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The Free Press Vol. 39, Issue No. 16, 03-03-2008
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PAGE 15 Volume 39, Issue 14 March 3, 2008 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE New England Champion Budget Morin becomes third in school history to qualify for national tourney woes go Sarah trent “Mike is a humble kid,” said statewide Pistone, the two men rolling in executive eDitOr short warm-up duels in the back- State’s money troubles ground, “He’s not really boister- might mean more cuts, Under the pressure felt only in ous, but when that whistle blows, overtime at the center of a dark- he’s as tenacious as can be.” tuition increase, for USM ened gymnasium on a mat lit by It’s hard to tell, watching the a single brilliant spotlight, sopho- pair. As they roll, legs tangled Matt DODge more Mike Morin took down top- with legs tangled with arms and neWS eDitOr seeded Jake Tyler of Springfield necks, Moyer is joking and talk- College and felt the ref holding his ing casually with assistant coach Taking a page from the USM hand high in the air. Julio Santiago — as if they could playbook, the State of Maine In the win, Morin, a sopho- do this in their sleep. is being forced to make cuts as more from Fryeburg, became the The conversation pauses and it faces a budget crisis of it’s third USM man ever to advance Santiago nods toward Morin — own. Since about 33 percent of to the national Division III wres- “Jog!” USM’s budget comes from the tling tournament. He qualified at Moyer takes a lap and pulls off to state allocation, USM’s own 165 pounds and led his team to keep talking to his coach. Moyer, predicament is potentially about eighth place in the New England who also felt the pressure of that to get worse. Wrestling Association champion- spotlight, lost his own overtime In January, Gov. John ships held in Gorham last week. finals match after fighting hard the Baldacci proposed $85 mil- Morin joins the ranks of Adam whole weekend to get there. lion in spending cuts to try to Farrington, who qualified at 174 “Mark basically battled his way relieve the state’s budget woes. pounds in 1999 and 2001, and through all the top guys to get to Members of the state legislature teammate Steve Valastro (junior, the finals,” said Pistone. were also warned that an addi- Montgomery, NY), who qualified As close friends, roommates, tional $99 million might need to last year at 133 pounds. and workout partners, the pair, it be cut in the near future. Nearly a week later, he is back seems, are nearly inseparable — Already trying to fill an $8.2 to the practice mat after taking it to the point where they get upset million hole, USM could feel easy. With the help of coach Joe when Pistone separates them in the effect of the proposed cuts Pistone and his season-long work- practice. in a dramatic way. out partner, senior Mark Moyer It was only fitting that both The 2008-2009 Maine State (Somerville, NJ), he’s preparing Morin and Moyer were in similar budget currently stands at $6.3 for next weekend’s trip to Iowa, positions for their final match, but billion, with $3.05 billion — STAFF PHOTO BY BRANDON BY PHOTO MCKENNEYSTAFF where he’ll compete against the also that much more painful that more than any other category Sophomore Mike Morin (Fryeburg) fought his way to a 6-4 win in an best Division III wrestlers in the overtime period of the 165 lb. class at the NEWA tournament in Gorham. See MORIN page 23 — marked for education. With country. He will now go on to the NCAA championship, held next weekend in Iowa. around 18 percent of the educa- tion funds earmarked for higher education, these cuts would ar- The evolution of Sri guably hurt the University of Maine System more than any ing the marine. “This was a nice DaviD O’DOnnell other state entity. The UMS has compromise!” been asked to make $6 million Staff Writer Back in 2000, while Dhyana was in cuts. still trying to settle on a major, she These cuts would affect the Sri Dhyana, a physics major in decided to help fund her academic 45,622 students enrolled in her final year at USM, is a non- career by enlisting in the United courses statewide. traditional student. And that is an States Army. That was one year In a letter from Richard understatement. before the events of Sept. 11. Pattenaude, chancellor of the On this particular evening, Four years later, in an unimagi- UMS and former USM presi- Dhyana is relaxing at her home nable twist, Dhyana found herself dent, he outlines the effect with a glass of white wine, Pink being deployed to Baghdad—at that the cuts could have on the Floyd’s Echoes playing softly in the height of insurgent violence. system. These could include an the background. She shared some of her expe-
STAFF PHOTO BY BRANDON BY PHOTO MCKENNEYSTAFF elimination of 150-200 positions Every once in a while, her living rience in a piece for the Portland Senior Sri Dhyana poses on the boat that she lives on in Casco Bay. Among system-wide, a projected poten- room rocks back and forth just Press Herald that year, describ- other things, Dhyana is one of the faces of USM’s new ad campaign. tial tuition increase of 14%, and slightly, a reminder that it happens ing her function as what is affec- a $56.7 million loss in the state’s to be in a small boat, docked in the tionately known as a “fobbit” – a Thankfully, there would be irony in it: the campaign is specif- economy. frigid waters of South Portland. sentry in a forward operating base, plenty more to come. Dhyana is ically targeted at attracting more While it’s almost certain that “When I got my bonus for re- whose job it is to safeguard meet- ten years into her education at “traditional” students than USM the UMS will take a hit, the enlisting in the army, I was really ing areas. She didn’t hide being a USM, and her experience has been is known for, teenagers entering exact implications of budget wanting to buy a motorcycle,” she little homesick. nothing short of remarkable. college full-time and directly out cuts aren’t yet clear. remembers slyly. “But I figured “I miss the fish chowder and So much so that she was re- of high school. “We are working partially in that I should probably invest in a buffalo wings,” she wrote long- cently selected to represent the It also comes as the department the dark here,” said USM inter- home.” ingly. “I miss crisp autumn days school as part of an ambitious new she’ll graduate from this spring im President Joe Wood, admit- Smiling, she throws open her that mean the start of a new se- marketing program. has been placed under probation, arms toward a window overlook- mester.” Now officially a poster child, Dhyana is aware of some See SRI page 5 See BUDGET page 5 2 The Free Press | February 4, 2008 Advertisement Advertisement News The Free Press | March 3, 2008 3 Jobs in TOP 10 REASONS Maine NOT TO RUN FOR
Many colleges do not de- scribe themselves as “career- STUDENT GOVERNMENT oriented universities.” Technical and community colleges are typically seen as 10. I have enough money to cover a 14% more career-based, although tuition hike. Don’t you? they typically offer associ- 26 ates degrees, they often lead 9. The food here is awesome! PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY BRANDON ILLUSTRATION BY PHOTO MCKENNEY to high-demand jobs. Nationwide, career- 8. Who needs a new student center, growth trends show that jobs anyway? in science and technology are among some of the fast- 7. Because those missing tiles and squeaky est growing, and most prom- heaters in Luther Bonney and Departments, ising for college graduates. Bailey Hall are just a figment of my In a recent interview USM Provost Mark Lapping ref- imagination. administration speak erenced the lack of students 6. I’ve got 99 problems, but textbooks ain’t enrolled in STEM programs as a fundamental problem in one. out on “listed” programs the university. I already have plenty of good things on “There are a lot of oppor- 5. Matt DODge see the administration pressed to tunities for students in these my resume. better explain what they’re doing. programs,” said Lapping. 4. My Facebook news-feed tells me neWS eDitOr “I don’t want to see slogans According to and catchphrases” said Schaible, CareerOneStop.org, science everything I really need to know. Earlier this month, Provost “I want to see structured, rigorous and technology jobs are on I’m too old to make a difference around Mark Lapping released a list of 26 thinking that shows us how these the rise in Maine, as well as 3. academic programs to be put on potential cuts help us.” nationwide — a trend that is here. “probation,” facing evaluation in In a letter to USM faculty, not reflected in degree en- light of the current budget crisis. Lapping outlined the criteria that rollment at USM. In a time 2. Because the Student Activity Fee may With a deadline of April 1 to the listed programs will be evalu- when six of the top ten fast- as well be used to fund SGA’s annual present a comprehensive plan of ated by after their plans are pre- est growing careers in Maine European vacation. reform, departments and their sented. Lapping cited program require a degree in computer members have been scrambling retention, graduation trends, science, less than 1% of USM 1. I don’t mind if my major gets cut—I’ll to meet the expectation, and are funding, and centrality to mission students are seeking degrees just play with my Wii! trying to make sense of this fore- and student success as the rubric in the field. warned, though unprecedented against which the degree programs For example, projected move. will be judged. growth in network systems Faculty it seems, are both un- In one of the more interesting and data communications derstanding of the move, and un- passages of his letter, Lapping de- analysts is expected to be 41 derstandably upset, but “they’re scribes “internal communications percent by 2014. All of the Still want to run? more annoyed than anything,” and civility within programs,” as listed careers in computer sci- said Thomas Newton, chair of the a problem that, in part, had landed ence have projected growth Nomination forms are available listed chemistry department. some of the programs on the list. of above 20 percent. The listed degree programs “It’s fair to say that some depart- in the Student Involvement and face the threat of suspended ad- ments have communications prob- Other fast-growing careers mission if their plans for reform lems, and when this happens, it’s requiring at least a bachelors Activities Center in the Portland are not deemed viable by the USM not good for faculty or students,” degree include: Campus Center. administration. This suspension said Lapping. would be the first step in a process “I’ve seen staff who are less - Physicians’ assistants to gradually phase out a degree than collegial, polite, and support- - Rehabilitation program, though it won’t disap- ive of colleagues and students, Counselors http://usm.maine.edu/studentlife/vote08/ pear until all currently enrolled and we cannot maintain entities - Video & Film Editors students graduate. that can’t practice civility.” - Mental Health Workers “Trend analysis over the last Lapping would not name the - Veterinarians 10 years shows that the number of departments cited for incivility. - Financial graduates from these majors are Many of USM’s hard science analysts/advisors low,” said Lapping. programs were placed on the list, - Marriage and Family “These 26 programs gradu- including degrees in chemistry, Therapists ated 62 students last year. We biochemistry, physics, and geo- need to rationalize resources with sciences, as well as master’s pro- --MATT DODGE DEADLINE TO RUN: MARCH 12 demand.” grams in computer science and In his “Moving Forward” letter statistics. This general field of CAMPAIGN WEEK: MARCH 10-14 on February 8, Interim President science, technology, engineering, Joe Wood said that these programs and mathematics is referred to as USM,” said Lapping. “There is were not yet being cut, but evalu- STEM within USM, and has been a lot of opportunity there, I just ated, and that any future action touted in the past as a core focus don’t understand it.” will not affect tenured faculty or of the university. Chemistry Chair Thomas students already enrolled in the According to a letter from the Newton sees the inclusion of the degree programs. Maine Department of Education, ELECTIONS: hard sciences annoying, but not However, these clarifications 40 percent of the state indus- much of a surprise. “The whole from Wood do not instill confi- tries predicted to gain jobs in the thing is at odds with what USM dence in the faculty of the listed next six years are in STEM ca- M ARCH has talked about for 10 years. This programs. reers. Growth in high-tech jobs suspension would gut STEM if it “My fear is that we will end is expected to be much greater in TH TH up with a weaker university,” said Maine than in New England and passed.” 17 - 20 Robert Schaible, professor of arts the rest of the nation. and humanities at the Lewiston- “Growth industries are not re- Auburn campus. He wants to flected in student’s majors here at 4 The Free Press | March 3, 2008 News Transportation fee at work, V.I.P. buys new buses
laura fellOWS reason is because there was a mistake in the of ‘unload quick, load quick, and go.’ But they were used on little tar roads and they order. you can’t buy them anymore, the only way weren’t run very fast,” he said. Another Staff Writer “A friend of mine who works for the you can find buses with side doors is to buy benefit was that they also have diesel- en company called me up and said, ‘you oughta them from cities and towns, but they’re fed- gines that don’t leak oil. At a multi-campus school like USM, come down and look at these, they’re just erally funded and you can’t buy them.” So far, the student response to the new transportation can become a major part of what you need.’ And sure enough, they Simply getting the buses to Maine wasn’t buses seems to be positive as well. one’s life. The average student might spend were,” said Penfold. the only obstacle. “I like them,” says Bobby Hussey, a fresh- as much time on a bus every week as they It was certainly not an easy process “We got them home,” says Penfold, “and man. “They’re comfortable — they almost spend in a single class. for VIP to get the buses from Florida to of course the air conditioners worked won- feel like they can hold more people.” The shuttle between Portland and Maine. derfully, but there was no heat. Because the All students, faculty, and staff can check Gorham plays many roles for the students Penfold says that shopping for afford- buses hadn’t used the heaters, naturally all out and ride the new buses for free, thanks who ride it: rolling study lounge, mobile able buses in this country is much harder the electric motors that ran the pumps were to USM’s student transportation fee. This student center, and a gas-saving alternative than it may seem — he had been looking stuck.” option not only allows students without to driving yourself. for almost two years to find something that It took roughly two months to get the access to cars to get to their classes, but it USM has been using some newer buses would fit the needs of USM, especially with buses into condition for use at USM. They helps to conserve energy and save money this semester for the transport between the diesel prices on the rise. had to be painted and lettered and have as well. Gorham and Portland campuses. One feature that makes these buses dif- some minor work done before being put “The drivers like them,” says Penfold, Gone are the high-backed, smelly-cloth ficult to acquire is their side doors. “Not into use at the beginning of this semester. “from what I understand, the students like coaches that students had become accus- many people buy these types of buses,” Overall, Penfold has been pleased with them, and we haven’t had any complaints.” tomed to (which in addition to fast, reliable said Penfold. “They are for an operation the acquisition. “They hadn’t been beat up, transport, offered mobile “showers” on rainy days if one was unlucky enough to be seated near an emergency hatch). Rumors began to float around last se- mester that VIP — the company USM uses to run the bus system — had acquired a new set of buses for the USM route, that they had come from Disney World, didn’t have heat, and were waiting to be fixed before students got to ride them. As it turns out, these rumors had a degree of truth to them, according to Ray Penfold, General Manager of VIP. The company purchased three new buses at the end of last year from ABC Bus Companies, Inc. in Winter Garden, Florida. Penfold was looking to use some newer buses at USM because some of the older ones were equipped with engines that had been known to leak fuel. Contrary to some of the rumors, Penfold said the three buses were not actually used in Disney World. “This is out of the fleet that was built for Disney — I didn’t say they were Disney buses. I guess they made 50 or 60 of them.”
