ISSUE DATE: 1/25/117 Volume #13 No. 8
BY THE STUDENTS FOR THE STUDENTS ILLUSTRATIONS BY VANESSA POIRIER
The Women’s March: Home and Away By Alex Serrano & Jessica Spoto
many hills and past many, many more coffee shops to Congress Square. At one ixty countries. Millions of protest- point in the day, marchers stretched from ers. Five hundred thousand in D.C. start to finish in one unbroken line. All Two hundred thousand in Boston. manner of Portlandites were present. SoTen thousand in Portland alone. The cial justice activists, mullet-enthusiast Women’s March, originally organized punks, aging hippies, parents and their by Tamika Mallory, Carmen Perez, and stroller-bound children, these diverse Linda Sarsour, was an event aimed to sects chanted and marched and waved “send a bold message to our new gov- banners for two miles in the blissful ernment on their first day in office, and morning chill. Along the way, helpful stations were to the world that women’s rights are hu- set up, and supporters handed out cups man rights.” Armed with “Dump Trump” of vegan hot chocolate and hot cider. signs, pink “pussy” hats, chants aplenty, The march ended up being so large that and staggering numbers, the Women’s the police force had to March on Washingshut off the entire inton has ingrained ittersection of Congress self in the hearts and and Free Street. Lominds of all socially To diminish it’s cal businesses posted conscious Amerisigns of support, with cans. importance would be messages like “Love In D.C., the to diminish the voices Will Win” and “Reevent sported ceof millions of Americans, sist!” giving protesters lebrity appearances moral support. such as documentarmillions around the A massive ian Michael Moore, world, speaking out amount of people actress Ashley Judd, crammed into the and musician Janelle in unison. small-town streets of Monae. Despite rePortsmouth on Saturports to the contrary, day, January 21. They this protest not only filled the streets, wearing pink “pussy” drew larger crowds than the inaugurahats and holding signs with great powtion, but stands as the largest inaugural er and dignity that read “Girls just want protest in American history. To diminish to have fun-damental rights,” “Be kind” its importance would be to diminish the and “I am not going back to the 1950s.” voices of millions of Americans, milTrump has made fun of and disrespected lions around the world, speaking out in women countless times, and now citiunison. We have two reports, from two lit- zens around the world are fighting back. tle-city “Port”-towns, Portland, Maine Hundreds of people in Portsmouth marched in solidarity against Trump’s and Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Here in Portland, the march began disrespectful comments and his unclear at the convergence of the Eastern Promenade and Congress Street, winding over (Continued on page 6)
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Marchers From Portsmouth, NH
PHOTO BY: JESSICA SPOTO
Oceanview Dining Hall Gets a Face-lift By Noah Williams
I Pictured, here, in the architect’s rendering, a larger emtry vestibule with natural lighing from windows and doors, and outdoor patio seating to take advantage of in the warmer months.Artwork by Connor Architecture.
f you’ve ever had the pleasure of eating at Oceanview Dinning Hall on the South Portland campus, you will be more than excited to find out that this charming yet geriatric building will be receiving some long-overdue attention in 2017. The original construction of the interior of the dinning hall seemed to be built around the principal idea that lots of bizarre alcoves and misplaced walls actually (Continued on page 3)