In every backyard battlefield, hordes of half-grown children play, plaid cowboy shirts tucked into blue denim, fringe flying, cheeks blazing. Shoot 'em up, they scream, each hand waving a silver pistol, whirling a limp lasso; stolen clothesline tied to the hip.
Mihku Paul Anderson, a Creative Writing student in USM's Stonecoast MFA Program, is a proud member of the Maliseet, one of the five groups that comprise the Wabanaki Confederacy. Raised near Penobscot Indian Island Reservation, her indigenous identity flows into everything she does.
The low budget crime thriller "Boondock Saints" is a staple of many college students' DVD collections. Although nobody seemed to notice it in the theaters when it came out in 1999, it's attained an almost cult-like following, grossing over $40 million in DVD sales.
"FlashForward," a new Thursday night primetime sci-fi drama on ABC, might just be television's most captivating mind-bender since "Lost" first aired in fall 2004. The show's premise is bizarre. Everyone in the world blacks out for two minutes and 17 seconds and sees visions of their lives six months into the future.
A pair of psychic fortune tellers used tarot cards to predict the futures of around thirty students in the Brooks Student Center in Gorham last Thursday. The Gorham Events Board organized the event as part of their weekly Thirsty Thursday series. The GEB decided to bring the fortune tellers in a last minute change of plans when the scheduled main event, a mind reader, was unable to come.
I don't know about anyone else, but I'm picky about my coffee. I like to taste coffee. Sometimes I add soymilk, and sometimes I drink it straight up black. No matter how I order it, this particular beverage is a big part of my day. Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts have their own rivalery story, and I'm not about to dive into that controversy.