No one knows for sure why the buses BRANDON BY PHOTOS MCKENNEY STAFF were not used at Disney, but the most likely V.I.P. recently acquired a new set of buses to use between Gorham and Portland campuses. The buses had to be retrofitted with a heating system and new lettering before USM got to use them. Teh rumors suggesting that they came from Disney World proved only to be partially true.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE THE STUDENT COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER?
SPEECH REQUIREMENTS: v Speaker must be a graduating student, eligible to participate in commencement and have no more than 9 credit hours to complete at the end of the 2008 spring semester. v Speech must be 3-5 minutes in length v One speech per graduating student may be submitted. v Two students may collaborate on a speech, but only one student will be permitted to deliver the speech and sit on the commencement stage. v Speech should be addressed to the University community in general including traditional and non-traditional students, family members, guests, faculty and staff. v It is suggested that the speech reflect the student’s experience as a member of the university community. v Selection is based on quality, originality of content and oral presentation.
PRESENTATION REQUIREMENT: v One or more selections from all entries will be orally presented before the selection committee on Wed., April 9th from 3:00-4:30pm in Rm. 217 Abromson Center, Portland Campus. *If you submit a speech, please block out this time on your schedule. You will be notified by April 1st if you will be invited to present before the committee.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION Friday, March 21, 2008, 4:00 pm
Please return (or fax: 228-8210) cover sheet and speech text to: Attention: Cathy Wright RE: Student Commencement Speaker, 135 Woodbury Campus Center, Portland Campus Questions: Call Helen Gorgas Goulding, Committee Chair, 780-4629 or visit: www.usm.maine.edu/destinationgraduation
v The selected speaker will be honored with the University of Southern Maine Chair with engraved name plate graciously donated by the USM Alumni Association v For any writing assistance, you are encouraged to contact the Portland Learning Center, 253 Luther Bonney Hall; or Gorham Learning Center, Costello Sports Complex. News News The Free Press | March 3, 2008 5 2008-2009 Maine state budget Cash-strapped USM Legislature .08% $48.6 million Property tax relief 1% faces state budget Law Enforcement 8.7% $70.6 million $525 million Natural resource agencies 2.4% concerns $149 million From BUDGET page 1 ting that the specifics of the cuts have yet to be fully explained to indi- Rest of state government 8.3% vidual schools within the UMS. $500 million The UMS has already projected an $8 million budget gap for the upcoming fiscal year, according to Pattenaude’s letter. The effects of the proposed state cuts could double UMS’s budget gap, landing the organi- Health care 33% zation, which funds seven universities, $15 million in the red. $2.0 billion Pattenaude’s letter also predicts some of the economic and social con- sequences this could have on the state. “Current students and their families would experience a loss of aca- demic quality, access, and affordability,” he wrote. But also, he says, “Maine’s economy would suffer a loss of more than $56 million in economic activity. Taxpayers would also find local tax revenue affected in lost economic activity related to Maine’s public uni- versities.” The UMS also predicts that the budget gap could make suspending or eliminating course offerings a necessary move. This could affect the 26 degree programs currently on “probation” at USM. In his most recent “Moving Forward” letter to the university, Wood Education 50.8% responded to Pattenaude’s report. $3.05 billion “Clearly we must ramp up our efforts to take a hard look at all ser- vices and programs to identify cost savings and to make sure we are doing everything possible to protect and support the central mission of this university.” Bomb threat trial Hardly traditional From SRI page 1 have assumed it well beyond her along with many others in the grasp years earlier, delayed sciences. If these programs can’t she finally decided prove their financial viability in to major in physics. the coming months, they face “When I got to Key witness on medical leave possible suspension. the point where I “It is all about money, I under- JOel c. theriault Grade and Benner were each had to delve into stand that,” she notes. Yet she is indicted on a charge of terrorizing, Calculus…I didn’t obviously a little disheartened. Staff Writer a Class C felony punishable by up know,” she says, STAFF PHOTO BY BRANDON BY PHOTO MCKENNEYSTAFF
STAFF PHOTOS BY BRANDON BY PHOTOS MCKENNEY STAFF “On some level, it comes down to five years in state prison, after a reminding herself to our basic philosophy as a The absence of a key witness in telephoned bomb threat evacuated of why she’s so in- exists when there is “sufficient University.” one of USM’s bomb threat cases Portland and Gorham campuses vested in scientific outreach. interest,” which tends to come Following a conservative has delayed court proceedings in on Dec. 4, 2006. “I was no good at math in high and go.) Christian upbringing and a brief the trial of former student Geneva Title 17-A, M.R.S.A. school—I barely made it through Still, one of her most passion- early marriage, she had her own Benner of Thomaston. §210(1)(B) reads that a person is Algebra 2. But Calculus has ab- ate positions has been advocating foundation rocked in a very un- USM police chief Lisa Beecher, guilty of terrorizing if that person solutely changed the way I look on behalf of the physics depart- expected place: an introductory listed as a key witness for the trial, in fact communicates to any at the world.” ment. Its survival will be a matter course on oceanography. has been on medical leave since person a threat to commit or to As she approaches the end of of crunching numbers, and that’s “At the Christian schools I at- Nov. 5 as she undergoes cancer cause to be committed a crime of her time here, Dhyana has finally a battle she is confidant they can tended growing up, I’m honestly treatment. violence dangerous to human life been able look back at the school win. not even sure if there was a sci- Beecher, along with Detective and the natural and probable con- she credits with broadening her She also knows that with out- ence classroom. We know that Penny Belanger, has been investi- sequence of such a threat to cause horizons. reach programs such as the club, God created us in seven days, gating the series of bomb threats evacuation of a building, place Some friends recently wooed she can generate enthusiasm for some people think he made giant that struck all three campuses of assembly or facility of public her into getting involved with the subject—and that enthusiasm monkeys first—the end.” during 2006 and 2007. transport or to cause the occupants Student Senate, and she has eventually turns into revenue. It was the first time in her life Benner was set for a Nov. 13, of a building to be moved to or re- helped rekindle the flagging “Initially, I was doing it out of that Dhyana was exposed to the 2007 hearing to address several quired to remain in a designated Physics Club (as the website love for the sciences. I still am, scientific method or the theory motions filed by her attorney, secured area. states, the organization only but now I feel like I’m trying to Stephen Schwartz, including a The incident in which the two of evolution. Though she would save my major.” motion to dismiss the case. women are being tried was only A continuance motion was filed one in a string of 13 bomb threats by prosecuting Assistant District that were telephoned or e-mailed ...When it’s convenient for you! Attorney Meg Elam on behalf of to the university between October With UCU’s NEW online account opening program Beecher and her health. 2006 and September 2007. Schwartz did not object to the The last threat was e-mailed Become a it’s easier than ever to join! Already a member? delay, and Superior Court Justice to the Lewiston-Auburn campus’ UCU Expand your UCU relationship by opening additional Roland Cole signed the continu- Westminster Street building. No accounts online! explosive has ever been found as ance. Member... Log on to www.ucu.maine.edu and click The hearing to address a result of these threats. Become a Member for more information. Schwartz’s motions has been Acting Chief Lt. Ron Saindon moved to March 11 at Superior said the department was not sure Court. when Beecher would return to work. She could not be reached Prepare • Progress • Achieve Proceedings for Erin Grade, UNIVERSITY CREDIT UNION another former USM student in- for comment. www.ucu.maine.edu • 800-696-8628 dicted for the same incident, are NEW LOCATION: 1071 Brighton Avenue, Portland scheduled for March 17. ORONO • BANGOR • FARMINGTON • PORTLAND 6 The Free Press | March 3, 2008 News Student elections approach, ads abound
ENNEY Sarah trent students following the mid-year break. executive eDitOr Involved students are quick to explain why they got involved, and why they’ve stayed involved. Posters have already started “I have no more fear of public popping up on campus — student speaking,” says senior Emily leaders are using copycats of Fitch, current chair of the Student beer and credit card ad campaigns Senate, who also says that she to say that they want you (insert has gained a lot of experience in classic shot of Uncle Sam) to run STAFF PHOTO BY BRANDON BY PHOTO MCK STAFF conflict resolution, leadership and Located at the corner of Bedford St. and Forest Ave., World Over Imports recently closed its Portland location. The for student government. helping others grow. “It helped store’s proximity to USM makes it a potential aquisition target--but USM will not seek to now. But what is student govern- me overcome so much of what ment? held me back before. I went from The USM Student Government being the quiet kid in the corner to World Over Imports leaves campus Association (SGA) consists of two having my name all over campus. branches: the 21-member Student I know people. People know me.” Senate and the Student Body Junior Alex Bresler, the current corner empty President. Senate secretary, is not as eager to The Senate oversees allocation recommend students to join stu- USM wants to change look of corner but won’t acquire the property of the Student Activity Fee—a dent government, but feels very half-million dollar pot that goes strongly that in his role he is help- Matt DODge become an independent import USM, said Denise Nelson, direc- to fund various entities that exist ing ensure that things that happen & store. tor of residential life. The store’s exterior mes- According to Nelson, there is under the Senate: Portland and and money that gets spent is in the laura fellOWS sage board, which used to pro- currently no interest in purchasing Gorham Events Boards, G-TV, the best interest of the student body. claim sales on everything from the World Over property. USM Public Interest Research Group “I’m on the Senate because I Staff WriterS Webkinz to wicker furniture, had does not have the funds for it, but (PIRG) and the Board of Student feel there needs to be some work Organizations, among others. done regarding certain issues, not The USM Portland campus a more somber message towards Nelson says that the construction the end of last semester, when it of the University Commons will They are also a student voice to because I want to be on student covers a large area; from the the administration, and have the government. If I felt secure that Glickman Library to the Law announced that the store would transform the gateway area. be closing. “We would consider an option power to make recommendations I’m not needed or that what I’m School, most of the buildings in and pass resolutions that impact doing doesn’t count, I would hap- between are used and owned by The building is currently on allowing us to make aesthetic im- the market, and it’s proximity provements 20-30 feet from the daily life at USM. pily leave.” USM. One exception however, Recently, the Faculty Senate Bresler was one of the students is on the corner of Bedford Street to the USM campus makes it a corner to make the area more vi- seemingly logical investment for sually pleasing,” said Nelson. was on the brink of passing a who spoke to the Faculty Senate and Forest Ave. change to the Faculty Handbook regarding the week before exams. Until recently, World Over the school, which is in the midst Rather than seeking to buy an- of renovating much of the sur- other property, USM is looking to which would allow tests and quiz- SGA ads over the next several Imports was located in the large zes to be given during the week weeks will seek to recruit students brick and white building across rounding area. transform what it already has to Due to the location of this create good-looking entranceway before finals. like Fitch and Bresler, students the street from the Glickman The Student Senate recom- who see changes they want to Library and behind the Woodbury building, it was noted in the to the campus. school’s master plan that this mended against it, reminding fac- make, both in their own lives and Campus Center. This building ulty that the week prior to exams in the lives of those around them. used to be a Pier One Imports corner could have the potential to be a major gateway entrance to should allow time to study for But based on the responses of store, but in 2005 the company those exams. involved students, those ads alone severed ties with the chain and The Faculty Senate listened, might not be enough. The univer- and the motion failed. sal answer when asked why they The Student Body President joined SGA in the first place was also serves as the student voice to that someone else had suggested Next USM Prez will be announced March 10 the administration, and is the sole they’d be good at the job. student representative on various Matt DODge To run for student government, university committees and govern- you must fill out a nomination form, neWS eDitOr ing bodies, including the Faculty which is available in the Student Senate and the recent Presidential Involvement and Activities Office On February 15, the USM presidential search committee met for the last time. After spending the Search Committee. in the Woodbury Campus Center. year weeding out candidates from more than 60 applications, they narrowed it to four — Bob Smith, In the face of declining involve- Forms are due March 12. Students Selma Botman, Davis Belcher and Nancy Kleniewski, all of whom visited campus last month. ment on campus, this year’s elec- are allowed to publicly campaign At this final meeting, according to a committee member, University of Maine System Chancellor tions advertisements have a sense from March 10-14, and elections Richard Pattenaude was given responses to the surveys filled out by the USM community regarding of urgency behind them. This will occur March 17-20. Results each candidate. year’s Senate saw huge fluctua- will be compiled and announced The surveys, available to the public at the open meetings held for the four candidates, asked what tions in numbers. after Spring Break. strengths each would bring to the position of president, as well as concerns about their potential effec- According to elections com- tiveness in the role. missioner, senior Sam Walton, and Sarah Trent, who wrote this From here, Pattenaude will do his own review, which he will share with the Board of Trustees (BOT) current Student Body President AJ story, served as a Student Senator at their next meeting, which will be held on the USM campus March 9-10. Chalifour, the body that started during the fall semester of 2007. The BOT will announce a final decision at this meeting. out last spring with all 21 seats She resigned upon becoming the filled shrank to a low-point of 12 Free Press’ executive editor.
