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The Free Press Vol. 40, Issue No. 15, 03-02-2009
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This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Newspapers at USM Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Free Press, The, 1971- by an authorized administrator of USM Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. the free pressVolume 40, Issue No. 15 March 2, 2009 U S M UM system takes hit in proposed state budget Citing weakened tax base, bill calls for more layo s, decreased nancial aid Daniel MacLeod sure what the governor is mean- News Editor ing by this language,” he said. The current draft of the ap- According to Governor John propriations bill projects an $18 Baldacci’s proposed budget for million shortfall for the Umaine 2010-2011, the University of system in 2010, and a $28 million Maine System may not be able shortfall in 2011. to maintain all seven campuses According to the bill, approxi- due to projected budget shortfalls mately 150-300 positions in the over the next two years. UMaine system may need to be “Ultimately, the ability to cut to offset these deficits. maintain seven separate viable “Both faculty and staff at all universities offering higher edu- seven universities would be af- cation could be at risk,” the bill fected and students would most states. certainly realize the impact of But according to state senator reduced course offerings and stu- Justin Alfond, current state law dent services,” the bill states. prohibits there being less than 7 Last Tuesday’s public hear- college campuses. ing at the Augusta State House “The idea that one of the provided an open forum for the UMaine colleges would be shut- public to weigh in on Baldacci’s ting down could not happen under proposed 2010-2011 biennal state Maine state law,” he said. budget. The hearings were conducted D ML / N E Alfond could not say why the by joint senate committees of UMS Chancellor Richard Pattenaude testifies in Augusta before Maine lawmakers concerning the governor’s draft implied some campuses could be at risk. Appropriations and Financial Governor’s proposed appropriations bill for 2010-2011. The biennial budget calls for more sacrifices Affairs and Education and from the UMaine System. “This is being put forth by the governor and his staff... I’m not See B on page 4 Strategic plan released New dra envisions very di erent USM by 2014
Ma Dodge identifying which programs and USM’s residential student popu- Executive Editor activities are “essential to USM’s lation.” mission.” However, USM’s The draft cites Gorham’s ath- The second draft of USM’s stra- Mission Statement is currently letic facilities and large number tegic planning plan, “Preparing being revised as part of the stra- of undergrads as “instrumental USM for the Future 2009-2014” tegic planning process. in recruiting high school seniors was released on Feb 12. The plan is set up as a list of interested in team and intramural The plan is a culmination of goals identified by the work- sports.” input from USM faculty, staff, ing groups, and their suggested Under the plan, Gorham would and students, which lays out a courses of action. become the home of the College vision of massive reorganization These suggested goals include of Arts and Sciences, and Core of the university’s mission, and a “re-energized advancement curriculum, as well as applied organization. effort” to be organized under science, engineering, and tech- The four working groups, made the incoming Vice President for nology. up members of the USM commu- Advancement, which the univer- The Portland campus, home of nity, were asked to consider the sity has narrowed down to three the Muskie School, Law School, arenas of engaged education, in- candidates. and School of Business, would terdisciplinarity, access, and the The plan also aims to improve become the center of profession- “three campus, one university” retention and graduation rates by al and graduate education. With nature of USM. This is part of an developing a “student success Gorham focusing it’s resources effort to restructure the university initiative” to be lead by newly on undergraduate needs, Portland as a “far leaner, more focused in- appointed Provost Kate Langdon could be structured around upper- stitution” according to the strate- Forhan. level education. gic plan. Perhaps the most drastic sug- In addition to cutting down With the current economic gestion outlined in the strategic on time spent commuting be- downturn taking its toll on the plan is the proposal to create lo- tween campuses, this restructur- state’s tax base, the strategic plan cation-specific missions for each ing would allow USM’s future emphasizes a paring down of of USM’s three campuses. marketing efforts to differentiate In an effort to improve proxim- between campuses by their aca- USM’s mission to help the uni- B MK / P E versity get by in time of insuffi- ity and access to classes, and cut demic offerings, instead of their down on time spent commuting geography. Sophomore forward Kristi Violette (Readfield) puts up a shot last cient state appropriations. week against Rhode Island College. Violette played a pivotal role The strategic plan aims to between campuses, the plan en- visions Gorham as the “home to in the Huskies playoff run. Thanks to Violette’s 17 points and eight narrow the university’s focus by See S on page 7 rebounds per game, USM claimed their 19th conference title in 23 years.
Library faceli ...... page 4 Disaster art ...... page 8 P ...... 6 S ...... 13 Feminist focus ...... page 6 INSIDE Hangin’ with Mr. Tardi ...... page 13 A & E ...... 8 THISISSUE P ...... 15 2 e Free Press | March 2, 2009 N VOTE USM 2009
SGA Elections POSITIONS AVAILABLE REQUIREMENTS TO RUN ¥ Student Body President ¥ Undergrad student taking ¥ 18 Seats on the Student Senate 1 or more credits in 8 commuter seats Portland / Gorham in Fall09 5 resident seats ¥ Minimum GPA of 2.0 5 at-large seats
Nomination forms available on-line! Due by 4:30pm on Friday 3/6 Voting will happen on-line from 3/16 thru 3/19 www.usm.maine.edu/studentlife/vote09 N e Free Press | March 2, 2009 3 Politics Primer: e Free Press guide to Obama’s rst address
David O’Donnell the press as being super-stringent in to say the least. Thus the Republican Sta Writer its vetting practices. booing on Tuesday night, when The rest of the time, he’d been Obama congratulated his bloc on No, it was not a State of the Union pushing a massive stimulus bill passing a “recovery plan free of ear- Address, just a prime-time speech to through Congress, aimed at shoot- marks.” While the bill didn’t contain both chambers of Congress that hap- ing two birds with one stone: creat- “earmarks”, per say - bits of obscure pened to be broadcast on all major ing jobs by rebuilding the country’s spending tacked on to shore up votes television and radio networks. “crumbling infrastructure.” Or, as - that was only because such things President Obama stopped just short Republicans see it, just plain killing weren’t merely tacked on. They were of uttering the staple line - “the state the notion of smaller government and load-bearing elements of the struc- of the Union is strong”. But how lower taxes. ture. about the state of his administration, Obama’s plan (actually drafted by But to get outraged that a president whose first few weeks were signifi- the House, revised by the Senate, and used weasel words to hype his ac- cantly rougher around the edges than then haggled over by the lot of ‘em) complishments would be like cursing anybody anticipated? ended up allocating $787 billion of him for not appearing on TV wearing First, a string of Obama’s appoint- government money to be spent over hot pants. On Tuesday night, Obama ments fell apart, with several nomi- the long and short term, to create made one last case for his succesful, nees being exposed for sloppy tax construction jobs but also finance if controversial, stimulus package, practices (Tim Geitner, Tom Daschle, government programs, from food and then went on the give us a sneak Nancy Killefer), investigated for cor- stamps to health insurance to the peak at his new and even more ambi- ruption (Bill Richardson) or waking National Endowment for the Arts. tious plans for the national budget. up one morning and realizing they Some of the arguments for how Here are some highlights and low- were conservatives (Judd Gregg). All and why these initiatives would be a lights from the big night: this from a team that was hyped by boon to the economy were abstract, Change Transparency
For better or worse, Obama has turned out to be a President Obama dropped a new website, recovery. little bolder than some predicted - this is not the second gov, which is supposed to allow citizens to track how our coming of Clinton. It may be the second-coming of FDR. tax dollars are being spent. So far, it does not even re- After years of lazy spending increases against rhetoric motely fit the bill - just a bunch of opaque press releases of smaller Government, this is very motivated spending and pie charts. increases, mostly advertised as such. Back to School War Change In his speech, Obama pledged that anybody willing In a major departure from one of the more irksome to volunteer in their communities would get the govern- Bush administration practices, Obama announced that ments’ support in paying for college. Details on that may his budget would actually account for war. Bush’s bud- develop, but the budget makes clear that the government gets allowed for lower spending projections by leaving is moving away from subsidizing independent student out things like troops and tanks. loans and instead getting ready to pump more money - far more money - into Pell grants. Loose Change Learn to Stop Worrying Then he goes and overprojects savings. For instance, though Obama long planned to cut back in Iraq and re- Obama pledged to eliminate “cold-war era weapons verse the Bush tax cuts, the new budget measures its systems we don’t use.” Sounds great, but weren’t a lot of cost savings against a fantastical scenario in which these those cold-war era weapons systems unused by design? would have continued at current levels for a full decade.