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University of Southern Maine USM Digital Commons Free Press, The, 1971- Student Newspapers 11-14-2005 The Free Press Vol 37, Issue 9, 11-14-2005 Joseph R. Thompson University of Southern Maine Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/free_press Recommended Citation Thompson, Joseph R., "The Free Press Vol 37, Issue 9, 11-14-2005" (2005). Free Press, The, 1971-. 12. https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/free_press/12 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]. New minor on Volume 37, Issue 9 14 November 2005 campus page 3 News Union contract negotiations enter mediation Jamie mcavoy summer and found that 30 per- “They certainly do talk the talk cent of the membership has had Staff writer to rely on family or friends just about being a progressive employer. for basic needs. We felt com- It appears that the tug-of- Hands down, they do not walk the pelled to ask for a raise that war between employee unions would offset the 4.78 percent and the University system has walk.” raise in the cost of living that reached a stalemate, with some has occurred over the last sev- negotiations going into media- – Loraine Lowell, ASCUM negotiations chair. eral years.” tion. The situation isn’t much The University of Maine different for the UMPSA con- System is currently negotiating tract negotiations. They also contracts with six bargaining propose a raise reflecting the units that represent approxi- increases in the cost of living, mately 5,000 university em- and like ACSUM are asking for ployees. The union contracts no change in the health ben- expired last July for full and efits. Under the University’s part-time faculty, professional, proposed contracts, any raises Tree down in Gorham administrative, clerical, techni- would be offset by increases page 3 cal, and service, maintenance, in the cost of health insurance and police employees. for employees. “[With] what Two of the contract ne- they’re requesting for health gotiations, the ones for insurance costs, the major- Arts the University of Maine ity of our members would end Professional Staff Association up making less than what they (UMPSA ) and Associated were making before,” said Clerical Office, Laboratory, Kerry Ann Sullivan, President and Technical Staff of the of UMPSA and a member of the Universities of Maine, negotiation team. “The thing (ACSUM) have gone into is, if they increase our benefits mediation. In both cases the [cost], all the work we’ve done University negotiating team so far on trying to equalize has called for a mediator be- pay for everybody, we might cause they feel the distance be- as well have not even done it. for what they thought was a ACSUM negotiations chair. tween the union and their offers People are going to fall behind two-year contract. However, “They were talking to a group were too great. Mediators are again.” at the last meeting the univer- of people least able to absorb assigned by the Maine Bureau The University previous- sity told the union that it would the kind of cost increases they of Labor Relations, which has ly said that it needs to keep have to change it to a one-year were talking about.” yet to assign a mediator to the the increase in health insur- contract due to increases in the “Our group [the clerical UMPSA contract. ance costs below 10 percent, cost of fuel. employees] is the poorest paid Since February of this and to do that it will need to year, ACSUM has been nego- “We were stunned. It felt of any employees in the uni- tiating for the employees they like someone dropped a bomb- versity system,” said Lowell. see CONTRACTS, represent with the University shell,” said Loraine Lowell, “We just did a survey this past page 4 Simpson @ the State page 7 Corthell theft raises security questions Steven noyeS years, but she said each instru- Entertainment ment could cost anywhere from a contributing writer few thousand to over ten thousand dollars. While instruments are ex- Three saxophones were stolen pensive to replace, she said the from Corthell Hall On Sunday “emotional attachment of a music Nov. 6. Two of these saxophones student to their instrument is far were locked in the basement and more of a loss.” one was left in the open. The thief Alden-Kinne said the idea of seemed to be looking specifically improving security by installing for saxaphones. Three lockers swipe card locks for the basement Arms and the Man were cut open, but only the locker and third floor of Corthell Hall had page 8 holding saxophones had anything been discussed; that way the lock- taken. The clarinet and other be- ers and practice rooms could only longings in the other two lockers be accessed by music