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March 3 “Breaking the Silence” Presentation- Israeli Veteran Dotan Greenvald Free Press Budget Meeting - Weekly meeting to assign stories. Looking will be presenting slideshow and lecture as part of the organization for new writers to help with Apartment & Housing Guide to come out in Breaking the Silence. 423-424 Glickman Family Library, Portland/ April/ 92 Bedford Street, Portland Campus/ 5pm-6pm/ For more infor- 1:15pm/ For more information contact Rita Kissen at 776-5158 mation email Sarah Trent at [email protected]. Business on the Balcony Meeting- Sponsored by Career Services and Drop Off Art for the Student Juried Show- Call the USM galleries Professional Life Development, the meeting will happen on high. 2nd to inquire about what times (different hours on Monday, Tuesday, and floor Luthur Bonney on the balony overlooking the main enterance/ 2:30- Wednesday) you can submit your art for the chance to get your work 4:30/ for more info contact Career Services chosen for the upcoming 2008 Student Juried Show. Area Gallery/ Woodbury Campus Center/ various times M, T, W/ for more informa- Gorham Events Board Meeting- GEB meets weekly to plan events tion, contact the USM galleries at 780-5008 or stop by the USM Art for the Gorham campus/ Husky Hut, Gorham Campus/ 7pm-9pm/ For Department in Gorham more information contact [email protected].
March 4 March 7 Free Press Writing Workshop- This week Matt Wickenhieser from Student Senate Meeting- Weekly meeting of the USM Student Senate/ the Portland Press Herald will teach story structure and generation. All Room 423/424, Glickman Library, Portland Campus/ 3:30pm- 6pm/ Call are welcome/ 92 Bedford Street, Portland Campus/ 5pm-6pm/ For more 228-8501 for more information. information email Sarah Trent at [email protected]. Opening Reception, USM Juried Student Art Exhibit- Join us for Model United Nations Organization Weekly Meeting- If you like refreshments to view student work and to meet the artists, jurors, and gal- global affairs and conference planning, please join us/ 217 Abromson lery curator and staff. Area Gallery/ Woodbury Campus Center/ Portland Community Education Center, Portland campus/ 5pm-5:30pm/ For more campus/ 3:30-5:30/ For more information call the gallery at 780-5008 information please email [email protected] for more informa- tion. March 9 Outing Club Meeting- Weekly meeting of the Southern Maine Outing USM Outing Club trip to Bald Face Mountain- transportation leaves club. Will discuss upcoming trips, including those for Spring Break/ Portland at 7am, come along. For more information contact usm.outing. Brooks Student Center Lounge/ 5pm/ For more information contact usm. [email protected]. [email protected].
To get your upcoming USM events posted, send them to freepress@ March 5 usm.maine.edu with USM events in the subject line. African Heritage Month Film Forum and Discussion- view- ing the film Judgment Day/ Woodbury Campus Center Amphitheater, Portland Campus /10:00am-1:00pm/ For more information about events please call the office of Multicultural Student Affairs at 780-4006 or Bethany Tremblay at [email protected] Poet and Musician “Breaking the Silence” Presentation- Israeli Veteran Dotan Greenvald will be presenting slideshow and lecture as part of the organization H’alla Black works the Breaking the Silence. 113 Masterton Hall, Portland/ 7pm /For more in- crowd at the poetry formation contact Rita Kissen at 776-5158 slam open-mic held by GEB to celebrate Black March 6 History month. Meditation Club Meeting- Please come to our weekly open meetings to learn and practice methods for fostering peace in yourself/ 208 Luther Bonney, Portland Campus/ 2:30pm-3:30pm/For more information please contact [email protected]. STAFF PHOTO BY BRANDON BY PHOTO MCKENNEYSTAFF
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http://www.usmfreepress.org/ 8 The Free Press | March 3, 2008 Perspectives Perspectives LETTER FROM THE EDITOR involved and generally concerned the day, but I was thrilled to see a students to gather, decide what’s group of very interested students L r t t Etr wrong with USM in various cat- throw around ideas. egories (involvement, community, And not even because the ideas Free Press lacks conservative viewpoints space and scheduling, finances, were particularly new or espe- I’ve attended USM since the Spring of 2006 and have picked and school spirit), and develop cially intriguing, but because as up the Free Press on many more than one occasion while on the goals for how students and the ad- a group we cared about them to- Portland campus. Before I turn a page in the Free Press I know ministration might address those gether. which political party’s agenda and talking points I will read about problems. Yes, USM has its share, per- in the opinion/perspective section. I am a registered Republican and The event closed with a listen- haps more than its share, of stu- would describe myself as a compassionate conservative. Rarely do ing panel of administrators who dents who come to school and go I ever find myself in agreement with the opinions of your writers heard the compiled ideas and home without ever connecting. Change. Change is good; and often I find myself astonished at their shallow arguments and goals the 50-some students came My bet is that number is start- change is hard. the lacking ability to think about the greater good. The President is up with. ing to change, as the number of I am not a person who does often bashed and criticized foolishly with points that highlight one I attended, not as Ms. Executive full-time students continues rising well with change. side of the aisle. I realize that New England, and Southern Maine Editor, but as the involved, con- (our drop in enrollment has been You wouldn’t guess it — I in general, is a predominantly liberal part of the country, however cerned, senior English major that entirely in part-timers). somehow managed the move liberals and conservatives are constantly fighting for equal time to I am. The new marketing plan, which from high school in Minnesota to express their views as well as fair and balanced debates that provide I’ve worn a few hats around is aimed toward “traditional” stu- college here, 1500 miles away. facts and analysis from each perspective. I believe your newspaper here — that of an athlete, a student dents and which seeks to encour- I dealt with the even larger leap needs a voice from the other side so students can not only begin to senator, the outing club president age connection, will play its own across the dateline when I spent a understand conservatives, but also to make the Free Press a truly — and I’ve seen plenty of things role in this process. semester living in tomorrow, a.k.a. Free Press. that need (gasp) to change. But regardless of those stu- Dunedin, New Zealand. How about room 327 of Luther dents, there are people at USM But I don’t sleep well with- From the Right, Bonney — the one that, last se- who have, who want, and who out my perfect, squishable, 300- Dustin Gilbert mester, had half the tiles shrivel seek out connection — I know be- threadcount pillow or the dirty and peel off the floor? The room cause I am one. YOU CAN READ DUSTIN’S NEW COLUMN ON PAGE 7 down comforter I’ve had since I whose heater went insane and And those students are the ones was a kid. forced my class to find a new who right now have the power to I am unable to make the shift And today, tomorrow, we can room for a week? encourage change. to drinking skim milk, no matter enforce our rights as students to What about the fact that tuition Someday, I will have to give how hard I try — 1.5 percent is have classrooms that are actually has skyrocketed since I matricu- up my favorite pillow: its feathers the lowest I can stand. usable, the means to off-set tuition lated in ’03? will fall out, its seams will burst, I’ve even stayed with boy- rates, and, please, a new student And when are we going to get and the 300-count case will get friends I didn’t like because, center. that new student center? Or two of accidentally bleached or dropped well, leaving would require doing Run for student government, them? in the mud. something different. join a student group, start chatting But, as Change ’08 addressed, Someday, I’ll learn when the Last week, student government with your professors after class. Sarah Trent these things aren’t going to change right time is to dump the men I and the leadership development Change is hard; change is Executive Editor without realistic goals or a voice don’t actually like. board tried something new: after a good. crying out for them to be met. Probably, I’ll never switch to failed attempt at a leadership con- And we could use a few of them Because I had to return to my skim milk. ference last fall, they regrouped around here. duties as Ms. Executive Editor, But today, tomorrow, I could and put on an event they called I didn’t get to see the results of try. Change ’08, a summit for both
BREAKING TRADITION History of child rearing 101 92 BEDFORD STREET - PORTLAND, MAINE 04101 Marie allen me I apparently gave permission to make my wonderfully patient (207) 780-4084 [email protected] for our daughter to wear whatever partner miserable. cOluMniSt she wanted out of the house. She is not easily dismissed. EXECUTIVE EDITOR SARAH TRENT Two months as part of the press, So I run the words of Dr. King ARTS EDITOR JENNA N. HOWARD “Do you want to know what and I am already misquoted! What through my head, although I do YOUR child said to me today, NEWS EDITOR MATT DODGE would Ben Franklin do? In place admit that my dream is more in while you were at school?!” of the Sons of Liberty storming the shape of trying to get out of PRODUCTION EDITOR JESSICA MEAKIN There are no more dreaded British ships and throwing tea into trouble with my ever-less-patient PRODUCTION ASSISTANT KATIE WILBER words to me then these. the harbor, apparently our ador- spouse. It doesn’t help. PHOTO EDITOR BRANDON MCKENNEY Bring on the analytical papers, able daughter stormed the bath- Poetry from the Romantic era? WEB EDITOR BETHANY FLANNERY the mumps epidemic, group proj- room and held it captive. Thus, the Nope, doesn’t help either. AD SALES JOSHUA GRISET ects, and even the rapidly ap- siege began. While my time at USM prepares proaching 45 and I can handle it; BUSINESS MANAGER LUCILLE SIEGLER I wracked my brain; I looked at me in so many ways for what life but when my partner meets me my partner, begging my brain to has to throw at me, it isn’t helping ADVISOR KENNETH H. BRIEF with those words at the door... leap into action, to recall some bit here… yikes! of knowledge that would be of as- Then it hits me, I suddenly feel Editorial & Advertising Policies I would rather have an unan- sistance. as inspired as Jefferson must have nounced quiz. 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China, came all the way from maine.edu. “I was misquoted, I tell you,” I the other side of the planet just plead with my partner as she tells Perspectives The Free Press | March 3, 2008 9 In support of the arts & humanities program at LAC February 13, 2008 Because I was absolutely com- an employee with an MBA any humanities severely stints the aca- ties program who have continued mitted to a liberal arts education, day. Employees with liberal arts demic environment of a campus. their educations and have made Dear Dr. Wood, Dr. Lapping, the arts & humanities program at backgrounds know how to think.” How can we stand by our uni- incredible strides in Lewiston- and the entire USM Community, LAC made perfect sense. If a university is truly commit- versity if it demonstrates to the Auburn’s slow but steady rise I cannot stress enough how in- ted to education in its broadest public that it’s only interested in from the economic and cultural I’m a graduate student in the strumental this program was to my sense, it is committed to providing offering majors that produce the crises with which it has had to American & New England Studies life. Eve Raimon, Bob Schaible, education in all areas of academic highest enrollment? contend over the past several de- program here at USM, as well as and Barry Rodrigue each nurtured pursuit, not just those that show How will USM be able to re- cades. a research assistant for Dr. Donna my scholarly and personal inter- the highest financial returns. flect the spirit of academic integ- My choice to live in Auburn, Cassidy and Dr. Ardis Cameron. It ests to an extent unlike any I’ve I understand that USM is in rity if programs like this one, or continue my education at USM, has come to my attention that sev- heard expressed in conversations many ways a company, and that women and gender studies (my and do my part for my commu- eral programs have been put on a with other educated people my companies need to make money minor), are shelved? nity has everything to do with my “list” of programs that might be age, many of whom went out-of- in order to function. But USM is If the arts and humanities pro- undergraduate education at LAC cut from USM’s offerings. state to achieve the same level of also obviously a university, and gram at LAC is cut, there will be and my commitment to making As a 2003 graduate of the education. universities must expect that in no recourse for students in this the USM campuses and all of arts and humanities program at The humanities program at order to provide a true education, area who are interested in study their communities better places to Lewiston-Auburn College, I’m LAC, while small, offers a vital some departments and programs outside of the career-track health work, study, and live. specifically concerned about what service to those of us in Lewiston- will inevitably make more money