UMF’s Spookiest Celebration of the Year
Zion Hodgkin Contributing Writer Amidst the flashing strobe lights and roaring jams of the last two years, you could almost forget you were standing in a school cafeteria. Every year, on the last Saturday before Halloween, UMF’s Association for Campus...
Oh My Gourd, Not Another Pumpkin Story
Kaitlynn Tarbox Contributing Writer From zombies to Jack Skellington, Griffin Graves, a senior secondary education major, has carved a vast array of characters and scenes into pumpkins the size of his head. Graves has turned what is usually a one time event during...
UMF Students Rally Support to Fight Climate Change
Kaitlynn Tarbox Contributing Writer UMF students and members of the Sustainable Campus Coalition (SCC) gathered on the Mantor Green recently to gather support for the petition to fight climate change. A small group of students joined together on the Green to...
President Serna on Future of UMF
Darby Murnane, Editor in Chief New UMF President Edward Serna envisions a future of the university which fosters opportunity for greater student diversity, career development and increased community partnerships. Serna also aims to continue work started last spring...
Financial Literacy — Column #1
Give Me My Dam Money! -- Financial Advice As summer passes and the temperatures plummet be careful that you don't find your funds as low as the mercury. A budget is one of the best ways to ensure you’re being financially responsible. There are many free...
New VP of Student Affairs Looks Forward to Responding to Student’s Needs
Nathan McIvor, Vice President Dr. Christine Wilson, UMF’s new Vice President for Student Affairs, looks forward to making sure the university is more responsive to its students’ needs, especially in the wake of the recent LEAP building explosion on September 16th...
Dorm Talk: Audio Insights From by Two College Freshman
Thomas Young, Contributing Writer Dorm Talk, an untraditional and lighthearted podcast created by UMF freshman Corbin Bouchard and Riley Cushing consists of authentic discussion between the co-hosts on a wide variety of topics. Creating the podcast was Cushing’s...
Chillin’ and Grillin’ with the Health Club
By Allison Jarvis, Contributing Writer The Health Club recently put together an event in the student center called “Chillin’ and Grillin’,” aiming to educate the students and promote ways to make healthy choices in four areas: Physical health, nutritional health,...
A Tale of Two Improv Groups
Ciera Miller Contributing Writer On March 29, Lincoln Auditorium was bursting with laughter, and not just from UMF’s resident improv group, The Lawn Chair Pirates (LCP), but also from a special guest improv group, the Teachers Lounge Mafia (TLM). First on their...
Public Hearings about NECEC Held at UMF
By Darby Murnane & Emily Mokler Assistant Editor & Editor-in-Chief Maine’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) hosted a week-long collection of hearings and two public forums on the UMF campus to address the proposed Central Maine Power (CMP)...