* (See Dr. Strangelove.) (Observation courtesy of Slate’s John Dickerson). Above: Barack Obama addresses a joint session of Congress, flanked by Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. NEWS IN BRIEF Deans posts to be lled University of Massachusetts Grad student gets uled throughout 2009 to promote ganization that provides marine Lowell, to a dean’s position at Darwin grant their project. biogeographic data, from all over On Feb 26, USM President LAC. Botman describes Gibson Maine’s intricate coastline and the world, for free over the inter- Selma Botman announced on her as “a strong community leader”, Following in the tradition of diverse habitats offer researchers net. blog “The 21st Century USM” who is known for “backing un- Charles Darwin 150 years ago a rich environment to study evo- OBIS publishes data on the that she will recommend two der-represented student popula- with his groundbreaking theory lutionary science. The Census of spatial and temporal distribu- candidates for deans positions at tions.” of evolution, USM grad student Marine Life, a global network of tion of marine species around Lewiston-Auburn College (LAC) Judith A. Spross, a professor of Erik Pietrowicz is embarking on researchers who assess and ex- the world. Their website gives and the College of Nursing and nursing at USM, is being recom- a year-long project along with plain the diversity, distribution, anyone with internet access the Health Professions (CNHP). This mended as dean of CNHP. With scientists from around the world and abundance of marine life benefit of this knowledge at no announcement contrasts with her previous experience as a clinical to promote evolutionary sci- in the oceans, selected the Gulf cost. OBIS believes educational previous decision to leave the po- specialist in oncology and pain ences. The results will be posted of Maine as the ecosystem pilot and research programs will save sitions unfilled. management nursing, Botman on a blog to be set up in the near study for CoML, where every- time and money by being able to Last December Botman cited cites Spross’s knowledge and future. thing from whales to microscopic access thier website. the unpredictability of the eco- background as making her an Pietrowicz, who is working to- plankton are studied for their nomic crisis when she decided excellent candidate for the posi- wards a master’s degree in biol- contribution to biodiversity in the For more information, visit: to halt the search for new deans tion. ogy, received a small grant from ecosystem. www.obis.org until a “clearer path” was decided The Society for the Study of Results from CoML’s research http://www.usm.maine.edu/ upon. To read President Botman’s Evolution, whose goal is to pro- will be used to determine the gulfofmaine-census/ However, as a result of listen- blog, visit http://usm.maine.edu/ mote the study of organic evolu- most effective ways of manag- ing to people’s concerns about pres/ tion in all its aspects. ing our coastal areas in Maine February 12, 2009 marked the the issue, on July 1st two new Susan Ryan, a researcher at the and around the world. In 2010, 200th anniversary of the birth of deans will likely become part of — Abigail Cuffey Gulf of Maine Area – Census of CoML will release the first com- Charles Darwin and the 150th the USM community pending the Marine Life program, is work- prehensive analysis of their find- anniversary of the publication of approval of the UMaine System ing with Pietrowicz to develop ings from the past to the present his pivotal book, “On The Origin board of trustees. a series of lectures, courses, and as well as their predictions for the of Species.” Though Darwin’s Botman has advocated Joyce educational resources for a proj- future. theory of “natural selection” Taylor Gibson, associate profes- ect called, “USM Celebrates Eventually CoML will contrib- has endured much controversy, sor of education at the Graduate Darwin.” Events will be sched- ute their research data to Ocean it continues to have a profound School of Education at the Biogeographic Institution, an or- affect on science. 4 e Free Press | March 2, 2009 N Portland Public Library gets faceli Defying recession, renovations scheduled for April
More Tantalizing New Features
Teen Center - one of the 3 new entrances to the library will drop teenagers directly into a special teen library with dedicated workspaces and computers.
Children’s Library - no longer relegated to the basement, the kid’s section will be on the main fl oor and feature a playplace, story center, and a place to stash strollers. Rendering of the upgrades to be done to the Portland Public Library. Rendering done by C. Michael Lewis & Scott Simons Architects. Open Late - The Rines Auditorium will expand by 30%, and additional meeting rooms and an art gallery will be accessible independent of the rest of the library. brary agreed to raise matching funds. FP: One of the The new fl exibility will allow parts of the library to David O’Donnell be open for evening performances and fi rst Friday art Sta Writer That’s how it started - and yay, in 2009, things that has fl oated we’ve got 3 million and change raised. around in many of walks. It’s been a rough year for libraries. Which is enough to legitimately start the the different plans is project. a cafe of some sort. Hello, Times Square - One of the most glaring and While Glickman got a brand new facade yet unfunded aspects of the new plan is a giant video this spring, and a ribbon-cutting ceremo- We’ll keep going with the fund raising HT: There’s a cafe, as we begin phase 1 of the construction. and this is one of monitor on the Congress St. facade that will project ny to boot, it was still only a facade - the messages and video out over Monument Square. The University’s budget problems have sapped As we’ve gotten a plan fi nalized and it be- those things that is comes more of a reality, people get excited split into both camps plan is to advertise the library and local events, but its acquisition and technology funds for also to provide a public screening of fun things, like the foreseeable future. about it again. - part is funded, part is not. The cafe will Presidential innaugerations, and vital information Venture further in-town, and you’ll during emergencies. fi nd a public library system that’s had to FP: What is the major theme of the new be facing the street, grapple with layoffs and struggled to keep development? and we will have seat- its locations open since last spring, after a HT: The idea is - it’s a big building, ing right away so that plan to close the west end’s Rieche branch which is great, but it needs a lot more you can run across the unleashed a storm of epic proportions, as usable space. In some places, theres a lot street to Zara’s or the President Botman might say. The branch of curvy walls and alcoves and holes in public markethouse ended up getting a big reduction of its hours the fl oor - things that make it hard to put and come right back HT: This is actually an area where the instead, and now even the main branch books on the ground. with something to eat while you work. American Library Association and other keeps its doors closed on Mondays. It’s also a very uninviting building, as But the second part is the kitchen, and organizations have done a lot of research. But despite the recession, the public li- it stands now. We want to be respectful of we’re not sure about that yet - if it does And we’ve held community meetings brary has some fairly major bright spots the place it has in Portland and the history happen, we would fi nd a local company throughout the entire process - our last one in its future. Some are related - as in, why of Portland architecture, but we hear that a that wanted to run it. is on March 4, in fact. wouldn’t a place that hands out free stuff lot from the public. A major idea behind this new design thrive at a time like this? was to put noisy things together and quiet FP: But with more people doing the And some are purely incidental. After FP: It’s not especially politically cor- things together, so that everybody gets the their research online, you must be looking years of raising funds, answering to voters, rect, but one of the biggest complaints best use. So the cafe, the public computing, toward becoming more digitally-orient- extensive planning and calling in late fees, about any library is that it essentially be- teen area and the lending desk are all next ed... the Portland Public Library is fi nally ready comes a homeless shelter during the day. to eachother - those are very high-energy HT: It’s funny - in one sense, yes. to to start renovating its downtown head- HT: The best thing in the world about areas. Upstairs will be the quieter spot. Libraries have to constantly think about quarters. the library is that we’re the last bastion of the way people get information, and we If that doesn’t do much for you, take a democracy. Our job is to serve the public, FP: Is there anything about the new have to serve the needs of the public and peak at the 30-year old structure before so if you come in here and act right - layout that will be particularly welcoming get them whatever media they’re trying demolition begins on April 1. you’re going to be served. That’s not going to college students? to get. But in another way, and this is one “People have no reservations about to change. HT: In some ways, the biggest advan- way I’m impressed with the new design, is telling us how they feel about it,” says tage we can give college students has al- that it welcomes change. It’s set up so that Heather Tiffany, Director of Development FP: Have you found yourselves design- ready come - we recently implemented when things change, we’ll be much able to and Programming. “And we listen to com- ing around that at all? free wireless, and that’s been a huge suc- adapt this space to however people need ments - it’s not safe enough, too uninvit- HT: Well, that said, the point of much cess. to use it. ing, doesn’t smell very good.” of the redesign is to lay it out so things are One of the things that happens to people I suppose if we came to a place where The smell and the 1970s color scheme more safe and welcoming. In fact, we’ll now is that, especially if you’re not from libraries were irrelevent, we’d have a lot will probably not survive a year of heavy make every effort not to be more exclu- Portland, you walk in the door and have to worry about. construction, which will force most of sive, but we will set it up in a way that absolutely no idea how or where to do the stacks out into a warehouse (you can makes everybody happier, more comfort- what you need to do. You can see the