and human services-type work I’d like to again stress how the loss of this program would Auburn who cannot see ourselves than others. available by the other programs incredibly disheartening it is to mean to the Lewiston-Auburn participating in more the “lucra- It’s the responsibility of the at LAC. know that the arts and humanities area and the LAC campus. Often tive” programs like nursing or oc- marketing, admissions and en- I hesitate to demarcate a strict program is on the chopping block. I think that LAC is ignored or cupational therapy. rollment staff — not individual line between career-oriented and It has affected my life and my aca- denigrated in its importance to I don’t need to express the im- professors — to design ways a non-career-oriented programs at demic path in ways that I find dif- the overall mission and academic portance of the study of arts and university’s budget can be made LAC. Now a graduate student in ficult to even begin to express. environment of the USM commu- literature to the overall academic to account for these differences in the humanities, I have no doubt nity. environment of any campus, any- return. that my BA in arts and humanities Thank you for your time, When I graduated from high where. We all know that these Dr. Wood, Dr. Lapping, and contributed to my continuing in school in the late ‘90s, I had a full areas are important despite their others I’ve corresponded with this path as I pursue a career. Michelle Morgan scholarship to Bennington College unfortunate inability to raise the stated that even if the arts and hu- And I am not the only one. I am Auburn, ME in Vermont. Not long after I got kind of money needed to keep an manities program is cut, humani- still in touch with several other pregnant, with no financial family organization afloat. ties courses will still be taught at graduates of the arts and humani- support, and after making the de- Despite that, I can’t help but LAC. But there is a huge differ- cision to have my son, I looked to recall a quote that I read several ence between offering a major and the immediate area for ways that I years ago in Forbes, from a CEO of offering courses. FROM THE RIGHT might still get an education with- a Fortune 500 company. Though I I would never have attended out moving to another state or in- forget the name and the immediate LAC if I had only been permitted Manning gave up his freedom curring exorbitantly high private context, I’ll never forget what the to take humanities courses with- DuStin gilbert or college in this country should college expenses. CEO said: “I’ll hire an employee out having the option to major in ever glorify a man behind bars, no with a liberal arts education over it. The lack of a major like arts and cOluMniSt matter what the sentence. He gave his freedom away LETTER FROM YOUR STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT If an Iraq war veteran planned when he committed the crime and We don’t have unions: we have student government and executed bombings and bank shouldn’t have it back until he robberies, then murdered a USM serves his sentence. If that sen- the professional and classified graduate. There are opportuni- professor and was charged, pros- tence doesn’t allow him to have staff; and what should be of es- ties to get experience in econom- ecuted, and sentenced to a term his freedom back in this world, pecial interest to USM students is ics, financing, law, government, of x number of years resulting in then he can try to gain it back that tuition rates are going up by social work, community service, life in prison, would you want his when he stands in front of God leaps and bounds, year after year. public speaking, business and name and story to be glorified in and is judged. Some of you might ask, “Well many more. By getting involved police stations? Exhibiting his artwork is why don’t students have the same in student government you won’t How about his artwork? indeed a freedom. Letting him kind of representation as the fac- just be making your university What if the artwork showed create the artwork is a whole sepa- ulty in order to prevent tuition better, but yourself as well. that he truly was a thoughtful man rate freedom and something I also and fees from increasing?” Nomination forms are currently and the lives he took were because wouldn’t allow, especially to the The answer is: you do. available for seats on the Student of unjust or unfair doings to him- killer of a man whose job was to Student government advocates Senate and for Student Body self and his peers? I say absolutely serve and protect the citizens of for students to the University ad- President, and can be picked up not—with an exclamation point. this country. My Fellow Students: ministration and to the University in the Student Involvement and I fabricated this man to paral- Exhibiting the artwork shows of Maine System Board of Activities Office in the Woodbury lel the situation USM faced when that the man has sympathizers My American Political Thought Trustees. Campus Center in Portland. As Tom Manning, a Vietnam veteran who believe his actions were un- class recently discussed the labor Student government acts on the soon-to-be-outgoing presi- and a criminal who took part in derstandable. struggles of the 1880s and the behalf of students in the gover- dent, I can tell you personally this bombings and bank robberies with Those people have no guts and large labor unions that came out nance of the University. has been one of the greatest expe- a radical group, then killed a New obviously don’t think with their of them. During our current finan- We need a strong student gov- riences of my life and what I have Jersey police officer in “self-de- brain. If they did, they’d use their cial crisis at USM, unions such as ernment in order to advocate for learned and what I will take away fense,” had followers try to put on brain to put themselves in the this have taken great lengths to other solutions than tuition in- from the position will stay with an art exhibit of this man’s paint- shoes of the police officer (or pro- ensure that no tenured or tenure- creases, fee increases or anything me throughout my professional ings at USM. fessor or the victims of the bomb- track faculty will be laid off as the else. You need student govern- life. Despite its long hours and Granted, the two situations are ings and bank robberies). administration tries to find money ment, but most importantly, stu- hard work, I couldn’t recommend nearly exact opposites, but the Then they’d surely see that the to cut from the budget over the dent government needs you. it more highly. To find out more victims’ family members in each man doesn’t deserve any freedom. next few years. One of them is As a student senator, your check out: www.usm.maine.edu/ situation might be nearly identi- He deserves to be locked up behind the Associated Faculties of the opinion and ideas can make seri- studentlife/vote08. cal. Put yourself in the shoes of bars until the day he dies, which is University of Maine System ous change at the university, as You can’t expect anything to the family who lost a brother, hus- exactly what will happen. (AFUM). the voice of the Student Senate change if you aren’t willing to do band, son, or even a father. Would Want to see his artwork? AFUM is the faculty union is a big part of the governance of something about it. Here is your you want the killer of your loved Go to the jailhouse. that represents the faculties of the the university. That voice hasn’t opportunity to do something sig- one gaining any freedom whatso- Ask to visit the man and have University of Maine System, and been loud enough this year be- nificant. ever because it is thought that he him show it to you because that’s has been extremely effective ad- cause there have not been enough is a political prisoner? I wouldn’t where he and all his doings should vocating for the UMS’s faculty. people involved for the Senate to All the best, want the guy to see the light of remain—prison. They have been so effective speak over the crowd. We need as AJ Chalifour day, let alone show his artwork. that other solutions have had to be many students as possible to get Student Body President USM didn’t let this guy’s show Dustin Gilbert describes him- found: budget cuts have included involved for that voice to go from come to town and I stand behind self as a compassionate conserva- hiring freezes and travel restric- a whisper back to a shout. them on their decision. I truly tive hoping to help students better tions; adjunct and fixed-length You’ll gain valuable experi- hope they never let anything from understand right-wingers. faculty having their contract re- ence in student government that that guy be a part of a USM stu- newals denied; layoffs amongst will serve you long after you dent’s education. No university 10 The Free Press | March 3, 2008 Perspectives FEATURED FACULTY Photo and interview by Laura Fellows
What do you like most about teaching? Americans - they consider us naive. To talk I really love it when you’re in a classroom and to someone who has been through all that it just comes alive, and I love it when a student and found a way to be affirmative at the same EntertainmentArts who’s been struggling has a breakthrough, like time, I would just love to do that. I would also The Free Press | March 3 2008 in a workshop situation and everybody sees like to meet [Walt] Whitman. 11 it, or when a student writes to the next best & level. I just love it when things gel and the What’s your favorite holiday? class becomes a community. I like the February ones - all of them - Presidents’ Day and Valentine’s day, and Lent, Who inspired you the most when you were I like the whole group of them. Because those young? were two complex but decent presidents Well, I knew I wanted to be a writer. I loved - Washington and Lincoln. Valentine’s Day Shakespeare, I loved the Greek tragedies, as is in there, which is fun. And I like the whole well as Shelley, and Dickinson. And I loved dynamic between Carnival one day and Ash picture books as a kid, way after I learned how Wednesday the next. Carnival is right before to read. And the first humongous book I read Lent where you let it all out before you have after I learned how to read was Dostoevsky’s to get the ashes on your forehead and eat “Crime and Punishment.” fish and give up chocolate and all that. I love the tension between that - the wildness, and So if you could meet any author or poet then the stripping down to something more from the past, who would it be? somber. Which is really the thing I like about Well, I would not want to meet [Emily] Halloween too, which is the day we let our Dickinson because I don’t think she would like inner wolf come out - I think people need to me. I mean, she was withdrawn and I don’t admit they have one. But Carnival is just as think I could draw her out. good, and it’s happier. BETSY SHOLL Someone I’d love to meet who’s from the more recent past would be Czeslaw Milosz. He was What’s your favorite dish to cook? ADJUNCT ENGLISH born in Poland in 1911, and he just died in the I love to cook Mexican food - Quesadillas, PROFESSOR last few years, so he was alive and conscious burritos. I have a slimmed-down version of during most of the twentieth century, and chilies rellenos, which is just poblano peppers & MAINE’S POET has written about it in essays and fiction and with cheese melted inside. I think that’s my mostly poems, and his perspective is amazing. favorite, right now. LAUREATE You know those Eastern Europeans who went through so much are totally different from Introducing… Interview by Laura Fellows
Colleen Slattery What’s the best environment What did you do over Just traveling the country Biology to do homework in? vacation? or would you want to go Sophomore Anywhere really, except if it’s I went to visit my boyfriend, and overseas? really really loud. I like to have I worked. He goes to school in Anywhere and everywhere. What do you think of your some noise, like music. I like New York. It’s outside of Albany, major? coffee shops. about a five-hour drive. Are there any TV shows that Technically I’m a bio major, but you watch religiously? that’s not what I want to be. I Do you go to the Gorham What is your dream job? Is this before the writer’s strike? want to get into the nursing Grind much? Well, nursing, but traveling. A I used to watch Grey’s Anatomy, program, but that’s kind of Sometimes, or somewhere in pediatric traveling nurse to be and then it hasn’t been playing. impossible. I’m doing some bio Portland, or I try something new. specific. And Gilmore Girls, but it’s done and some nursing classes. now. Mainly those two. I’ve been watching American Dad, but I don’t watch it religiously. DON’T EnterArtstainment STAY HOME 11 The Free Press | March 3 2008 ROMANTIC MUSIC & NAKED THEATER
MARCH 3 Naked Shakespeare will be presented at The Wine Bar, the hip café in downtown Portland by Acorn Productions. If you missed the recent Naked Macbeth event at USM, you must see what the fuss about being naked is all about. Free donation/ 8pm/ The Wine Bar/ 38 Wharf St./Portland/ 773-6667
MARCH 4 For a more sophisticated evening, Jazz at the Square is presented for five bucks at One Longfellow Square. This week, performing: The Super Sized Chameleons. $5/ 8pm/ One Longfellow Square/ 181 State Street/ Portland/ 761-1757
MARCH 5 The jurors will announce their picks of what stu- dent art will make it into the Area Gallery’s Stu- dent Jurried Show in the gallery from 1-2pm to- day. If you’re interested in how art can make the cut, their talk will be informative. Free and open to the public/ 1-2pm/ Area Gallery/ Woodbury Campus Center/ Portland Campus/ 780-5008
MARCH 6
