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University of Southern Maine USM Digital Commons Free Press, The, 1971- Student Newspapers 5-8-2006 The Free Press Vol 37, Issue 22, 05-08-2006 Angelique Carson University of Southern Maine Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/free_press Recommended Citation Carson, Angelique, "The Free Press Vol 37, Issue 22, 05-08-2006" (2006). Free Press, The, 1971-. 16. https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/free_press/16 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]. Movie listings for all y’all page 8 Volume 37, Issue 22 08 May 2006 NEWS Loan relief for students may be on the way “It’s important to many stu- also five percent and Vermont and England states by roughly 30 per- People’s initiative dents to have a way to afford not Connecticut are both six percent. cent in terms of college graduation only classes, but to eat dinner that “Any time you’re talking rates and income per capita. to put a loan night.” Bossie said. “To be able to about taxes, it’s a very dicey game So far the campaign is entirely pay tuition and pay rent.” you play,” said Bossie. He said student run, consisting of Bossie, forgiveness program Bossie said because of inac- raising taxes is never popular, but Former Student Body President tion from the State Legislature in he hopes Maine voters will see Joshua Chaisson, student represen- addressing higher education costs the benefits from the program as tatives from all of the Univeristy referendum on 2007 in the state, the responsibility falls worthwhile. of Maine System campuses and on the shoulders of students. After student loans are paid one student from Southern Maine ballot While the specifics of the for each year, the remainder of the Community College. Bossie said program haven’t been determined money from the increased sales student involvement is essential yet—the proposal is being re- tax would go towards paying the if the initiative is going to be suc- RICHARD SMART viewed by the State Secretary’s administrative costs of running the cessful. Getting green on campus NEWS EDITOR Office—the goal of the program program, then towards improve- In order for the referendum page 3 is to forgive, or erase, the balance ments to infrastructure at higher question to appear on the 2007 In an effort to keep one of of a student’s loans if they meet education buildings and creat- ballot, Bossie and his colleagues his campaign promises, Student certain requirements. In order ing programs to help high school will need to collect roughly 52,000 Body President Andrew Bossie to qualify the student must be a graduates transition into higher signatures by the end of January ARTS has begun a people’s initiative to Maine resident, attend a public in- education. of 2007. Bossie said the bulk of create a college loan forgiveness stitution, maintain good academic The state legislature would be those signatures will be collected program for Maine residents. standing and live in Maine for two responsible for seeing that the pro- on election day in November of The initiative is a response to or four years after graduating—the gram is enforced, and jurisdiction this year, but he would like to have rising costs, not only in tuition, but length of time still needs to be de- would likely fall under Financial accumulated 20,000 signatures or also in room and board, books and termined. After the proper time has Authority of Maine (FAME). more before then. He said most the cost of living in general, which elapsed, the student’s loans will be According to Bossie, if the groups organizing a people’s ini- Bossie said is causing students to paid by the state. program were enacted, it would tiative collect the majority of their shoulder unreasonable amounts of The program will be paid prove beneficial to not only Maine signatures on voting day. debt. Bossie said this debt plays a for by a one percent increase to college graduates, but also to the “It will require massive mobi- part in many graduates moving out the state sales tax, or one penny state. He said the average level of lization of students on campuses.” of state, and deters others from at- on the dollar. Currently Maine’s education of a state’s workforce Said Bossie. “[But] I can’t think of tending a higher education institu- sales tax is five percent, which is is a major factor in how busi- anything that’s more broad based tion. comparable to other New England nesses choose locations. Bossie than this.” ◆ state’s sales tax—Massachusetts is said Maine lags behind other New USM’s Ashley Emerson wins 1st place page 8 SOURCE: UNIVERSITY OF MAINE, PRESQUE ISLE ENTERTAINMENT Chancellor announces resignation he received as chancellor, said Maine, I have had a tremendous After a year- Executive Director of External urge to work with students and Affairs and system spokesman engage in writing and research long sabbatical, John Diamond. with colleagues in Maine and In a press release from the around the world,” he said. Westphal will Chancellor’s office, Westphal Provost Joseph Wood said that gave his reasons for leaving. budget cuts and fiscal restraints “After many years of leading that began before Westphal came return as a full-time large and complex organizations, to the University of Maine System professor I want to use my energy in new made some things difficult for the ways to contribute to this univer- Chancellor to accomplish. “It’s Chancellor Westphal sity system and Maine,” he said. “I been a tough time because we’ve want to fulfill some personal goals been in deficit budgeting the entire LINDSAY CARLSON that rely on the many incredible four years he was here. I think President Pattenaude said Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ he and other University of Maine STAFF WRITER experiences I have been fortunate we’ve survived quite well, but that sophmore album to have had in my career, and re- means we haven’t been able to ac- presidents will be consulted by the yet-to-be-formed search commit- page 9 Effective June 30, Chancellor turning to a full-time faculty posi- complish the new things that we tee. Joseph Westphal will step down as tion will enable me to pursue those [would have] liked to,” said Wood. “I don’t know what the head of the University of Maine objectives.” “We should probably frame part of committee will look like,” said SPORTS System after serving for four Westphal spent 12 years as a what happened to his four years as Pattenaude, “I hope it has students years. In an announcement on faculty member at Oklahoma State a toughness of times for the whole on it.” April 19, Westphal announced his University, and has also served system.” Pattenaude said the search decision to resign as chancellor as an adjunct faculty member at In a statement to the Portland committee will likely look for a and to return to teaching full-time. Georgetown University. Diamond Press Herald, Westphal said, “I am candidate who works well with After his resignation, he will go on said the Chancellor’s decision to happy where I am with this, happy the legislature, is willing to be vis- sabbatical for one year and then return to teaching full-time came where the system is. This is a good ible and make the case for higher return as a full-time professor of last semester, though the official time to have this transition.” The education, and will continue political science at the University announcement was not made until Board of Trustees is currently seek- bringing about needed changes. of Maine at Orono. recently. ing to appoint an interim chancel- “These are challenging times,” Westphal will keep his cur- In the press release from the lor that will serve from July until said Pattenaude, “and the new rent salary while he is on sab- Chancellor’s office, Westphal said, a permanent replacement chancel- chancellor will have much work batical. Once he becomes a “Ever since I returned to teaching lor can be found through a nation- to do.” ◆ faculty member, his salary will at Georgetown University and wide search. be equivalent to 2/3 of the salary most recently at the University of USM gets blue balls page 16 the free press 2 08 May 2006 news News briefs This week in history Mother’s Day While celebrations of motherhood and fertility date back to ancient Greek and Celtic traditions, Mother’s Day as we know it in the United States goes back only about a century. Anna Jarvis was a homemaker who encouraged mothers in her com- munity to advocate awareness of the poor health care in the area. She creat- ed a day called “Mother’s Work Day” to promote these issues. When she died in 1905 her daugh- ter, also Anna, wanted to memorialize the work of her mother, remembering what she had said one day in Sunday school, “I hope and pray that some- one, sometimes, will found a memo- rial mother’s day. There are many days for men, but none for mothers.” Anna Jr. took these words to heart and actively lobbied business- men and politicians. In 1914 President Woodrow Wilson signed a bill making Mother’s Day an official holiday.