office again in November, current president is his inability marriage and he is pro-choice. care and schooling, all for the our Real ID information stored but not as uphill as you might to speak clearly and concisely. I believe that what this country sake of the 'war for freedom', or on one collaborative database. think. The Republican Party has Personally, my allegiance and needs is somebody that's a little what you will. Everyday I see one In May of 2008, states will be put together quite a lineup of out­ support is for Rudolph Giuliani. moderate--a happy medium of those yellow ribbons with that required to begin compliance with standing candidates commended The big factor that brings me to where both sides of the aisle can catchy saying 'freedom isn't free' this law, but will have a phase over by both sides of the aisle. Senator support him is his resume. As a meet halfway. He is head strong and it forces me to wonder-how period, meaning states will have John McCain, who has run be­ United States attorney in New and well spoken, and has a good much does freedom really cost? It until May of 2013 to issue each fore, is a stick-to his-guns Con­ York City during the 1980's he sense of humor. He has appeared seems to me we have exchanged citizen the Real ID. servative that has not been found helped put an end to the mob several times in the past on Satur­ our freedom for the illusion of The Department of Home­ to flip-flop on issues. McCain crime families who controlled a day Night Live. I also think that freedom. As Americans we are land Security has been charged was a decorated Naval Aviation lot of the city with their political he can take on any challenge, as subject to wire-tapping, federal with implementing and ensuring veteran who spent five years in a and law enforcement influences. he has before with the organized discovery of email and financial the law goes into effect while the North Vietnamese prison camp He targeted narcotics and cor­ crime, the dangerous streets of histories, and the possibility of ar­ Department of Motor Vehicles where he was beaten and tortured. ruption in the system as well, and New York, and the deadly de­ rest without a warrant should the has the responsibility of issuing If anyone deserves to lead the free he is the main reason why New struction of 9111. Some may look government feel we are a 'threat' the cards to you and me. States world, it is the man who paid as York, the most populated met­ at him and-say, "Oh, he was just in any way. Ifl were to go on any are not required to combine the great a sacrifice for our country's ropolitan area in America, is one a mayor of a city! Romney and further with this list, I would most Real ID with driver's licenses, but freedom. of the top five safest. Right there Mike Huckabee were governors certainly use up my sarcastic quo­ many states have chosen to do so Governor Mitt Romney who says a lot. This one man turned a of whole states." However, Mas­ tation allotment for my lifetime. to avoid further hassle and costs. as a businessman, was appointed city around from the way it used sachusetts and Arkansas both Under the guise of protecting The Department of Homeland CEO of the 2002 Winter Olym­ to be, which was very dangerous have fewer populations then the us from terrorists, illegal immi­ Security has estimated that it will pics where he helped fix the and full of crime in the 1970's, to entire city of New York. Giuliani grants, and identity theft, in May cost $23 million dollars to put deficit the committee faced and a rather safe place to walk around. has a resume and a voice for all of 2005, President Bush signed a Real ID in the hands of every donated his $1,000,000 salary to Also, on 9/11, he was instrumen­ of us and this is something no into effect the Real ID Act, thus citizen. States will receive Home­ charity. He was governor of Mas­ tal in helping to increase the mo­ Democrat can offer. enforcing dictatorial federal driv­ land Security grants to relieve the sachusetts until deciding to run rale and unify the city following er's license and personal identifi­ financial burden the IDs bring, cation card guidelines. So what but the majority of the financial does this mean to you and me? responsibility will rest with indi­ Lack of partying at UNE Without the Real ID in hand, we vidual states. BY GUILHERME BARBOSA However, it hasn't always the police, made sure this would will not be able to enter a federal We have been told that ter­ Nor'easter Staff been this way. Upperclassmen, stop. They decided to target Geeg building, leave the country, board rorists are from countries outside especially seniors, remember and his van to cut the 'problem a federal or commercial plane, of the United States, so imposing When the incoming fresh­ UNE's days of glory, the days of at its root. They found a way to have a bank account, and yes, take a law such as this onto the Ameri­ man class left their homes Geeg and Ahab. Yes, Geeg was a banish Geeg from UNE and in out a loan. And one must remem­ can public is essentially accusing throughout the country to join legend on campus. He promoted doing so, Ahab, the van, and the ber that under the Real ID Act, us of terroristic intentions. In a UNE's 2011 incoming class, they parties every weekend, sometimes partying went with him. That waE the Secretary of Homeland Secu­ country where we are all innocent left with the desire to pursue twice a weekend. I remember go­ the first blow to this institution's rity can, at any time, amend the until proven guilty in a court of higher education. In coming to ing to a party hosted for an entire party scene. law to cover even more personal law, I am personally offended to college, one expects harder class­ week. Keg races, toga parties, and A second and severe blow freedoms and privileges. be targeted as a terrorist. Further­ es, freedom from parents, and the costume parties were all on the came in the beginning of last At first glance, Real IDs are more, how will the Real ID curb true college experience: partying. calendar. Everyone had a blast year. The police started patrolling much like our current identifica­ illegal immigration when illegal However, after being here half a and everyone was safe because and storming parties everywhere tion cards which contain typical aliens enter this country unbe­ semester I am sure this freshman Geeg had Ahab, a van in which UNE students had nowhere else information such as your name, knownst to the government, drive class thinks that partying in col­ he transported people in. Nobody to go. Parties started dwindling date of birth, and address. If one cars, and work under the table ev­ lege is a myth. Forget kegs, loud drove anywhere because the van until almost reaching a halt. Last were to look further into the Real eryday? music and the dangers of driving made the stops to make sure that year can be compared to the dark IDs, they would discover that not As far as identity theft is drunk, this school currently re­ our peers were not in danger. ages for those who had the party only will your name and face be concerned, it would appear that sembles more of a nursing home But what happened? Well the spirit in their hearts. The problem connected to one, large federal Please see BEAST, page 15 than an actual college. administration, in coalition with Please see PARTY, page 15