STAFF PHOTO BY BRANDON BY PHOTO MCKENNEYSTAFF Presented at SPACE tonight, USM Philosophy Two drummers jam at the Multicultural Center’s event in Woodbury Campus Center. The event was the Center’s biggest of the Symposium Film Series: The Ister. The Ister year and included drum troupes, food, and dancing. is a 3000km journey to the heart of Europe, from the mouth of the Danube river The film is based on the work of one of the most influen- tial and controversial philosophers of the 20th Multicultural Office hosts century, Martin Heidegger, who in 1933 swore allegiance to the National Socialists. $6/ doors open at 7pm: film begins at 7:30/ SPACE/ 538 Dartmouth speaker, dancers Congress Street/ Portland/ 828-5600 Activism and entertainment highlight Portland campus event MARCH 7 The Universal Pistons play at Corthell hall, a chantel Mccabe The man working this table was also selling Zapatista group that aims to change the perception that coffee, increasingly popular in the New England area classical music is formal or serious. The group Staff Writer over recent years. A group that supports autonomy and aims to win over local audiences by presenting eliminates the middleman in the coffee-selling process “Piston a la Carte: An Evening of Late Romantic Vibrant performers, energetic drumming, handmade sells this coffee; the proceeds go directly to the hands Salon Music.” This concert includes fun, enjoy- crafts, exotic foods, and a passionate speaker were of the people in indigenous communities in Chiapas, able music – actually, popular music of the late 1800’s. $5 students, $15 public, $10 seniors/ housed in the Woodbury Campus center last week for Mexico, who grow the coffee beans themselves. the “Main Event” of the Office of Multicultural Student 8pm/ Corthell Music Hall/ Gorham Campus/ for A wide variety of purses were sold by a mother tickets call 780-5555 Affairs. and daughter who help the Wings of Hope Alliance The day featured a guest speaker from Dartmouth for Cambodia Inc., a group that donates food supplies MARCH 8 University, Peter James Morgan, who, along with his to the orphan children and elderly residents in an ex- Portland Stage Company presents Much Ado extensive research about Native Americans in the abo- tremely poor part of the world. About Nothing, Shakespeare’s fast-paced, litionist movement, spoke about the history of African The two women explained that the country of yet intricate tale of wit, jealousy, and romance American and Native American heritage in New Cambodia has 40 percent of the population living is told by Portland players. $25 students, $31 England. below poverty, with no programs to subsidize the needs public/ 7:30pm/ Portland Stage/ 25A Forest To go along with the theme, vendors sold a wide va- of children and families. Ave/ Portland/ call for tickets 774-0465 riety of items. One woman, Brigette Nyada, sold hand- Also, the death rate is extremely high due to mal- made masks, paintings, bamboo instruments, beaded nutrition and the water supplies are both limited and MARCH 9 gourds, dolls, and clothing to benefit an orphanage and dangerous to drink from. Grab your kid, that kid you baby-sit, or your teacher’s friend’s kid and head to the Portland community center that her sister runs in Cameroon, They became involved with the group while living Africa. Children’s Museum for fun—and today, cook- in Rhode Island, and brought the spirit of the group ing. Cultural Cooking: Hamantaschen will be- The two sisters have been working together since with them when they moved to Maine. gin at 1:30 p.m. Celebrate the Jewish holiday, 2000 to help and protect abandoned children and vic- Musical performances took place throughout the Purim, by baking hamantaschen, three-cor- tims of rape and AIDS in the area where they grew up. day to accompany the vendors. nered cookies with a sweet filling. Munch on Another table included African foods. One of the The dancers were mostly women, of all ages, who your cookie while listening to a story. Nice! 1:30 favorites of the day was a treat called “zambus.” It is were barefoot and dressed in handmade skirts, with pm/ Free with admission/Children’s Museum of a calzone-like pocket is filled with beef, chicken and braided hair and anklets with bells that jingled when Maine/ 142 Free St./ Portland/ 828-1234 vegetables. they danced. A Native American vendor had radical political Like most African dance circles, the music and sing- books on display about immigrants, women of color, ing was loud and energetic and spirited. The dancers’ poverty and human rights. See CULTURE page 12 12 The Free Press | March 3, 2008 Arts & Entertainment Arts & Entertainment STAFF PHOTO BY BRANDON BY PHOTO MCKENNEYSTAFF DJ -- and Portland Events Boards own Jeff Farnham -- gets a request at the Multicultural Center’s event in the Woodbury Campus Center. There was dancing, drumming, and general celebration despite Tuesday’s storm. “Main Event” brings culture to PHOTO COURTESYPHOTO OF KAREN MCBRIDE Woodbury The Bravery headlined an $18 show last Saturday, frontman Sam Endicott, dance from her family and came think the weather with the snow shown here, was among those danced to. Switches, Your Vegas, Headstart, From CULTURE page 11 and Cult Maze also played the show that lasted hours into the night movements were fast and they to dance at USM because she likes storm may have stopped some beamed as they encouraged the it and wanted to show people her people from coming to the campus audience to join them. culture. center.” One dancer, Sunday Alak, a 13- Bethany Tremblay, a dedicated The day, however, was a posi- The Bravery looks year-old student at King middle social work intern at USM, was tive experience, both educational school, explained that she started part of the team that helped to put and entertaining for those who dancing around the age of 10. She together this day-long event. She went and a great way to celebrate good, rocks out and her family are from Uganda describes the purpose of her ef- National Heritage Month. forts, saying “I thought it would and moved to the United States Kelly MccOrMicK to make an impression stateside, be fun to get vendors from in For more information about up- when she was four because of the & with their hit song “Lay Down town, and educating the university coming events held by the Office war in the area. lOuraine ruDOlf the Law” included in the movie This was the first festival she’s in a fun way and getting students of Multicultural Student Affairs, Jumper and an upcoming album to respect other cultures.” visit http://www.usm.maine.edu/ danced at, but she usually prac- cOntributing WriterS debut March 18. tices in a family friend’s basement The weather, however, made for eeo/culture. If you’re interested in We didn’t want them to stop. during parties. She explains that a bit of a struggle, she explains. helping the citizens in Cambodia, Or go back to England. Ever. the type of music that she dances “The performances went very please visit www.whacinc.com. The Bravery headlined at The After what seemed like the to is called ‘acholi.’ She learned to well, the speaker was great, but I Station last Saturday, foreshad- longest set change of our lives, owing the March release of The The Bravery came out at about Sun and The Moon Complete, an quarter to eleven. addition to their 2007 The Sun Even with the delays, the en- and The Moon. The show also thusiastic headliners never lost featured Headstart, Cult Maze, their pizzazz and high energy. Your Vegas and Switches. Also not too bad looking, Sam We arrived to The Station late Endicott (lead vocals, guitar), and unfortunately missed the John Conway (keyboard), first three bands, but were just Anthony Burulcich (drums), in time to catch London’s own Mike Hindert (bass, and a drop Switches. dead hottie) and Michael Zakarin Switches arrived onstage (lead guitar, back up vocals) looking quite rad — props to rocked to the fullest for almost frontman Matty’s red pants — two hours. introducing themselves as the They ended with their straight- Strokes and then the Fratellis to-the-point, didn’t-head-off- and using Your Vegas’ drum set. stage-first encore of two songs. Four (possibly five) gorgeous The crowd and the band both left guys make up Switches: Matty is this set sweaty. on guitar and lead vocals; Thom There was nothing not to like is on bass (and his great-great- about this $18 night — especially great-great-great grandfather ap- if you caught the whole four hour parently invented the bicycle); show — our ears are still ringing Ollie is on guitar, Steve rocks the and we only saw half of it! drums and on Saturday, Felix, a We left the show pumped and new member (or perhaps just a ready to snatch up those CDs friend helping out), was on the when they finally come out, and synth and the clapping machine. to find these guys to congratulate Switches surprised us with them on a fabulous show. their Brit pop/power rock mix The Bravery’s new two-disc and catchy lyrics. set, also scheduled to hit shelves Having never heard them March 18, is an addition to before we were surprised to find their second CD, The Sun and ourselves singing along by the The Moon. It features The Sun: end of each song and dancing the original 12 songs; and The wildly (much to the chagrin of Moon: those same songs in the our neighbors, we’re sure). same order, but completely re- Switches have yet to release imagined and re-worked. an album here in the US, but Keep your ears cleaned out in the UK they have two, the because there is definitely more latest being Message from Yuz. to come from Switches and The These boys are already starting Bravery. Rawk on. Arts & Entertainment Arts & Entertainment The Free Press | March 3, 2008 13 The Vagina Monologues and V-Day Empowering women without candy and flowers
Stefanie DvOraK In between monologues, the audience was presented with various facts dealing cOntributing Writer with vaginas or information discovered through the interviews. If USM women’s vaginas could dress up Some were lively, such as the audience and talk, they would wear diamonds and responses to what one’s vagina would wear stilettos and say things like “wrong hole!” or say. and “slower!” Others presented the audience with sur- The questions that spawned these re- prising statistics and information concern- sponses were asked to those who attend- ing female genital mutilation. ed the annual production of The Vagina When she first wrote it, the play was Monologues, sponsored by the Women’s Ensler’s one-woman show, but it eventu- Resource Center and the Student Senate. ally took off, with famous actresses per- The show was performed on both cam- forming monologues at shows. It even won puses during the week of Valentine’s Day, an OBIE Award, an honor given to the best and featured 17 women, young and old, off-Broadway shows. from USM and SMCC. As it continued to spread, colleges across The event is done as a fundraiser, and this the country began to organize their own per- Above, junior Sara Gallagher reads year supported Sexual Assault Response formances of the play. It even spawned the Above, staff Mary Ann Benson explains the audience answers to the question “What Services of Southern Maine, the state’s global movement known as V-Day, which horrors of tampons, thongs, and cold metal would your vagina wear and say?” oldest rape crisis center. takes place every year on Valentine’s Day. speculums. Below, former student Lyndon Below, senior Meredythe Lindsey reclaims In 1996, activist playwright Eve Ensler The movement’s goal is to generate Cudlitz shows off the various ways that the word “cunt.” women moan. conducted interviews with women about awareness of violent crimes against women, their vaginas. Armed with this informa- including rape, incest and sexual slavery. tion, she wrote The Vagina Monologues, a Activities on this day include perfor- series of monologues presenting the issues mances of The Vagina Monologues, with women face concerning their vaginas. profits benefiting local anti-violence asso- “My Angry Vagina” deals with one wom- ciations. an’s frustrations concerning gynecological V-Day is observed by people in 120 coun- tools, tampons, and douches. USM’s pro- tries in Europe, Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, duction featured Mary Ann Benson, a staff and North America. member in career services. This year, the tenth anniversary of V- Highlights of this year’s performance in- Day, it was celebrated with more than 3800 cluded the cast shouting “cunt” in unison benefit events. The movement has raised whilst running around the lecture hall, as more than $50 million so far. well as an amusing demonstration of dif- A new monologue in this year’s version ferent types of women’s moans, performed of the play was “The Wetlands.” by former student Lyndon Cudlitz in “The Performed by Emily Fehrenbacher, Woman Who Liked to Make Vaginas USM’s campus organizer, it calls post- Happy.” Katrina New Orleans the vagina of the The humor of these and many of the United States: its grass-lined marshes and monologues is part of the show’s appeal. river banks forgotten and abused. “My favorite part was ‘My Angry On April 12 of this year, V-Day’s anni-
ERLAND Vagina,’” said sophomore Chris Arsenault. versary will be celebrated in New Orleans “I had no idea that so many things poked to help raise awareness for the groups work- and prodded women in their vaginas.” ing to end violence in the Gulf South. Many of the monologues are humorous, The event will take place at the New but some touch on more serious issues. Orleans Arena and tickets are available “My Vagina Was My Village,” performed online for $25.00 at www.v-day.org. here by senior Erin Doyle, deals with the STAFF PHOTO JEFF F JEFF PHOTO STAFF rape of women in Bosnian refugee camps.