con- FP: Do you see that possibility at all, still request anything) and cram the daily able. People will be able to go straight to fusion on their faces. Yet we have a ref- with something like Google Books? crowds into a single room in the base- their space to do their thing. erence desk and a collection that make it HT: Google does not believe in freedom ment. One of the things about the way it’s set much easier to do good research and pa- of information and access for everybody - Again, not a great year for libraries, but up now that I think is really very bad, to per-writing. it’s just not their priority. That is what we Tiffany sat down with the Free Press to get to our children’s room you have to go I remember when I was in college my do, that’s our mission - to make sure every talk about why she and others are looking through the main fl oor, down the stairs, university had a horrible library - decent single person can get what they need, art forward to 2010. past the public restrooms and a long, collection, but it was not laid out well at and information, to make their life what it dark hallway. That’s scary when you’re all. And as a result, I didn’t use it nearly as needs to be. There are services that have Free Press: So this renovation has been eight years old! That kind of thing will be much as I should have. aspects of that, but no replacement. a long time in the making. solved. Heather Tiffany: The bond vote for it FP: So you’ve been camping out at the went out in 2004. So in 2004, Portland entrance and observing peoples’ habits? voters granted us $4 million, and the li- N March ʼ 2nd - 8th
Monday, March 2ndon t stayThursday, March 5thhome! Show our number in Fooood! Smokin! This week might be the best week of the year in Do you enjoy the fi ner things in your phone and get Maine. Why? Because it’s Restaurant Week! life? If smoking cigars and sipping 20% off your ride All of your favorite restaurants will be serv- wine is your bag, then head over to ing specially priced three-course meals and the Portland Harbor Hotel where holding special events all throughout Maine. premier cigar maker Davidoff This is a perfect opportunity to try that res- will be providing the cigars to taurant you’ve always wanted to go to but complement exquisite wines from couldn’t afford. Visit restaurantweekme.com Ravenswood and Shipyard. The for all participating restaurants and events. two cigars are worth more than Always safe, always prompt the ticket cost alone! Light appe- 207-791-2727 (ASAP) Tuesday, March 3rd tizers will be served and a cocktail cash bar will be open. $32.50/ 5:00 Eat with the President! Saturday, March 7th Join USM President Selma Botman for lunch p.m./ Portland Harbor Hotel/ 468 Fore St., Ski and Board for cheap! at the Woodbury Campus Center in Portland, Portland/ portlandharborhotel.com Take advantage of the recent snow storm and then for Dinner at the Brooks Student Center get some last second skiing and snowboard- in Gorham. Sit down with the President and Friday, March 6th ing in before the season ends. USM is taking let her know about your USM experience Can you still feel the butterfl ies? the fi rst 18 students who sign up to Sunday and ask her those dire questions that only Not able to get tickets to the already sold out River for a full day on the mountain. $35 the President can answer. RSVP is required. Jimmy Eat World “Clarity” tour? Don’t fret, covers unlimited lift ticket and transporta- To RSVP visit: www.usm.maine.edu/pres/ Jimmy Eat World is coming to Maine by way tion. Bus departs from Sullivan Complex in rsvp. Lunch in Portland: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m/ of The Minus Scale. The Minus Scale (a great Portland at 6:15 a.m. and will return at ap- Dinner in Gorham: 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. band in their own right) will be transforming proximately 6:45 p.m. For more info and to into Jimmy Eat World to perform songs from reserve a seat call 780-4939. Wednesday, March 4th one of pop punk’s most infl uential acts. Part Ice Ice Baby! of the Pop Punk Heroes Cover Night series. Take a break from all those rough and tumble $10/ 7:30 p.m./ The Station/ 272 St. John St., Portland Pirate games and see how grace- Portland/ Visit ticketmaster.com and search Sunday, March 8th ful ice skating can be when the 2009 U.S. “The Station” for more information Dust off those snowshoes! Synchronized Ice Skating Championships hit Get some winter exercise in by snowshoe- Portland from Wednesday through Saturday. ing up and around the freshly dumped snow That’s four days to check out all the cool- on Pleasant Mountain. This challenging ad- est moves ice skating has to offer. $25 a day venture is sponsored by USM and open to or $60 for a four day pass/ Cumberland all students. $7 covers gear and transporta- County Civic Center/ 1 Civic Center Square, tion. Bus departs from Sullivan Complex in Portland/ Visit theciviccenter.com for sched- Portland at 8:30 a.m. and picks up at the ule Brooks Student Center in Gorham at 9:00 a.m. Approximate time of return is 4:00 p.m. For more info and to reserve a seat call 780-4939.
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INTERNS B S, B K A Feminist Focus Disowning stereotypes Editorial & Advertising Policies e Free Press is a weekly student–run newspaper paid for in part with the Student Taryn Yudaken though, I very consciously try to challenge my little preju- Activity Fee. • We have a gender-neutral Sta Writer dices. When someone cracks a joke about, let’s say, Jews, language policy. • We reserve the right my fi rst instinct is to laugh at the stereotype and brush it off. Use your camera for more than just your facebook photos... to edit or refuse all materials submi ed When I was a kid, no one ever explained to me what First off, I’m Jewish myself, and with the history I know, or solicited for publication. • Columns feminism was. there’s nothing I should be laughing about. But it’s some- do not re ect the opinions of e Free I had in my head an idea that it was something having times diffi cult to stand up and say “Hey! That’s actually not Press or its sta . • Guest commentaries to do with feminine women, but that was only because of funny” when everyone else is laughing. This could happen are sometimes solicited or accepted from where the word sounded like it came from. I had no idea. with any stereotype, and the more I learn about the damage members of the USM community; they About a year ago I started becoming really interested in these stereotypes cause, the easier it has become for me to may not exceed 750 words. • One copy learning more about this “feminism” thing. A really strong point out that in fact, they are not humorous, but indirectly of e Free Press is available free of charge. gut feeling told me that it defi nitely had something to do life-threatening to many. Because we separate ourselves so much by our backgrounds, our races, our orientations and Up to 10 additional copies are available for with my life. our genders, it is so diffi cult for so many people to grasp 25 cents each at the o ce of e Free Press, I took a feminist perspective class, and once I started that we are all humans, all created the same way, and all 92 Bedford St., Portland, Maine. • e reading the books I was hooked. I had found a subject that made complete sense to me--and I absolutely loved learning deserving of equal respect and rights. Free Press reaches an estimated 11,000 All the negative connotations associated with the word students of USM, their friends and families about it. The more I read the more I understood, and I knew from the start that there was no way out. I felt like a feminist “feminist” have been bothering me a lot. I have realized on the Portland and Gorham campuses and somewhat recently how many people I meet assume femi- in the Portland community. To advertise, from class one--and I’m almost one hundred percent sure it’s going to be a lifetime dedication. nists are all hairy, man-hating lesbians. This is upsetting, contact our Advertising Manager at since the whole point of feminism is equality--to drop ste- 207.780.4084 x8. • We reserve the right I feel most at home when I am surrounded by like-mind- contact executive editor ed women-in women’s studies classes, at the Women’s reotypes, and realize we’re all human and we’re all going to reject advertising, We will not accept to have to work together if we ever want to improve the discriminatory ads. • We welcome le ers Resource Center, and even sometimes at good old Styxx. matt dodge But when I’m in more mainstream places, which is pretty world. to the editor. ey must be submi ed I know that sounds like a huge and vague mission, but it’s [email protected] electronically, include the author’s full much everywhere else, I frequently feel like I am the odd one out for labeling myself as someone that believes in really not if we’re prepared to take small steps. One step for name, school year or relationship to USM, me, includes clarifying (to the best of my ability) that femi- or stop by our offi ce at phone number for veri cation and may not equality. How crazy is that? As much as people say to me “Oh, I believe that everyone is equal,” there is no end to nism is not about women thinking that they are superior to exceed 350 words without prior approval 92 bedford street, their sexist, racist or homophobic jokes, which leads me men. It is about feminists believing that all women and men from the Executive Editor. • e deadline to think that they might believe in a vague sense of equal- are deserve equal rights. And feminism isn’t only about portland for all submissions is ursday at 4 p.m. ity, but have deeper prejudices that are incredibly hard to defending women, it’s indefi nitely related to defending all preceding the week of publication. Send disown. Like most others I have these prejudices too, and minorities -- different races, classes, genders, and sexual submissions to [email protected]. just like everyone else, they are only there because they were orientations are all included in the giant fi ght for equality. conditioned and taught to be. Unlike many people I know become a photographer for The Free Press! e Free Press | March 2, 2009 7 P From B on page 1 Beth Bordowitz, acting CEO of PattenaudeN testified before the the Finance Authority of Maine commitees, maintaining that his Cultural Affairs. On March 2, testified before the committees, office is doing