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The Free Press Vol. 40, Issue No. 11, 12-08-2008, Matt Dodge

Free Press, The

Books on hold With budgets slashed, USM’s libraries put hope in a digital future--Faculty Senate postpones EYE requirement.--Day without a gay--Deferred maintenance Building repairs and improvements delayed across three campuses.--MECA and USM--Provost profiles

The Free Press Vol. 40, Issue No. 10, 12-01-2008, Matt Dodge

Free Press, The

Free Press exclusive: Our interview with President Botman--“Storm of epic proportions” Botman paints bleak picture while rolling out budget cuts--USM hosts anti-hate rally--Breaking with tradition

The Free Press Vol. 40, Issue No. 9,11-17 -2008, Matt Dodge

Free Press, The

Botman announces Big Cuts--Credit cards on campus--Three prayers for peace--Strength through peace--Costly calories

The Free Press Vol. 40, Issue No. 8, 11-10-2008, Matt Dodge

Free Press, The

What next? The economy is down can it get any downer?--And the winner is...--Armchair academics--How it went down: A brief summary of the subprime mess--Post-election political primer

The Free Press Vol. 40, Issue No. 7,11-03 -2008, Matt Dodge

Free Press, The

Vote--A house divided: Police push for new rules at Bayside Village - residents push back--Muskie contracts face reviews--Break down the (laboratory) walls--WeVote brings some life to the parties

The Free Press Vol. 40, Issue No. 6, 10-27-2008, Matt Dodge

Free Press, The

The Election Issue--Senate debate at Abromson--Department Evaluation--USM Undergrad eyes seat in city hall--Bottling the rumors--The Free Press guide to maybe voting this year

The Free Press Vol. 40, Issue No. 5, 10-06-2008, Matt Dodge

Free Press, The

Bayside fights downslide--Imported environmentalism--Provost Search Committee Named--Student senate holds first fall elections--Missed connections: A busy Botman stiffs student senators

Library Ledger, University Of Southern Maine Libraries

Library Ledger

Fall 2008

The Free Press Vol. 40, Issue No. 4, 09-29-2008, Matt Dodge

Free Press, The

Pub politics kick off debate season--The push: University looks to a larger audience with new marketing campaign--High-Energy Healing--taxman: USM Professor goes Web 2.0 on the candidates’ tax plans

The Free Press Vol. 40, Issue No. 3, 09-22-2008, Matt Dodge

Free Press, The

Getting there, half the battle--Student Government:Welcome, Freshman--Robie-Andrews chemical spill contained

The Free Press Vol. 40, Issue No. 2, 09-15-2008, Matt Dodge

Free Press, The

USM begins search for provost--Obama endorsed at Lewiston-Auburn campus--Democracy Now!--The tell-tale toys

The Free Press Vol. 40, Issue No. 1, 09-01-2008, Matt Dodge

Free Press, The

Botman ushers in ‘new era’ as immediate suspension threat dissolves--Fifield out, McDevitt in--Democracy Now! host to visit Portland--Inside Bayside--War on medicine?

The Free Press Vol. 39, Issue No. 22, 04-28-2008, Sarah Trent

Free Press, The

Former students convicted of terrorizing--Pulling together the budget--From Brandeis to Egypt to Maine--Bringing faith to campus--The economy $ucks (Part 3 of 3)--Goodbye, Keith Witherell--Alum aims for U.S. Senate--I’ll trade you--The latest distraction Think cell phones are bad? Try laptops

The Free Press Vol. 39, Issue No. 21, 04-21-2008, Sarah Trent

Free Press, The

Making the list--Uncovering the budget--4th annual Thinking Matters symposium--Words + Images published without images--The economy $ucks (Part 2 of 3)--Darfur refugee says “enough” isn’t enough--Students lay down their arms, and their bodies

The Free Press Vol. 39, Issue No. 20, 04-14-2008, Sarah Trent

Free Press, The

Students STAND for action--Suspension threat lights fires, inspires plans--Bridging religious divide--Taylor-made for student body president--The economy $ucks (Part 1 of 3)--Mental health & campus safety one year after Virginia Tech

The Free Press Vol. 39, Issue No. 19, 04-07-2008, Sarah Trent

Free Press, The

24 ‘weather events’ later--USM’s Board of Visitors gives report on university’s future--Louraine’s ‘One Blue Pearl’--Beyond the clash of civilizations--Alternative Spring Break with Habitat for Humanity--Volunteer closer to home--Ben Taylor takes SGA election by a landslide--Measuring the ‘green’--Riding the Freedom Bus

Library Ledger, University Of Southern Maine Libraries

Library Ledger

Spring 2008

The Free Press Vol. 39, Issue No. 18, 03-17-2008, Sarah Trent

Free Press, The

Addressing retention Looking for new solutions to an old problem--Student Government Elections ‘08--Amnesty International on campus--College Democrats--Your student government

The Free Press Vol. 39, Issue No. 17, 03-10-2008, Sarah Trent

Free Press, The

Suspicious man serenades the library, gets banned from campus--And Pattenaude says…Botman for USM president--Another Doogie Howser--Connecting students, administration in creating university goals--Israeli soldier breaks the silence at USM--SIFE students aim to impact USM, community--One year later:is USM getting the message?--How to file your taxes

The Free Press Vol. 39, Issue No. 16, 03-03-2008, Sarah Trent

Free Press, The

New England Champion--Budget woes go statewide--The evolution of Sri--Departments, administration speak out on “listed” programs--Transportation fee at work, V.I.P. buys new buses--Bomb threat trial delayed--World Over Imports leaves campus corner empty--Student elections approach, ads abound--Next USM Prez will be announced March 10

Words & Images 2008, University Of Southern Maine

Words and Images

Words & Images is an annual arts and literature publication distributed by the University of Southern Maine.

Publishing Director: Ryan Gato

Assistant Publishing Director: Grace Mueller

Managing Editor: Benjamin Rybeck

Diversity At The Ballot Box: Electoral Politics And Maine's Minority Communities, Post-Wwii To The Present, University Of Southern Maine, Selma Botman, Howard M. Solomon, Abraham J. Peck, Bob Greene

Publications (Annual Event Catalog)

As this year’s Sampson Center exhibition makes clear the powerful desire to find historical inevitability in the advance toward equal opportunity for all Americans has become far more nuanced by the sometimes discomforting reminders that advances at the ballot box are neither as clear-cut nor as unconditional as we once hoped. The ancient antipathies of racism, anti-Semitism, and homophobia are not so easily elided by political campaigns and elections. The pace of social consensus requires a degree of patience and continuing attention that tries the very fabric of American life while we attempt to comprehend the consequences of change wrought …