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http://www.usmfreepress.org/ 14 The Free Press | March 3, 2008 Arts & Entertainment Arts & Entertainment Adam Ayan worked with Rolling Stones, COMING UP! now USM students Grammy-winner and community activist is music technology prof Jeff beaM industry. Among his long list of educating local musicians on how clients are Nirvana, The Rolling to better prepare themselves for Staff Writer Stones, Phish, the Foo Fighters, tasks ahead. Bands and individu- Bloodhound Gang, Bruce als who join can attend a variety It’s a little-known fact that Springsteen—I could go on for- of lectures and seminars presented one of Maine’s greatest musical ever. by Ayan, as well as other local resources is also one of USM’s The coolest part is that Ayan music professionals. greatest resources. His name is doesn’t just focus on national acts. If all that isn’t enough, Ayan Adam Ayan. Grammy-award win- Because Gateway is in Portland, also teaches at the University of ning Adam Ayan. That’s right. Adam masters local acts as well. Southern Maine. Adam Ayan is a world-re- Everyone from Animal Suit Drive- “The class is called Topics in nowned sound engineer. And he By to Jeremiah Freed to Headstart Music Technology,” says Ayan, teaches his passion to USM stu- have had their albums mastered who has been teaching for seven dents as an adjunct music faculty by Ayan. years. “Basically, the class focus- member. Ayan’s goodwill towards the es on basic principles of audio as Ayan operates out of Gateway local community doesn’t stop well as hands on ‘live to 2 track’ Mastering, located in the heart of there. In the fall of 2007, he recording techniques utilizing Portland. Mastering, says Ayan, is founded the Portland Music the School of Music’s equipment the creative process of bringing Foundation. and the Corthell Hall concert recordings to their full sonic po- It’s a foundation hall.” tential. for the local music Featuring top-of-the- At Gateway, he has mastered scene in Portland, line music equipment and countless albums from the big- aimed at strength- recording programs gest names in ening the com- as well as Ayan’s Coming soon from Jeff Beam . . . the music munity and expert guidance, Local hotshots AS FAST AS will be releasing their latest his very popular album, titled Destroy The Plastique Man on March 11. The course, offered wild new LP will be exclusively available at all Bull Moose in the fall, is a Music locations. unique experi- ence for USM Speaking of Bull Moose, the Portland store will be host- students. ing a free acoustic performance from the band on Saturday, March 8 at 5pm. Advance copies of the album will be avail- able.
Since I’ve only listened to it four or five times thus far, a full review of Destroy The Plastique Man will be in the next issue of The Free Press. But warning - this album is unlike
STAFF PHOTO BY BRANDON BY PHOTO MCKENNEYSTAFF anything AS FAST AS has ever created. It’s experimental Adam Ayan works the controls in one of the studios at Gateway Mastering in Portland. Ayan teaches a course every fall and unpredictable, but retains AFA’s catchy charm. Rock. at USM in audio recording, and works at Gateway to help create Grammy-Award winning music.
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Jenna hOWarD He works entirely alone in his Brunswick studio, creating each artS eDitOr of his sculptures with a drive that may be unmatched. Three USM students walk into “It’s my work that does the sell- a bar — a photographer, a sculp- ing of itself,” he says. “The better tor, and a painter. your work, the more successful From here, things get increas- you’ll be.” ingly comical, because they’re He notes that nails are his line: meeting with John Bisbee, cur- sometimes he loves them (al- BRANDON BY PHOTO MCKENNEYSTAFF Artist and Bowdoin Professor John Bisbee offers some insight into his art while enjoying a burger at Joshua’s Tavern rently exhibiting his intense though by the looks of his work, in Brunswick. Bisbee is a sculptor and his work with nails, Bright Common Spikes, is on display at Portland Museum welded structures — made up you might say he’s obsessed) but of Art until March 23rd. entirely of nails — at the Portland really they’re just his material. Museum of Art. “Nails are the adhesive of the of the large-scale art that goes A man with a lot up his sleeve past, welders are the adhesive of up in 12 sections of the 700 acre (not only nails, but mice, too, ac- the present,” he says, “I combine Tennessee grounds. cording to one of his many sto- them.” While he usually starts to get ries), the swashbuckling, bearded A video installation of his giddy for Bonaroo around this Bowdoin professor told us he’s ‘spikes’ in motion stands as time of year, this time he is re- been so busy this year, he missed Bisbee’s most beloved part of the cuperating from last year’s mad- his yearly shave. current show, a painstaking proj- ness. From the response to his cur- ect that took a month to complete Bisbee is known for his accom- rent solo show at the PMA, “The as he hung each welded nail with plishments in the arts: he’s had Bright Common Spike: Sculpture screws using stop-and-go anima- successful shows up the east and of John Bisbee,” we can see why. tion. west coasts, and in working with And so can USM professors. All of He gets out his video camera sculpture students, instills his pas- the University’s sculpture sections at the bar, in fact. As the food ar- sion for art in them. have held a class at the museum to rives, he films his food and the He’s still slaving away in his see his work together. three of us, “I’ve filmed every studio, and now he’s writing music Bisbee has been in Maine for meal I’ve eaten for the past 12 with a band. twelve years at Bowdoin, which years. It’s going to make a great “I learned to play guitar when he says he’ll never leave. documentary someday.” I was 30, and found out it was so “It’s my paradise,” he says. Bisbee’s quirky projects delve much easier than art—and easier He doesn’t think of his teaching into pop culture in his most loved on the body,” he says. as a job at all. When asked what and hated responsibility: he is the He’s planning for Bonaroo, he teaches, he replies, “Advanced man in charge of the art of the while giving interviews about the Finance and Interpretive Dance.” Bonaroo Music and Arts Festival, renowned PMA show (which will He is actually a professor of which stemmed from a bond with be up until March 23) to everyone advanced and core sculpture his longtime friend, the manager from The Boston Globe to The classes. of Phish. Free Press. Besides teaching, which he’s The four day festival draws And, of course, he’ll keep apparently done for the last three thousands of pilgrims from around on documenting his meals and years with a rescued mouse the country for what is one of the chuckling with whomever is at his named Pepper in his shirt pocket, most impressive musical lineups table. he spends 10-13 hours a day in his of our day. Bisbee brings about COURTESYPHOTO OF THE PORTLAND OF ART MUSEUM studio—which explains why he The only piece at the PMA exhibit that has not been welded, Helio is made up 100 art students for 18 days from of piles of 12 inch spikes - and lays 84 x 84 x 9 inches, a work Bisbee created missed that shave. around the country to take control in 2006.
MOVIE REVIEW Go get “sweded” at Be Kind, Rewind
branDOn McKenney The two come across almost as a diversion of reality for the audi- with cheap CGI effects. children, but that awkwardness is ence to explore and delight in. However, Gondry makes use Staff Writer part of their charm. Mike is ob- As the two start to enlist the of cardboard, tin foil, and pizza sessed with Fats Waller, a jazz mu- help of others in the community pies to create a world that is It’s hard to go wrong with Jack sician who was turned into a local to recreate the blank movies, unlike any other. Black and Mos Def starring in legend by the stories told to Mike they begin to re-energize a sense It turns parts of the film into your film, and Be Kind, Rewind by Mr. Fletcher, his father figure of community in the run down almost daydream-like scenes. is a perfect example of that. The and owner of the video store. neighborhood. These effects play into the moral latest effort from Michel Gondry The plot revolves around a Soon everyone wants to be of the film, reminding us that we (Eternal Sunshine, Science of somewhat hard to believe circum- a part of the new films, which don’t always need the latest and Sleep) follows the same style of stance, as Jerry becomes magne- become “sweded,” a word in- greatest thing to enjoy life. A film his previous work, but adds new tized and erases all of the tapes vented by Gondry to mean putting can be made from little more than Be Kind, Rewind is a film that dimensions of humor and reverie. in the store. The two then have yourself into the things you like. a video camera and some house- should be enjoyed with company, The film takes place in modern to recreate the films to save the Whether it’s acting in or watch- hold items, viewed on VHS and no matter if they are friends or day New Jersey, but has throw- store. ing them, the much shorter low- still be great. strangers. It’s a film that makes us backs to eras of the past. Mike As is the case with other budget recreations are a hit. To that end, I viewed the film remember not only why we love (Mos Def) is a clerk at a video Gondry films, the story requires Gondry is a master at creating a at the newly redesigned and re- movies, but how we love them store that seems stuck in a time quite a suspension of belief, but fantasy world with low-budget ef- opened Regal at Clarks Pond even more with other people to warp and only rents VHS tapes. that is what makes it so enjoyable. fects. In the hands of any other di- near the mall in South Portland. share them with. Jerry (Black) is his friend and Like any good movie, it opens up rector, this film could have easily Because it was a matinee, the the- part-time coworker. slipped into a slapstick comedy ater was completely empty. 16 The Free Press | March 3, 2008 Arts & Entertainment Sudoku
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STUDENTS! Place FREE classified online and in the Paper @ USMFREEPRESS.ORG Classifieds Sports The Free Press | March 3, 2008 19 MIKE ON SPORTS HUSKY HERO e meaning of life found in Interview by John Forestell intramural basketball helped make me into a MiKe tarDiff Adam much better jumper. cOluMniSt Haggerty FP: Do you do any other Intramural basketball isn’t for the faint of heart. Year: Senior events besides pole vault? Wednesday night in the Sullivan Gym, I found this out first hand. Major: Athletic Adam: Nope, I have always And while my fondest memories of intramurals from high school just been interested in the include goofy uniforms and shoddy officiating, my newly-acquired Training vault, and other events impressions are vastly different. Sport: Men’s Track don’t compare. In the course of an hour and a half, my team managed to get dunked on, beaten by 100 points, and pull various muscles while playing on the ice-rink-like floor of the gym. FP: How many sports did you FP: The men’s track team has play in high school? But, remarkably, the experience wasn’t wholly a negative one; always been pretty suc- though at times things did get quite testy. Adam: I did soccer and cessful, does it disappoint During two games I was able to lose my cool and regain my com- indoor/outdoor track you and your team when posure; to out-right retire and then reinstate myself; to make a few you don’t get the press you new acquaintances while accruing a few foes. FP: When did you start to high school record. By the feel you deserve? Intramural sports, it occurred to me, are very real-life situations. become really serious end of my high school Adam: It has always been You’re put in a room with a bunch of people you don’t know and about pole vaulting? career I had the bar at you’re asked to compete for something, but what exactly it is, you’re a thorn in my side when not really sure. Adam: I started to pole vault 13’6”. other teams get recog- The competition gets heated, sometimes lopsided, and it’s unclear my first year of high school, nized for their wins and how the whole situation is going to play out. But, nonetheless, the I followed in my big sister’s FP: What are some of the successes but the track game ensues. footsteps. She set the state things you do to stay fo- team gets over looked and In intramural basketball, you’re asked to call your own fouls; to record her senior year of cused right before a jump? under budgeted, I’ve come officiate your own game; to take accountability for your actions. HS. I wanted to see what it Adam: I run through the to accept it but I still don’t And while this seems a little abstract, it’s really not. I’m not going to say that intramurals are a microcosm of life, but was like to fly with a pole jump in my head and try to like it. they’re not far off. and after I started I just picture all of the motions. They are, if nothing else, a forum for practicing how we should couldn’t stop! The rush of I slow it down and picture FP: Is there anything you conduct ourselves on a day-to-day basis; a venue for learning how to the vault is amazing, and it over and over until I feel want USM to know about win and lose with respect and dignity. it’s fun to say that you’ve like I’m ready to give it all the “real” Adam Haggerty? It would have been easy, amidst our obliteration, to pack up our jumped over 15 feet. I’ve got on the runway. Adam: I’m a down to earth things and leave – to cry foul. But we didn’t. guy, love the outdoors, FP: Was it something that And likewise, it would have been just as easy for the teams we FP: How has the Men’s Track love to travel, and want to played to take advantage of us – to run up the score, but instead, they you were able to learn nat- program at USM made you fill my life with stories and did the right thing. urally, or was it challenging a more efficient pole vault- adventures. Last Wednesday night when my team of wanna-be basketball stars and frustrating at first? er? took the floor against a former captain of the USM team, a two year Adam: I wasn’t a natural Adam: The pole vault coach player for the Huskies and a former high school standout, the prover- when I first started but here is very good and bial cards were stacked against us. But somehow, some way, it was picked it up really quickly knows his stuff, he has fun. Sometimes the competition of the real world becomes an abstrac- and that first year I set my tion, something way off in the distance that we hear the rumblings of but do not acknowledge. By taking part in some sort of activity, be it intramural soccer, uni- cycling, riding horses or playing hockey, competition becomes real. I didn’t realize this before I took part in the Sullivan Complex’s version of David versus Goliath (although Goliath decisively pre- vailed in this case). I had forgotten a lot of what I knew about competition – and car- diovascular health, for that matter. It is important for all of us to find time between jobs, schoolwork and other obligations to stay active in competition and sport — be- cause intramural basketball isn’t for the faint of heart, and neither, for that matter, is life. The Free Press S PORTS W RITER Interested in Sports? Writing? or both?