students. The were left alone. This and other reason these plans have not been related crimes in past years have implemented is that, while security to the basement, would cost more for third floor entrance, would cost Sports raised concerns about security in may be an issue, Corthell Hall is because of the wiring and installa- less than students have already lost Corthell Hall. 126 years old and paying for new tion. from the theft of the three saxo- “This is early for this to security doors is less important There are no records kept on phones alone. happen,” said Chris Alden-Kinne, than simple upkeep, according to how much has been stolen each The only advice from the the Administrative Assistant for Alden-Kinne. year from Corthell Hall. This year police in their crime report said the School of Music, “[but] it’s Deb Nightingale from the alone replacing the instruments is that students should “take extra a constant problem.” According University Card Office, said that in the thousands and, according security measures with valuables.” to Alden-Kinne, instruments are the type of locks that would be to Alden-Kinne, it’s not even the more likely to be stolen around installed inside Corthell are called normal time of the year for theft of Steven Noyes can be contacted at the holidays. Alden-Kinne could ‘Off-line’ locks and they cost instruments. The cost of installing [email protected] Women’s Soccer not offer an estimate for the mon- roughly $500 each. The locks, the two outside locks for the base- etary value of the instruments that similar to the dorm locks, which ment plus the four ‘off-line’ locks, page 16 had been stolen over the past five would be on the outside entrances two for basement entrance and two the free press 2 14 November 2005 News DemoStheneS’ corner USM has a variety of illustrious speakers and events Samples,” with AbouEl-Makarim Aboueissa, here every week. Here is a sample of some of them. assistant professor of mathematics at USM, 92 Bedford Street - Portland, Maine 04101 This list is not all-inclusive and the number of list- at 2:35 p.m. in room 200 of Payson Smith ings is contingent on space. If you, your student Hall on the Portland campus. 207 . 780 . 4084 - [email protected] group, club, etc., would like to place a listing, send ExEcutivE Editor JoSePh r. thoMPSon an email to [email protected] with the word Howard Solomon, scholar in residence for the Lesbian, NEws Editor richard SMart “Demosthenes” in the subject line. Gay, Bisexual and Transgender collection, will deliv- Arts & ENtErtAiNmENt Editor JoSh SchleSinger er the lecture “Ozzie and Harriet, Same-Sex Marriage sports Editor Molly lovell and the Culture Wars: LGBT Families in Maine, 1960 photo Editor chriSty McKinnon Upcoming Speakers to the Present,” at 6:30 p.m. on the 7th floor of the copy Editor MeliSSa heSelton Glickman Family Library on the Portland campus. productioN mANAgEr JohnicolaS hineS Correction: The course guide listing for class REL199, stAff writErs JaMeS aShworth Introduction to Religious Studies, gave incorrect Wednesday, November 16 Jeff Bilodeau anne hoBBy times. The class will take place from 12:30 p.m. to JaMie Mcavoy 1:45 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays Joe Austin, dean of student life, and Amanda Blake, student senator, present “This, I Believe,” a lecture JaMeS MontgoMery on integrity that will be held from 1 to 2:30 p.m. in Monday, November 14 the Woodbury Campus Center Amphitheater on the photogrAphErs deniSe duffy eriK eiSele Portland campus. The Oxfam Hunger Banquet, which promotes columNists dudley greeley awareness for how food and other resources are in- alex Steed equitably distributed in the world, will begin at 5 Saturday, November 19 Miranda valentine p.m. in the Brooks Dining Center on the Gorham campus. 780-5559. Colby College hosts an all day symposium, “Torture and Human Rights: The Challenge of Redress and illustrAtors Katie diaMond Rehabilitation,” which begins at 9:30 a.m. at Colby KriStina KoSKela Tuesday, November 15 College in Waterville. For more information go to http://www.colby.edu/oak. The National Organization for Women is sponsoring cArtooNists Seung lee a viewing of, “Walmart: the high cost of low price,” JaMeS aSal which will be showing at 7 p.m. in the Luther Bonney Tuesday, November 29 Auditorium on the Portland campus. 780-5094. The World Affairs Council of Maine presents divErsity coordiNAtor deniz egilMez “Capitalism’s Achilles Heel: Dirty Money and How The Department of Mathematics and coNvErgENcE coordiNAtor Seth therrian to Renew the Free Market System,” from 7:15 to 9 Statistics hosts “Statistical Methods for circulAtioN mANAgEr Michael McalliSter the Estimation of Population Parameters a.m.