A Study in Spaces (to Study in)
By Devon Hall - Contributing Writer As the season for intense studying arrives, UMF students may find themselves at a loss when trying to find the place that feels just right. Luckily for them, there is a myriad of places to study around campus with all different...
Alpha Lambda Delta Heads Thanksgiving Drive for Ten Local Families
By Leah Boucher - Staff Reporter UMF’s honor society Alpha Lambda Delta donated Thanksgiving baskets to ten families with children who attend the W.G. Mallett School in an effort to combat local hunger. Families in financial need were provided with food for a full...
Peace in the Park Brings Students, Faculty, Community Members Together
By Elina Shapiro, Contributing Writer Recently, on a brisk Friday afternoon, roughly seventy-five people, including UMF students, faculty and their kids, as well as community members, stood together in solidarity celebrating diversity and inclusion in UMF’s event...
Education Majors Prepare for the Challenges and Excitement of Student Teaching
By Samuel Carignan - Contributing Writer The end of the semester has Education majors rushing to prepare for their student teaching placements that may start as early as this coming January. The final and largest hurdle of the program, students have a lot to...
UMF Senior Awaits Peace Corps Service in Mongolia
By Gavin Elliot, Contributing Writer “I’ve always have been interested in serving my country, but I’m not a military person. So I knew if I wanted to, I had to find a way without carrying a gun around,” said Danny Marshall as he leaned forward. Marshall,...
UMF Ultimate Team Snags 9th Place at Lobster Pot Tournament
By Alicia Davis - Contributing Writer The UMF Ultimate Disc team recently participated in the Lobster Pot Tournament at Wainwright Sports Complex in Portland, Maine. The team played four games on Saturday and won three of them. Saturday was a calm, cool day, which...
UMF Student Costumes Come to Life for the Halloween Dance
By Bryan Eldridge - Contributing Writer UMF students all around campus transformed from their everyday selves into entirely new identities as costumes arose from the dead for another year of the spectacular Halloween Dance. Every year, UMF holds a Halloween themed...
Farmington Community Unites in Honor of Somali Terrorism Victims
By Gwen Baker - Contributing Writer A diverse group of Farmington community members came together at UMF to hold a vigil for the victims of a truck bombing in Mogadishu Somalia. After hearing about this news, Mana Mohamed, a senior majoring in Political Science and...
UMF Enjoys Rare Collaboration
By Kelsey Dunn - Contributing Writer Students were recently treated to a collaboration of UMF’s Lawn Chair Pirates (LCP), Bust A Move Beavers (BAM), and Clefnotes called “Pirates Bust a Clef” in Lincoln Auditorium. This collaboration has not happened in years, making...
UMF’s Own Dr. Jamison Conducts Study on Mandatory Office Hours
By Collin Regan - Contributing Writer A crowd of UMF faculty, students, and community members recently packed Emery Arts Center to listen to professor Rhonda Jamison’s talk about Teacher-Student Relationships. Jamison, also known as Dr. J around campus, talked about...