The Free Press is now hiring sports writers. Inquire at 92 Beford Street, Portland between 9 and 1. 20 The Free Press | March 3, 2008 Sports Sports Well I went down to my local arena, I asked to see the manager man. He came from his office and said, “Son can I help you?” I looked at him and said, “Yes you can.” ‘Cause I wanna drive the zamboni branDOn McKenney Although he was unable to work last year, he has come back to Staff Writer full action — and his hard work has been noticed by Ice Arena Stefan Black walks into the ice Manager Vinnie Degifico. arena with a confident swagger, “When given the chance during giving off the impression that he one of the games, I made the better owns the place. He looks relaxed ice,” remembers Black. He’s been and certain, and hums a tune as he the go-to guy ever since. makes his way down to the rink. Black says driving the zamboni In a way, Black does own the is relatively easy once you know ice. what you’re doing, explaining No, he’s not a star hockey that it’s mostly like regular driv- player or the head coach. ing but you have to “flip switches He’s the zamboni driver. and stuff.” “I’ve got the job that everyone He says that he has never wants,” explains Black about why screwed up or crashed into the he enjoys his work so much. Being boards in all of his years of driv- the zamboni driver, he knows, is ing, “but I cross my fingers every hockey’s equivalent to being a time that I don’t do that.” rock-star. Black begins to show a little Black has been driving a zam-
modesty about his famed position, JASON JOHNS BY PHOTO STAFF boni for six years, since he first saying that when people tell him Junior Stefan Black glides the ice-smoothing zamboni over the rink at the Gorham Ice Arena. With six years of began at Kennebec Ice Arena what a cool job he has, he explains experience, Black has slowly become one of USM’s main drivers. when he was 16. to them that it’s not really differ- He played hockey through his ent from any other. It’s almost He couldn’t believe it when his While the money may seem But until those new careers junior year of high school until as if he’s become bored with the boss told him that the Boston good, he has higher hopes for his come along, Black is content with he blew out his shoulder, which zamboni. Bruins’ zamboni driver makes future. Black, a criminology major, his place at USM and with every- left him on the wrong side of the But Black still knows that he $75,000 each year, and can make hopes to head instead toward the one wishing they had his job. boards. has a coveted job. In between pe- an additional $35,000 if he drives arena of homeland security. (Cause I wanna drive the zam- Black decided he wanted to riods he’s the star on the ice, and during spring and summer train- He can see himself in any boni, I wanna drive the zambo- ”learn how to drive,” and asked spectators can’t help but thinking ing. number of positions, but says he ni….iiiiii, yes I do.) his head coach to connect him that they wish they could drive the Of course Black doesn’t make wants to be a sky marshal, or a with the rink manager. zamboni — and with good reason: nearly that much, but he says his border patrol officer in Texas. Song lyrics by The Zambonis, Since coming to USM, Black good money is involved. job pays the bills and is fun and It’s clear he has aspirations, and “I wanna drive the zamboni.” has slowly worked his way into Black says that drivers in pro- laid back. while the zamboni fame is nice being one of the main drivers. fessional leagues can make a lot. right now, it won’t satisfy him. CKP the campus kitchens project teach • reach • feed • lead welcome to the newest classroom on campus:
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www.campuskitchens.org Sports Sports The Free Press | March 3, 2008 21 Close battle vs. rival New England College ends difficult season Sarah trent The Pilgrims answered with a slap shot to tie the game, and just one minute later their executive eDitOr leading scorer, junior Sarah Graham, snuck another past Husky goalie junior Emily The hockey season ended Saturday night Barrett (Westport, MA). for 18 dedicated Huskies. After a painfully The second period was a close battle, close match at New England College that though NEC out-shot USM 10-6, and netted ended 3-4, the women’s hockey team fin- their third goal of the game. ished their season 7-18-1. The third period was controlled by the Just one week before, the Huskies had a Southern Maine, who out-shot the Pilgrims pair of games against the Pilgrims, winning 15-6. Junior Megan Irving (Cumberland) the first 3-2 at home, but losing in Henniker, narrowed the gap on a power-play goal NH 2-10. on a pass from senior Katie Quartuccio In Henniker again for the conference (Poughkeepsie, NY). quarterfinal game, the Huskies couldn’t pull NEC rallied for two goals and though out a win, though they put up a fight trying. the Huskies remained strong and brought Junior Shannon Shuttle (New Ispwhich, the score to 3-4 on Herzog’s first goal of the NH) took the Huskies to an early lead with season, they couldn’t capitalize on several
STAFF PHOTO BY BRANDON BY PHOTO MCKENNEYSTAFF her third goal of the season off a play from late-game opportunities. Junior Emily Barrett (Westport, MA), shown here in a mid-season game versus St. Michaels, also seniors Kelly Connors (Topsfield, MA) and Barrett finished the game with an impres- played well in their conference tournament quarterfinals loss to England College. She made 23 Lindsay Herzog (Hightstown, NJ) just two sive 23 saves. saves, though her team lost 3-4. minutes into the game. Women’s basketball loses Conference Championship, could still advance to the NCAA national tourney From WOMEN page 24 while USM struggled to connect, The Huskies came from behind point cushion on free-throws, and But regardless of how they’ve But Saturday’s game against missing 8 of 9 shots from the to tie the game at the end—they the Huskies couldn’t answer. done, she says, “it’s amazing to be number two Eastern Connecticut field. had a 7-4 streak to tie the game Assuming they are given a bid a part of a team with such a legacy. didn’t end as well. Junior forward Stacey Kent at 51 with 4:40 left to play, fell to the national tournament—an It’s special, I’m really privileged Eastern hardly flinched in the (Northwood, NH) and senior behind again, and then traded expected move, since they were to be a part of this.” overtime period, and outscored forward Angela Santa Fe (Derry, baskets after a big 3-point shot the number one seed in the confer- the Huskies 9-4. They sank 9 of NH) both led the Huskies with 13 from sophomore Nicole Paradis ence, the women remain confident For an update on the Huskies’ 10 shots from the free-throw line, points. (Skowhegan) until the game ended in their ability to continue toward fate with an NCAA bid and to see tied at 56. Both teams had 3-point the NCAA Final Four. a schedule for the national tour- shots in their final possessions of “We played very well and did nament when it is announced, see regulation time, but neither went little things right,” said Paradis the USM Athletics website: usm. in. following the game against Keene. maine.edu/athletics. After a scoreless first minute “I feel really confident if we play of overtime, Eastern took a four- like we did today.” The Free Press S PORTS E DITOR
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Inquire at 92 Beford Street, Portland STAFF PHOTO BY SARAH BY TRENT PHOTO STAFF Junior Stacey Kent (Northwood, NH) puts up a jump shot over two defenders between 9 and 1. from Keene State in the semi-final game of the Little East tournament. 22 The Free Press | March 3, 2008 Sports Sports Huskies lose in HUSKY playoffs, succeed HIGHLIGHTS Men’s where it counts Basketball MiKe tarDiff down key shots while amassing 18 points on 8-for-15 shooting, includ- Staff Writer ing 3-for-6 from behind the three Caterina commands Hus- point stripe. kies into Semi nals of the The men’s basketball team may Southern Maine’s version of the Little East tournament not have won the conference cham- twin-towers, along with Oakley, pionship, but if you consider achiev- sophomore Greg Whitaker (Presque USM Senior Forward Jamaal ing team goals a triumph, than the Isle) and freshman Troy Jellison Caterina (Portland) broke his Huskies had an extremely successful (Bangor), managed to hold the high- single game scoring record close to their season. octane offense of UMass Darmouth with 33 points in a win over Coach Karl Henrikson and his to just 29-for-66 (43.9 percent) Eastern Connecticut in the team aspired from the start of the shooting during the game and to ten first round of the Little East season to accomplish three things: points below their season average of tournament. Caterina notched to end the season with a winning 85 points per game. his 10th double-double of the record and to both host and win a Playing under very hostile con- season and also pulled down playoff game. ditions – an estimated attendance 14 rebounds to lead the Hus- With their 79-69 win over Eastern of 2000 – the Huskies managed to kies. Senior Drew Coppenrath Connecticut last Tuesday at Hill hang tough with UMass Dartmouth also added 15 points, going Gymnasium, the Huskies solidified until the Corsairs pulled away with 7-for-12 from the field in the effort. the completion of all of those goals. a 13-3 run to end the game after the And though the Huskies fell to Huskies made it a tie ball game at 56 the league’s number one seed and late in the second half. nationally ranked UMass Dartmouth The Huskies ratcheted up their Men’s Track & in a very close 69-75 contest on defensive effort in the second half, Friday in North Dartmouth, Mass., which allowed them to make up for Cross Country the team’s spirits were not dashed. their nine point halftime deficit. “We played with a lot of heart Henrikson’s squad, who finished USM Men’s head coach Scott in the second half,” Henrikson said the season ranked first in team de- Hutchinson was named LEC following the loss. “We’re a very fense, baffled the Corsair offense Head Coach of the Year in senior laden team and I feel like the and forced a series of bad shots, but Cross Country. This is just responsibilities were on the right the effort proved to be not enough. Hutchinson’s third year as coach of the Men’s Cross Above, Sophomore Greg Whitaker (Presque Isle) drives past a defender people tonight.” Key baskets by UMass-Darmouth from Eastern Connecticut. The Huskies beat Eastern Connecticut in the Country and Track teams, and Those seniors, a contingent in- players thwarted any upset effort by first round of the Little East tournament, but lost to top-ranked Dartmouth he has lead the Huskies into a the Huskies. in the semi-finals. Below, Senior Nick Gooding (Concord, CA) puts up an cluding forwards Jamaal Caterina spot as one of the elite Div. III Unable to play, but cognizant of easy bucket against over a couple defenders. (Portland) and Drew Coppenrath programs in New England. (Barnet, VT) as well as guard Foster the environment, Daniels said the Oakley (Mt. Vernon) who started in atmosphere was a great way to end Senior Curtis Wheeler (Derby, place of injured senior Josh Daniels his career. VT) set a USM school record (Everett, WA), led the Huskies “When people talk about March in the 5,000 meters as he won throughout the playoffs. Madness, this is the closest thing the event at the New Eng- Caterina and Coppenrath pow- to D-I that you can get,” the senior, land Intercollegiate Amateur ered the Husky’s offense in both who tore his meniscus in quarterfi- Athletic Association Indoor games, but also anchored consecu- nal action, said. Championships. Wheeler’s tive defensive gems. The semifinal loss drops the effort topped off a record In the