Campus Life

The food on the Portland campus is great, even though it may at times be a little pricey for what you're receiving. The food on the Gorham campus however is awful and repetitive. Same thing, different day. The few meals that I did have on the Gorham campus were not worth the money that I spent for them, by far.

Fresh food, often creative. Good iced coffee and cozy dining areas.

USM's dining hall is all you can eat. They also have a couple food spots around the campuses, ie. Husky Hideaway (Gorham) and there is a small cafe on the Portland Campus. I'm not going to lie the food isn't always that great (like most campuses) and you need to make sure you go at the right times or you might be going at that awkward time between meals and essentially waste a meal. The best meal, hands down, is breakfast. USM's breakfast is just amazing. If you can think of it they will make it for you. They have an open grill set up for every meal. During breakfast you can order anything you want and they will make it right there in front of you. Anything from egg white omelets to breakfast sandwiches to pancakes and french toast. It is my favorite meal here at USM. As for lunch and dinner, I prefer to hit up dinner if I am not going to go for 3 meals in a day (I normally do 2). Lunch is normally pretty bland. Dinner on the other hand can be extremely good, but it really is either hit or miss. The deserts are normally very good also. They also always have a vegetarian/vegan option. They even have a small separate grill that you can have them cook on so your food isn't being cooked on meat grease or anything like that. They also always have soy milk, which is my favorite (even tho I'm not a vegetarian or lactose intolerant), stuff just simply tastes amazing and they also have a gluten free section for people who need such accommodations.

There are many great places to eat in the surrounding area.

My experience is limited to the Lewiston-Auburn Café and the Bailey Hall Café. The former has amazing food, albeit pricy, and the latter serves overpriced mush.

USM offers a large variety of food. Healthy, comforting, it's all there. They make a pretty nice soup which for us Mainers, is a good thing.

salad bar is nasty and limp.

Your regular college food and quality, not much variation but can't expect much.

Food is typical school food, some days is better then others.

Great if you live on campus and eat there often. If you are a commuter and don't get a meal plan then you will never go here.

I know of a couple frats on campus but I am not in one. A couple of my friends just started one up this year and they are loving every minute of it. The frats are also pretty easy to get into. They advertise it everywhere and they put on events all the time. So if that's an attraction for you USM has it!

None on the Portland campus

I can't really speak for this...

There is some Greek life not much.

There are fraternities and sororities.

I don't know about Greed Life.

Do not participate, so do not know.

I am a sister of Kappa Iota and there is another sorority, Alpha Xi Delta. There are three fraternities; Kappa Delta Phi, Sigma Nu, and Delta Chi. The Greeks do a lot on campus and we all do a lot of philanthropy work in the community as well. I think that it is a great idea to visit a Greek organization and see if it would be something you are interested, even if you hadn't thought of it before.

I'm not part of the Greek life but I hear they're great and really close-knit. There are quite a few sororities and frats.

i don't know anything about this