____ _.__...... ___ ~,-•~--•------~-••---.-....- ••------~I Il WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2008 NOR'EASTER NEWS OPINION 15 BEAST whose identification cards are set CONTINUED FROM PAGE 14 to expire? What am I going to LETTERS TO THE EDITOR do? What are you going to do? imposing the Real ID will cre­ Are we just going to take it? Or The Gauntlet... ate more opportunities for those will this be the point when we fi­ meaning to steal identities. Ac­ nally say-enough is enough. This BY LAWRENCE FRITZ ing. Today, the detector is quiet. the front end of my Taxi, but that's cording to the Real ID Act, the country was founded on free­ Contributor I drive on past Sullivan Street. another story. While working for National Identity Cards will not dom, freedom to do as we wish A few weeks back, the detec­ UNE, however, in four years time allow the government to be privy as long as we aren't hurting those It's another Tuesday and I tor picked up a black anq white I've now been stopped four times. to any more information than they around us, but now what? NOW teach at the UNE campus in Bid­ here, just back from Water St. I That's the reason I recently pur­ previously were able to obtain, so WHAT! Apparently we must be deford. I live near South Port­ got past okay, but the car right chased a radar detector. why then implement the law? hurting one another, you know, land and so I drive south along behind didn't. Next I pass the As I'm thinking about all Why force states into budgeting going to the bank, driving a car, Rt-1. It's a pleasant enough drive Water Treatment Plant and look this, the detector goes off. The millions of dollars into their al­ applying for a student loan. That's and uneventful. I cross the Scar­ left and right. I've seen the black Ka band is hollering for all it's ready diminishing bank accounts right-we are the terrorists now. borough Marsh and pass by the and whites sit on both sides of the worth and, in my distractions of to set this law into action? If they That is exactly what the govern­ car dealerships in Saco. I stop in road here, in the Plant parking lot thought, I've forgotten if I'm in aren't concerned with accessing ment is attempting to convey by at one of the coffee shops along and in the lot across the street. the 40 or 50 mph zone? I imme­ more of our personal information, implementing this law. If we, as the way and order a medium ( or Again, it's quiet. I drive up the diately slow down to 35 mph, just than I am forced to believe that, a people, apathetically accept the tall) coffee. I like the straight-up hill on Clifford St. and turn left to be sure. I drive by the black perhaps, the Real ID is meant Real ID, then we might as well stuff (with a bit of cream), not the onto Pool Rd. I've now entered and white. He's sitting on the left to track our exact locations and form a line, shave our heads, and fancy blends that can cost more the danger zone. Black and whites side near the Public Boat Access personal use of assets; this is the take a barcode to the neck. It's re­ than my watch. I've heard it said can be anywhere, often sitting just and I pass him by, slowly. only sensible conclusion that can ally for our own good, don't you (many times) that if I gave up my off Simard or Lafayette or beside Just another minute or two be gathered by reading the act. It know? daily coffee, I could save enough the old Notre Dame building, or down the road I reach the UNE seems to me that we are entering Although I do not consider to support countless lives in poor anywhere between here and my campus, my destination. As I park, a state of fascism, and slipping . myself a woman of religion, there countries. I order a cup and prom­ destination. I think of the words of Biddeford further away from freedom and is one passage in the Bible that I ise, perhaps, someday, I'll adopt a I begin to think to myself. Police Chief ("Show me the tick­ democracy. , can deeply relate to in a time such kid and make up for it all. I've been driving since I was eigh­ ets") Beaupre. There is no special Right now, the state of Maine as this, "And he causeth all, both I'm now back on the road teen years old, and over the past targeting of members of the uni­ (in conjunction with a few other small and great, rich and poor, tooling along until I get to the 25 years I've held driving licenses versity community, he states. I've states) is fighting against the Real free and bond, to receive a mark in old mill on Saco Island. I turn from 6 states and two foreign also heard UNE Provost Carter ID Act. With President Bush their right hand, or in their fore­ left onto Water Street and head countries. I even drove a cab for a say that studies indicate no bias of vetoing everything that comes heads. Arid that no man might up the hill to Pool Road. Now short stint in New York City dur­ ticketing toward UNE students across his desk and Congress buy or sell, save he that had the things get more serious. I turn ing my college days. In all that and staff. In my opinion, they throwing their hands up in defeat, mark, or the name of the beast, or down the radio, even though it's time, in all those places, I've never both miss the point. I turn off the the fate of the Real ID Act is re­ the number of his name."It leaves Ahmad Jamal playing (XM-70), gotten a speeding ticket. I've nev­ car and turn off the detector. I've ally uncertain. What are we going me to ponder-what could possi­ and turn up the radar detector. I er even been stopped, other than made it again, another day safely to do if in May of this year, states bly be next? drive slowly by Pierson's Lane, a for routine traffic stops. There passed, through the gauntlet ... to begin to issue Real IDs to those narrow one-way road. I've seen was that time a guy rammed his work.