first game, the senior tandem Husky’s record to 14-13 on the setting day for the Huskies, collaborated to shut down Eastern year; however, the Huskies won 11 as both Junior Jimmy Sawyer Connecticut’s leading scorer, Leon of their last 16, which softened the (Gorham) and Derek Murchie Martin, to just 11 points – five below post-season loss. (Windham), set new records in his season average. “I don’t regret leaving UNH to the 800 meter and 200 meter Caterina paced the Husky of- come here. Coming here let me play respectively. fensive arsenal against Eastern how I do,” Caterina said of the late Connecticut with a career-high season push. “I was glad I could 33 points and 14 rebounds, while come back second semester and con- Women’s Track Coppenrath’s steady shooting touch tribute the way I was capable of.” allowed him to contribute 15 points The successful latter stages of the on 7-for-12 shooting from the field. season also pleased Daniels, a two- Emily Artesani breaks long In their quarterfinal victory, the year captain for the squad. Following standing record Huskies coupled Caterina’s domi- the win over Eastern Connecicut, he nance on the offensive end of the lowered himself to the gym floor and Sophomore Emily Artesani floor with a defense that held the kissed the half-court logo, paying (Orono) broke the USM record homage to his final game at Hill Warriors to a sickly 35.6 percent in the 400 meter event with a Gymnasium. field goal percentage for the game. time of 59.64 seconds, egding “We came out and played like “I was glad that we could end my past a 17 year old mark of it was our game from the start,” career here on a positive note and 59.72 set in 1991 by Angela Caterina said following his career- that we have turned the program (Welchel) Lally. Artesani also high night. “We were just real ag- around,” Daniels said. posted a season-best 26.50 in gressive.” The relatively quiet and unas- the 200 meter event, 0.02 sec- The win marked the Huskies first suming Coppenrath was also very onds shy of her school record. playoff victory since 2000. pleased with his team’s efforts in Hattie Landry and Gabby Cyr Playing UMass Dartmouth on the playoffs and the program’s tri- joined Artesani in leading the RENT Friday, Caterina and Coppenrath, umphs. Huskies at the NYU Fastrack who both played the entire 40 min- “I told you at the beginning of Meet. The event was a non- utes of regulation time, again proved the season that we wanted to have team scoring invitational. to be a formidable pair on both ends a winning record and win a playoff of the floor. game and we did. This is the best op- On this night, Caterina finished portunity of my life.” with 24 points and 11 rebounds for his 11th double-double of the
STAFF PHOTOS BY SARAH BY T PHOTOS STAFF season, while Coppenrath knocked Sports Sports The Free Press | March 3, 2008 23 Even for wrestlers, it’s a team effort From MORIN page 1 But Morin hasn’t talked to Valastro about it since he won while one prevailed, the other last weekend. “No matter what had to walk away. someone tells you, you have to But Moyer seems remarkably experience it on your own.” unphased by his loss. The pair keeps wrestling on “It didn’t feel too bad,” he said. the mats tucked in the top corner “The whole wrestling tournament of the Costello Sports Complex, went so well, I felt like I accom- Moyer giving instructions and plished a lot that day. It was a making Morin repeat a move a good experience—the light, the few times. For the most part, their pressure, and on home territory.” coaches leave them alone, except After a week of recovery, he’s for Santiago’s occasional “jog!” here to make sure his friend, As Morin takes one of his jogs, roommate, and partner is as ready Santiago yells to sprint, and takes as he can be for his trip to Iowa. a second out of a conversation Sophomore Mike Morin (Fryeburg), struggles with his opponent, Jake Tyler (Springfield), in the final of the 165 lb. When asked how he feels doing with Moyer to encourage the man class at the NEWA tournament in Gorham. Morin was able to overpower Tyler in an overtime period for a 6-4 win. this, he sits back in his chair, running. Below, senior Mark Moyer, Morin’s friend, roommate and workout partner, loses his own final match. crosses his arms, and smirks. “You gotta open your lungs!” “He’s a pain in my ass,” he he shouts. “The air’s different in jokes. Iowa. They only breath champi- “Nah, I couldn’t leave him onship air!” hangin’! This is his time to shine, Morin will travel to Iowa I’m just doin’ my part.” to represent USM at the 2008 Moyer pauses, and continues, NCAA Division III national a more serious note in his voice. championships on March 7-8 “I’d rather him be there than at Coe College. With 19 men in me go instead of him. I’m not his weight class, he is expected to sore at all.” do well. When their teammate, Steve “After talking to a few other Valastro, went to the tournament coaches, I believe Mike has the last year, he came back and told tools to place in the top eight, everyone a little about his experi- which would make him an All- ence. American,” said Pistone. “He said it was a bigger atmo- He would be the first All- sphere,” said Morin, “more in- American of the USM wrestling tense, everyone was tougher out program. there.” STAFF PHOTOS BY BRANDON BY PHOTOS MCKENNEY STAFF is week . . . Mike on Sports page 19 Men’s basketball page 20 Women’s hockey page 21 Sports The Free Press | March 3, 2008 24 Huskies drop the ball Women lose in OT, could still advance to NCAA tourney
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large bids. SARAH BY TRENT PHOTO STAFF The loss drops their record to Freshman Kaylie DeMillo (Jay) blows past a defender from Umass Dartmouth 25-3, and breaks a streak of 11 in the first round game of the Little East tournament. They won this game to consecutive Little East Conference advance to the semi-finals game versus Keene State. championship wins. USM has moment it could be taken away. Huskies prevailed, downing the been to the NCAA tournament “Even though we were on top,” Owls 55-34. for the last 13 years in a row, and said senior captain Dawn Ross “Dawn had some big 3’s in the have gone 21 times since joining (Gray), “we were still the under- first half,” said head coach Gary the NCAA in 1985. dogs. People didn’t think we’d do Fifield, “Haley Johnson (sopho- What made this year different? as well as we have.” more, West Simsbury, CT) gave “In the past, we’d go to the LEC’s Throughout the season, she and quality minutes when we were thinking ‘we’re gonna win,’” said Kynoch have both said that this in foul trouble, and Jo (Danielli, senior Shannon Kynoch (South year, their mission was to prove senior, New Gloucester) played Burlington, VT)after their semi- people wrong—to prove to fans really well defensively off the finals win against Keene. that despite the loss of several key bench.” “This year it was a lot tough- players last season, that they’re And rare in a semi-finals game, er, we’ve had to work that much still Southern Maine, and that they everyone on the team got to play. harder. It wasn’t going to be a are strong no matter what. “That’s tremendous,” said Junior Stacey Kent (Northwood, NH) goes up against a defender from SARAH BY TRENT PHOTO STAFF walk in the park.” The semi-finals game versus Fifield. Keene State in the semi-final game of the Little East tournament. They The team was ranked first in the Keene went in their favor—the wom this game, but lost to Eastern Connecticut in the championship. conference, but knew that at any game got rough at times, but the See WOMEN page 21 Turbulent season over for men’s hockey Season opened 11-0-1, closes on 11 game winless streak JOhn fOreStell at home against Tufts in which they won 6-5, but the Huskies Staff Writer could not hold the momentum on their side of the rink and lost their Hockey is a game that relies on final three games of the regular momentum. You have to be able season. to counter-act every good move “It’s been tough in the locker your opponent makes and create room,” said junior goalie Jamie a good opportunities right away; Gilbert (Lewiston). “We’ve been any sudden mistakes will be detri- having a lot of team meetings to mental to the objective of winning straighten out some things that the game. It’s like chess on ice. we got away from earlier in the
The Huskies know all too well season.” BRANDON BY PHOTO MCKENNEYSTAFF about momentum. “At the beginning of the year Sophomore Chris Travis (Scituate, MA) brings the heat on a slapshot in a regular season game this year. The men lost to New England College, 2-5, in the quarterfinal game of the conference tournament. They end their season 14-9-3. After an up-and-down season everything was bouncing our way In their final game versus NEC, generally outweigh the good for weren’t too worried about play- that ended on a down, they lost and going right, now it seems like they took 8 penalties, compared to this team—they ranked in the top ing away from home. They were their first playoff game 5-2 to New we can’t seem to be as consistent their opponent’s 6. 5 in their conference in many cat- ready to play on NEC’s NHL-size England College. as we were at the start of the year,” They’ve also been outscored egories, including scoring offense, arena, which is smaller than their After going 11-0-1 in their said Gilbert, who is ranked fourth 29-19 in the third period of con- scoring defense, power play goals, own Olympic sized ice. first 12 games of the season, they in the conference with a 91.1 save ference games (19 goals is lowest penalty kill percentage, and spe- “We play better on the road,” turned downhill and went 0-3-2 in percentage. in the conference). cial teams net. said Gilbert. “We have a tough their next 5 games. Every team has some bad luck, In the game versus NEC, they But as they headed into the time in an Olympic size rink like After the short mid-season skid, and the Huskies have had their were leading the game 2-1 after post-season, as they needed an ours because its too open. We are the Huskies got back on track, share of bad luck injuries this the second period, but allowed the upward swing if they were going a run and gun team and that works going 4-2 in the next 6 games. season, but they’ve also struggled Pilgrims to rally in the third with to make a playoff run. better in smaller rinks.” This streak included impres- in two key areas: staying out of four unanswered goals. “It’s huge, especially being on They just didn’t have the mo- sive wins versus Bowdoin and the penalty box and scoring goals Gilbert started the game, stop- the road, we needed to take the mentum to carry them through the Skidmore. in the third period. ping an impressive 27 shots, but crowd out of the game by scoring game—after an opening streak It was equally important be- The Huskies rank second in left the game midway through goals and not allowing them any that included 11 wins, they ended cause the Huskies were struggling their conference in penalty min- the second period with an injury. chances,” said junior Dan Gordon their season on an 11-game win- with injuries as three of their top utes with 573, averaging 22.9 Senior Ryan Sullivan (Newton, (Lynnfield, MA). less streak. The turning point, defenseman were forced to the penalty minutes game—that’s MA) replaced him to make 18 With confidence high going ironically enough, came with their bench. more than one full period of play- saves. into their chance to beat NEC, Jan. 11 loss to Trinity College. The end of the season was look- ing with men in the box. Despite the loss and the frus- who had one week before defeat- The Huskies ended their turbu- ing bright after a hard fought win tration, the bad generally did not ed them at home, 3-2, the Huskies lent season 14-9-3.