all that it can to the committees will wrap up four explaining that FAME is doing maintain services for university Making it o cial weeks of open hearings before everything it can to provide af- students. going into the working session, fordable education to Maine stu- “We understand the enormous when they will draft changes into Botman swearing in set for April dents given the circumstances. financial challenge facing our the bill. “Since this program assists state,” he said. According to the current budget students who frequently are not “We are prepared to do our part David O’Donnell festival, to decide which students draft, Maine faces a revenue de- eligible for other need-based fi- by looking within our own orga- and projects to showcase. cline of $330 million over the Sta Writer nancial aid, we are doing the nization to control costs and miti- The ceremony will also feature next two years. To counter this, best we can to maintain the same gate tuition increases.” remarks from some of Botman’s the Governor proposes reducing July marks the one year anni- number of students as last year… But according to the propsed old colleagues from CUNY, Tufts baseline funding for higher edu- versary of Selma Botman taking by reducing the award amounts,” budget, the university may be University and UMASS Lowell. cation by $6.3 million over the over as President of USM. And she said. forced to do more to keep its pro- On the eve of the inauguration, next two years. just two months before that, the At the same time, she concedes grams running. she and her special guests plan “The same economic factors university will finally get around that even small a reduction in “Tuition may be increased to attend the theater department’s that are driving revenues down to inaugurating her. Maine State Grant award money beyond an average 6% and/or opening night performance of are also increasing the demand Citing a desire to beat the has a drastic impact on students. university-based financial aid Sylvia, directed by senior Joelle for government services,” cold, the Presidential Inaugural “We know that cost is one of may be reduced impacting af- Clingerman. Baldacci stated in the budget’s Committee announced Saturday, the largest deterrents for students fordability,” it states. Pattenaude, who served as cover letter. April 25 as the day that stu- pursuing post-secondary educa- According to Appropriations USM’s President from 1991 until The diminished funding will dents, faculty, and administration tion… even a $200 reduction and Financial Affairs committee 2005, recalls his own inaugura- also impact Maine state finan- can join former USM president in an award amount can have a member Richard Rosen, the bill tion ceremony as a vital part of cial aid for college students. The and UMS chancellor Richard significant impact on some stu- won’t be completed until some- his acclimation to the school. His bill proposes a curtailment of Pattenaude to welcome Botman dents,” she said. time in April. However at that was held at the Sullivan Gym $1.3 million in Student Financial to the job she has held - some As part of Baldacci’s emer- point, the state legislature will in Gorham. Though his parents Assistance program, through might say weathered, since last gency supplemental budget last receive the new economic fore- were too old to attend, organizers the Finance Authority of Maine summer. November, FAME was forced to cast, which could delay the bill’s managed to provide a live audio (FAME). While the university is in no cut $687,000 from the Student completion further. feed to their home in Seattle. Last Tuesday afternoon, UMF fiscal condition to throw a party, Financial Assistance program. “We’re shooting for mid April “It was a wonderful and junior Colleen Morgan stood the Committee has raised pri- This cut resulted in a $60 curtail- to try to get this thing resolved, meaningful celebration,” says before the two joint commit- vate funds for a minimalist event ment of award money per stu- but that’s another one of those Pattenaude, who will lead tees and explained why the state slated to celebrate the financially- dent. things that might delay us a bit,” Botman’s at Hannaford Lecture should maintain funding for the struggling university as much as According to the draft, the he said. Hall in Portland. Maine State Grant. its new figurehead. slow progress the university President Obama’s newly ap- The facility is already outfit- “If it weren’t for this funding, I “Dr. Botman would really system has made in keeping up proved stimulus package remains ted for sound and video to be fed would certainly not be in school love this to be a celebration of with necessary repairs may be a dim light on the horizon, though into overflow rooms, something right now,” she said. USM and our students and fac- halted completely. Ultimately, it’s impact on the UMaine System Redonnett expects to utilize. A full time student, and mother ulty,” says Rosa Redonnett, who “the condition of campus facili- is unclear, says Alfond While Botman has plenty of of a four year old, Morgan cited has led the planning committee. ties would deteriorate” as a result “The reality is that we still time to prepare her remarks, she’s next year’s tuition increase of “What we’re really trying to do of this backlog of deferrered don’t know what the final num- quick to note that she won’t be $500 as being a burden she will is fill out the event with different maintenance. bers are going to be,” he said. taking the responsibility lightly. not be able to bear if the state things people can see or experi- The committees credited the According to Alfond, what- “Inaugurations are signature follows through on it’s proposed ence to get a taste for what we do University of Maine System’s ef- ever the state gets will be split events in a university’s history,” cut. here.” forts to streamline the statewide up between the K-12 and higher she writes. “It’s also a way for a “I’m already struggling to pay Planners are currently working university through the proposed education systems. new president to affirm her com- for school while I work 20 hours with heads of the music and art restructuring plan. The second “That’s not going to go very far mitment to the community and a week and take 16 credit hours departments, as well as organizers draft of this initiative was re- when you’re talking about 15 dis- the university, to its faculty, stu- of classes,” she said. of the annual Thinking Matters leased on Feb 12. tinct campuses.” dents and staff.”
From S on page 1 Next week, The Free Press will LAC would continue its focus take a more in-depth look at the on interdisciplinary studies, strategic planning process, and online classes, and adult educa- get reactions to the proposed tion, as one of central Maine’s changes from USM faculty, staff, few institutions of higher learn- and students. ing. Check out the second draft of The strategic plan is currently USM’s Strategic Plan, and offer open for review and comment, feedback at http://usm.maine. and any suggestions submitted edu/spp/ through March 6th will be taken into consideration for the next draft of the plan. Use your camera for more than just your facebook photos...
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Depicting disaster as art USM’s Visiting-Artist-in-Residence Michelle Forsyth turns Gorham art gallery into a working studio
Danica Koenig sequins pinned to and spilling down from images of death and disaster. She described Arts & Entertainment Editor the ceiling, it will provide a view of a forest looking at the work of Andres Serrano, who canopy as seen from below. is famous for his photographs of corpses at Below: Forsyth began to get interested in disas- morgues and Izima Kaoru, a fashion photog- Michelle Forsyth working on Michelle Forsyth recalls that she came ter images when she began graduate school rapher famous for depicting his models as face-to-face with danger at a young age; from Canopy at the USM Gorham in 2001. She began to collect clippings and if they were dead. She found herself want- age eight until age sixteen she lived on a sail- images of disasters from newspapers and ing to transform these horrifi c images into art gallery, photos from www. boat every summer with her family. Forsyth websites, which began to inspire her art that something beautiful, into art. She began to do recalls how every day was fi lled with anxiety: michelleforsyth.com. depicts scenes of death or destruction. needlepoint and paintings based on some of helping her father steer clear of rocks, bat- She attributes this fascination with such these images. tling the winds, and fear of shipwrecks. The images back to her childhood years on the Forsyth cited that one thing that has always disaster novels about shipwrecks her father sailboat. been important to her art is the process. She left laying around didn’t help ease her anxi- “When you live on a sailboat you really get was inspired early by artists who had long ety either. Years later this childhood anxiety a sense of nature. The vistas of these amazing and complex processes to their work, such and danger would transform into inspiration waterscapes infl uenced my practices, as well as Yayoi Kusama who often painted on nets, for her art. as the idea that you are immersed in nature. sometimes for 40 hours at a time without a Forsyth, USM’s Visiting-Artist-in- A lot of my work also stems from images I break. Her experience has led Forsyth to take Residence has turned the USM Art Gallery in see of disaster, like images from places like on projects that take a long time to complete. Gorham into a working studio for her latest the New York Times and ogorish.com,” said “I am very enamored by the process of installation titled “Canopy”, which she is cre- Forsyth. making work and I often spend a couple ating with the help of USM art students. It de- She said there were many photographers of months completing one project,” said picts the disaster of Maine’s 1947 fi res. Using who inspired her to create art from horrifi c Forsyth. thousands of tiny cut out pieces of paper and See VAIR on page 10 A & E e Free Press | March 2, 2009 9 Internet television on the rise Time to turn o your TV for good