-r- ,_ _...., J f ' J T them here before, watching, wait- brand-new Mercury Cougar into PARTY ·wanted to, it is no taboo. Howev­ CONTINUED FROM PAGE 14 er, this culture grows up sheltered Responding to racial epitaph at {!NE of a glass of wine or a beer at a persists this year where partying BBQTherefore when they get to BY STUDENT MEMBERS OF offensive and hateful message was der to do t~at, we need to accept has reached a total halt. It re­ college, they go wild. It seems so UC INTERNATIONAL CLUB written in a public bathroom on differences among us. We cannot, sembles the economy these days, obvious that if the legal age was Contributor campus. As a student campus and should not, judge each other weak and uncertain. reduced and alcohol was not such club that promotes diversity and because of the color of our skin, This writer has gone to a few a daredevil stunt, the party culture This January, the University cultural differences, the Interna­ ethnicity, religion, what other lan­ parties this year, and they are all in this country would not be so of New England will celebrate tional Club feels compelled and guages we speak, or what coun­ 21-plus. Now, needless to say, that strong. its annual Martin Luther King, responsible to speak out about try or region of the world we or comprises a minority at UNE, es-· While underage drinking is Jr. Celebration. It is a time when this racial incident. our ancestors came from; judge pecially with the way this univer­ frowned upon by the law, there we, as a university community, re­ But what is race? The term rather on who we are as people. sity has been growing lately. The are underlying forces that profit member Martin Luther King,Jr.'s represents peoples' perceptions We need to first see each other as parties that were once alive and all from it. Beer companies ai:e a strength and leadership during of differences; efforts to work out human beings, not based on col­ including, have morphed into a great example. It is a known fact the civil rights movement and his commonly accepted categories ors, races, or cultures. When one segregated gathering of a minor­ that college students make up a important legacy of speaking out that identify groups according to makes a racial comment, he or she ity that can prove they are of age. large chunk of beer sales through­ against oppression, and standing skin pigmentation and physiog­ is showing his or her ignorance, Unfortunately that is the sit­ out the country. So when society up for justice and equality for all nomic features as well as cultural and is being disrespectful of oth­ uation at UNE, a state of repres­ slaps the reaching hand of an un­ people. Dr. Martin Luther King, characteristics. Thus race is a sub­ ers. sion which could be compared to derage kid that tries to buy beer, Jr. once said, "Darkness cannot jective concept, not an objective The International Club aims the days of alcohol prohibition in it does so lightly so that hand can drive out darkness; only light can fact. For our UNE community to promote diversity and accep­ the 20's. However, the powers that continue to cough up the dollars do that. Hate cannot drive out to grow, to diversify, and to move tance of all members of the UNE be seem to fail to comprehend for those companies. hate; only love can do that. Hate forward as an institution, this community, and to educate and that they cannot put a lace around This is not to mention that multiplies hate, violence multi­ wrongful act cannot and must not celebrate diversity - different cul­ young people's spirits. Parties, in a the legal age of drinking is 21 plies violence, aiid toughness mul­ be tolerated. tures, religions, and traditional way or another, will occur and the years when a person can consume tiplies toughness in a descending As students on this campus, customs. As a club and as mem­ ii.mspeakable underage drinking deadly cigarettes at the age of 18, spiral of destruction ....The chain the International Club feels that bers of this institution, we, the In­ will take place. buy porn at 18, or even go to a reaction of evil - hate begetting this is our "family away from ternational Club, ask all members ' The problem at hand is not wai;, shoot and kill other citizens hate, wars producing more wars­ family," and attacking a member of the UNE community to stand ,the partying itself, but the repres­ of the world at that very same age. -must be broken, or we shall be of our family is an attack on all together in dispelling ignorance, t5ion that occurs throughout a So that leaves the writer wonder­ plunged into the dark abyss of of us. We live in a diverse nation, destroying stereotypes, dissipat­ person's life. I grew up in Brazil ing: what is wrong with having a annihilation." and we believe, UNE specifically ing hatred, and building human .and throughout my life I have al­ beer? Shortly before Thanksgiv­ and Maine in general, needs to relationships for a better future of :Ways been able to get a beer if I ing, an incident occurred on the recognize and appreciate diversity our family. University Campus in which an and become more diverse. In or- MAJESTIC FLOWER SHOP, CARMEN FOURNIER OWNER 77 HILL STREET BIDDEFORD.MAINE 04005 207/282-1916 207/284-5381 fax , [email protected] h!tJ):www.lTl!IJ~. 16 NOR'EASTER NEWS WEDNESDAY.JANUARY 16, 2008

