Letter From the Editor
Dear Farmington Flyer Readers, I write to you from my home in central New Jersey, where I have been careful to distance myself from others as the cases of and deaths from COVID-19 in my home state skyrocket. As all University of Maine System (UMS) campuses have...
Park it at UMF
Colin Harris Contributing Writer Parking has been a long held complaint of many UMF students of all years, from freshman who dread the long walks from the parking lots by Prescott fields and behind the FRC to commuting upperclassmen who can never seem to find a...
Travel Opportunities with the National Student Exchange
Andrea Swiedom, Staff Reporter The National Student Exchange (NSE) provides UMF students with the unique opportunity to study at different campuses in the U.S. and surrounding territories, such as Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Canada for a...
#UMFReadtoME Event Connects the Farmington Community
Taylor Burke Contributing Writer Recently UMF faculty, students and community members participated in the UMF Read to ME event at W.G. Mallett School, where volunteers read to the elementary students as part of a state education initiative. The Read to ME...
Students in Psychology Class Use Mentoring as Extra Credit or Exam Replacement
Abbie Hunt Contributing Writer Sophomore Kolby Boulgier and Freshman Brenna Saucier are replacing their exams in PSY 235: Introduction to Counseling with the experience of mentoring elementary school students. Boulgier is mentoring a young girl through the Lunch...
Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream Social at UMF for Bernie Sanders
Brooke Valentin Contributing Writer In the midst of Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign, popular ice cream makers Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, of Ben and Jerry’s, recently visited campus to host an ice cream social in support of Sanders’ campaign. The...
VOYAGER Exhibit Explores Migration at Emery Arts Center
Taylor Burke, Contributing Writer The VOYAGER: Migrational Narratives exhibit introduces a conversation on migration to the UMF community through various mediums and perspectives. The exhibit, which is free to the public, opened from Jan. 30 to March 6. Olivia...
Is There a Light for the Future of UMF’s Rocky Horror Picture Show?
Portia Hardy Contributing Writer The beloved UMF “Rocky Horror Picture Show” shadowcast is in danger of disappearing due to a lack of Student Senate Spring Fling funding. Head director, senior Chloe Woodward, and her directing team are fighting to surpass financial...
UMF Professor Assists Those Affected by the Border Crisis
Andrea Swiedom Staff Reporter Last February, Professor of History Anne Marie Wolf sat traumatized before the TV while images flashed across the screen of children, who had just fled the horrors of their homes and crossed the U.S.-Mexico border, sat on bare...
Alpha Phi Omega Is Accepting New Members
Kathleen Perry Contributing Writer Students looking for community service opportunities and a touch of college Greek life can look no further than Alpha Phi Omega (APO) which strives to create a community focusing on their main principles: “leadership, friendship,...