Dylan Martin fall back on if you can’t Sta Writer manage to turn on the tele in time. With the increased original content, Next up is AdultSwim. overall video quality and syndication of com/Video. This is for television shows from major networks, anyone who grew up Internet television is becoming bigger than during Nickelodeon’s ever, and I invite you to join the revolution. best years with “Rocko’s Many of us know how it started. Google Modern Life,” “Ren & Video and YouTube launched in 2005, and Stimpy” and “Angry from then on hundreds of thousands of Beavers.” Adult Swim videos have been submitted, ranging from has a very strong arsenal Vlogs (video blogs) to cute animal videos of adult-oriented car- to music videos of up-and-coming indie toons (not porn, sorry), artists. Now YouTube and Google Video anime and other strange are two of hundreds of Internet TV sites amalgamations involv- and the number of original content has ing the creativity of hys- grown exponentially. terical and bizarre people Here is an incomplete list of my favorite such as Tim Heidecker destinations for Internet TV and why you and Eric Wareheim should defi nitely check them out. Readers (Tim and Eric Awesome beware: it gets a bit geeky. Show: Great Job!). If This wouldn’t be a legitimate list if I you have a special place didn’t include Hulu.com. Hulu is, very in your heart for outland- easily, your answer to cable television. ish humor and down- The website syndicates popular television right strangeness, Adult I shows from channels such as Comedy Swim is for you. My R H / P A Central, NBC, PBS, Fox, G4, Bravo and favorite shows include Disney Channel. The best thing about “Tim and Eric Awesome the G4 network (what used to be a video ity ensues. Retrospectives is another cool Hulu is that a lot of episodes are released Show,” “Robot Chicken” (stop-motion game channel, now more like SpikeTV), channel streams special videos that look the day after they premiere on television. animation by Seth Green), “The Venture you’ll remember original shows such as back at popular game franchises such as It’s not a bad trade-off for students and Bros,” “Harvey Birdman: Attourney at G4TV.com, Judgement Day, Filter and The Legend of Zelda, Final Fantasy and teachers who are hard at work on a week- Law” (featuring Stephen Colbert), “Home Portal that were 100% dedicated to video Grand Theft Auto. night and aren’t able to see the original Movies” and “Metalocalypse.” games. GameTrailers has brought back Last but not least, there is Revision3. airtime of Tuesday night’s Daily Show. For your video game needs, that kind of dedication with channels like com, an Internet TV network completely Besides The Daily Show, my favorite GameTrailers.com has a lot to offer for ScrewAttack, GTTV, Bonus Rounds and dedicated to all of computer geekdom and shows to watch on Hulu are the “Colbert fans of Nintendo, Microsoft, Sony and Retrospectives. The Angry Video Game beyond. Revision3 is one of the spiritual Report,” “Saturday Night Live,” “House,” PC games. While it mainly features trail- Nerd is one of my favorite shows on the successors (besides TwiT.TV) to the net- “24,” “The Offi ce” and “Lost.” Of course, ers and HD footage of upcoming games ScrewAttack channel. It features a 20-30 work television channel, TechTV, that was I still prefer to watch some of these on the such as Resident Evil 5 and Killzone 2, year old video game nerd who plays it mercilessly crushed by the hands of G4 original airtimes due to my own obses- GameTrailers has a few channels stream- old school and reviews rather unknown sions (“Lost,” “24”), but it’s a great site to ing original content about video games. video games from the past, often to his If you remember the good ol’ days of great frustration and demise, and hilar- See TV on page 11 Huak Review of Portland-based band’s new EP
Tyler Jackson trussed together. Though Huak is Sta Writer all over the place, they seem fa- miliar with every direction they Portland’s post-punk quar- take. tet Huak has an incredibly agi- Lowry and Glidden work at tated sound—it is loud, fast and Critical Insights, a market re- heated. The songs take turn after search polling company on turn, stop, go, stop, go and ex- Exchange Street. The company plode. They seem to be powered surveys the population on topics by some sort of schizophrenic ranging from hockey equipment engine over which they have no to heating oil, but most common- control. ly, politics. Jake Lowry and Joel Glidden’s The 2008 election was Lowry’s guitars are jagged, crunchy and fourth tracking poll cycle. The often panned to the left and nature of the work, on top of its right like a pair of armed guards. tediousness, has inspired many Stephan Hanson seems to have Huak lyrics. undertaken a role of leader- “The only time the opinion of ship with his bass playing—his the masses is ever referenced is once every cycle,” he says. parts keeps the songs reigned in. B MK / P E “Stats and Demographics,” Drummer Mike Cunnane, who Jake, Stefan, Joel and Mike of Huak practice in their small space off Congress St. also plays in the RattleSnakes, is from their new EP “Modicum,” a clever timekeeper and pounds is the direct result of these con- his kit with a Keith Moon inten- cerns. The song begins with a cinct 5-song demonstration of mediate and catchy and could their interest in always playing sity. jiving post-punk swagger and Huak’s dark vivacity. Lowry says rightfully be expanded into a something new. Lowry sings with both a builds to a nervous monologue the EP is the most accurate rep- song itself. But, as with each The EP’s big surprise is the in- contained, hushed tone and a about the polling cycle. resentation of Huak’s sound and subsequent portion of the song, it strumental “Secret Trees,” which distressed scream. Glidden’s “It’s an election year/ and it ideas. Peapod will release it next moves on to the next thing. This began as a 20-minute studio jam. background vocals are often fea- feels so good to fi nally count month. economical approach—packing Ron Harrity, whom Lowry calls tured in a call-and-response fash- again,” Lowry sings. The EP’s opener, “Monument” as many ideas as possible into a “master of Pro-Tools,” cut up ion. Modicum, which was spotlessly is a good example of the tempo- three or four minutes—works It is remarkable how a quartet recorded by Peapod Recordings rariness of the band’s ideas. The well for Huak. The fl eeting nature See H on page 11 so frantic can remain completely helmsman Ron Harrity, is a suc- song’s six-second intro is im- of their songs’ parts illustrates 10 e Free Press | March 2, 2009 A & E A & E Bringing back Vagina Monologues Burlesque: USM student groups reintroduce Portland to Burlesque on March 12
Danica Koenig feminist art generally involves community members as well Arts & Entertainment Editor a larger range of performance as the USM community to par- styles- anything from drag per- ticipate and support the Women Burlesque performances are formances to modern dance to and Gender studies program at traditionally humorous theatri- strip teases. Neo-burlesque also USM,” said Bernier. cal productions, a form of musi- gives all genders the chance to A show like this takes the cal and theater parody in which express all sorts of sexualities, as planning, organization and time a play or other piece is adapted well as other experiences. Due to of many people, such as Tori Performers: Emmy Raviv, Shaunice Jordan, Rachel Church, Mary in an often risqué and sexual sexual content, this show will be Randall, who is the main organiz- Ann Benson, Desiray Roy, Aimee Chaput, Samantha Parker, manner. Rarely are true Burlesue 18+ only. er of the show; Gabe Demaine, Hannah Bendroth, Whitney Vinson, Erin Doyle, Kate Smith, performances seen anymore. But Bernier and others state how who has been a driving force for Caitlin O’Reilly, Meredythe Lindsey, and Ava Hellewell on March 12 the Portland com- important they think this art form the publicity of the show, and munity will have the chance to is, especially because we don’t also a mentor to the GSSO; and see an updated Burlesque show see much of it in this area. many others. Taryn Yudaken the U.S. over 200,000 women are put on by our very own USM “Burlesque is a traditional, For Bernier and others the Sta Writer raped every year. And those are community. well-respected dance style that show is very important person- just the reported cases. The USM Gender Studies is underrepresented in Portland. ally to them. Bernier said that the Rarely do you hear the word To balance out the pain a little Student Organization and I think it is important that we as show is also related to what she ‘vagina’ spoken multiple times there were monologues intended Women’s Resource Center will USM students add to the eclec- has been studying at USM. within a two-hour period, unless to make the audience laugh-which produce “Burlesque, Burlesque!” tic liveliness of Portland,” said “I am very excited for the of course your profession happens they did with great success. Some a show of skits, comedy rou- Bernier. “The aim was to bring show,” said Bernier. “It is also to be gynecology. It is also rare of the highlights include “My tines, dance, and song on March this style back and to bring to very important to me as a Women for the subject of an entire perfor- Angry Vagina,” “Reclaiming 12 at One Longfellow Square, question women’s roles in his- and Gender Studies major to put mance to be about vaginas, unless Cunt” and “The Woman Who Portland. tory, things like that.” what I learn about gender and of course you are talking about Loved to Make Vaginas Happy.” Danielle Bernier, the secretary Some of the featured acts of the sexualities in the classroom into “The Vagina Monologues.” “My Angry Vagina” was a sort of the Gender Studies Student show include The Dirty Dishes practice in the community.” On Friday the lights dimmed of rant against the constricting Organization in charge of financ- Burlesque Review, Atomic Trash! Performances are at 7 and 9 and fourteen women took the forces society puts on vaginas-- es for the show, said she expects Bunny Wonderland, Whistlebait p.m. on Thursday, March 12, at stage in a semi-circle of girl tampons, douches, and those won- the show to be a lot of fun. Burlesque, The Kings of the Hill, One Longfellow Square, Portland. power. The opening started with derful metal tools at the dreaded “It will basically be a variety The Dynamic Dictaphones, and The suggested donation for this the girls talking about how they gynecologist. One girl “reclaimed show, burlesque dancing, some Honey and Suckle Duvet. benefit for USM’s Women’s were worried about their vaginas cunt” in a