Step UP! At UMF
By Paige Lusczky, contributing writer If you have taken a Physical Education class on campus, you are aware that it is a requirement to go to an extra class, outside of class hours, on Bystander Intervention Training hosted by the campus Step UP! Program. For a lot of...
Stories of the Non-Traditional Student– Who are they?
By Charity Webster, contributing writer. What do you know about the student sitting next to you? Has the student been here before? Can the student use Google Drive or Brightspace? Are they jumping hurdles daily just to be in class? Did they just receive a disturbing...
Program to help “Almost Alumni” Finish Their Degrees
By Charity Webster, contributing writer (Photo Credit Melissa Pariziale) Melissa and her daughter Mia Becoming an alumni is what every student wants, but often life throws curve balls at the student which changes the course of life and causes them not to...
The Bite Me Beaver – November 2021 Issue 4
Dear Beaver Bite, I have a bit of a work problem. I’m behind in a few of my classes, and I don’t want my grade to be affected. I keep trying to catch up, but it seems like everytime I do one piece of work, my teachers assign me another one. How do I get ahead of the...
What are you thankful for?
By Paige Lusczyk and Jessica Gervais, contributing writers. ‘25 MARY ‘25: …. the sunshine and the four seasons. ‘24 HORISUN ‘24: .... the kindness with those in our community. NICK ‘24: .... all of the resources on campus i.e. the Thrifty Beaver and Johnson...
Matthew Gavin Frank on Diamond-Smuggling Pigeons and More
By Alexis Sack, contributing writer Matthew Gavin Frank is a poet and nonfiction author who read excerpts from his 2021 book, Flight of the Diamond Smugglers, during the Visiting Writers series on November 4th. Interviewing him allowed me to see his thoughts behind...
Mainely Outdoors Provides Activities to Students
By Charity Webster, contributing writer The current pandemic has really made UMF have to think outside the box in the sense of student body activities. This challenge has been extremely difficult due to the past and current restrictions on the students gathering...
Zombie Invasion Imminent!
By Lilly Johnson, contributing writer You may notice students with orange armbands and nerf guns acting erratically on campus this week. No need to be alarmed, the Tabletop Gaming Club is resuming a long-time tradition of ‘Humans vs Zombies’ on campus. After a...
Voices on the Green
By Ashley Ward, Contributing Writer. What do you think UMF can do to be more mindful about its relationship with the land we use and its history with Indigenous tribes? Grace ‘24: I think that having actual Native Americans that come and speak and give...
What Goes On in the Garden?
By Annie Newman, Staff Writer Even in October, the garden that sits next to the Student Olsen Center is teeming with life. Brilliant flowers bloom, vegetables ripen, and bees take pollen to ready themselves for winter. Students mill about, especially those that are in...
Indigenous Peoples’ Week
By Ashley Ward, Secretary and Assistant Editor University of Maine at Farmington conducted a week of events surrounding issues affecting the Indigenous communities within Maine as a response to Indigenous Peoples’ Day on October 11. Several of the days following the...
UMF Introduces Wellness Weeks
By Paige Lusczyk, contributing writer The Well-Being Committee has created an eight-week program, Wellness Weeks, promoting wellbeing in five main categories: physical, social, emotional, occupational, and nutritional. Open registration began on Sept. 27 and will run...
Commuters Fight COVID-19
By Sophia Turgeon, contributing writer. Since March of 2020, COVID has impacted everybody at UMF drastically, including commuters. In fact, the effects of COVID have affected commuters very differently than it may have affected on-campus students. After returning to...
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