Illaria Dana, Education Major People hurt each other. It is what we do. There is a continuum of severity and intent to this pain. From gossip and breakups to the legal or tragic, […]
News from The Broccoli: Reporting this semester with honesty, integrity, and broccoli
Parents Try to Sue Teacher for Failing Child in Class, Fail CUMBERLAND, ME – Parents in a small, mostly white town recently tried to sue their child’s high school English teacher for […]
Gun Violence is Not Going Away; We Need to Take Control
By Ashley Berry Once again we are faced with a devastating school shooting. A gunman went on a rampage at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon on date. During the attack, nine people tragically […]
The Dark Side of College
By Garrick Hoffman Depending on whom you are and where you plan to apply to, investing in college is barely considered a rational, calculated decision today. Today four-year universities come with an astronomical and […]
Inside the Planned Parenthood Rally
By Ashley Berry Around noon last Tuesday, September 29th, Monument Square in downtown Portland quickly flooded with enthusiastic supporters of Planned Parenthood. The attendees stood together, chanted and shared stories on how Planned Parenthood […]
The Child Protective Dilemma
By Hali Sarah Parsons, Horticulture Major The severity built into the State of Maine’s Child Protective Unit does not serve justice to its hardworking citizens. We should implement suggestions to raise value using […]
The F-Word : Ignore the stigma
Megan Prevost, Biotechnology Major The phrase, “I’m not a feminist” doesn’t make any sense. What this says is that someone does not believe in the feminist movement, or what feminists are trying to […]
Empires: Good or Bad?
By Ian Ziller In the modern western world we have been brought up to believe that the idea of having an empire or dictatorship is bad and tyrannical, but what if that is […]
Your Child’s Abominable Diet is Child Victimization
By Garrick Hoffman There is something painfully alarming about being in a convenient store (or supermarket, or restaurant) and seeing what the parent is allowing – or even encouraging – their child […]
Dr. Julie Mueller and Model UN: Mueller Seeks to Bring Model UN to SMCC
By Ashley Berry, Liberal Arts – Political Science I had the chance to sit down with Dr. Mueller, a Political Science Professor here at SMCC. She teaches several courses including Intro to International […]
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