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April 8, 2001

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FREE FUN HEALTH AND FITNESS FOR YOU

On Saturday April 14, 2001 the CLL at UMM is hosting an Open House.  The day will be filled with
demonstration classes, free swimming in the pool, tours of the facility, and activities for all ages!
Everyone is invited to take part even if only for a few minutes.  Come and see as well as get a feel
for what is available at the CLL. The Open House will run from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm with all areas
including the swimming pool open.  There will be a pre-open house session of Women on Weights
offered at 9:00 am for women only who want a head start on the day.   Special attractions will include
new games and a nutrition class plus free refreshments starting at noon.  The entire day is free to
everyone.  A complete schedule of events is posted at many businesses around Machias as well as
at the CLL.  A schedule can be mailed directly to your home if you call and request it at 255-1403.
Sponsoring organizations include the Machias area  Shop ‘n Save, MRPASS, and The Newman Club.

‘ALL-NIGHTER’ TO TEST UMM STUDENTS’ AGILITY, ABILITY TO STAY AWAKE
Competitions set for 10 p.m., April 20 to 5 a.m., April 21 in the CLL

Some students likely will be up past bedtime Friday, April 20, at UMM. Participants in the ‘All-Nighter’
that will run until 5 a.m., Saturday, April 21, will be engaged in a variety of competitive events
including team challenges, tournaments, contests, relay races and a scavenger hunt.
From mind games to creative skits, team-twister and wiffle ball, the activities will harness the many talents
of the UMM family. The ‘All-Nighter’ will be held at the CLL on the university campus.
Principal organizer Jeremy Hatch, who is director of aquatics at UMM, has urged a strong turnout for the
first-time event. "To make this event possible we need everyone’s help. We are looking for more faculty
and staff volunteers to run games, judge competitions, and carry out many other tasks," he said. Those
who have a few hours free or a night open and would be interested in helping out and having a great
time with students, should contact Hatch by calling 255-1296 or by e-mail:
jhatch@acad.umm.maine.edu
The ‘All-Nighter’ is a joint effort of campus organizations including Intramurals, the CLL, Residence Life,
Student Activities, and the faculty. Student team captains (anyone who wants to put a team together)
are asked to organize teams of six to eight other students. Each team must made up of at least two
people of the opposite gender and must be signed up by their captains on April 13, in the UMM
Intramurals office.

The fun begins at 10 a.m., April 20, in the Center for Lifelong Learning.

UMM ANNOUNCES NEW MYSTI SEASON

UMM has opened registration for the Maine Youth Summer Theatre Institute (MYSTI). The 2001 summer
session will run July 1st to the 15th and has limited space for 25 students. MYSTI’s production this
summer is Shakespeare’s comedy, Two Gentlemen of Verona and all students will be
cast in the show.
David Rosen, Ph.D., acting Vice President of Academic Affairs at UMM, founded MYSTI in 1994. Rosen, a
UMM professor of English and drama, designed the two-week camp for creative young people
(ages 10-18) who wish to learn more about the world of theater and performing arts while enjoying
the natural beauty and healthy environment offered by summer in Downeast Maine.
Celebrating its 7th anniversary year of Shakespearean plays, MYSTI’s success and popularity is sustained
by the students, many of whom return season after season. The growing number of audience members
who attend each summer exemplifies the professional quality of the young actors’ performances.
Rosen has announced that this session of MYSTI is returning to an earlier model of the two-week camp, and
this focus will enhance the collaborative qualities of learning about theater.
For the past few summers MYSTI has run two sessions and produced two plays based on the experience levels
of the young actors. This year the two sessions will come together for one performance. Students will study in
groups working at a common level, but according to Rosen, they "will teach each other." They can study in
groups of "mixed age and ability," as well as, "create groups of the same level in acting, movement,
and voice."
All the classes are conducted by teachers who have long, and in many cases professional, experience in
theater. Classes are small (usually fewer than ten students in a class) and the ratio of staff to students is
approximately 1:4. All students receive individualized attention.
The two levels of instruction will be offered. Level-one classes are offered for beginning and intermediate
artists ages 10 to 13, where the focus is on the fundamentals of acting. The level-two classes are designed
for intermediate and advanced artists ages 13 to 18, where the students develop advanced
techniques in acting.
This summer the students from both levels of instruction will come together to rehearse and perform
Two Gentlemen of Verona.
This play is one of Shakespeare's earliest complete productions and is considered one of his more enduring
romantic comedies about young lovers, betrayal, masked identities, and redemption. This performance will
be presented in the vivacious spirit that has become synonymous with the MYSTI troop.
As it has been in the past, the same group that teaches also provides supervision during the day, at meals,
and in the residence halls. MYSTI makes every effort to understand the individual needs of the students and
to care for the students, as they would be cared for at home.
This summer the staff comprises mostly veterans of MYSTI. Chris Snipe, Deborah Else Hammond, and Barrett
Hammond will collaborate to direct Two Gentlemen of Verona. Their central focus will put the educational
aspects of the performance first.
Each director will also conduct acting classes. Snipe will focus on dance, Deborah Else Hammond will explore
movement, and Barrett Hammond will develop improvisational techniques.

