A Preview of Julian Saporiti’s Event “No No Boy, A Multi-Media Presentation on Japanese Internment”
By Andrew Devine - Editor-in-Chief UMF to welcome Julian Saporiti to the Emery Community Arts Center on Tuesday, October 3rd to perform a collection of songs based on his extensive research. Inspired by his doctoral research at Brown University, and his own...
Woody Woodcock Keeps The Spirit Alive at UMF
By Lindsay Mower - Staff Reporter If you’re roaming the halls of Merrill Hall late in the evening, perhaps while taking the opportunity to practice piano with no one else around to listen, you’ll always have at least one audience member: this is Woody Woodcock, the...
Lifelong Love of Learning: Rick Dale Delivers Last Lecture
By Nick Bray, Contributing Writer In front of an overflowing room, Associate Professor of Special Education, Dr. Rick Dale concluded the 19th annual Michael D. Wilson Symposium by giving his last lecture. In its fifth year, the last lecture is a yearly event at...
Music Enthusiast Takes On The National Anthem at 2017 Commencement Ceremony
By Grace Leathers-Pouliot, Contributing Writer Senior Anna Ammarell, who is graduating with a degree in special education and a minor in music will be doing her own rendition of the National Anthem at the Commencement Ceremony this year. Anna’s love for music began at...
Zack Peercy: Writer By Day, Comedian By Night
By Shana Tilley, Contributing Writer Graduating senior Zack Peercy will be missed by the UMF creative writing and arts communities he has been an influential part of throughout his four years on campus. He’s currently the president of both the Lawn Chair Pirates...
An Escape To The Natural World: Mainely Outdoors Excursion to Acadia National Park
By Sofia Vanoli, Contributing Writer A timid sun shone for the 20 UMF students who participated in the annual trip to Acadia National Park Sunday, April 23. Mainely Outdoors hosted this annual excursion for the fourth time, this year with the largest number of...
Woody Hanstein: Man Of Many Hats
By Nick Bray, Staff Reporter There probably isn’t anyone in the state of Maine with a resume quite like Walter “Woody” Hanstein’s. In the fall semester, it isn’t unusual for Hanstein to work a full day at his law practice, then head down to the rugby pitch at Prescott...
A Walk Through The Gallery: Senior Art Thesis Exhibition
By Jessica McKenna, Contributing Writer A semester's worth of hard work came to an end on April 13th with the opening of the Senior Art students’ Thesis Exhibition, “Five to Nine.” The sun slowly disappeared from the sky over the UMF campus casting a faint blue shadow...
McKayla Marois: First-Year Student Making an Impact on UMF
By Caleb Grover, Contributing Writer There are not enough hours in a day, or that’s how it seems for first-year McKayla Marois. Marois is a secondary education major with a concentration in English, and a minor in music. Teaching has been Marois’ dream since she was...
CA Joe Brichetto Elected Incoming President of Student Senate
By Kaitlyn Polk, Contributing Writer Student Senate recently elected a new president, Joseph Brichetto whom you may know for his many involvements around campus. You can find him in the basement of Scott Hall taking care of his residents, you can catch him on the...