series of pleasurable dancers from the drag show, as Bernier said that along with Resource Center and Gender and what to call them. Many dif- screams and giggles. One of the well as different types of dance adding to the cultural scene of Studies Student Organization ferent vagina nicknames were funniest was “The Woman Who styles,” said Bernier. Portland the show will help with is $8 public, $5 students. To tossed around stage and the Loved to Make Vaginas Happy,” The show will demonstrate publicity for the USM groups buy tickets, contact Longfellow conclusion was that because we where one woman imitated dif- the transformation of Burlesque putting it on. Square at 761-1757, or www. never really get to, women “se- ferent kinds of orgasmic moans- from its original form to today’s “I expect to see some great per- onelongfellowsquare.com. cretly love talking about their -clit, vaginal, combo, almost, neo-burlesque art form. This new formances that will help promote vaginas.” right on it, African American, diversity and encourage Portland “The Vagina Monologues” Jewish, Catholic, uninhibited are not for the faint of heart. For militant bisexual and many more, From VAIR on page 8 some women there was surely all the way to the final moan: the embarrassment and a certain surprise triple orgasm moan, by The images of death and destruction that strangeness about this unexam- which point the audience was in she had surrounded herself with for years ined subject. For other women absolute hysterics. did at one point begin to deeply affect her so it was liberating to collectively The show ended on another so- much she needed a break. analyze the vagina, a neglected bering note with a very real video “The images of death and blood really topic of conversation. of women in the Congo who are started to affect me psychologically. I start- Some of the performance was being raped as a “war tactic” ed getting really emotionally affected by my hilarious, while some was in- right now. By the end of it people work,” said Forsyth. credibly depressing. What all the were wiping their eyes again-it To cope she took a break from this subject words had in common was their was incredibly moving and very matter and began a second body of work on poignant power, and their ability depressing. a different concept to give herself a break. to stir the female soul. This year’s V-day Spotlight She began to do paintings of ocean scenery, The monologues performed at Campaign is on the Democratic mostly inspired from her childhood at sea. USM this year were about every- Republic of Congo and the femi- Soon however, she found herself once cide that is happening there right The workspace of Forsyth in the Gorham Art Gallery. thing ranging from rape, insecu- again wanting to transform images of death rity and anger to orgasms, hair now. Hundreds of thousands of and disaster into art. and reclaiming the word “cunt.” girls-from ten month old babies She also states that her students have been ex- She is currently in the middle of a proj- One story was about a woman to 70 year old women-have been tremely helpful and insightful; one of her stu- ect back home in her studio titled the One Hundred who reached the age of 72 before and are still being systematically dents even suggested the material for the basis of Drawings Project. In this series of work Forsyth having her first orgasm, all due raped. Our world is an atrocity, canopy. decided she actually wanted to go acquire her to a bad experience she had as a where the pain and damage put “It’s nice to have that interaction with students own images to work from. She has been collect- teenager with a guy who insulted upon women everywhere is often because then I have this body of people that have ing images of disasters from the last 100 years in her vagina’s wetness. These kinds lost, floating around in a deep, this knowledge of different materials. I learn a lot the US, and then she takes pilgrimages back to the of stories illustrated a deeper dark hole. about my work from students that come in,” said disaster sites and takes her own photos. She’ll then sense of the women-hating that Despite all the intense emo- Forsyth. create the paintings from both images. goes on in this world. tions, and undoubtedly because of This installation is the largest piece of art Forsyth Out of the 100 intended paintings, so far she has Most devastating were the them too, the Vagina Monologues has ever done. documented 30 sites and completed 20 paintings. monologues about rape. “My were absolutely amazing. All in “It’s my Mount Everest,” she said. Each of the paintings in the series also has an ac- Vagina Was My Village,” “The all it was an incredible, moving This is also the first time Forsyth has created an companying narrative that tells the story of the di- Little Coochi Snorcher That and fabulous show, and if you exhibit with the public watching the process, rather saster. Could” and “Say It” were heart- have never seen it, next year is than creating in the privacy of her own studio. So “I’m really interested in the personal stories that breaking stories of women whose waiting for you! far though, she has enjoyed the challenge. go along with each of the disasters,” said Forsyth. vaginas were invaded, torn apart, The Vagina Monologues were “I wanted to challenge myself and put myself The exhibit she is working on here at USM is on raped, bruised, damaged and lost written by Eve Ensler in 1996 out there in a way I’ve never done before,” said the same subject as the rest of her work, but in some in a world of hurt. In between and have been performed yearly Forsyth. ways is unlike anything she has ever done. Rather monologues some sobering facts all over the U.S. to raise aware- Visitors are welcome to come watch Michelle than working by herself, Forsyth has had the help were shared about the rape, vio- ness of violence against women, Forsyth work in the Gorham gallery and meet her of USM art students in creating Canopy. She said lence, genital mutilation and in a fight to save vaginas every- from 1-4 p.m. on Fridays and 1-5 p.m. on Saturdays she has thoroughly enjoyed the collaboration of the other horrors that occur around where. All proceeds from USM’s through March 20, 2009. students so far. the world. In case the devastating performance this year are going Canopy will be on exhibit in the Gorham art gal- “We’ll be filling in the entire canopy by March foreign country statistics weren’t to the Sexual Assault Response lery through April 8, 2009. 20th,” said Forsyth. shocking enough, right here in Services of Southern Maine. e Free Press | March 2, 2009 11 A & E From H on page 9 A & E the song and assembled a three- minute collage from its best Oscar results parts. The piece is tied together by an electronic bossa nova beat Who made bank and who went home with just a gi bag and intermittent reversed guitar leads. Last month, Huak and the RattleSnakes opened for the in- Kaitlyn Creeney mirror his performance in “The Typically the Oscar only nomi- his multi-tasking charming open- fluential Boston post-punk band Sta Writer Wrestler,” perhaps giving him nates about seven movies, and ing and strong follow-through for Mission of Burma at the Space the statue would have been too they take up numerous spots on the rest of the night? You could Gallery. Lowry says the show, The majority of audience mem- predictable. So I respect the final the voting ballot. Personally I tell he was genuinely thrilled to which sold out, was the best bers usually know who is going decision, except for the fact that would have nixed “Frost/Nixon” be hosting, which is an element thing he’s ever been a part of. The to win before the big night goes Clint Eastwood for the throw- from the competition early on for most hosts lack. Switching it up members of Huak cite Burma as down. However, it is always ex- back badass film “Gran Torino” being far too overrated, which from stale comedians to a movie a direct influence and were struck citing when the academy decides was noticeably absent. the voters ended up doing for me. star with an edge was a daring by their generosity. to shake it up and shock movie Kate Winslet’s award for Best Ron Howard’s “political force to move for both the Oscars and “There wasn’t any rock-star buffs and critics alike. Actress and Heath Ledger’s post- be reckoned with” managed to Jackman and made them both pretension at all, which is some- “Slumdog Millionaire” man- humous Best Supporting Actor win a total of zero golden men. winners in their own sense. thing I really value,” Lowry aged to snag the Best Picture were conclusive long ago, so no “Benjamin Button,” did slightly With no golden stud to take says. and Director Categories; this shock there. Thankfully, Penelope better with a threesome of Oscar home, at least the elite of Huak shows are notorious for was expected if you had watched Cruz won the Supporting Actress men. However, all its awards had Hollywood had a pricy grab bag their punk rowdiness and inti- the build up before the Oscars division. I say thankfully because to do with the visual effects (Best of goodies to soak up their tears. macy. Lowry feels that Portland filled with other award shows. her performance was so emo- Makeup, Visual Effects, and Art Due to the economic crisis that lacks enough venues for those Personally, I would have liked the tionally raw and courageous for Direction). certainly hasn’t inhibited these types of performances. voters to go for either “Milk” or a Latin-American woman, an The predictable Oscars seemed celebrities so far, price reduction “I like playing in living rooms “The Curious Case of Benjamin ethnicity that the Oscars usually to follow the continual pattern of was evident to even their eyes and garages with people standing Button” because it would have choose to ignore, no matter how generations before them- relying on Oscar night. Cubic zirconia two feet from your face,” Lowry come from left field and made the masterful the execution. on previous award shows to select jewelry was given instead of says. “I want to influence people show less predictable. 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M D / E E Top Left: Chef Jeff of Whole Foods Market ladels out some seafood gumbo. Top Right: Looking to get burned, members of the USM community pack the Woodbury Campus Center for the Cajun Cookin’ Challenge. Right: Colleen Kelley serves up a spicy dish from her Washington Ave. restaurant, Sillys.