Kenne Hoffman, a senior in Fine Arts and English at UMM, will assist the directors and provide acting
instruction.  Jeff Shaw will serve as Musical Director. Nicole Ball will serve as Program Coordinator and
Dramaturg. And new comer to the staff, Beth Williams, will serve as project assistant and liaison between
MYSTI and the Office of Special Programs.
The mission of the MYSTI staff is to teach the art of Shakespeare and the craft of acting to young theater
students. They are dedicated to the ideal that any motivated person, no matter what age, can understand
and learn the skills of acting and that this preparation will provide intellectual and creative nourishment that
has lifelong benefits.
A limited number of scholarship funds may be available for qualified students.

For more information on MYSTI or to register, please contact Naida Pennell at 255-1289 or visit www.umm.maine.edu/mysti.

Chris Shipe directs Zel Bowman-Laberge of Lubec in Midsummer Night's Dream.

COLLEGIATE SUMMER SESSION OFFERS APPEALING COURSES
IN UNIQUE SETTING
Umm Provides Recreation Management Specialties

A series of spring and summer courses at UMM will provide unique opportunities for students to earn
academic credits while experiencing the extraordinary environment of the state’s forests, lakes and
rivers and wild coastal setting up close and personal. Several of the course offerings will appeal to
those desiring to earn undergraduate degrees in fields such as recreation management, biology and
environmental studies.
UMM’s 2001 Summer Session is divided into three parts, beginning May 14 with short but intensive
courses that may be taken for one, two or three college credits. The early term runs through May 26. A
mid-term segment will be offered, followed by a series of three-credit courses running from
July 23 to August 10.
In the broad category of outdoor recreation, course offerings include EDU 217, Teaching, Learning and
Technology, coupled with REM 305, Computers in Parks and Recreation. Instructor is Tom Jenkins, assistant
professor of science education. PHE 105, Personal Wellness, will be taught by staff at the CLL and REM 245,
Personal Fitness Trainer, under the supervision of Donna Duley, UMM’s athletic trainer.
Two courses scheduled for May 14-26 are REM 207, Lifeguarding/Pool Management, taught by Bob Hepler,
director of the CLL, and REM 123, Advanced River Canoeing and Camping. The latter, a trip on the storied
St. John River in northweastern Maine, is under the direction of Rick Scribner, associate professor of
recreation management.
Three courses set for the period July 23 through August 10 will take students into the field from the lakes
of eastern Maine to the ocean to various parks Down East. REM 125, Sailing and Basic Seamanship, and
REM 126, Ocean Kayaking, will be taught by Scribner. REM 412, Park Interpretation, will be under the
direction of Bill Eckart, professor of recreation management.

