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News Arts & Culture Sports Election A look into Maine’s craft beers Huskies Hockey Results fall 4-1 3 7 11 Vol. 47, Issue No. 9 the free press Nov. 9, 2015 University of Southern Maine Student Newspaper usmfreepress.org Missing El Faro ship now believed to have been found wasn’t supposed to be on water.” his wife, Theresa, and two daugh- Zachary Searles News Editor Six days after the sinking of El ters, Marina and Ariana, who are Faro, the Coast Guard announced student-athletes here at USM. In the early hours of September that it would be ending its search “First, the hearts of the all the 30, El Faro, a US cargo ship, set for any survivors. USM community go out to stu- sail out of Jacksonville, Florida for The ship had 33 crew members, dent-athletes Ariana and Marina San Juan, Puerto Rico. four of them Mainers, all of whom Davidson whose father, Captain At the time, Hurricane Joaquin have been reported dead. Michael Davidson, remains miss- was still considered a tropical The four Mainers aboard the ing with the crew of the El Faro storm, but most meteorologists at ship were all graduates of Maine since Thursday morning,” said the National Hurricane Center hy- Maritime Academy. MMA Presi- President Cummings in a Mon- pothesized that it would be a hurri- dent William Brennan said that the day Missive from early October. cane by the morning of October 1. school will grieve this together and “They have displayed immense El Faro continued on course continue to offer counseling ser- strength and dignity through this and sailed right near the eye of the vices to the students who need it. trying time. Please join us in our storm where the ship took on wa- “I have no doubt this will prove continued hopes and prayers for a ter, but according to the last com- to be a learning experience for all safe conclusion to the ordeal.” munication from the captain, the of our students and all of our fac- This statement was released fl ooding was under control. ulty and staff,” said Brennan. “We just a few days after the ship went Later that night all communica- train for this.” missing, before the Coast Guard The ship was captained by Mi- called off the search and all 33 tions ceased from El Faro and the Ashley L. Conti / BDN Staff ship was pronounced missing on chael Davidson, a graduate of crew members were pronounced October 2. Maine Maritime Academy who dead. Friends and family gather during a memorial service to honor Danielle According to a report from spent his teenage years as a deck- Over Halloween weekend, Randolph Thursday at the Marshall Point Lighthouse in Port Clyde. CNN, three former crew members hand for Casco Bay Lines. wreckage was found that is be- Randolph was a second mate on the cargo ship El Faro that went miss- of the ship said that it was known “He was a very energetic, en- lieved to be the cargo ship. The ing earlier this month. to have some rust and leaks and thusiastic worker. He did his job wreckage was found using sonar probably would not have been fi t well, moved up the ranks and got equipment and is believed to be at vicinity as the ship’s last known been reported lost or missing to take on a storm. his captain’s license very quickly,” depths around 15,000 feet, accord- location. An article published in within the last ten years. Three of “(It) needed a death certifi cate. said Larry Legere, an operations ing to the New York Times. The Atlantic right around the time those were in 2005 and there were It was a rust bucket,” said Chris agent at Casco Bay Lines who Da- According to the Portland Press of the ship was declared missing, no ships reported missing in 2011, Cash, a former crew member of vidson spent some time with under Herald, sonar shows that the 790- states that it’s actually quite rare 2012 , 2013 or 2014. the ship, in an interview with the his command, in an interview with foot ship is upright and in one piece for a ship of that size to disappear. Portland Press Herald. “You don’t the Portland Press Herald. on the ocean fl oor. The wreckage According to an analysis done, [email protected] take a ship like that… that ship Captain Davidson is survived by was also found in the same general only six ships over 100 tons had @USMFreePress Portland Cannabis Convention hosted by NECANN held at USM Port and medical marijuana care- the label is arbitrary or if people She explained that the local or- givers. know with some certainty what is dinance decriminalizing the pos- NECANN was created out of in that brownie and a live demon- session and consumption/combus- the hole that rapidly adopted med- stration on how to make tincture, tion of marijuana within the city ical legalization left in it’s wake. or a technique that extracts the of Portland for citizens over the It was clear that this issue was an essential cannabinoids from the age of 21 hasn’t brought up any important one to the general pub- plant itself using alcohol. incidences involving the dispen- lic but there remained a lack of a One of the convention’s chief sary. public forum people could access sponsors is the Wellness Connec- Every now and then, DeKeuster for information or support. Thus tion which is a network of four said that a recreational user comes the New England Cannabis Net- medical marijuana dispensaries in looking to purchase medical work came into being. spreading across Maine with one cannabis but unfortunately there The network was founded by right on Congress Street in down- is nothing the Wellness Connec- Jeff Lawrence who is the owner, town Portland. tion can do except set up the infra- founder, and publisher of the al- Becky DeKeuster, one of the structure and support for respon- ternative Boston media and news founders of the Wellness Con- sible adult legalization on a public publication DigBoston, as well as nection and current Director of level. Nathan Baril / Multimedia Editor Marc Sheppard who is a associate Community and Education for the “We think that NECANN and publisher at DigBoston. dispensaries spoke a little about other responsible parts of existing People walk around to look at the variety of booths at the Cannabis Convention. Along with vendor booths pro- the connection they have to the successful medical programs in moting the latest and greatest in convention and network itself. Maine build a good framework on The Wellness Connection began the Portland Cannabis Convention glassware, electronic vaporizers which to build a system for safe Bradford Spurr to sponsor events a little over a in the Sullivan gym. portable and desktop alike the adult usage,” DeKeuster said on Free Press Staff year ago, she said, after NECANN This convention is put on by convention also has put together a looking forward to possible legal- reached out and what the Wellness The New England Cannabis Net- series of Keynote addresses, live ization that is being debated at the Connection liked what they saw. With the conversation on medi- work (NECANN) which organiz- instructional demos and panel dis- national level and what that means According to DeKeuster, the cal marijuana and legal recre- es business and public conferenc- cussions. for her network and the implica- convention is important because it ational use for adults growing es across the New England region. The subjects range from learn- tions for the state of Maine. helps spread a “model of respon- ever louder, the city of Portland There are over 60 registered ing how to make something called sible access and regulation and fi nds itself looking towards the fu- vendors ranging from hydropon- “Super Soil” and the specifi c sci- also gets the message out to other ture. This past weekend, the Uni- ics companies, to the Blazin Ace ence behind it, to what the deal is [email protected] colleagues in other states.” versity of Southern Maine hosted located on Fore Street in the Old with edible dosages and whether @USMFreePress 2 November 9, 2015 November 9, 2015 News 3 Portland shuts down wage increase, elects new mayor Zachary Searles Although the increase didn’t pass, and the poor people, dumb — keep News Editor the city council has voted recently them dumb — dumb them down. to raise minimum wage to $10.10 This is a scam.” This past Tuesday, thousands of which will take effect on January 1, Supporters of the referendum in- voters from across the state turned 2016. clude State Senator Roger Katz who up at their local booths to cast their Portland also decided to vote no said in a column on CentralMaine.