Ma Dodge year competing in the Challenge. First year competitor Silly’s Excutive Editor With a table featuring a jackolope Restaurant seemed undaunted festooned with an impressive col- by the Cookin’ Challenge, and USM’s menu got some local lection of beads, the chefs offered added another dimension to the fl avor peppered into the mix up a seafood gumbo, along with cook-off by serving up a vegan on Tuesday when WMPG held GLB’s signature dirty rice and Cajun item. their 14th annual Cajun Cookin’ beans. “We try to cater to differ- Challenge. Chowders are a regular menu ent dietary needs,” said Silly’s The familiar strains of New item at GLB, and the spiced up owner Colleen Kelley, who Orleans jazz, and dangling gumbo put a N’awlins fl air on a ended up walking away with the strands of beads brought out the New England classic. Challenge’s top prize for best “Fat Tuesday” atmosphere, and “It’s nice to be part of things Cajun dish. the spicy dishes warmed up a stu- like this in the community” said Chef Jeff from the Whole Foods dent body in the thick of a Maine Chef Dough MacConnell Jr, who Market ladled out the seafood winter. likes to pair his spicy food with a gumbo and described the recipe Chefs from some of Portland’s Long Trail Ale. as “a real team effort” from the favorite eateries, and a lone WMPG Station Manager Jim Whole Foods team. amateur, cascaded upon the Rand was a standout in the ama- “We asked every store depart- Woodbury Campus Center, spice teur competition. His “Land of ment for input,” said Chef Jeff racks in tow, to compete for the the Lost” jambalaya, named after “one employee had even lived Husky Highlights his weekly radio show, was the in New Orleans for a while.” title of Cajun Cookin’ Champ, With
lone entry in the category, and Meanwhile, Whole Foods’ M D / E E and raise money for WMPG. this lineage in mind, the Back-to-back champions took home the trophy for the Barbara Gulino educated tast- fourth year in a row. ers on the Canadian roots of the Whole Foods team came up with Bayou Kitchen brought the heat a recipe featuring fresh Maine with their spicy gumbo, and won Aramark’s spicy pork was Cajun culture. a surprise favorite among the The Cajun culture might be shrimp, and nitrate-free sausage. style points for their glistening ice The Fat Tuesday festivities carving bearing the restaurant’s crowd, featuring a chili-laced most commonly associated with kick that many thought was the bayous of Louisiana, but it continues that night with Sylvain name. “I liked Bayou Kitchen’s” and the Cajun Aces at the Empire said one discriminating pallet “it sorely missing among some of can actually trace its roots to the the other entries. “It was the only groups of exiled French-speaking Dine and Dance from nine until started spicy, and got to be kind Ash Wednesday rolled in. of sweet.” spicy one,” agreed USM student settlers of Southeastern corner of Forest Ave favorite The Great John Wise Jr. what is now Canada. Lost Bear returned for their third PHOTOGRAPHERS WANTED take photos • get paid • build a portfolio • be published Contact Executive Editor, Matt Dodge [email protected] A & E S e Free Press | March 2, 2009 13 G ! H’ M . T by Brandon McKenney by Mike Tardi Daydreaming College coaches earn their keep When UConn men’s basketball to marvel, especially in these While Tim Whitehead cashes coach Jim Calhoun was pestered economic times. in roughly a tenth of his counter- for spring by a freelance journalist about his Calhoun has almost single- parts in Connecticut ($160,000) $1.6 million salary he bluntly re- handedly built UConn into a pe- in base-salary, he’s still making sponded “Not a dime back.” rennial powerhouse, giving the a hefty sum – twice as much as In a video clip that’s circulated people of Connecticut something Governor John Baldacci, in fact. Unless you really like hitting no different. I have yet to get up aroundthe internet and raises the to cheer about. And while some might ques- the slopes, this winter hasn’t been north to hike Katahdin, but this ire of sports fans and political ac- This is not to mention the tion the virtues of such a dis- that great for you. These large year I plan to make the trip. I’ve tivists alike, Calhoun berates the fact that Calhoun won his 800th crepancy, Whitehead’s impact snowstorms have made activi- also put down the goal of hit- journalist for being stupid. career game, moving him into the to the UMaine campus is unde- ties like winter cycling, running, ting as many 4k foot peaks as I Calhoun’s blow-up, coupled pantheon of college coaches who niable. Take hockey away from and pond hockey almost impos- can. Also on the list is my fi rst with a sagging economy raises have done so. UMaine and what is there left to sible at times. After our last big time participating in the Trek more universal question: how But does any number of wins cheer for at a national level? The storm I found myself struggling Across Maine, a 3 day, 180 mile much are these coaches really translate into a massive, multi- Engineering program? I don’t to get outside, and as this past bike ride from Newry to Belfast. worth? year contract? think so. weekend rolled around I realized Kayaking, rope swings, camping, My answer: every dime. What if we extrapolate this The fi gures aren’t readily avail- I had nothing for this week’s “Get and running are all on there as As Calhoun made it clear in situation to Maine where among able as to how much Black Bear Out!” column. Sure, I had run well, along with a few top-secret his quasi-interview, his team is the highest paid state offi cials hockey yields for the University, some errands around town on my trips that have been in the works responsible for attracting over sit some coaches in the UMaine but when everything’s taken into bike, and I’d walked to class, but for a few years. $12 million to the state: a fi gure System. account, I’m sure it’s more than other than that I had spent most Along with creating a summer I think is quite conservative, but Is it okay, in a state where enough to cover Whitehead’s of the week inside toiling away at bucket list, I’d recommend taking nonetheless demonstrates his last year not a single sports pro- salary. After royalties, ticket school work. I almost bailed on the next few weeks to get your value to the university. gram had a winning season at the sales, increases in enrollment and this week’s column, but I think gear in order for whatever you In pure economic terms, then, Div. I level, to pay a coach over everything else, the cost of keep- now is a great time to talk about plan on doing. Now is a great the return on the state’s invest- $100k? setting goals for the summer. time to get that bicycle tuned up ment (e.g. Calhoun) is something Absolutely. See T on page 14 The transition from winter to for the bare pavement, or make spring is the worst part of the sure your hiking boots are up to year in my opinion. You’re sick the task of whatever peaks you and tired of all the problems that throw at them. Being fully pre- come with winter and you just pared for the summer will make want spring to show itself. Not checking off as many goals as to mention you’ve got that pes- possible all that much easier. Your simistic groundhog telling you to And while it may look bleak button up for a bit longer. While outside as I write this, with an- Campus Computer Store this time of year may not be other foot of snow expected to great for actually getting out and come tonight, I’m still optimistic Adobe CS having some fun, it’s perfect for that groundhog was wrong. I for preparing to enjoy your spring one am going to be ready for the and summer to the fullest extent summer months, even if I have Design Premium possible. to daydream the time away until - $299! The best way to set your goals they come. iTunes gift cards is to write down a summer bucket list. Hiking is always on the top for me, and this summer will be in stock!
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WRESTLING place votes and netted 61 total points. Conference foe Eastern Morin defends 165-pound Connecticut was second in the title, garners second rank poll with two fi rst place votes and nationally 55 points total. iPods as low as $49!
Junior tri-captain Mike Morin MEN’S INDOOR TRACK (Fryeburg) was selected as the number-two ranked wrestler in Even, Vigeant set school Stop by and ask about educational pricing the 165-pound weight class in records the fi nal edition of the d3wres- tling.com national rankings. Freshmen Tim Even (Stoneham) http://usm.maine.edu/computing/logicshop/ This ranking comes after Morin and Justin Vigeant (Wells) of the punched his ticket the National men’s indoor track and fi eld team Championships for the second both set school records in the fi rst consecutive year by captur- day of competition at the New Tired of the same old cafeteria meal plan options? ing the New England Wrestling England Intercollegiate Amateur Association title for his weight Athletic Association (NEIcAAA) class. Championships. Even’s record- TWO large pizzaʼs breaking performance came in BASEBALL the 800-meter heat where he blazed along the banked track with ONE topping Baseball picked to win en route to a time of 1 minute, LEC in coaches’ poll 55.31 seconds, besting the pre- vious record of 1 minute, 55.22 for only $19.99 Little East Conference coaches seconds. Vigeant then broke the picked Ed Flaherty’s Huskies as school’s 200-meter record with the team to beat in this year’s pre- a time of 22.47 seconds, which With mention of this ad season coaches poll. The Huskies, beat the previous mark of 22.68 who will be led this season by seconds by .21 seconds. led by AJ Marden (Victory, VT), who seniors Anthony D’Alfonso 2 State Street, Gorham (Westbrook) and Chris Burleson won the event. 207-839-2504•Call Ahead For Take Out, Or Dine In!• (Portland), received fi ve fi rst 14 e Free Press | March 2, 2009 S P SPORTS ROUNDUP Upcoming Courtesy of USM athletics SCOREBOARD (2/13 - 2/28) Men’s Basketball Games