For more information about these and other courses in UMM’s expanded summer program,
contact UMM, 9 O’Brien Ave., Machias, ME 04654.
The Admissions Office number is toll-free 1-888-468-6866.
Prospective students also may visit the university’s Web site: www.umm.maine.edu.

UMM OFFERS SPRING CANOEING AND CAMPING COURSE
Expedition May 14-25 to Traverse Headwaters of Saint John River

In what has become a rite of spring, UMM is offering an action-packed, 12-day outdoor class in the
state’s northwestern wilderness. The three-credit course, REM 123-Advanced Canoeing and Camping,
will take place May 14-25 across 18 remote townships in two Maine counties.
Richard L. Scribner, associate professor of recreation management, will lead the students on one of
the great canoeing and camping experiences in North America. After two days of preparation, the party
will leave the UMM campus and travel by motor vehicle to Baker Lake, about 10 miles southeast of the
Quebec border.
The class will emerge from the wilderness near Dickey village in the plantation of Allagash a dozen days
later. They will have traversed a remote corner of Maine by way of the headwaters and main stem of the
upper Saint John River.
While the course has a special appeal to students in the university’s recreation management program,
it is open to all qualified applicants. REM 123 is designed to prepare a student to lead an extended
canoeing trip on a wilderness river. The learning experiences in the course are designed to help each
participant develop an awareness of the Maine woods while enjoying the setting and leaving it
environmentally sound.
The course also provides excellent preparation for taking the Maine Guide examination.
During past expeditions special attention was paid to the historical significance of the waterway. Old
logging depots, sites of devastating fires and locations such as Nine-Mile Bridge were explored. The
upper Saint John watershed is a unique area, rich in the history of the lumber industry and once a place
with much activity and many tiny settlements. The area has been largely under commercial forest
management since before the Civil War.
North Maine Woods Inc. manages the recreational use of the region for pulp and paper company
interests.
The dynamics of the river also will be of major consideration to the UMM students as several stretches
of rough water present certain tests of canoeing skills. "There will be an opportunity to experience rapids
just about every day of the trip," the instructor said.
The students will camp out at designated sites along the route. These include Baker Lake, Flaws Bogan,
Doucie Brook, Knowles Brook, Burntland Brook, Nine-Mile Bridge, Seven Islands, Big Black Campground
and Fox Brook.
"The ‘final exam’ will be running the Big Rapids at the approach to Dickey," Scribner said. "Sometimes we
run this stretch two or three times before we conclude the trip."
For more information on REM 123, Advanced Canoeing and Camping,
contact Scribner at UMM by calling (207) 255-1204.

Students will camp out and canoe the upper Saint John as part of a
Recreation Management course offered at UMM. (Photo courtesy UMM)

DIVERSITY FILM SERIES
Family Name to be shown on April 10 in Portside

Family Name, a film by Macky Alston, will be shown on April 10, 2001 at UMM.
As a child growing up in Durham, North Carolina, Macky never questioned why all the other Alstons in
his elementary school were black. Now, after twenty-five years, he has gone back to unravel the mystery.
From New York to Alabama, he travels to family reunions, picnics, housing projects, churches, graveyards,
and back to the original Alston plantations, asking questions and digging up clues.
The people he meets vary in age, race, class, and outlook, but they all share one thing: the family name.
And they all have stories to tell. Humorous, poignant and surprising, the filmmaker's odyssey is an
unforgettable emotional experience.
"Macky Alston's FAMILY NAME, the best American film of the year to date…surpasses pretty much every
documentary on race ever shown on American TV." --Godfrey Cheshire, New Your Press—
"FAMILY NAME is a genealogical detective story…Absorbing…Bold…Moving."
--Stephen Holden, New York Times
All films are free and will be shown on Tuesdays in Portside in Kimball Hall at 7:00 p.m.
They are open to the public and refreshments will be provided.
For more information contact Brenda Satrom at 255-1331.