ATTENTION CAT LOVERS

HART (Homeless Animal Rescue Team) is a shelter and adoption center just for cats located in Cumberland. All cats are tested, spayed, or neutered, and brought current on all of Homeless Team their vaccinations. The cats reside in an open environment which allows them to play, jump, hide, run, and form bonds with one another so you see their true personality.

There are over 100 cats and 60 kittens available for adoption, of all descriptions and personality types. HART cats are adopted of Maine out as inside cats only. These are just a few of the available cats:

BLACK¥ BENJAMIN

Our oldest resident was unbeliev­ Benjamin is a wonderfully sweet ably surrendered by his owners 4 year old boy who was surren­ last year when they moved. At the dered by his owners. Benjamin age of 17 we were not sure how has the classic brown tabby good he would handle this difficult looks with a pretty little white transition, but he has done quite bib and reddish nose. Benjamin well. Blacky was quite matted is sometimes a naughty boy who when he arrived so· we gave him a starts to rabble rouse in the room "new do" and some of his hair has where he lives, But this is under­ come back gray! He is the nic­ standable. he doesn't understand esti sweetest boy, who is mellow whf"he left his comfy couch and and affectionate, and most likely sunny window where he could be wondering what happened to his the king, and is now surrounded family! Blacky is adorable with his little bent ears, and mild man­ by other kitties in his room. Benny still seeks out the sunny spots in nered personality. He always comes right over to you for a bit of his new room, but would love to be at home with you on the couch. attention when you come into his room. Please come meet this nice He loves to play too .... and is definitely full of energy! Please call older boy who really deserves a loving home at this time of his life! soon to give our Benjamin a new lease on life!

SWEETNESS SILLY

Sweetness was surrendered at the Silly is a pretty medium haired same time with another kitty who orange & white female. Her love­ has found a loving home,and now ly hair is very soft and silky. She it is her turn! Sweetness is a fe­ is around 11 years old and has male and is a big gray. kitty with been burying herself under her some buff on her also. She enjoys bedding, poor thing! Her owner mingling with the other cits -in the passed away and the family found room she is in, and is very gentle. a home for the dog and the bird. She prefers rubbing up against you She would be good with the right and settling in beside you, rather dog. Silly is friendly to family and than being held on your lap. Please visitors, although can be shy with call to meet this mild mannered strangers. She would be most soul! comfortable with seniors or a nice quiet home. Silly has not been around children. She only has 3 legs due to being hit by a car some time ago Silly deserves to find a very special home. Please come meet this very deserving lady! DUSK

Dusk is another pretty little tab­ SAMMY by girl who wa3 rescued with her friend, Twilight, from an aban­ Sammy is a sweet young black donment situation to our north. kitty who was found as a stray and She is very sweet, and was quite he is just as laid back and gentle worried when she first arrived. as can be. He enjoys a tummy rub however, Dusk, has relaxed, and and a good chin scratch and will now realizes that life on the in­ reward you with a nice loud purr. side is good. She is playful, and This kitty has huge yellow eyes and gentle. She has the cutest little a glossy soft coat. he is curious and button nose too! Dusk would be friendly, and loves to chase a string fine in a home with other cats and toy. Please call to meet this nice kids ... but dogs may frighten her a kitty! bit since she was on her own for a while outside. Please call soon to meet this nice little kitty who we think is a year or less old!

For information, call 829-4116 or e-mail HART at [email protected]. Check out the web site at www.hartofme.com. HART is open by appointment and there is an Open House on the first Saturday of every month from 11 to 3. HART is located on the corner of Rt. 100 and Range Rd., in Cumberland.