2/14 March 6 Huskies fall to top-seed Wrestling NCAA Division III Rhode Island College USM Championships @ Coe Men’s basketball fails to advance 86 72 College 11 a.m. Men’s Ice Hockey ECAC The USM men’s basketball the Huskies in the game. His 2/17 Plymouth State USM Semifinals @ TBA team became Rhode Island basket with 9:27 remaining in Men’s Indoor Track College’s 13th consecutive the half notched Huskies back to 71 47 ECAC Division III victim as the Anchormen handled within nine points, 18-9. 2/21 Championships @ Tufts the Huskies 73-57 in Little East However, RIC was not to be time TBA Conference first round action. denied as they reeled off a 19-6 USM Western Connecticut 88 72 Women’s Indoor Track The 13th-ranked Anchormen run and built a 37-15 half-time ECAC Division III led wire to wire, ending the lead. 2/24 Championships@ Tufts Huskies season and upset bid. Bergeron spearheaded another Rhode Island College USM time TBA RIC coach Bob Walsh credited run late in the second-half with a 73 57 his team’s first-half defensive three-pointer that closed the gap March 7 effort for sparking the team’s to 61-49 with 2:45 remaining. Baseball @ SUNY - win. But the 11-0 run was not enough Farmingdale 10 a.m. “Our half-court defense really as the Anchormen made their free Men’s Indoor Track took their will away,” he said. throws down the stretch. Women’s Basketball ECAC Division III The Anchormen dominated Bergeron led all scorers on the 2/14 Championships @ Tufts USM over the first 6:10 of the night with 21 points on 8-for-12 USM Rhode Island College time TBA game, holding the Huskies with- shooting from the field. Women’s Indoor Track out a point, in effect setting the The Huskies finish their season 71 56 2/17 ECAC Division III tone for the remainder of the con- with a 5-21 mark overall and 2-12 Championships @ Tufts test. standing in the conference USM Plymouth State time TBA Freshman Sean Bergeron 74 66 Men’s Ice Hockey ECAC (Kennebunk) did his best to keep 2/21 Championship @ TBA Western Connecticut USM Women’s Ice Hockey ECAC Semifinals @ TBA 62 59 Wrestling NCAA Division III 2/24 Championships @ Coe New England College USM Rhode Island College College time TBA 61 49 2/28 March 8 nabs USM in overtime Women’s Ice Hockey ECAC Huskies’ season ends on sour note USM Western Connecticut Championship @ TBA 56 41 Baseball Suffolk @ Unbeaten in their six previ- second, which made for an excit- 2/28 Farmingdale, NY 10 a.m. ous overtime contests, the USM ing finish. USM Eastern Connecticut men’s hockey team fell victim to Freshman Dan Rautenburg the law of probabilities, losing (Cape Elizabeth) notched an 64 59 From T on page 13 4-3 to New England College on unassisted goal with 8:45 re- ing Whitehead around becomes Saturday in ECAC tournament maining in the contest. But his more palatable. action. efforts wouldn’t be enough as It’s a given, however, that The Huskies allowed a goal at the Pilgrims netted the next two Women’s Ice Hockey Whitehead’s success has yet to the 5:29 mark in the extra period goals of the contest en route to 2/13 come close to his predecessor to end their season. the win and a chance to host the USM Nichols Shawn Walsh’s. But those are USM came out of the gate with remainder of the ECAC tourna- mighty large penny loafers to no signs of letting NEC end their ment – a seeming improbability 4 1 step into. season, jumping out to a 2-0 first to start, since the top three seeds 2/14 Whitehead’s salary is probably period lead thanks to goals from in the conference all fell in early USM UMass Boston the easiest to justify. junior Christ Travis (Scituate, round action on Saturday. 1 0 Looking down the line of MA) and Josh Giordani (Quincy, The Huskies finished their coaches, there are others who MA). But the Pilgrims chipped season 11-12-3 overall and 8-8-3 2/20 fit into the six-figure bracket. into the Huskies’ early lead before in ECAC action. Salve Regina USM Jack Cosgrove, UMaine’s foot- the end of the first period with a Senior goalie Jamie Gilbert 3 2 ball coach and Cindy Blodgett goal at the 16:34 mark. (Lewiston) finished his career 2/21 of the women’s hoops team both NEC tied the game on a power- with a 30-save performance. Holy Cross USM have base salaries in excess of play goal at the 14:29 mark in the $100,000. 3 1 With the women’s hoops team 2/28 in the toilet, it’s getting harder USM New England College and harder to make a strong de- 3 0 fense for Blodgett’s salary. Women’s hockey Nevertheless, her revitalizing quality cannot be understated. With her presence alone she’s headed to semis piqued people’s interest in wom- Men’s Ice Hockey en’s basketball. Plus, it takes time Team earns rst bid since 2003 2/13 to rebuild a program that has Connecticut College USM been, in recent years, a revolving Sophomore Amanda Shorey two-game losing skid. The goals 3 2 door. (Ayer, MA) tallied two goals in were Shorey’s third and fourth of As for Cosgrove, his salary the first period to give the USM the season. 2/14 merely reflects the league in women’s hockey team all the fire- Sophomore Mary Vaughn USM Tufts which he plays. The Colonial power they needed to advance to (Brunswick) added the proverbi- 5 5 Athletic Conference is argu- the ECAC semi-finals with a 3-0 al cherry on top with a late-third- 2/20 ably the best league in the entire Football Champion Subdivision win over New England College period power play goal. USM New England College in Gorham. Gresko’s efforts in goal were (FCS), formerly D-I AA. Shorey’s efforts coupled with buttressed by a strong defensive 2 2 Cosgrove has to compete with a shut-out by freshman goalie effort by the Huskies who made 2/21 powerhouse football schools like Kristen Gresko (Phoenix, AZ) timely clears and limited the USM St. Anselm Delaware and Appalachian State on a regular basis for players and proved to be the winning formula Pilgrims to just 18 shots on goal. 4 3 for the Huskies who advance to Freshman Katie Paradis resources. their first semi-final in six years. (Rochester, NH) racked two as- 2/28 In the end, college coaches do The sophomore’s two goals sists for Huskies. New England College USM make a lot of money. But, like came within 3:08 of each other in The win improves the Huskies 4 3 everything in the world, if their the latter stages of the first period to a 14-8-4 mark on the season. value weren’t worth the initial and helped the Huskies end their investment, then they’d probably not be around very long. 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Sarah Violee high 22 points and ripping down open player and then deciding critical three pointers that caused As a whole: Sta Writer eight boards. Violette led the where we should go next. Instead major momentum shifts. USM effort at the charity stripe of having the luxury of running “We know when its crunch Violette’s finished the tourna- The USM women’s basket- with a 10-for-11 effort. a structured offense we had to time, we’ve got to get it done.” ment averaging 17 points and ball team continued to be the The Huskies forced 26 think on our feet a little bit and Kent said. eight boards per contest, while model of consistency, claiming Colonial turnovers and total and hopefully take a good shot.” The win was the Huskies’ 20th Kent chipped in with 12 points a their 19th Little East Conference held a previously red-hot Eastern The Huskies came back with of the season, marking the 29th night. Championship in 23 years on Connecticut squad to 7-of-22 a strong second half, committing season in a row the squad has But it was the Huskies power- Saturday. shooting (31.8 percent) during only two turnovers and dominat- reached the mark. The streak ful defensive stands, solid free Despite a coaching change in the second-half. ing the boards with 27 rebounds. spans three coaches from the leg- throw shooting and timely three September, a slew of new faces Sophomore forward Kristi As the game winded down, endary tandem of Doc Costello point baskets that proved to be and a rocky stretch in confer- Violette (Readfield) paced the lone Senior Stacey Kent seemed and Gary Fifield to the newest the winning formula. ence play, the Huskies were able Huskies over the three game to breathe a sigh a relief as she member of the club, McDevitt. The Huskies will look to con- to defeat Rhode Island College, stretch, averaging 17 points and celebrated with her teammates. tinue their winning ways in the Western Connecticut and Eastern 8 rebounds. “It is a different feeling for national tournament. Connecticut in a span of five days me to know that if we lose this to capture the crown and an auto- In the rst round: game then that’s it,” Kent ex- matic bid to the national title. plained. “Today I de- The third-seeded USM team The Huskies controlled the cided to forget about started their tournament with a boards and utilized a patient of- that thought and just 61-49 win over Rhode Island fense to come away with a 61-49 play.” College in Gorham before head- win over the sixth-seeded Rhode This relaxed ing to Eastern Connecticut for Island College Anchorwomen to state of mind the balance of the tournament. advance to the semi-finals. seemed to There they picked up a 56-51 win USM took the wind out of RIC’s work to her ad- over Western Connecticut before sails after the Anchorwomen vantage as she downing top-seeded Eastern climbed to within three points finished with Connecticut in the final game with 7:30 remaining in the game. 16 points, in- 64-59. It was at that point freshman cluding four guard Nicole Garland (Portland) In the championship: drained a three pointer from the corner, which sparked an 11-2 USM held Eastern Connecticut run down the stretch. scoreless over the last two min- Violette led the Huskies with utes and junior Nicole Paradis her ninth career double-double, (Skowhegan) and sophomore leading the team with 17 points Kaylie Demillo (Jay) sank three and 10 rebounds on the night. pointers to up-end an Eastern After an inauspicious first Connecticut comeback bid. five minutes where the teams The Huskies led most of the traded baskets, the Huskies second-half, but with three took temporary control. minutes to go the Warriors par- Both Violette and Kent layed a jump-shot and two free combined for a total of 21 throws into a 59-56 lead. But the points in the first half alone, Huskies stingy defense forced with Kent sinking three crucial the Warriors to miss their final three pointers and Violette going four shots of the game and forced 5-for-6 in the paint with two free them to foul. throws. Senior Stacey Kent paced the The resilient Anchorwomen Huskies with 15 points on 5-for-8 clawed their way back, though, shooting while Demillo finished and went on an 8-0 run of their with 14 points, five rebounds, own to make the score 27-22 at two assists and three steals. the half. Sophomore forward Kristi USM remained calm despite Violette finished off an impres- RIC’s stealthy comeback and sive LEC tournament with 12 continued to play a patient game, points and seven rebounds of her waiting for their opportunities own. to arise rather than forcing The win gave the Huskies a 2-1 them. season series advantage over the “We were playing a Warriors after splitting the regu- junk defense; a tri- lar season series. angle and two for most of the game,” In the semi- nals: McDevitt said. “We really had to Trailing by 11 points midway improvise and through the second-half, USM just make the ratcheted up their defensive effort right read. I and made 10-of-11 free throws en thought we route to a massive run and a spot did a good in the LEC championship game. job of Over that stretch, the Huskies hit- held Western Connecticut to ting 1-of-8 shooting and forced eight the turnovers during that stretch. The Huskies, who shot a dismal 35.7 percent from the floor, used remarkably efficiency free-throw shooting (24-of-33) to overcome their offensive woes. B MK / P E Violette had a monster game Freshman guard Renee Nicholas (Sebago) dribbles by Rhode Island College defenders. Nicholas and the Huskies beat the Anchorwomen for the Huskies, netting a career- 61-49 en route to a berth in the semi-finals. USM won the LEC title.