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Recycling for Humanity 11 May 2013 | 01:56 am
By: Don Grady The Earth’s health is declining from human actions, but it’s not too late to reverse this complicated problem. The manufacturing improvements that occurred throughout the Industrial Revo...
Gorham Initiative work hurt by budget cuts 30 Apr 2013 | 01:47 am
Faculty, staff and students have been working in one form or another since 1997 to improve the Gorham experience, but after $5 million in cuts this year, head of the Gorham Initiative and interim Dean...
Roya Hejabian prepares for commencement 29 Apr 2013 | 11:53 pm
Roya Hejabian will be celebrating the completion of her third degree, a master’s in social work, when she speaks at USM’s afternoon commencement session this year. Hejabian was the first of her family...
Student presents six month’s of work at Thinking Matters conference 29 Apr 2013 | 11:49 pm
At the edge of the gym floor at USM’s annual Thinking Matters conference, Matthew Dobson, a senior theater major, showed how he can make demons appear on stage. The Thinking Matters conference encoura...
Meat subsidies strip other food industries to the bone 29 Apr 2013 | 10:19 pm
Written by Fatoumata Issifi Hidjo Would you go into a fast food restaurant to order a hamburger if you knew it would cost you over $50? Would you order steak in a fancy restaurant if you knew it was g...
Local Top 5: Beaches 29 Apr 2013 | 10:15 pm
1.) Kettle Cove There is nothing particularly exciting about Kettle Cove–no big waves, no stunning vistas, no shocking wildlife. There doesn’t need to be. Kettle Cove is peaceful and expansive, a plan...
A farewell as I depart after three years at The Free Press 29 Apr 2013 | 10:13 pm
As an opinion writer for this newspaper, I’ve had the distinct privilege of making readers laugh, confused, upset and moved. Typically, I’m not as serious as I look in the picture above, but The Free ...
Hand dryer efficiency and cost blows away paper towels 29 Apr 2013 | 10:11 pm
Written by Shaun Carland If you’ve spent time in an academic building’s bathroom over the course of the semester, you may have noticed that paper towel dispensers are disappearing and hand dryers are ...
Portland Public Library bookmobile is on the road 29 Apr 2013 | 10:09 pm
The Portland Public Library’s new “mobile branch” visited USM on Wednesday for the first time, showing off their customized Mercedes-Benz mobile library and spreading the word on what they have in sto...
Our opinion: Reflecting on success in a year filled with obstacles and stress 29 Apr 2013 | 10:09 pm
There is only one week until finals, the weather is better than it has been in months and it’s becoming more and more difficult to concentrate on schoolwork, but guess what, we made it. We know, we kn...
