Jessica Spoto is a 27 year old SMCC student, who at the age of 14 years old started her journey with couponing, budgeting and learning the most useful and efficient frugal hacks […]
Fruitful Frugality: A Students Mindful Take on Finances
Jessica Spoto
Beneath the Surface : SOPO Graffiti
By Jessica Spoto As an SMCC student I often bus into the busier parts of Portland. On December 29th, a beautiful, sunny Thursday morning, I was taking a walk around the Millcreek […]
Art Show Showcases Students’ Work
Written by Jessica Spoto SMCC’s Art Department will be hosting a Student Art Show on Sunday, December 11th from 1pm – 4pm in the Art Studio on the South Portland Campus. Students […]
Simple Money Saving Hacks
By Jessica Spoto There are an abundance of ways college students can save money. There are two very unique and easy ways that have been proven to help me save money with […]
A Crisp Burn
by Jessica Spoto My brain is dead Fried, exhausted, a crisp burn, a charred kinda crumble Ready to disappear , disintegrate, disperse, dissolve into the universe Time seems so fitting for this […]
Sounds Sketchy ; How Sketch Drawing Affects the Brain
By Jessica Spoto Have you ever been sitting restlessly in class or on zoom just bursting at the seams stressed out of your mind? Have you found yourself sketching, doodling something quick […]
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Sitcom Analysis; A break into the black racial stereotypes of the 1990s
As the cold weather approaches you may find yourself cooped up in your dorm room needing to pass the time. The 1990s sitcom Fresh Prince of Bel Air is a perfect show […]
Let’s Dance
By Jessica Spoto Dancing on the edge of sanity Is at a price of this temperamental insanity, instability Colors, puke, vomit, covers the walls of a minty green Like chocolate White middle […]
Willard Beach: SMCC’s Hidden Gem
As classes start back up at SMCC so does the stress that comes along with it. There is a great option for students to release stress that is only a couple steps […]
And She Keeps on Dancing
Jessica Spoto hopes to serve the SMCC community by cultivating articles surrounding mental health in conjunction with the overarching theme of art and culture. Spoto’s fight with her mental illness has been […]
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